* May 2005-August 2006: Two men in Phoenix, AZ ( dubbed " Serial Shooter " by the media ), Dale Hausner and Samuel Dieteman, went on a year-long random shooting spree.

Since 1965, these three clubs have won all except for three titles ( the 1981 and 2009 titles went to AZ and FC Twente won the 2010 title ).

Then the sequence went as follows: " AA ", " AB ", " AC ", ... " AZ ", " BB ", " BC "... " BZ ", " CA ", " CB ", " CC ", ....

The club went on to secure second place in the Dutch league behind winners AZ Alkmaar, reached the final of the Dutch Cup ( losing on penalties to SC Heerenveen ) and on the European front, the club survived group stages in the UEFA Cup, having beaten amongst others Racing Santander and Schalke 04, managed by McClaren's predecessor at Twente Fred Rutten.

AZ was founded on 10 May 1967 as AZ ' 67, the result of a merger of Alkmaar ' 54 and FC Zaanstreek.

Koeman became the manager for AZ on 17 May 2009.

* Afternoon: Four gunmen, including Francisco Roque, 42, go on a shooting rampage, they drove up in two pick-up trucks to a Chevron station in Mesa, AZ owned by Balbir Singh Sodhi, a 52 year old Sikh from Punjab, India, and shot him dead, possibly mistaking him for an Arab because of his turban.

* Use AA ... AZ, BB ... BZ, CC ... CZ and so on until reaching QZ, omitting J in both the first and second positions.

Leedy was discovered on the playground of the Booker T. Washington school in Phoenix, AZ by a talent scout from the Disney studio.

Jesús became the new NABF Super Middleweight Champion, by beating tough veteran Francisco Sierra on July 8, 2011 at US Airways Center in Phoenix, AZ.

* 15 minutes drive in the streets of Paradise Valley AZ with video and interactive map on Kinomap

California Zephyr railcar at the Maricopa, AZ Amtrak stationMaricopa is currently the closest stop from Phoenix on Amtrak's Sunset Limited and Texas Eagle trains.

In support of the album the band toured the US in October and November, including performing at Tucson AZ radio station's Fall Ball 2010 on October 24 at Pima County Fairgrounds.

On March 2, 2010, during a reunion interview with her co-stars from The Partridge Family ( excluding former actress Susan Dey and former actor Jeremy Gelbwaks as well as actress Shirley Jones ) on NBC's The Today Show, she stated that she is a manager at an Office Max in Bullhead City, AZ.

In August 2007, Soulfly did a tour that consisted of a mixture of festival and club shows through Europe before playing the 11th Annual D-Low Memorial Show in Tempe, AZ on August 31, 2007.

Phoenix, AZ: American Council on Education and Oryx Press, 199.

Luis Gonzalez was inducted into the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame on July 9, 2011 at the MLB All-Star Fan Fest in Phoenix, AZ.

Rockefeller died of pneumonia on May 11, 1960 at the age of 86 in Tucson, AZ, and was interred in the family cemetery in Tarrytown, with 40 family members present.

After winning the semi-final, Mariner scored again in the first leg of the final against AZ Alkmaar as Ipswich coasted to a 3 – 0 lead, ultimately winning the competition 5 – 4 on aggregate.

There is one location on 20427 North Hayden Road, Scottsdale, AZ.

1½ miles east of Why, AZ on Highway 86

In a countdown of the 10 Most Underappreciated Rappers — Most Underrated Rappers of All Time, the editors of About. com listed AZ as # 1 on the list.

AZ first became known by appearing on Nas ' landmark 1994 album Illmatic on the song " Life's a Bitch ", as well as featuring vocals on the opening track The Genesis.

In 2004 AZ was planning on releasing his would-be 4th studio album, Final Call, however, it was eventually scrapped due to heavy leaking and released as Final Call ( The Lost Tapes ) in 2008.

