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20 unusual facts about David "Skippy" Parsons


Claude V. Parsons

He was reelected to the Seventy-third and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from November 4, 1930, to January 3, 1941.

Parsons was elected on November 4, 1930, as a Democrat to the Seventy-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas S. Williams and on the same day was elected to the Seventy-second Congress.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress.

David ''D'' Barron

Barron Corona was killed on November 27, 1997 in Tijuana, Baja California during the attempted assassination of journalist Jesus Blancornelas.

David Parsons

David "Skippy" Parsons (born 1959), racing driver from Tasmania, Australia

David Ritchie

David "Tarzan" Ritchie (born 1945), Shinty player and winner of 12 Camanachd Cup medals

Edward Y. Parsons

Parsons was elected as a Democrat to the 44th United States Congress and served from March 4, 1875, until his death in Washington, D.C., July 8, 1876.

Fats Jenkins

In the 1939-40 season Fats captained the powerful Chicago Crusaders which included his old Rens teammate David "Big Dave" DeJernett as well as future Ren BrickTop Wright.

George Parsons

George W. Parsons (1850-1933), attorney turned banker during the 19th century Old West

George W. Parsons

George Whitwell Parsons (August 26, 1850 - January 5, 1933) was a licensed attorney turned banker during the 19th century Old West.

Horizontal boring machine

The accuracy of this machine convinced the USAF to accept John Parson's idea for numerically controlled machine tools.

John T. Parsons

(Bendix Corporation was an initial license taker of the patent, in 1955, and eventually bought all the rights to it.)

These developments were done in collaboration with his employee Frank L. Stulen, who Parsons hired when he was head of the Rotary Wing Branch of the Propeller Lab at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, in April 1946.

Lewis B. Parsons, Jr.

(Perry, New York, April 5, 1818 - Flora, Illinois, March 16, 1907) was one of the last officers who was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers during the American Civil War.

Parsons College was named after his father Lewis B. Parsons, Sr. His grandfather, Charles Parsons, had been an officer in the American Revolutionary War.

In 1854, he moved to St. Louis, where he became president of the Ohio and Mississippi Railway.

Richard C. Parsons

He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for reelection to the Forty-fourth Congress.

Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown

Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown is an animated children's series created by Yoram Gross of Blinky Bill fame.

William W. Parsons

In 1883, Parsons was promoted to Vice-President of Indiana State Normal School.

William Woods Parsons (May 18, 1850 – September 28, 1925) is best known as being the former president of Indiana State University and its Eastern Division, later known as Ball State University.


Alfredo Razon Gonzalez

He is married to Regina Anne Marie Arcenas-Gonzalez, Managing Director of Terry S.A., Inc. (Official distributor of Havaianas, David & Goliath, Pininho, and Dupe in the Philippines).

Anirudh Ravichander

Next, he sang and composed a single for David (2013) – a multilingual multi-starrer directed by Bejoy Nambiar, "Kanave Kanave" in Tamil and "Yun Hi Re" in Hindi.

Arthur Rylah

He was also responsible for prohibiting performances of the play The Boys in the Band (which he condemned as obscene) and for the covering of public statues of Michelangelo's David.

Bert Head

This system produced many future Swindon greats – Trollope, Mike Summerbee, Bobby Woodruff, Ernie Hunt, Keith Morgan, Roger Smart, Rod Thomas, David 'Bronco' Layne and Don Rogers to name but a few – and, as they gradually climbed the league table, the team earned the nickname, "Bert's Babes".

Bill Yates

He served as an aviator in the United States Navy during WWII, training fighter pilots in Corpus Christi, Texas, where he married Jessie Jean ("Skippy") Hardy.

Burghley House

Lady Victoria Leatham, antiques expert and television personality, followed her father, Olympic gold-medal winning hurdler and runner, IAAF President and MP David "Burghley" Cecil, the 6th marquess by running the house from 1982 to 2007.

David Baerwald

David and David's sole album, Boomtown, went platinum and stayed on the Billboard album chart for over a year, winning substantial critical acclaim, the debut single Welcome to the Boomtown became a top 40 Billboard hit.

