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4 unusual facts about The Thirty


The 39 Steps

The Thirty-Nine Steps is a novel by John Buchan, first serialized in 1915.

The Thirty

Trial of the thirty, trial of anarchists in the Third French Republic

The Thirty-Fathom Grave

In 1963, a U.S. Navy destroyer is on a routine patrol off Guadalcanal when sonar picks up the sound of metallic clanging beneath the waves; the crew speculates that it sounds like a hammer.

The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations

In his introduction, Polti claims to be continuing the work of Carlo Gozzi, who also identified 36 situations.


Lizzie Mickery

In 2008 she wrote the screenplay for the BBC drama The 39 Steps, an adaptation of the John Buchan novel The Thirty-Nine Steps.

The Three Hostages

Hannay had previously appeared in The Thirty Nine Steps (1915), his most famous adventure in which he battles German spies across England and Scotland, and two books about his activities during the First World War, Greenmantle (1916) and Mr Standfast (1919).


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10th century in poetry

Fujiwara no Toshiyuki 藤原敏行, also "Fujiwara Toshiyuki no Ason" 藤原敏行朝亜 (birthdate unknown, died in 901 or 907), middle Heian period waka poet and nobleman; one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals; has a poem in the anthology Hyakunin Isshu and poems in several imperial poetry anthologies, including Kokin Wakashū and Gosen Wakashū

Minamoto no Kintada 源公忠, also 源公忠朝臣 (889948), middle Heian period waka poet and nobleman; one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals, along with his son Minamoto no Saneakira; an official in the imperial treasury; has poems in imperial poetry anthologies, starting with the Goshūi Wakashū

Minamoto no Saneakira 源信明 (910970), middle Heian period waka poet and nobleman; he and his father, Minamoto no Kintada, are two of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals; his poems are in imperial poetry anthologies from the Goshūi Wakashū onward

Akazome Emon 赤染衛門 (9561041) waka poet of the mid-Heian period; a member of both the Thirty-six Elder Poetic Sages and Kintō's 36 female poetry immortals (or "sages") of the Kamakura period

Albert D. Shaw

He was appointed colonel of the Thirty-Sixth Regiment, New York National Guard, in 1867, and resigned to accept the position of United States consul at Toronto, Canada, in 1868.

Alexandros Rizos Rangavis

He wrote also the following dramatic pieces: The Marriage of Kutndes (comedy), Dukas (tragedy), the Thirty Tyrants, The Eve (of the Greek revolution); the romances, The Prince of Morea, Leila, and The Notary of Argostoli; and translated portions of Dante, Schiller, Lessing, Goethe and Shakespeare.

Ayasrah

Wahdan is the grandfather of Ayasrah in Sakib, who belongs to the thirty-second generation descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.

Battle of Kolberg

Battle of Colberger Heide (1644), during the Danish-Swedish War, a theater of the Thirty Years' War

Battle of Nuremberg

Siege of Nuremberg, a battle fought during the Thirty Years' War between the Swedish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire in 1632

Battle of Wiesloch

Battle of Mingolsheim, fought on April 27, 1622 near the German town of Wiesloch, part of the Thirty Years' War

Bertha Runkle

In 1893 she undertook, with Charles Dudley Warner, the enormous labor which is represented in the thirty volumes of Library of the World's Best Literature.

Boca de Yuma

Later they built the first concrete school here, named after John F. Kennedy in honor of the Thirty-Fifth President of the United States (1961–1963).

Boston House

The McCarty family, whose most famous member was Dan McCarty, the thirty-first governor of Florida, bought the house in 1949 but didn't live in it.

Burma Campaign

They began by striking at a Japanese delaying position (held by the remnants of the Japanese Thirty-Third Army) at Pyawbwe.

Chang Jian

Chang Jian seems to be connected with the stratagem of "Tossing out a brick to get a jade gem" of the Thirty-Six Stratagems.

Christmas With the Joker

Christmas With the Joker is the thirty-eighth episode of the first season of the American animated television series Batman: The Animated Series, first aired on November 13, 1992, written by Eddie Gorodetsky, and directed by Kent Butterworth.

Conyers Middleton

Middleton was one of the thirty fellows of Trinity College who on 6 February 1710 petitioned the Bishop of Ely, as visitor of the college, to take steps against Richard Bentley the Master, at odds with the fellowship.

Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's track time trial

The men's 1 kilometre time trial in Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics was a time trial race in which each of the thirty-two cyclists attempted to set the fastest time for four laps (1 kilometre) of the track.

English Churchman

The paper has a reputation for being outspokenly and unashamedly Protestant, Evangelical, Reformed and anti-ecumenical, believing that the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England are good and true and so it does not recognise non-evangelical Churches as being truly Christian because they have erred in doctrine and practice.

Francis B. Brewer

Elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth Congress Brewer was United States Representative for the thirty-third district of New York from March 4, 1883 to March 3, 1885.

