Many states have Arbor Day although only Victoria has Arbor Week, which was suggested by Premier Dick Hamer in the 1980s.

At the age of 17, with the help of his father, Grant was nominated by Congressman Thomas L. Hamer for a position at the United States Military Academy ( USMA ) at West Point, New York.

* Robert Hamer, film director and screenwriter, known for his 1949 comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets, starring Dennis Price and Alec Guinness, was born in Kidderminster on 31 March 1911.

He retained this post when Hamer was replaced as Liberal leader and Premier by Lindsay Thompson in June of that year.

Hamer was already a legendary Texas Ranger when he was coaxed out of semi-retirement to hunt down the duo ; he had never seen them before he and his posse ambushed and killed them near Gibsland, Louisiana on May 23, 1934.

Dirk Hamer died of his wounds on 7 December 1978, and Vittorio Emanuele was arrested.

Another native of Wilson County was the famed Texas Ranger Frank Hamer.

It was completed, at a cost of $ 1, 500, in 1938 and was the last bridge of veteran bridge builder Otis Hamer.

Howell was a Boston Celtics player, along with Steve Hamer, who was born in Memphis went to high school in Middleton before he attended the University of Tennessee.

Texas Ranger Frank Hamer was in Sherman during this riot and reported the situation to Texas Governor Dan Moody.

Following the successful trial use of that bass, the prototype 12-string bass, The Hamer ' Quad ', was produced.

Jol Dantzig of Hamer Guitars was the builder of the first 12-string bass, an 8-string bass in concept but with four courses of three strings.

The RJ Hamer Arboretum is the first known occasion in which a forest style Arboretum was completely established by planting.

In 1934, at the request of Col. Lee Simmons, head of the Texas prison system, Hamer was asked to use his skills to track down Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, whose Barrow gang had engineered a successful breakout of associates imprisoned at Huntsville.

Sir Rupert James Hamer, AC, KCMG, ED ( 29 July 1916 – 23 March 2004 ), generally known until he was knighted in 1982 as Dick Hamer, Australian Liberal Party politician, was the 39th Premier of Victoria, serving from 1972 to 1981.

Dick Hamer was born in Melbourne to Nancy and Hubert Hamer, a solicitor.

His three siblings all achieved success in their fields: his sister was Alison Patrick ( 1921 – 2009 ), an internationally known historian of the French Revolution ; his brothers were David Hamer ( 1923 – 2002 ), a federal Liberal politician, and Alan, a Rhodes Scholar, chemist and Managing Director of ICI Australia.

Dick Hamer was educated at Geelong Grammar School and graduated in law from the University of Melbourne, where he was resident at Trinity College from 1936.

When his boss at the GPO — Alberto Cavalcanti — moved to Ealing Studios, Hamer was invited to join him there.

Parks Victoria RJ Hamer Arboretum, Visitors to the RJ Hamer Arboretum can take a quiet, peaceful stroll along the many walking tracks and roads providing access to the 126 hectares of breathtaking scenery and tranquil beauty that the Arboretum has to offer.

During what became known as the October Crisis, as a member of the Liberation Cell, on October 5, 1970, Louise Lanctôt along with her brother Jacques Lanctôt, Yves Langlois, Nigel Hamer, and Marc Carbonneau put their plans into action.

During its six season run, many familiar actors guest-starred on the show, along with other lesser-known performers who later achieved stardom, among them: John Charles Daly, Elaine Joyce, Gary Dubin, Herbert Anderson, June Foray, Robert Cummings, Sam Edwards, Jerry Van Dyke, J. Pat O ' Malley, Johnny Whitaker, Jesse White, Al Lewis, Gordon Jump, Bernie Kopell, Len Lesser, Bob Hastings, Don Keefer, Don Porter, Alan Hale Jr., Melody Patterson, Rusty Hamer, Regis Toomey, Heather North, Allan Melvin, Parley Baer, Jack Bannon, Rick Lenz, Karen Valentine among many others.

