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This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in Oregon. The United States National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service , and recognizes buildings, structures, districts, objects, and similar resources nationwide according to a list of criteria of national significance. [ 1 ]
In tarot, Roman numerals (with zero) are often used to denote the cards of the Major Arcana. In Ireland, Roman numerals were used until the late 1980s to indicate the month on postage Franking. In documents, Roman numerals are sometimes still used to indicate the month to avoid confusion over day/month/year or month/day/year formats.
The day was officially declared in 1990 in Serock, Poland, the site of the fourth World Romani Congress of the International Romani Union (IRU), in honour of the first major international meeting of Romani representatives, 7–12 April 1971 in Chelsfield near London. [2]
Evacuation of foreign nationals during the War in Sudan (2023) Operation Raus aus Khartum. Many countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, and Canada, evacuate their nationals and some civilians from Khartoum, or announce plans to do so.
1605 – The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden. [7]1730 – Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in continental North America, is dedicated. [8]1812 – Czar Alexander I, the Russian Emperor and the Grand Duke of Finland, officially announces the transfer of the status of the Finnish capital from Turku to Helsinki.
The National Sanctuary of our Sorrowful Mother, popularly known as The Grotto, is a Catholic outdoor altar and sanctuary located in the Madison South district of Portland, Oregon, United States. Constructed in 1924, the sanctuary covers 62 acres (25 ha), [ 2 ] set both at the foot of, and atop, a 110 foot (34 m) cliff.
The farmers' almanacs (menologia rustica) concur that Venus—in Roman religion a goddess of gardens—was the tutelary deity of April, and that sheep were to be purified (oves lustrantur). [7] In his agricultural treatise, Varro enumerates duties such as weeding crops, breaking ground, cutting willows, fencing meadows, and planting and pruning ...
According to Oregon Geographic Names, Rome was named by William F. Stine for the nearby geologic formations that suggested the ruined temples of Rome, Italy. [3] The 100-foot (30 m)-high Rome Cliffs, [4] or "Pillars of Rome" are formations of fossil-bearing clay, measuring about 5 miles (8 km) long, and 2 miles (3 km) wide.