9 hours ago · 4 July 1961 [3] The United States Naval Academy ( US Naval Academy, USNA, or Navy) is a federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland. It was established on 10 October 1845 during the tenure of George Bancroft as Secretary of the Navy. The Naval Academy is the second oldest of the five U.S. service academies and it educates midshipmen for ...
- 4,576
- Bill the Goat
9 hours ago · The United States Military Academy ( USMA ), also known metonymically as West Point or simply as Army, [7] is a United States service academy in West Point, New York. It was originally established as a fort, since it sits on strategic high ground overlooking the Hudson River with a scenic view, 50 miles (80 km) north of New York City.
- Rural – 16,080 acres (6,507.3 ha)
- 4,294 cadets
- Mule
- West Point, New York, United States
1 day ago · Michigan ( / ˈmɪʃɪɡən / ( listen)) is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. Its name derives from a gallicized variant of the original Ojibwe word ᒥᓯᑲᒥ ( mishigami ), [7] meaning 'large water' or 'large lake'. [2] [8] With a population of nearly 10.12 million and a total area of nearly 97,000 sq ...
- 96,716 sq mi (250,493 km²)
- 7 Democrats, 7 Republicans (list)
- Detroit
- Debbie Stabenow (D), Gary Peters (D)
1 day ago · The International Olympic Committee ( IOC; French: Comité international olympique, CIO) is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss Civil Code (articles 60–79). Founded by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas in 1894, it is the authority ...
- 23 June 1894; 127 years ago
- Lausanne, Switzerland
- Pierre de Coubertin
- French (reference language), English, and the host country's language when necessary
1 day ago · Ohio. O., Oh. Ohio ( / oʊˈhaɪoʊ / ( listen)) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The state's capital and largest city is Columbus, with the Columbus ...
- 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)
- 12 Republicans, 4 Democrats (list)
- United States
- Sherrod Brown (D), Rob Portman (R)