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This experience and the Thompson–LaGarde Tests of 1904 led the Army and the Cavalry to decide that a minimum of .45 caliber was required in a new handgun cartridge. The standard-issue military .45 ACP cartridge uses a 230 gr (15 g; 0.53 oz) round-nose bullet at approximately 830 ft/s (250 m/s) fired from a government-issue M1911A1 pistol.
In response to the report of the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee, the Army has established the People first task force (PFTF), an Army-wide task force that is headed by 3 chairs: 1) Lt. Gen. Gary M. Brito, 2) Diane M. Randon, and 3) Sgt. Maj. Julie A.M. Guerra, who are: 1) the deputy chief of staff G-1, 2) the assistant deputy chief of ...
[3] 1525 – A Spanish-Austrian army defeats a French army at the Battle of Pavia. [4] 1527 – Coronation of Ferdinand I as the king of Bohemia in Prague. [5] 1538 – Treaty of Nagyvárad between Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I and King John Zápolya of Hungary and Croatia. [6]
1927: Free electron model by Arnold Sommerfeld [475] 1927: Uncertainty principle by Werner Heisenberg [476] 1928: Geiger–Müller counter by Hans Geiger and Walther Müller [477] 1931: Electron microscope by Ernst Ruska and Max Knoll [478] 1933: Discovery of the Meissner effect by Walther Meissner and Robert Ochsenfeld [479]
1861 – American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872). 1861 – The United States Army abolishes flogging.
Ilya Vladimirovich Ponomarev [b] (Russian: Илья́ Влади́мирович Пономарёв, Ukrainian: Ілля Володимирович Пономарьов, romanized: Illia Volodymyrovych Ponomariov; born 6 August 1975) is a Russian-Ukrainian politician who was a member of the Russian State Duma from 2007 to 2016.
Thomas Ridgway, U.S. Army officer and father of General Matthew Ridgway [630] Johnny Ritchey, professional baseball player [631] [632] Dave Roberts, professional baseball player and manager [633] [634] Cliff Robertson, Oscar-winning actor [635] [636] Alfred D. Robinson and Marion James Robinson, builders of Rosecroft [637] [638]