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unusual facts about San Sebastián, Toledo



1993 World Marathon Cup

The 1993 World Marathon Cup was the 5th edition of the World Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in San Sebastián, Spain.

2011–12 Toledo Walleye season

Rauch, a native of the Toledo suburb of Temperance, Michigan, had previously played for two of Toledo's junior hockey clubs, the Toledo Cherokee of the Central States Hockey League (2003–04) and the Toledo IceDiggers of the North American Hockey League (2004–05), before playing collegiate hockey under former Toledo Storm defenceman B.J. Adams at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York.

Abdelkrim Ghallab

Interview with Abdelkarim Ghallab, Remembering for Tomorrow (publication of the European Cultural Foundation and Escuela de Traductores de Toledo, Annette van Beugen and Gonzalo Fernández Parrilla) about his autobiographical books The Seven Doors (Sab'at abwab), The Book of Formation, An Unjust Old Age (al-Shaykhukha alzalima) and Cairo Reveals its Secrets (al-Qahira tabuhu an asrariha).

Airén

In 1914, García de los Salmones mentioned the cultivation of Lairén in Madrid, Villacañas (Toledo), Tarancón (Cuenca), Campo de Criptana (Ciudad Real), Frejenal de la Sierra (Badajoz), Montefrío (Granada), Baeza (Jaén), Coin (Málaga), Fiñana (Almería), Cazalla de la Sierra (Sevilla), Espera (Cádiz) and Córdoba.

Alder, Oregon

Alder railroad station on Southern Pacific's Toledo Line (now owned by the Portland and Western Railroad) was established in 1911, but in 1922 the Post Office Department would not name the community's new post office "Alder" because of potential confusion with many other offices with the same name.

Biblical names of stars

Abenezra (1092–1167), however, the learned Rabbi of Toledo, gave such strong reasons for Ash, or Ayish, to mean the Great Bear, that the opinion, though probably erroneous, is still prevalent.

Campo de La Guardia

This Vino de Pago is located in the municipality of La Guardia, in the province of Toledo (Castile-La Mancha, Spain) and acquired its status on 20 August 2009.

Carmen Baroja

Closing down after six issues her father went back to his profession as a mining engineer taking the family to Burjassot near València, Cestona in Guipúzcoa and San Sebastián.

Cesar Nerio

César Nerio Toledo (born December 23, 1982 in San Juan Opico, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for Chalatenango in the Salvadoran second division

Dagwood sandwich

In 1950 businessmen Bob Weiler and Art Lang opened a Dagwood-themed restaurant in Toledo, Ohio with hopes of establishing a national chain.

David Curson

Curson was born in Toledo, Ohio to George Curson, a heavy equipment operator for Washington Township, Lucas County, Ohio.

Estampes

At the time of its writing, Debussy's only personal experience with the country was a few hours spent in San Sebastián.

Estoria de España

The sources upon which the work draws most heavily for details were the lengthy Latin chronicles that, at that time, constituted the most complete account of the history of Spain: the Chronicon mundi (1236) by Lucas de Tuy, bishop of Tuy, known as el Tudense, and De rebus Hispaniae (1243) by Rodrigo Ximénez de Rada, bishop of Toledo, known as el Toledano.

Farm Creek Section

The site is on the south side of Farm Creek (a tributary of the Illinois River) in the Farm Creek Recreation Area, south of Illinois Route 8 (Washington St.) and between School Street and Bittersweet Road, and is accessible by following a unpaved road, part of which is an abandoned right of way formerly in use by the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad.

Frazier Reams

Reams was most well known for leading the prosecution of Thomas "Yonnie" Licavoli, who controlled bootlegging and illegal gambling operations in Detroit, Michigan and Toledo.

Glauberite

It was first described in 1808 for material from the El Castellar Mine, Villarrubia de Santiago, Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.

Goiás, Goiás

There is a great resemblance with some traditions that take place in Spain at the same time of year especially in Toledo and Sevilla.

History of railroads in Michigan

The Erie & Kalamazoo was to connect Port Lawrence (now Toledo, Ohio) on Lake Erie to some point on the Kalamazoo River, which flows into Lake Michigan.

Iñaki Anasagasti

Iñaki studied at the Sociedad de María, San Sebastián from 1955 to 1961 and from this date to 1965 in Santiago Apóstol of Bilbao.

In the mid 1950s, his parents decided that Iñaki and his three brothers had to be educated in the Basque Country of Spain, so sent their children to return to San Sebastián to the care of their grandparents.

Jeep Wrangler

As of May 17, 2013, Chrysler Group's Toledo (Ohio) Assembly Complex produced its one-millionth JK model, a 2013 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 10th Anniversary Edition, to be delivered to a customer in Sarasota, Florida.

Jesús María de Leizaola

Jesús María de Leizaola Sánchez (7 September 1896, San Sebastian - 16 March 1989) was a Basque politician and was named President of the Basque Government in exile after José Antonio Aguirre's death in 1960.

