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Bam Aquino was born on May 7, 1977 in Manila to Paul Aquino, a son of Benigno Aquino Sr., and Melanie (née Aguirre) Aquino.. His grandfather, Benigno Sr., served as a congressman from Tarlac's 2nd district (1919–28), a senator from the 3rd district (1928–34), and Speaker of the National Assembly of the Japanese-puppet state of the Philippines from 1943 to 1944.
2 years, 5 months and 2 weeks Tigray War: 3 November 2020 3 November 2022 2 years War of the Polish Succession: 10 October 1733 3 October 1735 1 year, 11 months, 3 weeks and 2 days Mexican-American War: 25 April 1846 2 February 1848 1 year, 9 months, 1 week and 1 day Israel-Hamas War: 10 July 2023: Ongoing: 1 year, 3 months, 2 weeks and 4 days
On 25 September 1967 the 23rd Infantry (Americal) Division) was activated to control the blocking force, replacing the provisional task force HQ. With the elapse of five months, all the three same brigades remained in the new division, but the brigade at Chu Lai was now named the 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, after a responsibility swap ...
The Vietnamese government officially calls it the "Day of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification" (Vietnamese: Ngày Giải phóng Miền Nam, thống nhất đất nước) or "Liberation Day" (Ngày Giải Phóng), but the term "fall of Saigon" is commonly used in Western accounts.
Incumbent Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro is sworn in as president for a third term amid an ongoing crisis after disputed elections in the country. [22] The European Copernicus Climate Change Service reports that 2024 was the world's hottest year on record, and the first calendar year to pass the symbolic threshold of 1.5°C of global ...
The 25 Year War: America's Military Role in Vietnam (ISBN 978-0813190365) is a book by General Bruce Palmer Jr. about the Vietnam War, and was published in 1984.. The book is split into two parts, the first which follows chronologically the events leading to the fall of Saigon in 1975 and mentions Palmer's position in those events.
THROWOFF/2: Albanian ethnic agent/radio operator employed by Italian Navy Intelligence/CIA in several early Cold War covert operations against Albania. Was captured, operated radio under communist control to lure CIA agents to capture/death, tried in 1954, death sentence commuted, freed after 25 years. CIA paid his son $40,000 in 1996. [76]
Bowley (2001) argues that the letter in Whitelocke's Memorials [6] is the probable origin of the "declaring war" legend: "Tromp had no 'Commission' from his government to declare war on the rebels in Scilly; but he did come to try – by a show of force, threats and even by violence perhaps, although this never happened – to seek reparation ...