When the Achaeans entertained Wednesday last at their annual Carnival masquerade ball, Miss Margaret Pierson was chosen to rule over the festivities, presented at the Muncipal Auditorium and chosen as her ladies in waiting were Misses Clayton Nairne, Eleanor Eustis, Lynn Chapman, Irwin Leatherman of Robinsonville, Miss. and Helene Rowley.

Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.

* Johnny Appleseed John Chapman ( September 26, 1774 – March 18, 1845 ), also known as Johnny Appleseed, was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced apple trees to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.

To date, one Major League player has died as a result of being struck by a pitch: Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians was hit in the head by Carl Mays on August 16, 1920, and died the next morning.

In Scotland the only one which has survived the convulsions of the 16th century is Aberdeen Breviary, a Scottish form of the Sarum Office ( the Sarum Rite was much favoured in Scotland as a kind of protest against the jurisdiction claimed by the diocese of York ), revised by William Elphinstone ( bishop 1483 – 1514 ), and printed at Edinburgh by Walter Chapman and Andrew Myllar in 1509 – 1510.

Shortstop Ray Chapman, who often crowded the plate, was batting against Carl Mays, who had an unusual underhand delivery.

Graham Arthur Chapman ( 8 January 1941 – 4 October 1989 ) was an English comedian, writer, actor, and one of the six members of the surreal comedy group Monty Python.

Chapman was born at the Stoneygate Nursing Home, Stoneygate, Leicester.

Cleese said that he and Chapman believed " There was something very funny there, if we could find the right context for it.

Cleese complimented Chapman by saying that he was " very possibly the best actor of all of us ".

Chapman's memoir, A Liar's Autobiography, was published in 1980 and, unusually for a work of this type, had five authors: Chapman, his partner David Sherlock, Alex Martin, David Yallop and Douglas Adams.

Although writing had begun in the late 1970s, Chapman was finally able to secure funding for his much cherished pirate project Yellowbeard in 1982.

Chapman was also to have played a guest role as a television presenter in the Red Dwarf episode " Timeslides ", but died before filming was to have started.

Chapman was a tall ( 6 ' 2 "/ 1. 88 m ), craggy pipe-smoker who enjoyed mountaineering and playing rugby.

Chapman later told a story in his college tour that when he went public, a member of the television audience wrote to the Pythons to complain that she had heard a member of the team was gay, adding that the Bible said any man who lies with a man should be taken out and stoned.

Chapman was a vocal spokesman for LGBT rights, and in 1972 he lent his support to the fledgling newspaper Gay News, which publicly acknowledged his financial and editorial support by listing him as one of its " special friends ".

Chapman met Tomiczek when the teenager was a runaway from Liverpool.

After discussions with Tomiczek's father, it was agreed that Chapman would become Tomiczek's legal guardian, and Tomiczek later became Chapman's business manager.

Cleese continued after a break from laughter in the audience, claiming that Chapman had whispered in his ear the night before while he was writing the speech, saying:

Palin later spoke, saying that he liked to think that Chapman was there with them all that day —" or rather, he will be in about 25 minutes ," a reference to Chapman's habitual lateness when they were all working together.

Ojril: The Completely Incomplete Graham Chapman, a collection of previously unpublished material, was released in 1999.

At one time, the script for " Out of the Trees ", written by Chapman and Adams in 1975 ( and later extensively rewritten by Chapman with Bernard McKenna ), was online.

In September, 2012, a British Comedy Society blue plaque, to commemorate Chapman, was unveiled at The Angel pub in Highgate, North London, by Jones, Palin, Barry Cryer and Carol Cleveland.

Chapman was inducted into the German Army as an Oberleutnant or First Lieutenant.

On July 29, 2006, Colavito, along with Ray Chapman, Addie Joss, Sam McDowell, Al Rosen, Herb Score and manager Al Lopez, was inducted into the Cleveland Indians ' Hall of Fame.

" In writing sessions Chapman " would lob in an idea or a line from out of left field into the engine room, but he could never be the engine ", Cleese said.

The voices of Cleese, Gilliam, Jones, and Palin will be spliced into commentary recorded by Chapman reading from his memoir and taped shortly before his death.

* Peter Chapman Cree Nation ( incorporated into James Smith First Nation, but with some legal status as a separate entity ).

His friendship with Thomas Dekker brought him into conflict with Ben Jonson and George Chapman in the War of the Theatres.

He moved into movies in 1954, playing the underwater role of the Gill-man in Creature from the Black Lagoon ( while Ben Chapman played the monster on land ), a feat he repeated in two sequels.

Chapman Mill Pond, east of downtown, disappeared into the Paint Creek when the dam broke during the flood of 1946.

Vocalist Roger Chapman, on his 27th birthday, throws a microphone stand into the audience, unintentionally in the direction of Fillmore East impresario Bill Graham.

Two full translations into English have been published, those by John Crombie and Stanley Chapman.

Subsequently, the new company was called " Atlantic Records Group " with Elektra breaking off into a subsidiary which became dormant until the label was revived in 2009 ( though longtime time Elektra artists such as Tracy Chapman, Björk, and Yolanda Adams continued to have releases on the label while newer signees such as Jason Mraz and Jet were transferred to Atlantic ).

After Norris's departure, Chapman fulfilled the chairman's ambition and turned Arsenal into the dominant side in English football in the 1930s, although later Norris later cited Knighton's sacking as the only decision he ever regretted.

In 1948 Chapman started with the Mk1, a modified Austin 7, which he entered privately into local racing events.

Chapman, whose father was a successful publican, was also a businessman who introduced major advertising sponsorship into auto racing ; beginning the process which transformed Formula One from a pastime of rich gentlemen to a multi-million pound high technology

Inspired by Jim Hall, Chapman was among those who helped introduce aerodynamics into Formula One car design.

He was captured by bounty hunter Duane " Dog " Chapman, his son Leland Chapman, Tim Chapman, and two TV crewmen in a noisy scuffle on June 18, 2003 and was then taken into custody by Mexican authorities.

There was an isolated newspaper claim at the time that, before firing, Chapman softly called out " Mr. Lennon " and dropped into a " combat stance "; Chapman has said he doesn't recall saying anything and Lennon did not turn around.

Chapman has said that after converting to Christianity he " never again disbelieved in the Lord or Christ or in the fact that I knew him and could of course talk to him any time I wanted to and get back into a deeper relationship with him ".

" Chapman later said that he thought the murder would turn him into a Holden Caulfield, a " quasi-savior " and " guardian angel.

Chapman later said that while the character of Holden Caulfield was not violent, he did " have a violent thought of shooting someone, of emptying a revolver into this fellow's stomach, someone that had done him wrong ".

Not only was there the numerous race and championship wins for Gerry in the DTV Vauxhalls but there was also his own forays into racing cars of his own ( when DTV commitments didn't clash ), sponsoring others ( including F1 World Champion Denis Hulme, Tony Lanfranchi and even offering Colin Chapman and Graham Hill a drive in Gerry's Lotus XI!

The story of the persuasion of Achilles into battle is drawn from Homer's Iliad ( perhaps in the translation by George Chapman ), and from various medieval and Renaissance retellings.

On 23 April 2008, Dr Chapman authored an op-ed in The Australian newspaper, noting a new ice age will eventually occur, that based on current low solar activity it might even be imminent, and " It is time to put aside the global warming dogma, at least to begin contingency planning about what to do if we are moving into another little ice age, similar to the one that lasted from 1100 to 1850 .".