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unusual facts about California, USA



Arthur Frederick Dicks

This new direction saw him working as a set and costume designer in England, USA and Africa, spending some time in Nairobi.

Aurora Village–Wells College Historic District

Its significant business entrepreneurs included men such as Henry Wells, founder of American Express and Wells Fargo, whose operations created new express mail and banking services that spanned New York state and reached to the developing state of California.

Bowers Museum

The museum has cultivated partnerships with the Smithsonian, the Nanjing Museum, the Shanghai Museum, and the British Museum, among others, to bring national and international exhibitions from the world's greatest museums to Southern California.

Brendan Burch

Brendan Burch is an American animation producer and CEO of Six Point Harness Studios in Los Angeles, California.

California Cycleway

The inventor and promotor of the cycleway was Pasadena resident Horace Dobbins, who attracted ex-California governor Henry Harrison Markham to join him in the venture.

California State Route 20

Its west end is at SR 1 in Fort Bragg, from where it heads east past Clear Lake, Colusa, Yuba City, Marysville, and Nevada City to I-80 near Emigrant Gap, where eastbound traffic can continue on other routes to Lake Tahoe or Nevada.

Cleome platycarpa

It is native to the western United States from northeastern California to Idaho, including the Modoc Plateau, where it grows on clay and volcanic soils in the sagebrush.

Daniel Siebert

In 2002, Siebert wrote a letter to the United States Congress in which he objected to bill H.R. 5607 introduced by Rep. Joe Baca (D-California) which sought to place Salvia divinorum in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.

Days May Come and Days May Go

Days May Come and Days May Go: The 1975 California Rehearsals is a compilation album by Deep Purple, released in 2000 (see 2000 in music).

Devils Rope Barbed Wire Museum

The Devils Rope Barbed Wire Museum is a museum located in McLean, Texas, USA.

El Prado

El Prado, New Mexico, an unincorporated suburb of Taos, Taos County, New Mexico, USA

Eldad

Eldad Tarmu (1960, Los Angeles, California), a vibraphonist and composer

Fairbanks North Star Borough School District

The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District is a public school district based in Fairbanks, Alaska (USA).

Giacomo Bulgarelli

He finished his career with a brief spell in 1975 with the Hartford Bicentennials in the USA.

Golden dream

Golden Dreams, a film about California's history at Disney's California Adventure

Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company

He partnered with fellow insurance salesman Norman O. Houston and businessman George A. Beavers, Jr. to secure 500 pre-paid life insurance applications as well as the $15,000 deposit required by California.

Harold M. Westergaard

Harold Malcolm Westergaard (9 October 1888 Copenhagen, Denmark – 22 June 1950 Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA).

Health maintenance organization

Within a year, the Los Angeles Fire Department signed up, then the Los Angeles Police Department, then the Southern California Telephone Company (now AT&T Inc.), and more.

Henk van den Breemen

The “Gang of five”, as they were called when the pamphlet was presented in Washington DC (January 2008), consisted of General (ret.) John Shalikashvili (USA), General (ret.) Dr. Klaus Naumann (Germany), Admiral (ret.) Jacques Lanxade and Field Marshal the Lord Inge (UK).

History of California's state highway system

The decade also saw the implementation of FasTrak, California's electronic toll collection (ETC) system, across all toll facilities on state highways.

Hugo Peretti

In 1957, they bought into Roulette Records where they both wrote songs for various artists such as Valerie Carr and produced major hits for Jimmie Rodgers including "Honeycomb" (Billboard # 1) and "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" (Billboard # 3), and "Oh-Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again" and "Secretly".

James Robinson Johnston

In 1908, Johnston suggested creating a preparatory agricultural and industrial school, along the lines of the Tuskegee School in the USA for young blacks.

Jean-Philippe Lamoureux

His sisters Jocelyne and Monique, both born 1989 (twins), both won silver medals with Team USA at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and are currently both forwards with the women's NCAA team at the University of North Dakota.

Jessica Schultz

For the 2006 U.S. World Team Trials in March, Schultz was named skip, or captain, of Team USA (the team's regular skip, Cassie Johnson, did not play in the tournament), and the team finished fourth under her direction.

John Barlow Hudson

Hudson has three degrees, finished in the California Institute Fine Arts, Valencia, CA in 1972 and 1972, and there is nother one institute, he learned at Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH.

