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1st Battalion 4th Marines 1st Battalion 4th Marines (1/4) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California consisting of approximately 800 Marines and Sailors. They fall under the 1st Marine Regiment and the 1st Marine Division.
1st Battalion 5th Marines 1st Battalion 5th Marines (1/5) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Camp Pendleton, California consisting of approximately 800 Marines and Sailors. They fall under the command of the 5th Marine Regiment and the 1st Marine Division.
1st Battalion 7th Marines The 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment (1/7) is an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps. They are based at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms and consist of approximately 1000 Marines.
1st Battalion 8th Marines 1st Battalion 8th Marines (1/8) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina consisting of approximately 800 Marines and Sailors. Nicknamed "The Beirut Battalion," they fall under the 8th Marine Regiment and the 2nd Marine Division.
1st Battalion 9th Marines The 1st Battalion 9th Marines (1/9) is an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps. Formed during World War II it served until the mid-1990s when it was deactivated to make room for one of three light armor reconnaissance battalions.
1st Battalion, 131st Aviation Regiment The 1st Battalion 131st Aviation Regiment is an Army helicopter battalion that deployed to Iraq in September 2006 as a subordinate unit of Task Force Mustang to be a part of the US military Operation Iraqi Freedom. The battalion currently flies UH-60 Blackhawk aircraft.
1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment 'Deuce Four' was one of the first Buffalo Soldier regiments in the United States Army along with the 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments. They were involved in the Spanish-American War and were involved in Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders famous charge up San Juan Hill.
1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders The 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders was formed in 1881 when the 91st (Princess Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot were amalgamated with the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot to form the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders .
1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment is one of six Battalions that make up the Royal Australian Regiment, formed in late 1945 the Battalion is now based in Townsville and forms part of the Australian 3rd Brigade.
1st Belgian Infantry Brigade Belgian 1st Infantry Brigade, also known by the name of its commander as the "Brigade Piron", began as miscellaneous small elements in the United Kingdom, expanded to a "fusilier" battalion by the end of 1940, mustered a pair of such battalions in 1941, and in January 1943 assumed the official brigade designation. Various schemes were considered during this time for utilizing the brigade overseas, but it was decided to reserve it for the actual liberation of Belgium.
1st Belorussian Front The 1st Belorussian Front (alternative spellings are 1st Byelorussian Front and 1st Belarusian Front) was a military subdivision (Front) of the Soviet Army during the Second World War. This sense of the term is not identical with the more general usage of military front which indicates a geographic area in wartime, although a Soviet Front may operate within designated boundaries.
1st Brigade (US 1st Infantry Division) The 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division is the oldest permanent brigade in the United States Army and has some of the oldest units in the United States Army. HHC, 1st Brigade has participated in Campaigns of World War I, Vietnam, Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
1st Canadian Parliament The 1st Canadian Parliament was in session from November 6, 1867 until July 8, 1872. The membership was set by the 1867 federal election from August 7 to September 20, 1867, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was prorogued prior to the 1872 election.
1st Canadian Tank Brigade The Ontario Regiment and The Three Rivers Regiment were transferred from the incomplete 1st Canadian Armoured Division to provide the nucleus of 1st Canadian Tank Brigade in February 1941. In March, The Calgary Regiment joined the new brigade from 2nd Division.
1st Carrier Air Group The 1st Carrier Air Group of the Fleet Air Arm was formed on 30 June 1945. It was based on the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious for service in the British Pacific Fleet and contained 849 Naval Air Squadron flying the TBF Avenger, 1834 Naval Air Squadron and 1836 Naval Air Squadron flying the F4U Corsair.
1st Colorado Cavalry The 1st Colorado Cavalry was formed in 1862 by Territorial Governor John Evans, comprised mostly of members of the 1st Colorado Infantry and of C and D Companies of the 2nd Colorado Infantry. It was formed both to protect Colorado against incursions from the Confederate forces and to fight the Native Americans who already inhabited the area.
1st Colorado Volunteers The 1st Colorado Volunteers (officially the 1st Regiment of Colorado Volunteers) was a volunteer infantry regiment of the United States Army formed in the Colorado Territory in 1861 and active in the American West in the late 19th century.
1st Computer Olympiad The 1st Computer Olympiad took place at the Park Lane Hotel in London, UK from 9 August, 1989 to 15 August, 1989. In this Computer Olympiad, computer programs competed against each other at a variety of games, including Awari, Backgammon, Bridge, Checkers, Chess, Chinese Chess, Connect-Four, Dominoes, Draughts Go, Go-Moku, Othello, Qubic, Renju and Scrabble.
1st Congress of the Philippines The First Congress of the Philippines was the meeting of the legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives from July 5, 1946 until December 13, 1949. The body was originally convened as the Second Congress of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, after the proclamation of independence on July 4, 1946 it came to be known as the First Congress of the Philippines.
1st Cossack Division The 1st Cossack Division () is a Russian Cossack division within the German WW II Army. It was created on the Eastern Front mostly out of Don Cossacks already serving in the Wehrmacht, those who escaped from the advancing Soviet Army and Soviet POWs.
1st Cuirassier Regiment (France) The 1st Cuirassier Regiment (French: 1er RĂ©giment de Cuirassiers) (1er RC) was the oldest armoured regiment in the French Army, until it was amalgamated with 11th Cuirassiers Regiment. Today its traditions are carried on by the 1st Cuirassiers Squadrons Group of the 1st-11th Cuirassier Regiment.
1st Czechoslovakian Armoured Brigade On 1 September 1943 Czechoslovak 1st Infantry Brigade converted to armour and was redesignated the 1st Czechoslovakian Armoured Brigade. It continued to train in the UK until the summer of 1944 when, with some 4000 troops under command, it moved to Normandy under 21st Army Group.
1st Division (Australia) The 1st Division is the main deployable formation of the Australian Army and contains the majority of the Regular forces, its headquarters is located in Brisbane. First Division has a secondary role as Deployable Joint Force Headquarters (DJFHQ) a joint formation, commanding units of the RAN and RAAF as well as the army during operational deployment.
1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment The 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (French: 1er RĂ©giment Ă©tranger de cavalerie) (1e REC) is the only armoured cavalry regiment in the French Foreign Legion. It is one of two cavalry regiments of the 6th Light Armoured Brigade.
