Paul Martin Simon, a Democrat from Illinois, ran unsuccessfully for the party’s Presidential nomination in 1988.
Paul Martin Sr was a Canadian politician who ran for the leadership of the federal Liberal Party three times. He lost on each occasion, losing to St Laurent, then Pearson, and finally to Trudeau, who decided it was time to appoint him to the Senate.
The B-26 was a light bomber built during WWII. From 1948 to 1965 the plane was the Douglas B-26 Invader, and from 1941 to 1945 a different plane was built by the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company, the B-26 Marauder. By the time the United States Air Force was created as an independent service separate from the Army in 1947, all Martin B-26 Marauders had been retired from U.S. service. The Douglas A-26 Invader then assumed the B-26 designation — before officially returning to the earlier “A for Attack” designation in May 1966.
Both Paul Martin Sr and his son, Paul Martin Jr, suffered from juvenile polio.
For a time, polio was called infantile paralysis, though it did not affect only the young. Though most people recovered quickly from polio, some suffered temporary or permanent paralysis and even death. Many polio survivors were disabled for life.
The March of Dimes charity was originally founded by President Roosevelt to support polio victims. It has since evolved its function to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. The name “March of Dimes” — a play on the contemporary radio and newsreel series, The March of Time — was coined by stage, screen and radio star Eddie Cantor.
The coin known as the dime was first authorized by the Coinage Act of 1792. The word “dime” comes from the French word “dîme”, meaning “tithe” or “tenth part”, from the Latin decima.
With the passage of the Coinage Act of 1965, the dime’s silver content was removed. Dimes from 1965 to the present are composed of outer layers of 75 percent copper and 25 percent nickel, bonded to a pure copper core. Starting in 1992, the U.S. Mint began issuing Silver Proof Sets annually, which contain dimes composed of the pre-1965 standard of 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper. These sets are intended solely for collectors, and are not meant for general circulation.
In medieval Germany, a red mineral was found in the Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains) that resembled copper ore. However, when miners were unable to extract any copper from it, they blamed a mischievous sprite of German mythology, *Nickel *(similar to Old Nick), for besetting the copper. They called this ore *Kupfernickel *from the German *Kupfer *for copper. This ore is now known to be nickeline (aka niccolite), a nickel arsenide.
Medieval means of or relating to the Middle Ages. It is derived from the Latin, medium aevum, middle age. Mediaeval is also an allowed form of the word.
Latin and Italian are the official languages of Vatican City. Papal decrees, encyclicals and other official documents are still issued in Latin.
Until 1969, the most widely used Sunday service liturgy in the world was the Tridentine Mass. It was used regularly from 1570 to 1962. Tridentine means of Trent, where the Council of Trent started the Roman Missal in 1570. Until Pope Paul the VI’s mass in 1969, masses were held in Latin. After that they began to be held in the local language.
E.C. Bentley was the author of Trent’s Last Case, where the titular detective is first introduced. Despite the title, Trent has further cases – the novel Trent’s Own Case and a collection of short stories.
Bentley Motors is a wholly owned subsidiary of Volkswagen AG based in Crewe, England that is the direct successor of Rolls-Royce. Bentley first won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1924.
Bentley’s wealthy race drivers in the late 1920’s were called the “Bentley Boys”, who won Le Mans four consecutive years (1927-1930). In 1925, as the marque foundered, Bentley Boy Woolf Barnato bought the company, leading to the creation of the famous supercharged Bentley Blower car. In 1930, Barnato raced against the “Blue Train” from Cannes to Calais, then by ferry to Dover and finally London, travelling on public highways, and won.
Royce Gracie is a retired Brazilian professional mixed martial artist, an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Hall of Famer, and a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. He is considered by some to be the most influential figure in the history of modern MMA.
Gracie gained fame for his success in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He became known for beating opponents much larger than he was, and between 1993 and 1994, he was the tournament winner of UFC 1, UFC 2, UFC 4, and fought to a draw with Ken Shamrock in the championship match in the Superfight at UFC 5. Gracie popularized Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and revolutionized mixed martial arts with his results contributing to the movement towards grappling and cross-training in the sport. He holds the most consecutive submission victories in UFC history with 11, which he earned between UFC 1 and UFC 4.[citation need
Oops on above…Elvis got in before me.
This is in response to ElviSLives post and should be the proper continuation.
Le Train Bleu (“The Blue Train”) is a restaurant located in the hall of the Gare de Lyon railway station in Paris, France. The restaurant has served drinks and meals to travelers and other guests since 1901 in an ornately decorated setting. Initially called “Buffet de la Gare de Lyon”, it was renamed “Le Train Bleu” in 1963, after the famous train of the same name.
The restaurant has appeared in several movies, Including Travels with my Aunt, Nikita, and Mr. Beans’ Holiday.
Le Train Bleu and the Orient Express were luxury trains created by the same company, CIWL (Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits). Orient Express was built first, before Le Train Bleu.
One of Agatha Christie’s early Poiroit novels features a murder on the Blue Train. The deceased is the daughter of an American multi-millionaire, killed for her fantastically valuable rubies. Or was she killed for some other reason …?
Australian singer Helen Reddy, from Melbourne, achieved stardom with the single release of I Believe in Music by Mac Davis. However it wasn’t that song that became a hit, it was the B side of the single that caught fire in Canada: I Don’t Know How to Love Him, from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar. The song reached #13 in June, 1971. Reddy was on her way. I Am Woman reached #1 in December 1972. In 1973 another gold single for Reddy was Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress), which followed up #1 Delta Dawn.
One of the more embarrassing moments in Oscar history occurred at the 6th Academy Awards for the Best Director category. Will Rogers was giving out the award and when he opened the envelope, he talked about how the winner started out from nothing to build a career. Then he said, “Come and get it, Frank.”
Frank Capra – who started out from nothing – rose and went to accept the award, only to discover that Rogers was talking about another nominee, Frank Lloyd. Rogers tried to salvage the situation by inviting the third nominee, George Cukor, to the podium, but it didn’t help, and Capra slunk back to his seat.