He taught psychology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison ( 1957 – 63 ), during which time he wrote one of his best-known books, On Becoming a Person ( 1961 ).

Dolley Madison popularized the First Ladyship by engaging in efforts to assist orphans and women, by dressing in elegant fashions and attracting newspaper coverage, and by risking her life to save iconic treasures during the War of 1812.

Like most of his contemporaries, Madison changed his political views during his life.

Unlike most college-bound Virginians of his day, Madison did not choose the College of William and Mary, because the lowland climate of Williamsburg, where mosquitoes transmitted fevers and other infectious diseases during the summer, might have strained his delicate health.

As a young man during the American Revolutionary War, Madison served in the Virginia state legislature ( 1776 – 79 ), where he became known as a protégé of the delegate Thomas Jefferson.

Though the Virginia Plan was an outline rather than a draft of a possible constitution, and though it was extensively changed during the debate ( especially by John Rutledge and James Wilson in the Committee of Detail ), its use at the convention led many to call Madison the " Father of the Constitution ".

" Chernow feels that Madison's politics remained closely aligned with Jefferson's until his experience as president with a weak national government during the War of 1812 caused Madison to appreciate the need for a strong central government to aid national defense.

Madison asked Congress for a declaration of war, which was passed along sectional and party lines, with intense opposition from the Federalists and the Northeast, where the economy had suffered during Jefferson's trade embargo.

The congressional nominating caucus experienced little opposition during the administrations of Jefferson and Madison, but this situation changed in the election year of 1816.

Though by then she was no longer an active member of science fiction fandom, she was interviewed by phone during Wiscon ( the feminist science fiction convention in Madison, Wisconsin ) in 2006 by her friend and member of the same cohort, Samuel R. Delany.

Napoleon, Jefferson, Madison, and the members of Congress all knew this during the debates about the purchase in 1803.

During the War of 1812, Great Britain and allied Indians defeated U. S. forces in the Upper Mississippi ; the US abandoned both Fort Osage and Fort Madison, as it did several U. S. forts built during the war, including Fort Johnson and Fort Shelby.

The recording had taken place during three concert nights at Madison Square Garden in July 1973, during the band's concert tour of North America.

He competed in 55 events ( 45 indoors ) during a five-month period, starting at a sold-out Madison Square Garden.

According to the US Library of Congress exhibit " Religion and the Founding of the American Republic " " It is no exaggeration to say that on Sundays in Washington during the administrations of Thomas Jefferson ( 1801-1809 ) and of James Madison ( 1809-1817 ) the state became a church.

Wilma Rudolph at the finish line during 50 yard dash at track meet in Madison Square Garden, 1961

While some historians credit Thomas Jefferson's influence, it is Madison who often now receives greater foundational credit as the father of the Constitution despite his repeated rejection of the honor during his lifetime.

The recording of the film took place during three nights of concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City, during the band's 1973 concert tour of the United States.

Many of these fans, and some members of the band itself, regard the performances filmed at Madison Square Garden as merely average for the time, coming as they did at the end of a long and exhausting tour, but nonetheless representative of the generally high standard of the band's live performances during this era.

For instance, during the Second Barbary War President James Madison authorized the Salem, Mass., brig Grand Turk to cruise against " Algerine vessels, public or private, goods and effects, of or belonging to the Dey of Algiers ".

Famous historic slave rebellions have been led by the Roman slave Spartacus ; the thrall Tunni who rebelled against the Swedish monarch Ongentheow, a rebellion that needed Danish assistance to be quelled ; the poet-prophet Ali bin Muhammad, who led imported east African slaves in Iraq during the Zanj Rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate in the ninth century ; Granny Nanny of the Maroons who rebelled against the British in Jamaica ; the Haitian Revolution, the only slave revolt which led to the founding of a country ; Denmark Vesey in South Carolina, USA ; and Madison Washington during the Creole case in 19th century America.

The active sponsor of Jefferson's measure for religious liberty in Virginia, Madison played the most influential single role in the drafting of the Constitution and in securing its ratification in Virginia, founded the first political party in American history, and, as Jefferson's Secretary of State and his successor in the Presidency, guided the nation through the troubled years of our second war with Britain.

The Moiseyev Dance Company dropped in at Madison Square Garden last night for the first of four farewell performances before it brings its long American tour to a close.

In 1880, a stretch of Broadway between Union Square and Madison Square was illuminated by Brush arc lamps, making it among the first electrically lighted streets in the United States.

The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority ..." The first famous statement of " the judicial power " was Marbury v. Madison,.

The first railroad in Indiana reached Columbus from Madison, Indiana in 1844.

His first career choice was agriculture, at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, followed by history and then religion.

The first public version of Doom was uploaded to Software Creations BBS and an FTP server at the University of Wisconsin – Madison on December 10, 1993.

Dolley Madison was the first President's wife to be referred to as " First Lady " at her funeral in 1849.

* 1940 – Basketball is televised for the first time ( Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden ).

President James Madison appointed Adams as the first ever United States Minister to Russia in 1809 ( though Francis Dana and William Short had previously been nominated to the post, neither presented his credentials at Saint Petersburg ).

As one of the first delegates to arrive, while waiting for the convention to begin, Madison wrote what became known as the Virginia Plan.

Though few in the new congress wanted to debate a possible Bill of Rights ( for the next century, most thought that the Declaration of Independence, not the first ten constitutional amendments, constituted the true Bill of Rights ), Madison pressed the issue.

Madison was 43 when he married for the first time, which was considered late in that era.

One of the most pressing issues Madison confronted was the first Bank of the United States.

* 1954 – Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.

* 1985 – The first WrestleMania, the biggest wrestling event from the WWE ( then the WWF ), takes place in Madison Square Garden in New York.

The word " Moonie " was first used by the American news media in the 1970s when Sun Myung Moon moved to the United States and came into public notice through a series of public speeches he gave, including at Madison Square Garden in New York City in 1974 and Yankee Stadium and the grounds of the Washington Monument in 1976.

The term " object-oriented database system " first appeared around 1985. Notable research projects included Encore-Ob / Server ( Brown University ), EXODUS ( University of Wisconsin – Madison ), IRIS ( Hewlett-Packard ), ODE ( Bell Labs ), ORION ( Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation or MCC ), Vodak ( GMD-IPSI ), and Zeitgeist ( Texas Instruments ).

* 1998: James Thomson and coworkers derive the first human embryonic stem cell line at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

The madison is a team event in track cycling, named after the first Madison Square Garden in New York, and known as the " American race " in French ( course à l ' américaine ) and in Italian and Spanish as Americana.

In 1982 the first large scale Blessing ( of 2, 000 couples ) outside of Korea took place in Madison Square Garden, New York City.

* January 16 – The first large-scale bodybuilding competition in America takes place at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

* November 3 – The first automobile show in the United States opens at New York City's Madison Square Garden.

** The New York Knicks win their first NBA championship, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers 113-99 in Game 7 of the world championship series at Madison Square Garden.