1st Foreign Regiment The 1st Foreign Regiment (French: 1er RĂ©giment Ă©tranger) (1e RE) is the senior regiment in the French Foreign Legion. Today the regiment is mainly administrative, and provides staff to the Command of the Foreign Legion.
1st Guard Brigade (Croatia) Croatia's First Mechanized Guard Brigade (Croatian: Prva Mehanizirana Gardijska Brigada) - named "The Tigers" - is the most elite and best equipped military brigade of the Croatian Army (Croatian: Hrvatska Vojska). It served with distinction during the Croatian War of Independance and remains one of the most recognizable military units in former Yugoslavia.
1st Guards Division (Japan) 1st Guards Division was formed from the Guards Mixed Brigade in June of 1943 and a new Guards Regiment, the 6th, was added, with the 1st Guards Cavalry Regiment, 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Guards Engineer Regiment and 1st Guards Transport Regiment, and other support units.
1st Helicopter Squadron 1st Helicopter Squadron is a United States Air Force unit based at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland assigned to the 89th Military Airlift Group that supports Washington capital area airlift for the Executive Branch, high-ranking dignitaries, high ranking military leaders and other VIPs. The squadron is also tasked to support the emergency evacuation of key government officials as well as search and rescue missions.
1st High Energy Astrophysics Observatory The first of NASA's three High Energy Astronomy Observatories, HEAO 1 was launched aboard an Atlas Centaur rocket on 12 August 1977 and operated until 9 January 1979. During that time, it scanned the X-ray sky almost three times over 0.
1st Infantry Division (United States) The 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized) of the United States Army —nicknamed “The Big Red One” after its shoulder patch—is the oldest continuously serving division in the United States Army. The division's motto is “Duty First,” with unofficial, but frequently used additional motto of “No Mission Too Difficult, No Sacrifice Too Great,” and often a combination of “No Mission Too Difficult, No Sacrifice Too Great—Duty First.
1st Intelligence Battalion 1st Intelligence Battalion (1st Intel) is a United States Marine Corps military intelligence and counter intelligence unit based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. They provide the I Marine Expeditionary Force with intelligence products and analysis.
1st Kentucky Artillery The 1st Kentucky Artillery (also known as Cobb's Battery) was an artillery battery that was a portion of the Orphan Brigade in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought in several engagements throughout the Western Theater, including the battles of Shiloh, Baton Rouge, Siege of Jackson, Sulphur Trestle, Resaca, Murfreesboro, Jonesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and Johnsonville.
1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion is a mechanized infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps. Their primary weapon system is the LAV-25 and they are part of the 1st Marine Division and I Marine Expeditionary Force.
1st Light Division (Germany) The German 1st Light Brigade was a mechanized unit established in October 1937 in imitation of the French Division Légère Mécanique, intended to take on the roles of army-level reconnaissance and security that had traditionally been the responsibility of cavalry. It included mechanized recon units, motorized infantry, and a battalion of tanks.
1st Lithuanian-Belarusian Division The 1st Lithuanian-Belarusian Division (, ) was a volunteer unit of the Polish Army formed around December 1918 and January 1919 during the Polish-Soviet War. It was created out of several dozen smaller units of self-defence forces created out of local volunteers in what is now Lithuania and Belarus amidst a growing series of territory disputes between Second Polish Republic, Soviet Russia and several others local provisional governements and took part in several key battles of the war.
1st Louisiana Native Guard The 1st Louisiana Native Guard, based in New Orleans, Louisiana, was one of the first all-black regiments to fight in the Union Army during the American Civil War. A predecessor regiment by the same name existed in the Confederate States Army.
1st millennium BC in North American history The 1st millennium BC in North American history provides a time line of events occurring within the present political boundaries of United States (including territories) from 1000 BC through 1 BC in the Gregorian calendar. Although this time line segment may include some European or other world events that profoundly influenced later American life, it focuses on developments within Native American (and Polynesian) communities.
1st millennium in North American history The 1st millennium in North American history provides a time line of events occurring within the present political boundaries of United States (including territories) from AD 1 through 1000 in the Gregorian calendar. Although this time line segment may include some European or other world events that profoundly influenced later American life, it focuses on developments within Native American (and Polynesian) communities.
1st Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 1st Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was organized at Portland, Maine on May 3,1861 and was mustered out there on August 5, 1861. The regiment was raised in response to Abraham Licnoln's first call for Volunteers and was raised from ten companies of state militia.
1st Marine Aircraft Wing The 1st Marine Aircraft Wing is an aviation unit of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. They are the Aviation Combat Element of the III Marine Expeditionary Force.
1st Marine Division (United States) The 1st Marine Division is the oldest, largest (active duty), and most decorated division in the United States Marine Corps representing a combat-ready force of more than 19,000 men and women. It is one of 3 active duty divisions in the Marine Corps today and is a multi-role, expeditionary ground combat force.
1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment The 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (French: 1er RĂ©giment Parachutiste d'Infanterie de Marine) (1er RPIMa) is one of two regiments in the Army Special Forces Brigade. Based in Bayonne in the local Citadel.
1st Marine Logistics Group The 1st Marine Logistics Group (1st MLG) is a logistics unit of the United States Marine Corps and is headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. The group's commanding officer is Brigadier General David Reist.
1st Marine Regiment (United States) The 1st Marine Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. The regiment, sometimes known as "Inchon", falls under the command of the 1st Marine Division and the I Marine Expeditionary Force.
1st Medical Battalion 1st Medical Battalion is unit of the United States Navy that provides medical support to United States Marine Corps forces. The unit is based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and falls under the command of Combat Logistics Regiment 15 and the 1st Marine Logistics Group.
1st Military Intelligence Battalion (United States) 1st Military Intelligence Battalion (Aerial Exploitation) is a unit of the United States Army which specializes in the acquisition of aerial signals information in direct support of the 205th Military Intelligence Brigade and V Corps. It is comprised of 3 companies - HHSC, A Company, and B Company.
1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry The 1st Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was noted in particular for its gallant service and heavy casualties at the Battle of Gettysburg.
1st New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry 1st New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment filled its ranks within two weeks of President Lincoln's call for 70,000 men on April 15, 1861. Between the April 17 and 30, 1861, not less than 2,004 men volunteered to fight for the Union in the American Civil War.
