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7 unusual facts about Holbrook


1.6 Band

The band was originally formed in 1989 by Jaeger, Novara, and Yanicelli in Holbrook, Long Island, New York, with an assortment of other musicians attempting a variety of music styles.

Arapahoe, Nebraska

The Public Mirror is still in operation; in 1924, it absorbed the Holbrook Observer; in 1978, it acquired the Elwood Bulletin, which it continues to publish under that name.

Holbrook, New South Wales

During World War I, the town name was deemed unpatriotic so on 24 August 1915 the town was renamed Holbrook in honour of Lt. Norman Douglas Holbrook, a decorated wartime submarine captain and winner of the Victoria Cross.

Holbrook, New York

A recent poll has ranked their library staff as the second most efficient in New York state behind Yonkers Public Library.

Holbrook, Suffolk

Contemporary newspaper accounts identified the aircraft as a Messerschmitt.

Lloyd, New South Wales

It is located to the south-west of the city, to the west of Jubilee Park and Holbrook (Mangoplah) Road, and to the south of Red Hill Road.

Norman Douglas Holbrook

On 24 August 1915, amid a wave of anti-German feeling related to the First World War, the name of the New South Wales Eastern Riverina town of Germanton was changed to Holbrook to honour the recent VC recipient.


Anna Holbrook

Anna Kathryn Holbrook (born April 18, 1956 in Fairbanks, Alaska) is an American soap opera actress, best known for her role as Sharlene Frame Hudson on Another World, a role she played originally from 1988 to 1991.

Arizona State Route 77

State Route 77 (or SR 77) is a state highway in Arizona that traverses much of the state's length, stretching from its northern terminus at the boundary of the Navajo Nation north of Holbrook to its junction with I-10 in Tucson.

Bill Holbrook

Peitso-Holbrook's novels have been nominated for both Edgar Awards and Agatha Awards.

Chad Holbrook

Holbrook attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill from 1990 to 1993, receiving second-team All-ACC honors as a senior.

Chase Holbrook

Holbrook attended L. D. Bell High School in Hurst, Texas.

Francis Farewell

Lieutenant Francis George Farewell (1784–1829), the founder of the Port Natal Colony in South Africa, was born at Holbrook House near Wincanton in the Blackmore Vale in 1784.

Frank Kinney Holbrook

Frank Kinney Holbrook (c.1874 in Tipton, Iowa – ??) was the first African American intercollegiate athlete at the University of Iowa and one of the first African Americans to participate on an American college varsity athletic squad.

George Edward Holbrook

After a brief leave for government service - as deputy director and then director of the Chemical, Rubber, and Forest Products Bureau of the National Production Authority - Holbrook resumed his prior Du Pont work but also chaired Du Pont's Corporate Committee for Educational Fellowships and Grants.

Holbrook Garden

Holbrook Garden is a one hectare garden outside Sampford Peverell, Tiverton, Devon, with experimental naturalistic plantings creating differing habitats.

Jacobine Jones

Many of these tools have since been given to Holbrook's protégé Christian Cardell Corbet.

Josiah Holbrook

Josiah Holbrook (1788-1854) was the founder of the Lyceum movement in the United States.

KDTP

It broadcasts in analog on VHF channel 11 with its transmitter within the City of Holbrook, and is repeated on KDPH-LP in Phoenix.

KNJO

KNJO-LP, a low-power television station (channel 6) licensed to Holbrook, Arizona, United States

Mark Twain Tonight

Holbrook's performance was first noticed by New York producer John Lotas at The Lambs Club in Manhattan.

President Kennedy School and Community College

It was originally to be called either Rookery Lane School or Holbrook High, but the assassination of President John F Kennedy during the approval stage resulted in the school being named after President John F. Kennedy and was founded in 1966.

Rugby by-election, 1942

Brown telegraphed Prime Minister Winston Churchill drawing attention to the reports asking if Churchill proposed to send a letter commending Holbrook to the electors of Rugby.

Thomas S. Estes

In early 1938 Estes received an honorable discharge from the Marines to join the United States Foreign Service as a clerk and was assigned to the legation in Bangkok, Thailand under American Minister Edwin L. Neville and Holbrook "Chappy" Chapman.


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