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441236 | 8th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=8th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 8th Armored Division (United States)
records confirmed the role of the division in liberating the camp and the division's flag was added to those on display at the U.S. Holocaust Museum honoring those who liberated the death camps.
The general end of hostilities unfortunately did not mean the end of casualties for the... | 6,128,900 |
441236 | 8th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=8th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 8th Armored Division (United States)
to clean up stragglers and small pockets of resistance. On 30 May the division was assigned to Third Army. It was relieved by units of the British Army and began its move to the city of Pilsen in western Czechoslovakia. From 1 June through 19 September, many men were sent home under... | 6,128,901 |
441236 | 8th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=8th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 8th Armored Division (United States)
inactivated on 13 November 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia by Gen. Charles F. Colson.
There is an official 8th Armored Division memorial at the American Cemetery in the city of Margraten, The Netherlands
## Casualties.
- Total battle casualties: 2,011
- Killed in action: 39... | 6,128,902 |
441236 | 8th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=8th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 8th Armored Division (United States)
sometimes referred to as Tornado – its wartime tactical call sign.
# Commander.
Major General William Grimes 1942–1944
- Grimes left the division on 6 October 1944 just prior to the division's shipment overseas. Grimes went on to serve as Commandant of the Cavalry School at Fort ... | 6,128,903 |
441236 | 8th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=8th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 8th Armored Division (United States)
organization, 1944–45
Combat Command A: Col. Charles F. Colsonbr
7th Armored Infantry Battalion: Lt. Col. A. D. Poinierbr
18th Tank Battalion: Lt. Col. G. B. Goodrichbr
398th Arm'd Field Artillery Battalion: Lt. Col R. H. Dawson
Combat Command B: Col. Edward A. Kimballbr
49th ... | 6,128,904 |
441236 | 8th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=8th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 8th Armored Division (United States)
to Combat Commands)br
53rd Armored Engineer Battalion: Lt. Col. E. T. Podufalybr
78th Armored Medical Battalion: Lt. Col. P. D. Marxbr
88th Armored Reconnaissance Battalion: Lt. Col. T. B. Harringtonbr
130th Armored Ordnance Battalion: Lt. Col. I. O. Drewry. Jr.br
148th Armored... | 6,128,905 |
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# Armor.
The primary striking force of the Armored Division was the tank. The 8th was composed of 3 tank battalions:
- 18th, 36th & 80th Tank Battalions
Each battalion comprised approximately 80 tanks and was organized as a headquarters unit and 6 companies:
- a Headquarter... | 6,128,906 |
441236 | 8th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=8th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 8th Armored Division (United States)
platoon of 3 M4A3 Sherman tanks
- 1 platoon of 3 M4A3105 Sherman tanks.
- These were M4A3's fitted with a 105 mm cannon and used as an assault gun.
## Service Company.
The Service Company contained special units like:
- Tank retrievers for recovering damaged tanks
- Tanks with... | 6,128,907 |
441236 | 8th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=8th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 8th Armored Division (United States)
M5A1 tanks for the newer, more powerful M24 Chaffee light tank.
The M4A3 76 were M4A3 Shermans tanks fitted with a more powerful 76 mm cannon. Later in the war, more M4A3 76 tanks were added to the tank companies as replacements for older or damaged units. The 8th, along with many ... | 6,128,908 |
441236 | 8th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=8th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 8th Armored Division (United States)
the First World War made it clear that tanks could not fight in isolation. It was essential that tanks be supported by infantry. The Armored Infantry was developed to fill that role.
The 8th was composed of 3 armored infantry battalions:
- 7th, 49th & 58th Armored Infantry Battali... | 6,128,909 |
441236 | 8th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=8th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 8th Armored Division (United States)
up of:
- An HQ platoon comprising the battalion staff and their vehicles; 2 – 3 M3A1Halftracks and various jeeps or similar vehicles.
- A machine gun platoon with 6 M1917A1 Heavy Machine Guns, 3 M2 Heavy Machine guns, their crews (30 men total) and 3 M3A1Halftracks
- A mortar pla... | 6,128,910 |
441236 | 8th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=8th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 8th Armored Division (United States)
the platoon staff and their vehicles: 2 M3A1Halftracks.
- 3 Rifle platoons of 36 riflemen divided into 3 squads of 12, 2 M1919A4 medium Machine Guns and their crews, 1 60mm mortar and its crew and the platoon's vehicles: 5 M3A1Halftracks.
