Sunday, August 13, 2023

The Quite Incredible Number List: 1201-1300

1201: 1201 Laurel Way, Beverly Hills sold for $31 million in February in 2014. (Big Martin)
1202: The Nokia 1202 was a no frills mobile phone for the European and American markets released in April 2009. (AlmondFacialBar)
1203: USS Margaret Anderson (SP-1203) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from August to December 1917. (Strawberry)
1204: The Sack of Constantinople or Siege of Constantinople (also called the Fourth Crusade) occurred in 1204. (bemahan)
1205: 1205 Ebella (1931 TB1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on the 6th of October, 1931 by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at Heidelberg. (Strawberry)
1206: In 1206 Genghis Khan, born Temujin, was proclaimed ruler of all Mongols. (bemahan)
1207: In the Star Wars universe, RC-1207, also known as Delta-07 or by his chosen nickname of Sev, was a clone of Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett. (Strawberry)
1208: 1208 (generally pronounced "twelve-o-eight" or "twelve-zero-eight") is a punk rock band from Hermosa Beach, California that formed in 1994. (bemahan)
1209: The Corporation Trust Center, 1209, North Orange Street, is a single-storey building in the Brandywine neighbourhood of Wilmington, Delaware, USA, operated by CT Corporation. (Strawberry)
1210: The 1210 is an Indie club in Stuttgart. (AlmondFacialBar)
1211: The Welsh uprising of 1211 was a rebellion by several Welsh princes, orchestrated by Llywelyn ap Iorwerth with primary support from Gwenwynwyn of Powys, Maelgwn ap Rhys, Madog ap Gruffudd Maelor and Maredudd ap Robert against King John of England. Although technically defeated, this uprising resulted in increased independence from England for the Welsh. (Strawberry)
1212: Transmitter 1212 was installed in Luxembourg by the US Army in December 1944 and operated until April 1945, broadcasting a mix of news and speculative propaganda targeted at German soldiers and civilians in the Rhineland in an effort to undermine their morale. (AlmondFacialBar)
1213: In Doctor Who, on the 13th of January, 1213, Rose Tyler and the Tenth Doctor met some Triskaidekophobes on the 13th moon of the 13th planet in the 13th galaxy. They helped these unlucky individuals to overcome their run of bad luck by destroying Bob Kreesus' luck machine. (Strawberry)
1214: In Australia, the postcode 1214 is reserved for non standard use, such as competition addresses, post office box addresses, and Government corporations. (Awitt)
1215: Farm to Market Road 1215 (FM 1215) is a Farm to Market Road in the U.S. state of Texas maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (Tx DOT). (Strawberry)
1216: On 12th November 1216 King Henry III issued the Magna Carta Hiberniae, which was essentially am expansion of the existing Magna Carta to Ireland. No, I don't think the Irish were consulted. (AlmondFacialBar)
1217: 1217 saw both battle of Lincoln and the sea battle of Sandwich put an end to French attempts to take over the English throne. Whilst John remained alive, numerous English barons supported Louis. But, with the succession of Henry III, they swapped allegiance, leading to serious French defeats in the two battles. (Big Martin)
1218: In the Marvel Comics universe, Earth-1218 is the designation given to our reality, where super-heroes and other super-powered beings don't exist. (Strawberry)
1219: Flammable liquid placard UN1219 is for shipping Isopropanol. (Big Martin)
1220: In May of 1220, Saint Francis of Assissi resigned from the leadership of the Franciscan Order. (Strawberry)
1221: Hawker project P.1221 was a design study looking at a reduced-size version of the projected P1216 twin-boom, three-nozzle ASTOVL jet fighter. P.1221 was exploring the use of the basic layout for a lightweight, high-agility naval fighter. (PDR)
1222: EU directive 1222/2009 is about indicating the fuel efficiency of tyres. (AlmondFacialBar)
1223: The Pere Marquette 1223 is a steam locomotive on display in Grand Haven, Michigan. (Strawberry)
1224: Hawker project P.1224 was a family of design studies looking at ramp-launched, long-range, unmanned jet fighters as a solution to the threat posed by Soviet Naval Aviation's large strateggic and anti-shipping bomber fleet. The concept was one of a low cost, rapidly-deplyable, truck-launched fighter interdiction screen that would counter the initial threat while the slower manned fighters were being scrambled and fuelled to deal with the leakers. (PDR)
