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First American National Bank First American National Bank was a subsidiary of First American National Corporation, a financial institution based in Nashville, Tennessee that served the states of Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky, and Virginia. It was headquartered in the First American Center in downtown Nashville.
First American Road in Florida The First American Road in Florida (also known as the Andrew Jackson Trail or Military Road) is a historic road near Gulf Breeze, Florida, United States. It is located in the Naval Live Oaks Area of the Gulf Islands National Seashore.
First American shots fired in World War II While debate over the First American shots fired in World War II existed for some time, specifically concerning the Attack on Pearl Harbor, it is now generally accepted that the first American (and the first American-caused) casualties actually occurred on December 7, 1941 when the USS Ward attacked and sank a Japanese midget submarine near the entrance to Pearl Harbor prior to the commencement of the Japanese air attack upon Pearl Harbor, which caused the United States to become directly involved in World War II. As a result of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, America declared war on Japan on December 8, 1941 and upon Germany two days later.
First Among Equals First Among Equals is a 1984 novel by British author Jeffrey Archer, that follows the careers and personal lives of four British politicians (Simon Kerslake, Charles Seymour, Raymond Gould and Andrew Fraser) from 1964 to 1991, each vying to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Several situations in the novel are drawn from the author's own early political career in the British House of Commons, and the fictional characters interact with actual British politicians of the day, including Winston Churchill, Alec Douglas-Home, Harold Wilson, Edward Heath, Margaret Thatcher, and others, including Gary Hart and Queen Elizabeth II.
First Anglo–Dutch War The First Anglo–Dutch War (Dutch: Eerste Engelse Zeeoorlog) (1652–54) (called the First Dutch War in England, and the First English War in the Netherlands) was the first of the four Anglo-Dutch Wars. It was fought entirely at sea between the navies of the Commonwealth of England and the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
First Apocalypse of James The First ApocalypseGreek: , disclosure, revelation or vision. of James,יעקב "Holder of the heel; supplanter"; Standard Hebrew Yaʿaqov, Tiberian Hebrew Yaʿăqōḇ part of the New Testament apocrypha also called the Revelation of Jacob, was first discovered amongst 52 other Gnostic Christian texts spread over 13 Codices by an Arab peasant, Mohammad Ali al-Samman, in the Egyptian town of Nag Hammadi late in December 1945.
First Armenian Republic The First Armenian Republic refers to the Democratic Republic of Armenia that was founded in 1918 by the survivors of the Armenian genocide (1915), including the people from Van Resistance which will form the Administration for Western Armenia in 1915 with major help of the political party Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF). It lasted around four years until Armenia joined the communist regime in 1922.
First Asia Institute of Technology and Humanities First Asia Institute of Technology and Humanities is an institution of higher learning and research located in the Tanauan City in Batangas, Philippines. It is envisioned to be a premier educational organization in the high–growth region south of Metro Manila.
First Assistant Engineer The First Assistant Engineer or Second Engineer supervises the daily maintenance and operation of the engine department and reports directly to the Chief Engineer. On a merchant vessel, depending on term usage, "The First" or "The Second" is the marine engineer second in command of the engine department after the ship's Chief Engineer.
First Austrian Republic In Austrian history, the First Republic refers to the period after World War I, following the breakdown of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, up to World War II. This period was marked by violent strife between the left and the right, e.
First Automobile Works First Automobile Works is China's first automobile manufacturer. FAW is one of the "Big Five" Chinese automobile manufacturers along with Dongfeng Motor Corporation, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation, Chang'an Motors, and Chery Automobile.
First Avenue First Avenue and 7th Street Entry are a cornerstone of the Midwest music scene, and serve as a historic landmark of downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. The nightclub has been the jumping point for virtually every single band to come out of the Twin Cities, including The Replacements, HĂĽsker DĂĽ, Prince, Soul Asylum, Semisonic, Atmosphere, Dillinger Four, The Hostages, The Jayhawks and many others.
