Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska - Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska Fairbanks North Star Borough is a borough located in the U.S. State of Alaska. As of 2000 the population was 82,840. The borough seat is Fairbanks. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Geography 1.1 Adjacent boroughs and census areas 2 Demographics 3 Cities and towns Geography \nThe borough has a total area of 19,280 km˛ (7,444 mi˛). 19,078 km˛ (7,366 mi˛) of it is land and 201 km˛ (78 mi˛) of it is water. The total area is 1.04% water. Adjacent boroughs and census areas Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska - north\n* Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska - southeast\n* Denali Borough, Alaska - southwest Demographics \nAs of the census2 of 2000, there are 82,840 people, 29,777 households, and 20,516 families residing in the borough..
Union Star, Missouri - Union Star, Missouri Union Star is a town located in DeKalb County, Missouri. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 433. Geography \nUnion Star is located at 39°58'49" North, 94°35'58" West (39.980280, -94.599415)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.7 km˛ (0.3 mi˛). 0.7 km˛ (0.3 mi˛) of it is land and none of it is covered by water. Demographics \nAs of the census of 2000, there are 433 people, 183 households, and 107 families residing in the town. The population density is 643.0/km˛ (1,672.0/mi˛). There are 199 housing units at an average density of 295.5/km˛ (768.4/mi˛). The racial makeup of the town is 98.38% White, 0.00% African American, 1.62% Native American, 0.00% Asian,.
Flag of North Korea - Flag of North Korea Flag Ratio: 1:2 The national flag and ensign of North Korea was adopted on September 8, 1948. The famous red star of Communism can be seen on this flag on a white disk, which may relate to the yin yang symbol, which is a symbol used in Korean culture. The colour red represents revolutionary patriotism. The blue stripes connote "The aspiration of the Korean people to unite with the revolutionary people of the whole world and fight for the victory of the idea of independence, friendship and peace.".
Flag of North Carolina - Flag of North Carolina Space here for flag image The flag of North Carolina is defined by law as follows That the flag of North Carolina shall consist of a blue union, containing in the center thereof a white star with the letter N in gilt on the left and the letter C in gilt on the right of said star, the circle containing the same to be one-third the width of the union. The fly of the flag shall consist of two equally proportioned bars; the upper bar to be red, the lower bar to be white; that the length of the bars horizontally shall be equal to the perpendicular length of the union, and the total length of the flag shall be one-third more than.
Dallas Stars - based in Dallas, Texas. Founded: 1967 Formerly Known As: Minnesota North Stars (1967-1993). In 1978 the Cleveland Barons merged with the North Stars. That team's history is : California Seals (1967-1968), Oakland Seals (1967-1970), California Golden Seals (1970-1976), Cleveland Barons (1976-1978). Arena: American Airlines Center Uniform colors: Green and gold Logo design: A green star outlined in gold Stanley Cups won: 1998-1999 Franchise history Players of Note Hall of Famers: Current stars: Mike Modano Jere Lehtinen Marty Turco Bill Guerin Not to be forgotten: Brett Hull Danny Grant Bobby Smith Dino Ciccarelli Neal Broten Brian Bellows Dave Gagner Retired Numbers: 99 Wayne Gretzky (retired league-wide by the NHL) Dallas Stars official web site.
Vega - Norway, see Vega, Norway. Vega (Alpha Lyrae) is the lead star in the constellation Lyra, reaching near directly overhead the mid-northern latitudes, during the summer. It's a "nearby star" at only 25 light years distant and together with Arcturus and Sirius, one of the brightest stars in the Sun's neighbourhood. Vega is a vertex of the Summer Triangle. Its spectral class is A0V (Sirius, an A1V, is slightly less powerful) and it's firmly in the main sequence, fusing hydrogen to helium in its core. Since more powerful stars use their fusion fuel more quickly than smaller ones, Vega's life time is only one billion years, a tenth of our Sun's. Vega is two and a half times more massive than our Sun and burns at fifty times the power. Vega has.
Kim Jong-il - the current leader of North Korea. Background Kim's father, the late Kim Il Sung, fled to the Soviet Union when the Japanese put a price on his head for guerrilla activities in occupied Korea. The family returned to the northern part of the peninsula after Japan's surrender during World War II, and communist Soviet leader Joseph Stalin anointed Kim Il Sung as the leader of the communist Democratic People's Republic of Korea. According to official North Korean accounts, Kim Jong was born in a log cabin at his father's guerilla base on North Korea's highest mountain, Mount Paektu, in February 1942. The peak, on the northern border with Chinese Manchuria, is the highest on the peninsula and the site where Korean legend says the nation came into existence 5,000 years ago..
