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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Today's selected anniversaries:
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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Wiktionary's word of the day:
toggle (v):
1. To alternate between two positions using a single switch or lever.
2. To switch between alternate states
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The struggle is always between the individual and his sacred right to
express himself and the power structure that seeks conformity,
suppression, and obedience.
--William O. Douglas
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