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8 unusual facts about Fallon


Bassia hyssopifolia

It was first recorded in North America in 1915 near Fallon, Nevada.

Fallon

Fallon Community Health Plan, A health insurance provider in the northeast United States

John O'Fallon

O'Fallon's father, James O'Fallon, was a physician who served as a surgeon in Washington's army during the Revolutionary War.

KAVS

KAVS-LP, a low-power radio station (93.9 FM) licensed to Fallon, Nevada, United States

Peter O'Fallon

Peter's television directing career continued with Northern Exposure, Party of Five, Profiler, Las Vegas, Prison Break, House, Ghost Whisperer, Eureka, Pushing Daisies and the series pilot American Gothic.

He also directed and produced A Rumor of Angels (MGM), starring Vanessa Redgrave, Ray Liotta, Catherine McCormack and Ron Livingston.

Saint Grellan

The Uí Maine paid tribute to Grellan, who became the patron saint of the clans and families who descended from Maine Mór, including the Ó Ceallaigh (O'Kelly), Ó Madadhan (Madden), Ó Neachtáin (Naughton), Ó Domhnalláin (Donnellan), Ó Maolalaidh (Lally/Mullally) and Ó Fallamháin (Fallon) families.

Suicide Kings

It was based on Don Stanford's short story, The Hostage, and directed by Peter O'Fallon.


A Fine Night for Dying

A Fine Night for Dying is a 1969 novel by Jack Higgins originally published under the pseudonyms Martin J Fallon).

Buddy Lee

Besides "Apartment," "Street" and "Suburbia" directed by Ulf Johansson & Mats Lindberg from Traktor and "Barbershop" directed by Craig Gillespie, this series also included a special unbranded ad — directed by Fallon art director Harvey Marco and aired on behalf of the American Red Cross after the September 11, 2001 attacks — in which the doll sports a rolled-up sleeve, bandage and "I Gave" sticker to promote blood donation.

Dark Void Zero

Talk show host Jimmy Fallon lent his name in the game based on a fictional story where Fallon won a contest from Capcom during his younger years.

Ed Fallon

During the course of the race, in which he faced Secretary of State Chet Culver and former state economic development director and Congressman Mike Blouin, Fallon positioned himself as a candidate focused on populist concerns.

Geof Manthorne

Manthorne also competed with Goldman in the Halloween Haunted House Food Network Challenge and judged the Extreme Cakes competition with Goldman and Mary Alice Fallon-Yeskey.

George Hyde Fallon

Fallon was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1970 to the Ninety-second Congress after being labeled by conservationists as one the dirty dozen for his record as one of the twelfth most anti-environmental congressman at that time.

Jack Fallon

Fallon worked in the 1950s as an accompanist to Mary Lou Williams, Sarah Vaughan, and Lena Horne, and also served as a sideman in the ensembles of Humphrey Lyttelton, Kenny Baker, and Ralph Sharon.

James Fallon

Fallon has made significant scientific contributions in several neuroscientific subjects, including discoveries of TGF alpha, epidermal growth factor, and the first to show large-scale stimulation adult stem cells in the injured brain using growth factors.

Jennifer Fallon

Jennifer Fallon was born in Melbourne, Australia and after living in Central Australia for a number of years, now resides in the South Island of New Zealand.

John A. Fallon

Fallon was terminated by Eastern Michigan University on July 15, 2007 following a scandal related to the Murder of Laura Dickinson, which took place on the campus the previous year.

Juan Cabral

In 2004 Cabral moved to London and joined Fallon, producing the Cadbury's 'Gorilla' advert and the Sony Bravia series.

Kieren Fallon

The 2010 Flat racing season saw Kieren Fallon employed largely by trainers Luca Cumani, Mark Johnston and Kevin Ryan.

KVLV

KKTU-FM, a radio station (99.5 FM) licensed to Fallon, Nevada, which held the call sign KVLV-FM from 1980 to 2011

Lahontan Valley

Aside from the city of Fallon, the railroad junction at Hazen, and the ghost town of Stillwater, the Lahontan Valley is mostly uninhabited desert.

Matt Fallon

Fallon accepted and Anthrax began writing & recording their next album “Spreading the Disease” at Pyramid Studios in Ithaca, NY, however Fallon left before finishing the album and he was replaced by Joey Belladonna.

Mike Fallon

Fallon's opponents in the general election were Democratic incumbent Diana DeGette, Libertarian nominee Clint Jones, Green nominee Gary Swing, and American Constitutional Party nominee Chris Styskal.

The day after Fallon was granted "On the Radar" status, he was interviewed by Mike Rosen.

Naval Air Station Fallon

In addition to transferring the NSAWC squadron, a Navy Reserve adversary squadron, Fighter Squadron Composite THIRTEEN (VFC-13), the "Saints," was also permanently relocated from its former base at NAS Miramar to NAS Fallon.

Neil Fallon

Fallon's younger sister Mary Alice Fallon-Yeskey appears on the Food Network show Ace of Cakes as office manager of Charm City Cakes in Baltimore, Maryland.

Órla Fallon

Fallon was featured in the self titled debut album Celtic Woman, Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration and Celtic Woman: A New Journey, as well as in the tie-in PBS television specials and DVDs filmed in 2004, 2007, and 2006 respectively.

In 2009, Fallon appeared as a guest vocalist on Jim Brickman's "It's a Beautiful World" tour and PBS special, and released her second album Distant Shore in September of that year.

Paul Spicer

The producers of the movie needed a burly security guard who could toss Fallon out of an airplane for a scene at Jacksonville International Airport.

Petalesharo

Petalesharo was part of a delegation of Native American chiefs who traveled to Washington DC in 1821 on a trip organized by the superintendent of Indian affairs, Thomas L. McKenney, and Indian Agent Benjamin O'Fallon (it was sometimes called the O'Fallon Delegation).

Rory Fallon

On 14 November 2009, Fallon scored the only goal in the second leg of New Zealand's World Cup qualifier against Bahrain, to send New Zealand to the FIFA World Cup in South Africa, their first appearance at the finals in 28 years.

Steven Fallon

Fallon left Ochilview Park in 2005 and returned to Tayside in 2006, signing for junior side Dundee North End and being reunited with former Dundee United colleague Iain Jenkins.

The Last Warning

It was adapted from the 1922 Broadway melodrama mystery The Last Warning written by Thomas F. Fallon based on the story The House of Fear by Wadsworth Camp, the father of the writer Madeleine L'Engle.

Trisha Fallon

In 2008, Fallon (now Trish Dykstra) returned to Sydney Uni Flames, for whom she had played in two periods from 1993 to 2007, as Operations Coordinator.

Fallon was married to Stuart Dykstra on the 29 July 2007 in Port Douglas, Queensland.

Vince DiFrancesca

DiFrancesca died in May 2007 and was the father of both national radio talkshow host Janet Parshall of Janet Parshall's America and the late Charlie DiFrancesca, the subject of the book "Charlie Di: The Story of The Legendary Bond Trader", by William D. Fallon.

West Richland, Washington

It crossed the Fallon Bridge between Richland and West Richland and then proceeded directly west to Kiona.


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