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The Boston Bruins NHL hockey team has won the Stanley Cup championship six times, in the 1928–29, 1938–39, 1940–41, 1969–70, 1971–72, and 2010–11 seasons. The Bruins have made the Stanley Cup Finals 20 times and are tied with the Chicago Blackhawks for the fourth-most number of Stanley Cup wins. Founded in 1924, the Boston Bruins are one of the Original Read more...

San Francisco’s Sutro Baths building was destroyed by fire caused by arson on June 26th, 1966. The landmark structure, opened by Adolf Sutro in 1896, stood below the Cliff House and housed indoor bathing pools, with an ice rink and penny arcade added later. It struggled financially because of high operating costs, and was sold in a deteriorated condition in Read more...

Town of Banff violation tickets can be paid by the following methods: Online at banff.ca by Visa or Mastercard, with the licence plate or ticket number, provided the ticket is not past due. By mail with a cheque or money order payable to the Town of Banff posted with the parking ticket, or the ticket number recorded on the cheque, Read more...

Lake Ronkonkoma is a natural freshwater lake on Long Island, located around 8 miles (or 13 kilometers) northeast of the town of Islip, New York. Most of Lake Ronkonkoma is less than 15 feet deep but it reaches depths of up to 65 feet in places. Formed by ancient glaciers and covering an area of 243 acres, Lake Ronkonkoma is Read more...

The closest hotel to Newark Liberty International Airport is the Newark Liberty International Airport Marriott, an on-airport hotel offering complimentary shuttle service to and from all EWR terminals. Off airport, there are several chain hotels within a 10-minute drive of the terminals, including: Wyndham Garden Newark Airport Crowne Plaza Newark Airport Motel 6 Elizabeth, NJ – Newark Liberty Intl Airport Read more...

The landmark tower at HM Prison Manchester, also known as Strangeways Prison, is a heating and ventilation extraction tower dating to the opening of the prison in 1868. The 234-foot (or 71-meter) minaret-style octagonal tower is built of red brick with sandstone dressings, with an arched recess in each side, a perimeter gallery with brick balustraded parapet on stone corbels, Read more...

Logan Square in Philadelphia is named after James Logan, who served as the city’s fourteenth mayor between 1722 and 1723. Also known as Logan Circle because of the circular water feature at its center, the open-space park in Philadelphia’s northwest quadrant was planned during the laying out of the original city grid. Originally named Northwest Square. it was renamed Logan Read more...

The nearest hotel to Bangor International Airport is the Bangor Aviator Hotel, an on-airport hotel which is connected directly to the terminal by a covered skywalk pedestrian bridge. The hotel offers park and fly packages and has an onsite restaurant, the Tailwinds Grille, and a fitness facility with small pool. The Bangor Aviator Hotel is a Best Western Premier Collection Read more...

The 05 in the name of German football club FSV Mainz 05 refers to the year 1905 when its original predecessor club was founded. Going by the full name 1. Fußball- und Sportverein Mainz 05, meaning 1st Mainz Football and Sports Club 05, the club has its foundations in the formation of 1. Mainzer Fußballclub Hassia 1905 in March 1905. Read more...

The town of Wertheim in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, sits at the the confluence of the rivers Tauber and Main. The Tauber runs northwards into Wertheim, flowing into the river Main which runs from east to west through the town. From there, the Main continues in a northwesterly direction towards Frankfurt and eventually flows into the river Rhine, some Read more...

The Beach Boys Historic Landmark, commemorating the site of the childhood home of brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson of The Beach Boys, is located at West 119th Street and South Kornblum Avenue in Hawthorne, California. Early Beach Boys recordings were made in the home, where the Wilsons lived until the mid-1960s. The house was demolished in the 1980s to Read more...

The Boston Celtics basketball team has reached the NBA Finals 22 times and won the championship 17 times. Their most recent appearance in the best-of-seven playoff series was the 2022 NBA Finals when the Golden State Warriors defeated the Celtics by 4-2. The last time the Boston Celtics won the championship was the 2008 NBA Finals when they defeated the Read more...

The Australian city of Melbourne was named after William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, the then-serving British Prime Minister, whose seat was Melbourne Hall in the town of Melbourne, Derbyshire, England. Permanent European settlement of the area on the Yarra River had unofficially started some two years before it was recognised as a Crown settlement in March 1837. It was variously Read more...

A person who is a long-time resident or native of Melbourne is called a Melburnian. It is the commonly used demonym for someone from Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria, Australia. Read more...

The Ellen E Ward Memorial Clock Tower in the village of Roslyn, New York, was built in 1895. It was commissioned as a memorial to prominent Roslyn resident Ellen Ward by her children after her death in 1893. The clock tower was designed by the New York firm Lamb & Rich and features four clock faces and a Seth Thomas Read more...

A mass shooting at the Tops Friendly Markets grocery store on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, New York, on the afternoon of Saturday, May 14, 2022, left ten people dead and injured three others. The gunman, 18-year-old Payton Gendron of Conklin, New York, was dressed in military-style gear, including body armor and a helmet, and livestreamed his attack on social media Read more...

The dress code at The Ivy restaurant in central London is smart casual. During fine weather, tailored shorts and short-sleeved shirts are permitted, but long-sleeved shirts are required at all other times. Athletic attire of any kind is not acceptable. Ties are not required and smart dark jeans may be worn, but as dining at The Ivy is a special Read more...

The 2021 season Super Bowl 56 was played at SoFi Stadium in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood, California, on February 13th, 2022, between the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals. The LA Rams won, defeating the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20, and Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp was named Super Bowl MVP. Country singer Mickey Guyton performed the national anthem Read more...

The sale or public drinking of alcohol in Ocean City, New Jersey, is prohibited by law, and as such it is considered a dry town, although alcohol is available to purchase in the neighboring community of Strathmere. The ban includes New Year’s Eve, which is traditionally an alcohol-free celebration in Ocean City, but drinking alcohol is permitted in private settings, Read more...

The city of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, has an elevation of 2,133 feet (or 650 meters) above sea level at the downtown lakefront. The highest natural point in the city is the summit of Tubbs Hill which has an elevation of 2,503 feet (or 763 meters). Read more...