Thousand Island dressing is a salad dressing and condiment based on mayonnaise and can include olive oil, lemon juice, orange juice, paprika, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, vinegar, cream, chili sauce, tomato purée, ketchup, or Tabasco sauce. It also typically contains finely chopped ingredients, which can include pickles, onions, bell peppers, green olives, hard-boiled egg, parsley, pimento, chives, garlic, or chopped nuts (such as walnuts or chestnuts).
It appears to be named after the St Lawrence river islands, possibly being a recipe passed on by a fisherman’s wife. It has been known about since at least 1900 as it appeared in a cook book of that vintage.
One of the original eighteen Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon in 1804 was Andrea Massena. Massena was born in Nice, then part of the Kingdom of Sardinia, the son of a shopkeeper who went to sea aged 13.
He rose to high command being made ultimately not only a Marshal but also Duc de Rivoli and Prince d’Essling . Masséna retained his command after the restoration of Louis XVIII and refused to commit to either side upon Napoleons return in 1815. He died in Paris in 1817
His nickname was l’Enfant chéri de la Victoire (“the Dear Child of Victory”).
In 1956, 52 people were killed in the Mediterranean when the Italian liner*** Andrea*** Doria collided with the Stockholm. All but one of the victims were killed by the impact of the collision, most of them emigrant women and children sailing to America.
Stockholm syndrome is named after the Norrmalmstorg robbery of *Kreditbanken *at *Norrmalmstorg *in Stockholm, Sweden, in which several bank employees were held hostage in a bank vault from August 23 to 28, 1973, while their captors negotiated with police. During this standoff, the victims became emotionally attached to their captors, rejected assistance from government officials at one point, and even defended their captors after they were freed from their six-day ordeal.
Medically, a syndrome is a set of multiple symptoms, which taken together can be used to diagnose a particular disease which would not be identifiable by just one symptom.
Nipper was a mixed-breed terrier shown listening to “His Master’s ***Voice” ***in ads for the Victor Talking Machine. The painting was made first, then sold later to Victor to use as an advertising logo. Nipper was a real dog, whose burial site receives many visitors.
Louisville, Georgia, was the state capital for a decade at the turn of the 19th century. Unlike its namesake in Kentucky, the S is pronounced in the small Georgia town, which now has fewer then 3,000 residents.
Reportedly Ben Bernie came up with the concept for the classic jazz song Sweet Georgia Brown’s lyrics after meeting Dr. George Thaddeus Brown in New York City. Brown, a longtime member of the State House of Representatives for Georgia, told Bernie about his daughter Georgia Brown and how subsequent to the baby girl’s birth on August 11, 1911 the Georgia General Assembly had issued a declaration that she was to be named Georgia after the state, an anecdote which would be directly referenced by the song’s lyric: “Georgia claimed her - Georgia named her.”
St Jean De Brébeuf was a Jesuit missionary who spent much of his life with the Hurons and is known as the Apostle to the Hurons. He was martyred when a group of Iroquois captured the Huron village where he was staying.
He was canonised by the Roman Catholic Church and is commemorated by the Anglican Church of Canada. His feast day in Canada is September 19.
The Twelve Apostles are limestone formations off the southern coast of Victoria, popular as a tourist attraction. Only eight now remain, due to continued erosion by the sea.
Those Twelve Apostles are in Port Campbell National Park, which is a 140 mile drive from Melbourne, a 680 mile drive from Sydney, and a 1,250 mile drive from Brisbane.
The Grand Organ in Sydney Town Hall is one of only two in the world to contain a full length 64′ organ stop. The other 64’ stop is in the Boardwalk Hall Auditorium Organ in Atlantic City, New Jersey.