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Calbraith Perry Rodgers began the flight on 17 September 1911, taking off from Sheepshead Bay NY.
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** Calbraith Perry Rodgers, American pioneer aviator, made first transcontinental U. S. flight ( d. 1912 )
The first transcontinental flight, a biplane flown by Calbraith Perry Rodgers, landed in 1911 on Long Beach's sandy beach.
* Old Bruin: Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, 1796 – 1858.
When Calbraith Perry Rodgers made his trip from Long Island to California in 1911 in his newly-bought Wright aircraft, he paid Taylor $ 70 a week ( a large sum at the time ) to be his mechanic.
Japanese 1854 print describing Matthew Calbraith Perry | Commodore Matthew Perry's " Black Ships ".
( Calbraith Perry Rodgers was an earlier deaf pilot who flew coast-to-coast in 1911, but was supported by a team on the ground.
Matthew Calbraith Perry: A Typical American Naval Officer.
* Calbraith Perry Rodgers ( 1879 – 1912 ), aviation pioneer
His mother, Caroline Slidell ( née Perry ), was the daughter of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, who was renowned for commanding the naval expedition that opened Japan in 1853-54.
* Calbraith Perry Rodgers ( 1879-1912 ), American aviation pioneer
Towards the end of 1852, from England he sailed for Calcutta, proceeding thence to China, where he joined the historic expedition of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry to Japan.
Though there is some documentation that indicates Portuguese sailors introduced the breed to Europe in the 17th century by presenting some to Catherine of Braganza, Queen Consort to King Charles II of England, there is more credible evidence that the first Chin were gifted by the Emperor of Japan to an American naval officer, Matthew Calbraith Perry, when Perry visited the Orient in 1853 to open trade with the East.
In 1854, Sproston voyaged to Japan with the Perry ( Matthew Calbraith Perry ) Expedition.
American naval officer Matthew Calbraith Perry was the executive officer aboard Cyane in 1819, which had escorted Elizabeth whose passengers included former slaves moving from the United States to Africa.
He was the father of Oliver Hazard Perry and Matthew Calbraith Perry.
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* 2 November – Calbraith Rodgers and Robert G. Fowler, who both are attempting the first coast-to-coast flight across the continental United States – Rodgers westbound and Fowler eastbound – meet in Tucson, Arizona Territory, where both are making a stopover.
* 5 November – Calbraith Rodgers completes the first coast-to-coast airplane flight across the continental United States in the Vin Fiz Flyer.
* Calbraith Perry Rodgers ( January 12, 1879 – April 3, 1912 ) was a pioneer American aviator who was the first civilian to purchase a Wright Flyer and the first to make a transcontinental flight.
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Arthur Calbraith Dorrance ( 1893 – 1946 ) was a U. S. soup businessman, and most significantly the president of Campbell Soup Company from 1930 to 1946.
They include the graves of two mariners from the fleet of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry.
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His role in the politics of the state ceased until 1876, although he tried to help Matthew Calbraith Butler in the Union Reform campaign of 1870.
His brother William Butler ( 1790-1850 ) and his nephew Matthew Calbraith Butler also served in the United States Congress.
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* January 8 – Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers, American admiral ( b. 1819 )
* November 4 – Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers, American admiral ( d. 1892 )
In the BBC television sitcom May to December, solicitor Alec Callender ( portrayed by Anton Rodgers ) is a huge Perry Mason fan ; he often speaks privately to a large poster of Raymond Burr hanging on his office wall.
Perry renamed Cayo Hueso ( Key West ) to " Thompson's Island " for the Secretary of the Navy, Smith Thompson, and the harbor " Port Rodgers " for War of 1812 hero John Rodgers.
With a force of some one thousand sailors and marines Rodgers set up defenses about Washington, and divided this force into two regiments, placing one under the command of Porter, with the other under the command of Oliver Hazard Perry who had already been stationed there in Baltimore.
Rodgers was the great-grandson of Commodores Rodgers and Perry.
* Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers ( 1819-1892 ), American admiral
He recorded a large number of songs that were covers of United States hit songs, including Perry Como's " Kewpie Doll ," Jimmie Rodgers ' " Kisses Sweeter than Wine ," Boyd Bennett's " Seventeen " ( also covered in the US by the Fontane Sisters ), Jim Lowe's " The Green Door ," and ( with The Kaye Sisters ), The Fleetwoods ' " Come Softly to Me ".
