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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 Day With Doodles

A Day With Doodles is an American children's television program that aired in 1964 on the NTA Film Network.

A More Perfect Constitution

The twenty-three proposals run the gamut from changing the length of the U.S. President's term in office and the number and terms of Supreme Court justices to altering the structure of Congress, modifying the Electoral College, and introducing universal national service.

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.

Adrenaline Family Entertainment

The company originally had plans to expand by building a portfolio of regional amusement and water parks across the United States.

AIDS Project Los Angeles

APLA is one of the largest non-profit AIDS service organizations in 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.

Alberta Schenck Adams

Alberta Daisy Schenck Adams (June 1, 1928 – July 6, 2009) was a teenage civil rights activist in the struggle for equality by the indigenous peoples in the United States Territory of Alaska.

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.

Alvin Simon

Alvin Simon (1928-Feb 23, 2010 in Mount Washington, California) was an American restaurateur who played a leading role in the development and revitalization of Pasadena, California in the 1980s.

America's Safest and Most Dangerous Cities

America's Safest and Most Dangerous Cities is a publication issued annually by CQ Press, a division of Congressional Quarterly Inc., that ranks American cities on the basis of safety and crime.

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.

André Lefebvre de La Boulaye

His son, François Lefebvre de la Boulaye, was the French Ambassador to both Brazil (1968-72) and Japan (1972-75), and his grandson, Stanislas Lefebvre de Laboulaye, is the French Ambassador to the Holy See, and was formerly the French Ambassador to both the United States and Russia.

Army Intelligence

In the United States, Army Intelligence is usually referred to as Military Intelligence (see main article: Military Intelligence Corps (United States Army)).

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.

Beaverdale, Iowa

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

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.

Big Media

Big Media is a term sometimes applied to the predominant Media organisations in the United States.

Burra Burra Mine

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

Canada and the 2000 United States presidential election

As with many American elections, Canadians and people from across the western world paid much attention to the 2000 presidential election; however, Canada paid less attention than in previous years.

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.

Crown Point Community School Corporation

Crown Point Community School Corporation is a public school district based in Lake County, IN, United States

Daniel L. Ritchie Center

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

David Gordon Lyon

David Gordon Lyon (24 May 1852-4 December 1935) was an American theologian.

DeKalb massacre

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

Domestic terrorism in the United States

Domestic terrorism in the United States between 1980 and 2000 consisted of incidents confirmed as or suspected to be terrorist acts.

Eau Claire High School

Eau Claire High School is the name of several high schools in 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.

First2Ten

The points system and disallowed holds structure blends folkstyle wrestling and freestyle wrestling—the two most popular forms of wrestling in the United States by participation.

Flamingo/Lummus

Flamingo/Lummus (often called either Flamingo or Lummus) is an urban neighborhood of South Beach in the city of Miami Beach, Florida, United States.

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.

George Reinke

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

Graduate student unionization

As of 2007 there are 28 graduate student employee local unions in the United States.

H2A

H-2A Visa, a temporary, nonimmigrant visa allowing foreign nationals entry into the U.S. for seasonal agricultural work.

Hanover Community School Corporation

Hanover Community School Corporation is a school district in Lake County, IN, United States

Hartshorne, Oklahoma

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

Homer Doliver House

Homer Doliver House (July 21, 1878 - December 21, 1949) was an American botanist from New York State.

Immigration Restriction Act

Immigration Restriction Act of 1924 (also known as the National Origins Act or the Johnston-Reed Act) in the 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.

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.

Jen-Ai Hospital

Its Director, Dr. Shih-Huang Chao, the Chief Consultant, is a surgeon also known for inventing the gastric clipping weight loss method (a surgical procedure that can be done within 30 minutes), which has been granted patent in the United States, Japan, and Taiwan.

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.

Key Waden

Key Waden is a small barrier island between Naples and Marco Island, Florida, United States.

Kill box

First developed by the U.S. Air Force in the late 1980s, the technique gained notoriety through its use during the first Gulf War (1991).

KLSV

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

Kuala Lumpur al-Qaeda Summit

Before the meeting, the United States intercepted a telephone call to Yemen by al-Mihdhar concerning arrangements for the trip.

Liar's Poker: The Great Powers, Yugoslavia and the Wars of the Future

It speculates on the long-term goals of the United States and other great powers, and accuses the government and the media of conducting a campaign of organised disinformation.

