Portal:Philadelphia/Did you know? archive/2012
2012[edit]
- December
... that the Maxwell Football Club (originally called the Maxwell Football Club of Philadelphia), which annually presents the Maxwell Award to the U.S. collegiate football player judged to be the best in the country, was established in 1935 to promote safety in the game of American football?
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- November
… that Bernard Samuel, who held office from 1941 to 1952, was the last Republican mayor of Philadelphia?
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- October
… that Lud Wray, who played football at the University of Pennsylvania, was the first coach of both the Boston Braves (now Washington Redskins) in 1932 and the Philadelphia Eagles, 1933–1935?
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- September
… that Tom Woodeshick, who played nine seasons at running back with the Philadelphia Eagles, made an uncredited appearance in the film MASH?
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- August
... that the George C. Platt Memorial Bridge, opened in 1951 as the Penrose Avenue Bridge, was renamed in 1979 to honor Civil War Medal of Honor recipient George Crawford Platt (1842–1912)?
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- July
... that of more than 300 trolleybus systems currently serving cities worldwide, the Philadelphia system, opened in 1923, is the second oldest, following only its counterpart in Shanghai (opened in 1914)?
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- June
… that famed artist Gilbert Stuart, whose portrait of George Washington appears on the U.S. $1 bill, had a studio in Philadelphia's Germantown neighborhood?
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- May
… that African-American artist David Bustill Bowser painted a portrait of famed abolitionist John Brown, who sat for the painting at the Bowser home, which was a stop on the Underground Railroad?
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- April
... that the Chiefs of eight American Indian tribes who were stricken with smallpox while visiting Philadelphia in 1793 to meet with President George Washington are buried at St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia?
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- March
... that the Budd BB-1 Pioneer, built in 1931 by the Philadelphia-based Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Co. and now on display outside the Franklin Institute, was the first American airplane constructed of stainless steel?
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- February
... that Memorial Hall in Fairmount Park is the only major building remaining from the Centennial Exposition of 1876? It currently houses the Please Touch Museum.
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- January
... that P. T. Barnum and Susan B. Anthony lectured at the Tacony Music Hall?
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