* The Ham sandwich theorem: For any compact sets A < sub > 1 </ sub >,..., A < sub > n </ sub > in ℝ < sup > n </ sup > we can always find a hyperplane dividing each of them into two subsets of equal measure.

* 1961 – Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2 – Ham the Chimp travels into outer space.

In addition to Coaches Noll and Landry, 14 players would end up being voted into the Hall of Fame: Nine Pittsburgh players: Bradshaw, Harris, Swann, Stallworth, Webster, Greene, Lambert, Ham, and Blount, and five from Dallas: Staubach, Dorsett, White, Wright, and Jackie Smith, who the Cowboys lured out of retirement from the St. Louis Cardinals due to injuries to Cowboy tight ends, most notably, Jay Saldi.

Molded into a professional act by manager Bill Ham, they were subsequently signed to London Records and released their debut album.

* January 31 – Ham the Chimp, a 37-pound ( 17-kg ) male, is rocketed into space aboard Mercury-Redstone 2, in a test of the Project Mercury capsule, designed to carry United States astronauts into space.

In July 1989, Ardiles moved into football management with second division Swindon Town when Lou Macari resigned to join West Ham in July 1989.

* Daniel Peggotty – Peggotty's brother ; a humble but generous Yarmouth fisherman who takes his nephew Ham and niece Emily into his custody after each of them has been orphaned, and welcomes David as a child when he holidays to Yarmouth with Peggotty.

It was historically an agrarian settlement in the ancient parish of West Ham, which transformed into an industrial suburb following the introduction of the railway in 1839.

Despite early proposals for the Jubilee Line Extension to go to Thamesmead, via the Isle of Dogs and the Royal Docks, Thamesmead was not included and after reaching the Greenwich Peninsula, the line then heads north to Stratford, London ( via Canning Town and West Ham ), despite Stratford also being on the major Central Line tube link into London.

The parish was divided into three wards: Church-street, Stratford-Langthorne, and Plaistow ; with the village of West Ham corresponding to the Church-street ward.

Ommen too was affected: the separate jurisdictions of Stad Ommen ( composed of the city of Ommen and the Ommerschans ) and Ambt Ommen ( which comprised most of the rest of the current municipality, Avereest and Den Ham as well ) were merged into one Mairie Ommen ( though Den Ham became a separate municipality ).

“ Wharf Hill ” was the waterfront location of the beginning of the industries of Smithfield, which would evolve into “ The Peanut Capital of the World ” and “ The Ham Capital of the World.

Ham ( July 1956 – January 19, 1983 ), also known as Ham the Chimp and Ham the Astrochimp, was the first chimpanzee launched into outer space in the American space program.

William was a Tea Dealer, though Elizabeth is credited as being the one with " the financial acumen which had enabled money both to be acquired and prudently managed: it was a quality which perhaps neither of the sons inherited ".. William and Elizabeth lived in Plashet House, a mansion in East Ham, which passed into the hands of William Storrs Fry in 1787.

Standing and weighing, " Ham " Fish was highly successful as a football player ; he was twice an All-America and in 1954 was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

To Old Trafford they went, and despite leading twelve minutes into the second half, the hosts, who were crowned champions a week earlier, took control and condemned 19th-placed Blackpool to relegation, along with Birmingham City and West Ham.

The local football club, East Ham United was dissolved in 2001 when it merged into Barking & East Ham United.

* Ham the Chimp, the first hominid launched into outer space

His youngest son Ham, walked into the tent, saw his father's nakedness and told his two brothers outside.

Winchell provided the voices of Sam-I-Am and his unnamed friend in Green Eggs and Ham from the animated television special Dr. Seuss on the Loose in 1973.

The theatre was chosen for a special BBC filming of Steve Coogan's Paul & Pauline Calf's Cheese and Ham Sandwich programme and many a comedian has moved on from the Neptune to the Edinburgh Fringe comedy festival.

Green Eggs and Ham is the third of the three Geisel stories that were adapted into the television special Dr. Seuss on the Loose, which featured a connecting narration by The Cat In The Hat, in 1973.

