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unusual facts about Gan


Pierre de Marca

Pierre de Marca (January 24, 1594 – June 29, 1662) was a French bishop and historian, born at Gan in Béarn of a family distinguished in the magistracy.


Abdullah Gan

Throughout the war, the Taliban laid siege to Abdullah Gan, refusing to allow any aid through.

Aleksei Gan

In 1921, together with Alexander Rodchenko and his wife Varvara Stepanova, Gan formed the first Working Group of Constructivists, which rejected fine art in favour of graphic design, photography, posters, and political propaganda.

Anhai

The 19th-century researchers writing for the Hakluyt Society thought Anhai (Gan-hai) was the port of "Tansuso" visited by Martín de Rada, but later research identified Tansuso as

Bernardin Gantin

Born in Toffo, Benin, his name means "tree of iron" (gan, iron and tin, tree ), which explains his coat of arms.

Brendan Gan

Brendan Gan (born 3 June 1988) is an Australian born Malaysian footballer who plays for Kelantan in the Malaysia Super League.

Culture of Jiangxi

Modern Gan language is considered as one of Sinitic languages, which derives from Old Gan and still keeps some linguistic traces of ancient languages in South China.

Ef'al

Ef'al, a defunct kibbutz which became the Ramat Ef'al neighbourhood of Ramat Gan.

Empress Dowager Lou Zhaojun

Lou Zhaojun was born in 501, as the daughter of a rich merchant, Lou Gan (婁幹), and she grew up in Pingcheng (平城, in modern Datong, Shanxi), the old capital of Northern Wei.

Gan Ning

They reached Jiangxia (江夏; commandery capital in present-day Yunmeng County, Xiaogan, Hubei) commandery in the eastern part of Jing Province but were unable to cross the border into Wu territory, so Gan Ning remained at Jiangxia and became a subordinate of the commandery's Administrator (太守) Huang Zu.

Guan Hanqing

The Injustice to Dou E a.k.a. Snow in Midsummer (感天動地竇娥冤 Gǎn Tiān Dòng Dì Dòu É Yuān)

Hillel Noah Maggid

Among these may be noted his biography of David Oppenheim, rabbi of Prague (in "Gan Peraḥim," 1882), and his notes on the history of the Jewish community of Lemberg (in "Anshe Shem," 1895).

Huang Zu

Sun Quan took Gan Ning's advice, and he ordered Ling Cao's son, Ling Tong, as the vanguard, and Lu Meng as the naval commandant.

Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow

On 2 December 1832 then premier of Guyana, Dr. Donald Ramoutar gan, unveiled a bronze statue of Critchlow in the compound of the Parliament Building.

Jay Gan

Gan received B.Sc in Agronomy in 1982, M.Sc in Pesticides in 1985, and Ph.D. in Pesticides in 1988, all from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou.

Jennifer Gan

In 1971, Gan co-starred in her second Roger Corman film, Women in Cages.

Justin Edwards

His film work includes The Duchess, Albatross, Virgin Territory as well as playing Giant Haystacks and Gan in Tim Plester's short films World of Wrestling and Blakes Junction Seven.

Late Old Gan

Late Old Gan (中古贛語, Zung-gu Gon-ngi) is a stage of the Gan language used between AD 220 and 589, a period that large-scale settlement by people from Zhongyuan (中原) immigrated into Jiangxi.

Maccabi Ramat Gan

Maccabi Ramat Gan, a football club based in Ramat Gan that merged into Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan in 1959

Menorah

Knesset Menorah, a bronze monument located at the edge of Gan Havradim (Rose Garden) in front of the Knesset.

Middle Gan

The last time of large-scale settlement in Jiangxi by people from Zhongyuan took place due to the An Shi Rebellion and Gan language also became stabilized since the period.

Navicular syndrome

Gallium nitrate (GaN) has been hypothesized as a possible treatment for navicular disease, but its benefits have not been confirmed by formal clinical studies.

Now Generation Band

Songs they recorded included "Dem Ha Fe Get a Beatin" and "Maga Dog" by Peter Tosh, (Joe Gibbs); "Beat Down Babylon" by Junior Byles, (Lee Perry); "Baby Don't Do it" and "Things in Life" by Dennis Brown, (Lloyd Matador); "Breakfast in Bed" by Lorna Bennett, (Harry J); "Life Is Just for Living" by Ernie Smith, "Shaft" by The Chosen Few (Derrick Harriott); plus "Y Mas Gan" by The Abyssinians.

Qi of Xia

Qi led his army to fight the rebellious prince of Hu County at the Battle of Gan (background of the "Speech at Gan" chapter in the Shang shu).

Ramat Gan bus bombing

The Ramat Gan bus bombing was a Hamas suicide attack on a crowded No. 20 commuter bus in Ramat Gan, Israel on July 24, 1995, near the Israel Diamond Exchange.

Shen Congwen

He was born Shen Yuehuan (沈岳煥) on December 28, 1902 in the town of Fenghuang (then known as Zhen'gan) in west Hunan Province.

Shiller

Kvutzat Shiller, also known as Gan Shlomo, a kibbutz in central Israel

Sichuanese Mandarin

The vocabulary of Sichuanese has three main origins: Bashu (or Ancient Sichuanese), Middle Chinese and the languages of the immigrants, including Proto-Mandarin from Hubei, Xiang, Gan and Hakka, which were brought to Sichuan during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Theodore Hamberg

In 1852, Hamberg met Hong Xiuquan's cousin Hong Ren'gan, who had been separated from the rebellion and fled to Hong Kong.

Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?

Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (달마가 동쪽으로 간 까닭은? - Dalmaga dongjjok-euro gan ggadakeun?) (1989) is an award-winning South Korean film written, produced and directed by Bae Yong-kyun, a professor at Dongguk University in Seoul.

Xu Gan

Born in Ju prefecture in Beihai county (today the eastern part of Lechang, Shandong), Hu Gan from his youth obtaind reputation for good memory and diligent studies.


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