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Edward O'Rourke

In 1972 O'Rourke's ashes were moved from Campo Verano to his former bishopric in Poland; they were buried in a crypt in the Oliwa Cathedral.


1848 in the United States

March 26 – Edward O. Wolcott, United States Senator from Colorado from 1889 till 1901.

1875 Boston Red Stockings season

Harry Wright, Al Spalding, Jim O'Rourke, and shortstop George Wright have all been elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Aero Club of America

In the summer of 1905, several members of the Automobile Club of America including Charles Glidden, Homer Hedge, David Morris, John F. O'Rourke, and Augustus Post founded the Aero Club of America.

Aldwych

On 18 February 1996, a bomb detonated prematurely on a Number 171 bus travelling along Aldwych, killing Edward O'Brien, the IRA operative transporting the device; it also injured four others.

Appalachian dulcimer

Contemporary professional musicians who view the dulcimer as their primary instrument include Stephen Seifert of Nashville and Aaron O'Rourke of Tallahassee.

Armenian cemetery in Julfa

After several postponed visits, a renewed attempt was planned by inspectors of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for August 29 - September 6, 2007, led by the British Labour politician Edward O'Hara.

Axel Fischer

On January 1, 2009, Fischer succeeded Edward O'Hara as Chairman of the committee for Technology and Aerospace.

Big Bad Beautiful World

Big Bad Beautiful World is the second full-length album by Declan O'Rourke.

Bill Fay

A cover version of Fay's "Pictures of Adolf Again", by producer and musician Jim O'Rourke and Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche, can be heard in the film from Kōji Wakamatsu, United Red Army.

Bill Pohlad

He is the son of Eloise (O'Rourke) and banker and businessman Carl Pohlad, who owned the Minnesota Twins baseball franchise from 1984 to 2009, and brother of current owner Jim Pohlad.

Brian O'Rourke

Brian O'Rourke (in Irish, Brian na Múrtha Ó Ruairc) (1540? – 1591), hereditary lord of West Bréifne in Ireland during the later stages of the Tudor conquest of that country, was proclaimed by the English as a rebel and became the first man extradited within Britain on allegations of crimes committed in Ireland.

Brian Oge O'Rourke

Brian Oge O'Rourke (Irish: Brian óg na samhthach O Ruairc) (died 28 January 1604) was the penultimate king of West Bréifne, from 1591 until his death in 1604.

Cunnamulla

Cunnamulla was the subject of a 2000 documentary film of the same name by Dennis O'Rourke, in which he followed several members of the community as they went about their daily lives.

Dan Dion

He attended Santa Clara University, where he was the campus comedy director, producing shows such as The Second City, P. J. O'Rourke, and Greg Proops.

Dara O'Rourke

He is also the founder of GoodGuide, an online consumer tool for retrieving information about the supply chain of consumer products such as toys, food, and detergents.

Dead in Tombstone

The film begins with a narration on the West, or the "New Frontier", described by the narrator — Lucifer (Mickey Rourke), one of the seven Princes of Hell, — as a "heartless, lawless viper pit", contrary to popular belief that it is made up of "god-fearing" good folk.

Desperate Hours

Mickey Rourke earned a Razzie Award nomination for Worst Actor for his performance in the film (also for Wild Orchid), but lost to Andrew Dice Clay for The Adventures of Ford Fairlane.

Edward O. Wolcott

He once again took up the practice of law in Colorado, and maintained that practice until his death (which happened while he was on vacation in Monte Carlo).

Edward O'Bryen

O'Bryen subsequently lived with his wife Mary Alsop and their daughter, also named Mary, at Catisfield in Hampshire until his wife's death in 1807, shortly after which he was married to Martha Charlotte Bradbury.

Edward O'Donnell

Edward J. O'Donnell (1909-1986), President of Marquette University (1948-1962)

Edward O'Herron, Jr.

In 1977, the North Carolina operation merged with the Florida Eckerd chain, formerly run by Jack Eckerd.

Extreme Records

Extreme has released CDs and tapes by artists such as Non, Orchestra of Skin and Bone, Paul Schütze, Muslimgauze, Social Interiors, Makers of the Dead Travel Fast, Jim O'Rourke, Elliott Sharp, Shinjuku Thief, Christoph Heemann, Otomo Yoshihide, Kato Hideki, and Big John Duncan.

Government Girl

Sonny Tufts, borrowed from Paramount to star, was paired with Olivia De Havilland, who had run into studio politics at Warner Bros. on her last feature, Princess O'Rourke (1943) that had resulted in first, her suspension, and subsequent "assignment" by studio boss Jack Warner to producer David O. Selznick in return for Ingrid Bergman, whom Warner cast in Casablanca (1942).

