* Allan Cutler — former civil servant and whistleblower who reported anomalies in a Canadian sponsorship program, triggering the Scandal.

* March 11 — Allan Cutler, former public works accountant, testifies before the Commission of Inquiry.

McGuinty was re-elected in the 2006, federal election, defeating Sponsorship Scandal whistleblower Allan Cutler of the Conservative Party.

* Allan Cutler, Canadian sponsorship scandal whistleblower

Parsons released titles under his name ( Try Anything Once, On Air, The Time Machine, and A Valid Path ), while Woolfson made concept albums named Freudiana ( about Sigmund Freud's work on psychology ) and Poe: More Tales of Mystery and Imagination ( continuing from the Alan Parsons Project's first album about Edgar Allan Poe's literature ).

While the first telegraph company was the Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Electro-Magnetic Telegraph Company, founded in 1846, it was the Montreal Telegraph Company, controlled by Hugh Allan and founded a year later, that dominated in Canada during the technology's early years.

" Das Fräulein von Scuderi ", an 1819 short story by E. T. A. Hoffmann, in which Mlle de Scudery establishes the innocence of the police's favorite suspect in the murder of a jeweller, is sometimes cited as the first detective story and a direct influence on Edgar Allan Poe's " The Murders in the Rue Morgue ".

The collection includes many items Poe used during his time with the Allan family and also features several rare first printings of Poe works.

The students — Peter Unold, Claus Leth Gregersen and Allan Ove Kjeldbjerg — started development in November 1995 ; the first playable version was released in January, 1996, with bugfixing and small enhancements until April.

They quickly made friends with Hollywood insider ( and fellow Ivy Leaguer ) Allan Dwan, but Hawks landed his first important job when he used his family's wealth to loan money to studio head Jack Warner.

Allan Greenberg had scorned the design when it was first unveiled, but wrote later to J. Carter Brown: " I am forced to admit that you are right and I was wrong!

* 1845 – " The Raven " is published in the New York Evening Mirror, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe

The band soon met their first manager, Allan Coffman, " the thirty-eight-year-old brother-in-law of Mick ’ s driver friend Stick ".

Notable creators of happenings included Allan Kaprow — who first used the term in 1958, Claes Oldenburg, Jim Dine, Red Grooms, and Robert Whitman.

In 1953, Murray was appointed to the presidency of the Folklore Society, the first time that she had served on the council, taking over from the former president, Allan Gomme.

On April 6, 1969, Wally Herbert and companions Allan Gill, Roy Koerner and Kenneth Hedges of the British Trans-Arctic Expedition became the first men to reach the North Pole on foot ( albeit with the aid of dog teams and airdrops ).

Harrison argues that the first to set out a satisfactory resolution of the paradox was Lord Kelvin, in a little known 1901 paper, and that Edgar Allan Poe's essay Eureka ( 1848 ) curiously anticipated some qualitative aspects of Kelvin's argument:

* 2011: Blind Ossian's Fingal: fragments and controversy a reprint of the first edition and abridgement of the follow-up with new material by Allan and Linda Burnett ( Edinburgh: Luath Press Ltd )

" The Balloon-Hoax " is the title used in collections and anthologies of a newspaper article written by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1844.

" The Pit and the Pendulum " is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842 in the literary annual The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1843.

Allan Aynesworth, who played Mr Algernon Moncrieff, recalled to Hesketh Pearson that " In my fifty-three years of acting, I never remember a greater triumph than first night ".

** The state of Washington executes Westley Allan Dodd by hanging ( the first legal hanging in America since 1965 ).

* January 19 – The Poe Toaster first appears at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe.

* Lester Allan Pelton produces the first operational Pelton wheel.

* Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Tell-Tale Heart is first published.

* January 29 – " The Raven " by Edgar Allan Poe is published for the first time ( New York Evening Mirror ).

In one of Max Allan Collins ' first stories as the strip's writer, the gangster known as " Big Boy ," whose gang members had killed Tess Trueheart's father years ago, learned that he was dying and had less than a year to live.

All current editions typically represent an Allan & Thurber Pepper-box revolver first depicted in the 1972 Clue edition )

* In 1991, Allan Legere was the first Canadian to be convicted as a result of DNA evidence, for four murders he had committed while an escaped prisoner in 1989.

Barris also made several attempts through the years at non-game formats, such as ABC's Operation Entertainment, a variety show staged at military bases akin to USO shows ; a CBS revival of Your Hit Parade ; and The Bobby Vinton Show, a Canadian-based syndicated variety show for singer Bobby Vinton ( produced in conjunction with Chris Bearde and Allan Blye ).

* On August 12, 1984, a game between the Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres turned into what writers Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo later called " one of the worst beanball wars of modern times ", starting with Braves pitcher Pascual Pérez hitting Alan Wiggins with the game's first pitch, followed by four attempts by Padres pitchers to hit Pérez in retaliation, and ending in Braves reliever Donnie Moore hitting Graig Nettles.

A hillbilly cat named Punkin ' Puss ( voiced by Allan Melvin ) often chases and attempts to shoot a hillbilly mouse named Mushmouse ( voiced by Howard Morris )

He then goes to consult with the Committee, and oversees the Doctor ’ s and Allan ’ s attempts to restore power.

The criminal sea captain attempts to ambush Allan for his gold but David confounds these plans and helps Allan Breck to stand his ground.

In 2010 an appeal was launched to raise the £ 60, 000 required to extend the Sea Lion Rocks Tea Rooms to provide toilet facilities, a power supply and improved patio area, this was completed in time for the Easter 2012 services, and was re-opened by Allan Bell MHK, the Island's Chief Minister, in May 2012 to mark the 30th Anniversary of the railway's restoration.

Despite numerous scrapes, he returned to Washington, D. C., with information that Scott evidently thought valuable enough to raise him to the rank of captain and he swiftly took over charge of the Union Intelligence Service from the Scottish detective Allan Pinkerton.

Early in 1776, Eddy went to Massachusetts in an attempt to interest political and military leaders there in supporting action in Nova Scotia, while Allan worked to raise interest in Nova Scotia.

However Prost has also stated that he has no intention of racing at the famous Le Mans 24 Hours sportscar race held annually near Le Mans, France due to concerns about the skill and experience of other drivers along the nature of the multiple class racing that occurs at Le Mans, a factor that was supported by Scotsman and two time LeMans winner Allan McNish's horror crash in the Audi R18 in the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans.

By the 1850s, Edmonstone & Allan was described by a credit-rating service as an " old, safe and respectable House ... one of the wealthiest concerns in the Province ", known for its responsible management and its links to trading houses in London, Liverpool, and Glasgow.

Allan has given various interviews responding to media concerns about Facebook, and in January 2012 he gave evidence to the Leveson Inquiry on Facebook's attitude to malicious posting and to privacy.

As occurred frequently with senior hockey, growing concerns were surfacing regarding the status of players, as many teams were using former professionals in violation of the rules laid out by the Allan Cup committee.

The main plot concerns a love triangle between Allan M ' Aulay, his friend the Earl of Menteith, and Annot Lyle.