1st North Carolina Regiment The 1st North Carolina Regiment was raised on September 1, 1775 at Wilmington, North Carolina for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston.
1st Oregon Cavalry The First Regiment, Oregon Cavalry was a regiment in the volunteer Union army that participated in the American Civil War. With many men recruited from California, the regiment primarily served to protect the state of Oregon and surrounding territories in the Pacific Coast Theater of the American Civil War.
1st Parliament of Great Britain The first Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain was established in 1707, after the merger of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland. No fresh elections were held in England, and the existing members of the English House of Commons sat as members of the new British House of Commons.
1st Parliament of Ontario The 1st Parliament of Ontario was in session from September 3, 1867 until February 25, 1871, just prior to the 1871 general election. The majority party was the John Sandfield Macdonald-led coalition between the Ontario Liberal Party and Ontario Progressive Conservative Party.
1st Philippine Artillery Regiment The 1st Philippine Artillery Regiment was provisionally formed, in 1917, at Fort Stotsenburg, from the 11th and 12th Philippine Scout Battalions, by the 2nd Philippine Artillery Regiment. In 1922, this unit was reformed into the 24th Field Artillery Regiment (PS).
1st Provisional Marine Brigade The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade, a formation of United States Marines hastily put together at the outset of the Korean War, fought with great distinction at the Pusan Perimeter, the most important early battle in that conflict.
1st Reconnaissance Squadron The 1st Reconnaissance Squadron (1 RS) is a United States Air Force reconnaissance training unit based at Beale Air Force Base, near Marysville, California. It is the oldest squadron in the Air Force, and the first organization to be established as a U.
1st Regiment of Life Guards The 1st Regiment of Life Guards was the first of two regiments of Household Cavalry which were amalgamated in 1922 to form the Life Guards. In 1918, the regiment was reorganised as the 1st Battalion, Guards Machine Gun Regiment.
1st Rifle Division (Soviet Union) The Soviet 1st Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army, first established in the 1920s, and finally disbanded in the mid 1950s. In the course of thirty years it was reformed four or possibly five times.
1st SeaScout Group of Paleo Faliro The 1st sea scout Group of Paleo Faliro was founded in 1935 from Periklis Perotis and working since then to provide educational fun and games for the youth of the area. Every weekend all three troops, Cub Scouts, Scouts and Venture Scouts experience new things based in Aiantos 26, corner of Aiantos and Spartis, parallel to Achilleos St.
1st Soap Opera Digest Awards The first annual Soap Opera Digest Awards were held in 1984 and hosted by then husband and wife Catherine Hickland and David Hasselhoff. Hickland was currently starring in the soap opera Capitol and Hasselhoff who was currently in the series Knight Rider was still recognisable as Snapper Foster on The Young and the Restless.
1st Soviet Antarctic Expedition The First Soviet Antarctic Expedition was lead by Mikhail Somov; his scientific deputy was V G Kort. The expedition lasted from 30 November, 1955 to 1957 and involved 127 expedition members and 75 crew members.
1st Special Forces Regiment (Airborne) The 1st Special Forces Regiment (Airborne) is an elite Philippine Army unit established in the 1960s by Fidel V. Ramos (first Commanding officer of the Special Forces), primarily trained in both unconventional and psychological warfare.
1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler The Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (German for "Adolf Hitler's Bodyguard Regiment") was a unit of the SS. It was a Waffen SS security and combat formation which saw action on both the Eastern and Western fronts during World War II.
1st Stinger Battery 1st Stinger Battery is an air defense unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Marine Air Control Group 18 (MACG-18) and the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW) and are currently based at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan.
1st Strategic Aerospace Division Activated 30 August 1943, the 1st Strategic Aerospace Division (1 SAD) supervised and directed heavy bombardment serving in this role until 31 October 1945. Reactivated on 7 June 1946, the unit assumed fighter reconnaissance, bomber organization and air defense of the Ryukyu (Japan) Islands from the Eighth Air Force.
1st Street (Manhattan) 1st Street is the southernmost numbered street in Manhattan. The numeric street-naming grid in Manhattan, created as part of the Commissioners' Plan of 1811, begins immediately north of Houston Street with 1st Street at Avenue A, although the grid does not take full hold until 13th Street.
1st Tank Battalion The 1st Tank Battalion is an armored battalion of the United States Marine Corps which is based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California. It is assigned to the 1st Marine Division
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (QDG) is an armoured cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed in 1959 by the amalgamation of 1st King's Dragoon Guards and the Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards), both of which were raised in 1685 as Lanier's or 2nd Queen's Regiment of Horse, and Peterborough's or 3rd Regiment of Horse by James II of England in reaction to the Monmouth Rebellion.
1st Troop of Horse Guards The 1st (His Majesty's Own) Troop of Horse Guards was formed from King Charles II's exiled followers in the Netherlands (the Stuart monarchs had been overthrown during the English Civil War, and replaced with the Commonwealth).
1st United States Congress The First United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met at Federal Hall, 26 Wall Street in New York New York and later at Congress Hall in Philadelphia Pennsylvania from March 4 1789 to March 3 1791, during the first two years of the first administration of U.
1st United States Congress - Membership Changes The First United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met at Federal Hall, 26 Wall Street in New York New York and later at Congress Hall in Philadelphia Pennsylvania from March 4 1789 to March 3 1791, during the first two years of the first administration of U.
1st United States Congress - Political Parties The First United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met at Federal Hall, 26 Wall Street in New York New York and later at Congress Hall in Philadelphia Pennsylvania from March 4 1789 to March 3 1791, during the first two years of the first administration of U.
1st United States Congress - State Delegations The First United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met at Federal Hall, 26 Wall Street in New York New York and later at Congress Hall in Philadelphia Pennsylvania from March 4 1789 to March 3 1791, during the first two years of the first administration of U.
1st Vermont Brigade The First Vermont Brigade, or "Old Brigade" was an infantry brigade in the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. It suffered the highest casualty count of any brigade in the history of the United States Army, with some 1,172 killed in action.
1st Vermont Cavalry The 1st Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Cavalry (or 1st VVC) was a three years' cavalry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater from November 1861 to August 1865, in the Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac.
1st Vermont Infantry The 1st Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry (or 1st VVI) was a three months' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the eastern theater, in and around Fortress Monroe, Virginia.
