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  2. Neptunalia - Wikipedia

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    Celebrations. Games. Date. 23 July. The Neptunalia was an obscure archaic two-day festival in honor of Neptune as god of waters, celebrated at Rome in the heat and drought of summer, probably 23 July (Varro, De lingua Latina vi.19). [1] It was one of the dies comitiales, when committees of citizens could vote on civil or criminal matters.

  3. Telephone exchange names - Wikipedia

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    Kenmore 9392 is a five-pull (1L-4N) small-city telephone number for the Kenmore exchange in Fort Wayne, Indiana. MArket 7032 is a six-digit (2L-4N) telephone number. This format was in use from the 1920s through the 1950s, and was phased out c. 1960. BALdwin 6828 is an urban 3L-4N example, used only in the largest cities before conversion to ...

  4. Crown Memorial State Beach - Wikipedia

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    The city, the Bay Bridge and part of the USS Hornet are visible in the background. Crown Memorial State Beach is a state park in the city of Alameda, California on the shores of San Francisco Bay. It is operated by East Bay Regional Parks District (EBRPD), under a cooperative agreement with the State of California and the City of Alameda.

  5. Locations in Veronica Mars - Wikipedia

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    In season 1, it is implied that Neptune is about 85 miles (or a 90-minute drive) from San Diego. Series creator Rob Thomas stated in an interview that Neptune is located near San Juan Capistrano in Orange County. [8] Neptune scenes are generally filmed in San Diego County, and exteriors of all of the show's most notable locations are found ...

  6. National Register of Historic Places listings in California

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    The following are approximate tallies of current listings in California on the National Register of Historic Places. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008, [1] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [2]

  7. Line-crossing ceremony - Wikipedia

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    The line-crossing ceremony is an initiation rite in some English-speaking countries that commemorates a person's first crossing of the Equator. [1] The tradition may have originated with ceremonies when passing headlands, and become a "folly" sanctioned as a boost to morale, [2] or have been created as a test for seasoned sailors to ensure their new shipmates were capable of handling long ...

  8. Leucadia, Encinitas, California - Wikipedia

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    The name Leucadia is of Greek origin as its namesake, Lefkada (Leucadia), is one of the Ionian Islands. [3] Early in the community's history, a development company based in San Diego gave Leucadia and its streets their Roman-Greco names, which include Hymettus, Neptune, Phoebe, and Daphne. [4] The community of Leucadia became part of the city ...

  9. California City, California - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.californiacity-ca.gov. California City is a city located in northern Antelope Valley in Kern County, California, United States. It is 100 miles (160 km) north of the city of Los Angeles, and the population was 14,973 at the 2020 census. Covering 203.63 square miles (527.4 km 2), California City has the third-largest land area of ...