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unusual facts about The Rebels



Gene Summers

That same year, he formed the rockabilly band The Rebels and performed on Joe Bill's Country Picnic on KRLD-TV where they were spotted by songwriter Jed Tarver.


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1971 in Pakistan

India aids the rebels and enters the war in the first week of December and inflicts a crushing defeat on Pakistan Military in just a fortnight, thus creating the state of Bangladesh.

1985 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The Rebels were led by freshman quarterback Chris Osgood (starting in place of the injured Kent Austin), running back Nathan Wonsley, and receiver J.R. Ambrose.

2011 Libyan rebel coastal offensive

Later during the day, Al Jazeera English stated that the rebels had taken control of a key highway running through Zawiya, the one that links Tunisia to Tripoli.

Antiochus III the Great

The young king, under the baneful influence of the minister Hermeias, headed an attack on Ptolemaic Syria instead of going in person to face the rebels.

Banana, Democratic Republic of the Congo

The town reportedly fell to the rebels, and two foreign employees of the Chevron oil company were captured.

Battle of Alhandic

Once Abd-ar-Rahman III came to power, he was quick to assert his power and made it his goal to finish the rebels in Al-Andalus.

Battle of Tamassi

Fearing a renewed rebel offensive towards the capital N'Djamena, as threatened, the army decided to stage a major offensive against the rebels at Tamassi involving several divisions of infantry, in an attempt to break any form of an organized army.

Battle of Wilmington

Under the direction of Lt. Commander William B. Cushing the Federal Navy constructed a Quaker (or fake) monitor to trick the Rebels into detonating their water mines to make way for Porter's gunboats.

CIA activities in Afghanistan

HRW said The New York Times, in January 1991, said Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Robert Kimmitt had "battled with CIA officials who would like to unleash the guerrillas in Afghanistan in one last effort," while United States Secretary of State James Baker worked to "coax the rebels and the Najibullah regime into democratic elections."

CIA Tibetan program

In 1955, a group of local Tibetan leaders secretly plotted an armed uprising, and rebellion broke out in 1956, with the rebels besieging several Chinese government agencies and killing hundreds of Chinese government staff as well as Han Chinese people.

Damien Hill

The Rebels finished the season with a 5-11 win-loss record, with the Rebels achieving wins over the Stormers, the Highlanders and fellow Australian side the Waratahs, as well as achieving two wins over follow Australian side the Western Force in the same season.

Democracy in China

When the 1911 Revolution began, it was the provincial assemblies that provided legitimacy to the rebels by declaring their independence from the Qing Empire.

Ebenezer Washburn

He was captured but released to visit his father, who supported the rebels, in Keene, New Hampshire.

Edmond Beavor

In September he was in Leith Roads, assisting the transport of the army, and in stopping, so far as possible, the communications of the rebels.

Edward Rutherfurd

Since then he has written seven more best-sellers: Russka, a novel of Russia; London; The Forest, set in England's New Forest which lies close by Sarum, and two novels, Dublin: Foundation (The Princes of Ireland) and Ireland: Awakening (The Rebels of Ireland), which cover the story of Ireland from the time just before Saint Patrick to the twentieth century, New York and his latest Paris .

George Seton, Lord Seton

Seton suffered great hardships at the hands of the rebels during the English Civil War, and his father had to sell family estates long held in Linlithgowshire, that of Niddry Castle and one at Winchburgh, to rescue him from imprisonment.

Haiducii

The meaning of her stage name is Haiduc, an "outlaw" or "of outlawry," e.g., Bulgarian, Serbian or Romanian outlaw-type hero who helps the poor (similar to Robin Hood or Tadas Blinda) or the rebels who fought the Ottomans when they occupied the Balkans for over 400 years (1453-circa 1900).

Hindal Mirza

Humayun entered Bengal and proceeded to Gour, Hindal Mirza, instead of remaining to keep the rebels in check, and maintain the communications with grand army, taking advantage of the season, abandoned his post and set out for Agra, without leave.

Janine Southby

Southby retired from netball after the 2003 season and became the Rebels assistant coach for 2004 and 2005, working under Lois Muir.

John Muggleton

His last game as the defence coach of the Rebels was a home game against New Zealand franchise the Highlanders, a match that also turned out to be the last Rebels match for head coach Damien Hill and players James O'Connor, Gareth Delve, Cooper Vuna, Ged Robinson, Nick Phipps and Nic Henderson.

Along with head coach Damien Hill, Rebels players James O'Connor, Gareth Delve, Cooper Vuna, Ged Robinson, Nick Phipps, Nic Henderson, James King, Tim Davidson and Richard Kingi, Muggleton left the Rebels at the end of the season.

Joshua Guest

The castle was successfully held during the time Edinburgh was occupied by the rebels, the last act of the defenders being to cannonade Prince Charles's followers at the review preceding their march into England.

Juan N. Méndez

He defended Puebla against the rebels of Zacapoaxtla in January 1856 and fought the Conservatives in the mountains of Puebla and Tlaxcala in 1857.

