James Ralston - James Ralston James Layton Ralston (September 27, 1881 - May 21, 1948) was the Canadian Minister of National Defence from 1940 to 1944. Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, in World War I Ralston commanded a batallion and was awarded for bravery. He was Minister of National Defence from 1926 to 1930, and was reappointed in that position in 1940 after serving as Minister of Finance from 1939 to 1940. He supported conscription during World War II, and in 1942 offered to resign when Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's government would not introduce it. The resignation issue was dropped, but after visiting Canadian troops in Europe in 1944, he argued again that conscription was necessary, and a schism developed in King's cabinet (see Conscription Crisis of.
June 12 - 1665 - England installs a municipal government in New York City. This was the former Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam 1667 - The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean Baptiste. He successfully transfuses the blood of a sheep to a 15-year old boy. 1758 - James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia commences 1812 - Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon's invasion of Russia begins 1838 - The Iowa Territory is organized. 1839 - Abner Doubleday creates the game of baseball, according to legend. However, evidence has surfaced that indicates that the game of baseball was played before 1800. 1849 - The gas mask is patented by L.P. Haslett 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor: - General Ulysses S. Grant pulls his troops from their positions at Cold.
Grammy Awards of 1974 - York Philharmonic for Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance Edward Downes (conductor), Leontyne Price & the New Philharmonia Orchestra for Puccini: Heroines Best Opera Recording Tom Mowrey (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Marilyn Horne, Tom Krause, Adriana Maliponte, James McCracken 7 the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus for Bizet: Carmen Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera) Andre Previn conductor), Arthur Oldham (choir director) & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Walton: Belshazzer's Feast Georg Solti (conductor), Vladimir Ashkenazy & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven: Concerti (5) for Piano and Orchestra Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra) Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Plays Scriabin Best Chamber Music Performance Gunther Schuller (conductor) & the New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble for Joplin: The Red Back Book Album.
Deaths in 2003 - Michael Hegstrand, "Road Warrior Hawk", 46 years 19 Alija Izetbegovic, former President of Bosnia Herzegovina 18 Preston Smith, former governor of Texas 18 Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Spanish writer 16 Stu Hart, patriarch of wrestling family, 88 years 16 László Papp, Hungarian boxer 16 Avni Arbas, Turkish artist 14 Ben Metcalfe, Greenpeace activist and co-founder 13 Bertram Brockhouse, Nobel Prize-winning Canadian physicist [1] 13 Joan B. Kroc, philanthropist, widow of McDonald's founder Ray Kroc 12 Willie Shoemaker, Hall of Fame jockey 12 Jim Cairns, Australian politician 11 Fredy Knie, Sr, Swiss circus director 10 Eugene Istomin, American pianist 9 Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American academic and author 7 Frank Roe, former President of the Irish Circuit Court 7 Eleanor Lambert, U.S fashion pioneer 7 Izzy Asper, Canadian press baron [1] 7 Felicitas Corrigan,.
1881 in Canada - 1881 census finds Canada's population to be 4,324,810 Manitoba's boundaries are extended north, east and west. Ontario disputes the eastward extension. Births September 27 - James Ralston, Minister of National Defence November 24 - Al Christie, film director Deaths.
1948 in Canada - becomes premier of Ontario, replacing George Drew Births March 20 - Bobby Orr, hockey player September 10 - Margaret Trudeau October 17 - Margot Kidder, actress Deaths May 21 - James Ralston, Minister of National Defence.
2003 in film - Award-winner January 8 Ron Goodwin, British film music composer and conductor January 11 Maurice Pialat, French movie director January 11 Anthony Havelock-Allan, British screenwriter January 12 Maurice Gibb, of the Bee Gees, singer, composer, actor January 13 Norman Panama, screenwriter and director January 18 Richard Crenna, actor January 23 Nell Carter, singer, actress January 25 Robert Rockwell, actor January 29 Peter Shaw, producer; husband of actress Angela Lansbury February 9 Vera Hruba Ralston, actress February 18 Jack Brodsky, movie producer and publicist February 22 Daniel Taradash, former president of AMPAS; Oscar-winning screenwriter of "From Here to Eternity" February 25 Alberto Sordi, Italian comedy film legend March 3 Horst Buchholz, German actor March 8 Karen Morley, actress March 8 Adam Faith, British singer and actor March 9 Stan Brakhage, filmmaker March 12.
