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97 unusual facts about Eddie "Bongo" Brown


1977–78 Boston Celtics season

While the Braves were struggling on the court, their owner John Y. Brown brokered a deal to take over the legendary Celtics franchise.

2-Norbornyl cation

Herbert C. Brown did not believe that it was necessary to invoke a new type of bonding in stable intermediates to explain the interesting reactivity of the 2-norbornyl cation.

A. F. Brown

Brown began his career as an employee of Parry before being appointed as a director of the Devalah Central-Gold Mines.

Abel J. Brown

His academic studies, preparatory to entering college, were prosecuted principally in the Male Academy, at Lincolnton, N.C., and his collegiate course was taken in Emory and Henry College, Virginia, from which he was graduated with the degree of A. B., and which afterward conferred up on him the degree of A.M., not merely "in course," but because of his higher attainments in literature.

He then served as president of the Southern Lutheran General Synod.

Admiral Brown

Erroll M. Brown, a retired Rear Admiral in the United States Coast Guard, and the first African-American promoted to flag rank

Alexander T. Brown

On April 2, 1883, Brown was married to Mary Lillian Seamans (died 1933), daughter of Julian C. Seamans of Virgil, Cortland County, New York.

Andrew C. Thornton II

James Purdy Lambert, owner of Lexington's Library Lounge night club and friend and business associate of Governor John Y. Brown, Jr.

Annette E. Brown

Admiral Brown's military decorations include the Legion of Merit, the Meritorious Service Medal, and the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal.

Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training

The association was founded in 1986; its current president is Kenneth L. Brown.

Battle of Salt River Canyon

Crook's force composed of 130 troopers from the 5th Cavalry Regiment led by Captain William H. Brown and another thirty Apache Scouts.

Benedetta Carlini

Judith C. Brown chronicled her life in Immodest Acts (1986), which discussed the events that led to her archival significance for historians of women's spirituality and lesbianism, while Brian Levack has recently explained the events described as a form of religious theatre and dramaturgy which permitted women greater social and sexual agency than Baroque Catholic religious passivity usually permitted.

Benjamin K. Sovacool

Sovacool, BK and MA Brown (Eds.) Energy and American Society: Thirteen Myths (New York: Springer, 2007), xi + 340 pp.

Bobbie E. Brown

He qualified as an expert with every weapon in army's arsenal and took up boxing and American football.

Bring Me the Head of Oliver Plunkett

Bring Me the Head of Oliver Plunkett is the second novel of the Eddie & the Gang with No Name trilogy by Northern Irish author, Colin Bateman, published on 13 May 2004 through Hodder Children's Books.

Carol Alvarado

Her political activism began at the age of 12, when she assisted her godfather's campaign for the Houston City Council District I. Prior to formally entering public life, Alvarado worked in City Hall as a Senior Executive Assistant to Houston Mayor Lee P. Brown.

Charles D. Brown

Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Brown wrote and directed a single short film in 1914.

Charles M. Brown

Charles M. Brown (1903–1995) was a long-time U.S. politician in Atlanta, sometimes called Charlie Brown after the Peanuts character, Charlie Brown.

Clarence J. Brown

Brown was elected in 1938 as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1939 until his death in 1965.

Cynthia D. Brown

Ms. Brown came in fourth out of the nine candidates in the Democratic Primary for the Senate seat behind former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, State Representative Dan Blue and North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall.

Dan W. Brown

Dan Brown was born in Solo, Missouri and is a graduate of Houston (Missouri) High School.

After only one term in the House, Brown chose to run for State Senator in 2010, defeating incumbent Democrat Frank Barnitz to win the 16th district seat.

David J. Brown

In 1982, Brown was one of the group of the seven technical staff from Stanford (along with Kurt Akeley, Tom Davis, Rocky Rhodes, Mark Hannah, Mark Grossman, Charles "Herb" Kuta) who joined Jim Clark to form Silicon Graphics.

Dennis C. Brown

He is best known for composing the soundtrack to the 1987-1996 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated TV series, along with Chuck Lorre—whom he continued to collaborate ever since.

Dirch Passer

Among his inspirations he mentioned Joe E. Brown but he was also known for his admiration of the British comedian Tommy Cooper.

Dorothy A. Brown

The Inspector General's report documented expenditures unrelated to charitable causes, including Chicago Bulls and Six Flags Great America tickets and employee parking reimbursements.

Dorothy Brown

Dorothy A. Brown, current Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois

Downhill Challenge

Downhill Challenge is a view-from-behind 3d skiing game developed by Microïds in 1988, published in the US by Brøderbund Software and in France by Loriciel (as Super Ski; in the UK it also had an Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards license).