David Herron

:For the rugby league footballer of the 1970s, '80s and '90s for Great Britain, Yorkshire, Leeds, Bradford Northern, and Batley, see David "Dave" Heron

Egan's Rats

On November 15, 1924, Colbeck, Louis "Red" Smith, Steve Ryan, David "Chippy" Robinson, Oliver Dougherty, Frank Hackethal, Charles "Red" Lanham, Gus Dietmeyer, and Frank "Cotton" Epplesheimer, were convicted of a Staunton, Illinois mail robbery and sentenced to 25 years imprisonment.

Funnies on Parade

These included such popular strips as cartoonist Al Smith's Mutt and Jeff, Ham Fisher's Joe Palooka, and Percy Crosby's Skippy.

Green Head, Western Australia

Green Head has numerous vantage points for beach fishing, where catches include whiting, herring, tailor, skippy, and cobbler.

Hooper's Store

David ran the establishment from 1983 until 1989 (when Northern Calloway, the actor that played David, left the show).

Ioane Shavteli

Shavteli's ode is, in fact, a eulogy to the two greatest monarchs of medieval Georgia, David "the Builder" (r. 1089-1125) and the poet's contemporary Queen Tamar (r. 1184-1213).

Jackson County, Kentucky

David "Stringbean" Akeman, country music star who was born and raised in Annville
Freddie Langdon
Randy Hayes (guitar player in the Keith Whitley Band)
Woody Brooks (has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno)
Andrew N. Johnson, Prohibition Party's 1944 nominee for vice president of the United States

Little Devil

the personnel on the song included Al Caiola, Bucky Pizzarelli and Charles Macy on guitar, George Duvivier on bass, Phil Kraus on percussion, David "Panama" Francis on drums, Romeo Penque, Sol Schillinger and Herman Yorks on sax.

Mel White

He is also an author; among his 16 books (nine bestsellers), he wrote about the Philippines' Ninoy and Corazon Aquino (Aquino), the Jonestown tragedy (Deceived), David Rothenber (a child burned by his father) (David), Lust the Other Side of Love, and talk-show host/producer Mike Douglas (When the Going Gets Tough).

Michelle Meyrink

In 1984 she guest-starred on the television show Family Ties as Mallory's friend (and Skippy's latest infatuation).

Newtonmore Camanachd Club

Two of the greatest names in shinty history, goalkeeper Hugh Chisholm and David "Tarzan" Ritchie jointly hold the Newtonmore club record of twelve Camanachd Cup winners medals each.

Replicas of Michelangelo's David

David (inspired by Michelangelo), by Turkish conceptual artist Serkan Özkaya, is a gold-painted foam reproduction of the statue, twice the size of the original, originally created for the 9th International Istanbul Biennial in 2005, accidentally destroyed during installation, recreated, and now in the collection of the 21c Museum Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky.

Rob'n'Raz

Later the same year, they released an album with the same name under the name Rob'n'Raz DLC with rapper David "D-Flex" Seisay and vocalist Lutricia McNeal.

Shibuya, Tokyo

Famed for its beautiful trees that turn bright yellow in autumn, cafes, restaurants and large replica of Michelangelo's David outside of the Papas building.

Supersnipe

Supersnipe was the imagined alter ego of Koppy McFad, "the boy with the most comic books in the world." He was created by writer-artist George Marcoux, who had previously assisted Percy Crosby on the comic strip Skippy.

The Cole Nobody Knows

The film tells Mr. Cole’s story through interviews with musicians Monty Alexander, Nancy Wilson, David “Fathead” Newman, John di Martino, H Johnson and Carl Anthony.

The Fire Engines

The Fire Engines comprised David (Davy) Henderson (vocals/guitar), Murray Slade (guitar), Graham Main (bass), and Russell Burn (drums), the band name inspired by a 13th Floor Elevators song.

Trealaw

Trealaw is a dormitory town of the more famous Tonypandy, its name translates from the Welsh language as 'the Town of Alaw', which derives from Alaw Goch or Alaw Coch (red melody), the bardic name of David (Dafydd) Williams (d. 1863) the father of Judge Gwilym Williams (1839–1906), who founded the village (along with that of Williamstown, a village to the south of Trealaw) during the 'coal-rush' of the 19th century.