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  1896 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar).
January 4 - Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
May 8 - Against Warwickshire, Yorkshire sets a still-standing County Championship record when they accumulate an innings total of 887.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1896   (1039 words)

  
 History of the Great Lakes, Vol. 1 by J.B. Mansfield, Captains, Shipping, Lighthouse Keepers and Marine
The other boat went to the assistance of those struggling in the water, but only succeeded in rescuing two of the unfortunates, Captain Meyer's son Carl, and the steward.
Lloyd H. Weeks, who was in command of the Gilcher, was a master of undoubted seamanship and experience, and had a capable crew of 16 all told, none of whom escaped to verify any of the theories that were formed to account for her disappearance.
Others of the crew tried to launch one of the small boats and were swamped with it.
www.linkstothepast.com /marine/chapt41.html   (10242 words)

  
 1896(Events) - Isle of Man Examiner Annual, 1897
Qualtrough and others, which involved the question of whether the parishioners of Malew had a right to use the Racecourse at Langness for purposes of recreation The trial ended in a verdict to the effect that no such right had been proved being returned.
The third, and perhaps the most important event affecting the ancient metropolis of Man, was the opening of the park so generously presented to the town by Mrs Poulsom, a native of Castletown, who is the wife of Mr William Poulsom, J.P., ex-Mayor of Bootle.
1896, numbered 305,525, as against 292,249, which was the total of the arrivals for the corresponding period of 1895.
www.isle-of-man.com /manxnotebook/exans/evt_1897.htm   (1096 words)

  
 ATSDR - Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance (HSEES) 1998
Other important types of information were not recorded, including the demographic characteristics of victims, the types of injuries received, and the number of persons evacuated.
Hazardous substances emergency events are defined by HSEES as uncontrolled or illegal releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, or the hazardous by-products of substances.
Twenty-six percent of the events occurred in an educational facility, 20% in residential areas, 16% in health care facilities, 14% in government/state/municipal facilities, and the remainder (24%) in other types of facilities.
www.atsdr.cdc.gov /HS/HSEES/annual98.html   (4821 words)

  
 MIT hurdler was victor/chronicler of 1896 Olympics - MIT News Office
Olympic color from 1896 - An account from the 1896 Olympics by Thomas Pelham Curtis, MIT Class of 1894, who won the 110-meter hurdles that year.
Training for the 1896 Olympics - An account from the 1896 Olympics by Thomas Pelham Curtis, MIT Class of 1894, who won the 110-meter hurdles that year.
MIT alumnus' account of 1896 Olympic marathon - An account of the Greek donkey driver who won from the 1896 Olympics marathon by Thomas Pelham Curtis '94, MIT hurdler, who won the 110-meter hurdles that year.
web.mit.edu /newsoffice/1996/olymp1896-curtis.html   (1224 words)

  
 OLYMPIC GAMES
But it is most likely that such activities were performed near the palace, probably by members of the higher class.
In the Mycenean world the chariot was considered extremely important, as it is not only used in hunting and in war but for religious and funerary ceremonies as well.
These events were to become the symbol of political and cultural unity of the Greeks in the historical period.
www.fhw.gr /olympics/ancient/en/100.html   (438 words)

  
 Endurance World: Events and Races
Ultra-distance event is traditionally defined as any event which consists of longer than the common standard long distance race for such sport (i.e., over Ironman distance in triathlons, or over marathon distance in running).
There are certain events that also considered ultras due to the terrain, weather, and other conditions that greatly increase difficulty and finishing factor.
In addition to these fixed distance events there are those in which runners attempt to cover the greatest possible distance within a fixed period of time (24 hours, 48 hours or 6 days).
www.angelfire.com /electronic/ultramentor/events.html   (1931 words)

  
 Tornadoes in the Past
Efforts were made by SUNY Albany and other meteorologists to convince the Albany National Weather Service Office to lower the rating to F3, but to no avail.
The other was the third deadliest tornado in US history, taking a total of at least 255 lives.
Other people living on shanty boats may have perished in the Mississippi River, but were not counted because their bodies were washed downstream.
tornadoproject.com /past/pastts95.htm   (2101 words)

  
 1896: Racial and Religious Prejudice
In September 1896, a few months after Plessy and in the midst of the presidential campaign, Washington gave this address in Brooklyn stating his views on fl political and social rights.
The lives of other fl leaders were in transition in 1896.
Two women sat at the other end of the box and one reddened with anger as her eye rested on the intruder's brown face.
projects.vassar.edu /1896/prejudice.html   (1417 words)

  
 Classics in the History of Psychology -- Dewey (1896)
It is equally applicable to the series of events in the circulation of the blood, or the sequence of acts occurring in a self-binding reaper.[5]
A state of things characterizing an outcome is regarded as a true description of the events which led up to this outcome; when, as a matter of fact, if this outcome had already been in existence, there would have been no necessity for the process.
The only events to which the terms stimulus and response can be descriptively applied are to minor acts serving by their respective positions to the maintenance of some organized coördination.
psychclassics.yorku.ca /Dewey/reflex.htm   (4413 words)

