In concert, Devo sometimes performed as their own opening act, pretending to be a Christian soft-rock group called " Dove ( the Band of Love )", which is an anagram for " Devo ".

The opening scene of the 1997 film version of Henry James's The Wings of the Dove was set on the east-bound platforms at both Dover Street and Knightsbridge stations, both represented by the same studio mock-up, complete with a working recreation of a 1906 Stock train.

* There are now four rounds: the opening general round, the " clip round " ( which has only one question, opened to both teams, on the presented clip ), the Dove from Above and the quick-fire round.

The opening scene of the 1997 film version of Henry James's The Wings of the Dove was set on the east-bound platforms at both Dover Street and Knightsbridge stations, both represented by the same studio mock-up, complete with a working recreation of a 1906 Stock train.

The first packet boat, The Dove of Solsville, arrived in Binghamton from Utica May 6, 1837, officially opening the canal, and was quickly followed by new development along the canal's route.

Flanking the entrance archway are the The Sword of Victory, a bas-relief above the opening, and two stone lions, each bearing a shield ; on the left hand side of the passage is the Dragon of Destruction, with the shield showing a dragon and the date 1914, while on the right hand side is the Dove of Peace, with the shield showing a dove perched on a crown and the date 1918.

He is shown on a cloud, designating a heavenly appearance, and, with his arm outstretched and gaze cast upwards, he indicates that he is on his way to Heaven as represented by the golden dome, the stucco cherubim heads clustered around the opening to the lantern, and the lantern vault with the Dove of the Holy Ghost.

* Dove ( the Band of Love ), Devo's fake opening act

Explaining the aims and ideals of the first board of trustees, responsible for opening Dove Cottage to the public, Stopford Brooke wrote, in 1890:

In 1869, Abdülaziz received visits from Eugénie de Montijo, Empress consort of Napoleon III of France and other foreign monarchs on their way to the opening of the Suez Canal.

The opening of the Sankey Canal in 1757, followed by the Bridgewater Canal in 1761, which halved the price of coal in Liverpool and Manchester England, respectively, triggered a period of " canal mania " in Britain so that between 1760 and 1820 over one hundred canals were built.

Until the opening of the Suez Canal, the islands used to be an important refuelling and provisioning station for ships from Europe to the Indian Ocean.

Chicago's first railway, Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, opened in 1848, which also marked the opening of the Illinois and Michigan Canal.

It continued under the stimulating influence of the discovery of gold in California and Australia in 1848 and 1851, and ended with the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869.

After 1869 with the opening of the Suez Canal that allowed competition with steam vessels, the tea trade then collapsed for clippers.

Growing French interest in the area took place against a backdrop of British activity in Egypt and the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869.

Despite the efforts of his successor Emperor Yohannes IV to establish a relationship with the United Kingdom, Ethiopia was ignored by the world powers until the opening of the Suez Canal, and more important, the Mahdist War, drew outside attention to her once more.

* Indians, most of them from Hyderabad, came as merchants after the opening of the Suez Canal in 1870 ; many others migrated as workers after the closure of the frontier with Spain in 1969 to replace Spanish ones.

Verdi's grand opera, Aida, is sometimes thought to have been commissioned for the celebration of the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, but, according to one major critic, Verdi turned down the Khedive's invitation to write an " ode " for the new opera house he was planning to inaugurate as part of the canal opening festivities.

The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 revived European interest in the East, but no nation was successful in establishing trade dominance.

The last major canal to be built in the United Kingdom was the Manchester Ship Canal, which upon opening in 1894 was the largest ship canal in the world, and opened Manchester as a port.

In 1869, the opening of the Suez Canal benefited Malta's economy greatly as there was a massive increase in the shipping which entered in the port.

The seaway's opening is often credited with making the Erie Canal obsolete, thus setting off the severe economic decline of several cities in Upstate New York.

The settlers ’ isolation abruptly ended, though, in the 1820s with the opening of the Erie Canal.

After the opening of the canal, the Suez Canal Company was in financial difficulties.

The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 created the first salt-water passage between the Mediterranean and Red seas.

However, the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, together with the gradual move from sailing ships to coal-fired steam ships, increased the isolation of the islands, as they were no longer needed as a stopping port for journeys from Europe to the Far East.

The colony gained much political and strategic importance after the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 and the increased traffic on the Red Sea route to India

The opening of the Erie Canal in the early 19th century meant a huge boom in business for New York City, since it was the only major eastern seaport which had direct access by inland waterways to ports on the Great Lakes.

Contrary to popular belief, the opera was not written to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, nor that of the Khedivial Opera House ( which opened with Verdi's Rigoletto ) in the same year.

( Verdi had been asked to compose an ode for the opening of the Canal, but declined on the grounds that he did not write " occasional pieces ".

The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 allowed the extensive import into southern Iran of inexpensive European factory-made goods, either directly from Europe or via India.

Unfortunately, commercial stagnation followed the loss of business after the opening of the Worcester Turnpike in 1810 drew commercial traffic from the Boston Post Road.

On 1 October 1810, having seen his work at Cawnpore rewarded on the previous day by the opening of a church, he left for Calcutta, from where he sailed on 7 January 1811 for Bombay.

* April 12-Official opening of the Radcliffe Library in Oxford, built under the will of the physician John Radcliffe ( died 1714 ) ( although it does not become a primarily science library until 1810 ).

The opening session of the new Cortes was held on 24 September 1810 in the building now known as the Real Teatro de las Cortes.

The pumping station was built between 1807 and 1809 in time for the opening of the canal in 1810.

Crofton Pumping Station was built to supply water to the summit pound of the canal, opening in 1810 but, unlike Claverton, was powered by steam.

Among Wyon's medals may be mentioned: 1809, Pearce medal ; 1810, Isis medal ( re-engraved in 1813 ); medal of Wellington ; 1812, Wooldridge medal ; medal for Royal Naval College, Portsmouth ; 1813, Manchester Pitt Club medal ; ‘ Upper Canada preserved ;’ 1814, medals presented to the North American Indians ; medal of the tsar of Russia struck during the visit of the Grand Duchess of Oldenburg to the English mint ; treaty of Paris ( published by Rundell & Co. from his ‘ Peace checking the Fury of War ,’ a design which had gained the gold medal of the Society of Arts ); centenary of accession of house of Brunswick ( for the corporation of Cork ), and Liverpool Pitt club medal ; 1815, Waterloo medal, with reverse, Victory, adapted from a Greek coin of Elis ( Mayo, Medals, plate 22 ); and 1817, opening of Waterloo Bridge.

The greatest boost for Box stone was provided in 1810 by the opening of the Kennet and Avon Canal.

She demolished Piombino's hospital to build a new one in the former monastery of San Anastasia, with the new building opening in 1810, and also set up the Casa Sanitaria, a dispensary in the town's port.