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June 2008 List of the Month: List of countries without armed forces
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| 2008-06-01 | 
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30 Rock (season 1) | Jamie jca | 30 Rock (season 1) includes information relating to the critically acclaimed first season of the situation comedy 30 Rock. The season won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series beating out Entourage, The Office, Two and a Half Men and Ugly Betty. The season also won various other awards. (More...) |
| 2008-06-02 | 
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List of Delaware hurricanes | Hurricanehink | The following is a list of tropical cyclones that affected the U.S. state of Delaware. Since reliable records began, no tropical cyclone has struck the state while maintaining hurricane intensity, and only two storms since 1851 caused hurricane-force winds in the state. (More…) |
| 2008-06-03 | 
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List of countries without armed forces | Gary King | This is a list of countries without armed forces. The term "country" is used in the sense of independent state; thus, it applies only to sovereign states and not dependencies, whose defense is the responsibility of another country or an army alternative. The term "armed forces" refers to any government-sponsored defense used to further the domestic and foreign policies of their respective government. (More...) |
| 2008-06-04 | 
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List of Newfoundland and Labrador general elections | Tompw | This article provides a summary of results for the general elections to the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador's unicameral legislative body, the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. The number of seats has varied over time, from a low of twenty-seven for the first election in 1949, to a high of fifty-two during the 1980s and early 1990s. There are currently 48 seats in the house. (More...) |
| 2008-06-05 | 
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List of English Football League managers by date of appointment | HornetMike | List of English Football League managers by date of appointment lists every manager currently managing a club in the English Premier League and The Football League, in order of the date of their appointment. The Premier and Football Leagues are the only two fully-professional football leagues in England, and consist of 92 clubs in total. The Premier League consists of 20 clubs at the top of the English football league system. The remaining 72 clubs are split into three divisions. (More...) |
| 2008-06-06 | 
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List of important operas | Moreschi | This list is a guide to the most important operas, as determined by their presence on a majority of compiled lists of significant operas. Listed operas cover all important genres, and all operas regularly performed today, from seventeenth-century works by Monteverdi, Cavalli, and Purcell to late twentieth-century operas by Messiaen, Berio, Glass, Adams, Birtwistle, and Judith Weir. Notes explain why each opera is considered important. The list is by year of first performance or composition. (More...) |
| 2008-06-07 | 
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List of mammals of Korea | Visviva | This is a list of mammals found in the wild on the Korean Peninsula. Approximately 100 species of mammals are known to inhabit, or recently to have inhabited, the peninsula and its surrounding waters. This includes a few species, such as the Nutria and Muskrat, that were introduced in the 20th century. It also includes other species listed here, such as the Amur Tiger and Japanese Sea Lion, which have probably been extirpated but are still included in standard lists of Korean mammals. (More...) |
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List of New York hurricanes | Juliancolton | List of New York hurricanes encompasses 83 tropical or subtropical cyclones that have affected the state of New York since the 17th century. The strongest of these storms was the 1938 New England Hurricane, which struck Long Island as a Category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. Tropical cyclones rarely make landfall on the state, although it is common for remnants of tropical cyclones to produce heavy rainfall and flooding. (More...) |
| 2008-06-09 | 
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List of Odonata species recorded in Britain | SP-KP | This page contains a list of the species of Odonata recorded in Britain. The total number of species recorded is 56, made up of 20 damselflies (suborder Zygoptera) and 36 dragonflies (suborder Anisoptera). Of these, 42 species (17 damselflies and 25 dragonflies) are resident breeders, and the remainder are either extinct species, or vagrants. (More…) |
| 2008-06-10 | 
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Lists of Michigan Wolverines football passing leaders | TonyTheTiger | Lists of Michigan Wolverines football passing leaders includes lists of Michigan Wolverines football quarterback passing single–game, single–season and career leaders for each of three statistics: yardage, completions and touchdowns. The University of Michigan sports teams are known as the Michigan Wolverines. The men's American football team is one of 22 varsity Michigan sports teams that compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and in the Big Ten Conference. (More...) |
| 2008-06-11 | 
