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2 unusual facts about Peralta


Lourinhanosaurus

Its first remains were found at Peralta, near Lourinhã, Portugal in 1982, but were not described until 1998, by Portuguese paleontologist Octávio Mateus.

Peralta, New Mexico

Peralta is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area.


Architecture of Argentina

This search for identity is reflected in the Banco de Londres building finished in 1967 by Clorindo Testa with Diego Peralta Ramos, Alfredo Agostini, and Santiago Sánchez Elía.

Arnold Peralta

Arnold Fabian Peralta Sosa (born 29 March 1989 in La Ceiba, Honduras) is a footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Rangers in Scottish League One and the Honduras national football team.

Canary Islands in pre-colonial times

Excavations of a settlement at El Bebedero on Lanzarote, made by a team under Pablo Atoche Peña of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Juan Ángel Paz Peralta of the University of Zaragoza, yielded about a hundred Roman potsherds, nine pieces of metal and one piece of glass at the site, in strata dated between the 1st and 4th centuries.

Daniel Peralta

Kirchner, who became President of Argentina, appointed Peralta director of the state coal concern, Yacimientos Carboníferos Fiscales (YCF), in 2004.

Domingo Peralta

Domingo Antonio Peralta Florencio (born 28 July 1986) is a Dominican Republic, is an international football

Gastón de Peralta, 3rd Marquis of Falces

Some personalities of high position, including some close relatives of Hernán CortésMartín, Don Martín Cortés y de Zuñiga, and Luis (his sons, and half-brothers of each other) — were involved in this plot, which was made known to Peralta while he was still in Veracruz, that is before he had entered Mexico City to take up his office officially.

Ignacio Peralta Soledad

Ignacio Peralta Soledad is a Mexican potter from Huaquechula, Puebla, known for his brightly colored ceramic sculptures which have been used to decorate homes, churches and plazas in various locations in Mexico.

Jhonny Peralta

On November 24, 2013, Peralta signed a four-year contract worth $53 million with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Joel Peralta

On June 19, 2012, during a game at Nationals Park vs the Washington Nationals, Peralta was ejected from the game for having a "foreign substance" in his glove; it was later found to be pine tar.

Jon Ecker

He is currently working on the soap opera produced by Telemundo Studios, Miami Corazón Valiente playing the character Pablo Peralta.

José Francisco de Peralta

From 1827 to 1828 Peralta was a Deputy for Ujarrás in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Costa Rica, and in November, 1829, he was elected to represent Costa Rica in the Senate of the Federal Republic of Central America.

Kouré, Niger

Kouré is best known for West African giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis peralta), an endemic subspecies of West Africa.

Lust for Gold

In 1880, Jacob "Dutchy" Walz (Glenn Ford) and his friend Wiser (Edgar Buchanan) overhear Ludi (Arthur Hunnicutt) carelessly call his companion "Peralta" (Antonio Moreno).

María Ignacia Rodríguez de Velasco y Osorio Barba

Through the intercession of Viceroy Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo, she married José Jerónimo López de Peralta de Villar Villamil in September 1794.

Merritt College

The college is part of the Peralta Community College District and was opened as a general campus in 1954 (it had been known as the Merritt School of Business, and along with what is now Laney College, operated by the Oakland Unified School District as Oakland Junior College, which became the nucleus of the Peralta Colleges).

Norge Luis Vera

Norge Luis Vera Peralta (born October 3, 1971 in Siboney, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba) is a right-handed baseball pitcher, who has been a frequent member of the Cuban national baseball team.

Oakland Tribune

After five terms in the United States House of Representatives, Joseph R. Knowland (1873–1966) purchased the Oakland Tribune from Dargie's widow, Hermina Peralta Dargie.

Oribe Peralta

Peralta won the gold medal at 2011 Panamerica Games and was also the tournament's top scorer with six goals.

Orlin Peralta

Orlin Orlando Peralta Gonzáles (born 12 February 1990 in Guanaja) is a Honduran footballer who plays as a left back for C.D. Motagua.

Osvaldo Peralta

Osvaldo Antonio Peralta Medina (born 2 February 1971 in San Pedro del Paraná, Itapúa) is a retired football (soccer) defender from Paraguay.

Peralta massacre

The Peralta Massacre is depicted in a flashback in the 1949 film Lust for Gold, starring Glenn Ford and Ida Lupino.

Robbie Peralta

In early September 2011, Peralta signed with the UFC to replace Mackens Semerzier against Mike Lullo at UFC Fight Night: Shields vs. Ellenberger.

Sabine Moussier

In April 2009, Moussier became involved in a public and lengthy war of words with fellow actress Sherlyn, who brought a lawsuit against Moussier's former partner Peralta, accusing him of defrauding her of MXN$2 million while they were dating.

Salto del Guairá

This depended of Hernandarias District, and, at that time it was integrated by three renowned neighbors: Col (SR.) Isabelino Pimienta Medina (+) as the president, Carmelo Peralta as the treasurer, and for the secretary position, Prof. Pedro Ramón Girett.

Sluggo Boyce

Later Sluggo would ride for Real Skateboards owned by Tommy Guererro and Jim Thiebaud from Peralta’s world famous "Bones Brigade".

William E. Dargie

The Peralta-Dargie Family have two large burial plots one located at Saint Mary Cemetery, and another at Mountain View Cemetery, both in Oakland.


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