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| 1 | Montgomery, Alabama ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 90 Lat/Lng : 32.3617 / -86.2792 | Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Named for Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River, on the coastal Plain of the Gulf is Mexico. In the 2010 Census, Montgomery's population was 205,764 (...) | |
| 2 | Highlands, New Jersey ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 40.4042 / -73.9907 | Highlands is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 5,005, reflecting a decline of 92 (-1.8%) from the 5,097 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 248 (+5 (...) | |
| 3 | Jack Daniel's ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 242 Lat/Lng : 35.2848 / -86.3703 | Jack Daniel's is a brand of Tennessee whiskey and the top-selling American whiskey in the world.Hughes, T.,, The Daily Mail, June 6, 2012. It is produced in Lynchburg, Tennessee, by the Jack Daniel Distillery, which has been owned by the Brown-Forman Corporation since 1956 (...) | |
| 4 | Pasco County, Florida ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 30 Lat/Lng : 28.3 / -82.45 | Pasco County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2010 census, the population was 464,697. Its county seat is Dade City, and its largest city is New Port Richey. The county is named for Samuel Pasco. Pasco County is included in the Tampa-St (...) | |
| 5 | SS Edmund Fitzgerald ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 179 Lat/Lng : 46.9985 / -85.1102 | SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank in a Lake Superior storm on November 10, 1975, with the loss of the entire crew of 29. When launched on June 7, 1958, she was the largest ship on North America's Great Lakes, and she remains the largest to have sunk there (...) | |
| 6 | USS Texas (BB-35) ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 29.7564 / -95.0894 | USS Texas (BB-35), the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the U.S. state of Texas, is a . The ship was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned on 12 March 1914. Soon after her commissioning, Texas saw action in Mexican waters following the "Tampico Incident" and made numerous (...) | |
| 7 | Mount Vernon, Washington ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 62 Lat/Lng : 48.42 / -122.3261 | Mount Vernon is the county seat of Skagit County, Washington, United States. The population was 31,743 at the 2010 census. It is one of two principal cities of and included in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area (...) | |
| 8 | Marlboro Township, New Jersey ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 63 Lat/Lng : 40.3429 / -74.2572 | Marlboro Township is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township had a population of 40,191, reflecting an increase of 5,449 (+16.3%) from the 33,423 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 6,707 (+25 (...) | |
| 9 | Indiana ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 248 Lat/Lng : 40.0 / -86.0 | Indiana is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America. Indiana is the 38th largest by area and the 17th most populous of the 50 United States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th U.S (...) | |
| 10 | Alameda, California ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 37.7653 / -122.2417 | Alameda (; Spanish:) is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It is located on Alameda Island and Bay Farm Island, and is adjacent to and south of Oakland and east of San Francisco across the San Francisco Bay (...) | |
| 11 | Kern County, California ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 296 Lat/Lng : 35.34 / -118.72 | Kern County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 839,631. Its county seat is Bakersfield. Kern County comprises the Bakersfield, California Metropolitan statistical area. The county spans the southern end of the Central Valley (...) | |
| 12 | 1938 ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 61 Lat/Lng : 53.3937 / 13.7438 | ==Events== ===January=== * January 1 ** The California Golden Bears defeat the Alabama Crimson Tide in the 1938 Rose Bowl with a final score 13-0. ** The Company 1938 OEM Industrial Groups is officially registered (...) | |
| 13 | Operation Crossroads ![]() FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 11.6 / 165.5 | Operation Crossroads was a pair of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. They were the first nuclear weapon tests since Trinity in July 1945, and the first detonations of nuclear devices since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945 (...) | |
| 14 | Rouses Point, New York ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 35 Lat/Lng : 44.9939 / -73.3649 | Rouses Point is a village in Clinton County, New York, United States, along the 45th parallel. The population was 2,209 at the 2010 census. The village is named after Jacques Roux, a French Canadian soldier who fought alongside the Americans during their war for independence.Eloise A (...) | |
| 15 | Piscataway, New Jersey ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 28 Lat/Lng : 40.5397 / -74.4664 | Piscataway is a township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 56,044, reflecting an increase of 5,562 (+11.0%) from the 50,482 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 3,393 (+7 (...) | |
