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unusual facts about The March


The Hunger March

The event was inspired by the movie "The March" from the 80´s in which a horde of starving people is marching towards the doors of Europe.



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121st Pennsylvania Infantry

The spring campaign opened with the march of the army to Chancellorsville.

1936 in comics

New Fun Comics renamed More Fun the Big Comic Magazine as of the January cover date, then renamed More Fun Comics as of the March cover date.

Adolf Schreyer

The Metropolitan Museum, New York owns three of Schreyer's oriental paintings: Abandoned, Arabs on the March and Arabs making a detour; and many of his best pictures are in the Rockefeller family, Vanderbilt family, John Jacob Astor, William Backhouse Astor, Sr., August Belmont, and William Walters collections.

Aftab Ahmad Khan

Field Marshall M. Ayub Khan at that time the (President of Pakistan) and Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army took the salute at the march past.

Ali Sabancı

Well experienced, he left the family controlled business by the March 2004, shortly before the death of chairman Sakıp Sabancı to join Esas Holding, which was founded by his father and he has a 25% share of.

Aribo of Austria

In his day, the march orientalis corresponded to a front along the Danube from the Traungau to the Szombathely and Raba rivers and including the Vienna basin.

Black Standard

The people of Barfurush confronted the march and a series of battles ensued.

Bridgette Monet

Monet achieved some mainstream attention when she appeared in the March 1984 issue of Playboy magazine, photographed by Playboy photographer Ken Marcus.

Bruno Sassi

On the March 13 edition of Impact!, Sal and Kurt Angle accompanied Rocco as he wrestled Frontline member Eric Young in the main event, which Rocco lost after Young pinned him following a Death Valley driver.

Cayetano Alberto Silva

The march became famous in other countries over time to such an extent that it was played on June 22, 1911, during the coronations of King George V and Elizabeth II (with prior approval sought by the British government from Argentina).

Celestino Piatti

In 1971 Piatti was commissioned by the American Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) to design a 39" x 45" poster to promote the closed circuit viewing at the State Armoury in Harlem of the March 8 Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier fight at Madison Square Garden.

Coma Divine II

"Coma Divine II" is a single released by British psychedelic rock/progressive rock Porcupine Tree, consisting of further music from the March 1997 concerts in Rome.

Don Willett

In the March primary, Willett narrowly defeated former Justice Steven Wayne Smith, who sought to regain a seat on the Court that he had lost in the 2004 Republican primary to Justice Paul Green.

French legislative election, 1962

Since 1959 and the change of Algerian policy (Charles de Gaulle decided in favour of the "self-government" and "Algerian Algeria"), France had faced bomb attacks by the Secret Armed Organization (Organisation armée secrète or OAS) which opposed the independence of Algeria, negotiated by the FLN with the March 1962 Evian agreements and approved by referendum by the French people.

Funeral march

The Olympia Brass Band had a notable part in the 1973 James Bond movie Live and Let Die where they lead a funeral march for a victim asassinated during the march.

Gary Parris

Parris has served as president on several local committees and organizations including Indian River County Little League, Fighting Indians Football Booster Club, Fighting Indians Baseball Booster Club, the March of Dimes Fundraising Committee, Cubmaster of Cub Scout Pack 515 and District Chairman for Boy Scouts of America Indian River District of the Gulf Stream Council.

GayFest

Various right-wing groups, such as the nationalist Noua Dreaptă, as well as the Romanian Orthodox Church, also actively opposed the march and called for its ban.

Heart of America Foundation

Angela has served as a volunteer with organizations such as the National Capital Area Foundation of the March of Dimes, WETA-TV, the Caring Institute, the Frederick Douglass Museum, and the Hall of Fame for Caring Americans.

Ian Corden-Lloyd

On 17 February, a Green Jackets observation post deployed around the village of Jonesborough began to take heavy fire from the "March Wall", which drew parallel to the border with the Republic of Ireland to the east, along the Dromad woods.

Jason Dickson

It was reported in the March 7, 2006 Times & Transcript that he was considering running for the Liberals in the next provincial election.

John Dorahy

On 31 October 2010, the NSW Liberal Party confirmed that Dorahy would be the Liberal Party candidate for the seat of Keira at the March 2011 NSW State Election.

Judy Shepard

On Monday, February 15, 2010; Heritage of Pride, the producers of the annual LGBT Pride March down 5th Avenue in New York City announced that Judy Shepard has been selected as a Grand Marshal for the March along with Lt. Dan Choi previously announced.

Kenneth Lee Boyd

He was convicted of the March 4, 1988 murder in Stoneville of his wife, Julie Curry Boyd and her father Thomas Dillard Curry.

