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Benjamin Grayson Orr (1762–1822) was the fourth mayor of Washington, D.C., elected by the council of aldermen in 1817 and serving for two years. He was often called Colonel Orr, but it is unclear how he obtained that title.
This statue of Father Time adorns the grave of John H. Jones. It used to sit atop the entrance gate Mount Moriah Cemetery was established by an act of the Pennsylvania Legislature and incorporated on March 27, 1855. [16] The cemetery was expanded to approximately 380 acres, spanning Cobbs Creek into the Borough of Yeadon in adjacent Delaware County, making it the largest cemetery in ...
Knollwood Cemetery was incorporated on September 9, 1908, by C.F. Heinig, Francis P. Newcome, and H.L. Ebbert. [1] A five-member board of directors was established, and Benjamin Ottman elected its first president. [2] A few weeks after its incorporation, the cemetery purchased 200 acres (810,000 m 2) of land from the Pennington-Quilling Co. for $40,000 ($1,433,333 in 2025 dollars). The land ...
The United States House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol (commonly referred to as the January 6th Committee) was a select committee of the U.S. House of Representatives established to investigate the U.S. Capitol attack. [1] After refusing to concede the 2020 U.S. presidential election and perpetuating false and disproven claims of widespread ...
Laos: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed "grave concern" over the escalating violence in the Middle East, urging those involved to exercise restraint and seek a peaceful solution. [263] Malaysia: Malaysia officially condemned the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and retaliatory Iranian strikes in the region, calling for de-escalation.
Matthew Joseph "Matty the Horse" Ianniello, loan shark and labor union racketeer for the Genovese crime family. [25] April 13 – Roberto Calvi, Banco Ambrosiano chairman and mafia associate May 8 – Michele Sindona, Italian mason and mafia associate September 27 – Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa, Italian carabinieri general, murdered in Palermo in 1982, for leading the effort to stop the ...
List of rampage killers in the United States This is a list of mass or spree killers in the United States. A mass murderer is typically defined as someone who kills three or more people in one incident, with no "cooling off" period, not including themselves. [1][2] A mass murder typically occurs in a single location where one or more persons kill several others. [3][4][5] Specific notable ...
The High Middle Ages of Scotland encompass Scotland in the era between the death of Domnall II in 900 AD and the death of King Alexander III in 1286, which was an indirect cause of the Wars of Scottish Independence. At the close of the ninth century, various competing kingdoms occupied the territory of modern Scotland. Scandinavian influence was dominant in the northern and western islands ...