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The reindeer were also named: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Dunder and Blixem (Dunder and Blixem came from the old Dutch words for thunder and lightning, which were later changed to the more German sounding Donner and Blitzen). [27] By 1845, "Kris Kringle" was a common variant of Santa in parts of the United States. [28]
On July 5, 1994, Bezos initially incorporated the company in Washington state with the name Cadabra, Inc. [7] After a few months, he changed the name to Amazon.com, Inc, because a lawyer misheard its original name as "cadaver". [8]
Nirvana was an American rock band formed in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1987.Founded by lead singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic, the band went through a succession of drummers, most notably Chad Channing, before recruiting Dave Grohl in 1990.
David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie (/ ˈ b oʊ i / BOH-ee), [1] was an English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.
Pokémon [a] is a Japanese media franchise consisting of video games, animated series and films, a trading card game, and other related media.The franchise takes place in a shared universe in which humans co-exist with creatures known as Pokémon, a large variety of species endowed with special powers.
Map of Kum & Go locations as of July 2020. Kum & Go is a convenience store chain primarily located in the Midwestern United States.Started by William A. Krause and Tony S. Gentle, the company is headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa and operates 400 stores in 13 states—primarily in its home state of Iowa.
Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. was born on October 20, 1971, in Long Beach, California, to Beverly Tate (1951-2021) and Vernell Varnado. [12] [13] Varnado, who was a Vietnam War veteran, singer, and mail carrier, left the family only three months after Broadus's birth, and thus the baby was named after his stepfather, Calvin Cordozar Broadus Sr. (1948–1984). [14]
By late November 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 had broken out in Wuhan, China. [2]As reported in Clinical Infectious Diseases on November 30, 2020, 7,389 blood samples collected between December 13, 2019, and January 17, 2020, by the American Red Cross from normal donors in nine states (California, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington and Wisconsin ...