* 1907 – The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11, 747 people, more than on any other day.

Other locations and landmarks that have become part of American folklore include: Independence Hall, Ellis Island, Hoover Dam, Pearl Harbor, the Vietnam War Memorial, and the Grand Canyon.

Ellis Island is an island in Upper New York Bay that was the gateway for millions of immigrants to the United States as the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 until 1954.

The south side of the island, home to the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital, is closed to the general public and the object of restoration efforts spearheaded by Save Ellis Island.

Ellis Island is located in Jersey City, New Jersey and is situated in the Upper New York Bay east of Liberty State Park and north of Liberty Island.

A bridge built for transporting materials and personnel during restoration projects connects Ellis Island with Liberty State Park, but is not open to the public.

First Ellis Island Immigrant Station, opened on January 1, 1892.

In the 35 years before Ellis Island opened, over eight million immigrants arriving in New York had been processed by New York State officials at Castle Garden Immigration Depot in lower Manhattan, just across the bay.

The Federal Government assumed control of immigration on April 18, 1890 and Congress appropriated $ 75, 000 to construct America's first Federal immigration station on Ellis Island.

Artesian wells were dug, and landfill was hauled in from incoming ships ' ballast and from construction of New York City's subway tunnels, which doubled the size of Ellis Island to over six acres.

On June 15, 1897, a fire of unknown origin, possibly caused by faulty wiring, turned the wooden structures on Ellis Island into ashes.

Plans were immediately made to build a new, fireproof immigration station on Ellis Island.

Second Ellis Island Immigration Station, opened on December 17, 1900 ( photo 1905 )

After its opening, Ellis Island was expanded with landfill and additional structures were built.

The peak year for immigration at Ellis Island was 1907, with 1, 004, 756 immigrants processed.

Today, over 100 million Americans-one third of the population-can trace their ancestry to the immigrants who first arrived in America at Ellis Island before dispersing to points all over the country.

Generally, those immigrants who were approved spent from two to five hours at Ellis Island.

More than three thousand would-be immigrants died on Ellis Island while being held in the hospital facilities.

Ellis Island was sometimes known as " The Island of Tears " or " Heartbreak Island " because of those 2 % who were not admitted after the long transatlantic voyage.

As described by Barcan, this period saw the emergence of mainstream talents like poets Les Murray and Geoffrey Lehmann, journalists David Solomon, Mungo MacCallum ( Jnr ) and Laurie Oakes, Oz magazine satirists Richard Neville, Richard Walsh and Martin Sharp, and maverick writer Bob Ellis.

On its release, the literary establishment widely condemned the novel as overly violent and misogynistic ; though many petitions to ban the book saw Ellis dropped by Simon & Schuster, the resounding controversy made it a paperback bestseller for Alfred A. Knopf later that year.

1997 also saw a revamp of all the WildStorm Universe titles, including such prominent comic-book names as Alan Moore, Warren Ellis, Adam Warren, Sean Phillips and Joe Casey.

In 1965 Ellis published a book entitled Homosexuality: Its Causes and Cure, which partly saw homosexuality as a pathology and therefore a condition to be cured.

The largely forested village saw the building of many upper-middle-class homes on the former Ellis estate as a quiet ' leafy ' neighbourhood developed.

2007 saw the release of Kuepper's Jean Lee and the Yellow Dog album, which was inspired by the story of Jean Lee who was the last woman hanged in Australia, and features amongst others, performances by Jeffrey Wegener ( Laughing Clowns ), Peter Oxley ( Sunnyboys ), Warren Ellis ( Dirty Three ), and Chris Bailey ( The Saints ).

Despite that Earl Ellis never saw the promotion, he was awarded the Navy Distinguished Service Medal and the Navy Cross ( which he received both later on November 11, 1920 ) while France awarded him the Croix de guerre and Légion d ' honneur ( Grade of Chevalier ).

Thunderbolts # 110 saw another change to the direction of the series, with writer Warren Ellis introducing a new team of Thunderbolts, villains working for the government, tasked with capturing unregistered superheroes.

Ellis was not included in the 2006 Autumn internationals that saw England head coach Andy Robinson lose his job, but when Brian Ashton was appointed as his successor Ellis was named in the team to start England's 2007 Six Nations opener against Scotland.

Charles Pratt saw the same trend as Ellis and Rogers and became a pioneer of the natural oil ( petroleum ) industry.

In those two matches saw Ellis get 27 points and 11 rebounds in both matches.

1956 saw The Water Gypsies by Vivian Ellis and A P Herbert ; Hotel Paradiso starring Alec Guinness, Douglas Byng, Irene Worth and Billie Whitelaw ; and Tyrone Power starred in Shaw's The Devil Disciple.

Three years later, Dr. Ronald L. Ellis was installed as the fifth college president and the next year saw the school enrollment reach 1, 000.

In 1999, when Warren Ellis concluded his run on Stormwatch with the Final Orbit storyline, which saw the team destroyed, Apollo was one of several Stormwatch characters he retained for his new Wildstorm title, The Authority.

In 1999 Warren Ellis concluded his run on Stormwatch with the Final Orbit storyline, which saw the team destroyed.

Lennon saw Ellis as " the converging point of rock ' n ' roll and literature ".

" limited series written by Warren Ellis which saw Britain winning the Space Race.

Dr Luyt saw an opportunity to use Ellis Park as a way for the union to cover its debt, and according to him in his autobiography, Walking Proud, used this asset as a means of renegotiating the unions ’ debt with Volkskas Bank and the Johannesburg City Council.

He recovered from his injury in time to take part in the 2007 Rugby World Cup, in which he started in 6 out of 7 South African matches and in which his leadership qualities came to the fore, as his calm under pressure and inspirational captaincy saw South Africa win the William Web Ellis Trophy for the second time.

After 1924, Ellis Island became primarily a detention and deportation processing station.

At its peak, the newspaper achieved a circulation of 35, 000. Notable contributors to its pages included Robert Minor and Fred Ellis ( cartoonists ), Lester Rodney ( sports editor ), David Karr, Richard Wright, John L. Spivak, Peter Fryer, Woody Guthrie and Louis Budenz.

Contrarily, the Star Tribune felt " the satiric early half is Ellis in peak form, the thriller-style second half is less successful.