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100 unusual facts about United States


1976 WTA Westchester Invitational

The 1976 WTA Westchester Invitational was a tennis tournament that took place in Westchester, New York in the United States.

A Weakness for Spirits

A Weakness For Spirits was a studio album released in 2005 by the American punk rock band Darkbuster.

A. W. Kuchler

Kuchler, August William Wilhelm (Germany-United States 1907-1999) is an American geographer and naturalist who is noted for developing a plant association system in widespread use in the USA.

Acting on AIDS

Since its inception in August 2004, Acting on AIDS has grown to approximately 190 campus chapters around the United States.

Albert L. Myer

General Nelson A. Miles had been installed by the President of the United States as the first American military governor of the Island, and Francisco Porrata Doria had been elected mayor by the people of Ponce as was the custom for many decades under the old Spanish system.

Alberton School

Alberton School is a three-story brick school located in Alberton, Montana, United States which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 13, 1997.

Allison Island

Allison Island is an island within the city of Miami Beach in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.

American Educational Research Association

The American Educational Research Association, or AERA, was founded in 1916 as a professional organization representing educational researchers in the United States and around the world.

Appliance Art, Inc.

is an American company specializing in transformational decor, mainly for kitchens.

Avis Hope Eckelberry

Avis Anne Hope Eckelberry (1956 – July 14, 2012) was an American film editor of The Flinstones and Cobb.

BacillaFilla

BacillaFilla was developed by a group of students at Newcastle University in 2010, as part of an international science competition in the United States.

Barbital

Barbital (as known in the United States) or barbitone (as known elsewhere), marketed under the brand names Veronal for the pure acid and Medinal for the sodium salt, was the first commercially available barbiturate.

Beaverdale, Iowa

Beaverdale is a neighborhood on the northwest side of Des Moines, Iowa, United States.

Beijing United Family Hospital

The hospital is staffed by a team of over 100 doctors from 20 different countries, including the United States, China, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, and Australia.

Benjamin Clemens

His Works during his life were exhibited at the Royal Academy of Art regularly as well as all over the world including Paris, Rome, Brussels and the United States.

Bertram Lichtenstein

Bertram Lichtenstein (28 October 1918 – 7 June 1989) was an American clothing manufacturer.

Bestwick's Market

Bestwick's Market is a wood-framed false-fronted commercial building located in Alberton, Montana, United States which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 13, 1997.

Big Creek Bottom

The creek is in prime location for game and has been determined to have had Native Americans surrounding it in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.

Bigalow's Last Smoke

"Bigalow's Last Smoke" is an episode of the American Television anthology series Tales from the Darkside.

Boutique hotel

In the United States, New York remains an important centre of the boutique hotel phenomenon, as the original Schrager-era boutique hotels remain relevant and are joined by scores of independent and small-chain competitors, mainly clustered about Midtown and downtown Manhattan.

Burra Burra Mine

The Burra Burra Mine (Tennessee) — a copper mine located in Ducktown, Tennessee, United States, and named after the Australian mine

Clifford Clinton

During the next ten years, 6.5 million pounds of MPF were distributed to relief agencies in 129 countries, including the United States.

Commuter worker

The United States Congress has not authorized commuting, but the Supreme Court ruled in the 1970s that the immigration process can be used by Mexicans to obtain jobs in the United States while maintaining residences in Mexico.

Cranial Impalement

Cranial Impalement is the debut studio album by American death metal band Disgorge.

Daniel L. Ritchie Center

The Daniel L. Ritchie Center is the home of athletics for the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, United States.

Date Safe Project

The Date Safe Project is an anti-sexual assault organization in the United States which provides prevention materials and advocacy programs for middle schools, high schools, universities, community organizations, and the United States Military.

DeKalb massacre

DeKalb is a name given to several cities and counties in the United States.

Dictionary of American Biography

No biographies of living people were done, and some period of residence in the United States was required.

Election Defense Alliance

It was established as a national coordinating body to promote and support citizen activism at the local and state level to restore integrity and public accountability to the electoral processes of the United States.

