The observatory is the site of first contact between humans and Neanderthals in the Neanderthal Parallax science fiction series by Canadian author Robert J. Sawyer.

* June 24 – First published review of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, in a British magazine ; the book's first edition had appeared earlier in June in England.

One of Daley's first acts was to deny aldermen the power to review city contracts, a right they enjoyed under former Mayors Washington and Sawyer.

Among these first settlers were families such as Beman, Sawyer, Houghton, and Osgood ; names reflected to this day in the names of Sterling's oldest roads.

The first aircraft assigned to K. I. Sawyer were F-102 Delta Daggers from the 438th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron at Kinross AFB, which were temporarily stationed at K. I.

The first B-52H aircraft assigned to the 526th arrived at Sawyer August 1961, On Feb. 1, 1963, the 4042d Strategic Wing was discontinued and the 410th Bombardment Wing ( Heavy ) organized and activated with no change in mission, personnel or aircraft.

Diane Sawyer called it " the first and maybe last annual GMA grape stomping contest in honor of Lucille Ball, who was born 30 minutes from Silver Creek ".

Of the first Scotch-Irish settlers in the Palmyra area, the surnames of Aspey, Campbell, Caruthers, Ewing, Galbraith, McCallen, McClure, McCord, Mitchell, Sawyer, Walker and Wilson are recorded.

She first came out with the news on the morning show Good Morning America when interviewing with Diane Sawyer.

They include mountain climbers ( Heidi Howkins, class of 1989, the only woman to lead expeditions to both Everest and K-2 ), authors ( such as Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, class of 1914, pen name Carolyn Keene ), astronomers ( including Annie Jump Cannon, class of 1884, who developed the well-known Harvard Classification of stars based upon temperature ), screenwriters, ( including Nora Ephron, class of 1962, famous for such films as When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle ), journalists ( Linda Wertheimer, class of 1965, Lynn Sherr, class of 1963, Diane Sawyer, class of 1967, and Cokie Roberts, class of 1964, being a few notable examples ), entrepreneurs ( including Robin Chase, class of 1980, the co-founder of ZipCar ), mathematicians ( Winifred Edgerton Merrill, class of 1883, was the first woman to ever receive a PhD in mathematics ), judges ( including Jane Bolin, class of 1928, the first African-American woman to become a judge, and current federal appeals judges Reena Raggi, Amalya Kearse, and Susan P. Graber ).

In 1917 he starred in one of his first major roles as " Pip " in the adaptation of Charles Dickens ' Great Expectations, as well as the title role in Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer.

After Merlis was relieved from his duties for his trouble, Sawyer, tired of the morning grind, left in the fall of 1984 to become the first female correspondent on 60 Minutes.

The program first aired in its current format on October 4, 1982 as the CBS Early Morning News, with Bill Kurtis and Diane Sawyer anchoring.

After the director declined to hire him as an extra, Palance sent Adams to a nearby junior theater group where he got his first acting job playing the role of Muff Potter in Tom Sawyer.

Many Star Search winners from the early seasons secured recording contracts within a few weeks of the end of the competition – first season vocal group winner Sawyer Brown, first season male vocalist champion Sam Harris and second season male vocalist champion Durell Coleman were the first three, and were later followed by second season vocal group winner Limited Warranty, third season female vocalist champion Linda Eder, second season junior male vocalist champion Jimmy Salvemini, whose album was produced by Luther Vandross, fourth season male vocalist champion David Slater, and first season ( 1985 ) junior female vocalist runner-up Tiffany.

The investigation received unparalleled international media attention – airing first on ABC's Good Morning America, World News Tonight with Diane Sawyer, and 20 / 20.

The Sawyer commentary was the first example of the interstitial materials — mostly produced by Mark Askwith — that have become SPACE's signature: short, snappy, mini-documentaries on science fiction and science topics shown between programs, collectively known as " SPACE Flow ".

In April 2005, the University welcomed Lord Sawyer as its new Chancellor, succeeding the University's first ever Chancellor, European Commissioner Leon Brittan.

Charles Sawyer was chosen to be the first principal for the school.

The first family to move into Capreol was Adolph and Margaret Sawyer, both of whom pioneered in farming.

