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1. Absinthe -- Bars
   Absinthe's popularity grew steadily through the 1840s, when absinthe was given to French troops as a malaria treatment [1]. When the troops returned home, they brought their taste for absinthe with them, and it became popular at bars and bistros.
2. Felix Mendelssohn -- Berlin Singakademie
   In the early 1840s Mendelssohn spent some time in Berlin. The new king, Friedrich Wilhelm III, King of Prussia, was very keen on music and had lots of ideas about new plans for concerts. He wanted Mendelssohn to be in charge of this. The king wanted to see Greek plays performed and Mendelssohn had to write incidental music for the performances of Antigone.
3. Michael Faraday -- Trinity House
   In 1848, as a result of representations by the Prince Consort, Michael Faraday was awarded a grace and favour house in Hampton Court, Surrey free of all expenses or upkeep. This was the Master Mason's House, later called Faraday House, and now No.37 Hampton Court Road. In 1858 Faraday retired to live there.[19]
4. Victorian Era -- America
   In America, the Victorian era is captured in the gun-slinging, trail-blazing culture of the "Wild West", especially during the gold rush of the late 1840s. The period was ... marked by tragedies such as the forced relocation of the Native American peoples along the Trail of Tears in 1838 and the war with Mexico over the Western frontier during the 1840s. Perhaps the most devastating event of the era was the American Civil War that nearly ravaged an entire nation in the 1860s. Prompted by the abolitionist efforts of Frederick Douglass (pictured at left), Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Tubman, and John Brown, the Northern Union and South Confederacy launched battle at Fort Sumter in 1861. For nearly four years, the North and South engaged in a war that claimed the lives of over half a million Americans. The war finally ended in 1865, with the surrender of the Confederacy and the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery.
5. Christmas Cards -- Americans
   "Official" Christmas cards began with Queen Victoria in the 1840s. The British royal family's cards are generally portraits reflecting significant personal events of the year. In 1953, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued the first official White House card. The cards usually depict White House scenes as rendered by prominent American artists. The number of recipients has snowballed over the decades, from just 2000 in 1961 to 1.4 million in 2005.[3]
6. Brooklyn Bridge -- John Roebling
   The Brooklyn Bridge's 486-meter main span was the longest in the world until the completion of the Firth of Forth cantilever bridge in Scotland in 1890. Its deck, supported by four cables, carries both automobile and pedestrian traffic. A distinctive feature is the broad promenade above the roadway, which John Roebling accurately predicted "in a crowded commercial city will be of incalculable value."
7. Jim Thorpe -- Native American
   The Inn at Jim Thorpe, formerly known as the New American Hotel, was built on the foundation of the White Swan Hotel, which burned to the ground in the late 1840's. This New Orleans style grand hotel sits in the center of Jim Thorpe's historic district, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The hotel was purchased by its current owners in 1988 and brought back to life, coinciding with the rebirth of this unique and historic mountain village.
8. Digital Photography -- Computers
   Digital photography is one of several forms of digital imaging. Digital images are ... created by non-photographic equipment such as computer tomography scanners and radio telescopes. Digital images can also be made by scanning conventional photographic images.
9. Mexican Immigration to the U.S. -- New Mexico
   The Mexican Problem had been defined in terms of the social consequences of Mexican immigration; statistics of Mexican delinquency, poor housing, low wages, illiteracy and rates of disease. Mexicans became the No. l immigration problem. The focus was on the consequences instead of the causes. There was little attempt to look at Mexican immigration as different from European immigration.* With Mexican immigration there is a time factor and a space factor. There were ... schisms between Mexicans - those native born and the new immigrants. Those who were native born had started to assimilate.
10. Distance Education -- Distance Learning
    Nominees should be college administrators, faculty members, or individuals from other agencies that have supported distance learning initiatives at a community college or other higher education organization. Nominees do not have to be members of ITC.

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