| 16 | Dumont, New Jersey ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 28 Lat/Lng : 40.9406 / -73.9967 | Dumont is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 17,479, reflecting a decrease of 24 (-0.1%) from the 17,503 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 316 (+1 (...) | |
| 17 | Whitby, Ontario ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 118 Lat/Lng : 43.9032 / -78.9428 | Whitby is a town in Durham Region. Whitby is located in Southern Ontario east of Ajax and west of Oshawa, on the north shore of Lake Ontario, and is home to the headquarters of Durham Region. It had a population of 128,377 at the 2016 census and it is approximately east of the Toronto borough of (...) | |
| 18 | West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 269 Lat/Lng : 39.3529 / -84.3647 | West Chester Township is one of the thirteen townships of Butler County, Ohio, United States, located in the southeastern corner of the county. It is situated between Sharonville and Liberty Township, about north of Cincinnati, and is included in the Cincinnati Metropolitan Area (...) | |
| 19 | Carbonear ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 47.7332 / -53.2284 | Carbonear is a town in the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It overlooks the west side of Conception Bay and had a history long tied to fishing and shipbuilding. Since the late 20th century, its economy has changed to emphasize education, health care and retail (...) | |
| 20 | Point Loma, San Diego ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 97 Lat/Lng : 32.67 / -117.2419 | Point Loma is a seaside community within the city of San Diego, California. Geographically it is a hilly peninsula that is bordered on the west and south by the Pacific Ocean, the east by the San Diego Bay and Old Town, and the north by the San Diego River (...) | |
| 21 | Scaled Composites ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 847 Lat/Lng : 35.0565 / -118.1614 | Scaled Composites (often called simply Scaled) is an American aerospace company founded by Burt Rutan and currently owned by Northrop Grumman that is located at the Mojave Air and Space Port, Mojave, California, United States (...) | |
| 22 | USS Maine (ACR-1) ![]() FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 23.198 / -82.355 | USS Maine (ACR-1) was an American naval ship that sank in Havana Harbor during the Cuban revolt against Spain, an event that became a major political issue in the United States. Commissioned in 1895, this was the first United States Navy ship to be named after the state of Maine (...) | |
| 23 | Torquay United F.C. ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 89 Lat/Lng : 50.4764 / -3.5239 | Torquay United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The club plays in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football, following relegation from the National League after the 2017–18 season. It plays its home matches at Plainmoor. (...) | |
| 24 | Jackson's Valley Campaign ![]() FeatureType : event Elevation : 234 Lat/Lng : 39.1394 / -78.2017 | Jackson's Valley Campaign, also known as the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862, was Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's spring 1862 campaign through the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia during the American Civil War (...) | |
| 25 | Tongue River (Montana) ![]() FeatureType : waterbody Elevation : 2157 Lat/Lng : 44.8183 / -107.456 | The Tongue River is a tributary of the Yellowstone River, approximately 265 mi (426 km) long, in the U.S. states of Wyoming and Montana. The Tongue rises in Wyoming in the Big Horn Mountains, flows through northern Wyoming and southeastern Montana and empties into the Yellowstone River at Miles (...) | |
| 26 | Battle of Cedar Creek ![]() FeatureType : event Elevation : 208 Lat/Lng : 39.0208 / -78.3038 | The Battle of Cedar Creek, or Battle of Belle Grove, fought October 19, 1864, was the culminating battle of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War. Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal Early launched a surprise attack against the encamped army of Union Maj. Gen (...) | |
| 27 | Vikings ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 105 Lat/Lng : 58.336 / 15.2273 | Vikings (—"pirate",Whitelock, Dorothy. Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader, OUP 1967, p. 392 Danish and ; Swedish and ; , from Old Norse) were Norse seafarers, mainly speaking the Old Norse language, who during the late 8th to late 11th centuries, raided and traded from their Northern European homelands (...) | |
| 28 | George S. Patton ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 334 Lat/Lng : 49.6117 / 6.1856 | George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a General of the United States Army who commanded the U.S. Seventh Army in the Mediterranean theater of World War II, and the U.S. Third Army in France and Germany following the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944 (...) | |
| 29 | 1987 America's Cup ![]() FeatureType : event Lat/Lng : -31.9525 / 115.6467 | The 1987 America's Cup was the twenty-sixth challenge for the America's Cup. The American challenger Stars & Stripes 87, sailed by Dennis Conner, beat the Australian defender Kookaburra III, sailed by Iain Murray, four wins to nil in the best of seven series (...) | |