Kirby - Kirby There are the cities named Kirby in North America Kirby, Georgia Kirby, Ohio Kirby, Ontario (a tiny hamlet of the Toronto-SCen. Ontario area slightly south or Orono and north of Newcastle.) Kirby, Texas Kirby, Vermont Kirby, Wyoming Kirby is a character in a series of video games published by Nintendo for their video game consoles and handheld video game systems over the years. He has been the star of a number of namesake games which were developed by HAL Laboratories. Kirby is a small, pink, and oddly heroic resident of Dreamland, on the planet of Popstar. Kirby's signature ability is to suck up enemies and steal their powers. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Abilities and Powers 2 Dreamland Monsters 3 Games 4 External Links Abilities and Powers Fire Kirby Water.
Koji Kondo - and he learned to play several instruments. In the 1980s, Kondo learned that a company called Nintendo was seeking musicians to compose music for its new video game system, the Famicom (Nintendo Entertainment System in North America and Europe). Kondo had never considered writing video game music before, but he decided to give the company a chance. He was hired in 1983. Kondo found himself in a totally different environment at Nintendo. Suddenly, he was limited to only three "instruments" (melody, harmony, and percussion) due to the system's primitive sound chip. Though he and Nintendo's technicians eventually discovered a way to add a fourth channel (normally reserved for sound effects), his music was still severely limited on the system. Kondo has stayed with Nintendo through various consoles, including the Super Famicom.
Kuala Lumpur - parade was moved to the Boulevard in Putrajaya, in keeping with Putrajaya's status as the new capital of Malaysia. Interestingly, the white Police Headquarters located atop Bukit Aman faces the Dataran. The rest of the city has mostly developed in the standard way, with the standard skyscraper format. Aware of this, architects have been urged to incorporate traditional design elements into their work. Notable examples of this fusion are the Dayabumi building, Kuala Lumpur's first skyscraper, the Tabung Haji Building and Menara Telekom, both designed by local architect Hijjas Kasturi, and, of course, the Petronas Twin Towers. Since the construction of Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur no longer remains the administrative capital. Parliament still sits in Kuala Lumpur, however, and it is very much the commercial capital. Statistics The Malaysia Masjid Negara (As.
January 1 - participates in the preinvasion bombardments in Lingayen Gulf. 1945 - Bahawalpur State issues its own stamps. 1948 - Nationalisation of UK railways to form British Railways. 1948 - Enrico De Nicola becomes President of the State of Italy 1956 - End of Anglo-Egyptian Condominium in Sudan. 1959 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista overthrown by Fidel Castro. 1960 - Cameroon becomes independent 1960 - USS Raritan (LSM-540) is struck from the naval register. 1962 - Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand 1964 - Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland dissolved 1969 - Marien Ngouabi becomes President of the Republic of Congo 1970 - Unix epoch begins at 00:00:00 UTC. 1971 - Cigarette advertisements banned on United States television 1973 - United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark join the EEC 1978 - An Air India.
January 4 - 1885 - The first successful appendectomy is performed (Dr. William Grant; patient was Mary Gartside). 1896 - Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. 1936 - Billboard magazine publishes its first pop music charts 1944 - World War II: The Battle of Monte Cassino begins 1948 - Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom 1951 - Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul. 1957 - After 69 years the last issue of Colliers magazine is published. 1958 - Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from its orbit (launched on October 4, 1957) 1962 - New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board. 1965 - United States President Lyndon Johnson proclaims his "Great Society" during his State of the Union address. 1967 - Donald Campbell.
January 7 - in London against Queen Elizabeth 1610 - Galileo Galilei observes the four largest moons of Jupiter for the first time. He named them and in turn the four are called the Galilean moons. 1782 - The first American commercial bank opens (Bank of North America). 1785 - Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and Americann John Jeffries travel from Dover, England to Calais, France in a gas balloon, becoming the first to cross the English Channel by air. 1789 - First nationwide United States election. 1894 - W.K. Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film. 1896 - Fannie Farmer publishes first cookbook. 1901 - Alferd Packer is released from prison after serving 18 years for cannibalism. 1904 - The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS.".
