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1 day ago · This year Black Friday falls on 29 November. Traditionally it has always followed Thanksgiving in the USA. See our explainer on how Black Friday came to be, and how got its name and lasts until ...
6 hours ago · This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 October 2024. Family of Unix-like operating systems This article is about the family of operating systems. For the kernel, see Linux kernel. For other uses, see Linux (disambiguation). Operating system Linux Tux the penguin, the mascot of Linux Developer Community contributors, Linus Torvalds Written ...
1 day ago · In a 1967 memo to President Lyndon B. Johnson, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara wrote that "our sales [to Iran] have created about 1.4 million man-years of employment in the U.S. and over $1 billion in profits to American industry over the last five years," leading him to conclude that Iran was an arms market the United States could not do without. [183]
1 day ago · Like previous Kalashnikov-pattern rifles, the AK-74 does not have a gas valve; excess gases are ventilated through a series of radial ports in the gas cylinder. Since the Kalashnikov operating system offers no primary extraction upon bolt rotation, the 5.45×39mm AK-74 bolt has a larger extractor claw than the 7.62×39mm AKM for increased extraction reliability. [ 19 ]
1 day ago · On Christmas Day, a family wake up to discover a mysterious black substance surrounding the house and their TV screen broadcasts a single message: Stay Indoors and Await Further Instructions. Black Christmas: 1974: Sorority sisters are terrorized by a mysterious stalker/murderer. A remake of the film was released in 2006. Black Christmas: 2006
1 day ago · [121] [122] In 1986, the Goldwater–Nichols Act mandated that operational control of the services follows a chain of command from the president to the secretary of defense directly to the unified combatant commanders, who have control of all armed forces units in their geographic or function area of responsibility, thus the secretaries of the military departments (and their respective service ...
6 hours ago · After he died, Jacobites were said to have toasted in the mole's honour, calling it "the little gentleman in the black velvet waistcoat". [68] [128] Hannah Twynnoy: 23 October 1703: The 33-year-old barmaid at the White Lion Inn was mauled to death by a tiger in Malmesbury, Wiltshire. She was the first person to be killed by a tiger in British ...
