Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.

Austria called attention to Serbia's March 1909 declaration committing to the Great Powers to respect Austria-Hungary's sovereignty over Bosnia-Herzegovina and committing Serbia to maintain good neighborly relations with Austria-Hungary.

Powers Lake was founded in 1909.

Patrick Powers resigned his presidency of the NA in 1909 in order to concentrate on his private business interests.

* Patrick T. Powers, 1901 – 1909

In August 1920, Ray Chapman was famously struck in the temple and killed by a spitball thrown by pitcher Carl Mays during a poorly lit game ; Chapman is the second of only two Major League Baseball players to have died as a result of an injury received in a game ( the first was Mike " Doc " Powers in 1909 ).

* Doc Powers ( Michael Riley Powers, 1870 – 1909 ) an American Major League Baseball player

Powers retired from the presidency of the NABPL in 1909, at a time when the Eastern League considered leaving.

* 1960 – Cold War: in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.

* 1941 – World War II: The Ustashe, a Croatian far-right organization is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis Powers after the Axis Operation 25 invasion.

* 1941 – World War II: The Axis Powers in Europe establish the Independent State of Croatia from occupied Yugoslavia with Ante Pavelić's Ustaše fascist insurgents in power.

* 1920 – At the San Remo conference, the principal Allied Powers of World War I adopt a resolution to determine the allocation of Class " A " League of Nations mandates for administration of the former Ottoman-ruled lands of the Middle East.

The strategic importance of the Bosphorus remains high, and control over it has been an objective of a number of hostilities in modern history, notably the Russo – Turkish War, 1877 – 1878, as well as of the attack of the Allied Powers on the Dardanelles during the 1915 Battle of Gallipoli in the course of World War I.

The Central Powers ( German: Mittelmächte ; Hungarian: Központi hatalmak ; Turkish: İttifak Devletleri or Bağlaşma Devletleri ; Bulgarian: Централни сили ) were one of the two warring factions in World War I ( 1914 – 18 ), composed of the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Bulgaria.

In a 1985 interview on Yorkshire Television's Arthur C. Clarke's World of Strange Powers, Elsie said that she and Frances were too embarrassed to admit the truth after fooling Conan Doyle, the author of Sherlock Holmes: " Two village kids and a brilliant man like Conan Doyle – well, we could only keep quiet.

* 1917 – World War I: An armistice is reached between the new Bolshevik government and the Central Powers.

* 1916 – World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.

* 1917 – An armistice is signed between Russia and the Central Powers at Brest-Litovsk and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk began.

* 1965 – Millard Powers, American musician ( Counting Crows )

* 1931 – Mala Powers, American film actress ( d. 2007 )

* 1952 – Tim Powers, American writer

* 1962 – Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.

Francis Gary Powers ( August 17, 1929 – August 1, 1977 ) was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident.

On one side were Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria ( the Central Powers / Triple Alliance ), while on the other side stood Serbia and the Triple Entente – the loose coalition of France, Britain and Russia, which were joined by Italy in 1915, Romania in 1916 and by the United States in 1917.

Germany led the Central Powers in the First World War ( 1914 – 1918 ) against France, Great Britain, Russia and ( by 1917 ) the United States.

* 1948 – Powers Boothe, American actor

* 1960 – Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.

* 1944 – World War II: The Allies begin a major offensive against the Axis Powers on the Gustav Line.

* 1960 – Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960 – Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.

* 1940 – World War II: Axis Powers – Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.

NATO's Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe ( SHAPE ) was relocated in Casteau, a village near Mons, from Fontainebleau after France's withdrawal from the military structure of the alliance in 1967.

A dome appeared in the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice, inspiring the production designer of Austin Powers The Spy Who Shagged Me to use a dome for Dr Evil's moon base .< ref >

In 1967, British spy Austin Powers attempts to assassinate his nemesis, Dr.

* Casino Royale ( 1967 ): the song " The look of love "; the rotating bed ; Austin Powers ' glasses ; psychedelic set during Dr.

* Richard Christohper as Dr. Mike Powers No. 3 ( 1967 )

Richard Christopher ( JJ. Gop ) played Dr. Mike Powers in 1967 while under his management with Universal Studios.

* 1967 – 68-Tom Webster, Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy ( Scoring Champion ), William Hanley Trophy ( Most Sportsmanlike Player )

* Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy ( Top scorer in OHA ) winner in 1967.

Returning to Europe in August 1967, the general served as executive officer to the chief of staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, Mons, Belgium.

