At various times in the past, and as late as the 1870s, the Bahr el Ghazal Depression, which extends from the northeastern part of the lake to the Djourab, acted as an overflow canal ; since independence, climatic conditions have made overflows impossible.

Although the Portuguese arrived on Cameroon's doorstep in the 16th century, malaria prevented significant European settlement and conquest of the interior until the late 1870s, when large supplies of the malaria suppressant, quinine, became available.

By the late 1870s, however, croquet had been eclipsed by another fashionable game, tennis, and many of the newly-created croquet clubs, including the All England club at Wimbledon, converted some or all of their lawns into tennis courts.

In the late 1860s or early 1870s, Pissarro became fascinated with Japanese prints, which influenced his desire to experiment in new compositions.

Pissarro, Degas, and American impressionist Mary Cassatt self-published a journal of their original prints in the late 1870s, which contained a large group of their own fine etchings.

Esperanto was created in the late 1870s and early 1880s by Dr. Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof, an ophthalmologist of mixed cultural heritage from Bialystok, then part of the Russian Empire.

In the late 1870s Russia and the Ottoman Empire again clashed in the Balkans.

Kerosene started replacing lard oil in the 1870s and the lighthouse service was finally converted by the late 1880s.

Maxwell noted in the late 1870s that detecting motion relative to this aether should be easy enough — light traveling along with the motion of the Earth would have a different speed than light traveling backward, as they would both be moving against the unmoving aether.

In the late 1870s, Afghan Emir Sher Ali Khan escaped from Kabul to take refuge in Mazar-e Sharif, which was un-affected by the Anglo-Afghan wars of the 19th century between Afghanistan and then British India.

The last wild quagga was probably shot in the late 1870s, and the last specimen in captivity, a mare, died on August 12, 1883, at the Natura Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam.

In the late 1860s and early 1870s, a series of mass rallies called tabori, modeled on the Irish monster meetings, were organized in support of the United Slovenia program.

The denomination in the 1870s turned to missionary work and revivals, tripling its membership to 16, 000 by 1880 and establishing a presence beyond North America during the late 19th century.

Thomas worked on the family farm in East Campbell, New York and attended the District School Number Five in the late 1870s.

In 1881 he established the Irish Coercion Act, which permitted the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to detain people for as " long as was thought necessary ", as there was much rural disturbance in Ireland owing to the agricultural depression of the late 1870s.

At first it attempted to present the género grande, but it soon yielded to the taste and economics of the time, and became the " temple " of the more populist género chico in the late 1870s.

Len L. Lewis, a horse trader and former Union Army officer, helped establish the community in the late 1870s or early 1880s.

In the late 1870s, John Warne Gates of Illinois began to promote barbed wire, now a proven product, in the lucrative markets of Texas.

During the late 1860s and early 1870s, from within his father's firm in Charing Cross and, by late 1874, from a nearby address in Craig's Court, Carte began to build an operatic, concert and lecture management agency.

In the late 1870s, the centrifugal cream separator was introduced, marketed most successfully by Swedish engineer Carl Gustaf Patrik de Laval.

The town and its environs quickly grew with the railroads, becoming a major rail terminal in the late 1860s and 1870s.

Ocean piracy, off the coasts of North America, continued as late as the 1870s.

As late as the 1870s, Half Dome was declared " perfectly inaccessible ".

The concept of a blitzkrieg Luftwaffe was challenged by Richard Overy in the late 1970s and by Williamson Murray in the mid-1980s.

Four large reservoirs were built along the Murray ; in addition to Lake Victoria ( completed late 1920s ).

Margaret Murray accompanied the renowned Egyptologist Sir William Flinders Petrie, on several archaeological excavations in Egypt and Palestine during the late 1890s.

The late historian Paul Murray Kendall, on the other hand, maintained that Margaret's allies Somerset and William de la Pole, then Earl of Suffolk, had no difficulty in persuading her that York, until then one of Henry VI's most trusted advisors, was responsible for her unpopularity and already too powerful to be trusted.

Biegler, who is losing the case, tries to persuade her that Al Paquette ( Murray Hamilton ), a bartender who witnessed the murder, knows that Quill raped Laura but is covering this up, either out of love for Mary or loyalty to his late friend.

In the late 1990s, Murray Hill began to attract an influx of young college graduates, leading to a " work-hard, play-hard " atmosphere, which has since been referenced in several media sources such as The New York Times and New York Post.

While officially Murray and Calloway County were declared neutral during the Civil War, there was a large following of the Confederate States of America late in the war.

The George M. Murray Canning House, built in the late 19th century on Odenton Road ( behind present day 1380 and 1382 Odenton Road ) was a successful operation into the early 1900s.

Murray had used the same name, " Western Swing ", in the late 1930s for a different dance.

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Frum is the son of the late Barbara Frum, a well-known journalist and broadcaster, and Murray Frum, a dentist, who later became a real estate developer, philanthropist, and art collector.

Jason was a relatively late candidate for the part, with Jim Broadbent ( who would later appear in a minor recurring role as DCI Roy Slater ), Enn Reitel and Billy Murray all earlier preferences.

The late economist Murray Rothbard was a major influence on the Institute's activities and served as its academic vice president until his death in 1995.

Between late 1992 and early 1993, Powell put together an occasional touring band using the old band name ' Cozy Powell's Hammer ' featuring himself on drums, Neil Murray on bass, Mario Parga on guitar and Tony Martin on vocals and occasional rhythm guitar / synth module.

In the late ' 20s Victor Records produced a popular series of records pairing Stanley with singer Billy Murray.

The dukedom and remaining titles were passed on to the late Duke's fourth cousin twice removed, George Murray, the tenth Duke of Atholl.

Although the story was proven to be false it embarrassed Murray, and was used to taunt him as late as 1770.

The Revised Version of 1885 was the first post-King James Version modern English Bible at the time to gain popular acceptance ; and it was used and quoted favorably by ministers, authors, and theologians in the late 1800s and early 1900s, such as Andrew Murray and Clarence Larkin, in their works.

Performers of popular music began appearing as early as the late 1940s ; Delia Murphy popularised Irish folk songs that she recorded for HMV in 1949 ; Margaret Barry is also credited with bringing traditional songs to the fore ; Donegal's Bridie Gallagher shot to fame in 1956 and is considered ' Ireland's first international pop star '; Belfast-born singer Ruby Murray achieved unprecedented chart success in the UK in the mid-1950s ; The Bachelors were an all-male harmony group from Dublin who had hits in the UK, Europe, US, Australia and Russia ; Mary O ' Hara was a soprano and harpist who was successful on both sides of the Atlantic in the 1950s and early 1960s ; Waterford crooner Val Doonican had a string of UK hits and presented his own TV show on the BBC from 1965 to 1986.

Randy Bachman was replaced by Randy Murray after his last departure from the band in late 1991.

Merger became politically possible because of the deaths of Green of the AFL and Murray of the CIO in late 1952, replaced by George Meany and Reuther.

In Scots heraldry, both star and mullet interchangeably mean a star with five straight rays ; the official record from 1673 gives Murray of Ochtertyre azur three Starrs argent ... ( Public Register, vol 1 p 188 ), while the Ordinary of Arms produced by a late 19th century Lyon King of Arms ' modernizes ' the original as Az.

Murray declared that " During this time, we were able to visit with Ayrton Senna ( the late F1 Champion ) and Honda's Tochigi Research Center.

It was moved to the Egyptian Expeditionary Force under General Murray in late 1916 and garrisoned the southern part of the Suez Canal.

In the late 1980s, Murray made a generous donation to the Baltimore City Parks and Recreation Department.