Robert Rankin - Robert Rankin Robert Rankin is a British humorous novelist. His books are a unique mix of science fiction, fantasy, the occult, urban legends, running gags, and outrageous characters. He has written: The Brentford Trilogy (1981 - 1997) Armageddon: The Musical (1988) They Came and Ate Us: Armageddon II: The B Movie (1991) The Suburban Book of the Dead: Armageddon III: The Remake (1992) The Book of Ultimate Truths (1993) Raiders of the Lost Carpark (1994) The Greatest Show Off Earth (1994) The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived (1995) The Garden of Unearthly Delights (1995) A Dog Called Demolition (1996) Nostradamus Ate My Hamster (1997) Sprout Mask Replica (1997) The Dance of The Voodoo Handbag (1998) Apocalypso (1998) Snuff Fiction (1999) Sex and Drugs and Sausage.
Robert Stirling - Robert Stirling The Reverend Dr Robert Stirling (October 25, 1790 - June 6, 1878) was a Scottish clergyman, and inventor of a highly efficient heat engine. All closed cycle regenerative gas engines are now known as Stirling engines. Stirling was born in Cloag, Perthshire, Scotland, the third of eight children. He inherited his father's interest in engineering, but studied divinity and became a minister of the Church of Scotland in 1816. He soon became concerned about the danger the workers in his parish faced from steam engines, which frequently exploded because of the poor quality of the iron boilerplate available at the time, and decided to improve the design of an existing air engine in the hope that it would provide a safer alternative. Within a.
June 11 - Thoroughbred Racing Births 1519 - Cosimo I de Medici, duke of Florence (+ 1574) 1572 - Ben Jonson, dramatist (+ 1637) 1776 - John Constable, painter (+ 1837) 1842 - Carl von Linde, engineer and industrialist (+ 1934) 1864 - Richard Strauss, composer and conductor (+ 1949) 1867 - Charles Fabry, physicist (+ 1945) 1879 - Max Schreck, actor (+ 1936) 1880 - Jeannette Rankin, politician, feminist, pacifist (+ 1973) 1902 - Ernie Nevers, American football player (+ 1976) 1910 - Jacques Cousteau, explorer, inventor (+ 1997) 1913 - Vince Lombardi, American football coach 1920 - Hazel Scott, singer (+ 1981) 1925 - William Styron, author 1932 - Athol Fugard, playwright 1935 - Gene Wilder, actor 1939 - Jackie Stewart, Formula One racing driver 1956 - Joe Montana. American football player.
United States Solicitor General - - May 1920 Wilson William L. Frierson June 1920 - June 1921 Wilson James M. Beck June 1921 - June 1925 Harding William D. Mitchell June 1925 - March 1929 Coolidge Charles Evans Hughes. May 1929 - April 1930 Hoover Thomas D. Thacher March 1930 - May 1933 Hoover James Crawford Biggs May 1933 - March 1935 Roosevelt Stanley F. Reed March 1935 - January 1938 Roosevelt Robert H. Jackson March 1938 - January 1940 Roosevelt Francis Biddle January 1940 - September 1941 Roosevelt Charles Fahy November 1941 - September 1945 Roosevelt J. Howard McGrath October 1945 - October 1946 Truman Philip B. Perlman July 1947 - August 1952 Truman Walter J. Cummings, Jr. December 1952 - March 1953 Truman Simon E. Sobeloff February 1954 - July 1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Eighty-second United States Congress - Democrat, NC Dennis Chavez (Senator), Democrat, NM Frank Leslie Chelf (Representative), Democrat, KY John Edgar Chenoweth (Representative), Republican, CO Robert Bruce Chiperfield (Representative), Republican, IL Earl Chudoff (Representative), Democrat, PA Marguerite Stitt Church (Representative), Republican, IL Louis Gary Clemente (Representative), Democrat, NY Earle C Clements (Senator), Democrat, KY Cliff Clevenger (Representative), Republican, OH Albert McDonald Cole (Representative), Republican, KS William Sterling Cole (Representative), Republican, NY William Meyers Colmer (Representative), Democrat, MS Jesse Martin Combs (Representative), Democrat, TX Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally (Senator), Democrat, TX Harold Dunbar Cooley (Representative), Democrat, NC Jere Cooper (Representative), Democrat, TN John Sherman Cooper (Senator), Republican, KY Robert James Corbett (Representative), Republican, PA Guy Cordon (Senator), Republican, OR Norris H. Cotton (Representative), Republican, NH Frederic René Coudert, Jr (Representative), Republican, NY Edward Eugene Cox (Representative), Democrat, GA.
