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Stevens Park in Niles, Ohio, which opened in 1936, was named in his honor after his family donated its 35 acres (14 ha) to the city. [11] In 2013, the community began an annual "Harry Stevens Hot Dog Day". [2] The event includes entertainment, a dachshund race, and a hot dog eating contest. [2]
Major had originally been a police dog. [1] When Roosevelt was governor of New York, he was gifted to Roosevelt by the New York State Police. [1] A November 1932 article in the Brooklyn Eagle described Major's personality as "sedate", and described Roosevelt, who had multiple dogs, as being partial towards Major. [2]
Balto (c. 1919 – March 14, 1933) was an Alaskan husky and sled dog belonging to musher and breeder Leonhard Seppala.He achieved fame when he led a team of sled dogs driven by Gunnar Kaasen on the final leg of the 1925 serum run to Nome, in which diphtheria antitoxin was transported from Anchorage, Alaska, to Nenana, Alaska, by train and then to Nome by dog sled to combat an outbreak of the ...
The Lower Paleolithic period lasted over 3 million years, during which there many human-like species evolved including toward the end of this period, Homo sapiens.The original divergence between humans and chimpanzees occurred 13 (), however interbreeding continued until as recently as 4 Ma, with the first species clearly belonging to the human (and not chimpanzee) lineage being ...
The New Homestead: January 7, 1938 Scrappy's Trip to Mars: February 4, 1938 Scrappy's Playmates: March 27, 1938 The City Slicker: July 8, 1938 The Early Bird: September 16, 1938 Happy Birthday: October 7, 1938 Scrappy's Added Attraction: January 13, 1939 Scrappy's Side Show: March 3, 1939 A Worm's Eye View: April 28, 1939 Scrappy's Rodeo: June ...
Walter Baade and Fritz Zwicky invent the concept of the neutron star, a new type of celestial object, suggesting that supernovae might be created by the collapse of a normal star to form a neutron star. Sir Arthur Eddington publishes The Expanding Universe: Astronomy's 'Great Debate', 1900–1931 in Cambridge.
Balto (1919 – March 14, 1933) was an Alaskan husky and sled dog belonging to musher and breeder Leonhard Seppala. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He achieved fame when he reportedly led a team of sled dogs on the final leg of the 1925 serum run to Nome , in which diphtheria antitoxin was transported from Anchorage, Alaska , to Nenana, Alaska , by train and then ...
When Ella died, she allegedly left her dog an amount between $30 million [2] to $80 million. [4] [5] All of that dog's descendants were supposedly named Toby Rimes and inherited the money. This story is an urban legend, although there was a real dog named Tobey. [6] The name "Toby Rimes" appeared in a March 15, 2004 London Mirror article by ...