• Operation May Day was a series of entomological warfare (EW) tests conducted by the U.S. military in Savannah, Georgia, in 1956. Operation May Day involved...
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    all forces under German control to cease active operations at 23.01 hours Central European time on 8 May 1945... — German Instrument of Surrender, Article...
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    "Victory Day" was celebrated on 8 May. Since 2002, the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has observed a commemoration day known as the Day of Liberation...
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  • The 1971 May Day protests were a series of large-scale civil disobedience actions in Washington, D.C., in protest against the United States' participation...
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    May Day in Kreuzberg refers to the street festivals and demonstrations organized by left-wing and far-left groups on May 1, International Workers' Day...
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    American and Polish airborne forces (see Operation Market Garden) and French airbornes (see Operation Amherst). On 5 May 1945, at Hotel de Wereld in Wageningen...
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    Europe during World War II. The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 (D-Day) with the Normandy landings (Operation Neptune). A 1,200-plane airborne...
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    War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it is the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the liberation...
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  • MacArthur Park rallies were two May Day rallies demanding amnesty for undocumented immigrants which occurred on May 1, 2007, at MacArthur Park, in Los...
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    Battle of May Island is the name given to the series of accidents that occurred during Operation E.C.1 in 1918. Named after the Isle of May, a nearby...
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  • numeral may be spelled out: "D minus 1" or "L plus nine."[citation needed] A-Day 20 October 1944, the day the Leyte Island Operation began. C-Day Short...
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  • Race and health in the United States Unit 731 Operation Big Itch Operation Drop Kick Operation May Day Landers, Mary. "As COVID vaccine arrives, many...
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    On 9 May 2023, Israel conducted a series of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, called Operation Shield and Arrow (Hebrew: מבצע מגן וחץ) that lasted until 13...
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    as "the month of May [at Indianapolis]". In early years, the track traditionally opened for practice on May 1 (regardless of the day of the week). This...
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    that we can all stand on our own, to me the future lies in co-operation. I get up every day and put my head in my hands about Brexit – I think it's the...
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  • business day means any day except a legal holiday. It may also be defined as any day in which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading or any day except...
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    Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in the German-occupied Netherlands from 17 to 25 September...
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    U.S. authorities for racketeering and drug trafficking. The operation, codenamed Operation Just Cause, concluded in late January 1990 with the surrender...
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  • Operation Blue Star was an Indian Armed Forces operation between 1 and 10 June 1984 to remove Sikh militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and other Sikh separatists...
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  • Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre is a 2023 spy action comedy film directed by Guy Ritchie, and written by Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson, and Marn Davies. The...
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  • Unethical human experimentation in the United States Operation Big Buzz Operation Big Itch Operation May Day Rose, William H. "An Evaluation of Entomological...
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    assassinate May at Downing Street. In May 2018, during a three-day state visit to the UK by Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, May declared that...
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    Operation Postmaster was a British special operation conducted on the Spanish island of Fernando Po, now known as Bioko, off West Africa in the Gulf of...
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    Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range...
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    mid-January to May 1945 as the Red Army advanced during the East Prussian and East Pomeranian Offensives and subsidiary operations. The operation was one of...
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    The initial impetus for Operation Sandblast was to increase American technological and scientific prestige before the May 1960 Paris Summit between...
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    Operation Ivy was an American punk rock band from Berkeley, California, formed in May 1987. They were critical to the emergence of Lookout Records and...
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    of the operation, combined with the high profile it was given by the media, invoked a sense of national pride compared to Victory in Europe Day, the end...
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    and peacekeeping operations" and "the contribution and suffering of all those who have served". Observed on 25 April each year, Anzac Day was originally...
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  • Operation London Bridge was the funeral plan for Queen Elizabeth II. The plan included the announcement of her death, the period of official mourning...
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