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  South Carolina - Search View - MSN Encarta
South of Winyah Bay, it is indented by numerous bays and fringed by the Sea Islands.
South Carolina was one of only three states with a fl majority, and thus the entire white population was especially apprehensive about what would happen to their society if the slaves became free.
In 1900 the population of South Carolina was 1,340,316.
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 pgamediaguide.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The PGA Championship, the annual culmination of golf's four major championships, celebrates its 86th anniversary in 2004 with its first visit to Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wis. Since its inception in 1916, the PGA Championship has evolved into one of the world's premier sporting events.
The PGA Championship was born in the mind of department store owner Rodman Wanamaker, who saw the merchandising possibilities in a professional golfers’ organization.
The PGA Championship was put on hold for two years because of World War I. It was resumed in 1919 at the Engineers Country Club in Roslyn, N.Y. Barnes was again Champion, turning back Fred McLeod, 6 and 5.
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 AmericanGolfer1916
From the South The Colonel 15, 3, 1916
From the South The Colonel 15, 4, 1916
From the South The Colonel 15, 5, 1916
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 Inductee Biographies
An All-South Jersey selection as a senior in high school, Blaszczyk was a junior college honorable mention All-American in 1976 at 134 pounds.
Frisby never lost a dual meet, won the South Jersey championship three times and was second in the state in all three of his trips to the state tournament.
A three-time South Jersey champion (1954-55-56) who was known to South Jersey sports fans as Stanley or “Bones,” Howard finished third and fourth in the state, respectively, before winning the state title in 1956.
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 South Central Golf Magazine
Oak Tree Golf Club’s par-71; yielded a respectable 73.02 stroke average during the 1988 PGA Championship, but that stat was aided by the lack of wind that August when Jeff Sluman stunned the golf world with his lone major title.
The Senior PGA Championship was begun in 1937 at Augusta National Golf Club at the invitation of legendary Bobby Jones, and has since featured the game’s legendary stars that have reached the age of 50.
Tickets to the 67th Senior PGA Championship are available by calling 1-800-PGA-GOLF (742-4653), or by visiting www.seniorPGA2006.com Celebrating its 90th anniversary, The PGA of America was founded in 1916, and is a not-for-profit organization that promotes the game of golf while continuing to enhance the standards of the profession.
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 Golf - MSN Encarta
The most important professional tournaments for men are the Masters, the U.S. Open, the British Open, and the PGA Championship.
For women the four professional tournaments forming the grand slam are the LPGA Championship, the U.S. Women’s Open, the Women’s British Open, and the Nabisco Championship (formerly the Dinah Shore Championship).
The most famous feat in the history of golf was achieved by the American amateur player Bobby Jones, who in 1930 captured his era’s grand slam by winning the British Open, the British Amateur, the U.S. Open, and the U.S. Amateur.
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 2005 USGA Championship Site Previews
USGA championships: This is the eighth USGA championship to be held at the venue and the second U.S. Open following the 1999 event.
Pinehurst also annually hosts the North and South Amateur for both men and women, one of the premier amateur competitions in the U.S. The first USGA event held here was the 1962 U.S. Amateur, won by Labron Harris.
USGA championships: Although it is one of the oldest venues in the Kansas City area, this is the first time the course has been selected to host a USGA competition.
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 Portsmouth Herald South of the Border: Boston's last title marred by mini-strike, war
The 1918 World Series was the last time the Red Sox brought championship glory to the city, but there were few echoes then of the cathartic joy that greeted Boston's 2004 title.
Joe Dundon was a 12-year-old from East Boston when the Sox were making their last championship run.
American League president Ban Johnson pulled out all the stops, including "croccodile tears," according to Richard Johnson, to persuade them to take the field for good of the game and the country.
www.seacoastonline.com /2004news/10282004/south_of/45458.htm   (932 words)