John Muir College

Muir's connection to California's Yosemite Valley continues with the Half Dome Lounge and the dining hall Pines (formerly Sierra Summit).

Jorge Arteaga

Jorge begun racing in the USA in 2010, acting as an ambassador for NASCAR's D4D (Drive for Diversity Program) and working in Revolution Racing alongside with drivers such as Mackena Bell and Sergio Peña.

Kellyn Tate

She later played professional softball for the Orlando Wahoos (1998), Akron Racers (1999-2000), WPSL All-Stars (2001), and California Sunbirds (2004).

King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

KSAU-HS has a number of licensing agreements to develop its academic programs with prestigious universities worldwide: University of Sydney (Australia); University of Liverpool (UK); South Alabama University (USA); Flinders University (Australia); Arkansas University (USA), Thomas Jefferson University (USA) University of Maryland (USA), Maastricht University (Netherlands), The University of Oklahoma (USA) and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (USA).

KPOP

KTNQ, a radio station (1020 AM) licensed to Los Angeles, California, United States, which formerly used the call sign KPOP

MacLafferty

James H. MacLafferty (1871-1937), a U.S. Representative from California

Matthew Zook

His work as an economic geographer contributed to a greater understanding of the expansion and impact of WalMart in USA (History of Walmart.

Mecca2Medina

They have worked with many new artists including with The Blind Alphabets and Mohammed Yahya, Missundastood of the USA, Poetic Pilgrimage, Pearls of Islam, Masika Feesibillah and Muslim Bilal.

Medina Valley

For example, the California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera occurs only in the western USA west of the Medina Valley and Balcones Fault.

Michael Jung

Michael E. Jung (born 1947), Professor of Chemistry at the University of California

Mindy Duncan

Two other Miss Oregon Teen USA titleholders, Bridgette Wilson (1990) and Tami Farrell (2003), have since also won the Miss Teen USA crown.

Novim

The group was formed at the University of California campus in Santa Barbara to create a collaborative problem-solving approach to address wide-spread and complicated problems, modeled after approaches at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP).

Randy California

Randy California drowned in the ocean while rescuing his 12-year-old son from a rip current near the home of his mother, Bernice Pearl, at Molokai, Hawaii.

Raymond L. Brett

He held a number of Visiting Professorships: University of Rochester, USA, 1958–1959; Kiel University, University of Osnabrück, 1977; University of Baroda, Jadavpur University, 1978; University of Ottawa, 1981.

Rougheye rockfish

Rougheye rockfish are deepwater fish, and exist between 31° and 66° latitude, in the North Pacific, and specifically along the coast of Japan to the Navarin Canyon in the Bering Sea, to the Aleutian Islands, all the way south to San Diego, California.

Sandtown

Sandtown, New Jersey, an unincorporated community in Southampton Township, New Jersey, USA

Srilekha Parthasarathy

She also has a fan club "No One Noticed Srilekha" in Portland, Oregon, USA, the first for a Tamil singer in Oregon.

Steal This Record

Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge at Image Recording, Inc. in Hollywood, California

Stippled studfish

The Stippled studfish (Fundulus bifax) is a small freshwater fish which is endemic to the Tallapoosa River system in Georgia and Alabama, USA; and Sofkahatchee Creek (lower Coosa River system) in Alabama.

Sylvia Hatchell

Despite having four players averaging double-digit scoring, including Wendy Palmer at almost 19 points per game, the USA had some close matches.

Talat Ahmad

Talat Ahmad was recommended for the position by a search committee headed by former member of Planning Commission, Prof. Abid Hussain, former Indian Ambassador to USA, and comprising Professor G. K. Chadha, CEO, South Asian University and former Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and Prof. Seyed E. Hasnain, an eminent Scientist and former Vice Chancellor of University of Hyderabad.

The Real Wedding Crashers

The series was produced by Ashton Kutcher, Karey Burke, Rich Meehan, Jon Kroll, Jim Rosenthal, and Jason Goldberg with RDF USA, the production company of shows like Wife Swap, in association with New Line Television, part of the studio that produced the film.

Walther Linis

They started in France and sailed through the Suez Canal to Arabia where they unloaded oil and continued over the Pacific shoreline to San Diego in California and on into the Panama Canal to the Gulf island of Aruba, waterless island but they could get oil board and then took 12 trips between many U.S. cities in the east shore, the boat went several times to the port of Tampico in Mexico from 1957-58.

