Selle koloonia New Yorgi assamblee ja kuninglike ametnike vahel tekkis kauaaegne vaen pärast kvartaliseaduse vastuvõtmist 1765. aastal. Hiljem, kui vaen süvenes, keeldusid seadusandjad igasugustest toetusfondidest. See pingeline olukord halvenes 1767. aastal kui parlament kehtestas Townshendi seaduste kaudu ebapopulaarse maksustamise.
Louis “Lepke” Buchalter, the head of Murder, Inc., is executed at Sing Sing Prison in New York. Lepke was the leader of the country’s largest crime syndicate throughout the 1930s and was making nearly $50 million a year from his various enterprises. His downfall came when several members of his notorious killing squad turned into witnesses for the government.
United States Marshals Office - part of the Department of Justice. The oldest federal law enforcement agency in the United States, it creates a link between the executive and judicial branches of government. Created in 1789, it consists of marshals, appointed by the President, and their support staff of about 3,500 deputy marshals and administrative employees in all federal judicial districts.
Kasakad 1799-1815, Laurence Spring Kasakad 1799-1815, Laurence SpringSee üksikasjalik raamat vaatleb kuulsaid Vene kasakaid Napoleoni sõdade perioodil. Kasakad olid selle perioodi Vene ratsaväest kõige arvukamad ja mängisid olulist rolli Prantsuse vägede ahistamisel nende Moskvast taandumisel 1812. aastal.
