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34 unusual facts about Fairfax


1988 Virginia Slims of Washington

The 1988 Virginia Slims of Washington was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia in the United States and was part of Tier II of the 1988 WTA Tour.

1989 Virginia Slims of Washington

The 1989 Virginia Slims of Washington was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia in the United States and was part of Tier II of the 1989 WTA Tour.

2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Massachusetts Volunteers

The men were mustered out July 20, 1865, at Fairfax Court House, Virginia, before returning to California and Massachusetts in the weeks that followed.

B. Kliban

The income from Playboy provided financial security that allowed him to move his family to an old house in the town of Fairfax in Marin County.

Bad Sects

The band ran a remix contest for the song, the winner of which was A Crude Mechanical, an artist from Fairfax, Virginia.

Bud Calvert

He founded the Fairfax Baptist Temple (a fundamental Christian church in Fairfax, Virginia) and its associated school, the Fairfax Baptist Temple Academy.

Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy baronets

In the 20th century the family fell on harder times and they gave Charlecote Park to the National Trust.

Charles S. Fairfax

Thus, in 1855, the couple became residents of what would eventually become the town of Fairfax.

Chip Vaughn

Vaughn played high school football at Rampart high school in Colorado Springs, CO for a year then moved to Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax, Virginia.

Clark Warburton

Clark Warburton (27 January 1896, near Buffalo, New York – 18 September 1979, Fairfax, Virginia) was an American economist.

Connor Walsh

Born in Fairfax, Virginia and raised in Maryland, Walsh began dance training at the age of seven with his mother, Constance Walsh.

County seat

In Virginia, a county seat may be an independent city surrounded by, but not part of, the county of which it is the administrative center; for example, Fairfax City is both the county seat of Fairfax County and is completely surrounded by Fairfax County, but the city is politically independent of the county.

Danny Click

Danny Click & the Hell Yeahs! took up residency at the Sleeping Lady in Fairfax, California, eventually branching out to larger venues, including George's Nightclub in San Rafael, California, The Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, The Sweetwater Music Hall, and 142 Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley, California.

Fairfax Symphony Orchestra

The Fairfax Symphony Orchestra is a regional orchestra based in Fairfax, Virginia, founded in 1957.

Fairfax, California B-17 Crash

The plane, which carried the serial number of 44-85510, took off at 4 pm on May 15 from Clovis Army Air Force Base in Clovis, New Mexico.

Early on the morning of May 16, 1946, a U.S. Army B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft crashed into White's Hill (also known locally as "White Hill") near Fairfax, California.

Fairfax, Missouri

Fairfax is a city in Clark Township, Atchison County, Missouri, United States.

Fairfax's Devisee v. Hunter's Lessee

Justice Joseph Story refused to accept, as final, the Virginia Court of Appeals' interpretation of Virginia law.

Francis Swann

Francis Swann (July 16, 1913, Maryland - August 27, 1983, Fairfax, California) was a playwright and novelist, and a film and television writer.

Gary Fisher

This used a tortuous downhill route on Pine Mountain near Fairfax, California, just north of San Francisco, that riders used their coaster brakes so much that they had to repack the smoking hubs with grease after every run.

GolfStyles

GolfStyles (formerly the Washington Golf Monthly) is a regional golf magazine published in Fairfax, Virginia and serving the Washington D.C. area.

Green Party of California

In November 2009, Fairfax, California gained a Green majority in city council, winning three out of five seats.

Heidi Burge

Heidi Ann (Burge) Horton (born November 11, 1971 in Fairfax, California) is an American former professional women's basketball player.

Huntsville Rockets

The North American Football League, was organized in Fairfax, Virginia, in 1964.

Independent Educational Consultants Association

Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia in suburban Washington DC, IECA establishes Principles of Good Practice, holds training programs for those entering the field, hosts two international conferences each year, coordinates counselor tours of college and school campuses, publishes a variety of materials and serves as the public face of this fast-growing profession.

Joe Breeze

A downhill time trial on fire roads in the hills west of Fairfax, California, Repack brought together riders from around Mount Tamalpais who stripped down older bikes for off-road use and fitted rugged parts to them.

Leeds South by-election, 1908

The Conservatives originally seemed to be favouring the candidacy of Sir Henry Fairfax-Lucy, scion of the well-known Lucy family.

Lonnie Mayne

Born in Fairfax, California, Mayne grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah and graduated from the College of Southern Utah where he was an All American in Football.

Nyla Milleson

Nyla Milleson was the women's basketball coach of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.

Rob Muzzio

Muzzio attended George Mason University in Fairfax, VA and won back-to-back NCAA decathlon titles in 1984 & 85.

Robert Dennis

Dennis was once the Liberian National Record holder in the 200 meter (20.58)Fairfax, Virginia in 1998.

His personal best time in the 100 meter are 10.28 seconds, achieved in May 1997 in Villanova, Pennsylvania, and in the 200 meter with a best time of 20.58 seconds in June 1998 in Fairfax, Virginia.

Space quest

SpaceQuest, Ltd., a spacecraft components and engineering company based in Fairfax, Virginia.

UFC Fight Night: Maynard vs. Diaz

UFC Fight Night: Maynard vs. Diaz, also referred to as UFC Fight Night 20, was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on January 11, 2010 at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia.


Anneke von der Lippe

She graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 1988, and has since acted both at Det Norske Teatret (the Norwegian Theater) and at Nationaltheatret (the National Theatre), in roles such as "Nora" in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, "Masja" in Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, and "Gwendolen Fairfax" in Oscar Wildes The Importance of Being Earnest.