1st Victoria Police Scottish The 1st Victoria Police Scottish Scout Group was a scout troop historically associated with Victoria Police, in Australia. The name is derived from the Group's first hall location - within the hall of the Victoria Police.
1st West Virginia Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 1st West Virginia Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the last year of the American Civil War. It consisted primarily of veterans of older regiments whose terms of enlistment had expired.
1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Month) The 1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. During its period of service, the regiment was known as the 1st Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
1st World Science Fiction Convention The First World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) was held in the Caravan Hall in New York 2-4 July, 1939, in conjunction with the New York World's Fair, which was themed as "The world of tomorrow". The convention was later named nicknamed "Nycon I" by Forrest J.
1st World Scout Jamboree The 1st World Scout Jamboree was held from 1920-07-30 to 1920-08-08 and was hosted by the United Kingdom at Kensington Olympia in London. 8,000 Scouts from 34 nations attended the event, which was hosted in a glass-roofed building covering an area of 6 acres.
1TYM 1TYM (ě›í€ěž„) is a popular four-member Korean hip hop boyband. The four members are, from oldest to youngest, Jin-Hwan Oh (ě¤ě§„í™), Teddy Park (박홍준), Baek-Kyoung Song (송백경), and Danny Im (ěž„íśëą, also known as Taebin).
1UP.com 1UP.com is a video-game site owned and operated by Ziff Davis Media, the media conglomerate behind popular videogame magazines Computer Gaming World (CGW) (now known as Games for Windows: The Official Magazine (or GFW) Magazine), Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM), and the now-defunct Official U.
1XB switch The Number One Crossbar Switching System was the primary urban local telephone exchange design used by the Bell System in the middle 20th century. Its switch fabric topology was based on the earlier urban Panel switch system, which in turn was based on the turn of the century Multiple Switchboard.
2 (National Communications) Signal Brigade 2 (National Communications) Signal Brigade is a Territorial Brigade of the Royal Corps of Signals. It is tasked with the provision of emergency and post disaster recovery communications infrastructure for Government, Armed Forces and emergency services throughout the United Kingdom by deploying and operating a variety of communications systems.
2 (New York City Subway service) The 2 Seventh Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored red on station signs and the NYC Subway map because it represents service provided on the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line through Manhattan.
2 + 2 = 5 (song) "2 + 2 = 5" is a song by English alternative rock band Radiohead, released as the last single from their sixth album Hail to the Thief in 2003 (see 2003 in British music). Its lyrics include the album's title.
2 a.m. Wakeup Call 2AM Wakeup Call is the sophomore album from Chris Vrenna's alter-ego Tweaker. Opposed to The Attraction to All Things Uncertain, this album captures emotional, human performances and instrumentation - notably live drums, acoustic guitar, piano and glockenspiels.
2 Baruch 2 Baruch also known as the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch is a Jewish pseudepigraphical text written in the late 1st century CE or early 2nd century CE, after the fall of Jerusalem to the Romans in 70 AD. It is not part of the canon of either the Jewish or most Christian Bibles but is part of the Syriac Peshitta.
2 Bit Pie 2 Bit Pie are an English electronic music group formed in 2005 as a collaboration between Fluke and many other musicians, some of whom had previously worked with Fluke, and others who already have vast experience within the music industry, such as Andy Gray.
2 cm FlaK 30 The FlaK 30 (Fliegerabwehrkanone 30) and improved FlaK 38 were 2Â cm anti-aircraft guns widely used by various German forces throughout the Second World War. It was their primary light AA gun and was produced in a variety of models in order to increase its rate of fire, notably the Flakvierling 38 which combined four FlaK 38's onto a single carriage.
2 Days in the Valley 2 Days in the Valley is a 1996 movie, directed by John Herzfeld, about 48 hours in the lives of a group of people who are drawn together by a murder. Several parallel story lines overlap one another in the film.
2 Days to Vegas 2 Days to Vegas is an unreleased, story-driven, 3rd person action-adventure game. This contemporary gangster title features car chases, shootouts and unexpected twists to keep you on the edge of your seat throughout the game.
2 for the Price of 1 2 for the Price of 1 is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right. Debuting on December 12, 1989, this game is played for two prizes, one worth between $300 and $1,000, and the other worth more than $2,500.
2 Faced 2 Faced is an album by Australian nu-metal band Superheist. One of the three singles lifted from their second EP 8 Miles High, 2 Faced had what it took to be an incredibly popular live favourite between band and fans alike, up until the bands last shows in 2003, it was still being played to an anticipating crowd.
2 in a Room 2 In A Room is a Dominican hip hop, Freestyle music and house music duo from Washington Heights, New York, which includes rapper Rafael "Dose" Vargas and producer/remixer Roger "Rog Nice" Pauletta, later replaced by Edwin "Floodlight" Ovalles after 1990. They are best known for their 1990 hit "Wiggle It", which spent two weeks at #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart (#3 in the UK) and then crossed over to mainstream radio and climbed to #15 on the Hot 100, eventually becoming a gold single.
2 inch Quadruplex videotape 2 inch Quadruplex (also called 2″ Quad, or just quad, for short) was the first practical and commercially successful videotape format. It was developed and released for the broadcast television industry in 1956 by Ampex, an American company based in Redwood City, California.
2 June 2006 Forest Gate raid The 2 June 2006 Forest Gate raid saw the arrest of two men at their east London homes in Forest Gate by police acting on intelligence that they might be terrorists in possession of a chemical bomb. One of the men was accidentally shot during the raid, but the subsequent inquiries cleared the officers involved of any wrongdoing.
2 Litre Dolby 2 Litre Dolby was a Sydney indie rock band. The band began performing live in December 1996, with the line-up of: Leo Mullins (previously of The Welcome Mat) on bass and vocals, Leif Svensson on guitar; Craig "Skull Mc" Peade on drums.
2 Maccabees 2 Maccabees is a deuterocanonical book of the Bible which focuses on the Jews' revolt against Antiochus and concludes with the defeat of the Syrian general Nicanor in 161 BC by Judas Maccabeus, the hero of the work. Catholics and Orthodox consider the work to be canonical and part of the Bible.
2 Minutos 2 Minutos or Dos Minutos are a punk rock band from Argentina. They are one of the most important bands of the genre to emerge in argentine rock in the 1990s, highly influential across the Spanish-speaking world, and also popular in the punk scene of the United States despite the language barrier.
