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Pennsylvania (/ ˌ p ɛ n s ɪ l ˈ v eɪ n i ə / ⓘ PEN-sil-VAY-nee-ə, lit. ' Penn's forest country '), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania [b] (Pennsylvania Dutch: Pennsylvanie), [7] is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.
The Civil Aeronautics Administration proposed $2.6 million to the county for a $6 million field in August 1941 ($53.9 million and $124 million present day dollars). [27] The county bought the Bell Farm, and federal agencies began construction of the runways on 20 April 1942, after the US had entered the war.
O'Hare has a voluntary nighttime (22:00–07:00) noise abatement program. [65] In 2015, runway 32R/14L was permanently closed after 72 years of service, in favor of the new runway 10R/28L. [66] Currently, O'Hare has the most runways of any civilian airport in the world, totaling eight. [67]
The Pac-12 holds a 200-plus championship lead over the second-place conference. On August 2, 2024, 10 of the 12 members departed from the conference. The Pac-12 is operating as a two-team conference through the 2025–26 academic year, sponsoring five sports—baseball, football, track and field, women's gymnastics, and wrestling. [ 3 ]
Ferry Farm, the Washington family residence on the Rappahannock River in Stafford County, Virginia, where Washington spent much of his youth. George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, [a] at Popes Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia. [3] He was the first of six children of Augustine and Mary Ball Washington. [4]
Population: 1,610 city; 3,530 county. [1] Los Angeles County established. 1851 – Los Angeles Star, city's first newspaper, begins publication. [12] Hugo Reid, who was married to an indigenous woman Victoria Reid published his series The Indians of Los Angeles County in the newspaper as part of his campaign to be named Indian agent
Carville was born on October 25, 1944, at a U.S. Army hospital at Georgia's Fort Benning (now Fort Moore), where his father was stationed during World War II. [4] His mother, Lucille (née Normand), stayed behind in Carville, Louisiana, where James was raised, but went to Fort Benning long enough to have her firstborn son.