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Henry Garnet. Henry Garnet SJ (July 1555 – 3 May 1606), sometimes Henry Garnett, was an English Jesuit priest executed for high treason, based solely on having had advanced knowledge of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot and having refused to violate the Seal of the Confessional by notifying the authorities. Born in Heanor, Derbyshire, he was educated ...
Jerry Givens. Jerry Bronson Givens (December 3, 1952 – April 13, 2020) was the chief executioner of Virginia from 1982 until 1999, during which he executed 62 people, including two of the Briley Brothers. He spent most of his career in Virginia's correctional system, and was initially a supporter of capital punishment.
Lotter (surname) Lötter was the last name of a family of German printers, intimately connected with the Reformation. Eberhardine Christiane Lotter (born Kinckelin), Adventurous traveler (see K.Beiergrosslein and J.Lotterer 2019) who traveled from Herrenberg (South Germany) to Charlestown on her own in 1786 and authored a diary of her travels.
English literature. Signature. John Smith (baptized 6 January 1580 – 21 June 1631) was an English soldier, explorer, colonial governor, admiral of New England, and author. He played an important role in the establishment of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in North America, in the early 17th century.
Elmer Bruner. Elmer David Bruner (January 18, 1918 – April 3, 1959) was a convicted American murderer. He was the last defendant executed by West Virginia, as the state abolished the capital punishment six years after his execution. Bruner was convicted of the May 1957 murder of 58-year-old Ruby H. Miller, who walked in on Bruner burglarizing ...
National D-Day Memorial. Coordinates: 37°19′50″N 79°32′10″W. National D-Day Memorial pool with Overlord Arch. The National D-Day Memorial is a war memorial located in Bedford, Virginia. It serves as the national memorial for American D-Day veterans. However, its scope is international in that it states, "In Tribute to the valor ...
Virginia: 6 July 2017: William Charles Morva: aggravated murder: lethal injection Washington: 10 September 2010: Cal Coburn Brown: aggravated murder: lethal injection Washington, D.C. 26 April 1957: Robert E. Carter murder: electric chair West Virginia: 3 April 1959: Elmer Bruner: aggravated murder: electric chair Wisconsin: 21 August 1851 ...
Boys Don't Cry is a 1999 American biographical film directed by Kimberly Peirce, and co-written by Peirce and Andy Bienen.The film is a dramatization of the real-life story of Brandon Teena (played by Hilary Swank), an American trans man who attempts to find himself and love in Nebraska but falls victim to a brutal hate crime perpetrated by two male acquaintances.