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21 unusual facts about Newport, Rhode Island


6mm Lee Navy

On August 1, 1894 a naval test board was convened at the Naval Torpedo Station in Newport, Rhode Island to test submitted magazine rifles in the new 6mm Navy caliber developed by naval ordnance authorities; according to the government notice of bid requirements, no other calibers or cartridges were to be considered.

9th Connecticut Regiment

As part of a combined Franco-American attempt to retake British-occupied Newport, Rhode Island, the brigade marched to Rhode Island, where it was involved in the August 29 Battle of Rhode Island.

Association Residence Nursing Home

Though he designed many types of buildings, he is best known for designing the homes of wealthy families such as the Astors and Vanderbilts, along Fifth Avenue in New York City and in Newport, Rhode Island.

Astor Cup

Astor Cup in yachting, first held in Newport, Rhode Island in 1882, it is an annual event with the trophy donated by John Jacob Astor III

C. Ledyard Blair

In addition to Blairsden, they entertained at residences in Newport, Rhode Island (Honeysuckle Lodge) and Bermuda (Deepdene).

Charles-Henri-Louis d'Arsac de Ternay

In 1780 he was given command of the naval forces of the Expédition Particulière, which carried the French army of the Comte de Rochambeau to Newport, Rhode Island.

Chesterton Windmill

A stone tower similar to Chesterton Windmill exists in Newport, RI, U.S.A.

Earl A. Powell III

The Powells own a summer home in Newport, Rhode Island, where Powell's mother and mother-in-law both live.

Flagler Museum

It was designed in the Beaux Arts style; meant to rival the extravagant mansions in Newport, Rhode Island.

Kathleen Hughes

Newport, Rhode Island News, Kathleen Hughes First Feminine Sensation Created By 3D, Thursday, July 9, 1953, Page 9.

Kenworthy Hall

Kenworthy Hall is closely related to a series of Italian villa style residences that Upjohn designed in the Atlantic Northeast, most notably the Edward King House in Newport, Rhode Island.

Margery Deane

She was the daughter of Lucius D. Davis, of the Newport, Rhode Island, "Daily News", was educated by private tutors, and in 1866 married Theophilus T. Pitman.

Nick Scandone

Together with crewmate Maureen McKinnon-Tucker, a paraplegic from Marblehead, Massachusetts, he won the Gold medal at the U.S. Paralympic trials in 2007 held off of Newport, Rhode Island.

Rhode Island Army National Guard

The Rhode Island Militia undertook its first military actions against England on July 19, 1769 when they sunk the British schooner HMS Liberty in Newport, Rhode Island.

Robert William Wilcox

His father Captain William Slocum Wilcox (1814–1910) was a native of Newport, Rhode Island.

Tavern

The White Horse Tavern, in Newport, Rhode Island, is most likely the Tavern housed in the oldest building.

Throwing Muses

Throwing Muses is an alternative rock band formed in 1981 in Newport, Rhode Island, that toured and recorded extensively until 1997, when its members began concentrating more on other projects.

Truncatella subcylindrica

There are also some early records from the late 1800s for the eastern United States, on the coast of Newport, Rhode Island, where it was presumably introduced.

White House Military Office

Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1) was created in 1957 when President Dwight D. Eisenhower was vacationing in Newport, Rhode Island, and had to return to the White House on short notice.

William Jewett Tenney

William Jewett Tenney (born at Newport, Rhode Island, 1814; died at Newark, New Jersey, 20 September 1883) was an American author, editor and encyclopedist.

Yoram Dinstein

He served twice as the Charles H. Stockton Professor of International Law at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.


1996 Miller Lite Hall of Fame Championships

The 1996 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships (also known as 1996 Miller Lite Hall of Fame Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island in the United States and was part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour.

Awashonks

Awashonks (also spelled Awashunckes, Awashunkes or Awasoncks) was a female sachem (chief) of the Sakonnet (also spelled Saconet) tribe in Rhode Island.

Barbara E. McGann

Following this tour in 1993, McGann taught Strategic Studies as a Fellow at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.

Battle of Rhode Island

Major General Joseph Spencer had been ordered by Major General George Washington to launch an assault on Newport in 1777, but he had not done so, and was removed from command of the Rhode Island defenses.

Charles, Providence, Rhode Island

By the 19th century, the improvement in infrastructure and proximity to the West River caused corporations such as the Silver Spring Bleaching and Dyeing Company to move to the area.

Charter Oak State College

Notable alumni include former professional football player Marvin Jones, Oklahoma State Representative Jason Murphey, Rhode Island State Representative Larry Valencia, and Connecticut television news anchor Al Terzi.

Christina Goulter

Between 1994 and 1997 Goulter served as an Associate Visiting Professor of Strategy at the US Naval War College in Rhode Island.

CODAC Behavioral Healthcare

CODAC has offices located in the Rhode Island communities of Cranston, Providence, Newport, East Providence, and Wakefield.

Dawn Atwood

In the season finale, Dawn came to Newport to attend Ryan's graduation, and gave him a present of a Toyota Land Cruiser SUV which her new boyfriend had restored.

Ebbw Vale RFC

The season was also marked by a remarkable cup run which saw them defeat Newport, Carmerthen Quins and Swansea, before drawing 19-19 to Cross Keys in the semi-final (Cross Keys subsequently progressed by virtue of tries scored 2-1).

Elizabeth Hatton

In the early 1590s Elizabeth married firstly, Sir William Newport alias Hatton (1560-1597), the son of John Newport (d.1566) of Hunningham, Warwickshire, and his wife, Dorothy Hatton (d.1566x70), the sister of Elizabeth I's Lord Chancellor, Sir Christopher Hatton.