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United States Navy enlisted rates | Wilsbadkarma | United States Navy enlisted rates are used to display where an enlisted sailor falls within the chain of command and are also defined as pay grade. Enlisted pay grade is a numbering system from junior enlisted member to senior, labeled E-1 through E-9, and is the same across all five branches of the U.S. Military. Rates are displayed on a rating badge, which is a combination of rate and rating. E-1s through E-3s have color coded group rate marks based on their career field. (More...) |
| 2008-06-12 | 
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English football champions | Oldelpaso | The English football champions are the winners of the highest league in English football, which is currently the Premier League. Teams in bold are those who won the double of League Championship and FA Cup in that season. (more...) |
| 2008-06-13 | FIFA World Cup hat-tricks | Daniel | List of FIFA World Cup hat-tricks lists the occasions when a footballer has scored three or more goals in a single football World Cup Finals match (not including FIFA World Cup qualification matches). Only 48 hat-tricks have been scored in over 700 matches in the 18 editions of the World Cup tournament. As FIFA is the governing body of football (soccer), official hat-tricks are only noted when FIFA recognises that at least three goals were scored by one player in the one match. (More...) | |
| 2008-06-14 | List of Puerto Rican birds | Joelr31 | This is a categorized list of the bird species recorded in the archipelago of Puerto Rico which consists of the main island of Puerto Rico, two island municipalities off the east coast (Vieques and Culebra), three uninhabited islands off the west coast (Mona, Monito, and Desecheo) and more than 125 smaller cays and islands. The avifauna of Puerto Rico includes a total of 349 species, of which 166 (47.56%) are accidental, 42 (12.03%) are introduced by humans and 16 (4.58%) are endemic. (More...) | |
| 2008-06-15 | 
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List of defense of marriage amendments to U.S. state constitutions by type | Jersyko | There are several different types of what have been unofficially termed defense of marriage amendments in the United States. These amendments to U.S. state constitutions have been enacted in order to prevent civil unions or same-sex marriages from being legalized, though some of the amendments bar only the latter. As of 2007, Massachusetts is the only U.S. state to allow same-sex marriage. (More...) |
| 2008-06-16 | File:Canadian Supreme Court justices circa 1950.jpg | List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada | Arctic.gnome | The following table lists the terms of all Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada. Formed in 1875 by Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie; the Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court of Canada and since 1949 has been the final court of appeal in the Canadian justice system. The Supreme Court of Canada is composed of nine judges: eight Puisne Justices and the Chief Justice of Canada. Three of the nine positions must be held by someone from Quebec. (more...) |
| 2008-06-17 | 
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List of retired Pacific hurricane names | Hurricanehink | This is a list of all Pacific hurricanes that have had their names retired. Hurricane names are retired by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in a meeting in March or April of each year. Those hurricanes that have their names retired tend to be exceptionally destructive storms that often become household names in the regions they affected. Storm names are retired following a request made at the WMO meeting by one or more of the countries affected by a hurricane. (More...) |
| 2008-06-18 | 
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List of tallest buildings in Minneapolis | Raime | List of tallest buildings in Minneapolis ranks skyscrapers and high-rises in the U.S. city of Minneapolis, Minnesota by height. The tallest completed building in the city is the 792–foot (203 m) IDS Tower, which contains 55 floors and also stands as the tallest building in the state. The second-tallest skyscraper in Minneapolis is the 56-story 225 South Sixth. The city is the site of eight skyscrapers over 500 feet (152 m) in height. (More...) |
| 2008-06-19 | 
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List of United States Navy ratings | Wilsbadkarma | United States Navy ratings are general occupations that consist of specific skills and abilities. Each naval rating has its own specialty badge, which is typically worn on the left sleeve of their uniforms by all enlisted personnel in that particular field. Working uniforms wear generic rate designators that exclude the rating symbol. Officers do not have ratings; their occupations are classified by designators and professional staff corps. (More...) |
| 2008-06-20 | 
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List of volcanoes in Indonesia | Indon | This is a list of volcanoes in Indonesia. The geography of Indonesia is dominated by volcanoes formed due to subduction zones between the Eurasian plate and the Indo-Australian plate. Some of these are notable for their eruptions, for instance, Krakatau for its global effects in 1883, Lake Toba for its supervolcanic eruption estimated to have occurred 74,000 Before Present which was responsible for six years of volcanic winter, and Mount Tambora for the most violent eruption ever recorded. (More...) |
| 2008-06-21 | 
