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4 unusual facts about Calder


Adam de Kald

His name, de Kald or de Caral could refer to, among other places, Calder in Nairnshire or Crail in Fife.

Calderbank

The first part of the name refers to the river Calder that flows through the village: however the second element is unknown.

Reservoir, Victoria

Reservoir is located 12 km north of the Melbourne CBD, with easy access to the Northern/Western Ring Rd, Hume Highway/Freeway, Tullamarine & Calder Freeways and Eastern Freeway.

Sir Donald Campbell, 1st Baronet, of Ardnamurchan and Airds

He was born illegitimately, the son of Sir John Campbell, of Calder.


1945 Stanley Cup Finals

McCool, whose surname belied his jumpy demeanor, had been discharged from the army himself with stomach ulcers, but despite his medical condition, he would win the Calder Trophy.

1987 Calder Cup playoffs

The Calder Cup Final ended on May 23, 1987 with the Rochester Americans defeating the Sherbrooke Canadiens four games to three to win the Calder Cup for the fifth time in team history.

Arthur Calder-Marshall

In the 1960s, Calder-Marshall took on commissioned work which included novelizations of movies such as the Dirk Bogarde film Victim and a children's novel about British spy James Bond's nephew.

Barry Weiss

When Calder sought to retire from the business and sold Zomba to Bertelsmann, Weiss was appointed head of the resultant Zomba Label Group in 2004.

Calder Park Raceway

Competitors at this meeting included current Calder Park owner Bob Jane (Autoland Jaguar 3.8 #84), Norm Beechey (Holden #40), John Wood (Holden #83) and Peter Manton (Mini Cooper).

During this period, Calder owner Bob Jane managed to entice many F1 drivers to race in the Grand Prix at Calder including Jones, Prost, Laffite, Niki Lauda, Nelson Piquet, Keke Rosberg and Andrea de Cesaris, as well as Australian international Geoff Brabham.

Calder v. Jones

The plaintiff, actress Shirley Jones (represented by Paul Ablon), sued the defendants, the National Enquirer, its distributor, the writer of the article, and Calder, the editor-in-chief of the magazine, over an October 9, 1979 article in which the Enquirer alleged that Jones was an alcoholic.

Cavendish Laboratory

Sir Lawrence Bragg, the director of the Cavendish Laboratory, where Watson and Crick worked, gave a talk at Guy's Hospital Medical School in London on Thursday 14 May 1953 which resulted in an article by Ritchie Calder in The News Chronicle of London, on Friday 15 May 1953, entitled "Why You Are You. Nearer Secret of Life."

Charles S. T. Calder

From the mid-1920s through to the outbreak of World War II, Calder was active in the resurgence of studies of Neolithic sites in Scotland as Investigator in the RCAHMS, as were V. Gordon Childe, Walter Gordon Grant and J Graham Callander, Keeper of the National Museum of Antiquities.

In 1940 Calder conducted an emergency excavation of a broch in Caithness before it was destroyed to make way for the new airport of RAF Skitten.

Chasing Vermeer

Calder Pillay is derived from the artist Alexander Calder and Petra Andalee was inspired by the architecture in Petra, Jordan.

Set in Hyde Park, Chicago near the University of Chicago, the novel follows two children, Calder Pillay and Petra Andalee.

Clan Calder

This was opposed by her uncles Alexander and Hugh Calder who chased them to Strathnairn but after considerable loss of life she was safely delivered to Inverary.

Clive Calder

Clive Ian Calder (born 13 December 1946) is a South African-born based record executive and businessman primarily known for co-founding the Zomba Group with Ralph Simon and its subsidiary Jive Records.

Dacre Stoker

Dacre Calder Stoker (born 23 August 1958) is a Canadian-American author, sportsman and filmmaker, and the great-grand nephew of Irish author Bram Stoker, who authored the 1897 Gothic novel Dracula.

Dante's Equation

Calder Farris-- Lieutenant in the United States Army and agent for the United States Department of Defense, a violently patriotic sociopath investigating new weapons technology from non-mainstream scientific sources.

Dead Fingers Talk

The book was originally published by John Calder in association with Olympia Press.

Gavin Rain

In 2009 Rain was chosen by the 2010 Fine Art Group (licensed under FIFA) to complete 12 portraits for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, taking place in South Africa, alongside artists such as Esther Mahlangu and Keith Calder.

George Braziller

I remember you’d go to the corner café, and there were artists like Max Ernst, Giacometti, Calder, and then the writers, poets, playwrights, dramatists like Camus, Michaux, Ionesco, Dürrenmatt....

George Stanley Gordon

Mr. Gordon approached famed artist Alexander Calder and brought him to Braniff International Airways Chairman Harding Lawrence with a proposal for Calder to paint a Braniff jet airliner in what would become the world's first flying artwork.

