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Carrie Donovan (March 22, 1928 – November 12, 2001) was an American fashion editor for Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and The New York Times Magazine.In the 1990s she became known for her work in Old Navy commercials where she wore her trademark large eyeglasses and black clothing, often declaring the merchandise "Fabulous!".
Because Kent served in the Navy's Egyptian campaign (8 March to 8 September 1801), her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty authorised in 1850 for all surviving claimants. [Note 1] On 21 December, 1801 reportedly dismasted in a gale in the vicinity of Malta. [6]
The first John Adams was originally built in 1799 as a frigate for the United States Navy, converted to a corvette in 1809, and later converted back to a frigate in 1830. . Named for American Founding Father and president John Adams, she fought in the Quasi-War, the First and Second Barbary Wars, the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War and the American Civi
Soltow, Lee (1987). "The Distribution of Income in the United States in 1798: Estimates Based on the Federal Housing Inventory". The Review of Economics and Statistics. 69 (1): 181–185. doi:10.2307/1937921. JSTOR 1937921. Ray, Thomas M. (1983). ""Not One Cent for Tribute": The Public Addresses and American Popular Reaction to the XYZ Affair ...
An Old Navy store in Bayers Lake Business Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia An Old Navy store in Richmond Hill, Ontario. In the early 1990s, Dayton-Hudson Corporation (then the parent company of Target, Mervyn's, Dayton's, Hudson's, and Marshall Field's) looked to establish a new division branded as a less expensive version of Gap called Everyday Hero; [4] Gap's then-CEO Millard Drexler responded by ...
Commodore William Bainbridge (May 7, 1774 – July 27, 1833) was a United States Navy officer. During his long career in the young American navy he served under six presidents beginning with John Adams and is notable for his many victories at sea.
HMS Renown was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. [2] She was to have been named HMS Royal Oak, but the name was changed to Renown on 15 February 1796. [citation needed] She was launched at Deptford Wharf on 2 May 1798 [2] and served in 1800-1801 as the flagship of Sir John Borlase Warren, initially in the English Channel.
The Battle of Castlebar was a military engagement of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 which occurred on 27 August 1798 near the town of Castlebar, County Mayo.A combined force of 2,000 French Revolutionary Army troops and United Irishmen rebels routed a British Crown force of 6,000 men mainly consisting of Irish militiamen led by Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake in what would later become known as ...