Jan 14 In the year 1819 death of peter Pindar, English satirist (b. 1738) Jan 20 Carlos IV, King of Spain (1788-1808), dies at 70 on this day in history. Mar 08 Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (b. 1739) die...
January 16: The FBI gunned down the Barker Gang, including Ma Barker, during a shootout in Florida. The Barker-Karpis Gang was responsible for three kidnappings, 10 murders, and thefts of more than $1 million during a three-year rampage—primarily in the Midwest—that began in 1931. Wikip...
crushing a 60-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl to death during their flight. Sixty-two people were injured —18 of whom required overnight hospital care.”
The Film Music of Sir Arthur Bliss: THINGS TO COME, CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA, THE ROYAL PALACES, ...
When we announced plans to install one at the site where the destruction began along present-day Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, we unexpectedly encountered opposition from the Atlanta chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. For many Americans the Civil War is ...