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unusual facts about ''Nikiforos Fokas'' F-466



466 Tisiphone

In 2006 Fornasier et al. published polarimetric data for a number of asteroids, including 466 Tisiphone.

Chess theory

In 1966, the first volume of Chess Informant was published in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, containing 466 annotated games from the leading chess tournaments and matches of the day.

Emperor Wencheng of Northern Wei

Power soon fell into the hands of the official Yifu Hun, who tried to monopolize power and executed a number of other officials, including Buliugu Li, but in 466 was in turn ambushed by Emperor Wencheng's wife Empress Dowager Feng.

German submarine U-466

Her fifth patrol involved the U-boat's passage to Toulon in southern France.

Giancarlo Stanton

Stanton hit the longest home runs of the season by any player in 2011 at Citi Field (465 feet), Nationals Park (455 feet), Coors Field (475 feet), and Sun Life Stadium (466 feet).

Hauts-Forts

The Hauts-Forts (2,466 m) is a mountain of the Chablais Alps, located east of Morzine in the French department of Haute-Savoie, within one kilometre of the Swiss border.

Nikephoros II Phokas

On 19 November 2004, the Hellenic Navy named its tenth Kortenaer class frigate in his honour as Nikiforos Fokas F-466 (formerly HNLMS Bloys Van Treslong F-824).

Also, in the Rethymno regional unit in Crete, a municipality (Nikiforos Fokas) is named after him, as are many streets throughout Greece.

Pisterzo

Classic example of a medieval town, Pisterzo is a small village in the province of Latina located in the mountainous area of the Ausoni Mountains and overlooking the Amaseno's valley from which rise Lepini mountains, at 466 m asl.

Shenoute

On 7 Epip (14 July) 466 AD, following a short illness possibly brought upon by advanced age, Shenoute died in the presence of his monks.

SNCF Class 141R

The 141 R 466 was the first to be unloaded in France on November 17, 1945, at the port of Marseille.

U.S. Route 85

What is now US 85 from El Paso, Texas to then-U.S. Route 66 (now SR 6) in Los Lunas, New Mexico (south of Albuquerque) was shown as U.S. Route 466 in an early 1925 plan for the U.S. Highway System.


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