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Frances Perkins. Frances Perkins (born Fannie Coralie Perkins; April 10, 1880 [ 1 ][ 2 ] – May 14, 1965) was an American workers-rights advocate who served as the fourth United States Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, the longest serving in that position. A member of the Democratic Party, Perkins was the first woman ever to serve in a ...
Great Basin Murders. The Great Basin Murders is the name given to a series of murders of at least nine women committed between 1983 and 1997 across the states of Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and Idaho. It derives its name from the Great Basin geographical area, as most of the victims had their bodies dumped near interstate highways that transverse it.
Murder of Jonelle Matthews. Jonelle Matthews was a 12-year-old American girl who disappeared near Greeley, Colorado, on December 20, 1984. [3] Her remains were discovered on July 24, 2019, by construction workers putting in a new pipeline 15 mi (24 km) from her home. [4]
The shocking true story behind Netflix's 'Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter'. Lindsay Lowe. Updated September 13, 2024 at 12:17 PM. On March 11, 1989, Aundria Bowman disappeared from her home in ...
The September 11 attacks were the deadliest terrorist attacks in human history, causing the deaths of 2,996 people, including 2,977 victims and 19 hijackers who committed murder–suicide. Thousands [ a ] more were injured, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and long-term health effects have arisen as a consequence of the attacks.
The common lodging-houses in and around Whitechapel provided cheap communal lodgings for the desperate, the destitute and the transient, among whom the Whitechapel murder victims were numbered. [6] The nightly price of a single bed was 4d (equivalent to £2.35 in 2023) [ 7 ] and the cost of sleeping upon a "lean-to" rope stretched across the ...
The Cleveland Torso Murderer, also known as the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run, was an unidentified serial killer who was active in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, in the 1930s. The killings were characterized by the dismemberment of thirteen known victims and the disposal of their remains in the impoverished neighborhood of Kingsbury Run. [1]
Murder of Felicia Gayle. Felicia Gayle Picus (known as Lisha) was an American journalist. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter was found stabbed to death in her home during the day on August 11, 1998. Gayle, 42 years old, was killed during a burglary in her gated community in University City, Missouri. She was stabbed and cut 43 times with a ...