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...that
Bellot Strait is a 2
km
passage of water separating
Somerset Island from the
northernmost point on mainland
North America ? October 1, 2006
...that only 48
hat-tricks have been scored in the history of the
FIFA World Cup , spanning 700 matches and 18 editions of the tournament? October 11, 2006
...that
Beaumont House (
pictured ) was constructed for
Augustus Short , the first
Anglican
bishop of
Adelaide and founder of
St Peter's Cathedral ? January 13, 2007
...that
Sir Samuel Davenport , a
South Australian
parliamentarian , had an
electoral district named after him? January 16, 2007
...that the
Australian
steamer
TSS Kanowna (
pictured ) was
requisitioned twice during
World War I , first as a
troopship and then as a
hospital ship ? January 18, 2007
...that the
Loch Arkaig treasure , a large amount of
specie provided by
Spain to finance the
Jacobite rising in
Scotland in 1745, is said to be still hidden at
Loch Arkaig (
pictured ) in the
Scottish Highlands ? February 1, 2007
...that the
non-fiction book
Inside Scientology Olympia Press , was the first to disclose secret
Scientology materials? February 17, 2007
...that during the
100 point game ,
Philadelphia Warriors player
Wilt Chamberlain became the only player in history to score at least 100 points in a
National Basketball Association match? February 17, 2007
...that the
Mount Cameroon Race of Hope , an annual and televised
footrace held at
Mount Cameroon , was first held in 1995? February 24, 2007
...that
Henry le Chen was put in control of a
sheriffdom by
King Edward I , despite being a senior royal councillor during the reign of
King John , whom Edward deposed? February 24, 2007
...that
Chip Berlet 's
non-fiction book
Clouds Blur the Rainbow: The Other Side of New Alliance Party lawsuit involving the
FBI ? February 25, 2007
...that
A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant threats of litigation from the
Church of Scientology ? February 27, 2007
...that the location of
tropical cyclone formations are traditionally divided into seven
basins ? March 1, 2007
...that the
Leo J. Ryan Federal Building , which opened in
1973 , was named in honor of
Congressman Leo J. Ryan , the first and only
United States Congressman to die in the line of duty? March 3, 2007
...that the
Church of Scientology attempted to
ban the
non-fiction book
Scientology: The Now Religion Canadian
libraries during
1974 ? March 4, 2007
...that after the publication of the
non-fiction book
Cults of Unreason UFO cults ? March 8, 2007
...that
Scieno Sitter , a
content-control software package created by the
Church of Scientology , was referred to in the
2006 fictional film
The Bridge ? March 13, 2007
...that somewhere between 25–33% of
Icelanders living in
Iceland died due to the 1783
eruption of
Laki , and the subsequent
famine ? April 20, 2007
...that
Alex Leake was offered a
£ 10 bribe by
Manchester City player
Billy Meredith to
throw the final match of the
1904–1905 season? August 29, 2007
...that
Michelle Rocca , longtime
girlfriend of singer
Van Morrison , was the first woman to appear on one of Morrison's album covers since his then-wife Janet Minto in 1971? August 30, 2007
...that
Iftikhar ad-Daula ,
Fatimid governor of
Jerusalem during the
siege of 1099 , surrendered Jerusalem to
Raymond of Saint-Gilles in the
Tower of David and was then escorted out of the city with his bodyguard? August 30, 2007
...that a
rock-cut basin may eventually form a circular holed stone, and passing through the hole was considered to have healing properties according to
legend ? August 30, 2007
...that during the
World War II
amphibious offensive known as the
Kerch-Eltigen Operation , the
Red Army landed 75,000 men and over 10,000 tons of
munitions and material near
Kerch in eastern
Crimea ? August 30, 2007
...that
McGregor Lake , a man-made
reservoir in
Southern Alberta , receives most of its water from canals linked to the
Bow River despite being in the
Oldman River drainage basin? August 30, 2007
...that the
Board of Trustees of
Dartmouth College were given powers of governance after the College
charter was signed by
George III of the United Kingdom in 1769? August 30, 2007
...that
Mormon abstinence from drinking caffeinated beverages goes back to a 1918
Improvement Era article by
Frederick J. Pack ? August 31, 2007
...that
Clarence Herbert Smith (pictured) , who invented the
stump-jump plough under the direction of his
brother , later produced the machine for sale because the
patent taken out by his brother was left to lapse? August 31, 2007
...that
David Fung performed
Rachmaninoff 's
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the
Sydney Symphony in the
Sydney Opera House at only 19 years of age? August 31, 2007
...that
New Zealand 's
North Island Robin was originally thought to be a
subspecies of the
New Zealand Robin , but
mitochondrial DNA
sequence analysis has shown that the two
lineages split prior to the
Pleistocene ? August 31, 2007
...that
Gord Bamford , a
country music
singer , was one of only two Canadian artists invited to perform at the Global Artist Party at the
