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9570013 | Kenneth M. Taylor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kenneth%20M.%20Taylor | Kenneth M. Taylor
and the ammunition boxes fell off of his plane's wing. Both pilots realized that if they took off away from the incoming aircraft they would become targets once they were airborne, so both headed directly towards the bombers at take-off. Additionally, if the low-flying bombers attempted to fire at the... | 55,700 |
9570013 | Kenneth M. Taylor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kenneth%20M.%20Taylor | Kenneth M. Taylor
rear-gunner from a dive bomber fired at Taylor's aircraft and one of the bullets came within an inch of Taylor's head and exploded in the cockpit. One piece went through his left arm and shrapnel entered his leg. Taylor reflected on the injuries in a 2001 interview, saying "It was of no consequence; i... | 55,701 |
9570013 | Kenneth M. Taylor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kenneth%20M.%20Taylor | Kenneth M. Taylor
formation soon broke off the pursuit and left to return to their carriers as Taylor neared Welch. Taylor continued to fire on several Japanese aircraft until he ran out of ammunition. Both pilots headed back to Haleiwa. After landing and driving back to Wheeler, Taylor and Welch passed by their squadr... | 55,702 |
9570013 | Kenneth M. Taylor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kenneth%20M.%20Taylor | Kenneth M. Taylor
you why: I was too young and too stupid to realize that I was in a lot of danger."
## Records and awards.
According to the 25th Infantry Division's Tropic Lightning Museum, 14 different American pilots were able to take off during the surprise attack and record 10 Japanese aircraft kills. Air Corps ... | 55,703 |
9570013 | Kenneth M. Taylor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kenneth%20M.%20Taylor | Kenneth M. Taylor
which of the two pilots shot down the first Japanese bomber: "Each of them in his first attack shot down an enemy bomber, so the difference in time would have been but a few seconds in any case." While in the air during the dogfight, the two pilots agreed that whoever survived the battle would claim c... | 55,704 |
9570013 | Kenneth M. Taylor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kenneth%20M.%20Taylor | Kenneth M. Taylor
later reacted to the attack, saying "I believed I was a better-trained pilot than the enemy. I had good equipment, and I was proud of it."
For their action on December 7, the U.S. War Department in Communiqué No. 19 on December 13, 1941, designated Taylor and Welch as the first two American heroes of... | 55,705 |
9570013 | Kenneth M. Taylor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kenneth%20M.%20Taylor | Kenneth M. Taylor
injuries he sustained. Both men were recommended for the Medal of Honor, but were turned down because they had taken off without orders.
# Military and National Guard service.
After the Pearl Harbor attack, Taylor was assigned to the 44th Fighter Squadron, and went to the South Pacific at Henderson ... | 55,706 |
9570013 | Kenneth M. Taylor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kenneth%20M.%20Taylor | Kenneth M. Taylor
an air raid and was sent back to the United States in 1943. In the U.S., he trained pilots in preparation of combat in Europe and was then assigned to the 12th Pursuit Squadron. At the end of World War II, Taylor had reached the rank of major and went to the Philippines to command a squadron that used... | 55,707 |
9570013 | Kenneth M. Taylor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kenneth%20M.%20Taylor | Kenneth M. Taylor
he retired as a colonel in the Regular U.S. Air Force in 1967 and soon started as the Assistant Adjutant General for the Alaska Air National Guard, retiring as a brigadier general in 1971. Taylor then worked in the insurance industry in Alaska until 1985.
# Awards and decorations.
His awards and dec... | 55,708 |
9570013 | Kenneth M. Taylor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kenneth%20M.%20Taylor | Kenneth M. Taylor
vacation in Hawaii each year. Taylor's son later retired as a brigadier general commanding the Alaska Air National Guard, the same position formerly held by his father.
At a 50th anniversary symposium of the Pearl Harbor attack, Taylor met with a Japanese pilot who was part of the first wave of bombe... | 55,709 |
9570013 | Kenneth M. Taylor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kenneth%20M.%20Taylor | Kenneth M. Taylor
Harbor" featured a sequence in which the characters portrayed by Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett took to the skies to fight the Japanese. This sequence is understood to be a fill-in for Taylor's and Welch's roles, but the characters do not bear any other similarities to Taylor and Welch. Unlike "Tora! T... | 55,710 |
9570013 | Kenneth M. Taylor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kenneth%20M.%20Taylor | Kenneth M. Taylor
rnia at an assisted living residence in Tucson, Arizona. His son stated that he wanted "to be remembered mostly as a good father, husband, grandfather and great-grandfather. He was very loyal and dutiful, and to him that was more important than what he did in the war." He was cremated and later buried... | 55,711 |
1403710 | Joe Choynski | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe%20Choynski | Joe Choynski
Joe Choynski
Joseph Bartlett Choynski (; November 8, 1868 – January 24, 1943) was an American boxer who fought professionally from 1888 to 1904.