## Service Company.
The Service Company w... | 6,128,911 |
441236 | 8th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=8th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 8th Armored Division (United States)
was deemed ineffective against German armor and was discarded from the TO & E.
The primary weapon of the armored infantryman was the M1 Garand rifle. Crew-served weapon crewmen were usually armed with the M1911A1 pistol or the M1 Carbine as a personal weapon. The armored infantryme... | 6,128,912 |
441236 | 8th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=8th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 8th Armored Division (United States)
& 405th Armored Field Artillery Battalions
Each battalion comprised 18 self-propelled cannon and supporting vehicles. The battalion was broken down into 5 batteries and usually organized as:
- 1 Headquarters Battery
- 3 firing batteries referred to as A, B and C Batteries
- 1 Se... | 6,128,913 |
441236 | 8th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=8th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 8th Armored Division (United States)
observers, they were employed in their secondary roles as fighting tanks. Their crews reflected their FO role by the addition of an officer/observer who took command when not in an active tank combat situation.
## Firing battery.
Batteries A, B and C consisted of 6 self-propelled ... | 6,128,914 |
441236 | 8th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=8th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 8th Armored Division (United States)
Armored Reconnaissance Battalion in the old style heavy division or by the Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized in the light divisions such as the 8th.
These units were identical, except that the battalion was organized as companies, while the squadron as troops (although th... | 6,128,915 |
441236 | 8th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=8th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 8th Armored Division (United States)
valry Recon Squadron served with the 8th Armored Division.
The squadron was organized in troops and equipped as follows:
## HQ Troop.
- 10 Jeeps
- 4 M8 Armored Cars
## Troops A, B, C & D.
- 12 M8 Armored Cars
- 23 Jeeps
## Troop E.
- 8 M8 HMC Assault Guns
## Company F.
- ... | 6,128,916 |
441342 | Juan Bautista Quirós Segura | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Juan%20Bautista%20Quirós%20Segura | Juan Bautista Quirós Segura
Juan Bautista Quirós Segura
Juan Bautista Quirós Segura (January 18, 1853 – November 7, 1934) was president of Costa Rica for two weeks, from August 12 to September 2, 1919, following the resignation of Federico Tinoco. His government was not recognized by the United States and he was force... | 6,128,917 |
441342 | Juan Bautista Quirós Segura | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Juan%20Bautista%20Quirós%20Segura | Juan Bautista Quirós Segura
Quirós Montero and Florinda Fonseca Guzmán.
# Military and private activities.
He pursued a military career and achieved the rank of General in the Costa Rican army. He was also a farmer and entrepreneur, and eventually earned a large capital.
# First public offices.
During Rafael Yglesi... | 6,128,918 |
441342 | Juan Bautista Quirós Segura | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Juan%20Bautista%20Quirós%20Segura | Juan Bautista Quirós Segura
to the presidency. On August 12, President Tinoco asked him to temporarily hold the office. His first orders were to reestablish all public liberties and to free all political prisoners.
# President of the Republic.
He officially took office on August 20, 1919 after Federico Tinoco's resig... | 6,128,919 |
441342 | Juan Bautista Quirós Segura | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Juan%20Bautista%20Quirós%20Segura | Juan Bautista Quirós Segura
8, 1923 but, even though his government took a very prudent approach, the United States government refused to recognize him as a legitimate head of state. Being faced with a possible armed intervention, Quirós decided to quit the office and on September 20 was replaced by Francisco Aguilar B... | 6,128,920 |
441315 | True Romance | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=True%20Romance | True Romance
True Romance
True Romance is a 1993 American romantic crime film written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Tony Scott. The film stars Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette with an ensemble cast including James Gandolfini, Dennis Hopper, Michael Rapaport, Bronson Pinchot, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad ... | 6,128,921 |
441315 | True Romance | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=True%20Romance | True Romance
by himself. The film is regarded by proponents as a cross-section of writer Tarantino and director Scott's respective individual trademarks; including a Southern California setting, pop cultural references, and stylized violence punctuated by use of slow motion.
Upon initial release, the film received hig... | 6,128,922 |
441315 | True Romance | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=True%20Romance | True Romance
Elvis Presley fanatic Clarence Worley. They later have sex at Clarence's apartment in downtown Detroit. Alabama tearfully confesses that she is a call girl hired by Clarence's boss as a birthday present but has fallen in love with Clarence. They marry.
