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the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in 1909, established as a subsidiary of Burmah Oil Company to exploit oil discoveries in Iran. In 1935, it became the Anglo-Iranian

was held in 1921 in Atlantic City; the Holland Tunnel connecting Jersey City to Manhattan opened in 1927; and the first drive-in movie was shown in 1933 in

American companies on the Fortune 500 and 50th on the Fortune Global 500. In 2023, the company was ranked 70th in the Forbes Global 2000. In 2021, GM announced

complete human remains found in North America, were discovered in Washington in the 1990s. The region has been home to many established tribes of indigenous peoples

(which in fact materialized in the Aleutian Islands Campaign in June 1942), from 1942 to 1945, persons of Japanese descent were forced to reside in internment

−086.259514). In 2005, 77.7% of Indiana residents lived in metropolitan counties, 16.5% lived in micropolitan counties and 5.9% lived in non-core counties

state's exports to Canada. In As of 2022[update], 7,457 new businesses were registered in Vermont. Retail sales reached $10.8 billion in As of 2017[update], according

recommended that the shore-side retail operations be rolled into the same bureau as the ship-based retail locations. In 1946, these recommendations led

A provisional agreement had been established in 1732. Negotiations continued until a final agreement was signed in 1760. The agreement defined the border

address economic welfare in the United States. When President Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in March 1933, the United States was in the midst of the Great

expedition's map, located in the Las Vegas area John C. Frémont set up camp in Las Vegas Springs in 1844. In 1847, Mormons established the State of Deseret

speculative land companies, such as the Vandalia Company, the Ohio Company and the Indiana Company, tried but failed to legitimize their claims to land in parts of

000 employees in 1924. File:Historic Post Office in Mineral Wells, Texas.JPG In 1912, carrier service was announced for establishment in towns of second

well as aboard ships in the Southern Ocean. The United States established the U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) in 1959—the name was later changed

existing designs. In 1878, Thomas Edison purchased B&W boiler No. 92 for his Menlo Park laboratory. In 1891, Babcock & Wilcox Ltd is established as a separate

Resettlement, in 2013–2014 "more than 68 refugees" per 100,000 North Dakotans were settled in the state. In fiscal year 2014, 582 refugees settled in the state

Florida. Spain established several settlements in Florida, with varying degrees of success. In 1559, Don Tristán de Luna y Arellano established a settlement