The Roots ' original lineup included Tariq " Black Thought " Trotter ( MC ) and Ahmir " Questlove " Thompson ( drums ), who were classmates at the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts.

This group consists of AK1200 ( Dave Minner, Orlando, Florida ), DJ Dara, Dieselboy ( Damian Higgins, Brooklyn, New York ), and MC Messinian ( James Fiorella, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ).

* Ness ( born Lloyd Mathis in 1977 )-an MC from Philadelphia

Since 2001 Messinian ( James Fiorella, Philadelphia, PA ) has been the POTD's MC.

In 1987, Trotter became friends with drummer Ahmir "? uestlove " Thompson and formed a drummer / MC duo performing on the streets of Philadelphia and at talent shows.

It revolves around the consequences of an incident of date rape on a college campus in Philadelphia, and stars Wood Harris, MC Lyte, Russell Hornsby, Thomas Braxton Jr., Guru, Joe Clair, KaDee Strickland, and Emmy Award – winning actress Esther Rolle.

* Reef the Lost Cauze, is from Philadelphia.

| 1983 || 12 || 6 || 0 || 2nd Central || Lost Divisional ( Philadelphia )

| 1984 || 14 || 4 || 0 || 2nd EC Atlantic || Lost Quarterfinal ( Philadelphia )

| 1946 – 47 || 39 || 22 ||. 639 || Won BAA Semifinals Lost BAA Finals || Chicago 4, Washington 2 Philadelphia 4, Chicago 1

The label's major hits included: " TSOP ( The Sound Of Philadelphia )" by MFSB, featuring The Three Degrees, 1974 ( which was later adopted as the theme of the TV dance-music show " Soul Train "); " Ain't No Stoppin ' Us Now " by McFadden & Whitehead ( writers and producers with the label ), 1979 ; " Backstabbers " and " Love Train " by The O ' Jays, 1972 / 3 ; " If You Don't Know Me By Now " and " The Love I Lost " by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, 1972 / 3 ; " Me And Mrs Jones " by Billy Paul, 1972 ; " When Will I See You Again " by The Three Degrees, 1974 ; and " You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine " by Lou Rawls, 1976.

Murphy can be heard on film soundtracks including all six Star Wars films ( his first role as Principal Trumpet in the LSO ), Superman: The Movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Gangs of New York, Johnny English, Reign of Fire, a solo in Mr. Holland ’ s Opus, Philadelphia, Batman, the Alien movies, Frankenstein, Gladiator, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, We Were Soldiers and many more.

* The Lost Churches of China, Leonard M. Outerbridge, Westminster Press, Philadelphia, 1952

| 2001 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 1st Unknown Division || Lost NWFA Championship ( Philadelphia )

Landline teleprinter operations began in 1849 when a circuit was put in service between Philadelphia and New York City.

Landline teleprinter operations began in 1849 when a circuit was put in service between Philadelphia and New York City.

Lord Baltimore believed that his grant to Maryland extended to the 40th parallel – about halfway between Lancaster and the town of Willow Street, PA, which line of demarcation, would have put Philadelphia in Maryland.

The most serious problem was that the Maryland claim would put Philadelphia, which became the major city in Pennsylvania, within Maryland.

Since then, Eakins ' home in North Philadelphia was put on the National Register of Historic Places list in 1966, and Eakins Oval, across from the Philadelphia Museum of Art on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, was named for the artist.

The study of suspension bridges formed for the last few years of my residence in Europe my favourite occupation ... Let but a single bridge of the kind be put up in Philadelphia, exhibiting all the beautiful forms of the system to full advantage, and it needs no prophecy to foretell the effect which the novel and useful features will produce upon the intelligent minds of the Americans.

In 1997, Yzerman put to rest all doubts of his ability to lead a team to a championship as Detroit won its first Stanley Cup in 42 years by sweeping the Philadelphia Flyers.

Stewart was the owner of a TV / Radio business in Philadelphia and even though he was an older gentleman, his advertising account was a large one for WFIL-TV at the time and was put on the program to appease the account.

" He was honored with the Key to the city of Philadelphia and put his hands in cement as a 1999 inductee into the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Sunset Boulevard.

Washington put constant watches on all possible crossings near the Continental Army encampment on the Delaware, as he believed William Howe would launch an attack from the north on Philadelphia if the river froze over.

This sharing agreement lasted into 1921 when Miller formed the new Union Quakers of Philadelphia, but All-Americans owner Frank McNeil put a halt to the agreement halfway through the 1921 season after the Quakers played the Canton Bulldogs and wore out the All-Americans players.

This uncertainty is highlighted by a letter sent by Germain to Howe, dated April 2, 1777, in which he approved Howe's plan for Philadelphia, but also stressed that " it will be executed in time for you to co-operate with the army ordered to proceed from Canada and put itself under your command.

General Howe, when he left New York for Philadelphia, had put General Sir Henry Clinton in charge of New York's defense, with instructions to assist Burgoyne if opportunities arose.

This put teams like New Orleans, Michigan, and Philadelphia in an awkward situation.

When New Philadelphia head coach John Brickels left to accept another position, Hayes was elevated to the head coaching position, where he put together a 17 – 2 – 1 record in his first two seasons before enduring a 1 – 9 record in 1940.

