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52nd United States Congress The Fifty-second 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 in Washington, DC from March 4 1891 to March 3 1893, during the last two years of the administration of U.
53 equal temperament In music, 53 equal temperament, called 53-TET, 53-EDO, or 53-ET, is the tempered scale derived by dividing the octave into fifty-three equally large steps. Each step represents a frequency ratio of 21/53, or 22.
534 (album) 534 is the fourth album by rapper Memphis Bleek, released by Roc-A-Fella Records on May 17, 2005. The album contains 14 songs, including the hit single "Like That," produced by Swizz Beatz, and a single by Bleek's mentor and childhood friend Jay-Z entitled "Dear Summer," produced by Just Blaze.
53rd Academy Awards The 53rd Academy Awards were presented March 31, 1981, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies, which were presided over by Johnny Carson, was originally scheduled the previous day but postponed due to the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan.
53rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment 53rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment was a Union Army Regiment organized in Covington, Kentucky in September, 1864, during the American Civil War. The regiment experienced casualties of one Officer and eight Enlisted men during its service.
53rd National Hockey League All-Star Game The 53rd National Hockey League All-Star Game was held during the 2002-03 NHL season, and took place at the Office Depot Center in Sunrise, Florida, the home of the Florida Panthers, on February 2, 2003. It was the first All-Star Game since the 1997 All-Star Game to use the Eastern Conference - Western Conference format.
53rd Street (BMT Fourth Avenue Line) 53rd Street is a local station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at 53rd Street and Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. It is served by the train (all times, except northbound late nights), and by the train (late nights).
53rd Street (Manhattan) 53rd Street is a midtown cross street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, that contains buildings such as the Citicorp Building. The street runs westbound from Sutton Place across most of the island's width, ending at DeWitt Clinton Park at Eleventh Avenue.
53rd Troop Command The 53rd Troop Command is an administrative headquarters of the New York Army National Guard that provides direction for units not under another brigade or other formation headquarters (HQ). It also provides administrative support to units from other formations in the New York area that are stationed a long way from their higher HQ.
53rd United States Congress The Fifty-third 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 in Washington, DC from March 4 1893 to March 3 1895, during the first two years of the second administration of U.
54 (film) 54 is a 1998 film starring Salma Hayek, Ryan Phillippe, and Neve Campbell. It also stars Mike Myers as Steve Rubell, the notorious cofounder of Studio 54, a New York City disco club famous in the late 1970s and the setting for the film.
54-46 That's My Number "54-46 That's My Number" is a song by Fred "Toots" Hibbert, recorded by Toots & the Maytals and originally released on the album In the Dark in 1967. In the following year it was re-released as a single.
540 Gyro The 540 Gyro is a martial arts move that is a variation of the 540 Kick, present in many martial arts disciplines. In this move, the performer will execute the typical 540 kick but instead of landing immediately on the kicking leg, he/she will rotate an additional 180-360 degrees before landing.
540 kick The 540 kick or inside turning kick is a martial arts move present in Taekwondo, Shaolinquan, Capoeira, and various other martial arts disciplines. This technique is so named because, at completion, the performer has performed a rotation of approximately 540 degrees (although usually, when performed correctly, the performer has really only done a spin of 360 degrees not including whatever takeoff they used).
54th Infantry Regiment (United States) The 54th Infantry Regiment (periodically also known as the 54th Armored Infantry Regiment) is a regiment of the United States Army, first constitued for World War I and existing today as a basic training unit stationed at Ft. Benning, Georgia.
54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was one of the first official Black units in the United States armed forcesThe 1st South Carolina Volunteers, recruited from freed slaves, was the first Union Army regiment organized with African-American soldiers. The 54th Massachusetts was the first such regiment recruited from a Northern state.
54th National Hockey League All-Star Game The 54th National Hockey League All-Star Game took place during the 2003-04 NHL Season and was held on February 8, 2004 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, official arena of the NHL's Minnesota Wild.
54th United States Congress The Fifty-fourth 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 in Washington, DC from March 4 1895 to March 3 1897, during the last two years of the second administration of U.
54th United States Congress - Membership Changes The Fifty-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the United States national legislature, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1895, to March 3, 1897.
54th United States Congress - Political Parties The Fifty-fourth 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 in Washington, DC from March 4 1895 to March 3 1897, during the last two years of the second administration of U.
54th United States Congress - State Delegations The Fifty-fourth 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 in Washington, DC from March 4 1895 to March 3 1897, during the last two years of the second administration of U.
55 Degrees North 55 Degrees North is a 2004 BBC drama starring Don Gilet as DS Nicky Cole, a London detective relocated to Newcastle upon Tyne after exposing police corruption. Dervla Kirwan co-stars as Claire Maxwell, an ambitious solicitor.
55 East Erie Street 55 East Erie is the tallest all-residential skyscraper in Chicago at 647 ft (197 m). Designed by Fujikawa Johnson & Associates and Searl & Associates Architects, the 56 story building was completed in 2004 and is the second-tallest residential building in the United States after Trump World Tower in New York City.
55 Public Square 55 Public Square (formerly known as the Illuminating Building, after the Illuminating Company, the building's primary tenant) is a 22-story skyscraper located at number 55 Public Square, the town square of downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Designed by by Carson Lundin & Shaw Architects, it is 300 feet (91 meters) tall, was completed in 1958Emporis.
55 Squadron ATC 55 Squadron ATC is a squadron of the Air Training Corps, a member of the East Cheshire and South Manchester Wing and on a greater scale the North Region. Located in the affluent suburb, Bramhall, it is a relatively small squadron comprising approximately 30 cadets.
550 Cord 550 cord (parachute cord or paracord) was originally used by the Unitied States military during WW2. The material is lightweight, very strong, olive-drab-colored cordage supposedly rated to hold 550 pounds (thus the name "550 cord").
