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4 hours ago · They remained legal tender until 1964. (There are nine notes left in circulation; one is housed at Tone Dale House, Wellington.)) The bank acted as lender of last resort for the first time in the panic of 1866. 20th century The Bank's classic white five pound note remained in circulation until 1957.
1 day ago · Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall – located 1 kilometer (1 mile) northwest of Arlington County, Virginia. Joint Expeditionary Base–Little Creek – located 20 kilometers (13 miles) northwest of Virginia Beach. Joint Base Lewis-McChord – located 17 kilometers (11 miles) southwest of Tacoma, Washington. Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling – located ...
4 hours ago · Boeing B-50 Superfortress. Boeing assembly line at Wichita, Kansas (1944) The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is an American four-engined propeller-driven heavy bomber, designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War. Named in allusion to its predecessor, the B-17 Flying Fortress, the Superfortress ...
1 day ago · U.S. presidential election popular vote totals as a percentage of the total U.S. population. Note the surge in 1828 (extension of suffrage to non-property-owning white men), the drop from 1890 to 1910 (when Southern states disenfranchised most African Americans and many poor whites), and another surge in 1920 (extension of suffrage to women).
4 hours ago · William Shea was instrumental in returning National League baseball to New York City after five years of absence. 1960s: Founding and first World Series. After the 1957 season, the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants relocated from New York to California to become the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants, leaving the largest city in the United States with no National League franchise ...
4 hours ago · In addition, there would be an 11-story control tower, roadways, parking lots, taxiways, and a reflecting lagoon in the center. [18] : 3 The airport was designed for aircraft up to 300,000-pound (140,000 kg) gross weight [40] The airport had to be modified in the late 1960s to accommodate the Boeing 747 's weight.
1 day ago · The Taconic State Parkway (often called the Taconic or the TSP) is a 104.12-mile (167.56 km) limited-access parkway between Kensico Dam and Chatham, the longest in the U.S. state of New York. It follows a generally north–south route midway between the Hudson River and the Connecticut and Massachusetts state lines, much of its upper section ...
