Elliot Gould, Jason Robards, Norman Wisdom, and Britt Eckland starred in a 1968 movie called The Night They Raided Minsky’s that was based very very loosely on an actual 1925 event that involved Minsky’s Theater being closed for indecency due to a topless dancer. The movie flopped, as did two stage plays of the same name that premiered later.
The Book of Wisdom is one of the Apocryphal books of the Bible, recognised by some but not all Christian denominations.
The world’s highest-denomination note is Hungary’s 100-million B-Pengo, issued in 1946. That’s That’s 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 Pengo, so I guess the B stood for “billion.” It was worth about 20 US cents at the time.
Pete Gogolak, an immigrant from Hungary, is generally credited with starting the trend of soccer-style place kickers in the National Football League.
In 1932, with the US in the grips of the Great Depression, for the first time more immigrants left the country than arrived.
In 1932 the Toronto Maple Leafs won their third of 13 Stanley Cup Championships to date.
Babe Ruth hit his first professional home run in Toronto, for the Providence Grays against the International League Maple Leafs, at Hanlan’s Point Stadium on the Toronto Islands. The site is now part of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport.
The Right Rev. Mark Hollingsworth is the Episcopal Bishop of Ohio, with his seat at Trinity Cathedral in Cleveland.
The first Admiralty court held in the new world was at Trinity Harbour, Newfoundland, in 1615. Trinity Harbour is one of the largest harbors in Canada, but lost out to the more easily defended St John’s Harbour as the main Harbour for the British Navy in Newfoundland.
ETA: Trinity Harbour is well worth a trip, for anyone visiting Newfoundland.
Newfoundland did not formally become a province of Canada until 1949.
The word “Newfie,” a colloquial term for a native of Newfoundland, was banned for us on Canadian license plates in the 1970s for being an ethnic slur. The ban was lifted in 2008 as Newfounlanders argued that the name was a source of pride. The word is still used in pejorative contexts, though.
Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick are the three provinces which have not produced a Prime Minister of Canada.
The winner of Best in Show at the 2004 Westminster Kennel Club dog show at Madison Square Garden was a Newfoundland dog named Ch. Darbydale’s All Rise Pouchcove, or “Josh” to his family. He made himself especially memorable for barking with joy when his handler was being given the trophy.
The historic name for where the British Parliament meets is the Palace of Westminster. The Prime Minister’s house and office is at 10 Downing Street, a short walk or drive away.
In 2011, Judas Priest’s original lead guitarist Ken “KK” Downing retired, and was replaced by Richie Faulkner.
In the Middle Ages, the ground underneath London’s Downing Street and the Houses of Parliament was known as Thorney Island. It lay between two branches of the River Tyburn, which today flows directly under the Treasury in Parliament Street. The earliest known building on the site of Downing Street was the Axe brewery owned by the Abbey of Abingdon. It had fallen into disuse by the early 16th century.
On the cover of the Beatles’ ***Abbey Road ***album, there was a Volkswagen with a license plate reading “28 IF,” which devotees of the “Paul Is Dead” rumor interpreted as meaning that Paul would have been 28 if he were still alive.
In 1993, on the cover of Paul McCartney’s Paul Is Live album, there’s a Volkswagen with a license plate reading “51 IS” (Paul really turned 51 that year).
Filipinos refer to Beetles and Volkswagens in general as Volks. In informal correspondence, they sometimes also abbreviate Volkswagen as Volks instead of VW.
The VW Beetle is referred to as the Type 1, but the Type 1 is a family of cars including the Type 1 Beetle, the Type 14 Karmann Ghia, the Type 15 Convertible/Cabriolet, and the Type 18 “Thing” / “Safari”.
The VW Type 2 is the Kombi / Microbus / Vanagon.
The VW Type 3 includes the Notchback Sedan, the Fastback Sedan, the Squareback Wagon (also known in Europe as the Variant), and the limited production Type 34 Karmann Ghia.
The VW Type 4 includes the 411 Fastback Sedan, the 411 Station Wagon, the 412 Fastback Sedan, and the 412 Station Wagon.
The Volkwagen logo (a V over a W in a blue background, sorounded by a circle), was the result of an office competition. The winner was Franz Reimspiess, who won 50 Marks for his troubles. Reimspiess also perfected the engine for the Beetle in the 1930’s.