# Boxing career.
"Chrysanthemum Joe", the son of a Jewish Polish immigrant that settled in California in 1867, weighed no more than 176 lb (80 kg) throughout h... | 55,712 |
1403710 | Joe Choynski | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe%20Choynski | Joe Choynski
that one of Jeffries' cornermen was forced to cut it out with a knife between rounds.
A contemporary of heavyweight champion "Gentleman Jim" (James J. Corbett), the two fought professionally three times. Both were from the San Francisco area, and thus generated a lot of local interest in their rivalry. Th... | 55,713 |
1403710 | Joe Choynski | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe%20Choynski | Joe Choynski
Corbett, however, declined to fight bare-knuckle, but agreed to allow Choynski to wear leather riding gloves borrowed from a spectator. The riding gloves were seamed, and caused Corbett to suffer many cuts and welts. Nevertheless, Corbett won the legendary bout when he KOed Choynski in the 27th round.
In ... | 55,714 |
1403710 | Joe Choynski | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe%20Choynski | Joe Choynski
ry 25, 1901, he faced and KO'ed the young Jack Johnson in 3 rounds. He then began to train Johnson, helping the younger man develop the style that enabled him to become world champion.
Choynski also fought six-round draws with two other men who later claimed the heavyweight championship of the world: Bob ... | 55,715 |
1403702 | STQ | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=STQ | STQ
STQ
STQ is an Australian television station, licensed to, and serving the regional areas of Queensland. The station is owned and operated by the Seven Network from studios located in Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast. The callsign STQ stands for "Sunshine Television, Queensland".
# History.
The station began as... | 55,716 |
1403702 | STQ | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=STQ | STQ
of Seven Network programs, as well as of the Brisbane Seven News edition on BTQ, as these were then under Christopher Skase's ownership then these two began preparations for aggregation in 1988-89 as the Seven affiliates for viewers in regional Queensland.
When Queensland was aggregated at the end of 1990, SEQ-8 a... | 55,717 |
1403702 | STQ | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=STQ | STQ
Queensland on the top.
In 1995, Sunshine Television was purchased by Seven, and became Seven Queensland, taking on a generic Seven Network look, adopting the Seven logo of the time. With few exceptions, its schedule since then has been virtually identical to that of its metropolitan counterpart, BTQ in Brisbane. S... | 55,718 |
1403702 | STQ | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=STQ | STQ
weeknight at 6pm in all seven areas of regional Queensland: Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Wide Bay, Toowoomba, the Sunshine Coast, and Rockhampton. They are followed by a shortened 30 minute version of "Seven News Brisbane". The bulletins are repeated on a half-hour delay on 7Two at 6.30pm.
The bulletins are present... | 55,719 |
1403702 | STQ | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=STQ | STQ
Broadcasting Authority (now the Australian Communications and Media Authority).
The most successful edition of "Seven News" is broadcast on the Sunshine Coast. In early 1998, WIN Television launched a competing service, publicly stating that it would beat Seven in the ratings within six months. At the end of the 1... | 55,720 |
1403702 | STQ | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=STQ | STQ
Wide Bay and Toowoomba bulletins pre-recorded at studios in Maroochydore. The Sunshine Coast edition of "Seven News" is broadcast live. News editing is undertaken by the local newsrooms, and sent to the main Maroochydore studios for transmission.
On 5 March 2007, "Seven News" bulletins commenced production and bro... | 55,721 |
1403702 | STQ | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=STQ | STQ
ng Downs was introduced on 2 November 2015, making Seven the only television network to provide a full-scale local news service for every part of regional Queensland, since the axing of WIN News in Mackay in May 2015.