  
 StepOutside: Olympic Events
Seventeen Olympic events in four Olympic disciplines (rifle, pistol, running target, and shotgun) will be contested at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.
While only four nations competed in the shooting events in 1896, 423 shooters from one hundred different nations participated at the 1996 Atlanta Games in shooting.
However, a new event - double trap - was added in 1996 that allowed men and women to compete together.
www.stepoutside.org /s_olympic.html   (294 words)

  
 1896 in sports - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
See also: 1895 in sports, other events of 1896, 1897 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.
First World Figure Skating Championships (open to men only) held in St.
1896 Summer Olympics, the first modern Olympic Games, takes place in Athens, Greece
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1896_in_sports   (168 words)

  
 Cool Running :: On the Trail of Pheidippides: Olympic Track and Field at Athens, 1896 and 2004
The true meaning of this simple phrase is dramatically illustrated by comparing track and field events of the first modern Olympic Games of Athens, 1896, with the same events in progress now at Games of the XXVII Olympiad in Athens, 108 years and 5 months after it all began.
Most of the athletes of 1896 were participants in track and field, but there were also events in swimming, cycling, gymnastics, tennis, fencing, shooting, weightlifting, and wrestling.
The other three events contested in every Olympics —in addition to the 12 of TandF—are the 1500-meter swim, individual foil fencing, and individual sabre fencing.
www.coolrunning.com /engine/6/6_1/on-the-trail-of-pheidippi.shtml   (2855 words)

  
 EVENTS
They do it for themselves and for each other, to reaffirm their existence in a world that increasingly tells them that they have no control.
It can become sculptural depending on the site and the idea that it can travel on trains is a whole other aspect, I mean there is definitely a type of pseudo political statement within the bucking of the establishment but, I think that the truer refinement of the art form is yet to come.
The video and soundscapes are inter-related and inseparable from each other and together form a rich and compelling performance art event.
www.detroitmona.com /events-page.htm   (5651 words)

  
 GreekBoston Olympic Opening Ceremony 2004!
The modern Olympics were officially and athletically unveiled on April 6, 1896, when South Boston's James Connolly won the hop, step and jump (triple jump) and became the first Olympic champion in more than 1,500 years.
This was one of only three Olympics in which the U.S. did not win a swimming medal.
Many of the events, including the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, were held in a reconstructed Panathinaiko Stadium, which was originally built in 330 B.C. The Games lasted 10 days, the shortest Olympics of the modern era.
www.greekboston.com /olympics/first_games.shtml   (612 words)

  
 St Francisville Events Louisiana
Located in the old hardware store circa 1896, the museum houses photographic exhibits, miniature recreation rooms, period clothing and flags of the area.
The Annual Spring Pilgrimage is dedicated to the memory of John James Audubon, who set himself the task of painting all the birds in America.
In commemoration of this unique event in history: a re-enactment of the burial, a play by local performers and other activities are scheduled.
www.stfrancisvilleinn.com /Events/Events.html   (614 words)

  
 Other Colors | Changing Times
Ferguson The U.S. Supreme Court rules in an 1896 decision, that state-imposed racial segregation of railroad cars is constitutional.
Interracial couples consistently deal with one or the other being an "insider", while the other feels like an "outsider" within their separate ethnic and racial communities.
If the insiders are sensitive to and welcome the outsider, chances increase that the insider's customs, traditions and values will be incorporated into the couple's lives and passed on to their children.
www.kqed.org /w/baywindow/othercolors/changingtimes   (959 words)

  
 events
She is the recipient of multiple Ohio Art Council Fellowships and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in addition to other honors.
Whereas Mary focused on glazes, frequently using pots thrown by others, Buck was more attuned to working on the potter’s wheel and producing his own pots.
In no event shall the AAPA be liable for any damages resulting from use of these links.
www.amartpot.org /events.htm   (2021 words)

  
 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
On 6 April 1896, the American James Connolly won the triple jump to become the first Olympic champion in more than 1,500 years.
Their support was rewarded when a Greek shepherd, Spyridon Louis, won the most popular event, the marathon.
James Connolly (USA-athletics) won the triple jump on 6 April 1896, and thus became the first Olympic champion since the Ancient Games.
www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1896   (287 words)

  
 The Homestead and Pullman Strikes
In light of the recent depression, the voters of 1896 were concerned with keeping money in their pockets.
Within recent public memory lay two major events that led to this unease--the Homestead strike of 1892 and the Pullman Railroad strike of 1894.
In his famous essay 'The Gospel of Wealth' (1900), he condemned millionaires who kept their money, arguing that private wealth should be treated as a public trust.
projects.vassar.edu /1896/strikes.html   (1184 words)

