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Dennis Lynn Rader (born March 9, 1945), also known as BTK (an abbreviation he gave himself for " bind, torture, kill "), is an American serial killer who murdered at least ten people in Wichita and Park City, Kansas, between 1974 and 1991. Although Rader occasionally killed or attempted to kill men and children, he typically targeted women.
The United States Military Academy ( USMA) ( West Point or Army) [8] is a United States service academy in West Point, New York. It was originally established as a fort during the American Revolutionary War, as it sits on strategic high ground overlooking the Hudson River 50 miles (80 km) north of New York City.
Henry Taub. Henry Taub (September 20, 1927 – March 31, 2011) [1] was an American businessman and philanthropist of Hungarian - Jewish descent who was a co-founder of ADP . Raised in Paterson, New Jersey, Taub attended Eastside High School. [2] Taub was educated at New York University. He graduated from NYU in 1947 with a degree in accounting. [3]
Berlin, Nazi Germany. Adolf Hitler, chancellor and dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, committed suicide via a gunshot to the head on 30 April 1945 in the Führerbunker in Berlin [a] after it became clear that Germany would lose the Battle of Berlin, which led to the end of World War II in Europe. Eva Braun, his wife of one day, also ...
Aspirin, also known as acetylsalicylic acid ( ASA ), is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) used to reduce pain, fever, and/or inflammation, and as an antithrombotic. [10] Specific inflammatory conditions which aspirin is used to treat include Kawasaki disease, pericarditis, and rheumatic fever.
The 2020 United States presidential election was the 59th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The Democratic ticket of former vice president Joe Biden and the junior U.S. senator from California Kamala Harris defeated the incumbent Republican president, Donald Trump, and vice president, Mike Pence.
Adrenaline, also known as epinephrine, is a hormone and medication [7] [8] which is involved in regulating visceral functions (e.g., respiration). [7] [9] It appears as a white microcrystalline granule. [10] Adrenaline is normally produced by the adrenal glands and by a small number of neurons in the medulla oblongata. [11]
Adenosine monophosphate ( AMP ), also known as 5'-adenylic acid, is a nucleotide. AMP consists of a phosphate group, the sugar ribose, and the nucleobase adenine. It is an ester of phosphoric acid and the nucleoside adenosine. [1] As a substituent it takes the form of the prefix adenylyl-. [2]