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3 unusual facts about Calvert


Calvert, Alabama

German technology conglomerate ThyssenKrupp broke ground on a US$4.65 billion stainless and carbon steel processing facility in Calvert in 2007, which is projected to employ 2,700.

Calvert, Texas

Tex McCrary — Originator of the talk-show format, adviser to presidents

Cynthia H. Milligan

Besides her academic position, Milligan is currently a director of Wells Fargo & Company, San Francisco, California; the Gallup Organization, Omaha, Nebraska, and Princeton, New Jersey; Calvert investment funds, Bethesda, Maryland; and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, Michigan.


Art silk

In 1931, Henry Ford hired chemists Robert Boyer and Frank Calvert to produce artificial silk made with soybean fibers.

Auburn, Nebraska

Calvert and Sheridan combined to form Auburn in 1882, in part to have the voting power to wrestle the county seat away from Brownville, Nebraska, a village located nine miles east.

Auxiliary Units

Calvert had recently served in the 5th Battalion, Scots Guards, which had been formed to fight as a ski-troop in Finland.

Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore

Benedict Leonard Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore, 10th Proprietary Governor of Maryland (21 March 1679 – 16 April 1715) was an English nobleman and politician.

Calvert 22 Foundation

Since its launch, Calvert 22 Gallery has staged exhibitions with internationally significant artists including Sanja Iveković, Alexander Brodsky, Neue Slowenische Kunst, and Olga Chernysheva.

Calvert railway station

A single track of the former Great Central alignment through Quainton Road to Calvert remains open as far as the disused Varsity Line for occasional freight and DMU maintenance workings.

Although the station was named Calvert, no such place existed at the time and the name was that of the local landowner, Sir Harry Verney, who had been born a Calvert but changed his name upon succeeding to the Verney Baronetcy.

Calvert v William Hill

Graham Calvert was a successful greyhound trainer and pathological gambler who in 2006 placed the largest golf bet in history: £347,000 on America to win the Ryder Cup.

Catapilla

Calvert went on to play in Gong off-shoots, The Invisible Opera Company Of Tibet and Mother Gong with Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth.

Centigrade 232

Don Falcone took the original recording of Calvert reading his poem Celsius 232 and integrated it into the track Drive-By Poetry.

Collington Branch

In 1696, the Council of Maryland divided Prince Georges County into six districts referred to as "Hundreds": Mattapany, Petuxant, Collington, Mount Calvert, Piscattoway and New Scotland.

Do Something to Me

"Do Something to Me" is a song written by Jimmy Calvert, Norman Marzano, and Paul Naumann and was recorded by Tommy James and the Shondells for their 1968 album, Crimson & Clover.

Doug Vogt

In 1992, covering the start of the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Doug Vogt was teamed up with ABC journalists Sam Donaldson, David Kaplan, Ben Sherwood and soundman Dave Calvert.

Edward Calvert

Edward Nixon (Edward Calvert Nixon, born 1930), youngest brother of President Richard Nixon

Eliza Calvert Hall

Lida's father Thomas Chalmers Calvert was born in Giles County, Tennessee to Samuel Wilson Calvert, a Presbyterian minister, and his wife Eliza Caroline (Hall) Calvert.

English overseas possessions in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms

During this time, St. Mary's City was visited by Captain Richard Ingle, a Roundhead, who led a rebellion upon Leonard Calvert's return.

Flags of counties of the United States

Several Maryland county flags, such as Calvert County, Baltimore County, and Anne Arundel County, incorporate the coat of arms of the Calvert family in their designs, due to the design being featured in the Maryland state flag, and the Calvert family's prominence in Maryland history.

Flicknife Records

Throughout the 1980s, it released material from artists such as Michael Moorcock, Robert Calvert, Hawkwind, The London Cowboys, Erazerhead, Alien Sex Fiend, Nico and Underground Zerø.

Francis Brerewood

He enjoyed the patronage of Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore, painting portraits of Lord Baltimore's son Benedict, and decorating the apartments of the Calvert family seat at Woodcote Park.

Frank Calvert

Calvert's work on Troy is mentioned in the 1985 BBC TV series; In Search of the Trojan War, written and presented by Michael Wood.

Frank Quennell

On November 21, 2003, Premier Calvert appointed Quennell as Attorney General and Minister of Justice, as well as the Minister Responsible for SaskPower.

Hobart coastal defences

With the outbreak of World War II, the Department of Defence acquired land near South Arm close to the mouth of the Derwent River on the eastern shore, from a Mr. Courtland Calvert and his sister in September, 1939.

Honey in the Horn

It is about the coming of age of an orphan boy named Clay Calvert, but it is also the about the trials of the pioneers who came to Oregon following the American Dream.

