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65 unusual facts about Alexandria


1988 in LGBT rights

15 — Alexandria, Virginia bans discrimination in employment, housing and other practices based on sexual orientation.

Abu Darda

He died in 652 AD (AH 32) in Alexandria, before the assassination of the third Rashudin Calip Uthman.

Alexandria, New South Wales

The line turned right into the present day Sydney Park Rd (then known as an extension of Mitchell Rd) before terminating at the junction with the Cook's River line at the Princes Highway near St Peters railway station.

Apiarius of Sicca

The Bishops of Africa, not finding the statement in their copies of Nicene Canons, sought copies of the Nicene Canons from the Archbishops of Constantinople, Alexandria, and Antioch.

Beverly Waugh

At the age of fifteen, he was converted to the Christian faith and became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Alexandria, Virginia.

Bill Yoast

He worked in Sparta, Georgia and Roswell, Georgia before moving to Alexandria, Virginia, where he spent several decades and earned his greatest fame.

Bishoy Kamel

He founded the St. George Coptic Orthodox Church in Sporting, Alexandria, Egypt.

Breard v. City of Alexandria

Breard was arrested for going door to door in the City of Alexandria soliciting magazine subscriptions.

Brian E. Carlson

Brian E. Carlson (born 1947 in Alexandria, Virginia) is a public diplomacy specialist.

Caledon State Park

The property was initially owned by the Alexander brothers, founders of the city of Alexandria, and was established in 1659 as Caledon Plantation.

Campbell County, Kentucky

The Kentucky General Assembly then forced the county to move its seat to Alexandria, closer to the center of the new, smaller Campbell County.

Center for Public Administration and Policy

Well-known scholars associated with the program like Charles Goodsell, Gary Wamsley, and John Rohr have been instrumental in creating an important scholarly program in the unlikely location of the mountains of western Virginia, but the program also maintains an active location in Alexandria, Virginia adjacent to Washington D.C..

Coast Guard Honor Guard Badge

The Coast Guard Honor Guard Badge is a qualification badge of the United States Coast Guard which recognizes those personnel who are/have been permanently assigned to the Ceremonial Honor Guard Unit of a U.S. Coast Guard command located at TISCOM, Alexandria, Virginia.

Contemporary Art in Egypt

Through history, traditions and national culture, contemporary artists were emerging mainly in Cairo and in Alexandria.

While the Contemporary Art scene is mainly concentrated in Cairo and Alexandria, it is developing fast with the emergence of spaces for artists, and support from the public and from abroad.

Convoy SL 138/MKS 28

MKS 28 sailed from Alexandria on 14 October, similarly arriving off Gibraltar on 24 October to meet SL 138.

Donald M. Frame

Donald M. Frame (1911 in Manhattan – March 8, 1991, in Alexandria, Virginia), a scholar of French Renaissance literature, was Moore Professor Emeritus of French at Columbia University, where he laboured for half a century.

Eben Alexander

Eben Alexander's father, Ebenezer Alexander, was a prominent judge in Tennessee, and his grandfather, Adam Rankin Alexander, was the founder of Alexandria, Tennessee and a member of the House of Representatives from 1823 to 1827.

Euthalius

To obviate the manifest inconveniences arising from this condition of the text, Ammonius of Alexandria, in the third century, conceived the idea of dividing the Four Gospels into sections, varying in size according to the substance of the narrative embodied in them, and Euthalius, following up the same idea, extended a similar system of division to the other books of the New Testament with the exception of the Book of Revelation.

Foo Fighters discography

Following the tour for The Colour and the Shape, Foo Fighters left Capitol and Grohl decided to build a home studio in Alexandria, Virginia wanting a production away from studio interference, given the troubled recording of the previous album led to the departure of Goldsmith and Smear.

Francis C. Hammond Middle School

Francis C. Hammond Middle School is located at 4646 Seminary Road in the West End area of Alexandria, Virginia.

Franz Stahl

In 1981 Franz and Stahl formed they formed Scream in Alexandria, along with Peter and drummer Kent Stax.

Gary Beach

Beach was born in Alexandria, Virginia, and later went on to graduate from the North Carolina School of the Arts, the same school as Terrence Mann, his Beauty and the Beast costar.

