When creating the murals Alston was inspired by the work of Aaron Douglas, who a year earlier had created the public art piece Aspects of Negro Life for the New York Public Library, and researched traditional African culture, including traditional African medicine.

1964 also saw the departure of Wright, who was replaced by Frances Collins, a dancer whom they had met while touring ; toward the end of that year Alston departed leaving the group a trio.

The 1970s saw further closures, and the number of textile workers in Blackburn reduced to 6, 000 by January 1975, the year in which the Albion and Alston mills also stopped production with the loss of a further 400 jobs.

Many of the bus services to and from Alston are operated by Wright Brothers Coaches, which has depots at Nenthead, three miles from Alston and at Blucher, near Newcastle upon Tyne, and operates an 82-mile route linking Newcastle with Keswick via Hexham, Haydon Bridge, Alston and Penrith from July to September each year.

In 1962 when the Dodgers led the NL for most of the season ( only to find themselves tied with the hated Giants at the season's end ) it was Snider and third-base coach Leo Durocher who reportedly pleaded with Manager Walter Alston to bring in future Hall of Fame pitcher ( and Cy Young award winner that year ), Don Drysdale, in the ninth inning of the third and deciding play-off game.

He later signed guard Rafer Alston to a 5 year deal.

It was all very brisk and efficient — Big ( Dodger ) Blue, with the unflappable, perennially studious Walt Alston, in his twenty-first year as manager of the club, holding everything together.

In 1988 he was sent to Alston House Approved School, Rochester, for the theft of scrap material, and the following year to Dover Borstal for young offenders, after burgling a greengrocers in Leysdown ( Isle of Sheppey ).

" He left hospital after eight weeks and returned to directing after six months, but the following year he announced he would step down as artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre.

Dürer's godfather was Anton Koberger, who left goldsmithing to become a printer and publisher in the year of Dürer's birth.

Returning to Molesme, he left the government of the new abbey to Saint Alberic, who died in the year 1109.

In January 1957, the team left its winter training facility at Naval Air Facility El Centro, California for a ten year period.

He left the university in February 2005 and in May of that year became an Adjunct Professor at Copenhagen Business School.

( After I left for college, my father would clip out that strip each year and send it to me just to make sure I didn ’ t miss it.

" However, the first operational British A Bomb was not detonated until October 1952, about one year after Attlee had left office.

She admitted in an interview given that year that the fairies might have been " figments of my imagination ", but left open the possibility she believed that she had somehow managed to photograph her thoughts.

While his parents and older siblings left for England in April and May that year, Charles remained in Scotland, with his father's friend and the Lord President of the Court of Session, Alexander Seton, Lord Fyvie, appointed as his guardian.

Nonetheless, he left after only a year, stating that " I was not inspired AT ALL in that place ", and instead deciding that he wanted to travel around Europe for three years with his friend Jack Fisk, who was similarly unhappy with his studies at Cooper Union.

At the end of the year, longtime crew chief Kirk Shelmerdine left to become a driver.

RSO Records founder Robert Stigwood left the label in 1981 and TK Records closed in the same year.

He set sail on May 28 of that year, and left England forever.

After completing his PhD, Engelbart stayed on at Berkeley as an assistant professor to teach for a year, and left when it was clear he could not pursue his vision there.

Espinosa decided to undertake a new expedition, which left in December of the same year with 200 men including Almagro himself and Francisco Pizarro, who for the first time was designated as a captain.

In his first year one of his poems was published in the school's magazine and before he left he became its editor.

When Bowie left the technical school the following year, he informed his parents of his intention to become a pop star.

The last Salvadoran troops left Iraq on January 2009 with 5 soldiers lost in their 5 and a half year involvement.

Poe left Burton's after about a year and found a position as assistant at Graham's Magazine.

The following year, much to his father's disappointment, Munch left the college determined to become a painter.

In fact, the tanker's radar was left broken and disabled for more than a year before the disaster, and Exxon management knew it.

After a year, not having much interest in biology, he left Montepelier to go to Paris hoping to continue his university studies.

In the same year, his ally Olaf of York lost his throne and left for Dublin in Ireland.

After arriving in Portuguese Malacca in October of that year and waiting three months in vain for a ship to Makassar, he gave up the goal of his voyage and left Malacca on 1 January 1546, for Ambon Island where he stayed until mid-June.

: e ) All franchisees who have left the network during the preceding year, whether by termination or non-renewal, and

Confidence in the state's economic future is reflected in the Georgia Power Company's record construction budget for this year.

The Algol serves as a record of campus organizations and student activities during the year.

The record is clear that increase in school desegregation last year came largely as a result of a court order ; ;

Ryne Duren and Roland Sheldon, a rookie righthander who posted a 15-1 record last year for the Yanks' Auburn ( N.Y. ) farm club of the Class-D New York-Pennsylvania League, are the probable rival pitchers.

His statistical record that year, when Texas won only one game and lost nine, was far from impressive: he carried the ball three times for a net gain of 10 yards, punted once for 39 yards and caught one pass for 13 yards.

The Pirates have a 9-6 record this year and the Redbirds are 7-9.

Solly Hemus announced a switch in his starting pitcher, from Bob Gibson to Ernie Broglio, for several reasons: 1 Broglio's 4-0 won-lost record and 1.24 earned-run mark against Pittsburgh a year ago ; ;

Agriculture Department economists estimate the Government this year will hand farmers $1.4 billion in special subsidies and incentive payments, well above the record $1.1 billion of 1958 and about double the $639 million of 1960.

April sales also were 5% below those of April last year, when volume reached a record for any month, $18.9 billion ( see chart on Page One ).

As the world's top sportsman -- pro or amateur -- Sports Illustrated tapped golf's confident Arnold Palmer ( Time cover, May 2 ), who staged two cliffhanging rallies to win both the Masters and U.S. Open crowns, went on to win a record $80,738 for the year.

The band is set to begin writing a new record this year.

Although the Falcons won 3 of their last 4 games after the return of Michael Vick, they ended up with a dismal 5 – 11 record that year.

The Falcons ended the year with a dismal 4 – 12 record.

In a weak NL West division, the Diamondbacks failed to improve on their 2005 performance, finishing fourth with a slightly worse record than the year before.

It was later calculated ( from the historical record of the succession of Roman consuls ) that the year 1 AD corresponds to the Roman year DCCLIV ab urbe condita, based on Varro's epoch.

That same year Dutch rapper Extince released his first record: Rap Around The Clock.

From 1969 to 1993, home field advantage was alternated between divisions each year regardless of regular season record and from 1995 to 1997 home field advantage was predetermined before the season.

* St. Louis Blues team record for points in one playoff year ( 21 in 1986 )

* St. Louis Blues team record for assists in one playoff year ( 15 in 1982 )

A hat-trick in the 8 – 1 rout of Switzerland in June 1963 took Charlton's England goal tally to 30, equalling the record jointly held by Tom Finney and Nat Lofthouse and Charlton's 31st goal against Wales in October the same year gave him the record alone.

Weeks later he scored his 45th England goal in a friendly against Sweden, breaking the record of 44 set the previous year by Jimmy Greaves.

In that year, the Birds went on to post a 101 – 61 record for their third-straight AL East title.

The Orioles won their 81st game on September 13, ending the streak of 14 straight years with a losing record, as well as ensuring that the team would spend the entire year with a record of. 500 or higher.