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66 unusual facts about Americans


1988 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

On February 28, 1988, GTE and CoSIDA announced the 1988 Academic All-America team, with Michael Smith headlining the University Division as the first men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year.

Abraham Coles

Dr. Abraham Coles (born December 26, 1813 – died May 3, 1891) was an American physician, translator, author and poet from New Jersey.

Blood of the Martyrs

Blood of the Martyrs is an American Christian metal band from Farmville, Virginia, formed in 2007, and currently has two official studio albums.

BMW M12

The Megatron programme ended as a result of a change of Formula One engine rules which banned turbocharged engines at the end of 1988, with American driver Eddie Cheever achieving the old BMW engine's last podium finish with third place in the 1988 Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

Boquete District

Is not until the 19th century, when starts the colonization of the Boquete region, with population from Gualaca, Bugaba, David and a little community of foreigners (mostly French and Germans) and some north Americans who started the growing of coffee, vegetables and the cattle raising.

Cliff Osmond

Cliff Osmond (born Clifford Osman Ebrahim) (February 26, 1937 - December 22, 2012) was an American character actor and television screenwriter best known for appearing in films directed by Billy Wilder.

Corral Hollow Creek

Named Arroyo de los Buenos Ayres or Aires by the Spanish, the creek retained this name despite the arrival of the Americans and the 49ers for some time.

Craig Shoemaker

Craig Shoemaker (born November 15, 1958) is an American comedian, writer, and voice actor.

Dan Gerrity

Dan Gerrity (December 21, 1953 – November 20, 2013) was an American actor, news director and writer.

Danny Coles

Coles visited American specialist Bill Knowles during the off-season and returned to The Pirates' squad for the 2009–10 season.

DeAnna Robbins

DeAnna Robbins is an American actress best known for her role as "Lisa" in the 1981 cult slasher film Final Exam, and for her role as "Kathleen" on the soap opera Santa Barbara, for which she appeared in 17 episodes.

Deutscher Michel

Der Deutsche Michel (literal. "The German Michael") is a figure representing the national character of the German people, rather as John Bull represents the British and Uncle Sam represent the Americans.

Eldon Davis

Eldon Carlyle Davis (February 2, 1917 – April 22, 2011) was an American architect, considered largely responsible for the creation of Googie architecture, a form of modern architecture originating in Southern California.

English royal mistress

Although he had already met her in San Diego, California in 1920, he was charmed by her openness, which he associated with Americans, when he met her again in Leicester in 1931.

Ernest Samuels

Ernest Samuels (May 19, 1903 – February 12, 1996) was an American biographer and lawyer.

Gail Brown

Gail Brown is an American actress, best known for her role as Clarice Hobson on the soap opera Another World.

Helen Hanft

Helen Hanft (April 4, 1934 - May 30, 2013) was an American actress.

Henderson Inlet

American settlers arrived shortly thereafter, and in 1846, under the terms of the Oregon Treaty, the area became part of the United States of America.

History of the Franco-Americans

Many American textile manufactures and other industries opened up jobs for French-Canadian immigrants, such as ones in Lewiston and other bordering counties in Maine; Fall River, Holyoke and Lowell in Massachusetts; Woonsocket in Rhode Island; Manchester in New Hampshire and the bordering regions in Vermont.

Places where the Canadian immigrants emigrated to the most were places including New England in the US, Ontario and the Canadian Prairies in Canada.

Jean-Marc Généreux

He is most prominently known for his roles as judge and choreographer on the American and Canadian versions of So You Think You Can Dance, and the French version of the hit television series: Dancing with the Stars.

Jemal Johnson

Jemal Pierre Johnson (born 3 May 1985) is an English-American soccer player who plays for New York Cosmos in the North American Soccer League.

Jen Mueller

Jen Mueller (born 1978) is an American television and radio sports broadcast journalist, sports official, business consultant, and author.

Jeremiah S. Black

Jeremiah Sullivan Black (January 10, 1810 – August 19, 1883) was an American statesman and lawyer.

Joe Black Hayes

(September 20, 1915 − December 9, 2013) was an American football player.

John B. Tabb

Father John Banister Tabb (March 22, 1845 – November 19, 1909) was an American poet, Roman Catholic priest, and professor of English.

Joseph Weizenbaum

Joseph Weizenbaum (8 January 1923 – 5 March 2008) was a German and American computer scientist and a professor emeritus at MIT.

Josh Warren

Josh Warren (born December 14, 1979) is an American actor, best known for starring in the Atom TV series M'Larky, as well as his role as Rich in the Footloose remake.

Karen Hampton

Karen Hampton is an American fiber artist who creates works of art intended to hang on a wall, and "wearable art" including scarves and jackets.

Keith Famie

'Our India Story' follows Indian Americans through challenges and boom times and celebrates their assimilation into the world of medicine, business and religion.

Lil' Fizz

Dreux Pierre Frédéric (born November 26, 1985), known as Lil' Fizz, is an American rapper and actor.

Lillian Feickert

Lillian Ford Feickert (July 20, 1877 – January 21, 1945) was an American suffragette, New Jersey state political organizer, and the first woman from New Jersey to run for United States Senate.

Lorine Livington Pruette

Lorine Livington Pruette (1896–1977) was an American feminist, psychologist, and writer, whose ideas on women, marriage, the family, and women’s role in society are often considered ahead of her time.

Major Distribution

"Major Distribution" is a song by American hip hop recording artist 50 Cent, released as a single in promotion for his upcoming fifth studio album Street King Immortal.

Mayflower

This voyage has become an iconic story in the earliest annals of American history with its tragic story of death and of survival in the harshest New World winter environment.

Michael Parkhurst

Michael Finlay Parkhurst (born 24 January 1984) is an American soccer player.

Mount Drygalski

The feature appears to have been roughly charted on an 1882 sketch map compiled by Ensign Washington Irving Chambers aboard the USS Marion during the rescue of the shipwrecked crew of the American sealing bark Trinity.

Nan Campbell

Nancy "Nan" Campbell (née Phelps; July 7, 1926 − November 19, 2013) was an American politician.

National Association of Arab-Americans

It opposed military occupation of Palestine, Lebanon and the Golan Heights and was involved in Arab-Israeli conflict issues, including Jerusalem, Middle East peace negotiations and regional security, as well as issues of democracy and human rights, the reconstruction of Lebanon and U.S. foreign aid.

Paige Howard

Paige Carlyle Howard is an American theater, television and film actress.

Pam Withers

Pam Withers was born on July 1, 1956.She an American-born Canadian author of outdoor adventure and sports novels for young adults as well as being a former journalist and editor.

Penelope Milford

Penelope Milford (born March 23, 1948) is an American actress.

Pepperoni

According to Convenience Store Decisions, Americans annually consume 251.7 million pounds of pepperoni on 36% of all pizzas produced nationally.

Phil Snyder

Phil Snyder is an American actor, writer, producer, animator, and university professor.

Piedone a Hong Kong

Rizzo is accused of the murder and decides to investigate the arrival of an Italo-American mafia man, Frank Barella (Al Lettieri).

Pierre McGuire

Pierre McGuire (born August 8, 1961), is an American/Canadian ice hockey analyst for National Hockey League broadcasts on NBC in the United States.

Polykay

The word polykay was coined by American mathematician John Tukey in 1956, from poly, "many" or "much", and kay, the phonetic spelling of the letter "k", as in k-statistic.

Rich Gunning

Rich Gunning (born 1966) is an American voice actor.

Rosemary Murphy

Rosemary Murphy (born January 13, 1925) is an American actress of stage, film, and television.

Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

The entry was also the first foreign collaboration to represent Russia, as the composers, Andrew Lane and Brandon Barnes, were both American.

Seong of Baekje

The American scholar of Asian cultures Ernest Fenollosa describes the Guze Kannon he uncovered at Hōryū-ji along with the Tamamushi Shrine as ”two great monuments of sixth-century Corean Art”.

Seven Ranges Terminus

Seven Ranges Terminus is a stone surveying marker near Magnolia, Ohio that marks the completion of the first step in opening the lands northwest of the Ohio River to sale and settlement by Americans.

Stay with The Hollies

In fact, most of the songs on the album were originally written and performed by Americans, including Chuck Berry, a favourite among beat groups.

Steve Franken

Stephen Robert "Steve" Franken (May 27, 1932 – August 24, 2012) was an American actor who appeared on screen and television for a half century.

Sue Naegle

Sue Naegle is an American business executive.

The Americans

Americans, examination of racial and ethnic groups etc. in USA

Jay and the Americans, American pop music group popular during the 1960s

The Un-Americans

As a result of this, the emblem of the stable was not the Canadian flag, but an American flag flown upside down.

As indicated by the name, the Anti-Americans differed from previous incarnations of Team Canada in that they were anti-American rather than pro-Canadian.

Theatre of Yugen

Theatre of Yugen is a non-profit theater company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in bringing Japanese performing arts to American audiences.

Thompson Square

Thompson Square is an American country music duo composed of husband and wife Keifer and Shawna Thompson.

To Record Only Water for Ten Days

To Record Only Water for Ten Days is the third solo album by American musician John Frusciante, released in 2001 through Warner Music Group.

Victor French

Victor Edwin French (December 4, 1934 – June 15, 1989) was an American actor and director.

