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George Smith Patton III was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II,then the Third Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.
Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received numerous accolades,including a Golden Globe Award and a Critics' Choice Award,as well as nominations for three Academy Awards and two BAFTA Awards. Stallone is one of only two actors in history to have starred in a box-office No. 1 film across six consecutive decades.
Patton is a 1970 American epic biographical war film about U.S. General George S. Patton during World War II. It stars George C. Scott as Patton and Karl Malden as General Omar Bradley,and was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner from a script by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North,who based their screenplay on Patton:Ordeal and Triumph by Ladislas Farago and Bradley's memoir,A Soldier's Story.
Michael Allan Patton is an American singer,songwriter,producer,and voice actor,best known as the lead vocalist of the American rock bands Faith No More and Mr. Bungle. Noted for his vocal proficiency,diverse singing techniques,wide range of projects,style-transcending influences,eccentric public image and contempt for the music industry,Patton has earned critical praise and influenced many contemporary singers. In addition to his most popular endeavor,Faith No More,Patton is also co-founder and lead vocalist of Mr. Bungle,and he has fronted and/or played with Tomahawk,The Dillinger Escape Plan,Fantômas,Moonchild Trio,Kaada/Patton,Dead Cross,Lovage,Mondo Cane,the X-ecutioners,and Peeping Tom. Consistent collaborators through his varied career include avant-garde jazz saxophonist John Zorn,hip hop producer Dan the Automator and classical violinist Eyvind Kang.
Charlotte County was a county in the colonial Province of New York in the British American colonies. It was created from Albany County on March 24,1772. The county was named for Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz,wife of George III of the United Kingdom. Its boundaries extended far further than any current county. Its western boundary ran from the northern boundary of Albany County to the Canada line,at a point near the old village of St. Regis. Its southern boundary was what is now the northern boundary of Saratoga County. Much of western Vermont,then claimed by New York,was also part of the county. Its northern border was also the Canada–US border. Its county seat was Fort Edward.
William Rankin Patton is an American actor. He starred as Colonel Dan Weaver in the TNT science fiction series Falling Skies. He also appeared in the films The Client (1994),Armageddon (1998),Gone in 60 Seconds (2000),Remember the Titans (2000),The Punisher (2004),American Honey (2016),Halloween (2018),and Minari (2020). He appeared opposite Kevin Costner in four films:No Way Out (1987),The Postman (1997),and Horizon:An American Saga –Chapter 1 and Chapter 2,as well as having a guest role in seasons 3 and 4 of Costner's Paramount Network series Yellowstone (2020–2022). Patton played Deputy Marnes in season one of the 2023 TV series Silo.
Patton Peter Oswalt is an American stand-up comedian and actor. His acting roles include Spence Olchin in the sitcom The King of Queens (1998–2007) and narrating the sitcom The Goldbergs (2013–2023) as adult Adam F. Goldberg. After making his acting debut in the Seinfeld episode "The Couch",he has appeared in a variety of television series,such as Parks and Recreation,Community,Two and a Half Men,Drunk History,Reno 911!,Mystery Science Theater 3000,Archer,Veep,Justified,Kim Possible,Modern Family,Brooklyn Nine-Nine and We Bare Bears. He portrayed Principal Ralph Durbin in A.P. Bio (2018–2021) and Matthew the Raven in the TV series The Sandman (2022–present).
Paul Edward Patton is an American politician who served as the 59th governor of Kentucky from 1995 to 2003. Because of a 1992 amendment to the Kentucky Constitution,he was the first governor eligible to run for a second term in office,since James Garrard,in 1800. Since 2013,he has been the chancellor of the University of Pikeville in Pikeville,Kentucky,after serving as its president from 2010 to 2013. He also served as chairman of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education from 2009 to 2011.
Squire Patton Boggs is an international law firm with over 40 offices in 20 countries. It was formed in 2014 by the merger of multinational law firm Squire Sanders with Washington,D.C.–based Patton Boggs. It is one of the largest law firms in the world by total headcount and gross revenue,twelfth largest firm in the UK by revenue,and one of the top 12 by number of countries occupied.
Sylvester James Gates Jr.,known as S. James Gates Jr. or Jim Gates,is an American theoretical physicist who works on supersymmetry,supergravity,and superstring theory. He is currently the Brown University Theoretical Physics Center Director and the Ford Foundation Professor of Physics. He also holds the Clark Leadership Chair in Science with the physics department at the University of Maryland College of Computer,Mathematical,and Natural Sciences. He is also affiliated with the University Maryland's School of Public Policy. He served on former president Barack Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
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The Last Days of Patton is a 1986 American made-for-television biographical drama film and sequel to the 1970 film Patton,portraying the last few months of the general's life. George C. Scott reprises the role of General George S. Patton,and Eva Marie Saint portrays Beatrice Patton,the general's wife. It was directed by Delbert Mann.
The Varner–Hogg Plantation State Historic Site is a historical site operated by the Texas Historical Commission. The site was the home of former Governor of Texas James S. Hogg and his family. The site is located outside West Columbia,in Brazoria County.
All a Bir-r-r-d is a 1950 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. It was written by Tedd Pierce and directed by Isadore "Friz" Freleng. The short was released on June 24,1950,and stars Tweety,Sylvester and an unnamed bulldog,who would later become known as Hector.
In early August 1943,Lieutenant General George S. Patton slapped two United States Army soldiers under his command during the Sicily Campaign of World War II. Patton's hard-driving personality and lack of belief in the medical condition of combat stress reaction,then known as "battle fatigue" or "shell shock",led to the soldiers' becoming the subject of his ire in incidents on August 3 and 10,when Patton struck and berated them after discovering they were patients at evacuation hospitals away from the front lines without apparent physical injuries.
The Slew is a multinational rock-influenced electronic music project consisting of Canadian turntablist Kid Koala,American producer Dynomite D,and Australian rock musicians Chris Ross and Myles Heskett,formerly of the band Wolfmother.
The 1939 Indiana Hoosiers football team was an American football team that represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1939 Big Ten Conference football season. In their sixth year under head coach Bo McMillan,the Hoosiers compiled a 2–4–2 record and finished in eighth place in the Big Ten Conference.
"Don't Give it Up" is a 1981 song by English singer/songwriter Robbie Patton. It is Patton's first and only Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. "Don't Give it Up" reached #26 in the United States in 1981.
The 2019 Houston mayoral election was decided by a runoff that took place on December 14,2019 to elect the Mayor of Houston. Incumbent mayor Sylvester Turner defeated attorney Tony Buzbee in the runoff by 56.04% to 43.96%. No candidate won a majority of the vote during the general election on November 5,2019 where Turner received 46% of the vote and Buzbee received 29%.
The 1944 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 7,1944. Democratic nominee R. Gregg Cherry defeated Republican nominee Frank C. Patton with 69.61% of the vote.