Kirby Puckett

In the March 17, 2003 edition of Sports Illustrated, columnist Frank Deford wrote an article entitled "The Rise and Fall of Kirby Puckett", that documented Puckett's alleged indiscretions and attempted to contrast his private image with the much-revered public image he had previously maintained.

Konstantin Mamontov

During the march on Moscow, Mamontov and his men carried out in August 1919 a raid behind enemy lines to disrupt the rear of the Red Army.

KUNST Magazin

Until February 2007, KUNST Magazin appeared in DIN A6 format; since the March 2007 issue, the magazine has been published in DIN A5 format.

Lloyd Corp. v. Tanner

It denied access to the March of Dimes and Hadassah, a national Zionist women's service organization and denied Governor Tom McCall the opportunity to make a political speech.

March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology

The March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology is awarded once a year by the March of Dimes.

Marquisate of Finale

The march of Savona stretched on the Ligurian coast from Cogoleto and Finale Ligure up to the Bormida valley, nearly reaching Acqui.

Maxwell's demon

The March 2011 issue of Scientific American features an article by Professor Mark G. Raizen of the University of Texas, Austin which discusses the first realization of Maxwell's demon with gas phase particles, as originally envisioned by Maxwell.

Million Muslim March

A group called '2 Million Bikers to DC' counterprotested the march, and raised money for the families of 9/11 victims.

Philip Chevron

He embarked on the March 2008 tour of the United States and managed to sing "Thousands Are Sailing" at each performance.

Prince of Denmark's March

The march is used as the background music during the hourly performance of the Royal Clock in the Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, Australia.

Protests against the Iraq War

The son of Lord Hunt, a junior health Minister who quit his job over the march, was amongst the students in attendance.

Rákóczi March

The march gave its name to a 1933 Austro-Hungarian feature film - Rakoczy-Marsch - starring Gustav Fröhlich (who also directed), Camilla Horn, Leopold Kramer and others.

Rockabye Baby!

In the March 17, 2008 issue of People, Rockabye Baby! is mentioned in the cover story, Nicole's Baby Girl, that features an interview with Nicole Richie and Joel Madden.

Ronald Webster Park

According to the March 2009 edition of The Wisden Cricketer magazine, the ground "is reputed to have the best pitch in the Caribbean for pace and even bounce. If the rumours are believed, it has something to do with meticulous rolling at night under the light of a full moon".

Royal Air Force March Past

The march can be played both as a slow march and a quick march, and has been used as both when the Queen's Colour Squadron and RAF Central Band perform public duties such as mounting the guard at Buckingham Palace.

Schuylerville, New York

In the March 25, 1990 issue of The New York Times, writer James Howard Kunstler published a piece entitled "Schuylerville Stands Still".

Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey

In the March 2009 issue of Council’s popular scientific periodical “Bilim ve Teknik”, the initially planned cover story commemorating the 200th Birthday of Charles Darwin was retracted after a last minute decision by the board of directors proclaimed as the result of missing links in editorial processes and procedures.

Scrap Iron Flotilla

The introduction to the march is described as "in the style of the opening theme music to the BBC television series Warship".

Seth Pomeroy

While on the march, they were ambushed by a force of 800 French and Canadian troops, supported by 600 Iroquois warriors, and led by Baron Dieskau at the Battle of Lake George.

Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara

This came as a result of the March 18 attempt at a coup d'état by the Alliance for a Democratic Mauritania (AMD).

Step into My Office, Baby

The single release also features Love on the March, which the band recorded with Divine Comedy producer Darren Allison.

The Smothers Brothers at the Purple Onion

Also includes a discussion by Tom of marching songs, including "The March from The Bridge on the River Kwai" (to the tune of the "Colonel Bogey March"), whistled in the film due to the lyrics ("The words were dirty").

The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

Critical reception for The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom has been positive, with Bruce Barcott calling the movie's Oscar nomination "a well-deserved nod" and stating that the movie "captures the Japanese experience of the March 11, 2011, tsunami with a quiet beauty, power, and dignity".

Tomb of People's Heroes, Belgrade

Moša Pijade (1890-1957) was buried in the tomb in the March of 1957.

Tomo Ohka

In the March 16, 2003 episode entitled C. E. D'oh!, Bart Simpson exclaims "Look at me! I'm Tomokazu Ohka of the Montreal Expos!" while playing baseball, to which Milhouse replies "Well, I'm Esteban Yan of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays!", referencing the relative obscurity of the two pitchers, as well as the unusual nature of their names.

Wilhelm Weiss

In 1922 – as one of the first members – Weiss joined the Nazi Party, and participated in the Beerhall Putsch and the March on the Feldherrnhalle.