An apparition of Elvis visits Clarence and convinces ... | 6,128,923 |
441315 | True Romance | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=True%20Romance | True Romance
the police assume Drexl's murder is a gang killing. After the couple leave for Los Angeles, Clifford is interrogated by Don Vincenzo Coccotti, consigliere to a mobster named "Blue Lou Boyle", the mobster whom Drexl had been doing business with and who is now after the cocaine. Clifford, realizing he will d... | 6,128,924 |
441315 | True Romance | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=True%20Romance | True Romance
While Clarence is out buying lunch, Coccotti's underboss, Virgil, finds Alabama in her motel room and beats her for information. She fights back and kills him with his shotgun.
Elliot is pulled over for speeding and arrested for drug possession. To stay out of jail, he agrees to record the drug deal betwe... | 6,128,925 |
441315 | True Romance | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=True%20Romance | True Romance
to him by a corrupt cop, and Donowitz agrees to the sale. Clarence excuses himself to the bathroom, where a vision of Elvis reassures him that things are going well. Donowitz and his bodyguards are ambushed by the cops and mobsters and a shootout begins after Elliot accidentally reveals himself as an infor... | 6,128,926 |
441315 | True Romance | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=True%20Romance | True Romance
"True Stories of Romance", "Romance Tales", "Untamed Love" and "Strange Love".
The film was a breakthrough for Tarantino. Released after "Reservoir Dogs", it was his first screenplay for a major motion picture, and Tarantino contends that it is his most autobiographical film to date. He had hoped to also ... | 6,128,927 |
441315 | True Romance | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=True%20Romance | True Romance
Scott maintained was of his own volition, not the studio's, saying "I just fell in love with these two characters and didn’t want to see them die"). When seeing the completed film, he realized Scott's happy ending was more appropriate to the film as Scott directed it. The film's first act, as well as some ... | 6,128,928 |
441315 | True Romance | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=True%20Romance | True Romance
motifs.
# Reception.
## Critical reception.
Reviews for the film were largely positive. It holds a "Certified Fresh" score of 92% on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 7.54/10, based on 53 reviews. The site's consensus states: "Fueled by Quentin Tarantino's savvy sc... | 6,128,929 |
441315 | True Romance | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=True%20Romance | True Romance
"it's Tarantino's gutter poetry that detonates "True Romance". This movie is dynamite."
Roger Ebert gave the film a positive review remarking that "the energy and style of the movie are exhilarating", and that "the supporting cast is superb, a roll call of actors at home in these violent waters: Christoph... | 6,128,930 |
441315 | True Romance | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=True%20Romance | True Romance
before he directed "Reservoir Dogs"), is sure to offend a good-sized segment of the moviegoing population".
## Box office performance.
Although a critical success, "True Romance" was a box office failure. It was given a domestic release and earned $12.3 million on a $12.5 million budget. Despite this, th... | 6,128,931 |
441315 | True Romance | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=True%20Romance | True Romance
cast."
The Hopper/Walken scene, colloquially named "The Sicilian scene", was praised by Oliver Lyttelton of IndieWire, who called it "one of the most beautiful tête-à-têtes in contemporary cinema, wonderfully written and made utterly iconic by the two virtuoso actors". Tarantino himself has named it as on... | 6,128,932 |
441315 | True Romance | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=True%20Romance | True Romance
Gary Oldman crafts one of cinema's most memorable villains: the brutal, dreadlocked pimp Drexl Spivey. Even in a movie jammed with memorable cameos from screen luminaries [...] Oldman's scar-faced, dead-eyed, lethal gangster stood out." Jason Serafino of "Complex" named Spivey as one of the top five cooles... | 6,128,933 |
441315 | True Romance | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=True%20Romance | True Romance
English indie rock band The 1975 from their 2013 debut album, was inspired by the film. Vocalist Matthew Healy explained: "I got really obsessed with the idea behind Patricia Arquette's character in "True Romance" when I was about eighteen. That craving for the bad boy in that film [is] so sexualized."
Br... | 6,128,934 |
441315 | True Romance | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=True%20Romance | True Romance
as about eighteen. That craving for the bad boy in that film [is] so sexualized."
