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Massachusetts in 1901
USSMassachusetts was anIndiana-class,pre-dreadnought battleship and the secondUnited States Navy ship comparable to foreign battleships of its time. Authorized in 1890, and commissioned six years later, she was a small battleship, though with heavy armor and ordnance. The ship class also pioneered the use of anintermediate battery. She was designed forcoastal defense and as a result, her decks were not safe from high waves on the open ocean.
The inscription on the 1663 edition's cover page, beginning withMamusse Wunneetupanatamwe Up-Biblum God, meaning in literal translation,The Whole Holy His-Bible God, both Old Testament and also New Testament. This turned by the servant of Christ, who is called John Eliot. The preparation and printing of Eliot's work was supported by theSociety for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England, whose governor was the eminent scientistRobert Boyle. (Full article...)
The teams had met for the first time in theprevious year. Centre, led byCharley Moran, shocked many by taking a tie intohalftime but ultimatelyBob Fisher's Harvard squad took control in the second half and won the game. Centre played well enough to warrant a rematch the following year, and the Colonels, led by quarterbackBo McMillin and halfbackNorris Armstrong, again found themselves tied with the Crimson at halftime. Less than two minutes into the game's third quarter, McMillinrushed for atouchdown, the only score of the game, giving the visitors a 6–0 lead. Theconversion failed but the Centre defense held for the remainder of the game. Harvard threatened and even reached the Centre 3-yard line at one point but were unable to score. Regaining possession with several minutes remaining in the game, the Praying Colonels ran out the clock to secure a six-point victory and maintain their perfect record. (Full article...)
Brown ran for re-election to a first full term. He was first elected in a2010 special election triggered by the death of incumbent Democratic senatorTed Kennedy. Brown was unopposed in the 2012 Republican primary. For the Democrats, an initial wide field of prospective candidates narrowed after the entry ofHarvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren, the architect of theConsumer Financial Protection Bureau. Warren clinched near-unanimous party support, with all but one of the other Democratic candidates withdrawing following her entrance. After winning her party's nomination, she faced Brown in the general election. (Full article...)
Mulledy entered the Society of Jesus and was educated for the priesthood inRome, before completing his education in the United States. He twice served aspresident of Georgetown College in Washington, D.C. At Georgetown, Mulledy undertook a significant building campaign, which resulted in Gervase Hall and Mulledy Hall (later renamed Isaac Hawkins Hall). He became the second provincial superior of theMaryland Province of the Jesuit order, and orchestrated thesale of the province's slaves in 1838 to settle its debts. This resulted in outcry from his fellow Jesuits and censure by the church authorities in Rome, who exiled him toNice in theKingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia for several years. While provincial superior, Mulledy was also thevicar general for theDiocese of Boston. (Full article...)
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Looking into Arlington's Great Meadows from the Minuteman Bikeway
Arlington's Great Meadows is a 183-acre (74 ha)meadow located adjacent to theMinuteman Bikeway inLexington, Massachusetts. The meadow was once the site of a dairy farm, which was used for livestock and crop harvesting. In 1871, Great Meadows was acquired by the town ofArlington, Massachusetts for use as a water storage area for theMystic River. After being drained in the early 20th century, it was turned into a protected area for wildlife. It currently remains a nature preserve and serves as a popular recreational area, and an important piece in local flood control. (Full article...)
Ellen Amanda Hayes (September 23, 1851 – October 27, 1930) was an Americanmathematician and astronomer. She was a controversial figure, both for being a female college professor and for embracing many radical causes. (Full article...)
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Peter Charles Bernard Bynoe (born March 20, 1951) is a Chicagoattorney and businessman, formerly the only African-American equity partner in the Chicago office ofDLA Piper. In 1989, he and his business partner Bertram Lee were the first African-Americans to buy a controlling interest in aNational Basketball Association (NBA) team, when they purchased a 37.5% share of theDenver Nuggetsbasketball team, and he is among the most influential minority figures in sports law and management.
Silver Hill station is anMBTA Commuter RailFitchburg Line station inWeston, Massachusetts, United States. The station has a small shelter, parking area, and a gravel boarding area; it is notaccessible. It was the least-used station in the entire MBTA system in 2018, with an average of just eleven daily boardings. Silver Hill station opened in 1844 as one of the original stops on theFitchburg Railroad. TheBoston and Maine Railroad unsuccessfully attempted to close the station in 1959. It remained in use until its temporary closure by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in December 2020 due to low ridership and a lack of accessibility, with indefinite closure effective April 2021. It reopened on November 18, 2024. (Full article...)
