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unusual facts about Kingman


Julia Arthur

Benjamin P. Cheney, Jr., died near Kingman, Arizona, on June 5, 1942 – ironically, alongside the tracks of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, of which he had once been a director.


Anacostia Waterfront Corporation

:*Kingman and Heritage Islands — Mayor Williams also proposed transferring Kingman Island and nearby Heritage Island in the Anacostia River to the AWC for development as parks and for the construction of bird and wildlife education centers.

Dave Kingman

During his final year in Oakland in 1986, Kingman sent a live rat in a pink box to Sue Fornoff, a sportswriter for The Sacramento Bee.

Born in Pendleton, Oregon, Kingman's family moved to Illinois and he attended Prospect High School, where he was a center and a forward on the basketball team, a wide receive and safety on the football team, and a star pitcher on the baseball team.

On September 15, Kingman became one of only a handful of players to play for four major league teams in the same season when he was traded to the Mets' crosstown rivals, the Yankees, for Randy Stein and cash.

Eugene Kingman

He studied extensively at the Rhode Island School of Design (with John Frazier, Frederic Sisson and Nancy Jones) during high school, and for a year after high school, Kingman studied at the Fogg Art Museum with Edward Forbes and Paul Sachs.

Gardner J. Kingman House

Gardner J. Kingman House is an historic house at 309 Main Street in Brockton, Massachusetts.

Golden Valley, Arizona

Arizona State Route 68 runs through the heart of Golden Valley, connecting it to Kingman and Bullhead City, which lie on each end of the route.

KFLG

KFLG-FM, a radio station (94.7 FM) licensed to Kingman, Arizona, United States

Kingman Douglass

Kingman Douglass married Adele Astaire, daughter of Frederick E. Astaire, and sister of the celebrated Broadway and Hollywood actor and dancer Fred Astaire, on April 29, 1947.

Kingman High School

Kingman High School, a former high school in Peoria, Illinois, previously known as Averyville High School, and replaced by Woodruff High School (Peoria, Illinois) in 1937

Mick Kelleher

That August 7, in the second game of a doubleheader against the San Diego Padres at Wrigley Field, Kelleher, at 5-9 and 170 pounds, responded to Dave Kingman's hard slide into him on a double play attempt (Kingman was apparently angered over being hit by a Steve Renko pitch) by jumping on the 6-6, 210-pound Kingman's back and pummeling him with blows; the ensuing bench-clearing brawl resulted in the ejections of both players.

New Kingman-Butler, Arizona

New Kingman-Butler was named for Leroy Butler (not to be confused with LeRoy Butler, the NFL player), who was the original land developer of this unincorporated community.

Paul Olden

Olden was the target of Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda's infamous and profanity laden "Dave Kingman tirade" in 1976, in which Lasorda ranted at Olden (who worked at Los Angeles radio station KLAC at the time) when he asked him about Kingman having hit three home runs against the Dodgers that day.

Sam Chauncey

Rather than the apocalyptic student riot that consumed Kent State University on May 4, 1970, Yale, under the leadership of Kingman Brewster on behalf of the faculty and Kurt Schmoke on behalf of the undergraduates, embraced and then managed the spirit of the protest.

Santa Fe 3759

Its regular passenger run was from Los Angeles to Kansas City, with Kingman as a water stop on the way back to Los Angeles.


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