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"Astor Place Riot" . Collier's New Encyclopedia. 1921. "Astor Place Riot, The" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905. Account of the Terrific and Fatal Riot at the New-York Astor Place Opera House (1849) by H.M. Ranney at the Internet Archive. Kellem, Betsy Golden (19 July 2017). "When New York City Rioted Over Hamlet Being Too British".
The Altamira prison riot occurred on 29 July 2019, when a riot broke out at the Centro de Recuperação Regional de Altamira prison in Altamira, Pará, Brazil due to drug turf disputes between rival gangs within the prison. Over the five-hour conflict, 62 people died.
The 1968 Democratic National Convention was held August 26–29 at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Earlier that year incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson had announced he would not seek reelection, thus making the purpose of the convention to select a new presidential nominee for the Democratic Party. [1]
In their criminal complaint, the police believed the driver should have been able to see the crowd and multiple vehicles that had either stopped or were traveling in the wrong direction, giving him time to stop or change course, and that he drove in a manner to scare protesters marching on the bridge. [11]
Pussy Riot is a Russian feminist protest and performance art group ... clashes between police and protesters for change, and to make the statement that illegal ...
In announcing the sanctions, Emmert said that, although the behavior could be called more egregious than any other seen in NCAA history, and thus a multi-year suspension was appropriate, they concluded that it was as important to drive "cultural change" at Penn State as much as it was to hold it to account.
However, on October 31, 1963, a reporter asked if he intended and expected to retain Johnson on the ticket. Kennedy replied, "Yes to both those questions." [126] There is little doubt that Robert Kennedy and Johnson hated each other, [127] yet John and Robert Kennedy agreed that dropping Johnson from the ticket could produce heavy losses in the ...
He was re-elected alderman in 1898 on the Socialist ticket, along with August L. Mohr, a local baseball manager. Haack served on the city council for sixteen years, advocating for the building of schools and public ownership of utilities.