In 1899, Mile-a-Minute Murphy became the first man to ride his bicycle a mile in under a minute, which he did by drafting a locomotive at New York's Long Island.

After that week, they did a showcase for Murphy.

Others, including Edward Murphy's surviving son Robert Murphy, deny Nichols ' account ( which is supported by Hill, both interviewed by Spark ), and claim that the phrase did originate with Edward Murphy.

Because the majority of the Court did not agree with Murphy, it effectively gave the FCC power to regulate the networks.

And in the event that aspects of crisis management depended on contact with the critical man-on-the-spot, as it did in 1958 when Deputy Under Secretary of State Robert Murphy was dispatched to Lebanon to attempt to defuse the crisis, his instructions came from the Department of State and he reported to the Secretary of State rather than directly to the White House, as became the practice during the height of the Vietnam War.

According to the IMDb, the claim that he was the fourth most decorated soldier ( actor Audie Murphy being the first ) is often repeated but is incorrect, though that same article does list many decorations that he did receive.

In his travels back to Kentucky, Murphy died, leaving it up to his wife, Sarah Barton Murphy, and their grown sons to establish the settlement – which they did when arriving to the site around 1800.

Of course I cannot very well defend his stealing horses and cattle, but when you consider that the Murphy, Dolan, and Riley people forced him into such a lawless life through efforts to secure his arrest and conviction, it is hard to blame the poor boy for what he did.

** During the show's live 300th episode, Alan Park played the role of Seamus, because the last sketch had Don Ferguson doing his Rex Murphy impersonation, accompanied by Mary Walsh who did her famous character, Marg: Princess Warrior.

However, she did wield considerable power and control behind the scenes, which was highlighted when another of the king's mistresses, Marie-Louise O ' Murphy de Boisfaily, " la belle Morphyse ", attempted to replace her around 1754.

Lucas is reported to have once visited the set of one of Murphy's films and, while he greeted actors and crew, was forced to salute Murphy-Murphy had the Medal of Honor and Lucas did not-and then had his handshake refused by Murphy, who instead returned the salute and then simply walked away.

The engagement was broken off, and Anna Murphy accompanied a young pupil to Italy, writing in a fictitious character a narrative of what she saw and did.

Sister Maureen Murphy, a thirty-six year old Montessori teacher, was found bleeding in her room by the other sisters of the convent when she did not come down for meals.

Bernstein admitted that, while she was under hypnosis, he did tell Virginia Tighe what he wanted and that it was then that she became Bridey Murphy.

It also did not mention that an Irish immigrant named Bridie Murphy Corkell ( 1892 – 1957 ) lived across the street from Tighe's childhood home in Chicago, Illinois.

" Piscopo left SNL in 1984, but unlike Eddie Murphy he did not find major success.

He initially wanted to run for the federal New Democratic Party in the 1993 federal election, in the northern riding of Churchill, but was rebuffed by the party leadership ( the riding was already represented by NDP MP Rod Murphy, who did not want to resign ).

Unlike other Democrats in Eastern Pennsylvania like Chris Carney and Patrick Murphy, Holden won re-election, and did so with a 12 point margin, defeating Argall 56 % to 44 %.

The MP for Wansbeck, Denis Murphy, stated that, although the project would have benefits for the area, he still had concerns ; Ronnie Campbell, the MP for Blyth Valley, claimed he would welcome the development as long as it did not have an adverse effect on the overall regeneration of the area.

However, he did reach the semi-finals of the Masters with victories over Mark Williams and Shaun Murphy, before losing to eventual champion Mark Selby.

A much-changed 1998 roster saw World Bowl-winning quarterback Jim Ballard back in Scotland after missing 1997 ; however, two of the team's offensive leaders from the previous year, Siran Stacy, and Yo Murphy, did not return.

Murphy gained pre-selection for the ALP over the high profile Michael Costello, former head of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Australian Stock Exchange following protests by local ALP members who did not want Costello ( who lived outside the electorate ) being imposed on them.