George Grieve

Returning to America, he resided at Alexandria, Virginia, and published in 1796 a translation of Chastellux's ‘Travels.’ He eventually settled at Brussels, where he died 22 February 1809, the register describing him as a native of ‘Newcastel, Amérique.’ He appears to have been unmarried, and to have broken off all intercourse with his kindred.

Gerald Bruce Lee

Lee worked in private practice in Alexandria, Virginia until 1992, when he became a Circuit court judge on the 19th Judicial Circuit of Virginia, Fairfax Circuit Court.

Godfrey Lias

At one time, Godfrey Lias was an Assistant Master at Victoria College, Alexandria, Egypt, and then Head-master at the Muhammadan Anglo Oriental College (now Aligarh Muslim University) in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Golden Fleece

The classic telling is the Argonautica of Apollonius of Rhodes, composed in mid-third century BC Alexandria, recasting early sources that have not survived.

Henry H. Wells

There, Wells was made head of military police in Alexandria and soon the whole of the Union-controlled territory south of the Potomac River.

HMWN Radio Maria

HMWN provides local Catholic programming for Toronto on weekdays into the evening hours along with the English language network feed of Radio Maria USA (originated by KJMJ 580 kHz in Alexandria, Louisiana) to provide the bulk of its overnight/early morning and weekend programming.

I-94 derecho

Winds of 100 mph (160 km/h) were recorded at the Alexandria airport.

Ismail El-Gawsaqi

Ismail El-Gawsaqi was Alexandria's governor from July 1986 till July 1997.

Jennifer Griffin

Griffin is a daughter of John W. Griffin, a partner in a Washington law firm, and Carolyn J. Griffin, the producing director of Metrostage, a theater in Alexandria, Va..

Jodi Huisentruit

She entered broadcasting by getting a job at KGAN in Cedar Rapids, Iowa as the station's Iowa City bureau chief, then returned to Minnesota for a job at KSAX in Alexandria before returning to Iowa for her KIMT position.

Judith Walker

An active member of the Labor Party, she held various positions including President of the Alexandria branch, Vice-President of the New South Wales Labor Council, and Vice-President of the Kingsford-Smith Federal Electoral Council.

K50DB-D

K50DB-D is a low-powered television station in Alexandria, Minnesota.

Kathleen A. McGrath

Following her tour as commander of the Jarrett, McGrath served at the Joint Advanced Warfighting Unit in Alexandria, Virginia.

Lee McLaughlin

After the war, McLaughlin began coaching for Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia.

Louisiana's 8th congressional district

For its entire existence, it was based in Alexandria and included much of the north-central part of the state.

Mark Salter

Salter lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with his wife Diane, and their two daughters, Molly and Liddy.

Masak Scimitar

The Scimitar was destroyed on 22 May 2004 while flying in the US Nationals near Alexandria, Pennsylvania.

Minnesota State Highway 114

Minnesota State Highway 114 is a highway in west-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highways 28 and 29 in Starbuck and continues north to its northern terminus at its interchange with Interstate 94 near the city of Alexandria.

Highway 114 serves as a north–south route in west-central Minnesota between Starbuck, Lowry, and La Grand Township near Alexandria.

Minnesota State Highway 27

State Highway 27 serves as an east–west route between Browns Valley, Wheaton, Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Mille Lacs Lake, and Moose Lake.

Mounira El Mahdeya

Alexandria was the birthplace of the developed cinema in Egypt.

Nicholas Cresswell

At the age of 24 he sailed to the American colonies after becoming acquainted with a native of Edale who was now resident in Alexandria, Virginia.

Nicholas Foran

Although a special government project had started marking gravesites in 1976, it would take nearly 8 years before Foran was confirmed as an award recipient in the fall of 1983 by the Medal of Honor Historical Society in Alexandria, Virginia.

North Louisiana History

The journal accepts articles for possible publication which focus on any part of Louisiana north of and including Alexandria.

Ostrožská Lhota

Charles Paul Blahous III (born 1963 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA) – former Special Assistant to US President George W. Bush for Economic Policy – is a fourth generation descendant of Czech ancestry originating from Ostrožská Lhota

Rajeevnath

The film, made with a minuscule budget of Rs. 6 lakh ($12000 as per 2012 conversion rate) was the Indian entry for Alexandria Film Festival.

