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• Happenstance is a 2002 album by Fozzy.
• Happenstance is a 2004 album by Rachael Yamagata.

Happenstance is the meeting between two strangers who have never met before, normally in a completely random situation. For example, picking up something for someone in a supermarket and then talking to them, this first time is called the happenstance. What follows a chance circumstance is a coincidence, seeing the same person later on. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word originated as an amalgamation of 'happening' and 'circumstance', and has been in use since the 19th Century. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary is a Wikimedia Foundation project intended to be a free wiki dictionary (hence: Wiktionary) (including thesaurus and lexicon) in every language. ... Happenstance is the second album done by heavy metal band Fozzy. ... Fozzy in Manchester 12th Feb 2005 Fozzy is a heavy metal band fronted by (currently inactive) WWE wrestler Chris Jericho, and backed by musicians from established metal bands (including Rich Ward and other members of Stuck Mojo). ... Happenstance was the first full-length album by Rachael Yamagata. ... Rachael Yamagata Rachael Yamagata (born September 23, 1978) is a singer-songwriter. ... The Oxford English Dictionary print set The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a dictionary published by the Oxford University Press (OUP). ...

Happenstance is a novel by the Canadian author Carol Shields, originally published as two separate novels: The Husband's Story (1980) and A Fairly Conventional Woman (renamed in Happenstance as 'The Wife's Story') (1982). It tells the two parallel stories of Jack and Brenda Bowman as they face their first real time apart in all their years of marriage. Shields won the Pulitzer Prize for a later novel, probably her most famous, The Stone Diaries (1993). Carol Shields, CC , OM , D.Litt. ... The gold medal awarded for Public Service in Journalism The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions. ... The Stone Diaries is a 1993 novel by Carol Shields. ...

Happenstance is the english title of a french film, Le Battement d'ailes du papillon, by Laurent Firode about chance encounters as a result of missed opportunities and small twists of fate. It stars Audrey Tatou and Faudel. Le Battement dailes du papillon is a 2000 movie starring Audrey Tatou and Faudel. ... Audrey Tautou (born August 9, 1978) is a French actress, born in Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme, France. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...