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The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. [ 6 ] Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in 1945. He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [ 7 ]
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (abbreviated MBTA and known colloquially as " the T ") [3][4] is the public agency responsible for operating most public transportation services in Greater Boston, Massachusetts. The MBTA transit network includes the MBTA subway with three metro lines (the Blue, Orange, and Red lines), two light ...
{{Infobox former country | native_name = 𒆳𒌵𒆠 māt Akkadi 𒀀𒂵𒉈𒆠 a-ga-de 3 KI | conventional_long_name = Akkadian Empire | common_name = Akkadian Empire | era = Bronze Age | government_type = Monarchy | year_start = c. 2334 BC | year_end = c. 2154 BC | life_span = c. 2334 – 2154 BC | event1 = Conquests of Sargon of Akkad | date_event1 = c. 2340 – 2284 BC | p1 = Early ...
e. The 2024 United States presidential election will be the 60th quadrennial presidential election, set to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. [1] Voters in each state and the District of Columbia will choose electors to the Electoral College, who will then elect a president and vice president for a term of four years.
Sean John Combs was born on November 4, 1969, in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.Raised in Mount Vernon, New York, [23] his mother Janice Combs (née Smalls) was a model and teacher's assistant, [24] and his father, Melvin Earl Combs, served in the U.S. Air Force and was an associate of convicted New York drug dealer Frank Lucas.
Transrapid 09 at the Emsland test facility in Lower Saxony, Germany A full trip on the Shanghai Transrapid maglev train Example of low-speed urban maglev system, Linimo. Maglev (derived from magnetic levitation) is a system of rail transport whose rolling stock is levitated by electromagnets rather than rolled on wheels, eliminating rolling resistance.
View of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge from Upper New York Bay, with Coney Island in the distance. A bridge across the Narrows had been proposed as early as 1926 or 1927, when structural engineer David B. Steinman brought up the possibility of such a crossing.
The Northrop B-2 Spirit, also known as the Stealth Bomber, is an American heavy strategic bomber, featuring low-observable stealth technology designed to penetrate dense anti-aircraft defenses. A subsonic flying wing with a crew of two, the plane was designed by Northrop (later Northrop Grumman) as the prime contractor, with Boeing, Hughes, and ...