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65 unusual facts about Newport


1840–50 Atlantic hurricane seasons

The town residents moved the town three miles (5 km) northward to New Port, now called Newport, Florida.

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.

Artie Moore

Having set up a second transmitting and receiving station at Ty Llwyd farm, owned by Jenkins's father which was located approximately three and a half miles south of Gelligroes at Ynysddu in the direction of Newport, Moore received an order over the air for grain to be delivered from the mill to the farm.

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

Basketball at the 2011 Island Games – Men's tournament

The men's tournament was held from 26 June–1 July 2011 at the Medina Leisure Centre, Newport and Cowes High School, Cowes.

Basketball at the 2011 Island Games – Women's tournament

The women's tournament was held from 26 June–1 July 2011 at the Medina Leisure Centre, Newport and Cowes High School, Cowes.

Beaulieu House

Beaulieu House, Newport, private former home of John Jacob Astor III, Cornelius Vanderbilt III and his wife Grace Vanderbilt

Beverly Hills Unified School District

The previous superintendent was Dr. Jeffrey Hubbard, who accepted a position as the superintendent at the Newport-Mesa Unified School District in Orange County.

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.

Cincinnati Bell/WEBN Riverfest

The CarMax Riverfest is filled with many activities and ends with a gathering on the banks of the Ohio River in Cincinnati, Ohio, Covington, Kentucky, and Newport, Kentucky to watch a half-hour fireworks show set to an underscore heard on WEBN.

CSS Spray

In 1850, Daniel Ladd, a Newport, Florida cotton and general mercantile businessman, purchased the Spray for $15,000.

The CSS Spray was a steam-powered, side-paddle wheel tugboat built in New Albany, Indiana originally fitted as a mercantile ship before becoming a gunboat in the Confederate States Navy and used in the St. Marks, Newport, Florida area.

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.

Francis Wegg-Prosser

For many years he was a zealous member of the Superior Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, a member of the Catholic union, and a representative of the Diocese of Newport on the Catholic Education Council.

God's Providence House, Newport

God's Providence House, Newport, is located in St Thomas' Square, Newport, Isle of Wight, England.

Hans Feibusch

There is a series of 12 murals by Feibusch, each over 20 feet (6 m) tall, around the central hall of Newport Civic Centre telling the story of the history of Newport.

Harvest Moon Benefit Festival

The festival became one of the best-known musical events each fall, but increasing scheduling conflicts between bands and venues, a lack of sponsorship, and the difficulties in keeping an audience for an early-October music festival caused Meloy and Nungesser to cancel the annual event in 2004 and replace it with the Christmastime-themed Festivus Maximus festival, which proved wildly popular during its two-year run at the Southgate House in Newport, Kentucky.

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.

Hofbräuhaus

Hofbräuhaus franchises have been opened in the several places in the United States of America, including the first in Newport, Kentucky, next to Munich's sister city of Cincinnati, Ohio, which opened in 2003.

Homer Burton Adkins

Adkins was born on January 16, 1892, in Newport, Ohio, the son of Emily (née Middleswart) and Alvin Adkins.

Jack McBride Ryder

Jack McBride Ryder, second president of Saginaw Valley State College was born December 2, 1928, in Newport, Kentucky.

Joe Buckland

Buckland made one first-class appearance during the 1948 season, playing in an early season friendly match at Rodney Parade, Newport, against Glamorgan in which both teams tried out new players.

John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury

He was the only child and son of John Talbot of Longford, Newport, Shropshire (died London, 1607 or c. 1607), and wife Eleanor Baskerville, daughter of Sir Thomas Baskerville of Wolvershill, Herefordshire, and of Brinsop, Herefordshire, and grandson of Sir John Talbot of Grafton and Catherine or Katharine Petre.

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.

Lily L. Allen

Allen was born to John Oram and Jane (Talbott) Oram at Newport, County Mayo, Ireland on 30 December 1867.

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.

Mark Talbott

The Talbott Squash Academy, a well-respected summer camp for juniors and adults, was established in 1991, and is currently held at St George's School in Newport, Rhode Island and at Stanford University in Stanford, California.

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.

Newport-Mesa Unified School District

Newport-Mesa Unified School District is a school district in Orange County, California, United States, that mainly serves the cities of Newport Beach and Costa Mesa.

Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway

Liddell faced the problem of bridging two key natural geographic barriers to connect with the Taff Vale Railway at Quakers Yard, the Ebbw Valley and the Rhymney Valley.

Incorporated on 3 August 1846, in 1847, the Act was passed for the Taff Vale Extension, from Coedygric North Junction, Pontypool westwards to the Taff Vale Railway at Quakers Yard.

