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Chieftain Mk.3/3 upgraded to Chieftain Mk.5 standard, 1975 [xxii] In 1977 the engines of all British Army vehicles were upgraded to the 750 hp L60 Mark 9A, followed by further upgrading with the L60 Mark 11A or L60 Mark 12A [ xxiii ] in 1978 as part of the 1977 "Dark Morn" and the 1978 "Sundance" programmes.
3 May 1947 – 5 Jun 1948: Imperial Household Ministry: 2: Michiji Tajima 5 Jun 1948 – 31 May 1949: Civilian: Grand Stewards of the Imperial Household Agency 1: Michiji Tajima: 1 Jun 1949 – 16 Dec 1953: Civilian: cont. 2: Takeshi Usami 16 Dec 1953 – 26 May 1978: Home Ministry: 3: Tomohiko Tomita 26 May 1978 – 14 Jun 1988: National ...
The lobby of the Imperial House in 1961. Imperial House is a high-rise apartment building at 150 East 69th Street in Manhattan in New York City. It was New York's largest post-war apartment building at the time of its construction. [1] The building was owned and built by the Fisher Brothers. [2] The architect was Emery Roth & Sons.
Over the years 1960–72, 343 Mk 5 tanks were gradually upgunned with 105 mm guns to Mk 5/2 standard, as were 19 Mk 7s (to Mk 7/2) in 1966–68. Between 1962 and 1965, 17 Mk 5 tanks were converted to bridge layers, using the same bridge and mechanism as the American M48 and M60 AVLBs ; at the same time, another 17 Mk 5s with 20-pounder guns ...
The emperor (天皇, tennō) is the head of the Japanese imperial family. Article 3 and 4 of the Law for Special Exception of the Imperial House Law concerning Abdication, etc. of Emperor (天皇の退位等に関する皇室典範特例法, Tennō no taii nado ni kansuru Kōshitsu Tenpan Tokureihō) define the Emperor Emeritus (上皇, jōkō ...
Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia (Russian: Мария Владимировна Романова, romanized: Maria Vladimirovna Romanova; born 23 December 1953) has been a claimant to the headship of the House of Romanov, the Imperial Family of Russia (who reigned as Emperors and Autocrats of all the Russias from 1613 to 1917) since 1992.
A royal household or imperial household is the residence and administrative headquarters in ancient and post-classical monarchies, and papal household for popes, and formed the basis for the general government of the country as well as providing for the needs of the sovereign and their relations.
Princess Aiko was born on 1 December 2001 at 2:43 PM in the Imperial Household Agency Hospital in Tokyo Imperial Palace, the first and only child of the then-Crown Prince and Crown Princess, Naruhito and Masako. [2] [3] In a break with tradition, the name of the princess was chosen by her parents, instead of by her grandfather, the Emperor Akihito.