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19 unusual facts about Brunswick


Alpha Rho Upsilon

Alpha Rho Upsilon (ΑΡΥ; usually pronounced ARU) was a fraternity at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, from 1946 until it was disbanded in 1990.

Arie Vardi

He is currently teaching at the Buhmann-Mehta Academy of Music in Tel Aviv, the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hanover and at the Bowdoin International Music Festival in Brunswick, Maine.

Brunswick, Missouri

At the time of European contact, historical tribes in the area included the Missouri, Osage, Kaw, Otoe and others.

Brunswick, Swansea

The properties south of Page Lane fronting St. Helens Road are larger premises used as nursing homes, flats, professional practices and include a Masonic Hall, a Quaker Friends meeting house and a disused church.

Captain Abby and Captain John

The couple at the heart of the story are John and Abby Pennell, part of the Pennell shipbuilding dynasty of Brunswick, Maine (U.S.A.).

Chillicothe–Brunswick Rail Maintenance Authority

It ran from Chillicothe, Missouri southeastward through the communities of Sumner and Triplett on its way to Brunswick, Missouri.

CSS Lady Davis

On May 19, Lady Davis began her career with distinction by capturing and taking into Beaufort, South Carolina the A. B. Thompson, a full-rigged ship of 980 tons and a crew of 23 out of Brunswick, Maine, whom she encountered off Savannah while on an expedition seeking the U.S. armed brig Perry.

Federal Aviation Act of 1958

Two subsequent mid-air collisions between military aircraft and commercial airliners, one near Las Vegas, Nevada (United Airlines Flight 736) on April 21, 1958, where 49 died, and one involving Capital Airlines over Brunswick, Maryland a month later on May 20 that cost 11 lives, showed further imperfections in the regulation of air traffic, particularly the need for unified control of airspace for civil and military flights.

George Carpenter, 2nd Baron Carpenter

Carpenter Street in Brunswick, Georgia is named after George Carpenter, 2nd Baron Carpenter, in honour of his role as one of the original trustees of the Colony of Georgia.

Holeproof Hosiery

The company went public in 1929 and opened the first Holeproof mill at Brunswick, Victoria in 1930, becoming the first manufacturer to produce and market Australian-made self-supporting socks.

Jack F. Reichert

He was widely credited with powering Brunswick and bowling to enormous popularity in the 1960s, more than tripling the number of bowling lanes in the United States.

John Stevens Cabot Abbott

John Stevens Cabot Abbott (September 19, 1805 – June 17, 1877), an American historian, pastor, and pedagogical writer, was born in Brunswick, Maine to Jacob and Betsey Abbott.

Paul Franco

Paul N. Franco (born 1956) is a professor of government at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, and a leading authority on the British political philosopher Michael Oakeshott.

Richard E. Morgan

Richard E. "Dick" Morgan is a conservative author, contributing editor of City Journal, and the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Government at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.

Robley Wilson

Robley Wilson (born 1930 in Brunswick, Maine) is an American poet, writer, and editor.

TAT-1

From there the communications traffic was routed to the US border by a microwave radio relay link, and in Brunswick, Maine the route joined the main US network and branched to Montreal to connect with the Canadian network.

Tilly Devine

At 16 she married an Australian serviceman, James (Jim) Edward Devine, (born Brunswick, Victoria, 1892, died Melbourne, 1966), on 12 April 1917 at the Sacred Heart Church, Camberwell, London.

Whittier Field

Located in Brunswick, Maine, it is the field for Bowdoin football, Bowdoin outdoor track and field, and the Maine Distance Festival.

Wilbur Sweatman

Wilbur Coleman Sweatman was born February 7, 1882 in Brunswick, Missouri to parents Matilda and Coleman Sweatman.


489th Bombardment Group

Began flying missions into Germany in July, and engaged primarily in bombing strategic targets such as factories, oil refineries and storage plants, marshalling yards, and airfields in Ludwigshafen, Magdeburg, Brunswick, Saarbrücken, and other cities until November 1944.

