The miracle of the “Swallows” of Capistrano takes place each year at Mission San Juan Capistrano, on March 19th, St. Joseph’s Day. The Cliff Swallows begin to arrive in March from their winter home in Argentina . Between March and October they can be seen building nests in the eaves of Mission San Juan Capistrano.
The original leader of the Impossible Mission Force in Mission: Impossible was Dan Briggs, played by Stephen Hill. An observant Jew, Hill was dropped from the show the second season because he refused to work on the Sabbath. PR at the time was that they wanted more of an action hero in the role.
There are 21 missions in California, USA, built by the Spaniards in the late 18th century and early 19th century.
By year and nearest city, these are:
1823: Sonoma
1817: San Rafael
1804: Solvang
1798: Oceanside
1797: Mission Hills
1797: San Miguel
1797: San Juan Bautista
1777: San Jose
1791: Soledad
1791: Santa Cruz
1787: Lompoc
1786: Santa Barbara
1782: Ventura
1777: Santa Clara
1776: San Juan Capistrano
1776: San Francisco
1772: San Luis Obispo
1771: San Gabriel
1771: Jolon
1770: Carmel
1769: San Diego
I missed the edit window to add the missions in Baja California, too. Here is the complete list, California USA and Baja California Mexico.
There are 21 missions in California, USA, built by the Spaniards in the late 18th century and early 19th century.
By year, nearest city, and order:
1823: Sonoma
1817: San Rafael
1804: Solvang
1798: Oceanside
1797: Mission Hills
1797: San Miguel
1797: San Juan Bautista
1777: San Jose
1791: Soledad
1791: Santa Cruz
1787: Lompoc
1786: Santa Barbara
1782: Ventura
1777: Santa Clara
1776: San Juan Capistrano
1776: San Francisco
1772: San Luis Obispo
1771: San Gabriel
1771: Jolon
1770: Carmel
1769: San Diego
In Mexico’s Baja California the Spaniards built at least 33 missions and mission stations in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
By year, nearby current city/town, name, & order:
1834: Guadalupe - Misión de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe del Norte {Dominican}
1817: Rosarito - Misión El Descanso (Misión San Miguel la Nueva) {Dominican}
1798: San Quintín - Visita de San Telmo {Dominican}
1797: Ensenada - Misión Santa Catarina Virgen y Mártir {Dominican}
1797: Ensenada - Misión San Miguel Arcángel de la Frontera {Dominican}
1794: San Felipe - Misión San Pedro Mártir de Verona {Dominican}
1791: Uruapan - Misión Santo Tomás de Aquino {Dominican}
1780: San Vicente - Misión San Vicente Ferrer {Dominican}
1775: San Quintín - Misión Santo Domingo de la Frontera {Dominican}
1774: Mulegé - Visita de San José de Magdalena {Dominican}1774: El Rosario - Misión Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario de Viñacado {Dominican}
1769: San Javier - Visita de la Presentación {Franciscan} subordinate mission station
1769: Puerto San Augustin - Misión San Fernando Rey de España de Velicatá {Franciscan}
1767: Rancho Santa Inés - Misión Santa María de los Ángeles {Jesuit}
1766: San Borja - Visita de Calamajué {Jesuit} subordinate mission station
1762: Guerrero Negro - Misión San Francisco Borja {Jesuit}
1752: San Ignacio - Misión Santa Gertrudis {Jesuit}
1740: Ciudad Constitución - Misión San Luis Gonzaga Chiriyaqui {Jesuit}
1733: Todos Santos - Misión Santa Rosa de las Palmas {Jesuit}
1730: San José del Cabo - Misión Estero de las Palmas de San José del Cabo Añuití {Jesuit}
1728: San Ignacio - Misión San Ignacio Kadakaamán {Jesuit}
1721: Loreto/La Paz - Misión Nuestra Señora de los Dolores del Sur Chillá {Jesuit}
1721: San José del Cabo - Misión Santiago de Los Coras {Jesuit}
1720: Mulegé - Misión Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Huasinapi {Jesuit}
1720: La Paz - Misión de Nuestra Señora del Pilar de La Paz Airapí {Jesuit}
1720: Loreto - Misión La Purísima Concepción de Cadegomó {Jesuit}
1708: Loreto - Misión San José de Comondú {Jesuit}
1705: Mulegé - Misión Santa Rosalía de Mulegé {Jesuit}
1705: Loreto - Misión San Juan Bautista Malibat (Misión Liguí) {Jesuit}
1699: San Javier - Misión San Francisco Javier de Viggé-Biaundó {Jesuit}
1699: Loreto - Visita de San Juan Bautista Londó {Jesuit} subordinate mission station
1697: Loreto - Misión de Nuestra Señora de Loreto Conchó {Jesuit}
1683: Loreto - Misión San Bruno {Jesuit}
The mission in Jolon is called Mission San Antonio de Padua.
USS San Antonio is the lead ship of her class of amphibious transport dock or landing platform dock, and the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of San Antonio, Texas. The ship is designed to deliver up to 800 Marines ashore by landing craft and helicopters.
The town of Jolon, CA was owned by William Randolph Hearst in the 1920s. Hearst sold the town to the US Army, who still owns it. Jolon is part of Fort Hunter Liggett.
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NM, New Mexico, is the 5th largest state in the US, between Montana (4th) and Arizona (6th).
Mexico City is the westernmost capital city in North and South America.
Mexico City, capital of Mexico, has a special territorial designation, just as Washington, capital of the United States, does. Washington is in the District of Columbia, of course, while Mexico City is a Federal District and its name is technically followed by “D.F.” for “Distrito Federal.”
Interesting and cool fact. I did not realize that, but when looking at a map it becomes obvious.
ETA: not intended as a DUH to you, but mostly as a DUH to me.
Mexico introduced chocolate, corn, and chilies to the world.
The Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD bills itself as the world’s only corn palace.
The murals and designs covering the building are made from corn and other grains and changed annually.
Jack McCall was tried, convicted and hanged two miles north of Yankton, South Dakota in 1877 for the shooting of Wild Bill Hickok. He is buried in an unmarked grave in the Yankton cemetery.
Yankton was the first capital of Dakota Territory. It is named for the Yankton tribe of Lakota/Sioux.
To add realism to the movie, Dances with Wolves, about the Lakota Sioux, a language coach was brought in to teach Lakota to cast members who did not know how to speak it. Because of the difficulty in learning the language, the “gendered speech” aspects of the language were omitted from the lessons. When native speakers of Lakota saw the finished film, they found it amusing to hear Lakota warriors talking like women.
Sam Rayburn, Tip O’Neill, Newt Gingrich, Dennis Hastert, Jim Wright and Tom Foley were each Speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Tom Foley was the 57th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving as Speaker from 1989 to 1995. Foley was the first Speaker of the House since 1862 to be defeated in a re-election campaign.
The person who adds ambient sound effects to a movie in post-production is called a “foley artist”. The name comes from Jack Donovan Foley, who invented methods of adding sound effects to the first “talkie” movies in the 1920’s. Many of Foley’s methods are still used today.
In 1914, Jack Foley and his wife Beatrice moved from Long Island to Santa Monica, California, and then to Bishop, California. In Bishop, some 300 miles north of Los Angeles,Foley got a job at a local hardware store. When the local farmers sold their land to the city of Los Angeles for water rights, Foley’s new hometown was in need of a new source of income. Foley knew of the newly formed movie business in Los Angeles and managed to persuade several small time studio bosses that the town of Bishop would be ideal as a location to shoot westerns.