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Anti-law enforcement sentiment [4] Domestic terrorism. On December 10, 2019, a shooting took place at a kosher grocery store in the Greenville section of Jersey City, New Jersey. Three people were killed at the store by two assailants, David N. Anderson and Francine Graham. The assailants also wounded one customer and two police officers before ...
John Emil List (September 17, 1925 – March 21, 2008) was an American mass murderer [1] and long-time fugitive. On November 9, 1971, he killed his wife, mother, and three children at their home in Westfield, New Jersey, and then disappeared. He had planned the murders so meticulously that nearly a month passed before anyone suspected that ...
Residence. Jersey City, New Jersey. Frank Hague (January 17, 1876 – January 1, 1956) was an American Democratic Party politician who served as the Mayor of Jersey City from 1917 to 1947, Democratic National Committeeman from New Jersey from 1922 until 1949, and Vice-Chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1924 until 1949.
Colgate Clock (Jersey City) Coordinates: 40°42′43.3″N 74°02′02″W. The clock on a morning. The Colgate Clock is an octagonal clock facing the Hudson River near Exchange Place in Jersey City, New Jersey. The clock has a diameter of 50 feet (15 m). [1] It was located atop of what was once the headquarters of the Colgate-Palmolive, until ...
Richard Kuklinski was born on April 11, 1935, in his family's apartment on 4th Street in Jersey City, New Jersey, to Stanley Kuklinski (né Stanisław Kukliński; 1906–1977), a Polish immigrant from Karwacz, Masovian Voivodeship. [12] His father worked as a brakeman on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.
Dotbusters. The Dotbusters was a racist and Hinduphobic [1][2] hate group active in Jersey City, New Jersey from 1975 to 1993 that attacked and threatened Indian Americans, particularly Hindu Americans in the fall of 1975. The term "dot" in "Dotbusters" originates from the bindi, a traditional forehead mark worn by Indian women.
July 30, 1960 – Tropical Storm Brenda moved across the state, dropping 5.40 in (137 mm) of rainfall in Jersey City. [26] September 12, 1960 – Hurricane Donna moved up the East Coast of the United States and passed offshore New Jersey, causing heavy damage along the coast, but less than other states struck directly by Donna. The hurricane ...
Roosevelt Stadium. Danforth Ave. & New Jersey Route 1 (now NJ Route 440) Baseball game at Roosevelt Stadium circa 1940. Roosevelt Stadium was a baseball stadium at Droyer's Point in Jersey City, New Jersey. It opened on April 23, 1937 and was the home of the Jersey City Giants of the International League (IL), the Triple-A farm team of the New ...