5526 AMS The 5526 AMS or 5526 Alcatel Access Management System is a piece of network hardware produced by Alcatel and is used as the element manager for Litespan, ASAM, FTTU, FTTN, G6, HYNT systems. It provides a full complement of subnetwork management functions for Litespan-2000, Litespan-2012, Litespan Broadband NEs, ASAM, FTTU, FTTN, G6, HYNT, RAM, and mini-RAM equipment.
555 Mission Street 555 Mission Street is a 34 story, 482 foot, (147 m) office tower under construction on Mission Street in the South of Market area of San Francisco, California. The developer of the tower is Tishman Speyer, and construction is expected to take 22 months.
555th Parachute Infantry Battalion (United States) The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion was an all-black airborne unit of the United States Army during World War II. It was activated as a result of a recommendation made in December 1942 by the Advisory Committee on Negro Troop Policies, chaired by the Assistant Secretary of War, John J.
5566 (band) 5566 is a Taiwanese boy band thus named because of their five members Zax Wang, Jason Hsu, Sam Wang, Rio Peng, and the band leader, Tony Sun. To date they have acted in three idol dramas, My MVP Valentine (MVP Qing Ren), Westside Story (Xi Jie Shao Nian) and Mr.
55th Electronic Combat Group The 55th Electronic Combat Group provides combat-ready EC-130H Compass Call aircraft, crews, maintenance and operational support to combatant commanders. The group also plans and executes information operations, including information warfare and electronic attack, in support of theater campaign plans.
55th Grey Cup The 55th Grey Cup was played between the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Saskatchewan Roughriders on December 2, 1967, at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, before 31,358 fans and was won by the Tiger-Cats by a score of 24 to 1.
55th Street (BMT West End Line) 55th Street is a local station on the BMT West End Line of the New York City Subway, located in Brooklyn at the intersection of 55th Street and New Utrecht Avenue. It is served by the train at all times, and by the train during rush hours.
55th United States Congress The Fifty-fifth 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 in Washington, DC from March 4 1897 to March 3 1899, during the first two years of the first administration of U.
55th United States Congress - Political Parties The Fifty-fifth 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 in Washington, DC from March 4 1897 to March 3 1899, during the first two years of the first administration of U.
55th United States Congress - State Delegations The Fifty-fifth 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 in Washington, DC from March 4 1897 to March 3 1899, during the first two years of the first administration of U.
56 kbit/s line A 56 kbit/s line is a digital connection (possibly a leased line, possibly switched) capable of carrying 56 kilobits per second (kbit/s), or 56,000 bit/s, the data rate of a normal single channel digital telephone line in North America. With the wide deployment of faster, cheaper, technologies such as ADSL and SDSL, 56 kbit/s lines are generally considered to be an obsolete technology.
561st Fighter Squadron The 561st Tactical Fighter Squadron was an F-4 Phantom II Wild Weasel fighter squadron, stationed at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was self-styled as "The Last Great Fighter Squadron".
56th (1/1st London) Division The British 56th (1/1st London) Division was a first-line Territorial Force division. Originally called the "1st London Division" it was designated the 56th Division in 1915 and referred to as the "1/1st London Division" after the raising of the second-line 58th (2/1st London) Division.
56th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly The 56th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was created following a general election in 2006. Its members were sworn-in on October 3 2006 but it will be called into session by the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick until February 6 2007.
56th Street (SEPTA station) 56th Street Station is an elevated stop on the Market-Frankford Line, above the intersection of 56th Street and Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Haddington neighborhood lies to the north, and the Cobbs Creek neighborhood to the south.
56th United States Congress The Fifty-sixth 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 in Washington, DC from March 4 1899 to March 3 1901, during the last two years of the first administration of U.
56th United States Congress - Membership Changes The Fifty-sixth 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 in Washington, DC from March 4 1899 to March 3 1901, during the last two years of the first administration of U.
56th United States Congress - Political Parties The Fifty-sixth 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 in Washington, DC from March 4 1899 to March 3 1901, during the last two years of the first administration of U.
56th United States Congress - State Delegations The Fifty-sixth 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 in Washington, DC from March 4 1899 to March 3 1901, during the last two years of the first administration of U.
56th World Science Fiction Convention BucConeer was the 56th World Science Fiction Convention, held in Baltimore, USA on August 5-8, 1998. The convention was held in the Baltimore Convention Center, as well as the Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor, the Holiday Inn Inner Harbor, the Omni Inner Harbor Baltimore (now the Wyndham), and the Baltimore Hilton and Towers.
5710 5710 (pronounced Fifty-Seven Ten) is the name of the lecture series at the The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and The Built Environment in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is a non-profit organisation run by students, which invites guest speakers to lecture in the School.
57th Grey Cup 57th Grey Cup, the Canadian Football League's championship game, was played November 30, 1969 and the Ottawa Rough Riders defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders 29 to 11 before 33,172 fans at Montreal's Autostade.
57th Signal Company The 57th Signal Company was reactivated 16 February 2006. In proceeding with the coming deactivation of 121 Signal Battalion in July 2006, Alpha Company, 121 Signal Battalion was deactivated and the soldiers in this unit became the reactivated 57th Signal Company.
57th Street (Manhattan) 57th Street is a street that runs east-west in the New York City borough of Manhattan, running from the Hudson River at the West Side Highway to the East River at the FDR Drive. It is just two blocks south of Central Park between Fifth Avenue and Central Park West.
57th United States Congress The Fifty-seventh 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 in Washington, DC from March 4 1901 to March 3 1903, during the second administration of U.
588 Achilles 588 Achilles is an asteroid discovered on February 22, 1906 by the German astronomer Max Wolf. It was the first of the Trojan asteroids to be discovered, and is named after Achilles, the fictional hero from the Illiad.
