* 1858 – Harry Hamilton Johnston, English polymath ( d. 1927 )

Besides his studio work, Torrence became a graphic artist starting his own company, Kittyhawk Graphics, and designing and creating album covers and logos for other musicians and recording artists, including Harry Nilsson, Steve Martin, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Dennis Wilson, Bruce Johnston, The Beach Boys, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Linda Ronstadt, Canned Heat, The Ventures and many others.

Remains of a carcass were later sent to London by the English adventurer and colonial administrator Harry Johnston and became a media event in 1901.

The generic name Okapia derives from the Lese Karo name o ' api, while the specific name ( johnstoni ) is in recognition of the explorer Harry Johnston, who organized the expedition that first acquired an okapi specimen for science from the Ituri Forest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

When the British governor of Uganda, Sir Harry Johnston, discovered some pygmy inhabitants of the Congo being abducted by a showman for exhibition, he rescued them and promised to return them to their homes.

The official emblem of the society was the Okapi, which was chosen because, although it was well known to the inhabitants of its region, it was unknown to the European scientific community until the English explorer Harry Johnston sent to London an Okapi skin which received international attention in 1901.

An in-situ example of Gill's design and personal cutting of his Perpetua typeface can be found in the nave of Poling church in West Sussex, on a wall plaque commemorating the life of Sir Harry Johnston.

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The movie was adapted by Harry Carr, Forrest Halsey, Agnes Christine Johnston, and Edwin Justus Mayer from the novel The Divine Lady: a Romance of Nelson and Emma Hamilton by E. Barrington.

# Cecil Rhodes, then Prime Minister of the British Cape Colony ( part of modern South Africa ) was expanding his British South Africa Company's charter lands from the south and threatening to occupy Katanga ( southern Congo ) by exploiting the ' Principle of Effectivity ' loophole in the Berlin Treaty, supported by Harry Johnston, British Commissioner for Central Africa who was London's representative in the region.

Post-war Blackpool reached the FA Cup Final on three occasions, losing to Manchester United in 1948 and Newcastle United three years later, and winning it in 1953 captained by Harry Johnston.

Ben Johnston is best known for extending Harry Partch's experiments in just intonation tuning to traditional instruments through his system of notation.

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Sir Henry " Harry " Hamilton Johnston, GCMG, KCB ( 12 June 1858-31 July 1927 ), was a British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator, one of the key players in the " Scramble for Africa " that occurred at the end of the 19th century.

In 1906, the Johnstons moved to the hamlet of Poling, near Arundel in West Sussex, where Harry Johnston largely concentrated on his literary endeavours.

Wall plaque erected to the memory of Sir Harry Johnston in the church of St Nicholas, Poling, West Sussex.

Harry Johnston suffered two strokes in 1925, from which he became partially paralysed and never recovered, dying two years later in 1927 at Woodsetts House near Worksop in Nottinghamshire.

Harry Johnston was the very model of the multi-talented African explorer ; he exhibited paintings, collected flora and fauna ( he was instrumental in bringing the okapi to the attention of science ), climbed mountains, wrote books, signed treaties, and ruled colonial governments.

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In 1959, a team led by Harry Ihrig built a 15 kW fuel cell tractor for Allis-Chalmers which was demonstrated across the US at state fairs.

It was said that this was in preparation for a tour of duty in Afghanistan, where Canadian and British forces were participating in the NATO led Afghan War ; rumours that were confirmed in February the following year, when the British Ministry of Defence revealed that Harry had secretly been deployed as a Forward Air Controller to Helmand Province in the Asian country.

In March 2012, Prince Harry led an official visit to Belize as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

As a reaction to their exclusion from political representation, the Kikuyu people, the most subject to pressure by the settlers, founded in 1921 Kenya's first African political protest movement, the Young Kikuyu Association, led by Harry Thuku.

His arrest led to others: Harry Gold, a courier with whom Fuchs had worked, David Greenglass, and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

In addition to Phil Simms and Lawrence Taylor, the team was led during this period by head coach Bill Parcells, tight end Mark Bavaro, running back Joe Morris, and Hall of Fame linebacker Harry Carson.

The Haydn Quartet singing group, led by popular tenor Harry MacDonough, recorded a successful version on Victor Records.

But, in 1958, under the policy of " massive resistance " led by the influential segregationist Senator Harry F. Byrd and his Byrd Organization, the Commonwealth prohibited desegregated local schools from receiving state funding.

* August 5 – Battle of Otterburn: A Scottish army, led by James Douglas, defeats an English army, capturing the their leader, Harry Hotspur.

Less than three years later, Henry was in command of part of the English forces — he led his own army into Wales against Owain Glyndŵr and joined forces with his father to fight Harry Hotspur at Shrewsbury in 1403.

He led the United Nations Command in the Korean War until he was removed from command by President Harry S. Truman on 11 April 1951.

After negotiations led by Harry Truman (" I want aluminum.

Sword dancers appear, led by Harry, and they perform an elaborate dance over their weapons.

In 1956, the Virginia General Assembly passed a series of laws ( the Stanley plan ) to implement Massive Resistance, a policy promoted by the Byrd Organization led by former Virginia governor and U. S. Senator Harry F. Byrd to avoid compliance with the Supreme Court decision in Brown.

The first holder of the office, Henry Sewell, led the country for the shortest total time ; his only term lasted only thirteen days ( the shortest term actually belonged to Harry Atkinson, whose third term lasted only seven days, but Atkinson served longer than Sewell in total ).

The First and Second Maryland Cavalry, led by Baltimore County native and pre-war member of the Towson Horse Guards, Maj. Harry W. Gilmor, attacked strategic targets throughout Baltimore and Harford counties, including cutting telegraph wires along Harford Road, capturing two trains and a Union General, and destroying a railroad bridge in Joppa, Maryland.

The late Coach Pat Droskinis, listed in the PA Sports Hall of Fame, coached them, and led by a strong 4-5-2 defense that featured All-State ends in 6-foot-3 team captain Russ Frantz and 6-2 Harry Butsko, the Cass Twp Condors blanked Minersville, Nescopeck, West Mahanoy Township, Schuylkill Haven, Ashland, Blythe Township, Mahanoy Township, Lansford and Saint Clair, and then Shamokin in the playoff game ( 2-0 ).

Tackle Harry Ostapowicz led both the offensive and defensive lines for the WPIAL Champion Dragons. Judge Reggie B. Walton, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia appointed in 2001, after being nominated to the position by President George W. Bush, is a Donora native.

In 2003 the Wolves, led by Quarterback Brandon Sharp, Running Backs Tydrick Davis and Calan Picard, Defensive Back Alex Jackson, Defensive End Harry Jones and Receiver Dominique Edison, defeated the Jim Ned Indians led by future Texas Longhorn and Heisman runner-up Colt McCoy 28-7 to win their first state football championship.

The Longview area was first settled by European-Americans, led by pioneers Harry and Rebecca Jane Huntington, in 1849.

In the early 1970s, a group of investors led by Harry Davidson, of Harry Davidson, Inc., bought of land along the Columbia River near the Priest Rapids Dam for some $ 1, 000, 000.

The castle is used as a stand in for the exterior and interior of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter films, which has led to an increase in public interest with Alnwick.