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Rock relief of Ardashir I (224–242 AD) in Naqsh-e Rostam, inscribed "This is the figure of Mazdaworshipper, the lord Ardashir, King of Iran.". The term Iran ' the land of the Aryans ' derives from Middle Persian Ērān, first attested in a 3rd-century inscription at Naqsh-e Rostam, with the accompanying Parthian inscription using Aryān, in reference to the Iranians. [12]
The F-35 was the product of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, which was the merger of various combat aircraft programs from the 1980s and 1990s. One progenitor program was the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Advanced Short Take-Off/Vertical Landing (ASTOVL) which ran from 1983 to 1994; ASTOVL aimed to develop a Harrier jump jet replacement for the U.S. Marine Corps ...
Bird averaged 21.9 points, 14 rebounds, 6.1 assists, and 2.3 steals per game for the postseason and 15.3 points, 15.3 rebounds, and 7 assists per game for the Finals. [ 25 ] [ 42 ] At the 1982 All-Star Game , Bird scored 19 points en route to winning the All-Star Game MVP Award . [ 43 ]
Japan [a] is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.It is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south.
President James A. Garfield with James G. Blaine after being shot by Charles J. Guiteau. The assassination of James A. Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, began at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:20 AM on Saturday, July 2, 1881, less than four months after he took office.
Earth Hour is a worldwide movement organized by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The event is held annually, encouraging the individuals, communities, and businesses to give an hour for Earth, and additionally marked by landmarks and businesses switching off non-essential electric lights, for one hour from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m., usually on the last Saturday of March, as a symbol of commitment to the ...
Fox Broadcasting Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Australian-American media mogul Rupert Murdoch [1] commonly known simply as Fox and stylized in all caps, [2] is an American commercial broadcast television network owned by the Fox Entertainment division of Fox Corporation, headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan.
3 22 78 84 0.929 37 17 Blackburn Rovers: 42 16 5 21 60 70 0.857 37 18 Chelsea: 42 14 9 19 76 91 0.835 37 19 Birmingham City: 42 13 10 19 63 80 0.788 36 Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 20 Nottingham Forest: 42 13 9 20 50 74 0.676 35 21 Leeds United (R) 42 12 10 20 65 92 0.707 34 Relegated to the Second Division: 22 Luton Town (R) 42 9 12 ...