  
 Sicilian Culture: The News & Views: The Italian-American Experience
Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the Italian American community is divided over fascism: Some look with pride on the new government as resurrecting the glory of ancient Rome and putting Italy on the world stage; others see fascism as a repudiation of the Italian traditions of humanism and tolerance.
Italian Americans are taking a more active leadership role in the American Catholic Church, supplanting the dominant position held by the Irish for more than a century.
Italian Americans tend to support liberal causes: 89 percent say they would vote for a woman president; 55 percent are pro-choice; over 60 percent feel that the government should spend more money on education, health-care, and the poor.
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The sport originated in the United States, and is now just achieving the type of popularity in the U.S. that it has received on a global basis, where it ranks behind only soccer among participation sports.
In 1916, in the Philippines, an offensive style of passing the ball in a high trajectory to be struck by another player (the set and spike) were introduced.
In 1949, the first World Championships were held in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
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 African American Odyssey: The Booker T. Washington Era (Part 1)
After the Civil War, African American soldiers who wanted to continue in military service were able to join one of four units, the 9th and 10th Cavalries and the 24th and 25th Infantries.
Native Americans called African American troops the "Buffalo Soldiers." After the Compromise of 1877, when federal troops were withdrawn from the South, only a few African American units remained, including the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry units and the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Infantry.
This composite of thirteen scenes pertaining to African American history from 1619 to 1897, though not wholly accurate (for example, Attucks' first name was Crispus, not Christopher), provides a brief historical overview of the African American quest for full citizenship, particularly participation in the Revolutionary War and the political arena.
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 The Year in American Soccer - 1916
In 1916, the US National Team was reconstituted for the first time since the establishment of the USSF, marking the birth of the modern era for the squad.
The Americans opened their tour on August 16 1916 against an all-star side from Stockholm, playing to a 1-1 draw before 20,000 fans in a fast, aggressive game.
The Americans closed out their tour by returning to Stockholm for a rematch with the all-star squad who had defeated them two weeks earlier.
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The most memorable fight staged in the arena was on Feb. 23, 1916 when Shubert and bantamweight champion Johnny "Kewpie" Ertle of St. Paul, Minn. battled to a 12-round draw before an estimated crowd of 5,000 -- the largest in the history of the emporium.
Two alarms were sounded and within minutes flames were shooting from the south side of the rectangular arena.
It was the late 1940s, and a new invention called television was beginning to capture the imagination of the American people.
www.southcoasttoday.com /millennium/sports/index2.htm   (1328 words)

  
 Edward Gottlieb Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The SPHAS won 11 championships from the late 1920s to early 1940s, dominating the Eastern and American Leagues.
Gottlieb was very instrumental in the merging of the BAA with the National Basketball League to form the NBA.
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.
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 American Classics - An Official TransCyberian Express Station Stop - Events
1729 - The colonies of North and South Carolina are founded when the Carolina colony is divided.
1765 - The Stamp Act is imposed on the American colonies by the British government.
1920 - The passage of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution guarantees all Americans over the age of 18 the right to vote regardless of their gender.
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 World Golf Championships-American Express Championship - World Golf Championships
American golf, however, was still taking baby steps.
Francis Ouimet, an unknown amateur from Boston, may have scored a tremendous victory over British professionals Harry Vardon and Ted Ray in the 1913 U.S. Open, but the Professional Golfers Association of America was only a few years old.
Lake Merced Golf Club had also acquired land in 1922 and was in the process of constructing its course further to the south, just across the county line.
www.worldgolfchampionships.com /news/story/r473/8923956   (1084 words)

  
 World Golf Hall of Fame Member Profile
The tallest of the champions for the first half of the century, Jim Barnes won the first PGA Championship ever played, in 1916, and won the next one, played in 1919.
He won the North and South Open in 1916, his first victory, and again in 1919.
In 1916, he also won a PGA Stroke Play Championship played after the match-play event, but it was never counted as official.
www.wgv.com /hof/member.php?member=1126   (631 words)

  
 SC African-American History Online
This month-by-month outline of historic dates relevant to South Carolina African American history offers readers a perspective that compliments the biographical data on African American leaders.
Garrett T. Morgan, inventor of the gas mask, rescues six from gas-filled tunnel in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1916.
Whitney Young, an Executive Director of the National Urban League, was born in 1921.
www.scafricanamerican.com /timeline.asp?display=jul   (319 words)

  
 Entertaining play heads south, to Copa - The Boston Globe
The South American championship trails Europe in financial terms and is threatened with further devaluation as overseas clubs continue to rely on imported players, especially from Argentina and Brazil.
In the 1990s, South American national teams played either six or eight World Cup qualifiers.
The event began two days after the conclusion of the European Championship in Portugal, and the contrasts were graphic.
www.boston.com /sports/soccer/articles/2004/07/13/entertaining_play_heads_south_to_copa?mode=PF   (1057 words)