Emil Gorovets

He moved to the United States upon the invitation of New York mayor Edward Koch and a 7-year offer from the "Arbeiter-Ring" (Арбайтер-Ринг).

Eugene Delmar

Eugene Delmar (born September 12, 1841, New York – died February 22, 1909, New York), was one of the leading United States chess masters of 19th century and the four-time New York State champion in 1890, 1891, 1895 and 1897.

First Earth Battalion

The First Earth Battalion was the name proposed by Lieutenant Colonel Jim Channon, a U.S. soldier who had served in Vietnam, for his idea of a new military of supersoldiers to be organized along New Age lines.

Foreign relations of Peru

The United States Government, as one of four guarantor states, was actively involved in facilitating the 1998 peace accord between Peru and Ecuador and remains committed to its implementation.

Fort Miami

Fort Miami was the name of several forts in what is now the United States.

Frank Heineman

Frank Heineman (12 September 1912 – May 1981) was an American businessman.

Future Jihad: Terrorist Strategies Against America

In this book Walid Phares presents his analysis of the Jihadist movement and the strategies it employs in its war against America and Western governments.

George Reinke

George Reinke (December 27, 1914 – September 22, 2009) was the first elected County Executive of Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.

Ghetto Gourmet

The Ghetto Gourmet is an underground dining experience in the United States, in which diners pay between $40 and $100 and are served a table d'hôte meal prepared by a professional chef at a non-restaurant location.

Global China Connection

GCC's main activities include hosting delegations of university students, coordinating community service initiatives, and hosting annual conferences in China and the United States.

Hartshorne, Oklahoma

Hartshorne (pronounced "Hearts-orn") is a city in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States.

Indecent exposure in the United States

Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc. 501 U.S. 560 (1991) is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States on freedom of speech and the ability of the government to outlaw certain forms of expressive conduct.

International Air-Coach

The International F-18 Air Coach was a 1920s American biplane transport designed and manufactured by the International Aircraft Corporation in Long Beach California.

International Sportsman

The International F-17 Sportsman was a 1920s American three-seat open-cockpit biplane designed and manufactured by the International Aircraft Corporation in Long Beach California and Cincinnati, Ohio.

Isle of Normandy

Isle of Normandy or Normandy Island or Normandy Isles or Normandy Isle is a neighborhood of North Beach in the city of Miami Beach, Florida, United States.

Issaquah Alps Trails Club

The Issaquah Alps Trails Club offers guided hikes, public land advocacy, and performs trail maintenance in the modest range of Cascade foothills known as the Issaquah Alps near Seattle, Washington, in the United States.

It Can Happen Here

Conason discusses what he sees as a trend towards authoritarianism during the administration of US President George W. Bush, focusing on manipulation of intelligence and public opinion surrounding the Iraq War, disregard of national and international law (the NSA warrantless wiretapping controversy and signing statements are used as examples), the increased mix of big business and government, and more.

Joe Cuba

In 1966, his band which included timbales, congas, sometimes bongos, bass, vibraphones, and the piano among its musical instruments, scored a "hit" in the United States National Hit Parade List with the song "Bang Bang" - which helped kick off the popularity of the boogaloo.

Joe Graydon

Joe Graydon (February 6, 1919 – May 19, 2001), was an American big band vocalist, television host, personal manager and concert producer.

Johnson Rocket 185

The Johnson Rocket 185 is a 1940s American two seat cabin monoplane designed by Johnson and built at Fort Worth, Texas.

Kabir Mohabbat

Mohabbat acted as a temporary extraordinary envoy of the United States to the Taliban in the negotiations for the delivery of Osama bin Laden.

KLSV

KLSV-LP, a low-power television station (channel 50) licensed to Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Luis Porrata-Doría

A year earlier the United States had invaded the island and installed a military central government based in San Juan.

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General Nelson A. Miles had been installed by the President of the United States as the first American military governor of the Island, and Porrata-Doría had been elected mayor by the people of Ponce as was the electoral practice for many decades under the old Spanish system.