First Avenue (Manhattan) First Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan, running from Houston Street northbound for over 125 blocks before terminating at the Willis Avenue Bridge into The Bronx at the Harlem River near East 127th Street. South of Houston Street, the roadway continues as Allen Street south to Canal Street.
First baseman First base, or 1B, is the first of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a baserunner in order to score a run for that player's team. A first baseman is the player on the team playing defense who fields the area nearest first base, and covers most plays made at that base.
First battle of Cape Finisterre (1747) The First Battle of Cape Finisterre was a naval battle which took place on 14 May 1747 (3 May 1747 in the Julian calendar then in use in Britain) during the War of the Austrian Succession, in the Bay of Biscay off Cape Finisterre in northwest Spain, between a British fleet of 14 ships of the line under Admiral George Anson in Centurion, and a French 30-ship convoy escorted by a squadron commanded by Admiral de la Jonquière which he intercepted. In a five-hour battle the British captured 4 ships of the line, 2 frigates and 7 merchantmen.
First battle of Polotsk In the First battle of Polotsk, which took place on August 17-18, 1812, Russian troops under the command of Peter Wittgenstein defeated French troops led by Nicolas Oudinot and stopped their advance to Saint Petersburg. The first battle of Polotsk should be distinguished from the second battle of Polotsk which took place during the same campaign two months later.
First branchial arch The first branchial arch, also called the first pharyngeal arch and mandibular arch, is the first of six branchial arches that develops in fetal life. It is located between the stomodeum and the first pharyngeal groove.
First Babylonian Dynasty The chronology of the first dynasty of Babylonia is debated, because there is a Babylonian King List A and a Babylonian King List B. Hereby we follow temporarily the regnal years of List A, because those are widely used.
First Badgerline Badgerline's roots can be traced back to the old Bristol Omnibus Company, an unprivatised regional bus company based in Bristol, England. When the Bristol Omnibus Company was privatised in the mid-1980s, it was sold to its management team.
First Balkenende cabinet The first cabinet of Jan Peter Balkenende was in office in the Netherlands from July 22, 2002 until October 16 of the same year. The term of 87 days (counting the first and last days in full and excluding its "caretaker" function that continued for months afterwards) was the shortest since the fifth cabinet of Hendrikus Colijn (July 25 1939 - August 10 1939).
First Baltic Front The First Baltic Front was a Front of the Soviet Army during the Second World War. It was formed from the Kalin Front in 1943 and took part in several important military operations, most notably Bagration in the summer of 1944.
First Bank of the United States The original Bank of the United States, chartered in 1791, and sometimes known as the First Bank of the United States, was created to handle the financial needs and requirements of the central government of the newly formed United States, which had previously been thirteen individuals colonies with their own banks, currencies, and financial institutions and policies.
First Baptist Church in America The First Baptist Church in America is the oldest Baptist church in the United States, founded by Roger Williams in Providence, Rhode Island in 1638. Arminian in tone, in the spirit of Christian liberty and free communion, it not long afterward became virtually what is now known as a Free Baptist church.
First Baptist Church of Conyers The First Baptist Church of Conyers is a large Southern Baptist church located north of Conyers, Georgia. It was located in downtown conyers along Main Street with both First Methodist Church and First Presbyterian Curch, and played a key role in getting the brothels out of the city in 1878.
First Baptist Church of Jacksonville The First Baptist Church of Jacksonville is a large Southern Baptist church located in downtown Jacksonville, Florida. At 28,000 members, it is the third largest of the 43,000 churches in the Southern Baptist Convention.
First Baptist Church of Minneapolis First Baptist Church of Minneapolis, Minnesota was founded in 1853 at the Falls of St. Anthony, the only falls on the Mississippi River, the site of the first bridge across the Mississippi River, the largest flour mills in the world and the site of the first Hydro-electric power plant in the western hemisphere.
