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60th Scripps National Spelling Bee
The 60th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, D.C. at the Capital Hilton on May 27–28, 1987, sponsored by the E.W. Scripps Company. The winner was 13-year-old Stephanie PetitLevin Steve (6 July 2003)Past winners spell out pain and glory of 'The Bee' ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'' of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, prevailing on the word "staphylococci".Macino, Richard (29 May 1987)Bethel Park girl wins national spelling bee ''Pittsburgh Press''Macino, Richard (3 May 1987)Third Time's the charm for spelling champ ''Pittsburgh Press''Healy, Rita (19 May 2007)1987: Stephanie Petit ''Time'' Second place went to 14-year-old Rachel Nussbaum of Ithaca, New York, who fell on "dyscalculia".(29 May 1987)Pennsylvania Girls Wins National Spelling Bee ''Dispatch'' (Associated Press)Levin, Steve (6 July 2003)Past winners spell out pain and glory of 'The Bee' ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'' There were 185 spellers this year, 92 boys and 93 girls.(28 May 1987)2-Day Forecast: Capital In Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capital Hilton
The Capital Hilton, originally named the Hotel Statler, is a historic hotel located just north of the White House on 16th Street in Washington, D.C. History The hotel was built by Statler Hotels and began construction in 1940. It opened on January 18, 1943, in the middle of World War II, as the Hotel Statler. Upon its completion, the building rose , comprising 13 floors. The architect of the early modern style building was Holabird & Root LLC, A.R. Clas Associates. In 1947, Larry Doby, the first black baseball player to integrate the American League, became the hotel's first black guest when the Cleveland Indians were in town to play against the Washington Senators (1901–60), Washington Senators. Scenes from the classic 1950 film ''Born Yesterday (1950 film), Born Yesterday'' were filmed outside the hotel and in its lobby, and much of the film is set in one of the hotel's luxury suites, which was reproduced on a soundstage. The Statler Hotels chain was sold to Hilton Hotels in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ithaca, New York
Ithaca is a city in the Finger Lakes region of New York, United States. Situated on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, Ithaca is the seat of Tompkins County and the largest community in the Ithaca metropolitan statistical area. It is named after the Greek island of Ithaca. A college town, Ithaca is home to Cornell University and Ithaca College. Nearby is Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3). These three colleges bring thousands of students to the area, who increase Ithaca's seasonal population during the school year. As of 2020, the city's population was 32,108. History Early history Native Americans lived in this area for thousands of years. When reached by Europeans, this area was controlled by the Cayuga tribe of Indians, one of the Five Nations of the ''Haudenosaunee'' or Iroquois League. Jesuit missionaries from New France (Quebec) are said to have had a mission to convert the Cayuga as early as 1657. Saponi and Tutelo peoples, Siouan-speaking tribes, lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 In Washington, D
File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing everyone except a little girl; The King's Cross fire kills 31 people after a fire under an escalator Flashover, flashes-over; The MV Doña Paz sinks after colliding with an oil tanker, drowning almost 4,400 passengers and crew; Typhoon Nina (1987), Typhoon Nina strikes the Philippines; LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 crashes outside of Warsaw, taking the lives of all aboard; The USS Stark is USS Stark incident, struck by Iraq, Iraqi Exocet missiles in the Persian Gulf; President of the United States, U.S. President Ronald Reagan gives a famous Tear down this wall!, speech, demanding that Soviet Union, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev tears down the Berlin Wall., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Zeebrugge disaster rect 200 0 400 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
