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13 unusual facts about hail


6th SS Mountain Division Nord

The "Hagelrune", literally, "Hail Rune a stylized Life/Death rune, like a combined "x" and "i;"

Ali Shafizadeh

Over the years he has bought numerous players for substantial fees, including Adriano Alves, Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail and Saša Ilić, and coaches such as Croatian Luka Bonačić and Serbian Srđan Gemaljević.

Back in the U.S.A.

(It was Top Five in the Detroit market place.) Ronstadt performed the song with Berry and Keith Richards in the feature film, Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll.

Hail, Columbia

The anthem was composed by Philip Phile in 1789 for the first inauguration of George Washington, titled "The President's March", arranged with lyrics by Joseph Hopkinson in 1798.

Hail, Hero!

For his performance, Michael Douglas was nominated for Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor.

Hail, Pennsylvania!

"Hail, Pennsylvania!" is a song written by Edgar M. Dilley (Class of 1897) as a submission to a University of Pennsylvania alumni committee-sponsored contest to write a song to the tune of "God Save the Tsar!", the national anthem of Imperial Russia, by Alexei Fyodorovich Lvov.

Hail, Vermont!

Though not designated the official state song by legislative statute, "Hail Vermont!" was proclaimed the state song by Governor of Vermont George Aiken to be performed in the Vermont Pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair.

Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll

The two concerts were held on October 16, 1986, at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis; among the artists performing with Berry were Linda Ronstadt, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Etta James, Johnnie Johnson, Steve Jordan, Bobby Keys, Julian Lennon, and Joey Spampinato from NRBQ.

#"Brown Eyed Handsome Man" (Chuck Berry) (with Robert Cray on guitar and vocals)

Hail! Minnesota

However, the slow ballad proved to be incongruous with the atmosphere at an athletic event like that, so it was eventually succeeded in that role by The "Minnesota Rouser." Rickard also went on to write another school song, "Minnesota Fight."

Hokey Wolf

Hokey's theme music for his segment of the show was composed by Hoyt Curtin and used an instrumental version of the refrain from Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All Here.

Let 'Em Eat Cake

Several musical themes from Of Thee I Sing are reused in Let 'Em Eat Cake, including the Supreme Court Judges' song and the campaign song "Wintergreen for President", which includes parts of folk and patriotic songs such as Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever", and "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here."

Wee Wee Hours

Berry often performed the song live and it is included on the 1969 Chuck Berry Live in Concert album and in the 1987 film Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll with Eric Clapton.


1939 New York Yankees season

In its coverage the following day, The New York Times said it was "Perhaps as colorful and dramatic a pageant as ever was enacted on a baseball field as 61,808 fans thundered a hail and farewell".

1992 Queensland storms

The Bureau of Meteorology radar picked up a series of cells to the north-west of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, and the data suggested that there was a possibility of large hail.

2010 Texas Longhorns football team

At the end of the half, Garrett Gilbert threw a Hail Mary to Malcolm Williams, catching the ball in the end-zone with no time left in the first half.

All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name

The song was heavily altered for the Unitarian hymnal, which was also licensed to the hymnal of the Unity Church: "All Hail the Power of Truth to Save from Error's Binding Thrall."

Alwal

Noted Film Director B. Narsing Rao, Balladeer Gaddar, Model&Actors Sreedhar Rao and Vasu hail from Alwal.

Autobody

All hail from (or subsequently joined) other arty post-rock/freeform acts like Caroliner, Dymaxion, Fly Ashtray, Job's Daughters, Wharton Tiers Ensemble, Flaming Fire, The Aerosols, Bare Flames, and Drumhead.

Clean Town

The B-sides, "Hail The Sunny Days" and "Your Lover's Nerve," both later featured again on the Swedish version of "You Can't Steal My Love", the latter also appearing as a bonus track on the Japanese version of Hurricane Bar.

Côr Godre'r Aran

Côr Godre'r Aran (English: Choir from the foothills of the Aran mountain) is a famous Welsh Male-voice choir that hail from Llanuwchllyn, near Bala, North Wales.

Cuchulain of Muirthemne

In his memoir Hail and Farewell, George Moore, formerly a comrade of Lady Gregory and Yeats in the Irish Literary Theatre, accused Lady Gregory of plagiarizing her materials for the work.

Deep South's Oldest Rivalry

With 36 seconds remaining and faced with 4th and 18 from the Tiger 26-yardline, Auburn quarterback Nick Marshall, a former defensive back for the Bulldogs during the 2011 season, threw a Hail Mary pass, which was tipped by Georgia safety Josh Harvey-Clemons right into the hands of Auburn sophomore wide receiver Ricardo Louis.

Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done

They all sing ("Hail, hail, and how-dee-do", based on "With cat-like tread"; "Land of sand and sea and sun", in the style of The Beach Boys).

Domenik Hixon

In the 2005 MAC Championship game he caught Luke Getsy's game winning Hail Mary pass, earning Akron its first MAC Championship in school history.

Ethnic communities in Kolkata

The most famous Greek to hail from Kolkata possibly was the gifted violinist Marie Nicachi who embarked on a European tour in 1910 and played at the courts of Emperor Franz Josef of Austria and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.

Everybody Go Home

Desperately trying to reach his home, which is just a few blocks away, Ceccarelli is cut down in a hail of German fire, at which time Innocenzi decides that the real war to be waged is that against the Nazi occupiers and joins an insurgent band offering to man the Breda M 37 machine gun they have captured but cannot operate.

For Those About to Rock We Salute You

The gladiators' final words to the emperor were "Ave Imperator, morituri te salutant" – or, "Hail Emperor, those who are about to die salute you".