# Main Transmitters.
Notes:
- 1. height above average terrain
- 2. The Mackay station was an i... | 55,722 |
9570042 | Salvatore Cordileone | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salvatore%20Cordileone | Salvatore Cordileone
Salvatore Cordileone
Salvatore Joseph Cordileone (born June 5, 1956) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and the archbishop of San Francisco, California.
A conservative theologian, he is known for his willingness to use the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite of Mass.
Cordileone... | 55,723 |
9570042 | Salvatore Cordileone | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salvatore%20Cordileone | Salvatore Cordileone
in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University, earning a Baccalaureate in Sacred Theology, a type of post-graduate degree, in 1981.
Returning to the United States, Cordileone was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Leo Thomas Maher on July 9, 1982. He then served as an associate pastor at Saint ... | 55,724 |
9570042 | Salvatore Cordileone | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salvatore%20Cordileone | Salvatore Cordileone
Rome to work as an assistant at the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, the highest judicial body in the Vatican under the pope. He was raised to the rank of Chaplain of His Holiness in 1999.
# Episcopal career.
## Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego.
On July 5, 2002, Cordileone was appointed... | 55,725 |
9570042 | Salvatore Cordileone | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salvatore%20Cordileone | Salvatore Cordileone
to be theologically conservative. At the annual meeting of the U.S. bishops in Baltimore in November, 2006, in the course of consideration of the document which issued as "Happy Are Those Who Are Called to His Supper" he proposed to the gathered bishops that the use of contraception should be inclu... | 55,726 |
9570042 | Salvatore Cordileone | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salvatore%20Cordileone | Salvatore Cordileone
was later named the fourth Bishop of Oakland by Pope Benedict XVI on March 23, 2009. Filling the vacancy left by Bishop Allen Vigneron's promotion to Archbishop of Detroit in January, Cordileone's relatively quick appointment is speculated to have been related to accusations that the diocese's inte... | 55,727 |
9570042 | Salvatore Cordileone | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salvatore%20Cordileone | Salvatore Cordileone
was offered in Northern California since the liturgical changes finalized in 1969. Cordileone gladly celebrates Mass in the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite, also often called the Tridentine Mass.
From 2011-2017, Cordileone was the chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' ... | 55,728 |
9570042 | Salvatore Cordileone | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salvatore%20Cordileone | Salvatore Cordileone
for children, detrimental to society and dangerous for religious freedom.
## Archbishop of San Francisco.
On July 27, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI named Cordileone Archbishop of San Francisco. The appointment of Cordileone, and the acceptance of the resignation of his predecessor, Archbishop George Hu... | 55,729 |
9570042 | Salvatore Cordileone | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salvatore%20Cordileone | Salvatore Cordileone
on August 26, 2012, Cordileone was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol at a police checkpoint in San Diego. His mother and a visiting priest from Germany were with him in the car he was driving. The arresting officer said that Cordileone "was a driver that was obviously impaired but... | 55,730 |
9570042 | Salvatore Cordileone | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salvatore%20Cordileone | Salvatore Cordileone
probation and ordered to pay a fine. He was also required to attend a Mothers Against Drunk Driving victim-impact panel and a three-month first conviction program through the state Department of Motor Vehicles.
### Call for replacement.
In February 2015 the Archbishop presented a statement to Cat... | 55,731 |
9570042 | Salvatore Cordileone | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salvatore%20Cordileone | Salvatore Cordileone
four Catholic high schools in San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin counties, urging the Archbishop to withdraw what they called "discriminatory morality clauses". Cordileone responded, saying he "respects the lawmakers’ right to hire whoever may advance their mission and that he is asking for the sam... | 55,732 |
9570042 | Salvatore Cordileone | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salvatore%20Cordileone | Salvatore Cordileone
to replace Cordileone as archbishop of the San Francisco archdiocese, specifically objecting to Cordileone's characterization of sex outside of marriage and homosexual relations as "gravely evil", saying Cordileone fosters "an atmosphere of division and intolerance". The archdiocese responded that ... | 55,733 |
9570042 | Salvatore Cordileone | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salvatore%20Cordileone | Salvatore Cordileone
around the world. A subsequent picnic and show of support attended by hundreds of people was held on Saturday, May 16, 2015 at the Sue Bierman Park in San Francisco.
### Chairman of the USCCB Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life, and Youth.
On November 14, 2018, at the autumn General Assembl... | 55,734 |
9570042 | Salvatore Cordileone | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salvatore%20Cordileone | Salvatore Cordileone
senior in consecration.
