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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the sixth-most-populous city in the United States and the largest in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, both in area and population. Since 1854, the city has been coterminous with Philadelphia County. Philadelphia has the third-largest downtown residential population in the U.S., behind New York and Chicago. The Philadelphia metropolitan area is the fourth-largest in the U.S. by the official definition, with some 5.7 million people, though other definitions place it sixth behind the San Francisco Bay Area and Washington-Baltimore. Philadelphia is the central city of the Delaware Valley metropolitan area.
Philadelphia is one of the oldest and most historically significant U.S. cities. It was the nation's first capital. At the time of the American Revolution, it was the second-largest English-speaking city in the world, after only London. Into the first part of the 19th century, it was the country's most populous city and eclipsed Boston and New York City in political and social importance. Benjamin Franklin played an extraordinary role in Philadelphia's rise.
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The Army–Navy Game is an annual college football game between the teams of the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York and the United States Naval Academy (USNA) at Annapolis, Maryland. The USMA team, "Army", and the USNA team, "Navy", each represent their services' oldest officer commissioning sources. As such, the game has come to embody the spirit of the interservice rivalry of the United States Armed Forces. Traditionally, the game is played in Philadelphia, Pensylvania, due to the historic nature of the city and the fact that it is approximately halfway between West Point and Annapolis.
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The list of Philadelphia Phillies seasons documents the season-by-season records of the Phillies' franchise including their years as the "Quakers" and the years where they shared the names "Quakers" and "Phillies." The team was formed in the National League after the dissolution of the Worcester Ruby Legs in 1883, though there is no additional connection between the teams. At times, the Phillies' search for success has been seen as an exercise in futility, because of their long stretches of losing seasons, including an MLB-record sixteen straight from 1933 to 1948. However, the Phillies do own five National League pennants, won in 1915, 1950, 1980, 1983, and 1993, as well as two World Series championships - in 1980 over the Kansas City Royals and in 2008 over the Tampa Bay Rays. The Phillies also enjoyed an extended period of success in their history from 1975 to 1983, when they won five East Division championships as well as the first-half championship in the strike-shortened 1981 season. The team is currently having a period of extended success as well. They have finished with a winning percentage over .500 in all but one year since 2000; however, this winning has not translated to playoff success, as the team had been consistently left out until their division championship in 2007. Over their 124 completed seasons (through 2007), they have played 18,881 games, winning 8,853 and losing 10,028, for a winning percentage of .469. The Phillies are also a combined total of 22–38 (.367) in post-season play.
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David Morse is an Emmy Award-nominated American stage, television, and film actor. His career began when he starred as Dr. Jack Morrison in the hit medical drama St. Elsewhere from 1982 to 1988. Morse continued his career by playing in movies such as 16 Blocks, The Green Mile, The Long Kiss Goodnight, The Rock, Extreme Measures and Twelve Monkeys, which all performed well at the box office. In 2006, Morse had a recurring role as Det. Michael Tritter on the medical drama House, which gained him an Emmy Award nomination. He also had a supporting role in the recent movie Disturbia. In 2008, Morse portrayed George Washington on the HBO miniseries John Adams for which he received a second Emmy nomination. Morse has had various appearances on stage, but perhaps his most acclaimed performance is his portrayal of Uncle Peck on the off-Broadway play How I Learned to Drive, for which he earned Drama Desk and Obie Awards. He has also had success on Broadway, playing James "Sharky" Harkin in The Seafarer.
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- December 9, 1981 - Police officer Daniel Faulkner is murdered, Mumia Abu-Jamal is later found guilty for the murder.
- December 20, 1853 - A bill is presented to the Pennsylvania Assembly for the Consolidation of Philadelphia.
- December 22, 1719 - Philadelphia's first newspaper, Andrew Bradford's American Weekly Mercury began publishing.
- December 29, 1870 - Philadelphia City Council eliminates the volunteer fire companies and creates a paid fire department.
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- December 3: Comcast announces a deal that it will acquire a controlling interest in entertainment giant NBC Universal from General Electric. (CNN)
- November 27: Signer and former Philadelphia TV host Al Alberts dies. (WPVI)
- November 9: The strike by Transport Workers Union Local 234 ends and SEPTA service is restored. (KYW-TV)
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