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  • Thumbnail for Pressed Steel Car strike of 1909
    The Pressed Steel Car strike of 1909, also known as the 1909 McKees Rocks strike, was an American labor strike which lasted from July 13 through September...
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  • McKees Rocks may refer to: McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, a borough in Allegheny County The 1909 McKees Rocks Strike, also known as the Pressed Steel Car...
    226 bytes (60 words) - 21:00, 11 March 2010
  • The Financial Times reported that the missile was possibly used in the 2024 Israeli strikes on Iran. "Rafael ROCKS Autonomous Extended Stand-Off Range...
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  • Thumbnail for McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania
    condition. McKees Rocks was the site of one of the pivotal labor conflicts of the early 20th century, the 1909 McKees Rocks Strike. In the summer and early...
    27 KB (2,245 words) - 20:09, 4 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ringing rocks
    Ringing rocks, also known as sonorous rocks or lithophonic rocks, are rocks that resonate like a bell when struck. Examples include the Musical Stones...
    33 KB (4,484 words) - 01:08, 25 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for SS Princess Sophia
    SS Princess Sophia (category Shipwrecks of the Alaska coast)
    by exposed rock. At high tide, the rock was awash, but the swells were such that a lifeboat would strike the rocks as the waves pounded up and down. While...
    47 KB (6,442 words) - 12:27, 1 April 2024
  • is Charlie. On the third day, the launch strikes on rocks while navigating some rapids, goes off course and does not respond well to the tiller, so they...
    10 KB (1,356 words) - 02:56, 19 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fault (geology)
    constituent rocks, the two sides of a fault cannot always glide or flow past each other easily, and so occasionally all movement stops. The regions of...
    32 KB (3,483 words) - 08:04, 22 April 2024
  • Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is a 2001 American satirical stoner buddy comedy film written, co-edited, and directed by Kevin Smith and produced and co-edited...
    28 KB (3,281 words) - 19:59, 4 June 2024
  • was no extensive damage to the base itself. The attack was launched in response to the Iranian drone and missile strikes in Israel, which itself was...
    48 KB (3,943 words) - 04:03, 4 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lightning strike
    A lightning strike or lightning bolt is a lightning event in which the electric discharge takes place between the atmosphere and the ground. Most originate...
    52 KB (6,079 words) - 04:16, 19 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Great Railroad Strike of 1922
    The Great Railroad Strike of 1922, or the Railway Shopmen's Strike, was a nationwide strike of railroad workers in the United States. Launched on July...
    20 KB (2,441 words) - 23:03, 27 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Student strike of 1970
    The student strike of 1970 was a massive protest across the United States that included walk-outs from college and high school classrooms, initially in...
    29 KB (3,533 words) - 05:45, 29 May 2024
  • fault is a fracture in the surface of the Earth that occurs when rocks break under extreme stress. Movement of rock along the fracture occurs in faults...
    9 KB (1,153 words) - 21:35, 19 December 2023
  • site two days after the strikes and noted "splintered pine trees and rocks" which were strewn across the four blast craters. The local hospital officials...
    78 KB (7,613 words) - 16:37, 14 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for School Strike for Climate
    School Strike for Climate (Swedish: Skolstrejk för klimatet), also known variously as Fridays for Future (FFF), Youth for Climate, Climate Strike or Youth...
    126 KB (9,747 words) - 20:14, 6 June 2024
  • Organized labor portal United States portal List of strikes List of striking US workers by year Statistics, United States Bureau of Labor (1973-01-01)...
    75 KB (3,342 words) - 19:37, 7 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rudder
    right or left. If great care is not taken, the ship strikes the rocks and is wrecked. Oars mounted on the side of ships evolved into quarter steering...
    28 KB (3,483 words) - 22:49, 15 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for 1934 West Coast waterfront strike
    The 1934 West Coast waterfront strike (also known as the 1934 West Coast longshoremen's strike, as well as a number of variations on these names) lasted...
    49 KB (4,904 words) - 22:47, 25 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Marikana massacre
    six-week wildcat strike at the Lonmin platinum mine at Marikana near Rustenburg in South Africa's North West province. The massacre constituted the most lethal...
    160 KB (17,349 words) - 16:51, 5 June 2024
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