When the Music's Over

When the Music's Over is the last track of Strange Days, the second album by the American psychedelic rock band The Doors.

William Henry Coffin

William Henry Coffin (1812–1898), a.k.a. "Haskell Coffin" and "William Haskell Coffin," was an American painter whose work was frequently used commercially.

William I. Skinner

William I. Skinner (October 24, 1812 - February 13, 1891) was an American politician from New York.


145th Armored Regiment

The Paco railway station itself took ten assaults before it was taken by the Americans.

1921 APFA season

The Staleys, who moved from Decatur, Illinois, to Chicago before the season, were named the APFA Champions over the Buffalo All-Americans.

1946–47 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

The starting lineup included 4 of the 5 Whiz Kids, guards Smiley and Vance, forwards Phillip and Ken Menke as well as All-American guard Walt Kirk and Fred Green at center.

1979 in Pakistan

21 November – After false radio reports from the Ayatollah Khomeini that the Americans have occupied the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan is attacked by a mob and set afire, killing 4.

2007 Weber Cup


Team USA captain Tim Mack, together with Tommy Jones, put the Americans in front overall for the first time, with a 226-207 win over Team Europe's captain Tomas Leandersson and Mika Koivuniemi.

Alton Adams

On June 2, 1917, Adams and his entire Juvenile Band were inducted into the United States Navy, thus becoming the first African-Americans to receive official musical appointments in the U.S. Navy since at least the War of 1812 and making Adams the navy’s first black bandmaster.

Americo-Liberian

In 2007 BET founder Robert Johnson called for "African Americans to support Liberia like Jewish Americans support Israel".

Amos Sutton

Soon after their arrival to his mission station, his first wife Charlotte died due to sickness at Puri, Orissa;later, he married James Coleman, second wife and an American Baptist missionary widow.

Cedric Smith

Cedric C. Smith (1895–1969), All-American football player for the University of Michigan and the Buffalo All-Americans

Chris Halliwell

His mistrust leads Leo to spy on Chris and find out that he has the ability to create a time portal (though not able to control it) where he and Chris are stuck (risking to be eaten by dinosaurs and captured by Confederate Americans who take them for Yankees) because of him.

Departments of the Continental Army

Although the Americans captured Montreal in November 1775, and established their headquarters at Château Ramezay, the region was never entirely under the control of the Continental Army.

Eau Gallie, Florida

Houston had been sent to the area by the United States Army to determine how many Native Americans were still living in the area after the Third Seminole War.

Fierljeppen

Many Americans were first introduced to the sport, here referred to as "ditch-vaulting", on Season 12 of The Amazing Race.

Follett's Modern American Usage

As the quotations that follow show, Follett was generally compared favourably with Fowler, doing for Americans, as it were, what Fowler had done for the writer of British English.

Fresca

American President Lyndon B. Johnson had a soda fountain containing Fresca installed in the Oval Office.

G. B. Pegram

Following Marcus Oliphant's mission to the USA in August 1941 to alert the Americans to the feasibility of an atomic bomb, in autumn 1941 Pegram and Urey led a diplomatic mission to the United Kingdom to establish co-operation on development of the atomic bomb.

Ghost Dance War

Much to the dismay of Native Americans, twenty US troops were awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions on that day.

Hacienda Luisita

Americans brought the centrifugal-based machinery which doubled the production of the estate and therefore did not require the cane to be loaded onto a truck to Laguna to be squeezed in the haciendas there, including those of the Roxas and Zóbel families.

Heinrich A. Rattermann House

In the following year, they moved to Cincinnati, where he worked at a lumberyard for more than a decade before founding a fire insurance company for German-Americans.

History of the Central Americans in Los Angeles

As of 2009 up to 560,000 Central Americans lived in Greater Los Angeles.

Inventing Our Life: The Kibbutz Experiment

Among those interviewed are first, second and third generation members from kibbutzim like Degania, the flagship commune established in 1910; Hulda, once near collapse and recently privatized; Sasa, the first to be settled entirely by Americans and today Israel's wealthiest kibbutz; and Tamuz, an urban kibbutz founded in 1987 and located in Beit Shemesh.

Isnilon Totoni Hapilon

In 2002 Hapilon and four other ASG members -- Khadaffy Janjalani, Hamsiraji Marusi Sali, Aldam Tilao, and Jainal Antel Sali, Jr. -- were indicted in Guam and in the United States for their role in the 2000 Dos Palmas kidnappings of 17 Filipinos and three Americans, and the eventual beheading of one of the Americans, Guillermo Sobero.

John Hauser

Hauser painted hundreds of portraits of Native Americans, including Sitting Bull, Little Wound, Bald Face, Red Cloud, and countless others.