Watsonville Riots

In September 4, 2011, California apologized to Filipinos and Filipino Americans in an Assembly resolution authored by Assemblyman Luis Alejo, D-Salinas.

Zorro's Fighting Legion

The story takes a few liberties with Zorro's official timeline: it takes place in Mexico instead of Alta California; Zorro wears a masquerade mask, rather than the traditional bandana; the characters Don Alejandro Vega (Don Diego's father) and Bernardo are absent; and Zorro's horse, Tornado, was changed to white (much like Kaiketsu Zorro).


see also

Aircharter

Aircharter.com LLC is an American Business jet Air charter company that is headquartered in San Rafael, California USA.

Antonio Alice

In 1915, he won the Medal of Honor in paintings at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California, USA.

Asmundson

Ruthlane Uy Asmundson, political moderate currently serving as Mayor of the City of Davis, California, USA

Avtandil Silagadze

Professional Associations: (born 2013 -) Member Academician of National Academy of Sciences of Georgia (2001-2013) corresponding member of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences; (1996-) academician of the International Academy of Education, Industry and Arts, California (USA); (1997-) academician of the International Academy of Economics and Entrepreneurship of Russian Federation.

Bentorite

It was named for Yaakov Ben-Tor (1910–2002), Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of California, San Diego, California, USA, for his contributions to geology and mineralogy in Israel.

Bristol Aerojet

Discussions with Aerojet of California USA took place aimed at exploiting the varied rocket-making skills of the two companies and in 1959 the Banwell works became Bristol Aerojet (BAJ) with a board chaired by Sir Reginald Verdon-Smith of Bristol Aeroplane Company, with Dan Kimball leading the Aerojet representation.

Chorro

Chorro, an unincorporated community in San Luis Obispo County, California, USA

Comerica Bank Challenger

It is held annually at the Seascape Sports Club in Aptos, California, USA, since 1988.

Danny and the Champions of the World

The album was produced by Tony Poole and Danny Wilson, and mixed by Ted Hutt at his King Size Studios based in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Dimitri Illarionov

He appeared at the Festival of Russian Culture (Los Angeles, California, USA, 2004), at the opening ceremony of the 49th International Book Fair (Warsaw, Poland, 2004), and at the guitar in Nürtingen, in 2002.

Dudley Rutherford

Dudley Rutherford is the senior pastor of the Shepherd of the Hills Church in Porter Ranch, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Ellen Chapman

In September 2006, Chapman appeared with Cristina Nardozzi (Miss Massachusetts USA 2005), Jennifer Fairbank (Miss Hawaii USA 2005), Berset, Tamiko Nash (Miss California USA 2006), Angelique Breux (Miss California USA 1999) and Lindsay Douglas (Miss Kansas USA 2002) on NBC game show 1 vs. 100.

Enophrys bison

This fish species occurs in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, from Kodiak Island, Alaska, to Monterey Bay, California, USA.

FLORIDA Airspace monitoring and management system

The FLORIDA Airspace monitoring and management system was an Airspace monitoring and management system of the Swiss Air Force from the Hughes Aircraft Company Fullerton, California, USA.

Genny Smith

Since 1959, Genny Smith has been a publisher and editor of guidebooks about the Eastern Sierra Nevada and the Owens Valley of California, USA.

George F. Marion

George F. Marion, who was born in San Francisco, California was father of writer George Marion Jr. and he died of a heart attack at the age of 85 years in Carmel, California, USA.

Global Film Initiative

In 2004, it entered into a partnership with First Run Features for distribution of all films in the Global Lens Film Series, and in 2006 it moved its offices from the West Village of New York to the Potrero Hill district of San Francisco, California (USA).

Ground System Architectures Workshop

The workshop became a reality in February, 1997, when Aerospace and the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) cosponsored the first Ground System Architectures Workshop (GSAW) held at the Aerospace campus in El Segundo, California, USA.

Happy Hollow

Happy Hollow Park & Zoo, a small zoo and amusement park in San Jose, California, USA

House of Kabužić

Albert Ritter Conti v. Cedassamare (also known as Albert Conti) (Albert Maroje Vlaho Frano Marijan) 29 January 1887, Görz, and died 18 January 1967 in Hollywood, California, USA, was afilm actor, but first he specialized in law (high school and law college in Graz) and natural science and was married to Patricia Cross.