Brad Pitt's stoner character in "True Romance", Floyd, was the inspiration for making the film "Pineapple Express", according to producer Judd Apatow, who "thought it would be funny to make a movie in which you follow that c... | 6,128,935 |
441350 | Forest Principles | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Forest%20Principles | Forest Principles
Forest Principles
The Forest Principles (also "Rio Forest Principles") is the informal name given to the "Non-Legally Binding Authoritative Statement of Principles for a Global Consensus on the Management, Conservation and Sustainable Development of All Types of Forests" (1992), a document produced a... | 6,128,936 |
441350 | Forest Principles | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Forest%20Principles | Forest Principles
for the setting aside of forest reserves. Developed nations resisted those demands, and the final document was a compromise.
The FOREST EUROPE process (Ministerial Conferences on the Protection of Forests in Europe, MCPFE) was started by Strasbourg Conference in 1990 and the Forest Principles were ad... | 6,128,937 |
441350 | Forest Principles | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Forest%20Principles | Forest Principles
nd the Forest Principles were adopted and incorporated into the agenda by Helsinki Conference in 1993. The process covers Pan-European region consisting of 47 signatories (46 European countries and the European Union) that partially overlaps with Montréal Process region (Russia is a signatory of both ... | 6,128,938 |
441302 | Miami Orange Bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami%20Orange%20Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl
Miami Orange Bowl
The Miami Orange Bowl was an outdoor athletic stadium in the southeastern United States, located in Miami, Florida, west of downtown in Little Havana. Considered a landmark, it was the home stadium for the Miami Hurricanes college football team, and the professional Miami Dolphins f... | 6,128,939 |
441302 | Miami Orange Bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami%20Orange%20Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl
the venue following every season from 1938 to 1996. The event was moved to Pro Player Stadium (now Hard Rock Stadium) beginning on December 31, 1996. In January 1999, it returned to the Orange Bowl for one final time due to a scheduling conflict. The minor league Miami Marlins baseball team occasional... | 6,128,940 |
441302 | Miami Orange Bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami%20Orange%20Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl
the Florida Marlins), which opened in 2012.
# History.
The stadium was built by the City of Miami Public Works Department. Construction began in 1936 and was completed in December 1937 and featured stadium lights. Prior to completion, the first game was a high school contest on September 24 which sa... | 6,128,941 |
441302 | Miami Orange Bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami%20Orange%20Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl
Stadium after Roddy Burdine, one of Miami's pioneers and the owner of the Burdines department store chain. It originally seated 23,739 people along the sidelines—roughly corresponding to the lower level of the sideline seats in the stadium's final configuration. Attendance for its first Orange Bowl in... | 6,128,942 |
441302 | Miami Orange Bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami%20Orange%20Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl
the stadium to its peak capacity of 80,010. On January 1, 1965, the Orange Bowl was the first college bowl game to be televised in prime time.
From 1966 to 1968, and again in the 1970s, a live dolphin was situated in a water tank in the open (east) end of the Orange Bowl. He would jump in the tank to... | 6,128,943 |
441302 | Miami Orange Bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami%20Orange%20Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl
after he is kidnapped as part of a revenge plot against Dan Marino.
In 1977, the permanent seats in the east end zone were removed, and further upgrades brought the stadium to its final capacity and design. The city skyline was visible to the east through the open end, over the modern scoreboard and ... | 6,128,944 |
441302 | Miami Orange Bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami%20Orange%20Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl
record in the Orange Bowl against rival teams in the AFC Eastern Division. Under Shula, the Dolphins were an impressive 57–9–1 (60–10–1 including playoff contests) against the Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts (15–3), the Boston/New England Patriots (15–1), the Buffalo Bills (16–1) and the New York Jets (1... | 6,128,945 |
441302 | Miami Orange Bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami%20Orange%20Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl
during the Shula-era in the Orange Bowl include a 13–0 streak against the Buffalo Bills and a 15–0 streak against the New England Patriots, Also of note, the Miami Dolphins enjoyed a record 31-game home winning streak from 1971–75, which includes four playoff wins and the perfect season of 1972. The D... | 6,128,946 |
441302 | Miami Orange Bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami%20Orange%20Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl
to the atmosphere of the Bowl. The closeness of the seats to the field, along with the closed West End Zone, metal bleachers, and steel structure (and of course the team's success and its status as Miami's only professional sports team for so many years), gave the venue one of the loudest and most ele... | 6,128,947 |
441302 | Miami Orange Bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami%20Orange%20Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl
in the NFL, with top-notch amenities, the seats are much farther from the field, and even at its loudest, Hard Rock Stadium doesn't come close to comparing to that of the Orange Bowl.