Andrew McNaughton - president of the National Research Council of Canada. In 1939 he led the Canadian army into World War II, but despite his scientific capabilities he was also partially responsible for the disastrous Dieppe Raid in 1942. The British generals frequently criticized him, and his support for voluntary enlistment rather than conscription led to conflict with James Ralston, the Minister of National Defence. McNaughton resigned his command in 1943. Because of his support for a volunteer army, McNaughton remained friendly with Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, who wanted to make him the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada. Instead, McNaughton became Minister of National Defence when Ralston was forced to resign after the Conscription Crisis of 1944, as King did all he could to avoid introduction conscription. McNaughton was soon pressured.
The Freshman - college freshman trying to become popular by joining the school football team. It stars Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Brooks Benedict and James Anderson. The movie was written by John Grey, Sam Taylor, Tim Whelan and Ted Wilde. It was directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor. The 1925 film has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. 'The Freshman' is also the title of a 1990 comedy starring Marlon Brando and Matthew Broderick, in which Brando deliberately parodies his own portrayal of Don Corleone in The Godfather..
Conscription Crisis of 1944 - quote on the issue, "conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription," reflected the ambiguous nature of the plebiscite. Unsurprisingly, the plebiscite was supported by most English Canadians, who voted 80% in favour, but hardly at all by French Canadians, especially in Quebec, where anti-conscription groups (including one led by Henri Bourassa, the most vocal opponent of conscription in 1917) helped 72.9% of the population vote against the plebiscite. The government then passed Bill 80, repealing the sections of the NRMA that did not allow for overseas conscription. However, many Canadians still did not support immediate conscription; there were a few riots in Montreal, although these were not on the same scale as the 1917 and 1918 riots. Even in Toronto, a strongly pro-conscription region, Conservative Arthur Meighen was defeated in a.
Supreme Allied Commander - may have conflicting interests. The first SACEUR (1951-1952) was General Dwight Eisenhower. The current (since 2003) Commander is General James L. Jones (USMC), who succeeded General Joseph Ralston (USAF). In June 2003 the SACLANT organisation was decomissioned and the Allied Command Transformation was established. This is a transitory command, intended to reshape the NATO command structure to respond to rapidly changing world situations and technology. The commander of the new organisation is Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr., U.S. Navy. The headquarters of ACT will be at the old SACLANT headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. External Links SACLANT homepage This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it..
Printmaking - are generally linear and often contain fine detail and contours. Lines can vary from smooth to sketchy. A waxy acid-resist, known as a ground, is applied to a metal plate, most often copper. After the ground has dried the artist uses a sharp tool to scratch into the ground, exposing the metal. The plate is then completely submerged in an acid that eats away at the exposed metal. This process is known as biting. The waxy resist protects the acid from biting the parts of the plate that have not been scratched into. The longer the plate remains in the acid the deeper the incisions become. The plate is removed from the acid and the ground is removed with a solvent such as turpentine. The entire plate is inked. A wad.
Massey Lectures - Nations and the Poor Nations 1962 - Northrop Frye, The Educated Imagination 1963 - Frank Underhill, The Image of Confederation 1964 - C. B. Macpherson, The Real World of Democracy 1965 - John Kenneth Galbraith, The Underdeveloped Country 1966 - Paul Goodman, The Moral Ambiguity of America 1967 - Martin Luther King, Conscience for Change 1968 - R. D. Laing, The Politics of the Family 1969 - George Grant, Time as History 1970 - George Wald, Therefore Choose Life 1971 - James A. Corry, The Power of the Law 1972 - Pierre Dansereau, Inscape and Landscape 1973 - Stafford Beer, Designing Freedom 1974 - George Steiner, Nostalgia for the Absolute 1975 - J. Tuzo Wilson, Limits to Science 1977 - Claude Levi-Strauss, Myth and Meaning 1978 - Leslie Fiedler, The Inadvertent.
