On a military mission for his native Virginia the youthful George Washington touched off the French and Indian War, then guarded his colony's frontier as head of its militia.

On Big Stone Lake near the headwaters of the Red River, Robert Dickson, Superintendent of the Western Indian Department of Canada, had a trading post and planned in 1818 to build a fort to be defended by twenty men and two small artillery pieces.

On December 30, 1943, during the Japanese occupation, Subhas Chandra Bose, who was controversially allied with the Japanese, first raised the flag of Indian independence.

On 26 December 2004, the coast of the Andaman Islands was devastated by a high tsunami following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.

The numeral system came to be known to both the Persian mathematician Al-Khwarizmi, whose book On the Calculation with Hindu Numerals written about 825 in Arabic, and the Arab mathematician Al-Kindi, who wrote four volumes, " On the Use of the Indian Numerals " ( Ketab fi Isti ' mal al -' Adad al-Hindi ) about 830.

On the other hand, there have been notable protests against certain globalization policies by Third World workers as in the cause of Indian farmers protesting against patenting seeds.

On 23 July 2007 Lara agreed to sign for the Indian Cricket League.

On 30 January 1698, he raised French colours and took his greatest prize, an Armenian ship, the 400 ton Quedagh Merchant, which was loaded with satins, muslins, gold, silver, an incredible variety of East Indian merchandise, as well as extremely valuable silks.

On 16 December 1971 the Pakistan Armed Forces finally surrendered to the joint liberation forces of Bangladesh freedom fighters and Indian army.

On 29 June, he ordered XXX Corps — South African 1st, Indian 5th and 10th Infantry Divisions — to take the coastal sector on the right of the front and XIII Corps — New Zealand and Indian 5th Divisions — to be on the left.

On 7 April 2000, Delhi police revealed they had a recording of a conversation between Cronje and Sanjay Chawla, a representative of an Indian betting syndicate, over match-fixing allegations.

On a similar note, hundis referred to legal financial instruments evolved on the Indian sub-continent.

On 26 December 2004, the countries surrounding the Indian Ocean were hit by a tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.

On the south, India projects into and is bounded by the Indian Ocean – in particular, by the Arabian Sea on the southwest, the Laccadive Sea to the south, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast.

On July 3, 1829, Horace Blackman, accompanied by Alexander Laverty, a land surveyor, and an Indian guide forded the Grand River and made camp for the night at what is now Trail and N. Jackson Street.

On April 12, 2010 Indian team emerged as the winner after beating Iran in the finals.

This was rejected by the Khan of Kalat who, upset by the claim, issued a communiqué: " On the night of March 27, All India Radio, Delhi announced that two months ago Kalat State had approached the Indian Union to accept its accession to India and that the Indian Union had rejected the request … It had never been my intention to accede to India … It is, therefore, declared that from 9 pm on March 27th – the time when I heard the false news over the air, I forthwith decide to accede to Pakistan, and that whatever differences now exist between Kalat and Pakistan be placed in writing before Mr Jinnah, the Governor-General of Pakistan, whose decision I shall accept ".

On 14 and 15 August 1947 the Indian Independence Act was invoked.

On the other hand, in the Bay Area of California, Tomales Bay High and Sequoia High have retired their Indian mascots.

On December 22, Hanjour and Hazmi signed a lease for an apartment in the Indian Springs Village complex in Mesa, Arizona, moving in on January 9.

On October 11, 2008, the Phoenix Suns and the Denver Nuggets played the first outdoor game in the modern era of the NBA at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

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On October 16, 1854, in his " Peoria Speech ", Lincoln declared his opposition to slavery, which he repeated en route to the presidency.

On April 15, Lincoln called on all the states to send detachments totaling 75, 000 troops to recapture forts, protect Washington, and " preserve the Union ", which, in his view, still existed intact despite the actions of the seceding states.

" On Aristotle's Politics ", in The City and Man, Chicago ; Rand McNally.

On 2 September a more celebrated mock obituary, written by Reginald Brooks under the pseudonym " Bloobs ", appeared in The Sporting Times.

On all three occasions, 35 senators voted " guilty " and 19 " not guilty ", thus falling short by a single vote of the two-thirds majority required for conviction in impeachment trials.

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On the one hand, Reagan stated that SDI was " consistent with ... the ABM Treaty ", but on the other hand, he viewed it as a defensive system that would help reduce the possibility that mutual assured destruction ( MAD ) would become reality ; he even suggested that the Soviets would be given access to the SDI technology.

J. B. Curtis in his 1979 paper " On Job's Response to Yahweh ", argues that Job's final responses to Yahweh are a total rejection of Yahweh rather than an expression of repentance, and translates Job 42: 6 as " Therefore I feel loathing contempt and revulsion ( toward you, O God ); and I am sorry for frail man.

