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Mohari Junction railway station |
Mohari Junction railway station is a small railway station in Dholpur district, Rajasthan. |
The station code is MHF. |
It serves Khauri Ibrahimpur village and comes under the administrative limit of Agra railway division of North Central Railway zone. |
The station consists of one platform, which is not well sheltered. |
It lacks many facilities including water and sanitation. |
Mohari Junction is a small railway station having one platform and situated about 0.5 km from the State Highway 43. |
It is at an elevation of . |
Mohari railway station was part of Dholpur Railway metre gauge line which was owned by Maharaja Rana of Dholpur State and opened in February 1908. |
The railway line starts at Dholpur city and after Mohari Junction, it bifurcates in two, one towards Tantpur town and the other towards Sarmathura. |
John Edward Moran |
John Edward Moran more commonly referred to as J. Edward Moran (December 2, 1897 – March 12, 1962) was an American politician who served as the 30th Mayor of Burlington, Vermont. |
John Edward Moran was born on December 2, 1897 in Burlington, Vermont to Edward H. Moran and Ellen Frances O'Neill. |
He was educated in the parochial schools of Burlington. |
He worked at a variety of occupations in his younger years and spent the majority of his career with Abernethy Clarkson Wright, Inc., a Burlington department store, where he was a salesman, shipping clerk, and department manager. |
Moran was long active in politics as a Democrat, including serving as a delegate to numerous state and national party conventions. |
In addition, Moran served as chairman of the Burlington City and Chittenden County Democratic Committees. |
He was an active member of the Knights of Columbus, Order of Alhambra, Society of the Holy Name, Elks Club, and Fraternal Order of Eagles. |
In December 1940, Ward 4 Alderman Bernard J. Leddy resigned after being appointed an Assistant U.S. Attorney. |
Moran was the only candidate in the low turnout special election and won with all 68 votes cast for him. |
He served as an alderman from 1940 to 1949. |
He was serving as president of the Board of Aldermen when Mayor John J. Burns resigned to become Burlington's postmaster, elevating Moran to acting mayor. |
He was elected to a full two-year term in 1949, and won reelection in 1951, 1953, and 1955. |
On March 5, 1957 Claude Douglas Cairns defeated Moran's bid for another term in an upset with 4,053 votes to 3,830. |
In 1958, Moran was appointed as one of Burlington International Airport's managers. |
He was diabetic in his later years and died at DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital on March 12, 1962 after suffering multiple heart attacks. |
After his death former Mayor James E. Fitzpatrick and Mayor Robert K. Bing praised Moran for his service to the city. |
In 1920, Moran married Lauria Mary Brisson (1898-1980) of Burlington. |
They were the parents of four children -- Harold, Janice, Lorraine, and Katherine. |
Antoine de Ratabon |
Antoine [de] Ratabon (1617 – 12 March 1670) was a French aristocrat, who was an arts and architecture administrator during the reign of Louis XIV. |
He was Director of the Académie de Peinture et de Sculpture from 1655 to 1670 and Surintendant des Bâtiments (Superintendant of Buildings) from 1656 to 1664. |
Ratabon was born in Montpellier, the son of Jean de Ratabon, an equerry, and Catherine Pache from Servien, near Mende. |
He became Maître d'Hôtel Ordinaire of King Louis XIV, Trésorier Général de France at Montpellier, and Intendant des Gabelles of Languedoc. |
In Paris he became First Assistant to François Sublet de Noyers, who was the Surintendant des Bâtiments under Cardinal Richelieu, and continued in this role under Étienne Le Camus, who succeeded Sublet de Noyers as Surintendant after the latter's dismissal under Cardinal Mazarin in 1643. |
Ratabon succeeded Le Camus in 1656. |
Ratabon relinquished the post to Jean-Baptiste Colbert on 1 January 1664. |
In his role as Surintendant des Bâtiments, Ratabon ordered the demolition of the Hôtel du Petit-Bourbon in October 1660 to make way for the eastward expansion of the Louvre and construction of the Louvre Colonnade. |
The order resulted in the eviction without warning of the troupe of Molière from the theatre of the Petit Bourbon and their transfer to the disused and run-down theatre of the Palais-Royal. |
By a contract of 1 March 1647, Ratabon married Marie Sanguin, daughter of Nicolas Sanguin, an equerry and sieur de Pierrelaye. |
The eight-year-old Louis XIV, his mother Anne d'Autriche, and Cardinal Mazarin were all present and signed the contract. |
The couple had several children of which three survived into adulthood: |
In 1664 Ratabon constructed a house, the Hôtel de Ratabon, to the designs of the architect Pierre Le Muet on a site on the western border of the garden of the Palais-Royal, now 10 rue de Richelieu in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. |
He died in this house in 1670. |
It was destroyed in 1873. |
9th Defense Battalion |