McGill University - of Montreal. Students The student population is in excess of 28,000. McGill has a higher percentage of American students than any other Canadian university, and it has students from over 150 countries. Admission at McGill is done in thirds: Two-thirds of available first-year seats are allocated for Quebec residents, two-thirds of the remaining seats are allocated for the rest of Canada, and the rest are left for international students. Although the university is one of two English-language universities in Montreal, 22% of students at McGill speak French as their first language. McGill, and other Quebec universities, have long encouraged international students from selected countries over students from other Canadian provinces. Since 1996 it has been more expensive for an out-of-province student to attend McGill than it is for many foreigners from.
List of Canadians - Varennes et de la Vérendrye, (1685-1749), explored Lake Superior and Lake Winnipeg Humanitarians Grey Owl (Archibald Belaney) - Fur Trapper and Conservationist who posed as a Native American Norman Bethune, (1890-1939), surgeon,inventor, socialist, battlefield doctor in Spain and China Steve Fonyo, Retraced and completed Terry Fox's cross country cancer research fundraising marathon. Terry Fox, (1958-1981), attempted one-legged cross country run for cancer research, Canadian Hero Rick Hansen, Parapelegic athlete who completed an around the world marathon for spinal cord injury research. Inventors Alexander Graham Bell, (1847-1922), Invented the telephone in Canada, developed it in US. (Canadian/American/Scot) Joseph-Armand Bombardier - invented the snowmobile J. Brown - invented the washing machine Thomas Carroll - first self-propelled combine harvester Mathew Evans - co-inventor of the first electric light bulb Charles Fenerty - pulp to.
List of Canadian writers - Manitoba poet and literary critic Jacques Brault (1933- ) Brian Brett Robert Bringhurst (1946- ) poet David Bromige (1944- ) poet Bertram Brooker theosophist painter Nicole Brossard (1943- ) formalist poet Robert Budde (1966- ) poet and novelist Margaret Buffie Bonnie Burnard (1945- ) novelist, The Good House Mick Burrs Sharon Butala (1940- ) Anthony M. Buzzelli C Barry Callaghan (1937- ) novelist and journalist Morley Callaghan (1903-1990) novelist and writer of short fiction, wrote A Fine and Private Place Elspeth Cameron, (1943- ) biographer Silver Donald Cameron (1937- ) James Cameron (1910- ) poet and critic Phil Campagna Bliss Carman (1861-1929) poet, wrote Low Tide on Grand Pre David Carpenter Roch Carrier (1937- ) French-Canadian novelist and writer of short fiction, wrote La Guerre? Yes sir? also landmark childerns story.
List of people associated with World War II - (1915-1944), SOE agent, executed by the Nazis Tommy Prince (1915-1977), Canada's most decorated aborignal soldier, member of the US/Canada special commando unit known as the Devil's Brigade Colonel James Layton Ralston (1881-1948), Minister of Defense Roméo Sabourin (1923-1944), SOE agent, executed by the Nazis China Chiang Kai-Shek, (1887-1975), Generalissimo of Kuomintang Forces; Chairman of the ROC Soong May-ling, (1898-2003), Madame Chiang Kai-shek Zhou Enlai, (1898-1976), communist ambassador to Kuomintang Mao Zedong, (1893-1976), communist leader Pu Yi, last Emperor of China; puppet Emperor of Manchukuo Wang Jingwei, (1888-1944), head of Japanese supported collaborationist government Czechoslovakia Edvard Benes, (1884-1948), Czech President-in-exile Josef Frantisek, fighter ace Emil Hacha, president Konrad Henlein, Sudeten German politician Karel Miroslav Kuttelwascher , fighter ace Jan Masaryk, (1886-1948), Czech Foreign Minister-in-exile Ludvik Svoboda, general Jozef Tiso, (1887-1947), President of.
