On July 21, 1967, in Englewood's fourth ward, residents rioted. Residents claimed that the other people of Englewood unfairly treated them and that the police were invasive. The unrest lasted for five days.
On March 1, 1982, Englewood teachers began a 17-day strike. They were protesting wages and benefits. The strike ended in a new three-year contract between teachers and the school district.
On July 6th, 1951 at 11:30 P.M. a fire broke out in Englewood Hospital. It burned the men's dormitory in Pierce Hall. Richard Barcello, an employee of the hospital, was arrested and pleaded guilty to arson and three counts of murder. He was sentenced to life in prison.
On January 31st, 1959 Edward Post fired shots at authorities hitting two Englewood police officers. Joseph B. Lynch and his girlfriend Sieglinde Klapprott were also arrested for their involvement.
On February 22nd, 1887, Reverand Charles W. Ward tried to kill his wife, child, and himself. Ward shot his wife, Orpah Van Schaick, in the Jaw before turning and shooting at his child, Bessie. His wife and daughter fled and he shot himself in the head. None of the wounds were…
Wilt Chamberlain was already a national basketball phenomenon by the spring of 1960. After rising to prominence at Overbrook High School, starring at the University of Kansas, spending a season with the Harlem Globetrotters, and entering the NBA with the Philadelphia Warriors in…
On June 2, 1970, at 1 A.M. a fire started at the Town Sound Studio. It was located in the century-old Schneider Building and $500,000 in equipment was destroyed.
In the spring of 1952, Mary McLeod Bethune, one of the most respected educators and public servants in the United States, became the center of a national civil-liberties controversy in Englewood, New Jersey. The episode unfolded at the height of Cold War anti-communist anxiety…
