*All Monsters Attack!, *also released in the US as Godzilla’s Revenge, was the tenth release in the Godzilla series from Toho Films, and the first targeted to an audience of children. A bullied schoolchild named Ichiro has recurring dreams in which he befriends Minilla, the son of Godzilla, who is also bullied by his schoolmates. Once Ichiro learns how to help Minilla fight off his own bully, he gains the confidence to do it himself in real life.
Since “Suzuki” is the second-most-common surname in Japan, an Orix BlueWave player began to wear his given name on his uniform during the 1994 season in an attempt to distinguish himself. The practice continued after Ichiro moved from his homeland’s Pacific League to the USA-centered American League.
Most Americans coming up against Japanese baseball for the first time are confused by the name of the Nippon Ham Fighters in the Pacific League, wondering what a “Ham Fighter” is. In reality, the team is owned by Nippon Ham (Japanese teams are named for their sponsor, not their location), so the team is actually the Nippon Ham . . . . Fighters.
After the flood, Noah placed a curse on the descendants of his son Ham. Some racist Biblical fundamentalists have tried to argue that blacks are the descendants of Ham, making slavery their destiny
George Wells Parker, born 1882, co-founded the Hamitic League of the World. He was one of the first African-Americans to graduate from Harvard.
George Washington personally fired the cannon that began the shelling of the British fortifications of Yorktown, Virginia in October 1781, eventually leading to Lord Cornwallis’s surrender.
Even though he was elected first president, George Washington’s signature does not appear on the US Constitution. Only one signer of the constitution was elected president later.
The USS Constitution is the oldest commissioned ship in the US Navy. The second-oldest ship is the USS Enterprise (CVN-65). Enterprise is the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and is the eighth U.S. ship bearing the name Enterprise and was commissioned Nov. 25, 1961.
The USS Binghamton, a ship that was converted into a restaurant and docked in Edgewater, NJ, was destroyed by hurricane Sandy.
Wiki has no listing for a USS Binghamton (or Binghampton). Are you thinking of another ship?
The USS New Jersey is an Iowa-class battleship, the largest battleships ever to serve in the U.S. Navy.
The New Jersey state flower is the common violet.
Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense, was granted French citizenship after the French Revolution, and served as a legislator in the French national assembly, even though he didn’t speak French.
In the assembly, he voted against the execution of King Louis XVI, and argued that he should be sent into exile in the United States.
Lee Harvey Oswald (assuming you believe the “official version”) used a Carcano rifle to assassinate President Kennedy. Before the shooting, Oswald stored the rifle in the garage of Michael Paine, whose wife Ruth was a friend of Oswald’s wife Marina.
Michael Palin’s father had a serious stutter. This came in handy when Michael played Ken the stuttering thief in A Fish Called Wanda.
“Stuttering John” Melendez, who had specialized in ambushing celebrities with embarrassing questions for Howard Stern’s radio show, was briefly Jay Leno’s announcer on ***The Tonight Show. ***
The author William S. Burroughs was briefly imprisoned in Mexico in 1951 for having killed his common-law wife during a game in which they shot at each other.
Bill Melendez did the voices of Snoopy and Woodstock in Peanuts specials by uttering gibberish, which was recorded and then played back at a sped-up pace.
Edited to comply with “domino” effect: Melendez was a native of Hermosillo, Mexico.
The Caesar salad is named after Caesar Cardini who prepared the salad in his Caesar’s Palace Restaurant in Tijuana, Mexico.
Buckingham Palace, originally called Buckingham House, was built in 1705. It wasn’t acquired by the British royal family until 1761, and didn’t become the official residence of Britain’s monarchs until 1837.
Before joining Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham was in a band with Stevie Nicks called Buckingham Nicks.