January 23 - neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler. 1943 - World War II: British forces capture Tripoli from the Nazis. 1943 - Duke Ellington plays at New York City's Carnegie Hall for the first time. 1950 - The Knesset passes a resolution that states Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. 1960 - The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record when it descends 35,820 feet (10,750 meters) in the Pacific Ocean. 1964 - Thirteen years after its proposal and nearly two years after the measure had been passed by the United States Senate 77-16, the 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified. 1968 - North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo, claiming the ship violated their territorial waters while spying. 1973 - President Richard.
January 18 - mysterious "legionnaire's disease." 1977 - Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney killing 83. 1978 - The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture. 1983 - The International Olympic Committee restores the medals to the family of Jim Thorpe. 1990 - Former preschool operators Raymond Buckey and his mother Peggy McMartin Buckey are acquitted in a Los Angeles, California court of 52 child molestation charges. 1990 - Washington, DC, Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting. 1991 - Eastern Airlines shuts down after 62 years citing financial problems. 1993 - For the first time, Martin Luther King Jr. holiday is officially observed in all 50 United States states. 1995 -.
James L. Jones - promoted to Major in July 1977. Remaining in Washington, his next assignment was as the Marine Corps Liaison Officer to the United States Senate, where he served until July 1984. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in September 1982. He was selected to attend the National War College in Washington, DC. Following graduation in June 1985, he was assigned to command the 3d Battalion, 9th Marines, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California, from July 1985 to July 1987. In August 1987, Jones returned to Headquarters Marine Corps, where he served as Senior Aide to the Commandant of the Marine Corps. He was promoted to Colonel in April 1988, and became the Military Secretary to the Commandant in February 1989. During August 1990, Jones was assigned as the Commanding Officer, 24th Marine.
Jack London - California and, in 1896 after a summer of intense cramming, did so; but financial circumstances forced him to leave in 1897 and he never graduated. Biographer Russ Kingman says that "there is no record that Jack ever wrote for student publications" there. In later life Jack London was a polymath with wide-ranging interests and a personal library of 15,000 volumes. Early literary career (1898-1900) On July 25, 1897, London sailed to join the Klondike Gold Rush where he would later write his first successful stories. Jack left Oakland a believer in the work ethic, and returned a socialist. He also concluded that his only hope of escaping the work trap was to get an education and "sell his brains." Throughout his life he saw writing as a business, his ticket out.
Janet Jackson - 1966) is an American singer and sister of pop star Michael Jackson. She was one of the most commercially successful female pop stars in the 1980s and '90s. As a member of the Jackson clan, she was exposed to the entertainment industry from an early age. She performed with the Jackson 5 and appeared on their US TV show. However, she also took on acting jobs outside the family - appearing as Penny Woods in the television series "Good Times" from 1977-1979. She subsequently had roles in "A New Kind Of Family", "Diff'rent Strokes", "Fame and "The Love Boat". Janet's recording career would begin with small roles. A duet with brother Randy on "Love Song For Kids" (1978); backgrounds on two songs by sister LaToya (both tracks were also co-written by.
James Mason - Dublin. From 1935 to 1949 he starred in many British quota quickies. In 1949 he made his first Hollywood film, Caught, and then went on to star in many more feature films and TV shows. Nominated three times for an Oscar, he never won one. Mason's distinctive voice enabled him to play a menacing villain as much as his good looks assisted him as a leading man. His roles include the failing actor in the 1954 version of A Star Is Born, a mortally wounded terrorist in Odd Man Out (1946), Captain Nemo in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), a suave masterspy in North by Northwest (1959), and Humbert Humbert in Lolita (1963). Mason died as a result of a heart attack on July 27, 1984 in Lausanne, Switzerland. He.
Jacques Brel - as well. He also had some minor activity as an actor and director. He was born in Schaerbeek, Belgium, a small city north of Brussels. In the early 1950s he went to Paris, writing music and singing in the city cabarets and music-halls, where on stage he expressed his songs with grand physical gestures. By 1956 he was touring Europe and he recorded the song Quand on n'a que l'amour that brought him his first major recognition. He appeared in a show with Maurice Chevalier and Michel Legrand. He composed and recorded his songs almost exclusively in French, but he occasionally included parts in Flemish as in Marieke, although he had many grievances towards Flemish. He wrote a harsh song, Les F..., full of insults towards Flanders, its inhabitants and most.