Eighteenth United States Congress - Eighteenth United States Congress Joel Abbott (Representative), Republican, GA Parmenio Adams (Representative), -, NY Adam Rankin Alexander (Representative), Jacksonian Republican, TN Mark Alexander (Representative), Jacksonian, VA Robert Allen (Representative), -, TN Samuel Clesson Allen (Representative), Federalist, MA James Allison, Jr (Representative), -, PA William Segar Archer (Representative), Whig, VA John Bailey (Representative), -, MA William Lee Ball (Representative), Republican, VA Noyes Barber (Representative), -, CT James Barbour (Senator), Republican, VA John Strode Barbour (Representative), Jacksonian, VA Philip Pendleton Barbour (Representative), Republican, VA Ichabod Bartlett (Representative), -, NH Mordecai Bartley (Representative), -, OH David Barton (Senator), Adams-Clay Republican, MO Burwell Bassett (Representative), Republican, VA Francis Baylies (Representative), -, MA Philemon Beecher (Representative), -, OH Samuel Bell (Senator), Adams-Clay Republican, NH Thomas Hart Benton (Senator), Jackson Republican, MO John Blair (Representative), Jacksonian, TN.
Detective fiction - victims -- , they keep putting off the execution until it is too late and they are outsmarted by their rival. In many cases, instead of just pulling the trigger, they embark on a lengthy discussion of their criminal record, detailing all their crimes -- no doubt mainly for the reader's benefit, but shouldn't a good author be able to think of other narrative devices that help the reader catch up on what they have missed so far? Finally, it must be said that technological progress has rendered many of the plots implausible and antiquated. For example, the use of mobile phones by practically everyone these days, including the hoi polloi, has significantly altered the dangerous situations investigators have found themselves in lately. A snowbound mansion somewhere in the country, with.
1917 - warfare. February 5 - The constitution of Mexico is adopted. February 23 - The Russian Revolution begins with the overthrow of the Tsar system. February 24 - World War I: United States ambassador to the United Kingdom Walter H. Page is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany offers to give the American Southwest back to Mexico if Mexico will declare war on the United States. March 2 - The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship. March 4 - Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first woman member of the United States House of Representatives. March 8 - The United States Senate adopts the cloture rule in order to limit filibusters. March 15 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates and the Russian Revolution begins. March.
1916 - Battle of the Somme including 60,000 soldiers from the British Commonwealth on the first day. The United States is still unwilling to join in the war with Britain, Canada, Australia and the other commonwealth countries. July 15 - In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing incorporates Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing). July 16 - Hellenic Holocaust: The entire Greek population of Sinope and the coastal region of the county of Kastanome has been exiled or killed. July 22 - In San Francisco, California, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a Preparedness Day parade killing 10 injuring 40. December 31 - The Hampton Terrace Hotel in North Augusta, South Carolina, one of the largest and most luxurious hotels in the nation at the time, burns to the ground. November 7 - Jeannette.
1953 in music - Domino "Crying In The Chapel" - The Orioles "The Clock" - Johnny Ace with the Beale Streeters "Shake A Hand" - Faye Adams "Mama (He Treats Your Daughter Mean)" - Ruth Brown "Good Lovin' " - The Clovers "The Doggie in the Window" - Patti Page Published popular music "And This Is My Beloved" w. & m. adapt Robert Wright & George Forrest "Angel Eyes" w. Earl Brent m. Matt Dennis "Anna" w.(Eng) William Engvick (Ital) F. Giordano m. R. Vatro "Answer Me, My Love" w. (Eng) Carl Sigman (Ger) & m. Gerhard Winkler & Fred Ravich "Baubles, Bangles And Beads" w. & m. adapt Robert Wright & George Forrest "Bell Bottom Blues" w. Hal David m. Leon Carr "Bimbo" w.m. Rodney Morris "Black Hills Of Dakota" w. Paul Francis Webster m. Sammy Fain "The Boy Friend" w.m. Sandy Wilson.
