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The MTA purchased and took over subway, elevated, streetcar, and bus operations from the Boston Elevated Railway in 1947. [15] In the 1950s, the MTA ran new subway extensions, while the last two streetcar lines running into the Pleasant Street Portal of the Tremont Street Subway were substituted with buses in 1953 and 1962. [16]
History of Maryland Transit Administration. The Maryland Transit Administration was originally known as the Baltimore Metropolitan Transit Authority, then the Maryland Mass Transit Administration before it changed to its current name in October 2001. [ 1 ] The MTA took over the operations of the old Baltimore Transit Company on April 30, 1970.
Amos Rusie led the National League in strikeouts a total of five times with two different teams. From 1903 to 1908, Christy Mathewson led the National League in strikeouts in five of six years. Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax led the National League in strikeouts four times before retiring at the age of 30. Aaron Harang defeated Jake Peavy for the ...
Suriname (/ ˈsʊərɪnæm, - nɑːm / ⓘ SOOR-in-A (H)M, Dutch: [syːriˈnaːmə] ⓘ, Sranan Tongo: [sraˈnãŋ]), officially the Republic of Suriname (Dutch: Republiek Suriname [reːpyˈblik syːriˈnaːmə]), is a country in northern South America, sometimes considered part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. Suriname is a developing ...
Syria–Lebanon campaign. Roald Dahl[a] (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, screenwriter and a wartime fighter ace. [1][2] His books have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide. [3][4] He has been called "one of the greatest storytellers for children of ...
Hermann Wilhelm Göring (or Goering; [ a ]German: [ˈhɛʁman ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈɡøːʁɪŋ] ⓘ; 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal. He was one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, which governed Germany from 1933 to 1945.
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (Koinē Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Θεά Φιλοπάτωρ lit. 'Cleopatra father-loving goddess'; [note 5] 70/69 BC – 10 August 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler. [note 6] A member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of its founder Ptolemy ...
Hirohito as an infant in 1902 Emperor Taishō's four sons in 1921: Hirohito, Takahito, Nobuhito, and Yasuhito. Hirohito was born on 29 April 1901, at Aoyama Palace in Tokyo during the reign of his grandfather, Emperor Meiji, [2] the first son of 21-year-old Crown prince Yoshihito (the future Emperor Taishō) and 16-year-old Crown Princess Sadako, the future Empress Teimei. [3]