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On every quarter-hour it strikes the number of quarter hours audibly on a gong, and then the number of hours since the last hour on a second gong. For instance, in a 3 weight Vienna regulator wall clock, at 6:15 it would strike once on a high pitched gong, then strike six times on a lower pitched gong.
1971 Northern and Central California construction strikes: 1971 California: 64,100 [48] 1974 Western Electric strike: 1974 63,000 [62] 1975 New York City teachers strike: 1975 New York City: 63,000 [60] 1960 General Electric strike: 1960 nationwide 63,100 [33] 1980 Petroleum strike: 1980 nationwide 62,000 [4] 1949 Ford Motor Michigan strike ...
Government announces £3,827 in compensation for families of each killed in lightning strikes Record 61,000 lightning strikes in two hours kill 12 people Skip to main content
Kosaku Yamada, who wrote the music to Akatombo, died on the same day one year later. [2] He was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1965. [ 12 ] Since 1985, his hometown has been hosting a competition for children's songs, giving a prize named after him ( 三木露風賞 , Miki Rofū-shō).
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on the Northwest bomb cyclone for Wednesday, Nov. 20. For the latest news, see our story for Thursday, Nov. 21. Two people are dead and others injured ...
As the Jewish Festival of Lights, or Hanukkah, is fast approaching (December 25, 2024 to January 2, 2025), we’re looking forward to playing dreidel (and winning gelt!), lighting the menorah with ...
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"The 1945–1946 strike Wave." in The Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History (Routledge, 2015) pp 256–265. [ISBN missing] Wolman, Philip J. "The Oakland general strike of 1946." Southern California Quarterly 57.2 (1975): 147–178. JSTOR 41170592; Zetka Jr, James R. "Work organization and wildcat strikes in the US automobile industry ...