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1970 1970 New York City gas explosion: explosion 12 [113] 1966 23rd Street Fire: fire 12 [114] 1915 Diamond Candy Company fire: fire 12 [115] 1883 1883 Brooklyn Bridge stampede: mass unrest 12 [116] 2003 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash: maritime 11 [117] 1975 LaGuardia Airport bombing: terrorism 11 [118] 1970 Trans International Airlines Flight ...
This category lists notable people who have lived in Great Kills, Staten Island. Pages in category "People from Great Kills, Staten Island" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
A memorial to Father Vincent R. Capodanno, a Navy chaplain from Staten Island who was killed serving with the 1st Battalion 5th Marines in Vietnam and received a posthumous Medal of Honor, is at the fort near the Father Capodanno Chapel. The National Park Service currently maintains a visitors' center on site and offers ranger-led tours of the ...
Alice Austen (1866–1952) – pioneering photographer, lifelong Staten Island resident; [4] the MV Alice Austen ferry is named after her; Wallace Berman (1926–1976) – collage artist of the Beat movement; Mathew Brady (1822–1896) – Civil War photographer; moved to Staten Island around 1850 with his wife Julia
1973 Staten Island gas explosion: Accident – explosion Staten Island, New York: 42 [56] 1977 Maury County jail fire: Fire (building) Maury County, Tennessee: 42 1998 1998 Kissimmee tornado outbreak: Tornado outbreak Central Florida: Including the Intercession City–Port St. John tornado, which killed 25 people 42 2022 July–August 2022 ...
This is a list of military conflicts, that United States has been involved in. There are currently 123 military conflicts on this list, 5 of which are ongoing. These include major conflicts like the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the American Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II and the Gulf War.
1863 – New York City draft riots, 120 killed and 2,000 to 8,000 injured [9] [31] 1871 – Second New York City orange riot, more than 60 dead, more than 150 wounded [4] 1741 – New York Conspiracy, 35 total executed as a result [2] 1712 – New York Slave Revolt, 31 total deaths consisting of 9 killed in the revolt and 23 executed as a ...
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.