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17 unusual facts about Acapulco


Amanda Carrington

Sullen and depressed, Amanda is invited by Blake to a conference in Acapulco, where she meets the handsome Prince Michael of Moldavia.

Balneario

Acapulco and Puerto Vallarta are balneario city-destinations, for example, while San Alfonso del Mar is a more planned resort community and Viña del Mar is a city that also happens to be a balneario.

Bill Muncey

Muncey was leading the final heat of the World Championship race at Acapulco on October 18, 1981 when he died in a blowover crash while travelling 175 miles per hour (280 kilometers per hour).

Black Nazarene

The statue was made by an anonymous Mexican sculptor, and the image arrived in Manila via galleon fromAcapulco, Mexico, sometime in the first decade of the 1600s.

Fun in Acapulco

While exterior filming was undertaken involving every other member of the crew at various places in Acapulco, Mexico, Elvis's own shots had to be taken at the Paramount studios in Hollywood, in March 1963, as he had been declared "persona non grata" by the Mexican authorities following a series of incidents which took place at the trendy "Las Americas" movie theatre in the Mexican capital during the openings of at least two of its earlier films, most notably

Garfield in the Rough

He is excited to learn that Jon wants to take him and Odie on vacation, where he imagines himself in places such as Acapulco, Honolulu and Venice,after realizing that each destination has its drawbacks, Gafield concludes it doesn't matter because they won't be staying home.

George Musey

Musey was consecrated to the episcopate on April 1, 1982 in Acapulco, Mexico, by traditionalist bishops Moises Carmona and Adolfo Zamora.

Juan de Fuca

Having sailed north with a caravel and a pinnace and a few armed marines, he returned to Acapulco and claimed to have found the strait, with a large island at its mouth, at around 47° north latitude.

Manfred Hausleitner

He began learning about jazz when he signed up for the jazz institute at the Konservatiorium and Highschool in Vienna, where he studied with Erich Bachtraegl for 8 years in addition with Tino Contreiras/Mexico D.F. and Damaso Gonzales/Acapulco.

Martín Galván

Martín Luis Galván Romo (born February 14, 1993 in Acapulco, Guerrero) is a Mexican footballer.

Omar Flores

Omar Alejandro Flores Serrano (born 6 May 1979 in Acapulco) is a Mexican professional football defender who currently plays for Chiapas in the Mexican Primera División.

Pilar, Capiz

The figurine was said to be brought over to the Pacific by a Galleon trading ship from the port of Acapulco, Mexico which was destroyed by British warships during its route in Luzon and was washed off to the coast of Pilar.

Raveneau de Lussan

Lussan and a part of his followers then sailed for Tehuantepec, which they captured, and went as far north as Acapulco.

Seguenzia occidentalis

The type species was found in the Pacific Ocean off Acapulco, Mexico at a depth of 1,200 m.

Teddy Stauffer

In Acapulco, he founded a discothèque, "The Tequila a Go-Go", and worked as manager of several well-known hotels (including the "Hyatt" and "Villa Vera").

Wimmeria mexicana

The same year, Ludwig Radlkofer described W. pallida, based on the same Hartweg specimen as well as specimens collected by Thaddäus Haenke (perhaps in Acapulco) and Frederik Liebmann.

Zona Roja

In a whorehouse in Acapulco, lives Leonor (Fanny Cano), a young and beautiful woman who is awaiting to reunite with an old lover.


1984 Pacific hurricane season

Heavy rainfall was recorded across Southern Mexico, with the maximum rainfall totals in Costa Azul and Acapulco,.

1985 Handsworth riots

The riots were reportedly sparked by the arrest of a man near the Acapulco Cafe, Lozells and a police raid on the Villa Cross public house in the same area.

2001 Abierto Mexicano Pegaso

The 2001 Abierto Mexicano Pegaso was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Fairmont Acapulco Princess in Acapulco in Mexico that was part of the International Series Gold of the 2001 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 2001 WTA Tour.

2002 Abierto Mexicano Pegaso

The 2002 Abierto Mexicano Pegaso was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Fairmont Acapulco Princess in Acapulco in Mexico that was part of the International Series Gold of the 2002 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 2002 WTA Tour.

2003 Abierto Mexicano Telefonica Movistar

The 2003 Abierto Mexicano Telefonica Movistar was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Fairmont Acapulco Princess in Acapulco in Mexico that was part of the International Series Gold of the 2003 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 2003 WTA Tour.

2004 Abierto Mexicano Telefonica Movistar

The 2004 Abierto Mexicano Telefonica Movistar was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Fairmont Acapulco Princess in Acapulco in Mexico that was part of the International Series Gold of the 2004 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 2004 WTA Tour.

2006 Abierto Mexicano Telcel

The 2006 Abierto Mexicano Telcel was both a men's and women's tennis tournament on the 2006 ATP and WTA Tours that was played on outdoor clay courts and was held in Acapulco, Mexico.