  
 Brazilian Calendar - The Republic of Brazil
They move to the south in seek of support, but President Floriano Peixoto aquires new ships and puts down the revolt in March of 1894.
The mystic Antônio Conselheiro and his 25,000 followers defeated three military expeditions sent by the state of Bahia, but are completely wiped out by an army of 5,000 soldiers sent by President Prudente de Moraes.
This is perhaps the earliest fusion of American jazz with Brazilian music, and predates Jazz Samba by nearly a decade.
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 BBC NEWS | Wales | South East Wales | No bids for 'Mighty Atom' picture
Jimmy Wilde, from Rhondda, south Wales won the world championship in 1916 at the age of 24.
Although many of his contests remain unrecorded, he is believed to have fought between 500 and 1,000 opponents during his career.
But most significant bout was in 1916, when he defeated Young Zulu Kid of America to become the first officially recognised World Flyweight Champion.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/wales/south_east/3561131.stm   (516 words)

  
 First African-American to Win USGA Title   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The gentleman was Charles 'Chick' Evans, the 1916 winner of both the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open, and one of the most storied career amateurs in the history of golf.
Nicklaus won the championship that year, and Beman, later the commissioner of the PGA Tour, won it the next year.
It was a three-putt, though, on the last hole of the 36 holes of qualifying to get into the match-play portion of the championship that Wright thought had doomed him.
www.cybergolf.com /news/golfnews3801.asp   (1635 words)

  
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Born in Franklin County, Va. on June 21, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Oglesby and Madeline Basham.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 26 North Brown St., Lewistown, Pa. 17044 or to the Old Fashioned Baptist Church, 12260 Ferguson Valley Road., Lewistown, Pa. 17044.
Born April 29, 1916 in Dublin, Va., she was the daughter of the late Katherine Schufflebarger McLeod and William Harvey McLeod.
www.southwesttimes.com /obituaries/oct_05.html   (9737 words)

  
 Uruguay, Football   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
South American Championship winners 1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1956, 1959, 1967, 1983, 1987, 1995; Olympic winners 1924, 1928
Before World War II, Uruguay was, arguably, the first great team the world has seen it was all conquering, effectively winning three World Championships.
Although Uruguay has continued to win occasional South American Championships, and still produces great players like Enzo Francescoli and Reuben Sosa, the side has disappointed on the world scene.
www.sportz4u.com /isport/football/COUNTRIE/uruguay.htm   (241 words)

  
 Travel Tips - Travel information about Antigua & Barbuda
Economy: Between 1824 and 1916, the economy was based on gold mining.
However, it was re-opened in 1990, under an agreement with an American operator to establish transhipment (mainly between Venezuela and the USA), storage and refining facilities.
Golf: Tierra del Sol’s par-71 championship 18-hole course was designed by the Robert Trent Jones II Group, renowned for protecting the natural ecology of their sites.
www.southtravels.com /america/aruba/traveltips.html   (3898 words)

  
 Press Releases
The South American Championship, that originated the Copa América, is the oldest contest in the world among National Teams and was first organized in 1916.
The Copa América is an audience leader in Latin America with a considerable following in Europe, it joins the European Championship as the most important continental championship among National Teams in the world.
The bi-annual tournament is played in World Cup format, meaning all National Teams concentrate in one country to play in that tournament for twenty days.
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Its exact derivation is unclear, though it seems certain that the term refers to the lobby of a legislative assembly where the hired guns of special interests traditionally gather to ply their trade.
I do concur, though, that Americans are more familiar with French and German pronunciations than Italian and Russian, and therefore might make certain assumptions about pronouncing a particular word.
I have little clue as to why some American pronunciations stay closer to the French (although not, as it happens, in the cases of "lingerie" or "chaise longue") but it's something that my colleagues in Britain often commented on.
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 News
Last year Minnesota’s minor league soccer team won the National Championship and developed quite the superstition while doing so; it seems that they can’t go wrong when they practice on Kix Field, located under the 4th Avenue Bridge one block north of Lake Street.
They put up an 8’ fence around most of the yard, and now spend many summer evening in their “sanctuary in the city,” listening to the water and the birds.
They have added a rose garden along the south side of their house, but Broostin warns that roses aren’t for everyone.
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