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The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula) is a small icterid blackbird common in eastern North America as a migratory breeding bird. It received its name from the resemblance of the male's colors to those on the coat-of-arms of 17th-century Lord Baltimore .
The Baltimore oriole was not named after the city - though it certainly can be seen in Maryland. The orange and black plumage bore the same colors as the heraldic crest of England’s Baltimore ...
Joseph DiGiorgio. Joseph Di Giorgio (born Giuseppe Di Giorgio, 1874 in Cefalu, Sicily) immigrated to the United States in 1888, becoming a middleman for fruit sales. He founded the Baltimore Fruit Exchange in 1904 on borrowed money and eventually owned fruit exchanges in several major regions of the east coast.
Nicholas Bernard Mangione (/ ˌ m æ n dʒ i ˈ oʊ n i / ⓘ MAN-jee-OH-nee, [1] Italian: [manˈdʒoːne]; [2] February 17, 1925 – November 2, 2008) was an American real estate developer. He was the founder of Lorien Health Services and owner of the radio station WCBM , both in Baltimore .
The northern oriole (Icterus galbula), considered a species of North American bird from 1973 to 1995, brought together the eastern Baltimore oriole, Icterus galbula, and the western Bullock's oriole, Icterus bullockii. Observations of interbreeding between the Baltimore and the Bullock's oriole led to this classification as a single species.
The Baltimore Orioles sale to Carlyle co-founder David Rubenstein for $1.725 billion is just about done and dusted.A source with direct knowledge of the proceedings told Yahoo Finance that ...
Orange oriole: Icterus auratus Bonaparte, 1850: 37 Altamira oriole: Icterus gularis (Wagler, 1829) 38 Yellow oriole: Icterus nigrogularis (Hahn, 1819) 39 Bullock's oriole: Icterus bullockii (Swainson, 1827) 40 Streak-backed oriole: Icterus pustulatus (Wagler, 1829) 41 Black-backed oriole: Icterus abeillei (Lesson, RP, 1839) 42 Baltimore oriole
Jerold Charles Hoffberger (April 7, 1919 – April 9, 1999) was an American businessman. He was president of the National Brewing Company from 1946 to 1973. He was also part-owner of the Baltimore Orioles of the American League from 1954 to 1965, and majority owner from 1965 to 1979.