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1663 in Ireland

Katherine Philips' translation of Pierre Corneille's Pompée is successfully produced at the Theatre Royal, Dublin (Smock Alley Theatre), the first English language play written by a woman to be performed on the professional stage.

Automobile Alley

Automobile Alley Historic District is an upscale Urban neighborhood in Oklahoma City, located roughly along North Broadway Avenue in Downtown Oklahoma City.

Bonde Palace

As the bridge Vasabron, extending the alley Riddarhusgränd between the Bonde Palace and the House Knights, was constructed in the 1870s, proposals were made to adapt the width of the narrow alley to that of the new bridge, plans effectively suggesting the demolition of the palace.

Château de la Bourlie

A grand axis between the village and woods was laid out, an alley linden trees was planted, along with yew trees strimmed into topiary forms.

Château du Touvet

It also has a small enclosed garden, called the jardin de la comtesse; a kitchen garden, and an alley of linden trees.

Con Lo Que Cuenta Este País

The restaurant was located in an alley corner, and Chevy would always arrive in his flamboyant Volkswagen Beetle listening to loud music.

CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder

A sleazy private investigator has been shot to death in an alley, the body is found by one of CSI's own, Doc Robbins.

David Art Wales

The article reported that Henry Clay Frick had had the underground two-lane alley constructed in 1914 for his own amusement.

Dinosaur, Colorado

Many streets in the town are named after dinosaurs, including Cletisaurus Circle, Tyrannosaurus Trail, and Antrodemus Alley.

Göran Hälsinges Gränd

When King Eric XIV's (1533–1577) was still two years old, his mother, the first consort of King Gustav Vasa Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (1513–1535), died unexpectedly, and as Appolonia assisted the royal family as wet nurse she was rewarded a house in the alley, later named after her son.

Grady Mathews

When he was 14 years old in San Mateo, Mathews began playing pool at a local bowling alley.

Hanover–Altenbeken railway

From there, the Emperor rode over the 2.5 km long and chestnut-lined Kaiserallee (Emperor's Alley) to a hunting lodge in Saupark Springe, a game reserve.

Harry McGregor

Harry M. Woods (Henry MacGregor Woods, 1896–1970), Tin Pan Alley songwriter and pianist

Helga Lekamens Gränd

The alley is mentioned as Helge lycama grendh in 1505, named after Helga Lekamens gille, "Guild of the Holy Body of Christ", during the Middle Ages the biggest guild in Sweden, appearing in historical records in the 14th century and known to count royalties among its members.

Indian Trail High School and Academy

Lack of proper facilities allowed the physical education department to include activities not found in other high schools, such as Dance Dance Revolution, bowling (at a nearby bowling alley), cross-country skiing, archery, and street hockey.

Jack Kerouac Alley

The alley is now known for its engraved Western and Chinese poems, including poets such as John Steinbeck, Maya Angelou, and Kerouac himself.

Justin Vincent

He was part of a five-man running back rotation (which also included Jacob Hester, Alley Broussard, Keiland Williams and Charles Scott), and he finished 6th on the team in rushing at the end of the regular season with 139 yards.

Kenny Tran

He first began playing poker in 1992 at a bowling alley while working at McDonald's.

Kit for Cat

The beginning starts with Sylvester in the trash alley trying to find food to eat (Which was recycled from Life with Feathers).

Little Stanney

The Blue Planet Aquarium, The Coliseum Retail Park, Vue Cinema, bowling alley, two nightclubs, Cheshire Oaks Business Park, a David Lloyd Leisure club and respectively Porsche, Audi and Lexus dealerships have all grown up around the outlet and are situated to the north and east of the village.

Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend

On top of that, Glaswegian Head Gardener Angus McAllister is making noises on his pet hobby, the project to gravel the famous Yew Alley.

Mary Borden

Journey Down a Blind Alley, published on her return to Paris in 1946, records the history of the unit and her disillusion with the French failure to put up an effective resistance to the German invasion and occupation.

Mazda MX-3

The MX-3 has made several cameos in movies and TV shows to include The Italian Job(twice), Dumb and Dumber, I Robot (with a Kit on, parked in an alley), The Fast and the Furious, 2 Fast 2 Furious (John Walsh’s MX-3), Analyze That, Cellular (film), Postal (film), John Doe (TV series) and Session 9.

McKibbin Street Lofts

In 2005, writing/director/actor John Cameron Mitchell flyered the buildings in hopes of shooting a critical scene of his Shortbus movie here in which two characters spot each other from across an alley or street.

Mitch Morgan

The Mitch Morgan is a popular beverage at the Oak the New Fat Alley Barbecue in Telluride, Colorado, where the drink originated.

