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95 unusual facts about S. C. H. "Sammy" Davis


A Rose for Mary

Attorney General Martha Coakley and Boston Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis announced the DNA test results proving Albert Henry DeSalvo was the source of seminal fluid recovered at the scene of Sullivan's 1964 murder.

Adam 'Tex' Davis

He is most famous for writing the scripts for "Spring Break Lawyer" and Just Friends.

Alaska State Capitol

With the United States Alaska Purchase of 1867, Sitka became the headquarters of the Military Department of Alaska under U.S. Army Major General Jefferson C. Davis.

Benjamin Davis, Jr.

Benjamin J. Davis, Jr. (1903–1964), New York Communist city councilman, imprisoned for violations of the Smith Act

Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.

His father, a messenger for the Interior Department, and his mother, a nurse, urged him to enroll in college after high school.

At his post in Fort Duchesne, Utah, he served first as the troop's clerk and later as squadron sergeant major through 1900.

Bruce R. Davis

In 1988, he developed SUGAR—a circuit analysis simulation tool named in allusion to University of California Berkeley's software called SPICE.

Chester R. Davis

Davis died in 1966 of a heart attack in his home in Wayne, Illinois.

Chicago mayoral election, 2011

Danny K. Davis, U.S. Representative from Illinois's 7th district, withdrew on December 31, 2010, to support Carol Moseley Braun, in an attempt to unite voters behind a single major African American candidate.

CRLX101

It was developed by Mark E. Davis, professor of Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology, and associates at Insert Therapeutics, Inc., now Calando Pharmaceuticals, Inc., hence the original name "IT-101".

Cross of Sacrifice

President Coolidge was in attendance and an address was given by Dwight F. Davis, the Secretary of War.

Dan Druen

classes of Washington D.C. During his tenure, Druen participated in the funeral services of Justice Harry Blackmun, Washington Post editor Katharine Graham, General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. and many others.

Darren Davis

Darren G. Davis (born 1968), American independent comic book publisher and writer

Darren G. Davis

At WildStorm Davis worked as an agent with some of the top artists in the field including Joe Madureira, Randy Green, Andy Park, Chris Bachelo, Ale Garza, Adam Hughes, Howard Porter, Mike Miller, Travis Charest, and Roger Cruz.

Deane C. Davis

Davis was a noted horseman and proponent of the Morgan horse breed, including service as President of the Morgan Horse Club, Inc.

Donald W. Davis

As recounted by Louis Uchitelle in his 2006 book The Disposable American: Layoffs and Their Consequences, after relocating to a summer house on Martha's Vineyard, Davis would frequently make the trip to New Britain by ferry and car but started cutting back his visits by the late 1990s as coming face-to-face with former Stanley employees became too painful and "much too personal".

Edmund J. Davis

One of his protégés was Norris Wright Cuney of Galveston, who continued the struggle for equality until his own death in 1896 and is honored as one of the important figures in Texas and American black history.

He also gained the respect and friendship of Spanish-speaking residents on the Rio Grande frontier.

Edward F. Davis

Later he attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government's Program for Senior Government Executives and the Law Enforcement Executive Development Association program at the Federal Bureau of Investigation Academy in Quantico, Virginia.

Elizabeth A. Davis

Elizabeth is best known for creating the role of Réza, the Czech roommate of leading lady Cristin Milioti in Once, a stage musical version of the Academy Award winning film Once.

Eric P. Schmitt

In 2006 Schmitt and a colleague reported on bribery concerns that involved Major Gloria Davis,

Ezra Klein

In June 2003, he moved to the blog "Not Geniuses" along with Matt Singer, Ryan J. Davis, and Joe Rospars.

Freeman Field Mutiny

Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., was appointed as commanding officer of the group on June 21, 1945, and took command on July 1.

George R. Davis

Davis was elected as a Republican to the 46th, 47th, and 48th Congresses (March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1885).

George W. Biegler

However, some accounts indicate that the award was not presented to Biegler until October 17, 1927 by then-Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis.

Government Accountability Office investigations of the Department of Defense

Representative Thomas M. Davis, R-Virginia, asked the Pentagon to present 11 documents relating to contracts in Iraq, among them papers that would prove whether Halliburton benefited from its association with Cheney.

Hallmark Photographic Collection

Since 1979, the collection was expanded by Keith F. Davis from 650 works by about 35 photographers, to 6,500 works by about 900 artists.

