In 1911, Carnegie became a sympathetic benefactor to George Ellery Hale, who was trying to build the 100 inch ( 2. 5 m ) Hooker Telescope at Mount Wilson, and donated an additional ten million dollars to the Carnegie Institution with the following suggestion to expedite the construction of the telescope: " I hope the work at Mount Wilson will be vigorously pushed, because I am so anxious to hear the expected results from it.

In September 2005, Wilson arranged a charity drive to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina, wherein people who donated $ 100 or more would receive a personal phone call from Wilson.

In 1851, Wilson Spruill donated five acres ( two hectares ) of land for the founding of the Sandy Springs United Methodist Church, near the natural spring for which the city is named.

One of the lumber companies donated the land which is now Wilson State Park.

In 1869, Confederate veterans Captain Jesse Amason and William P. Wilson each donated fifty acres of land for the townsite of Center.

Wilson and his financial partner Wallace E. Johnson ( 1901-1988 ) were practicing Christians who saw to the placing of a Bible in every one of their hotel rooms and who donated much of their growing fortunes to charitable enterprises.

Later in 1861, Banning and Benjamin Davis Wilson, the first mayor of Los Angeles, donated in Wilmington to the government for one dollar each for use in construction of a Union garrison.

Oakland University was created in 1957 when Matilda Dodge Wilson, widow of automobile magnate John Francis Dodge, and her second husband, Alfred Wilson, donated their estate to Michigan State University, including Meadow Brook Hall, Sunset Terrace and all the estate's other buildings and collections, along with $ 2 million.

The Earl seems to have taken his position seriously, as he commissioned the artist Benjamin Wilson to paint a full size portrait of him, which he then donated to the Hospital.

Copies of the movie can be found at the Markdale Public Library, Ontario, Canada, donated by the creator of the fan site, Jeff Wilson.

Clark and Wilson Timber Company donated in 1927 to create a Western Oregon timber park near Northwest Germantown Road.

The church contains an alabaster monument to Sir Craig Wilson, as well as the Albrighton Mace donated to the village in 1663, by Lady Mary Talbot.

In September 2007, the largest collection of Australian surrealism ever collected was donated to the National Gallery of Australia by Ray Wilson.

The Wilson Centre was built in 1886 donated by Rev.

An astute businessman and a vocal patriot, Banning and fellow Californian politician Benjamin Wilson donated adjacent plots of land in Wilmington for a military base.

In addition, Woodward's daughter and heir, Helen, and her husband Luke Ingalls Wilson later donated the bulk of the acreage of their Bethesda estate for the formation of the National Institutes of Health.

Several heavy boxes of Matsura's original glass negatives were discovered in Brown's garage after his death in 1963 and these were donated to the Okanogan County Historical Society by Eva Wilson, Brown's longtime caregiver, at the suggestion of Joseph Wicks, who had succeeded Brown as the Superior Court Judge of Okanogan County.

The US Federal Reserve was created by the U. S. Congress through the passing of The Federal Reserve Act in the Senate and its signing by President Woodrow Wilson on the same day, December 23, 1913.

In early 1913 Victoriano Huerta, the commander of the armed forces conspired with Félix Díaz ( Porfirio Díaz's nephew ), Bernardo Reyes, and US Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson against Madero, which culminated in a ten-day siege of La Ciudadela known as La decena tragica ( the Tragic Ten Days ).

He was a critic of President Woodrow Wilson and US entry into World War I.

President Woodrow Wilson had been a driving force behind the League's formation and strongly influenced the form it took, but the US Senate voted not to join on 19 November 1919.

The Agar Gun, otherwise known as a " coffee-mill gun " because of its resemblance to a coffee mill, was invented by Wilson Agar at the beginning of the US Civil War.

Several by Thomas Wilson are in the US Library of Congress online collection.

* John L. Wilson, US Representative and Senator

Overall, Wilson is seen to have managed a number of difficult political issues with considerable tactical skill, including such potentially divisive issues for his party as the role of public ownership, British membership of the European Community, and the Vietnam War, in which he officially resisted US pressure to involve Britain and send British troops.

Part of the price paid by Wilson after talks with President Johnson in June 1967 for US assistance with the UK economy was his agreement to maintain a military presence East of Suez.

NAFTA Initialing Ceremony, October 1992 ; From left to right: ( Standing ) Mexican President Carlos Salinas | Salinas, US President George H. W. Bush | Bush, Prime Minister Mulroney, ( Seated ) Jaime Serra Puche, Carla Hills, Michael Wilson ( politician ) | Michael Wilson.

In 1901 Albright and Wilson started making phosphorus sesquisulfide at their Niagara Falls, New York plant for the US market, but American manufacturers continued to use white phosphorus matches.

His whereabouts remain unknown and a news article states ," Like many protesters, Wilson Mesilien, coordinator of the pro-Aristide 30 September Foundation wore a T-shirt demanding the return of foundation leader Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine, a human rights activist and critic of both UN and US involvement in Haiti.

