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3 unusual facts about Las Palmas


Djan Madruga

In April 1975, he broke the barrier of 16 minutes in the 1500-metre freestyle at Copa America in Las Palmas.

Nontsikelelo Veleko

That same year, her photographs were displayed in the exhibition titled ‘Olvida Quien Soy- Erase Me from Who I Am’ at the Centro Atlantico de Arte Mordeno in Las Palmas, Canary Islands.

SS Dumbo

In October 1968, Dumbo was placed under arrest at Las Palmas.


Air Mauritanie

Two Ilyushin Il-18s were bought in 1969, with the Soviets providing training and technical assistance; these aircraft were flown to Dakar, Nouadhibou and Las Palmas.

Canarian Spanish

When visiting Tenerife or Las Palmas, Venezuelans, Cubans, Dominicans and Puerto Ricans are usually taken at first hearing for fellow-Canarians from a distant part of the Canary archipelago.

Frederik Hviid

Frederik Carlo Hviid Köhler (born 9 November 1974 in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria) is a former long-distance freestyle and medley swimmer from Spain, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996.

Fredrik Gulsvik

Gulsvik was born in Flå and began his career with local side Flå before he transferred to Spanish club Las Palmas.

Gustavo Gotti

Gustavo Gotti, nicknamed El Tanque Gotti (born 20 October 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Las Palmas in the Torneo Argentino B on loan for one year from Instituto de Córdoba.

Leonid Stein

Further international tournament victories were scored at East Berlin 1962, Sarajevo 1967, Hastings 1967–68, Kecskemét 1968, Tallinn 1969, Pärnu 1971, and Las Palmas 1973.

Manises UFO incident

Flight JK-297 had taken off from Salzburg (Austria) with 109 passengers on board, and had made a refuelling stop on the island Mallorca before setting course towards Las Palmas.

Nacho Casanova

Ignacio 'Nacho' Díaz Casanova Montenegro (born 4 February 1987 in Las Palmas, Canary Islands) is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Pasching in the Austrian Regional League Central, as a forward.

Rafael Vaganian

A cheerful and popular character on the grandmaster circuit, his tournament record is outstanding and includes further victories at Kragujevac 1974, São Paulo 1977, Kirovakan 1978, Las Palmas 1979, Manila 1981, Hastings 1982/83, Biel 1985 (the Interzonal), Leningrad 1987, Toronto 1990 and Ter Apel 1992.

South African Airways Flight 228

South African Airways Flight 228 was a scheduled flight of the Boeing 707-300C Pretoria, registration ZS-EUW, on 20 April 1968 from Johannesburg to Heathrow via Windhoek, Luanda, Las Palmas and Frankfurt.

Tonono

On 31 May 1975 he appeared in his last match for Las Palmas, a Copa del Rey contest against CD Málaga, contracting a viral infection shortly after and dying on 9 June at only 31 years of age in Las Palmas.


see also

Alexander Construction Company

The most well-known Alexander house in Las Palmas is the Lawford/Kennedy house, originally built for Peter Lawford, connected by marriage to the Kennedy family and a charter member of the Rat Pack.

Cage Without a Key

The movie was filmed at Las Palmas School for Girls in Commerce, California, now known as the Dorothy Kirby Center.

Colin Cameron Davies

Colin Cameron Davies was born in Las Palmas, Spain and ordained a priest on 13 July 1952 from the religious order of the St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill.

Crossroads of the World

Located on Sunset Boulevard and Las Palmas in Los Angeles, the mall features a central building designed to resemble an ocean liner surrounded by a small village of cottage-style bungalows.

Las Palmas Complex

Other elements in the material inventory of the Las Palmas Complex include stone grinding basins, atlatls, lark's-head netting, coiled basketry, and sewn palm-bark containers.

No Me Toques Las Palmas Que Me Conozco

¡No Me Toques Las Palmas Que Me Conozco! is María Isabel's first album and was released in 2004.

Santa Brígida, Las Palmas

Bandama Caldera (Bandama Natural Monument) in Santa Brígida, Las Palmas is part of the Tafira Protected Landscape.

Sasikrishnan

He is also a commissioned artist for many corporates all over the world, such as the Taj Corromandal, Fisherman's Cove, Las Palmas, The Chariott Hotel Mahabalipuram etc.As of now,Sasi is a art teacher in Bhavans (Kuwait)

Tonono

In his 22nd and final cap, on 19 October 1972, Tonono captained Spain in a 2–2 draw against Yugoslavia for the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, in a game played in Las Palmas; he was the first player ever from the region to be selected for the national team.

Valsequillo

Valsequillo de Gran Canaria, a municipality on the island of Gran Canaria in the province of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands.