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5 unusual facts about Vera


Carnival in Costa Rica

Dick Haymes, Vera-Ellen, Cesar Romero, and Celeste Holm starred as two pairs of lovers who try to thwart an arranged marriage at Carnival time in Costa Rica.

Ross McGowan

Having finished in a tie for 28th place in the final event of the season, he dropped to second place on the money list, as Michael Lorenzo-Vera won the tournament and jumped to the top of the Challenge Tour's money list.

The Kid from Brooklyn

The Kid from Brooklyn (1946) is a comedy film starring Danny Kaye and co-starring Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Steve Cochran, Walter Abel, Eve Arden, and Fay Bainter, about a milkman who becomes world boxing champion.

Vera-Ellen

Her second husband, from 1954 to their 1966 divorce, was millionaire Victor Rothschild of the Rothschild family.

War of the Sixth Coalition

The Peninsular War went on through the allied victories of Vera pass, the Battle of Nivelle, the Battle of Nive near Bayonne (10–14 December 1813), the Battle of Orthez (27 February 1814) and the Battle of Toulouse (10 April).


2011 Mexican drug gang attack Twitter hoax

On August 25, 2011 Gilberto Martinez Vera and Maria de Jesus Bravo Pagola made a series of fraudulent Twitter tweets alleging that an attack by drug gangs was in progress at an elementary school in Veracruz Mexico.

23401 Brodskaya

It is named after Vera Yakovlevna Brodskaya, a longtime librarian and curator of the Pulkovo Observatory in Russia.

Arthur Lourié

In 1922 he settled in Paris, where he became friends with the philosopher Jacques Maritain and was introduced to Stravinsky by Vera Sudeykina.

Augusto de Lima

There, he married Vera Monteiro de Barros de Suckow, granddaughter of Hans Wilhelm von Suckow, Major of the Prussian Army (who fought Napoleon's army in the Battle of Waterloo) and patron of Brazil’s horse racing — the first breeder of race horses in Brazil.

Ayvu Rapyta

Cadogan records the myths and religious tradition of the Mbyá Guaraní of the Guairá Department of Paraguay as told him by, among others, Cacique Pablo Vera.

Baseball's Last Hero: 21 Clemente Stories

It is the first feature dramatic film on Clemente's life and was written and directed by California filmmaker and Pittsburgh native Richard Rossi and stars two-time Olympian high-jumper Jamie Nieto in the title role of Roberto Clemente and Marilinda Rivera as his wife Vera Clemente.

Carine bijlsma

Bijlsma is the daughter of cellist Anner Bijlsma and violinist Vera Beths and the sister of actress Katja Herbers.

Delphi Lawrence

In 1990 she appeared as Vera Charles in the national tour of Mame starring Juliet Prowse.

Dennis B. Funa

One complaint which would be the core of the criminal charges against Estrada and which would ripen to Criminal Case No. 26558 was docketed as OMB-0-00-1756 (Romeo T. Capulong, Leonard de Vera and Dennis Funa vs. Joseph Ejercito Estrada, Dr. Luisa “Loi” Ejercito, Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada, Charlie “Atong” Ang, Delia Rajas, Eleuterio Tan, and Alma Alfaro; see Victor Jose Tan Uy v. Office of the Ombudsman et al., G.R. No. 156399-400, June 27, 2008).

Die Chefin

First Police Chief Inspector Vera Lanz (Katharina Böhm) is working for the homicide division in Munich, having lost her husband in a mysterious death.

Edgar Müller

At the Sarasota Chalk Festival, the featured artist, Vera Bugatti, and Müller, created a 3-D street painting that made history as well.

Estrellas

Also note that "A Tu Vera" is a different version than the one that appeared on The Best of the Gipsy Kings.

Gabriel Cedrés

Néstor Gabriel Cedrés Vera (born March 3, 1970 in Minas) is a Uruguayan footballer.

Gabriel Ebert

Ebert's performance in Amy Herzog's 4000 Miles at Lincoln Center Theater as Leo, the grandson of Mary Louise Wilson's Vera, won him an Obie award in 2012.

I'll See You Again

It has been covered by a wide range of singers and groups, including Vera Lynn, Frank Sinatra, Bryan Ferry and the Pasadena Roof Orchestra.

Ivette Cordovez

Cordovez returned to Panama in 2011 and participated in the female version of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple, where she played Vera.

Jack Duckworth

Jack goes home and whilst listening to a Matt Monro record which Tyrone had given him as a present, he dies in his chair and is joined by the ghost of Vera, who tells him off, yet again, for his scruffy appearance.

Jahn Teigen

Prima Vera had a number of hits, including such classics as Så lykkelig i Sverige ('So happy in Sweden', a version of The Turtles' So happy together) Det er Norge som er bra and De gærne har det godt.

Jean Michel Karam

In this context, he launched the skincare brand IOMA, a collaboration between technology experts and dermatology and cosmetics specialists, of which the previous president of Thierry Mugler, Véra Strubi, presently a member of the board of directors.Today, Karam is Chairman and CEO of both MEMSCAP and INTUISKIN/IOMA.

