Oakwood Cemetery is a nonsectarian rural cemetery in Troy, New York. Opened in 1850, it was the fourth rural cemetery in New York, operated by the first rural cemetery association created in the state. Oakwood is located in the Lansingburgh neighborhood on 352 acres (142 ha) of hilly land. It is known for both its dense foliage and rolling lawns, and has historically been used as a public park by local residents; many memorials include benches intended for visitors to rest. Oakwood is home to the Richardsonian Romanesque Earl Crematorium, the English Gothic Warren Chapel (pictured), 24 mausolea, and 60,000 graves. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Oakwood is the burial place of educator Emma Willard, financier Russell Sage, and Samuel Wilson, the progenitor of the United States' national symbol, Uncle Sam.

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456:

Magister militum Ricimer defeated Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and became master of the Western Roman Empire. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricimer

1813:

The Sixth Coalition attacked Napoleon and the First French Empire in the Battle of Leipzig, the largest conflict in the Napoleonic Wars with over 500,000 troops involved. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leipzig

1843:

William Rowan Hamilton first wrote down the fundamental formula for quaternions, carving the equation into the side of Broom Bridge in Cabra, Dublin, Ireland. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/quaternion

1978:

Karol Józef Wojtyła, a cardinal from Kraków, Poland, became Pope John Paul II, the first non-Italian pope since the 16th century and the first ever from a Slavic country. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul%C2%A0II

1984:

The first episode of the British police procedural television series The Bill was first broadcast on ITV, eventually becoming the longest running police procedural television series in British television history. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bill

1995:

Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam convened the Million Man March in Washington, D.C., in an effort to unite in self-help and self-defense against economic and social ills plaguing the African American community. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Man_March

1996:

At least 83 people were killed and more than 140 injured when an excessive number of fans attempted to squeeze into Guatemala City's Estadio Mateo Flores to see the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification match between Guatemala and Costa Rica. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadio_Mateo_Flores

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