AZ played struggling Excelsior in their final match, but did not manage to win.

Jóhannes Karl did not make his league debut for AZ until 29 October 2006, coming on as a 76th minute substitute in their 5 – 1 win at home to FC Utrecht, he then made his first appearance in the UEFA Cup four days later coming on as a 89th minute substitute in their 2 – 2 win away at Swiss side Grasshopper.

These events included Arizona Cardinals games ; public grand opening tours held August 19 & 20, 2006 ( attended by 120, 000 people ); various shows, expositions, tradeshows and motor sport events ; the Rolling Stones concert November 8 2006 ; the AIA 4A and 5A state championship games for football ( the first high school to win a football championship at the stadium was Cactus Shadows High School of Cave Creek, AZ on December 2, 2006 ); an international soccer exhibition match ; the Fiesta Bowl National Band Championship High School Marching Band competition ( the first marching band to ever play on the field was Foothill High School, from Pleasanton, California on December 29, 2006 ); the Fiesta Bowl January 1, 2007 featuring the Boise State Broncos vs. the University of Oklahoma Sooners ( Boise State won 43-42 in overtime ); and the BCS National Championship January 8, 2007 between the No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes and the No. 2 University of Florida Gators, which the Gators won 41-14.

The American National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association holds two national tournaments a year in Friendship, Indiana as well as the Western National Shoot Event held in Phoenix, AZ.

He claimed the national singles title at the Dan Konchan Memorial tournament held in Phoenix, AZ.

In 1980, Radnički finished the national championship on the 3rd place, the best placement so far, and started the following season for the first time in the UEFA Cup, where Radnički achieved during the 1980 – 81 UEFA Cup season the 1 / 8 final, but lost against Dutch club AZ Alkmaar.

Van Gaal had already left for Bayern Munich after becoming league champions with AZ.

In the remainder of the season, Excelsior upset some of the larger league teams at home, winning against AZ and getting draws against Groningen and eventual league champions Ajax.

In 2008 – 2009 AZ won the Eredivisie, the Dutch football league, and became the Dutch champions for 2008 – 2009 football season.

AZ had the best defensive record in the Eredivisie and the second-best goalscoring record, behind Ajax, thanks to its offensive duo of league topscorer Mounir El Hamdaoui and Brazilian Ari.

They were crowned league champions on 19 April, one day after AZ suffered an unexpected loss at home to Vitesse, which ended a string of 28 unbeaten games.

The Sting were on their way to becoming one of the best sides in the league and to insure continued success Roy brought in four new players who would all play their part in the franchises best season yet: Wim van Hanegem arrived from Dutch side AZ, Luigi Martini from SS Lazio, Thomas Sjoberg from Malmo FF along with former Feyenoord man Peter Ressell.

Landzaat was educated in Ajax's youth academy, but only played one league game for the club before moving on to have lengthy spells with MVV, Willem II and AZ.

In the Eredivisie, AZ also performed above the expectations, ending third after topping the league for a week at the end of the first half and spending most of the second in second place.

His previous clubs include Real Betis, Aston Villa, Wolves, Leicester City, AZ Alkmaar and Burnley, He has played in five top flight league across Europe.

Jóhannes Karl left Leicester at the end of the season to join Dutch side AZ after making 77 appearances and scoring 10 league goals for The Foxes over two seasons.

As of 2012, AZ is the only club to have beaten Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV away from home in a single Eredivisie season.

AZ finished the 2006 – 2007 season in third place in the Eredivisie, three points behind champions PSV and runners-up Ajax.

That same day Ajax, the only opponent still in theory able to surpass AZ, lost 6 – 2 to PSV.

PSV dominated the first season half, putting competitors as AZ and Ajax at a reasonable distance and PSV was almost destined to become champions again.

The 41-year-old American succeeds Marcel Brands, who has left AZ for PSV.

Pre-match, PSV, Ajax and AZ Alkmaar were tied on 72 points.