* Woodes Rogers – A cruising voyage round the world: first to the South-Sea, thence to the East-Indies, and homewards by the Cape of Good Hope

They acquired and outfitted two ships: the James and Mary, a 22-gun 200-ton frigate, and the 45-ton Henry of London, a sloop commanded by Francis Rogers, Phips ' second mate on the previous voyage.

In 1707, Rogers was approached by Captain William Dampier, who sought support for a privateering voyage against the Spanish, with whom the British were at war.

One, the Whetstone Galley, named for Rogers ' father in law, received the letters before being sent to Africa to begin a voyage in the slave trade.

Financing was provided by many in the Bristol community, including Thomas Dover who would become president of the voyage council, and Rogers ' father in law.

The investors approximately doubled their money, while Rogers gained £ 1, 600 ( today perhaps £ 176, 000 ) from a voyage which disfigured him and cost him his brother, who was killed in a battle in the Pacific.

However, the long voyage and the capture of the Spanish ship made Rogers a national hero.

Thomas Rogers is recorded selling his Leiden house on April 1, 1620 for 300 guilders, possibly preparing for his voyage to America ..

Their elimination from the 1995 Stanley Cup playoffs in Game 4 of the second round marked the Canucks ' last game played at the Pacific Coliseum, as the team moved into the General Motors Place ( since renamed Rogers Arena ), a new $ 160 million arena situated in Downtown Vancouver, the following season.

He was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs along with Jamie Heward, Andy Rogers and a 4th round pick on March 4, 2009 as part of a trade deadline deal for Richard Petiot.

But at the Rogers Cup, she fell to Heidi El Tabakh in the second qualifying round.

Her bad form continued, as she lost in the second round of the Odlum Brown Vancouver Open and qualifying rounds of both the Cincinnati Masters and the Rogers Cup.

The Hilltoppers won their first-round contest against Drake University on a last-second three-pointer by Ty Rogers, and won their second round game against the University of San Diego, before losing by 2 points against UCLA in the Sweet 16.

Rogers was assigned to the Texas Rangers farm team after being drafted in the 39th round for $ 1, 000 when he was 17 years old.

During the North American summer hard-court season, commonly known as the US Open Series, she lost in the first round of the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, California, the second round of the East West Bank Classic in Los Angeles, and the first round of the Tier I Rogers Cup in Montreal.

She then reached the third round of the 2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open and of the 2009 Rogers Cup, losing to Daniela Hantuchová, 6 – 7 ( 6 ), 6 – 0, 6 – 7 ( 5 ), and to Maria Sharapova, 2 – 6, 6 – 7 ( 3 ).

At the 2010 Rogers Cup, Zvonareva had a bye in the first round and beat Yaroslava Shvedova in the second round, 6 – 2, 6 – 1, Ágnes Szávay, 6 – 3, 6 – 3, in the third round and Kim Clijsters, 2 – 6, 6 – 3, 6 – 2, in the quarterfinals.

He was teamed with Kole in the first round of the Lethal Lottery ; they lost to Road Warrior Hawk and Rip Rogers.

At the Rogers Cup she scored wins over World No. 36 Andrea Petkovic and World No. 21 Nadia Petrova to reach the third round, where she lost to 6th seed Francesca Schiavone.

He used over 73 microprocessors, which was cutting edge 1980s remote control robotic technology in that day, at a cost around £ 10, 000 to manufacture – which was a small fortune in those days – to control Dusty and Garbage, and in 151 shows, some of Dusty's & Garbage's antics included dressing up as a caveman and dinosaur, bull fighting as a matador and bull, dressing up as a baby, driving into the studio in a Ford Model T, juggling balls like a clown, playing the piano like Elton John, flying round the studio with a James Bond jetpack, escaping from chains like Harry Houdini, riding a bike, spraying Ted Rogers with paint and even driving a tank into the studio, to bomb the audience with confetti.

In the Rogers Cup in Toronto, she fell to qualifier Yaroslava Shvedova in the first round, 6 – 7 ( 1 ), 6 – 7 ( 4 ).

He was ousted in the opening round at the 2010 Rogers Cup in Toronto, losing to Jérémy Chardy 5 – 7, 6 – 2, 6 – 7.

At the following tournament, the Rogers Cup, Pennetta was defeated by a qualifier, Michelle Larcher de Brito, in the second round.

