The Kennedy family is an American political family that has long been prominent in American politics,public service,entertainment,and business. In 1884,35 years after the family's arrival from Ireland,Patrick Joseph "P. J." Kennedy became the first Kennedy elected to public office,serving in the Massachusetts state legislature until 1895. At least one Kennedy family member served in federal elective office from 1947,when P. J. Kennedy's grandson John F. Kennedy became a member of Congress from Massachusetts,until 2011,when Patrick J. Kennedy II retired as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island. Kennedy involvement in federal service continued when Joseph P. Kennedy III,grandson of Robert F. Kennedy,represented Massachusetts's 4th congressional district from 2013 to 2021;and Caroline Kennedy,daughter of the 35th president,served as U.S. ambassdor to Japan from 2013 to 2017 and U.S. ambassador to Australia,2022-.
A flare,also sometimes called a fusée,fusee,or bengala in some Latin-speaking countries,is a type of pyrotechnic that produces a bright light or intense heat without an explosion. Flares are used for distress signaling,illumination,or defensive countermeasures in civilian and military applications. Flares may be ground pyrotechnics,projectile pyrotechnics,or parachute-suspended to provide maximum illumination time over a large area. Projectile pyrotechnics may be dropped from aircraft,fired from rocket or artillery,or deployed by flare guns or handheld percussive tubes.
Tracy is the second most populated city in San Joaquin County,California,United States. The population was 93,000 at the 2020 census. Tracy is located inside a geographic triangle formed by Interstate 205 on the north side of the city,Interstate 5 to the east,and Interstate 580 to the southwest.
Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants,also known as the McDonald's coffee case and the hot coffee lawsuit,was a highly publicized 1994 product liability lawsuit in the United States against the McDonald's restaurant chain.
Joseph Fielding Smith Sr. was an American religious leader who served as the sixth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was the nephew of Joseph Smith,the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement,and was the last president of the LDS Church to have known him personally.
William Fife Knowland was an American politician and newspaper publisher. A member of the Republican Party,he served as a United States Senator from California from 1945 to 1959. He was Senate Majority Leader from August 1953 to January 1955 after the death of Robert A. Taft,a position he briefly regained from November 1956 to January 1957.
Wesley Clair Mitchell was an American economist known for his empirical work on business cycles and for guiding the National Bureau of Economic Research in its first decades.
The mayor of the City and County of San Francisco is the head of the executive branch of the San Francisco city and county government. The officeholder has the duty to enforce city laws,and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors,the legislative branch. The mayor serves a four-year term and is limited to two successive terms. Because of San Francisco's status as a consolidated city-county,the mayor also serves as the head of government of the county;both entities have been governed together by a combined set of governing bodies since 1856.
Willis Moore Hawkins was an aeronautical engineer for Lockheed for more than fifty years. He was hired in 1937,immediately after receiving his bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Michigan. Prior to that,he was in the first graduating class of The Leelanau School,a boarding school in Glen Arbor,Michigan. He contributed to the designs of a number of historic Lockheed aircraft,including the Constellation,P-80 Shooting Star,XF-90,F-94 Starfire,and F-104 Starfighter. During World War II,he was part of the group of Lockheed designers who designed the first American attempt at a jet plane,the Lockheed L-133.
William Joseph Burns is an American diplomat serving as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Biden administration since March 19,2021. He previously served as the United States deputy secretary of state from 2011 to 2014,and in 2009 he served as Acting Secretary of State before the Senate confirmation of Hillary Clinton. He retired from the United States Foreign Service in 2014 after a 32-year diplomatic career. From 2014 to 2021,he served as president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
The California National Guard is part of the National Guard of the United States,a dual federal-state military reserve force. The CA National Guard has three components:the CA Army National Guard,CA Air National Guard,and CA State Guard. With a total strength of over 24,000 troops,it is the largest National Guard in the United States. As of January 2012,California National Guardsmen have been deployed overseas more than 38,000 times since 2001,during which time twenty-nine Guardsmen have been killed in Iraq and two have died in Afghanistan.
Ocotillo Wells is an unincorporated community in San Diego County,California,United States. It is 3 miles (4.8 km) west of the Imperial County line on California State Route 78 at an elevation of 163 feet (50 m). The name became official in 1962 when it was adopted for federal use by the US Board on Geographic Names. A federally recognized variant name,Ocotillo,can cause confusion with the community of Ocotillo,California in Imperial County,29 mi (47 km) to the south on Interstate 8.
James Nelson Burnes was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
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Joseph Thomas McGucken was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles (1941–1955),coadjutor bishop and bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento (1955–1962) and archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco (1962–1977).
Louis Francis Burns was an American historian,author,and teacher,known as a leading expert on the history,mythology and culture of the Osage Nation. Burns wrote more than a dozen books and scholarly works on the Osage people. In 2002 he was inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame.
Robert Burns Mantle was an American theater critic. He founded the Best Plays annual publication in 1920.
The Sand Fire was a wildfire in 2016 that burned in the Angeles National Forest,east of the Santa Clarita Valley in Los Angeles County,California. The fire,named for the area's Sand Canyon,was fueled by heavy chaparral and brush.
The Blue Cut Fire was a wildfire in the Cajon Pass,northeastern San Gabriel Mountains,and Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County,California. The fire,which began on the Blue Cut hiking trail in the San Bernardino National Forest,was first reported on August 16,2016 at 10:36 a.m.,just west of Interstate 15. A red flag warning was in effect in the area of the fire,with temperatures near 100 °F (38 °C) and winds gusting up to 30 miles per hour (48 km/h).
The Thomas Fire was a massive wildfire that affected Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties,and one of multiple wildfires that ignited in southern California in December 2017. It burned approximately 281,893 acres before being fully contained on January 12,2018,making it the largest wildfire in modern California history at the time. It was surpassed by the Ranch Fire,part of the Mendocino Complex,in August 2018. The fire is currently the seventh-largest wildfire in modern California history,as of 2021. The fire was officially declared out on June 1,2018,after more than two months in which no hotspots were detected. The Thomas Fire destroyed at least 1,063 structures,while damaging 280 others;and the fire caused over $2.2 billion in damages,including $230 million in suppression costs,becoming the seventh-most destructive wildfire in state history at the time. As of August 2020,the Thomas Fire is California's tenth-most destructive wildfire. Ventura's agriculture industry suffered at least $171 million in losses due to the Thomas Fire.
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