# Opposition to LGBT rights.
## Same-sex marriage.
A vocal opponent of gay rights and same-sex marriage, Cordileone helped to draft Proposition 8 in 2008, California's Constitutional amendment to define marriage as between one man and one woman, and raise substantial sums... | 55,735 |
9570042 | Salvatore Cordileone | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salvatore%20Cordileone | Salvatore Cordileone
Cordileone personally contributed $13,000 in support of Proposition 8.
In 2009, Cordileone is one of seventeen United States bishops to sign the , a document asserting opposition to same-sex marriage, abortion and assisted suicide, and to what signers feel is an infringement on freedom of religion... | 55,736 |
9570042 | Salvatore Cordileone | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salvatore%20Cordileone | Salvatore Cordileone
leaders and local and state lawmakers and officials (including the Mayor of San Francisco) collected a petition with 30,000 signatures and wrote publicly urging Cordileone not to take part in the event, which they saw as anti-LGBT, and specifically objected to Cordileone, "marching and sharing the ... | 55,737 |
9570042 | Salvatore Cordileone | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salvatore%20Cordileone | Salvatore Cordileone
with other chairmen of committees within the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Cordileone also expressed concern over the reported intention of Barack Obama to issue an executive order on LGBT employment, which would outlaw discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender id... | 55,738 |
9570042 | Salvatore Cordileone | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salvatore%20Cordileone | Salvatore Cordileone
problematic understanding of human sexuality and sexual behavior and to condone such behavior".
# Coat of arms.
The coat of arms chosen by Cordileone has two sections. The upper part is a representation of his Italian surname "Cor di leone", which means "heart of lion", and shows the top part of ... | 55,739 |
9570042 | Salvatore Cordileone | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salvatore%20Cordileone | Salvatore Cordileone
nce to the constellation of Cancer, which is associated with the month of July, the month of Cordileone's ordination as a priest and of his appointment as a bishop. The motto, "In verbo tuo", meaning "At your word" is a reference to the response of Peter, "At your word I will let down the nets", wh... | 55,740 |
1403724 | Sport in Warsaw | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sport%20in%20Warsaw | Sport in Warsaw
Sport in Warsaw
Warsaw is home to 2 major professional football clubs and a number of smaller clubs. The only one currently playing in the first division ("Ekstraklasa") is Legia Warszawa.
# Overview.
On 9 April 2008 the President of Warsaw, Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, obtained from the mayor of Stuttga... | 55,741 |
1403724 | Sport in Warsaw | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sport%20in%20Warsaw | Sport in Warsaw
Poland and Ukraine.
There are many sports centres in the city as well. Most of these facilities are swimming pools and sports halls, many of them built by the municipality in the past several years. The main indoor venue is Hala Torwar, used for all kinds of indoor sports (it was a venue for the 2009 E... | 55,742 |
1403724 | Sport in Warsaw | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sport%20in%20Warsaw | Sport in Warsaw
Warszawa – the army club with a nationwide following play at Polish Army Stadium, just southeast of the centre at Łazienkowska Street. Established in 1916, they have won the country’s championship 13 times (most recently in 2018) and won the Polish Cup record 19 times. They have never been relegated div... | 55,743 |
1403724 | Sport in Warsaw | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sport%20in%20Warsaw | Sport in Warsaw
walk north from the Old Town.
Warsaw was chosen as one of four Polish cities to host the UEFA Euro 2012 tournament alongside Ukraine. Its National Stadium (Warsaw) will be hosting just under a sixth of the games in the competition. It hosted 3 group A matches (including the opening game), 1 quarter-fin... | 55,744 |
1403724 | Sport in Warsaw | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sport%20in%20Warsaw | Sport in Warsaw
in November 2011, under a year before the start of UEFA Euro 2012 and it has hosted 2/3 of Poland's group matches.
Like most of Polish sport clubs, those based in Warsaw have also branches that specialize in other disciplines. The following lists the major sport clubs and the discipline the club is fam... | 55,745 |
1403724 | Sport in Warsaw | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sport%20in%20Warsaw | Sport in Warsaw
– men's football team
# Basketball teams.
- Polonia Warbud Warszawa – men's basketball team, 3rd in Era Basket Liga in 2003/2004 season.
