Probably the first novel to depict cyberspace and combat within it was John M. Ford's Web of Angels ( 1980 ).

The term " cyberspace " was first used by the cyberpunk science fiction author William Gibson, though the concept was described somewhat earlier, for example in the Vernor Vinge short story " True Names ," and even earlier in John M. Ford's novel, Web of Angels.

Ford's proposal was the government's first choice, but required substantial financial assistance.

The cost per vehicle trended upwards as the war continued from the price under the first contract from Willys at US $ 648. 74 ( Ford's was $ 782. 59 per unit ).

When family friend John T. Ford opened 1, 500-seat Ford's Theatre on November 9 in Washington, D. C., Booth was one of the first leading men to appear there, playing in Charles Selby's The Marble Heart.

Ford's increased influence during the 1990s allowed Mazda to claim another distinction in history, having maintained the first foreign-born head of a Japanese car company, Henry Wallace.

He received his first two Oscar nominations for John Ford's 1934 film The Lost Patrol, and the same year for The Gay Divorcee.

He won his first Oscar the following year for Ford's The Informer.

The car was the M2B designed by Robin Herd but the programme was hampered by a poor choice of engines: a 3. 0 litre version of Ford's Indianapolis 500 engine and a Serenissima V8 were used, the latter scoring the team's first point in Britain, but both were underpowered and unreliable.

Ford's carpentry work eventually landed him his first starring film role.

Fonda played Wyatt Earp in John Ford's My Darling Clementine ( 1946 ) and appeared in the film Fort Apache ( 1948 ) as a rigid Army colonel, along with John Wayne and Shirley Temple in her first adult role.

Mantle and former teammate Whitey Ford were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame together in 1974, Mantle's first year of eligibility, Ford's second.

Lone Starr's costume is intentionally misplaced, resembling a Colonial Warrior from Battlestar Galactica and Ford's Indiana Jones costume ( he is seen wearing a cowboy hat in his first scene, which is set aside and not seen for the remainder of the film ) rather than that of Han Solo or Luke Skywalker.

Witness was generally well received by critics and earned eight Academy Award nominations ( including Weir's first and Ford's sole nomination to date ).

His first film for Fox was John Ford's Four Men and a Prayer.

The film then led to Shapiro booking Kaufman on the first episode of Saturday Night Live, which occurred in 1975, during Gerald Ford's presidency ; Carter would not get elected to the position until 1976, nor would he take office until January 1977.

Cincinnati post office was established in 1851, the first stop on a 70-mile mail route that included Nathaniel Ford's home in Rickreall and Nesmith's Mills at Ellendale.

It is generally regarded as the first affordable automobile, the car that opened travel to the common middle-class American ; some of this was because of Ford's innovations, including assembly line production instead of individual hand crafting.

He had significant roles in Rob Reiner's coming of age picture Stand by Me ( 1986 ) which first brought Phoenix to public prominence ; Peter Weir's The Mosquito Coast ( 1986 ), where Phoenix played the son of Harrison Ford's character ; A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon ( 1988 ); and Little Nikita ( 1988 ) alongside Sidney Poitier.

Mainly residing in London from 1908, Lewis published his first work ( accounts of his travels in Brittany ) in Ford Madox Ford's The English Review in 1909.

The car's commercial success has subsequently been overshadowed by the even greater sales achieved by the Cortina: in 1960, when 191, 752 Anglias left Ford's Dagenham plant in the 105E's first full production year, it set a new production-volume record for the Ford Motor Company.

The Ultimate Sin is the first and only Osbourne album to feature bassist Phil Soussan ( who wrote the album's U. S. hit single " Shot in the Dark ") and the first to feature drummer Randy Castillo, who had previously played in Lita Ford's band.

Although the play achieved great renown during its first few years, and remained very popular throughout the second half of the 19th century, it is now best known as the play U. S. President Abraham Lincoln was attending in Ford's Theatre when he was assassinated by actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865.

In 1949, Tom Tyler played Frank James in the film I Shot Jesse James, an account from Robert Ford's viewpoint, and the first western directed by Samuel Fuller.

Soon enough Ford's former alleged common-law wife, Hazel Ford, stepped forward with what she claimed was proof that W. F. Muhammad ( alias Wallace D. Fard ) and Wallace D. Ford were indeed the same person.

Just five days after General Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, Lincoln and his wife attended a performance of Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre.

In Ford Madox Ford's The Good Soldier, the protagonist Dowell experiences catalepsy following the death of his wife.

She now writes a column for Toronto Life magazine about such topics as mixed marriages, monster houses and Mayor Rob Ford's mysterious wife.

In 1863, American industrialist Henry Ford was born in southern Greenfield Township ; Ford's future wife, Clara Jane Bryant, was born four miles to the north, in 1866.

On March 21, 1981, Ronald Reagan, the new President of the United States, visited Ford's Theatre in Washington, D. C. with his wife Nancy for a fundraising event.

Other well – known performances came as Holly Gennaro McClane, the wife of Bruce Willis's character John McClane in Die Hard ( 1988 ) and Die Hard 2 ( 1990 ), and as Barbara Sabich, the wife of Harrison Ford's character in Presumed Innocent ( 1990 ).

She was the mother of Gail Russell's character ' Penelope Worth ', in John Wayne's Angel and the Badman as well as in John Ford's cavalry story Fort Apache in which she portrayed Mrs. O ' Rourke, the wife of Sergeant O ' Rourke ( Ward Bond ).

It is often said that Ford's production system was ingenious because it turned Ford's own workers into new customers.

On November 20, 1955, Bo Diddley was asked by Sullivan to sing Tennessee Ernie Ford's hit " Sixteen Tons ".

The name " GT40 " was the name of Ford's project to prepare the cars for the international endurance racing circuit, and the quest to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The name of Ford's project, and the serial numbers dispel the story that " GT40 " was " only a nickname.

Mercury is a Ford Motor Company division, and Mercury's 427 was exactly the same engine as Ford's with different logos.

In order to bring the car more " in house " and lessening partnership with English firms, Ford Advanced Vehicles was sold to John Wyer and the new car was designed by Ford's studios and produced by Ford's subsidiary Kar Kraft under Ed Hull.

John Wilkes Booth ( May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865 ) was a famous American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, in Washington, D. C., on April 14, 1865.

Hay was present when Lincoln died after being shot at Ford's Theatre.

Klingon is sometimes referred to as Klingonese ( most notably in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode " The Trouble With Tribbles ", where it was actually pronounced by a Klingon character as " Klingonee " ) but, among the Klingon-speaking community, this is often understood to refer to another Klingon language called Klingonaase that was introduced in John M. Ford's 1988 Star Trek novel The Final Reflection, and appears in other Star Trek novels by Ford.

In the 1960s, Marvin was given prominent supporting roles in such films as The Comancheros ( 1961 ), John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance ( 1962 ), and Donovan's Reef ( 1963 ), all starring John Wayne, with Marvin's roles getting larger with each film.

For instance, Mazda's Familia platform was used for Ford models like the Laser and Escort, while the Capella architecture found its way into Ford's Telstar sedan and Probe sports models.

Neither was Ford's plant in Cologne considered trustworthy enough for a big assignment, such as tank manufacture, in view of their earlier foreign associations.