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unusual facts about Thomas d'Aquino


Thomas d'Aquino

Canadian author Peter C. Newman, in his book Titans, describes d'Aquino as "the most powerful influence on public policy formation in Canadian history".


Anthony Aquino

After moving to Italy, Aquino gained Italian citizenship.

Assassination of Benigno Aquino, Jr.

Prior to his departure from Taipei, Aquino gave an interview from his hotel room in which he indicated that he would be wearing a bulletproof vest.

Benigno Aquino, Sr.

Benigno "Igno" Aquino was first elected to the Philippine Legislature (as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives) in 1919 representing the 2nd District of Tarlac.

He had two siblings, namely Gonzalo Aquino (born 1893) and Amando Aquino (born 1896), and a half-brother, Herminio Aquino (born 1949).

Castrocielo

Castrocielo borders the following municipalities: Aquino, Colle San Magno, Piedimonte San Germano, Pontecorvo, Roccasecca.

Clare de Kitchen

It dates to 1832, when blackface performers such as George Nichols, Thomas D. Rice, and George Washington Dixon began to sing it.

Clarence Halbert

In 1900, along with Hiram F. Stevens, Ambrose Tighe, Moses Clapp, and Thomas D. O'Brien, Halbert founded the St. Paul College of Law, the first predecessor of William Mitchell College of Law.

Dolzura Cortez

Her life story was made into the 1993 Filipino film Dahil Mahal Kita (English "Because I Love You: The Dolzura Cortez Story"), directed by Laurice Guillen, screenplay by Ricardo Lee, starring Vilma Santos, Christopher de Leon, Charito Solis, Maila Gumila, Mikee Villanueva and Jackie Aquino.

Economic Crisis and Response in the Philippines

Also, last September 2010, Aquino met with US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, during the signing of the $434-million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) grant in New York.

Emilio D'Aquino

He was also selected for the Italian team in triathlon, and guaranteed his qualifying berth for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with his teammate Daniel Fontana, a former competitor from Argentina at the previous games in Athens.

Eugene M. Zuckert

Both he and Air Force Chief of Staff General Thomas D. White opposed the administration's decision to cut the XB-70 bomber.

Giugliano in Campania

Lords of the city were, in sequence, the Vulcano, Filomarino, Pignatelli, D'Aquino, Pinelli and Colonna.

Iva Toguri D'Aquino

On January 15, 2006, the World War II Veterans Committee (sponsors of the Memorial Day Parade in Washington D.C. and the National World War II Memorial, the newest monument on the National Mall), citing "her indomitable spirit, love of country, and the example of courage she has given her fellow Americans", awarded Toguri its annual Edward J. Herlihy Citizenship Award.

Jakalope

Trent Reznor returned as co-producer and other guests on the second album include Allie Sheldan (Rio Bent), Thom D'arcy (Small Sins), Bob Pantella (Monster Magnet), Alex Lifeson (Rush), Jeremy Fisher and Bill Rieflin (Ministry, R.E.M., Married To Music).

JB Magsaysay

Joseph Benedict Aquino Magsaysay, also known as JB Magsaysay (born on July 6, 1980 in San Juan, La Union), is a Filipino actor, a public servant, a businessman and was one of the 13 housemates of ABS-CBN's Pinoy Big Brother, Season 1.

Joseph, Duke of Parma

Joseph, Duke of Parma and Piacenza (Italian: Giuseppe Maria Pietro Paolo Francesco Roberto Tomaso-d'Aquino Andrea-Avellino Biagio Mauro Carlo Stanislao Luigi Filippo-Neri Leone Bernardo Antonio Ferdinando di Borbone-Parma e Piacenza; 30 June 1875 Biarritz – 7 January 1950 Pianore, Lucca, Italy) was the head of the House of Bourbon-Parma and the pretender to the defunct throne of Parma from 1939 to 1950.

Josephine Phelan

Josephine Phelan (1905-1979), Canadian writer and librarian, won the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction in 1951 for The Ardent Exile, a biography of Thomas D'Arcy McGee.

Land reform in the Philippines

Despite the implementation of CARP, Aquino was not spared from the controversies that eventually centered on Hacienda Luisita, a 6,453-hectare estate located in the Province of Tarlac, which she, together with her siblings inherited from her father Jose Cojuangco (Don Pepe).

Hacienda Luisita, owned by the Cojuangco family, which includes the late former President Corazón C. Aquino and her son, current President Aquino, has been a notable case of land reform.

Luca Brandolini

Luca Brandolini, CM (born 25 December 1933) is an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who currently serves as Bishop of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo.

Lupe Aquino

Aquino, known as "Lupe", turned pro in 1981 and won the WBC Light Middleweight Title in 1987 with a decision over Duane Thomas.

Michael Ray Aquino

Aquino was then accused of helping Aragoncillo transmit classified United States documents regarding President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to her opponents in the Philippines, including both Joseph Estrada and current opposition leader Panfilo Lacson, who had been Aquino's superior in the police force.

