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On 1 March 1977, Secretary of the Navy W. Graham Claytor announced, that the F-18 would be named "Hornet", after the characteristics of the Hornet insect. It also shares the namesake with ships that had borne the name Hornet since the Revolutionary War, along with USS Hornet (CV-8) and USS Hornet (CV-12) that served during World War 2. [3] [6]
Gowdy was born on August 22, 1964, in Greenville, South Carolina.He is the son of Novalene (Evans) and Harold Watson "Hal" Gowdy Jr., MD. [11] [12] He grew up in Spartanburg, [13] where as a young man he delivered newspapers for the local daily and worked at the community market. [14]
John Winston Ono Lennon [nb 1] (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English singer-songwriter, musician and political activist.After a troubled childhood, he gained worldwide fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles.
Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), [5] in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada, the second-largest island in the Americas (behind Greenland), and the fifth-largest island in the world.