1225: Allure Bridal style 1225 is a strapless gown with a sweetheart neckline, an A-line skirt and feather detail on the waist that's available in knee and floor length. (AlmondFacialBar)
1226: In 1226, the Carmelite Order was approved by Pope Honorius III. (Strawberry)
1227: Hawker project P.1227 was the desigation of the Harrier II - the larger carbon-fibre development of the original Harrier designed, built as a joint US/UK programme and sold to the RAF, US Marine Corps and then Spain, Italy and Thailand. The RAF version (the GR5) was further enhanced with a full night/all-weather capability to become the Harrier GR7, and then later enhanced again to add smart weapons, digital battlespace capability and maritime operations clearance to become the GRmk9. (PDR)
1228: The Anglepoise Type 1228 is available as both a desk and floor lamp. (Big Martin)
1229: Australian Govt dept of Immigration and Border Protection ask you to fill in form 1229 if you want to get a visa for a person under 18 years of age. (tetsabb)
1230: USS Louise No. 2 (SP-1230), sometimes written Louise #2 and also referred to during her naval career as Louise and as Pilot Boat #2, was a United States Naval patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919. (Strawberry)
1231: House of Commons early day motion 1231, tabled 31.03.2014 and sponsored by Robert Flello, states "that this House is deeply concerned about recent reports of the incineration of foetal remains by NHS trusts, two of which were found to have burnt the bodies of aborted or miscarried foetuses and babies to generate power for heat; and calls on the Care Quality Commission to investigate fully UK hospitals to understand how widespread this practice has been". (bemahan)
1232: On the 30th of May, 1232, Anthony of Padua was canonised by Pope Gregory IX at Spoleto less than a year after his death. He became the patron saint of lost items. (Strawberry)
1233: U-1233 was a German submarine put into action on 22-March-1944. It went on one deployment neither causing nor suffering casualties, was surrendered off Denmark on 05-May-1945 and sunk by gunfire from HMS Onslaught off Scotland on 29-December-1945. (AlmondFacialBar)
1234: The song 1234 is from Feist's 3rd album. (Big Martin)
1235: In 1235 The Siege of Constantinople was a joint Bulgarian-Nicaean siege on the capital of the Latin Empire. (Awitt)
1236: INCBI gene ID 1236 stands for CCR7 chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 7 [ Homo sapiens (human) ], which is thought to be induced by the Epstein-Barr virus and codes for proteins involved in various inflammatory processes and immune reactions. (AlmondFacialBar)
1237: Lego Technic set 1237 builds an Asimo robot. (Big Martin)
1238: According to Greek mythology the demigod twins Machaon and Podaleirios were born in 1238 BC. (AlmondFacialBar)
1239: Sirdar pattern book 1239 is for knitting cardigans and jackets for babies. (Big Martin)
1240: More than 30 radio stations in the US broadcast on 1240 KHz. (AlmondFacialBar)
1241: IEEE-1241 is the IEEE Standard for Terminology and Test Methods for Analog-to-Digital Converters. (Efros)
1242: The pulmonary circulation of blood and the division of the heart into two ventricles were first described in 1242 in a paper by the Arab physician Ibn al-Nafis. (AlmondFacialBar)
1243: Locomotive 1243 is the oldest surviving Australian built railway engine. It was built in 1882 and now resides in the Powerhouse Museum in Ultimo NSW. (Big Martin)
1244: UN Security Council Resolution 1244 authorised an international civil and military presence in Kosovo in response to the deteriorating humanitarian situation there in 1999. (AlmondFacialBar)
1245: 1245 Sunflowers is a project to commemorate the same number of soldiers who died in the Great War, from Stockton on Tees. (Awitt)
1246: Form C&E1246 from HMRC is for Returned Good Relief. (Big Martin)
1247: Kosmos 1247 was a Soviet US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1981 as part of the Soviet military's Oto programme. (Strawberry)
