Massachusetts has the distinction of having fired the US Navy's first and last 16-in (406 mm) shells of the war.
And he has the distinction of being effectively fired as president of Harvard.
He was one of a few political appointees who, at the end of the Johnson Administration, declined to automatically submit his resignation, apparently feeling it was a mark of distinction to be fired by President Nixon.
Since the massive Camp Fire destroyed more than 18,000 homes and structures and earned the bleak distinction of being the deadliest fire in California history, Gaylord likely felt pretty nervous about the fate of her puppers.
The Woolsey Fire has destroyed almost 1,000 homes, and the Camp Fire is even bigger, spanning 150,000 acres and leaving at least 79 people dead with nearly 1,000 others still missing, earning it the awful distinction of being the deadliest fire in the state's history.
The Chicago Fire own the distinction of having won the Cup and M.L.S. double in their inaugural season, 1998 (under the current coach of the United States national team, Bob Bradley).
Matenopoulos, one of the original co-hosts on "The View" when it premiered in 1997, bears the distinction of being the first co-host to get fired.
She holds the dubious distinction of being the only British capital ship engaged in the battle to not fire its main battery.
In addition to his support for the military coup that ousted Zelaya, Hernández has the distinction of being the leader of the December 2012 "technical coup," in which Congress deposed Supreme Court justices and fired the Attorney General, replacing them with National Party loyalists.
For several decades Longwood had the sad distinction of being one of the most troubled parts of the borough, pummeled by crime, drugs, fires and building abandonment.
