Atlanta was granted a franchise in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) on June 25, 1997, and became the league's 28th franchise when it began play in the 1999 – 2000 NHL season.

Once again, the 28th became Ellsworth's host organization and it soon absorbed all previous 812 SSW functions.

In any event, in July 1992, he became the 28th and the last Governor of Hong Kong until its handover to the People's Republic of China on 30 June 1997.

In 1869 he became the manager of the Fifth Avenue Theatre on 24th St. and in 1873 the Fifth Avenue Theatre on 28th.

Texas remained an independent country, led by Sam Houston, until it became the 28th state in 1845.

When Texas became the 28th state of the Union on December 29, 1845, its national flag became the state flag.

On December 29, 1845, Texas became the 28th state.

From this, the keystone shape became the logo of the Pennsylvania Railroad ( PRR ), the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 28th Infantry Division of the Pennsylvania National Guard, Little League Baseball ( founded in Williamsport ), and of Heinz Ketchup ( headquartered in Pittsburgh ).

At the start of the Civil War, Geary raised the 147th and 28th Pennsylvania Infantry regiments and became colonel of the latter.

In a case involving Richard McLaren and his wife Evelyn as plaintiffs, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled, on April 30, 1998: " Despite plaintiffs ' argument ..... n 1845, Texas became the 28th state of the United States of America.

She was the 28th Premier of Prince Edward Island from 1993 to 1996, the second female provincial premier in Canadian history, and the first to win a general election ( the first female premier, Rita Johnston of British Columbia, became premier after winning the party leadership but lost the subsequent election ).

On 11 May 2012, he became the 28th Freeman of Galway six months to the day since his inauguration.

In 1926, Tengku Ampuan Jema ’ ah gave birth to a son, HRH Tengku Abdul Aziz Shah, who later became the 28th Sultan of Selangor.

He was born in 1887 while his father was still Prince Royal of Portugal, and received the usual style of the heirs to the heir of the Portuguese crown: he was then at birth 4th Prince of Beira, with the subsidiary title of 14th Duke of Barcelos, private to the heir of the Dukedom of Braganza ; and after his grandfather king Dom Luís I died, he became Prince Royal of Portugal, with the subsidiary titles of 21st Duke of Braganza, 20th Marquis of Vila Viçosa, 28th count of Barcelos, 25th count of Ourém, 23rd count of Arraiolos, 22nd count of Neiva ; he was later created Knight Commander of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa, Knight of the Order of the Garter, and Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.

It became the 28th ( County of London ) Battalion of the London Regiment on 1 April 1908.

During World War II, Longreach airport became, for a short time in 1942, a base for United States Army Air Forces B-17 bomber aircraft of the 28th and 93d Bombardment Squadrons ( Heavy ).

On 28th August 2012 South Africa became the first team to be number 1 in all 3 formats of the game

When Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III was proclaimed as the 28th Sultan of Brunei on 6 June 1950, he also became the head of the Islamic religion in the country.

By the end of the second day of battle, it became apparent that the 28th Infantry was near collapse.

Shortly thereafter the storm crossed the Connecticut coastline near Bridgeport as a Category 1 hurricane, and while continuing northeastward through New England, it became extratropical over Maine early on the 28th.

He left Fort Riley as sergeant major of the 2nd Battle Group, 28th Infantry Regiment, for duty in Germany in December 1958, and became the 24th Infantry Division's sergeant major in March 1963.

Upon the formation of MLS, he was drafted 28th overall in the 1996 MLS Supplemental Draft, and became a third-string goalkeeper of the 1996 Dallas Burn, behind Mark Dodd.

He reached the rank of captain, and became an adjutant with the Canadian Armored Corps in the 28th Armored Regiment.

After his untimely death from natural causes, he was succeeded by his brother who became His Royal Highness Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III, the 28th Sultan of Brunei.

Reared in a poor family on the western frontier, Lincoln was mostly self-educated, and became a country lawyer, a Whig Party leader, Illinois state legislator during the 1830s, and a one-term member of the United States House of Representatives during the 1840s.

Lincoln became very close to his stepmother, and referred to her as " Mother ".

Lincoln became increasingly distant from his father, in part because of his father's lack of education.

In 1840, Lincoln became engaged to Mary Todd, who was from a wealthy slave-holding family in Lexington, Kentucky.

Lincoln became an able and successful lawyer with a reputation as a formidable adversary during cross-examinations and closing arguments.

The Act had no effect on illegal practices: five clergy were imprisoned for contempt of court and after the trial of the much loved Bishop Edward King of Lincoln, it became clear that some revision of the liturgy had to be embarked upon.

That same year, he became the first non-American to receive the Film Society of Lincoln Center ’ s annual award for cinematic achievement.

In 1925 Edgerton received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln where he became a member of Acacia Fraternity.

Asked by Terre Haute politician and lawyer John Palmer Usher, future Secretary of the Interior under President Abraham Lincoln, to testify in a slander case, Cannon became fascinated with the law.

He became a follower of Abraham Lincoln during the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858.

Abraham Lincoln's law office was next door to the law office of Milton Hay, John's uncle, and Lincoln thus became acquainted with John Hay.

In 1496, he became a student at Lincoln ’ s Inn, one of the Inns of Court, where he remained until 1502, when he was called to the bar.

President Lincoln again sent Charles Dana to keep a watchful eye on Grant's alleged intemperance ; Dana eventually became Grant's devoted ally, and made light of the drinking.

Upon the UNZ's demise, Canterbury Agricultural College became a constituent college of the University of Canterbury, as Lincoln College.

Lincoln College became independent in 1990 as a full university in its own right.

Garfield became a member of the Radical Republicans, led by Chase, in contrast with the moderate wing of the party, led by Lincoln and Montgomery Blair.

In 1301 at Lincoln, the young Edward became the first English prince to be invested with the title of Prince of Wales.

From 1863 to 1869, Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson ( who became president on April 14, 1865 ) took a moderate position designed to bring the South back to normal as soon as possible, while the Radical Republicans ( as they called themselves ) used Congress to block the moderate approach, impose harsh terms, and upgrade the rights of the Freedmen ( former slaves ).

Upon Lincoln's assassination in April 1865, Andrew Johnson of Tennessee, who had been elected with Lincoln in 1864 as the latter's vice president, became president.

In July 1862, President Lincoln became convinced that " a military necessity " was needed to strike at slavery in order to win the Civil War for the Union.

Huddersfield Town's Iain Dunn became the first British player to settle a match in this way-his 107th-minute goal beat Lincoln City 3-2 in the Auto Windscreens Shield on 30 November 1994.

Lancaster was renamed Lincoln after President Abraham Lincoln and became the state capital in 1867.

In 1970, Ford added an antilock braking system called " Sure-track " to the rear wheels of Lincoln Continentals as an option ; it became standard in 1971.

Front disc brakes became standard equipment in 1965 on the Rambler Marlin ( the Bendix units were optional on all American Motors " senior " platform models ), the Ford Thunderbird, and the Lincoln Continental.