Born into a prominent English family fromSudbury inSuffolk, his father was the chaplain to theArchbishop of Canterbury, and thus held a high position in theAnglican Church. Young Wilson was sent to school atEton for four years, and then attended the university atKing's College, Cambridge, where he received his B.A. in 1610. From there he studied law briefly, and then studied atEmmanuel College, Cambridge, where he received an M.A. in 1613. Following his ordination, he was the chaplain for some prominent families for a few years, before being installed as pastor in his home town of Sudbury. Over the next ten years, he was dismissed and then reinstated on several occasions, because of his strong Puritan sentiments which contradicted the practices of the established church. (Full article...)
Officially known as the "First-Year Player Draft", the draft is MLB's primary mechanism for assigning amateur baseball players from high schools, colleges, and other amateur baseball clubs to its teams. The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings, with the team possessing the worst record receiving the first pick. In addition, teams that lostfree agents in the previous off-season may be awardedcompensatory or supplementary picks. (Full article...)
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Team photograph of the 1890 Boston Reds TheBoston Reds were aMajor League Baseball franchise that played in thePlayers' League (PL) in 1890, and one season in theAmerican Association (AA) in 1891. In both seasons, the Reds were their league's champion, making them the second team to win back-to-back championships in two different leagues. The first franchise to accomplish this feat was theBrooklyn Bridegrooms, who won the AA championship in 1889 and theNational League (NL) championship in 1890. The Reds played their home games at theCongress Street Grounds.
The Reds were an instant success on the field and in the public's opinion. The team signed several top-level players, and they played in a larger, more comfortable and modern ballpark than theBoston Beaneaters, the popular and well established cross-town rival. Player signings that first year included futureHall of FamersKing Kelly,Dan Brouthers, andCharles Radbourn, along with other veterans such asHardy Richardson,Matt Kilroy,Harry Stovey, andTom Brown. The PL ended after one season, leaving most of its teams without a league. (Full article...)
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Map depicting lines of charters and grants for Massachusetts-related colonies and provinces The territory of theCommonwealth of Massachusetts, one of the fifty United States, was settled in the 17th century by several different English colonies. The territories claimed or administered by these colonies encompassed a much larger area than that of the modern state, and at times included areas that are now within the jurisdiction of otherNew England states or of the Canadian provinces ofNew Brunswick andNova Scotia. Some colonial land claims extended all the way to thePacific Ocean.
The first permanent settlement was thePlymouth Colony (1620), and the second major settlement was theMassachusetts Bay Colony atSalem in 1629. Settlements that failed or were merged into other colonies included the failedPopham Colony (1607) on the coast of Maine, and theWessagusset Colony (1622–23) inWeymouth, Massachusetts, whose remnants were folded into the Plymouth Colony. The Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies coexisted until 1686, each electing its own governor annually. The governance of both colonies was dominated by a relatively small group of magistrates, some of whom governed for many years. TheDominion of New England was established in 1686 and covered the territory of those colonies, as well as that ofNew Hampshire,Connecticut, andRhode Island. In 1688, it was further extended to includeNew York andEast andWest Jersey. The Dominion was extremely unpopular in the colonies, and it was disbanded when its royally appointed governor SirEdmund Androswas arrested and sent back to England in the wake of the 1688Glorious Revolution. (Full article...)
Godsmack is an Americanrock band founded in 1995 by singerSully Erna and bassistRobbie Merrill. The band has released ninestudio albums, oneEP, twocompilations, threevideo albums, and thirty-foursingles. Erna and Merrill recruited local friend and guitarist Lee Richards and drummerTommy Stewart to complete the band's lineup. In 1996,Tony Rombola replaced Richards, as the band's guitarist. In 1998, Godsmack released theirself-titled debut album, a remastered version of the band's self-released debut,All Wound Up.... The album was distributed byUniversal/Republic Records and shipped four million copies in the United States. In 2001, the band contributed the track "Why" to theAny Given Sunday soundtrack. After two years of touring, the band releasedAwake. Although the album was a commercial success, it failed to match the sales ofGodsmack. In 2002, Stewart left the band due to personal differences, and was replaced byShannon Larkin.
The band's third album,Faceless (2003), debuted at number one on the USBillboard 200. In 2004, Godsmack released an acoustic-based EP titledThe Other Side. The EP debuted at number five on theBillboard 200 and was certified gold by theRIAA.[1] The band contributed the track "Bring It On" to the Madden 2006 football game in 2005; this track is not featured on any known album or compilation. The band released its fourth studio album,IV, in 2006.IV was the band's second release to debut at number one, and has since been certified platinum. After touring in support ofIV for over a year, Godsmack released agreatest hits album calledGood Times, Bad Times... Ten Years of Godsmack. The album included every Godsmack single (with the exception of "Bad Magick"), a cover of theLed Zeppelin song "Good Times Bad Times" and aDVD of the band's acoustic performance at theHouse of Blues inLas Vegas,Nevada. (Full article...)