List of people by name: Sa-Sb - Arab scholar, student of Orientalism Saifuddin, Omar Ali Sailer, Toni, (born 1935), 1956 Olympic Games - Won all three gold medals earning himself the Triple Crown of alpine skiing; bo Saimei, (594-661), empress of Japan Saimei, empress of Japan '''For names beginning with Saint., see also List of people by name: St Sainte-Marie, Buffy, (born 1941), singer, songwriter, artist, activist Saint Piran Saint-Gelais, Melin de, (1487-1558), poet Saint James, Susan, (born 1946), actress Saint Laurent, Yves, (born 1936), fashion designer Saint-Phalle, Niki de, French sculptor Sairabi, Hosa, Egyptian feminist Saito, Yoshitsugu, Japanese general in Saipan Saive, Jean-Michel, table tennis player Sajak, Pat, (born 1946), television presenter Sakai Saburo, WW2 Japanese fighter ace Sakai, Stan, Japanese-born cartoonist of Usagi Yojimbo fame Sakamoto, Ryuichi, (born 1942), musician, pop composer Sakharov, Andrei, (1921-1989), Soviet.
List of Governors of Indiana - Dem.-Rep. 1822-1825 James B. Ray Independent 1825-1831 Noah Noble Whig 1831-1837 David Wallace Whig 1837-1840 Samuel Bigger Whig 1840-1843 James Whitcomb Democratic 1843-1848 Paris C. Dunning Democratic 1848-1849 Joseph A. Wright Democratic 1849-1857 Ashbel P. Willard Democratic 1857-1860 Abram A. Hammond Democratic 1860-1861 Henry Smith Lane Republican 1861 Oliver P. Morton Republican 1861-1867 Conrad Baker Republican 1867-1873 Thomas A. Hendricks Democratic 1873-1877 James D. Williams Democratic 1877-1880 Isaac P. Gray Democratic 1880-1881 Albert G. Porter Republican 1881-1885 Isaac P. Gray Democratic 1885-1889 Alvin P. Hovey Republican 1889-1891 Ira Joy Chase Republican 1891-1893 Claude Matthews Democratic 1893-1897 James A. Mount Republican 1897-1901 Winfield T. Durbin Republican 1901-1905 J. Frank Hanly Republican 1905-1909 Thomas R. Marshall Democratic 1909-1913 Samuel M. Ralston Democratic 1913-1917 James P. Goodrich Republican 1917-1921 Warren T. McCray Republican 1921-1924.
List of ethicists - Christoph Eucken Johann Albert Fabricius Ismail al-Faruqi Nosson Zvi Finkel Owen Flanagan Michel Foucault Alexander Campbell Fraser Erich Fromm Buckminster Fuller Mohandas Gandhi Ghazali Carol Gilligan Newt Gingrich Victor Gollancz Thomas Hill Green Jurgen Habermas Hammurabi Henry Hazlitt Paul Hawken Claude Adrien Helvétius Frank Herbert Hergé Abraham Joshua Heschel Hierocles of Alexandria James Hinton Wau Holland Hans-Hermann Hoppe L. Ron Hubbard David Hume John Peters Humphrey - author of UN Declaration of Universal Human Rights Francis Hutcheson Thomas Henry Huxley Lauri Ingman Alija Ali Izetbegovic Jane Jacobs Paul Janet Thomas Jefferson Francis Jeffrey Jesus of Nazareth Pope John Paul II Théodore Simon Jouffroy Bill Joy Theodore Kacyzinski Immanuel Kant - Metaphysic of Ethics Rushworth Kidder Israel Kirzner Lawrence Kohlberg David Korten Peter Kropotkin Winona LaDuke George Lakoff Norman Lamm Ursula LeGuin.
