Edson de Castro was the Product Manager at Digital Equipment Corporation ( DEC ) of their pioneering PDP-8, a 12-bit computer generally considered by most to be the first true minicomputer.

This prime was discovered on 23 August 2008 by Edson Smith at the University of California, Los Angeles ( UCLA )' s Mathematics Department.

It is reported that Edson de Castro, who had been a key member of the design team, left to form Data General when his design for a 16-bit successor to the PDP-8 was rejected in favour of the PDP-11 ; the " PDP-X " did not resemble the Data General Nova, although that is a common myth.

The chief engineer who designed the initial version of the PDP-8 was Edson de Castro, who later founded Data General.

On October 24, 1901, 63-year-old Michigan school teacher Annie Edson Taylor was the first person to go over the falls in a barrel as a publicity stunt ; she survived, bleeding, but virtually unharmed.

Browne was born in New York City, New York to CBS radio personalities Cecil Margaret Davis and Edson Bradford Browne and grew up in Los Angeles, California.

The Edson was Winnebago ’ s first hotel.

The First Presbyterian church was initiated in Edson Hall by the Rev.

The State Bank of Winnebago was established in its new building on the site of the Edson Hotel in 1912, it was succeeded by the People ’ s State Bank in the late 1920s, and that bank fell under in 1932-33.

* Williamsville, situated northeast of Williamsville Lake, was at first platted as the Village of Unadilla on January 30, 1837, by Darwin N. Edson and the heirs of Curtis Noble.

* Edson Corners was a community and former post office in the township on the Muskegon River.

It was named for Edson Witherell.

On that day, during a prayer session with a group of Advent believers, Hiram Edson became convicted that “ light would be given ” and their “ disappointment explained .” Some years later, Edson reported on his experiences following that meeting: " While passing through a large field I was stopped about midway of the field.

It was written and directed by Jim Jarmusch and stars jazz musician John Lurie, former Sonic Youth drummer-turned-actor Richard Edson, and Hungarian-born actress Eszter Balint.

In the 1935 election, he ran in the new riding of Jasper — Edson, where he was defeated by Social Crediter Walter Frederick Kuhl.

Franklin Edson ( April 5, 1832 – September 24, 1904 ) was the Mayor of New York from 1883 to 1884.

The passenger, Dr. David Edson, was the son of former New York City mayor Franklin Edson.

The 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, under the command of Colonel Edson Raff, was the lead assault formation for the 17th Airborne Division, and was consequently the first US airborne unit to land as part of Operation Varsity.

Edson Loy Pease ( 1856 – 1930 ), a Quebec native, was a chief executive and managing director of the bank and one of the key people in its history.

Edson Fessenden Gallaudet, who was Edward Miner Gallaudet's fifth child ( and second child with his second wife Susan ) was an early pioneer in the field of aviation, being the first to experiment with wing warping, and the founder of the first aircraft factory in America.

* 1901 – Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

Two years later, Dr. E. Urner Goodman and Carrol Edson founded the Order of the Arrow, which inducted its first members on July 16, 1915 at Treasure Island.

* Annie Edson Taylor-The first person to ever go over the Niagara Falls in a barrel, and live to tell the tale.

Another candidate, Edson town councillor John Scott, had withdrawn on the convention's first day.

Famous sons of the province include :- Zimbabwe's first vice-president, nationalist and founding father of Zimbabwe, Simon Muzenda ; Harvard trained lawyer, nationalist and politician Edson Zvobgo, Nationalist Crispen Mandizvidza, ambassador Stanslaus Mudenge and Alois Chidoda ; Member Of Parliament Shuvai Mahova ; Chief Air-Marshall Josiah Tungamirai ; Governor Josiah Hungwe.

The 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, under the command of Colonel Edson Raff, was the lead assault formation for the 17th Airborne Division, and was consequently the first US airborne unit to land as part of Operation Varsity.

Local history maintains that Edson ( Heatherwood ) was built in its current location because it was the first level spot after Wolf Creek.

Fortunes improved significantly in 2000, as the Rough Riders took their first regular season title at this level, winning the Northeast Division by one point from the Rochester Raging Rhinos with a 16-9-4 record, with striker Edson Buddle contributing 11 of the team's 54 goals, and goalkeeper Paul Grafer posting a 1. 29 GAA average.

* Annie Edson Taylor, first American to ride Niagara Falls in a barrel

Tecos got the first win of 3-2 in the Azteca Stadium ; in a dramatic game, América beat Tecos in the Tres de Marzo stadium 2-1, but the goal from Edson Zwarich put the tie in the global score and Tecos was able to pass the finals in the top position.

The story's delightfully colorful villains are played by Christopher Lloyd and Richard Edson ( as the halfway-comic duo who make the first assault on the players ), Michael Mantell as the chief gangster's extremely undependable right-hand man, and Kevin Tighe as the Bostonian smoothie who coolly declares: ' You know what you feed a dray horse in the morning if you want a day's work out of him?

A monument to Edson ’ s Raiders was the first memorial dedicated at Quantico National Cemetery, unveiled on the memorial pathway on August 6, 1989.

The aftermath of Edson Luís ' death was one of the first major public protests against the Brazilian military dictatorship.

Annie Edson Taylor ( October 24, 1838April 29, 1921 ) was an American adventurer who, on her 63rd birthday, October 24, 1901, became the first person to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

The same year he wrote and directed his first US feature, The Shade ( released in 1999 ), which starred Richard Edson, Lorie Marino, and Jeff Ware ).

Two years later, Dr. E. Urner Goodman and Carrol Edson founded the Order of the Arrow there, inducting the first members on July 16, 1915.

They first match was against Desterro and the first Charrua try was scored by Edson Taminato ( Nilson's brother ).

Donald Brandewie was the founding principal of Hoffman-Boston and served for three years, after which Margery Edson became principal ; Woodlawn, which was then a haven for " anti-establishment " types, had no principal ; Ray Anderson served as Head Teacher and served as administrator for the program.

Edson I. Carr's history of Rockton, published in 1898, relates a romance that Mack learned from traders at Green Bay about Illinois and possible opportunities there, so Mack traveled to the Rock River to the present site of Janesville and then traveled south into Illinois.

BGen Edson surveying the front lines on Tinian In August 1943, he was named Chief of Staff of the 2nd Marine Division, which was then preparing for the invasion of Tarawa.

Colonel Edson Raff, who had recently led the 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, then took command of the regiment.