Bill Haley's compositions included " Four Leaf Clover Blues ", " Crazy Man, Crazy ", " What ' Cha Gonna Do ", " Fractured ", " Live It Up ", " Farewell, So Long, Goodbye ", " Real Rock Drive ", " Rocking Chair on the Moon ", " Sundown Boogie ", " Birth Of The Boogie ", " Two Hound Dogs ", " Rock-A-Beatin ' Boogie ", " Hot Dog Buddy Buddy ", " R-O-C-K ", " Rudy's Rock ", " Calling All Comets ", " Tonight's the Night ", " Hook, Line and Sinker ", " Sway with Me ", " Paper Boy ( On Main Street U. S. A .)", " Skinny Minnie ", " B. B.

On “ Jatt Ho Giya Sharabee ”, Panjabi MC uses the theme music from the TV show Magnum, P. I.

On LL's response, " To da Break of Dawn " in 1990, he dissed Kool Moe Dee ( Whose feud with LL was far more publicized ) as well as MC Hammer.

On stage the DJ would provide the music for the MCs to rhyme to, scratching records during the performance and showcasing his skills alongside the verbal skills of the MC.

In the past several years, several notable musicians have come from Dallas, including Erykah Badu, Gibby Haynes of the Butthole Surfers, Mike Nesmith of The Monkees, Neon Indian, The Polyphonic Spree, Old 97s, St. Vincent, Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians, LehtMoJoe, Toadies, MeatLoaf, Baboon, The Secret Machines, Dorrough, Mount Righteous, The Paper Chase, Devourment, Absu, Course of Empire, Coilback, MC 900 Ft. Jesus, Reverend Horton Heat, Lone Star Trio, Sofa Kingdom, Princess Tex, End Over End, The Trees, Three On A Hill, Buck Pets, About Nine Times, Last Rites, Sara Hickman, Robin Myrick, Meredith Miller, Mildred, Orange Schubert, Picket Line Coyotes, Chomsky, The Deathray Davies, Shallow Reign, Loco Gringos, Hash Palace, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah !, Decadent Dub Team, Rigor Mortis, Karma Gettin, Lithium X-mas, Matthew and the Arrogant Sea and Alex Moore and Pantera.

* On July 17, 2011, MC Hammer was honored by his hometown baseball team with a bobblehead doll of him given to fans before he threw out the ceremonial first pitch.

On 15 May 1942 a special supplement to the London Gazette carried the announcement of 19 decorations ; Frost was awarded the Military Cross ( MC ), Cook the Distinguished Service Cross ( DSC ) and Cox the Military Medal ( MM ); there were two other DSCs, two Distinguished Service Medals, one other MC, two further MMs and 9 Mentions in Despatches.

On 25 June, under the command of Lt Col AJD Turner MC Suffolk Regiment, the 1 / 6th battalion was moved up to support the flank of 147 Brigades attack on Fontenay le Pesnil and then the village of Rauray.

On 11 April 1965, Them made a guest appearance at the NME Pollwinners Concert at Wembley Empire Pool: Jimmy Savile was MC for this event, which also included The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Animals, The Searchers, The Moody Blues and Dusty Springfield.

On the review of The Big Picture, she adds " the Harlem MC as a master of the punch line and a vicious storyteller with a razor blade-under-the-tongue flow.

On the underground side, MC Yan has been working with several MCs and has formed a new group, Yellow Peril.

On 27 August 1922, his father, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Evelyn Johnston, DSO, MC, who managed the family coffee business, drowned at Widemouth Sands near Bude, Cornwall at the age of 44.

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On the morning of the 20th Anniversary of the Woodstock Festival, he was interviewed — along with Ken Kesey — live on Good Morning America at the Bethel concert site, where he discussed his experience as the MC of the event.

On December 26, 1994 Sanders released Prime Time, a rap album on Bust It Records ( MC Hammer's label ) that featured the singles " Must Be The Money " and " Prime Time Keeps on Tickin '".

More was to come in the early 1990s in the form of MC Reason aka Voice of Reason with ' Symbolise / HouseQuake ' and Jonie D with ' Which Base / Ride On ' which was performed live on ITV in 1991.

" On December 17, 1954, the North Atlantic Council approved MC 48, a key document in the evolution of NATO nuclear thought.

On 13 November 1919, Lieutenant Roger M. Douglas, MC DCM and Lieutenant J. S. L.

On November 9, 2004 in Walnut Creek, California, a petroleum pipeline carrying gasoline to San Jose owned and operated by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners ( KMEP ) was struck by a backhoe used by Mountain Cascade Inc. ( MC ), a contractor operating in the construction of a water pipeline for the East Bay Municipal Utility District ( EBMUD ).

On Tuesday 18 December 1945, King George VI presented Brunt's MC and VC to his parents at Buckingham Palace.

On February 15, 2004, Bakhtiar was the Mistress of Ceremonies ( MC ) for a Bam earthquake fundraiser that also honored US disaster assistance response teams.

On 20 February 2006, while playing for MC Alger in the return leg of the Arab Champions League 2005 – 06 quarterfinals against ENPPI Club, Sidibé suffered a double fracture of the tibia.

On this classic hip hop track titled " No Time " the legendary MC chants, " I rely on Bed-stuy to shut it down if I die.

* 2008 " On Fire ", by Marcel Woods ( with MC Da Silva )