Boston is the capital of theU.S. state ofMassachusetts and the largest city inNew England. It is home to over 580 completed high-rises, 73 of which stand taller than 300 feet (91 m) as of 2026. Boston's skyline is by far the largest inNew England, and the city has the second most skyscrapers taller than 492 ft (150 m) in theNortheastern United States, afterNew York City. The tallest building in Boston is the 62-story 200 Clarendon, better known as theJohn Hancock Tower; the office skyscraper rises 790 ft (241 m) in theBack Bay district, southwest ofDowntown Boston.
The history of skyscrapers in Boston began early with the completion of the 13-storyAmes Building in 1893. TheGreek Revival styleCustom House Tower, which was Boston's tallest building from 1915 to 1964, was among the first skyscrapers outside of New York City. Boston went through a major building boom from the 1960s to the early 1990s, resulting in the construction of over 30 buildings taller than 300 ft (91 m), including the John Hancock Tower and the city's second-tallest building, thePrudential Tower. At the time of the Prudential Tower's completion in 1964, it stood as the tallest building in North America outside ofNew York City. (Full article...)
Thislist of birds of Massachusetts includesspecies documented in theU.S. state ofMassachusetts and accepted by the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee (MARC). As of July 2023, there are 516 species included in the official list. Of them, 194 are on the review list (see below), six have beenintroduced to North America, three areextinct, and one has beenextirpated. An additional seven species are on a supplemental list of birds whose origin is uncertain. An additional accidental species has been added from another source.
This list is presented in thetaxonomic sequence of theCheck-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 62nd Supplement, published by theAmerican Ornithological Society (AOS). Common and scientific names are also those of theCheck-list, except that the common names of families are from theClements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them. (Full article...)
A dominant team in the early 20th century, the Red Sox (as the Boston Americans) won the firstWorld Series in1903 and had won a further four championships by1918. Their following 86-year championshipdrought is one of the longest in baseball history, often attributed to the "Curse of the Bambino" said to have been initiated against the Red Sox upon the1919 trade of star playerBabe Ruth to theNew York Yankees. The Red Sox' drought ended when the team won their sixth World Series championship in2004, and they have since gone on to win another three World Series titles (in2007,2013, and2018), to become the first and so far only team to win at least four World Series championships in the 21st century. The team's overall .518 regular seasonwinning percentage is the 5th-highest in MLB. (Full article...)
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The front entrance to Boston Latin School on Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston Latin School is apublicexam school located inBoston, Massachusetts, that was founded in 1635. It is the first public school and the oldest existing school in the United States.
The school's first class included nine students; the school now has 2,400 pupils drawn from all parts of Boston. Its graduates have included fourHarvard presidents, eightMassachusetts state governors, and fivesigners of theUnited States Declaration of Independence, as well as several preeminent architects, a leading art historian, a notable naturalist and the conductors of theNew York Philharmonic andBoston Pops orchestras. There are also several notable non-graduate alumni, includingLouis Farrakhan, a leader of theNation of Islam. Boston Latin admitted only male students at its founding in 1635. The school's first female student was admitted in the nineteenth century. In 1972, Boston Latin admitted its first co-educational class. (Full article...)
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TheCommonwealth ofMassachusetts has 14counties, though eight of these fourteen county governments were abolished between 1997 and 2000. The counties in the southeastern portion of the state retain county-level local government (Barnstable,Bristol,Dukes,Norfolk,Plymouth) or, in one case (Nantucket County), consolidated town-county government. Vestigial judicial and law enforcement districts still follow county boundaries even in the counties whose county-level government has been disestablished, and the counties are still generally recognized as geographic entities if not political ones. Three counties (Barnstable,Hampshire, andFranklin) have formed new county regional compacts to serve as a form of regional governance. (Full article...)
Image 2Major boundaries of Massachusetts Bay and neighboring colonial claims in the 17th century and 18th century; modern state boundaries are partially overlaid for context (fromHistory of Massachusetts)
Image 17AnMBTA Red Line train departing Boston forCambridge. Over 1.3 million Bostonians utilize the city's buses and trains daily as of 2013. (fromBoston)
Image 27Certificate of government of Massachusetts Bay acknowledging loan of £20 to state treasury by Seth Davenport. September 1777 (fromHistory of Massachusetts)
Image 44Fenway Park, home stadium of theBoston Red Sox. Opened in 1912, Fenway Park is theoldest professional baseball stadium still in use. (fromBoston)
Image 45Map showing aBritish tactical evaluation of Boston in 1775 (fromBoston)
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