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Believed to be the first coupon ever, this ticket for a free glass of Coca-Cola was first distributed in 1888 to help promote the drink. By 1913, the company had redeemed 8.5 million tickets. [6] Coca-Cola's 1888-issued "free glass of" is the earliest documented coupon. [6] [7] Coupons were mailed to potential customers and placed in magazines ...
The United States imposes tariffs (customs duties) on imports of goods. The duty is levied at the time of import and is paid by the importer of record.Customs duties vary by country of origin and product.
On August 20, President Clinton ordered a cruise missile attack against two suspected terrorist training camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical factory in Sudan. [RL30172] 1998 : Liberia: On September 27, 1998, America deployed a stand-by response and evacuation force of 30 U.S. military personnel to increase the security force at the U ...
Zero-coupon bonds are those that pay no coupons and thus have a coupon rate of 0%. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Such bonds make only one payment: the payment of the face value on the maturity date. Normally, to compensate the bondholder for the time value of money , the price of a zero-coupon bond will always be less than its face value on any date of purchase ...
June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 194 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 451 – ...
As part of an agreement with Midway Games, the arcade games Killer Instinct and Cruis'n USA were ported to the console. [ 99 ] [ 100 ] Although the Nintendo 64 was planned for release in 1995, the production schedules of third-party developers influenced a delay, [ 101 ] [ 102 ] and the console was released in June 1996 in Japan, September 1996 ...
Oddworld Inhabitants Inc. is an American video game developer founded in 1994 by special-effects and computer-animation veterans Sherry McKenna and Lorne Lanning.The company is primarily known for the Oddworld, series of video games about the fictional planet of Oddworld and its native creatures.
A military airlift immediately began shipping relief supplies to Alaska, eventually delivering 2,570,000 pounds (1,170,000 kg) of food and other supplies. [36] Broadcast journalist, Genie Chance , assisted in recovery and relief efforts, staying on the KENI air waves over Anchorage for more than 24 continuous hours as the voice of calm from her ...