Geles Cabrera

She has received both Mexican and international recognition: in 1949, she was honored with first prize in the Thirty-first Fine Arts Salon of Havana and in 1985, she was granted first prize in sculpture in Gabrovo, Bulgaria.

Jane Swift

Governor Swift drew widespread criticism in February 2002 for her refusal to commute the thirty-to-forty-year sentence of Gerald Amirault, who was convicted in the notorious 1986 Fells Acre Day School child sex abuse case and who had already served sixteen years in prison.

Joe Denning

Denning became mayor within the thirty day period after the resignation of Elaine Walker who was set to become the Secretary of State for Kentucky.

John Blair Smith Todd

He was a delegate to the 37th and 38th United States Congress, between 1861 and 1865.

Joseph Priestley and Dissent

Between 1660 and 1665, Parliament passed a series of laws that restricted the rights of dissenters: they could not hold political office, teach school, serve in the military or attend Oxford and Cambridge unless they ascribed to the thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England.

Keep It Simple

Keep It Simple is the thirty-third solo studio album recorded by Northern Irish singer/songwriter Van Morrison.

Kennedytunnel

Opened to road traffic on 31 May 1969, and to rail traffic on 1 February 1970, the tunnel was named after John F. Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States.

Kucha

According to the Book of Han, Kucha was the largest of the 'Thirty-six kingdoms of the Western Regions', with a population of 81,317, including 21,076 persons able to bear arms.

Looks Like Rain

Linking the tracks with delicate arrangements and liberal amount of atmosphere (almost all tracks feature rain sound effects), the record contains some of Newbury's most celebrated compositions including "She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye", "The Thirty-Third of August," "I Don't Think About Her No More", and "San Francisco Mabel Joy".

Mike de Vries

The first communications projects included support for the thirty-one country tour with Franz Beckenbauer, the "Welcome to Germany" initiative, the "Walk of Ideas" sculpture (which received the 2006 EVA Award, the Golden Flame Award and the German PR prize of 2007), as well as "365 places in the land of ideas" (a series of events that received the European Excellence Award).

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Previously, Trandahl served as the thirty-second Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives.

New York Ukulele Ensemble

Appearances by the New York Ukulele Ensemble included New York City's Art Parade and the thirty-first annual Village Halloween Costume Ball at the Theater for the New City in 2007, and the Gershwin Hotel's Living Room Series and the New York Ukulele Fest, which was founded by Uke Jackson, in 2006.

Obadiah Grew

Among the thirty parliamentary divines who crowded into Coventry for safety in 1642 were Richard Vines, rector of Weddington, Warwickshire, and Grew, his near neighbour.

Optics Software for Layout and Optimization

This enables the program to work with products such as MATLAB to create a multi-disciplinary environment, such an environment was used to design and analyze the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT).

Pappenheimer

This expression dates back to the Thirty Years' War and Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim.

Rodman M. Price

On returning to New Jersey he was elected as a Democrat to the 32nd United States Congress from New Jersey's 5th congressional district and served from March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1852 to the Thirty-third Congress.

Rodney Rash

When his condition became exacerbated, he was taken to Los Angeles Midway Hospital where the thirty-six-year-old died on March 1 from the rare blood disorder, Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.

Samuel P. Benson

Benson was elected as a Whig to the (Thirty-third Congress) and as an Opposition Party member to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857).

Sorafune/Do! Do! Do!

It is the thirty-sixth release for the group, and also has been their most commercial successful effort after their 1995 best-selling debut single "Love You Only".

Sōsaku Suzuki

After a series of administrative posts relating to military transportation, between 1943 and 1944, Suzuki was appointed commander of the IJA 35th Army and, with his headquarters in Cebu, was charged with the defense of the southern Philippines.

Starrett Corporation

The latter subsidiary owned the thirty-five story Wall and Hanover Building at 59 - 63 Wall Street, Manhattan.

The Books of Homilies

The Books of Homilies (1547, 1562, and 1571) are two books of thirty-three sermons developing the reformed doctrines of the Church of England in greater depth and detail than in the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion.

The Last of the Just

Each Just Man is a Lamed Vav, one of the thirty-six righteous souls whose existence justifies the purpose of humankind to God.

Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt

After an interval of independence, during which three indigenous dynasties reigned (the 28th, 29th, and 30th dynasty), Artaxerxes III (358 BC) reconquered the Nile valley for a brief second period (343 BC), which is called the thirty-first dynasty of Egypt.

United Nations Security Council election, 1983

The United States, supported by several other delegations, formally objected to the presence of the Grenadian delegate, stating that Sir Paul Scoon Governor-General of Grenada had informed the Secretary-General that no one was authorised to represent Grenada before the UN and that no credentials for the Thirty-eighth session of the General Assembly had been presented by Grenada.

Veste Heldburg

After several conquests and plundering during the Thirty Years War the castle was held in 1776 and re-attached residence of the Ernestine dukes of Saxe-Hildburghausen and finally in 1871 became the property of the ducal house of Meiningen.

Yitzhak Molcho

In 2010, he was appointed to head the Israeli negotiating team, on behalf of the second Netanyahu Government.