The full name of Britain’s Prince Harry is Henry Charles Albert David. He is currently fifth in line to the throne, behind his older brother William, and William’s children George, Charlotte, and Louis.
Prince William’s full name Is William Arthur Phillip Louis, making his initials WAPL. This also happens to be the call letters of a rock music radio station in Appleton, Wisconsin (“The Rockin’ Apple”), and upon William’s birth in 1982, the radio station sent a gift package of promotional merchandise (t-shirts, bumper stickers, etc.) to the newborn royal, who shared their initials.
The song “Heard It on the X” by ZZ Top (1975) is a tribute to the “Border Blaster” radio stations in Mexico, specifically the two that were run by the famous disc jockey Wolfman Jack, XERF in Via Acuna, (near Del Rio, Texas), and XERB, (in Rosarito Beach near Tijuana). Mexican radio stations did not have to adhere to the power limits of US stations, which gave them the ability to pump their signal well into the States.
Legendary Sixties DJ Wolfman Jack is heard throughout the 1973 George Lucas-directed film American Graffiti, listened to on the radio by various characters, and played himself in a single scene.
George Lucas gave the Wolfman a fraction of a point in the profits from American Graffiti, which gave him a steady income for the rest of his life.
Two rock songs from 1974, both of which reached the Billboard Top 10, either featured, or alluded to, famous disk jockey Wolfman Jack:
- The Guess Who’s “Clap for the Wolfman” was an homage to Wolfman Jack, and featured spoken lines by him, interspersed with the song’s lyrics.
- Sugarloaf’s “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You” contained a line, “Remember the all-night creature from Stereo 92?” The words “from Stereo 92” were spoken by DJ Ken Griffin, impersonating Wolfman Jack’s raspy voice.
In the This is America, Charlie Brown episode “The NASA Space Station”, Charlie Brown relays a message from Snoopy to Mission Control for broadcast to the world during a spacewalk: “This is just one small paw for the U.S.A., but one big bark for mankind.”
Mission Control replies, “Next time, don’t call us; we’ll call you.”
For the Apollo 10 mission, NASA assigned the Command Module the call sign/nickname “Charlie Brown”, and the Lunar Excursion Module (or LEM) was given the call sign/nickname “Snoopy”
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In the Star Trek episode “Who Mourns for Adonais”, the Enterprise crew meets someone who identifies himself as the Greek god Apollo, and demands worship from the crew.
“I am Apollo!” he boldly announces.
“And I am the czar of all the Russias,” Chekov retorts.
The starships named Enterprise in the various Star Trek series and movies have included ships of the NX, Constitution, Excelsior, Ambassador, Galaxy and Sovereign classes.
Enterprise Rent-A-Car was established in St. Louis, Missouri in 1957 by Jack C. Taylor. Originally known as “Executive Leasing Company,” in 1969, Taylor renamed the company “Enterprise” after the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, on which he served during World War II.
That is very cool. Sadly, the Wolfman died when he was only 57.
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The first modern Olympics ever held in the United States were held in St. Louis, Missouri in 1904: the Summer Olympics. It was the first time the Olympics were held outside of Europe. The United States won 239 medals — the most ever in a single Olympics.
The current three-medal format of gold, silver and bronze for first, second and third place was introduced at these Olympic Games.
President Harry S. Truman, Democrat of Missouri, saw to it that the battleship USS Missouri, on the deck of which the Japanese surrendered at the end of World War II, remained on active duty longer than the US Navy wanted it to.
Harry R Truman was the former operator of the Mt St Helens Lodge near the shore of Spirit Lake, at the base of Mt St Helens in Washington State, and in all likelihood the first person to perish when the mountain erupted on May 18th, 1980.
12 of the 46 US Presidents did not earn a college degree. The first was George Washington; the last was Harry Truman, the 33rd President. Prior to Truman, the last on the list was William McKinley, the 25th President.
Not including special sets like the United States President $1 Coin set, ten of the 12 pieces of U.S. currency have pictures of dead presidents on them. The two exceptions are the $10 bill (Alexander Hamilton) and the $100 bill (Benjamin Franklin).
The $10,000 bill has Salmon Chase on it who was Governor of Ohio, Senator from Ohio, Secretary of the Treasury and Chief Justice of the United States, but was never president.
The “Nixon shock” was a series of economic measures undertaken by US President Richard Nixon in 1971, in response to increasing inflation, the most significant of which were wage and price freezes, surcharges on imports, and the unilateral cancellation of the direct international convertibility of the United States dollar to gold.
A year after this event, there was a flood of Federal Reserve Notes issued with the phrase, “Will pay to the bearer on demand” released into circulation. The bills were no longer as valuable to hold beyond being collectible oddities and worth little more than $1 - $5 over their face value. (Today they are worth more, depending on condition of the bill, but not as much as they could be under the gold standard.)
Kudos, Saint_Cad, for getting Chase’s Chief Justice title right!
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President Richard M. Nixon was a Republican of California. One of his favorite meals was cottage cheese with ketchup.
“Shepherd’s pie” and “cottage pie” are terms that have been used interchangeably since they came into use in English cooking in the late 18th century. Some writers insist that a shepherd’s pie should contain lamb or mutton, and a cottage pie, beef.
And cottage cheese with ketchup? I have cottage cheese in my fridge right now but I’m not trying that combo.