The Orange Bowl was also the site of the NCAA's longest college football home field winning streak. Between 1985 and ... | 6,128,948 |
441302 | Miami Orange Bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami%20Orange%20Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl
West End Zone was a factor in the Wide Right curse, in which the Florida State Seminoles lost a series of close games due to missed field goals. This section was so raucous that some football announcers often confused it with the student section.
In addition to football, the stadium also hosted conce... | 6,128,949 |
441302 | Miami Orange Bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami%20Orange%20Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl
Football League. The Matadors won 16–13.
## College Football.
The City of Miami embarked on a plan to extensively renovate the stadium. However, those plans fell by the wayside as Miami focused on keeping the Florida Marlins in town, forcing the Hurricanes to threaten a move to Dolphin Stadium (now ... | 6,128,950 |
441302 | Miami Orange Bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami%20Orange%20Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl
Stadium for the 2008 season. Dee and university president Donna Shalala made the announcement during a press conference at the Hecht Athletic Center on August 21, 2007. The University agreed to a 25-year contract to play at then Dolphin Stadium. According to Miami City Manager Pete Hernandez, this put... | 6,128,951 |
441302 | Miami Orange Bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami%20Orange%20Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl
of an icon of the Hurricanes' historical successes on the field, and potentially more expensive parking costs.
Many fans have even stated to various broadcast, print and internet-based media outlets that they will no longer attend the games of Hurricanes football, once the team abandoned the Orange B... | 6,128,952 |
441302 | Miami Orange Bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami%20Orange%20Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl
Virginia, 48–0, in front of a live ESPN audience. This was the most lopsided home shutout loss in the program's history, until Clemson beat Miami 58-0 in 2015.
The last home game of college football in the Orange Bowl was a home win for the Florida International University Golden Panthers against the... | 6,128,953 |
441302 | Miami Orange Bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami%20Orange%20Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl
of the show, motorcycle stunt rider, Corey Scott, attempted a stunt that required him to drive up a ramp and land into a net hoisted into the air. Scott missed the net, bounced out, and fell to the ground below. He later died at Jackson Memorial Hospital and his fatality was witnessed by a crowd of ar... | 6,128,954 |
441302 | Miami Orange Bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami%20Orange%20Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl
2008, and Marlins Park is now on the site. Despite some protests, the historic stadium had been earmarked for demolition when the University of Miami announced that they were moving out of the Orange Bowl after the 2007 season to begin play at Sun Life Stadium in 2008 in a 25-year deal. On November 10... | 6,128,955 |
441302 | Miami Orange Bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami%20Orange%20Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl
attributed to the consequences of suspensions following the UM-FIU brawl the year before. Since the Golden Panthers had been using the Orange Bowl as their home field during the construction of FIU Stadium, this win allowed the FIU team to boast that it was they who officially closed the Orange Bowl's... | 6,128,956 |
441302 | Miami Orange Bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami%20Orange%20Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl
Dwight Stephenson, A. J. Duhe, Don Strock, Jim Kiick, John Offerdahl, Jim Kelly, Bernie Kosar, Melvin Bratton, Brian Blades, Bennie Blades and Eddie Brown. The NFL's winningest coach Don Shula coached the Dolphin players while Florida Atlantic University and former Hurricanes coach (and former Dolphin... | 6,128,957 |
441302 | Miami Orange Bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami%20Orange%20Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl
one of seven stadiums that had hosted a Super Bowl that are no longer standing, along with Tulane Stadium (hosted three Super Bowls; demolished in 1980), Tampa Stadium (hosted two Super Bowls; demolished in 1999), Stanford Stadium (hosted one Super Bowl; demolished and redeveloped in 2006), the Hubert... | 6,128,958 |
441302 | Miami Orange Bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami%20Orange%20Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl
Orange Bowl. Their project uses the letters from the original "Miami Orange Bowl" sign as the basis for the orange concrete letters rearranged across the east plaza of the new ballpark so that they form new words as visitors move around them.