Newport, Delaware

The General Motors Wilmington Assembly automobile manufacturing facility was located on Boxwood Road just north of the town and operated from 1947 to 2009.

Newport has several several small industries within it borders, including a Ciba Corporation pigment manufacturing plant.

Newport, Maine

Joshua Tardy, Minority Leader, Maine House of Representative (2006-2010)

Newport, New South Wales

Newport also features many cafes and restaurants, as well as the Newport Arms Hotel on the shore of Pittwater.

Newport, Shelby County, Ohio

Newport is primarily a Roman Catholic community as evidenced by Saints Peter and Paul Church on Ohio State Route 66 and a local chapter of the Knights of Columbus.

Newport, Tennessee

US-70 continues east to Del Rio, Tennessee and Hot Springs, North Carolina, while US-321 turns north and crosses the Pigeon and French Broad en route to Greeneville and northeastern Tennessee.

With Sevier's victory at the Battle of Boyds Creek and the ensuing Treaty of Dumplin in 1785, Cherokee influence in the area began to wane.

Newport, Wakulla County, Florida

Daniel Ladd, Newport's leading cotton merchant, solved the situation by ordering a 100-foot steam tugboat named Spray, later the CSS Spray.

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.

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.

Ohio State Route 550

It then continued west along the Ohio River, concurrent with SR 7 to Newport where it crossed into St. Marys, West Virginia on the Clarksburg-Columbus Short Route Bridge, later renamed the Hi Carpenter Bridge in 1967, an eyebar-chain suspension bridge bridge.

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.

Samuel Holberry

After a rebellion in Newport, Monmouthshire now known as the Newport Rising was put down in 1839, then Samuel and a group of conspirators planned a Sheffield Rising.

Staatsburgh State Historic Site

At the remainder of the year, the family stayed in one of their other residences in New York City, Paris, Newport, and California.

Tavern

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

The Greene Town Center

The co-owner and developer, Steiner + Associates, is known for creating similar town centers such as the Easton Town Center in Columbus as well as other centers in the Cincinnati-Newport, Milwaukee and Kansas City regions.

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.

Vic Firth

Founded in 1963 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the company bills itself as the world's largest manufacturer of drum sticks and mallets, which are made in Newport, Maine.

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 Oak

After spending the night at the Welsh Oak the combined columns moved on to the Westgate Hotel, Newport, where they were met by soldiers and a battle ensued.

Welsh Open

Wales Open - golf tournament, founded in 2000, held every year at the Celtic Manor Resort, Newport

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.

Winston Churchill in politics: 1900–1939

Churchill, who had already forbidden the use of forces in another industrial dispute at Newport, did not favour deployment of troops, fearing a repeat of the 1887 Bloody Sunday in Trafalgar Square.

WYCX-CD

Programming is also seen on WVBQ-LP channel 47 in Newport and Charlestown, New Hampshire.

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.


'69 Newport

'69 Newport is a 7" vinyl EP record by the influential ska-core band Operation Ivy. The 7" was composed of "Hedgecore" and "Left Behind", both of which were recorded at 924 Gilman Street in 1987.

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.

Ace Marine

At age two, the colt won two races and was a strong third to the then world-record-holding sprinter Boston Doge in the Newport Stakes at Narragansett Race Track in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

Alf Sherwood

After leaving Newport in 1961 he had a short-lived spell as player-manager of Barry Town before fully retiring from football and working for the National Coal Board as a security officer.

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.

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.

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.

Hamilton Hoppin House

The oldest part of the house was designed by architect Richard Upjohn, as was Kingscote in Newport.

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.

Island platform

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

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.

Llantarnam railway station

The 2 platform station lay to the north of the current Newport Road bridge, and alongside the Burton's biscuit factory.

New England Interstate Route 32

The original route continued from the state line to Henniker along US 202, then along NH 114 to Bradford, and finally along NH 103 to its original Newport terminus west of Lake Sunapee at New England Route 10.

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.

Norma Fisher

She is regularly invited on the jury of many leading international piano competitions including Young Musicians (Enschede, Holland), Gina Bachauer (USA), Horowitz (Kiev, Ukraine), Joanna Hodges (USA), Newport (Wales), Sydney (Australia) and Virginia Waring (USA).

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.

Rock Island Swing Bridge

There is some evidence that gangster John Dillinger fled across the bridge into Inver Grove Heights after a running gun battle with Dakota County deputies in Newport and St. Paul Park.

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.

Welsh Football Trust

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