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Invincibles members Colin McCool, Doug Ring and Ron Hamence referred to themselves as "ground staff" because they were rarely given an opportunity to play cricket. 
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| The Mayor of Danzig, Conrad Letzkau, was treacherously murdered in 1412 by the Teutonic Knights for his support of Poland and refusal to pay taxes. |
| The former common pasture was the first area outside Albany, New York's stockade to be settled. |
| When appointed, Sir Rigby Swift was the youngest judge in the High Court of Justice. |
| Edward R. Tinsley, who rescued K-Bob's Steakhouse from bankruptcy in 1992, is a former president of the National Restaurant Association. |
| Rich Halifax mill-owner Edward Akroyd had everything except children, so he illustrated his home, Bankfield Museum, with images of babies (example pictured). |
| The next Finnish Chief of Defence Lieutenant-General Ari Puheloinen, is a son of an electrician, while the four preceding chiefs-of-defence have come from officer families. |
| Milwaukee held the 2009 Great Circus Parade after a six-year hiatus. |
| philanthropist Elliott Cresson received autographs of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson from ex-president James Madison. |
| In 2007 the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M. Karunanidhi, took part in Thevar Jayanthi celebrations, after shunning the event for two decades. |
| David L. Cole served in the labor mediation field under every US President from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Richard Nixon. |
| The U.S. 10th Mountain Division Special Troops Battalion was to take part in the invasion of Japan, but instead returned to the U.S. two days after Japan's surrender. |
| According to the chronicler Jan Długosz, Mszczuj from Skrzynno was the Polish knight who killed the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order Ulrich von Jungingen (pictured), during the Battle of Grunwald. |
| Helen Callaghan of the AAGPBL and son Casey Candaele are the only mother/son duo to play professional baseball, with Candaele having a career batting average seven points lower than his mother's?. |
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