Colonel Benjamin Tasker, Jr. (1720- October 17, 1760) was the son of Ann Bladen and Benjamin Tasker, the Provincial Governor of Maryland from 1752 to 1753. Events January 6 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace. ... October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ... 1760 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Benjamin Tasker (1690 - June 19, 1768) was the Provincial Governor of Maryland from 1752 to 1753. ... Bob Ehrlich, the 60th and current Governor of Maryland. ... State nickname: Old Line State; Free State Other U.S. States Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Governor Robert L. Ehrlich Official languages English Area 32,160 km² (42nd)  - Land 25,338 km²  - Water 6,968 km² (21%) Population (2000)  - Population 5,296,486 (19th)  - Density 165 /km² (5th) Admission into... 1752 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1753 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

An owner of thoroughbred horses, Tasker is noted in horse racing circles for having imported from England the mare "Selima" in 1745. Sired by Godolphin Arabian, "Selima" was raced until the end of the 1752 season then was sent to Samuel Ogle's Belair Stud in what is now Bowie, Maryland. As a broodmare, "Selima" produced ten foals that would became an important bloodline in American racing with important racing offspring such as "Hanover" and is even the ancestress of George Washington's stallion, "Magnolia." The Thoroughbred is a horse breed developed in 18th century England when English mares were bred with imported Arabian stallions to create a distance racer. ... Binomial name Equus caballus The Horse (Equus caballus) is a large ungulate mammal, one of the seven modern species of the genus Equus. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... The Godolphin Arabian (ca 1724 - 1754), also known as the Godolphin Barb, was one of three horses which were the founders of the modern thoroughbred horse racing broodstock. ... Samuel Ogle (c. ... Belair Stud was an American thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm founded by Provincial Governors Samuel Ogle and Benjamin Tasker in 1737 in Maryland in Colonial America near what is now the city of Bowie. ... Bowie is a city located in Prince Georges County, Maryland. ... Order: 1st President Vice President: John Adams Term of office: April 30, 1789 – March 3, 1797 Preceded by: None Succeeded by: John Adams Date of birth: February 22, 1732 Place of birth: Westmoreland, Virginia Date of death: December 14, 1799 Place of death: Mount Vernon, Virginia First Lady: Martha Washington...