The Emmett Kelly Museum in Sedan, Kansas, nominally honors their native son, the famed circus clown.

Amos Adams Lawrence ( July 31, 1814 – August 22, 1886 ), the son of famed philanthropist Amos Lawrence, was a key figure in the United States abolition movement in the years leading up to the Civil War, and instrumental in the establishment of the University of Kansas and Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Decibel meters were added to the corners of the arena in the early 1990s in addition to new scoreboards, and it was not uncommon to see them go well above 110 dB during conference games, and regularly cresting 125 dB against Kansas or during 2002's famed " Fire Code Game " against Iowa, where well over 14, 500 people packed the building to see then -# 2 Mizzou be stunned by Steve Alford's club.

The famed " Armory Show " of 1913 in New York City was a landmark presentation of 1, 200 paintings showcasing Modernism.

The Algonquin Hotel in New York City is famed as the meeting place of the literary group, the Algonquin Round Table, and Hotel Chelsea, also in New York City, has been the subject of a number of songs and the scene of the stabbing of Nancy Spungen ( allegedly by her boyfriend Sid Vicious ).

Some key figures in the development of improvisational theatre are Avery Schreiber, Viola Spolin and her son Paul Sills, founder of Chicago's famed Second City troupe and originator of Theater Games, and Del Close, founder of ImprovOlympic ( along with Charna Halpern ) and creator of a longform improv format known as The Harold.

In the early 19th century he diversified into New York City real estate and later became a famed patron of the arts.

Virtually ignored upon its first release, The Toxic Avenger caught on with filmgoers after a long and successful midnight movie engagement at the famed Bleecker Street Cinemas in New York City in late 1985.

The club where Dave and Lou meet was the famed Club Harlem which opened in 1935 on Kentucky Avenue, and was the premier nightclub for black tourists visiting Atlantic City.

The first Cubans immigrated to Union City from New York City in the 1940s, having been attracted to the city in search of work after hearing of its famed embroidery factories.

Meanwhile, Michael spent a year performing The Tempest in New York City ’ s famed Delacourt Theatre, with Patrick Stewart, then at the Broadhurst on Broadway directed by George Wolfe.

A. Conger Goodyear, then president of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City had a house built in 1938 by famed architect Edward Durell Stone, who also destined the building for Conger's museum.

The Town of Niagara is the neighbor to the City of Niagara Falls, which actually adjoins the famed Niagara Falls cataract.

* In the 2010 book of photographs " New York City Gangland ", Meyer Lansky is seen " loitering " on Little Italy's famed " Whiskey Curb " with partners Benjamin " Bugsy " Siegel, Vincent " Jimmy Blue Eyes " Alo, and waterfront racketeer Eddie McGrath.

Although Gershwin himself spoke of the rhapsody as " a musical kaleidoscope of America ", Rhapsody in Blue has often been interpreted as a musical portrait of New York City ; it is used to this effect in the films Manhattan and Gremlins 2: The New Batch, as well as extensively in this context in a segment from the film Fantasia 2000, in which the piece is used as the lyrical framing for a stylized animation set drawn in the style of famed illustrator Al Hirschfeld, to critical acclaim.

He made his directorial feature debut with Chelsea Walls ( 2002 ), an independent drama about five struggling artists living in the famed Chelsea Hotel in New York City.

Baxter was born in Michigan City, Indiana, to Kenneth Stuart Baxter and Catherine ( née Wright ), whose father was the famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

After one year, Lee moved to New York City where he took acting lessons at the famed Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and was part of the American New Theatre group founded by his friend John Lee Hancock.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Gallo was a painter in the New York City art scene showing with famed art dealer Annina Nosei, performed in a rap duo and was part of the first hip hop television broadcast Graffiti Rock, and played in an industrial band called Bohack which released an album title It Took Several Wives.

Examples include George Martin's AIR Studios in London, the famed Columbia Records 30th Street Studio in New York City ( a converted Armenian church, with a ceiling over 100 feet high ), and the equally famous Decca Records Pythian Temple studio in New York ( where artists like Louis Jordan, Bill Haley and Buddy Holly were recorded ) which was also a large converted church that featured a high, domed ceiling in the center of the hall.

Moses commissioned famed New York City bridge designer Othmar Ammann.

American crossover thrash band Stormtroopers of Death released a live album titled Live at Budokan ( 1992 ), though the title was in jest and the album was recorded at famed New York City venue The Ritz.

Berman originally planned for the concert to be recorded and aired sometime in February 2009 on Nashville's famed WSM AM radio station ; however, the day before the show, Berman posted on the Drag City message board to say that he had " negotiated out of the WSM part out of the deal.

For most of the 20th century, the ferry was famed as the biggest bargain in New York City.

Goldin's work since 1995 has included a wide array of subject matter: collaborative book projects with famed Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki ; New York City skylines ; uncanny landscapes ( notably of people in water ); her lover, Siobhan ; and babies, parenthood and family life.

Producers Richard Flanzer and Roy Silver ( no relation ) opened it at the famed Whisky a Go Go on the Sunset Strip in L. A.

Zack Miller, owner of the famed 101 Ranch gave the land to the Cherokee Strip Cowpunchers Association in 1930 for use as long as they needed it.

In June, 2003, Earl, along with joint venture partners, Bay Harbour Management LC and Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, purchased the Aladdin Resort and Casino located in the heart of the famed Las Vegas Strip.

The Trump Hotel Las Vegas is a 64-story luxury hotel, condominium and timeshare located on Fashion Show Drive near Las Vegas Boulevard just off the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, named for famed real estate developer Donald Trump.

