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The Great Loop is a system of waterways that encompasses the eastern portion of the United States and part of Canada. It is made up of both natural and man-made waterways, including the Atlantic and Gulf Intracoastal Waterways , the Great Lakes , the Erie Canal , and the Mississippi and Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway . [ 1 ]
Great-circle navigation or orthodromic navigation (related to orthodromic course; from Ancient Greek ορθός (orthós) 'right angle' and δρόμος (drómos) 'path') is the practice of navigating a vessel (a ship or aircraft) along a great circle. Such routes yield the shortest distance between two points on the globe. [1]
Morley Field Sports Complex is a sports complex in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. [1] The complex was named after John Morley, who served as a park superintendent in Balboa Park from 1911 to 1939. [2]
First Madonna tour to San Diego since The Virgin Tour in 1985. October 28, 2011: Avicii Deadmau5 — — — — September 28, 2014: Paul McCartney — Out There Tour: 45,352 / 45,352: $4,968,567: First performance in San Diego since Wings at the San Diego Sports Arena in 1976. May 24, 2015: The Rolling Stones: Gary Clark Jr. Zip Code Tour ...
The most glaring line on San Diego’s ledger is extra-innings games. They are 0-11, one loss short of the 1969 Montreal Expos’ MLB record for extra-innings futility.
The 1988 America's Cup was the 27th America's Cup regatta, and was contested between the defender, San Diego Yacht Club represented by Stars & Stripes H3, and the challenger, the Mercury Bay Boating Club represented by New Zealand Challenge's KZ-1. Run under strict Deed of Gift rules, the regatta was won by San Diego Yacht Club, in a two-race ...
The operations of the Pacific Route were organized by Leonid Belakhov, Deputy Commissar and Chief Political Officer of the Ministry of the Maritime Fleet (MorFlot). Goods were moved from US west coast ports (principally Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Columbia River ports) [3] and moved via the Great circle route across the Pacific, skirting the Aleutians and the Kuriles.
Westgate was built to replace the deteriorating Lane Field, where the minor-league Padres had played since 1936.Constructed for $1 million in private funds by Padres owner C. Arnholt Smith, Westgate was a modern ballpark with a capacity of 8,268 fans, with an eye to be expanded to major league size (up to 40,000) if necessary.