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Eugene Schuyler [1] Diplomatic Agent/Consul General June 11, 1880 December 14, 1880 [2] September 7, 1884 Walker Fearn: Minister Resident/Consul General April 18, 1885 [3] October 20, 1885 October 24, 1899 A. Loudon Snowden [4] July 1, 1889 [5] November 25, 1889 August 18–25, 1892 Truxtun Beale [6] July 22, 1892 Did not present credentials in ...
The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. [2] [3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. [4]
The first documented use of the phrase "United States of America" is a letter from January 2, 1776. Stephen Moylan, a Continental Army aide to General George Washington, wrote to Joseph Reed, Washington's aide-de-camp, seeking to go "with full and ample powers from the United States of America to Spain" to seek assistance in the Revolutionary War effort.
The most notable raid of this campaign was the low-level raid on Ploiești, code-named Operation Tidal Wave, on August 1, 1943 which saw the loss of over 50 B-24 Liberator bombers. [16] In the aftermath of the raids, oil transports to Germany were severely affected although Romania's oil production failed to be destroyed. [ 17 ]
The first diplomatic agent to Romania, Eugene Schuyler, was appointed in 1880 and subsequently reaccredited when Romania was declared a kingdom in 1881. [1] The diplomatic ties were severed in 1941 during World War II and relations were reestablished in 1947. [1] [2] The U.S. Legation in Bucharest was raised to Embassy status on June 1, 1964.
The third season of The Twilight Zone aired Fridays at 10:00–10:30 pm (EST) on CBS from September 15, 1961 to June 1, 1962. There are 37 episodes. Continuing with Marius Constant's theme music, a different set of graphics was used for the opening, consisting of a rotating cone with concentric circles suggesting a spiral, receding into a star field.
Vin americanii! ("The Americans are coming!") was a slogan used in Romania in the 1940s and 1950s, encapsulating the hope that an American-led invasion of Eastern Europe would topple the Soviet-backed, Communist-dominated government installed in early 1945.
ISO 3166-2:US is the entry for the United States in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.