58th General Assembly of Nova Scotia 59th General Assembly of Nova Scotia has represented Nova Scotia from 1999 to 2003, its membership being set in the 1999 Nova Scotia election. The Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia, under John Hamm, holds the most and thus formed the government.
58th Primetime Emmy Awards The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, August 27, 2006 on NBC at 8:00pm ET (00:00 UTC) with Conan O'Brien hosting the show. The ceremony attracted 16.
58th United States Congress The Fifty-eighth 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 in Washington, DC from March 4 1903 to March 3 1905, during the last two years of the first administration of U.
58th World Science Fiction Convention The 58th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) was Chicon 2000, which was held in Chicago, USA August 31- September 4, 2000. The venues for 58th Worldcon were Hyatt Regency Chicago, Sofitel Hotel and Fairmont Hotel.
596 (nuclear test) 596 is the codename of the People's Republic of China's first nuclear weapons test, detonated on October 16 1964 at the Lop Nur test site. It was a uranium-235 implosion fission device and had a yield of 22 kilotons.
59th General Assembly of Nova Scotia 59th General Assembly of Nova Scotia has represented Nova Scotia since 2003, its membership being set in the 2003 Nova Scotia election. No party holds a majority of the seats, but the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia, under John Hamm, holds the most and thus formed a minority government.
59th Street (Manhattan) 59th Street is a street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It runs east-west, from York Avenue to the West Side Highway, with a discontinuity between Ninth Avenue/Amsterdam Avenue and Eighth Avenue/Central Park West for the Time Warner Center.
59th Street–Columbus Circle (New York City Subway) 59th Street-Columbus Circle is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line and the IND Eighth Avenue Line. It is located at Columbus Circle in Midtown Manhattan where 59th Street, Broadway and Eighth Avenue intersect, and is served by:
59th Street–Lexington Avenue (New York City Subway) 59th Street–Lexington Avenue is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the IRT Lexington Avenue Line and the BMT Broadway Line. Located at Lexington Avenue between 59th and 60th Streets, on the border of Midtown and the Upper East Side of Manhattan, it is served by:
59th United States Congress The Fifty-ninth 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 in Washington, DC from March 4 1905 to March 3 1907, during the first two years of the second administration of U.
59th World Science Fiction Convention The Millennium Philcon was the 59th World Science Fiction Convention, held from August 30th to September 3rd, 2001 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center & Philadelphia Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
5ep (album) This is the earliest released work of the band Norma Jean, released under their original name, Luti-Kriss. Released in 2001 on Pluto Records, 5ep contains five songs that were originally released on a split album with Christian hardcore/rapcore group Travail.
5ESS Switch The 5ESS Switch is the Class 5 telephone Electronic Switching System sold by Lucent Technologies. This digital central office telephone circuit switching system is used by many telecommunications service providers.
5FM 5FM is a SABC radio station mainly based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Formerly known as Radio 5, the country-wide broadcasted station evolved from a commercial station, LM Radio, which had been operating from Lourenço Marques (now Maputo) in neighbouring Mozambique.
5ive Style 5ive Style (also known as Five Style, a name taken from a martial arts technique called "Five Style Fist") is a Chicago-based funk/jam quartet. Their albums were released on the Subpop label in the 1990's.
5mm/35 SMc 5mm/35 SMc is a high performance 20 caliber (5mm) cartridge. Designed by Michael "Mic" McPherson and Sandy "By" Smalley and like all of their other designs carries the "SMc" moniker.
5q- syndrome 5q- syndrome is a rare disorder caused by loss of part of the long arm (q arm) of human chromosome 5. This syndrome affects myeloid (bone marrow) cells, causing treatment-resistant anemia, and myelodysplastic syndromes that may lead to acute myelogenous leukemia.
5th Air Division Although the 5th Air Division (5 AD) was operational only for a brief time (late 1940-early 1958), it accomplished much as a unit. The 5 AD took part in bombing campaigns of Russia, Germany, Italy, and other targets across the European theater that lead to the defeat and eventual surrender of Germany during World War II.
5th Battalion 10th Marines 5th Battalion 10th Marines (5/10) is an artillery battalion comprised of four firing batteries and a headquarters battery. The battalion is stationed at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and its primary weapon system is the M198 Howitzer with a maximum effective range of 30km.
5th Battalion 11th Marines 5th Battalion 11th Marines (5/11) is an artillery battalion comprised of three Firing Batteries and a Headquarters Battery. The battalion is stationed at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California and its primary weapon system is the M198 Howitzer with a maximum effective range of 30km.
5th Battalion 14th Marines 5th Battalion 14th Marines (5/14) is a reserve artillery battalion of the United States Marine Corps, comprised of three firing batteries and a headquarters battery. The battalion is based in Seal Beach, California and its primary weapon system is the M198 Howitzer with a maximum effective range of 30km.
5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment The 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (5 RAR) was a regular infantry battalion of the Australian Army. The battalion was formed in March 1965 at Holsworthy during the expansion of the regular infantry that occurred because of Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War.
5th Bomb Wing In the United States Air Force, the 5th Bomb Wing (5 BW) is a B-52 Stratofortress unit based at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. The wing, one of only two B-52 wings in the US Air Force (the other being the 2d Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana), is a part of the Eighth Air Force, which in turn is under Air Combat Command.
5th Canadian Ministry The Fifth Canadian Ministry was the cabinet of Prime Minister Sir John Sparrow Thompson. It governed Canada from 5 December 1892 to 12 December 1894, including only two years in the middle of the 7th Canadian Parliament.
5th Canadian Parliament The 5th Canadian Parliament was in session from February 8, 1883 until January 15, 1887. The membership was set by the 1882 federal election on June 20, 1882, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1887 election.