# Stadium events.
## Football.
- Miami Hurricanes – home... | 6,128,959 |
441302 | Miami Orange Bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami%20Orange%20Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl
– home stadium in 2000 Spring Football League
- FIU Golden Panthers – 2007 home games due to FIU Stadium renovations
### Super Bowls.
The Orange Bowl hosted five Super Bowls:
- Super Bowl II – Green Bay Packers 33, Oakland Raiders 14
- Super Bowl III – New York Jets 16, Baltimore Colts 7
- (Supe... | 6,128,960 |
441302 | Miami Orange Bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami%20Orange%20Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl
Miami Marlins – An estimated 57,000 fans watched 50-year-old Satchel Paige pitch there for the Marlins on Aug. 7, 1956. On that occasion, the diamond was tucked into the southeast corner of the stadium, with a high temporary fence in front of the right field seating area. The minor league Marlins play... | 6,128,961 |
441302 | Miami Orange Bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami%20Orange%20Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl
teams from the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. The Leones del Escogido of the Dominican League won the title, led by manager Felipe Rojas Alou and series MVP Gerónimo Berroa.
### Miami Field.
From 1940–65, the University of Miami baseball team played their games at a field in... | 6,128,962 |
441302 | Miami Orange Bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami%20Orange%20Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl
softball fields were both used for parking. The Hurricanes opened a new ballpark in 1973, and Miami Field's small seating area was demolished, with the land occupied by the two fields reconfigured into full-time parking areas.
## Soccer.
- The United States men's national soccer team played 19 inter... | 6,128,963 |
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2-2 (extra time: 3-4) Atlético (Belo Horizonte) (Jan 17, 1999)
- USL-1 Team Miami FC played 2 games in 2007 at the Orange Bowl.
- Various friendly and pre-season matches with A.C. Milan, Real Madrid, Manchester United and Brazil national football team
- 1996 Summer Olympics football preliminaries.
... | 6,128,964 |
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Popular boxing bouts.
- Archie Moore defeated Joey Maxim by UD 15 rounds on 1/27/1954
- Roberto Durán defeated Jimmy Batten by UD 10 rounds on 11/12/1982
- Aaron Pryor defeated Alexis Argüello by TKO 14 out of 15 on 11/12/1982
## Non-athletic events.
- Monster Jam
- Enchanted Dreamz Hip-Hop Car ... | 6,128,965 |
441302 | Miami Orange Bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami%20Orange%20Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl
Prince – "Purple Rain Tour", with The Revolution, Apollonia 6 & Sheila E. – April 7, 1985 (In honor of the occasion, the stadium was renamed "The Purple Bowl.")
- Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – "Born in the U.S.A. Tour" – September 9–10, 1985
- Genesis – March 1, 1987
- Madonna – "Who's Th... | 6,128,966 |
441302 | Miami Orange Bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami%20Orange%20Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl
Stones – "Steel Wheels Tour" – November 15–16, 1989 & "Bridges To Babylon Tour"Dave Matthews Band Opening Act – December 5, 1997
- Metallica – "M2K Tour" – December 28, 1999
- AC/DC
- The Eagles
## Professional wrestling.
- 1987 NWA The Great American Bash supercard
## Films – TV – Video games.
... | 6,128,967 |
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on-field scenes for the 1994 comedy "" were filmed at the Orange Bowl.
- The stadium's role during the Mariel boatlift in 1980 is featured in the 1995 film "The Perez Family".
- A scene from the 1980 film sequel "Smokey and the Bandit II" was shot on the field at the Orange Bowl, and included cameo ... | 6,128,968 |
441302 | Miami Orange Bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami%20Orange%20Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl
Busters" with Bud Spencer and Terence Hill.
- The Orange Bowl was a location in the 1980 film "Super Fuzz" with Ernest Borgnine and Terence Hill.
- The Orange Bowl served as the home of the fictional Miami Sharks in the 1999 Oliver Stone film Any Given Sunday, with several football scenes being film... | 6,128,969 |
441302 | Miami Orange Bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami%20Orange%20Bowl | Miami Orange Bowl
nce Hill.
- The Orange Bowl was a location in the 1980 film "Super Fuzz" with Ernest Borgnine and Terence Hill.
- The Orange Bowl served as the home of the fictional Miami Sharks in the 1999 Oliver Stone film Any Given Sunday, with several football scenes being filmed there.
