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In September, she enrolled as a freshman at the University of Delaware, while Peterson enrolled at college in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. [2] In November 1996, Grossberg's water broke. Peterson drove three hours from his college to hers and checked them into the Comfort Inn in Newark, Delaware. Grossberg delivered the unnamed child on November 12 ...
The destruction included 35 city blocks burned down and 1,256 residences in Tulsa's prosperous African American neighborhood of Greenwood destroyed, resulting in over 800 injuries and 37 confirmed dead — 25 black and 12 white. [8] Later accounts have suggested the number of deaths were under-recorded, and the actual death toll was at least ...
Average rainfall over area of 60 mi 2 measured at 10-15 inches (380 mm), over 6 hours in middle of night June 9–10, 1972. 235 1888 Schoolhouse Blizzard: Winter storm Midwestern United States: 230 1996 TWA Flight 800: Accident – aircraft Long Island, New York: 229–600 2021 2021 Western North America heat wave: Heat wave Pacific Northwest
The Tulsa race massacre, also known as the Tulsa race riot or the Black Wall Street massacre, [12] was a two-day-long white supremacist terrorist [13] [14] massacre [15] that took place between May 31 and June 1, 1921, when mobs of white residents, some of whom had been appointed as deputies and armed by city government officials, [16] attacked black residents and destroyed homes and ...
Wayne Henry Garrison (born August 26, 1959) is an American serial killer who was convicted of killing three children. He was arrested in 1999 for the 1989 murder and dismemberment of 13-year-old Justin Wiles in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Published on February 2, 2021, by Carolrhoda, it tells the history behind the Tulsa race massacre in verse. The book was praised by critics, receiving several starred reviews , and was the recipient of a Caldecott Honor and the Coretta Scott King Award in both the author and illustrator categories.
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November 10 – Tulsa police air patrol show (Tulsa, Oklahoma) – former Army Air Force instructor Wesley W. Cunningham was killed when his aircraft failed to pull out of a low altitude spin. At the time Cunningham was involved in a skit playing the part of a woman spectator who is chosen from the crowd to fly the airplane.