Emmett Dalton was an American outlaw,train robber and member of the Dalton Gang in the American Old West. Part of a gang that attempted to rob two banks in Coffeyville,Kansas,on October 5,1892,he was the only member of five to survive,despite receiving 23 gunshot wounds. Two of his brothers were killed. After serving 14 years in prison for the crime,Dalton was pardoned. He later capitalized on his notoriety,both as a writer and as an actor. His 1918 serial story Beyond the Law was adapted as a like-named silent film in which he played himself. His 1931 book When the Daltons Rode was adapted after his death as a 1940 film of the same name.
The Dalton Gang was a group of outlaws in the American Old West during 1890–1892. It was also known as The Dalton Brothers because four of its members were brothers. The gang specialized in bank and train robberies. During an attempted double bank robbery in Coffeyville,Kansas,in 1892,two of the brothers and two other gang members were killed;Emmett Dalton survived,was captured,and later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder,although he later asserted that he never fired a shot during the robbery. He was paroled after serving 14 years in prison.
Henry Roquemore was an American character actor who primarily played bit parts. He appeared in 229 silent and sound films from 1927 until 1943. Many of his roles were uncredited parts in Western movies,but he also appeared in major films including Meet John Doe,The Little Foxes,The Magnificent Ambersons,and the Marx Brothers film Yours for the Asking. He was sometimes credited as Henry Rocquemore.
Daniel Edward Lungren is an American politician and lawyer who served as the U.S. representative for California's 3rd congressional district from 2005 to 2013. A member of the Republican Party,during his tenure,the district covered most of Sacramento County,portions of Solano County,as well as all of Alpine County,Amador County and Calaveras County.
The 1994 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 8,1994,in the middle of President Bill Clinton's first term. As a result of a 54-seat swing in membership from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party,Republicans gained a majority of seats in the United States House of Representatives for the first time since 1952 in what was known as the Republican Revolution. It was also the largest seat gain for the party since 1946,and the largest for either party since 1948,and characterized a political realignment in American politics.
Daniel Decatur Emmett was an American songwriter,entertainer,and founder of the first troupe of the blackface minstrel tradition,the Virginia Minstrels. He is most remembered as the composer of the song "Dixie".
Emmett Lathrop Brown,Ph.D.,commonly referred to as Doc Brown,is a fictional scientist character in the Back to the Future franchise. In the world of the franchise,he is the inventor of the world's first and second time machines,the first constructed using a 1981 DeLorean sports car,and the second constructed using a steam engine locomotive.
Francis Healey Albertson was an American actor who had supporting roles in films such as It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and Psycho (1960).
"Dixie",also known as "Dixie's Land","I Wish I Was in Dixie",and other titles,is a song about the Southern United States first made in 1859. It is one of the most distinctively Southern musical products of the 19th century. It was not a folk song at its creation,but it has since entered the American folk vernacular. The song likely cemented the word "Dixie" in the American vocabulary as a nickname for the Southern U.S.
John Stephen Horn was President of California State University,Long Beach and later a five-term Republican United States Congressman from California from 1993 to 2003.
Ellis Ellwood Patterson was a one-term Democratic California congressman. Born in Yuba City,California,he served as representative between 1945 and 1947. Patterson also served in the California State Assembly. He was also the 33rd Lieutenant Governor of California,1939-43.
Fred Cramer Gilchrist was a seven-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa,from 1931 to 1945.
Lot Thomas was a state-court judge who also served three terms as a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's now-obsolete 11th congressional district,in northwestern Iowa.
Fern Emmett was an American film actress. She appeared in 212 films between 1930 and 1946. Emmett's film debut came with Universal in a two-reel production in 1914.
Emmett Earl Lynn was an American actor of the stage and screen.
Emmett R. "Abe" Stuber was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at Westminster College in Fulton,Missouri from 1929 to 1931,at Southeast Missouri State Teachers College—now known as Southeast Missouri State University—from 1932 to 1946,and at Iowa State University from 1947 to 1953,compiling a career college football coaching record of 114–87–11 He was also the head basketball coach at Southeast Missouri State from 1932 to 1935 and from 1943 to 1946,tallying a mark of 60–42. Stuber played college football as a quarterback at the University of Missouri. He worked as an assistant coach in the National Football League (NFL),with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1955,the Green Bay Packers in 1956,and the Chicago Cardinals in 1958,and later as the director of player personnel for the Cardinals,then located in St. Louis. He died on November 20,1989 at this home in Cape Girardeau,Missouri.
Emmett Wilson Hanger Jr. is an American politician of the Republican Party. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1983 to 1991,when he was unseated by Creigh Deeds. Since 1996 he has been a member of the Senate of Virginia,representing the 24th district. This district,located in the central Shenandoah Valley and nearby sections of the Blue Ridge Mountains,includes the independent cities of Staunton,and Waynesboro,as well as Augusta County,Greene County,Madison County,and parts of Rockingham County and Culpeper County.
Events from the year 1859 in the United States.
The Oxnard Press-Courier was a newspaper located in Oxnard,California,United States. It ceased publication in June 1994 after 95 years. In 1992,its daily circulation was 17,325.
Emmett is a given name,also used as a surname. It may be connected to the given name Emma,or the place of Emmott,Lancashire,or it is connected to the Hebrew word אמת,"Truth". It could,however,also come from the old English word for an ant,as still used in Cornwall.
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