He had attended a rally led by Wendell Phillips on behalf of 17-year old Thomas Sims, a fugitive slave on trial in Boston.

However, earlier controversies over impact of the Boston extension of the Massachusetts Turnpike, particularly on the heavily populated neighborhood of Brighton, and the large number of additional homes that would have had to be destroyed, led to massive community opposition to both the Inner Belt and the Boston section of I-95.

The Sargent moratorium led to the rerouting of I-95 away from Boston around the MA-128 beltway and the

In 1629, Winthrop had led the signing of the founding document of the city of Boston, which was known as the Cambridge Agreement, after the university.

Pitching to Criger, who had also jumped to Boston, Young led the league in wins, strikeouts, and ERA, thus earning the colloquial AL Triple Crown for pitchers.

* Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (" GMO "), a Boston based asset management firm led by Jeremy Grantham

They came within one strike of losing the World Series against the Boston Red Sox before a series of hits and defensive miscues ultimately led to an error by Boston's Bill Buckner which gave the Mets a Game 6 victory.

In Boston, The Modern Lovers, led by Velvet Underground devotee Jonathan Richman, gained attention with a minimalistic style.

This new configuration became very popular in the Boston area, and by the fall of 1971, enthusiastic word-of-mouth led to the Modern Lovers ' first exposure to a major label when Stuart Love of Warner Bros. Records contacted them and organized the band's first multi-track session at Intermedia Studio in Boston.

In the winter, the Red Sox traded right fielder Ben Chapman to the Cleveland Indians to make room for Williams on the roster, with Williams inheriting Chapman's number 9 on his uniform opposed to Williams ' number 5 in the previous spring training, even though Chapman had hit. 340 in the previous season, which led Boston Globe sports journalist Gerry Moore to quip, " Not since Joe DiMaggio broke in with the Yankees by " five for five " in St. Petersberg in 1936 has any baseball rookie received the nationwide publicity that has been accorded this spring to Theodore Francis Williams ".

* November 28 – American Civil War – Battle of Cane Hill: U. S. Army troops led by General John Blunt push back Confederate troops commanded by General John Marmaduke into northwestern the Boston Mountains of Arkansas.

Stravinsky's unconventional major seventh chord in his arrangement of " The Star-Spangled Banner " led to an incident with the Boston police on 15 January 1944, and he was warned that the authorities could impose a $ 100 fine upon any " rearrangement of the national anthem in whole or in part ".

* February 23 – While the Massachusetts Council debates how to handle the Christian Indians they had exiled to Deer Island on October 13, 1675, a coalition of Indians led by Metacomet attacks colonial settlements just outside of Boston.

The Boston study, led by Harvard Medical School child psychiatrist Stanley Walzer at Children's Hospital, was unique among the seven newborn screening studies in that it only screened newborn boys ( non-private-ward newborn boys at the Boston Hospital for Women ) and was funded in part by grants from the NIMH Center for Studies of Crime and Delinquency.

After April 1975, screening of newborns was discontinued — changes to informed consent procedures and pressure from additional advocacy groups, including the Children's Defense Fund, having led to the discontinuation of the last active U. S. newborn screening programs for sex chromosome abnormalities in Boston and Denver.

His troubles led him to enlist in the United States Navy where he was a Fireman 3rd Class assigned aboard the battleship, but he deserted a few months later when his ship was docked in Boston.

The 1896 Summer Olympics saw the birth of the modern marathon and the event led to the growth of road running competitions through annual events such as the Boston Marathon ( first held in 1897 ) and the Lake Biwa Marathon and Fukuoka Marathons, which were established in the 1940s.

In 2009 – 2010, BU had research expenditures of $ 407. 8 million, or $ 553 million if the research led by the Medical School faculty at Boston Medical Center is included.

Political action in the early 1770s culminated in the Boston Tea Party in December 1773, and led to all-out war in 1775.

In 1607 a group of pilgrims from Nottinghamshire led by William Brewster and William Bradford attempted to escape pressure to conform with the teaching of the English church by going to the Netherlands from Boston.

The Rangers made the Finals twice in the 1970s, but lost both times to two ' 70s powerhouses ; in six games to the Boston Bruins in, who were led by such stars as Bobby Orr, Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge, Johnny Bucyk, and Wayne Cashman ; and in five games to the Canadiens in, who had Bob Gainey, Guy Lafleur, Larry Robinson, Ken Dryden, Guy Lapointe, and Serge Savard.

Holmgren replaced Dave Poulin as captain in December with Ron Sutter, which led to Poulin's ( and later that season, Brian Propp's ) trade to Boston.

Nevertheless, the Knickerbocker Rules were rapidly adopted by teams in the New York area and their version of baseball became known as the " New York Game " ( as opposed to the " Massachusetts Game ", played by clubs in the Boston area ).