Eugene Ballet

Ms. Pimble's work has been performed by Indianapolis Ballet Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Ballet Omaha, Washington Ballet, Nevada Dance Theatre, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Kansas City Ballet, State Ballet of Rhode Island, and Dance Galaxy, among others.

Fred J. Shields

He was acting as president of the college there when he left for North Scituate, Rhode Island to replace President J.E.L. Moore at the Eastern Nazarene College on the advice of John W. Goodwin.

George Dallas

Sir George Dallas, 1st Baronet (1758–1833), British Member of Parliament for Newport 1800–1802

George Wein

Festival Productions' feature event is now called "the JVC Jazz Festival at Newport", and the company runs JVC Jazz Festivals in cities around including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Paris, Warsaw, and Tokyo.

Grey's raid

In response to the threat to Newport, General Sir Henry Clinton ordered 4,000 men under General Charles Grey to prepare for transport to Rhode Island while Admiral Lord Richard Howe sailed from New York to oppose d'Estaing.

Hershey Run

It rises on the edge of the Belvedere subdivision on the outskirts of Newport, Delaware and flows southward along the western edge of that town.

Hodgson Vo-Tech High School

Paul M. Hodgson Vocational-Technical High School is a public school in Newark, Delaware and is among four high schools within the New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District, which includes Delcastle Technical High School in Newport, Howard High School of Technology in Wilmington, and St. Georges Technical High School in St. Georges.

Holly Holyoake

Holly Holyoake (born 31 December 1988) is a Welsh classical music singer from Duffryn, Newport.

Howes Brothers

They took pictures across New England, particularly in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.

Island platform

In Jersey City, the Newport PATH station has the same configuration as Bowling Green—one side platform and one island platform.

Judsonia, Arkansas

Though the school died in 1883, the town streets still bear the names of several well-known 19th-century Baptists: Judson and Hasseltine (after Adoniram Judson and his wife, Ann Hasseltine Judson), Wayland (after Francis Wayland, president of Brown University in Rhode Island), Wade (after missionary Jonathan Wade) and Boardman (after missionary George Boardman, whose widow, Sarah Hall Boardman became Judson's second wife).

Ken Cheveldayoff

Educated at Carleton University in Ottawa, University of Saskatchewan, and Newport University in Southern California, Cheveldayoff holds a B.A. (Honours) in Economics and Political Science (1988) and a Masters of Business Administration (1996).

Larry Miles Dinger

From August 2004 to June 2005, he was the State Department's Senior Advisor to the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.

MGWR Class D

They were originally planned for use on the Mullingar to Sligo mail trains, however they were poor steamers and proved to be underpowered for this work being transferred soon afterwards to the Westport – Achill branch line in western County Mayo — a highly scenic line which passed through the small town of Newport and the village of Mallaranny before reaching the western seaboard at Achill Sound.

Milton Semer

He was lawyer for Fernand St. Germain, Democratic U.S. Representative from Rhode Island, during an ethics investigation; St. Germain was cleared of all charges in 1987.

Newport Barracks, North Carolina

The camp was near the tracks of the Atlantic and Coastal Railroad and paralleled a creek that led to the Newport River (which in turn leads to Beaufort Inlet).

Newport Bridge, Newport

In 1994 John Squire, guitarist of The Stone Roses designed the cover of their hit single Love Spreads based on a photograph of a stone cherub on Newport Bridge.

Newport River

The Newport River is a small river in North Carolina that runs approximately twenty kilometers southeast through the town of Newport with its mouth opening into Bogue Sound, between Morehead City and Beaufort.

Newport, Washington

Newport was given its name in 1890 because it was selected as a landing site for the first steamboat on the Pend Oreille River.

Oliver Evans

His father was a cordwainer by trade, though he purchased a large farm to the north of Newport on Red Clay Creek and moved his family there when Oliver was still in his infancy.

Peabody and Stearns

The Breakers, Newport, Rhode Island, 1878, burned in 1892 and replaced with another mansion with the same name by Richard Morris Hunt)

Pill Harriers RFC

During this period Pill Harriers provided a stream of intelligent, strong players who would first move to first class team Newport before playing for Wales.

Reuben Jones

Reuben (Ben) Jones (born 19 October 1932 in Newport, Shropshire, England; died 3 January 1990 in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire) was an Olympic equestrian rider who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff

The current ecclesiastical terrority of the diocese comprises the local government areas of Cardiff, Bridgend, Vale of Glamorgan, Newport, Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Monmouthshire, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taff and Herefordshire.

Samuel B. Griffith

After participating in the post-World War II occupation of North China, where he commanded the 3rd Marine Regiment and later the U.S. Marine Forces in Qingdao, he was a student and then a faculty member at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport from 1947 to 1950.

Sandy DiPasquale

In 2008 DiPasquale moved his newest venture, Newport Television, to Kansas City, Missouri.

Seaview Terrace

Carey Mansion, originally called Seaview Terrace, is a sprawling French Renaissance château located in Newport, Rhode Island.

Stuart Meeson

Stuart Meeson, younger son of Trevor and Mary Meeson of Newport, Shropshire, was educated at Adams' Grammar School (1983-1990), Newport.

Terry Danko

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Turbonilla halistrepta

The type species was found in the Pacific Ocean off Newport, California.

USS Canonicus

Four ships of the United States Navy have been named Canonicus for Canonicus, a chief of the Narragansett Indians, who befriended Roger Williams, and presented him with a large tract of land for the Rhode Island colony.

Virginia Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie

Virginia Fortune Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie, DCVO (b. 9 February 1933) Newport, New Jersey is an American-born Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II.

Welsh Football Trust

The Welsh Football Trust is based at the Wales National Football Development Centre, Dragon Park, Newport International Sports Village, Newport.