| 30 | Fort Humboldt State Historic Park ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 40.7769 / -124.1889 | Fort Humboldt State Historic Park is a California state park, located in Eureka, California, United States. Displays interpret the former U.S. Army fort, which was staffed from 1853–1870, the interactions between European Americans and Native Americans in roughly the same period, and both logging (...) | |
| 31 | Glenmorangie distillery ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 21 Lat/Lng : 57.8259 / -4.078 | Glenmorangie (pronounced with the stress on the second syllable: listen; the toponym is believed to derive from either Gaelic Gleann Mòr na Sìth "vale of tranquillity" or Gleann Mór-innse "vale of big meadows")The translation of "Glen of Tranquillity" implied by Glenmorangie commercials is derived (...) | |
| 32 | SS Khedive Ismail ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 1.42 / 72.37 | SS Khedive Ismail, formerly SS Aconcagua, was a turbine steamship that was built in 1922 as an ocean liner, converted into a troop ship in 1940 and sunk by a Japanese submarine in 1944 with great loss of life. She was owned by the Chilean company CSAV 1922–32, the Scottish William Hamilton & Co (...) | |
| 33 | St Edward's School, Oxford ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 67 Lat/Lng : 51.7768 / -1.2687 | St. Edward's School (known colloquially as 'Teddies') is a co-educational, independent boarding school (an English public school) in Oxford, England. Approximately sixty pupils live in each of its twelve Houses (...) | |
| 34 | Port of Oswego ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 80 Lat/Lng : 43.4639 / -76.5103 | The Port of Oswego is the main waterfront area of the City of Oswego in Oswego County, New York. Over the course of its history, the Port of Oswego has been the focus of military conflict and conquest, asite of record trade revenue, and a significant part in the History of American expansion and (...) | |
| 35 | Port of Skagit County ![]() FeatureType : airport Elevation : 38 Lat/Lng : 48.4727 / -122.415 | The Port of Skagit is a port authority that owns and operates three key facilities in Skagit County, Washington. They include the Skagit Regional Airport, Bayview Business Park and the La Conner Marina. The Port of Skagit also maintains an extensive trail system and several properties it owns. (...) | |
| 36 | Frederick, Michigan ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 184 Lat/Lng : 42.5948 / -82.9134 | Frederick, Michigan, also known as Casino, was a community in Clinton Charter Township of Macomb County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. It was located on an oxbow of the Clinton River southwest of present-day Mt. Clemens. (...) | |
| 37 | Bus depots of MTA Regional Bus Operations ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 40.6583 / -74.0111 | MTA Regional Bus Operations operates local and express buses serving New York City in the United States out of 29 bus depots. These depots are located in all five boroughs of the city, with one located in nearby Yonkers in Westchester County (...) | |
| 38 | Castle Dome Landing, Arizona ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 56 Lat/Lng : 32.965 / -114.4636 | Castle Dome Landing, Arizona (also Castle Dome City) is a ghost town in the Castle Dome Mountains of Yuma County in the U.S. state of Arizona. It was first settled as a transport depot and mining camp around 1863 in what was then the Arizona Territory. (...) | |
| 39 | USS Cumberland (1842) ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 36.9617 / -76.4317 | The first USS Cumberland was a 50-gun sailing frigate of the United States Navy. She was the first ship sunk by the ironclad CSS Virginia. Cumberland began in the pages of a Congressional Act. Congress passed in 1816 "An act for the gradual increase of the Navy of the United States (...) | |
| 40 | Calhoun Hotel ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 56 Lat/Lng : 47.6119 / -122.3417 | The Calhoun Hotel, later known as the Palladian Apartments and currently the Kimpton Palladian Hotel is an historic hotel building located in downtown Seattle, Washington. Constructed in 1909, The building was built on the recently regraded northeast corner of Second Avenue and Virginia Streets by (...) | |
| 41 | SS Mohamed Ali El-Kebir ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 55.22 / -13.18 | SS Mohamed Ali El-Kebir, formerly SS Teno, was one of a pair of steam turbine ocean liners built in Scotland in 1922 for the Chilean company CSAV. She and her sister ship Aconcagua ran between Valparaíso and New York via the Panama Canal until 1932, when CSAV was hit by the Great Depression and (...) | |
| 42 | Colman Dock ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 47.6027 / -122.3385 | Colman Dock, also called Pier 52, is an important ferry terminal in Seattle, Washington. The original pier is no longer in existence, but the terminal, now used by the Washington State Ferry system, is still called "Colman Dock". (...) | |
| 43 | Donald George Mackay ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 361 Lat/Lng : -22.6 / 128.7 | Donald George Mackay CBE (29 June 187017 September 1958) was an Australian outdoorsman, long-distance cyclist, and explorer who conducted several expeditions to the remotest areas of the Australian continent. (...) | |