Noted actor Clark Gable was born in Cadiz, Ohio. Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, the victor of Gettysburg, was born in Cadiz, Spain.
In July 2005, Spain became the third country to legalize same-sex marriage, after the Netherlands and Belgium. In the same year it also legalized full joint adoption by same-sex couples.
Various faith communities around the world support allowing same-sex couples to marry or conduct same-sex marriage ceremonies; for example: Buddhism in Australia, Church of Sweden, Conservative Judaism, U.S. Episcopalians, Humanistic Judaism, Native American religions with a two-spirit tradition, Druids, the Metropolitan Community Church, Quakers, Reconstructionist Judaism, Reform Judaism, Unitarian Universalists, the United Church of Canada, the United Church of Christ, and Wiccans, as well as various other progressive and modern Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, and Jewish groups and various minor religions and other denominations.
off-game No 3 position re same-sex marriage: Canada missed it by that much: the bill passed the Commons before Spain’s law was passed, but didn’t get Royal Assent until after the Spanish law came into force. “We’re number 4!”
On-gameThe United Church of Canada was formed in 1925 by the union of the Methodist Church of Canada, most of the congregations of the Presbyterian Church of Canada, and the Congregational Church, as well as some independent churches in the Prairies.
Canada is the world’s second largest country.
The second largest country in Europe is The Ukraine, which also happens to be the world’s second largest grain exporter.
The flag of Ukraine (not “The Ukraine”) has two horizontal stripes, blue over yellow.
On the game board for the game, Risk, Ukraine is part of the Europe continent and sits to the north and west of Afghanistan.
Like the flag of Ukraine, the flag of the City of Regina, capital of Saskatchewan, is a blue over gold bi-colour, with the addition of a Crown in the upper fess. The similarity in motif may be because both are located in prairie areas, with grain crops as the main agricultural activity.
The Regina Music Box Company gained great success with their music boxes, having 80% or more of the US market at their peak. But the phonograph killed demand for music boxes, so Regina branched out, selling its first vacuum cleaner in 1903. By the 1930s, vacuums became their main product, and they continued to produce them until purchased by Philips Electronics in 1995.
Music Box Dancer was recorded in 1974 by Frank Mills, but was not released as a single until 1978.
Frank Miller was the Premier who broke the Ontario Progressive Conservatives’ 42 year streak in power in Ontario. He won a plurality of seats on the 1985 election, but was defeated on a motion of non-confidence after the election. The Lieutenant Governor called on the leader of the second-largest party, David Peterson of the Liberals, to form a minority government.
Frank Capra’s last name means “goat” in his native Italian (he was born on Sicily).
Sicily has suffered extensive deforestation since Roman times.
Roman Coppola, Son of Francis Ford, directs all of The Strokes’ music videos
Stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide, according to the WHO — 6.2M deaths in 2011.
The Black Death was the leading cause of death in 14th century Europe. It is estimated that on average, one-third of Europe’s population died of the plague.
The success of Black Sabbath’s album “Paranoid” in the US was largely by word of mouth. It sold 4 million copies on almost zero radio airplay.
Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard the Pirate, had 41 different ships during his short “career” – he died in 1718 when he was about 38 years old. One of his ships was the Queen Anne’s Revenge. Blackbeard’s birthdate is not certain, but is believed to be around 1680.
Peter Ustinov played the title role in the 1968 movie Blackbeard’s Ghost.