From Sky and Soil

Shot on location in the northern Albertan communities of Sexsmith, Beaverlodge, and Grande Prairie, the project features two parallel narratives of farm families dealing with the emotional and financial restructuring after hail destroys much of their harvest.

Golden Square, Victoria

Other former VFL players to hail from Golden Square include Des Dickson, Ray Byrne, Tony Southcombe and Peter McConville.

Great Flood of 1913

As the storm gained strength on Sunday, March 23, high winds, hail, sleet, and tornadoes arrived in the Great Plains, the South, and the Midwest.

Hail Hail the Celts Are Here

Hail Hail the Celts Are Here is the song sung by Derek Warfield.

Hail To Reason

Starting in January of his second year, Hail To Reason raced 18 times in nine months, winning nine times and setting a new track record in the Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga Race Course with jockey Bobby Ussery aboard.

Juniata High School

Juniata High School is a rural, public high school, serving 622 students (336 males, 286 females) in grades 9-12 who hail from the Central and Western portions of Juniata County in central Pennsylvania.

Macedonian parliamentary election, 2011

In a joint statement, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton and Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle hail the multiparty, transparent and well organized elections.

Magna-Fi

2006: All Hail Shadow was covered by Crush 40 for the game Sonic the Hedgehog (Also known as Sonic '06 or Sonic Next Gen).

Matthias W. Day

Assisted by Sergeant John Denny, who helped support one man, Day carried the other on his back through "a hail of bullets so thick it seemed 'no one could pass this open rocky space alive'" to safety.

Minnesota Rouser

It was the subject of a 1909 contest held by the Minnesota Daily and the Minneapolis Tribune to write a suitable song for Minnesota football games, to replace the hymnlike "Hail! Minnesota".

Nadec

Other crops such as wheat, clover, shami corn and Rhodes grass are grown on thousands of acres of land across four major projects in Haradh, Wadi Al-Dawasser, Hail and Al Jouf.

Nicholas Blincoe

He was a founding member of the New Puritans literary movement and co-edited (with Matt Thorne) the anthology 'All Hail The New Puritans' (2000) which included contributions from Alex Garland, Toby Litt, Geoff Dyer, Daren King, Simon Lewis, and Scarlett Thomas.

Ottawa Valley

Among the well-known people who hail from the Ottawa Valley, are former governor-general and broadcaser Adrienne Clarkson, Alanis Morissette, Margaret Atwood, Lorne Greene, Bryan Murray, Terry Murray, Frank Finnigan, Bruce Cockburn, Peter Jennings, Matthew Perry, Dan Aykroyd, Mark Redman, Tom Green, Rich Little, Paul Anka, Alan Verch and Princess Margriet, sister of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

Owen Gray

He had greater success in Jamaica, however, with "Hail the Man", a tribute to Emperor Haile Selassie, which was popular with the increasing Rastafari following.

PJ DeBoy

He and Paul also share family connections: both are cousins of Delegate Steven J. DeBoy, Sr. and Col. Mark Allen (USAF-AFDW, Ret.), and (like Delegate DeBoy and Col. Allen) hail from the Farrell-DeBoy family of Baltimore.

Ponkunnam

Malayalam film actor Babu Antony and his brother Thampi Antony hail from Ponkunnam.

Pouppée Fabrikk

Folkstorm, HH9, Muskel, Nordvargr, Toroidh, All Hail The Transcending Ghost, D.I.N., Econocon, Goatvargr, Incinerator International, Körperwelten, L/A/B, Lorv, Maschinenzimmer 412, Mz.412, Naer Mataron, Nordvargr/Drakh, Thee Maldoror Kollective

Santoshi Mata

However, it was the 1975 Bollywood film Jai Santoshi Maa ("Hail to Santoshi Maa")—narrating the story of the goddess and her ardent devotee Satyavati—which propelled this then little-known "new" goddess to the heights of devotional fervour.

Scottish Gaelic personal naming system

Gaelic first names chiefly hail from 5 linguistic layers, Goidelic and 4 others, coinciding with the main languages of contact: Latin, Norse, Anglo-Norman and Scots.

Siege of Harfleur

As it forms a crucial episode in William Shakespeare's play, Henry V, the siege is portrayed in all cinematic adaptations, including the 1989 movie starring Kenneth Branagh as King Henry V. It is also fictionally portrayed in the historical novel Azincourt (2008) as well as the children's novel My Story: A Hail of Arrows: Jenkin Lloyd, Agincourt, France 1415.

Stephanie Bennett

Stephanie Bennett (born Margaret Stephanie Bennett) is an English film producer known for her works Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll and Endless Harmony.

Steven J. DeBoy, Sr.

He is a second cousin of actors PJ DeBoy and Paul DeBoy, both of whom (like Delegate DeBoy) hail from the Farrell-DeBoy family of Baltimore, Maryland (PJ and Paul are grandsons of the late James J. DeBoy, Sr., a brother of Ferdinand DeBoy.).

Superman: At Earth's End

Faced with no other option, Superman takes the Expunger with him and returns, defeating the Diktators' legions of lion-men and mutant SS troopers in a hail of gunfire.

The Electric Confectionaires

Sheehan, Smith and Gunn hail from Devonport and first met in primary school after Gunn emigrated from Scotland.

The House of the Scorpion

As evidenced by conditions in one of the major cities, San Luis, parts of Aztlán are very affluent, while others, such as Durango, the region that El Patrón and Celia hail from, languish in poverty.

The Jew in the Lotus

The title is a pun on the Tibetan mantra Om mani padme hum which is frequently misinterpreted as "hail to the jewel in the lotus."

Trình Như Khuê

He was the first cardinal to hail from Vietnam, and was also one of the cardinal electors who participated in the conclaves of August and October 1978, which selected Popes John Paul I and John Paul II respectively.