Haymond

Major William Haymond (1740–1821), born in the colony of Maryland, son of John Haymond and Margaret Calder

HMS Calder

HMS Calder was to have been a Captain-class frigate launched at Mare Island in 1942, but the vessel was retained by the United States, and commissioned into the United States Navy as USS Gilmore.

HMS Calder was to have been another Captain-class frigate launched at Mare Island in 1942, but the vessel was retained by the United States, and commissioned into the United States Navy as USS Finnegan.

Iowa Wild

The AHL version of the Aeros would go on to win the 2003 Calder Cup; they would reach the 2011 Calder Cup finals as well but lost to the Binghamton Senators.

Jamie Dunn

On 21 September 2005, Dunn announced he was leaving B105 and in 2006, he and Agro began to present on the "Zinc Morning Zoo" with Ian Calder and Courtney Burns on Sunshine Coast FM radio station "Zinc 96."

Jive Records

By 1982, Calder was introduced to Barry Weiss, a young college graduate who took Calder out to hip-hop clubs in New York City for his job interview with Zomba.

Kent E Calder

Calder took a leave from the university from 1996 to 1999 to serve as special adviser to the U.S. ambassador to Japan, working un-der Walter Mondale and Thomas Foley.

Lewis Calder

Lewis Calder (born 4 May 1988) is a professional Rugby Union player who currently plays flanker for London Scottish.

Lord Torphichen

He is Chief of Clan Sandilands and also holds the feudal title of Baron of Calder, dating to the 14th century.

Maine Mariners

The Mariners are the only franchise in league history to win the Calder Cup title in their first two seasons (1977–78, 1978–79) and at the time were the only team to ever capture the Calder Cup during their inaugural season.

NASCAR in Australia

The Australian NASCARs were supporters of the Gold Coast Indy 300 run by CART on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit during the early years when CAMS sanctioned categories ignored the race meeting, for until 1992 this was NASCAR's only opportunity to race away from its home circuit at Calder Park.

Nigel Calder

Nigel Calder is the son of the late Lord Ritchie-Calder, a brother of the historian Angus Calder (1942–2008), mathematician Allan Calder and educationist Isla Calder (1946–2000), and the father of travel writer Simon Calder.

Norland, West Yorkshire

The settlement dates back to the 13th century when it consisted of timber-framed farmhouses on the hillsides above the valleys of the Calder and Ryburn rivers.

Peter Ritchie Calder

Sir Lawrence Bragg's original announcement of the discovery of the structure of DNA was made at a Solvay conference on proteins in Belgium on 8 April 1953 but went unreported by the UK press, he then gave a talk at Guys Hospital Medical School in London on Thursday, May 14, 1953 which resulted in an article by Ritchie Calder in the News Chronicle of London, on Friday, May 15, 1953, entitled "Why You Are You. Nearer Secret of Life."

Philip McGough

He appeared as Sergeant Calder, a member of the British Army's bomb disposal squad, in the 1984 Doctor Who story Resurrection of the Daleks.

Puerto Rico v. Branstad

In February 1984, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa that would order Governor Branstad to proceed with the extradition of Calder.

Robert C. Lee

On 1918-06-15, he married Elsie Francis Calder, daughter of Senator William M. Calder.

Saint John Flames

With their 2001 victory, the Saint John Flames became the second AHL team based in New Brunswick to win the Calder Cup, the first being the New Brunswick Hawks of Moncton in 1982 against the Binghamton Whalers.

Simon Calder

He is the nephew of the late Scottish writer and critic, Angus Calder and educationalist Isla Calder (1946-2000).

Sowerby Bridge

It is at the confluence of the River Calder and River Ryburn, and the name Sowerby Bridge references the area's use as a crossing point over the River Calder to the older settlement at Sowerby.

Steve Rexe

He would go on to play with the Ottawa Nationals, Belleville Mohawks, Belleville Quintes of the OHA Senior League, Greensboro Generals of the EHL, the AHL,Springfield Kings where he back-stopped the Kings to a Calder Cup title in 1975, the Springfield Indians also of the AHL, Napanee Comets and Lindsay Lancers of the OHA Sr.

The Witch of the Low Tide

Detective-Inspector Twigg of Scotland Yard tries to warn Dr. Garth about the chequered past of Lady Calder, but it takes all the nerve of Garth's friend Cullingford Abbot, assistant to the Commissioner of Scotland Yard, to state that, among other things, Betty danced for three seasons at the Moulin Rouge and is thought to have joined a Satanist group in Paris.

West Calder Slave Trade Petition

The West Calder Slave Trade Petition was a 1792 petition, against the slave-trade, created in West Calder, West Lothian, Scotland.

Wester Hailes railway station

As this station is part of the West Coast Main Line to Carstairs, which diverges at Mid Calder Junction, a colourful variety of CrossCountry Class 220 "Voyager", Virgin Trains Class 221 "Super Voyager", Class 390 "Pendolino" and East Coast InterCity 225 can also be seen.


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