* Fielder Cook ( March 9, 1923 – June 20, 2003 ) was an American television and film director, producer, and writer whose 1971 television movie The Homecoming: A Christmas Story spawned the series The Waltons.

Homecoming is a tradition at many North American schools.

* Homecoming ( 2011 American film ), a film starring Brea Grant

* " Homecoming ", a song by Green Day from American Idiot

* Homecoming with Rick Reilly, an American sports program

Currently Shilohs can be shown in the American Rare Breed Association, the International All Breed Canine Association, Rarities, Inc., the Rare Breed Club of South Western Ontario, the National Kennel Club Inc. and the National Canine Association as well as special shows by two Shiloh dog clubs and an annual Homecoming held by the breed founder.

* Anna had a quick cameo in Green Days 9 minute epic Homecoming that was released in the 2004 hit album American Idiot.

Originally, the event was to occur in 2008 on the anniversary of the original Hardcore Homecoming event, but the date was rescheduled to coincide with an American Cancer Society charity event hosted by Douglas ' former valet Francine.

It is also revealed in the episode " The Homecoming " that Jimmy is a big fan of American Football, and the Miami Dolphins.

In 1986, descendants of African American slaves from Somerset Place planned a gathering known as Somerset Homecoming.

In 2007, Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming was released as a American television movie produced by Lions Gate Entertainment.

" The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun " is a 1984 song by American singer – comedian Julie Brown parodying 1950s " teen tragedy " songs.

The song has been sung in films and on TV shows, for example by Harrison Ford in the film American Graffiti ( 1978 reissue ), by an itinerant chanteuse in Crossing Delancey ( 1988 ), by Jon Bon Jovi on Ally McBeal in the episode " Homecoming " ( 2002 ) and by Bert in episode 102 on the Muppet Show ( 1977 ) to Connie Stevens.

* 1989 American Homecoming Act Allowed Amerasian children from Vietnam to immigrate to the United States

In 2012, she starred in the Welsh Christmas horror film Silent Night, Bloody Night: The Homecoming, an unofficial sequel to the 1974 American horror film Silent Night, Bloody Night.

" On the Gaither Homecoming video " Oh My Glory ", Jake Hess tells about Elvis coming to Statesmen concerts and being invited up onstage to sing lead in place of Jake on a song or two.

* Homecoming ( 2009 film ), an indie-thriller starring Mischa Barton, Matt Long and Jessica Stroup

On October 30, 1999, Carey filmed a private concert held at her old high school in Huntington, Long Island, where she taped a special for the Fox Broadcasting Company titled Mariah Carey Homecoming Special, which aired in December of that year.

* 1942 – Daryl Dragon, American keyboardist ( Captain & Tennille )

Although its Academy Award was presented to Taiwan, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was in fact an international co-production between companies in four regions: the Chinese company China Film Co-Production Corporation ; the American companies Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia, Sony Pictures Classics and Good Machine ; the Hong Kong company EDKO Film ; and the Taiwanese Zoom Hunt International Productions Company, Ltd ; as well as the unspecified United China Vision, and Asia Union Film & Entertainment Ltd., created solely for this film.

* 1914 – Carmen Dragon, American composer ( d. 1984 )

Within the books the Ryan Doctrine is not officially invoked after Daryaei's death ( although Ryan threatens to use it on the Chinese leadership in The Bear and the Dragon, should anything happen to American citizens living in the People's Republic of China as a consequence of the Siberian War ).

* August 27 – " Captain " Daryl Dragon, American musician ( The Captain and Tennille )

* After Class Laughs And After Class Laugh Track ( 2004 – 2006 ): Two-hour block of " The Most Funny Shows " on Toon Disney, such as Lilo and Stitch: The Series, American Dragon: Jake Long, Disney's Recess, and Kim Possible.

