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Walter Ogrod case. Walter Ogrod is an American man who was convicted and sentenced to death for the July 12, 1988, sexual assault and murder of four-year-old Barbara Jean Horn in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to police, Ogrod confessed to Horn's murder four years after it occurred, but in 2020 the "confession" was recognized to be false.
Old Original Bookbinder's was a seafood restaurant at 125 Walnut Street in Philadelphia.It was known for its lobsters and its Bookbinder's soup.. The restaurant was decorated with bas-reliefs of U.S. Presidents on its stained-glass façade and the Gettysburg Address written in bronze near the front door.
Killing of Walter Wallace. / 39.957928; -75.243799. On October 26, 2020, Walter Wallace Jr., a 27-year-old African-American man, was fatally shot by Philadelphia police officers Sean Matarazzo and Thomas Munz at 6100 Locust Street in the Cobbs Creek section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The two officers arrived in the area to respond to a ...
January 13, 1972. Designated NHL. December 9, 1997. Designated PHMC. June 1, 1995 [1] The John Johnson House (also known as the Johnson House) is a National Historic Landmark in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, significant for its role in the antislavery movement and the Underground Railroad. [2] It is located at 6306 Germantown Avenue ...
Ellen Rae Greenberg (born in New York City, New York on June 23, 1983) was a 27-year-old first grade teacher at Juniata Park Academy in the Juniata neighborhood of Philadelphia. [1] [2] She lived in the Manayunk neighborhood of Philadelphia, where she shared an apartment with her fiancé. [3]
James Ellis (born 1947) is an American swim coach who founded the PDR (Philadelphia Department of Recreation, or Pride, Determination, Resilience) swim team just outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as one of the few predominantly Black swim teams largely for intercity youth. He coached the team from 1971 to 2008, at Nicetown's Marcus Foster ...
8, including Billy Meehan. Austin Andrew Meehan, Sr., (August 29, 1897 – October 5, 1961) was a Republican politician in Philadelphia who served as county sheriff. Before entering politics, Meehan ran his family's paving business and was known as a local basketball star. Beginning as an insurgent within the city's Republican Party, he soon ...
Angelica Church (née Schuyler / ˈ s k aɪ l ər /; February 20, 1756 – March 6, 1814) was an American socialite. She was the eldest daughter of Continental Army General Philip Schuyler, and a sister of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton and sister-in-law of Alexander Hamilton.