N0M4D

Inside this bowling alley was an arcade room with some of the most popular games to date, such as: Space Invaders, Donkey Kong Jr., and Dig Dug.

Old St. Joseph's Church

The current church, on Willings Alley in the Society Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, the third church on the site, was built in 1839.

Parker Fennelly

He was heard weekly as Titus Moody on the "Allen's Alley" segment of Fred Allen's radio show where he delivered his famous opening line: "Howdy, Bub."

Peter Rose

Peter DeRose (1900–1953), composer of jazz and pop music during the Tin Pan Alley era

Phibs

He also has been commissioned to decorate a number of buildings across Sydney such as Max Brenner chocolates in Paddington, the Glow Cafe in Newtown and a number of alley ways throughout the city of Sydney.

Pittsburgh Athletic Association

Some of the building's more interesting features include a pool on the third floor, full basketball and squash courts, a 16 lane bowling alley, and a room dedicated to former University of Pittsburgh football coach Johnny Majors.

Prager house

The Prager-Haus or Bernhard-Prager-Haus is the former home of the Jewish Prager family, situated in Apolda, Thuringia, Germany, in Pragergasse, a narrow alley.

Raquette Lake

When Bluff Point was sold to magazine publisher Robert Collier in 1905, most of the original structures were modified and expanded into the present score of buildings — the huge walk-in fireplace, the bowling alley, the bridge to the gazebo, etc.

Richard F. Outcault

After he signed on with Joseph Pulitzer's New York World, Pulitzer placed Outcault's comics in a color supplement, using a single-panel color cartoon on the front page called Hogan's Alley, depicting an event in a fictional slum.

Robert W. Morgan

Morgan also appeared on television as host of several variety shows, including Morgan’s Alley, ABC’s In Concert, NBC’s The Helen Reddy Show, and KHJ-TV’s Groovy Show, which he co-hosted with teen model Kam Nelson.

Rock 'n' Roll Star

The song's video consists of clips of the band performing the song from their Live by the Sea gig, interspersed with clips of them on Southend Pier, in and around the amusement park, 'Adventure Island' then named 'Peter Pan's Playground' and in the bowling alley which was located on Southend Pier before it burnt down in June 1995.

Silicon Alley

First Tuesday, co-founded by Vincent Grimaldi de Puget and John Grossbart, became the largest gathering of Silicon Alley, welcoming 500 to 1000 venture capitalists and entrepreneurs every month.

Spin alley

Following the 3rd U.S. presidential debate of 2004, in a segment later aired on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien, spin alley was crashed by Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.

Straight Between the Eyes

Videos were shot for the songs "Stone Cold" and "Death Alley Driver", which featured Sega's video game Turbo.

Tamiami Trail

Plans for the I-75 extension changed for two reasons; Alligator Alley needed upgrading as the then-narrow toll road was dangerous to both motorists and wildlife (most notably the Florida panther) alike; and State Road 836, with its left exits and narrow lanes, was not being built to Interstate Highway standards.

Terry Danko

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The Exponents

The group formed in 1981 after vocalist Jordan Luck and guitarist Brian Jones disbanded their first group, Basement, and relocated from the South Canterbury town of Timaru to Christchurch with their ex-Splash Alley friend, Steve "Fingers" Cowan.

Thomas Cockcroft

Later in 1944 he helped defend London again during the Flying bomb offensive, Operation Diver; this time from East Anglia, which became know locally as 'Bomb Alley'.

Tornado Alley

The term "tornado alley" was first used in 1952 by U.S. Air Force meteorologists Major Ernest J. Fawbush (1915–1982) and Captain Robert C. Miller (1920–1998) as the title of a research project to study severe weather in parts of Texas and Oklahoma.

Torpedo Alley

The first of three German U-boats sunk during the battle for Torpedo Alley was U-85, sunk at midnight on April 13, 1942.

Tyska

Tyska Skolgränd, alley in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden, stretching from Svartmangatan to Baggensgatan

Vatan-e-Emrooz

Vatan-e-Emrooz (Persian: وطن امروز) is a daily Persian-language newspaper managed by Mehrdad Bazrpash (an alley of Mr. Ahmadinezhad and former head of student Basij organization branch at Sharif University of Technology).

Wells–Bennett–Grant family

He married seven wives: Eliza Rebecca Robison; Louisa Free, former wife of John D. Lee; Martha Givens Harris; Lydia Ann Alley; Susan Hannah Alley, sister of Lydia; Hannah Corrilla Free, sister of Louisa; and Emmeline Blanche Woodward

Wick, West Sussex

An Alleyway or Twitten that passes by the site of the former True Blue public house, is known locally as 'Dark Alley' due to the black clinker surface laid down along its route.


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