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58 unusual facts about Phoenix, Arizona


1983 Formula One season

Renault held on to team leader Alain Prost but lost René Arnoux to Ferrari, and poached Cheever from Ligier to replace him (the rumor mill was that Renault wanted to sell more cars in North America and signing Phoenix native Cheever to the factory team was a good promotional tool).

A. J. Fike

He finished runner-up in USAC Midget Copper World Classic at Phoenix in 2001.

Andrea de Cesaris

At the season's first race in Phoenix de Cesaris selected the wrong gear in the short pre-qualifying session, buzzed the engine and was out.

AniZona

The inaugural convention, also the first full-scale anime convention to be held in the state, occurred between March 25 and 27, 2005 at the Embassy Suites in Phoenix.

Anna Maria Chávez

Chavez is of Mexican-American heritage, she grew up in small town of Eloy, Arizona and joined the Girl Scouts as a child; her family later moved to Phoenix, Arizona.

Arrows A11

It was raced to reasonably good effect by Derek Warwick and Eddie Cheever in 1989, Warwick finishing in the top six on five occasions and briefly challenging for victory in the Canadian Grand Prix, and Cheever finishing third in the United States Grand Prix, held in his home town of Phoenix, Arizona.

Art Edwards

He attended Black Hawk College in Moline in 1988 and 1989 before moving to Phoenix, Arizona, in 1990 to live with a high school friend, play original music in the Tempe scene, and complete his degree at Arizona State University.

Audrey Kuchen

While attending college, Audrey was a reporter for the Arizona State Senate broadcast division in Phoenix, a sports intern for KVOA Channel 4 in Tucson and Creative Director for the Tucson-based Campus Magazine.

Bob's Big Boy

The first Phoenix, Arizona, Bob's Big Boy (established in 1954), was a notable exception to the California-based architecture.

Bubba Harris

He was laid up for approximately three weeks until the weekend of March 26 of the ABA Winternationals in Phoenix, Arizona.

CAE Global Academy Phoenix

The same year, it was decided to carry out practical training in flight to Phoenix in the U.S.A because the weather in Arizona allows flights 365 days per year in a high and complex air traffic.

Cameron Mizell

Chango Studios is now two studios, with Chango A located in Phoenix, Arizona, and Chango B located in Orlando, Florida run by Shawn Christmas.

Cecilia I. Martinez

From 2000-2002, Ms. Martinez served as Executive Director of the Clean Elections Institute (CEI) in Phoenix, Arizona.

Dave Stetson

He lived in Vermont until 1962 and then, at the end of his junior year in high school, his father moved the whole family to Phoenix, Arizona.

Eddie Baker

Eddie Baker, ASCAP writer, composer, and producer started his musical career in Indianapolis Indiana during his early years, and moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1971.

ElimiDate

Episodes were filmed in over three dozen cities, including Baltimore, Chicago, Columbus, Little Rock, St. Paul, Jacksonville, Phoenix, Raleigh and Sacramento, and the syndicators usually received strong support from their affiliate stations to find contestants for the series within their cities through casting calls.

Elio Motors

Elio Motors is based in Phoenix, Arizona, and is preparing to manufacture its vehicles in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, using a portion of the former General Motors Shreveport Operations plant.

Essential Pebbles, Volume 1

Their final comment – "The Miles Ends from Phoenix are a personal favorite" – is evidently an opinion held by Greg Shaw himself.

Furlong

Blocks in central Logan, Utah, and in large sections of Phoenix, Arizona, are similarly a square furlong in extent (eight to a mile, which explains the series of freeway exits: 19th Ave, 27th, 35th, 43rd, 51st, 59th ...).

Gil Meche

He has two other children, Landon and Ella, who live in Phoenix, Arizona with his ex-wife, Robin.

Godfrey Poku

In February 2009, he was offered a scholarship to Fort Lewis College in Colorado, United States, having impressed scouts at an invitational football tournament at Preston College in Phoenix, Arizona the previous year.

Gordon C. James

Gordon C. James is a Phoenix, Arizona-based public relations professional, government affairs consultant and independent presidential advance contractor with links to the Republican Party and Bush family.

Greg Sage

Since the demise of Wipers, Sage has also recorded several albums as a solo musician and operates his own label, Zeno Records, based in Phoenix, Arizona.

Gregg Hoffman

Gregg Hoffman (June 11, 1963 – December 4, 2005), born in Phoenix, Arizona, was a film producer responsible for developing Saw and Saw II.

