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unusual facts about Santa Bárbara, Cape Verde



1700 in piracy

July 18 - In the Cape Verde islands, Emanuel Wynn's pirate ship engages and escapes HMS Poole under Capt. John Cranby; this is the first recorded piratical use of the skull and crossbones flag.

Achadinha de Baixo

Achadinha do Baixo (from Achada and -inha meaning little, Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Axtadinha du Baxu) is a village and a stream situated near the central part of Santiago Island in Cape Verde.

American Duos

When the latest incarnation of American Idol shows sets up shop in Santa Barbara, the requisite cruel British judge Nigel St. Nigel (Tim Curry) finds himself in a panic after a series of near-miss attempts on his life and hires Santa Barbara's most reliable psychic detective to protect him.

Andy Granatelli

Granatelli died from congestive heart failure, aged 90, in Santa Barbara, California.

Angel shark

In 1977, Michael Wagner, a fish processor in Santa Barbara, California, in cooperation with local commercial fisherman, developed the market for angel sharks.

Bell's Vireo

Populations were confined to eight counties south of Santa Barbara, with the majority of birds occurring in San Diego County.

Capra Press

Capra Press was a Santa Barbara, California-based independent publishing house which has produced works by authors such as Henry Miller, Anaïs Nin, Raymond Carver, Ray Bradbury, Gretel Ehrlich, Ursula K. Le Guin, Lawrence Clark Powell, Charles Bukowski, Michael Petracca, Tony Mendoza, Barry Gifford, José Antonio Burciaga, Ross Macdonald, and Twinka Thiebaud, who collected Henry Miller's table talk.

Chip Foose

Chip Foose (born October 13, 1963 in Santa Barbara) is an American hot rod shop owner, automotive designer and fabricator, and star of the reality TV series Overhaulin' on Velocity.

Don Kikas

2005 saw Kikas in a new career phase as he managed to round up high profile musicians to record Viagem, a double-album in that presents a diverse range of styles from kizomba and zouk to the more traditional kazukuta and kilapanga and features singers such as Cape Verde's Tito Paris and Johnny Ramos as well as countryfellows Bonga and Deusa.

Fajãzinha, Cape Verde

Fajãzinha (also in Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK and Fogo Crioulo (Djarfogo)), is a village located approximately 30 km northeast of the island capital of Sao Filipe, east of Mosteiros and north of Cova Figueira in the island of Fogo, Cape Verde and is one of the northernmost places on the island, Fajãzinha are linked with the road encircling the island.

Flag of the Department of Valle del Cauca

The flag was used on June 6, 1811 by the confederate cities of Anserma, Buga, Cali, Caloto, Cartago, Iscuandé, Popayán and Toro when these declared independence from the rest of the country.

Fonte Aleixo

Fonte Aleixo (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Fonti Alexu), is a village located approximately 20 km east of the island capital of Sao Filipe and southwest of Cova Figueira on the island of Fogo, Cape Verde.

Francis Thomas Evans, Sr.

Evans took actions after the 29 June 1925 earthquake in Santa Barbara, California, to help save the city from fire, for which he received a letter of commendation from the United States Secretary of the Navy and a resolution from the City of Santa Barbara.

Frederick Monhoff

He served as a design architect for the Los Angeles County Architectural Divisions and designed numerous public buildings and private residences in Southern California in the Los Angeles area, Malibu, Santa Barbara, Palm Springs, Orange County, and in Northern California in the Napa Valley.

Gei Zantzinger

He directed and produced films about the musics of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Cape Verde, Lesotho, South Africa, and Brittany.

George Greenough

George Greenough is an innovative surfer and cinematographer from Santa Barbara, California who now resides in Byron Bay in New South Wales, Australia.

ICES – International Cultural Exchange Services

John had previously worked in Youth Exchange Executive Roles for over 10 years in the United States, based in San Francisco and Santa Barbara, California and internationally in Brighton, Madrid and Stockholm.

Ilhéu de Sal-Rei

Ilhéu de Sal Rei (in Cape Verdean Creole, written in ALUPEC: Djeu d Sal Rei) is an islet located 1 km west of Sal Rei and nearly 1 km southwest of its nearest point of Boa Vista Island (which includes Praia de Chaves) in Cape Verde.

Jack Canfield

Canfield is the founder of "Self Esteem Seminars" in Santa Barbara, and "The Foundation for Self Esteem" in Culver City, California.

Joan McCall

A prolific screenwriter, she wrote the original screenplay Heart Like a Wheel and 250 scripts for Days of Our Lives, Another World, Santa Barbara, Divorce Court and Search For Tomorrow.

