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11 hours ago · The Whig Party was a political party that existed in the United States during the mid-19th century. [13] Alongside the slightly larger Democratic Party, it was one of the two major parties in the United States between the late 1830s and the early 1850s as part of the Second Party System. [14] Four presidents ( William Henry Harrison, John Tyler ...
11 hours ago · Airborne forces (subordinate branch of the air force) Strategic Rocket Forces. Strategic forces (subordinate branch of the army) Russian National Guard. Republican guard. 2016–present. Former flags.
The Vikings later took advantage of it, expanding it, and it remained in use throughout the Middle Ages and the Modern Age, being used for military purposes for the last time during the Second Schleswig War in 1864. This system of fortifications is known as Danevirke (literally: the Danes’ work). The Danevirke marked in red on an old map.
11 hours ago · The National Hockey League ( NHL; French: Ligue nationale de hockey [liɡ nɑsjɔnal də ɔkɛ], LNH) is a men's professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 33 teams (32 of which are active) [nb 1] – 26 in the United States (with the Arizona operation inactive) and 7 in Canada. The Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports ...
11 hours ago · t. e. The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century. It was used by enslaved African Americans primarily to escape into free states and from there to Canada. [1] The network, primarily the work of free African Americans (and some whites as well), [2 ...
11 hours ago · The African National Congress ( ANC) is a political party in South Africa. It originated as a liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid and has governed the country since 1994, when the first post-apartheid election resulted in Nelson Mandela being elected as President of South Africa. Cyril Ramaphosa, the incumbent national ...
11 hours ago · The Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Cocos Islands Malay: Pulu Kokos [Keeling]), officially the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (/ ˈ k oʊ k ə s /; Cocos Islands Malay: Pulu Kokos [Keeling]), are an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean, comprising a small archipelago approximately midway between Australia and Sri Lanka and relatively close to the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