The Brentford Trilogy - The Brentford Trilogy is a series of five novels by writer Robert Rankin. They humourously chronicle the lives of a couple of drunken middle-aged layabouts, Jim Pooley and John Omally, who confront the forces of darkness in the environs of West London, usually with the assistance of large quantities of beer from their favourite public house, The Flying Swan, which is a fictionally quintessential British public house on a par with George Orwell's Moon Under Water, another famous fictional and idealised drinking place. Amongst other characters are such gems as their mentor, Professor Slocombe, who is no slouch in the area of the magical arts himself, Neville the part-time barman, Small Dave the Postman, and Old Pete. The novels in this series are as follows: 1. The Antipope (1981) - Pooley.
Timeline of United States history (1900-1929) - Nobel Peace Prize 1907 - Gentleman's Agreement 1907 - Oklahoma becomes a state 1907 - Panic of 1907 1908 - Ford Model T appears on market 1908 - Root-Takahira agreement 1908 - Federal Bureau of Investigation established 1908 - Aldrich Vreeland Act 1909 - United States one cent coin is changed to Abraham Lincoln design 1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President 1909 - Robert Peary plants American flag at North Pole 1909 - NAACP founded by W. E. B. DuBois 1909 - Payne-Aldrich tariff 1909 - Taft implements Dollar Diplomacy 1909 - Ballinger-Pinchot controversy 1910s 1910 - Boy Scouts of America chartered 1910 - Mann-Elkins Act 1910 - Mann Act 1911 - Supreme Court breaks up Standard Oil 1912 - Titanic sinks 1912 - New Mexico and Arizona become states.
Timeline of Golf History 1851-1993 - Hand" (H.B. Farnie), is published. It is the first book on golf instruction. The Prestwick Club institutes the first Championship Meeting, a foursomes competition at St. Andrews attended by eleven golf clubs. George Glennie and J.C. Stewart win for Blackheath. 1858 The format of the Championship Meeting is changed to individual match play and is won by Robert Chambers of Bruntsfield. Allan Robertson becomes the first golfer to break 80 at the Old Course, recording a 79. 1859 The first Amateur Championship is won by George Condie of Perth. Death of Allan Robertson, the first great professional golfer. 1860 The Prestwick Club institutes a Professional Championship played at Prestwick-the first Championship Belt is won by Willie Park. 1861 The Professionals Championship is opened to amateurs, and the British Open is born..
Seventeenth United States Congress - Seventeenth United States Congress Joel Abbott (Representative), Republican, GA Mark Alexander (Representative), Jacksonian, VA Robert Allen (Representative), -, TN Samuel Clesson Allen (Representative), Federalist, MA William Segar Archer (Representative), Whig, VA Henry Baldwin (Representative), -, PA William Lee Ball (Representative), Republican, VA Levi Barber (Representative), Republican, OH Noyes Barber (Representative), -, CT James Barbour (Senator), Republican, VA Philip Pendleton Barbour (Speaker of the House), Jacksonian, US Gideon Barstow (Representative), -, MA David Barton (Senator), Republican, MO Burwell Bassett (Representative), Republican, VA Ephraim Bateman (Representative), -, NJ James Woodson Bates (Delegate), -, AR Francis Baylies (Representative), -, MA Thomas Bayly (Representative), Federalist, MD Thomas Hart Benton (Senator), Republican, MO Lewis Bigelow (Representative), Federalist, MA William Salter Blackledge (Representative), -, NC James Blair (Representative), Jacksonian, SC Elijah Boardman (Senator), Republican, CT Charles Borland,.
Sixteenth United States Congress - Abbott (Representative), Republican, GA Benjamin Adams (Representative), Federalist, MA Mark Alexander (Representative), Jacksonian, VA Nathaniel Allen (Representative), -, NY Robert Allen (Representative), -, TN Samuel Clesson Allen (Representative), Federalist, MA Richard Clough Anderson, Jr (Representative), Republican, KY Stevenson Archer (Representative), Republican, MD William Segar Archer (Representative), Whig, VA Caleb Baker (Representative), -, NY Henry Baldwin (Representative), -, PA William Lee Ball (Representative), Republican, VA James Barbour (Senator), Republican, VA Philip Pendleton Barbour (Representative), Republican, VA Ephraim Bateman (Representative), -, NJ James Woodson Bates (Delegate), -, AR Thomas Bayly (Representative), Federalist, MD Philemon Beecher (Representative), -, OH Joseph Bloomfield (Representative), Republican, NJ Andrew Boden (Representative), Republican, PA Joseph Brevard (Representative), -, SC James Brown (Senator), Republican, LA William Brown (Representative), -, KY Henry Brush (Representative), -, OH Henry Hunter Bryan (Representative), -,.
