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The Thanksgiving Day Massacre The dark history of this all-American holiday is well documented and anyone who wants to know the truth can easily find it. What I will present here are just a few of the facts. In 1637, English settlers moved into the Connecticut valley, home of the Pequot Indians. Then early one morning while the Natives were still asleep, the settlers surrounded, attacked, and set ablaze a town full of Pequot Indians. They burned entire families alive. Anyone who escaped the fire

Hollandsburg Research Project In the northwest corner of Garden City, Kansas lies four graves from a horrific massacre that happened on a cold November evening in 1959. Written by Truman Capote, In Cold Blood goes into specific detail from the night of the killing to the hanging of the convicted killers: Perry Smith and Richard Hickock. Nearly 20 years later, known as the Valentine’s Day Massacre, occurred. This shooting happened in Hollandsburg, a rural town in Indiana. The execution of 4 young men

“Only Capone’s gang kills like that!” a quote by Bugs Moran, leader of North Side Gang” (Gottesman 1). On February 14, 1929, seven men were killed in a warehouse loading zone in Chicago, USA climaxing a huge rivalry between the North Side Gang and Al Capone’s. Capone was one of the most dominant and well-known gangsters during the Prohibition Era, ranging between 1920 and 1933. Prohibition in Chicago was huge, many people wanted to go out for a drink and have a good time after work but the 18th amendment

confrontations. But the problems between the two seemed to stop after the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre on February 14, 1929. Then, the hunt for those responsible started. The crime itself involved many people, killed many people, and even had effects after the crime. There were many well-known people of Chicago in the two groups and high tensions between gangs that would eventually lead up to the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. The two gangs, the Italian-Sicilian mob and the Irish-Jewish crew, had many confrontations

Timeline List: Karl - France John Calvin Louis XV Louis XIV Louis XIII Henry IV Henry III Henry VIII Charles IX Edict of Nantes St. Bartholomew 's Day Massacre Research: John Calvin: http://www.biography.com/people/john-calvin-9235788 Was a Theologian, and Journalist Born July 10, 1509 and died May 27, 1564 Born in Noyon, Picardy, France and died in Geneva, Switzerland studied at University of Paris, University of Orléans, University of Bourges He lived in Geneva until anti-protestant authorities

Federal authorities, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, had much less jurisdiction than they have today, and did not include Chicago’s gang-related activity. Chicago’s gang war reached its bloody climax in the so-called St. Valentine’s Day Massacre of 1929. One of Capone’s longtime enemies, the Irish gangster George “Bugs” Moran, ran his bootlegging operations out of a garage on the North Side of Chicago. On February 14, seven members of Moran’s operation were gunned down while standing lined

The St.Valentine's Day Massacre As many are aware, the wednesday of the second week in February is Valentine's day.The day spent with those we love and show how much we appreciate them. However, it also marks the day that 89 years age,on february 14,1929 , seven men were lined up in a cold garage ,headquarters of a northern gang , were shot by the henchmen of gang leader Al Capone in cold blood.Unfortunately, no one was arrested for the crime as Al capone was in his florida home

continued to drink by bootlegging, which was the smuggling alcohol between the states. As the commonality of bootlegging rose, so did the gang violence. Probably the most well-known gang related violence during this time was the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. This massacre was believed to be set up by the infamous Al Capone. All of this violence because of the prohibition was ironic because the people that pushed for it called the “drys” claimed that making alcohol illegal would reduce crime when it actually

Catherine de Medici and Obsession Over Power "An execrable woman whose memory will remain in bloody crepe until the end of time[1]". For nearly 400 years this assessment of Catherine de Medici held true. In the popular imagination she is a Machiavellian schemer using poison on those who hindered her in her quest to gain and maintain power at court, a view of Catherine reinforced in recent years by the film La Reine Margot, based on the book by Dumas. Most traditionalist

Through the history of western civilization, there have been many recurring themes. One of the major themes throughout the history of this region would be political and social violence. Monarchies and other forms of government have historically struggled with being able to successfully and efficiently control their territories and societies. Various forms of governments have been used in order to find the most effective type of government for their individual countries. One main issue for these government