Arthur Luxmoore

Sir Arthur Fairfax Charles Coryndon Luxmoore KC PC (27 February 1876 — 25 September 1944) was a British barrister and judge who sat as a Lord Justice of Appeal

Battle of Blackburn's Ford

Moving slowly, the army reached Fairfax Court House on July 17; the next day, McDowell ordered division commander Brig. Gen. Daniel Tyler to look for a fording point across Bull Run Creek and to "keep up the impression that we are moving on Manassas".

Belmont Bay

The bay adjoins the Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge and Mason Neck State Park on the Fairfax County side and the Occoquan River National Wildlife Refuge in Prince William County.

Charles S. Fairfax

The 7th Baron, Robert Fairfax, died without issue in 1793 and the title descended to an American second cousin, the Rev. Bryan Fairfax (1736–1802), was a priest of the Episcopal Church and rector of parish in Alexandria, who was the son of William Fairfax(1691–1757) of Belvoir and Deborah Clarke (1707–1747).

Chuck Caputo

He represented the 67th district, made up of parts of Fairfax and Loudoun Counties.

Count Gore de Vol

In October 2006 and 2007 hosted the opening nights for the horror film fest The Spooky Movie Film Festival in Fairfax, Virginia.

Elizabeth Brinton

The Gold Award-winning Girl Scout was born in Fairfax, Virginia to parents Fullerton Brinton (descendent of George Brinton McClelland ) and mother Noel Chambers Brinton (cousin to Cisco CEO, John Chambers).

Fairfax Avenue

At the northeast corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax is the former May Company department store building, which has been converted to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Gerald Bruce Lee

Lee worked in private practice in Alexandria, Virginia until 1992, when he became a Circuit court judge on the 19th Judicial Circuit of Virginia, Fairfax Circuit Court.

Gerard Ryle

He emigrated from his native Ireland in 1988 and has worked for the Fairfax newspapers The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald.

Guy Fairfax

Fairfax was of a Yorkshire family, and third son of Richard Fairfax of Walton, by his wife, Anastasia, daughter of John Carthorpe.

Inova Fairfax Hospital

Inova Fairfax Hospital is also a satellite clinical campus for students from Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Medicine and hosts residents from universities such as the University of Virginia, Georgetown University, and George Washington University.

James S. Albus

From June 2008 to 2009 he was a Senior Fellow of the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Studies at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, where he worked toward advancing the understanding of the computational and representational mechanisms of the human brain.

Jimmy Lange

Lange fought a rematch with Joey Gilbert on February 18, 2006 at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA for the vacant NABO middleweight title.

John Blaisdell Corliss

He attended the common schools and the Fairfax, Vermont Preparatory School and graduated from the Vermont Methodist University at Montpelier in 1871 and from the law department of Columbian College (now The George Washington University Law School), Washington, D.C., in 1875.

John Dimes

In 2006 and 2007 "Sarcofiguy" made appearances on the television program Monster Madhouse Live and in October of both years co-hosted "The Spooky Movie Film Festival" in Fairfax, Virginia with his friend, and childhood idol, "Count Gore de Vol", Washington-Baltimore's popular 1970s and 1980s horror host.

John Fairfax-Blakeborough

Major John Fairfax-Blakeborough O.B.E., M.C. (b. Guisborough 16 January 1883; d. Westerdale 1 January 1976) a.k.a. "Jack" was an author, folklorist and writer, and a man of many parts.

June Goodfield

She was consultant at Harvard University's Department of Education (1960-65), Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at Wellesley College (1966-69), Professor of Human Medicine and Philosophy at Michigan State University (1969-78), Senior Research Fellow at the Rockefeller University (1977-82), and Robinson Professor at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia.

New South Wales Crime Commission

The controversy expanded as the commission was accused of undermining free speech by demanding records and phones from Fairfax journalists.

North Pacific Coast Railroad

Some of the original right of way can be seen at the Samuel P. Taylor State Park near Fairfax, along the shore of Tomales Bay and Keyes Estuary and passenger depots remain in San Anselmo and Duncans Mills.

Robert Carter I

When Lord Fairfax saw Carter's obituary in the London monthly The Gentleman's Magazine, he was astonished to read of the immense personal wealth acquired by his resident land agent.

Ruth Fairfax

In August 1922, in a meeting at the Albert Hall, Brisbane, Fairfax was elected President of the newly established Queensland branch of Country Women's Association.

SeaPerch

The first SeaPerch event that took place was the Prince William County Public Schools SeaPerch ROV competition day, which attracted more 150 students forming 42 teams from nine schools, at April 26, 2008 held at George Mason University Fairfax campus (Va.).

Thomas Widdrington

Widdrington married Frances Fairfax, a daughter of Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron and had five daughters and a son.

Tim Westoll

In 1946, Westoll married Sylvia Jane, the youngest daughter of Sir Fairfax Luxmoore (1876–1944), a Lord Justice of Appeal, and they had four children.

Virginia State Route 28

Route 28/Centreville Road enters Fairfax County at Centreville, at which point it transitions from an undivided to a divided highway.

Warwick Fairfax

Fairfax is perhaps best known for its flagship titles The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.

WAtoday

It was formerly located in the same building as Fairfax Radio 6PR, at 169 Hay Street, East Perth, but is now based in Subiaco.