Articles related to "1905"

Route 66 in Kingman Arizona bears the name Andy Devine Avenue in honor of the town's most famous resident. Kingman also celebrates Andy Devine Days in October each year.

1905 Basin Park Hotel in Eureka Springs, built for travelers who enjoy the natural thermal hot springs, has a shady past complete with ghosts.

The partition of Bengal under the British created a separate Muslim state, in effect from 1905-1911, and was a major contributor to the rise of sectarianism in India.

Beginning a new term in office, Teddy Roosevelt pushed for programs to protect the food supply, address worker problems, and promote environmental conservation.

The Russian Imperial Guards formed in 1683 from 50 childhood playmates by Peter the Great had by 1905 swollen to a force of over 50,000 men and saved the throne once more

What started off as a strike ended up with artillery and the Tsarist Imperial Guard putting down a full fledged revolt that forever after left the Presnia district Red.

Adolf Baeyer was awarded the 1905 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Most famously he carried out the synthesis of indigo dye and pioneered the development of phthalein dyes.

Spooky surprises may be part of the package for guests of Historic 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa in the scenic Ozark Mountains.

Inter-ethnic tensions in the pre-revolution Russian Empire were commonplace, but the pogroms against Jews in Kishinev gained worldwide notoriety.

Canada's first large-scale automobile production began in 1904. The Model C Ford and later the Model T were produced at Walkerville Wagon Works in southern Ontario.

When Giants' manager John McGraw saw the lack of paying customers, he and Athletics' captain Lave Cross decided to call Game 3 of the 1905 World Series

Canadian Aladdin and T. Eaton's offered complete house kits, from plans to lumber, cupboards to knobs, all precut and ready to construct on your own piece of land.

Christy Mathewson started three games, pitched three shutouts, and didn't allow a runner to reach third base in any of the games.

Before every match, the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team perform the Haka, a fearsome Maori challenge. Here are five of the best and worst opposition responses.

Brief biography of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, his life and works. One of 20th century's greatest symphonists, famous for Symphony No.5.

Hamburgers, one of America's best-marketed foods, pose a health risk, especially to children. And the meat processing industry shows few signs of cleaning up its act.

Motor vehicles were becoming popular, overtaking horse and carriage as means of transport. Russell built cars for the wealthy, with quiet engines and luxurious interiors.

Calvin Borel called Kentucky Oaks winner Rachel Alexandra the best he's ridden and Stonestreet Stables promptly bought her. The brilliant filly is on the Preakness list.

When Norway gained independence from Sweden, it elected Prince Carl of Denmark to be its new king. As King Haakon VII of Norway, he founded a dynasty that still reigns.

Here is a brief synpopsis of the Hall of Fame career of one of the game's greatest pitchers.

The Baseball Hall of Fame opened in 1939 to mark the centennial of the game's legendary founding. The first five players elected are still legends.

Philipp Lenard's major contribution to science was in the study of cathode rays, for which he won a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1905.

Dan Patch took the unusual path of racing against Time after breaking Star Pointer's record mile. Greyhound, Rodney, and Peter Manning established harness milestones.

Jean Perrin brilliantly confirmed Einstein's ideas on Brownian motion by the empirically calculating Avogadro's Constant, conclusively proving Dalton's atomic theory

Lola Greene Baldwin on April 1, 1908, became Portland, Oregon's first female police officer appointed by progressive Mayor Harry Lane.

Salome, a German dramatic opera by Richard Strauss: opera plot synopsis, character description, and other Richard Strauss opera information.

Chelsea is a perennial powerhouse in the Premier League. However their meager beginning solidified their later history.

The Battleship Potemkin (1925) directed by Sergei Eisenstein is a silent film considered as one of the greatest films of all time. It tackles the 1905 Potemkin Mutiny.

Visit the Swakopmund Light House, the State House Swakopmund, the Marine Memorial and many more to capture the German- colonial atmosphere of the coastal town.

As part of his "Miracle Year" in 1905, Albert Einstein gave the new "quantum" ideas a jump start with his solution to a nineteenth century problem.

Albert Einstein was born in the German town of Ulm during the year 1879.

Beatrix Potter was a scientist, conservationist, and farmer as well as a much-loved author of children's books. Read on to find out more...

He was one of the greatest scientists in world history, and was universally recognized for his playful sense of humor, commitment to world peace, and his genius.

Mother's Day: from pagan worship of Mother Earth, Christian devotion of the Virgin Mary and "Mother Church", celebration of our earthly mothers, to commercial holiday.

Von Suttner dedicated most of her life to the possibility of world peace through writing and activism. But even her heroic efforts could not forestall an upcoming war.

Einstein's theory of special relativity resulted in perhaps the most famous equation every created, and changed the world of science forever.

Before speed was noted as real speed in the Kentucky Derby, Lieut. Gibson went an eighth of a mile in :12-1/4, extremely fast in 1900. Wintergreen won roses for Ohio.

Several fine actresses in Oscar history never won Academy Awards as best actress. Some were given Academy Honorary Awards during their careers.

Named for August Belmont I, the Belmont Stakes was first won by the filly Ruthless. The race's trophy commemorates the event's third victor, Fenian.

Canada celebrates its 140th birthday on July 1st. But the birth of Confederation in 1867 was not a smooth and painless process. One province fought the BNA Act passage

The Democratic National Convention is held in Denver in 2008, and city hotels will be busy. Denver's historic Brown Palace Hotel has hosted almost every US President

Ancestry.com recently added more Jewish records to its online collection. These are excellent resources for armchair genealogists tracing Jewish ancestry.

Brief biography of German composer Engelbert Humperdinck - his life and works - famous for fairytale opera Hänsel und Gretel (Hansel and Gretel).

A discussion of how Matisse and his contemporaries introduced modern art concepts in France, and how Fauvism evolved during its short life span between 1905 and 1907.

Biography of Frances Hodgson Burnett, one of the best children's books writers best-known for The Secret Garden and Little Lord Fauntleroy.

Die Lustige Witwe, a Austrian operetta by Franz Lehár: opera plot synopsis, character description, and other Lehár operetta information.

Brief biography of Frederick Delius, English composer known of his passion for nature and famous for 'On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring.'

For Kindle owners who are parents, there is a nice selection of Children's books available.

De Chirico's childhood images of his father, Evaristo, a railway engineer and of his life in Volos found their way into his art.

The crowning event of the baseball season has not always been exciting. But 104 years of high-level competition have left fans with many memorable thrills.