When the league was first organized in 1999, it was originally supposed to stand for " Xtreme Football League "; however, there was already a league in formation at the same time with that name, and so promoters wanted to make sure that everyone knew that the " X " did not actually stand for anything ( though McMahon would comment that " if the NFL stood for the ' No Fun League ', the XFL will stand for the ' extra fun league '").

When news of the success of the French whaling fleet in New Zealand waters in the 1838 season reached France in 1839, a solid commercial project was added to all the others — a project which its promoters who had land to sell, hoped would develop into a scheme for effective French colonisation.

When the promoters of Kermit townsite offered lots for free, county residents chose Kermit as the county seat.

When their manager called the promoters of the concert they explained the situation and asked for patience.

When neither their US record company nor promoters showed any more interest, the remaining proposed tour dates were cancelled and the group returned home.

When gigs did happen, promoters were known to pull them half way through.

* When E. coli bacteria are subjected to heat stress, the σ < sup > 32 </ sup > subunit of its RNA polymerase changes such that the enzyme binds to a specialized set of promoters that precede genes for heat-shock response proteins.

When Walt Disney was working with various corporate promoters for his attractions at the 1964 – 1965 New York World's Fair, he noted the various " VIP Lounges " provided as an accommodation for the corporate elite.

When the NWA collapsed in the late 1980s, Baba distanced himself from other promoters at home and abroad, and began a system of promoting talent ( both Japanese and foreign ) who competed exclusively for his promotion.

When the owner of the ski resort tried to contact the promoters to tell of the injunction, they could not be found.

When Jack and Jerry Brisco sold their majority interest in the GCW promotion to Vince McMahon, Anderson resisted the change, and joined forces with longtime NWA-sanctioned promoters Fred Ward and Ralph Freed to start a new company called Championship Wrestling from Georgia.

When rRNA synthesis is stimulated, SL1 ( selectivity factor 1 ) will bind to the promoters of rDNA genes that were previously silent, and recruit a pre-initiation complex to which Pol I will bind and start transcription of rRNA.

When the road reached Columbus, Tipton constructed the first bypass road ever built ; it detoured south around the west side of Columbus enroute to Seymour.

When Columbus took possession of the island in 1492 he named it Hispana in Latin and La Isla Española, meaning " The Spanish Island ", in Spanish.

When Columbus returned to the island in 1502, he rechristened the island as Martinica.

When Christopher Columbus arrived in the region, hunting was already an established trade, although this is less common today.

When she was two she was introduced to Bongo, a 19 month old male from Africa, and on February 1, 1968, their first of three offspring was born, a female named Emmy, named by the zoo after the mayor of Columbus, M. E. " Jack " Sensenbrenner.

When the New Orleans Jazz style swept New York by storm in 1917 with the arrival of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Jimmy Durante was part of the audience at Reisenweber's Cafe on Columbus Circle when ODJB played that venue.

When he went West in 1492, Christopher Columbus reportedly wished to create yet another Silk Route to China.

When Slaughter was a minor leaguer in Columbus, Ohio he came running towards the dugout from his post in the outfield.

When League Commissioner Gary Bettman visited Columbus to meet with the community's leaders about the franchise proposal, there was concern that the voters might not pass the needed referendum.

When the outbreak of war came in 1861, the industries of Columbus expanded their production and Columbus became one of the most important centers of industry in the Confederacy.

When Cedar Rapids was first established in 1838, William Stone named the town Columbus.

When the Union Pacific developed its subsidiary Omaha, Niobrara and Black Hills Railroad, he directed that it cross the Loup River at Lost Creek, the site of present-day Oconee, then run south to join the Union Pacific's main line at Jackson ( since renamed Duncan ), bypassing Columbus.

When Columbus returned from his voyage he thought of first stopping in Lisbon to claim his victory in front of King John II.

When Scrooge and the nephews find out that the English name of this bookdealer-turned sailor happens to be Christopher Columbus (" The plot thickens!

When Troup lost his reelection bid in 1828 Lamar established a newspaper in Columbus, Georgia, the Columbus Enquirer.

When Columbus set off for Spain on January 4, 1493, Luis de Torres was among the 39 men who stayed behind at the settlement of La Navidad founded on the island of Hispaniola.

When Michael Chase Walker became Director of Children's Programs for the CBS Television Network he bought the show, changed the name to Galaxy High School and convinced up and coming screenwriter Chris Columbus to develop the show under his name.

