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Known for. Media coverage about her death. Title. Lacrosse coach. Diane Alexis Whipple (January 31, 1967 – January 26, 2001) [ 2] was an American lacrosse player and college coach. She was killed in a dog attack in San Francisco on January 26, 2001. The dogs involved were two Presa Canarios. Paul Schneider, the dogs' owner, is a high-ranking ...
Centenary of the postage stamp 6 May 1940; Victory 11 June 1946; Silver wedding 26 April 1948 (first issue to commemorate a personal Royal occasion rather than a state event, £1 value was the first British stamp designed by a woman and the issue is notable for the omission of the words 'postage' and 'revenue'). Channel Islands Liberation 10 ...
According to the National Center for Health Statistics, there were 468 deaths in the United States from being bitten or struck by a dog between 2011 and 2021. [ 2] This is an average of 43 deaths annually, ranging from a low of 31 deaths in 2016 and a high of 81 deaths in 2021. [ 2] Dogs killed more males than females during the tracking decade ...
A 2021 study of fatal dog attacks in Europe during the period 1995–2016 placed the United Kingdom (with 56 fatalities) as fourth in the top five countries for number of human fatalities alongside Hungary (#1), France (#2), Romania (#3), and Poland (#5). The study also found that fatal dog attacks have been increasing significantly over time ...
He was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. November 14, 1991, Royal Oak, Michigan: In the Royal Oak post office shootings, fired postal worker Thomas McIlvane killed four and wounded five before killing himself. May 6, 1993, Dearborn, Michigan: Postal worker Larry Jasion killed one and wounded three others before killing himself at a ...
Second Soviet Union-issued postage stamp dedicated to Pavlichenko. The American folk singer Woody Guthrie composed a song ("Miss Pavlichenko") as a tribute to her war record and to memorialize her visits to the United States and Canada. [21] [non-primary source needed] It was released as part of The Asch Recordings. [22] [23] [non-primary ...
Owney (dog) / 38.898; -77.0083. Owney (ca. 1887 – June 11, 1897), was a terrier mix [ 1] adopted in the United States as a postal mascot by the Albany, New York, post office about 1888. The Albany mail professionals recommended the dog to their Railway Mail Service colleagues, and he became a nationwide mascot for nine years (1888–1897). [ 2]
Betsy Ross. Elizabeth Griscom Ross (née Griscom; [ 1] January 1, 1752 – January 30, 1836), also known by her second and third married names, Ashburn and Claypoole, [ 1] was an American upholsterer who was credited by her relatives in 1870 [ 2] with making the second official U.S. flag, [ 3] accordingly known as the Betsy Ross flag.