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"Honest John", a type of open bar where patrons serve themselves and leave payment in a jar or drawer, on the honor system Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Honest John .
The MGR-1 Honest John rocket was the first nuclear-capable surface-to-surface rocket in the United States arsenal. [ notes 1 ] Originally designated Artillery Rocket XM31 , the first unit was tested on 29 June 1951, with the first production rounds delivered in January 1953.
John Kelly Puck magazine caricature of Kelly (on grill), 1881 This cartoon describes the aftermath of the fight for the Democratic Presidential nomination in 1884.. John Kelly (April 20, 1822 – June 1, 1886) of New York City, known as "Honest John", was a boss of Tammany Hall and a U.S. Representative from New York from 1855 to 1858.
The flight of the Honest John is stabilized by a spin that is imparted to the rocket by spin rockets after the round leaves the launcher. The XM51 Little John rocket flight is stabilized by applying spin to the rocket while on the launcher, just before firing. This manual method of stabilization was called "spin-on-straight-rail" (SOSR). [1]
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The Honest John was a short-range surface-to-surface tactical ballistic rocket used by the US Army. Three yield variants, also apparently 2, 20 and 40 kilotons, were deployed on Honest John missiles from 1959 to 1987. A total of 1,650 Honest John W31 warheads were produced. [3]
John O. "Kick" Kelly (October 31, 1856 – March 27, 1926), also nicknamed "Honest John" and "Diamond John", [2] was an American catcher, manager and umpire in Major League Baseball [1] who went on to become a boxing referee and to run gambling houses in his native New York City. He made a notable impact on the development of umpiring, helping ...
John James "Honest John" [1] Patterson (August 8, 1830 – September 28, 1912) was a businessman and United States Senator from South Carolina. He was a Republican. He was a Republican. Biography