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2 unusual facts about Umberto


Jose Maria Quijano Wallis

Later in 1878, he was appointed Chargé d'Affaires and Consul General in the Kingdom of Italy, close to His Majesty the King Umberto, where he remained until 1881.

Umberto's Clam House

The Mafia hit and its locale were recalled in media coverage of the death of the actor Jerry Orbach, who became friends with "Crazy Joe" Gallo after playing a character who was modeled on him in the movie, The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971), based on a novel by Jimmy Breslin.


Alfred Mineo

D'Aquila had previously sentenced Morello to death upon his release from prison, along with his ally Umberto Valenti, but through the intervention of Pittsburgh Mafia leader, Nicola Gentile, the death sentence on Morello and Valenti was revoked.

Enrico De Nicola

Victor Emanuel later abdicated; Umberto became king as Umberto II and a Constitutional Referendum was held, won by republicans.

Eurynomos

This character is found in Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum (chapter 41) with the spelling 'Eurynomius' as an example of a "principal of evil."

Fedele Caggiano

For the City of Benevento, he completed three busts: Vittorio Emanuele II, Prince Umberto, and Margherita of Savoy, now in the Palazzo di Paolo V.

Galleria Umberto I

The Galleria Umberto is the setting for The Gallery (1947) by the American writer John Horne Burns (1916–1953) based on his experiences as an American soldier in Naples shortly after the liberation of the city.

Giuliano Carmignola

He then collaborated with Umberto Benedetti Michelangeli, Daniele Gatti, Andrea Marcon, Christopher Hogwood, Trevor Pinnock, Frans Brüggen, Paul McCreesh, Giovanni Antonini and Ottavio Dantone.

John F. McClelland

In July 2008, McClelland assumed the role of vice chair of the European Club Association, along with Joan Laporta of FC Barcelona and Umberto Gandini of AC Milan.

Latham

The flyingboat "Latham", used by arctic explorer Roald Amundsen when he disappeared during the search for Umberto Nobile in 1928.

Margherita di Savoia

Margherita of Savoy (1851-1926), queen consort of King Umberto I of Italy

Montisi

Procession of the Dead Christ (Good Friday evening), which is carried in procession along Via Umberto I, the statue of the Dead Christ, which is usually located beneath the altar of the church of the Society.

Norman's Awesome Experience

This activity is witnessed by the Roman commanding officer and makes it into a book that Umberto and Erica are forced to help manufacture on a primitive printing press operated by a group of galley slaves of which they are now a part of having been sold into slavery due to their failure to stop Norman who takes his people away to settle on a coastal area of Gaul safe from the Romans where Norman names the region as Normandy and thus seals his name in history.

Pius XII and the German Resistance

Umberto asked Mussolini about the plan, and was told it was untrue, while Maria Jose advised her brother King Leopold of Belgium, and was in turn advised that the Belgian Ambassador that the idea was a piece of misinformation, spread by a German spy.

Prince Umberto of Savoy-Aosta

Umberto was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, the first child and son of Prince Aimone, Duke of Apulia and his wife, the former Princess Olga of Greece.

Quirino Cristiani

Some of the titles included Firpo-Dempsey (1923) on the boxing match between American heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey and Argentinian champion Luis Firpo, Uruguayos Forever (1924) on Uruguay's Olympic gold medal in soccer, and Humberto de garufa (Little Umberto's Folic, 1924), on the visit of Italian Prince Umberto of Savoy to Buenos Aires.

Racket Girls

Umberto Scalli (Timothy Farrell) is a small-time gangster who acts as a manager for women's wrestling in order to cover his involvement in many crime rings, including racketeering, bookmaking, and prostitution.

Rimini railway station

It was opened, in the presence of the then Prince Umberto of Savoy (later Umberto I of Italy), on 4 October 1861, together with the rest of the Forlì–Rimini section of the Bologna–Ancona railway.

Rosalbino Santoro

Rosalbino donated to his hometown, pastel portraits of King Umberto and Queen Margherita, and of Bernardino Telesio.

Sborgite

It was named for Umberto Sborgi, (1883 - 1955), Professor of Chemistry, University of Milan, Italy.

Stefano Benni

In 1989 with Umberto Angelucci, Benni directed the film Musica per vecchi animali, adapted from his book Comici spaventati guerrieri with the actors Dario Fo, Paolo Rossi, and Viola Simoncioni, and just two years before that he was also the screenwriter of another film, Topo Galileo by Francesco Laudadio, starring his friend Beppe Grillo and with music by Fabrizio De André and Mauro Pagani.

Tortorici

Located in the Nebrodi regional park, Tortorici borders the following municipalities: Bronte, Castell'Umberto, Floresta, Galati Mamertino, Longi, Randazzo, San Salvatore di Fitalia, Sinagra, Ucria.

Umberto Primo Society

The Umberto Primo Society was a mutual aid society founded in Toronto, Canada in 1888 by Italian immigrants, most of whom were natives of Laurenzana and Genoa.


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