Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Florida (/ ˈ f l ɒr ɪ d ə / ⓘ, FLORR-ih-də; Spanish: [floˈɾiða]) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Straits of Florida and Cuba to the south.
Three hurricanes hit the U.S. in August and September 2017: Harvey in southeastern Texas, Irma on the Florida Gulf coast, and Maria in Puerto Rico. Trump signed into law $15 billion in relief for Harvey and Irma, and later $18.67 billion for all three. [188]
[10] [11] In his second and final season in Tennessee, Dallas posted an 11–2 record with a 4.19 ERA and a team-leading 122 strikeouts in 103 innings. [10] Dallas was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the fourth round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft. [12]
September 3 – The 1962 season's post-Labor Day stretch run will begin with the Los Angeles Dodgers (90–48) leading the San Francisco Giants (87–50) by 2½ games in the National League, and the New York Yankees (82–58) up by three games over the Minnesota Twins (79–61) in the American League, with the Los Angeles Angels (77–62) still ...
His government provided training and aid to anti-colonialist groups fighting white-minority rule throughout southern Africa and oversaw Tanzania's 1978–1979 war with Uganda which resulted in the overthrow of Ugandan President Idi Amin. In 1985, Nyerere stood down and was succeeded by Ali Hassan Mwinyi, who reversed many of Nyerere's policies.
The Somaliland War of Independence [32] [33] (Somali: Dagaalkii Xoraynta Soomaaliland, lit. 'Somaliland Liberation War') was a rebellion waged by the Somali National Movement (SNM) against the ruling military junta in Somalia led by General Siad Barre lasting from its founding on 6 April 1981 and ended on 18 May 1991 when the SNM declared what was then northern Somalia independent as the ...
Wilson was pleased when Douglas-Home, his leading opponent in the House of Commons, praised the statement as "rough but right". [105] On 5 November 1964, Rhodesia's mostly white electorate voted "yes" to independence under the 1961 constitution by a margin of 89%, [ n 18 ] prompting Smith to declare that the British condition of acceptability ...