He contacted his friend Leandro Aragoncillo, a Philippine-born security specialist at the White House; however, Aragoncillo's efforts on Aquino's behalf eventually led to Aragoncillo's being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Noynoying

Aquino convened the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council five days after Pedring hit the country and a full week before overseeing distribution of food and water to the survivors, which was after he attended the 30th anniversary celebrations of McDonald's in the Philippines.

Nursing in the Philippines

Aquino’s work caring for the ill and the wounded during the revolution has brought comparisons to the British Florence Nightingale.

Oscar Orbos

He co-hosted GMA Network's Firing Line, a TV panel talk show with Teodoro Benigno, Mrs. Aquino's former press secretary.

Osvaldo Aquino

Aquino's highlights at Olimpia include scoring the first goal in the Copa Libertadores 1979 final against Boca Juniors, winning the Intercontinental Cup in 1979 and winning six consecutive Paraguayan 1st division titles from 1978 to 1983.

Pleasant Valley Conservancy State Natural Area

Pleasant Valley Conservancy is owned in part by The Prairie Enthusiasts and by Tom Brock and his wife Kathie with management support from the Savanna Oak Foundation.

Political dynasties in the Philippines

During this period, family names such as Cojuangcos, Lopezes, Marcoses, Osmeñas and Aquinos started to emerge, later on becoming household names.

Raffaello Maffei

He was nuncio to France and, later, prefect of the building of St. Peter's (1507), regent of the penitentiaries, and Bishop, first, of Aquino (1516) and then of Cavaillon, he died on 23 June 1537.

Rey Aquino

As the elected president of the Kiwanis and Jaycee clubs, Dr. Rey Aquino was chosen and appointed as an Officer in Charge or OIC councilor in 1987.

San Tomas Aquino Creek

In 1898 John Otterbein Snyder collected steelhead trout (then Salmo irideus Gibbons) specimens in Campbell Creek (now Saratoga Creek, a tributary of San Tomas Aquino Creek).

Savuto

The Savuto valley is home to many towns (It: comuni including: Aprigliano, Parenti, Rogliano, Santo Stefano di Rogliano, Marzi, Carpanzano, Malito, Scigliano, Pedivigliano, Altilia, Grimaldi, Aiello Calabro, Martirano, San Mango d'Aquino, Savuto, and Nocera Terinese known collectively as "towns of the Savuto" (It: Paesi del Savuto).

The Island Princess

The play was adapted four times, by an anonymous author, by Nahum Tate, by Thomas d'Urfey, and again by Peter Anthony Motteux, the latter being the more successful.

Thomas Anthony Thacher

He was also the paternal grandfather of US Solicitor General Thomas D. Thacher and Molly Kazan, and the great-great-grandfather of actress and writer Zoe Kazan.

Thomas D

Outside Germany, he is probably best known for Wish (Komm zu mir) which he performed with Franka Potente on the soundtrack of the movie Run Lola Run.

Thomas D. Clark

It turned out that budding writer, William Faulkner, also having a hard time with finances, helped Clark tend the golf course.

Thomas D. Milling

Milling reported to the 15th Cavalry at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in September 1909 but his tour of duty was cut short when War Department Special Order 95, dated April 21, 1911, assigned Milling and 2d Lt. Henry H. Arnold to "aeronautical duty with the Signal Corps," and instructed them to "proceed to Dayton, Ohio, for the purpose of undergoing a course of instruction in operating the Wright airplane."

Thomas D. O'Brien

In 1900, along with Hiram F. Stevens, Ambrose Tighe, Moses Clapp and Clarence Halbert, he founded William Mitchell College of Law's first predecessor school, the St. Paul College of Law.

Thomas D. O'Rourke

Professor O’Rourke has testified before the United States House of Representatives Science Committee (engineering implications of the 1999 Turkey and Taiwan earthquakes and, in 2003, on the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program).

He joined the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity at Cornell, and through that organization, the Irving Literary Society.

Such projects include the Washington D.C. Metro System, Superconducting Super Collider, Channel Tunnel, and the Boston Central Artery.

Thomas D. Thacher

Thacher attended Taft School and Phillips Academy of Andover, Massachusetts for his preparatory education, before following his family tradition and attending Yale University, where he was a member of Skull and Bones.

In November 1943, Thacher was elected to a full fourteen-year term, but resigned from the bench on November 18, 1948.

Thomas D. Westfall

Westfall then joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation and worked as an agent over the next 25 years in Dallas, Columbus, Ohio, Washington, D.C., Savannah, Georgia, and finally in El Paso, Texas, as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the El Paso office of the FBI.

Thomas O'Brien

Thomas D. O'Brien (1859–1935), co-founder of William Mitchell College of Law

Thomas Wilson

Thomas D. Wilson (born 1935), information scientist researching information-seeking behaviors

Tommy Wright

Thomas D. "Tommy" Wright (born 1956), former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives

White Glacier

Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for General Thomas D. White, United States Air Force (USAF), Chief of Staff and member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1957–61, who participated in the planning and organizational stages of Operation Deep Freeze in an administrative capacity and in matters relating to aircraft.


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