Harold Davis

H. L. Davis (1894–1960), Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist

Harold A. Davis, pulp fiction author working under the pseudonym Kenneth Robeson, 1930s, 1940s

Harper's Weekly

Besides renderings by Homer and Nast, Harpers also published illustrations by Theodore R. Davis, Henry Mosler, and the brothers Alfred and William Waud.

Harvey N. Davis

Harvey Nathaniel Davis obtained his Ph.D. in Physics from Harvard University, taught mathematics at Brown University and later returned to Harvard as a Professor of Physics and Mechanical Engineering.

Hermann Lungkwitz

He held the position for the entirety of the administration of Governor Edmund J. Davis.

Howard Davis

Howard W. Davis (1885–1959), member of the California State Assembly and the Los Angeles City Council

Howard W. Davis

have conspired with . . . Alphonzo Bell, Samuel Traylor and Chapin A. Day, all multi-millionaires, to grant this group a special spot zoning permit to crush and ship . . . from the high-class residential section of Santa Monica, limestone and rock for cement.

Davis's first bid for public office was in August 1923, when he cross-filed for the State Assembly in the 73rd District primary election.

Illinois's 13th congressional district

The 13th congressional district of Illinois is represented by Republican Rodney L. Davis.

Irene Stegun

When Abramowitz died of a heart attack in 1958, Stegun took over management of the project and finished the work by 1964, working under the direction of the NBS Chief of Numerical Analysis Philip J. Davis, who was also a contributor to the book.

Jack L. Davis

In 1996, plans to begin an intensive archaeological survey in the hinterland of the Greek colony of Apollonia, co-directed with Muzafer Korkuti, director of the Institute of Archaeology in Tirana, were interrupted by the collapse of pyramid banking schemes and the ensuing chaos.

Jackson T. Davis

The Jackson Davis Collection of over 5,000 photographs and numerous manuscripts and documents housed at the University of Virginia is one of the more comprehensive archives available for research on the topic of minority education during the Jim Crow era in the southern United States.

Jacob Davis

Jacob C. Davis (1820–1883), American politician (Illinois) & criminal defendant

Jacob E. Davis

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Seventy-eighth Congress in 1942.

James Goold Cutler

He died on April 21, 1927 in Rochester and was eulogized by his many friends including former U.S. president William Howard Taft, former governor of New York Charles Evans Hughes and former presidential candidate John W. Davis.

James H. Davis

Jimmie Davis (James Houston Davis, 1899–2000), American singer and governor of Louisiana

Jessica Cutler

After the Spitzer story broke, the Post published an article alleging that Cutler was "among the inner circle of a Manhattan call-girl ring that counted Eliot Spitzer as a client...," and that she "...appeared as a "model" on alleged madam Kristin "Billie" Davis' Web site."

Joe C. Davis, Jr.

During the Second World War, he joined the United States Navy and served as a Lieutenant, participating in the invasions of Sicily, Salerno and Normandy.

John A. Davis

In 2002 Davis was nominated for an Oscar along with Steve Oedekerk in the category of Best Animated Feature for Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, bust lost to DreamWorks Animation's Shrek.

He gave his position away as Executive in charge of production to Steve Oedekerk.

While moving to a new house in the early 1990s he stumbled upon the script and re-worked it as a short film titled Johnny Quasar and presented it in SIGGRAPH where he met Steve Oedekerk and worked on a television series as well as the movie.

John G. Davis

Davis was elected as a Democrat to the 32nd and 33rd Congresses but was unsuccessful for re-election in 1854 to the 34th Congress.

He was elected as a Democrat to the 35th Congress and re-elected as an Anti-Lecompton Democrat to the 36th Congress, he was not a candidate for renomination in 1860 to the Thirty-seventh Congress.

Justice Davis

Robert E. Davis (1939–2010), Associate Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court

Karl Dean

Dean is married to Anne Davis, who is one of the four heirs of the Joe C. Davis, Jr. and Rascoe Davis coal fortunes and a proprietor of the Joe Davis Family Foundation in Nashville.

Kenneth C. Davis

The titles were initially inspired by Sam Cooke's song "Wonderful World", with the lyrics, "Don't know much about history" or "geography," etc.