- Legia Warszawa (basketball) – basketball team
# Volleyball teams.
- AZS Politechnika Warszawa – men's volleyball team playing in Polish Volleyball League (Polsk... | 55,746 |
1403724 | Sport in Warsaw | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sport%20in%20Warsaw | Sport in Warsaw
, 3rd in Era Basket Liga in 2003/2004 season.
- Legia Warszawa (basketball) – basketball team
# Volleyball teams.
- AZS Politechnika Warszawa – men's volleyball team playing in Polish Volleyball League (Polska Liga Siatkówki, PLS), 5th place in season 2003/2004.
# Handball teams.
- Warszawianka – h... | 55,747 |
1403747 | Acidovorax | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Acidovorax | Acidovorax
Acidovorax
Acidovorax is a genus of Proteobacteria. All species are facultative. "A. avenae" causes bacterial fruit blotch on cucurbit crops.
# External links.
- "Acidovorax" LPSN List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
- The Microbial Ecology and Genomics Research Laboratory | 55,748 |
1403737 | Dongting Lake Bridge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dongting%20Lake%20Bridge | Dongting Lake Bridge
Dongting Lake Bridge
The Dongting Lake Bridge () is a bridge with cable-stayed bridge section over Dongting Lake in Yueyang, northeastern Hunan Province, China. Cable-stayed section consists of three tower supporting a center spans of 310 m each and two identical side spans of 130 m each. It is on... | 55,749 |
1403737 | Dongting Lake Bridge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dongting%20Lake%20Bridge | Dongting Lake Bridge
ludes four lanes of traffic—two lanes in each direction.
# Description.
Dongting Lake Bridge is connected to Dongting Avenue, China National Highway 107 and Jingzhu Expressway in the east, and the Provincial Highways Route 1804 of Hunan in the west. The total length of the road and bridge is 18,8... | 55,750 |
1403714 | Region of Waterloo International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Region%20of%20Waterloo%20International%20Airport | Region of Waterloo International Airport
Region of Waterloo International Airport
Region of Waterloo International Airport or Kitchener/Waterloo Airport is an international airport serving the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in Woolwich, Ontario, Canada, northwest of Toronto.
The airport is classified as an airport... | 55,751 |
1403714 | Region of Waterloo International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Region%20of%20Waterloo%20International%20Airport | Region of Waterloo International Airport
departure) at this terminal to handle scheduled flights. There is a licensed sit-down eating area and a vending area for people travelling through the airport.
# History.
The airport used to be named Waterloo Regional Airport but it changed its name in March 2004 after Northwe... | 55,752 |
1403714 | Region of Waterloo International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Region%20of%20Waterloo%20International%20Airport | Region of Waterloo International Airport
mainly used for flying instruction. Gilles Air Service began to operate from the airfield from 1930 to 1932 and was succeeded by Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Club from 1932 to 1951. During World War II civilian aviation ceased at the airfield and it was used by the British Commonwe... | 55,753 |
1403714 | Region of Waterloo International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Region%20of%20Waterloo%20International%20Airport | Region of Waterloo International Airport
'K-W Municipal Airport became a general aviation facility in 1969. From 1951 to 1973 the Waterloo-Wellington Flying Club ran the airport and then sold it to Waterloo Region and the City of Guelph. It became a publicly owned airport and was renamed Waterloo Regional Airport. Toda... | 55,754 |
1403714 | Region of Waterloo International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Region%20of%20Waterloo%20International%20Airport | Region of Waterloo International Airport
and 175 feet wide. Runway 01/19 was 1800 feet long and 125 feet wide. The threshold of 01 is in the parking lot of Sandowne Public School, the threshold of 19 is in the properties on Kane Drive, the threshold of 11 is on Bairstow Crescent and the threshold of 29 is in the proper... | 55,755 |
1403714 | Region of Waterloo International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Region%20of%20Waterloo%20International%20Airport | Region of Waterloo International Airport
Expansion.
In 2013, it was the 16th busiest airport in Canada by aircraft movements, and underwent a major expansion in 2003. Starting in 2008, the airport started expanding again to accommodate larger aircraft on the aprons and taxiways; this includes widening the main apron 3... | 55,756 |
1403714 | Region of Waterloo International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Region%20of%20Waterloo%20International%20Airport | Region of Waterloo International Airport
WestJet to Calgary and Sunwing Airlines to Cancun. Mesaba Airlines, a Northwest Airlines affiliate, suspended service to Detroit in June 2009. American Eagle suspended service to Chicago on October 5, 2016.