2008 Estoril Open

The women's draw was headlined by Viña del Mar and Acapulco champion Flavia Pennetta, Auckland quarterfinalist Maria Kirilenko, and Antwerp runner-up Karin Knapp.

2008 Ordina Open

Other top seeds were Dubai semifinalist Francesca Schiavone, Viña del Mar and Acapulco winner Flavia Pennetta, Maria Kirilenko, Katarina Srebotnik and Alona Bondarenko.

Arturo Durazo Moreno

Arturo "El Negro" Durazo Moreno (Cumpas, Sonora, México, 1924 – Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, 5 August 2000) was the Chief of Police in Mexico City for six years, from 1976 to 1982.

Ballast Point Light

Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo sailed from the Port of Navidad (now Acapulco) in 1542 and, after bucking head winds and seas for five months, sighted the Coronado Islands.

Benito Castro

His comedy skits portraying a sun-tanned, raggedy cut-off jean, flip-flop wearing beach bum in Acapulco was a take off of Bob Denver's role on "Gilligan's Island."

Buenos días, Acapulco

Buenos días, Acapulco is a 1964 Mexican comedy film starring Viruta and Capulina.

Claro Open Colombia

The Claro Open Colombia is the fifth tournament affiliated with the ATP held in Latin America, after the tournaments in Viña del Mar (Chile), Sao Paulo (Brazil), Acapulco (México) and Buenos Aires (Argentina).

Cruise of the Zaca

Before going through the Canal, Flynn stayed in Acapulco where the Zaca had been hired to appear in The Lady from Shanghai (1948).

Cuajinicuilapa

Product from the enterprise was shipped through Tecoanapa with destination such as Salina Cruz, Manzanillo and Acapulco.

Daniel K. Ludwig

These were: the Hamilton Princess and Southampton Princess in Bermuda; the Bahamas Princess (formerly the King's Inn) and the Xanadu Princess Tower (formerly the International) in Freeport; the Acapulco Princess and the Pierre Marques in Mexico; and the Francis Drake in San Francisco.

El bolero de Raquel

Cantinflas tries to get new jobs in Acapulco, where he tries everything to get some money, when accidentally Chavita leaves Cantinflas to climb La Quebrada.

Feria Nacional de San Marcos

During that time it was in direct competition with the fairs of Acapulco, Jalapa and San Juan de los Lagos.

Francisco Ruiz Lozano

Over his lifetime, he pursued mercantile affairs nearly everywhere in Spanish America — Panama, Cartagena de Indias, Acapulco, Valparaiso, Concepción and Talcahuano.

History of the San Diego Chargers

Gerald Courtney of Hollywood won an all-expenses-paid trip to Mexico City and Acapulco for submitting "Chargers" in a name-the-team contest.

Japanese cruiser Asama

The following year, the Asama made a shorter cruise to Acapulco, Balboa, San Francisco, and Vancouver.

Jesús Vidaña

Although they thought they were sailing aimlessly, the survivors had followed exactly the same path that the Nao de China travelled in the 17th century from Acapulco to Manila, discovered by Andrés de Urdaneta in 1565.

José Azueta

José Azueta Abad (Acapulco, Guerrero; May 2, 1895 – Veracruz, May 10, 1914), usually known as José Azueta, was a Mexican Navy cadet who became famous for his role in the United States occupation of Veracruz, where he was fatally wounded.

Luis Barragán House and Studio

During his career, he developed projects in Mexico City, Manzanillo, Guadalajara, Acapulco, La Jolla, CA but his best known work is that on Ciudad Satélite.

Luis Gabriel Rey

Luis Gabriel Rey debuted in 2000 with Atlético Bucaramanga, where he remained for only a year, where he moved to Mexico, being transferred to second-division clubs such as Lobos BUAP, Zitacuaro, and Acapulco, eventually switching to Atlante FC.

Por la libre

Despite the movie title, they do not drive by the free highway but by the autopista, where they have to pay fees and end almost with no money by the time they arrive to Acapulco.

San Marcos, Guerrero

It is located 18 km inland and along Federal Highway 200 which is better known locally as the Acapulco-Pinotepa Nacional highway.

SS Antilles

The Flandre or the Antilles appeared as stock footage in the 1964 Perry Mason episode Nautical Knot, set near Acapulco, Mexico.

Tlapanec people

In pre-Columbian times they lived in the isolated mountain area along the Costa Chica region of Guerrero, just southeast of present-day Acapulco.

Vicente Guerrero

Guerrero was born in Tixtla, a town 100 kilometers inland from the port of Acapulco, in the Sierra Madre del Sur, his parents were Pedro Guerrero, a Mestizo, and María de Guadalupe Saldaña, an African slave.

Volta do mar

The discovery, upon which the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade was based was owing to the Spanish Andrés de Urdaneta, who, sailing in convoy under Miguel López de Legazpi, discovered the return route in 1565: the fleet split up, some heading south, but Urdaneta reasoned that the trade winds of the Pacific might move in a gyre as the Atlantic winds did.