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A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2). 1942-1944. Flag of Free France. A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with The Cross of Lorraine . Colonial Flags. 1915-1919. Merchant flag of Morocco under the French protectorate. A red field with the green pentagram, a five-pointed linear star.
1993 May 24 — Eritrea breaks off from Ethiopia. 1994 February 28 — Walvis Bay and the Penguin Islands are transferred by South Africa to Namibia. 2008 August 14 — Bakassi transferred to Cameroon by Nigeria. 2011 July 9 — South Sudan formally obtains independence from the Republic of Sudan.
The Uniform Time Act of 1966 established a uniform set of rules for states opting to observe daylight saving time. [ 1] In the U.S., daylight saving time starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November, with the time changes taking place at 2:00 a.m. local time. With a mnemonic word play referring to seasons ...
The following day's print issue contained sixty-six articles, [58] the work of over three hundred dispatched reporters. [59] Journalist Judith Miller was the recipient of a package containing a white powder during the 2001 anthrax attacks, furthering anxiety within The New York Times. [60]
US Census Bureau map depicting territorial acquisitions, 2007. After Japan's defeat in World War II, the Japanese-ruled Northern Mariana Islands came under control of the United States. [ 1] The United States of America was formed after thirteen British colonies in North America declared independence from the British Empire on July 4, 1776.
7,216 (1998–2017) [ 1] At least 853 in 2022 [ 2] Arrests. 2.3 million in 2022 [ 3] US Southwest Border Encounters. The Mexico–United States border crisis is an ongoing migrant crisis in North America concerning the migration of illegal immigrants from Latin America and other countries [ 4] including China [ 5][ 6] through Mexico and into ...
The Border Collie is a British breed of herding dog of the collie type of medium size. It originates in the region of the Anglo-Scottish border, and descends from the traditional sheepdogs once found all over the British Isles. It is kept mostly as a working sheep-herding dog or as a companion animal. [ 1] It competes with success in sheepdog ...
The Canadian province of Manitoba first required its residents to register their motor vehicles and display licence plates in 1911. As of 2022, plates are issued by Manitoba Public Insurance. Front and rear plates are required for most classes of vehicles, while only rear plates are required for motorcycles and trailers.