LA84 Foundation

The Foundation makes grants in the eight southernmost counties of California (Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Ventura).

Lesson Planet

Education Planet dba Lesson Planet, is a for-profit education company based in Santa Barbara, California.

Linatella caudata

This species is distributed in European waters, the Western Atlantic, the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, in the Indian Ocean along Tanzania and in the Indo-West Pacific.

Loughead F-1

Formerly with the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company in 1916, the Loughead brothers (Allan and Malcolm) started the Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company in Santa Barbara, California to build the F-1 flying boat for their aerial sightseeing business.

Mailó

Mailó da Graça da Cruz (born 10 January 1992 in São Vicente) simply Mailó, is a Cape Verdean footballer who plays for Leixões S.C. as a forward.

Miguel Dias

Miguel Brito dos Reis Dias (born April 1, 1968 in Santa Maria) is a retired boxer from The Netherlands, who was born on Cape Verde.

Monoplex nicobaricus

Regions where Monoplex nicobaricus is found include Aldabra, Brazil, Canaries, Cape Verde, Chagos, European waters, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Mascarene Basin and West Indies.

Monoplex tranquebaricus

This species is distributed in European waters, in the Atlantic Ocean along the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, West Africa, Gabon, Angola and in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Keys.

Monte Grande, Cape Verde

Monte Grande (Portuguese meaning large mountain, Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Monti Grandi), is a village located approximately six kilometers east of the island capital of Sao Filipe and southwest of Mosteiros in the island of Fogo, Cape Verde.

Mulchén

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Mulchén is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Juan Lobos (UDI) and José Pérez (PRSD) as part of the 47th electoral district, (together with Los Ángeles, Tucapel, Antuco, Quilleco, Santa Bárbara, Quilaco, Negrete, Nacimiento, San Rosendo, Laja and Alto Bío Bío).

Relva, Cape Verde

Relva (also in Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK and Fogo Crioulo (Djarfogo)), is a village located approximately 40 km east of the island capital of Sao Filipe, southeast of Mosteiros and north of Cova Figueira in the island of Fogo, Cape Verde.

Robin Mattson

Replacing Linda Gibboney on Santa Barbara, she received additional Emmy Nominations for her role of Gina Blake Lockridge, a role which lasted from December, 1985 through the final episode in January, 1993.

Santa Barbara Police Department

The Santa Barbara Police Department is a local law enforcement agency in the city of Santa Barbara, California.

Santa Bárbara, Cape Verde

It is about 3 kilometers to the east of the island capital of Vila Nova Sintra.

Santa Bárbara, Chile

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Santa Bárbara is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Juan Lobos (UDI) and José Pérez (PRSD) as part of the 47th electoral district, (together with Los Ángeles, Tucapel, Antuco, Quilleco, Quilaco, Mulchén, Negrete, Nacimiento, San Rosendo, Laja and Alto Bío Bío).

Santo Amaro Abade

Santo Amaro Abade is a parish in the municipality of Tarrafal in the island of Santiago in southern Cape Verde.

São Filipe, Cape Verde

São Filipe (Portuguese for "Saint Philip"), or San Filipi in Cape Verdean Creole, is the city that constitutes the seat of the São Filipe Municipality on the isle of Fogo, in Cape Verde.

Sidney W. Bijou

Bijou died at age 100 on June 11, 2009, after collapsing at his home in Santa Barbara, California, having moved there to live with his daughter Jude Bijou following his wife's death.

Sinezona semicostata

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, Madeira and Cape Verde

Skywave

In June and July 1923, Guglielmo Marconi's transmissions were completed during nights on 97 meters from Poldhu Wireless Station, Cornwall, to his yacht Ellette in the Cape Verde Islands.

Subaru BRAT

President Ronald Reagan owned a 1978 BRAT until 1998, which he kept at his ranch near Santa Barbara, California.

Timeline of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season

AST (1800 UTC) – Tropical Depression Four forms 225 nautical miles (260 miles, 415 km) south-southeast of Praia, Cape Verde.

Toni Varela

Toni Santos Varela Monteiro (born 13 June 1986 in Santa Catarina, Cape Verde), simply known as Toni Varela, is a Cape Verdean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Levadiakos in the Superleague Greece.

Vicente N. Mendoza

By this time he had developed self-taught qualities of a lawyer and therefore held several positions as Judge in different towns of the state, namely: Batopilas, Camargo, Parral, Cusihuiriachic and Santa Bárbara.

Viline Vode

City authorities claimed it will be Belgrade's Santa Barbara but the idea was completely dropped and neighborhood was left as it was.


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