Kenneth S. Davis

During his varied career, Davis was a journalism instructor at New York University, a war correspondent attached to General Eisenhower's headquarters during World War II, a member of the UNESCO Relations Staff of the Sate Department, and a professor of history at both Kansas State and the University of Kansas.

Lauren B. Davis

Early in her career, Davis was mentored by Timothy Findley, at the Humber College School for Writers, where went on to be mentor herself (2007-2009).

Lionel Pries

Beginning in the late 1920s and continuing to 1942, Pries travelled to Mexico every summer and regularly interacted with leaders in Mexican art including William Spratling, Frederick W. Davis, Rene d'Harnoncourt, Juan O'Gorman, and others.

Love to Love You Bradys

The book features previously unpublished photographs, and interviews, including those with Barry Williams, Maureen McCormick, Christopher Knight, Geri Reischl ("Fake Jan"), Mike Lookinland, Ann B. Davis, Sherwood Schwartz, Lloyd Schwartz, Sid and Marty Krofft, Rip Taylor, Bruce Vilanch, and Paul Shaffer.

Mark Boal

Boal's 2004 article "Death and Dishonor", about the 2003 murder of veteran Richard T. Davis after his return to the United States, was published in Playboy magazine.

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

As of March 2012, the Chair of the Board of Directors is Michael A. Curto, an appointee of the Governor of Maryland, with former Congressman Tom Davis serving as Vice Chair.

Michael J. Davis

In October 2007, Davis presided over the case of Capitol v. Thomas.

Michael M. Davis

During Harry S. Truman's time as President, Michael Davis kept files and records of Truman's speeches.

Mildred Davis

:For the suspense/mystery author see Mildred B. Davis

Milton C. Davis

The World Policy Council has published white papers on the Politics of Nigeria, War on Terrorism, Hurricane Katrina, Millennium Challenge Account, and Extraordinary Rendition.

Nicholas J. Phillips

D. Abbott, B. R. Davis, N. J. Phillips, and K. Eshraghian, "Simple derivation of the thermal noise formula using window-limited Fourier transforms," IEEE Trans. Education, 39(1) (1996) pp.

Permabooks

Davis, Kenneth C. Two-Bit Culture: The Paperbacking of America, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984.

Reuben K. Davis

He was designated to the Appellate Division, Fourth Department by Governor Mario Cuomo on January 1, 1987, and served as an Associate Justice until his retirement on December 31, 1996.

Richard C. Davis

The first episode of The Real Deal was "A Home Run for Trademark", a special centering around the relocation of the Shoeless Joe Jackson house, while at the same time helping to renovate the life of a current Major League Baseball player Josh Hamilton.

Royden B. Davis

Ordained to the priesthood on June 21, 1959, by Archbishop Francis Patrick Keough, he pronounced his final vows in the Society of Jesus on February 2, 1967.

Ruffin Pleasant

He was also a delegate to the Democratic convention in 1924, which took 103 ballots to nominate John W. Davis of West Virginia as the party's compromise presidential nominee.

Ryan J. Davis

The judges are Seth Rudetsky (Rhapsody in Seth, Chatterbox, The Ritz), Hunter Bell, and Susan Blackwell.

The center provides short- and long-term housing in Manhattan and Brooklyn, plus free medical care, HIV testing, mental health services, showers, food, computer access and job training and placement at its drop-in center in Chelsea.

His first New York credit was as Assistant Stage Manager on The Storm Theatre's production of Gillette starring NFL Hall Of Famer John Riggins.

Sammy L. Davis

Davis attended Manteca High School in Manteca, California, where he was a member of the football and diving teams.

Samuel H. Davis

Davis died in a military aircraft accident while serving in Florida on 28 December 1921 while a passenger in a Curtiss JN-6 HG at Carlstrom Field, Arcadia, Florida.

Scarab Club

Since then, signing the beam has become a ceremonial honor, and the autographs of art world luminaries such as John Sloan, Diego Rivera, Pablo Davis, Marcel Duchamp, Norman Rockwell, and John Sinclair grace the beams.

St. George, Staten Island

According to island historians Charles Leng and William T. Davis, it was only after another prominent businessman, Erastus Wiman, promised to "canonize" him in the town's name that Law agreed to relinquish the land rights for a ferry terminal.

Staten Island Museum

A display of the largest cicada collection (approx. 35,000 specimens) in North America, which includes numerous type specimens of species originally described by William T. Davis.