Eddie Brown

Eddie C. Brown (born 1940), American investment manager, entrepreneur and philanthropist

Egbert B. Brown

Among the high points of his career were two victories over Joseph Shelby, at the Second Battle of Springfield during Marmaduke's first raid, and at Marshall, Missouri, during Shelby's Great Raid of 1863.

Feudalism

Since the publication of Elizabeth A. R. Brown's "The Tyranny of a Construct" (1974) and Susan Reynolds' Fiefs and Vassals (1994), there has been ongoing inconclusive discussion among medieval historians as to whether feudalism is a useful construct for understanding medieval society.

Fielding A. Brown

Fielding A. Browne or Brown, was the second mayor of Key West, Florida, from 1833 to 1834.

Foster V. Brown

After leaving Congress Brown resumed the practice of law until he was appointed attorney general of Puerto Rico on May 10, 1910.

Frank Barnitz

He was defeated in the November 2010 election by Republican Dan W. Brown.

Geoffrey Brown

Geoffrey F. Brown (born 1943), commissioner of the California Public Utilities Commission

George R. Brown

The organization donates to notable institutions such as Rice University, Southwestern University, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

George Rufus Brown (May 12, 1898 – January 22, 1983) was a prominent Houstonian entrepreneur.

Harvey Brown

Harvey E. Brown, Jr. (1836–1889), American military officer and army surgeon

Hay Point, Queensland

It is made up of two bulk coal terminals, Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal, owned by Prime Infrastructure Holdings (formerly Babcock & Brown Infrastructure) and Brookfield Asset Management, and Hay Point Services Coal Terminal, owned and operated by a joint venture between BHP Billiton and Mitsubishi.

Henry B. R. Brown

After graduating from college he worked for Chemical Bank in the early 1950s and later worked for a company that would later become part of Citibank.

Herbert Brown

Herbert R. Brown (born 1931), lawyer and author from the U.S. state of Ohio

Herbert C. Brown

According to Brown, after receiving the Nobel prize in Stockholm, he carried the medal and she carried the US$100,000 award.

History of the Boston Celtics

The other important story of the Celtics' 1978–79 season was the ongoing dispute between Auerbach and new owner John Y. Brown.

Hugh B. Brown

He later underwent surgery again at the Mayo Clinic, where a section of his nerve was completely removed, leaving the left side of his head completely numb for the rest of his life.

He was called as Second Counselor in the First Presidency on October 12, 1961, upon the death of First Counselor J. Reuben Clark.

Hugh Brown

Hugh B. Brown (1883–1975), American and Canadian attorney, educator, and Latter-day Saint leader

Hugh D. Brown

Hugh Dunlop Brown was an author, pastor-teacher of Harcourt Street Baptist Church, significant politician in the Irish Unionist Alliance, President of the Irish Baptist Association in 1887 and theologian associated with Charles Spurgeon.

Isaac H. Brown

Isaac H. Brown (1812-1880) was the sexton at Grace Episcopal Church in Greenwich Village, and arbiter of style in Manhattan where he planned weddings, arranged soirées and funerals for the wealthy of New York City.

James A. Elkins

This behind-the-scenes socialization amongst leading Texas politicians and businessmen included the likes of Jesse Jones, Gus Wortham, James Abercrombie, George R. Brown, Herman Brown, Lyndon Johnson, William L. Clayton, William P. Hobby, Oscar Holcombe, Hugh Roy Cullen, and John Connally.

James W. Brown

Brown was elected as an Independent Republican to the Fifty-eighth Congress.

Jeffrey D. Brown

His other directing credits are the television series The Wonder Years, L.A. Law, Hooperman, Freshman Dorm, Baby Boom and an episode of CBS Schoolbreak Special.

Joe Brown

Joe L. Brown (1918-2010), Major League Baseball front office executive

John Brown, Jr.

John A. Brown, Jr., American murderer executed in Louisiana for the murder of Omer Laughlin

John C. Brown

In 1876, Brown, who supported Thomas A. Scott's efforts to build a transcontinental railroad in the South, joined the Texas & Pacific Railroad as a vice president.

John G. Brown

He was elected to the Ontario legislature as the Ontario Liberal Party Member of Provincial Parliament for Waterloo North in the 1948 provincial election.

Jonathan Brown

Jonathan A.C. Brown American Muslim scholar at Georgetown University (born 1977)

Joseph R. Brown

Joseph R. Brown State Wayside Reststop is located on Renville County Highway 15, south of Sacred Heart, Minnesota, which displays the granite ruins of Brown's home from 1862.

Joseph W. Brown

general Joseph W. Brown was the brother of major general Jacob Brown, the founder of Brownville, New York.