The first two stories in the book (" The Sneetches " and " The Zax ") were later adapted, along with Green Eggs and Ham, into the animated TV musical special Dr. Seuss on the Loose.

In Comedy Central's Canned Ham: The Doctor Evil Story, an hour-long preview special of The Spy Who Shagged Me, Scott states that one day he would " maybe " open a daycare center as the foundation with which to build an evil empire.

In Comedy Central's Canned Ham: The Doctor Evil Story, a half hour-long preview special of The Spy Who Shagged Me, Dr.

After a grand celebration, the scene changes drastically to a bustling city where a man named Ham Egg is travelling from jeweler to jeweler to try and sell a special stone he found in the Bajalu Jungle.

Schneider, were in an initial group prior to 1715, and Coenraet Ham, Jans Witbeck and Hans Jury Kolemer, came in 1715.

With death of the Prince of Wales in 1618, the lands at Ham and Petersham passed to James ' second son, Charles, several years prior to his coronation in 1625.

Ince joined Wolverhampton Wanderers and was playing outside a national top division for the first time since his one brief appearance there for West Ham in 1989, prior to his move to Manchester United.

The West Ham Hammers team were involved in the top flight leagues 1929 to 1939, 1946 to 1955 and 1964 to 1971, winning the inaugural British League in 1965.

Officially, Ham was known as No. 65 before his flight, and only renamed " Ham " upon his successful return to earth.

After his flight on a Mercury-Redstone rocket, chimpanzee Ham is greeted by the commander of the recovery ship, USS Donner ( LSD-20 ) | USS Donner ( LSD-20 ).

On January 31, 1961, Ham was secured in a Project Mercury mission labeled MR-2 and launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a suborbital flight.

James Peter " Jimmy " Greaves ( born 20 February 1940 in Manor Park, East Ham, England ) is an English former football player, England's third highest international goalscorer, the highest goalscorer in the history of Tottenham Hotspur football club, the highest goalscorer in the history of English top flight football and more recently a television pundit-famous for his trademark catchphrase it's a funny old game.

When asked by Joan Allen ( impersonating NASA flight director Linda Ham ) about his death, Will Ferrell as Caray replied, " What's your point?

* Linda Ham, NASA's first female flight director

In January 2003, he moved to West Ham United, and scored his first goal for the club against former club Tottenham, but was unable to prevent the club's relegation from the Premier League and opted to remain in the top flight by signing for newly promoted Leicester City on a free transfer.

Chimpanzee Ham in his " space suit " before flight

Meanwhile, West Bromwich Albion's dismal form continues as they and West Ham United prop up the rest of the top flight on goal difference.

They were the second club in just three years to win the FA Cup from outside the top flight of English football after Sunderland in 1973 and only one more side from outside the top flight ( West Ham United in 1980 ) has won the trophy.

He also played top flight for Chelsea, West Ham United and Fulham.

At the end of the 1990 / 91 season the club secured promotion to the top flight, the final match on the plastic pitch was probably one of the most memorable games played at the ground when Latics, in order to win the old second division, had to beat Sheffield Wednesday and rely on West Ham losing.

Following the 2002 World Cup, Breen was signed on a free transfer by West Ham United by manager Glenn Roeder, but left the club after relegation from the top flight and only 18 appearances in all competitions.

According to founder of Answers in Genesis Ken Ham: " One of the main reasons we moved there was because we are within one hour's flight of 69 percent of America's population.

During their exile from the top flight, on 10 May 1980, West Ham beat Arsenal in the FA Cup final, the last lower league side to do so.

West Ham spent the first four years back in the top flight consolidating their position.

As a player he was a striker from 1982 until 2001, notably playing in the top flight of English football for West Ham United, Everton and Leicester City.

Martin remained loyal to West Ham despite their relegation from the top flight in 1989, and helped them gain promotion two years later.

Since then, West Ham have only been absent from the top flight three times.

He scored 14 league goals, including the first top flight hat-trick of the season in a 4 – 0 home victory against Aston Villa and also put West Ham in front after just 52 seconds against Manchester United also at Upton Park.

After earning his commission as an Ensign in the U. S. Navy in May 1987, Ham received flight training in the T-34C, T-2C, and TA-4J aircraft.