The trolly then continued into the connecting Village of Depew, where Sawyer Ave. turned into Main St. as it entered the Village of Depew.

He entered films in 1930, playing the role of Huckleberry Finn in Tom Sawyer ( 1930 ), and Huckleberry Finn ( 1931 ).

Railroad Tycoon was written by game designer Sid Meier and published by MicroProse and though it shares the " Tycoon " suffix, it is not related to other Microprose games such as RollerCoaster Tycoon and Transport Tycoon, which were developed by Scottish programmer Chris Sawyer.

Transport Tycoon ( TT ) and Transport Tycoon Deluxe ( TTD ) are Video games developed by Chris Sawyer and published by MicroProse in 1994 ( TT ), and 1995 ( TTD ).

From 1988 to 1993, Sawyer worked on DOS conversions of Amiga games and was involved in many projects, including Virus, Conqueror, Campaign, Birds of Prey, Dino Dini's Goal and Frontier: Elite II.

Sawyer wrote most of his games in x86 assembly language, using only the services of freelance artist Simon Foster and musician Allister Brimble as needed.

The following is a list of video games Chris Sawyer has been credited for over the course of his career.

Original games by Chris Sawyer:

Chris Sawyer: creator of the Rollercoaster Tycoon and Transport Tycoon games and Chris Sawyer's Locomotion.

The game is played in an 2D isometric view like the other games by Chris Sawyer, particularly RollerCoaster Tycoon, which uses the engine that was originally developed for Transport Tycoon.

Although the core features of RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 are based on the previous games, Chris Sawyer, the developer of the first two games, acted only as a consultant, as the game was developed by Frontier Developments instead, and published and advertised by Atari.

Because his # 1 starter, Robin Roberts, had just pitched in three of the last five games of the frantic 1950 pennant race, Phils manager Eddie Sawyer surprised the world by naming his bullpen ace, Jim Konstanty, to open on the mound for Philadelphia, opposing 21-game winner Vic Raschi of the Yankees.

The 1951 Phillies lost 18 games from their previous year's standard and fell to fifth, and in 1952, with the team in sixth place and seven games below. 500, Sawyer was replaced as skipper on June 27 by Steve O ' Neill.

The gamble fizzled, as the 1958 Phils dropped 40 of 70 games under Sawyer to finish last, and then placed last again in 1959.

In the 81st Academy Awards ( 2008, presented in February 2009 ), Catmull was awarded with the Gordon E. Sawyer Award, which honors " an individual in the motion picture industry whose technological contributions have brought credit to the industry.

During the 1980s and early 90s, those of Harryhausen's growing legion of fans who had graduated into the professional film industry, started lobbying the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to acknowledge Harryhausen's contribution to the film industry and he was finally awarded a Gordon E. Sawyer Award for " technological contributions have brought credit to the industry " in 1992, with Tom Hanks as the Master of Ceremonies and Bradbury, a friend from when they were both just out of high school, presenting the award.

Ben Sawyer of Digitalmill observes that the game industry value chain is made up of six connected and distinctive layers:

RollerCoaster Tycoon was developed by designer and programmer Chris Sawyer, artist Simon Foster and composer Allister Brimble, with assistance from various leading figures from the real-world roller coaster and theme park industry.

His most dramatic dissent was when the court voided President Truman's seizure of the steel industry during a strike in a June 3, 1952 decision, Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer.

" Trumbull also received the Gordon E. Sawyer Award in February 2012, an honorary Academy Award given to an " individual in the motion picture industry whose technological contributions have brought credit to the industry ", as well as the Georges Méliès award from the Visual Effects Society in the same month.

The first occurred in 1998 at the 70th Academy Awards show, where founder Don Iwerks was awarded the Gordon E. Sawyer Award award, given each year to " an individual in the motion picture industry whose technological contributions have brought credit to the industry.

President Truman authorized Secretary of Commerce Sawyer to take possession of the steel industry and keep the mills operating.

* Erich Kaestner, Chief Design Engineer at Arnold & Richter from 1932 to 1982, receives the Gordon E. Sawyer Award ( Oscar Statue ) " for technical contributions to the industry.