Fort Scott, Kansas is the site of National Cemetery #1, commissioned by President Abraham Lincoln.
Washington Nationals first baseman Adam LaRoche is a graduate of Fort Scott High School.
The first revolving restaurant was in Seattle, Washington, opened in 1961.
In 1961 a television commercial with Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble smoking Winston cigarettes was banned.
Winston Smith’s official Party designation in 1984 is “6079 Smith W”.
In 1858, Alabama’s Hancock County (named for Declaration of Independence signer John Hancock) became Winston County to honor John A. Winston, who had recently completed his term as governor of the state.
Governor Ted Strickland of Ohio was defeated in his bid for reelection in 2010, but may run again for a nonconsecutive second term in 2014.
Hank Hill works for Strickland Propane, achieving his childhood dream of selling propane and propane accessories.
In 1940, the Detroit Tigers’ Hank Greenberg was the first American League player drafted by the U.S. military in preparation for potential World War II entry. He served for about a year, then was released on December 5, 1941. After Pearl Harbor was bombed, Greenberg became the first major leaguer to enlist in the Army Air Forces. He eventually served for 45 months, the longest World War II stint by anyone from the American or National League.
The Detroit River is a segment of the international border between Canada and the US and marks the only point where Canada lies directly south of the US.
The Detroit River links Lake Huron and Lake Erie.
Gordon Lightfoot’s hit The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald contains the line “And further below, Lake Ontario/takes in what Lake Erie can send her.” Lake Erie drains into Lake Ontario via the Niagara River and Niagara Falls.
Actor River Phoenix was orginally named River Bottom- his hippie parents, John & Arlyn Bottom, changed their last name to Phoenix when he was older.
Grand Canyon University, located in the Arizona capital of Phoenix, is the USA’s only private Christian university which operates on a for-profit basis.
After years of success with Terry and the Pirates, Milton Caniff left the strip to write Steve Canyon, primarily because of a question of the rights. Caniff did not own any rights to Terry, but owned Steve Canyon himself.
Steve Canyon was a pilot.
Frederic, the too-good-to-be-true hero of Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance, is sent to sea to learn to become a pilot, but his nursemaid Ruth, who was slightly deaf, misheard his father’s instructions and he was instead apprenticed to a pirate.
Arthur Sullivan’s more serious works include the hymn “Onward Christian Soldiers” (with words by Sabine Baring-Gould) and the song “The Lost Chord” (set to a poem by Adelaide Anne Procter).
Elliott Gould has hosted Saturday Night Live six times.
Elliot Gould and Barbra Streisand had a son, Jason, during their brief marriage. Jason appeared as Barbra’s football-loving teenage son in*** Prince of Tides.***