* 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.

According to Ellis, REBT has favored E-Prime more than any other form of psychotherapy and I think it is still the only form of therapy that has some of its main books written in E-Prime.

In 1955, Ruth Ellis, the last woman executed in the United Kingdom, shot David Blakely as he emerged from The Magdala in South Hill Park, Hampstead, the bullet holes can still be seen in the walls outside.

The Ellis firetower is still standing on the highest section of the ridge.

Gwynn, who batted. 353 in 498 PAs, would have dropped to. 349 with the extra at-bats, still five points better than second-place Ellis Burks ’. 344.

After the train crashed, Ellis informed the train's guard, William Inglis, of what had happened and the two entered the sixth carriage, then still balanced precariously on the bridge's edge, in an attempt to save passengers.

It was announced at the 70th birthday gala of chairman Doug Ellis that the stand was to be renamed the " Doug Ellis Stand ", a move that caused some controversy among Villa fans with some still referring to it as the Witton Lane Stand.

They won the belts in 1962 on Washington, D. C. television from Johnny Valentine and Arnold Skaaland ( Skaaland subbing for the missing Ellis, but the belts were still up ).

A similarly-designed chute is still in use at Ellis Park Racecourse, a racetrack in Kentucky, and is the only such chute of its kind that can be found at any North American track today.

In 1851 a football of the kind used at Rugby School was exhibited at the first World's Fair, the Great Exhibition in London, this ball can still be seen at the Webb Ellis Rugby Football Museum and it has a definite ovoid shape.

" So you still think there was an injustice in that she Ellis was found guilty of deliberate murder when she wasn't?

Despite this, O ' Leary once again avoided any risk of relegation and signed AC Milan's international defender Martin Laursen, highly rated Chelsea prodigy Carlton Cole and acclaimed French midfielder Mathieu Berson, while still restricted by a tight budget imposed by chairman Doug Ellis.

Thomas Ellis Owen ( 1805 – 1862 ) was an English architect and developer responsible for many of the buildings that still exist in Southsea and Gosport.

It has been reported that Ellis ' condition is so bad that he believes his deceased wife is still alive.

Stephen Ellis says, his motive was to lay a complaint that the ECOMOG commander had not paid a courtesy call to Doe, the Head of State, however, the exact circumstances that led to Doe ’ s visit to the Free Port are still unclear.

Wisniski & Ellis lost the belts to Buddy Rogers & Handsome Johnny Barend in a match where Arnold Skoaland subbed for Ellis, but the belts were still up, on Washington, DC TV.

Nightman eventually produced toys and a TV show, and Robertson later described the experience as “ a sore spot .” However, while still at Malibu, Robertson met future DC and Wildstorm editor Hank Kanalz as well as a then obscure British comic writer, Warren Ellis.

While he was again a bench player with the Bucks, his minutes still remained relatively high and Ellis still made large contributions to the team with his scoring ability.

This country house was rebuilt in the Victorian era by the Ward-Boughton-Leigh family, county landowners who still today own land in the area and who donated to Rugby School the ground where William Webb Ellis first ran with a football.

" In 2009, Digital Spy editor Kris Green praised Sue Cleaver's part in the Julie / Paula / Colin reveal when he stated ; ' The outstanding performances from Katy Cavanagh ( Julie ) and Sharon Duce ( Paula ) mixed with Street legend Barbara Knox ( Rita ) and the still criminally underused Sue Cleaver ( Eileen ) make for compelling viewing ' Sarah Ellis of Inside Soap opined that " poor " Eileen should join a convent because all of her romances end badly.

According to a 1999 article by Bob Ellis ( whose wife Anne Brooksbank wrote for the series ), almost all of the episodes of Certain Women were subsequently wiped by the ABC, although episodes were still being shown as late as 1981 on British television.

Morgan ’ s try in the first Test at Ellis Park, in front of a world-record crowd ( then ) of 100, 000, helped secure a sensational 23-22 victory at the end of a match that some still consider the most exciting ever played.

An attempt to amalgamate the line with the Great Northern Railway was foiled by Ellis who managed to obtain an Order in Chancery preventing the GN from running into Nottingham.

In 1958, long after the legend of William Webb Ellis had become engrained in rugby culture, Ross McWhirter managed to rediscover his grave in " le cimetière du vieux château " at Menton in Alpes Maritimes ( it has since been renovated by the French Rugby Federation ).

The B198 which runs near the crash site has been renamed Lieutenant Ellis Way after the pilot had managed to avoid crashing into the nearby town, one of the firemen who attended the scene has recently secured funding for a permanent crash memorial at the scene.

Ellis managed to show good humour in the face of the defeat, stating that she had had " fun, a lot of fun ".< ref >

The property is managed by Grubb & Ellis Property Management.

They were established in 1853 by James Ellis, who had earlier managed gardens of the same name on the banks of the Thames, at Chelsea, in London.

After the past few years under the management leadership of Grubbs and Ellis, the mall is now managed under the direction of a local Jackson firm known as The Overby Company.

Dominic Williams of Ellis Williams Architects won an architectural design competition, managed by RIBA Competitions, in the mid 1990s to convert the 1950s Baltic Flour Mill into a centre for art.

One of Sauerbrun's most notable NFL career moments occurred during the AFC Divisional Playoffs on January 14, 2006, when, in a rare move for a team punter, he managed to tackle New England Patriots returner Ellis Hobbs after his own kickoff and forced a fumble, which was recovered by teammate Cecil Sapp.

The Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences is managed by Steven Winston Ellis.

Castlemead is owned by St Martins Property Corporation Ltd and managed by CB Richard Ellis Ltd.