After a three week hiatus from competition, Söderling started off his U. S hardcourt season with the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event 2010 Rogers Cup where he was seeded fifth, but was defeated by Argentine David Nalbandian 6 – 4, 4 – 6, 1 – 6 in the third round.

Rogers was drafted by the Washington Redskins with the ninth overall pick in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft.

1 Caroline Wozniacki, 6 – 4, 7 – 5, in the second round of the Rogers Cup.

In a Rogers Mtagwa fight, Teddy predicted that Mtagwa would knock out his opponent Alvin Brown in the fourth round, and even predicted what punch would be the finishing blow ; he was right on all accounts.

Reporting on Rogers ' winning the Pritzker Prize in 2007, The New York Times noted that the design of the Centre " turned the architecture world upside down " and that " Mr. Rogers earned a reputation as a high-tech iconoclast with the completion of the 1977 Pompidou Centre, with its exposed skeleton of brightly coloured tubes for mechanical systems.

Rogers crusaded for aviation expansion, and provided Americans with first-hand accounts of his world travels.

Mr. Rogers deliberately makes clear the distinction between the " real world " and the Neighborhood of Make-Believe by transitioning in and out of the Neighborhood segment via a distinctive red and yellow model electric trolley that enters and exits through small tunnels in the wall ( or occasionally by setting up small tabletop models of the various Neighborhood of Make Believe buildings ), and by discussing what had happened with his audience after the end of each segment.

He is one of the few characters, along with Chef Brockett and Trolley, to pass between Mr. Rogers ' " real " world and the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

He is one of the few characters, along with Mr. McFeely and Trolley, to exist in both Mr. Rogers ' " real " world and the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, although many of the cast portrayed characters in both worlds.

Adams, Jr. and contributing editors including Rockwell Kent, W. A. Dwiggins, Frederic Goudy, Dard Hunter, Bruce Rogers, A. Edward Newton and many others who were well known in the book world.

" Wolf Brand canned chili was a favorite of Will Rogers, who always took along a case when traveling and performing in other regions of the world.

Muchnick's replacement at the NWA's helm in 1960 was Toronto's Frank Tunney ; he in turn was succeeded by Fred Kohler, who was the main booker for the new NWA world champion, " Nature Boy " Buddy Rogers.

The WWWF recognized Rogers as its first world champion in April 1963.

" Rogers also believes the renminbi is going to replace the US dollar as world reserve currency.

On 6 June 1979, the world depth record held by the Bertha Rogers hole in Washita County, Oklahoma, at was broken.

In 1991 Rogers starred as the protagonist in The Rapture about a woman who converts from a swinger to a born-again Christian after learning that a true Rapture is upon the world.

Rogers is currently involved in the development of Blue Mars, a virtual world.

Legend says that Mondt dragged Rogers out of his hospital bed and forced him into the match, but it was obvious that Rogers could not take the burden of a world championship in his condition.

* August 15 – Wiley Post, the first pilot to fly solo around the world, and his passenger, the humorist Will Rogers, are killed in the crash of a hybrid Lockheed Orion / Lockheed Explorer aircraft near Point Barrow in the Territory of Alaska.

Early in the 20th century, William Nelson Page, a civil engineer and coal mining manager, joined forces with a silent partner, industrialist financier Henry Huttleston Rogers ( a principal of Standard Oil and one of the wealthiest men in the world ), to develop the Deepwater Railway, a modest 85-mile long short line railroad to access untapped bituminous coal reserves in some of the most rugged sections of southern West Virginia.

It was named after Wiley Post, the first pilot to fly solo around the world, and holds the distinction of being named after a person who died in an airplane crash ( as does the city's other major airport, Will Rogers World Airport-both men died in the same crash in 1935 ).

The third best world record score for Gorf, recognized by Twin Galaxies and Guinness World Records, was set by Todd Rogers on November 24, 1982 at Haunted Trails in Burbank, Illinois with a score of 653, 990.

Rogers Pass is home to the largest mobile avalanche control program in the world.

In late August 2007, Kennedy entered the academic world accepting a position at the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University.

The firm was founded in 1946 by Archibald Rogers and Francis Taliaferro in Rogers ’ grandmother ’ s basement in Annapolis and is now one of the largest architectural firms in the world.