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In open storage on the base were 98 containers of 120 mm, 122 mm, 125 mm, and 160 mm high explosive artillery shells, 7.62 mm shell casings, compressed gunpowder, silver dollar-sized slugs, primers, and magnesium primers that had been seized by the United States Navy in 2009 after it intercepted a Cypriot-flagged, Russian-owned vessel, Monchegorsk, travelling from Iran to Syria in the Red Sea.
Costco membership card from Iceland. Costco's earliest predecessor, Price Club, opened its first store on July 12, 1976, on Morena Boulevard in San Diego, California.It was founded three months earlier by Sol Price and his son, Robert, following a dispute with the new owners of FedMart, Price's previous membership-only discount store. [14]
2011 Syrian uprising: The European Union imposes sanctions on 13 Syrian officials in response to a violent crackdown on protests in the country. The Syrian Army releases 300 people in the city of Banias. Opposition forces in Libya make gains amid NATO bombing, reportedly operating out of the capital Tripoli. (DPA via M&C)
The 2011 Boston Red Sox season was the 111th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. Before the season, the Red Sox were favored to win the American League East and reach the World Series, with some comparing the team to the 1927 New York Yankees.
Zappos Insights also offers a three-day bootcamp where participants visit the headquarters and have meetings with Zappos executives. [50] [51] In 2007, Zappos acquired 6pm.com from eBags. The site sells shoes and accessories. [52] [53] Zappos sponsors the "Zappos Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas Marathon and ½ Marathon", which draw 28,000 runners each ...
Prince Charles performed in the 2016 National Poetry Day, reading Seamus Heaney's "The Shipping Forecast". [5] In 2015, National Poetry Day poems were included in the Blackpool Illuminations. [6] In 2020, BT commissioned Poet Laureate Simon Armitage to write "Something Clicked", a reflection on lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic. [7]
The next day there were reports of approximately 3000 arrests and a few casualties, but there are no official figures on the number of deaths. [267] On 18 April 2011, approximately 100 000 protesters sat in the central Square of Homs calling for the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad. Protests continued through July 2011, the government ...
The 1977 Italian film Operazione Kappa: sparate a vista was loosely based on Dog Day Afternoon. [99] The 1987 Hong Kong action film Yan man ying hung (People's Hero) was a remake of the film. [100] For his audition on The Simpsons, actor Hank Azaria used an imitation voice based on Pacino's Dog Day Afternoon character.