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In October 2008 Metcalfe received the Fellow Award from the Computer History Museum.
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As of October 2008, the Armenian government is considering implementing an ambitious project to build a railway to Iran.
In October 2008 the Russian bank Gazprombank, the banking arm of Gazprom, acquired 100 percent of Armenian bank Areximbank after previously buying 80 percent of said bank in November 2007 and 94. 15 percent in July of the same year.
On October 7, 2008, Armenia withdrew its contingent of 46 peacekeepers.
The " Theater am Bahnhof " ( Theatre at the Railway Station ) is mostly used by the Theatergruppe Lampenfieber and was opened on 19 October 2008.
On January 17, 2008, NYSE Euronext announced it would acquire the AMEX for $ 260 million in stock ; on October 1, 2008, NYSE Euronext completed the acquisition.
The American Stock Exchange merged with the New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE Euronext ) on October 1, 2008.
In October 2008, the United States Department of Justice defined an Alford plea as: " when a the defendant maintains his or her innocence with respect to the charge to which he or she offers to plead guilty ".
On October 11, 2008, Infogrames completed its acquisition of Atari Inc., making it a wholly owned subsidiary.
This would be later broken by Sachin Tendulkar of India on 17 October 2008 whilst playing against Australia at Mohali in the 2nd Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2008.
* He was the all-time leading run scorer in Test cricket, a record he attained on 26 November 2005 until surpassed by Sachin Tendulkar on 17 October 2008.
The fourth revamp, which happened with the issue dated 18 October 2008 had been the most major revamp to date.
On 30 October 2008 a spokesman for the team announced that the team would complete its last three performances of the year with five jets instead of six.
TACV Cabo Verde Airlines opened a route from London Stansted in October 2008 though it was rumoured that flights were being cancelled due to minimum take up though with effect from May 2008, TACV now fly direct from London Gatwick every Thursday to Sal and Praia.
As the February 28, 2008 deadline to approve or reject CAFTA loomed, Arias decided to call for the referendum himself, and it took take place on October 7, 2007.
Costa Rican colones (₡) per US $ 1 – 512. 11 ( September 4, 2010 ), US $ 1 – 559. 51 ( October 24, 2008 ), per US $ 1 – 500. 10 ( December 2007 ), 516. 78 ( November 2007 ), 506. 11 ( April 2006 ), 479. 57 ( July 2005 ), 299. 63 ( February 2000 ), 285. 68 ( 1999 ), 257. 23 ( 1998 ), 232. 60 ( 1997 ), 207. 69 ( 1996 ) and 179. 73 ( 1995 )
The A4 connection from Zagreb to Varaždin and Čakovec exists since 2003, which was extended to the Hungarian border in October 2008 to complete the upgrade of the European route E71.
The A6 route between Rijeka and Zagreb was constructed as an expressway in spring 2004, and upgraded to a full motorway in October 2008, thus upgrading the Croatian section of the European route E65.
On October 22, 2008, the soccer team snapped a 201-game losing streak with a last-second goal against Cal Lutheran University, 1 – 0.
Kung Te-cheng died in October 2008, and his son, Kung Wei-yi, the 78th lineal descendant, had died in 1989.
The 153rd Engineer Battalion based in Olomouc was created on 15 October 2008 and is subordinated to the 15th Engineer Brigade, Joint Forces Command.
Czech BMP-2 | BVP-2 on a Military parade in Prague, 28 October 2008.
October and Metcalfe
* October 10 – Ralph Metcalfe, American athlete ( b. 1910 )
* October 6-John Metcalfe, UK writer ( died 1965 )
Bennett Metcalfe ( October 31, 1919 – October 14, 2003 ) was a Canadian journalist and first chairman of Greenpeace, founded 1971.
According to Greenpeace: How a Group of Ecologists, Journalists, and Visionaries Changed the World by Rex Wyler, the Don't Make a Wave Committee was formed in January 1970 by Dorothy and Irving Stowe, Ben Metcalfe, Marie and Jim Bohlen, Paul Cote, and Bob Hunter and incorporated in October 1970.
John Campbell Bowen was born in Metcalfe, Ontario on October 3, 1872.
Ralph Harold Metcalfe ( May 30, 1910 – October 10, 1978 ) was an African-American athlete and politician who came second to Jesse Owens in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
* 26 October 2006: Jesse Metcalfe
In October 2010, the domain of " sex-positive " URL shortening service vb. ly, which was registered in 2009 by Violet Blue and Ben Metcalfe, was seized by the Libyan web authorities for not being compliant with the law of Libya.
* 18 October 1989-Robert Metcalfe ( 40 ), a Protestant Civilian was shot and killed by the Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) while at his home in Drumnabreeze Road, Magheralin, near Lurgan, County Down.
