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1954 New Zealand rugby league season

They then played two exhibition matches against Australia on the way home, in Los Angeles and Long Beach, California.

1987 State of Origin series

It saw the emergence of new faces who would go on to become Origin legends (Queensland's Allan Langer and New South Wales' Andrew Ettingshausen), record crowds for all three matches, and an additional exhibition game played in Long Beach, California (near Los Angeles).

54-46 That's My Number

It was later covered on Long Beach, CA-based 1990s ska-punk band Sublime's 1992 album 40 Oz. to Freedom, entitled "5446 That's My Number/Ball and Chain", as well as Buju Banton on his album Inna Heights and Fermín Muguruza in his album Brigadistak Sound System.

Air draft

At several bridges, such as the Gerald Desmond Bridge in Long Beach, CA, NOAA has installed an "Air Gap" measuring device that accurately measures the distance from its sensor on the bridge to the water surface and can be accessed by marine pilots and ship's masters to aid them in making real time determination of clearance.

Brian Ottney

On September 1, 2003 Ottney died in Long Beach, California, where he had moved to be in a construction job.

Brice Beckham

James Brice Beckham (born February 11, 1976, in Long Beach, California) is an actor most famous for his role as Wesley T. Owens in the television sitcom Mr. Belvedere and for his role as Corey in I Hate My 30's.

California Academy of Mathematics and Science

Unlike similar schools such as the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, CAMS is non-residential, drawing its students solely from most of Long Beach, portions of Los Angeles, and some cities of the South Bay region.

Catalina Express

The Catalina Express is a passenger ferry services that operates scheduled passenger service between Avalon and Two Harbors on Santa Catalina Island and San Pedro, Long Beach and Dana Point on the California mainland.

Charles Abel Buffum

In 1904, with his brother, Edwin E. Buffum, he moved to Long Beach, California and purchased a store that would grow into Buffum's Department Stores chain.

Development Arrested

Tobias catches up with Michael and tells him he has booked the Queen Mary, thinking this was a chain of nightclubs and not a luxury ocean liner permanently docked south of Los Angeles in Long Beach.

Dreger Clock

The Dreger Clock was built by Andrew Dreger Sr., whose family were pioneers to the early settlements of Anaheim, Long Beach and Buena Park.

Hypomesus pretiosus

Hypomesus pretiosus, or surf smelt, is a marine smelt with a range from Prince William Sound, Alaska to Long Beach, California, although its population declines south of San Francisco.

Interstate 710

Officially known as the Long Beach Freeway, it runs north from Long Beach to Valley Boulevard, just north of I-10, the San Bernardino freeway, near the boundary between the cities of Alhambra and Los Angeles.

The southern terminus of the freeway presently signed as Interstate 710 is at Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach.

Legislative Route 167 was defined in 1933 to run from San Pedro east to Long Beach and north to Monterey Park.

James Patrick O'Leary

O'Leary began working for local bookies as a teenager eventually opening Long Beach, Indiana, an off-track betting resort, however it soon closed due to bankruptcy by the 1880s.

Jan Opperman

Born in Long Beach, California, Opperman died in Fountain, Florida, 16 years after suffering critical injuries from a crash during a race in Jennerstown, Pennsylvania.

Jay Sebring

Sebring had a hand in launching the film career of Bruce Lee, after meeting him at the International Karate Championships in Long Beach in 1964.

Jeff Widener

Jeff Widener (born August 11, 1956 in Long Beach, California) is an American photographer, best known for his image of the Tank Man confronting a column of tanks in Tiananmen Square during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 which made him a nominated finalist for the 1990 Pulitzer.

Jonathan's Law

Jonathan's Law was sponsored by Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg (DLong Beach) and State Sen. Thomas Morahan (RNew City); Mike and Lisa Carey, the parents of Jonathan Carey, promoted Jonathan's Law.

Josh Whitesell

He was also a 1st-team All-CIF Division I and 1st-team All-Citrus Belt League selection, voted San Bernardino County Player of the Year by the San Bernardino Sun, played for the San Bernardino County North All-Star team, selected to the CBCA Southern California All-Star team, and played for US Team in the Goodwill Games against Japan in Long Beach.

Laura Richardson

Her district was reorganized following the 2010 United States Census, but during Richardson's time in office it encompassed the inland section of Long Beach, Carson, Compton and Signal Hill, as well as parts of other municipalities.

Leon Patillo

For years, Patillo pastored the Rock House Church on the historic Queen Mary in Long Beach, California but since retired the ministry in late 2009 in favor for traveling and leading seminars across the country.

