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unusual facts about Grand-Couronne


Yehiel Rabinowitz

By 1975, Rabinowitz's mural paintings had raised the attention of a number of architects, one of whom suggested to realize one in the newly built Renault site in Grand-Couronne.


1958 Monaco Grand Prix

The Monaco local had won the Grand Prix 27 years earlier but Chiron and his Maserati 250F did not make it past qualifying.

1980 Australian Drivers' Championship

Didier Pironi (Elfin MR8 Chevrolet), who finished third in the Australian Grand Prix

2012 Yas Marina Circuit V8 Supercar Event

The 2012 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi (V8) Grand Prix was a motor race for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars racing cars.

Albert, Duke in Prussia

A member of the Brandenburg-Ansbach branch of the House of Hohenzollern, Albert's election as Grand Master had brought about hopes of a reversal of the declining fortune of the Teutonic Knights.

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

The phrase "Grand Prix Priest" refers to Horan's previous protest, in which he ran onto the track at the Silverstone Circuit during the Formula One 2003 British Grand Prix, intentionally running directly into the path of oncoming cars.

Australia's Funniest Home Videos

At the end of each year there are semi finals and a grand final, where third place receives a home theatre package from JVC, second place receives a prize package worth around $100,000, normally two or three cars and the winner receives $250,000 in cash although in 2012, the winner received $150,000.

B'nai Israel Synagogue and Montefiore Cemetery

Montefiore Cemetery in Grand Forks is one of many institutions named for Sir Moses Montefiore.

Baglan Taluka

A grand fair is held there annually during Kartik (September–October) where Hindus and Jains visit in large numbers to witness the grand rath yatra.

Benedicto Caldarella

He won in his only Grand Prix race at the 1962 500cc Argentine Grand Prix.

Boller Brothers

Poncan Theatre 1927–present (800 seats), 104 East Grand Avenue.

Castelnau-de-Lévis

The village at the base of the château is the site of a motocross championship, the Championnats du Monde MX3 et d’Europe 125 de Motocross. The track is also scheduled to host the French 2009 Sidecarcross world championship Grand Prix on 29 March 2009, however, this will still have to be confirmed by the FIM.

CentralPlaza Grand Rama IX

Central Plaza Grand Rama 9 is a shopping mall on Rama 9 Road in Huai Khwang, Bangkok.

Charles Fickert

A 1919 grand jury exonerated Fickert from charges made by John B. Densmore, investigator from Washington, Director General of Employment, in the framing of Mooney and Billings and for his having conspired with Pete McDonough in the freeing of wealthy defendants.

Charles R. Forbes

On December 16, 1927, after the publication of his New York World article, Forbes testified before a grand jury in Kansas City that concerned his statement in the article that alleged narcotics was easily obtained at USP Leavenworth.

Chateau Impney

Chateau Impney has 106 bedrooms, including boutique-styled rooms in the main building, and houses the Impney Restaurant and Bar and the Grand Bar, which features an oak-carved Jacobean staircase that extends upwards throughout the building and views that incorporate the Malvern Hills.

Chūnin

The release was announced at on June 9, 2013 during a release event for the band's latest single "Te o Tsunagō / Kindan no Karma", held at Lazona Kawasaki Plaza Ruefer Square Grand Stage (in Kanagawa Prefecture).

Dai Min

Dai Min and Milligan-Whyte are the co-hosts of ChinaSmartMagazine.com, the first installment of which was footage of meetings negotiating the Proposed US China Grand Strategy Agreement.

Dominican University College

L'Institut was founded in 1960 in Montreal, Quebec by the Dominican Order during the construction of the Convent Saint-Albert-le-Grand.

Du You

Du was "a political thinker on a grand scale," comparable to Ibn Khaldun, according to Robert G. Hoyland.

Ewa Malas-Godlewska

Queen of the Night in Mozart's Magic Flute production by Bob Wilson, Paris Opera, L'Opera Comique, Le Theatre du Chatelet, Le Theatre des Champs Elysees, Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers and Parisian Bastille Opera, the Houston Grand Opera in Texas

George Wittet

Wittet designed some of Bombay's best known landmarks: the Prince of Wales Museum, the Gateway of India, the Institute of Science, the Small Causes Court at Dhobitalao, the Wadia Maternity Hospital, Bombay House, the King Edward Memorial Hospital, and The Grand Hotel and other buildings at the Ballard Estate, by the Bombay Docks.

Girolamo Mercuriale

In 1593, he was called by Cosimo de' Medici, the Grand Duke of Tuscany, to Pisa.

GP de Plouay

Grand Prix de Plouay is an elite professional women's road bicycle race held in Plouay, France and is part of the UCI Women's Road World Cup since 2002.

Grand Isle, Louisiana

Grand Isle's main street is the sea-side start of Louisiana Highway 1, that stretches 436.2 miles away to the north-west corner of the state ending near Shreveport, Louisiana.

Grand juries in the United States

Scott Turow's second novel The Burden of Proof deals extensively with the workings and shortcomings of the Federal Grand Jury system in a fictional midwestern state.