524th Bombardment Squadron

Specific targets included a chemical plant in Ludwigshafen, an aircraft assembly plant in Brunswick, ball-bearing plants at Schweinfurt and Leipzig, synthetic oil refineries at Merseburg and Gelsenkirchen, marshalling yards at Hamm and Reims and airfields in Mesnil au Val and Berlin.

Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Anthony Ulrich (German: Anton Ulrich; 4 October 1633, Hitzacker – 27 March 1714, Salzdahlum) was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruled over the Wolfenbüttel subdivision of the duchy from 1685 until 1702 jointly with his brother, and solely from 1704 until his death.

Battle of Beaver Dams

The move may have been inspired by the creation, earlier that year, of Fort Howe National Park in New Brunswick—the first site admitted to the national park system on the basis of its historical significance.

Beatmania IIDX 14: Gold

The build was first seen at a location test at Brunswick Zone Naperville in Naperville, Illinois.

Bertha von Marenholtz-Bülow

Bertha von Marenholtz-Bülow (born 5 March 1810 in Brunswick; died 9 January 1893 in Dresden) was a German educator noted for her work in spreading the kindergarten concept through Europe.

Boys in Red accident

On August 26, 2008, a government working group presented New Brunswick Education Minister Kelly Lamrock with eight recommendations for extracurricular transportation.

Brighton Football Club

Under the coaching of Col Williamson, they had finished the home and away season in third place and after defeating Brunswick in the preliminary final they qualified for the decider against Williamstown, whom they downed by nine points.

Brunswick stew

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, in her Cross Creek Cookery (1942), wrote that the stew, said to have been one of Queen Victoria's favorites, may have come from the original Brunswick: Braunschweig, Germany.

Brunswick Street, Brisbane

The McWhirters department store is situated on the corner of the Brunswick Street mall and Wickham Terrace.

Brunswick Street, Melbourne

In the 1980s, 3RRR established its studios in Victoria Street, off Brunswick Street, the Punters Club established itself as a significant live music venue, as did the Evelyn Hotel, and independent record shop PolyEster Records opened.

Brunswick Village

Public transport links to Brunswick are provided by Arriva North East bus route 45, linking the village to Wideopen, Gosforth and Newcastle every 30 minutes.

Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg (1488–1563), daughter of Henry IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, wife of Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

Christian Heinrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach

# Frederick Ernest (b. Schönberg, 15 December 1703 - d. Schloss Friedrichsruhe in Drage, 23 June 1762); married on 26 December 1731 to Christine Sophie of Brünswick-Bevern.

Cleveland Orchestra discography

The Cleveland Orchestra's first recording, of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, was made for the Brunswick label with its first music director, Nikolai Sokoloff.

County of Brunswick

The County developed out of the possessions of the Brunonen dynasty centered on the town of Brunswick and was enlarged by the inheritances of Henry the Fat of Northeim around Northeim and Göttingen and a part of the Billung inheritance around Lüneburg, which fell to the House of Welf in 1106.

Frank McManus

Francis J. McManus (1844–?), political figure in New Brunswick, Canada

Fredericton Marathon

In 2014 the Miramichi Rock 'n' Run race was added to these three races, forming the "New Brunswick Challenge."

Giuseppe Arighini

He built the castle theatre (Schloßtheater) (1670–1674) in Celle Castle in the town of Celle in the German state of Lower Saxony for Duke George William of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

Head, Clara and Maria

The township of Head was named in honour of Sir Edmund Walker Head, 8th Baronet who served as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick 1847-1854 and Governor-General of Canada 1854-1861.

Heinrich Philipp Konrad Henke

Heinrich Philipp Konrad Henke (July 3, 1752 – May 2, 1809), German theologian, best known as a writer on church history, was born at Hehlen, Brunswick-Lüneburg.

Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh

It is one of three residence halls known as the "River Halls" or "River Dorms" (the others being Frelinghuysen Hall and Campbell Hall) built in 1956 overlooking the Raritan River and located between New Brunswick's George Street and New Jersey Route 18.

