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unusual facts about Gaillard


Evian Thonon Gaillard F.C.

Whilst the former club had been heavily associated with the commune of Gaillard, the new club moved to the nearby commune of Thonon-les-Bains because the stadium in Gaillard was, in August 2005, deemed unfit for use in the National division.


Alizée Gaillard

Born from a Haitian father and a Swiss mother, Gaillard moved to Pétionville, Haiti, when she was two months old and spent her childhood there until the age of eight, when she moved back to Switzerland with her family.

Ashbel H. Barney

Also present were Barney's son and daughter with Morris K. Jesup, Theodore Wood, Salem H. Wales, Darius Ogden Mills, Benjamin Brewster, Parker Handy, Dr. T. Gaillard Thomas, Peter F. Baker, Duncan Cryden, Charles Atterbury, Hugh Murdock, Louis Murdock, James H. Thompson, Charles H. Adams, George C. Magoun, Russell Sturgis (son-in-law of Danford N. Barney), Appleton Sturgis (son of Russell Sturgis), A. Bancroft and W.P. Seymour.

Culebra

Culebra Cut, formerly called Gaillard Cut, an artificial valley in the Panama Canal

Émile Armand Gibon

From his first marriage with Monique Lorand, the Count Olivier Gaillard de Saint Germain (French Diplomat) had two children, Régine-Anne (1950) and Geoffroy Gaillard de Saint Germain born in Rabat (1957) and later 1 daughter Hélen from his second marriage with Daniele Doucet.

Evian Thonon Gaillard F.C.

Riboud yet again changed the name of the team to Evian Thonon Gaillard Football Club.

Martine Gaillard

During her time at The Score, Gaillard received the opportunity to cover the 2000 World Series (a.k.a. the "Subway Series").

Micha Gaillard

According to Jean-Robert Saget, Haitian ambassador to Germany, Gaillard was killed in the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

Rémi Gaillard

Gaillard gained attention in the French media after performing a series of well-documented pranks, including an appearance disguised as a Lorient football player in the 2002 Coupe de France final match, during which he took part in the winners' celebrations and was greeted by the then president of the French Republic, Jacques Chirac.

Stewart, British Columbia

The area around the Portland Canal was again explored in 1896 by Captain D.D. Gaillard of the United States Army Corps of Engineers (after whom the Gaillard Cut in the Panama Canal was later named).


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