Little Wizards

Little Wizards is a American animated series, created by Len Janson and Chuck Menville and produced by Marvel Productions, that ran from 1987 to 1988.

Lou L. LaBrant

Lou L. LaBrant (May 28, 1888 – February 25, 1991) was an American schoolteacher and author notable for her progressive ideas on teaching English.

Luis Porrata-Doría

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

Melvin Alvah Traylor

He went on to oversee several banks around the United States and became president of the American Bankers Association in 1926 and later the first president of the First Union Trust and Savings Bank in 1928 which would go on to become Chicago's largest bank under his leadership in 1931.

Miller cycle

The Miller cycle was patented by Ralph Miller, an American engineer, US patent 2817322 dated Dec 24, 1957.

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.

N2 Publishing

N2 Publishing is a publishing company that specializes in neighborhood publications for communities across the United States.

Nathan Korn

Nathan Korn (1893-1941) was an American architect and builder in New York City.

No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act

He writes that Democrats such as Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY), chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, already are and will continue to be pointing out that the party made its top priority redefining rape, and otherwise focusing on social issues, rather than creating jobs.

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.

Offshore oil and gas in the US Gulf of Mexico

Offshore oil and gas in the US Gulf of Mexico is a major source of oil and natural gas in the United States.

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.

People of the Whale

People of the Whale is a 2008 novel by Linda Hogan about a Native American man named Thomas Just who is forced to come to terms with his experiences in Vietnam during the war.

Popular Health Movement

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

Rena Golden

Rena Golden (30 March 1961 – 20 March 2013) was an Indian born American journalist working for CNN and the Weather Channel.

Reservation poverty

Currently, almost a third of American Indians in the United States live on reservations, totaling approximately 700,000 individuals.

Richard Davisson

Professor Richard Joseph "Dick" Davisson (December 29, 1922 – June 15, 2004) was an American physicist.

Ridgewood Park, Dallas

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

Roy Helton

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

Sidor Belarsky

Sidor Belarsky, born Isidor Livshitz (February 12, 1898 – June 7, 1975), was a Ukrainian-American singer born to a Jewish family in Kryzhopol, Ukraine.

Silver Lake State Park

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

Sizing Up the Senate

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.

Sydney Taylor

Sydney Taylor (October 30, 1904 – February 12, 1978) was an American author.

Taliban guest house

American counter-terrorism officials express concern over both Taliban guest houses and Taliban safe houses.

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 African-American Historical News Journal

The articles contained in the publication highlight the positive impact African-Americans made toward the founding of the United States.

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.

Theodore Maynard

He grew up in England until 1920, and afterwards he moved to America and lived there until his death.

Third Way

In the United States, "Third Way" adherents embrace fiscal conservatism to a greater extent than traditional social liberals, and advocate some replacement of welfare with workfare, and sometimes have a stronger preference for market solutions to traditional problems (as in pollution markets), while rejecting pure laissez-faire economics and other libertarian positions.

Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War

In the Eastern United States, the fighting dragged on for three more years, but in the Southwest the war against the Confederacy was over, but the war against the Apache, Navaho and Comanche continued for the California garrisons until they were replaced by U. S. Army troops after the Civil War ended.

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

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 International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs and International Environmental Protection, and Peace Corps

The Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, and International Environmental Protection has oversight responsibility for United States development policy and foreign assistance programs.

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.

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.

United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission

The twelve commissioners are appointed to two-year terms by the majority and minority leaders of the U.S. Senate, and by the minority leader and speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Vela Uniform

Vela Uniform incorporated seven underground nuclear tests in the continental United States and Alaska from October 1963 to July 1971.

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.

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.

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.

Bigger Than the Beatles

"Bigger Than The Beatles" is a song written by Jeb Stuart Anderson and Steve Dukes, and recorded by American country music artist Joe Diffie.

Brokedown Cadillac

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

Byrne Piven

Byrne Piven (September 24, 1929 – February 18, 2002) was an influential American stage actor, director, and co-founder of the Playwrights Theatre Club, a forerunner of The Second City.

Clifton James

George Clifton James (born May 29, 1921) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Sheriff J.W. Pepper alongside Roger Moore in the James Bond films Live and Let Die (1973) and The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) and as the prison guard in Cool Hand Luke (1967).

Courtnie Bull

Courtnie Bull (born November 8, 1990) is an American actress who appeared as a supporting actress in roles such as Murder at 75 Birch, Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder portraying Grace Ingalls, and a small role in the film Friends & Lovers.