Magrabi Hospitals and Centers

In 1997, Magrabi Hospitals & Centers associated in partnership with AMI Saudi Arabia Limited (established in 1980 by The American Medical International Company that is one of the largest hospital management companies in the USA).

Metro Maryland Youth For Christ

Metro Maryland Youth For Christ is a religious organization for young people in Maryland, United States.

Metropolitan School District of Martinsville

The Metropolitan School District of Martinsville is a school district in Morgan County, Indiana, United States.

Milo Township

Milo Township can refer to any of a number of places in the United States.

MLS All-Time Best XI

In 2005, as part of its tenth anniversary celebrations, Major League Soccer, the United States' top soccer league, named its All-Time Best XI, a selection of the best eleven players in the history of the league.

MLS Defender of the Year Award

In the United States, Major League Soccer (MLS) has handed out a Defender of the Year award since its inception in 1996.

Mountain House School District

Mountain House Elem Sch is a public school district based in Alameda County, California, United States.

My Life as a Turkey

My Life as a Turkey is a television episode that premiered in 2011 in the UK on BBC (season 30 of the series Nature World, August 1) and in the US on PBS (season 30 of the series Nature, November 16).

Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae

In July 2007 it was discovered that this species of Mycoplasma was responsible for the deaths of bighorn sheep in the Western United States.

Nibras guest house

The Nibras guest house is one of the many al Qaida guest houses, or al Qaida safe houses, or other houses that American intelligence analysts assert are part of the justifications offered for the continued extrajudicial detention of captives held in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.

Norberto Longo

Norberto Longo (February 15, 1942 - April 19, 2003) was a Spanish-language sportscaster in the United States.

North Dakota Royal Rangers

The ministry currently at this time is thriving in North Dakota, Midwestern region of the United States, along the Canadian border.

Northeast, Washington, D.C.

Northeast (NE or N.E.) is the northeastern quadrant of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and is located north of East Capitol Street and east of North Capitol Street.

Operation Sand Flea

Operation Sand Flea was a series of training exercises for the December 1989 invasion of Panama by the United States.

Osbat al-Nour

Osbat al-Nour is said to be an offshoot of a larger Osbat al-Ansar, which is on the United States' list of terrorist organizations because of its alleged links to Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaeda.

Peter Feller

Peter Feller is a Tony Award winning American theatrical set builder who worked primarily on Broadway.

Pope John XXIII High School

Pope John XXIII High School is the name of several high schools in the United States.

Popular Health Movement

The Popular Health Movement of the 1830s–1850s was an aspect of Jacksonian-era politics and society in the United States.

Republican period

# Any of several periods in the United States where the Republican Party controlled the federal government, or within individual US states or local governments when Republicans controlled those governments.

Ridgewood Park, Dallas

Ridgewood Park is a neighborhood in east Dallas Texas (USA).

Roy Alexander Weagant

Roy Alexander Weagant (March 29, 1881 - August 23, 1942) was a noted Canadian-American radio pioneer.

Roy Helton

Roy Helton (1886–1977) was an American poet.

Silver Lake State Park

Silver Lake State Park is the name of several parks in the United States.

Silver Mount Cemetery

Silver Mount Cemetery is located at 918 Victory Boulevard on Staten Island, New York, United States.

Single-issue politics

Single-issue politics may express itself through the formation of a single-issue party, an approach that tends to be more successful in parliamentary systems based on proportional representation than in rigid two-party systems (like that of the United States).

Sizing Up the Senate

Sizing Up the Senate: The Unequal Consequences of Equal Representation, by Frances E. Lee and Bruce I. Oppenheimer, is a book that analyzes the behavior of United States Senators based on the size of the states they represent.

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Sizing Up the Senate also empirically demonstrates that small states receive more money per capita from the U.S. federal government due to the spending formula for block grants.