Judge Grice

Normally his rebels would have been quickly exterminated by the Judges, but they were weakened by the symptoms of the virus, and were forced to retreat to the Cursed Earth outside the city while the rebels wreaked havoc and killed indiscriminately.

Kurdish rebellions in Turkey

Turkish military used air force against the rebels using five airplanes in Mardin.

Malabar Rebellion

Clashes with the rebels followed, one of the most notable encounters taking place at Pookkottur (often referred by the Moplahs as Pookkottur War), in which British troops sustained heavy casualties and had to retreat to safety.

Mikołaj Zebrzydowski

On June 24, 1607, near Jeziorna, the rebels renounced their allegiance to the King.

Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin

Krista was raised up as an orphan by the rebels along with her brother Tiago (Lloyd Zaragoza).

Mon Calamari cruiser

In Return of the Jedi, Admiral Ackbar (Timothy M. Rose) leads the Rebels during the Battle of Endor from the Mon Calamari cruiser Home One; although that ship survives, the Death Star's superlaser destroys other Mon Calamari cruisers, including the Liberty.

Naco, Sonora

Ojeda fought against the rebels from his Naco base for a number of days before the Yaquis decided to cross the border into the U.S. and surrender.

Owiny Ki-Bul

Owiny Ki-Bul is, along with Ri-Kwangba, one of two assembly points for the rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) under the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement agreed to by the LRA and government of Uganda on 26 August 2006.

Paraguayan Civil War

Out of eleven army divisions, four joined the rebels-on March 8 the two infantry divisions at Concepcion rebelled, joined by the two Chaco infantry divisions a few days later.

Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asif Jah I

Now there came from the Emperor an elephant, jewels and the title of Asaf Jah, with directions to settle the country, repress the turbulent, punish the rebels and cherish the people.

Robin of Redesdale

The rebels were defeated in April by John Neville, Earl of Northumberland, but further troops were raised and the rebels openly denounced the government of Edward IV, demanding that he remove his wife's family, the Woodvilles, from positions of power.

S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago

However the Senate being in power has the better of the rioters and Caesar together with Antonio and the rebels are crucified along the Via Appia.

Santiago Carrillo

His own courageous personal behaviour during the failed coup d'état was remarkable − he was, together with outgoing prime minister Suárez and defence minister Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado, one of the three MPs not to obey the rebels' orders to lie down, choosing to sit and have a cigarette (as shown in the surviving TV footage of that day).

Second Battle of Newtonia

McLain's Colorado Light Artillery, supported by the 15th Kansas Cavalry, opened on the rebels.

Second Battle of Tijuana

At Mexicali the rebels split their forces in two, half of which marched for Tijuana under General Caryl ap Rhys Pryce.

Sir Henry Johnson, 1st Baronet

During the rebellion in that year he was detached with three thousand men to occupy New Ross, and defeated the rebels when they attacked the place on 5 June 1798.

Susenyos I

Despite defeating the rebels three different times, the pretender managed to escape each battle to hide in the mountains of Hamasien.

Teófilo Braga

After the failure of the conspiracy, with many of those retreating or sent to a military tribunal in Leixões, the two criticized Lisbon Republicans for their lack of assistance for the rebels in Oporto.

The Rebels Not In

The Rebels Not In (1998) is the name of the third and to date final album recorded by the American group The Halo Benders.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 2078

The Resolution condemned the March 23 Movement for its attacks on the civilian population and MONUSCO peacekeepers, and demands the rebels groups in the area (FDLR, LRA, Mai-Mai militias, FNL and ADF) to cease immediately all forms of violence.

Vicente Nieto

The rebels were at first defeated at Cotagaita on 27 October and at Tupiza on 29 October, but collected their forces, and at Suipacha on 7 November they gained a complete victory, the royalist governor and the two royalist generals being made prisoners.

Virgin Steele

After "Klytaimnestra" success, David DeFeis & Landestheater Production extracted a second Metal Opera musical, named "The Rebels", from the previous Marriage of Heaven and Hell trilogy ("The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Part I", "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Part II", "Invictus").

Walter O'Hara

Colonel Walter O'Hara (ca. 1789 – 13 January 1874) was a prominent member of the British army in the 19th century, participating in battles fighting Napoleon, before immigrating to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where he participated in the Rebellions of 1837 on the side of the government, defeating the rebels of William Lyon Mackenzie.

Warrior of the Lost World

As the rebels destroy the Omega patrols with their cars (Ford Taunus TCs), helicopters and tankers, the Rider manages to destroy the Megaweapon by short circuiting it, but not before his speedcycle is crushed under the truck's wheels.

Yahia Badreddin al-Houthi

al-Houthi cosigned a letter to the Yemeni government with Abdullah al-Ruzami, the rebels' military leader, in May 2005 offering an end to the uprising if the government would send emissaries or ended the military campaign against the rebels.

Yemelyan Pugachev

In response, General Peter Panin set out against the rebels with a large army, but difficulty of transport, lack of discipline, and the gross insubordination of his ill-paid soldiers paralyzed all his efforts for months, while Pugachev's innumerable and ubiquitous bands gained victories in nearly every engagement.