Tawan W. Davis

Davis serves as an Associate Minister at the Historic Kelly Temple Church of Harlem and as a member of the Boards of Directors of the Friends of Harlem Hospital, and the New Horizons Children's Advocacy Corporation.

Davis was born in 1979 Tacoma, Washington, but he grew up in Portland, Oregon, where he was raised by his single mother, Sylvia.

Tert-Butanesulfinamide

Chiral sulfinimines as intermediates for the asymmetric synthesis of amines have also been developed by Franklin A. Davis.

The Real Estate Pros

Each episode stars Richard C. Davis and his crew from Trademark Properties of Charleston, South Carolina as they purchase and renovate a piece of real estate.

The X-Files Game

Several of the actors from the TV series reprise their roles in the game, including David Duchovny (Mulder), Gillian Anderson (Scully), Mitch Pileggi (Skinner), Steven Williams (X) and - very briefly and depending upon the outcome of the game, William B. Davis (The Smoking Man).

Theodore M. Davis

After a career in the law and business, he moved to Newport, Rhode Island in 1882 where he built a mansion known as "The Reefs" (later "The Bells") on Ocean Avenue, on property which is now Brenton Point State Park.

In the winter of 1915 he did not go to Egypt for health reasons and instead rented the Florida home of William Jennings Bryan, then Secretary of State.

Thomas A. Davis

During the Spanish-American War he served as a Captain of the 6th US Volunteer Infantry, also known as the Sixth Immunes, which was mustered at Knoxville, Tennessee and saw service in Puerto Rico.

United States presidential election in New York, 1904

Roosevelt and Fairbanks defeated the Democratic nominees, Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals Alton B. Parker of New York and his running mate Senator Henry G. Davis of West Virginia.

Vernon M. Davis

On January 1, 1901, Davis succeeded Elbridge T. Gerry as President of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, but resigned this post after his election to the Supreme Court.

Walter R. Davis

He has also been awarded the William Richardson Davie Award from the UNC-Chapel Hill board of trustees, and in 2004 was the inaugural recipient of the Light on the Hill Award.

Warren R. Davis

22nd through 24th Congresses and served from March 4, 1827, until his death in Washington, D.C., on January 29, 1835, before the opening of the 24th Congress.

William E. Davis

The Bud Davis football era ended on January 3, 1963 when Eddie Crowder was hired to take the job permanently, though Davis had resigned the day of the Air Force game.

William Eugene Davis

William E. Davis, an American head football coach, former university president and Democratic politician

Zadvydas v. Davis

Representing the United States was Deputy Solicitor General Edwin Kneedler.

In January 2012, the Miami Herald revealed that Kesler Dufrene, accused of murdering three people in Miami, was released from federal detention despite a final deportation order to Haiti because the US suspended deportations to that country for several months after the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

Amicus curiae briefs were filed by the Washington Legal Foundation on behalf of the government in the Zadvydas case and by the Legal Immigration Network, Inc., the American Association of Jews from the former USSR, the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union, Human Rights Watch, and Carolyn Patty Blum, et al., on behalf of Kim.

In an effort to roll back Zadvydas, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) has introduced the "Keep Our Communities Safe Act" (H.R. 1932), legislation aimed at allowing indefinite detention of unremovable admitted immigrants and asylum applicants (immigrants awaiting approval of asylum applications).


1957 Isle of Man TT

At Parkfield Corner on lap 1, Luigi Taveri riding for MV Agusta led the Mondial of Sammy Miller, while Tarquinio Provini riding for Mondial and Carlo Ubbiali on a MV Agusta were in the mid-field chasing pack.

Arvind Raghunathan

For the next three years, Raghunathan was Assistant Professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University and the University of California, Davis, where he accomplished fundamental research on computing.

B.R. Guest

Other BR Guest locations around the U.S include Fiamma Trattoria at the MGM Grand Las Vegas; Strip House at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas; Dos Caminos at the Sheraton Fort Lauderdale Beach Hotel; Bill’s Bar & Burger, Dos Caminos, and Sammy D’s at Harrah's Atlantic City; and Atlantic Grill at Caesars Atlantic City.