In addition to the County Government described above, there are other political entities which are controlled by the County, but have their own appointed boards ; the Seminole County Expressway Authority, the Seminole County Port Authority, the Fred R. Wilson Memorial Law Library and the US 17-92 Community Redevelopment Agency

In 1981, following the election of US President Ronald Reagan, aid for the mujahideen through Zia's Pakistan significantly increased, mostly due to the efforts of Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson and CIA officer Gust Avrakotos.

A friendly Member of Congress arranged for a dedicated motor enthusiast, President Woodrow Wilson, to contribute US $ 5 whereupon he was issued Highway Certificate # 1.

" The album's singles — the Bruce Johnston-produced original " Bluebirds Over the Mountains " ( Billboard # 64 ) and the Carl Wilson-produced cover of The Ronettes ' " I Can Hear Music "— won lukewarm attention, with the latter reaching # 24 on the Billboard single chart in April 1969 ; the lead track, the Wilson / Love-authored " Do It Again ", an unabashed throwback to the band's earlier surf hits, had been an international hit in the summer of 1968, reaching # 20 in the US charts and # 1 the UK while also scoring well in other countries.

In 1852, Wilson was an unsuccessful candidate for US Representative.

* Wilson, David M .; Anglo-Saxon Art: From The Seventh Century To The Norman Conquest, Thames and Hudson ( US edn.

This is not at all unusual, as the first commonly agreed international broadcast was a Morse Code telegram transmitted from US President Wilson to the German Kaiser ( mid-1918 ) via a high powered longwave transmitter on the US East Coast ( this important event in international broadcasting history was described in depth in the IEEE " The History of International Broadcasting " first volume ).

This segment of US 61 through Wilson has been designated as part of Great River Road, a tourist route to display the heritage of communities along the Mississippi River.

* Joseph Gardner Wilson, Oregon supreme court justice and US congressman

* Woodrow Wilson, US president ( summer resident at author Winston Churchill's Harlakenden House )

Wilson is located at the intersection of Interstate 95 and US 264 ; approximately 45 minutes east of Raleigh, the state capital.

The Wilson – Gorman Tariff Act of 1894 attempted to impose a federal tax of 2 % on incomes over $ 4, 000 ( worth $ today ).

Although the school's endowment was barely $ 4 million, Wilson sought $ 2 million for a preceptorial system of teaching, $ 1 million for a school of science, and nearly $ 3 million for new buildings and salary increases.

As a long-term objective, Wilson sought $ 3 million for a graduate school and $ 2. 5 million for schools of jurisprudence and electrical engineering, as well as a museum of natural history.

By coincidence, $ 4, 000 ($ 88, 100 in 2010 dollars ) would be the exemption for married couples when the Revenue Act of ( October ) 1913 was signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, as a result of the ratification of the 16th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution in February 1913.

His father was in debt, so he hired Davy out to Abraham Wilson to settle a debt of $ 36.

In 1958 Jimmy Wilson, a black man, was sentenced to death by a jury in Marion for stealing $ 1. 95 from Estelle Barker.

All residents of Wilson except the postmaster and railroad employees were employees who had access to company doctors for $ 1. 25 annually ($ in dollars ), a rarity in the poverty-stricken Arkansas Delta.

When the bond of builders J. J. E. Gibson and Pat McLaughlin for the sum of $ 26, 725 was issued in 1884 for them to erect a new courthouse for Shelby County, the firm of Wilson and Martin were among the securities.

Wilson Food Company declared bankruptcy in 1983, allowing them to cut wages from $ 10. 69 to $ 6. 50 and significantly reduce benefits.

* April 1 – The Beach Boys file a lawsuit against their record label, Capitol Records, for $ 2, 041, 446. 64 in unpaid royalties and producer's fees for Brian Wilson.

On February 25, 1993 Burke was honored with a Pioneer Award and $ 15, 000 from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in a ceremony that also honored his soul rival James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Hadda Brooks, Dave Clark, Floyd Dixon, Lowell Fulson, Erskine Hawkins, Carla Thomas, Jimmy Witherspoon, Little Anthony and the Imperials, and Martha and the Vandellas.

On January 12, 1959, he started Tamla Records, with an $ 800 loan from his family and from royalties earned writing for Jackie Wilson.

By comparison, Arnold Palmer earned just $ 5, 000 in 1961 endorsing Wilson golf equipment, and NFL quarterback Joe Namath made just $ 10, 000 in 1968 to famously shave off his moustache with a Schick razor.

Her later film, a comedy titled You, Me and Dupree and co-starring Owen Wilson and Matt Dillon, grossed $ 21. 5 million on its opening weekend of July 14, 2006.

This rapid increase prompted the airport to build a $ 16. 3 million second terminal, Lionel J. Wilson Terminal 2, with seven new gates for PSA and AirCal service.