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Topic: Northern Territory Football League


  
  Illinois   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Named for the Illinois tribe of Native Americans, this state is known as the "Land of Lincoln," because it's where the 16th president was raised.
Before becoming a state, Illinois was part of the Northwest Territory.
At the northern edge of the state on Lake Michigan lies Chicago, the nation's third largest city.
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 Timeline 1862-1863
1862 Jun 19, Slavery was outlawed in U.S. territories.
1862 Aug 16, Amos Alonzo Stagg, football pioneer, inventor of the tackling dummy, was born in West Orange, New Jersey.
In Nevada the Territorial Enterprise in Comstock printed some humorous letters from a reader named “Josh.” The editor hired the man, who was Samuel Clemens, for $25 a week.
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 Bibliography
Taylor, Kevin Footystats 1999: Australian Football League Statistics 1897-1998 (Melbourne, ACP Publishing, 1998).
Taylor, Kevin Footystats 2000: Australian Football League Statistics 1897-1999 (Melbourne, ACP Publishing, 1999).
Lee, David and Michael Barfoot NTFL: a History of Australian Football in Darwin and the Northern Territory from 1916 to 1995 (Darwin, Northern Territory Football League, 1995).
www.fullpointsfooty.net /bibliography.htm   (2458 words)

  
 Navigating through Treacherous Waters
I certainly do not advise anyone attending a football match between Belgium and The Netherlands to tell a Dutch supporter that he is speaking in Vlaams, unless the intent is to spark a riot.
In many cases, when there is doubt about translating the name of a given place, it is recommended that a document be found that serves as a primary source.
After the Mexican War, it became a territory and later a state of the U.S.A., having its spelling changed to the anglicized New Mexico.
www.translation-services-usa.com /articles/navigating.shtml   (4769 words)

  
 The World Almanac E-Newsletter: May 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Babe Ruth hits his first major league homer for the Boston Red Sox in a game against the NY Yankees.
When World War I ended, more than twenty years before World War II began, Germany, on the losing side, was one of the countries deeply dissatisfied with the outcome.
Italy and Japan had been victors in World War I, but were unsatisfied with the amount of territory granted to them.
www.worldalmanac.com /200505%20WAE-Newsletter.html   (9901 words)

  
 Links to Australian Rules football sites
Footypedia - the Australian Rules Football Encyclopedia online - a labyrinth of local Aussie Rules history, capturing the grass roots of the game in league and club chronologies.
Tasmanian Football Legends - a continually updated reference site about the greatest Tasmanian players.
Footy Stats - All the statistics from every football competition in Australia.
www.southernfootball.com.au /links.htm   (195 words)

  
 Trivia Contest - World Cultures European
The pool to which the name referred is the oldest known in Northern Europe and currently forms the centre-piece of the penguin enclosure in Dublin Zoo.
During an important function, Northern Ireland minister Dawson Bates - who was in attendance with his wife and son - entered the main hall.
The Irish Rugby Football Union were so attached to it that they flew the Union Jack and not the tricolour at all matches until 1932, when the President of the Executive Council, William T Cosgrave, intervened.
www.irishcultureandcustoms.com /TriviaDidyouknow.html   (6562 words)

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