On October 10, 1948, Game 5 of the World Series against the Boston Braves drew over 84, 000.

Harvard University turned down an invitation to join this group because they preferred to play a rougher version of football called " the Boston Game " in which the kicking of a round ball was the most prominent feature though a player could run with the ball, pass it, or dribble it ( known as “ babying ”).

Harvard beat McGill in the " Boston Game " on the Thursday and held McGill to a 0-0 tie on the Friday.

Since, they have played in three additional World Series, including a dramatic run in that ended in a Game Seven loss to the Oakland Athletics, a second championship in against the Boston Red Sox that was cited in the Curse of the Bambino, and a Subway Series against their cross-town rivals the New York Yankees in the 2000 World Series which they lost in five games.

Los Angeles Lakers Magic Johnson and Boston Celtics Larry Bird in Game Two of the 1985 NBA Finals at Boston Garden.

In the 1986 American League Championship Series, Clemens pitched poorly in the opening game, watched the Boston bullpen blow his 3 – 0 lead in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 4, and then pitched a strong Game 7 to wrap up the series for Boston.

After a bad start in Game 2 of the 1986 World Series, Clemens returned to the mound for Game 6, which would have clinched the World Series for the Boston Red Sox.

The season did have memorable action, such as the Giants playing the Red Sox in Boston for the first time since 1912 and the Giants hosting the 2007 MLB All-Star Game.

** At Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, the first All-Star Game tie in major league baseball history occurs, when the game is stopped in the 9th inning due to rain ( the only tie until 2002 in MLB All-Star Game history ).

* June 4 – The Boston Celtics defeat the Phoenix Suns 128-126 in triple overtime in Game 5 of the NBA Finals at the Boston Garden.

* October 21 – 1975 World Series: The Cincinnati Reds are defeated by the Boston Red Sox in Game Six off Carlton Fisk's 12th-inning home run to cap off what many consider to be the best World Series game ever played.

After Jacoby Ellsbury of the Boston Red Sox stole a base in Game 2, the company paid out this promotion on October 30, 2007.

Their opponent, Bobby Orr and the Boston Bruins, took Game 1 in Boston, but Bobby Clarke scored an overtime goal in Game 2 to even the series.

The decoration will be presented by A. Trichieri, Italian consul general in Boston, at a ceremony at 30 p.m. on Dec. 7 at the plant, which this year is celebrating its golden anniversary.

Scrabble for the serious at District 14 ", The Boston Globe, October 7, 2001

Malcolm X rose rapidly to become the minister of Boston Temple No. 11, which he founded ; he was later rewarded with the post of minister of Temple No. 7.

Louis X first proved himself at Temple No. 7 in Harlem, where he emerged as the protege of Malcolm X. Louis X was appointed head minister of Boston Temple No. 11, which Malcolm X had established earlier.

Boston Gas Light building ( damaged ) 7.

* August 19 – Leonard Bernstein conducts his final concert, ending with Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

** World Series: The New York Mets defeat the Boston Red Sox in 7 games.

* December 7 – The television station W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts, broadcasts video and audio from the radio orchestra program The Fox Trappers.

* September 7 – The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.

The team's operating income of $ 12. 7 million was on par with such old standards of the NBA such as the Boston Celtics who earned $ 12. 9 million and far exceeding the net operating losses of the Dallas Mavericks and the Portland Trailblazers of -$ 17. 4 and -$ 20. 3 respectively.

In the second round matchup with top-seeded Boston, the Canes ran out to a 3-1 lead before the Bruins battled back for two wins ; in Game 7 in Boston Scott Walker scored the game and series winner 18: 46 into overtime to send Carolina to the Eastern Conference finals against Pittsburgh.

In the playoffs, the Magic beat the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the playoffs and then the defending champions, the Boston Celtics, in the Eastern Conference semifinals, behind assistant coach Patrick Ewing's guarantee that they would win Game 7 of that series.

In the playoffs the Hawks started to show improvement, pushing the eventual NBA Champions, Boston Celtics, to a Game 7 before losing in a blowout in Boston.

Their record was good enough to secure a No. 7 seed in the 2009 NBA Playoffs, playing a tough series against the Boston Celtics.

After breaking the record for most overtimes played in a NBA Playoffs Series, the Boston Celtics managed to overcome the Bulls after 7 games and 7 overtimes played.

While the Pistons would win Game 6 in Detroit, they would lose the series in a tough Game 7 back in Boston.

In the first round, Indiana defeated the Atlantic Division champion Boston Celtics in seven games, winning Game 7 in Boston by the decisive margin of 97 – 70, just the third time the Celtics had dropped a Game 7 at home.