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  2. Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Wikipedia

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    On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict. Japan surrendered to the Allies on 15 August, six days after the bombing of ...

  3. Swastika - Wikipedia

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    On Japanese maps, a swastika (left-facing and horizontal) is used to mark the location of a Buddhist temple. The right-facing swastika is often referred to as the gyaku manji (逆卍, lit. "reverse swastika") or migi manji (右卍, lit. "right swastika"), and can also be called kagi jūji (鉤十字, literally "hook cross") .

  4. United States Copyright Office - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 27 February 2024, at 22:38 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply.

  5. List of countries by population (United Nations) - Wikipedia

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    List of countries by population (United Nations) This is a list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2022 revision of World Population Prospects. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present. [2]

  6. System for Award Management - Wikipedia

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    On July 30, 2012, the CCR transitioned to the System for Award Management (SAM), which combined legacy users ' records in the CCR and eight other separate websites and databases that aided in the management of Federal procurement from start to finish. [2] This consolidation SAM was designed to "reduce the burden on those seeking to do business ...

  7. Delphi Technologies - Wikipedia

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    Delphi Technologies. Delphi Technologies was an independent automotive company from 2017 to 2020, when it was acquired by BorgWarner Inc. Delphi Technologies was formed in 2017 when Delphi Automotive, formerly a division of General Motors, renamed itself Aptiv and spun off its powertrain and aftermarket related businesses to a stand-alone ...

  8. The Beatles (album) - Wikipedia

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    The Beatles, also referred to colloquially as the White Album, is the ninth studio album and only double album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 22 November 1968. Featuring a plain white sleeve, the cover contains no graphics or text other than the band's name embossed.

  9. Scarlett Johansson - Wikipedia

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    Scarlett Ingrid Johansson ( / dʒoʊˈhænsən / [1] born November 22, 1984) is an American actress and singer. The world's highest-paid actress in 2018 and 2019, she has been featured multiple times on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2021.