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3 unusual facts about Les Ponts-de-Martel


Daniel Boemle

Daniel Christian Manuel Boemle, Dänu Boemle, "Sleepy Dan", "Öml" (November 7, 1960 in Bern – February 21, 2007 in Les Ponts-de-Martel) was a well-known Swiss radio DJ.

Les Ponts-de-Martel

The village was the original home of the Swiss watchmaker Mathey-Tissot.

Louis Zutter

He was born in Les Ponts-de-Martel and lived in Peseux, where he was a member of the gymnastics club La Société des Amis gymnastes de Neuchâtel.


Al-Andalus

Charles Martel of the Franks, with the assistance of Liutprand of the Lombards, invaded Burgundy and Provence and expelled the raiders by 739.

Amel

In 716, the Battle of Amblève, between Charles Martel with the Austrasians on one side and the joined forces of the Frisians and Neustrians under Ragenfrid and Chilperic II on the other side, was the first victory for Charles Martel.

American Wrestling Association

The AWA released an AWA Remco Action Figure line with the toy company Remco and a series of 30 minute videos entitled "Wrestling Classics", primarily featuring wrestlers such as Sgt. Slaughter, the Road Warriors, Jim Garvin & Steve Regal, and World Champion Rick Martel.

Arlene Martel

Martel appeared in the 1967 Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Amok Time" (as T'Pring) and the original The Outer Limits episode "Demon with a Glass Hand" (1964) written by Harlan Ellison.

Battle of Amblève

Following his defeat at Cologne, Martel rallied his supporters in the mountains of the Eifel.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

James B. Aguayo-Martel MD MPH, developer of MR microscopy and deuterium spectroscopy.

Charles Martel

In foreign wars, Martel subjugated Bavaria, Alemannia, and Frisia, vanquished the pagan Saxons, and halted the Islamic advance into Western Europe at the Battle of Tours.

Christiane Martel

Shortly after her reign, Martel embarked on a successful career in international films, appearing in movies such as Yankee Pasha, So This Is Paris, Abajo el Telón, the 1956 version of Corazón salvaje (playing the villain Aimée), Viva el Amor!, Rosa Blanca and her last film to date, 1961's Leoni al Sole.

Donald Martel

Martel ran as a Parti Québécois candidate in Nicolet-Yamaska in the 2007 election, finishing second with 7,455 votes (28.32%) against Action démocratique du Québec candidate Éric Dorion.

Émile Colinus

In 1956 Colinus spent all summer in Martel, Lot, in a villa with a garden where he painted a portrait of his wife seated behind her easel.

Frédéric Martel

NYT's journalist Alan Riding wrote : "In Culture in America, a 622-page tome weighty with information, Martel challenges the conventional view in France that (French) culture financed and organized by the government is entirely good and that (American) culture shaped by market forces is necessarily bad".

Gare de Saint-Denis-près-Martel

The station is also on the preserved railway of the Chemin de Fer Touristique du Haut Quercy (CFTHQ) which operates between Martel and Saint-Denis-lès-Martel, a distance of 7 km.

Saint-Denis-près-Martel is a railway station in Saint-Denis-lès-Martel, Midi-Pyrénées, France.

Gene Martel

Also in 1954 Martel produced the cult horror/sci fi classic, Stranger from Venus.

Gervais Martel

Under the leadership of Martel, Lens won their first ever Ligue 1 title in the 1997–98 season and won their first ever Coupe de la Ligue title the following year.

Gervais Martel (born 20 November 1954 in Oignies) is a French businessman and president of French football club RC Lens having served in this role since 24 August 1988.

Giffard Le Quesne Martel

Major Martel mated the bridge with the tank and used hydraulic power generated by the tank's engine to manoeuvre the bridge into place.

In his autobiography, Martel describes advising the Soviet High Command, Stavka, to allow the Germans to strike first at the Battle of Kursk.

James B. Aguayo-Martel

James Benjamin Martel (born October 15, 1955, in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a physician, surgeon and scientist.

James B. Martel received a Bachelor of Science degree from Stanford University; a Doctor of Medicine from Harvard Medical School; a Masters in Public Health in the area of Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the Harvard School of Public Health and received his surgical sub-specialty training in ophthalmology from Johns Hopkins Medical School and Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute.

Marca Hispanica

The Marca Hispanica resulted from the expansion south of the Frankish realm from their heartland in Neustria and Austrasia starting with Charles Martel in 732 and after various decades fighting between the Franks and Muslims (Moors) in the Iberian Peninsula.

Martel, Lot

There is a museum containing items from Puy d'Issolud, a local Gallic archaeological site which has been identified as Uxellodunum, besieged by Julius Caesar in 51 BC.

Morris-Martel

The Morris-Martel was a British inter-war tankette developed from prototypes designed by Lieutenant-General Sir Giffard Le Quesne Martel.

Myles Martel

Martel's expertise has resulted in wide media exposure on programs including ABC World News, Nightline, and CBS This Morning.

In 2013 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Martel chairs the "In Lincoln's Footsteps" speech contest.

Myles Martel, Ph.D. (born May 3, 1943 in Augusta, Maine, United States) is an American communication adviser specializing in leadership.

Odilo, Duke of Bavaria

In 741, Odilo married Hiltrud, daughter of the Frankish Mayor of the Palace Charles Martel, but a year later he found himself at war with Martel's sons Carloman and Pepin the Short.

Shelley Martel

In 2003, both Martel and Hampton supported Bill Blaikie's campaign to become leader of the federal New Democratic Party.

Solar still

In Yann Martel's novel Life of Pi, the main character, Piscine Molitor Patel (Pi), survives on a life boat in the Pacific with a Bengal tiger by using twelve solar stills to extract fresh water from saline ocean water.

Tankette

In 1925 British tank pioneer Giffard Le Quesne Martel built a one-man tank - the Morris-Martel - in his garage and showed it to the War Office who agreed production of a few for testing.

The Fabulous Rougeaus

At SummerSlam 89, the Rougeaus teamed with fellow Canadian Rick Martel, defeating the Rockers and Martel's former Strike Force tag-team partner Tito Santana in a six-man tag team match.

Ulger

The pope appointed a panel of five bishops to decide the case—which really concerned the abbey's rights in Les Ponts-de-Cé—and in 1149 the bishopric was ordered to pay restitution to Basset of 1,000 marks.

William C. Martel

Martel was the Director and Founder of the Center for Strategy and Technology from 1993–99, and Associate Professor of International Relations at the Air War College during the same years.


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