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unusual facts about Brandon, South Dakota



2004 in Singapore

19 May – 1st Lieutenant Brandon Loo of the Republic of Singapore Air Force was killed when his F-16 jet crashed while on training from the Luke Air Force Base in Arizona.

Anglo-Saxon glass

Hundreds of window glass fragments have been found at Jarrow, Wearmouth, Brandon, Whithorn and Winchester.

Brandon Hardesty

In November 2008, Brandon participated in YouTube's first live show: YouTube Live.

Brandon Heath

Brandon Heath's 2011 release was produced by Dan Muckala who also co-wrote a handful of the songs along with Jason Ingram.

Brandon Jamison

Brandon Leon Jamison (born July 31, 1981 in Hopkins, South Carolina) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League.

Brandon School

Brandon School Division is a school division in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

Brandon Todd

:::Gene Ford, esteemed father of Geno Ford, a member of Muskingum's Athletic Hall of Fame, coached Brandon for four years at Cambridge High school and the past two seasons as an assistant coach here at Muskingum.

Brandon, County Kerry

The Maharees, a sandy peninsula between Brandon Bay and Tralee Bay is where most windsurfing activity is based.

Bubba Paris

He and his wife Lynne have six children: Four sons, named Wayne, David, Austin and Brandon, and twin daughters, Courtney and Ashley, who each currently play in the WNBA for the Chicago Sky and Phoenix Mercury women's basketball teams respectively.

Burton Dickerson

Burton is the father of Travis Dickerson, Linden Dickerson, Brandon Dickerson, Sarah Dickerson, and Bethany Dickerson Hight.

CKX

CKX-TV, a defunct television station in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

Dennis Heeney

Later in the year, Heeney ran as a candidate for the national Confederation of Regions Party in the federal riding of Brandon-Souris.

Detroit Junior Red Wings

During that game vs. Brandon, there was an online report that said that Milan Kostolny scored the winning goal, but in fact after video research, the goal was scored by Matthew Ball, off of Wade Redden's foot Detroit then started the final game vs Kamloops shorthanded, playing without Shayne McCosh (broken wrist) and Bryan Berard, trying to play with a bad charley horse.

Emanon Records

Artists who have recorded on the label include John Corabi, Jenna Drey, JParis, Leanne Harte, Jura, Cardinal Trait, Fanzine, Lorenzo, and Brandon Cooper.

Garfield Devoe Rogers Sr.

was an entrepreneur, community leader and philanthropist in Tampa and Brandon, Florida, Florida.

Harvey Lembeck

The Von Zipper character, leader of the Rat Pack motorcycle gang, was a parody of Marlon Brando's role in The Wild One (Von Zipper reveals in Beach Blanket Bingo that one of his idols was "Marlo Brandon".) Among other things, Von Zipper pronounced his judgments on others by saying "Him, I like", or "Him, I do not like".

Jack Sepkoski

His Ph.D. was on the field geology and paleontology of the Black Hills of South Dakota.

James Dixon Murray

When the chapel closed, he founded and opened the new Murray Independent Methodist Church on 11 October 1958 on the new Saw Mills Estate, at Grove Road, Brandon which is locally known as "Jimmy Murray's chapel".

James Lam

Lam currently resides in Wellesley, MA with his wife Pam and their three sons Brandon, Austin and Garrett.

Lake Harney

There are several landmarks that are named after him in his honor; such as Harney Peak in South Dakota as well as Camp Harney in Zapata, Texas.

Lead Sails Paper Anchor

Other games include: "Dan Becomes Guitar Hero" a game similar to Guitar Hero, "Travis Makes McTreyu Burgers" a remake of the 1982 arcade game BurgerTime, "Marc Busts Ghosts" a game similar to Ice Climber, and "Brandon Falls Down Into Hell" where the Brandon Saller character fights off creatures from hell while collecting ice cream cones.

Liberty Township, Brown County, South Dakota

Liberty Township is a civil township in Brown County, South Dakota, United States.

Lower Brandon Plantation

Martin's new plantation built on the 1616 land grant was initially named "Martin's Brandon", apparently incorporating the family name of his wife, Mary (née Brandon) Martin, daughter of Robert Brandon, a prominent English goldsmith and supplier to Queen Elizabeth I of England.

Luis Jacob

Artists including Peaches, Greek Buck, Navigator (Simon Cowling), Aria, The Dot Wiggen Strings (Sandro Perri and Todd Fox), Pausenfuller, Brandon Labelle and Frank Rynne.