In late 2005, major vacation charters (primarily to the Caribbean) bega... | 55,757 |
1403714 | Region of Waterloo International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Region%20of%20Waterloo%20International%20Airport | Region of Waterloo International Airport
schedule for 2010. However, the Vancouver flights did not return to YKF for 2011.
On 22 March 2011, Bearskin Airlines announced daily flight to Montreal beginning on 1 May 2011.
On 13 December 2011, American Airlines announced new daily nonstop flights to Chicago beginning on ... | 55,758 |
1403714 | Region of Waterloo International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Region%20of%20Waterloo%20International%20Airport | Region of Waterloo International Airport
with a Boeing 737-200 combi. This service was expected to bring $400,000 annually to the airport through landing and ramp fees with no additional costs to the region.
On 25 March 2014, Bearskin Airlines announced that it would terminate all scheduled service from the airport ef... | 55,759 |
1403714 | Region of Waterloo International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Region%20of%20Waterloo%20International%20Airport | Region of Waterloo International Airport
previous tower.
On 6 November 2017, FlyGTA Airlines' twice daily service between Waterloo and Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport was inaugurated.
# Airlines and destinations.
Source:
# Tenants.
- Aerotech Aviation - Private aircraft maintenance
- Flightpath Charter Airways ... | 55,760 |
1403714 | Region of Waterloo International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Region%20of%20Waterloo%20International%20Airport | Region of Waterloo International Airport
maintenance, R22/R44 overhaul, leasing, pre-purchase inspections and flight training
- Tri-City Aero - maintenance and repair of small private aircraft
- Reliable Horse Power - Custom aircraft engine overhauls and repairs
- Summit Fuel Services
- Chartright Air Group
- Nati... | 55,761 |
1403714 | Region of Waterloo International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Region%20of%20Waterloo%20International%20Airport | Region of Waterloo International Airport
Adler Aviation - training centre for small propeller aircraft
- Great Lakes Helicopter - small and medium utility helicopter training
- Gyro Ontario - Ontario's only gyroplane flight training facility - working out of Great Lakes Helicopter training facility.
- Waterloo-Welli... | 55,762 |
1403714 | Region of Waterloo International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Region%20of%20Waterloo%20International%20Airport | Region of Waterloo International Airport
lots located at the airport. Parking pay stations are located at the main lot and in the terminal concourse area.
The main road to access the airport is Regional Road 17 or Fountain Street North. Fountain intersects with Highway 7 to the north (access to Waterloo and Guelph) or... | 55,763 |
1403714 | Region of Waterloo International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Region%20of%20Waterloo%20International%20Airport | Region of Waterloo International Airport
area.
The main road to access the airport is Regional Road 17 or Fountain Street North. Fountain intersects with Highway 7 to the north (access to Waterloo and Guelph) or with Highway 401 to the south (access to London and Toronto). Connections to Kitchener became easier in 201... | 55,764 |
1403641 | History of Vienna | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History%20of%20Vienna | History of Vienna
History of Vienna
The history of Vienna has been long and varied, beginning when the Roman Empire created a military camp in the area now covered by Vienna's city centre. From that humble beginning, Vienna grew from the Roman settlement known as "Vindobona" to be an important trading site in the 11th... | 55,765 |
1403641 | History of Vienna | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History%20of%20Vienna | History of Vienna
early Middle Ages.
The name "Vindobona" derives from a Celtic language, suggesting that the region must have been inhabited before Roman times. The Romans created a military camp (occupied by Legio X "Gemina") during the 1st century on the site of the city centre of present-day Vienna. The settlement... | 55,766 |
1403641 | History of Vienna | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History%20of%20Vienna | History of Vienna
5th century. However, the remains of the encampment were not deserted, and a small settlement remained. The streets and houses of early medieval Vienna followed the former Roman walls, which gives rise to the conclusion that parts of the fortification were still in place and used by the settlers.
Byz... | 55,767 |
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mention of the city during the Middle Ages is within the Salzburg Annals, dating to 881, when a battle "apud Weniam" was fought against the Magyars. However, it is unclear whether this refers to the city or the River Wien. Emperor Otto I defeated the Magyars in 955 in the Battle of Lechfeld. This allo... | 55,768 |
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indicates the existence of a well-ordered settlement.