Rick Gekoski

Gekoski was raised in Alexandria, Virginia, where his father, Bernard, worked as an attorney for the Rural Electrification Authority, and his mother Edith was a social worker.

River Don, Aberdeenshire

The river was recorded by the 2nd century AD cosmographer Ptolemy of Alexandria (d. c 168) as Δηουανα Devona, meaning 'goddess', an indication the river was once a sacred one.

Santaella Studios for the Arts

The concept for the combined artist studio and exhibition space came from the torpedo Factory in Alexandria, Virginia.

St. Asaph Racetrack

Asaph Racetrack was a horse racing facility that operated until 1905 in the Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia.

Syrnola thelma

A fragment of the shell of this brackish water species has been found near Alexandria, Louisiana.

Teddy Edwards

Due to illness in the family, he went back to Jackson and ventured to Alexandria, Louisiana.

Temperance Hall, Tennessee

Although he grew up in Temperance Hall, Stokes would retire to nearby Alexandria.

Theognostus of Alexandria

Theognostus (Greek: ΘΕΟΓΚΝΟΣΤΟΥΣ; Latin: Teognostus; ca. 210 - 270) was a late 3rd century Alexandrian theologian.

Tony Shaver

After graduating from UNC, Shaver accepted the head coach's job at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia.

USS LST-325

In May and June 2005, she sailed up the east coast under her own power for a 60-day tour of several ports, visiting Alexandria, Virginia, and Buzzard's Bay, Boston, Gloucester, Massachusetts.

West End Church of Christ Silver Point

In his book The Souls of Black Folk, author W. E. B. Du Bois wrote of the primitive conditions of a black schoolhouse at nearby Alexandria, where he taught class while a student at Fisk University in the 1880s.

WHMA-FM

The station will change its city of license again to Alexandria, Alabama in conjunction with this change.

William II of Sicily

In July 1174, 30,000 men were landed before Alexandria, but Saladin's arrival forced the Sicilians to re-embark in disorder.

WRMW

Upon its initial sign-on which took place on May 26, 2010 just days before the construction permit expiration date, WRMW initially aired separate pre-recorded programming from the network archives while it was awaiting the installation of its satellite receiver and dish antenna from originating station KJMJ 580 kHz in Alexandria, Louisiana.

WULM

According to a Springfield News-Sun story dated March 10, 2008, the station was purchased by Radio Maria, an Italian-based Catholic radio network which owns and operates KJMJ, its originating USA English-language station in Alexandria, Louisiana.

It is a repeater of KJMJ 580 kHz in Alexandria, Louisiana, the originating English-language station of Radio Maria USA.


AAST

Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport, a maritime academy that has its main campus located in Alexandria, Egypt

Ally Hilfiger

Alexandria Susan "Ally" Hilfiger (born February 26, 1985) is an American heiress, socialite, model, stylist, film and television producer and former reality show star.

Almohad reforms

He was also well educated, having studied across the Islamic world in Alexandria, Córdoba, Mecca, and Baghdad.

Arlington Ridge, Virginia

To the south of The Ridge, leading the 11th New York Zouave regiment, Col. Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth was charged with seizing the city of Alexandria.

Billy Montgomery

On January 28, 2012, Montgomery, along with the late Fred Baden, former mayor of Pineville, and the late Adras LaBorde, former managing editor of the Alexandria Daily Town Talk, was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield.

David Bard

He was elected as a Republican to the Eighth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1803, until his death in Alexandria, Pennsylvania; he was interred in Sinking Valley Cemetery, near Arch Spring.

Dirk Obbink

In March 2010 Obbink appeared in Channel 4's series Alexandria: The Greatest City, presented by Bettany Hughes.

Food and Nutrition Service

It administers the programs through its headquarters (HQ) in Alexandria, VA; regional offices (ROs) in San Francisco, Denver, Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, and Robbinsville (NJ); and field offices throughout the US.

Great Cities of the Ancient World

The work is a study of the ethnology, history, geography, and everyday life in such famous ancient capital cities as Thebes, Jerusalem, Nineveh, Tyre, Babylon, Memphis, Athens, Syracuse, Alexandria, Anuradhapura, Rome, Pataliputra, and Constantinople.

