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unusual facts about Albert Park, San Rafael



1956 Night Series Cup

Games were played at the Lake Oval, Albert Park, then the home ground of South Melbourne, as it was the only ground equipped to host night games.

1999 Australian Grand Prix

The 1999 Australian Grand Prix (formally the LXIV Qantas Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 7 March 1999 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia.

2012 Australian Grand Prix

It was the 77th race in the combined history of the Australian Grand Prix that dates back to the 100 Miles Road Race of 1928, and the 17th time the event has been held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit at Albert Park.

ACG Senior College

Students enjoy access to all that the central city has to offer, from The Auckland City Library opposite the school to the open spaces that are Aotea Square and Albert Park.

Albert Park Football Club

Known as the Falcons, the Club has relocated on a number of occasions, the most recent being the move from the former Clubrooms and playing area on Oval 15 when the Albert Park Australian F1 Grand Prix site was redeveloped in the 1990s.

The club has its origins going back to the 1950s as the ANZ Bank Football Club and has evolved from an affiliation with the ANZ Staff Social Club of Victoria to its current suburban identity in the inner-suburban Albert Park area of Melbourne.

Albert Park, San Rafael

Albert Park is a baseball field that is now home to the San Rafael Pacifics.

Albert Park, Victoria

The main park after which the suburb was named was declared a public park and named in 1864 to honour Queen Victoria's consort, Prince Albert.

Ariston Delos Reyes

Vice Admiral Ariston V. Delos Reyes AFP (Ret.) (born February 16, 1950 in San Rafael, Bulacan) is a military officer in the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

Beatrice Kerr

The eldest of five children, she was raised at Albert Park, and was taught to swim by her mother at the nearby Albert Park Lake.

Bioneer

The greatest use of the term since its coinage has been in relation to the annual Bioneers conference founded by Ausubel and his wife Nina Simons and held annually in San Rafael, California, and its participants.

Danny Click

Danny Click & the Hell Yeahs! took up residency at the Sleeping Lady in Fairfax, California, eventually branching out to larger venues, including George's Nightclub in San Rafael, California, The Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, The Sweetwater Music Hall, and 142 Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley, California.

Darío Figueroa

Darío Damián Figueroa (born 13 February 1978 in San Rafael, Mendoza) is an Argentine football midfielder who plays for Zamora of Venezuela.

Fiji Fashion Week

The 2009 event was then held between the 3–6 December at Albert Park in Suva.

French Argentine

Frenchmen were particularly numerous in the wine-producing departments of Maipú, Luján and in the French colony of San Rafael, founded by engineer Julio Gerónimo Balloffet.

Guide Dogs for the Blind

Guide Dogs for the Blind is a guide dog school located in the United States, with campuses in San Rafael, California, and Boring, Oregon.

Hendon railway line

The line branched from Albert Park station, and ran for 1.1 km, with just one station, the terminus, Hendon.

ISF Women's World Championship

In 1965, the first ISF Women's World Championship was held in Melbourne, Victoria, with games being played at Albert Park.

José Adriosola Reyes y Mariano

He was born on April 24, 1864 at San Rafael, Bulacan to Maximo Adriosola Reyes and Valeriana Mariano.

José de los Santos Berreyesa

When his father traveled up to see how his three sons were being treated in jail, the father and two cousins, twin sons of Francisco de Haro, were shot and killed in San Rafael by a group of three men, including Kit Carson, assigned the task by Frémont.

Papeete

Bougainville Park (once named Albert Park), in honour of a former Belgian king and World War One hero, is now named for Louis Antoine de Bougainville, the first French explorer to circumnavigate the globe.

Pulmuone

There is a subsidiary in the United States, called Pulmuone Wildwood, Inc., with offices in Fullerton, California, Watsonville, California, San Rafael, California, Grinnell, Iowa, and Tappan, New York.

R. v. Perka

William Perka served as navigator and William Terry Hines, a San Rafael, California diesel mechanic served as engineer.

Rafael

San Rafael, for various places named for the Archangel Raphael in Spanish

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.

Ross Ray

He has appeared in many major coronial investigations and Royal Commissions, including the Grand Prix death at Albert Park.

Rubén Cano

Born in San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina to Spanish parents, Cano started his professional career with Buenos Aires-based Club Atlético Atlanta, remaining four years with the club.

San Rafael, Bulacan

In May, 1942, the Japanese government opened schools and introduced the teaching of Nippon-go.

Semaphore railway line

In 1917 when the Semaphore to Rosewater and Albert Park tram line was opened there was an unresolved dispute over the tramline crossing the railway line near Exeter station.

Sheena Reyes

As a Motorsport Model at the 2010 Australian Grand Prix, Reyes broke the Guinness World Record at Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Albert Park for Putting on the Most Pairs of Under Pants in 60 Seconds: 22 Pairs.

Thomas C. Reed

While maintaining an interest in Supercon Ltd., Reed organized the Quaker Hill Development Corporation at San Rafael, California, in 1965, and served as its treasurer, president and chairman.

When the World Comes Down

Many components of When the World Comes Down was recorded at the famed Skywalker Ranch, in San Rafael, California.


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