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List of Washington Redskins head coaches | Milk's Favorite Cookie | This is a complete list of Washington Redskins head coaches. There have been 26 head coaches for the Washington Redskins, including coaches for the Boston Redskins (1933–1936) and Boston Braves (1932), of the National Football League (NFL). The Redskins franchise was founded as the Boston Braves, named after the local baseball franchise. The team changed their name to the Redskins in 1933 and moved to Washington, D.C. in 1937. (More...) |
| 2008-06-22 |
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30 Rock (season 1) | Jamie jca | 30 Rock (season 1) includes information relating to the critically acclaimed first season of the situation comedy 30 Rock. The season won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series beating out Entourage, The Office, Two and a Half Men and Ugly Betty. The season also won various other awards. (More...) |
| 2008-06-23 |
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List of countries without armed forces | Gary King | This is a list of countries without armed forces. The term "country" is used in the sense of independent state; thus, it applies only to sovereign states and not dependencies, whose defense is the responsibility of another country or an army alternative. The term "armed forces" refers to any government-sponsored defense used to further the domestic and foreign policies of their respective government. (More...) |
| 2008-06-24 |
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List of English Football League managers by date of appointment | HornetMike | List of English Football League managers by date of appointment lists every manager currently managing a club in the English Premier League and The Football League, in order of the date of their appointment. The Premier and Football Leagues are the only two fully-professional football leagues in England, and consist of 92 clubs in total. The Premier League consists of 20 clubs at the top of the English football league system. The remaining 72 clubs are split into three divisions. (More...) |
| 2008-06-25 |
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List of important operas | Moreschi | This list is a guide to the most important operas, as determined by their presence on a majority of compiled lists of significant operas. Listed operas cover all important genres, and all operas regularly performed today, from seventeenth-century works by Monteverdi, Cavalli, and Purcell to late twentieth-century operas by Messiaen, Berio, Glass, Adams, Birtwistle, and Judith Weir. Notes explain why each opera is considered important. The list is by year of first performance or composition. (More...) |
| 2008-06-26 |
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List of mammals of Korea | Visviva | This is a list of mammals found in the wild on the Korean Peninsula. Approximately 100 species of mammals are known to inhabit, or recently to have inhabited, the peninsula and its surrounding waters. This includes a few species, such as the Nutria and Muskrat, that were introduced in the 20th century. It also includes other species listed here, such as the Amur Tiger and Japanese Sea Lion, which have probably been extirpated but are still included in standard lists of Korean mammals. (More...) |
| 2008-06-27 |
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List of New York hurricanes | Juliancolton | List of New York hurricanes encompasses 83 tropical or subtropical cyclones that have affected the state of New York since the 17th century. The strongest of these storms was the 1938 New England Hurricane, which struck Long Island as a Category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. Tropical cyclones rarely make landfall on the state, although it is common for remnants of tropical cyclones to produce heavy rainfall and flooding. (More...) |
| 2008-06-28 |
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List of Odonata species recorded in Britain | SP-KP | This page contains a list of the species of Odonata recorded in Britain. The total number of species recorded is 56, made up of 20 damselflies (suborder Zygoptera) and 36 dragonflies (suborder Anisoptera). Of these, 42 species (17 damselflies and 25 dragonflies) are resident breeders, and the remainder are either extinct species, or vagrants. (More…) |
| 2008-06-29 |
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Lists of Michigan Wolverines football passing leaders | TonyTheTiger | Lists of Michigan Wolverines football passing leaders includes lists of Michigan Wolverines football quarterback passing single–game, single–season and career leaders for each of three statistics: yardage, completions and touchdowns. The University of Michigan sports teams are known as the Michigan Wolverines. The men's American football team is one of 22 varsity Michigan sports teams that compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and in the Big Ten Conference. (More...) |
| 2008-06-30 |
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United States Navy enlisted rates | Wilsbadkarma | United States Navy enlisted rates are used to display where an enlisted sailor falls within the chain of command and are also defined as pay grade. Enlisted pay grade is a numbering system from junior enlisted member to senior, labeled E-1 through E-9, and is the same across all five branches of the U.S. Military. Rates are displayed on a rating badge, which is a combination of rate and rating. E-1s through E-3s have color coded group rate marks based on their career field. (More...) |
