Year 1776 (MDCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar. Events[edit] January 10: Common Sense published January–February[edit] January 1 – American Revolutionary War: Burning of Norfolk: The town of Norfolk‚ Virginia‚ is destroyed by the combined actions of the British Royal Navy and occupying Patriot forces. January 10 – American Revolution: The radical
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Studies show that 48% of Americans believe UFOs have been on Earth in some way (Speigel 18). This same poll was conducted in the 1950 ’s and it shows that under 5 percent of the people in the United States believed that aliens exist. This makes sense considering the fact that when a person turns on the television or checks the newspaper‚ there’s always an article showing that there are in fact‚ aliens. With all the new media excitement‚ the increase of movie production‚ and the thousands spent on
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It fought in the pacific theater against the Japanese.Grumman made lots of changes including more heavily armored cockpit‚ wings mounted lower down‚ wider landing gear that retracts into the wings‚ and a faster engine. Four prototypes were tested by the navy. One of the tested planes‚ the XF6F-1‚ was the only one to be developed further. Because of this‚ the others were not even tested. The designers put in
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tell of a government cover-up. One such witness said she was a nurse for the Air Force at the time and had helped with the autopsy of an alien body a few days after the crash. All these facts point to a government cover-up of an extraterrestrial landing. The Roswell incident
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DeHaan vs Skarsgård In the summer of 2013‚ Dane Dehaan‚ an aspiring actor from Pennsylvania‚ got his big break playing the green goblin in the blockbuster “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” On the other side of the world‚ Bill Skarsgård‚ another talented actor from Sweden‚ received his break being casted as the blood-sucking creature in a new Netflix series that continued to air for three years “Hemlock Grove.” Dane and Bill both come from what would seem like two completely different worlds‚ but still
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how they will have to calculate the angle and speed at which they will have to re-enter at. Third I talk about the simulator and how it prepares them for conditions in outer space. Fourth I talk about the Orange drink floating around in the space craft and why that happens. Finally‚ I talk about the explosion and how it affects the astronauts for the rest of their voyage. Liftoff‚ when the spaceship first takes off has the rockets firing and it slowly takes off and then gains velocity. Rockets
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gravitational force exerted on them by the Earth. Materials: - 3 spheres of different mass - spark timer - spark timer tape - measuring tape - recycle bin Safety: Ensure that the masses fall directly into the recycle bin to avoid them landing on toes and/or injuring team members. Procedure: Refer to Nelson Physics 11‚ pp. 561-562. Notes: 3 spheres were used instead of 3 hooked masses. A recycle bin was used instead of a safety net. Observations & Analysis: Table
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Mars Climate Orbiter As science progresses through the 21st century‚ our race must not totally forgo the hard work and dedication past scientists have put in to developing standards and models that everyone can use worldwide. Hundreds of years ago‚ scientists worked to create methods of classifying and interpreting data that could be read and understood by people universally. In September of 1999‚ scientists at NASA lost contact with a multi-million dollar project during an atmospheric entry to
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napalmed and strafed targets within the Old City. On the ground‚ Marine rifle companies advanced from house to house in savage fighting. Allied reinforcements‚ meaning the Marines‚ 101st Airborne‚ 1st Cavalry‚ ARVN infantry‚ and U.S. Navy landing craft made. By using the
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Explorer 1‚ the first American satellite went into orbit on January 31‚ 1958. In 1961 Alan Shepard became the first American to fly into space. On February 20‚ 1962‚ John Glenn made history when he was the first American to orbit the Earth. “Landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth within a decade” was a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy in 1961. On July 20‚ 1969‚ As Astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon he described it as‚ “a giant step for mankind.”
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