Steve Previn

Stephen Wolf Previn (born Wolf Stefan Priwin; 21 October 1925 Berlin – 9 July 1993 Palm Desert, California) was a German-born American

Talking Right

Nunberg argues that the problem runs much deeper, in that the entire political discourse in the United States today has been shaped heavily by conservatives.

Taman Tun Dr Ismail

The township was named after Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman, Malaysia's first ambassador to the United States and a Malaysian representative to the United Nations, before becoming Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister in 1970.

The J Curve: A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall

Bremmer's J Curve describes the relationship between a country's openness and its stability; focusing on the notion that while many countries are stable because they are open (the United States, France, Japan), others are stable because they are closed (North Korea, Cuba, Iraq under Saddam Hussein).

The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm

The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm is a classic feminist work on women's sexuality, written by Anne Koedt, an American feminist, in 1968.

The New Jackals

Following the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, the book was republished with a new epilogue, which warns the West remains vulnerable to further attacks, possibly from biological and nuclear weapons of mass destruction.

The Right Nation

The Right Nation (ISBN 1-59420-020-3) is a book published in 2004 which charts the rise of the Republican Party in the United States since Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964.

Thomas Heyward, Jr.

(July 28, 1746 – March 6, 1809) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and of the Articles of Confederation as a representative of South Carolina.

Tricoastal records

Tricoastal Records is an American record label, founded in 1986 by Jacomo Versani The label's focus has been developing and branding artists by capitalizing on the Internet, as well as unique marketing tactics that reach into the areas of

U.S. Cellular Center

There are two arenas in the United States with the name U.S. Cellular Center.

United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs

The Subcommittee on African Affairs is responsible for United States relations with countries in Africa, with the exception of countries bordering on the Mediterranean Sea from Egypt to Morocco, which are under the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs.

United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs

The Subcommittee on European Affairs is responsible for United States relations with the countries on the continent of Europe, except the states of Central Asia that are within the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs.

United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs

The Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs is responsible for United States relations with the countries of the Middle East and all of the countries of North Africa bordering the Mediterranean Sea from Egypt to Morocco.

United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Global Narcotics Affairs

The Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Narcotics Affairs is responsible for United States relations with the nations of the Western Hemisphere, including Canada and the nations of the Caribbean.

Video game content rating system

The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that assigns age and content ratings, enforces industry-adopted advertising guidelines, and ensures responsible online privacy principles for computer and video games and other entertainment software in Canada and the United States.

Waterville Valley BBTS

The Waterville Valley BBTS Ski Educational Foundation is a ski and snowboard club based out of Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, United States.

Wholesale District

Wholesale District may refer to some city districts in the United States

William Ryland

Eight days after his inauguration as President of the United States, Jackson sent Ryland a commission as Chaplain of the Navy (sometimes called Chaplain to the Marines) in which he served the last eighteen years of his life.

Willie Musarurwa

Musarurwa died at the age of 62, while having lunch with Ambassador Steven Rhodes of the United States.

Zachariah Connell

Zachariah Connell (1741–1815) was the founder of Connellsville, Pennsylvania, United States.


Adelaide Ristori

In 1857 she visited Madrid, playing in Spanish to enthusiastic audiences, and in 1866 she paid the first of four visits to the United States, where she won much applause, particularly in Paolo Giacometti's Elisabeth, an Italian study of the English sovereign.

Brokedown Cadillac

Brokedown Cadillac is an American country music band fronted by actress Corri English.

Daniel Siebert

In 2002, Siebert wrote a letter to the United States Congress in which he objected to bill H.R. 5607 introduced by Rep. Joe Baca (D-California) which sought to place Salvia divinorum in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.

DZRJ-FM

On October 15, 2010, HP Philippines, a unit of United States-based information technology firm Hewlett-Packard Company, have entered an agreement with RJ 100.3 FM as part of radio commercials.

East Rochester, Ohio

East Rochester is a census-designated place in southern West Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, United States.