IBM Internet Security Systems

Until late 2003 the company had significant development activities in Mountain View (California, USA), Reading (UK) and Sydney (Australia), but all development has since been relocated to Atlanta.

Imageworks

Sony Pictures Imageworks, a visual effects and character animation company headquartered in Culver City, California, USA

Ivo Dawson

Dawson was born in Rutland, England, UK and died in Los Angeles, California, USA.

James Woodward

James F. Woodward American professor of physics and history, CSU Fullerton, California, USA

John C. Champion

John C. Champion (born October 13, 1923 in Denver, Colorado, USA, died October 3, 1994 in Tarzana, California, USA) was an American producer and screenwriter.

KMCA

KMCA-LD, a television station (VHF 2) licensed to Redding, California, USA.

Lawrence B. Harkless

Lawrence B. Harkless, DPM, FACFAS, MAPWCA, is Founding Dean and Professor of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery at the College of Podiatric Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, USA.

María Elena Salinas

After a humble beginning as news reader at Radio Xpress XEPRS, a radio station broadcasting to Baja California, Mexico, and Southern California, USA, she promptly jumped into the ranks of KMEX Channel 34 in Los Angeles, California as TV news reporter.

Maurice Pivar

Maurice Pivar (b. 11 August 1894 in Manchester, United Kingdom - 14 June 1982 in Los Angeles, California, USA) was an English-American film editor, producer and writer.

Monogram Biosciences

(formerly ViroLogic Inc.), a wholly owned subsidiary of LabCorp, is an international biotechnology laboratory located in South San Francisco, California, USA.

North Yuba

North Yuba AVA, an American Viticultural Area in Yuba County, California, USA.

Nutrilabs

NutriLabs International, Inc. (simply known as NutriLabs) with corporate headquarters in San Francisco, California, USA, is an American-based multinational producer of nutraceuticals and functional foods.

O16

Garberville Airport FAA LID, a public airport located two miles (3.2 km) south-west of Garberville, a town in Humboldt County, California, USA

Onehunga High School

Each year, until 2009, one Onehunga High School student wins a scholarship (provided by Tony Falkenstein) to attend the Cazadero Performing Arts Camp in California, USA.

OpenBTS

RELIEF is a series of disaster response exercises managed by the Naval Postgraduate School in California, USA.

Overseas Family School

OFS is accredited K-12 by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, California, USA (WASC), authorised by IGCSE Cambridge as an Examination Centre and registered in Singapore by CPE, Council for Private Education.

Producers Guild of America Awards 1994

The 6th PGA Golden Laurel Awards, given in the The Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA on 8 March 1995, honored the best film and television producers of 1994.

Ranch Systems

The company was founded in 2005 by former executive of Oracle Corporation, Jacob Christfort, and is based in Novato California, USA.

Red Bull Road Rage

The original Red Bull Road Rage was held down Tuna Canyon, Malibu in California, USA on 5 and 6 November 2005.

Rosa 'Chrysler Imperial'

This variety was bred and publicly debuted by Dr. Walter E. Lammerts of Descanso Gardens, La Cañada, California, USA in 1952.

Ryan Park

Leo J. Ryan Memorial Park, a recreational city park located in Foster City, California, USA

Sam Soliman

2004-07-18 : Pechanga Entertainment Center, California, USA: Defeated Raymond Joval in an IBF Eliminator by 12 round Unanimous Decision.

San Gabriel River Bike Trail

The San Gabriel River Trail (also known as SGRT) is a 28-mile bike path along the San Gabriel River through El Dorado Regional Park and onto street bike trails near the Alamitos Bay Marina in Los Angeles County, California, USA.

Tarwater

Tarwater Creek, a small river in San Mateo County, California, USA

Trek Aerospace

Trek Aerospace Inc is a small engineering company based in Folsom, California, USA.

Tumkur University

Prof. Kurt Wüthrich, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (2002), Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Professor of Structural Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA and Professor of Biophysics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Turbonilla obesa

The type specimen was collected in the Pacific Ocean at Pacific Beach, California, USA.

Vasily Shumov

After a decade of artistic activity in the Soviet Union he moved 1990 to Los Angeles (California, USA), where he remains an active musician, making records (both, with Center and solo), playing live shows in USA and Russia, shooting short films and creating multimedia art.

Zaniolepis

Z. frenata is known to have been a source of food to the Native American inhabitants of San Nicolas Island off the coast of southern California, USA during the Pleistocene.