Grand Rapids Community Foundation

Grand Rapids Community Foundation, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan serves all of Kent County and is Michigan's oldest community foundation.

Greater Taishan Region

Victor Fung (Heshan, Guangdong) - is the Group Chairman of Li & Fung (利豐) group of companies; his grand father founded the company

Green Currin

Currin participated in the Land Run of 1889 and served as the grand master of an African American Masonic Order in Oklahoma.

Green Fire

The author of the novel Green Fire, on which the film was based, was Major Peter William Rainier 1890-1946, a South African whose great-great-grand-uncle was the person that Mount Rainier, Washington was named after (by the explorer George Vancouver).

Haitian Health Foundation

HHF provides services to the rural poor within the city of Jérémie (population: 60,000) and to over 100 rural and mountain villages in the Grand'Anse Department of Haiti.

Itasca Community Television, Inc.

Communities that support the Grand Rapids Area Cable Commission with franchise and PEG fees which, in turn, supports ICTV include Grand Rapids, Cohasset, La Prairie and the townships of Harris and Grand Rapids.

James Barrett McNulty

He attracted Steamtown, USA, a Hilton Hotels & Resorts (for which grand opening McNulty hired Guy Lombardo’s orchestra to play) and the Montage Ski Resort to Scranton, Pennsylvania, which is on a thoroughfare that “Jimmy” stated a million Canadians passed down on their way to gamble in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Jean Charles Pallavicini

Jean Charles or Giancarlo Pallavicini (Desio, 1911 – Desio, 1999) was a member of the Sovereign Order of Malta, serving as its Lieutenant during 1988 in the interim between the Grand Masterships of Angelo de Mojana di Cologna and Andrew Bertie.

John Dykes

Highlights of his time with ESPN STAR Sports include his anchoring the broadcast of cricket's 1999 World Cup in England, trips to Wimbledon and Flushing Meadows to work alongside Vijay Amritraj on Grand Slam tennis, and his work in Augusta for Tiger Woods' triumph at the 2001 Masters.

Lý Long Tường

Legend has it that the Korean king Kojong of the Goryeo Dynasty (1192–1259) had dreamt of a grand phoenix flying from the south and landing in his nation.

Mbaye-Jacques Diop

On 13 February 2008, the Grand Marabout of the Mourides, Serigne Mouhamadou Lamine Bara Mbacké, asked Diop to return from Paris to meet with Wade in Dakar on 14 February.

Mersad Berber

Kraków Grand Prix in 1997, an Ostend exhibition entitled "Between earth and heaven" and a recent one "Artist of the ideal" in Verona, selected by famous art critic Edward Lucie-Smith, confirmed Berber as one of the most significant contemporary artists.

Neil Cottrill

Once John recovered, the pair quickly became one of the top pairs in the UK, winning numerous county events, Friends Provident Grand Slam Series events and reaching the National Men's Doubles final, losing to Chris Hunt & Simon Archer.

Pegaso Z-102

A Pegaso Z-102 coupé by Saoutchick, owned by Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza, was in this respect the epitome of coachwork sophistication, as it had seats upholstered with leopard skin and controls in gold, and in such a finish it won the 1953 Enghien-les-Bains (France) Grand Prix d'Elegance.

Ranabai

On the samadhi site at Harnawa village there is an annual grand fair organized every year on the Hindu calendar date bhadva sudi teras, when devotees come from far off places.

Raphael Cotoner

It was during Raphael's tenure as Grand Master that the Italian Baroque artist Mattia Preti started work in Valletta's St. John's Co-Cathedral.

Rob Hollink

One of his greatest wins was defeating the 211 player field at the €10,000 European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo, where he took home the €635,000 ($845,190) grand prize.

Salih Pasha

Salih Hulusi Pasha (1864–1939), Ottoman grand vizier (1920), one of the last

San Marino Grand Prix

In contrast to motorbike racing, where there have been riders from San Marino, like Manuel Poggiali and Alex De Angelis, Formula One has never had competitors from the small country and as such no San Marinese drivers ever competed in the Grand Prix.

The Last Horror Movie

2004 - Espoo Ciné - Méliès d'Argent, Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver - Winner

The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest

Sam, now the mayor of Hobbiton, is preparing a grand party for King Elessar (Aragorn), who is on his way to Hobbiton along with Arwen.

WDAZ-TV

Owned by Forum Communications of Fargo, which also owns the Grand Forks Herald, WDAZ has facilities on South Washington Street in Grand Forks near Kmart and a news bureau and sales office on U.S. Highway 2 in Devils Lake.

West Adelaide Bearcats

West Adelaide also made Grand Final appearances in 1980 where they lost 88-113 to the St Kilda Saints in Launceston, and in 1983 where they lost 73-75 to the Phil Smyth led Canberra Cannons in Melbourne.

Witold Gombrowicz

Opérette (2002) – composed by Oscar Strasnoy, premiered in 2003 at Grand Théâtre de Reims, France.

Wolfsbrunn

Schloss Wolfsbrunn, formerly a grand villa, now a hotel, in Hartenstein, Saxony


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