Common complaints included `` Mrs. Murphy '' leaving her windows open all the time, a fresh air fan, or the family was visiting `` Aunt Minnie '' with the house shut up but they still paid the same rate for oil.

He was found guilty of reckless driving yesterday by Traffic Judge George T. Murphy, who continued his no-driving probation for another year and ordered him to spend 15 days in the Detroit House of Correction.

Miss Murphy was born in Placentia, Newfoundland.

Abersychan was the birthplace of the politicians Roy Jenkins, Don Touhig and Paul Murphy ( MP for Torfaen ), and of the rugby footballers Wilfred Hodder, Candy Evans and Bryn Meredith.

Six former Oriole franchise radio announcers have received the Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting: Chuck Thompson ( who was also the voice of the old NFL Baltimore Colts ); Jon Miller ( now with the San Francisco Giants ); Ernie Harwell, Herb Carneal ; Bob Murphy and Harry Caray ( as a St. Louis Browns announcer in the 1940s.

* An almost shot-for-shot remake of the 1939 production, Destry ( 1954 ), was also directed by George Marshall and stars Audie Murphy and Thomas Mitchell.

She was born on April 3, 1961 in Ozark, Arkansas, and raised in Booneville, Arkansas, the daughter of Jimmy Young Ward and Patricia " Pat " ( Murphy ) Ward.

Eventually the term " Finagle's law " was popularized by science fiction author Larry Niven in several stories depicting a frontier culture of asteroid miners ; this " Belter " culture professed a religion and / or running joke involving the worship of the dread god Finagle and his mad prophet Murphy.

According to Murphy ’ s parody, when the television cameras were turned off, the sweet Gumby reverted to his true self: a cigar chomping, irascible celebrity who was highly demanding of the production executives.

Previous attempts have included Piece Of My Heart, which was to star Renée Zellweger or Brittany Murphy ; The Gospel According To Janis, with director Penelope Spheeris and starring either Zooey Deschanel or P! nk ; and an untitled film thought to be an adaptation of Laura Joplin's Off-Broadway play about her sister, with the show's star, Laura Theodore, attached.

It was initiated in February 1991 by science fiction authors Pat Murphy and Karen Joy Fowler, subsequent to a discussion at WisCon.

It was reprinted in 2005 under the title The Bigfoot Film Controversy, with additional material by Chris Murphy.

She wrote and sang lead vocals on Surfer Rosas " Gigantic ", and the single " Bam Thwok ", credited as Mrs. John Murphy on the former composition — at the time she was married and she used this name as an ironic feminist joke.

Ridin ' the Storm Out was completed with Michael Bryan Murphy on lead vocal.

Murphy stayed on for two more albums, Lost in a Dream and This Time We Mean It, before Cronin returned to the fold in January 1976 and recorded R. E. O., which was released that same year.

He was granted a state funeral on 14 September, which was attended by over 1, 000 mourners including Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, Premier Neville Wran, Mervyn Wood, Justice Lionel Murphy and former NSW Labor Premier and former Governor-General Sir William McKell.

Spock was voiced by Charlie Murphy ( brother of Eddie Murphy ).

It was a game-winning play executed by the Oakland Raiders against the Chargers on September 10, in San Diego at Jack Murphy Stadium.

Modeled after recent successes in downtown ballpark building ( such as San Francisco's AT & T Park ), and incorporating San Diego history in the form of the preservation of the facade of the historic Western Metals Company building ( now the left-field corner, the corner of the building substituting for the left field foul pole ), the new Petco Park is a sharp contrast to their previous home at Qualcomm ( Jack Murphy ) Stadium which was a cookie-cutter type football-baseball facility located in an outer, mostly commercial-industrial, area of the city near an interstate interchange.

The group was given the name Touch, and moved into a house together in Maidenhead, Berkshire, ( owned by Murphy ) where they were subsidised by Heart Management.

Scott Murphy comments that " Sierra was in a mindset where everything was medieval and it was all fairly serious.