* 1943 – World War II: The Royal Air Force begins Operation Hydra, the first air raid of the Operation Crossbow strategic bombing campaign against Germany's V-weapon program.

The strategic position, to wit the high bank of the Waal — which offered an unimpeded view far into Germania Transrhenana ( Germania Beyond the Rhine )— was recognized first by Drusus, who built a massive fortress ( castra ) and a headquarters ( praetorium ) in imperial style.

He faced a strategic situation where the U. S. was perceived to have a “ splendid first strike ” capability against the Soviet Union.

It brought to an end the first phase of the power struggle between the Papacy and the Holy Roman Emperors and has been interpreted as containing within itself the germ of nation-based sovereignty that would one day be confirmed in the Treaty of Westphalia ( 1648 ); in part this was an unforeseen result of strategic maneuvering between the Church and the European sovereigns over political control within their domains.

The rebels made the first move in the war, seizing the strategic Rochester Castle, owned by Langton but left almost unguarded by the archbishop.

It was not until the concluding months of 1943 that the only realized attempt to build a " true four engined " version of the A-series He 177, the He 177B emerged with only three airworthy prototypes produced by early 1944, some three years after the first flights of the Avro Lancaster prototypes, the most commonly encountered RAF bomber pounding Germany on strategic night raids from 1942 to the end of the war in Europe.

The early history of Monaco is primarily concerned with the protective and strategic value of the Rock of Monaco, the area's chief geological landmark, which served first as a shelter for ancient peoples and later as a fortress.

Within the first few hundred days of Schwartz's instatement as Vice-Chancellor, the ' Macquarie @ 50 ' strategic plan was launched, which positioned the university to enhance research, teaching, infrastructure and academic rankings by the university's 50th anniversary in 2014.

The first Piasts reinforced their rule by burning local strongholds and replacing them with new larger fortresses, located in strategic positions.

The first mention of Nijmegen in history is in the 1st century BC, when the Romans built a military camp on the place where Nijmegen was to appear ; the location had great strategic value because of the surrounding hills, which gave ( and continues to give ) a good view over the Waal and Rhine valley.

The first, as for example proposed by the Royalist Sir Richard Willis to King Charles, was that by abandoning the garrisoning of all but the most strategic locations in ones own territory, far more troops would be available for the field armies and it was the field armies which would decide the conflict.

The resistance of US forces was assisted by the PAVN and PLAF forces ' decision to use the Khe Sanh siege as a strategic distraction to allow their mobile warfare offensive, the first Tet Offensive, to unfold securely.

Recently, the first strategic plan for HIV / AIDS prevention in the military was approved for 2006 – 2010.

In the first days of the war, there was heavy ground fighting around strategic ports as Iraq launched an attack on Khuzestan.

While the Soviet Union had the technology to create a jet-powered strategic bomber comparable to Boeing's B-52 Stratofortress, they instead produced the Tupolev Tu-95 Bear, powered with four Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprops, mated to eight contra-rotating propellers ( two per nacelle ) with supersonic tip speeds to achieve maximum cruise speeds in excess of 575 mph, faster than many of the first jet aircraft and comparable to jet cruising speeds for most missions.

Grant's first battles during the Civil War were launched from his base at Cairo, Illinois, the strategic point where the Ohio River runs into the Mississippi River and there are easy links to the Tennessee and Culberland rivers.

Vietnam and Russia declared a strategic partnership in March 2001 during the first visit ever to Hanoi of a Russian head of state, largely as an attempt to counterbalance China's growing profile in Southeast Asia.

In 1988, instigated by Brian Powers, the first American taipan of Jardines, the entire corporate structure of Jardine, Matheson & Co., including all its allied companies, were restructured so that a holding company based in London and controlled by the Keswick family would have overall policy and strategic control of all Jardine Matheson Group companies.

** WWII: The Blitz – Nazi Germany begins to rain bombs on London ( the first of 57 consecutive nights of strategic bombing ).

First Letter-The letter R or the letter “ Q ” appears as the first letter and distinguishes strategic / world-wide routing indicators from call signs, address groups and theater routing indicators.

A location in the west of the archipelago was thus sought ; the Straits of Malacca were strategic, but had become dangerous following the Portuguese conquest and the first permanent VOC settlement in Banten was controlled by a powerful local ruler and subject to stiff competition from Chinese and English traders.

Nevertheless, this lesson was slow to sink in and at first the VOC made the strategic decision to improve its military position on the Malabar Coast ( hoping thereby to curtail English influence in the area, and end the drain on its resources from the cost of the Malabar garrisons ) by using force to compel the Zamorin of Calicut to submit to Dutch domination.

Assuming that decision-makers make cost-benefit analyses when deciding to use force, China's doctrine calls for acquiring a nuclear arsenal only large enough to destroy an adversary ’ s " strategic points " in such a way that the expected costs of a first strike outweigh the anticipated benefits.

The strategic balance between the United States and Russia is becoming less stable, and the objective, technical possibility of a first strike by the United States is increasing.

The first half of the nineteenth century saw significant growth along the economically strategic East River waterfront across from New York City.

It was the season's first night game and an obvious refocusing of the lights are in order.

Larry Scherer last night pitched a no-hit game, said to be the first in Billiken baseball history, as the Blue and White beat Southeast Missouri State College, 5-1, at Crystal City.

After playing a splendid first nine holes in 34 -- two strokes under par -- on this fifth and final day of the tournament ( Sunday's fourth round had been washed out by a violent rainstorm when it was only half completed ), Player's game rapidly fell to pieces.

Asteroids is also the first game to use Atari's " QuadraScan " vector-refresh system ; a full-color version known as " Color-QuadraScan " was later developed for games such as Space Duel and Tempest.

The prototype was given to engineer Howard Delman, who refined it, productized it, and then added additional features for Atari's first vector game, Lunar Lander.

The 2600 port was the first game to use a bank-switched cartridge, doubling available ROM space.

Spassky won the first game as Black in good style, but tenacious, aggressive play from Karpov secured him overall victory by + 4 − 1 = 6.

Much of the story is told first-hand, since Spalding had been involved in the game, first as a player and later an administrator, since the 1850s.

The original 256-page game book was published in 1991 by Phage Press, covering material from the first five novels ( the " Corwin Cycle ") and some details-sorcery and the Logrus-from the remaining five novels ( the " Merlin Cycle "), in order to allow players to roleplay characters from the Courts of Chaos.

* Absalom is also the oldest and most powerful alliance in the first textbased game on internet called Utopia-World of Legends and holds Kingdoms as Equilibrium, Mercy, Sanctuary and Rage of Absalom.

* 1970 – Patricia Palinkas became the first woman to play professionally in an American football game

Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.

* 1930 – The first night game in organized baseball history takes place in Independence, Kansas.

* 1876 – The first ever National League baseball game is played in Philadelphia.

* 1975 – The first game of the Philippine Basketball Association, the second oldest professional basketball league in the world.

The game was short-listed for the first Spiel des Jahres board game awards in 1979.

However, poor marketing and failure to repeat the technological advances of the first systems meant that the Amiga quickly lost its market share to competing platforms, such as the fourth generation game consoles, Apple Macintosh and IBM PC compatibles.

Their second title, and the first to be received through a championship game, came in, two decades before the first Super Bowl game was played.

The Falcons had their first season in, and their first preseason game on August 1,, losing to the Philadelphia Eagles.

The Falcons had their first Monday Night Football game in Atlanta during the 1970 season.