First Barbary War The First Barbary War (1801–1805, also known as the Barbary Coast War or the Tripolitan War) was one of two wars fought between the United States of America and the North African states known collectively as the Barbary States. These were the independent Sultanate of Morocco, and the three Regencies of Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, which were quasi-independent entities nominally belonging to the Ottoman Empire.
First Barons' War The First Barons' War (1215–1217) was a combination of a civil war in England between the forces of a number of rebellious barons and King John, and a foreign invasion invited by the barons aimed at toppling him.
First Basin The First Basin is one of the many attractions in the Cataract Gorge, Launceston, Tasmania. Often referred to by locals as "the basin", it's an easily accessible large body of fresh water within minutes from the city centre.
First Battle of Acentejo The First Battle of Acentejo was a battle that took place on the island of Tenerife between the Guanches and an alliance of Spaniards, other Europeans, and associated natives (mostly from other islands), on May 31, 1494, during the Spanish conquest of this island. It resulted in a victory for the Guanches of Tenerife.
First Battle of Athenry The First Battle of Athenry was fought on the August 15, 1249 at Athenry, Galway, Ireland. Ath an Ri had existed as a minor settlement prior to its foundation as a town by the de Bermingham family in 1241, and was thus still little more than a military base in (highly) hostile territory.
First Battle of Bull Run The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the First Battle of Manassas, took place on July 21 1861, and was the first major land battle of the American Civil War. Unseasoned Union Army troops under Brigadier General Irvin McDowell advanced against the Confederate Army under Brig.
First Battle of Deep Bottom The First Battle of Deep Bottom was fought from July 27 to July 29, 1864, at Deep Bottom in Henrico County, Virginia, as part of the Siege of Petersburg of the American Civil War. Deep Bottom is the colloquial name for an area of the James River near the state capital, where the river is surrounded by bluffs, and was part of a supply route for the Confederate Army during the Siege of Petersburg.
First Battle of El Alamein The First Battle of El Alamein 1–July 27 1942 was a battle of the Western Desert Campaign of World War II, fought between the German–Italian African Panzer Army commanded by Erwin Rommel and the British Eighth Army, commanded by Claude Auchinleck.
First Battle of Fort Fisher The First Battle of Fort Fisher, fought from December 7 to December 27 1864, was a failed attempt by Union forces to capture the fort guarding Wilmington, North Carolina, the South's last major port on the Atlantic Ocean.
First Battle of Champagne The First Battle of Champagne was a skirmish early in the First World War occurring in the Champagne region of France. After minor skirmishes the battle began on 20 December 1914, was effectively the first significant attack by the Allies against the Germans since the construction of trenches following the so-called 'Race to the Sea' during the autumn of 1914.
First Battle of Chattanooga The First Battle of Chattanooga was a minor battle in the American Civil War, occurring from June 7 to June 8, 1862. The larger and more famous battle was the Third Battle of Chattanooga (generally referred to as the Battle of Chattanooga) in November 1863.
First Battle of Langensalza The First Battle of Langensalza was fought on June 9, 1075 between forces of German King Henry IV and several rebellious Saxon noblemen on the River Unstrut near Langensalza. The battle was a complete success for Henry, resulting in the subjugation of Saxony shortly before the Investiture Controversy commenced.
First Battle of Newbury The First Battle of Newbury took place on 20 September 1643, in Enborne and Wash Common adjoining Newbury, between Parliamentary forces under the Earl of Essex and Royalist forces under King Charles I in person, accompanied by Prince Rupert and Sir Jacob Astley. The two sides were fairly evenly matched; the King had about 8,000 infantry and 6,000 cavalry while Essex had 10,000 infantry and 4,000 cavalry.
First Battle of Ream's Station First Battle of Ream's Station was a battle during the American Civil War. Confederate forces under Major General William Mahone and Brigadier General Fitzhugh Lee defeated Union forces raiding Confederate railways.
