Talk:History of Washington, D.C.

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[edit] Removing baseball section

I'm removing the baseball section for a few reasons:

  1. Baseball is tangential to the history of the city. If anything, Washington is a football-loving town. (I'm not advocating a Redskins section to this article.)
  2. Similar history articles on Wikipedia have no sports references. If History of New York City can avoid mention of the Yankees or the Dodgers, we can do without a baseball section here.
  3. It's absurd to have a baseball section in this article that begins in 2004. Anyone remember the Senators or the Grays?

--dm (talk) 19:23, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Concur. New York City also has a sports article. We could have a sports subarticle for Washington, D.C., with details about baseball in D.C. there. -Aude (talk contribs) 19:26, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DC Board of Control

I know I've read about this in several books, but for some reason I have not been able to find a link to this Board online. Does it still exist? If so, what is the link or other contact information? Thanks!JJ4sad6 20:59, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Are you referring to the D.C. Financial Control Board? This was a temporary group appointed by Congress with authority over the city's finances. It was put in place in the late 90s after Marion Barry's administration got the city deep into debt and was dissolved around the year 2000, I think. It should be mentioned in this article and perhaps an article of its own. --dm (talk) 06:10, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The dinner

A Southern site for the capital was agreed upon at a sit-down dinner between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. Jefferson agreed to support Hamilton's banking and federal bond plans that involved the Federal government assuming state debts in exchange for the choice of a Southern locale for the capital.

According to Joseph Ellis' Founding Brothers, the dinner was hosted by Jefferson, but for Madison and Hamilton, who then worked out the deal. I corrected this on the main Washington, D.C. page a while back. Can anyone back up the passage in the article as it is? If not, I'll change it soon.--Osprey39 (talk) 16:27, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] UFO

This city was involved in a major UFO incident. See the article 1952 Washington DC UFO incident. 65.173.105.197 (talk) 06:24, 2 June 2008 (UTC)