  
 History: 1891 - 1900   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Patriotic organizations gathered at Barnes Hall and led by the Axtell Coronet Band marched to the public school where they were met by 200 more citizens, teachers and students.
1896: Two longtime faces in and around Axtell leave in January of 1896.
The demand for farm hands in October around the Axtell neighborhood is far beyond the supply.
www.marshallco.net /axtell/his1891-1900.html   (4499 words)

  
 Women's Rights Movement in the U.S.: Timeline
The primary goal of the organization is to achieve voting rights for women by means of a Congressional amendment to the Constitution.
Utah and Idaho follow suit in 1896, Washington State in 1910, California in 1911, Oregon, Kansas, and Arizona in 1912, Alaska and Illinois in 1913, Montana and Nevada in 1914, New York in 1917; Michigan, South Dakota, and Oklahoma in 1918.
Margaret Sanger opens the first U.S. birth-control clinic in Brooklyn, N.Y. Although the clinic is shut down 10 days later and Sanger is arrested, she eventually wins support through the courts and opens another clinic in New York City in 1923.
www.infoplease.com /spot/womenstimeline1.html   (1486 words)

  
 TCS: Tech Central Station - At Risk In the Universe... Always   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
And when we react to these events with love and sacrifice and selflessness, we become gauges of God's glory, instruments of His love.
Knowledge and technology have done and will continue to do wonders in helping us minimize the human cost of such "earth events." In some cases we will indeed be able to predict approaching calamity, issue warnings, facilitate evacuations.
And in the history God sees fit to yet give us, this terrible event will take its small place in the long gray columns of statistics that pay grim tribute to the precariousness of our physical lives.
www.techcentralstation.com /010705A.html   (832 words)

  
 Mardi Gras History & Timeline
It has not been added to, nor events deleted, to harden or soften the impact of the deeds of our ancestors upon the timeline.
Other firsts are the Carnival colors, song, and flag.
It is the only other source of Ball coverage besides the local newspaper.
www.mardigrasdigest.com /html/mardi_gras_history__timeline.htm   (7242 words)

  
 This Day in History Calendar of Historic Events Timeline
On this day in 1814, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and and his lover the 16-year-old Mary Godwin went to France, ostensibly to visit some of her mother's friends in Paris.
On this day in 1896, the city of Miami was incorporated.
Discover who shares your birthday, what notable events happened on a day, holidays celebrated around the world, and noteworthy events on this daily calendar.
rush2jc.50megs.com /0728.html   (1444 words)

  
 Utah Events Calendar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
InfoFair is an annual event at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center with the goal of providing up-to-date information on computer applications, resources and services as well as a glimpse into the future of computers and computing in the health sciences.
Other events are happening in Salt Lake, Ogden, and Tooele in April, May and June.
Some stories are original, while others have been adapted from existing sources.
www.das.state.ut.us /cc/apr2002/events.html   (1167 words)

  
 Northwest CT Convention & Visitors Bureau
The event will be free and open to the public, and it will be presented as part of the universitys M.F.A. slide lecture series.
The event will be free and open to the public; donations to the music department will be accepted.
The event will be free and open to the public, and it will be presented as part of the universitys Master of Fine Arts slide lecture series.
www.litchfieldhills.com /app/events/index.jsp   (4296 words)

  
 The Western Iowa Tourism Region   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The unique 1896 Chicago and Northwestern Railroad depot and American Express building designed by Charles Sumner Frost in his classic, Victorian Romanesque style is being totally restored.
Along with serving as an official welcome center for the states of Iowa and Nebraska, providing maps, brochures and travel assistance, the Sergeant Floyd River Museum and Welcome Center showcases a variety of permanent exhibits on historic riverboats, the Missouri River and Sioux City history.
Restored to reflect the era, the house where singer Andy Williams was born and lived until 8 years of age displays items donated by Andy and members of his fan club, along with other items of local historical interest.
www.traveliowa.org /places.html   (3605 words)

  
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The Frazier home was built in 1892 and houses a fine collection of antique furnishings and other items of the 19th Century daily living.
The site also houses a 1918 barn, a carriage house and several other buildings, all of which were an integral part of a turn-of-the-century working farm.
Rental of the house and extensive grounds are also available for weddings receptionist and other events.
museum.bmi.net   (324 words)

  
 The Greater Meriden Chamber of Commerce - Page.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
They are a chance for business persons to get together with other area businesses…maybe connect with a politician or a banker.
Community Events are submitted by various groups in our community.
Other Events are business related events to include expos, educational programs, training opportunities and trade shows which are offered in the area.
www.meridenchamber.com /calendar   (406 words)

  
 Scotland, Traquair House, the oldest inhabited Scottish Castle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Events to look forward to in October and November 2005
This year visit the market place in the courtyard with roasted chestnuts, carol singing and other traditional entertainment.
When Mary Queen of Scots visited Traquair in 1566, a brewery was working and in 1739, a 200 gallon copper was installed in a brew house in one of the wings beneath the chapel.
www.traquair.co.uk /d.html   (542 words)

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