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September 13, 1899 – United States – Henry H. Bliss is the first person killed by a car in the United States. He was struck by an electric-powered taxicab while exiting the 8th Avenue trolley on West 74th Street and Central Park West in New York City .
Lewis and Clark. Smith was born in Jericho, now Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York, on January 6, 1799, [3] [a] [4] to Jedediah Smith I, a general store owner from New Hampshire, and Sally Strong, both of whom were descended entirely from families that came to New England from England during the Puritan emigration between 1620 and 1640.
1733–1738: War of the Polish Succession. 1734: Letters Concerning the English Nation by Voltaire published in French. 1735–1739: Russo-Turkish War. 1735–1799: The Qianlong Emperor of China oversees a huge expansion in territory. 1735: Governor-General Dirck van Cloon dies, one of many victims of malaria in Batavia. [9]
Hureleyon McLean was gunned killed by a neighbor in the Lauderdale Lakes apartments on Nov. 28, 2024. 7 News Miami “He was playing his music, and the guy said he was playing it too loud ...
Widow of grandpa killed in NYC subway says Hochul’s new transit patrols wouldn’t have saved husband – as shooter remains on loose year later Steven Vago January 16, 2025 at 6:09 AM
A 12-year-old Wisconsin boy heroically shot and killed a 200-pound black bear that was mauling his dad while pinning him to the ground. Owen Beierman shot the bear in its vitals, saving his 43 ...
April 11 – Robert Blair marries Isabella Law.; July 10 – Richard Dawes is appointed Master of the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle. [1]August – Laurence Sterne is ordained a priest, and in the autumn becomes vicar of Sutton-on-the-Forest, Yorkshire.
The 32-year-old Italian had never set foot on American soil until a few days ago. But his grandfather had — as a prisoner of war at Fort Lewis (now Joint Base Lewis-McChord) in the 1940s.