Josep Melcior Prat i Colom

Josep Melcior Prat i Colom, or in Spanish Joseph Melchior de Prat, (Els Prats de Rei, Anoia, 1780 - San Sebastian, 1855) was a Catalan nationalist politician, writer, and in 1835 governor of Barcelona, and 1855 civil governor of Guipuzcoa.

Keith Dressel

Many organizations put up memorial funds for the detective's family such as, University of Toledo, St. Francis De Sales High School and the Toledo Police Department.

Marathon Classic

He contacted sponsors and actor Jamie Farr, also a Toledo native, brought his name and several of his celebrity friends to the tournament.

María San Gil

María San Gil Noain (born 15 January 1965, in San Sebastián) is a Spanish Basque politician.

Nicholas Woodcock

In 1612, Woodcock piloted the first whaleship from San Sebastian, under Juan de Erauso, to Spitsbergen.

Nuño Pérez de Lara

He held an interest in some houses in the important city of Toledo, which he granted to Gonzalo de Marañón in November 1148.

Nursing Students Without Borders

The founding chapter of Nursing Students Without Borders has undertaken a larger initiative to provide support for the construction of a Red Cross medical clinic in San Sebastián, San Vicente, El Salvador.

Orgaz

El Greco's painting "The Burial of the Count of Orgaz" features Don Gonzalo Ruíz, native of Toledo and Señor of the town of Orgaz.

Paula Guilló

Paula Guilló Sempere (born 6 July 1989) is a Spanish beauty queen who was crowned Miss España 2010, the official representative to Miss Universe 2011, on 25 September at a gala event in the city hall square of Toledo, Spain.

Pedro Henriquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes

Pedro Henriquez d'Azevedo y Alvarez de Toledo, Count of Fuentes de Valdepero (Zamora, Spain, 1525 – Milan, Italy, 22 July 1610, aged 85) was a Spanish general and statesman.

Pete Hoffman

Afterwards, he returned to Toledo and stopped by to see Steve Roper authors Allen Saunders and Elmer Woggon; he had met them as a student cartoonist and had been sending them additional sketches during the war.

PM Toledo Division

The Toledo Division was the southern half of the Pere Marquette Railway's main line, which ran from Ludington, Michigan (on the coast of Lake Michigan) to Toledo, Ohio (on the coast of Lake Erie).

Robson Toledo

Robson Toledo Machado (born 18 July 1981 in São Paulo), commonly known as Toledo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for A.C. Pistoiese.

Sancho of Castile

Sancho III of Castile (1134–1158), Sancho the Desired, King of Castile and of Toledo

Santiago del Arrabal, Toledo

Santiago del Arrabal is a church in Toledo, Spain, built in 1245-48, at the orders of Sancho II, on the site of an older church and a mosque that is known to been used since 1125.

Sergio Mendizábal

Sergio Mendizábal (3 July 1920, San Sebastián, Spain) is a retired Spanish film actor who made over 100 appearances in film between 1955 and 1996.

Spanish rock

There are also large rock scenes in the large cities of the Basque Country such as Bilbao and San Sebastián, Valencia, and in Zaragoza but bands and venues exist throughout the country.

Static Rituals

Well regarded for their participation on the Purr Like a Kitten LP, they were also known for their faux band feuds with fellow Toledo-based bands Stylex, Premonitions of War and others, which toward the end of the 90s, was a distraction of their musical ability leading to a focus more on their drinking and shock aspect.

Streetcar strikes in the United States

Scenes of streetcar strikes, and the friction between owners and workers, appear in contemporary fiction such as Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie of 1900 (based on Dreiser's own experience in a Toledo, Ohio strike), and William Dean Howells' A Hazard of New Fortunes of 1890.

Summer capital

The location of San Sebastián in the cooler, northern part of Spain close to the French border ideally placed it as a summer capital alternative to Madrid.

Tecnun

The School of Engineering offers numerous degrees in engineering at its two campuses in the city of Donostia-San Sebastián.

Toledo Harbor Light

In 2008, the Fresnel lens was relocated to Quilter Lodge in Maumee Bay State Park, which is within sight of the Toledo Harbor Lighthouse on clear days.

Toledo Window Box

The name Toledo Window Box refers to a report George Carlin read stating that the chief of police of Toledo, Ohio had gone to see a viewing of Reefer Madness and a training session by the FBI.

Tony Packo's Cafe

When actor Burt Reynolds visited Toledo in 1972, he made a stop at the restaurant on the suggestion of Tony's daughter, Nancy.

WIOT

WIOT (104.7 FM) – branded 104.7 WIOT – is a commercial active rock radio station licensed to Toledo, Ohio, serving Metro Toledo and Monroe County, Michigan.

World Socialist Party of the United States

As of September 2008 it has members scattered throughout the United States, including Local Branches in Boston and Portland, as well as a regional Branch in the area encompassing Detroit and Toledo, Ohio.

Zach Miner

In 2007 Zach started the season in Triple A Toledo, but was called up on May 17, and made a spot start against the Boston Red Sox in place of the sick Mike Maroth.


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