1248: In 1248 the foundation stone for Cologne Cathedral was laid. Remarkably, building works went on until 1472 and it then lay less than half finished until 1842, when a group of volunteer fundraisers came together based on their shared enthusiasm and had the cathedral finished according to the original plans by 1880. It's deservedly a UN World Heritage site now. (AlmondFacialBar)
1249: 1249 is a trimorphic number - one whose cube ends in the original number. 1249 cubed is 1948441249. (Ian Dunn)
1250: The Liebherr LR1250 is a crawler crane designed for high lifting capacity in combination with low transporting volume. (AlmondFacialBar)
1251: 1251 Avenue of the Americas is in New York. (Awitt)
1252: Windows-1252 is a character encoding of the Latin alphabet. (Big Martin)
1253: Windows-1253 is a Windows code page used to write modern Greek. (Strawberry)
1254: In 1254 Copenhagen was declared a city. (Ian Dunn)
1255: The 27th August 1255 saw the death of Little St Hugh of Lincoln, a nine-year-old boy who died under mysterious circumstances and whose body was found in a well two days later. A man known as John of Lexington blamed the Jews, leading to all kinds of unpleasantness for them lasting decades. Because the Jews were blamed and little Hughie's death was considered human sacrifice he was then considered a martyr and rushed forward for sainthood, although he was never officially canonised. (AlmondFacialBar)
1256: Walking Britain's walk number 1256 is to Cadair Bronwen from Llandrillo. (Big Martin)
1257: Saint Hyacinth of Poland died on the 15th of August, 1257. (Strawberry)
1258: It is believed that in 1258 there was a volcanic eruption 8 times as large as the Krakatoa eruption of 1883. The eruption has been linked to the Samalas volcano, in the Mount Rinjani Volcanic Complex on Indonesia’s Lombok Island. (Ian Dunn)
1259: The Le Morne Cultural Landscape of Mauritius is UNESCO World Heritage site 1259. (Big Martin)
1260: In 1260 the city of Bremen joined the Hanseatic League, marking the beginning of its rise from a small Cathedral town under a prince bishop to a proud independent republic within the Holy Roman Empire. (AlmondFacialBar)
1261: Gallery 1261 is in Denver, Colorado. (tetsabb)
1262: In Star Wars,RC-1262, also known as Delta-62 or by his informal nickname of Scorch, was a clone of Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett. (Strawberry)
1263: October 2 1263 saw the battle of Largs - an inconclusive encounter during the Scottish-Norwegian war. (Big Martin)
1264: The Great Comet of 1264 was one of the brightest comets on record. It appeared in July 1264 and remained to the end of September. It was first seen during the evenings after sunset but appeared in its greatest splendour in weeks afterward, when it became visible during the mornings in the northeastern sky, with the tail perceived long before the comet itself rose above the horizon. The chroniclers of the time mention the various remarkable events which occurred in Europe at this period and in particular connect the appearance of the comet with the death of Pope Urban IV, who allegedly fell sick on the very day when the comet was first seen and died at the exact time it disappeared on October 3, 1264. (Strawberry)
1265: The Gardena 1265-20 is an automatic domestic watering system for up to 36 potplants. (AlmondFacialBar)
1266: UN - 1266 is the HazChem code number for perfume products containing flammable solvents. This is the same numbering system as you see on the back of fuel tankers on the road. (tetsabb)
1267: 1267 Geertruida (1930 HD) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on the 23rd of April, 1930 by Hendrik van Gent at Johannesburg. (Strawberry)
1268: RHSA-2013:1268-1 was a critical security update for Red Hat Linux. (AlmondFacialBar)
1269: ECM Records catalogue number 1269 is the Dave Holland Quintet's Jumpin' In. (Big Martin)
1270: The 1270 class were a class of diesel locomotive built by English Electric, Rocklea for Queensland Railways between 1964 and 1966. (Strawberry)
1271: In September 1271 Pope Gregory X was proclaimed, bringing to an end the longest conclave ever (three years). (Big Martin)
1272: Saint Zita died on the 27th of April, 1272. She was popularly invoked by maidservants and housewives, particularly in the event of having lost keys, or when crossing rivers or bridges. (Strawberry)
1273: The Phoenix Titan II 1273 fireproof safe provides 60 minutes of paper protection at 950 degrees Celsius. (Big Martin)
