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Officers of the 8th New York Infantry Regiment at Arlington House in June 1861, two months after the launch of the American Civil War The Custis-Lee Mansion, originally known as Arlington House, [5] with Union Army soldiers on its lawn during the American Civil War on June 28, 1864 Arlington National Cemetery and the Netherlands Carillon in December 2012 The Old Guard transports the flag ...
Microsoft MapPoint is a discontinued [1] [2] [3] software program and service created by Microsoft that allows users to view, edit and integrate maps. The software and technology are designed to facilitate the geographical visualization and analysis of either included data or custom data.
Its second-largest acquisition is the purchase of MapQuest, a web mapping company. From 1999 to 2009, MapQuest had the greatest market share among mapping websites; it has since dropped to second place, behind Google Maps. [3] [4] The majority of the companies acquired by AOL are based in the United States. As of April 2008, AOL has acquired 41 ...
The history of the Internet has its origin in the efforts of scientists and engineers to build and interconnect computer networks.The Internet Protocol Suite, the set of rules used to communicate between networks and devices on the Internet, arose from research and development in the United States and involved international collaboration, particularly with researchers in the United Kingdom and ...
The Jamestown [a] settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi (4 km) southwest of present-day Williamsburg. [1]
Molly Kathleen Ringwald (born February 18, 1968) [1] is an American actress, writer, and translator. She began her career as a child actress on the sitcoms Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life (both 1979–1980) before being nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance in the drama film Tempest (1982).
Clift and Lois Hall in the Broadway production of Patricia Collinge's Dame Nature (1938). Edward Montgomery Clift was born on October 17, 1920, in Omaha, Nebraska.His father, William Brooks "Bill" Clift (1886–1964), was the vice-president of Omaha National Trust Company. [6]
Constantinople [a] (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330. Following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the late 5th century, Constantinople remained the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire (also known as the Byzantine Empire; 330–1204 and 1261–1453), the Latin Empire (1204–1261), and the Ottoman Empire (1453 ...