5th Computer Olympiad The 5th Computer Olympiad took place at at Alexandra Palace, the West Hall in London, UK from 21 August, 2000 to 25 August, 2000. After an eight year hiatus, it was revived by bringing it into the Mind Sports Olympiad.
5th Daytime Emmy Awards The 5th Daytime Emmy Awards were held on June 7, 1978 to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year (1977). The fifth awards only had three categories, and thus three awards were given.
5th Division (Australia) The 5th Division was a Militia unit of the Australian Army. During World War II the division was mobilised for the defence of North Queensland in 1942, when it was believed that the area was a prime site for an invasion by Japanese forces.
5th Edition (Magic: The Gathering) The Fifth Edition of Magic: The Gathering was a revision of the base set released in March of 1997. It contained 449 cards, counting multiple illustrations of basic lands, making it the largest card set in the game's history.
5th Glove 5th Glove is a data glove and flexor strip kit (5th Glove DFK) sold by Fifth Dimension Technologies. The DFK provides a data glove, a flexon strip (with an elbow or knee-joint sensor), an interface card, cables, and KineMusica software.
5th Indiana Volunteers The 5th Indiana Volunteers, also known as the 5th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, was an infantry regiment that participated in the Mexican-American War. Mahlon Dickerson Manson, later a member of Congress and a general in the Civil War served as captain of Company "I" in the regiment.
5th Infantry Division (United States) The 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) —nicknamed the Red Diamond and the Red Devils— was an infantry division of the United States Army that served in World War II and the Vietnam War, and with NATO and the U.S.
5th Infantry Regiment (United States) The 5th Infantry Regiment was deactivated following World War II, but was reactivated in Korea on January 1, 1949 with personnel and support units from the departing 7th Infantry Division with the mission to provide security while all U.S.
5th millennium BC The 5th millennium BC sees the spread of agriculture from the Middle East throughout southern and central Europe. Urban cultures in Mesopotamia and Anatolia flourish, developing the wheel. Copper ornaments become more common, marking the Chalcolithic. Animal husbandry spreads throughout Eurasia, reaching China. World population grows slightly throughout the millennium, maybe from 5 to 7 million people.
5th millennium BC in North American history The 5th millennium BC in North American history provides a time line of events occurring within the present political boundaries of United States (including territories) from 5000 BC through 4001 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.
5th Marine Division (United States) The 5th Marine Division of the United States Marine Corps was created during World War II for the Battle of Iwo Jima and the planned invasion of the Japanese home islands. It was reactivated in 1966 and served in the Vietnam War.
5th Marine Regiment (United States) The 5th Marine Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. It is the most highly decorated Regiment in the Marine Corps and part of the 1st Marine Division.
5th Maryland Regiment The 5th Maryland Regiment (The Dandy Fifth) was organized on 27 March 1776 composing of eight companies of [from the counties of Queen Anne's], [[Kent County, Maryland|Kent, Caroline, and Dorchester of the colony of Maryland and was authorized on September 16, 1776 for service with the Continental Army. It was assigned to the main Continental Army on 27 December 1776.
5th Massachusetts Regiment The 5th Massachusetts Regiment also known as the 27th Continental Regiment was raised on April 23, 1775 under Colonel Mansfield outside of Boston, Massachusetts. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Bunker Hill, New York Campaign, Battle of Trenton, Battle of Princeton.
5th Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery The 5th Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, was one of six Canadian medium regiments that saw service in Britain and continental Europe in the Second World War, the others being the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 7th Medium Regiments. (There was no 6th Medium.
5th Mountain Division (Germany) The German 5th Mountain Division was established in the fall of 1940, from a mountain regiment taken from the 1st Mountain Division and an infantry regiment taken from the 10th Infantry Division. Its first action was in the 1941 Balkans Campaign, when it took part in Operations Marita and Merkur; in the latter it was used in an air-landing role.
5th New York Volunteer Infantry The 5th New York Volunteer Infantry was a volunteer infantry regiment that fought during the American Civil War, led by Colonel Abram Duryée. It is also known as the "Duryée's Zouaves," named after their colorful Zouave uniforms.
5th North Carolina Regiment The 5th North Carolina Regiment was assigned on March 26, 1776 to the Continental Army in the Southern Department. It was organized in the spring of 1776 at Wilmington, North Carolina as eight companies of volunteers from the districts of Newbern, Edenton and Hillsborough of the colony of North Carolina.
5th October (Serbia) The 5th October Overthrow (sometimes colloquialy called the Bulldozer Revolution) is a term referring to the series of events that occurred in 2000 in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, culminating in the downfall of Slobodan Milošević's regime on October 5, 2000. It is known as the "Bulldozer Revolution" after one of the most memorable episodes from the day long protest in which a bulldozer operator Ljubisav Äokić nicknamed Joe fired up his engine and used it to charge the RTS building.
5th Pennsylvania Regiment The 5th Pennsylvania Regiment was raised December 9, 1775 at Chester, Pennsylvania for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action during the Battle of Valcour Island, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Battle of Springfield.
5th PSU The 5th PSU (5 Pluk Specialneho Urcenia, 5th Special Forces Regiment) is Slovakia's premier Counter-Terrorism and special operations unit. The unit is directly attached to the Armed Forces General Staff, but works for the Operational Reconnaissance Bureau.
5th Rifle Division (Poland) Polish 5th Siberian Rifle Division (; also known as the Siberian Division and Siberian Brigade) was a Polish military unit formed in Russia during World War I. The division was probably the longest-fighting unit of the Polish Army; it fought in both the Russian Civil War and the Polish-Bolshevik War, as well as during the World War II.
5th Signal Command (United States) The 5th Signal Command is a Tactical and Strategic Communications unit specializing in command and control which supports theater-limited, joint-forces, and combined forces activities. The unit is responsible for providing the Combatant Commander for the European Command intelligence and communications capabilities required for successful operations.
