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PEnnsylvania 6-5000

The number was requested in the film Breakfast at Tiffany's citation needed, referenced in a mix of the Milli Vanilli song "Baby Don't Forget My Number," and used by David Lynch in the third episode of his television series, Twin Peaks.


1911 United Kingdom heat wave

Also in August, striking became common, most notably in the Victoria and Albert Docks, where the entire workforce of 5000 people walked out, because of the intolerable heat, meaning the whole area came to a standstill.

Alexis Panisse

She won gold medals over 1500 and 5000 metres at the 2012 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics in San Salvador.

Alusuisse

In 1969 the company invested in a large aluminium smelter in the Gove Peninsula, Australia, through the joint venture Nabalco, The development which included the creation of a sea harbour, housing for 5000 people, and was worth over 1billion swiss francs.

Apostolic Vicariate of Keewatin

There were in the vicariate in the early 20th century 15 Oblate Fathers of Mary Immaculate, 8 Oblate Brothers of Mary Immaculate, 12 Grey Nuns (Montreal), 16 Oblate Sisters of the Sacred Heart and Mary Immaculate (St. Boniface), 4 more Grey Nuns (St. Hyacinth), 10 churches with 16 out-stations; 11,000 Indians, Dene, Cree and Eskimo, of whom 7000 were Catholics and 5000 non-Catholics or pagans (chiefly Eskimo).

Ashutosh Phatak

Ashu is one of the founding partners of Blue Frog, a landmark venue for live music in Bombay and Delhi founded in 2007, and has scored music for over 5000 television commercials.

Avaya ERS-5600 Systems

The developmental history of this system extends back to the Bay Stack 5000 family shortly after the technology was bought from Bay Networks.

Baitun Nur

Baitun Nur had its grand opening to the public on July 5, 2008, with 5000 people in attendance, including dignitaries such as Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Opposition Leader Stéphane Dion, and Calgary Mayor Dave Bronconnier.

Brielle

In August 1585, Brielle was one of the four Dutch towns that became an English possession by the Treaty of Nonsuch when Queen Elizabeth I received it as security of payment for 5000 soldiers used by the Dutch in their struggle against the Spanish.

Claremont Oval

The council spent 5000 to bring the ground up to standard for WAFL level football in 1925, including the dumping of rubbish around the perimeter to create the sloping banks and the construction of a grandstand, as a result of Claremont-Cottesloe’s admittance to the “A” Grade of the West Australian Football League competition for the 1926 season.

Colocasia esculenta

Estimates are that taro was in cultivation in wet tropical India before 5000 BC, presumably coming from Malaysia, and from India further transported westward to ancient Egypt, where it was described by Greek and Roman historians as an important crop.

Cruise book

The cruise book of a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier typically reaches over 600 pages in length, as it includes portraits of the more than 5000 sailors and US Marines assigned to the ship's company and embarked carrier air wing.

Derek Parra

Before that, he won the silver in the 5000 meters being bested by Jochem Uytdehaage of the Netherlands.

Digital video effect

Early examples of DVE devices found in the broadcast post-production industry include the Ampex ADO ("Ampex Digital Optics"), Quantel DPE-5000, NEC DVE and Abekas A-53D.

Dulce María Rodríguez

Attempting to defend her 5000 m title, she entered the 2006 CAC Games, but found herself beaten into the silver medal position by Columbia's Bertha Sánchez.

Former cemeteries in Singapore

It was originally announced by Minister Tan Chuan-Jin in Feb 2012 that 5000, out of more than 100000 graves, would make way for a new 4-lane road that would cut through the cemetery.

General-purpose bomb

In the Iran–Iraq War, FAB-5000 (5,000 kg / 11,000 lb) and FAB-9000 (9,000 kg / 20,000 lb) bombs were dropped by Iraqi Air Force Tupolev Tu-22 bombers, generally against large, fixed targets in Iran.

George W. Joseph

He won the Republican nomination on May 16, defeating incumbent A. W. Norblad by over 5000 votes.

Gertrude Berg

She wrote practically all the show's radio episodes (more than 5000) plus a Broadway adaptation, Me and Molly (1948).

Glenview, Kentucky

5000 acres of the surrounding land was originally owned by James Smalley Bate and named Berry Hill for his former Virginia home.

Global Marshall Plan Initiative

Supporters of the initiative include Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Hubert Weinzierl (BUND), Rita Süssmuth, Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Franz Josef Radermacher, Jakob von Uexküll, Ulrich Martin Drescher, Renée Ernst, Sandra Maischberger (all from Germany), Josef Riegler, Franz Fischler (Austria), Prince El Hassan bin Talal (Jordan), Vandana Shiva (India), Jane Goodall (UK) and approximately 5000 supporters from Germany and Austria.

Gustave Dutailly

A passionate collector of poster art, during his lifetime he amassed a collection of 5000 posters composed by artists that included Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, Jules Chéret, Pierre Bonnard, Leonetto Cappiello, Eugène Grasset, Adolphe Léon Willette and Jules-Alexandre Grün.

Harry Kauper

In August 1913 Kauper, accompanied Harry Hawker, by then qualified as a pilot, as his mechanic in the £5000 Daily Mail Circuit of Britain race.