Joseph Kent

He was admitted to medical practice in Lower Marlborough, Calvert County in 1799 with a Doctor Parran, but ceased relations with Parran after a political disagreement in 1801.

Lorne Calvert

Federal New Democratic Party spokesman Brad Lavigne later told reporters that the party had asked Calvert to consider standing as a candidate in the 2008 federal election.

Margaret Calvert

In addition to her road signs, she has designed commercial fonts for Monotype, including the eponymous Calvert font, which she created in 1980 for use on the Tyne and Wear Metro system.

Matt Dunstone

This year, he will be unable to defend his championships at the 2014 Canadian Juniors after losing in the finals of the Manitoba Canola Juniors to Braden Calvert.

Media Development Investment Fund

Funders of MDIF's Loan/Investment Pool include: Bank Vontobel, Calvert Social Investment Foundation, DOEN Foundation, Dreilinden gGmbH, Foundation for Democracy and Media, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Open Society Institute, Oxfam Novib, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and Alexej Fulmek.

My Lady's Manor

In September 1716, his son Thomas Jr., then in his early twenties, married Charlotte Calvert, the fourteen-year old daughter of the fourth Lord Baltimore Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore.

Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School

In a self-paced class, students complete coursework through Calvert, Lincoln Interactive and Little Lincoln.

Phill Calvert

Ling and Calvert have also co-produced the Melbourne band Witch Hats on releases Wound of a Little Horse (2006) and Cellulite Soul (2008).

Point Lookout State Park

The park is used as the setting in the Point Lookout add-on for the video game Fallout 3, which includes references to its use as a POW camp as well as various features of the park, including Calvert's manor and the lighthouse.

Riverdale Park, Maryland

After Rosalie Stier Calvert died in 1821 and George Calvert in 1838, their son, Charles Benedict Calvert, took over the plantation.

Roland Degg

Casualties had been heavy and Calvert decided to move to "Blackpool", a new defensive perimeter, further north between Mawlu and Mogaung, before they could get there, Blackpool fell and Calvert learnt that the Chinese and Americans were approaching Myitkyina, receiving orders that his brigade was to attack Mogaung.

Rosalie Stier Calvert

Also known as Baltimore House, Calvert Mansion or Riversdale Mansion, it is located at 4811 Riverdale Road in Riverdale Park, Maryland.

Roy Calvert

Along with his navigator, Calvert was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in October 1942 for his part in several combat missions over hostile territory including the 94-bomber raid on the Le Creusot armament factory, whilst flying both Manchesters and Lancasters.

Samantha Mathis

In 2013, Mathis played psychiatrist Alice Calvert on the CBS television series Under the Dome, based on a novel by Stephen King.

Sir Frederick Eden, 2nd Baronet

Frederick Morton Eden was the eldest son of Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet, of Maryland, and his wife Caroline Calvert, sister of the last Lord Baltimore and niece of Thomas Bladen's wife.

Spirits Burning

Don Falcone took the original recording of Calvert reading his poem Centigrade 232 and integrated it into the track Drive-By Poetry.

SS George Calvert

American Mariner, Maritime Commission hull number 20, launched in 1941 as SS George Calvert, but renamed almost immediately.

Steve Calvert

Calvert appeared in Bride of the Gorilla, The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters, the serial Panther Girl of the Kongo, Ed Wood Jr's The Bride and the Beast, in Road to Bali with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby and appeared in the second part of the title role of Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla.

Terry Higgins

In his memory, Martyn Butler (born 1954), Tony Calvert (born 1956), and Terrence Higgins' boyfriend Rupert Whitaker (born 1963) set up The Terry Higgins Trust (later renamed the Terrence Higgins Trust), dedicated to preventing the spread and promoting awareness of the disease.

The Weird Tapes

Tracks 1-5: Stonehenge Free Festival 21 June 1977, and New Theatre Oxford 30 September 1977: Robert Calvert; Dave Brock; Adrian Shaw; Simon House; Simon King.

When Eight Bells Toll

British Treasury secret agent Phillip Calvert is sent to investigate, and narrates the story for the reader.

When Eight Bells Toll appeared in a 1971 theatrical release directed by Etienne Perier and starring Anthony Hopkins as Calvert, Robert Morley as Uncle Arthur, and Jack Hawkins as Skouros.

WRYR-LP

WRYR-LP (97.5 FM) is a low power radio station licensed to Sherwood, Maryland, USA, and the station serves portions of Anne Arundel, Calvert, Queen Anne, Talbot, Dorchester, and Caroline Counties, including Maryland’s capital city of Annapolis.


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