Following a number of pre-war designs for the Royal Naval Air Service, such as the Three-seater and the Bat Boat, Sopwith's first major success was the fast and compact ( hence the name ) Tabloid, a design which first showed the influence of the company's test pilot, the Australian Harry Hawker.

In fact this situation continued-although most of Sopwith's post-1915 products were not designed specifically as naval aircraft.

Hawker and a </ br > group of people took over all of Sopwith's patent rights, forming Hawker Engineering in 1918.

Hawker Pacific Aerospace's history began in 1912 with Harry Hawker asking Thomas Sopwith for flying lessons .</ br > Within a few years Hawker became Sopwith's top test pilot.

When Trenchard arrived at Thomas Sopwith's flying school at Brooklands, he told Sopwith than he only had 10 days to gain his aviator's certificate.

Al Capp's life and career are the subjects of a new life-sized mural commemorating his 100th birthday.

Chaplin's 100th birthday anniversary in 1989 was celebrated with several events.

On his 100th birthday, he was interviewed by Scientific American magazine.

Firstly, to reflect the hope and belief that he would live to celebrate his 100th birthday in 2030 ; secondly, and more importantly, to break free of the widespread practice of naming conventions that he saw as rooted in a collectivist mentality, and existing only as a relic of humankind's tribalistic past.

On August 22, 2002, her 100th birthday, Riefenstahl released a film called Impressionen unter Wasser ( Underwater Impressions ), an idealized documentary of life in the oceans and her first film in over 25 years.

Seven years later, on the anniversary of what would have been her 100th birthday, her husband placed an inscription on her tomb that read in part:

Having celebrated her 100th birthday in August 2010, Tanning was the oldest living original Surrealist painter.

In 2004, Victoria University celebrated the 100th birthday of its first home, the Hunter Building.

* November 6 – The U. S. government issues a stamp honoring the 100th birthday of James Naismith.

Margaret's last public appearances were at the 101st birthday celebrations of her mother in August 2001, and the 100th birthday celebration of her aunt, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, that December.

At his 100th birthday and retirement celebration in December, Thurmond said, " I don't know how to thank you.

Thurmond's 100th birthday celebration generated controversy because of remarks by Mississippi Senator Trent Lott that were considered as racially insensitive: " When Strom Thurmond ran for president, voted for him.

Her 100th birthday was celebrated in a number of ways: a parade that celebrated the highlights of her life included contributions from Norman Wisdom and John Mills ; her image appeared on a special commemorative £ 20 note issued by the Royal Bank of Scotland ; and she attended a lunch at the Guildhall, London, at which George Carey, the Archbishop of Canterbury, accidentally attempted to drink her glass of wine.

In the 2008 – 09 season, Feyenoord officially celebrated their 100th birthday and organised many events throughout the year.

* Commemorative medal for King Christian IX's 100th birthday

* Commemorative medal for King Frederik VIII's 100th birthday

* Commemorative Medal for King Christian IX's 100th birthday

* Commemorative Medal for King Frederik VIII's 100th birthday

In 1988, to celebrate what would have been Akhmatova's 100th birthday, the University of Harvard held an international conference on her life and work.

On 10 October 1980, Kaller's 100th birthday, Glemp celebrated a pontifical requiem in honour of Kaller in Frombork's Cathedral of Ss.

For Sosnowiec's 100th birthday, the downtown area was thoroughly rebuilt, to harmonise its architectural layout and give the city a more modern image.

In 2005, St. Lucie County celebrated its 100th birthday.

In 1960, in honor of his 100th birthday and the 350th anniversary of Santa Fe, his daughter Dee and his grandson, Seton Cottier ( son of Anya ), scattered the ashes over Seton Village from an airplane.

On 31 May 2012, All Saints ' Church, Boughton Aluph held a concert to celebrate Deller's 100th birthday.

The 100th Air Assault Brigade of the Russian Airborne Troops was based in the city until ca.

Charlton's next England game was his 75th as England beat Northern Ireland ; 2 caps later and he had become England's second most-capped player, behind the veteran Billy Wright, who was approaching his 100th appearance when Charlton was starting out and ended with 105 caps.

More milestones followed as he won his 100th England cap on 21 April 1970 against Northern Ireland, and was made captain by Ramsey for the occasion.

In 2004, Valderrama was included in the FIFA 100, a list of " greatest living footballers " chosen by Pelé to celebrate the 100th anniversary of FIFA.

However, a French court ruled, in June 1990, that a special lighting display on the tower in 1989, for the tower's 100th anniversary, was an " original visual creation " protected by copyright.

In November 2010, Polgár won the four-player rapid tournament which was held to celebrate the National University of Mexico's 100th anniversary.

The 100th anniversary of the birth of this computer pioneer was celebrated by exhibitions, lectures and workshops to remember his life and work and to bring attention to the importance of his invention to the digital age.

The 100th anniversary of the roundel was celebrated by TfL commissioning 100 artists to produce works that celebrate the design.

This was further developed by Iain M. Banks in his Culture series, which features about 1 / 100th ringworld – size megastructures called Orbitals that orbit a star rather than encircling it entirely.

To celebrate its 100th anniversary in 1966, " Socony " was dropped from the corporate name.

* In December 2011, in celebration of the company's 100th anniversary, a new logo was animated by Devastudios, Inc.

The first film to introduce the 100th anniversary logo was Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, only with a different fanfare.

The halftime show was a " Salute to Hollywood's 100th Anniversary " featuring an introduction by George Burns ( who was only nine years younger than Hollywood at the time ) and a performance by the Southern California high school drill teams and dancers.

Denver finally scored a touchdown when Elway found Johnson on a 47-yard bomb later on, which was the 100th recorded Super Bowl touchdown.

The song was also the band's 100th released song.

The 100th, and last statue for the collection, that of Po ' pay from the state of New Mexico, was added on September 22, 2005.

Nora selected Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, and Yim Yames to record her father's lyrics for New Multitudes to honor the 100th anniversary of his birth and a box set of the Mermaid Avenue sessions was also released.

However, author Brian Keogh concluded in his privately published history of the Lea & Perrins firm on the 100th anniversary of the Midland Road plant, that " No Lord Sandys was ever governor of Bengal, or as far as any records show, ever in India.

William O ' Dwyer ( July 11, 1890November 24, 1964 ) was the 100th Mayor of New York City, holding that office from 1946 to 1950.