CMA Music Festival in Nashville during 2007? September 1, 2007
...that the
United States threatened privately to cut off aid to
Ngo Dinh Diem 's Catholic regime as a result of
chemical attacks on
Buddhist protestors in
Huế ,
Vietnam in 1963? September 4, 2007
...that the
Mayslake Peabody Estate (
pictured ) , built for
Francis Stuyvesant Peabody between 1919 and 1921, has a secret staircase which leads from Peabody's private study to a bomb-proof basement? September 21, 2007
...that the only remnants of
Mecklenburg Castle , a medieval
castle located in present-day
Germany , are parts of an earthen wall (
pictured ) ? September 22, 2007
...that the
wine -producing
region of
Blackwood Valley is named after the
longest continually flowing river in
Western Australia ? October 18, 2007
...that the
1999 Sydney hailstorm is the costliest
natural disaster in
Australian history, causing over
A$ 1.7 billion in insured damages? October 29, 2007
...that the
Fightmaster Cup is the first and only international
golfing tournament for one-handers? November 7, 2007
...that the
shrimp scad (
pictured ) was first
scientifically described by
Swedish naturalist
Peter Forsskål in 1775, who mistook it for
mackerel ? November 18, 2007
...that the
northern whiting (
pictured ) has been declared an
invasive species in the eastern
Mediterranean , having passed through the
Suez Canal as part of the
Lessepsian migration ? November 19, 2007
...that
historian
Holden Furber was appointed as a social science analyst to the
Office of Strategic Services after the
United States entered the
Second World War ? November 19, 2007
...that
American academic
Jackson Bailey was decorated with the
Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1988, the highest possible honor given by
Japan to a foreigner? November 19, 2007
...that following his term as
Mayor of Boston ,
Frederick O. Prince advocated and oversaw the construction of the
Boston Public Library 's McKim Building in
Copley Square ? November 19, 2007
...that
Julius Garfinckel , founder of the
department store
Garfinckel's , died from
pneumonia on his 64th birthday? November 19, 2007
...that
Brigadier
Arthur Frederick Crane Nicholls is the only member of the
Coldstream Guards to have won the
George Cross , the highest
civil decoration of the
Commonwealth of Nations ? November 19, 2007
...that three out of every seventy-seven
rainbow runners (
pictured ) have five
spines , as a result of not being born with the normal six? November 20, 2007
...that at the time of his death,
A. Ronald Walton was estimated to have reviewed more
language programs than anyone else in the world? November 21, 2007
...that
Gordon K. Douglass qualified for the
Canadian national
canoe paddling team, but was not allowed to go to the
1936 Olympics because he was
American ? November 24, 2007
...that a
series of storms in south-east
Queensland spawned two of the most powerful
tornadoes in recorded
Australian history? November 25, 2007
...that
Richard Whitaker 's research into the
correlation between surface temperature in the
Pacific Ocean and rainfall in
Australia contributed to the discovery of the
El Niño-Southern Oscillation ? November 27, 2007
...that at the time, the
1947 Sydney hailstorm , which
hospitalised at least 350 people, was the most
severe storm to strike the
city since records began in
1792 ?
...that
Ron Halcombe was the first player to be
called for throwing in major Australian cricket by three different
umpires ?
...that
Jack Brod was the last remaining original
tenant of the
Empire State Building ,
New York City , at the time of his death in 2008? January 25, 2008
...that the
1917 Pinar del Río hurricane is the third most intense
cyclone to make landfall in
Cuba , with a
low atmosphetic pressure reading of 928
mbar ? March 3, 2008
... that
Court Avenue ,
Ohio , was the first street in the
United States to be
paved with
concrete ? October 18, 2008
... that retired
Israel Defense Force Major General
Eitan Ben Eliyahu flew as a
fighter escort during
Operation Opera in 1981, which resulted in the destruction of
Iraq 's
Osirak
nuclear reactor ? October 18, 2008
... that former
Norwegian Supreme Court Justice
Ferdinand Schjelderup was among the
first ascenders of several mountains in
Nordland county during 1910, including the 1,392-metre (4,567 ft)
Stetind ? October 18, 2008
... that
United States Army officer
James H. Trapier graduated one position below
P. G. T. Beauregard in his class at the
U.S. Military Academy and later served under him in the
American Civil War ? October 19, 2008
... that in 1962, politicians
Robin Bailie and
Bob Cooper launched a journal entitled Review , even though they were only able to publish a single issue? October 19, 2008
... that painter
Sydney Curnow Vosper 's most famous work, Salem , gained widespread popularity in Britain when it was used to promote
Lever Brothers '
Sunlight soap ? October 19, 2008
... that because the
Foulées du Gois
road running race is held on a
tidal
causeway , participants are sometimes forced to swim to the finish line? August 27, 2009 Total: 66