Then in 1985, through the Halls ' connections in Nashville, the reunited lineup of John Hall, Larry Hoppen, Lance Hoppen and Bob Leinbach relocated there and by 1986 Orleans had cut the Grownup Children album, with guest appearances from heavyweights like Chet Atkins, Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner and Bela Fleck, under the direction of famed Nashville producer / MCA label chief Tony Brown.

Where erosion has cut more deeply, caves have been formed, such as the famed Grotto on the shore between the Marr Lake and Georgian Bay Trails.

This was because of a practice among the Yakuza, the famed Japanese mafia, where members would " cut off their little fingers as a sign they can be trusted and have strength of character, and will stay through.

Originally one of the five famed ancient roadways that led from the mediæval capital of Ireland, Tara, approximately 10 miles away cut through the area.

They eventually gave way to the Zagwe Dynasty who are famed for their rock cut architecture at Lalibela.

The same Tantalus is famed through Greek mythology by the accounts relating that he had cut up his son Pelops and served him up as food for the gods.

In the late 90s, Kurzweil introduced the PC2 Series of keyboards which contained the famed Triple Strike Piano and used a VAST synthesis engine similar to the K2xxx series, and later introduced the PC1 Series, which was a slightly cut down version of the PC2, losing only the KB3 organ mode, and some inputs and outputs.

This led to increasingly paranoid behavior ; in one famed incident he was convinced that a secretary's cut finger was a plot to injure him and ordered lie detector tests on everyone in the company.

The duo invented the famed gold scissors, and were known to cut hair off of their opponents after each win, a trend which would later be used in the WWF by Ed Leslie, aka Brutus Beefcake.

Her first notable gastronomic achievement was finishing the famed 72 ounce steak from the Big Texan steakhouse in Amarillo, Texas in 1985.

even the famed Indian Civil Service is not fully adequate to the tremendous range of tasks it has undertaken.

It is famed in myth as the home of Leander.

29 .</ ref > This tendency to identify one specific underlying reality made up of a material thing constitutes the bulk of the contributions for which Anaximenes is most famed.

It is the largest city in the Abadeh-Eghlid district, which is famed for its carved wood-work, made of the wood of pear and box trees.

The town is famed for manufacturing the hardest and densest building bricks in the world, " The Accrington NORI " ( iron ), which were used in the construction of the Empire State Building and for the foundations of Blackpool Tower ; famous for its football team and for having Europe's largest collection of Tiffany Glass.

A short distance away from the square lies the Cambridge Common, while the neighborhood north of Harvard and east of Massachusetts Avenue is known as Agassiz in honor of the famed scientist Louis Agassiz.

On 9 November 1555 Cardinal Ippolito II d ' Este ( famed as the builder of the Villa d ' Este at Tivoli ), wrote to Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua ( 1538 – 1587 ), that he has heard that His Grace is interested in his cantoretti, and offering to send him two, so that he could choose one for his own service.

Sichuan ( spelled Szechuan in the once common Postal Romanization ), is a style of Chinese cuisine originating in the Sichuan Province of southwestern China famed for bold flavors, particularly the pungency and spiciness resulting from liberal use of garlic and chili peppers, as well as the unique flavour of the Sichuan peppercorn ( 花椒, huājiāo ) and zhitianjiao ( 指天椒, zhǐtiānjiāo ).

The most well-known is the Acropolis of Athens, but nearly every Greek city-state had one-the Acrocorinth famed as a particularly strong fortress.

This is the period referred to in Barks ' famed quip that he could feel his creative juices flowing while the whiskey bottles hurled at him by a tipsy Clara flew by his head.

The CBS Saturday morning series The New Adventures of Superman produced by Filmation Studios — as well as The Adventures of Superboy from the same animation house — featured the iconic " shirt rip " to reveal the " S " or Clark Kent removing his unbuttoned white dress shirt in a secluded spot, usually thanks to stock animation which was re-used over dozens of episodes, to reveal his costume underneath while uttering his famed line " This is a job for Superman!

Founded to preach the Gospel and to combat heresy, the order is famed for its intellectual tradition, having produced many leading theologians and philosophers.

It is at the École Biblique that the famed Jerusalem Bible ( both editions ) was prepared.

Elephants are a symbol of wisdom in Asian cultures and are famed for their memory and intelligence ; their intelligence level is thought to be comparable to that of dolphins and primates.

The famed apologist St. Justin Martyr ( c. 150 ) wrote: " No one else is permitted to partake of it, except one who believes our teaching to be true ...." For the first several hundred years, non-members were forbidden even to be present at the sacramental ritual ; visitors and catechumens ( those still undergoing instruction ) were dismissed halfway through the Liturgy, after the Bible readings and sermon but before the Eucharistic rite.

It is five times the size of the famed Ring Nebula in Lyra at 6. 5 arcminutes.

King Henry is famed for holding the record for more than twenty acknowledged illegitimate children, the largest number born to any English king ; they turned out to be significant political assets in subsequent years, his bastard daughters cementing alliances with a flock of lords whose lands bordered Henry's.

The Klondike is famed because of the Klondike Gold Rush, which started in 1896 and ended the following year.

The harbour village of Craster in Northumberland is also famed for its kippers, where they are prepared in a smokehouse, sold in the local shop and exported around the world.

The text of this midrash is only partially preserved in medieval works, while other portions were discovered by Solomon Schechter in his research in the famed Cairo Geniza.

The exact date and location of the discovery is unknown, but in the 16th century, Venice, a city famed for its glass-making expertise, became a centre of mirror production using this new technique.