David Francey

His 2004 album, The Waking Hour, is a collaboration with traditional country artists Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch and Fats Kaplin, and includes some of his darker material, including "Wishing Well" about the execution of Timothy McVeigh, and "Fourth of July", a political commentary on the post-September 11 United States.

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.

Edward Francis Hutton

Edward Francis Hutton (September 7, 1875 in New York City – July 11, 1962 in Westbury, Long Island, New York) was an American financier and co-founder of E. F. Hutton & Co.

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.

George E. Hood

March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919 - elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses; he was not a candidate for renomination in 1918

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.

Harry and Walter Go to New York

Harry and Walter Go to New York is a 1976 American period comedy film written by John Byrum and Robert Kaufman, directed by Mark Rydell, and starring James Caan, Elliott Gould, Michael Caine, Diane Keaton, Charles Durning and Lesley Ann Warren.

Homer, Minnesota

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

I. German/Dutch Corps

Due to its role as a NATO High Readiness Forces Headquarters, soldiers from other NATO member states, the United States, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom amongst others, are also stationed at Münster.

J. J. Barnes

J. Barnes (born James Jay Barnes, November 30, 1943, Detroit, Michigan) is an American R&B singer.

James B. Gibson

He ran for the Democratic nomination for the 2006 gubernatorial election, but lost in the primary to State Senator Dina Titus.

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".

Joe Dial

Joe Dial (born 26 October 1962 in Marlow, Oklahoma) is a retired American pole vaulter, best known for winning the bronze medal at the 1989 World Indoor Championships in Budapest.

Joel Casique

He has exhibited his work in galleries and museums in Venezuela, the United States, and Aruba; he has also participated in national and international fairs, including the sixteenth and seventeenth Ferias Iberoamericanas de Arte (FIA) in Caracas; the 2007 Latin American Art Fair in Miami; and the 2006 Feria Internacional de Arte de Bogotá (ARTBO) in Bogotá, Colombia.

John Rugee

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

Jonas Clarke

Jonas Clarke (December 25, 1730 – November 15, 1805), sometimes written Jonas Clark, was an American clergyman and political leader who had a role in the American Revolution and in shaping the United States Constitution.

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.

Jonathan Winter

Jonathan Winter (born August 18, 1971 in Masterton) is a member of the Ngai Tahu Maori tribe and a former backstroke swimmer from New Zealand, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, for his native country.

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.

Leander Cox

Cox was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress and as a candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857).

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.

Maryville University

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

Maureen Kaila Vergara

Maureen Kaila Vergara (born December 17, 1964 in San Francisco, United States) is a retired Salvadoran cycle racer who used to ride for the 800.com team.

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.

Metro Maryland Youth For Christ

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

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).

Mountain Village, Colorado

Mountain Village is a Home Rule Municipality in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States.

Multi-Touch Collaboration Wall

For instance, the user could bring up the total delegate counts for Senators Barack Obama (D-IL) and Hillary Clinton (D-NY) during the 2008 US Democratic primary race.

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.

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.

Reuben D. Mussey, Jr.

(often called RD Mussey) (May 30, 1833–May 29, 1892) was a Union Army colonel during the American Civil War and a distinguished lawyer.

Richard Paul Pavlick

Pavlick's enmity toward John F. Kennedy boiled over after the close of the 1960 U.S. Presidential election, in which Kennedy had defeated Republican Richard Nixon.

Richmond–San Rafael Bridge

The Richmond–San Rafael Bridge (officially, the John F. McCarthy Memorial Bridge) is the northernmost of the east–west crossings of the San Francisco Bay in California, USA, connecting Richmond on the east to San Rafael on the west end.

Roy O. Woodruff

In 1912, Woodruff defeated incumbent Republican U.S. Representative George A. Loud to be elected as the candidate of the Progressive Party from Michigan's 10th congressional district to the 63rd Congress, serving from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1915.

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.

Teco pottery

The American Terra Cotta Tile and Ceramic Company was founded in 1881; originally as Spring Valley Tile Works; in Terra Cotta, Illinois, between Crystal Lake, Illinois and McHenry, Illinois near Chicago by William Day Gates.

The Lakes, Minnesota

The lake and the community are located in parts of four townships in Murray County: Lake Sarah, Shetek, Murray, and Mason Townships.

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.

William J. Graham

Graham was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1917, to June 7, 1924, when he resigned.