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unusual facts about Gunn


Gunn Valley

The valley's name is not derived from the Scots-Norwegian surname Gunn, but from the name of a member of the Xeni Gwet'in people of Nemaiah Valley, which is nearby to the north, whose name was ganin (meaning not provided).


Barnabas Gunn

From 1748 until his death in 1753 Gunn also organised regular concerts between early May and mid-August in Duddeston Gardens, Aston, featuring artists from as far away as London and Germany.

Battle of Allt Camhna

However both Hugh Mackay and George Sinclair, Earl of Caithness were unwilling to attack their old allies the Clan Gunn and therefore departed from the meeting at Eglin.

Beaverton, Michigan

The town was founded in 1890 by the Donald Gunn Ross & Sons lumber company, from Beaverton, Ontario.

Behind the Scenes of Total Hell: The Jamie Gunn Chronicles

The soundtrack to the film features a large number of UK bands including World is Static, film composer Kasia Middleton, Super Baby Project, Franny Griffiths, The Drellas, Subway Showdown, Dust, Yorkie, Photobooth, Jari Ylamaki, Victoria Geelan, Depot, Igal Gabbay, Greg Tuby, Chris Everard, Wherewithal, The Buzzsonic, Three Shy of Nine, Simon Doherty, Rachel Wallen-James, Mark Lough, Grant Alderson, Jamie Gunn.

Ben Bowyang

Following the misadventures of two larrikin soldiers, the strip was based on the "Gunn's Gully" newspaper humor columns written during the 1920s and 1930s by C. J. Dennis of the Melbourne Herald.

Bishop Chandler David Owens Sr

In August of 1995 Bishop Owens was declared an Arkansas Traveler by Governor Jim Guy Tucker, and in August of 1996 was presented the key to the city of Birmingham, Alabama, by Councilman Aldrich Gunn.

Bob Symes

In January 2007 he married Dr. Sheila Gunn (now Dr. Sheila, Baroness Symes Schutzmann von Schutzmansdorff), then Works Manager at Boston Lodge, on the Ffestiniog Railway.

Carroll McComas

Gunn died in 1944 and McComas returned in 1953 to play a supporting role in Jamaica Run where she appeared as the mother of Wendell Corey and Arlene Dahl.

Charlie Weaver

In 1969, he teamed with Al Cowlings and Jimmy Gunn, and the late Tody Smith and Bubba Scott to form a defensive front that powered the Trojans to 10-0-1 record and a win over the University of Michigan in the 1970 Rose Bowl.

Dead Man's Chest

One such example is R. F. Delderfield's The Adventures of Ben Gunn, in which Ben tells Jim Hawkins that the song is a reference to "an island of the Leewards" which "was little more than a long, high rock, shaped like a coffin" which was nicknamed "Dead Man's Chest".

Edward Brackenbury

Brackenbury, a direct descendant from Sir Robert Brackenbury, lieutenant of the Tower of London in the time of Richard III, was second son of Richard Brackenbury, of Aswardby, Lincolnshire, by his wife Janetta, daughter of George Gunn of Edinburgh.

George Foreman vs. Tommy Morrison

Morrison first agreed to defend his newly won title against his Rocky V co-star Michael Williams in what was billed as real-life Tommy Gunn vs. Union Cane (the characters that Morrison and Williams played in the film) matchup.

Hell Bound

Scanners: After Pavayne murders the psychic, Gunn says "I know they used to call Spike 'William the Bloody', but why would he go all Scanners on her?"

Henri Frankfort

The Cenotaph of Seti I at Abydos (together with A. de Buck and B. Gunn, 1933)

Hide Away

The "Peter Gunn Theme" section was dropped in favor of a loose take on "Baby Elephant Walk".

James E. Gunn

James Edward Gunn (born October 21, 1938) is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy at Princeton University.

John G. Wilson

John Guy Wilson (1842–1892) was a Manchester, UK patent agent and the founder of Wilson Gunn, one of the oldest firms of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys in the UK.

Luxtera

It was founded by a number of members of Prof. Axel Scherer's lab group, including Cary (Lawrence) Gunn, Michael Hochberg, Tom Baehr-Jones, and also Axel Scherer.

Make the Yuletide Gay

Keith Jordan as Olaf "Gunn" Gunnunderson: Gunn is a college student who is openly gay at school.

Margo Gunn

Margo Gunn born 8 February 1956 in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, is an English actress and a fully qualified Drama teacher of Drama and Theatre Studies.

