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5 unusual facts about Dink


Dink

Dink Widenhouse (born 1932), retired NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) driver

Dink O'Brien (1894–1971), professional baseball player with the Philadelphia Phillies

Dink's Song

The first historical record of the song was by ethnomusicologist John Lomax in 1908, who recorded it as sung by an African American woman called Dink, as she washed her man's clothes in a tent camp of migratory levee-builders on the bank of the Brazos River, a few miles from College Station, Texas and Texas A&M College.

Marcus Mumford and Oscar Isaac's performance of "Dink's Song" is featured on the soundtrack for Inside Llewyn Davis.

The song was also covered by Puerto Rican singer Gabriel Ríos and included on the limited edition 2-disc release of his album Angelhead.


Amira Hass

In September 2009, Hass received the Hrant Dink International Award, with Alper Görmüş.

Assassination of Hrant Dink

Nedim Şener (2009) Dink Cinayeti ve İstihbarat Yalanları (The Dink Murder and The Lies of the Intelligence)

Channel Niners

The final presenters of the show were Joanna "Joey" Moore and a former teacher at Adelaide High School, "Robby" Robin Roenfeldt, and their sidekick Winky Dink, a puppet pink duck voiced by children's author Wendy Patching.

Conscience Films

The jury in 2010 consisted of Costa Gavras, Georges Moustaki, Harutyun Khachatryan, İbrahim Betil, Lale Mansur, Nebahat Akkoç, Ömer Madra, Rakel Dink, Rela Mazali, Serge Avedikian, Serra Yılmaz, Vaughan Pilikian, and Yıldırım Türker.

Dink Mothell

While researchers are still working to find baseball games from this era, the last known baseball game played by Dink Mothell appears to be a 10-inning, 8-8 tie game against the Grover Cleveland Alexander - House of David Baseball Team on September 20, 1923 in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

The Absent Author

The Absent Author is a children's mystery book written by Ron Roy in 1997, and is the first book in the A to Z Mysteries series.In the first installment, the Absent Author, we meet the young team: the well read and thoughtful Dink (that's Donald David Duncan); neighbor Ruth Rose; and best friend Josh.

The Bald Bandit

It is the second in a series of mystery books called A to Z Mysteries, following the adventures of three junior detectives, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose.

The Empty Envelope

It is the fifth in the A to Z Mysteries series following the sleuthing adventures of Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose.

The Falcon's Feathers

It is the sixth book in the A to Z Mysteries series following the sleuthing adventures of Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose.

The Levee, Chicago

“Bathhouse” John Coughlin, he ran the First Ward with Hinky Dink and owned a tavern on West Madison named, “Silver Dollar Saloon.”

Winky Dink and You

It was hosted by Jack Barry and featured the exploits of a cartoon character named Winky Dink (voiced by Mae Questel) and his dog Woofer, with sound effects provided by Joseph Scholnick.


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