When Carlson was invited to Columbus to demonstrate his invention, Dayton's statement to the Battelle scientists and engineers present showed that he understood the importance of Carlson's invention: " However crude this may seem, this is the first time any of you have seen a reproduction made without any chemical reaction and a dry process.

When the Avalanche traded back-up goaltender Marc Denis to the Columbus Blue Jackets in the summer of 2000, Aebischer became the full-time back-up to starting goaltender Patrick Roy.

For example, in November 2002, the city of Columbus, Georgia forced all people wishing to protest at the School of the Americas to first submit to a metal detector search .< ref > The advocacy group School of the Americas Watch asked a federal trial court to enjoin the mass searches, but the court refused and simply dismissed the complaint .< ref > When the protestors appealed, the city justified the metal detector searches in part because of the " yellow " threat level .< ref >.

When Christopher Columbus for the first time visited the island in 1494, he named the bay Golfo de Buen Tiempo (' Fair Weather Gulf ').

When Alfonso VI brought Toledo under his authority in 1085.

When Alfonso took Toledo in 1085, Abbad called in Yusuf ibn Tashfin, the Berber Almoravid ruler.

When Toledo was six years old, he and his family moved to the fishing town of Chimbote, a five-hour drive north of Lima.

When Toledo, Ohio | Toledo was incorporated in 1833, it belonged to Monroe County in the Michigan Territory, which led to the Toledo War and subsequent state boundary alterations.

When the city of Toledo was incorporated in 1833, it was part of Monroe County instead of the state of Ohio.

When Forrest was established the Toledo Peoria and Western Railroad had already been in operation for almost ten years and therefore, the origin of the town is unlike Fairbury, Chatsworth, Chenoa, Gridley and El Paso, all of which were founded when the railroad was first built.

When Michigan became the 26th state in 1837, the western two-thirds of the Upper Peninsula was included as a compromise ( Ohio received the " Toledo Strip ").

When Toledo was made the county seat of the newly established Lincoln County in 1893, it appointed its first mayor, Charles Barton Crosno.

When jazz pianist Stanley Cowell was growing up in Toledo, his father prevailed upon Tatum to play piano at the Cowell home.

* March: When the bills were reported out of committee, it was generally acknowledged that to enter the Union Michigan would have to cede the Toledo Strip in exchange for the western two-thirds ( 2 / 3 ) of the Upper Peninsula.

When the American Professional Football Association was organized in 1920, Toledo chose to remain an independent team.

When she was twelve or thirteen, Cosimo I's wife Eleonora of Toledo was outraged because Giulia's riding cloak did not look right ; it was not decorated as she had ordered and it was the wrong length.

When Ralph was a child, his family moved to Toledo, Ohio, then in 1915, to Albuquerque, New Mexico, in an effort to improve his parents ' health.

When Martin pulled Mortimer out of Flint, Mortimer arranged for Bob Travis, another union activist and CP member from Toledo, to replace him.

When ' Fatha ' went off the air, I went to bed .” But Hines ' most notable " student " was Art Tatum from Toledo, Ohio, six years younger than Hines and now often regarded as the greatest pianist jazz has so far produced.

When King Liuvigild died, within a few weeks of April 21, 586, bishop Leander was swift to return to Toledo.

When, after Reccared's reign, at a synod held at Toledo in 633, the bishops took upon themselves the nobles ' right to select a king from among the royal family, the transfer of power was complete.

When the United States Numbered Highway System debuted on November 11, 1926, these highways were all used as part of the southern end of US 127, which started in Lansing, Michigan and ended in Toledo at the time.

When the Pope refused, Ferdinand fabricated a false bull and sent his general Don Fadrique de Toledo to invade Navarre in 1512, part of the second phase of the War of the League of Cambrai.

When King Alfonso VI of Castile conquered Toledo in 1085, it was being disputed as to which rite Iberian Christians should follow: the Roman rite or Mozarabic Rite.

When the editors of the Toledo Blade, where Cooke had previously worked, read her biographical notes, they noticed a number of discrepancies.

When Liuvigild was dead, Leander swiftly returned to Hispania to convoke within the very year ( 589 ) the Third Council of Toledo, where Visigothic Hispania abjured Arianism, and Leander delivered the triumphant closing sermon, which his brother Isidore entitled Homilia de triumpho ecclesiae ob conversionem Gothorum a homily upon the triumph of the Church and the conversion of the Goths.