53 equal temperament In music, 53 equal temperament, called 53-TET, 53-EDO, or 53-ET, is the tempered scale derived by dividing the octave into fifty-three equally large steps. Each step represents a frequency ratio of 21/53, or 22.
534 (album) 534 is the fourth album by rapper Memphis Bleek, released by Roc-A-Fella Records on May 17, 2005. The album contains 14 songs, including the hit single "Like That," produced by Swizz Beatz, and a single by Bleek's mentor and childhood friend Jay-Z entitled "Dear Summer," produced by Just Blaze.
53rd Academy Awards The 53rd Academy Awards were presented March 31, 1981, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies, which were presided over by Johnny Carson, was originally scheduled the previous day but postponed due to the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan.
53rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment 53rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment was a Union Army Regiment organized in Covington, Kentucky in September, 1864, during the American Civil War. The regiment experienced casualties of one Officer and eight Enlisted men during its service.
53rd National Hockey League All-Star Game The 53rd National Hockey League All-Star Game was held during the 2002-03 NHL season, and took place at the Office Depot Center in Sunrise, Florida, the home of the Florida Panthers, on February 2, 2003. It was the first All-Star Game since the 1997 All-Star Game to use the Eastern Conference - Western Conference format.
53rd Street (BMT Fourth Avenue Line) 53rd Street is a local station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at 53rd Street and Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. It is served by the train (all times, except northbound late nights), and by the train (late nights).
53rd Street (Manhattan) 53rd Street is a midtown cross street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, that contains buildings such as the Citicorp Building. The street runs westbound from Sutton Place across most of the island's width, ending at DeWitt Clinton Park at Eleventh Avenue.
53rd Troop Command The 53rd Troop Command is an administrative headquarters of the New York Army National Guard that provides direction for units not under another brigade or other formation headquarters (HQ). It also provides administrative support to units from other formations in the New York area that are stationed a long way from their higher HQ.
53rd United States Congress The Fifty-third 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 in Washington, DC from March 4 1893 to March 3 1895, during the first two years of the second administration of U.
54 (film) 54 is a 1998 film starring Salma Hayek, Ryan Phillippe, and Neve Campbell. It also stars Mike Myers as Steve Rubell, the notorious cofounder of Studio 54, a New York City disco club famous in the late 1970s and the setting for the film.
54-46 That's My Number "54-46 That's My Number" is a song by Fred "Toots" Hibbert, recorded by Toots & the Maytals and originally released on the album In the Dark in 1967. In the following year it was re-released as a single.
540 Gyro The 540 Gyro is a martial arts move that is a variation of the 540 Kick, present in many martial arts disciplines. In this move, the performer will execute the typical 540 kick but instead of landing immediately on the kicking leg, he/she will rotate an additional 180-360 degrees before landing.
540 kick The 540 kick or inside turning kick is a martial arts move present in Taekwondo, Shaolinquan, Capoeira, and various other martial arts disciplines. This technique is so named because, at completion, the performer has performed a rotation of approximately 540 degrees (although usually, when performed correctly, the performer has really only done a spin of 360 degrees not including whatever takeoff they used).
54th Infantry Regiment (United States) The 54th Infantry Regiment (periodically also known as the 54th Armored Infantry Regiment) is a regiment of the United States Army, first constitued for World War I and existing today as a basic training unit stationed at Ft. Benning, Georgia.
54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was one of the first official Black units in the United States armed forcesThe 1st South Carolina Volunteers, recruited from freed slaves, was the first Union Army regiment organized with African-American soldiers. The 54th Massachusetts was the first such regiment recruited from a Northern state.
54th National Hockey League All-Star Game The 54th National Hockey League All-Star Game took place during the 2003-04 NHL Season and was held on February 8, 2004 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, official arena of the NHL's Minnesota Wild.
54th United States Congress The Fifty-fourth 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 in Washington, DC from March 4 1895 to March 3 1897, during the last two years of the second administration of U.
54th United States Congress - Membership Changes The Fifty-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the United States national legislature, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1895, to March 3, 1897.
54th United States Congress - Political Parties The Fifty-fourth 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 in Washington, DC from March 4 1895 to March 3 1897, during the last two years of the second administration of U.
54th United States Congress - State Delegations The Fifty-fourth 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 in Washington, DC from March 4 1895 to March 3 1897, during the last two years of the second administration of U.
55 Degrees North 55 Degrees North is a 2004 BBC drama starring Don Gilet as DS Nicky Cole, a London detective relocated to Newcastle upon Tyne after exposing police corruption. Dervla Kirwan co-stars as Claire Maxwell, an ambitious solicitor.
55 East Erie Street 55 East Erie is the tallest all-residential skyscraper in Chicago at 647 ft (197 m). Designed by Fujikawa Johnson & Associates and Searl & Associates Architects, the 56 story building was completed in 2004 and is the second-tallest residential building in the United States after Trump World Tower in New York City.
55 Public Square 55 Public Square (formerly known as the Illuminating Building, after the Illuminating Company, the building's primary tenant) is a 22-story skyscraper located at number 55 Public Square, the town square of downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Designed by by Carson Lundin & Shaw Architects, it is 300 feet (91 meters) tall, was completed in 1958Emporis.
55 Squadron ATC 55 Squadron ATC is a squadron of the Air Training Corps, a member of the East Cheshire and South Manchester Wing and on a greater scale the North Region. Located in the affluent suburb, Bramhall, it is a relatively small squadron comprising approximately 30 cadets.
550 Cord 550 cord (parachute cord or paracord) was originally used by the Unitied States military during WW2. The material is lightweight, very strong, olive-drab-colored cordage supposedly rated to hold 550 pounds (thus the name "550 cord").