During the 1999 – 2000 season, on February 15, 2000, Brodeur was credited with his second career goal, as Brodeur was the last Devils player on the ice to touch the puck before Daymond Langkow of the Philadelphia Flyers accidentally put the puck into his own empty net during a delayed penalty call against the Devils.

The production was put together by Silas S. Steele and was performed at the American Theatre in Philadelphia.

He did not put up the numbers he could, and so, on December 30, 2006, the Lightning waived him and he was picked up by the Philadelphia Flyers.

On April 17, 2009 Guerin scored the overtime winning goal at 18: 29 in the overtime period to put the Penguins up 2-0 in the playoff series against the Philadelphia Flyers.

In a call to the Flyers, the trainer was told to put Lindros on a plane that was returning to Philadelphia with injured teammate Mark Recchi.

A gravestone was put in place later that year and a Pennsylvania historical marker was approved for placement at her home in the Yorktown neighborhood of Philadelphia.

* May 4, 2000: Keith Primeau of the Philadelphia Flyers put a shot over the left shoulder of Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Ron Tugnutt with 7: 59 remaining in the 5th OT ending the longest game since 1936.

During that time also the Roman Catholic High School for Boys was built, and put in operation ; high school centers for girls taught by the different communities were established ; a new central high school for girls was partly endowed and begun ; St. Francis ' Industrial School for Boys was endowed and successfully operated, the Philadelphia Protectory for Boys was erected ; St. Joseph's Home for Working Boys was founded ; a new foundling asylum and maternity hospital was built ; a new St. Vincent's Home for younger orphan children was purchased with the archbishop's Golden Jubilee Fund of $ 200, 000 ; a third Home for the Aged was erected ; a Memorial Library Building, dedicated to the Archbishop, was begun at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Overbrook ; and the three Catholic hospitals of the city doubled their capacity.

And the automobiles that stream out of Hanover each weekend, toward Smith and Wellesley and Mount Holyoke, are no less rakish than those leaving Cambridge or West Philadelphia.

Due to the injunction, however, Lajoie had to sit out any games played against the A's in Philadelphia.

The town was laid out in 1850 and named for Fairmount Park in Philadelphia ; it was formally incorporated in 1870.

Rookie Phillies pitcher Marty Bystrom was sent out by Philadelphia manager Dallas Green to face veteran Nolan Ryan in Game Five.

With Emily Sartain, a fellow artist from a well-regarded artistic family from Philadelphia, Cassatt set out for Europe again.

Soon after, the Giants would lose to the Washington Redskins again, but they would bounce back from this defeat by beating their cross-town rival New York Jets, also knocking the Philadelphia Eagles out of playoff contention, leaving them with a tiebreaker versus the Cowboys.

The last home game which was blacked out on television in the Philadelphia market as a result of not being sold out was against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, September 12, 1999, which was Andy Reid's first home game as new head coach of the Eagles.

The A's would struggle on for four more years with only one winning team, and then abandon Philadelphia ( under the Johnson brothers, who bought out Mack ) and start play in Kansas City in 1955.

In 2001 the band came to the US for major press, radio and TV appearances for the Bastard Life or Clarity release and returned Stubbs in Austin, Texas to kick off a sold out US tour with dates in Austin, Boulder, Chicago, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, New York City and the last show at the famous Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey.

At the beginning of the 2010 Major League Baseball season only one ( Jim Caple of ESPN. com, although he later recanted his pick before the NLCS, saying the Philadelphia Phillies would beat the Giants and advance to the World Series ) out of literally dozens of baseball writers and pundits picked the Giants to even reach the World Series, with most not expecting the Giants to even make the playoffs.

Philadelphia kept the Raiders out of the end zone, but Bahr kicked his second field goal, increasing Oakland's lead to 27-10.

Ironically, the 49ers, the previous Super Bowl champion, also suffered a blow out loss at home the prior season ( 40-8 to the Philadelphia Eagles ).

Williams, who had the chance to sit out the final, decided to play a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Athletics.

A new design competition was held, and President Millard Fillmore appointed Philadelphia architect Thomas U. Walter to carry out the expansion.

Congressman James Madison started the party among Representatives in Philadelphia ( the national capital ) as the Republican party ; then he, Jefferson, and others reached out to include state and local leaders around the country, especially New York and the South.

** United States Postal Service workers in New York City go on strike ; the strike spreads to the state of California and the cities of Akron, Ohio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Chicago, Boston, and Denver, Colorado ; 210, 000 out of 750, 000 U. S. postal employees walk out.

In the months leading up to the opening of the 1940 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the GOP was deeply divided between the party's isolationists, who wanted to stay out of the war at all costs, and the party's interventionists, who felt that the United Kingdom and her allies needed to be given all aid short of war to prevent the Germans from conquering all of Europe.

Hoping that Philadelphia would become more like an English rural town instead of a city, Penn laid out roads on a grid plan to keep houses and businesses spread far apart, with areas for gardens and orchards.

Rose found himself benched for game three back in Philadelphia, and would ground out in a pinch-hitting appearance.

" The Philadelphia Experiment " is the name of a naval military experiment alleged to have been carried out at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA sometime around October 28, 1943.