Of their three daughters, Jane Tweedy Perry married surgeon, later United States Congressman, William Butler, Jr. and Anna Marie Perry married George Washington Rodgers.
* Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers ( November 4, 1819 – January 8, 1892 ) was an officer in the United States Navy.
* Rear Admiral Raymond Perry Rodgers ( December 20, 1849-December 28, 1925 ) was an officer in the United States Navy and the second head of the Office of Naval Intelligence.
Terry was then ordered to the Pacific Squadron to serve as Flag Captain in ; first to Rear Admiral C. R. Perry Rodgers, then in 1880-81 to Rear Admiral Thomas H. Stevens.
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In 2002, Love began composing an album with Linda Perry ; the record, America's Sweetheart, was released on Virgin Records in February 2004, was embraced by critics with mixed reviews.
A number of notable games developers and development companies began their careers on the ZX Spectrum, including David Perry of Shiny Entertainment, and Tim and Chris Stamper ( founders of Ultimate Play The Game, now known as Rare, maker of many titles for Nintendo and Microsoft game consoles ).
Nimoy's film and television acting career began in 1951, but after receiving the title role in the 1952 film Kid Monk Baroni, a story about a street punk turned professional boxer, he played more than 50 small parts in B movies, TV shows such as Perry Mason, and Dragnet, and serials such as Republic Pictures ' Zombies of the Stratosphere ( 1952 ).
The band began recording in spring 1967, with Richard Perry cutting his teeth in his first job as producer.
The major innovation of the Limelight Department came in 1899 when Herbert Booth and Joseph Perry began work on Soldiers of the Cross, described by some as the first feature length film ever produced.
In 1854, after Admiral Matthew C. Perry forced the signing of the Treaty of Kanagawa, Japan began to realize it must modernize its military to prevent further intimidation from western powers.
Construction of the London Heathrow Terminal 5 began in September 2002, on the site of the Perry Oaks sewage works, with earthworks for the construction of the buildings ' foundation.
Soon thereafter, the Perry family began constructing a home on the property.
The festival, created by Perry Farrell and Marc Geiger, was to become a farewell tour for Jane's Addiction, but at the same time it was a music festival with bands such as Nine Inch Nails, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Butthole Surfers, Fishbone, The Rollins Band, The Violent Femmes, Body Count, and Ice-T. During this time Jane's Addiction began to get more exposure than they had ever before.
Following their two most successful albums, lead singer Steve Perry began to take more control over the band's direction.
He also established a relationship with songwriter and publisher Perry Botkin, Jr., who began to find a market for Nilsson's songs.
The North Galveston County YMCA began in 1993 and later moved into the Perry YMCA.
Perry began entertaining in his teens as a comic character actor.
In the late 1960s, producers such as King Tubby and Lee Perry began stripping the vocals away from tracks recorded for sound system parties.
The governor is sworn-in on the third Tuesday of January every four years along with the lieutenant governor, so Perry and current Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst both began new terms on January 18, 2011, which end on January 20, 2015.
This began a chain of events that culminated with Curtis Perry hitting a jumper to give the Suns a 110 – 109 lead.
Much publicity was garnered over the fact that even though he was playing a sixteen-year-old when 90210 began, Perry was actually in his mid-twenties at the time.
In August 2012, Perry began starring as Ryan King, a sportscaster, on the NBC comedy Go On.
Knoxville attorney Oliver Perry Temple, who became the colony's legal and agricultural advisor, began the complicated process of securing land titles.
Max Perry, along with Jo Thompson, Scott Blevins and several others, began to use ballroom rhythms and technique to take line dancing to the next level.
Perry sailed on his four " Black Ships " into Edo Bay on July 8, 1853, and began negotiations with the Tokugawa shogunate that led to a peace and trade treaty between the United States and Japan in 1854.
She began singing in night clubs, mingling song with ad-libbed comedy patter, and was featured on television on The Perry Como Show and The Ed Sullivan Show.
Coinciding with the 50th anniversary World Con, on September 30th 2011 a new series named Perry Rhodan Neo began publication gaining to attract new readers with a reboot of the story starting in the year 2036.
Long's use of the exotic and the classical in " Madame Butterfly " reflected the blending of Japanese and traditional styles in the arts and crafts movement around the turn of the 19th century and American fascination with Japan that began with the " opening of Japan " by Matthew C. Perry in 1854.
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