Joyce Brown

Dr. Joyce F. Brown (born 1947), African American academic, President of Fashion Institute of Technology

Judith Brown

Judith C. Brown (born 20th century), American writer and historian

Judith M. Brown (born 20th century), British historian of modern South Asia

Ken Brown

Bundy K. Brown, also known as Ken Brown, American multi-instrumentalist and founding member of Tortoise

Kent Brown

Kent R. Brown (fl. late 20th century), academic and playwright from Connecticut

Kirill Reznik

The Martin O'Malley-Anthony Brown ticket won the Governorship of Maryland by a vote of 52.7% - 46.2% from incumbent Governor Robert Ehrlich.

Lee P. Brown

He is currently married to Frances Young, a teacher in the Houston Independent School District.

Light Townsend Cummins

Kentucky Governor John Y. Brown, Jr. commissioned Cummins a Kentucky Colonel in honor of his publications dealing with the history of the Mississippi Valley.

Long-Term Capital Holdings v. United States

The tax shelter had been designed by Babcock & Brown for Long-Term Capital to shelter their short-term trading gains from 1997.

Mark N. Brown

Brown supported STS flights 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 41-C in the Flight Activity Officer/Staff Support Room of the Mission Control Center.

Melvin Brown

Melvin L. Brown (1931–1950), United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor

Mervyn M. Dymally

In 1974 he and George L. Brown became the first two blacks elected to statewide office since Oscar Dunn did so during Reconstruction.

Mike Storen

In April 1969, Storen and others including future Governor of Kentucky John Y. Brown, Jr., bought the American Basketball Association's Kentucky Colonels franchise.

Mobile Regional Airport

It was at the Mobile Regional Airport that President George W. Bush, in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on September 2, 2005, praised Michael D. Brown, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Near-Life Experience

Remaining members Chris Brokaw and Thalia Zedek recorded Near Life Experience with two different rhythm sections: one half of the album was recorded with drummer Mac McNeilly of the Jesus Lizard and Bundy K. Brown of Tortoise and Gastr Del Sol, the other half recorded with Kevin Coultas and Tara Jane O'Neil of Rodan and The Sonora Pine.

Nelson C. Brown

In his first administration, Brown secured the gift of the Charles Lathrop Pack Demonstration Forest and a cash donation for the forest's preliminary development.

When F. Franklin Moon became Dean, Brown served in Moon's administration.

Pamela Ashley Brown

She is also the granddaughter of politician John Y. Brown, Sr. and the half-sister of former Kentucky Secretary of State John Y. Brown, III.

Brown was born in Lexington, Kentucky and is the daughter of businessman and politician John Y. Brown, Jr. and former Miss America and businesswoman Phyllis George.

Patrick Mara

Democrat Kwame R. Brown and independent Michael A. Brown won the General Election.

Paul A. Brown

Paul Aaron Brown (January 15, 1932—July 3, 1996) was only the second Republican since Reconstruction to have served as mayor of the small city of Minden in Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana.

Prince Consort-class ironclad

Brown, David K. Warrior to Dreadnought, Warship Development 1860–1905, published Chatham Publishing, 1997.

Pulaski County, Missouri

All of Pulaski County is a part of Missouri's 16th District in the Missouri Senate and is represented by Dan W. Brown (R-Rolla).

Raymond A. Brown

Brown blamed other doctors at the hospital of framing Jascalevich to cover up their own ineptitude and charged that reporter M. A. Farber of The New York Times had conspired with prosecutors to advance their respective careers by pointing the finger of blame at Jascalevich.

Reggie Brown

Reginald J. Brown (1940–2005), U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)

Robert K. Brown

On September 22, 1999, Las Vegas, Nevada Mayor Oscar Goodman issued a proclamation declaring that day to be "Soldier of Fortune Day" and "Lt. Col. Robert K. Brown Day" in honor of Soldier of Fortune magazine, its 20th annual convention in Las Vegas, and its founder and publisher.

Sahajanand Saraswati

Judith M. Brown, 1972, Gandhi's Rise to Power: Indian Politics, 1915–1922, London.

San Francisco Law School

Geoffrey F. Brown commissioner of the California Public Utilities Commission

The Free Life

Pamela Brown was the actress daughter of Kentucky politician and attorney John Y. Brown, Sr. and the sister of Kentucky Fried Chicken entrepreneur and future Kentucky Governor John Y. Brown Jr.

The Long Eaton School

A brand new £15m school was built, under PFI funding by Babcock & Brown, adjacent to the former Roper School site, on the other side of the Erewash Canal.

The Secret Gospel of Mark and the Synoptic Problem

This article will analyse Koester’s theory, as well as its criticism by Scott G. Brown.

Thomas C. Brown

He attended the public schools, and a business school in Belleville, Ontario.

Valerie K. Brown

However, Brown passed over that opportunity, leaving the nomination to California Integrated Waste Management Board member and former Humboldt County Supervisor Wesley Chesbro.