5526 AMS The 5526 AMS or 5526 Alcatel Access Management System is a piece of network hardware produced by Alcatel and is used as the element manager for Litespan, ASAM, FTTU, FTTN, G6, HYNT systems. It provides a full complement of subnetwork management functions for Litespan-2000, Litespan-2012, Litespan Broadband NEs, ASAM, FTTU, FTTN, G6, HYNT, RAM, and mini-RAM equipment.
555 Mission Street 555 Mission Street is a 34 story, 482 foot, (147 m) office tower under construction on Mission Street in the South of Market area of San Francisco, California. The developer of the tower is Tishman Speyer, and construction is expected to take 22 months.
555th Parachute Infantry Battalion (United States) The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion was an all-black airborne unit of the United States Army during World War II. It was activated as a result of a recommendation made in December 1942 by the Advisory Committee on Negro Troop Policies, chaired by the Assistant Secretary of War, John J.
5566 (band) 5566 is a Taiwanese boy band thus named because of their five members Zax Wang, Jason Hsu, Sam Wang, Rio Peng, and the band leader, Tony Sun. To date they have acted in three idol dramas, My MVP Valentine (MVP Qing Ren), Westside Story (Xi Jie Shao Nian) and Mr.
55th Electronic Combat Group The 55th Electronic Combat Group provides combat-ready EC-130H Compass Call aircraft, crews, maintenance and operational support to combatant commanders. The group also plans and executes information operations, including information warfare and electronic attack, in support of theater campaign plans.
55th Grey Cup The 55th Grey Cup was played between the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Saskatchewan Roughriders on December 2, 1967, at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, before 31,358 fans and was won by the Tiger-Cats by a score of 24 to 1.
55th Street (BMT West End Line) 55th Street is a local station on the BMT West End Line of the New York City Subway, located in Brooklyn at the intersection of 55th Street and New Utrecht Avenue. It is served by the train at all times, and by the train during rush hours.
55th United States Congress The Fifty-fifth 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 in Washington, DC from March 4 1897 to March 3 1899, during the first two years of the first administration of U.
55th United States Congress - Political Parties The Fifty-fifth 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 in Washington, DC from March 4 1897 to March 3 1899, during the first two years of the first administration of U.
55th United States Congress - State Delegations The Fifty-fifth 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 in Washington, DC from March 4 1897 to March 3 1899, during the first two years of the first administration of U.
56 kbit/s line A 56 kbit/s line is a digital connection (possibly a leased line, possibly switched) capable of carrying 56 kilobits per second (kbit/s), or 56,000 bit/s, the data rate of a normal single channel digital telephone line in North America. With the wide deployment of faster, cheaper, technologies such as ADSL and SDSL, 56 kbit/s lines are generally considered to be an obsolete technology.
561st Fighter Squadron The 561st Tactical Fighter Squadron was an F-4 Phantom II Wild Weasel fighter squadron, stationed at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was self-styled as "The Last Great Fighter Squadron".
56th (1/1st London) Division The British 56th (1/1st London) Division was a first-line Territorial Force division. Originally called the "1st London Division" it was designated the 56th Division in 1915 and referred to as the "1/1st London Division" after the raising of the second-line 58th (2/1st London) Division.
56th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly The 56th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was created following a general election in 2006. Its members were sworn-in on October 3 2006 but it will be called into session by the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick until February 6 2007.
56th Street (SEPTA station) 56th Street Station is an elevated stop on the Market-Frankford Line, above the intersection of 56th Street and Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Haddington neighborhood lies to the north, and the Cobbs Creek neighborhood to the south.
56th United States Congress The Fifty-sixth 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 in Washington, DC from March 4 1899 to March 3 1901, during the last two years of the first administration of U.
56th United States Congress - Membership Changes The Fifty-sixth 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 in Washington, DC from March 4 1899 to March 3 1901, during the last two years of the first administration of U.
56th United States Congress - Political Parties The Fifty-sixth 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 in Washington, DC from March 4 1899 to March 3 1901, during the last two years of the first administration of U.
56th United States Congress - State Delegations The Fifty-sixth 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 in Washington, DC from March 4 1899 to March 3 1901, during the last two years of the first administration of U.
56th World Science Fiction Convention BucConeer was the 56th World Science Fiction Convention, held in Baltimore, USA on August 5-8, 1998. The convention was held in the Baltimore Convention Center, as well as the Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor, the Holiday Inn Inner Harbor, the Omni Inner Harbor Baltimore (now the Wyndham), and the Baltimore Hilton and Towers.
5710 5710 (pronounced Fifty-Seven Ten) is the name of the lecture series at the The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and The Built Environment in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is a non-profit organisation run by students, which invites guest speakers to lecture in the School.
57th Grey Cup 57th Grey Cup, the Canadian Football League's championship game, was played November 30, 1969 and the Ottawa Rough Riders defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders 29 to 11 before 33,172 fans at Montreal's Autostade.
57th Signal Company The 57th Signal Company was reactivated 16 February 2006. In proceeding with the coming deactivation of 121 Signal Battalion in July 2006, Alpha Company, 121 Signal Battalion was deactivated and the soldiers in this unit became the reactivated 57th Signal Company.
57th Street (Manhattan) 57th Street is a street that runs east-west in the New York City borough of Manhattan, running from the Hudson River at the West Side Highway to the East River at the FDR Drive. It is just two blocks south of Central Park between Fifth Avenue and Central Park West.
57th United States Congress The Fifty-seventh 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 in Washington, DC from March 4 1901 to March 3 1903, during the second administration of U.
588 Achilles 588 Achilles is an asteroid discovered on February 22, 1906 by the German astronomer Max Wolf. It was the first of the Trojan asteroids to be discovered, and is named after Achilles, the fictional hero from the Illiad.