John A. Lynch

John A. Lynch, Sr. (1908–1978), member of New Jersey Senate and Mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey (1951–1955)

John Alexander Porteous

Returning to New Brunswick in 1974, he became known as a commentator for the CBC, published numerous articles and columns for such publications as The Globe and Mail, TV Guide and the Reader's Digest.

John Hume

In furtherance of his goals, he continues to speak publicly, including a visit to Seton Hall University in New Jersey in 2005, the first Summer University of Democracy of the Council of Europe (Strasbourg, 10–14 July 2006), and St Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada 18 July 2007.

John Preston Searle

Searle graduated from Rutgers College (now Rutgers University) in 1875 and from the New Brunswick Seminary in 1878.

Joseph O'Brien

Joseph Leonard O'Brien, (1895–1973), former Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick

Josephine Brunsvik

Steblin, Rita (2002): "Josephine Gräfin Brunswick-Deyms Geheimnis enthüllt: Neue Ergebnisse zu ihrer Beziehung zu Beethoven." Josephine Countess Brunsvik-Deym's Secret Revealed: New Results about her Relationship to Beethoven. Österreichische Musikzeitschrift 57/6 (June), pp.

Justice Allen

John Campbell Allen, an Associate Justice and Chief Justice of the colonial New Brunswick Supreme Court

Mactaquac

Mactaquac Dam, a hydro-electric power generating facility on the St. John River in New Brunswick, Canada

Marie Henrieta Chotek

In 1813 Jozef Brunswick asked architect Anton Pius Riegel to procure several old statues from Rome for the ornamentation of the mansion and of the park, in order to enhance its classical appearance.

Mary Winslow

Mary Matilda Winslow, first Black Canadian female graduate of the University of New Brunswick

Nepisiguit

Nepisiguit River, a river in the Canadian province of New Brunswick

New Brunswick Marconi Station

New Brunswick Marconi Station (40.51529° N 74.48895° W) was located at JFK Boulevard and Easton Avenue just a few minutes from the New Brunswick border in Somerset, New Jersey.

Oglethorpe Plan

Though seldom mentioned, notable vestiges of the Oglethorpe Plan can be found in the land use pattern surrounding Savannah; in the cities of Darien, Georgia; Brunswick, Georgia; and at Fort Frederica National Monument on St. Simons Island, Georgia.

Pickaroon

Picaroons Traditional Ales – A New Brunswick brewer named after the common logging tool.

Richard Gill

Richard J. Gill (1886–?), lumberman and political figure in New Brunswick

Robert Pichette

Robert Pichette ONB AIH FRHSC (born 7 August 1936) is the son of Albert Pichette, Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick.

Russ Morgan

On September 12, 1935, Morgan playing piano and Joe Venuti on violin cut two sides for Brunswick, “Red Velvet” and “Black Satin.”

Saint Croix-Vanceboro Railway Bridge

The first railway bridge over the St. Croix River at this location was opened in October 1871 by U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant and Governor General of Canada Lord Lisgar on the completion of the European and North American Railway (E&NA) between Bangor, Maine and Saint John, New Brunswick.

Samuel Merrill Woodbridge

He would serve 44 years as a professor of ecclesiastical history and church government at New Brunswick Theological Seminary (from 1857 to 1901) and for seven years as a professor of "Metaphysics and Philosophy of the Human Mind" at Rutgers College (from 1857 to 1864).

Spednic Lake

The lake shores are primarily undeveloped, and held in conservation or protected status, either through land ownership or easement, by the state of Maine and the province of New Brunswick.

Springfield Parish, New Brunswick

Brunswick Parish established in 1786: probably named for the town of Springfield in New Jersey or for the town of Springfield in Massachusetts: included parts of Studholm Parish and Havelock Parish until 1840.

Tantramar

Tantramar Regional High School is a secondary school serving the people of the Sackville-area in New Brunswick

WAYR

WAYR-FM, a radio station (90.7 FM) licensed to Brunswick, Georgia, United States

WSOL

WSOL-FM, a radio station (101.5 FM) licensed to Brunswick, Georgia, United States