Emile Alphonse Griffith was a professional boxer from the U.S. Virgin Islands who became a World Champion in the welterweight, junior middleweight and middleweight classes. His best known contest was a 1962 title match with Benny Paret. At the weigh in, Paret infuriated Griffith, a bisexual man, by touching his buttocks and making a homophobic slur. Griffith won the bout by knockout; Paret never recovered consciousness and died in the hospital 10 days later.
House of Bonde is an ancient Swedish noble family. Today, two branches of the family lives on; The Barons of House Bonde and the Counts of House Bonde af Björnö.
Rivière, La Rivière, or Les Rivières may refer to:
Blanchard is a French family name. It is also used as a given name. It derives from the Old French word blanchart which meant "whitish, bordering upon white". It is also an obsolete term for a white horse.
Charles Émile Blanchard was a French zoologist and entomologist.
Charles Bennett may refer to:
Felix Anthony "Doc" Blanchard was best known as the college football player who became the first junior to win the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award and was the first football player to win the James E. Sullivan Award, all in 1945. He played football for the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he was known as "Mr. Inside." Because his father was a doctor, Felix Blanchard was nicknamed "Little Doc" as a boy. After football, he served in the United States Air Force from 1947 until 1971 when he retired with the rank of colonel.
Raynaud or Reynaud is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Masson is a French and Scottish surname, which is an example of convergent etymology in that the French Masson likely derives from a diminutive form of Thomas ("Thomasson"), while the Scottish Masson derives from MacMhathain. This surname also may be a variant of occupational stoneworker surnames such as Maçon, Mâcon, and Mason, and may refer to:
Events from the year 1900 in France.
Events from the year 1881 in France.
Events from the year 1819 in France.
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz was the eleventh installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)-produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. The show began taping in early 2010 and premiered on Spike on March 31, 2010. The live finale of the show was June 19, 2010.
Blepharocerus is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Charles Émile Blanchard in 1852, and is known from Trinidad.
The 1905-06 French Rugby Union Championship was won by SBUC that beat Stade Français in the final.
The 1907-08 French Rugby Union Championship was won by Stade Français that beat SBUC in the final.
Champion is an opera in two acts and ten scenes with music by Terence Blanchard and a libretto by Michael Cristofer. Based on the life of African-American welterweight boxer Emile Griffith, this opera is a joint co-commission by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL) and Jazz St. Louis.
Events in the year 1912 in Belgium.
Gringalet is a 1946 French comedy film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Charles Vanel, Marguerite Deval and Suzy Carrier. It was based on the play of the same title by Paul Vandenberghe, who co-wrote the screenplay and also appears in the title role. The film was later remade as the 1959 Argentine film Gringalet
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