1274: Kublai Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan, despatched a Mongol fleet to invade Japan in the autumn of 1274. It comprised about 30,000 to 40,000 men (mostly ethnic Chinese and Koreans, except for the Mongolian officers) and an estimated 500 to 900 vessels. A typhoon struck as the ships lay at anchor in Hakata Bay, Kyushu, Japan, sinking about one-third of them, with the rest limping home; it is estimated that 13,000 of Kublai’s men drowned. (bemahan)
1275: Yeast strain 1275 from WYeast Laboratories produces classic British bitters with a complex flavour profile. (AlmondFacialBar)
1276: A 2008 article in the Daily Mail is an account from a doctor who underwent hypnosis to reveal a former life and claimed to have "died" in Jerusalem in 1276. (tetsabb)
1277: It is claimed that, on average, a UK child has just 1277 days between being born and starting nursery education. (Big Martin)
1278: Dublin Bus stop 1278 is at the Suffolk Street end of College Green, serving the 9, the 68, the 122 and the 123. (AlmondFacialBar)
1279: Emperor Bing, the last of the Southern Song Dynasty, died in 1279. (Big Martin)
1280: The Nokia 1280 was a mobile phone annnounced by the company in autumn 2009. (tetsabb)
1281: Pub 1281 is a drinking establishment in Mount Clemens, MI, that according to its Foursquare review serves the coldest beer in town. (AlmondFacialBar)
1282: US Geograhical Survey's circular 1282 concerns the Colorado River ecosystem in the Grand Canyon. (Big Martin)
1283: Pele is thought to have scored 1283 goals in his playing career. (AlmondFacialBar)
1284: The Statute of Rhuddlan of 1284 laid down the basis of government of the Principality of North Wales after Edward I's conquest. (Big Martin)
1285: The Arrow Air Flight 1285 disaster is, to date, the worst aviation accident to occur on Canadian soil, yet the investigation into its cause was incomplete and the reason for the crash which killed all 256 on board remains a mystery. (ellylles)
1286: March 1286 saw the death of King Alexander III of Scotland after a fall from a horse. With Queen Yolande's believed subsequent miscarriage and the death of his grand-daughter Margaret on her way fom Norway, Scotland was left without an heir to the throne, which led to the intervention of Edward I of England and the subsequent Scottish wars of independence. (Big Martin)
1287: 1287 Lorcia is an asteroid discovered on August 25, 1933 by Sylvain Arend at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle. It is named after wife of Tadeusz Banachiewicz, Polish mathematician and astronomer. (ellylles)
1288: The Saanich Peninsula Toastmasters Club 1288 is based in Sydney on Vancouver Island. (Big Martin)
1289: 1289 is a 4.5 volt battery with 3 cells in flat side-by-side format with brass-strip connections, also known as MN1203, 3LR12 and many other "R12" variations. (ellylles)
1290: With the 1290 Superduke R motorcycle, KTM claim to have crowned their "Naked Bike" range. (Big Martin)
1291: SI-1291 is the postcode for Å kofljica in Slovenia. (ellylles)
1292: In the list of Occupational By-Names in the 1292 Tax Role of Paris, there were 222 men with the name "cordoanier", meaning "Cordovan leather shoe maker", but only four women called "cordoaniere". (GuyBarry)
1293: SOS phone 1293K is on a slip from the N/bound M6 to the Westbound M62, near Warrington in Cheshire (tetsabb)
1294: Moby Dick Chapter 35 or 1294 times E is an artwork by Justin Quinn. (GuyBarry)
1295: CJC-1295 is a tetrasubstituted 30-amino acid peptide hormone, primarily functioning as a growth hormone releasing hormone CGHRH. It was invented by ConjuChem, a Canadian biotechnology company. (Strawberry)
1296: The Battle of Dunbar was the only significant field action to occur in 1296, when King Edward I of England had invaded Scotland to punish King John. (Awitt)
1297: Parliament House in Canberra has a copy of the 1297 issue of Magna Carta. (Big Martin)
1298: Dial-1298 was a pan-India ambulance service, set up in 2003. (tetsabb)
1299: Kingston Upon Hull was granted its Royal Charter in 1299. (tetsabb)
1300: The Triumph 1300 was a medium/small 4-door saloon car made in Coventry, England by Standard Triumph under the control of Leyland Motors. It was produced from 1965 and intended as a replacement of the popular Triumph Herald. (bemahan)

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