58th General Assembly of Nova Scotia 59th General Assembly of Nova Scotia has represented Nova Scotia from 1999 to 2003, its membership being set in the 1999 Nova Scotia election. The Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia, under John Hamm, holds the most and thus formed the government.
58th Primetime Emmy Awards The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, August 27, 2006 on NBC at 8:00pm ET (00:00 UTC) with Conan O'Brien hosting the show. The ceremony attracted 16.
58th United States Congress The Fifty-eighth 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 in Washington, DC from March 4 1903 to March 3 1905, during the last two years of the first administration of U.
58th World Science Fiction Convention The 58th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) was Chicon 2000, which was held in Chicago, USA August 31- September 4, 2000. The venues for 58th Worldcon were Hyatt Regency Chicago, Sofitel Hotel and Fairmont Hotel.
596 (nuclear test) 596 is the codename of the People's Republic of China's first nuclear weapons test, detonated on October 16 1964 at the Lop Nur test site. It was a uranium-235 implosion fission device and had a yield of 22 kilotons.
59th General Assembly of Nova Scotia 59th General Assembly of Nova Scotia has represented Nova Scotia since 2003, its membership being set in the 2003 Nova Scotia election. No party holds a majority of the seats, but the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia, under John Hamm, holds the most and thus formed a minority government.
59th Street (Manhattan) 59th Street is a street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It runs east-west, from York Avenue to the West Side Highway, with a discontinuity between Ninth Avenue/Amsterdam Avenue and Eighth Avenue/Central Park West for the Time Warner Center.
59th Street–Columbus Circle (New York City Subway) 59th Street-Columbus Circle is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line and the IND Eighth Avenue Line. It is located at Columbus Circle in Midtown Manhattan where 59th Street, Broadway and Eighth Avenue intersect, and is served by:
59th Street–Lexington Avenue (New York City Subway) 59th Street–Lexington Avenue is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the IRT Lexington Avenue Line and the BMT Broadway Line. Located at Lexington Avenue between 59th and 60th Streets, on the border of Midtown and the Upper East Side of Manhattan, it is served by:
59th United States Congress The Fifty-ninth 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 in Washington, DC from March 4 1905 to March 3 1907, during the first two years of the second administration of U.
59th World Science Fiction Convention The Millennium Philcon was the 59th World Science Fiction Convention, held from August 30th to September 3rd, 2001 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center & Philadelphia Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
5ep (album) This is the earliest released work of the band Norma Jean, released under their original name, Luti-Kriss. Released in 2001 on Pluto Records, 5ep contains five songs that were originally released on a split album with Christian hardcore/rapcore group Travail.
5ESS Switch The 5ESS Switch is the Class 5 telephone Electronic Switching System sold by Lucent Technologies. This digital central office telephone circuit switching system is used by many telecommunications service providers.
5FM 5FM is a SABC radio station mainly based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Formerly known as Radio 5, the country-wide broadcasted station evolved from a commercial station, LM Radio, which had been operating from Lourenço Marques (now Maputo) in neighbouring Mozambique.
5ive Style 5ive Style (also known as Five Style, a name taken from a martial arts technique called "Five Style Fist") is a Chicago-based funk/jam quartet. Their albums were released on the Subpop label in the 1990's.
5mm/35 SMc 5mm/35 SMc is a high performance 20 caliber (5mm) cartridge. Designed by Michael "Mic" McPherson and Sandy "By" Smalley and like all of their other designs carries the "SMc" moniker.
5q- syndrome 5q- syndrome is a rare disorder caused by loss of part of the long arm (q arm) of human chromosome 5. This syndrome affects myeloid (bone marrow) cells, causing treatment-resistant anemia, and myelodysplastic syndromes that may lead to acute myelogenous leukemia.
5th Air Division Although the 5th Air Division (5 AD) was operational only for a brief time (late 1940-early 1958), it accomplished much as a unit. The 5 AD took part in bombing campaigns of Russia, Germany, Italy, and other targets across the European theater that lead to the defeat and eventual surrender of Germany during World War II.
5th Battalion 10th Marines 5th Battalion 10th Marines (5/10) is an artillery battalion comprised of four firing batteries and a headquarters battery. The battalion is stationed at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and its primary weapon system is the M198 Howitzer with a maximum effective range of 30km.
5th Battalion 11th Marines 5th Battalion 11th Marines (5/11) is an artillery battalion comprised of three Firing Batteries and a Headquarters Battery. The battalion is stationed at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California and its primary weapon system is the M198 Howitzer with a maximum effective range of 30km.
5th Battalion 14th Marines 5th Battalion 14th Marines (5/14) is a reserve artillery battalion of the United States Marine Corps, comprised of three firing batteries and a headquarters battery. The battalion is based in Seal Beach, California and its primary weapon system is the M198 Howitzer with a maximum effective range of 30km.
5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment The 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (5 RAR) was a regular infantry battalion of the Australian Army. The battalion was formed in March 1965 at Holsworthy during the expansion of the regular infantry that occurred because of Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War.
5th Bomb Wing In the United States Air Force, the 5th Bomb Wing (5 BW) is a B-52 Stratofortress unit based at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. The wing, one of only two B-52 wings in the US Air Force (the other being the 2d Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana), is a part of the Eighth Air Force, which in turn is under Air Combat Command.
5th Canadian Ministry The Fifth Canadian Ministry was the cabinet of Prime Minister Sir John Sparrow Thompson. It governed Canada from 5 December 1892 to 12 December 1894, including only two years in the middle of the 7th Canadian Parliament.
5th Canadian Parliament The 5th Canadian Parliament was in session from February 8, 1883 until January 15, 1887. The membership was set by the 1882 federal election on June 20, 1882, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1887 election.
