* 1924 – Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected the first female governor in the United States.

** Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected as the first woman governor in the United States.

** Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes the first woman to be named director of the United States Mint.

* January 5 – Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes the first female governor ( Wyoming ) in the United States.

Nellie Tayloe Ross ( November 29, 1876 – December 19, 1977 ) was an American politician, the 14th Governor of Wyoming from 1925 to 1927, and director of the United States Mint from 1933 – 1953.

Nellie Davis Tayloe was born near Amazonia, in Andrew County, Missouri ( now part of the St. Joseph Metropolitan Statistical Area ) to James Wynn Tayloe, a native of Stewart County, Tennessee, and his wife, Elizabeth Blair Green, who owned a plantation on the Missouri River.

In 1925, Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first woman elected as a governor in the United States, for the state of Wyoming.

On April 21, 1938, Schlag's design for the Jefferson nickel was selected by Nellie Tayloe Ross, Director of the United States Mint.

Just two weeks before her inauguration, Nellie Tayloe Ross had been sworn in as governor of Wyoming to finish the expired term of her late husband.

In 1884, when Nellie Ross was seven years of age, her family moved to Miltonvale in Cloud County in northern Kansas.

The Democratic Party then nominated Nellie Ross to run for governor in a special election the following month.

although the water rights were sold to the state of South Dakota by governor Nellie Ross.

In 1907 he married Nellie Louise Ross and in 1928 he married Emily Emely Hartridge.

Carson lived in a bungalow in Bispham, Blackpool, with her sister Nellie and refused to make any public appearances after her retirement.

Benson's mind is apparently controlled ; later, he fights a mind-controlled Smitty, who has easily overcome Josh, Mac and Nellie.

Aparicio finished second to team-mate Nellie Fox in the American League Most Valuable Player Award balloting, and won his second Gold Glove Award as well as another All-Star selection.

Nellie McKay ( born Nell Marie McKay ), is an American singer-songwriter, actor, and former stand-up comedienne, noted for her critically acclaimed albums, and for her Broadway debut in The Threepenny Opera ( 2006 ), for which she won a Theatre World Award.

That same year, he dispatched Elizabeth Bisland on a race around the world against Nellie Bly to try to draw some attention.

Despite cold weather and heavy rain the race attracted a crowd of 50, 000 to Churchill Downs and the filly Nellie Flag was made favorite.

Only eight batters reached the. 300 mark in the American League, and he finished fourth in the batting race with a. 318 average behind Ted Williams (. 388 ), Mickey Mantle (. 365 ) and Gene Woodling (. 321 ), and over Nellie Fox, Minnie Miñoso, Bill Skowron and Roy Sievers.

Nellie went on with her house work -- until I found Julia dead.

Orwell needed somewhere he could concentrate on writing his book, and once again help was provided by Aunt Nellie, who was living at Wallington, Hertfordshire in a very small sixteenth-century cottage called the " Stores ".

* Around the World with the Yellow Kid-a strip that sent the Kid on a world tour in the manner of Nellie Bly ( 17 January-30 May 1897 )

The first production of the opera actually produced by the Royal Opera House itself premiered on 1 July 1899 with Nellie Melba as Mimì, Zélie de Lussan as Musetta, Fernando De Lucia as Rodolfo, and Mario Ancona as Marcello.

The Metropolitan Opera staged the work for the first time on 26 December 1900 with Nellie Melba as Mimì, Annita Occhiolini-Rizzini as Musetta, Albert Saléza as Rodolfo, Giuseppe Campanari as Marcello, and Luigi Mancinelli conducting.

She appeared on Broadway in South Pacific, opening on April 7, 1949 as nurse Nellie Forbush.

A bronze statue of Stratton by Nellie Walker was placed on the grounds of his estate in 1909.

On 24 September 1861, Crown Princess Victoria introduced her brother Albert Edward to Alexandra at Speyer, but it was not until almost a year later on 9 September 1862 ( after his affair with Nellie Clifden and the death of his father ) that Albert Edward proposed to Alexandra at the Royal Castle of Laeken, the home of his great-uncle, King Leopold I of Belgium.

Nellie was sent on a trip to Europe in 1896 by two of her brothers.

After Blackadder, Robinson became the narrator and one of the lead actors for the British animated series Nellie the Elephant, based on a song of the same name.

* Nellie Lutcher put it on the R & B charts in 1948.

Executive members included Máire Ní Chinnéide, Úna Ní Fhaircheallaigh ( who wrote pamphlets on behalf of the League ), Bean an Doc Uí Choisdealbha, Máire Ní hAodáin, Máire de Buitléir, Nellie O ' Brien, Eibhlín Ní Dhonnabháin and Eibhlín Nic Néill.

In 2007, she sang " Beecharmer " with Nellie McKay on McKay's Pretty Little Head album, and " Letters To Michael " with Dionne Warwick.

She was born Nellie Walker in Chicago, Illinois, on April 13, 1891, the daughter of Marie Hanson, a Danish immigrant, and Peter Walker, a West Indian man of predominantly African descent from Saint Croix, who soon disappeared from her life.

Nellie took her stepfather's surname, sometimes using versions spelled as Nellye Larson, Nellie Larsen and, finally, settling on Nella Larsen.

The city includes one elementary school ( Rancho Mirage Elementary ) that is part of the Palm Springs Unified School District, the newly renovated Nellie Coffman Middle School on the city line with Cathedral City and two private schools: Marywood-Palm Valley and Xavier College Preparatory High School.

* Edwin Way Teale ( 1899 – 1980 ), American naturalist and author, lived on a farm in rural Hampton with his wife Nellie from 1959 until his death in 1980.

Mark Twain, Nellie Melba, Laurence Olivier and Barry Humphries have all performed on this historic stage.

* Little Nellie Kelly London production opened at the New Oxford Theatre on July 2 and ran for 265 performances

* Little Nellie Kelly Broadway production opened at the Liberty Theatre on November 13 and ran for 276 performances

* November 22-Don Morin becomes premier of the Northwest Territories, replacing Nellie Cournoyea

On November 21, 1928, the state highway commission, who at that time operated Oregon's state parks, received as a gift from Nellie and O. W. Taylor to use for a park.

In November 2005, Intuit acquired MyCorporation. com, an online business document filing service, for $ 20 million from original founders Philip and Nellie Akalp.