Sigourney Weaver was the first to win two acting Golden Globes in the same year, 1988, for Working Girl and Gorillas in the Mist.
“El Globo” has been one of the foremost bakeries in Mexico City since 1884, specializing in fine pastries, meringues, and elaborate cakes.
Merengue is the official music of the Dominican Republic… Tthe dance originated from the enslaved laborers working in sugar beet fields. These workers were connected to one another by a chain strapped to their ankles and had to walk in such a manner as to drag one leg.
Since World War II only two Major League pitchers have had 3 seasons each with at least 25 wins: Sandy Koufax, and Dominican Republic native Juan Marichal. In Marichal’s MLB debut on 19 July 1960, he came close to a no-hitter. Marichal took a no-hitter into the 8th inning against the Philadelphia Phillies before giving up a single. Marichal won his debut game in a 1-hit shutout, walking only 1 and striking out 12.
Sandy, Little Orphan Annie’s dog in both comics and shows, first appeared in a January 1925 strip as a puppy of no particular breed which Annie rescues from a gang of abusive boys. The girl is working as a drudge in Mrs. Bottle’s grocery store at the time and manages to keep the puppy briefly concealed. She finally gives him to Paddy Lynch, a gentle man who owns a “steak joint” and can give Sandy a good home. Sandy is a mature dog when he suddenly reappears in a May 1925 strip to rescue Annie from gypsy kidnappers. Annie and Sandy remain together thereafter.
The term “Gypsy” is an exonym, which means it is a term that used only outside the referenced place or culture, but not within it. Another example of an exonym would be ‘Frisco’, a term for San Francisco that is never used by people who live there, but only by outsiders. Exonyms are often standard within non-native languages, such as the English word “Germany”, distinct from the endonym “Deutschland”.
Gene Wilder starred in The Frisco Kid (1979), and also in Blazing Saddles (1974) as the Waco Kid.
Gene Tierney is a rare example of a celebrity who used a cross-gendered first name. Her real birth name was Gene Eliza Tierney, she was named after an uncle who died before she was born.
James Joseph “Gene” Tunney 1897 – 1978) was an American professional boxer and the world heavyweight champion from 1926–28. He was also a two-time American light heavyweight champion. He is best known for having defeated Jack Dempsey twice, the second bout being the famous 'Long Count" match.
Majel Barrett, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry’s wife, was born in Cleveland, Ohio and attended Shaker Heights High School, graduating in 1950.
Although Cleveland, Ohio, shares its name with a former president, it was not named for President Grover Cleveland, who was born a year after the city was incorporated. The city respelled its name, after existing for over 40 years as a village named for General Moses Clevealand. There are five towns in Wisconsin named Cleveland.
The James A. Garfield Memorial tomb is located in the Lake Shore cemetery in Cleveland OH.
Not far for Case Western Reserve University and the Little Italy district. On a clear day you can see Lake Erie shore and downtown Cleveland from the upper balcony.
Before he was President, James Garfield created an original proof of the Pythagorean Theorem
Not quite - it was “Cleaveland”: Moses Cleaveland - Wikipedia
Sorry, no cigar for you, either: Lake View Cemetery - Wikipedia
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There have been three warships named USS Cleveland in the U.S. Navy, the most recent of which was an Austin-class amphibious transport dock, decommissioned in 2011.
ETA: There has never been a USS Garfield.
But there was a USS Garfield Thomas
We are both correct.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are sometimes referred to as amphibians, in the show and by fans, but as turtles they are not amphibious but reptiles.
A terrapin lives both on land and in the water, and always lives near the water. The word terrapin comes from a Native American word for “little turtle,” and Box Turtles are a good example of a Terrapin.
The Terrapin is the mascot for the University of Maryland football team (and their other, lesser sports)
Specifically, it is the Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin), a species of land-dwelling turtle common throughout Maryland, particularly the Chesapeake Bay.
The snapping turtle is the most common type of turtle used in the US for turtle soup. A lot of fat on the turtle is considered a necessity for making that soup.