Edwin H. Whitehead

Edwin H. "Ed" Whitehead (February 26, 1925 - May 20, 2007) was a lawyer in Cheyenne, Wyoming, a former Democratic member of the Wyoming House of Representatives, and an early supporter of John F. Kennedy for the American presidency in a state which three times supported Richard M. Nixon.

Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

Members of the IAG included: Azerbaijan, France, Nigeria, Norway, Peru and the United States; Anglo-American, BP, Chevron and Petrobras; the Azerbaijan EITI Coalition, Global Witness, Revenue Watch Institute, West African Catholic Bishops Conference; and F&C Asset Management.

Floresville, Texas

Floresville was the birthplace of former Texas Governor, United States Secretary of the Treasury, and Republican presidential contender John Bowden Connally, Jr. (1917–1993), and his seven siblings, including actor Merrill Connally (1921–2001) and Wayne Connally (1923–2000), a former member of both houses of the Texas State Legislature.

George H. Utter

Utter was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second Congress and served from March 4, 1911, until his death from liver cancer in Westerly, Rhode Island, November 3, 1912.

George K. Brady

He was the son of Jasper Ewing Brady, a lawyer who later served as a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, and whose uncles included noted Indian fighters Samuel Brady and Hugh Brady.

Hans Lineweaver

Hans Lineweaver (December 25, 1907 – June 10, 2009) was an American physical chemist, who developed the Lineweaver–Burk plot.

Homer, Minnesota

Homer is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Homer Township, Winona County, Minnesota, United States.

Jeff Groscost

In 2000, Groscost was defeated by Democrat Jay Blanchard in the historically Republican District 30 of Mesa.

Jeremy Brizzi

After only a few months he was transferred to Fort Drum, NY where he served the remainder of his enlistment with the 10th Mountain Division.

Jimmy Cox

Jimmy Cox (July 28, 1882 – March 1925) was an American songwriter famous for his Depression-era hit "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out".

John Rugee

He was also a Presidential Elector for the 1884 United States Presidential Election.

John W. Langley

Langley was elected in March 4, 1907 as a Republican to the Sixtieth and to the nine succeeding Congresses where he became known as "Pork Barrel John." He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Sixty-sixth through Sixty-eighth Congresses).

Jonathan Kwitny

His book jacket biographies record that his reporting forced J. Lynn Helms, chief of the Federal Aviation Administration, to resign, and dogged President Ronald Reagan's National Security Advisor Richard V. Allen for conflicts of interest.

Joshua Kadison

It peaked at #19 on the U.S. Billboard charts, and Filipino actor/singer Jericho Rosales recorded and released a version of it on his own 2009 album Change. Painted Desert Serenade went platinum in the US and Germany, and went multi-platinum in Australia and New Zealand.

Katherine Washington

Katherine Washington is a former American women's basketball player, who played on the first two U.S. women's national teams, earning world championships in 1953 and 1957.

L.L.Bean Signature

L.L.Bean is a privately held mail-order, online and retail company based in Freeport, Maine, United States, specializing in clothing and outdoor recreation equipment.

Lionello Venturi

After the establishment of the Vichy regime, he emigrated to the United States, living in New York City until 1945 and lecturing at a range of American universities.

Loïs Lane

The group is known in the United States as Lois L, because the group was named after Lois Lane, the girlfriend of Superman.

MacGillivray's Warbler

MacGillivray's Warblers are migratory and spend their summers in temporate forests located in the western United States, and in boreal forests of west Canada.

Margaret Vanderhye

She was the Democratic nominee in the 2007 Virginia general election to fill the seat held by retiring incumbent Republican Vince Callahan, defeating Republican businessman Dave Hunt in the general election on November 6, 2007.

Maryville University

Maryville University of St. Louis is a private, coeducational university located in the city of Town and Country, Missouri, United States.

Maynard Harrison Smith

Staff Sergeant Smith quickly gained a reputation as a stubborn and obnoxious airman who did not get along well with the other airmen stationed there, hence his nickname "Snuffy Smith", possibly from the popular comic strip of the era.

