Historically, the Central League has been more successful in the Japan Series than the Pacific League, having won thirty-four times versus the Pacific League's twenty-six.

Historically, the Hiawathas were operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ( also known as the " Milwaukee Road ") and initially traveled from Chicago to the Twin Cities in Minnesota.

Historically, Fijians were known as the canoe building experts of the Pacific, using them to trade with Tonga.

Historically, the Femina Miss India pageant sent the winner of the pageant to Miss Universe pageant, and Eve's Weekly, a rival women's publication sent the winner of its Miss India contest to Miss World, Miss Asia Pacific.

Historically, the trade winds have been used by captains of sailing ships to cross the world's oceans for centuries, and enabled European empire expansion into the Americas and trade routes to become established across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, hence the name " Trade Wind ".

Historically the region's mariner's nickname was the Graveyard of the Pacific, and it is studded with thousands of shipwrecks.

Historically, Medford was served by United Airlines flying Boeing 727-100, 727-200 and 737-200 jetliners, by Hughes Airwest operating Douglas DC-9-10 and DC-9-30 jets, by Pacific Express which flew British Aircraft Corp. BAC One-Eleven jet aircraft and by Pacific Southwest Airlines ( PSA ) which operated British Aerospace BAe 146-200 jets.

Historically, the term " mole " was used in the San Francisco Bay Area in California to refer to the combined structure of a causeway and wooden pier or trestle extending out from the eastern shore and utilized by various railroads, such as the Key System, Southern Pacific Railroad ( two ), and Western Pacific Railroad.

Historically, many of the electric PUDs in the Pacific Northwest were created with the express purpose of taking over the territory served by the investor-owned utility then serving customers within the proposed PUD's territory ( and in some cases, the PUD's organizers were the only ones in favor of its creation-elections centering on the creation of a PUD often coming back with a decisive majority in favor of staying with the IOU ).

Historically associated with the Midwestern and Pacific Northwest regions of the United States, the candy is sold in various outlets throughout the country.

Historically, East Hancock was important as the station from which the trolley departed to the Electric Park resort.

Historically, Blackwell was home to the Blackwell, Enid and Southwestern Railway.

Historically, the Chicago and Northwestern Railway serviced Marinette.

Historically, there was also a route to Belfast via Stranraer over the WCML as far as Carlisle, and then connecting via the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway, however this route was closed in the 1960s as part of the Beeching Axe reforms.

Historically within Lancashire, Earlestown is named after Hardman Earle ( 11 July 1792-25 January 1877 ) who was the Chairman of the London and North Western Railway.

Historically a part of Westmorland, Windermere town was known as Birthwaite prior to the arrival of the Kendal and Windermere Railway, which stimulated its development.

Historically, Nicollet had rail transportation, starting with the Minneapolis, Lyndale & Minnetonka Railway Co., also known as the " Motor Line ".

Historically, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway went through Argentine, Turner, and Kaw Valley.

Historically, the town had its own station on the Bordon Light Railway, but this was closed in 1966.

Historically Blaydon was a major railway hub for both passenger and freight services, as it occupied an important geographical position in relation to Newcastle-upon-Tyne and which could be reached across the Scotswood Railway Bridge.

Historically, the Great Western Railway maintained a line that passed through the parish, going through the tunnel at Heath Hill.

Historically the village was served by two railway lines-Lanarkshire and Ayrshire and Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway

Historically, the clear chalk stream water of the River Chess, together with the fertile land, was ideal for growing watercress, and this industry which flourished in both Chesham and Rickmansworth in the Victorian era supplied London being transported on the newly constructed Metropolitan Railway.

Historically, the first line between Glasgow and Edinburgh was the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.

Historically, the Torbay Express name was applied to services operated by the Great Western Railway from London Paddington to Torquay and Paignton.

Historically, it was of particular relevance to sailing warships which used them to outmaneuver opponents when the wind had dropped but might be used by any vessel in confined, shoal water to place it in a more desirable position, provided she had enough manpower.

Historically, MLB had also used a 2-3 format in a best-of-5 series, but is rarely used.

Historically, women's bicycle frames had a top tube that connected in the middle of the seat tube instead of the top, resulting in a lower standover height at the expense of compromised structural integrity, since this places a strong bending load in the seat tube, and bicycle frame members are typically weak in bending.

Historically, the Upper Houses each had their own table.

Historically, this proceeded from the labours of Jean de Launoy ( 1603 – 1678 ), " le dénicheur des saints ", and Louis Sébastien le Nain de Tillemont, who had shown the falsity of numerous lives of the saints ; while theologically it was produced by the Port Royal school, which led men to dwell more on communion with God as contrasted with the invocation of the saints.

Historically, cryptography was split into a dichotomy of codes and ciphers ; and coding had its own terminology, analogous to that for ciphers: " encoding, codetext, decoding " and so on.

Historically, the form of the gallery evolved during the 10th century from the increasingly long hallways which had earlier been used to surround the central sanctuary of a temple.

Historically, the church had censured Knapp for deviating at several points from Eddy's teaching, and had refused to publish the work.

Historically, in Canada, whisky that had some rye grain added to the mash bill to give it more flavour came to be called “ rye ”.

Historically, the term originated in the mainframe field, where it had a well-defined meaning, very close to contemporary computer file.

Historically, lawyers in most European countries were addressed with the title of doctor, and countries outside of Europe have generally followed the practice of the European country which had policy influence through modernization or colonialization.

Historically, the majority of fiddle music was dance music, while violin music had either grown out of dance music or was something else entirely.

Historically, manual alphabets have had a number of additional applications — including use as ciphers, as mnemonics, and in silent religious settings.

Historically, John likely had a larger presence in the public mind than Jesus.

Historically, a marble or limestone edge runner mill, running on a limestone bed was used in Great Britain ; however, by the mid 19th century AD this had changed to either an iron shod stone wheel or a cast iron wheel running on an iron bed.

Historically it has had many definitions, but there are three definitions in current use: the imperial gallon (≈ 4. 546 L ) which since metrication is used colloquially in the United Kingdom and semi-officially within Canada, the United States ( liquid ) gallon (≈ 3. 79 L ), and the lesser used US dry gallon (≈ 4. 40 L ).

Historically, the Indo-European languages had eight morphological cases, though modern languages typically have fewer, using prepositions and word order to convey information that had previously been conveyed using distinct noun forms.

Historically, each of the several hundred small towns of Indiana had its own small school system.

Historically, land owners developed most roads and later Turnpike Trusts collected tolls so that as early as 1800 Ireland had a road network.

Historically, the telephone system on the Isle of Man had been run as a monopoly by the British General Post Office, and later British Telecommunications, and operated as part of the Liverpool telephone district.

Historically the Arvand Roud / Shatt-al-Arab waterway ( called Arvand Roud in Iran and Shatt-al-Arab in Iraq ) and Khuzestan Province was all that remained of their prior holdings in Mesopotamia, which had been lost to Turkey centuries earlier.

Historically, Jamaica has had close ties with the UK, but trade, financial, and cultural relations with the United States are now predominant.