Herman Barron

On February 8, 1942, Barron became the first Jewish golfer to win an official PGA Tour event by winning the Western Open by two strokes over Henry Picard at Phoenix Golf Club in Phoenix, Arizona.

Homicidal sleepwalking

In 1997, Scott Falater of Phoenix, Arizona was accused of murdering his wife of 20 years Yarmila (née Klesken) by stabbing her 44 times on the night of January 16, 1997.

Igor Vasilyevich Ivanov

In August 2005, three months before his death, he tied for eighth place at the U.S. Open Chess Championship in Phoenix, Arizona against some of the best players in the country.

Irving Phillips

He taught cartooning and humor writing at Maricopa Tech and Phoenix College in Phoenix, Arizona.

Jake Whittenberg

In 1999, he competed at National Forensic League national tournament in Phoenix, Arizona becoming one of the top high school performers in the country.

Jean-Benoît Nadeau

In 2010, Nadeau and his family spent six months in Phoenix, Arizona, because his wife, Julie Barlow was granted a Fulbright fellowship to research their next book, The Story of Spanish.

JJ Horner

In 2010 he created a Converse shoe insole for professional skateboarder Nick Trapasso and was listed as part of the Creatives, cultured superheroes of Metropolitan Phoenix.

John Hunt Udall

John Hunt Udall (August 23, 1889 – March 3, 1959) was mayor of Phoenix, Arizona from 1936-38.

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KIXI

In 2013, Sandusky Radio sold its radio holdings in Seattle and Phoenix, Arizona to Hubbard Broadcasting.

Mar Aprim Khamis

Since 1994, he serves as Bishop for the Diocese of Western United States, with his see in Phoenix, Arizona.

Mars Hill Church

The church recently announced its plans to plant additional churches (likely in 2014) in Tacoma and Phoenix.

Memphis Nighthawks

He now lives in Phoenix, Arizona, and plays a cornet left to him by Ed "Doc" Kittrell, who was an inspiration to the Memphis Nighthawks.

Menifee, California

Early development of the Menifee area began with Sun City in the early 1960s as the concept of an active retirement community envisioned by Del Webb, a building contractor from Phoenix, Arizona.

Mick Parsons

He’s somehow managed to create a comfortable – if shaky – bubble of comfort in Phoenix after being displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

MidFirst Bank

MidFirst Bank is an Oklahoma City, Oklahoma-based bank, concentrated in the state of Oklahoma and Phoenix, Arizona.

Paul Giblin

Paul Giblin is an American investigative journalist based in Phoenix, Arizona.

Playbill

Outside New York City, Playbill is used at theatres throughout the United States, including in Birmingham, Alabama; Boston; Chicago; Cincinnati; Columbus, Ohio; Dallas; East Lansing, Michigan; Houston; Indianapolis; Los Angeles; Miami; Minneapolis; Philadelphia; Phoenix; Pittsburgh; St. Louis; San Diego; San Francisco; and Washington, D.C..

Preeti Chandrakant

During this period, Chandrakant was invited to the International Conference on Thinking held in Phoenix, Arizona titled 'Creating the Future: Paradigm Shifts in all Disciplines'.

Randy Exelby

In 1994, he started a chain of hockey equipment shops in the Phoenix, Arizona area called "Behind the Mask".

Ray Krone

Krone was labeled "the snaggle tooth killer" (a feature which has since been corrected) and spent 10 years in prison, including two years on death row, after being found guilty of killing a Phoenix, Arizona bartender in 1991.

Richard and Maurice McDonald

The McDonald brothers began franchising their successful restaurant chain in 1953, beginning in Phoenix, Arizona with Neil Fox.

Rick Murphy

Murphy is a native of Phoenix and lives in Peoria, Arizona with his wife, two adopted children and several foster children.

Safe in New York City

The promo CD single contained a live version of the song, which was recorded at America West Arena in Phoenix in September of 2000.

Shanaze Reade

She won her first professional race in the Girls Pro at the American Bicycle Association (ABA) Winternationals in Phoenix, Arizona on 1 April 2006.

Silverlake, Texas

--June 29, 2009 was a monday--> Despite the substation, the crime rate around the area as for 2010 still mirrored that of Phoenix, Arizona.

Stereotyperider

Stereotyperider is a post-hardcore/punk band from Phoenix, Arizona.

Sulem Urbina

Sulem Urbina is a Mexican amateur women's boxer, who currently resides in Phoenix.

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

;"This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona": After Victor's father has died, Victor travels to Phoenix to collect his father's remains with the help of Thomas Builds-the-Fire.

