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Mildenhall and is
* Mid-4th century – Dish, from Mildenhall, England, is made.
There are 2 Taco Bell sites in the UK in operation at the Strategic Air Command and United States Air Force bases at RAF Mildenhall and RAF Lakenheath, but, commensurate with existing security controls, access is restricted to relevant service personnel.
Local historian Michael Dames claims the name is related to the word " cunt ", though it is more likely derived from the nearby Roman settlement of Cunetio ( now Mildenhall ).
* 14 February — Tom Paddock defeats Harry Poulson at Mildenhall in 102 rounds ; this is the third and effectively deciding bout between the two.
The Warren Cup is a famous Roman silver cup, and the Mildenhall Treasure, the Hoxne Hoard, the Water Newton Treasure and the Berthouville Treasure are examples of hoards of Roman silver found in England and northern France with many pieces using these techniques.
Mildenhall is a small market town and civil parish in Suffolk, England.
Mildenhall currently ( 2011 ) has its own radio station, ZACK FM, broadcasting on 105. 3 FM ; the transmitter is located at the top of St Mary's church and radiates 100 W. The station format is Classic Hits and broadcasts 24 hours a day with a mix of music, news and information
Mildenhall is perhaps most famous for the discovery in 1942 of the Mildenhall Treasure.
It also has a unique mission as the U. S. military's primary liaison to the British government, which is conducted through the command's 3 AF-UK headquarters at Royal Air Force Station Mildenhall, England.
The £ 10, 000 prize money is won by C. W. A. Scott and Tom Campbell Black flying de Havilland DH88 Comet Grosvenor House from Mildenhall, Suffolk to Melbourne, Australia in a time of 71 hours.
The Mildenhall Treasure is a major hoard of highly decorated Roman silver tableware from the fourth-century AD, found at West Row, near Mildenhall in the English county of Suffolk.
Only four handles survive from the Mildenhall ladles, and one of those is broken and incomplete.
The Mildenhall group is exceptional by any standards, but in 1946, it still seemed ' far too good ' to be a British find.
They argue that the pieces do not properly resemble the style and quality of work expected to be found in provincial Roman Britain, and that since none of the pieces show damage from having been " discovered " with a plough or shovel, there is the possibility that it was not in fact buried at Mildenhall all these centuries, and rather came from somewhere else.
Due to its positioning near to RAF Mildenhall, Isleham is popular with US Air Force staff wishing to live off base.
Royal Air Force Station Lakenheath or RAF Lakenheath, is a Royal Air Force station near the town of Lakenheath in Suffolk, England located north-east of Mildenhall, Suffolk and west of Thetford, Norfolk.
RAF Lakenheath, and nearby, RAF Mildenhall, are the two main U. S. Air Force-operated bases in United Kingdom, and 48th Fighter Wing is the only U. S. Air Forces in Europe ( USAFE ) F-15 fighter wing.
The social impact of the United States Air Force fighter airbase and its nearby sister, RAF Mildenhall, on the economy of Lakenheath and on the nearby towns and villages is important.
Royal Air Force Station Mildenhall or RAF Mildenhall is a Royal Air Force ( RAF ) station located near Mildenhall in Suffolk, England.

Mildenhall and Pink
* Progressive rock band Pink Floyd referred to Hereward in the track " Let There Be More Light " ( 1968 ), in which a psychedelic vision at Mildenhall reveals the ' living soul of Hereward the Wake '.

Mildenhall and More
In 1946 the discovery was made public and the treasure acquired by the British Museum ; Roald Dahl wrote an article about the find which was published firstly in the Saturday Evening Post, and later as " The Mildenhall Treasure " in his short story collection The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More.
Roald Dahl's story was originally published in the Saturday Evening Post, and later as " The Mildenhall Treasure " in his short story collection The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More.

Mildenhall and Light
On 6 July 1935, King George V performed the first Royal Review of the Royal Air Force, in which 12 ( B ) Squadron led the Light Bomber Wing flypast at RAF Mildenhall.

Mildenhall and on
The A1065 Mildenhall to Fakenham road still passes through the centre of the town on its north-south route, intersecting with the A47 at a grade separated junction north of the town.
Bain discovered many fossil remains, including the herbivorous mammal-like reptile dicynodon Oudenodon bainii Owen, which was excavated from the Karoo Beds on the farm Mildenhall south of Fort Beaufort and described by Sir Richard Owen.
Below Barton Mills, the mill stream at Mildenhall marks the start of a footpath which follows the north bank of the river to Isleham, after which there are footpaths and drove roads on both sides of the river to its junction with the Great Ouse.
* 26 June — Paddock keeps up the pressure on Broome by winning a return bout with Aaron Jones in 61 rounds at Mildenhall.
Mildenhall centres on a market place with a 16th-century hexagonal market cross and town pump.
The Mildenhall Museum in the centre of the town contains displays of local history and wildlife, the history of the RAF base, and information on the Mildenhall Treasure.
The Airmen of the 501st CSW focus on units that, by their nature, are separated from main operating stations of RAFs Mildenhall and Lakenheath.
The Mildenhall find was placed on show in its entirety in the British Museum as soon as the necessary registration and conservation work had been completed following its acquisition in 1946, and it has remained a permanent feature of the museum's Romano-British gallery ever since, with occasional loans of some pieces to special exhibitions both within the museum and elsewhere.
In addition to the three definite Christian symbols and two possibly Christian inscriptions on the spoons, and the ownership graffiti of Eutherios on the two small Bacchic platters, several of the Mildenhall pieces, in common with many large items of Roman silver tableware from other finds, bear weight-inscriptions.
The Mildenhall treasure contains pieces that undoubtedly belong to the first rank of Roman art and craftsmanship on an international scale of excellence.
Part of the A1065 road between Brandon and Mildenhall was closed, and a new section built further to the east on the Warren.
It is the only permanent USAF air refueling wing in the European theater, activated at RAF Mildenhall on 1 February 1992.
The 501st Combat Support Wing was activated at RAF Mildenhall on 21 May 2005.
It transferred to RAF Mildenhall on 17 February 1995 from RAF Alconbury.
It was activated at RAF Mildenhall on 1 July 1994, having been previously assigned to RAF Alconbury.
Closed for runway repairs throughout 1958, the Military Air Transport Service transferred its main United Kingdom terminal to Mildenhall from RAF Burtonwood on 1 March 1959, and the base became " The Gateway to the United Kingdom ", for most U. S. military personnel and dependants arriving or departing the United Kingdom since.
RAF Mildenhall opened on 16 October 1934.
The B-47 Stratojet was a familiar sight in the skies over RAF Mildenhall and RAF Upper Heyford at this time, as entire wings deployed on 90-day rotations.
Three years later, RAF Mildenhall opened on 16 October 1934, as one of the RAF's largest bomber stations.

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