First Battle of Sabine Pass The First Battle of Sabine Pass was a naval battle during the American Civil War in Texas which, in addition to strengthening the Union naval blockade on the Texas coastline, also intended to open the way for a possible amphibious assault.
First Battle of Shipka Pass In July, 1877 four Russian corps had crossed the Danube River and were moving into Bulgaria. To precede the main Russian army Joseph Vladimirovich Gourko led a detachment to capture the vital Balkan Mountain passes.
First Battle of Sirte The First Battle of Sirte was a naval battle between the Royal Navy and the Regia Marina during the Second World War. It took place on 17 December 1941, in the Mediterranean, north to the Gulf of Sirte, west of Malta, between the Regia Marina and Royal Navy.
First Battle of St Albans The First Battle of St Albans was the first battle of the Wars of the Roses and was fought on May 22, 1455 in the town of St Albans. Richard, Duke of York and his ally, Richard, Earl of Warwick defeated the Lancastrians under Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, who was killed.
First Battle of the Masurian Lakes The First Battle of the Masurian Lakes was a German offensive in the Eastern Front during the early stages of World War I. It pushed the Russian First Army back across its entire front, eventually ejecting them from Germany in disarray.
First Battle of the Stronghold The First Battle of the Stronghold (January 17, 1873) was the second battle in the Modoc War of 1872–1873. The battle was fought between the United States Army under Lieutenant Colonel Frank Wheaton and a band of the Native American Modoc tribe from Oregon and California, led by Captain Jack.
First Battle of Winchester The First Battle of Winchester, fought on May 25, 1862, in and around Frederick County, Virginia and Winchester, Virginia, was a major victory in Confederate Army General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Campaign through the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War.
First Battle of Zürich The Helvetic Republic in 1798 became a battlefield of the French Revolutionary Wars. In the First Battle of Zürich on 4-7 June, 1799, French general André Masséna was forced to yield the city to the Austrians under Archduke Charles and retreated beyond the Limmat, where he managed to fortify his positions, resulting in a stalemate.
First Blood (book) First Blood is a 1972 novel by David Morrell that the 1982 movie First Blood was based on. The book features the character John Rambo, a Vietnam war veteran, who becomes the focus of a manhunt that results in the deaths many police officers and national guardsmen in the process.
First Boston First Boston Corporation was a New York-based investment bank, founded in 1932 and acquired by Credit Suisse in 1988, when it became 'CS First Boston'. Globally referred to as Credit Suisse First Boston after 1996, the First Boston part of the name was phased out in 2006.
First Broad River The First Broad River is a tributary of the Broad River, about 60 mi (95 km) long Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry in western North Carolina in the United States DeLorme (2001). North Carolina Atlas & Gazetteer.
First Bulgarian Empire The First Bulgarian Empire was founded in 681 AD in the lands near the Danube delta and disintegrated in 1018 AD after its annexation to the Byzantine Empire. At the height of its power it spread between three seas - the Black Sea to the east, the Aegean to the south and the Adriatic.
First cabinet of Wim Kok The First cabinet of Wim Kok (1994-1998), also called the "Purple Coalition" because of its social-democrat (red) and liberal (blue) components, was a Dutch government formed by the political parties PVDA, VVD and D66. D66 had won its greatest political victory with the slogan that the Christian democrats should be in the opposition for a change.
First class (computing) In database modeling, a first class item is one that has an identity independent of any other item. The identity allows the item to persist when its attributes change, and other items to claim relationships with the item.
First contact (astronomy) In astronomy, during a transit or eclipse, first contact is the moment when the apparent positions of the two bodies first touch. Historically, measuring the precise time of each point of contact during a transit, was one of the most accurate ways to determine the positions of astronomical bodies.
First Call vehicle The First Call Vehicle is a vehicle used in the funeral service industry. This type of vehicle is used to pick up the remains of a recently deceased person, and transport that person to the funeral home for preparation.
First Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources The First Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources (1C) refers to the catalogue listed in the article Ryle M, Smith F G & Elsmore B (1950) MNRAS vol 110 pp508-523 "A Preliminary Survey of Radio Stars in the Northern Hemisphere". 1C catalogue listed about 50 radio sources, detected at 3.
First Capital Connect First Capital Connect is a train operating company in England that began its passenger operations on the National Rail network at 02:00 BST 1 April 2006. It is owned by First Group and combines the service on the cross-London Thameslink railway line with the services along the East Coast Main Line from King's Cross and Moorgate to Peterborough, Cambridge, and King's Lynn formerly operated by wagn, often referred to as Great Northern.
First Capitol Historic Site First Capitol Historic Site is a free admission historic museum located outside Belmont, Wisconsin. The museum includes two of the buildings first used by territorial legislators to meet and pass laws in Wisconsin Territory.
First Celtiberian War The First Celtiberian (or Spanish) War was the first of a series of three wars known as the Celtiberian Wars. It was fought between the advancing legions of the Roman Republic and the Celtiberian tribes of Hispania Citerior from 181 to 179 BC.
First Circle (album) First Circle is a Grammy Award winning album by the Pat Metheny Group released in 1984. On the album Pat Metheny is joined by Lyle Mays on piano and keyboards, Steve Rodby on bass guitar, drummer Paul Wertico and multi-instrumentalist Pedro Aznar.
First Civil Service Commissioner The First Civil Service Commmissioner heads the Office of Civil Service Commissioners, which ensures that the Civil Service in the United Kingdom is effective and impartial, that appointments are made on merit, and hears appeals under the Civil Service Code.
First Class (Boy Scouts of America) First Class is a rank attainable by a Scout in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), and ranks above Second Class and below Star. A Scout can work on the requirements for the Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class ranks at the same time, but must earn them in sequence.
First Class Hip-Hop First Class Hip-Hop is a 24/7 internet radio station featuring live streaming audio with an urban contemporary format, playing rap, hip hop, R&B, neo-soul, Gospel, and reggaeton. The station is featured on the First Class website, which is http://www.
First Class Honours (degree) A First Class Honours degree is an academic degree awarded to students at undergraduate and post-graduate level either by examination, course work or thesis. First Class Honours degrees are the highest level of degree awarded and are taken to indicate high academic achievement and ability.
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests The Commission of Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues was established in the United Kingdom in 1810 by merging the former offices of Surveyor General of Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases and Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown into a three-man commission. The name of the commission was changed in 1832 to the Commission of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings.
First Commissioner of Works The First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings was a position within the government of the United Kingdom. It took over some of the functions of the First Commissioner of Woods and Forests in 1851 when the portfolio of Crown holdings was divided into the public and the commercial.
First Congo War The First Congo War was a conflict from late 1996 to 1997 in which Zairean dictator Mobutu Sésé Seko was overthrown by rebel forces backed by foreign powers such as Uganda and Rwanda. Rebel leader Laurent-Désiré Kabila declared himself president and changed the name of the nation back to Democratic Republic of the Congo.
First Congregational Methodist Church The First Congregational Methodist Church is a Christian denomination in the Southern United States. It has its theological roots in the teachings of John Wesley and adheres to the Methodist Articles of Religion.
First Congress of Rastatt At the First Congress of Rastatt, which was opened in November 1713, negotiations were carried on between France and Austria for the purpose of ending the War of the Spanish Succession. These culminated in the Treaty of Rastatt signed on March 7, 1714.
First Consolidated Bank The First Consolidated Bank is a private, independent development bank organized in 1982 in the Province of Bohol by a group of Filipino businesspeople. It operates out of Tagbilaran City, and has 41 branches in different parts of the country.
First Constitutional Era (Ottoman Empire) The First Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire was the period of constitutional monarchy from the promulgation of a Basic Law by AbdĂĽlhamid II on 23 November 1876 until 13 February 1878 when the constitution was suspended.