# External links.
- Or... | 6,128,970 |
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Ibero-America
Ibero-America (, ) or Iberian America is a region in the Americas comprising countries or territories where Spanish or Portuguese are predominant languages, usually former territories of Portugal or Spain. Portugal and Spain are themselves included in some definitions, such as that of the I... | 6,128,971 |
441352 | Ibero-America | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ibero-America | Ibero-America
countries in North, Central, and South America, plus the Portuguese-speaking country of Brazil. Ibero-America is differentiated from Latin America by the exclusion of the French-speaking country of Haiti, the French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec, the French overseas departments of French Guiana, Ma... | 6,128,972 |
441352 | Ibero-America | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ibero-America | Ibero-America
of state and governments of the Ibero-American countries, including Spain, Portugal and Andorra, this has since changed to biannually from 2014.
# Countries and population in Europe and the Americas.
- Spanish-speaking: (430,567,462 speakers)
- Portuguese-speaking: (211,520,003 speakers)
- Catalan-spe... | 6,128,973 |
441352 | Ibero-America | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ibero-America | Ibero-America
anización de Telecomunicaciones de Iberoamérica (OTI)
- Spanish colonization of the Americas
- Portuguese colonization of the Americas
- Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal
# External links.
- Official website of the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI)
- Official website of Iber... | 6,128,974 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
Westland Sea King
The Westland WS-61 Sea King is a British licence-built version of the American Sikorsky S-61 helicopter of the same name, built by Westland Helicopters. The aircraft differs considerably from the American version, with Rolls-Royce Gnome engines (derived from the US General Electric ... | 6,128,975 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
well as wartime roles in the Falklands War, the Gulf War, the Balkans conflict, the Iraq War and the Afghanistan War, the Sea King is perhaps most well known in its capacity as a Royal Navy Search and Rescue (red and grey livery) and RAF Search and Rescue Force (yellow livery) helicopter. The Sea King... | 6,128,976 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
Mk 5 Sea Kings, based at RNAS Portland, training Federal German Navy pilots
# Design and development.
## Origins.
Westland Helicopters, which had a long-standing licence agreement with Sikorsky Aircraft to allow it to build Sikorsky's helicopters, extended the agreement to cover the Sikorsky SH-3 S... | 6,128,977 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
appearances, Westland's Sea King [is a] very different aircraft from Sikorsky's". Many of the differences between the Westland-built Sea King and the original helicopter were as a result of differing operational doctrine. While the U.S. Navy Sea Kings were intended to be under tactical control of the ... | 6,128,978 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
for an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter to replace the Westland Wessex, placing an order with Westland for 60 SH-3D Sea Kings in June 1966. The prototype and three pre-production aircraft were built by Sikorsky at Stratford, Connecticut and shipped to the United Kingdom to act as trials and pat... | 6,128,979 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
King HAS1, flew on 7 May 1969 at Yeovil. The first two helicopters were used for trials and evaluation by Westland and the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment; subsequent production Sea Kings were delivered to the Royal Navy's 700 Naval Air Squadron from August 1969 onwards.
By 1979, th... | 6,128,980 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
of the most extensively modified variants was the Westland Commando, operated by the Royal Navy as the HC4. The Commando had capacity for up to 28 fully equipped troops and had originally been developed to meet an Egyptian Air Force requirement. Due to the deletion of the amphibious capability, not re... | 6,128,981 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
on 26 September 1979, due to its operational range of up to 600 nautical miles without refuelling, the HC4 'Commando' became an important asset for amphibious warfare and troop transport duties, in particular. Several Royal Naval Air Squadrons have operated the Commando variant, such as 845 Naval Air ... | 6,128,982 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
Kings to troop transports were retired.
In the 1970s, Westland's experience with the Sea King led the company to conduct the British Experimental Rotor Program (BERP), in coordination with the Royal Aircraft Establishment, which applied innovations in composite materials and new design principles to ... | 6,128,983 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
composite rotors as well.