1st Battalion 5th Marines 1st Battalion 5th Marines (1/5) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Camp Pendleton, California consisting of approximately 800 Marines and Sailors. They fall under the command of the 5th Marine Regiment and the 1st Marine Division.
1st Battalion 7th Marines The 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment (1/7) is an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps. They are based at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms and consist of approximately 1000 Marines.
1st Battalion 8th Marines 1st Battalion 8th Marines (1/8) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina consisting of approximately 800 Marines and Sailors. Nicknamed "The Beirut Battalion," they fall under the 8th Marine Regiment and the 2nd Marine Division.
1st Battalion 9th Marines The 1st Battalion 9th Marines (1/9) is an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps. Formed during World War II it served until the mid-1990s when it was deactivated to make room for one of three light armor reconnaissance battalions.
1st Battalion, 131st Aviation Regiment The 1st Battalion 131st Aviation Regiment is an Army helicopter battalion that deployed to Iraq in September 2006 as a subordinate unit of Task Force Mustang to be a part of the US military Operation Iraqi Freedom. The battalion currently flies UH-60 Blackhawk aircraft.
1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment 'Deuce Four' was one of the first Buffalo Soldier regiments in the United States Army along with the 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments. They were involved in the Spanish-American War and were involved in Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders famous charge up San Juan Hill.
1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders The 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders was formed in 1881 when the 91st (Princess Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot were amalgamated with the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot to form the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders .
1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment is one of six Battalions that make up the Royal Australian Regiment, formed in late 1945 the Battalion is now based in Townsville and forms part of the Australian 3rd Brigade.
1st Belgian Infantry Brigade Belgian 1st Infantry Brigade, also known by the name of its commander as the "Brigade Piron", began as miscellaneous small elements in the United Kingdom, expanded to a "fusilier" battalion by the end of 1940, mustered a pair of such battalions in 1941, and in January 1943 assumed the official brigade designation. Various schemes were considered during this time for utilizing the brigade overseas, but it was decided to reserve it for the actual liberation of Belgium.
1st Belorussian Front The 1st Belorussian Front (alternative spellings are 1st Byelorussian Front and 1st Belarusian Front) was a military subdivision (Front) of the Soviet Army during the Second World War. This sense of the term is not identical with the more general usage of military front which indicates a geographic area in wartime, although a Soviet Front may operate within designated boundaries.
1st Brigade (US 1st Infantry Division) The 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division is the oldest permanent brigade in the United States Army and has some of the oldest units in the United States Army. HHC, 1st Brigade has participated in Campaigns of World War I, Vietnam, Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
1st Canadian Parliament The 1st Canadian Parliament was in session from November 6, 1867 until July 8, 1872. The membership was set by the 1867 federal election from August 7 to September 20, 1867, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was prorogued prior to the 1872 election.
1st Canadian Tank Brigade The Ontario Regiment and The Three Rivers Regiment were transferred from the incomplete 1st Canadian Armoured Division to provide the nucleus of 1st Canadian Tank Brigade in February 1941. In March, The Calgary Regiment joined the new brigade from 2nd Division.
1st Carrier Air Group The 1st Carrier Air Group of the Fleet Air Arm was formed on 30 June 1945. It was based on the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious for service in the British Pacific Fleet and contained 849 Naval Air Squadron flying the TBF Avenger, 1834 Naval Air Squadron and 1836 Naval Air Squadron flying the F4U Corsair.
1st Colorado Cavalry The 1st Colorado Cavalry was formed in 1862 by Territorial Governor John Evans, comprised mostly of members of the 1st Colorado Infantry and of C and D Companies of the 2nd Colorado Infantry. It was formed both to protect Colorado against incursions from the Confederate forces and to fight the Native Americans who already inhabited the area.
1st Colorado Volunteers The 1st Colorado Volunteers (officially the 1st Regiment of Colorado Volunteers) was a volunteer infantry regiment of the United States Army formed in the Colorado Territory in 1861 and active in the American West in the late 19th century.
1st Computer Olympiad The 1st Computer Olympiad took place at the Park Lane Hotel in London, UK from 9 August, 1989 to 15 August, 1989. In this Computer Olympiad, computer programs competed against each other at a variety of games, including Awari, Backgammon, Bridge, Checkers, Chess, Chinese Chess, Connect-Four, Dominoes, Draughts Go, Go-Moku, Othello, Qubic, Renju and Scrabble.
1st Congress of the Philippines The First Congress of the Philippines was the meeting of the legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives from July 5, 1946 until December 13, 1949. The body was originally convened as the Second Congress of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, after the proclamation of independence on July 4, 1946 it came to be known as the First Congress of the Philippines.
1st Cossack Division The 1st Cossack Division () is a Russian Cossack division within the German WW II Army. It was created on the Eastern Front mostly out of Don Cossacks already serving in the Wehrmacht, those who escaped from the advancing Soviet Army and Soviet POWs.
1st Cuirassier Regiment (France) The 1st Cuirassier Regiment (French: 1er RĂ©giment de Cuirassiers) (1er RC) was the oldest armoured regiment in the French Army, until it was amalgamated with 11th Cuirassiers Regiment. Today its traditions are carried on by the 1st Cuirassiers Squadrons Group of the 1st-11th Cuirassier Regiment.
1st Czechoslovakian Armoured Brigade On 1 September 1943 Czechoslovak 1st Infantry Brigade converted to armour and was redesignated the 1st Czechoslovakian Armoured Brigade. It continued to train in the UK until the summer of 1944 when, with some 4000 troops under command, it moved to Normandy under 21st Army Group.
1st Division (Australia) The 1st Division is the main deployable formation of the Australian Army and contains the majority of the Regular forces, its headquarters is located in Brisbane. First Division has a secondary role as Deployable Joint Force Headquarters (DJFHQ) a joint formation, commanding units of the RAN and RAAF as well as the army during operational deployment.
1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment The 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (French: 1er RĂ©giment Ă©tranger de cavalerie) (1e REC) is the only armoured cavalry regiment in the French Foreign Legion. It is one of two cavalry regiments of the 6th Light Armoured Brigade.