Martha Gunn

The Morning Herald described Martha Gunn as "The Venerable Priestess of the Bath"

Matt Gunn

He has a sister and four brothers: writer/director James Gunn, actor Sean Gunn, film/television writer Brian Gunn, and film executive/producer Patrick Gunn.

Mazarati

Members Marvin Gunn and Tony Christian, also known as Mark DeShazer, formed the musical duo The Wild Pair and recorded a 1989 song with Paula Abdul, "Opposites Attract", for which they voiced the animated MC Skat Kat in the video.

Mike Polchlopek

On the RAW 15th Anniversary Spectacular on December 10, 2007, Bart Gunn participated in the 15th Anniversary Battle Royal and was eliminated by Steve Blackman.

Capitalizing on Gunn's impressive Brawl for All showing, the WWF held a Brawl for All match between Gunn and heavyweight boxer Eric "Butterbean" Esch at WrestleMania XV.

Murder of Sakia Gunn

On the night of May 11, 2003, Gunn was returning from a night out in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, with her friends.

Paul Okalik

During the last week of June 2007, Okalik reportedly made derogatory comments to Iqaluit mayor Elisapee Sheutiapik about Lynda Gunn, an executive from the Nunavut Association of Municipalities, allegedly calling her a "fucking bitch".

PC World's Digital Duo

It featured co-hosts Stephen Manes of Forbes & PC World with Angela Gunn of USAToday.com in a "Siskel & Ebert" style format in which they would rate computer and on-line products and services.

Peter Blair Henry

Henry joined NYU Stern from Stanford University, where he was the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of International Economics, the John and Cynthia Fry Gunn Faculty Scholar, and Associate Director of the Center for Global Business and the Economy at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Portee

On 21 November 1941 at Sidi Rezegh, Libya, Second Lieutenant George Ward-Gunn destroyed two German tanks while fighting from a burning two-pounder portee.

Ramster

In 1922, Sir Henry and Lady Norman purchased Ramster, and is now cared for by their granddaughter Miranda Gunn, and her husband.

Robert Campbell Gunn

Gunn's latent love of natural history was awakened in 1831 by his association with Robert William Lawrence, an enthusiastic colonial naturalist.

Robert Marcus Gunn

Robert Marcus Gunn (1850, Dunnet – 29 November 1909, Hindhead) was a Scottish ophthalmologist remembered for Gunn's sign and the Marcus Gunn pupil.

Roger Cram

At this event, Cram was joined by Glendene Grant, human trafficking victim Jessie Foster's mother; Kevin Bales, co-founder and president of Free the Slaves; Kate Todd, a singer-songwriter and actor; Janelle Belgrave of Samba Elégua Drummers and Peace Concept; Natasha Falle, a survivor of human trafficking; and Jeff Gunn, a guitarist.

The Deadly Snakes

Formed in Toronto in 1996, the band's final line-up consisted of Andre Ethier on vocals and guitars, Matthew Carlson on guitar, trumpet and bass, Chad Ross on guitar, bass and mandolin, Jeremi Madsen on guitar, bass, saxophone and percussion, Max McCabe-Lokos (using the stage name Age of Danger) on piano, organ and percussion, and Andrew "Gunn" Moszynski on guitar and drums.

The Electric Confectionaires

Sheehan, Smith and Gunn hail from Devonport and first met in primary school after Gunn emigrated from Scotland.

The Music from Peter Gunn

The Music from Peter Gunn is a 1959 album by Henry Mancini (RCA LPM/LSP-1956), the soundtrack of the TV series Peter Gunn.

The Sierra Jensen Series

It is a companion series to Gunn's The Christy Miller series, as Sierra's character was introduced in the twelfth book of Christy's series.

The Thin Dead Line

While Angel teams up with Detective Kate Lockley to investigate the source of the undead cops, Wesley ends up getting shot by one of the policemen and Gunn, Anne and some street kids hole up in the shelter while the zombie policemen try to claw their way in.

The Toy Collector

Furthermore, we see the lives of Gunn's childhood toys—from Rom, Spaceknight to the Fisher-Price Little People, who seem to have lives and thoughts of their own outside Gunn's world.

Tim Gunn

Gunn endorsed Christine Quinn's candidacy for Mayor of New York City in the 2013 mayoral election.

While on tour in Palm Springs, California, the nearby city of Palm Desert honored him with an official resolution declaring April 27, 2007 (the day of his visit) "Timothy M. Gunn Day".

Warren Royal Dawson

Though Dawson never himself travelled to Egypt, "he talked of it as it he had known it well. Much of his knowledge of the land he had acquired directly from the best guides – the great Egyptologists of the last generation, Budge, Griffith, Gardiner, Petrie, Newberry, Gunn.".


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