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The Battle at Springmartin [2] was a series of gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 13–14 May 1972, as part of The Troubles. It involved the British Army, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), and the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). The violence began when a car bomb, planted by Ulster loyalists, exploded outside a crowded public ...
Democratic. Education. University of Chicago. Illinois Institute of Technology ( LLB) Henry Horner (November 30, 1878 – October 6, 1940 [1]) was an American politician. Horner served as the 28th Governor of Illinois, serving from January 1933 until his death in October 1940. Horner was noted as the first Jewish governor of Illinois .
Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965) was an American politician, journalist, farmer, and businessman who served as the 33rd vice president of the United States, from 1941 to 1945, under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He served as the 11th U.S. secretary of agriculture and the 10th U.S. secretary of commerce.
Joseph Plumb Martin (also spelled as Joseph Plum Martin; [6] November 21, 1760 – May 2, 1850) was a soldier in the Connecticut Militia and Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and was mustered out as a 23-year-old Sergeant in a Sapper company. His published narrative of his experiences, re-discovered in the 1950s, has ...
Henry Paker is a British comedian, writer and illustrator. Paker's has written for television series 8 Out of 10 Cats , Mock the Week , Comic Relief , Top Gear , Russell Howard’s Good News , Seann Walsh World , Michael McIntyre's Big Show , Never Mind the Buzzcocks , Stand Up for the Week , Big Fat Quiz of the Year , [1] Hypothetical [2] and ...
Ryan Companies US, Inc. (or Ryan or Ryan Companies) is a national builder, developer, designer, and real estate manager based in Minneapolis. Employing over 1500 workers, Ryan specializes in integrated project delivery, building information modeling (BIM), Lean construction practices and sustainable design for office, retail, industrial, public sector, alternative energy (biomass ...
Service. The 56th Pennsylvania Infantry was organized at Camp Curtin in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in Fall 1861 and mustered in March 6, 1862 for a three-year enlistment under the command of Colonel Sullivan Amory Meredith . The regiment was attached to Defenses of Washington to May 1862. Doubleday's Brigade, Department of the Rappahannock, to ...
Phoenix Park Murders. / 53.35737; -6.319411. The Phoenix Park Murders were the fatal stabbings of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas Henry Burke in Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland, on 6 May 1882. Cavendish was the newly appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland and Burke was the Permanent Under-Secretary, the most senior Irish civil servant.