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26 unusual facts about Glendale


2009 Churchill Cup

The first three days of round-robin play were at the modern, purpose-built rugby stadium Infinity Park in Glendale, Colorado on the south side of Denver.

Art Hovhannisyan

Artyom "Art" Hovhannisyan (born on 16 November 1981 in Gyumri, Armenia) is an Armenian-American professional boxer residing in Glendale, California.

Elaine Scruggs

Elaine Scruggs (Non-Partisan), mayor of Glendale, Arizona, relocated from Pasadena, California with her husband Larry in 1971.

George de Rue Meiklejohn

He died there on April 19, 1929 and is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California.

George Gipe

George Gipe (February 3, 1933 in Boston, Massachusetts – September 6, 1986 in Glendale, California) was an American magazine writer, author and screenwriter.

Glendale Adventist Medical Center

Glendale Adventist Medical Center (GAMC) is a non-profit organization located in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale, California, USA.

Glendale, Colorado

Infinity Park is an event sports and entertainment complex adjacent to the Glendale municipal buildings and courthouse.

Glendale was formerly home to Celebrity Sports Center, a local landmark and family activity center established by Walt Disney and other celebrity investors.

Glendale, Queens

Some of these cemeteries are the resting places of many famous people, including Jackie Robinson, Mae West, and Harry Houdini, at whose tomb devotees gather each year on Halloween to see if he can pull off the ultimate escape trick and return from the grave.

Glendale is also home to Cooper's Ale House, which is featured in the show The King of Queens as a local bar.

Richard Arkwright, for whom P.S. 91 was named, was a pioneer in the spinning industry, which revolutionized the knitwear industry.

Glendale, Skye

Police action in January 1883 proved ineffective and eventually a government official was sent to Skye on board the navy gunboat HMS Jackal to conduct negotiations.

Glendale, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Glendale is an unincorporated community in Leiding Township, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States.

Glendale, Utah

The people of St. Thomas, Nevada relocated en masse to Glendale in this year, preserving the old ward organization at the new location.

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

The Monument stretches from the towns of Big Water, Glendale and Kanab, Utah on the southwest, to the towns of Escalante and Boulder on the northeast.

Hunter Pirates

The club did have plans in the next few years to move from the Entertainment Centre to a new stadium to be built at the Stockland Supercentre out at Glendale, a suburb of Newcastle but this never eventuated.

Jesús Antonio Hernández

In October 2010, Hernández beat the veteran Steve Márquez, this bout was held at the Civic Auditorium in Glendale, California.

Michael J. McGuire

He managed several major investigations including a demonstration project that showed how chlorite ion could control nitrification, and bench- and pilot-scale projects with Glendale, California that demonstrated the most cost-effective ways to remove hexavalent chromium from drinking water.

Mika Peltonen

He lived in Glendale, California where he attended and graduated from Herbert Hoover High School.

Muddy River

Near the town of Glendale the Muddy River collects the flow from the Meadow Valley Wash, forming the principal drainage system for southeastern Nevada.

Relocation of moai objects

An unauthenticated moai head entitled "Henry" currently stands in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California.

Robert W. Brown

Brown was born and raised in San Francisco and moved to Glendale, California, with his wife and young daughter in 1948, where he resided until his death.

Steeplecab

The Orange Empire Railroad Museum rosters several such locomotives, including one from the Sacramento Northern and a Yakima Valley Transportation Company locomotive that originally ran in Glendale, California.

Sue Carol

Carol died in 1982 in Los Angeles, California, from a heart attack and is interred next to Alan Ladd in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

The Greyboy Allstars

For Inland Emperor, they worked out the arrangements during the recording, which took place live over just a few sessions at Elgin Park’s studio in Glendale, CA.

Vero Beach Municipal Airport

This facility remained in use until 2008, when the Dodgers moved to a new facility in Glendale, Arizona.


Arizona Air National Guard

The Arizona ANG was founded by Barry Goldwater, and its origins date to the formation of the 197th Fighter Squadron at Luke Army Airfield, Glendale, receiving federal recognition on 12 December 1946.

Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority

Upcoming Cactus League projects include a stadium in Goodyear for the Cleveland Indians and a stadium in Glendale for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago White Sox.

Baby Marie Osborne

Most of her films were produced at Diando Studios, the former Kalem Movie Studio in Glendale, California.

Barton Kyle Yount

After ending his military service Yount founded and served as President of the American Institute for Foreign Trade, a Glendale, Arizona school he created at the site of the former Thunderbird Field military base, which he purchased after it was closed following World War II.

Club Disney

Three more Club Disney locations were also built in 1999, including one at 56th Street and Ray Road in Chandler, Arizona, and 75th Avenue and Bell Road in Glendale, Arizona, both suburbs of Phoenix, as well as one in Lone Tree, Colorado, near Park Meadows Mall, south of Denver.

Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles

Cameron E. Thom (1825–1915), 24th Mayor of Los Angeles, co-founder of Glendale, California

Forrest Twogood

Diagnosed with inoperable lymph gland cancer in late 1971, Twogood died in April 1972 at Glendale Memorial Hospital in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale, a few days shy of his 65th birthday.

Glendale Unified School District

The Glendale Unified School District is a school district based in Glendale, California, United States in Greater Los Angeles.

Ira Angustain

Ira Angustain (born August 6, 1958 in Glendale, California) is an American actor best known for his roles as Ricardo "Go Go" Gomez on The White Shadow and as the late Freddie Prinze on the made-for-TV movie Can You Hear The Laughter?: The Story of Freddie Prinze.

Jobing.com Arena

With agreements signed with the city of Glendale in 2001, Glendale Arena opened midway through the 2003–04 NHL season, on December 26, 2003, with the Arizona Sting of the National Lacrosse League defeating the Vancouver Ravens, 16–12, the 2004 NLL season opener.

JumpStart Typing

Indeed, Albanese went on to assume the role of Vice President of KA Glendale towards the end of his tenure at what was then Cendant Software.

KIEV

KRLA, a radio station (870 AM) licensed to Glendale, California, United States, which used the call sign KIEV until January 2001

KLIT

KSCA, a radio station (101.9 FM) licensed to serve Glendale, California, which used the call sign KLIT from October 1989 to September 1994

KTAR

KTAR-FM, a radio station (92.3 FM) licensed to Glendale, Arizona.

KMVP-FM, a radio station (98.7 FM) licensed to Glendale, Arizona, which formerly used the call sign KTAR-FM.

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

LACO presents 14 Orchestral Series concerts annually at two theaters: the Alex Theatre in Glendale and UCLA's Royce Hall, and occasionally plays additional concerts at Zipper Hall at The Colburn School and at Ambassador Auditorium.

Luther Adler

He died in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, and was buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, New York, next to several of his relatives, including his older sister Stella.

Mark Lipscomb, Jr.

In 1964 Lipscomb ran for the Assembly's first Milwaukee County District (the 1st Ward of the City of Milwaukee, and the 6th Ward of the City of Glendale).

Lipscomb returned to the practice of law; he has served as a local prosecutor in Glendale, River Hills and Brown Deer.

Mark Watring

On May 27, 2002 Watring won the $35,000 Lexus of Glendale Memorial Grand Prix prize money, at the Memorial Day Classic Horse Show aboard his horse "Sapphire".

Nelson De La Nuez

Nelson De La Nuez was born in Havana, Cuba and came to the US at age seven and was raised in Glendale, CA.

Nik Ranieri

Soon after that he moved to Disney's feature animation studio in Glendale, CA where he animated on The Little Mermaid (working primarily on the character of Ursula the sea witch, under supervising animator Ruben Aquino).

Pasadena International House of Prayer

The Pasadena International House of Prayer is one of the seven defendants named in a lawsuit filed by IHOP, the Glendale, California based restaurant chain, in September 2010, alleging trademark infringement.

Paul Crouch

Crouch also received three honorary doctorates: a Doctor of Litterarum (D.Litt) on May 29, 1981, from the California Graduate School of Theology, Glendale, California; a Doctor of Divinity on May 29, 1983, from the American Christian Theological Seminary, Anaheim, California; and a Doctor of Laws degree on May 5, 1985, from Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Peter Eisenman

He has also embarked on a larger series of building projects in his career, including the recently completed Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin and the new University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

Real Phoenix FC

Originally based at the Barney Family Sports Complex in Queen Creek, Arizona, the team began played the final two home games of the 2012–13 season at the Arizona Sports Complex in Glendale, Arizona.

Rick J. Caruso

In 1987, Caruso founded Caruso Affiliated, a real estate development firm which develops, owns and manages properties such as The Grove at Farmers Market in Los Angeles, the Americana at Brand in Glendale, The Commons at Calabasas, The Promenade at Westlake, and the Marina Waterside.

Spud gun legality

In Glendale, Arizona and Phoenix, Arizona combustion spud guns are not considered firearms.

The Best of New Riders of the Purple Sage

Jerry Garciapedal steel guitar on "I Don't Know You", "Glendale Train", "Louisiana Lady", "Last Lonely Eagle", and "Henry"

Tim Freeman

In 2008, he was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives representing District 2, which encompasses portions of Douglas, Jackson, and Josephine counties, including the cities of Canyonville, Glendale, Myrtle Creek, Riddle, and Roseburg.

Westgate City Center

Development of Westgate City Center began with the construction of the Jobing.com Arena, then referred to as the Glendale Arena.

William Guerrier

Hafen, LeRoy R. - The Mountain Men and the Fur Trade of the Far West - The Arthur H. Clark Company, Glendale 1968.