First Contact (documentary) First Contact is a documentary by Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson which recounts the discovery of a flourishing native population in the interior highlands of New Guinea in 1930 in what had been thought to be an uninhabited area. It is based on the book of the same name by the same authors.
First Corridor The First Corridor type of railway carriage was one of the standard mid-20th century designs; coded 'FK' by the LNER and BR, and 'CL' by the LMS. The layout of the coach was a number of compartments, all of which were first class, linked by a side corridor.
First Council of Nicaea The First Council of Nicaea, held in Nicea in Bithynia (in present-day Turkey), convoked by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in 325, was the first ecumenicalEcumenical, from Koine Greek oikoumenikos, literally meaning worldwide but generally assumed to be limited to the Roman Empire as in Augustus' claim to be ruler of the oikoumene/world; the earliest extant uses of the term for a council are Eusebius' Life of Constantine 3.6around 338 "" (he convoked an Ecumenical council), Athanasius' Ad Afros Epistola Synodica in 369[http://www.
First Council of Orléans The First Council of Orléans was convoked by Clovis I in 511. Shortly before his death, Clovis called a synod of Gallic bishops to meet at Orléans to reform the church and create a strong link between the crown and the Catholic episcopate.
First Council of the Lateran The Council of 1123 is reckoned in the series of Ecumenical councils by the Roman Catholic Church. It had been convoked in December, 1122, immediately after the Concordat of Worms, which agreement between pope and emperor had caused general satisfaction in the Church.
First Court of Appeals of Texas The First Court of Appeals of Texas, one of the Texas Courts of Appeals, sits in Houston, Texas. It currently presides over appeals from Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Waller, and Washington counties.
First Crusade The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II with the stated goal of capturing the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslims. What started as an appeal to the French knightly class quickly turned into a wholesale migration and conquest of territory outside of Europe.
First division (baseball) First division is a term that has had various meanings, at various times, in the sport of baseball: Prior to 1961, the two major baseball leagues — the National League and the American League — contained eight teams each, and a team in first through fourth places collectively was said to stand in the "first division;" when the leagues added two new teams each in the early 1960s (the American League in 1961 and the National League the following year) the term's application was changed to the first five places in the standings. Teams occupying positions lower than these were said to be in the "second division.
First Danby ministry The Danby Ministry was the name of the governmental body lead by the The Earl of Danby during the reign of Charles II. It was the successor of the Cabal Ministry which fell from power when the Catholicism of some members became a problem for parliament.
First Date "First Date" is a single by the pop-punk band, blink-182 from their record Take off Your Pants and Jacket. The song relates all the insecurities and thoughts that come to a boy's mind when getting a first date with a girl.
First Daughter (2004 film) First Daughter is a romantic comedy film released by 20th Century Fox in 2004 (see 2004 in film). It stars Katie Holmes as Samantha Mackenzie, a Presidential daughter who enrolls at a college and develops a relationship with another student at the college played by Marc Blucas.
First Dawood Group The First Dawood Group (FDG) is a major financial institution in Pakistan. It owns First Dawood Investment Bank (FDIB), Dawood Capital Management (DCM), First Dawood Islamic Bank , Guardian Modaraba (GM) and BRR International Modaraba (BRR).
First Day of My Life (Bright Eyes song) "First Day of My Life" is a single off of the album, I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning by the Nebraskan band Bright Eyes, released on March 21, 2005. The track "First Day of My Life" is a classic love song while "When the President Talks to God" is more political.
First Dáil The First Dáil (Irish: An Chéad Dáil) was Dáil Éireann as it convened from 1919–1921. In 1919 candidates who had been elected in the Westminster elections of 1918 refused to recognise the Parliament of the United Kingdom and instead assembled as a unicameral, revolutionary parliament called "Dáil Éireann". The establishment of the First Dáil occurred on the same day as the outbreak of the Anglo-Irish War. After elections in 1921 the First Dáil was succeeded by the Second Dáil of 1921–1922.