Tony Tripoli

Born in Phoenix, Arizona, Tony has a younger sister and a younger brother.

Twin Sparks

Twin Sparks (foaled 2003 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who set a new world record for six furlongs on dirt of 1:06.49 while winning the November 21, 2009 Caballos del Sol Handicap at Turf Paradise Race Course in Phoenix, Arizona.

Universidad Latinoamericana

In 2007, it was purchased by the Apollo Group Inc.,a corporation based in the Phoenix, Arizona.

Vegas 96

The Yodeling Cowgirls, from Phoenix, Arizona, are Heather August and Anamieke Carrozza, who had met Phish at their Phoenix concert days earlier.

Wayne deck

It is named after a video engineer Wayne Stockton based in Phoenix, Arizona.


214th

214th Reconnaissance Group, a group of the United States Air Force located at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona

Agenor

According to Pherecydes, Agenor's first wife was Damno, daughter of Belus, who bore him Phoenix and two otherwise unknown daughters, Isaia and Melia, who married Aegyptus and Danaus respectively; Agenor then fathered Cadmus with Argiope, daughter of Neilus.

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace

The title was later used by Tucson, Arizona industrial rock band Machines of Loving Grace, formed in 1989, and in its full form by British musician Martin Carr as the title of a 2004 album, as well as a 2011 television series by documentary maker Adam Curtis.

Andrew J. Weaher

He was one of 34 men received the Medal of Honor for gallantry in several engagements against the Apache Indians, specifically in the Black Mountains of Arizona, from August to October 1868.

Andrew Leo Bettwy

Bettwy did not particularly enjoy the practice of law, but he loved Arizona and knew its history and every inch of its territory, having traveled it many times over with his father.

Anna's Hummingbird

Anna's Hummingbirds are found along the western coast of North America, from southern Canada to northern Baja California, and inland to southern Arizona.

Arizona State Route 564

State Route 564, also known as SR 564, is a state highway in northern Arizona serving Navajo National Monument.

Arizona State Route 587

The entire highway is just six miles (10 km) long, traveling entirely within the Gila River Indian Reservation, and serves as a shortcut from the far southern suburbs of the Phoenix metropolitan area to Interstate 10.

Arizona Summer League

All teams are based in the Yuma, Arizona, area playing all games at Desert Sun Stadium (home of the Scorpions) and utilizing the Ray Kroc Complex which used to house the San Diego Padres and Yakult Swallows spring training operations.

Brown-backed Solitaire

One singing bird was found in Miller Canyon, in the Huachuca Mountains of Southeastern Arizona, and documented by the youth birding Victor Emanuel Nature Tours' Camp Chiricahua in July 2009.

Christopher Asher

Asher has coached professional athletes Derek Knight (top-5 USA ranked 110mHH), Sergio Santos (1st round MLB pick for the Arizona Diamondbacks), Reuben Droughns (NFL-Detroit Lions, Denver Broncos, Cleveland Browns, New York Giants) and Trevor Ariza (NBA- New York Knicks, Orlando Magic, L.A. Lakers).

Discography of the Ace Attorney series

Gyakuten Saiban 3 Original Soundtrack is a soundtrack album featuring music from the Game Boy Advance version of the video game Gyakuten Saiban 3 (known internationally as Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations), composed and arranged by Noriyuki Iwadare.

Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess

Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess received positive reviews from critics and viewers, receiving an average of "4 out of 5 stars" from fans on Japan Yahoo! Movies.

Flagstaff Pulliam Airport

America West Airlines served Flagstaff as well with de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8 as a feeder for the America West hub in Phoenix.

Fort McDowell

Fort McDowell, Arizona, (also known as Camp McDowell), a community that started as a US Army fort established in 1865 on the upper Salt River in Maricopa County, Arizona.

Freddy Lockhart

In 1986, his family then moved to Arizona where he spent his formative years being influenced by Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce and Bill Cosby.

Galisteo Basin

Various peoples, known and unknown, inhabited the area, including the Tano (Arizona Tewa), East Rio Grande Keresan, Pecos, and Tewa.

GBU-10 Paveway II

Raytheon production of the Paveway II is centered in Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico.

HMLA-775

To enhance the squadron's readiness and demonstrate its versatility, HMLA-775 also participated in anti-drug and Border Patrol operations in support of Federal Agencies in locations such as Key West, FL, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Nassau, South America, California, Oregon, Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada, and Jamaica.

Huachuca Mountains

Along the trails there are opportunities to see a number of rare butterflies of Arizona (see List of butterflies and moths of Arizona), as well as plants that are more commonly found in the Sierra Madre Occidental.

Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon

She also revealed the album cover, in which she is seen from behind in the desert of Tucson, Arizona.

James J. McGovern

The five additional schools are: the Arizona School of Health Sciences (1999), the School of Health Management (2000), the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health (2001), the School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (2006), and the Postgraduate School of Osteopathic Clinic Research (2007).

Jedd Garet

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Honolulu Museum of Art, the The Museum of Modern Art (New York City), the Phoenix Art Museum (Phoenix, Arizona), the Tate Gallery (London) and the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York City) are among the public collections holding works by Jedd Garet.

John Irwin

John N. Irwin (1847–1905), American politician, governor of Idaho Territory, 1883–1884, and Arizona Territory, 1890–1892

JurusDiction

Remixing tracks from, Diana Ross, Rob Roy, and others paved the way for his branching out to cities outside Albuquerque, including El Paso, Denver, and Phoenix.

KDTP

See KDPH-LP for the Daystar station on channel 48 in Phoenix and KDTP-LP for the JTV station on channel 58 in Phoenix.

Kelvin Jack

Kelvin Jack started his career playing in Trinidad and Tobago with hometown club Trincity United and Joe Public before earning a scholarship to join Yavapai College in Arizona.

KJLL

KWFM, a radio station (1330 AM) licensed to South Tucson, Arizona, United States, known as KJLL from 1999 through 2012

Kurt Schemers

Schemers started his terrestrial on-air career in Phoenix, Arizona on 1190 AM, a NBC affiliate station.

KWSS

KWSS-LP, a low-power radio station (106.7 FM) licensed to Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Lý Long Tường

Legend has it that the Korean king Kojong of the Goryeo Dynasty (1192–1259) had dreamt of a grand phoenix flying from the south and landing in his nation.

Maricopa County, Arizona

The county has no other passenger rail transport as Amtrak's Sunset Limited, which once served Phoenix, has its closest stop in Maricopa, Arizona in neighboring Pinal County.

Markus Gygax

In 1973 he joined the surveillance wing flying the Hawker Hunter, and in 1978 underwent conversion to the F-5 at Williams AFB, Arizona.

Nathan Murphy

Oakes Murphy, Nathan Oakes Murphy (1849-1908), fourteenth Governor of Arizona Territory

Neil L. Andersen

On February 14, 2009, he broke ground for the construction of The Gila Valley Arizona Temple, located in the town of Central, Arizona.

Nikolai Khabibulin

On March 5, 2001, Khabibulin was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Mike Johnson, Paul Mara, Ruslan Zainullin, and the New York Islanders' second round choice (previously acquired, Phoenix selected Matthew Spiller).

Pacific Missile Test Center

Among the missiles developed and tested there include the Sparrow family and the Phoenix air-to-air missiles and the Regulus surface-to-surface missile in addition to numerous prototypes of military rockets and sounding rockets.

Pastrana 199 Racing

Diamond Ridge ran one more race that year, at Phoenix, with Steve Grissom driving.

Paula Aboud

On January 3, 2006 she was appointed to the Arizona State Senate by the Pima County Board of Supervisors, following the resignation of Gabrielle Giffords, who stepped down to run for the United States House of Representatives.

Phil Hamer

Hamer had impressed at junior level with the Phoenix, and his opportunity came towards the end of the 2007-08 season, with Phoenix head coach Tony Hand's decision to release Rhys McWilliams from the Phoenix roster.

Phire CMS

The project started under the code name Phoenix, but was changed to Phire before the official release.

Prayers for the Assassin

Parts of New Mexico, Arizona and Southern California have been claimed by the Aztlan Empire (formerly Mexico) and tension between the I.R. and A.E. have risen due to land claims.

Progressive Majority

Public officials elected with the help of Progressive Majority include California Secretary of State Debra Bowen, Washington House of Representatives Majority Floor Leader Larry Springer, Washington state senator and 2007 Humane Society of the United States state legislator of the year Brian Weinstein, and Arizona state senator Paula Aboud, one of Arizona's few openly gay elected officials.

San Luis High School

Germán Altamírano, a two-time Arizona amateur champion and an undefeated boxer signed to Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions

Stockton Metropolitan Airport

America West Express, the regional affiliate of America West Airlines, started Canadair CRJ-200 flights to Phoenix in 2000-2001 but then ceased service and left the terminal empty in 2003.

The House of the Scorpion

Nancy Farmer says that the main setting of the story is in the vicinity of the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona.