Before going into politics, Benjamin Disraeli was a successful novelist.
About Disraeli’s performance at the Congress of Berlin, Otto von Bismarck remarked “Der alte Jude, das ist der Mann!”
Otto von Bismarck, the “Iron Chancellor” of unified Germany, has been quoted for years by lawyers for his (apocryphal) remark, “Anyone who loves the law or sausage should never see either made.”
Newsman John Chancellor served as the director of the Voice of America from 1965 to '67.
From 1974-1979, the former Fifth Beatle, George Martin, produced all albums by the folk-rock trio America.
Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham, and his son, Quentin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St. Marylebone, are the only father and son who both served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.
ETA: Note to Self - learn to tap faster on iPhone.
According to the Star Trek: The Lost Era series of novels, Chancellor Azetbur of the Klingon Empire was eventually assassinated by a Defense Force officer named Ditagh, who killed her on behalf of Councillor Kaarg. Kaarg became Chancellor, and one of the very first things he did was decree that no women could ever again serve on the High Council.
After Kaarg’s death, Ditagh himself became Chancellor.
Until 1947, the U.S. Department of Defense was called the Department of War.
Simon Cameron, Republican of Pennsylvania, and Edwin M. Stanton, Democrat of Ohio, served as President Abraham Lincoln’s two Secretaries of War. Stanton was by far the more successful.
On December 10, 1971, the New York Mets traded Nolan Ryan, Frank Estrada, Don Rose and Leroy Stanton to the California Angels for Jim Fregosi. While the trade is often considered one of the worst of all time, there was ample reason to believe at the time that the Angels should have asked for more and most experts thought the Mets got the better of the trade. Fregosi at the time was the best shortstop in the AL, a six-time all star coming off a bad season due to injuries. Ryan had an absolutely stinko year in 1971 (even by advanced stats – his WHIP increased every year, his strikeout rate dropped, and his walk rate increased) and was looking like a washout with a great fastball but no control.
Don Rose hit a home run in his first major-league at-bat, but never hit another (then again, he had only twelve plate appearances, all with the Angels in 1972, the year before the American League adopted the designated-hitter rule).
Indiana Pacers point guard Mark Jackson was traded to the Nuggets for Jalen Rose during the 1996 offseason, and short-term the deal was a disaster for the Pacers, who fell to 10th in the Eastern Conference. Jackson was re-acquired by the Pacers at the trade deadline, facilitated by the fact that the Pacers were playing the Nuggets that very day.
Long-term, however, Jalen Rose proved to be a productive player for the Pacers, eventually breaking Reggie Miller’s streak as the Pacers’ highest-leading scorer in a season.
Jalen Rose was one of the “Fab Five”, the all-freshmen 1991-92 University of Michigan starters who won the NCAA championship. Others were fellow future NBA stars Juwan Howard and Chris Webber, although Jimmy King and Ray Jackson did not have notable pro careers.
The “Fab Five” went to consecutive NCAA National Championship game during the March Tournaments in 1992 and 1993, but they lost both games. In 1992 they lost to Duke, 71-51 as freshman, and in 1993 they lost to North Carolina, 77-71 in the infamous “Chris Webber Time Out Game” when, with time running out and Michigan trailing, Webber with the ball and harried by UNC’s defensive pressure, called an ill-advised time out. Michigan was already out of time outs so the result was a technical foul called on Webber.
The Fab Five is widely considered as the greatest class ever recruited, but they never won a championship. Michigan won a championship before the Fab Five arrived, in 1989 against Seton Hall.
The Five American were a one-hit wonder in the 60s with their song “Western Union.”
In Set Theory, the union of two sets A and B is the collection of points which are in A or in B or in both A and B.
Perry Como wrote the lyrics to the song, “A You’re Adorable”.
The theme of a song incorporating the alphabet, as in “A You’re Adorable”, was also used in the Ames Brothers’ “Ragg Mopp” and in Glenn Miller’s “I’ve Got A Gal in Kalamazoo”.
Lake Como, also known as Lario, is the third-largest lake in Italy. At over 1,300 feet deep, it is one of the deepest lakes in all of Europe. The lake is shaped much like an upside-down capital “Y”. The towns at each of the three ends of the upside-down “Y” are Colico at the north, Como at the southwest and Lecco at the southeast.
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Henry I, John, Mary I, James II/VII, William IV, and George VI all succeeded their brothers to the throne.