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Two stray shots were fired by the robber that almost hit the hostage motorist, but the shooting allowed for the arrest of all three suspects. The gang were identified as an Austrian and two French nationals, all with connections to "low-level organized crime" in Marseille. The Austrian ringleader died of his wounds fifteen days later on 13 ...
In 1988, area code 407 was introduced for the Orlando area. [1] In 1995, area code 954 was introduced for Broward County. In 1996, area code 239 was introduced for southwest Florida and area code 352 for the areas around Gainesville and Ocala. Many new area codes were introduced in the first two decades of the 21st century, as a result of city ...
Teller's War: The Top-Secret Story Behind the Star Wars Deception. New York: Simon & Schuster. Guertner, Gary; Snow, Donald (1986). The Last Frontier: An Analysis of the Strategic Defense Initiative. D.C. Heath and Company. ISBN 0-669-12370-6. Linenthal, Edward Tabor (1989). Symbolic Defense: The Cultural Significance of the Strategic Defense ...
The ANSI alphabetic state code is the same as the USPS state code except for U.S. Minor Outlying Islands, which have an ANSI code "UM" but no USPS code—and U.S. Military Mail locations, which have USPS codes ("AA", "AE", "AP") but no ANSI code.
The National Defense Service Medal (NDSM) is a service award of the United States Armed Forces established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953. It was awarded to every member of the U.S. Armed Forces who served during any one of four specified periods of armed conflict or national emergency from June 27, 1950 through December 31, 2022.
Derek Jeter is the only player to win the All-Star Game MVP and World Series MVP in the same season, doing so in 2000. Among prior MVP winners who are no longer active players, only five won the award in what turned out to be their only All-Star Game appearance; LaMarr Hoyt, Bo Jackson, J. D. Drew, Melky Cabrera, and Eric Hosmer.
Ramzi Yousef spent time at an al-Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan, [9] before beginning in 1991 to plan a bombing attack within the United States.Yousef's uncle Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who later was considered the principal architect of the September 11 attacks, gave him advice and tips over the phone, and funded his co-conspirator Mohammed Salameh with a US$660 wire transfer.
The 6–2 is a defense that became popular in the 1930s due to the demands of the improving passing attacks of the time. In the early 1930s, pro football's passing rules were liberalized. [ 1 ] By the late 1930s, the two standard defenses in college and the NFL were the 6–2 and the 5–3.