Larry Fuller

In Europe, Fuller has directed and choreographed productions of West Side Story in Vienna and Nuremberg, created Jazz and the Dancing Americans for the Opera House Ballet in Graz, and directed the European premieres of Leonard Bernstein's Candide and On the Town and George Gershwin's Girl Crazy.

Lindenwood Park, St. Louis

Two nationally prominent Americans of the 1880s who are commemorated are General Winfield Scott Hancock, a Union general in the American Civil War and presidential nominee in 1880, and Chester A. Arthur, the Republican vice-president who succeeded to the presidency after the assassination of James A. Garfield in 1881.

María Luisa Reid

Her work has appeared in collective exhibitions in France, Spain, Japan and Cuba with the most important of these being 300 Latino-americans dans l’espace in Paris, the IV Encuentro Iberoamericano de Mujeres en el Arte in Alcalá de Henares, Spain and the Viva la vida Frida in Havana.

Message to the Grass Roots

In 2008, shortly after the election of Barack Obama, the first African-American president, al-Qaeda released a videotape that included a statement by Ayman al-Zawahiri, who called Obama a "house Negro" and contrasted him with "honorable Black Americans" such as Malcolm X.

Norquist

Grover Norquist (born 1956), president of anti-tax lobbying group Americans for Tax Reform

North West Company

The destruction of the North West Company post at Sault Ste. Marie by the Americans during the War of 1812 was a serious blow during an already difficult time.

Oceanian nations at the FIFA World Cup

In the first leg in Melbourne, Australia won 1–0 after Kevin Muscat scored from a penalty kick; however, Australia's qualification campaign ended unsuccessfully as they lost 3–0 in the away leg in Montevideo just five days later with the South Americans proving too strong.

Octavus Roy Cohen

He became popular as a result of his stories printed in The Saturday Evening Post which concerned themselves with African-Americans.

Pekingese

The Empress Dowager Cixi presented Pekingese to several Americans, including John Pierpont Morgan and Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, who named it Manchu.

Portrayal of Native Americans in film

A major scene in Peter Pan involves the Lost Boys and Peter Pan celebrating at the Native Americans' camp after Peter rescues Tiger Lily, the daughter of the chief, from Captain Hook.

Project 21

According to its web page, Project 21 is "an initiative of the National Center for Public Policy Research to promote the views of African-Americans whose entrepreneurial spirit, dedication to family and commitment to individual responsibility has not traditionally been echoed by the nation's civil rights establishment." Notable members include: Council Nedd II, Michael King, Deneen Borelli, Kevin Martin, Jesse Lee Peterson and Mychal Massie.

Quit India Movement

The only outside support came from the Americans, as President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressured Prime Minister Winston Churchill to give in to Indian demands.

Rattled Roosters

That same year the Rattled Roosters were featured in W magazine in an editorial photo spread titled “Young Americans”, shot by Mario Testino, featuring influential, young, California taste makers.

Regional climate change initiatives in the United States

On February 16, 2005, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels launched an initiative to advance the goals of the Kyoto Protocol through leadership and action by at least 141 American cities, and as of October, 2006, 319 mayors representing over 51.4 million Americans had accepted the challenge.

Richard O. Boyer

Richard Owen Boyer (January 10, 1903 – August 7, 1973) was an American freelance journalist who, before appearing at a Senate hearing, had contributed profiles to The New Yorker and written for the Daily Worker.

Seattle Totems

Among other notables for the Americans were Val Fonteyne, notable as the least penalized player of all time, future Vezina winner Charlie Hodge, and future National Hockey League general managers Emile Francis and Keith Allen.

Steuben Township, Warren County, Indiana

The township was named in honor of Baron Von Steuben, a Prussian soldier who fought for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

The Big Green Egg

The mushikamado first came to the attention of the Americans after World War II when US Air Force servicemen would bring them back from Japan in empty transport planes.

United States–Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2013

Coogan believes that the program would allow Israel to discriminate against Palestinian Americans, Arab Americans and Muslim-Americans who travel to Israel.

URB

United Remnant Band of the Shawnee Nation, a band of Native Americans who hold that they are descended from the Shawnee

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund

(VVMF), was a non-profit organization established on April 27, 1979, by Jan Scruggs, Jack Wheeler, and several other Vietnam War veterans, finance the construction of a memorial to those Americans who died or were killed during the Vietnam War.

Walter A. Gordon

In 1918 he became one of the first two African-American All-Americans (the first was Paul Robeson).

William J. Baroody, Jr.

Baroody's brothers include Michael Baroody, a corporate lobbyist, and Joseph Baroody, a former leader of the National Association of Arab Americans.