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14 unusual facts about Santa Clara


1906 Atlantic hurricane season

This first hurricane of the season's effects were first noted in Santa Clara, Cuba, where rainy and windy conditions were observed on the afternoon of June

2014 San Francisco 49ers season

It will also mark the 49ers' first season playing their home games at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

Asian Pacific League for Freedom and Democracy

The 50th Annual Conference (2004) was held in Santa Clara, California under the banner question “Rethinking Freedom and Democracy in a Rapidly Changing World.”

Joseph Vandor

Joseph Vandor SDB, (born as: József Wech, known too as Vándor József, José Vandor, Wech József, Father Puchner) was a Hungarian Catholic Salesian priest, missionary and Venerable * 29 October 1909, Dorog (Komárom-Esztergom County, Austria-Hungary; today: Hungary) † 8 October 1979, Santa Clara (Cuba, America).

Leavey Center

Leavey Center, also known as the Leavey Activities Center or occasionally by its old nickname the Toso Pavilion, is Santa Clara University's indoor basketball arena in Santa Clara, California.

Miya Tachibana

During the summer of 2008, she was a synchronized swimming coach for the Santa Clara Aquamaids in Santa Clara, California.

Nely Galán

Nely Galán (born 1963 in Santa Clara, Cuba) is an independent producer and a former President of Entertainment for Telemundo.

Rushford, New York

Hiram Bond, corporate lawyer and investment banker whose farm in Santa Clara, California, was used by Jack London as the opening scene in The Call of the Wild.

Sahoué

It is located northwest of the capital at the extreme end of the Santa Clara peninsula.

Santa Clara-a-Nova

Santa Clara-a-Nova is a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Almodôvar.

Santa Clara, Chiriqui, Panama

In 2009 the University of Northern Colorado studied the district of Renacimiento, whose capital is Rio Sereno.

The Mesoamerican Biological Corridor (aka MBC, in Spanish "Corridor Biológico Mesoamericano") passes nearby.

Santa Clara, San Vicente

Traditionally, the economy of the city has been based on agriculture, mostly subsistence farming and cultivation.

Timeline of the 1972 Atlantic hurricane season

EDT (0000 UTC September 5) – A tropical depression forms northeast of Santa Clara, Cuba.


1968–69 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

At the West Regional, played in Pauley Pavilion, the Bruins defeated New Mexico State 53–38 and Santa Clara 90–52.

California Cured Fruit Association

The driving force in the association was its President Hiram Bond who with his brother Elmer Monroe Bond a New York produce dealer owned a plum nursery and bank in Santa Clara, California.

Climate of Salt Lake City

In late January, heavy rains overflowed the Santa Clara River in Washington County in the southwest corner of the state, destroying several homes in Ivins, Santa Clara, and Saint George, and essentially cutting off the small town of Gunlock.

Cuban Criollo horse

After the triumph of the revolution in 1959 a herd of pinto mares was gathered in the area of Manicaragua, in the Cuban province of Santa Clara, for their genetic improvement.

Florence S. Jacobsen

As a church curator, Jacobsen supervised the restoration of many church buildings, including the Promised Valley Playhouse in Salt Lake City; the E. B. Grandin building in Palmyra, New York; the Brigham Young home in St. George, Utah; the Jacob Hamblin home in Santa Clara, Utah; the Newell K. Whitney store in Kirtland, Ohio; and the interior of the Manti Utah Temple.

John J. McGrath

In 1932 he was elected to Congress as a Democrat, defeating incumbent Arthur M. Free in the 8th district, which ran from San Mateo County south across Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Monterey Counties.

Lawrence Plaza

It is also the name of a small shopping plaza in Santa Clara, California serving the Korean community with a grocery store, bakery, coffee shop, and a food court; this article describes the shopping centre in Toronto.

Magellan Navigation

Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with European sales and engineering centers in Nantes, France and Moscow, Russia, Magellan also produces aftermarket automotive GPS units, including the Hertz Neverlost system found in Hertz rental cars.

Matt Painter

On March 17, Purdue accepted a CBI bid, where Painter continued the 2013 season at home against Western Illinois, following with a loss to Santa Clara to finish the season with a 16-18 overall record.

Naglee Park and Ride Lot

San Joaquin Regional Transit District (RTD) offers commuter subscription service to the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station and job centers in Palo Alto, Mountain View, San Jose, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, and Livermore on several lines.

Reggie Otero

He began his career with the Club Acción Republicana before joining Habana (1936–1937), Santa Clara (1939–40), Cienfuegos and Almendares (1945–1946) and then the Havana Reds of the Cuban National Federation before returning to Cienfuegos, where he played for seven years from 1947 to 1953.

Silicon Valley BART extension

The extensions will be to the Warm Springs District, Berryessa District, and lastly to Downtown San Jose and/or Santa Clara.

Terry Whitfield

Whitfield also runs a youth baseball camp and is the inventor of a soft-toss machine called the "Terry-Toss", which can be found at Future Pro Baseball; in California's Great America, an amusement park in Santa Clara; and as a fan attraction at professional stadiums in California such as AT&T Park in San Francisco and Oakland Coliseum in Oakland.

Timeline of aviation – 20th century

July 18 - Daniel Maloney makes a launch in a tandem-wing glider designed by John Montgomery at Santa Clara, California.

April 29 - Daniel Maloney is launched by balloon in a tandem-wing glider designed by John Montgomery to an altitude of 4,000 feet before release and gliding flight and landing at a predetermined location as part of a large public demonstration of aerial flight at Santa Clara, California.

Timeline of the Cuban Revolution

It began with the assault on the Moncada Barracks on July 26, 1953, and ended on January 1, 1959, when Batista was driven from the country and the cities Santa Clara and Santiago de Cuba were seized by rebels, led by Che Guevara and Fidel Castro's surrogates Raúl Castro and Huber Matos, respectively .

Ulisses Morais

In October 2007, he moved on to Naval, the same club where he started his career, until 7 September 2009, where he was sacked because of poor results after the recent 1–1 draw against Santa Clara in the Portuguese League Cup.

Yao Ximing

When the political complaints against the International Badminton Federation were resolved, Yao and Sun won men's doubles at the 1981 World Games in Santa Clara, California, the first major IBF sanctioned tournament in which China's players participated.