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His successful practice in New Britain led to his election as the second, was born at New Britain, May 22d, 1825. ... He was elected mayor of the city of New Britain in 1872, and held that office for five consecutive years from date of first election. mayor (1872–77). Republican: 1877: 1877: David Nelson Camp (1820-1916) Republican: 1879: ...
Sir George Stuart Robertson KC FSA (25 May 1872 in London, England – 29 January 1967 in London, England) was a British barrister, public servant, athlete, tennis player, and classical scholar. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. [1] [2] [3]
Robert Reach (August 28, 1843 – May 19, 1922) was an American professional baseball player born in Brooklyn, New York. [1] He played shortstop in three games during a two season span in the National Association, from 1872 to 1873. [1]
CBS paid $50,000 for the right to broadcast the games in the United States, and this marked the first time the Olympic Games were televised there. [8] Also, officials, unsure if a skier had missed a gate in the men's slalom, asked CBS if they could review a videotape of the race.
In addition, the Panathenaic stadium, which was refurbished with his funding, went on to host events in the 1896, 1906, and 2004 IOC Olympics, while the Zappeion hosted fencing events in 1896, was a site of the first Olympic Village in 1906 (hosting the Hungarian Olympic team), and was used as the media center during the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
New Britain is on the verge of hiring a new superintendent for the city’s 10,000-student school system, its sixth leader in the past decade. The school board is seeking a chief who can change ...
LA Mayor Karen Bass will be presented with the Olympic flag by Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo at the closing ceremony of the Paris Games on Sunday in a historic handover that will officially begin the ...
Great Britain's only stripped medal in Winter Olympic history was an Alpine Skiing bronze at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Alain Baxter tested positive for a banned substance, resulting from Baxter using a branded inhaler product bought in Salt Lake City which, unknown to him, contained different chemicals in the United States ...