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Project FF. Project FF or Fat Fucker was a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) project aimed at pressuring King Farouk of Egypt to make political reforms that would lessen the likelihood of violent political change in the country contrary to American interests. The government of the United States was concerned that the ever-increasing political ...
10 hours ago · Richard Haking. General Sir Richard Cyril Byrne Haking, GBE , KCB , KCMG (24 January 1862 – 9 June 1945), was a senior British Army officer who is most notable for being the commander of XI Corps during the majority of the First World War. Arguments over the late release of Haking's corps on the first day of the Battle of Loos in September ...
John Ellis was born in the Kentish town of Deal on 28 February 1917. After completing his education, at Sutton Valence School , in March 1936 he joined the Royal Air Force (RAF). [ 1 ] Granted a commission as an acting pilot officer in May, after completing flight training at No. 11 Flying Training School at Wittering, he was briefly posted to No. 66 Squadron before being transferred in March ...
1 day ago · Recorded January 4, 1980. James Earl Carter Jr.(born October 1, 1924) is an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United Statesfrom 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the 76th governor of Georgiafrom 1971 to 1975, and a Georgia state senatorfrom 1963 to 1967.
10 hours ago · The governor of Ohio is the head of government of Ohio [2] and the commander-in-chief of the U.S. state's military forces. [3] The officeholder has a duty to enforce state laws, the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Ohio General Assembly, [4] the power to convene the legislature [5] and the power to grant pardons, except in cases of treason and impeachment.
10 hours ago · The general record-buying public came to view the music made after this time as the point marking the band's artistic decline. [120] Smiley Smile was released on September 18, 1967, [136] and peaked at number 41 in the US, [118] making it their worst-selling album to that date. [137] Critics and fans were generally underwhelmed by the album. [138]
10 hours ago · At Kennedy Space Center in Florida, five workers suffered anoxia due to pure nitrogen atmosphere in the aft engine compartment of Space Shuttle Columbia during a countdown demonstration test for the STS-1 mission. 51-year-old John Bjornstad died at the scene; 50-year-old Forrest Cole went into a coma and died two weeks later, and Nick Mullon died 14 years later from complications of injuries ...
