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20 hours ago · The Global Positioning System ( GPS ), originally Navstar GPS, [2] is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force. [3] It is one of the global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) that provide geolocation and time information to a GPS receiver anywhere on or near ...
- United States
- Military, civilian
- Operational
- US Space Force
20 hours ago · Background Main articles: Davidian Seventh-day Adventist, Mount Carmel Center, Branch Davidians, and David Koresh The Branch Davidians (also known as "The Branch") were a religious group that originated in 1955 from a schism in the Shepherd's Rod (Davidians) following the death of the Shepherd's Rod founder Victor Houteff. Houteff founded the Davidians based on his prophecy of an imminent ...
- Suspected weapons violations, Cause of fire disputed
- Fire destroys compound: 86 dead in total
- February 28 – April 19, 1993 (51 days)
20 hours ago · New Caledonia (/ ˌ k æ l ɪ ˈ d oʊ n i ə / ⓘ KAL-ih-DOH-nee-ə; French: Nouvelle-Calédonie [nuvɛl kaledɔni] ⓘ, Kanak: Kanaky) is a sui generis collectivity of overseas France in the southwest Pacific Ocean, south of Vanuatu, about 1,210 km (750 mi) east of Australia, and 17,000 km (11,000 mi) from Metropolitan France.
- 18,576 km² (7,172 sq mi)
20 hours ago · Sioux Falls ( / ˌsuː ˈfɔːlz / SOO FALZ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Dakota and the 121st-most populous city in the United States. It is the county seat of Minnehaha County [10] and also extends into northern Lincoln County to the south, which continues up to the Iowa state line. The population was 192,517 at the ...
- 1,463 ft (446 m)
- The waterfall of the Big Sioux River
20 hours ago · Greek Revival, Italianate, Gothic Revival. NRHP reference No. 80002691. Added to NRHP. January 23, 1980 [4] Gramercy Park [note 1] ( / ˈɡræmərsi /) is the name of both a small, fenced-in private park, [5] and the surrounding neighborhood that is also referred to as Gramercy, [6] in Manhattan in New York City.
- New York City
- United States