First Degree First Degree was a 9 part drama series made by BBC Wales which aired in 2002. The series followed the lives, trials and tribulations of students in the fictional Bay College, one of several hi-tech media schools owned and run by an enigmatic entrepreneur based in Sacramento, California known only as The Founder.
First Demo Tape (Minor Threat) First Demo Tape is a CDEP and 7" EP of Minor Threat's first demo tape, recorded in 1981. Band frontman Ian Mackaye found the tapes that make up the album while putting together a box set for his record label, Dischord.
First Department The First Department (Первый отдел, Pervyj Otdel) was in charge of secrecy and political security of the workplace of every enterprise or institution of the Soviet Union that dealt with any kind of technical or scientific information (plants, R&D institutions, etc.) or had printing capabilities (e.
First Descent First Descent is a 2005 documentary film about snowboarding and it's beginning in the 80's. For snowboarders this movie is the same what Endless Summer means for surfers, or what Lords of Dogtown is for skaters.
First Devon and Cornwall First Devon and Cornwall is a subsidiary of First Group which operates public transport throughout the UK. As the name suggests, the company operate bus services within Devon and Cornwall following the takeovers of Western National (in Cornwall and South Devon) and Red Bus (in North Devon).
First Disney Channel Games The Disney Channel Games was a weekly mini series on Disney Channel that began airing on Saturday June 10, 2006 and officially ended August 19, 2006. The Suite Life of Zack and Cody's Brian Stepanek (Arwin) and Phill Lewis (Mr.
First Disraeli ministry After the parliamentary session which produced the Second Reform Bill, Disraeli's eventual assumption of the leadership of the Conservative Party was all but assured. While he was still opposed by elements of the party's right wing (most notably the Marquess of Salisbury, himself a future Prime Minister), his role in securing the passage of the bill, in particular his showing against William Ewart Gladstone, had won him the adulation of a wide base of the parliamentary party.
First Doctor The First Doctor is the name given to the first incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by the actor William Hartnell during his tenure from 1963 to 1966, and by Richard Hurndall in 1983, after Hartnell's death.
First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC The First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC (or First Draft) was an incomplete 101-page document written by John von Neumann and distributed on June 30,1945 by Herman Goldstine, security officer on the classified ENIAC project. It contains the first published description of the logical design of a computer using the stored-program concept, which has come to be known as the von Neumann architecture.
First edition The term first edition traditionally refers to all copies of a book printed with the same or substantially the same setting of type. However, the precise meaning has slight, but significant, variations in the fields of bibliography, book collecting, and publishing.
First Earth Battalion The First Earth Battalion was the name proposed by Jim Channon, an American soldier who had seen service in Vietnam, for his idea of a new US military to be organised along New Age lines. Such a battalion was never formed.
First East Turkestan Republic The First Eastern Turkestan Republic (ETR), or Turkish Islamic Republic of East Turkestan (TIRET), was a short-lived break-away would-be constitutional republic founded in 1933. It was centered around the city of Kashgar in what is today the People's Republic of China-administered region of Xinjiang.
First Employment Contract The contrat première embauche (CPE), translated first employment contract, was a new form of employment contract pushed in spring 2006 in France by Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin. This employment contract, available solely to employees under 26, would make it easier for the employer to fire employees by removing the need to provide provable reasons for dismissal for an initial period of two years, in exchange for some financial guarantees for employees.
First Encirclement Campaign The First Encirclement Campaign () was a series of battles launched by the Chinese Nationalist Government that intended to annihilate the Chinese Red Army and to destroy the Jiangxi Soviet. It was later responded by the Communist's First Counter Encirclement Campaign (), in which the Red Army successfully defended their Soviet base in the southern Jiangxi against the Nationalist attacks from November 1930 to January 3, 1931.

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