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unusual facts about Charles C. Black


Justice Black

Charles C. Black, an Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court


Alan W. Black

Black wrote the Festival Speech Synthesis System at Edinburgh, and continues to develop it at Carnegie Mellon.

American Monetary Institute

While 2013 speakers are still unconfirmed, past speakers have included: Michael Hudson, Richard C. Cook, William K. Black, Dennis Kucinich, and Elizabeth Kucinich.

Bowling Green Plateau

It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1962–63); Professor Charles C. Rich, geologist and deputy leader of the VUWAE, was affiliated with Bowling Green State University of Ohio.

Buckeye gasoline buggy

Charles H. Black reported that he completed and tested his first steam engine "chug buggy" in 1891.

Charles Bowen Howry

Howry was nominated by President Grover Cleveland to the seat on the Court of Claims vacated by the promotion of Charles C. Nott to Chief Justice of that court.

Charles C. Bonney

He was schooled in Hamilton, and attended Colgate University, eventually receiving his LL.D. After a brief stint as a teacher in Hamilton, Bonney moved to Peoria, Illinois, where he founded a school.

Charles C. Diggs, Sr.

A follower of Marcus Garvey during the 1920s, Diggs first became involved in politics as a Republican, and then changed affiliation to the Democrats in 1932.

Charles C. Glover Memorial Bridge

On November 20, 1946, Stephen Norman, grandson of Theodor Herzl, jumped off the bridge to his death three weeks after learning that his whole family had died in the Holocaust.

Charles C. Holt

Charles C. Holt (21 May 1921 – 13 December 2010) was Professor Emeritus at the Department of Management at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.

Charles C. Ingham

Settling in New York City, he distinguished himself by his oil painting, but also in watercolor on ivory, a standard medium for miniature portraits since the 18th century.

Charles C. Krulak

He is the son of Lieutenant General Victor H. Krulak, Sr., and the younger brother of Commander Victor H. Krulak Jr, Navy Chaplain Corps and Colonel William Krulak, USMCR.

Charles C. Lips

Charles C. Lips (ca. 1835–1888), also known as C.C. Lips, was a member of the Los Angeles Common Council from the First Ward in 1877-78.

Charles C. Painter

He also lobbied heavily for the institution of the Allotment policy introduced by Senator Henry L. Dawes, and passed in 1887 as the Dawes Act.

Charles C. Pixley

He completed his residency in surgery at Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pennsylvania, from November 1948 to September 1949 after which he completed a special course in orthopedic surgery at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons until November 1949 when he was promoted to Captain.

Charles C. Reid

Reid was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1901-March 3, 1911).

Charles C. Rich

The communities of Paris and Geneva, Idaho, as well as some other neighboring towns, were under his direction.

Charles Lynch

Charles C. Lynch, former owner of a Morro Bay, California medical marijuana dispensary

Charles McDonald

Charles C. McDonald (born 1933), general in the United States Air Force

Charles Nott

Charles C. Nott (1827–1916), Chief Justice of the United States Court of Claims

Charles Rich

Charles C. Rich (1809-1883), American leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Charles Stephenson

Charles C. Stephenson, Jr., American petroleum industry executive and philanthropist

Chevrolet El Camino

A 1970 model El Camino named "Brimstone" is the vehicle used by the character "Preacher" in the videogame Twisted Metal: Black.

Cimetidine

Cimetidine was the culmination of a project at Smith, Kline and French (SK&F; now GlaxoSmithKline) by James W. Black, C. Robin Ganellin, and others to develop a histamine receptor antagonist to suppress stomach acid secretion.

Comstock Park, Michigan

Renamed "Comstock Park" after Charles C. Comstock, who represented the district in Congress from 1885-1886.

Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde

Dr. Henry Pryde (Bernie Casey) is a noteworthy scientist who is working on an experimental remedy for liver damage.

Eugene Black

Eugene R. Black, Sr. (1898–1992), President of the World Bank, 1949–1963

Eugene R. Black, Sr.

In 1963, the United States was considering pursuing a program to create a supersonic transport (SST) to rival the British and French Concorde.

Frances Jennings Casement

Her father Charles C. Jennings was a politician active in the abolition movement in the 1830s.

Henry M. Black

In February 1864, he was sent to Fort Humboldt with three companies of reinforcements ("C," "E" and "G"), to take command of the Humboldt Military District.

J. R. Black

The newspaper's in-house photographer was the Austrian, Michael Moser, but Black, an amateur photographer himself, supplemented Moser's images with his own.

James B. Black

In 2005 and 2006, Black was linked to a series of scandals involving, among other things, the party-switching Rep. Michael P. Decker, and the North Carolina lottery, established the previous year.

Jeremiah S. Black

Perhaps the most influential of President Buchanan's official advisers, he denied the constitutionality of secession, and urged that Fort Sumter be properly reinforced and defended.

Black was born on January 10, 1810 in Stony Creek, Pennsylvania near his Glades, the son of Representative Henry Black, and his wife Mary Black (Sullivan).

John D. F. Black

Black also was the executive producer of the detective movie Trouble Man (1972), which starred Robert Hooks and whose musical score was written by Marvin Gaye.

Junius F. Wells

Wells was also the author of eleven biographies, including those of John C. Frémont, Thomas L. Kane, Charles C. Rich, James A. Garfield, and Orson Pratt.

Marine Doom

In 1996, General Charles C. Krulak, Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps issued a directive to use wargames for improving "Military Thinking and Decision Making Exercises".

Mount Rich

Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1962–63) for Charles C. Rich, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geologist who served as deputy leader and geologist of the expedition.

Ohio Penitentiary

Among the wardens of the penitentiary was Charles C. Walcutt, a former general in the Union Army during the Civil War.

Ragin

Charles C. Ragin, an American sociologist and Professor of Sociology and Political Science at the University of Arizona

Rancho San Bernardino

In 1851, the Lugo family sold the Rancho to a group of almost 500 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) led by Captain David Seely (later first Stake President), Captain Jefferson Hunt and Captain Andrew Lytle, and included Apostles Amasa M. Lyman and Charles C. Rich.

Scott Black

Lieutenant General Scott C. Black, American military lawyer and former Judge Advocate General of the US Army

Scott M. Black, American investor, philanthropist and art collector

The Proud and Profane

It was nominated for two Academy Awards, for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Hal Pereira, A. Earl Hedrick, Samuel M. Comer, Frank R. McKelvy) and Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (Edith Head).

Timothy L. Woodruff

In the process Woodruff became the only Lieutenant Governor in New York history to serve under three different Governors — Frank S. Black, Theodore Roosevelt, and Benjamin Barker Odell, Jr. As Lieutenant Governor, Woodruff took a leadership role in the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks, helping to protect the forests there from the devastation of clear cutting and large scale damming projects.

W. M. Keck Observatory

The Co- Principal Investigators are Ian S. McLean (UCLA) and Charles C. Steidel (Caltech), and the project was managed by WMKO Instrument Program Manager, Sean Adkins.

Where no man has gone before

It is the result of the combined input of several people, including Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and producers John D. F. Black and Bob Justman.

William T. Culpepper, III

Considered the greatest Rules Chairman of all time, Culpepper will be remembered as one of the architects of the co-speakership (James B. Black and Richard T. Morgan) in 2003 and the driving force behind passage of the state's education lottery in 2005.


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