Making Tracks

The cast included Hoon, Welly Yang, Brandon Kuwada, Doan Mackenzie, Alex Lee Tano, Michael K. Lee, Lea Salonga, Rona Figueroa, Cindy Cheung, Julie Danao, Joan Almedilla, and Sharon Leal.

Meg and Mog

The film is to be directed by Brandon Vietti, whose other works include Batman: Under the Red Hood and television series Batman: The Brave and the Bold and has been scripted by David Koepp.

Minnesota State Highway 117

Minnesota State Highway 117 is a short highway in west central Minnesota, which runs from Roberts County Road 19 at the South Dakota state line and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 27 near Wheaton.

Montgomery, Pennsylvania

They were represented in the 1947 Little League World Series, losing to the Lincoln Little League 7-2 and the Brandon Little League 14-2.

North Dakota Highway 1804

Highway 1804 begins at the border between North Dakota and South Dakota near Pollock, South Dakota, and continues uninterrupted along the north east side of the Missouri River through Emmons, Burleigh, McLean, Mountrail, and Williams counties.

Northwestern Bell

In 1976, Northwestern Bell sold access lines in the Midland, Philip, Martin, White River, Milesville, and Hayes exchanges to Golden West Telephone, a small telephone cooperative in South Dakota.

Robert H. Johnson

In 1972, he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach, Florida, which nominated the U.S. Senator George S. McGovern of South Dakota for the U.S. presidency.

Ruse of war

The use of the American flag flown on the RMS Lusitania while crossing through the Irish Sea to avoid attack by German submarines during the First World War was criticized in debate in the United States House of Representatives by Republican Eben Martin of South Dakota, who stated that "the United States cannot be made a party to a ruse of war where the national colors are involved".

Saint-Cléophas-de-Brandon, Quebec

It seems that the name of Saint Cléophas was suggested by Édouard-Charles Fabre (1827-1896), archbishop of Montreal, to honour Cléophas Beausoleil (1845-1904), who was House of Commons member for Berthier from 1887 to 1899.

Salix serissima

These include four in the Black Hills of South Dakota (two on the Black Hills National Forest); one in the Sherman Mountains of Albany County, Wyoming (on the Medicine Bow National Forest); seven in north-central Colorado (one on the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest); and one in southwestern Colorado (potentially on the San Juan National Forest).

Silver carp

By August 2009, they had become abundant in the Mississippi River watershed from Louisiana to South Dakota and Illinois, and had grown close to invading the Great Lakes via the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Statewide opinion polling for the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012

Haley Barbour of Mississippi, Jeb Bush of Florida, Chris Christie of New Jersey, Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota, Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and John Thune of South Dakota all succeeded in leading polls in their home states at some point in 2011, although only Pawlenty actually launched a campaign.

Tallahassee Titans

Also starting with the Gulf Coast game, the Titans have had an official broadcast team, consisting of Play-by-Play Commentator Drew Goldfarb, Color Commentator and Analyst Brandon Beyer, the sell out, and Sideline Correspondent Courtney Jones.

The Caribou Show

The show also lampooned local political figures, including Dave Munson and Vernon Brown.

The Fitzpatricks

They had four children, eldest son, Sean (Clark Brandon); introspective second son, Jack (Jimmy McNichol); only daughter Maureen (nicknamed Mo) (Michele Tobin) and youngest son, Max (Sean Marshall).

Tonga at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games

The semifinal appearance of Sekona guaranteed him a bronze medal, which he shared with Jack Massey of England—another semifinalist who lost to gold medalist of the event, Brandon Allan of Australia.

Tractor Supply Company

As of January 2009, there were 39 corporate-owned TSC stores in Ontario, mostly in the southwest, and two stores in Manitoba (Winkler and Brandon).

Ulmus americana 'Brandon'

'Brandon' is a cultivar of the American Elm Ulmus americana, raised by Lacombe Nurseries, Lacombe, Alberta, Canada, before 1969; it may be synonymous with another cultivar from the same source, known as 'Patmore'.

United States presidential election in South Dakota, 2004

SD is allocated 3 electors because it has 1 congressional districts and 2 senators.

YBR

Brandon Municipal Airport (IATA 3 letter airport code: YBR), municipal airport near Brandon, Manitoba, Canada


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