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Concrete. Tan Son Nhut Air Base ( Vietnamese: Căn cứ không quân Tân Sơn Nhứt) (1955–1975) was a Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) facility. It was located near the city of Saigon in southern Vietnam. The United States used it as a major base during the Vietnam War (1959–1975), stationing Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine units ...
e. The abdication of Bảo Đại ( Vietnamese: Chiếu thoái vị của Hoàng Đế Bảo Đại) took place on 25 August 1945 and marked the end of the 143-year reign of the Nguyễn dynasty over Vietnam ending the Vietnamese monarchy. Emperor Bảo Đại abdicated in response to the August Revolution. A ceremony was held handing power ...
Children. 5, including Jesse and Dakota. Donald Wayne Johnson (born December 15, 1949) is an American actor, producer and singer. He played the role of James "Sonny" Crockett in the 1980s television series Miami Vice, for which he won a Golden Globe, and received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
1964–present. Website. chrisslade .com. Chris Slade (born Christopher Slade Rees; 30 October 1946) is a Welsh [1] drummer, who is perhaps best known for playing for Manfred Mann's Earth Band from its inception in 1971 to 1978 on eight albums, and AC/DC, for which he drummed from 1989 to 1994 and performed on the 1990 album The Razors Edge.
Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono. Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono is a Hawaiian phrase, spoken by Kamehameha III, and adopted in 1959 as the state motto. [1] It is most commonly translated as " the life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness ." [2] [3] An alternative translation, which appears at Thomas Square next to a statue of ...
Don Bradman. Sir Donald George Bradman AC (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), nicknamed " The Don ", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. [3] His cricketing successes have been claimed by Shane Warne, among others, to make Bradman the "greatest sportsperson" in history.
U.S. Air Force Fairchild AC-119K Stinger of the 18th Special Operations Squadron fires one of its 7.62mm miniguns, circa in 1970. The AC-119 were used to attack the North Vietnamese trucks on Ho Chi Minh trail. The AC-119Ks were placed in the 18th Special Operations Squadron. With the addition of the two types, the 14 SOW for a time in 1968 was ...
Don Quixote [a] [b] [c] is a Spanish epic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. It was originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615. Considered a founding work of Western literature, it is often labelled as the first modern novel [2] [3] and the greatest work ever written. [4] [5] Don Quixote is also one of the most-translated books in the world ...