Menow

As a two-year-old, Menow won the 1937 Champagne Stakes in September, although most attention was given to the fatal injury sustained by the favorite Skylarking.

Moné

She scored three hits on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart: "We Can Make It" (#1, 1995), "Movin'" (#2, 1996) and "Partay Feeling" (As B-Crew featuring Barbara Tucker, Dajae, Ultra Nate and Moné) (#22, 1997).

Museum of Arts and Traditions of Sevilla

The building has been used several times as a set for films or television shows, including the 1974 American film The Wind and the Lion and the 1985 French Film Harem, where it was used as the British Embassy.

Nancy J. Lescavage

She is the recipient of the Legion of Merit (four awards), the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy Meritorious Service Medal (two awards), the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, the Joint Service Achievement Medal, the Navy Achievement Medal, several unit commendations and the General George Joulwan Achievement Award.

Norman Tate

Norman ("Norm") W. Tate (born January 2, 1942 in Oswald, West Virginia) is a retired long jumper from the United States, who set the world's best year performance in 1971 by jumping 8.23 metres on 1971-05-22 at a meet in El Paso.

Over Here!

The setting is a cross-country train trip in the United States during World War II (hence the name of the play, in contrast to the popular patriotic war anthem entitled Over There).

Pierre Bellocq

Pierre Camille Lucien Hilaire Jean Bellocq (born November 25, 1926 in Bedenac, Charente-Maritime, France) is a French-American artist and horse racing cartoonist known as "Peb".

Republican Party presidential primaries, 1960

The 1960 Republican presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1960 U.S. presidential election.

Rogatchover Gaon

The remainder of his surviving writings appeared in the United States and Israel many years after his death; all are titled Tzofnath Paneach "decipherer of secrets", (a title given to the Biblical Joseph by Pharaoh (Genesis 41:45)).

Samuel B. Griffith

After participating in the post-World War II occupation of North China, where he commanded the 3rd Marine Regiment and later the U.S. Marine Forces in Qingdao, he was a student and then a faculty member at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport from 1947 to 1950.

Silver Creek, Lake County, Minnesota

Silver Creek is an unincorporated community in Silver Creek Township, Lake County, Minnesota, United States.

South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1892

Tillman had forced the state Democratic party to adopt the entire Ocala Platform in order to avoid a challenge from the Populist Party.

Stratos Boats

Stratos began building boats in 1984, and sells throughout a network of dealers throughout the United States, Australia, France, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Italy and Venezuela.

Thomas Patrick Moore

Moore was elected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth Congress and reelected as a Jacksonian candidate to the Nineteenth, and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1829).

Thomas R. Cobb

Cobb was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1887).

Tim Willoughby

Having left Goldman Sachs in late 2007, Willoughby was due to start work at the firm of Citi Smith Barney on 10 January 2008, but died suddenly on 9 January 2008 after suffering a heart attack on board a flight from the United States to Singapore, returning home from a family holiday in New Mexico.

United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy and Global Women's Issues

This includes the general oversight responsibility for the U.S. State Department, the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the U.S. Foreign Service, and public diplomacy and United States participation in the United Nations, its affiliated organizations, and other international organizations not under the jurisdiction of other subcommittees.

Warren Spannaus

Warren R. Spannaus (born December 5, 1930) is an American politician from the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) and former Attorney General of Minnesota.

Watsonville Riots

In September 4, 2011, California apologized to Filipinos and Filipino Americans in an Assembly resolution authored by Assemblyman Luis Alejo, D-Salinas.

William H. Brawley

He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses, and served from March 4, 1891, until February 12, 1894, when he resigned to accept a position on the bench.

Yorkville High School

Yorkville High School, or YHS, is a public four-year high school located in Yorkville, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States.

Youth ministry

There are organizations within the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations (the primary organization of Unitarian Universalist congregations in the United States), as well as within the Canadian Unitarian Council (the national body for Unitarian Universalists in Canada), which minister to and with youth, of which Young Religious Unitarian Universalists (YRUU) is the largest and most apparent.