Capital Manchester

The 102 MHz frequency in Manchester has a chequered background, initially it was occupied by Sunset 102 which included regular shows from house music innovators 808 State and a Saturday evening rave show from Sammy B; both were cited by Dave Haslam in City Life to have been instrumental in reflecting and developing the early rave culture in the city.

Dance Academy

In the first series, Tara soon befriends fellow students Kat (Alicia Banit) and Ethan Karamakov (Tim Pocock), Sammy Lieberman (Tom Green), Abigail Armstrong (Dena Kaplan) and Christian Reed (Jordan Rodrigues), as well as eventually getting to know her teacher Ms. Raine (Tara Morice).

Davis Campus Cooperatives

Davis Campus Co-ops (DCC) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide low-cost cooperative housing for students attending University of California, Davis.

Davis–Bacon Act

The act is named after its sponsors, James J. Davis, a Senator from Pennsylvania and a former Secretary of Labor under three presidents, and Representative Robert L. Bacon of Long Island, New York.

Dutch Grand Prix

After the war some of these roads were widened and linked together and a racing circuit was designed, not as legend has it by John Hugenholtz, but rather by a group of officials from the Royal Dutch Motorcycle Association, with advice from Bentley Boy Sammy Davis, who had won the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1927.

Flammarion engraving

The Flammarion engraving was used as an illustration in C. G. Jung's Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies (1959), and in The Mathematical Experience (1981) by Philip J. Davis and Reuben Hersh.

Gerard C. Bond

He worked at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, New York as Head of the Deep-Sea Sample Repository, after teaching briefly at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts and the University of California, Davis.

Hajime Satomi

Sammy experienced significant growth when it began manufacturing machines for the pachislot and pachinko industry (one of Japan's most popular forms of gambling) and was successfully listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in March 2001.

Jugemu

"Jugemu-jugemu gokōnosurikire sammy-davis broilerchicken" is the chant Sasami uses to turn into Pretty Sammy in the Japanese anime Magical Girl Pretty Sammy.

Katharine Lee Bates

A lifelong, active Republican, Bates broke with the party to endorse Democratic presidential candidate John W. Davis in 1924 because of Republican opposition to American participation in the League of Nations.

Mahmoud Solh

Solh holds a PhD in Genetics from the University of California, Davis, USA, and has published a number of scientific publication and is experienced in fund raising.

Michelle Dessler

Michelle obtained her Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at the University of California, Davis, and began her career at the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Computer Security Division, and DARPA's High Confidence Systems Working Group, before being hired by the Counter Terrorist Unit, Los Angeles branch.

Robert P. Smith

Robert Smith is also the model for the character “Sammy the Spread”, who deals in third-world debt (Emerging market debt), in John D. Spooner’s book Do You Want to Make Money or Would You Rather Fool Around? (Spooner 2000 ).

Sammy Rimington

In 2010 Sammy has been doing gigs with heavy metal/fusion/jazz drummer Anders Johansson from HammerFall/Yngwie Malmsteen fame.

Santos Benavides

On March 18, 1864, Major Alfred Holt led a force of about two hundred men of the Union First Texas Cavalry who were stationed near Brownsville, Texas under the command of Colonel Edmund J. Davis, who had earlier offered Benavides a Union Generalship.

Second Time Around

"The Second Time Around", song written by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen introduced in the 1960 film High Time, sung by Bing Crosby and many others

Slymenstra Hymen

On the tours for the Carnival of Chaos album, she danced to the song "Sammy," because "Horror of Yig" often followed the Slymenstra-Techno wedding section, which required at least two costume changes for Stampe; as such, the fire dance was set to "Sammy," which required none.

The Chips

Only Sammy Strain went on to success in the music industry, as a member of Little Anthony & The Imperials from about 1961 to 1972 when he left to join The O'Jays.

University of California Riverside 1985 laboratory raid

Veterinarian ophthalmologist Ned Buyukmihci of the University of California, Davis, and founder of Veterinarians for Animal Rights, said after he examined Britches that the sutures used were too large, the monkey's eye pads were dirty, and that, in his view, there was no justification for what he called a sloppy, painful experiment.

Young and Dangerous

At the same time, Brother Fai Hung has the stuttering Smartie (Gigi Lai a.k.a Tania Sammy) carjack Ho Nam's Toyota MR2 and demands payment, but unfortunately she gets caught by Ho Nam and his friends and is punished by eating dozens of Chinese barbecue pork buns.