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unusual facts about 'last stand'


Battle of Lipany

Both Prokop the Great and Prokůpek (Prokop the Little) were killed, holding "the last stand" at the wagons.


Les Halles

Part of the actual demolition of the site is featured in the 1974 film Touche pas à la femme blanche (Don't Touch the White Woman!), which iconoclastically restages General Custer's 'last stand' in a distinctly French context in and around the area.


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Barking Spiders Live: 1983

It was recorded during the final performances of their Last Stand tour in 1983, at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.

Battle of Fort Pillow

In 1997, an American motion picture, titled Last Stand at Saber River (based on the Elmore Leonard novel), features a character (played by Tom Selleck) who was a Confederate soldier at the Fort Pillow Massacre.

Denis McLoughlin

He created an eight-page adaptation of General George Armstrong Custer's last stand based primarily on his hazy memory of the film They Died With Their Boots On.

El Hijo del Santo

El Hijo del Santo and Octagón were victorious in the critically acclaimed match that would receive a 5-star rating from Dave Meltzer but it was the last stand for Los Gringos Locos.

Ganarew

King Vortigern is said to have made his last stand against Aurelius at Ganarew.

Giorgakis Olympios

He took part in the Battle of Sculeni on June 29, 1821 where Ottoman forces chased him (along with Yiannis Pharmakis and a small force of 400 Greeks) to the Secu Monastery in Neamţ county where the Greeks made their last stand.

Limay, Bataan

In Lamao, Limay, Major General Edward P. King capitulated to the Japanese forces, after the last stand of the American and Filipino forces faltered along the banks of the Alangan River.

Mahoney's Last Stand

Mahoney's Last Stand is an album by Ronnie Wood and Ronnie Lane - the music soundtrack for the 1972 Canadian film Mahoney's Estate (aka Mahoney's Last Stand) starring Sam Waterston, Alexis Kanner and Maud Adams.

Neverwinter

An alternate loric explanation for the name is given in Neverwinter Nights 2: When the city's founder (Halueth Never) was hunted to the coast by orcs, he chose the city's site to make his last stand.

Palace Theatre, Swansea

Ken Dodd was the last stand-up comedian to appear there before it became nightclub in the 1970s.

Rewi's Last Stand

Rewi's Last Stand is a 1925 New Zealand film about the last stand of Rewi Maniapoto at the Battle of Orakau.

Seolmacheon

The Seolmacheon in South Korea is a tributary of the Imjin River, which it joins at Jeokseong, and it was on Gloster Hill, between the two rivers, that the British Gloucestershire Regiment made their last stand against the Chinese in the Battle of the Imjin River, a major event in the Korean War, from 22–25 April 1951.

The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms

Three United States Army National Guard soldiers (MSgt. William Connors, Pvt. Michael McCluskey, Cpl. Richard Langsford) are an M5 Stuart tank crew participating in a war game being conducted near the Battle of Little Bighorn, the site of Lieutenant Colonel George Custer's last stand.

The Aloof

On the day of the death of Diana Princess of Wales, BBC Radio 1 played their instrumental, "The Last Stand" (an extended instrumental version of "One Night Stand"), every thirty minutes for several hours.

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors

The nonfiction book The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour is the first full narrative account of the Battle off Samar, which author James D. Hornfischer calls the greatest upset in the history of naval warfare.