Jenaro Gajardo Vera

Jenaro Gajardo Vera (Traiguén, Malleco Province, Chile, November 18, 1919 - Santo Domingo, San Antonio Province, Chile, May 3, 1998) was a Chilean lawyer, painter and poet.

John Liptrot Hatton

In her book on the diarist George Templeton Strong, Vera Brodsky Lawrence reports that Hatton gave several public and private concerts in New York City in 1848.

José de Jesús Vera

In 2008, Vera became a manager, starting with Estudiantes de Mérida, club in where he debuted as footballer for then arrive to Deportivo Táchira after of achieve the Primera División honour with Zamora during the Torneo de Clausura 2011.

Kate Lilley

Lilley has a "featured cameo" as Vera Newby in the film The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith.

Kathryn Joosten

In the 1997 episode of Frasier, 'Roz's Turn', Joosten appeared as Vera, the mother and personal secretary of Frasier's conniving agent, Bebe Glazer, played by Harriet Sansom Harris.

Konrad, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen

However, he is the only son by his father's dynastic second wife, Baroness Vera Schäffer von Bernstein (1914–1994).

KRXL

KRXL was founded by Sam & Vera Burk in 1967, as an outgrowth of their successful AM station KIRX.

Ljubav, navika, panika

But, neither Vera nor Mića want to leave the apartment, and their daughters, Maja (Marija Karan) and Janja (Mirka Vasiljević).

Mandi Lampi

She released one album, Pieni maailma (1998), featuring songs by Maki, Alex, and Vera from Aikakone, as well as Alex's wife Marja.

Pasta de Conchos mine disaster

After the successful rescue of 33 trapped miners in October 2010 in Copiapó, Chile, bishop Raúl Vera demanded that the case be reopened.

Pedro J. Ramírez

These revelations led to trials and convictions, including those of the former Interior Minister José Barrionuevo and his associate Rafael Vera, for the kidnapping of Segundo Marey; those of General Galindo and the civil governor of Guipuzcoa, Julen Elgorriaga, for the murder of Lasa and Zabala, and that of Rafael Vera himself for illegal appropriation of funds belonging to the Ministry.

Ralph Morgan

Ralph Morgan was married to Georgiana Louise Iverson, who as a stage actress was known as Grace Arnold, although he called her "Daisy" and was the father of Claudia Morgan (1911–1974), an actress best known for creating the role of Vera Claythorne on Broadway in the original production of Ten Little Indians, and for her portrayal of Nora Charles on the radio series The Thin Man.

S1 Artspace

So far in 2012 S1 Artspace has presented a solo exhibition by Jennifer West entitled Aloe Vera & Butter, the 6th S1 SALON film and video screening series, A Peculiar Form of Fiction in collaboration with Sheffield Doc/Fest, and a two month gallery residency with sculptor Keith Wilson.

Saro Vera

Another of his books is "Six stories of a peasant", which prologue was written by Helio Vera, who defines this collection of stories as a mixture of fiction and reality that does not lose its testimonial character, as they are developed in the events by the guerrillas of the sixties, which operated in the area where Saro Vera fulfilled his evangelical mission.

The Half Brother

Soon Vera has another child, whom they name Barnum Nilsen, after the master scam artist P. T. Barnum.

Věra Barandovská-Frank

Věra Barandovská-Frank (born 17 August 1952 in Opava) is a Czech Esperantist and philologist, at La Internacia Sciencista Dokumentaro.

Vera Cruz Futebol Clube

Vera Cruz Futebol Clube, commonly known as Vera Cruz, is a Brazilian football club based in Vitória de Santo Antão, Pernambuco state.

Vera Douka

When Vera's sister contracted Cancer Antigoni moved back to Athens and Vera introduced her to her biological family.

Vera Francis

Vera J. Francis is an American Indian educator, environmental activist, and community planner for the Passamaquoddy people.

Vera Hilger

2011 exhibition celebrating the nomination to the IKOB Arts Award 2011 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Eupen Vera Hilger - Works 2010/11, Gallery Freitag 18.30, Aachen (D)

Vera Scarth-Johnson

Vera was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the Queen's Birthday Honours list in June 1996.

Vera Shitjeni

Vera Shitjeni (born 21 March 1974) is member of the Central Election Commission of Albania for the Democratic Party of Albania.

Vera Violetta

Vera Violetta was an operetta, with a libretto by Louis Stein and music by Edmund Eysler, additional music by George M. Cohan, Jean Schwartz and Louis A. Hirsch, about the flirtatious wife of a professor.

Wrong Man

The Wrong Man, a 1956 film by Alfred Hitchcock which stars Henry Fonda and Vera Miles

Yvonne Vera

In 1995, Vera returned to Zimbabwe and in 1997 became director of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo, a gallery that showcases local talent ranging from that of professional artists to school children.


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