Sunday Times Rich List 2003 (501-1000) - of January of that year. See also: Sunday Times Rich List 2003 (1-500) 501. Andrew Rosenfeld (Property) - £69m 501. Michael Astor and family (Finance) - £69m 501. Sir Bernard and Robert Audley (Business services) - £69m 504. Adrian White and family (Water services) - £68m 504. Christopher Oughtred and family (Food and car sales) - £68m 504. John Boyle and family (Travel, property and investments) - £68m 504. John Cook and family (Holiday centres) - £68m 504. Robbie Williams (Music) - £68m 504. Sir Terence Conran and family (Restaurants and retailing) - £68m 504. Ted Smart (Books) - £68m 511. Mark Coombs (Finance) - £67m 512. Bill Davies (Property) - £66m 512. Carl Brian and family (Property and construction) - £66m 512. Dr Ros Smith and Steve Edwards (Software) -.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Then all the reindeer loved him As they shouted out with glee: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, You'll go down in history! Rudolph's story was originally written in verse by Robert L. May for the Montgomery Ward chain of department stores in 1939 and published as a book to be given to children in the store at Christmas time. It was later rewritten as a song by Johnny Marks, May's brother-in-law, and has since filtered into the popular consciousness. Rudolph is depicted as an ordinary reindeer with a large, red nose, often grinning and always leading the team pulling Santa's sleigh. In 1964, the Rankin-Bass animation studio produced a stop motion animated TV special of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer that became a popular hit in itself. Re-broadcast many times over the.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - are 143,739 households out of which 21.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 31.2% are married couples living together, 16.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 48.4% are non-families. 39.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 13.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.17 and the average family size is 2.95. In the city the population is spread out with 19.9% under the age of 18, 14.8% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 16.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 90.7 males. For every 100 females age.
Nineteenth United States Congress - the Nineteenth United States Congress Parmenio Adams (Representative), -, NY William Addams (Representative), -, PA Adam Rankin Alexander (Representative), Jacksonian Republican, TN Mark Alexander (Representative), Jacksonian, VA Robert Allen (Representative), -, TN Samuel Clesson Allen (Representative), Federalist, MA James Allison, Jr (Representative), -, PA Willis Alston (Representative), Jacksonian, NC John Anderson (Representative), Jacksonian, ME William G. Angel (Representative), Jacksonian, NY William Segar Archer (Representative), Whig, VA William Armstrong (Representative), -, VA Henry Ashley (Representative), -, NY Luther Badger (Representative), -, NY John Bailey (Representative), -, MA John Baldwin (Representative), -, CT Noyes Barber (Representative), -, CT James Barbour (Senator), Republican, VA John Strode Barbour (Representative), Jacksonian, VA John Barney (Representative), -, MD Daniel Laurens Barringer (Representative), -, NC Ichabod Bartlett (Representative), -, NH Mordecai Bartley (Representative), -, OH David Barton (Senator),.
May 18 - - Omar Khayyam, mathematician and poet (+ 1123) 1711 - Rudjer Josip Boscovich, atomic theorist (+ 1787) 1785 - John Wilson, Scottish writer (+ 1854) 1797 - Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, (+ 1854) 1850 - Oliver Heaviside, physicist 1872 - Lord Bertrand Russell, mathematician and philosopher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature 1950 (+ 1970) 1883 - Walter Gropius, architect, founder of Bauhaus (+ 1969) 1889 - Thomas Midgley, chemist and inventor (+ 1944) 1891 - Rudolf Carnap, German philosopher (+ 1970) 1897 - Frank Capra, producer, director, writer (+ 1991) 1902 - Meredith Willson, composer (+ 1984) 1911 - Big Joe Turner, blues singer (+ 1985) 1912 - Walter Sisulu, anti-apartheid activist (+ 2003) 1912 - Perry Como, singer (+ 2001) 1919 - Dame Margot Fonteyn, ballet dancer.