1st Foreign Regiment The 1st Foreign Regiment (French: 1er RĂ©giment Ă©tranger) (1e RE) is the senior regiment in the French Foreign Legion. Today the regiment is mainly administrative, and provides staff to the Command of the Foreign Legion.
1st Guard Brigade (Croatia) Croatia's First Mechanized Guard Brigade (Croatian: Prva Mehanizirana Gardijska Brigada) - named "The Tigers" - is the most elite and best equipped military brigade of the Croatian Army (Croatian: Hrvatska Vojska). It served with distinction during the Croatian War of Independance and remains one of the most recognizable military units in former Yugoslavia.
1st Guards Division (Japan) 1st Guards Division was formed from the Guards Mixed Brigade in June of 1943 and a new Guards Regiment, the 6th, was added, with the 1st Guards Cavalry Regiment, 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Guards Engineer Regiment and 1st Guards Transport Regiment, and other support units.
1st Helicopter Squadron 1st Helicopter Squadron is a United States Air Force unit based at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland assigned to the 89th Military Airlift Group that supports Washington capital area airlift for the Executive Branch, high-ranking dignitaries, high ranking military leaders and other VIPs. The squadron is also tasked to support the emergency evacuation of key government officials as well as search and rescue missions.
1st High Energy Astrophysics Observatory The first of NASA's three High Energy Astronomy Observatories, HEAO 1 was launched aboard an Atlas Centaur rocket on 12 August 1977 and operated until 9 January 1979. During that time, it scanned the X-ray sky almost three times over 0.
1st Infantry Division (United States) The 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized) of the United States Army —nicknamed “The Big Red One” after its shoulder patch—is the oldest continuously serving division in the United States Army. The division's motto is “Duty First,” with unofficial, but frequently used additional motto of “No Mission Too Difficult, No Sacrifice Too Great,” and often a combination of “No Mission Too Difficult, No Sacrifice Too Great—Duty First.
1st Intelligence Battalion 1st Intelligence Battalion (1st Intel) is a United States Marine Corps military intelligence and counter intelligence unit based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. They provide the I Marine Expeditionary Force with intelligence products and analysis.
1st Kentucky Artillery The 1st Kentucky Artillery (also known as Cobb's Battery) was an artillery battery that was a portion of the Orphan Brigade in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought in several engagements throughout the Western Theater, including the battles of Shiloh, Baton Rouge, Siege of Jackson, Sulphur Trestle, Resaca, Murfreesboro, Jonesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and Johnsonville.
1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion is a mechanized infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps. Their primary weapon system is the LAV-25 and they are part of the 1st Marine Division and I Marine Expeditionary Force.
1st Light Division (Germany) The German 1st Light Brigade was a mechanized unit established in October 1937 in imitation of the French Division Légère Mécanique, intended to take on the roles of army-level reconnaissance and security that had traditionally been the responsibility of cavalry. It included mechanized recon units, motorized infantry, and a battalion of tanks.
1st Lithuanian-Belarusian Division The 1st Lithuanian-Belarusian Division (, ) was a volunteer unit of the Polish Army formed around December 1918 and January 1919 during the Polish-Soviet War. It was created out of several dozen smaller units of self-defence forces created out of local volunteers in what is now Lithuania and Belarus amidst a growing series of territory disputes between Second Polish Republic, Soviet Russia and several others local provisional governements and took part in several key battles of the war.
1st Louisiana Native Guard The 1st Louisiana Native Guard, based in New Orleans, Louisiana, was one of the first all-black regiments to fight in the Union Army during the American Civil War. A predecessor regiment by the same name existed in the Confederate States Army.
1st millennium BC in North American history The 1st millennium BC in North American history provides a time line of events occurring within the present political boundaries of United States (including territories) from 1000 BC through 1 BC in the Gregorian calendar. Although this time line segment may include some European or other world events that profoundly influenced later American life, it focuses on developments within Native American (and Polynesian) communities.
1st millennium in North American history The 1st millennium in North American history provides a time line of events occurring within the present political boundaries of United States (including territories) from AD 1 through 1000 in the Gregorian calendar. Although this time line segment may include some European or other world events that profoundly influenced later American life, it focuses on developments within Native American (and Polynesian) communities.
1st Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 1st Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was organized at Portland, Maine on May 3,1861 and was mustered out there on August 5, 1861. The regiment was raised in response to Abraham Licnoln's first call for Volunteers and was raised from ten companies of state militia.
1st Marine Aircraft Wing The 1st Marine Aircraft Wing is an aviation unit of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. They are the Aviation Combat Element of the III Marine Expeditionary Force.
1st Marine Division (United States) The 1st Marine Division is the oldest, largest (active duty), and most decorated division in the United States Marine Corps representing a combat-ready force of more than 19,000 men and women. It is one of 3 active duty divisions in the Marine Corps today and is a multi-role, expeditionary ground combat force.
1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment The 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (French: 1er RĂ©giment Parachutiste d'Infanterie de Marine) (1er RPIMa) is one of two regiments in the Army Special Forces Brigade. Based in Bayonne in the local Citadel.
1st Marine Logistics Group The 1st Marine Logistics Group (1st MLG) is a logistics unit of the United States Marine Corps and is headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. The group's commanding officer is Brigadier General David Reist.
1st Marine Regiment (United States) The 1st Marine Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. The regiment, sometimes known as "Inchon", falls under the command of the 1st Marine Division and the I Marine Expeditionary Force.
1st Medical Battalion 1st Medical Battalion is unit of the United States Navy that provides medical support to United States Marine Corps forces. The unit is based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and falls under the command of Combat Logistics Regiment 15 and the 1st Marine Logistics Group.
1st Military Intelligence Battalion (United States) 1st Military Intelligence Battalion (Aerial Exploitation) is a unit of the United States Army which specializes in the acquisition of aerial signals information in direct support of the 205th Military Intelligence Brigade and V Corps. It is comprised of 3 companies - HHSC, A Company, and B Company.
1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry The 1st Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was noted in particular for its gallant service and heavy casualties at the Battle of Gettysburg.
1st New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry 1st New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment filled its ranks within two weeks of President Lincoln's call for 70,000 men on April 15, 1861. Between the April 17 and 30, 1861, not less than 2,004 men volunteered to fight for the Union in the American Civil War.
1st North Carolina Regiment The 1st North Carolina Regiment was raised on September 1, 1775 at Wilmington, North Carolina for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston.
