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The 1985 MOVE bombing, locally known by its date, May 13, 1985, [2] was an airstrike and destruction of residential homes in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, by the Philadelphia Police Department during a standoff with MOVE, a black liberation organization. Philadelphia police dropped two explosive ...
John Africa (July 26, 1931 – May 13, 1985), born Vincent Leaphart, was the founder of MOVE, a Philadelphia -based, predominantly black organization active from the early 1970s and still active. He and his followers were killed at a residential home, which served as the headquarters of MOVE, in a fire after the Philadelphia Police Department ...
Joseph William Coyle (February 26, 1953 – August 15, 1993) was an unemployed longshoreman in Philadelphia who, in February 1981, found $1.2 million in the street, after it had fallen out of the back of an armored car, and kept it. [1] His story was made into the 1993 film Money for Nothing, starring John Cusack, [2] as well as a 2002 book by ...
Release. August 17, 2008. (2008-08-17) Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story is a 2008 original LMN movie, starring Judy Reyes, Ana Ortiz, and A Martinez. Based on real events, the film follows the events surrounding the kidnapping and rescue of Delimar Vera, the newborn daughter of Luz Cuevas and Pedro Vera. [1]
The movie “Philadelphia,” starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington, premiered on Dec. 14, 1993. “Streets of Philadelphia” would go on to win an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1994.
The killing of Eddie Irizarry occurred on August 14, 2023, when he was shot by Philadelphia Police Department officer Mark Dial while in his vehicle.. Later on August 14, Philadelphia police told the media that the incident began when officers pulled over a car that was "driving erratically", then as "officers approached" the car, Irizarry "stepped out" of the car "with a knife", which the ...
The unveiling ceremony included live music, the debut of the first full trailer for Rocky Balboa, and a free showing of the first Rocky movie. At the ceremony, Philadelphia Mayor John Street said that the steps were one of Philly's biggest tourist attractions, and that Stallone, a native New Yorker, had become "the city's favorite adopted son ...
Running time. 90 miniutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Night Catches Us is a 2010 drama film directed and written by Tanya Hamilton and stars Kerry Washington, Anthony Mackie, Jamie Hector, Wendell Pierce and Novella Nelson.