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Grant, who led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War, was widely known for his prowess as a horseman. [1] The first two of the reported arrests were in 1866, when Grant was commanding general; the third is said to have occurred in 1872, when Grant was serving as the president of the United States.
Grant had set a high-jump record at West Point that stood for twenty-five years. [32] [33] [34] Grant's personal biographer Albert D. Richardson said of Grant's horsemanship: "There was nothing he could not ride. He commanded, sat, and jumped a horse with singular ease and grace; was seen to the best advantage when mounted and at a full gallop ...
BART later filed a legal response to the lawsuit that claimed that the shooting was "a tragic accident", and that Grant contributed to the fatal incident. BART said the officers were "just defending themselves" and that "Oscar Grant willfully, wrongfully, and unlawfully made an assault upon defendants and would have beaten, bruised, and ill ...
The investigation into the 2009 shooting death of Oscar Grant will be reopened nearly 11 years after he was shot by a Bay Area Rapid Transit cop. Grant’s killing, on New Year’s Day at ...
The 1902 Pittsfield Streetcar Incident was a collision involving President Theodore Roosevelt, who was traveling in a horse-drawn carriage in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. A speeding electric streetcar hit the presidential carriage as it crossed the trolley tracks, jettisoning Roosevelt who was injured.
Additional surveillance photos show the suspect riding down 6th Avenue on the bike. He was spotted around Central Park on Center Drive, police said. Sources told CBS News that the gun used in the ...
Last year, an 18-year-old Grant High student, who was set to graduate with his class the following day, was killed in a shooting in a late night shooting in Sacramento County’s North Highlands area.
President James A. Garfield with James G. Blaine after being shot by Charles J. Guiteau. The assassination of James A. Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, took place at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:20 AM on Saturday, July 2, 1881, less than four months after he took office.