After several of Kentucky's cities passed their own local open-housing legislation in 1966 and 1967, Kidd worked with Senator Georgia Davis Powers and Representative Hughes McGill to introduce the Kentucky Fair Housing Act to the Kentucky General Assembly.

The characters have made cameo appearances ( either visually or only voices ) and have been referenced in numerous television shows, such as Friends, Two and a Half Men, Celebrity Deathmatch, Robot Chicken, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, and Saturday Night Live ( TV Funhouse ), in films such as Airheads, Clueless, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and Jackass 3D, and even parodied in children shows such as Tiny Toon Adventures, Regular Show and Arthur.

Examples include Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels ( 1998 ) ( wherein the slang is translated via subtitles in one scene ); The Limey ( 1999 ); Sexy Beast ( 2000 ); Snatch ( 2000 ); Ocean's Eleven ( 2001 ); and Austin Powers in Goldmember ( 2002 ); It's All Gone Pete Tong ( 2004 ), after BBC radio disc jockey Pete Tong whose name is used in this context as rhyming slang for " wrong "; Green Street Hooligans ( 2005 ).

To decide what happens, the GM considers the rules of Karma ( characters ' statistics and Powers ), Drama ( the needs of the plot ), and Fortune, the result of a card drawn from the Fortune Deck.

Powers ’ U-2, which departed from a military airbase in Peshawar, Pakistan and may have received support from the US Air Station at Badaber ( Peshawar Airbase ), was shot down by an S-75 Dvina ( SA-2 Surface to Air ) missile on May 1, 1960, over Sverdlovsk.

Under the protocol signed on 7 May 1832 between Bavaria and the protecting Powers, and basically dealing with the way in which the Regency was to be managed until Otto reached his majority ( while also concluding the second Greek loan, for a sum of £ 2, 400, 000 sterling ), Greece was defined as an independent kingdom, with the Arta-Volos line as its northern frontier.

Abilities in the HERO System, particularly Powers ( a broad category that includes superpowers, magic, psionics, and high technology ), are modeled based on their effects.

According to the foreword of Ubik: The Screenplay ( by Tim Powers, a friend of Dick's and fellow science fiction writer ), Dick had an idea for the film which involved " the film itself appearing to undergo a series of reversions: to black-and-white, then to the awkward jerkiness of very early movies, then to a crookedly jammed frame which proceeds to blacken, bubble and melt away, leaving only the white glare of the projection bulb, which in turn deteriorates to leave the theater in darkness, and might almost leave the moviegoer wondering what sort of dilapidated, antique jalopy he'll find his car-keys fitting when he goes outside.

They then published an edition under the current title ( the original was too close to VALIS ), prepared from the corrected typescript given by Dick to his friend Tim Powers.

During her years while on Saved by the Bell, Thiessen was seen in guest roles on Charles in Charge ( 1990 ), Married ... with Children ( 1990 ), The Hogan Family ( 1990 ), Step by Step ( 1992 ), and The Powers That Be ( 1992 ).

Hoffs married film director Jay Roach ( Austin Powers and Meet the Parents ), and their union led to the Bangles ' reunion of 2000, after Roach asked Hoffs and Vicki Peterson to write a song for Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.

In his 1992 novel Last Call ( ISBN 0-688-10732-X ), Tim Powers includes a poem attributed to William Ashbless in the introduction to Book One.

The wemic is presented as a player character race in The Complete Book of Humanoids ( 1993 ), and is later presented as a playable character race again in Player's Option: Skills & Powers ( 1995 ).

Among the meetings of the Powers in the latter part of the 1810s were the Congresses of Vienna ( 1814 – 1815 ), Aix-la-Chappelle ( 1818 ), and Carlsbad ( 1819 ).

It is what gives Austin Powers his legendary sexual prowess and energy ; without it, he would seemingly be rendered impotent ( such as when he loses his erection while having sexual intercourse with Ivana Humpalot after Fat Bastard steals it ), but finds that he IS this mojo and needs no physical representation ( hence why his past self is able to have sex with Felicity during the credits ).

Ross Powers ( born February 10, 1979 ), is an American world champion halfpipe snowboarder from South Londonderry, Vermont.

During his final run, Powers dropped in and aired out with an 18 foot method grab ( a world record at that time ), and followed up with two McTwists, a cab 720 indy grab, a frontside 720 indy grab and a switch frontside air.

In April 2010 Powers was named Director of the snowboarding program at The Stratton Mountain School ( SMS ), in Vermont.