On October 28, 2007, Fender announced its intention to buy Kaman Music Corporation ( owners of Hamer Guitars, Ovation Guitars, Genz Benz amplifiers, Gibraltar Hardware, along with many others, and exclusive distributor for Sabian cymbals and Takamine Guitars ).

The diverse peoples along the lower Omo — which include the Turkana, Dassanach, Hamer, Nyangatom, Karo, Kwegu, Mursi, Bodi, and Me ' en — derive a great portion of their food supply from flood retreat cultivation.

During what became known as the October Crisis, as the leader of the FLQ's Liberation Cell, on October 5, 1970, Jacques Cossette-Trudel along with his wife Louise, her brother Jacques Lanctôt, Yves Langlois, Nigel Hamer, and Marc Carbonneau abducted James Cross, the British Trade Commissioner, from his Montreal home, demanding the release of 27 convicted FLQ militants and the publication of the group's political manifesto.

Areas along the lower Omo ( within the park ) are populated with a rich diversity of ethnic groups, including the Aari, Banna, Bongoso, Hamer, Karo, Kwegu, Male and Mursi peoples.

After a short discussion with his head linesman, Dale Hamer, Markbreit corrected his mistake before the kickoff.

The film Factotum ( 2005 ) ( by Norwegian director Bent Hamer ) concludes with Matt Dillon ( in the role of Henry Chinaski-an alter ego of Charles Bukowski, who wrote the novel on which the film is based ) having an artistic epiphany whilst watching a stripper in a strip club.

He strikes a bargain with Hamer: in exchange for leniency for the boy, he helps set a trap for the outlaws.

* Victoria Gray Adams, the first black woman to run for U. S. Senate from Mississippi, as well as co-chair with Fannie Lou Hamer in founding the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, lived here near the end of her life.

He has collaborated with Hamer on trademark ' themed ' guitars, some based on Cheap Trick albums such as " Rockford ," " The Doctor ," and even songs such as " Gonna Raise Hell.

* An interview with Rick about his collection of guitars and some guitar photos from the Hamer website

On January 1, 1959, Thomas appeared with his Make Room for Daddy child stars, Angela Cartwright and Rusty Hamer, in an episode of NBC's The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford.

Her first encounter with a recently released, but physically beaten Fannie Lou Hamer forced her to bear witness to the intensity of violence and Jim Crow repression in the South.

The plot is loosely based on the 1907 novel Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal by Roy Horniman, with the screenplay written by Robert Hamer and John Dighton and the film directed by Hamer.

The most likely explanation is extensive hybridization between the Great and one species of lesser Skuas, which resulted in a hybrid population that eventually evolved into a distinct species, the Pomarine Skua ; or alternatively between the Pomarine and a species of Southern Hemisphere skua, with the Great Skua being the hybrid offspring, perhaps appearing as recently as the 15th century et al., 1993 ; Furness and Hamer, 2003.

After tracking the Barrow gang across nine states, Hamer, in conjunction with officials in Louisiana, learned Bonnie and Clyde had visited a home in Bienville Parish on May 21, 1934, and that Clyde had designated a rendezvous point in the vicinity with gang member Henry Methvin, in case they were later separated.

In December 1980, the Hamer Government dismissed the council, and appointed three Commissioners to determine how the boundaries could best be altered to produce more effective local government, with special regard to Melbourne's central business district and its importance to the state, as well as to advise changes needed to the constitution, structure, functions and administration.

The complex opened in stages, with Hamer Hall opening in 1982, and the Theatres Building opening in 1984.

During the ensuing years, and to accommodate difficulties associated with the geology of the site, changes to the original plans were made and eventually the Arts Centre emerged as two buildings – now known as the Theatres Building and Hamer Hall.

During the first phase of the construction responsibility for the project was with Rupert Hamer as Minister of the Arts ( and Premier ) from 1972 – 1979 and during the final phase with Norman Lacy as Minister for the Arts ( and Minister of Educational Services ) from 1979 – 1982.

The screenplay was written by Hamer and Jim Stark ( Mystery Train, Cold Fever ), who produced the film together with Christine Walker ( American Splendor ).