History of geometry

He was brought to the university at Alexandria by Ptolemy I, King of Egypt.

Jack Verge

He enlisted in the Australian Army Medical Corps of the Australian Imperial Forces in October 1914 as a captain and embarked from Sydney for Alexandria in December 1914.

Jacob Heerbrand

During the negotiations of the Tübingen theologians with Patriarch Jeremias II of Constantinople, it was translated by Martin Crusius into Greek, and circulated to Constantinople, Alexandria, Greece, and Asia Minor.

Jean de Thévenot

In January 1659 he sailed from Alexandria in an English ship, visiting Goletta and Tunis (Tunisia) on the way, and, after a sharp engagement with Spanish corsairs, one of which fell a prize to the English merchantman, reached Leghorn (Italy) on 12 April.

K34HO-D

It is one of two such Weather Channel broadcast stations, the other being K50DB-D, an unrelated station in Alexandria.

KARD

Between then, ABC programming was available on local cable systems via Alexandria's KLAX-TV and Shreveport's KTBS-TV.

Kazeboon

Kazeboon screenings began on December 29, 2011, taking place in public squares in El Mansheya, Alexandria and the Cairo districts of Zamalek, Maadi, Nasr City and Giza.

KLAX

KLAX-TV, a television station (channel 31) licensed to Alexandria, Louisiana

KLFY-TV

This marked Media General's return to Louisiana after selling Alexandria NBC affiliate KALB to Hoak Media in 2006.

Nakhla

Nakhla meteorite, a Mars meteorite that landed in the Nakhla region of Abu Hommos, Alexandria, Egypt

Omar 'The White Sudani' Ramzi

Since then he has been doing shows in all the major cities in Saudi Arabia and Egypt: Jeddah, Riyadh, Khobar, Cairo and Alexandria He has opened for several other world renowned stand-up comedians such as Ahmed Ahmed, Maz Jobrani, Angelo Tsarouchas, Dean Edwards, Jeff Mirza and Erik Griffin.

Peter VII of Alexandria

Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (1949–2004), Eastern Orthodox Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria

Philip Richard Fendall I

Born on November 24, 1734 in Charles County, Maryland, Philip Richard Fendall had a profound influence on the socioeconomic and political structure of Alexandria, Virginia society.

Pursuit to Haritan

On 13 October they travelled by train from El Hamman to Alexandria on the Khedivial Railway to reach railhead at Lydda on 15 October.

Qualifying Industrial Zone

USTR has designated three QIZs in Egypt – the Greater Cairo Zone, the Alexandria Zone, and the Suez Canal Zone (69 CFR 78094).

Quintus Caecilius Iucundus

The book then travels back in time to Alexandria, in Roman Egypt, where Quintus frees his slave Clemens and befriends Barbillus, a very rich Roman.

Raymond Eddé

Eddé was born in Alexandria, Egypt, where his father, a native of the town of Edde in the Jbeil District and an opponent of Ottoman control of Lebanon, had taken refuge after being sentenced to death for subversion.

S. Elizabeth Birnbaum

She currently (2013) serves as co-chair of the Arlington County and City of Alexandria Joint Task Force to restore Four Mile Run.

Shady Mohamed

Shady began his career with Alexandria's Club Koroum with the youth team and made his depute with First team in 1997/98 season and spent successful 2 seasons before joining El Ahly.

Stringfellow Barr

Stringfellow Barr (January 15, 1897, Suffolk, Virginia – February 3, 1982, Alexandria, Virginia) was an historian, author, and former president of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, where he, together with Scott Buchanan, instituted the Great Books curriculum.

Tourism in Libya

Cyrenaica became part of the Ptolemaic empire controlled from Alexandria, and became Roman territory in 96 BC when Ptolemy Apion bequeathed Cirenaica to Rome.

Virginia State Route 400

SR 400 continues north past the Christ Church, the Lloyd House, and the Lee-Fendall House to its northern terminus at 1st Street.

Virginia State Route 402

SR 402 heads north as a four-lane undivided highway that passes to the east of the Virginia Theological Seminary and Episcopal High School.