* Jeremy Thatcher, see Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher, American children's novel

* Queen Liliana the Strigoi ( American Dragon: Jake Long )

A sampling of his versatility in addition to numerous recordings of the standard classical repertoire would include his recordings of Baroque pieces using period instruments ; American bluegrass music ; traditional Chinese melodies including the soundtrack to the film Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon ; the tangos of Argentinian composer Ástor Piazzolla ; an eclectic and unusual collaboration with Bobby McFerrin ( where Ma admitted to being terrified of the improvisation McFerrin pushed him toward ); as well as the music of modern minimalist Philip Glass in such works as the 2002 piece Naqoyqatsi.

She is known for her role as Ann Veal in the TV series Arrested Development, her role as Amber on the TV series Parenthood, her role as Roxy Richter in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and for her voice work as Katara in the animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender, Rose / Huntsgirl in American Dragon: Jake Long, and Tinker Bell in the Tinker Bell movies.

Whitman played the voice of Katara of the Water Tribe in the animated show Avatar: The Last Airbender, and previously Rose in American Dragon: Jake Long.

The North Vietnamese had named the AC-47 the " Dragon " or " Dragon ship " because of its armament and firepower – the nickname soon caught on, and the American troops began to call the AC-47 " Puff the Magic Dragon ".

He also had a triple-role as twin brothers and their father in Disney's Hot Lead and Cold Feet, The Hunchback, as a tap dancing executive in Arthur Miller's 1993 The American Clock and as a comic villain in the 1977 Disney films Pete's Dragon and The Spaceman and King Arthur aka Unidentified Flying Oddball.

In 2006, he voiced Huntsboy # 89 for season 2 of the animated series American Dragon: Jake Long.

The incongruous English term " flag catcher " seems to have been perpetrated and perpetuated by American Dragon Boat Association racers based in the state of Iowa, since the Chinese character doesn't translate to " catcher " but rather " puller " or " grabber ".

Together, North and South American dragonboat groups comprise the Pan American Dragon Boat Federation ( PADBF ).

Apart from the key events listed here, information regarding many of the individual racing events held throughout the USA can be accessed via the United States Dragon Boat Federation ( USDBF ), the American member of the International Dragon Boat Federation IDBF.

David Curtiss " Steve " Stephenson ( 21 August 1891 – 28 June 1966 ) was an American politician who was appointed in 1923 as a Grand Dragon ( state leader ) of the Ku Klux Klan in the U. S. state of Indiana, and head of recruiting for seven other states.

* The Jersey Devil appears in the American Dragon: Jake Long episode " The Long Weekend " voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.

* In the cartoon series American Dragon Jake Long one of the episodes features gremlins who mess with any type of mechanical devices and cause a lot of trouble during the episode until they are put to sleep and captured.

* Jake T. Austin ( born 1994 ), American actor

* 1981 – Jake Scott, American football player

* 1867 – Jake Beckley, American baseball player ( d. 1918 )

* 1921 – Jake LaMotta, American boxer

* 1990 – Jake Thomas, American actor and singer

* 1990 – Jake Gardiner, American ice hockey player

* 1983 – Jake Silbermann, American actor

* 1978 – Jake Pavelka, American reality TV star

* 1986 – Jake McDorman, American actor

* 1980 – Jake Grove, American football player

* 1985 – Jake Allen, American football player

* 1975 – Jake Delhomme, American football player

* 1985 – Jake Long, American football player

* 1955 – Jake Roberts, American wrestler

* 1997 – Jake Short, American actor

* 1986 – Jake Arrieta, American baseball pitcher

* 1898 – Jake Swirbul, American aircraft manufacturer ( d. 1960 )

* 1987 – Jake Abel, American actor

* 1938 – Jake Gibbs, American baseball player

* 1976 – Jake Shimabukuro, American ukulele player

* 1992 – Jake Burbage, American actor

* 1996 – Jake Cherry, American actor

* May 30 – Jake Short, American actor

* January 25 – Jake O ' Donnell, American sports official

* September 27 – Jake Burbage, American actor