Katherine Douglas King '' The invitation was accepted and other letters followed, in which she spoke of her concern for his health and her delight in seeing him so much at home among the crippled children she served.

The new site was somewhat warmer than Fort Douglas and much closer to the great herds of buffalo on which the settlement must depend for food.

The latest death reported was that of 4-year-old Claude Douglas Maynor of Calvary.

Still more time was consumed while the pilot, at the radioed suggestion of Continental president Robert Six, tried to persuade the armed pair to swap the Boeing jet for a propeller-driven Douglas Aj.

A colossal campaign opened to sell more sexual organs of plants and Mrs. Joseph ( `` Shadow of Greatness '' ) Douglas was quoted as saying: `` I would no more sit down without flowers on my table than without serviettes ''.

The stage was then set for the campaign for statewide election of the Illinois legislature which would, in turn, select Lincoln or Douglas as its U. S. senator.

Lincoln warned that " The Slave Power " was threatening the values of republicanism, and accused Douglas of distorting the values of the Founding Fathers that all men are created equal, while Douglas emphasized his Freeport Doctrine, that local settlers were free to choose whether to allow slavery or not, and accused Lincoln of having joined the abolitionists.

Lincoln stated Douglas's popular sovereignty theory was a threat to the nation's morality and that Douglas represented a conspiracy to extend slavery to free states.

Douglas said that Lincoln was defying the authority of the U. S. Supreme Court and the Dred Scott decision.

Meanwhile, Douglas was selected as the candidate of the Northern Democrats, with Herschel Vespasian Johnson as the vice-presidential candidate.

As Douglas and the other candidates went through with their campaigns, Lincoln was the only one of them who gave no speeches.

On November 6, 1860, Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States, beating Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, John C. Breckinridge of the Southern Democrats, and John Bell of the new Constitutional Union Party.

It was the prospect of bowling at this line-up that caused England's 1932 – 33 captain Douglas Jardine to adopt the tactic of fast leg theory, also known as Bodyline.

One of the most successful designs of this period was the Douglas DC-3, which became the first airliner that was profitable carrying passengers exclusively, starting the modern era of passenger airline service.

The airframe was developed by Douglas Aircraft Company.

The EHV was initially formed with two Douglas C-47 Skytrain and three MH. 1521M Broussard aircraft.

She played bit parts in three English-language films, the British comedy Doctor at Sea ( 1955 ) with Dirk Bogarde, Helen of Troy ( 1954 ), in which she was understudy for the title role but appears only as Helen's handmaid, and Act of Love ( 1954 ) with Kirk Douglas.

The result of his experience with adapting The Demolished Man was The Fury, a science fiction psychic thriller that starred Kirk Douglas, Carrie Snodgress, John Cassavetes and Amy Irving.

Douglas fought in the King's own Battle, but when the fight seemed over Douglas was dragged by his men from the melee.

The connection was firmly cemented by the time Lancaster and Douglas reteamed for their final movie, Tough Guys.

Although Douglas was always second billed under Lancaster in these films, their roles were usually more or less the same size with the exceptions of I Walk Alone, in which Douglas played a villain, and in Seven Days in May, where Douglas ' part was larger than Lancaster's but not as dramatic.

Carlton Douglas Ridenhour ( born August 1, 1960 ), better known by his stage name, Chuck D, is an American rapper, author, and producer.

Douglas Carl Engelbart ( born January 30, 1925 ) is an American inventor, and an early computer and internet pioneer.

Douglas Richard Hofstadter ( born February 15, 1945 ) is an American professor of cognitive science whose research focuses on consciousness, analogy-making, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in mathematics and physics.

A fourth child, Francis Douglas Gardner, was then born in 1886.

; Douglas Kellner ( born 1943 )

Wayne Douglas Gretzky, CC (; born January 26, 1961 ) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach.

Her marriage to Edward Douglas in the 1910s was brief, and ended with him deserting her shortly before their daughter, Laura, was born.

* November 27 – Douglas Colin Cameron, Canadian politician ( born 1854 )

* Douglas Sills ( born 1960 ), American actor

Her sister-in-law ( born The Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott ) was given special dispensation by HM The Queen to use a similar style when she was widowed (" HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester ") despite not being a princess by birth, rather than the more usual widow's style, " HRH The Dowager Duchess of Gloucester ".

Douglas MacArthur was born 26 January 1880, at the Arsenal Barracks in Little Rock, Arkansas, to Arthur MacArthur, Jr., a U. S. Army captain, and his wife Mary Pinkney Hardy MacArthur ( nicknamed " Pinky ").

Arthur and Pinky had three sons, of whom Douglas was the youngest, following Arthur III, born on 1 August 1876, and Malcolm, born on 17 October 1878.

Notable examples include David Tennant, born David McDonald, who said in an interview that he adopted the surname " Tennant " after seeing Neil Tennant in a copy of Smash Hits, Nathan Lane, whose birth name Joseph Lane was already in use, Stewart Granger, whose birth name was James Stewart, and Michael Keaton, born Michael Douglas.

* Sarah Douglas, actress, best known for her film and TV career, was born and raised in the town.

* Sherman Douglas ( born 1966 ), retired National Basketball Association player

He was born to John Douglas, a stonemason, and Jean Drummond.

Douglas was born in Florence, Italy, the eldest son of Scottish Conservative Party politician Archibald, Viscount Drumlanrig, who was the heir of the 7th Marquess of Queensberry.

Douglas was born in Headington, Oxfordshire, the son of Professor Robert Langton Douglas and his wife Margaret Jane ( née Cannon ).

Michael Kirk Douglas ( born September 25, 1944 ) is an American actor and producer, primarily in movies and television.

Douglas has a younger brother, Joel Douglas ( born 1947 ), and two paternal half-brothers, Peter Douglas ( born 1955 ) and Eric Douglas ( 1958 – 2004 ), from stepmother Anne Buydens.