Linda Bement

She represented the USA in the 1960 Miss Universe pageant, broadcast from Long Beach, California, where she was crowned the winner of the title by Miss Universe 1959, Akiko Kojima of Japan.

Long Beach International Karate Championships

The Long Beach International Karate Championships — is an International Karate and martial arts tournament in Long Beach, California that was first held in August 1964 by Kenpo Grandmaster Ed Parker.

Long Beach Lions

The Long Beach Lions are a semi-professional football team based in Long Beach, California.

Long Beach Race Week

Organized by Alamitos Bay Yacht Club and Long Beach Yacht Club it is organized on multiple courses in the ocean off Long Beach, California, USA.

Long Beach Studios

Long Beach Studios is an American film studio under development at the former Boeing factory in Long Beach, California

Long Beach, Mississippi

The city of Long Beach, California, held a fund raiser to help its eponymous relative.

Long Beach, North Carolina

Located on Oak Island, it is well known for the total devastation it sustained during Hurricane Hazel in 1954; only five of the 357 buildings survived the storm.

Nancy Harkness Love

By June 1943, Nancy Love was commanding four different squadrons of WAFS at Love Field, Texas; New Castle, Delaware; Romulus, Michigan; and Long Beach, California.

Naples, Long Beach

Naples is a neighborhood of Long Beach, California, United States, built on three islands located in Alamitos Bay.

Onionhead

' studio in Burbank, California; location shooting for the film took place at the Coast Guard station in Alameda, California and on the USS Heather in Long Beach, California.

Paul Tanaka

On March 7, 1988, Tanaka was involved in a controversial killing of an unarmed Korean American in Long Beach, sparking outrage among Korean American community leaders.

Red Bull New Year No Limits

The 2009 New Year No Limits moved west to Long Beach, California, where Travis Pastrana, a four-time Rally America champion and part-time WRC driver, jumped a Subaru Impreza STI rally car off the Pine Avenue pier, soaring 269 feet on Rainbow Harbor, and landed on a floating barge shortly after 9 PM Pacific time.

Redlands East Valley High School

Groups have performed and competed at places including San Diego, Las Vegas, Sydney, London, San Francisco, Washington DC, Dublin, and Long Beach.

Robert L. Gibson

Born in Cooperstown, New York, but considered the Lakewood area of east Long Beach, California, to be his hometown.

Rossmoor, California

The gated Leisure World retirement community in the city of Seal Beach is to the south of Rossmoor, Los Alamitos is to the east and north, and Long Beach is to the west (on the other side of the San Gabriel River, the 605 freeway and the border with Los Angeles County).

Secret Hate

Secret Hate was a punk rock band based in Long Beach, California, which initially contributed two tracks to the Hell Comes to Your House compilation in 1981, as well as an EP, Vegetables Dancing on the now-defunct SST Records subsidiary, New Alliance Records.

Statue of Responsibility

The statue foundation would like to build it in one of five host cities: Long Beach, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco (California) or Seattle (Washington).

The Bamboozle 2007: Everything Will Be Much Better Once I Get These Clowns Out of My Head

#"Liar (It Takes One to Know One)" – Taking Back Sunday (live at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California, United States in July 2006) (3:16)

The Humpers

Despite being based out of Long Beach, California, they recorded their first EP, My Machine, for a Yugoslav Zagreb based independent label, Zdenko Franjić's Slušaj Najglasnije (Listen Loudest).

The Salvation Army U.S.A. Western Territory

The Western Territorial Headquarters is located in Long Beach, California, and is currently under the leadership of Commissioner James Knaggs.

Tom Harman

Upon graduating from Loyola, Harman joined the Long Beach law firm of Lucas & Deukmejian, whose partners were future California Chief Justice Malcolm M. Lucas and future Governor George Deukmejian.

Tommy Yune

On July 2, 2007 at the Anime Expo in Long Beach, California, a disgruntled Macross fan by the name of Schiller, who posted on Macross World's forums under the username "Khyron Prime", hit Yune in the face with a plate full of cream pie.

US Microbics

Robinson’s application of microbic technology for the hospitality industry ranged from the pioneering cleanout of the fuel holding tanks on the RMS Queen Mary during its "transplant" as a Long Beach tourist attraction in the 70’s, to the grease trap maintenance for odor and grease buildup at the world famous Pea Soup Anderson Restaurant (in Buellton, California), to the Buellton Wild Animal Park’s odor and runoff control.

William Bowers

William Bowers (Las Cruces, 1916 – Woodland Hills, California, 1987) was a reporter in Long Beach, California before becoming a screenwriter and specializing in writing comedy westerns and also turned out several thrillers.


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