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In October 1876, in an effort to refute the assertion that carrying the ball had been an ancient tradition, he wrote to The Meteor, the Rugby School magazine, that he had learnt from an unnamed source that the change from a kicking game to a handling game had ".. originated with a town boy or foundationer of the name of Ellis, William Webb Ellis ".
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Astoria was incorporated by the Oregon Legislative Assembly on October 20, 1876.
Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea, in Wales, on 27 October 1914, to David John Thomas ( 1876 – 1952 ), a teacher, and Florence Hannah ( née Williams ) ( 1882 – 1958 ), a seamstress.
On-site work began in January 1876 and was complete by the end of October 1877: the bridge was ceremonially opened by King Luis I and Queen Maria Pia, after whom the bridge was named, on 4 November.
The Venerable Pope Pius XII (; ), born Eugenio Marìa Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli ( 2 March 1876 – 9 October 1958 ), reigned as Pope, head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City State, from 2 March 1939 until his death in 1958.
They divorced in October 1876.
In October 1876, Woodhull divorced her second husband, Colonel Blood.
* October 9 – Raymond Duchamp-Villon, French sculptor ( b. 1876 )
* October 15 – Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy ( executed ) ( b. 1876 )
* October 17 – Bobby Atherton, Welsh footballer ( b. 1876 )
* October 24 – Sir Murray Bisset, South African cricketer and Governor of Southern Rhodesia ( b. 1876 )
* October 14 – Harriet Shaw Weaver, English political activist ( b. 1876 )
* October 10 – Berton Churchill, Canadian actor ( b. 1876 )
* October 22 – Pablo Casals, Spanish cellist and conductor ( b. 1876 )
* October 22 – Borisav " Bora " Stanković, Serbian writer ( b. 1876 )
* October 16 – William Buell Sprague, American clergyman and author ( d. 1876 )
Later performances tended to be even more heavily cut, including the additional removal of the Kromï scene, likely for political reasons ( starting 20 October 1876, the 13th performance ).
Margaretha Geertruida " Margreet " Zelle ( 7 August 1876 – 15 October 1917 ), better known by the stage name Mata Hari, was a Dutch exotic dancer, courtesan, and accused spy who was executed by firing squad in France under charges of espionage for Germany during World War I.
Arthur and Pinky had three sons, of whom Douglas was the youngest, following Arthur III, born on 1 August 1876, and Malcolm, born on 17 October 1878.
The sole source of the story is credited to one Matthew Bloxam ( a former pupil, but not a contemporary of Webb Ellis ) in October 1876 ( four years after the death of Webb Ellis ) in a letter to the school newspaper ( The Meteor ) wherein he quotes some unknown friend relating the story to him.
On October 21, 1876 President Grant deployed troops to protect black and white Republican voters in Petersburg, Virginia.
It departed in October 1876 to locate the northern Cheyenne villages.
Tilden's chances for the presidency suffered a blow in October 1876 at the hands of the Republican New York Tribune.
On 24 October 1876 he was elevated to the Austrian nobility which entitled him and his descendants to the style of Ritter von in the case of male and von in the case of female offspring.
Baseball great Mordecai Brown was born in the unincorporated town of Nyesville in Parke County on October 19, 1876.
William Sealy Gosset ( June 13, 1876 – October 16, 1937 ) is famous as a statistician, best known by his pen name Student and for his work on Student's t-distribution.
October and effort
When AppleNet was cancelled in October, Sidhu led an effort to develop a new networking system based on the AppleBus hardware.
The statue was taken down in October 2005 to be cleaned and was re-erected on high plinth in December in an effort to protect it.
* The October Manifesto ( 1905 ) issued by Nicholas II, in an effort to cease the 1905 Russian Revolution
* October 2010 — ADL awards a Broad Agency Announcement to Rustici Software to conduct research and community interviews in an effort to begin the creation of the next generation of SCORM.
The Taliban were removed from power in October 2001 by a unified effort of United Front ( Northern Alliance ) ground forces, small U. S. Special Operations forces teams and U. S. air support.
Yale traces its beginnings to " An Act for Liberty to Erect a Collegiate School ", passed by the General Court of the Colony of Connecticut on October 9, 1701, in an effort to create an institution to train ministers and lay leadership for Connecticut.
* October 11 – October 12 – Fire destroys a Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. plant in Fall River, Massachusetts, consuming 15, 850 tons of rubber and causing a setback to the United States war effort.
* October 9 – American Civil War – Battle of Santa Rosa Island: Confederate forces are defeated in their effort to take the island.
Graves returned to New York to organize a larger relief effort ; this did not sail until 19 October, two days after Cornwallis surrendered.
In October 1917, Lawrence, as part of a general effort to divert Turkish military resources away from the British advance before the Third Battle of Gaza, led a small force of Syrians and Arabians in defending Petra against a much larger combined force of Turks and Germans.
In the wake of continued controversy and an effort in the state legislature to simply abolish the town, an agreement was reached in 2003 to provide for the incorporation of the remaining portions of the Town into the City of Madison and the City of Fitchburg by October 30, 2022.
Observed annually on October 11, by members of the LGBT communities and their straight allies, National Coming Out Day is a civil awareness day for coming out and discussing LGBT issues among the general populace in an effort to give a familiar face to the LGBT rights movement.
The Spurs began their 2007 season on foreign soil as they opened up their training camp in France in October 2006, in an effort to build camaraderie between players and expand their international presence ( this team had players from four nations, including France ).
Later, while testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee on October 27, 1947, Warner dismissed Cold War allegations that the film was subversive, arguing that Mission to Moscow was produced " only to help a desperate war effort and not for posterity.
It was reported on NPR in October 2009, that it was a four-year effort and does not rewrite any part of the text.
On October 12, 2009, Anka stated that Michael Jackson's new release titled " This Is It " was a collaborative effort between the two musicians, and that it was co-written by Anka in 1983.
Each October, an event called Talking Tombstones is held at Oakwood Cemetery, where individuals perform as historical figures buried there, in an effort to remember their lives and contribution to the community's history.
The effort was not ultimately successful, and the last " crank " calls took place on 11 October 1983, when a modern dial exchange ( 207-665 ) was placed in service.
The city of Kingston was established on October 23, 1799, as part of an effort to partition Knox County ( the initial effort to form a separate county failed, but succeeded two years later ).
As of October 2008, the incorporation effort is now under the jurisdiction of the King County Boundary Review Board ( BRB ) and a consulting firm hired by the BRB is conducting an economic feasibility study for the proposed City of Fairwood.
President Jimmy Carter devoted substantial effort to transportation deregulation, and worked with Congressional and civil society leaders to pass the Airline Deregulation Act ( October 24, 1978 ), Staggers Rail Act ( signed October 14, 1980 ), and the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 ( signed July 1, 1980 ).
In October 1965, General Westmoreland received authorization to launch a U. S. military cross-border recon effort.
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