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31Golden Venture — On June 6 1993, at around 2 a.m., the Golden Venture mdash; a ship bearing 286 illegal immigrants from China (mostly from the province of Fujian) along with 13 crew members mdash; ran aground on Rockaway Beach in Queens, New York after a mutiny… …
32John Wickham (attorney) — John Wickham (June 6 1763 ndash; January 22 1839) was an American Loyalist and attorney He was one of the very few Loyalists to achieve any sort of national prominence after the American Revolution, and is best remembered for his role in the… …
33Charles Henry Fletcher — (aka Chas. H. Fletcher in company advertising) organized and led The Centaur Company, makers of the eponymous Fletcher s Castoria , serving as President and General Manager.[1] …
34Ben Kirk — Infobox soap character colour = Television colour|Neighbours name = Ben Kirk first = December 14,2001 Episode 3920 last = cause = nickname = alias = gender = Male age = 6 born = 2001 death = occupation = Student title = parents = Drew Kirk… …
35Automatic stay — In bankruptcy law, an automatic stay is an automatic injunction which halts actions by creditors, with certain exceptions, to collect debts from a debtor who has declared bankruptcy. Under section 362 of the United States Bankruptcy Code,… …
36Boydell Shakespeare Gallery — The Boydell Shakespeare Gallery was a three part project initiated in November 1786 by engraver and publisher John Boydell in an effort to foster a school of British history painting. Boydell planned to focus on an illustrated edition of William… …
37Hot Springs Gunfight — The Hot Springs Gunfight, or Hot Springs Shootout (March 16, 1899), was a gunbattle between two separate law enforcement agencies that occurred in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Despite being little known, it resulted in more deaths than the famed… …
38collector — collectorship, collectorate, n. /keuh lek teuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that collects. 2. a person employed to collect debts, duties, taxes, etc. 3. a person who collects books, paintings, stamps, shells, etc., esp. as a hobby. 4. Elect. a… …
39Roosevelt, Theodore — known as Teddy Roosevelt born Oct. 27, 1858, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Jan. 6, 1919, Oyster Bay, N.Y. 26th president of the U.S. (1901–09). He was elected to the New York legislature (1882), where he became a Republican leader opposed to the… …
40Peralta, Pedro de — ▪ Spanish colonial official born c. 1584, , Spain died 1666, Madrid Spanish colonial official who established Santa Fe as the capital of New Mexico. Peralta arrived in Mexico City during the winter of 1608–09 following his university… …