5th Computer Olympiad The 5th Computer Olympiad took place at at Alexandra Palace, the West Hall in London, UK from 21 August, 2000 to 25 August, 2000. After an eight year hiatus, it was revived by bringing it into the Mind Sports Olympiad.
5th Daytime Emmy Awards The 5th Daytime Emmy Awards were held on June 7, 1978 to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year (1977). The fifth awards only had three categories, and thus three awards were given.
5th Division (Australia) The 5th Division was a Militia unit of the Australian Army. During World War II the division was mobilised for the defence of North Queensland in 1942, when it was believed that the area was a prime site for an invasion by Japanese forces.
5th Edition (Magic: The Gathering) The Fifth Edition of Magic: The Gathering was a revision of the base set released in March of 1997. It contained 449 cards, counting multiple illustrations of basic lands, making it the largest card set in the game's history.
5th Glove 5th Glove is a data glove and flexor strip kit (5th Glove DFK) sold by Fifth Dimension Technologies. The DFK provides a data glove, a flexon strip (with an elbow or knee-joint sensor), an interface card, cables, and KineMusica software.
5th Indiana Volunteers The 5th Indiana Volunteers, also known as the 5th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, was an infantry regiment that participated in the Mexican-American War. Mahlon Dickerson Manson, later a member of Congress and a general in the Civil War served as captain of Company "I" in the regiment.
5th Infantry Division (United States) The 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) —nicknamed the Red Diamond and the Red Devils— was an infantry division of the United States Army that served in World War II and the Vietnam War, and with NATO and the U.S.
5th Infantry Regiment (United States) The 5th Infantry Regiment was deactivated following World War II, but was reactivated in Korea on January 1, 1949 with personnel and support units from the departing 7th Infantry Division with the mission to provide security while all U.S.
5th millennium BC The 5th millennium BC sees the spread of agriculture from the Middle East throughout southern and central Europe. Urban cultures in Mesopotamia and Anatolia flourish, developing the wheel. Copper ornaments become more common, marking the Chalcolithic. Animal husbandry spreads throughout Eurasia, reaching China. World population grows slightly throughout the millennium, maybe from 5 to 7 million people.
5th millennium BC in North American history The 5th millennium BC in North American history provides a time line of events occurring within the present political boundaries of United States (including territories) from 5000 BC through 4001 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.
5th Marine Division (United States) The 5th Marine Division of the United States Marine Corps was created during World War II for the Battle of Iwo Jima and the planned invasion of the Japanese home islands. It was reactivated in 1966 and served in the Vietnam War.
5th Marine Regiment (United States) The 5th Marine Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. It is the most highly decorated Regiment in the Marine Corps and part of the 1st Marine Division.
5th Maryland Regiment The 5th Maryland Regiment (The Dandy Fifth) was organized on 27 March 1776 composing of eight companies of [from the counties of Queen Anne's], [[Kent County, Maryland|Kent, Caroline, and Dorchester of the colony of Maryland and was authorized on September 16, 1776 for service with the Continental Army. It was assigned to the main Continental Army on 27 December 1776.
5th Massachusetts Regiment The 5th Massachusetts Regiment also known as the 27th Continental Regiment was raised on April 23, 1775 under Colonel Mansfield outside of Boston, Massachusetts. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Bunker Hill, New York Campaign, Battle of Trenton, Battle of Princeton.
5th Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery The 5th Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, was one of six Canadian medium regiments that saw service in Britain and continental Europe in the Second World War, the others being the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 7th Medium Regiments. (There was no 6th Medium.
5th Mountain Division (Germany) The German 5th Mountain Division was established in the fall of 1940, from a mountain regiment taken from the 1st Mountain Division and an infantry regiment taken from the 10th Infantry Division. Its first action was in the 1941 Balkans Campaign, when it took part in Operations Marita and Merkur; in the latter it was used in an air-landing role.
5th New York Volunteer Infantry The 5th New York Volunteer Infantry was a volunteer infantry regiment that fought during the American Civil War, led by Colonel Abram Duryée. It is also known as the "Duryée's Zouaves," named after their colorful Zouave uniforms.
5th North Carolina Regiment The 5th North Carolina Regiment was assigned on March 26, 1776 to the Continental Army in the Southern Department. It was organized in the spring of 1776 at Wilmington, North Carolina as eight companies of volunteers from the districts of Newbern, Edenton and Hillsborough of the colony of North Carolina.
5th October (Serbia) The 5th October Overthrow (sometimes colloquialy called the Bulldozer Revolution) is a term referring to the series of events that occurred in 2000 in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, culminating in the downfall of Slobodan Milošević's regime on October 5, 2000. It is known as the "Bulldozer Revolution" after one of the most memorable episodes from the day long protest in which a bulldozer operator Ljubisav Äokić nicknamed Joe fired up his engine and used it to charge the RTS building.
5th Pennsylvania Regiment The 5th Pennsylvania Regiment was raised December 9, 1775 at Chester, Pennsylvania for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action during the Battle of Valcour Island, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Battle of Springfield.
5th PSU The 5th PSU (5 Pluk Specialneho Urcenia, 5th Special Forces Regiment) is Slovakia's premier Counter-Terrorism and special operations unit. The unit is directly attached to the Armed Forces General Staff, but works for the Operational Reconnaissance Bureau.
5th Rifle Division (Poland) Polish 5th Siberian Rifle Division (; also known as the Siberian Division and Siberian Brigade) was a Polish military unit formed in Russia during World War I. The division was probably the longest-fighting unit of the Polish Army; it fought in both the Russian Civil War and the Polish-Bolshevik War, as well as during the World War II.
5th Signal Command (United States) The 5th Signal Command is a Tactical and Strategic Communications unit specializing in command and control which supports theater-limited, joint-forces, and combined forces activities. The unit is responsible for providing the Combatant Commander for the European Command intelligence and communications capabilities required for successful operations.
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