* 2011 recall of Omaha Nebraska Mayor Jim Suttle

Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, 1918 – 1921

From 1973 to 1977, he served as Mayor of Omaha.

The founder of Boyd's Packing House, he served as the Mayor of Omaha from 1881 to 1883 and from 1885 to 1887, and as the seventh Governor of the state of Nebraska in 1891 and from 18921893.

* 1987 recall of Mike Boyle, mayor of Omaha, Nebraska.

* Mike Boyle ( born 1944 ), mayor of Omaha, Nebraska

Other mainstays of the music scene in Omaha include folk artists such as Simon Joyner, Kyle Knapp, and his son, Saddle Creek artist Joe Knapp, Joe Watson, Mike Murphy, Kevin Quinn, and electronic artists Peter None and Chip Davis.

Hagel has two brothers: Thomas, also a highly decorated Vietnam War veteran, is a professor at the University of Dayton School of Law, and Mike, an accomplished and well known artist who currently resides in Omaha, Nebraska.

* Mike Hastings ( ice hockey ), former head coach and general manager of the Omaha Lancers in the USHL

Michael John Sullivan, known as Mike Sullivan ( born September 22, 1939, in Omaha, Nebraska ) was the 29th Governor of Wyoming, having served from 1987 – 1995.

At the 2006 WSOP, Watkinson won a bracelet and the $ 655, 746 first prize in the $ 10, 000 pot limit Omaha event when his defeated Mike Guttman's on a board of.

Hirsh was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of Deborah, a naval officer, and Mike Hirsh, a marine officer.

It is often said that Omaha is a game of " the nuts ", i. e. the best possible high or low hand, because it frequently takes " the nuts " to win a showdown.

Some units fighting in this operation also fought at Omaha Beach ; comparing the two, veterans said the Battle of Hürtgen Forest was a much bloodier fight than Omaha.

The Times reported on April 23, that “ The evidence is said to implicate more than twenty prominent stockmen of Cheyenne whose names have not been mentioned heretofore, also several wealthy stockmen of Omaha, as well as to compromise men high in authority in the State of Wyoming.

Ben Thompson, an Omaha attorney who represents the tribe, said that it had the legal right to establish such laws within the reservation.

Some observers said that in practical terms, public schools in Omaha had been re-segregated since the end of busing in 1999.

Nanette at first lies and said she was only visiting her grandmother in Trenton, but Sue knows that can't be true: Nanette's only living grandmother lives in Omaha.

He began developing the concept for " Omaha " the Cat Dancer after one of the magazine's contributors said that there was not enough sex in the genre.

He was reported to have said, " It is the belief of many that the entire responsibility for the outrage can be placed at the feet of a few men and one Omaha paper.

Susie Buffett said she hopes the number of scholarship recipients, particularly students from the Omaha area, increases significantly next year.

This, in turn, led to a lawsuit by a station in Omaha, Nebraska, that said it would interfere with their signal if allowed.

Missouri's gas taxes are lower than Arkansas ', thus Omaha tried to take advantage of the lower tax.

The AAC recognized Killer Kowalski as world champion when he defeated Carpentier in Boston, and Nebraska recognized Verne Gagne as champion when he defeated Carpentier in Omaha ( after winning the belt, Gagne tried for two years to work things out with the NWA, but finally left the organization in 1960 forming the American Wrestling Association.

The original team was christened the Blue Angels in 1946, when one of the pilots came across the name of New York City's Blue Angel Nightclub in The New Yorker magazine ; the team introduced themselves as the " Blue Angels " to the public for the first time on 21 July 1946, in Omaha, Nebraska.

A white gang looking for blacks during the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 White-on-Black race riots include the Atlanta Riots ( 1906 ), the Omaha and Chicago Riots ( 1919 ), and the Tulsa Riots ( 1921 ).

Noted for its graphic and realistic portrayal of war, the film is especially notable for the intensity of its opening 27 minutes, which depicts the Omaha Beach assault of June 6, 1944.

Critical reception for the film was highly positive, with much praise for the realistic battle scenes and the actors ' performances, but earning some criticism for ignoring the contributions of several other countries to the D-Day landings in general and at Omaha Beach specifically.

Profile of the Pacific Railroad from Council Bluffs / Omaha to San FranciscoThe Union Pacific's of track started at MP 0. 0 in Council Bluffs, Iowa on the eastern side of the Missouri River, the location of its Transfer Depot where up to seven railroads could transfer mail and other goods to Union Pacific trains bound for the west from which they then crossed the river over the Union Pacific Missouri River Bridge ( opened in 1873 ) to Omaha, Nebraska.

The three prime candidates for the eastern terminus on of Missouri River between Kansas City and Omaha were:

On July 4, 1865, the Union Pacific had not gone further than from Omaha — even as the Central Pacific had been working away for 2½ years.

Display ads for the CPRR and UPRR the week the rails were joined on May 19, 1869 UPRR & CPRR " Great American Over-Land Route " Timetable cover 1881When the golden spike was driven, the rail network was not yet connected to the Atlantic or Pacific, but merely connected Omaha and Sacramento.

* Omaha Beach, the Allied code name for one of the June 6, 1944, Battle of Normandy landing sites

The battle for Schmidt cost 6, 184 U. S. casualties — compared with about 3, 000 casualties suffered by the landing forces at Omaha Beach.

The German community in Omaha was largely responsible for founding its once-thriving beer industry, including the Metz, Krug, Falstaff and the Storz breweries.

In 1883 Omaha hosted the first official performance of the Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show for eight thousand attendees.

Research on leisure and hospitality situates Omaha in the same tier for tourists as the neighboring cities of Topeka, Kansas, Kansas City, Missouri, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Denver, Colorado.

The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, one of the nation's premier urban artist colonies, was founded in Omaha in 1981, and the Durham Museum is accredited with the Smithsonian Institution for traveling exhibits.

Another quasi-governmental board, the Metropolitan Entertainment and Convention Authority ( MECA ), was created by city voters in 2000, and is responsible for maintaining the CenturyLink Center Omaha.

Omaha boasts more than of trails for pedestrians, bicyclists and hikers.

Trails throughout the area are included in comprehensive plans for the city of Omaha, the Omaha metropolitan area, Douglas County, and long-distance coordinated plans between the municipalities of southeast Nebraska.

At age 20, Fonda started his acting career at the Omaha Community Playhouse, when his mother's friend Dodie Brando ( mother of Marlon Brando ) recommended that he try out for a juvenile part in You and I, in which he was cast as Ricky.

His father was the leader of Beth El Synagogue, the only Conservative congregation in Omaha, Nebraska, while his mother wrote educational Jewish books for children.