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unusual facts about J. P. McDonnell



Clark W. McDonnell

He came to Kensal, North Dakota as an agent for the Soo Line in March 1893, and stayed in that position until 1905.

International Labor Union

Members of the provisional committee of the new organization included Ira Steward, George Gunton, Albert Parsons, Friedrich Adolph Sorge, Otto Weydemeyer, J. P. McDonnell, George McNeill, Carl Speyer and George Schilling.

McDonnell Park

Shelters and Picnic Tables: The park features two main shelters with water, electricity barbecue pits and restrooms, McDonnell Shelter named after James S. McDonnell and Lindbergh Shelter named after Charles Lindbergh.

Project Alpha

In 1979, James S. McDonnell, board chairman of McDonnell Douglas and believer in the paranormal, awarded a USD $500,000 grant to Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, for the establishment of the McDonnell Laboratory for Psychical Research.

Two envelopes problem

This variant of the problem, as well as its solution, is attributed by McDonnell and Abbott, and by earlier authors, to information theorist Thomas M. Cover.

WZTD-LD

On January 16, 2010, for the first time in station history broadcast the Inauguration of Virginia's 71st Governor, Robert "Bob" McDonnell live from the State Capitol in Spanish.


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