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| 1 | Banjul ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 13.4531 / -16.5775 | Banjul, officially the City of Banjul and formerly known as Bathurst, is the capital of The Gambia and is in a division of the same name. Banjul is on St Mary's Island (Banjul Island), where the Gambia River enters the Atlantic Ocean (...) | |
| 2 | Tuvalu ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : -8.5208 / 179.1986 | Tuvalu (or), formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian island country located in the Pacific Ocean, situated in Oceania, about midway between Hawaii and Australia. It lies east-northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands (belonging to the Solomons), southeast of Nauru, south of Kiribati, west of (...) | |
| 3 | Auckland ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 21 Lat/Lng : -36.8406 / 174.74 | Auckland is a city in the North Island of New Zealand. Auckland is the largest urban area in the country, with an urban population of around It is located in the Auckland Region—the area governed by Auckland Council—which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, resulting (...) | |
| 4 | United States ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 691 Lat/Lng : 40.0 / -100.0 | The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles (9 (...) | |
| 5 | Quincy, Massachusetts ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 42.2528 / -71.0028 | Quincy is the largest city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of Metropolitan Boston and one of Boston's immediate southern suburbs. Its population in 2014 was 93,397, making it the eighth largest city in the state (...) | |
| 6 | April 17 ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1824 Lat/Lng : 34.9 / 104.7 | ==Events== *1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized. *1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Hasan II (...) | |
| 7 | USS Okinawa (LPH-3) ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 31.45 / -119.7 | USS Okinawa (LPH–3) was the second Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship assigned the name "Okinawa", in honor of the World War II Battle of Okinawa. (...) | |
| 8 | Central Park (disambiguation) ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : -34.5485 / 150.8179 | Central Park is a large public park in New York City, United States. Central Park may also refer to: (...) | |
| 9 | Andrews University ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 203 Lat/Lng : 41.9619 / -86.3573 | Andrews University is a university in Berrien Springs, Michigan. Founded in 1874 as Battle Creek College, it was the first higher education facility started by Seventh-day Adventists, and is the flagship university of the Seventh-day Adventist school system,Bull, Malcolm & Keith Lockhart, 2006, (...) | |
| 10 | Dow Chemical Company ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 18 Lat/Lng : 26.9304 / 49.4708 | The Dow Chemical Company, commonly referred to as Dow, is an American multinational chemical corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, United States, and the predecessor of the merged company DowDuPont. In 2017, it was the second-largest chemical manufacturer in the world by revenue (after (...) | |
| 11 | Da'an District, Taichung ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 24.3652 / 120.5902 | Da'an District is a coastal suburban district in Taichung, Taiwan, upgraded from Da-an Township. It lies between the Dajia river and the Da-an river. The district's economy is based on rice. The climate is sub-tropical. (...) | |
| 12 | Clipper Round the World Yacht Race ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : -3.5853 / 109.1817 | The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is a sailing race around the world in 8 legs, with trained amateur crew members. The organisers own a fleet of identical yachts, the Clipper 70, and provide qualified skippers to lead each team. Crew can either sign up for the whole race, or one or more legs (...) | |
| 13 | 1967 ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 35 Lat/Lng : 51.6523 / -0.082 | ==Events== ===January=== * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of the British North America Act, 1867, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 2 – Ronald Reagan, past movie actor and future President of the United States, is inaugurated the (...) | |
| 14 | Timeline of Boston ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 41 Lat/Lng : 42.3581 / -71.0636 | This is a of the history of the city of Boston, US. (...) | |
| 15 | RNZ Concert ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : -41.2889 / 174.7772 | RNZ Concert or Radio New Zealand Concert , known as Concert FM until 2007, is a publicly funded non-commercial New Zealand FM fine music radio network. It is owned and operated by Radio New Zealand from its Wellington headquarters (...) | |
| 16 | HMS Hermes (95) ![]() FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 7.5912 / 82.0986 | HMS Hermes was a British aircraft carrier built for the Royal Navy and was the world's first ship to be designed as an aircraft carrier, although the Imperial Japanese Navy's was the first to be launched and commissioned.Milanovich, pp (...) | |
| 17 | USS Basilone ![]() FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 29.8667 / -79.9667 | USS Basilone (DD/DDE-824) was a of the United States Navy, named for Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone (1916–1945), who was awarded the Medal of Honor for "extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry in action...." in the defense of Henderson Field during the 1942 Guadalcanal campaign (...) | |
| 18 | World TV ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 31 Lat/Lng : -36.906 / 174.822 | World TV is a New Zealand television, radio and print media company specialising in media for Asian migrants and Asian language communities. It operates eleven specialist television channels and publishes a national-circulation magazine for subscribers of its five Sky TV digital television packages (...) | |
| 19 | Nerbudda incident ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 25.1511 / 121.7561 | The Nerbudda incident was the execution of 197 personnel of the British transport ship Nerbudda and brig Ann in Taiwan on 10 August 1842 during the First Opium War. An additional 87 prisoners died from ill-treatment in captivity (...) | |
| 20 | SS Clan Allan ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 32.9167 / -10.1167 | Clan Allan was a cargo ship that was built in 1942 as Empire Forest by John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She was sold to Clan Line in 1946 and renamed Clan Allan (...) | |
| 21 | MV Empire Star (1935) ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 48.2333 / -25.6333 | MV Empire Star was a UK refrigerated cargo liner. She was built by Harland and Wolff in 1935 as one of Blue Star Line's -class ships, designed to ship frozen meat from Australia and New Zealand to the United Kingdom (...) | |
| 22 | USS Forrest Sherman (DD-931) ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 39.893 / -75.189 | USS Forrest Sherman (DD-931) was the lead ship of her class of destroyer of the United States Navy. She was named for Admiral Forrest P. Sherman USN (1896–1951). (...) | |
| 23 | MathStar ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 72 Lat/Lng : 45.542 / -122.8734 | MathStar was an American, fabless semiconductor company based in Oregon. Founded in Minnesota in 1999, the company moved to the Portland metropolitan area where it remained until it completed a reverse merger with Sajan, Inc. in 2010 (...) | |
| 24 | USS Sarsfield (DD-837) ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : -1 Lat/Lng : 22.9886 / 120.1563 | USS Sarsfield (DD-837), a , was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named after Eugene S. Sarsfield, an officer and commander of . He disappeared after the sinking of his ship and was presumed dead on 11 July 1943. Sarsfield was laid down on 15 January 1945 by the Bath Iron Works Co (...) | |
| 25 | Dover Grammar School for Boys ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 68 Lat/Lng : 51.1287 / 1.2905 | Dover Grammar School for Boys is a selective secondary school located in Dover, United Kingdom. The school is situated next to Astor College, which is a non-selective school. It has a strong sporting rivalry with Astor and Sir Roger Manwood's School, a selective Grammar school in nearby Sandwich, (...) | |