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1 dzień temu · Chicago O'Hare International Airport (IATA: ORD, ICAO: KORD, FAA LID: ORD) is a major international airport serving Chicago, Illinois, United States, located on the city's Northwest Side, approximately 17 miles (27 km) northwest of the Loop business district. Operated by the Chicago Department of Aviation and covering 7,627 acres (3,087 ha), O'Hare has non-stop flights to 214 destinations in ...
1 dzień temu · John F. Kennedy International Airport (IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK, FAA LID: JFK) is a major international airport serving New York City and its metropolitan area, in the state of New York, United States.The airport is the busiest of the seven airports in the New York airport system, the 6th-busiest airport in the United States, and the busiest international air passenger gateway into North America.
1 dzień temu · A ship is a large vessel that travels the world's oceans and other navigable waterways, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research and fishing.Ships are generally distinguished from boats, based on size, shape, load capacity and purpose.Ships have supported exploration, trade, warfare, migration, colonization, and science.
1 dzień temu · High Speed 2 (HS2) is a high-speed railway which is under construction in England.The route will be between Handsacre, in southern Staffordshire, and London, with a spur to Birmingham.HS2 is to be Britain's second purpose-built high-speed railway after High Speed 1, which connects London to the Channel Tunnel.The majority of the project is planned to be completed between 2029 and 2033.
1 dzień temu · General George C. Marshall, the 50th U.S. Secretary of State. The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was an American initiative enacted in 1948 to provide foreign aid to Western Europe. The United States transferred $13.3 billion (equivalent to $173 billion in 2023) in economic recovery programs to Western European ...
1 dzień temu · A map showing the Neolithic Austronesian migrations into the islands of ... was forced to seek port at Apra Harbor on the U.S. territory of Guam after running short on ... (1,470.2 mm). The most rainfall in a single day occurred on October 15, 1953, when 15.48 inches or 393.2 millimeters fell. The mean high temperature is 86 °F or 30 °C. The ...
1 dzień temu · Atlantic City, 1877 A High Tide at Atlantic City, a painting by William Trost Richards, now housed in Brooklyn Museum. Prior to Atlantic City's founding, the region served as a summer home for the Lenape, a Native American tribe. While the precise date of European settlement in present-day Atlantic City is not precisely determined, it is commonly thought that it was in 1783, when Jeremiah ...