How to Meet Girls

# 5000 Ways to Die – 2:59 (demo version appears on the Fat Wreck Chords compilation album Wrecktropsective.)

Islamic Azad University of Anar

The campus is located in the city of Anar in Kermān Province, founded in 2000 and currently has an enrollment of 5000 students

Jacor

Jacor quickly improved ratings at KIIS-FM and turned the AM (now KEIB) from a 5000 watt unknown to a successful sports station that for several years was the flagship station for Los Angeles Dodgers baseball games.

Jalap

Jalap is a cathartic drug, its use largely archaic in the West, consisting of the tuberous roots of Ipomoea purga, a convolvulaceous plant growing on the eastern declivities of the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico at an elevation of 5000 to 8000 ft. above sea level, more especially about the neighbourhood of Chiconquiaco on the eastern slope of the Cofre de Perote in the state of Veracruz.

Junk Raiders

In the second season, the team was expanded to eight members, and the task was to renovate a site in Toronto's Don Valley (on Bayview Avenue), converting it to a two-story "clubhouse" in one month with only a C$5000 budget, as part of the The Evergreen Brick Works project.

Justin Cook

Justin Ryan Cook (born April 4, 1982 in Austin, Texas) is an American producer, voice actor, Line Producer, ADR Director, and Engineer who works for anime series at Funimation Entertainment/OkraTron 5000 and is most noted for his English dub role as Yusuke Urameshi in YuYu Hakusho.

Karl Fleschen

Karl Fleschen (born 28 June 1955 in Daun, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a retired West German runner who specialized in the 3000, 5000 and 10,000 metres.

Khayman

As related during the history of the vampires related in the book The Queen of the Damned, Khayman was the chief steward in the palace of King Enkil and Queen Akasha of Kemet (now Egypt) circa 5000 BCE.

Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand

Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand (born 11 September 1952 in Dörrebach) was a West German athlete who competed mainly in the 5000 metres.

Knut Børø

Knut Tore Børø (born 28 September 1948 in Hitra, Sør-Trøndelag) is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in 5000 and 10,000 metres.

National Republican Movement

In 2000, the party had less than 5000 members, while its youth movement, the Movement National de la Jeunesse, headed by Philippe Schleiter, nephew of Robert Faurisson, had 1500 members.

Nauen Transmitter Station

Arc transmitters were installed in 1909, which increased the range of the station to 5000 kilometres.

Nusantao Maritime Trading and Communication Network

In a hypothesis developed by Wilhelm Solheim, the Nusantao Maritime Trading and Communication Network (NMTCN) is a trade and communication network that first appeared in the Asia-Pacific region during its Neolithic age, or beginning roughly around 5000 BC.

Pasta ZZ

In the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Missing Identity" Patrick finds a record of the band Sting Ray 5000 in a dumpster.

Peakin' Trippers

They won two heats in the Hot Press Tiger Untamed Competition which offered a €20,000 prize with €5000-€6000 of music equipment from Music Maker, a professional photo shoot and video shoot and five days’ worth of recording in Nutshed Studios in Clara.

Pedersen device

General John J. Pershing requested 40 magazines and 5000 rounds of ammunition be shipped with each device and anticipated an average daily ammunition use of 100 rounds per device.

Redona

Redona, which had a population of approximately 5000 in 2007, borders the municipalities of Torre Boldone and Gorle.

Reistu þig við, sólin er komin á loft...

Reistu þig við, sólin er komin á loft... has been sold out in Iceland for a while and has been sold in over 5000 copies all over the world, many of them on their Sigur Rós support tour in November 2008.

Royal flemish

A piece of this art glass was featured on Antiques Roadshow, Dallas, Hour 3 and was appraised for $5000 – $7000.

Sentayehu Ejigu

She raised herself among the fastest ever over 5000 m indoors with a run at the 2009 Boston Indoor Games, just nipping ahead of Shalane Flanagan at the line to win in 14:47.62 minutes.

Shawn Budd

In 1994 he won the Valley National Open 8-ball tournament in Las Vegas (over 5000 entries) and in 2001 he won the Masters 8-ball event.

Small Wonder Records

Teeny 2 Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead / Boys / Dark Entries (Demo) 12" (White vinyl, 5000 only - reissued many times)

Sri Lanka Civil Security Force

In 1986 the Home Guard Service was created by the then Minister of National Security the late Hon. Lalith Athulathmudali with a strength of about 5000 personnel.

Theatretrain

In 2010 another 5000 young people performed “Licence to Thrill” a spectacular spoof of James Bond 007.

Vale of Pickering

On the southern edge of the vale lies West Heslerton, where recent excavation has revealed continuous habitation since the Late Mesolithic Age, about 5000 BC.

Valentina Tauceri

Tauceri set her personal best (15:31.19) in the 5000 m on June 13, 1993 in Arzignano.

West Milton, Ohio

Bob Schul - the only American to have won an Olympic gold medal in the 5000 metre.

Young Voices on Climate Change

The film Girl Scouts follows a Girl Scout troop in Northern California distributing 5000 compact fluorescent light bulbs in collaboration with the Sierra Club.


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