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Shauna Melinda Howe (July 11, 1981 – October 27, 1992) was an 11-year-old girl from Oil City, Pennsylvania, who was raped and murdered on October 27, 1992. Howe's kidnapping and murder by being thrown from a bridge became a cause célèbre in Pennsylvania, receiving widespread media attention for over a decade.
Old City is a neighborhood in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, near the Delaware River waterfront. It is home to Independence National Historical Park , a dense section of historic landmarks including Independence Hall , the Liberty Bell , the First Bank of the United States , the Second Bank of the United States , and ...
The Jacksonian Heritage: Pennsylvania Politics, 1833–1848 (1958) Tinkcom, Harry Marlin. The Republicans and Federalists in Pennsylvania, 1790–1801: A Study in National Stimulus and Local Response (1950) Warner, Sam Bass. The Private City: Philadelphia in Three Periods of its Growth (1968) Wood, Ralph. et al. The Pennsylvania Germans (1942 ...
Thomas Milton Street Sr. (April 25, 1939 – November 28, 2022) was an American businessman, a Pennsylvania state senator from Philadelphia, and the brother of former Philadelphia mayor John F. Street. Originally a street hot dog vendor, he rose to prominence as an activist challenging the city's vending and housing ordinances.
Appointed to temporary office upon the death of Callow Hugh S. Fleming: Republican: 21 May 1874: 5 Jan 1875: Completed Callow's unexpired term Ormsby Phillips: Independent: 5 Jan 1875: 8 Jan 1878: Thomas Megraw: Republican: 8 Jan 1878: 4 Apr 1881: Lewis Peterson, Jr. Republican: 4 Apr 1881: 7 Apr 1884: James G. Wyman: Republican: 7 Apr 1884: 4 ...
City Confidential is a documentary television series where a different city is featured in a high-profile criminal case. The shows were narrated by Paul Winfield and then Keith David. 11 seasons have been broadcast from 1998-2005 on the A&E Network. The episode numbering is as provided by A&E's official website's episode guide.
He was 60 years old. His funeral took place at the Little Church of the Flowers in Glendale, California, on October 16, 1940, and was attended by thousands of people. He is buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. [4] A small stone memorial marks the site of his death on State Route 79, and the nearby gully is known as "Tom Mix Wash". [19]
The City Tavern is a late-20th century building designed to be the replica of the historic 18th-century tavern and hotel building which stood on the site. It is located at 138 South 2nd Street in Philadelphia , at the intersection of Second and Walnut streets, near Independence Hall .