1st Oregon Cavalry The First Regiment, Oregon Cavalry was a regiment in the volunteer Union army that participated in the American Civil War. With many men recruited from California, the regiment primarily served to protect the state of Oregon and surrounding territories in the Pacific Coast Theater of the American Civil War.
1st Parliament of Great Britain The first Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain was established in 1707, after the merger of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland. No fresh elections were held in England, and the existing members of the English House of Commons sat as members of the new British House of Commons.
1st Parliament of Ontario The 1st Parliament of Ontario was in session from September 3, 1867 until February 25, 1871, just prior to the 1871 general election. The majority party was the John Sandfield Macdonald-led coalition between the Ontario Liberal Party and Ontario Progressive Conservative Party.
1st Philippine Artillery Regiment The 1st Philippine Artillery Regiment was provisionally formed, in 1917, at Fort Stotsenburg, from the 11th and 12th Philippine Scout Battalions, by the 2nd Philippine Artillery Regiment. In 1922, this unit was reformed into the 24th Field Artillery Regiment (PS).
1st Provisional Marine Brigade The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade, a formation of United States Marines hastily put together at the outset of the Korean War, fought with great distinction at the Pusan Perimeter, the most important early battle in that conflict.
1st Reconnaissance Squadron The 1st Reconnaissance Squadron (1 RS) is a United States Air Force reconnaissance training unit based at Beale Air Force Base, near Marysville, California. It is the oldest squadron in the Air Force, and the first organization to be established as a U.
1st Regiment of Life Guards The 1st Regiment of Life Guards was the first of two regiments of Household Cavalry which were amalgamated in 1922 to form the Life Guards. In 1918, the regiment was reorganised as the 1st Battalion, Guards Machine Gun Regiment.
1st Rifle Division (Soviet Union) The Soviet 1st Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army, first established in the 1920s, and finally disbanded in the mid 1950s. In the course of thirty years it was reformed four or possibly five times.
1st SeaScout Group of Paleo Faliro The 1st sea scout Group of Paleo Faliro was founded in 1935 from Periklis Perotis and working since then to provide educational fun and games for the youth of the area. Every weekend all three troops, Cub Scouts, Scouts and Venture Scouts experience new things based in Aiantos 26, corner of Aiantos and Spartis, parallel to Achilleos St.
1st Soap Opera Digest Awards The first annual Soap Opera Digest Awards were held in 1984 and hosted by then husband and wife Catherine Hickland and David Hasselhoff. Hickland was currently starring in the soap opera Capitol and Hasselhoff who was currently in the series Knight Rider was still recognisable as Snapper Foster on The Young and the Restless.
1st Soviet Antarctic Expedition The First Soviet Antarctic Expedition was lead by Mikhail Somov; his scientific deputy was V G Kort. The expedition lasted from 30 November, 1955 to 1957 and involved 127 expedition members and 75 crew members.
1st Special Forces Regiment (Airborne) The 1st Special Forces Regiment (Airborne) is an elite Philippine Army unit established in the 1960s by Fidel V. Ramos (first Commanding officer of the Special Forces), primarily trained in both unconventional and psychological warfare.
1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler The Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (German for "Adolf Hitler's Bodyguard Regiment") was a unit of the SS. It was a Waffen SS security and combat formation which saw action on both the Eastern and Western fronts during World War II.
1st Stinger Battery 1st Stinger Battery is an air defense unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Marine Air Control Group 18 (MACG-18) and the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW) and are currently based at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan.
1st Strategic Aerospace Division Activated 30 August 1943, the 1st Strategic Aerospace Division (1 SAD) supervised and directed heavy bombardment serving in this role until 31 October 1945. Reactivated on 7 June 1946, the unit assumed fighter reconnaissance, bomber organization and air defense of the Ryukyu (Japan) Islands from the Eighth Air Force.
1st Street (Manhattan) 1st Street is the southernmost numbered street in Manhattan. The numeric street-naming grid in Manhattan, created as part of the Commissioners' Plan of 1811, begins immediately north of Houston Street with 1st Street at Avenue A, although the grid does not take full hold until 13th Street.
1st Tank Battalion The 1st Tank Battalion is an armored battalion of the United States Marine Corps which is based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California. It is assigned to the 1st Marine Division
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (QDG) is an armoured cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed in 1959 by the amalgamation of 1st King's Dragoon Guards and the Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards), both of which were raised in 1685 as Lanier's or 2nd Queen's Regiment of Horse, and Peterborough's or 3rd Regiment of Horse by James II of England in reaction to the Monmouth Rebellion.
1st Troop of Horse Guards The 1st (His Majesty's Own) Troop of Horse Guards was formed from King Charles II's exiled followers in the Netherlands (the Stuart monarchs had been overthrown during the English Civil War, and replaced with the Commonwealth).
1st United States Congress The First United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met at Federal Hall, 26 Wall Street in New York New York and later at Congress Hall in Philadelphia Pennsylvania from March 4 1789 to March 3 1791, during the first two years of the first administration of U.
1st United States Congress - Membership Changes The First United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met at Federal Hall, 26 Wall Street in New York New York and later at Congress Hall in Philadelphia Pennsylvania from March 4 1789 to March 3 1791, during the first two years of the first administration of U.
1st United States Congress - Political Parties The First United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met at Federal Hall, 26 Wall Street in New York New York and later at Congress Hall in Philadelphia Pennsylvania from March 4 1789 to March 3 1791, during the first two years of the first administration of U.
1st United States Congress - State Delegations The First United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met at Federal Hall, 26 Wall Street in New York New York and later at Congress Hall in Philadelphia Pennsylvania from March 4 1789 to March 3 1791, during the first two years of the first administration of U.
1st Vermont Brigade The First Vermont Brigade, or "Old Brigade" was an infantry brigade in the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. It suffered the highest casualty count of any brigade in the history of the United States Army, with some 1,172 killed in action.
1st Vermont Cavalry The 1st Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Cavalry (or 1st VVC) was a three years' cavalry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater from November 1861 to August 1865, in the Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac.
1st Vermont Infantry The 1st Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry (or 1st VVI) was a three months' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the eastern theater, in and around Fortress Monroe, Virginia.
