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2 unusual facts about Niles


Niles, Illinois

A notable landmark and point of pride among Niles' residents is the Leaning Tower of Niles, a smaller-scale replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Pete Sykaras

Panagiotis "Pete" Sykaras (born 5 May 1979 in Niles, Illinois) is a Greek baseball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.


8th of November

The song, which begins with a spoken introduction by Kris Kristofferson, tells the tale of Niles Harris, a soldier in the 173rd Airborne Brigade of the United States Army during Operation Hump in South Vietnam on November 8, 1965.

Bud Fowler

In 1883, Fowler played for a team in Niles, Ohio; in 1884, he played for Stillwater, Minnesota, in the Northwestern League; and, in 1888, he played for a team in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Chris Maragos

Chris's brother Troy is the Pastor of Student Ministries at the Niles campus of Harvest Bible Chapel.

Donald Upton, Jr.

Upton is the son of broadcaster and songwriter Donald Niles Upton and former Miss Universe and model Miriam Stevenson.

Douglas Niles

Niles was born in Brookfield, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee, and his family moved to Nashotah, a small town to the north, when he was twelve years old.

Harry Niles

Then, on Aug 30, 1910, New York's Tom Hughes retired 28 batters before surrendering a 10-inning single to Cleveland's Niles.

Herbert Clyde Niles (September 10, 1880 – April 18, 1953) was an outfielder/infielder in Major League Baseball who played for four different teams between the 1906 and 1910 seasons.

I Wonder as I Wander

While in the town of Murphy in Appalachian North Carolina, Niles attended a fundraising meeting held by evangelicals who had been ordered out of town by the police.

James Monroe Ingalls

Ingalls married Elizabeth Niles, daughter of John S. Niles and Elizabeth Lilly, in July 1860, in Dane County, Wisconsin.

James Wieghart

In addition to his wife, Sharon, whom he met at Central Michigan and married in 1955, he was survived by two sisters, Patricia Graham and Mary Lois Armstrong, both of Niles; four daughters, Michelle Wieghart of Beldenville, Wisconsin; Elizabeth Queen of Lake, Michigan; Bridget Wieghart of Portland, Oregon; and Rebecca Eaton of Silver Spring, Maryland; and six grandchildren.

John Milton Niles

Born in Windsor, Connecticut, Niles received a common school education and studied law.

Joseph G. Butler, Jr.

As a philanthropist and community leader, Butler was also instrumental in the conception and realization of other civic projects, including Niles' National McKinley Birthplace Memorial, a monument to the memory of his personal friend, President William J. McKinley.

KKJZ

Horace Silver, Louie Bellson, and Bob Florence ("Bebop Charlie", "Nilestones"), and others have written tunes for “Carlitos Niles”.

Magdalena: a Musical Adventure

Arthur Kay conducted Irra Petina, Dorothy Sarnoff, John Raitt, Hugo Haas, Gerhard Pechner, A. Garcia, Melva Niles, Henry Reese, Ferdinand Hilt, J. Arthur, Betty Huff, Christine Matsios, Leonard Morganthaler, John Schickling, Lorraine Miller, Gene Curtsinger, Patrick Kirk, Betty Brusher, and Jack Cole (soloists).

McKinley Birthplace Home and Research Center

In 1994, a local bank donated the former McKinley Bank Building that stood on the site of the birthplace to the city of Niles.

Niles West High School

In 1996, the Niles Township Federation of Teachers went on a strike for two weeks over negotiations with administrators.

Niles Young

Niles Young (born May 7, 1982) is an American professional wrestler who competes in Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic independent promotions including NWA Force One Pro Wrestling, Chikara, Combat Zone Wrestling, Future of Wrestling, the Eastern Wrestling Alliance, Hardway Wrestling, International Wrestling Syndicate, Maryland Championship Wrestling and UWA Hardcore Wrestling.

Pacific Locomotive Association

Between 1988 and 1994, track laying through the Canyon continued to Vallejo Mill Park, just short of Niles.

Quinn, Michigan

The post office stayed open for just under four years, closing its doors on September 15, 1873 The 12th Michigan Infantry was begun under Colonel Francis Quinn at Niles in 1861.

The Show Where Sam Shows Up

Scott D. Pierce from The Deseret News found this episode not as good as previous Frasier episodes that featured Frasier's ex-wife, Lilith Sternin (Bebe Neuwirth), Sam "old and tiring" in Frasier, and Danson's performance "lethargic", but Sam D. Pierce found some of its moments funny, especially from "fresh" Niles.

Widsith

It is moot whether Widsith literally intends himself, or poetically means his lineage, either as a Myrging or as a poet, as when "the fictive speaker Deor uses the rhetoric of first-person address to insert himself into the same legendary world that he evokes in the earlier parts of the poem through his allusions to Weland the smith, Theodoric the Goth, Eormanric the Goth, and other legendary figures of the Germanic past" (Niles 2003, p 10).


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