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3 unusual facts about Carlos I


Carlos I. Noriega

Noriega made two 6-month shipboard deployments in the West Pacific/Indian Ocean, including operations in support of the Multi-National Peacekeeping Force in Beirut, Lebanon.

In July 2004, Noriega was replaced by Piers Sellers on the crew of STS-121 due to a temporary medical condition.

Portuguese destroyer Tejo

This was part of a plan to retrofit the Portuguese Navy, a plan implemented during the reign of Carlos I of Portugal.


Frank L. Madla

Madla had maintained his Senate seat without opposition until successfully challenged in the Democratic primary held in March 2006 by the District 118 state representative, Carlos I. "Charlie" Uresti.

Lipari

Rule of the island was passed from the Normans to the Hohenstaufen Kings, followed by the Angevins, and then the Aragonese, until Carlos I, the Aragonese King became the Spanish King, and then quickly was crowned Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.

Postage stamps and postal history of Macau

Luis died soon after, and in 1894 a new series of 12 values featured a portrait of Carlos I.

Santa Cruz de Mudela

On January 30, 1538, Don Álvaro the Elder bought off from Carlos I the towns of Santa Cruz de Mudela and Viso del Puerto (Muradal), under his own terms and along with civil and criminal jurisdiction, for 26,208,626 maravedíes (for comparison, Ferdinand Magellan's epic voyage around the earth, financed by Carlos I in 1518, cost 8,751,125 maravedis).

STS-97

Mission Specialists Joseph Tanner and Carlos Noriega moved through Endeavours docking tunnel and opened the hatch to the ISS docking port to leave supplies and computer hardware on the doorstep of the Station.


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Spanish euro coins

In Avilés, Asturias, a Spanish one-euro coin was discovered with the image of Homer Simpson, a cartoon character from the show The Simpsons, in place of King Juan Carlos I.