Horace Tennyson O'Rourke

Horace Tennyson O'Rourke, (1880–1963) was Dublin city architect for Dublin Corporation, now, Dublin City Council from 1922-1945.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group

The Centre collaborates with internationally leading academic institutions in the UK and overseas and works with world class firms such as GSK, IBM, Arup, Laing O'Rourke, CSC and BP, disseminating its findings widely.

Jerry Ahern

His fictional protagonist John Thomas Rourke's choices in firearms and equipment reflected Ahern's own: the character's main weapons were a pair of compact Detonics CombatMaster .45 pistols in a custom double shoulder holster by famous maker Lou Alessi.

John Lanigan

In 1808 he assisted Edward O'Reilly, William Halliday, and Father Paul O'Brien in founding the Gaelic Society of Dublin, the initial effort to save the Irish language.

Jonny Quinn

Guests included the band, past Snow Patrol collaborator and band mate Iain Archer and singer Declan O'Rourke.

Lacky Ó Máille

Ó Máille, called "the troubled friar" by Brien O'Rourke, was a native of Partry, County Mayo.

London Heathrow Terminal 2

Construction is being undertaken by a joint venture of Ferrovial and Laing O'Rourke.

Love Is the Way

Produced by Eddi herself and recorded in a matter of days with her band in Glasgow, the record includes songs written with her longtime writing partner Boo Hewerdine, her life partner John Douglas (The Trashcan Sinatras), songs from Irish songwriters Declan O'Rourke and Jack Maher, Edinburgh-based Sandy Wright, an Eddi/Fleetwood Mac mashup and a rare Brian Wilson composition.

Michael James O'Rourke

He died on 6 December 1957 in Vancouver and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

Michael O'Rourke

Michael James O'Rourke (1878–1957), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross

National Lampoon The Gentleman's Bathroom Companion

The pieces in the book were created by regular contributors to the National Lampoon including Michael O'Donoghue, Henry Beard, Doug Kenney, Sean Kelly, Tony Hendra, P.J. O'Rourke and Ed Subitzky as well as Terry Southern and William Burroughs.

Octopus wrestling

H. Allen Smith wrote an article for True magazine in 1964, collected in Low Man Rides Again (1973), about a gentleman named O'Rourke whom he dubs the "Father of Octopus Wrestling".

Red Terror on the Amber Coast

During a year teaching at Vilnius University, O'Rourke was inspired by an accidental visit to the former KGB headquarters in Vilnius, calling it "one of the most chilling experiences of my life."

Robbie O'Connell

Clean Cabbage in the Bucket (And Other Tales From The Irish Music Trenches), co-written with Seamus Kennedy, Dennis O'Rourke, Harry O'Donoghue and Frank Emerson.

Roy S. Simmonds

Roy S. Simmonds (September 16, 1925 – November 10, 2001) was an English literary scholar and critic best known for his biographies on John Steinbeck, William March and Edward O'Brien.

Sheldon Gang

The gang maintained an uneasy truce with the other rival gangs, until 1923, when a brief gang war broke out between the Sheldon Gang and the Southside O'Donnells until O'Donnell leader Edward O'Donnell was forced to leave Chicago after being severely wounded, by Frank McErlane, during a drive-by shooting on September 25, 1925.

Since Kyabram

Since Kyabram is the first album by singer-songwriter Declan O'Rourke, released in 2004.

St George's Church, Thornton Hough

The interior of the church is richly and elaborately decorated, the sculptor being Edward O. Griffith.

State of the Planet

It includes interviews with many leading scientists, such as Edward O. Wilson and Jared Diamond.

Steve Dalachinsky

He has been writing poetry for many years and has worked with such musicians as William Parker, Susie Ibarra, Matthew Shipp, Roy Campbell, Daniel Carter, Sabir Mateen, Mat Maneri, Federico Ughi, Loren Mazzacane Connors, Rob Brown, Tim Barnes and Jim O'Rourke.

The Best American Short Stories

The series began in 1915, when Edward O'Brien edited his selection of the previous year's stories.

The Best of John Fahey 1959–1977

It includes liner notes and commentary by such guitarists as Leo Kottke, Peter Lang, Jim O'Rourke, and George Winston, some of whom had recorded numerous Fahey compositions on their own albums or who were once signed to his Takoma label.

The Voloptulist

The Voloptulist is a 2006 album by The New Blockaders, Thurston Moore, and Jim O'Rourke, released on the Hospital Productions label.

Thomas D. O'Rourke

Professor O’Rourke has testified before the United States House of Representatives Science Committee (engineering implications of the 1999 Turkey and Taiwan earthquakes and, in 2003, on the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program).

He joined the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity at Cornell, and through that organization, the Irving Literary Society.

Such projects include the Washington D.C. Metro System, Superconducting Super Collider, Channel Tunnel, and the Boston Central Artery.

Yona-Kit

A U.S.-Japanese collaboration, the group consisted of KK Null (electric guitar and vocals), Jim O'Rourke (electric guitar), Darin Gray (electric bass guitar), and Thymme Jones (drum set).


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