Westland has produced a total of 330 Sea Kings; export customers include the Indian Naval Air Arm, the German Navy, the Royal Australian Navy, and the Royal Norwegian Air Force. The last of the Royal Navy's Sea Kings in the ASW role was retired in 2003, being replaced by the... | 6,128,984 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
Rescue Force. The type entered service in 1978 to replace the Westland Whirlwind HAR.10. A 16th helicopter was ordered shortly after, and following the Falklands War of 1982, three more examples were purchased to enable operation of a SAR flight in the islands, initially from Navy Point on the north s... | 6,128,985 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
Air Force, the German Navy and the Belgian Air Force. On SAR variants, the cabin was enlarged by a stretch of the fuselage behind the door; another key feature, used for additional flotation in the unusual event of a water landing, inflatable buoyancy bags were housed inside the aircraft's sponsons. U... | 6,128,986 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
were adapted for the SAR role and served with 771 Naval Air Squadron, Culdrose and HMS Gannet SAR Flight at Prestwick Airport in Scotland. , they are expected to remain in service until 2016, being replaced with civilian operated SAR rotorcraft. Both Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Prince William, Duk... | 6,128,987 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
proposed fleet cover by the RAF Shackleton AEW.2 was too unresponsive and at too great a distance to be practical. Consequently, two Sea King HAS2s were modified in 1982 with the addition of the Thorn-EMI ARI 5980/3 Searchwater LAST radar attached to the fuselage on a swivel arm and protected by an in... | 6,128,988 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
"fitted for but not with". These entered operational service in 1985, being deployed by 849 Naval Air Squadron. Three Sea King HAS5/6s were later converted as part of the ASaC Mk7 programme, bringing the Mk7 fleet to 13; still 3 below the requirement.
The upgrade programme resulted in the Sea King AE... | 6,128,989 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
conducted by Westland and GEC-Marconi. This variant was initially referred to as the "Sea King AEW7", but renamed "ASaC7" just before In Service Date. (Airborne Surveillance and Control Mk.7). The main role of the Sea King ASaC7 is detection of low-flying attack aircraft; it also provides interception... | 6,128,990 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
use by multiple allied platforms in range.
The ASaC7s will remain in service until they are replaced under the "Crowsnest" programme; intended as a podded capability onboard Merlins. Previous proposed replacement programmes, Future Organic Airborne Early Warning (FOAEW) and MASC (Maritime Airborne Su... | 6,128,991 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
RN through to the second half of 2018.
# Operational history.
## United Kingdom.
### Falklands War.
A number of Sea Kings were deployed during the Falklands War. They were transported to the combat zone and operated from the decks of various ships of the Royal Navy, such as the landing platform do... | 6,128,992 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
Exocet missiles, with some missions being flown by Prince Andrew, Duke of York.
Anti-Submarine Sea Kings of 820 Naval Air Squadron were embarked in . With 11 HAS.5s, the squadron operated anti-submarine and search and rescue sorties with one helicopter always airborne on surface search duties. On 14 ... | 6,128,993 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
King HAS.2As on board which were used for replenishment duties, supplying over 2,000 tons of stores.
825 Naval Air Squadron was formed for the war with 10 Sea King HAS.2s modified as utility variants to support ground forces. The anti-submarine equipment was removed and the helicopters fitted with tr... | 6,128,994 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
surrender, the squadron operated at least three helicopters airborne continuously for fleet protection.
On 23 April 1982, a Sea King HC4 was ditched while performing a risky transfer of supplies to a ship at night, operating from the flagship HMS "Hermes". On 12 May, a Sea King operating from "Hermes... | 6,128,995 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
men in the crash, their highest number of casualties on one day since the Second World War. The Royal Signals lost one man and the RAF one man.
### Gulf War.
During the 1991 Gulf War Sea Kings from several nations, including Canada, Britain, and the U.S., were present in the coalition forces against... | 6,128,996 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
Squadron and six of 848 Squadron, which had been reformed to meet this operational demand, worked in support of the ground advance. There was thorough radar coverage by U.S. airborne early warning and control (AWACS) aircraft; British AEW Sea Kings were not deployed.
Following the end of hostilities,... | 6,128,997 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
in the region. They performed various logistical and transport missions, such as the repositioning of Royal Artillery L118 Light Guns in the region and in the evacuation of casualties. In one incident on 24 March 1993, during an attempt to establish an air evacuation route to a UN-declared safe zone, ... | 6,128,998 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
numerous Royal Navy vessels in the Adriatic, including the aircraft carrier HMS "Invincible", maintained a patrol of the Balkans' coast. The Sea Kings were also heavily used in the transport role during the preparations for a ground invasion of Kosovo.
### 2000s.
In 2000, Sea King HC.4s of 846 NAS p... | 6,128,999 |
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