In 1840, Lincoln became engaged to Mary Todd, who was from a wealthy slave-holding family in Lexington, Kentucky.

She made headlines and became part of the national debate over troubled child stars, particularly given the difficulties of her Diff ' rent Strokes co-stars, Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges.

Once these groups became popular in the United States and Canada, bands such as Kansas, Rush and Todd Rundgren's Utopia appeared in the mid ' 70s.

Weeks later, after Dick Grayson became Nightwing and Todd proved his crime-fighting worth by helping Batman catch a gang of robbers, Batman offered Todd the position as Robin.

In addition to the primary industry of shipbuilding, Hoboken became home to Keuffel and Esser's three-story factory and in 1884, to Tietjen and Lang Drydock ( later Todd Shipyards ).

George W. Todd established a Fort Mason post office March 8, 1858, which became consigned to the civilian settlement on June 26, 1858.

The original version was written at the University of Oklahoma by Robert Alan Koeneke and Jimmey Wayne Todd, after they became hooked on Rogue but could not run it on the VAX-11 / 780 minicomputer to which they had access.

She changed her name briefly to Bea Baker when recording for Okeh Records in 1951, and then became LaVern Baker when singing with Todd Rhodes and his band in 1952.

Due to this, the album became a million-seller and was the brothers ' first album to go platinum as did its 1974 follow-up, Live It Up, which included the hits " Midnight Sky ", the Todd Rundgren cover of " Hello It's Me " and the title track.

In that same year, Christine Todd Whitman captured the New Jersey governorship from the Democrats and Bret Schundler became the first Republican mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey that had been held by the Democratic Party since 1917.

Author Todd Carroll said Chopra left the TM organization when it “ became too stressful ” and was a “ hindrance to his success ”.

Todd Duncan was a D. C .- born singer who made history by being the first to play the lead of the opera Porgy and Bess ; he later became the first black man to play Tonio in I Pagliacci.

However, Todd Hunter, who served as National Coordinator since February 1994 and as acting Director of the Vineyard at the time of Wimber's death, became the National Director in January 1998 and served in that capacity until he resigned in May 2000.

Only 41 when her husband became president, widow Mrs. Sarah Polk outlived several of her successors: Margaret Taylor, Abigail Fillmore, Jane Pierce, Mary Todd Lincoln, Eliza Johnson and Lucy Webb Hayes.

In 1985, Mort Todd became editor of Cracked magazine at age 23.

Shortly after Messier's acquisition, Linden was traded by Mike Keenan to the New York Islanders, where he became their captain, replacing Bryan McCabe, for whom Linden was traded along with Todd Bertuzzi.

Due in large part to the tax hikes, Florio lost his bid for re-election to Republican Somerset County freeholder Christine Todd Whitman and became the first governor since the adoption of the state's current constitution in 1947 to lose a re-election vote ( although William T. Cahill, who was elected in 1969, was defeated in the Republican primary in 1973 ).

In 1931, Todd became romantically involved with director Roland West, and starred in his film Corsair.

Thelma Todd became highly regarded as a capable film comedian, and Roach loaned her out to other studios to play opposite Wheeler & Woolsey, Buster Keaton, Joe E. Brown, and the Marx Brothers.

After George Pullman's death in 1897, Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln, became company president.

In 2006, Moore became co-chair ( with Christine Todd Whitman ) of a new industry-funded initiative, the Clean and Safe Energy Coalition, which promotes increased use of nuclear energy.

Varitek instantly became a leader in the clubhouse which management tried to portray as working class, featuring new faces such as Kevin Millar, David Ortiz, Bill Mueller, and Todd Walker along with original players Trot Nixon and Lou Merloni.

Todd Clark, upon completing university, became overwhelmed by his desire to create music and, accordingly, posted an ad for a bassist on the internet.

", written by Jim Poyser and broadcast in June 2004 had aimless aristocrat Viscount Belport ( Paul Rider ) and his servant Ned ( Jason Done ) joining the police force under Sir Robert Peel and encountering demon barber Sweeney Todd ( Jonathan Keeble ) on their first case.

Concertos have been composed for piccolo, including those by Lowell Liebermann, Antonio Vivaldi, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Todd Goodman, Martin Amlin, Will Gay Bottje, Bruce Broughton, Valentino Bucchi, Avner Dorman, Jean Doué, Michael Easton, Egil Hovland, Guus Janssen, Tilo Medek, Dexter Morrill, Raymond Niverd, Daniel Pinkham, Thomas Schudel, and Allan Stephenson.

These include sportspeople such as Dame Susan Devoy, Mark Todd, Sir Richard Hadlee and numerous All Blacks including Sir Colin Meads and Sean Fitzpatrick.

The play " Sweeney Todd: His Life Times and Execution " devised by Finger in the Pie ( 2009 ) features a fictionalized Sir John Fielding portrayed as a symbol of the enlightenment whose zealous belief in social reform is ultimately undermined by his idealism.

Notable natives are members of The Datsuns, Fields Medal winner Sir Vaughan Jones, as well as the equestrian double Olympic gold medal winner Mark Todd.

He was knighted as Sir Alexander Todd in 1954 and elevated to the peerage as Baron Todd of Trumpington in the County of Cambridgeshire in 1962.

Lord Todd was married to Alison Sarah, daughter of Nobel Prize winner Sir Henry Dale, and had a son, Alexander Henry, and two daughters, Helen Jean and Hilary Alison.

*: " The Era of Todd, Plumb and Snow ", by Sir David Cannadine.

The second is the party founded and led by former UFP premier of Southern Rhodesia, Sir Garfield Todd, during the time in which Southern Rhodesia was one of three territories within the Central African Federation ( CAF ).

After having been a widower for a year he married Judith Todd, the daughter of Sir Garfield Todd, former Rhodesian Prime Minister.

During its 87 year working life, the laboratory had an extremely distinguished career ; it can claim a stake in shaping the scientific careers of two Nobel Laureates, namely Lord Todd ( 1957 ) and Sir John W. Cornforth ( 1975 ) who passed their formative years as young chemists in the laboratories.

Sir Charles Todd KCMG, FRS ( 7 July 1826 – 29 January 1910 ) worked at the Royal Greenwich Observatory 1841-1847 and the Cambridge University observatory from 1847-1854.

The Sir Charles Todd Building at the University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus is named after him.

The Astronomical Society of South Australia have also named the observatory that houses their 20 inch Jubilee Telescope, the Sir Charles Todd Observatory.

Todd Maroldo, Hokiebird in 1996-1997, won the National Cheerleading Association championship in 1997 and was hired as the Carolina Panthers mascot, Sir Purr.

The Todd River was named by surveyor W. W. Mills after Lady Alice Todd ( née Alice Gillam Bell ), wife of Sir Charles Todd, Postmaster General of South Australia and driving force for the Australian Overland Telegraph Line from Port Augusta to Darwin.

Fialkowska is the Granddaughter of Dr. John Todd, Canada ’ s first Professor of Parasitology, and Great-granddaughter of Sir Edward Clouston, President of the Canadian Bankers Association.

In 1853 he entered the medical department of King's College London, where his teachers were Sir William Fergusson, and especially Dr. R. B. Todd, whose doctrines and practice produced a permanent impression upon Anstie's mind.