In 1155, Duke Henry II of Austria made Vienna his capital. In 1156, Austria was raised to a duchy in the Privilegium Minus, with Vienna becoming the seat of the duke. During that time, the Schottenstift was founded.
The events surrounding the Thi... | 55,769 |
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the construction of city walls around the year 1200. At the U-Bahn station "Stubentor", some remains of the city walls can still be seen today. Because he had abused a protected crusader, Leopold V was excommunicated by Pope Celestine III, and died (without having been absolved) after falling from a h... | 55,770 |
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most important cities in the Holy Roman Empire.
However, it was considered embarrassing that Vienna did not have its own bishop. It is known that Duke Frederick II negotiated about the creation of a bishopric in Vienna, and the same is suspected of Ottokar Přemysl.
# Habsburg rule.
In 1278, Rudolf ... | 55,771 |
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1280, Jans der Enikel wrote the "Fürstenbuch", a first history of the city.
With the Luxembourg emperors, Prague became the imperial residence and Vienna stood in its shadow. The early Habsburgs attempted to extend it in order to keep up. Duke Albert II, for example, had the gothic choir of the Steph... | 55,772 |
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for his prudent economic policy, which raised the level of prosperity. His epithet "the Founder" is due to two things: first, he founded the University of Vienna in 1365, and second, he began the construction of the gothic nave in the Stephansdom. The latter is connected to the creation of a metropoli... | 55,773 |
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patrician party, was executed.
After the election of Duke Albert V as German King Albert II, Vienna became the capital of the Holy Roman Empire. Albert's name is remembered for his expulsion of the Jewish population of Vienna in 1421/22.
Eventually, in 1469, Vienna was given its own bishop, and the ... | 55,774 |
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Neustadt" led to the execution of leading members of the opposition within the city, and thus a destruction of the political structures. From then on, the city stood under direct imperial control.
In 1556, Vienna became the seat of the Emperor, with Hungary and Bohemia having been added to the Habsbu... | 55,775 |
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Siege), although unsuccessfully. The city, protected by medieval walls, only barely withstood the attacks, until epidemics and an early winter forced the Turks to retreat. The siege had shown that new fortifications were needed. Following plans by Sebastian Schrantz, Vienna was expanded to a fortress ... | 55,776 |
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two months, until the Turkish army was defeated by the army led by the Polish King Jan Sobieski. This was the turning point in the Turkish Wars, as the Ottoman Empire was pushed back more and more during the following decades.
## 18th century.
The following period was characterised by extensive buil... | 55,777 |
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Modena, Schönbrunn Palace, Palais Schwarzenberg, and the Belvedere (the garden palais of Prince Eugene of Savoy). In 1704, an outer fortification, the "Linienwall", was built around the "Vorstädte".
After the extensive plague epidemics of 1679 and 1713, the population began to grow steadily. It is es... | 55,778 |
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(the "Konskriptionsnummern") were issued, and the government postal system began to develop.
Under Emperor Joseph II, the city administration was modernized in 1783: officials in charge of only the city were introduced, and the "Magistrate" was created. (More information about the Magistrate of the C... | 55,779 |
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the Austrian commander that the war was already over. In the meantime, the French army easily entered the city and was greeted by the population with interest rather than rejection. Napoleon allowed 10,000 men of the Vienna national guard to remain armed and left the arsenal to them when he left, as c... | 55,780 |
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ending the War of the Fifth Coalition. In 1810, Salomon Mayer Rothschild arrived in Vienna from Frankfurt and sets up a bank named "Mayer von Rothschild und Söhne". The Emperor of Austria in 1823, made the five Rothschild brothers barons. The Rothschild family became famous as bankers in the major cou... | 55,781 |
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Joseph, Prince de Ligne to famously say: "Le congres danse beaucoup, mais il ne marche pas" ("The congress dances, but does not progress"). The events cost Austria a great deal of money, which was reflected in mockery about the major participants:
The first half of the century was characterised by in... | 55,782 |
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thus became the 2nd to 9th districts, with the old city becoming the first. In 1858, the fortifications were demolished, and the broad "Ringstraße" boulevard was built in their place. Many monumental buildings were built alongside it. The "Ringstraße" Style (Historicism) characterises the architecture... | 55,783 |
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The many branches of the Danube were removed, and a straight course was created away from the city centre. The branch near the central city was made narrower and has been known under the somewhat misleading name "Donaukanal" (Danube Canal) ever since.
