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As a consequence of Roman customs, society, and personal preference, Augustus (/ ɔː ˈ ɡ ʌ s t ə s / aw-GUST-əs) was known by many names throughout his life: . Gaius Octavius (/ ɒ k ˈ t eɪ v i ə s / ok-TAY-vee-əs, Latin: [ˈɡaːiʊs ɔkˈtaːwiʊs]).
Gregory's calendar reform modified the Julian rule, to reduce the average length of the calendar year from 365.25 days to 365.2425 days and thus corrected the Julian calendar's drift against the solar year: the Gregorian calendar gains just 0.1 day over 400 years. For any given event during the years from 1901 through 2099, its date according ...
2 Bi + 3 H 2 O → Bi 2 O 3 + 3 H 2. It reacts with fluorine to form bismuth(V) fluoride at 500 °C (932 °F) or bismuth(III) fluoride at lower temperatures (typically from Bi melts); with other halogens it yields only bismuth(III) halides. [35] [36] [37] The trihalides are corrosive and easily react with moisture, forming oxyhalides with the ...
From Boeing's turbulence and a catastrophic hurricane, to Donald Trump's election victory, "Sunday Morning" host Jane Pauley looks back at key events of a year that was monumental.
December 26, 2024 at 7:40 AM. The NBA Christmas Day quintuple-header offered some star performances and interesting results, but the calendar rolls on with a full weekend slate.
However, the return to more typical rates of inflation was expected to be highly bumpy, and that choppiness was on full display in 2024. The CPI started this past year at 3.1%, jutted higher in ...
Second part of the calendar inscription of Priene. The Priene calendar inscription (IK Priene 14) is an inscription in stone recovered at Priene (an ancient Greek city, in Western Turkey) that records an edict by Paullus Fabius Maximus, proconsul of the Roman province of Asia and a decree of the conventus of the province accepting the edict from 9 BC.
At the conclusion of its seventh and penultimate rate-setting policy meeting of 2024 on November 7, 2024, the Federal Reserve announced it was lowering the federal funds target interest rate by 25 ...