" The Winchester Tapes " is an episode from the TV series M * A * S * H. The fifth episode of the sixth season, it originally aired on CBS October 18, 1977, with a repeat on December 27, 1977, and was written by Everett Greenbaum and Jim Fritzell and directed by Burt Metcalfe.
* Edward A. Taft, Robert M. Metcalfe, Pup Specifications ( Xerox Parc, Palo Alto, June, 1978 and October, 1975 )
October and received
Huff, who received a salary of $109 a week from the loan association from October of 1955 until September of this year, said that his private practice was not lucrative.
The draft was circulated and during October the government received replies from various representatives of the Jewish community.
On October 4, 2005 Croatia finally received green light for accession negotiations after the Chief Prosecutor of the ICTY, Carla Del Ponte officially stated that Croatia is fully cooperating with the Tribunal.
In October 2007, the Bureau of Economic Geology at The University of Texas at Austin received a 10-year, $ 38 million subcontract to conduct the first intensively monitored, long-term project in the United States studying the feasibility of injecting a large volume of CO < sub > 2 </ sub > for underground storage.
More recently, on 10 October 2008 Charlton received an indicative offer for the club from a Dubai-based diversified investment company.
The first and most famous of the Jirel of Joiry stories is " Black God ’ s Kiss ", which received the cover illustration ( painted by Margaret Brundage ) in the October 1934 Weird Tales.
Mountbatten was a favourite of Winston Churchill, ( although after 1948 Churchill never spoke to him again since he was famously annoyed with Mountbatten's later role in the independence of India and Pakistan ), and on 27 October 1941 Mountbatten replaced Roger Keyes as Chief of Combined Operations and received promotion to commodore.
Pope Paschal II confirmed these which were received in general terms, on October 20, 1112.
The FDA's federal budget request for fiscal year ( FY ) 2008 ( October 2007 through September 2008 ) totaled $ 2. 1 billion, a $ 105. 8 million increase from what it received for fiscal year 2007.
In October 1887, Westcott purported to have written to Anna Sprengel, whose name and address he received through the decoding of the Cipher Manuscripts.
Suspension of the writ in Canadian history occurred famously during the October Crisis, during which the War Measures Act was invoked by the Governor General of Canada on the constitutional advice of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, who had received a request from the Quebec Cabinet.
In 1859, Stuart developed a new piece of cavalry equipment, for which he received patent number 25, 684 on October 4 — a saber hook, or an " improved method of attaching sabers to belts.
Planning for his enlistment, the family returned to Fort Worth in July 1956, and he re-enrolled in 10th grade for the September session at Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth, but quit in October to join the Marines ( see below ); he never received a high school diploma.
On October 19, 2004, following the UN Secretary General's report, the UN Security Council voted unanimously ( meaning that it received the backing of Algeria, the only Arab member of the Security Council ) to put out a statement calling on Syria to pull its troops out of Lebanon, in accordance with Resolution 1559.
For example, TransEnterix of Durham, North Carolina received U. S. Food and Drug Administration approval in October 2009 for its SPIDER Surgical System using flexible instruments and one incision in the navel area instead of several, allowing quicker healing for patients.
In October of that same year, the Union Regnard sugar estate ( Now F. U. E. L ) received the first motorized truck of British origin, capable of transporting up to 5 tons.
On October 7, 2008, his 1959 album Kind of Blue received its fourth platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ), for shipments of at least four million copies in the United States.
Alemán continued to privatize the economy and promote infrastructure projects such as highways, bridges, and wells, assisted in large part by foreign assistance received after Hurricane Mitch hit Nicaragua in October 1998.
Notably, as First Speaker of the House, Jaja Wachuku received Nigeria's Instrument of Independence-also known as Freedom Charter-on October 1, 1960, from Princess Alexandra of Kent, The Queen's representative at the Nigerian independence ceremonies.
He excommunicated him after protracted negotiations on 13 April 1346 and directed the election of Charles IV, who received general recognition after the death of Louis in October 1347, ending the schism which had long divided Germany.
These decrees were sent to Paschal II with a request for a confirmation, which they received on 20 October 1112.
Scott did not know that he would be in a race until he received Amundsen's telegram in Melbourne, in October 1910.
In the 1995 referendum, conducted on 15 October, he reportedly received 99. 96 % of the votes in a 99. 47 % turnout, getting only 3052 negative votes among an electorate of 8. 4 million.
While Cranmer was following Charles through Italy, he received a royal letter dated 1 October 1532 informing him that he had been appointed the new Archbishop of Canterbury, following the death of archbishop William Warham.
As no presidential candidate received a majority in the October election, a runoff was held in November.
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