During that period, the population of Vienna incr... | 55,784 |
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1890, the city was expanded for a second time: the ("Vororte") suburbs beyond the old "Linienwall" were incorporated into the town as the districts 11 to 19 (the 10th district had been created in 1874 by the division of the fourth). Leopoldstadt was divided in 1900, with the northern part becoming the... | 55,785 |
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around the city). However, these positive aspects were coupled with his raving and rhetorically well presented anti-Semitism, which enjoyed popular support.
## World War I.
World War I (1914–1918) did not result in an immediate threat to Vienna, but it led to a lack of supplies because of the econom... | 55,786 |
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now essentially meaningless—applies.
These food shortages led to the 1918 Austro-Hungarian January Strike which started in Vienna. The Bolshevik seizure of power in Russia in November 1917 inspired the youth wing of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria to organise meetings in November 1917... | 55,787 |
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Republic.
The end of the war was also the end of Austria-Hungary. On November 12, 1918, the Republic of "Deutsch-Österreich", or German-Austria, was proclaimed in front of the parliament. The population was concentrated in the capital, which was often called a hydrocephalus because of this; articles ... | 55,788 |
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had dominated since the end of the war, were now in charge of the city administration. "Red Vienna" was considered an international model. Many notable Gemeindebauten (low-cost residential estates) were built during that period.
However, the increasing economic difficulties resulted in a political ra... | 55,789 |
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May 1923, in the presence of President Michael Hainisch, the First World Congress of Jewish Women was inaugurated at the Hofburg.
# Austrofascism.
The fire of the "Justizpalast" (Palace of Justice) in 1927 after violent demonstrations, the collapse of the Creditanstalt, the largest bank of the count... | 55,790 |
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was the new movement of his own creation, the Vaterländische Front. Dollfuß created an authoritarian regime called "Ständestaat" and ruled without parliamentary approval (also see Austrofascism).
# Annexation by German Third Reich and Second World War.
In March 1938 Nazi Germany occupied and annexed... | 55,791 |
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were subject to violence from the State as well as from Antisemites acting out of their own sadism. During the Reichskristallnacht on November 9, 1938, the synagogues, the Jewish centres of not only religious, but also social life, were destroyed. In August, the KZ Oberlanzendorf Wien (Central Office ... | 55,792 |
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status.
In the course of the expansion of the city in 1938, 91 adjoining municipalities were incorporated into the city, from which the 22nd (Groß-Enzersdorf), the 23rd (Schwechat), the 24th (Mödling), the 25th (Liesing) and the 26th (Klosterneuburg) districts were created. With an area of 1,224 km²,... | 55,793 |
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Nazi Germany, large flak towers were constructed in Vienna as defensive structures against these bombers. These structures remain in place today, as they are so thick and their foundations so deep that to destroy them would damage surrounding buildings.
The U.S. bombings of 1944 and 1945 and the vici... | 55,794 |
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parties were recreated. On April 29, 1945, the parliament building passed from the occupation force to the new Austrian government, and Karl Renner announced the reinstitution of the democratic Republic of Austria. Vienna was divided into five occupation zones between the Soviet Union, the United Stat... | 55,795 |
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this law was delayed by a veto of the occupying powers and was not put into practice until 1954. Two districts remained with Vienna, namely the 22nd one (Donaustadt) north of the Danube and the 23rd one (Liesing) in the south (some other districts gained some Lower Austrian territory).
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the war, as everywhere in Western Europe, there was an enormous economic boom, among other things because of the economic aid resulting from the Marshall Plan.
Public transport in Vienna was improved by the introduction of the new U-Bahn network, the first part of which was opened in 1978. In 1979, t... | 55,797 |
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was planned at the site of the Wien Mitte railway station, which might have endangered the position of Vienna's centre as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The project has since been redesigned.
The city has about 17,000 diplomats, many assigned to international organizations. Because of their presence a... | 55,798 |
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it served.
In the municipal elections of 2001, the Social Democrats regained an absolute majority. With the Liberal Forum not gaining enough votes, only four parties have been represented in the municipal council since then. In the 2005 elections, the Social Democrats further increased their majority... | 55,799 |
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