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Daniel Boone (November 2 [O.S. October 22], 1734 – September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer and frontiersman whose exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. He became famous for his exploration and settlement of Kentucky , which was then beyond the western borders of the Thirteen Colonies .
The Daniel Boone Homestead, the birthplace of American frontiersman Daniel Boone, is a museum and historic house that is administered by the Friends of the Daniel Boone Homestead near Birdsboro in Berks County, Pennsylvania. It is located on nearly 600 acres (2.4 km 2) and is the largest site owned by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum ...
A traitorous Frenchman has some folks in the area fooled, but Daniel is on the job to foil his plan. 7. 7. "The Sound of Wings". Harry Harris. John Hawkins. November 12, 1964. ( 1964-11-12) A disgraced British officer impersonates Daniel Boone to attempt to turn things his way with the Indians.
Active Denial System. The Active Denial System ( ADS) is a non-lethal directed-energy weapon developed by the U.S. military, [2] designed for area denial, perimeter security and crowd control. [3] Informally, the weapon is also called the heat ray [4] since it works by heating the surface of targets, such as the skin of targeted human beings.
The contract to build Daniel Boone was awarded to Mare Island Naval Shipyard at Vallejo, California, on 21 July 1961 and her keel was laid down there on 6 February 1962.She was launched on 22 June 1963 sponsored by Mrs. Margaret Smith Wakelin, [3] wife of Dr. James H. Wakelin, Jr., a physicist who was the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research and Development) from 1959 until 1964.
The Sons of Daniel Boone (sometimes called the Society of the Sons of Daniel Boone ), later the Boy Pioneers of America, was a youth program developed by Daniel Carter Beard in 1905 based on the American frontiersman. When Dan Beard joined the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in 1910 as one of their national Scout commissioners, he merged his group ...
Heat stroke or heatstroke, also known as sun-stroke, is a severe heat illness that results in a body temperature greater than 40.0 °C (104.0 °F), [4] along with red skin, headache, dizziness, and confusion. [2] Sweating is generally present in exertional heatstroke, but not in classic heatstroke. [5] The start of heat stroke can be sudden or ...
A summer heat wave has 245 million Americans facing 90-degree temperatures - with 30 million looking at triple-digits - as the system moves east. Heat records dating back 250 years are set to fall ...