The 9th Defense Battalion was a United States Marine Corps defense battalion and was equipped and trained in both defensive and offensive weapons (50 caliber, 20mm, 40mm, 90mm, and 155mm "Long Tom" artillery). |
The battalion was sent to the Pacific Theater of Operations and took part in combat operations at Guadalcanal and the Landings on Rendova, the defense of Battle of Munda Point and the Invasion of Guam. |
The unit, like all other defense battalions, was renamed in 1944, becoming the 9th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion in September, 1944 and returning to the U.S. in 1946. |
Formed during World War II in February, 1942 at Parris Island, South Carolina, the battalion was sent to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in July, 1942. |
The battalion consisted of 3 batteries 90 mm AA artillery; 2 batteries 155 mm “Long Tom” seacoast artillery; 3 batteries each 40mm, 20mm and 50 caliber weapons designed as both anti-tank and anti-air artillery. |
Together with fire control apparatus, transport, and support units the battalion comprised about 1,300 men. |
After Guantanamo Bay the battalion was sent through the Panama Canal to Noumea, New Caledonia where equipment was trans-loaded onto the attack transport USS Hunter Liggett that took the 9th DB to Guadalcanal in November, 1942. |
The battalion setup its weapons at Koli Point, and promptly shot down a dozen enemy planes. |
In June 1943 the battalion left Guadalcanal and took part in the Landings on Rendova, set up its artillery and fought off attempts by the Japanese to regain control. |
The 155 mm “long toms” shelled Japanese positions of New Georgia and by October the battalion made the move onto the island of New Georgia to defend the Munda Airfield and assist in the |
After securing New Georgia the battalion was moved to Mbanika in the Russell Islands for a period of rest and relaxation prior to its next assignment that involved the recapture of Guam in the Marianas Islands. |
The battalion landed at Agana, Guam in July, 1944. |
On Guam most of the Japanese defenders retreated to the cliffs at the northern end of the island where thousands committed suicide by jumping to their deaths. |
The Battalion suffered from very high rates of dengue fever during the Guam campaign and while this was not fatal it did incapacitate many Marines. |
Like all other defense battalions in 1944, the unit was re-designated and the 9th was renamed the 9th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion in September, 1944. |
The unit remained on Guam for the duration of the war and returned to the U.S. in 1946. |
Regina North |
Regina North was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. |
This district consisted of the northern third of the city of Regina. |
The riding existed for just the 1964 Saskatchewan general election. |
It was created out of part of the four-seat Regina City riding. |
It was abolished into the ridings of Regina North West, Regina Centre and Regina North East. |
Herman H. Dignan |
Herman Henry Dignan (November 6, 18901956) was a Michigan politician. |
Dignan was born on November 6, 1890 in Saginaw, Michigan. |
Dignan attended public schools in Frankenmuth, Michigan. |
Dignan worked as a hardware dealer. |
On November 6, 1934, Dignan was elected as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the Shiawassee County district. |
He served in this position from January 2, 1935 to 1938. |
On November 8, 1939, he was elected as a member of the Michigan Senate from the 15th district. |
He served in this position from January 4, 1939 to 1942. |
Dignan was a delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan in 1940 and 1944. |
Dignan served as Michigan Secretary of State from 1943 to 1946. |
Dignan married Nell T. "Nelly" Haley in 1913 in Flint, Michigan. |
Dignan was a member of the Freemasons and the Shriners. |
Dignan was Congregationalist. |
Dignan died in 1956 and was interred at Oak Hill Cemetery in Owosso, Michigan. |
Art Fierro |
Arthur "Art" Fierro is a Texas Democratic politician that serves in the Texas House of Representatives for district 79. |
Fierro's hometown is El Paso, Texas. |
Fierro has attended El Paso Community College and University of Texas at El Paso. |
His wife is Annabelle Perez, who is a District Court Judge, have one daughter Julianna. |
He works as a public relations consultant. |
Fierro served on the El Paso Community College Board of Trustees between 2006 and 2019. |
Fierro currently serves in the Texas House of Representatives from the 79th district. |
He assumed office on February 12, 2019. |
Fierro is affiliated with the Democratic Party. |
6ixUpsideDown |
6ixUpsideDown is the debut compilation album by 6ixBuzz. |
It was released on October 19, 2018, via its own 6ixBuzz Entertainment record label and Blue Feather Records. |
6ixUpsideDown is the debut playlist/compilation album by Toronto-based entertainment and media company 6ixBuzz. |
The album was supported by the lead single "Up and Down" by Pressa & Houdini. |
NorthernSound |
Northern Sound is the second compilation album by 6ixBuzz. |
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