1st Victoria Police Scottish The 1st Victoria Police Scottish Scout Group was a scout troop historically associated with Victoria Police, in Australia. The name is derived from the Group's first hall location - within the hall of the Victoria Police.
1st West Virginia Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 1st West Virginia Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the last year of the American Civil War. It consisted primarily of veterans of older regiments whose terms of enlistment had expired.
1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Month) The 1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. During its period of service, the regiment was known as the 1st Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
1st World Science Fiction Convention The First World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) was held in the Caravan Hall in New York 2-4 July, 1939, in conjunction with the New York World's Fair, which was themed as "The world of tomorrow". The convention was later named nicknamed "Nycon I" by Forrest J.
1st World Scout Jamboree The 1st World Scout Jamboree was held from 1920-07-30 to 1920-08-08 and was hosted by the United Kingdom at Kensington Olympia in London. 8,000 Scouts from 34 nations attended the event, which was hosted in a glass-roofed building covering an area of 6 acres.
1TYM 1TYM (ě›í€ěž„) is a popular four-member Korean hip hop boyband. The four members are, from oldest to youngest, Jin-Hwan Oh (ě¤ě§„í™), Teddy Park (박홍준), Baek-Kyoung Song (송백경), and Danny Im (ěž„íśëą, also known as Taebin).
1UP.com 1UP.com is a video-game site owned and operated by Ziff Davis Media, the media conglomerate behind popular videogame magazines Computer Gaming World (CGW) (now known as Games for Windows: The Official Magazine (or GFW) Magazine), Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM), and the now-defunct Official U.
1XB switch The Number One Crossbar Switching System was the primary urban local telephone exchange design used by the Bell System in the middle 20th century. Its switch fabric topology was based on the earlier urban Panel switch system, which in turn was based on the turn of the century Multiple Switchboard.
2 (National Communications) Signal Brigade 2 (National Communications) Signal Brigade is a Territorial Brigade of the Royal Corps of Signals. It is tasked with the provision of emergency and post disaster recovery communications infrastructure for Government, Armed Forces and emergency services throughout the United Kingdom by deploying and operating a variety of communications systems.
2 (New York City Subway service) The 2 Seventh Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored red on station signs and the NYC Subway map because it represents service provided on the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line through Manhattan.
2 + 2 = 5 (song) "2 + 2 = 5" is a song by English alternative rock band Radiohead, released as the last single from their sixth album Hail to the Thief in 2003 (see 2003 in British music). Its lyrics include the album's title.
2 a.m. Wakeup Call 2AM Wakeup Call is the sophomore album from Chris Vrenna's alter-ego Tweaker. Opposed to The Attraction to All Things Uncertain, this album captures emotional, human performances and instrumentation - notably live drums, acoustic guitar, piano and glockenspiels.
2 Baruch 2 Baruch also known as the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch is a Jewish pseudepigraphical text written in the late 1st century CE or early 2nd century CE, after the fall of Jerusalem to the Romans in 70 AD. It is not part of the canon of either the Jewish or most Christian Bibles but is part of the Syriac Peshitta.
2 Bit Pie 2 Bit Pie are an English electronic music group formed in 2005 as a collaboration between Fluke and many other musicians, some of whom had previously worked with Fluke, and others who already have vast experience within the music industry, such as Andy Gray.
2 cm FlaK 30 The FlaK 30 (Fliegerabwehrkanone 30) and improved FlaK 38 were 2Â cm anti-aircraft guns widely used by various German forces throughout the Second World War. It was their primary light AA gun and was produced in a variety of models in order to increase its rate of fire, notably the Flakvierling 38 which combined four FlaK 38's onto a single carriage.
2 Days in the Valley 2 Days in the Valley is a 1996 movie, directed by John Herzfeld, about 48 hours in the lives of a group of people who are drawn together by a murder. Several parallel story lines overlap one another in the film.
2 Days to Vegas 2 Days to Vegas is an unreleased, story-driven, 3rd person action-adventure game. This contemporary gangster title features car chases, shootouts and unexpected twists to keep you on the edge of your seat throughout the game.
2 for the Price of 1 2 for the Price of 1 is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right. Debuting on December 12, 1989, this game is played for two prizes, one worth between $300 and $1,000, and the other worth more than $2,500.
2 Faced 2 Faced is an album by Australian nu-metal band Superheist. One of the three singles lifted from their second EP 8 Miles High, 2 Faced had what it took to be an incredibly popular live favourite between band and fans alike, up until the bands last shows in 2003, it was still being played to an anticipating crowd.
2 in a Room 2 In A Room is a Dominican hip hop, Freestyle music and house music duo from Washington Heights, New York, which includes rapper Rafael "Dose" Vargas and producer/remixer Roger "Rog Nice" Pauletta, later replaced by Edwin "Floodlight" Ovalles after 1990. They are best known for their 1990 hit "Wiggle It", which spent two weeks at #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart (#3 in the UK) and then crossed over to mainstream radio and climbed to #15 on the Hot 100, eventually becoming a gold single.
2 inch Quadruplex videotape 2 inch Quadruplex (also called 2″ Quad, or just quad, for short) was the first practical and commercially successful videotape format. It was developed and released for the broadcast television industry in 1956 by Ampex, an American company based in Redwood City, California.
2 June 2006 Forest Gate raid The 2 June 2006 Forest Gate raid saw the arrest of two men at their east London homes in Forest Gate by police acting on intelligence that they might be terrorists in possession of a chemical bomb. One of the men was accidentally shot during the raid, but the subsequent inquiries cleared the officers involved of any wrongdoing.
2 Litre Dolby 2 Litre Dolby was a Sydney indie rock band. The band began performing live in December 1996, with the line-up of: Leo Mullins (previously of The Welcome Mat) on bass and vocals, Leif Svensson on guitar; Craig "Skull Mc" Peade on drums.
2 Maccabees 2 Maccabees is a deuterocanonical book of the Bible which focuses on the Jews' revolt against Antiochus and concludes with the defeat of the Syrian general Nicanor in 161 BC by Judas Maccabeus, the hero of the work. Catholics and Orthodox consider the work to be canonical and part of the Bible.
2 Minutos 2 Minutos or Dos Minutos are a punk rock band from Argentina. They are one of the most important bands of the genre to emerge in argentine rock in the 1990s, highly influential across the Spanish-speaking world, and also popular in the punk scene of the United States despite the language barrier.
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