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The 2 mile (3,520 yards, [1] 10,560 feet, or exactly 3,218.688 metres) is a historic running distance. Like the mile run , it is still contested at some invitational meets due its historical chronology in the United States and United Kingdom .
The Battle of Hill 488 was a military engagement of the Vietnam War that took place on the night of 15–16 June 1966. A small United States Marine Corps (USMC) reconnaissance platoon inflicted large casualties on regular People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong (VC) fighters before withdrawing with only a few dead.
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Emperor Quang Trung (Vietnamese: [kwāːŋ ʈūŋm]; chữ Hán: 光中, 1753 – 16 September 1792) or Nguyễn Huệ (chữ Hán: 阮惠), also known as Nguyễn Quang Bình (chữ Hán: 阮光平), or Hồ Thơm (chữ Hán: 胡𦹳) was the second emperor of the Tây Sơn dynasty, reigning from 1788 until 1792. [2]
[2]: 135–138 He spent the first half of 1910 begging on the street, selling his books, and spending most of his money on alcohol. This went on until he met an elderly woman, Chu Bá Linh (Chu sư-thái), who took the entire movement into her house. [2]: 138–142 Funds arrived and he planned to move to Thailand. He arrived in Thailand in ...
1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt (11 November 1960) Operation Chopper (12 January 1962) 1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing (27 February 1962) Self-immolation of Thích Quảng Đức (11 June 1963) Double Seven Day scuffle (7 July 1963) Xá Lợi Pagoda raids (21 August 1963) 1963 South Vietnamese coup d'état (1–2 November 1963)
A worthwhile option to consider is a night (or two) in one of the floating hotels (there are 2, one reachable via footbridge, the other via boat). Sam Mountain, being the highest mountain in Mekong Delta (284 m), [ 6 ] is a famous mountain in Châu Đốc, about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from the city.
Nguyễn Phúc Nguyên (阮福源; 16 August 1563 – 19 November 1635), temple name Nguyễn Hy Tông, [1] was the second of the Nguyễn lords, ruling all of southern Vietnam from 1613 to 1635. [2] During his time in office, the Nguyễn lords established a settlement in what is now modern-day Saigon .