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unusual facts about Carolina, Puerto Rico



1960 Caribbean Series

The XII edition of the Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was a baseball tournament held from February 10 through February 15, 1960 featuring the champion teams from Cuba (Cienfuegos), Panama (Marlboro), Puerto Rico (Caguas) and Venezuela (Rapiños).

A Def Needle in Tomorrow

A Def Needle In Tomorrow is the second full-length album from North Carolina's The Comas.

A Union in Wait

In 2009 he moved back to North Carolina where he is now working for the North Carolina General Assembly.

Alabama v. Georgia

In 1732, George II granted James Oglethorpe and other settlers a charter to all South Carolina Colony land west of the Savannah River.

Allan Weiner

The South Carolina operations were to be funded partially by controversial fundamentalist preacher Brother Stair, whose broadcasts would also be carried from the ship.

Blatt

Solomon Blatt, Jr., federal district judge in South Carolina and former trustee of the University of South Carolina

Bold Alligator

Bold Alligator 2012 was held ashore and afloat, in and off the coasts of Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida, and it culminated in three large-scale operations - an amphibious assault at Camp Lejeune; an aerial assault from the sea into Fort Pickett; and an amphibious raid on Joint Expeditionary Base East.

Bonnie Garcia

Garcia was one of five children born in Manhattan's Lower East Side to a young Puerto Rican couple who divorced soon after her birth.

Bryan Grimes

On September 15, 1863, he married Charlotte Emily Bryan, and they eventually had ten children together, including John Bryan Grimes, who would become North Carolina's secretary of state.

Cherokee treaties

;Treaty with South Carolina, 1721 : Ceded land between the Santee, Saluda, and Edisto Rivers to the Province of South Carolina.

Costa Rica at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games

The XXIst Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico from July 17 to August 1, 2010.

Dan Radakovich

At South Carolina, he managed $33 million in facility improvements, including the Colonial Life Arena, now the home of USC's basketball teams as well as other sports.

Daniel Fowle

Daniel Gould Fowle (1831–1891), governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina, 1889–1891

East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine

East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine was recently granted accreditation by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association.

ENC

Eastern North Carolina, the eastern third, the coastal plains, of the state of North Carolina

Enterprise-Record

The Davie County Enterprise-Record, a weekly newspaper serving Davie County, North Carolina

Franklin J. Moses

Franklin J. Moses, Jr. (1838-1906), Governor of South Carolina from 1872 to 1874, son of the above

Golden LEAF Foundation

#The foundation recently approved spending $100 million for a new manufacturing plant at North Carolina's Global TransPark (GTP) to be built by Spirit AeroSystems that will eventually employ more than 1,000 people.

Guyana at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games

The XXIst Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico from July 17, 2010 to August 1, 2010.

Herald Journal

Spartanburg Herald-Journal, daily newspaper in Spartanburg, South Carolina

Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit

These consortium members included the three commercial partners GE Corporate R&D, Kitware, Inc., and MathSoft (the company name is now Insightful); and the three academic partners University of North Carolina (UNC), University of Tennessee (UT), and University of Pennsylvania (UPenn).

James O'Hara

James E. O'Hara (1844–1905), U.S. Representative from North Carolina

José Bardina

He was popular not only in Venezuela, but also in Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico and Spain, after the telenovelas produced by Radio Caracas Televisión and Venevisión reached its peak during the 1970s decade.

Justice Douglas

Robert M. Douglas, an Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court

Justin Catanoso

In 1992 his investigative reporting for the News & Record into fraud in the tobacco industry earned a Pulitzer Prize nomination, a Science in Society Journalism Award from the National Association of Science Writers, and Medical Writer of the Year in North Carolina.

Kerr Lake

The lake is named for Congressman John H. Kerr of North Carolina, who supported the original creation of the lake.

Marjory Heath Wentworth

Wentworth is a close friend of former South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford.

Metrolina

Metrolina Native American Association, a Native American community association in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Neonympha mitchellii

francisci (see main article), commonly called Saint Francis' satyr, is found in a single metapopulation in a 10x10 km area of Fort Bragg in North Carolina.

No direction home

No Direction Home, a 1983 album by North Carolina hard rock band Nantucket.

North Carolina Learning Object Repository

NCLOR participants include the 58 colleges from the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS), University of North Carolina (UNC ) System, North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (36 private institutions), the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (DPI), and North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS).

Ovens

Ovens Auditorium, an auditorium located in Charlotte, North Carolina where concerts and other entertainment events are held

Panthers Stadium

Bank of America Stadium, in Charlotte, North Carolina, home of the Carolina Panthers American football team.

Pedro A. Delgado Hernández

Pedro Alberto Delgado Hernández (born 1956) is a Puerto Rico attorney in private practice and is a nominee for United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

Rice production in the United States

Between 1866 and 1880, the annual production of the three States averaged just under 41 million pounds, of which South Carolina produced more than 50 percent.

Robert Chapman

Robert Hett Chapman (1771–1833), president of the University of North Carolina

Saby Kamalich

Kamalich first became interested in acting as a young woman when Braulio Castillo, the Puerto Rican actor, went to work in Peru.

South Carolina's 1st congressional district special election, 1971

The 1971 South Carolina 1st congressional district special election was held on April 27, 1971 to select a Representative for the 1st congressional district to serve out the remainder of the term for the 92nd Congress.

Souvenir de Porto Rico

Souvenir de Porto Rico, Op. 31, is a musical composition for piano by American composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk written from 1857 during a tour in Puerto Rico.

Swails

Stephen Atkins Swails (1832–1900), black Union Army officer and South Carolina politician

TD Ameritrade Park Omaha

Before the opening game of the CWS between Vanderbilt and North Carolina on Saturday, June 18, the ceremonial first pitch was delivered by former President George W. Bush.

WCDG

WKSA, a radio station (92.1 FM) licensed to serve Moyock, North Carolina, United States

WCOS

WCOS-FM, a radio station (97.5 FM) licensed to Columbia, South Carolina, United States

Wesley Critz George

George's activities in I. Beverly Lake's unsuccessful campaign for North Carolina governor are reflected in documents dated 1958 - 1960.

Westchester Academy

Westchester Country Day School, formerly known as Westchester Academy, located in High Point, North Carolina, United States

WIVV

Licensed to Vieques, Puerto Rico, it serves part of Puerto Rico, large areas of the US Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands, and the Lesser Antilles.

WRSN

WKSL, a radio station (93.9 FM) licensed to serve Cary, North Carolina, United States, which held the call sign WRSN from 1996 to 2006

WSFM

WAZO, a radio station in Southport, North Carolina, United States formerly known as WSFM from 1988 to 2004

WUIN

WLTT, a radio station (1180 AM) licensed to Carolina Beach, North Carolina, United States, briefly known as WUIN in January 2011

Zoé Laboy

Laboy has also worked as Professor in the Faculty of Criminal Justice of the Universidad del Turabo and the Metropolitan University in Puerto Rico.


see also

Cintrón

Kermit Cintrón (born 1979), Puerto Rican boxer who is from Carolina, Puerto Rico

José Aponte

José Aponte de la Torre (1941-2007), former Mayor of Carolina, Puerto Rico (1984-2007)

WIDA

WIDA-FM, a radio station (90.5 FM) licensed to Carolina, Puerto Rico

WVOZ

WVOZ-FM, a radio station (107.7 FM) licensed to Carolina, Puerto Rico