Victor Brown

Victor L. Brown (1914–1996), Canadian leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Wage Workers Party

Division had been mounting between the regular organization, controlled by Edwin J. Brown, and the left opposition centered around Hermon F. Titus' Seattle Socialist.

Wesley A. Brown

Brown retired at the rank of Lieutenant Commander in June 1969 after serving 20 years in the Navy's Civil Engineer Corps.

Wilburt S. Brown

During this period, four Army infantry and two Marine divisions were trained in amphibious warfare at the base and Brown became one of the pioneers in the coordination of naval gunfire, artillery, and air support.

William F. Brown

He had the privilege to caddy for Sammy Snead and other golf legends during his years at the golf club.

William H. Brown, III

He joined with a group of several other African American lawyers formed what is considered by many to be Philadelphia's first African-American law firm, Norris Schmidt Green Harris Higginbotham & Brown.


Alexander St. Clair-Abrams

But back in 1872, Abrams maintained a feud with former governor Joseph E. Brown, denouncing the policy of the state leasing the Western and Atlantic Railroad and associated business deals with free rides but was pressured to relinquish control of the paper with a threatened foreclosure of a $5,000 mortgage by Citizens Bank unless he ceased the attacks on Brown.

Attilio Gatti

He became one of the Europeans to see the fabled Okapi, and the Bongo, a brown Lyre horned antelope with white stripes.

David Zarling

Zarling was a S. L. Brown Scholar and holds a BA with Honors in Biology, a MA in Molecular Biology/ Biological Sciences from Dartmouth College, a Ph.D. in Virology/Oncology, with emphasis on pharmaceutical drug development, from Baylor College of Medicine and an Executive MBA in Marketing/Finance from Pepperdine University.

Glynn Nicholas

In one episode, the real Patsy Biscoe was seen presenting the Big Gig show with Bongo, having tied Patẻ Biscuit up.

Goalissimo

As Premier League and La Liga broadcasting rights are not owned by Channel 4, still images from the games that fade in and out with each other are used instead, with voice-over commentary and a bongo-drum based soundtrack.

Guy-Bertrand Mapangou

In the press, Mapangou's appointment at the Presidency was interpreted in light of two factors: Mapangou was already a close associate of Bongo because he had worked under Bongo at the Ministry of Defense, and Mapangou was native to the area of Fougamou in Ngounié Province—therefore his appointment could potentially draw local support away from opposition leader Louis-Gaston Mayila, who was also native to that area.

H. H. Franklin Manufacturing Company

He formed associations with early business leaders, from many different fields, including; John Wilkinson, Alexander T. Brown, Charles E. Lipe, Albert Seymour, H. Winifield Chapin and James Pass who was president of Syracuse China.

Josh Alan Friedman

Josh Alan has recorded and/or played with Sara Hickman, Keb' Mo', Kinky Friedman, Bugs Henderson, Phoebe Legere, and was a perennial opener in Texas for dozens of rock and blues acts, including Johnny Winter, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, War, Huey Lewis and the News, Bad Company, Mitch Ryder, Michael Nesmith and Wanda Jackson.

Kempster Blanchard Miller

Credited in 1928, along with F.R. Welles and Charles A. Brown, with donating 100 acres of land that would become Pilot Butte State Scenic View in Bend, Oregon.

Kenny Rogers Roasters

It was founded in 1991 by country musician Kenny Rogers and John Y. Brown, Jr., who was former governor of the U.S. state of Kentucky.

L. D. Knox

In 1978, Knox and then Louisiana Secretary of State James H. "Jim" Brown of Ferriday in Concordia Parish, running as Democrats, unsuccessfully challenged the reelection of freshman Democratic U.S. Representative Jerry Huckaby.

Leon Johnson

Chaino (Leon Johnson, 1927–1999), American bongo player in the exotica genre

Natural American Spirit

California Attorney General Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr. announced on March 1, 2010, that his office has secured an agreement with Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc., the manufacturer of American Spirit tobacco products, that requires the company to clearly disclose that its organic tobacco is "no safer or healthier" than other tobacco products.

Otto Pommerening

The film, directed by William A. Wellman, was a genre football comedy starring Joan Bennett, Joe E. Brown, and members of the 1928 and 1929 All-American football teams and USC coach Howard Jones.

Ray Enright

Enright oversaw comedy films like Joe E. Brown vehicles, and five of the six informal pairings of Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell.

The Undercover Economist

The Undercover Economist (ISBN 0-19-518977-9) (ISBN 0345494016) is a book by Tim Harford published in 2005 by Little, Brown.

Um Bongo

In 2013, after UK Independence Party MEP Godfrey Bloom made remarks about "Bongo Bongo Land", the Um Bongo website received a surge in traffic, despite the company stating that they had no political affiliations.