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Fifth most active season on record (tied with 1887, 1995, 2011 and 2012). Tied for third most hurricanes in a season with twelve. 2011: 20 19 7 4 126.30 112 $17.4bn 4 Ophelia 3 Irene: Fifth most active season on record (tied with 1887, 1995, 2010 and 2012). 2012: 19 19 10 2 132.63 355 $72.3bn 3 Sandy 3 Sandy
Until 2012, Tasmania was the only state in Australia with an above-replacement total fertility rate; Tasmanian women had an average of 2.24 children each. [126] By 2012 the birth rate had slipped to 2.1 children per woman, bringing the state to the replacement threshold, but it continues to have the second-highest birth rate of any state or ...
In the mid-1960s, to defeat the advantage of the recently introduced computers for the then popular rally racing in the Midwest, competition lag times in a few events were given in centids (1 ⁄ 100 day, 864 seconds, 14.4 minutes), millids (1 ⁄ 1,000 day, 86.4 seconds), and centims (1 ⁄ 100 minute, 0.6 seconds) the latter two looking and ...
Lebanon (/ ˈ l ɛ b ə n ɒ n,-n ə n / ⓘ LEB-ə-non, -nən; Arabic: لُبْنَان, romanized: Lubnān, local pronunciation: [lɪbˈneːn]), officially the Republic of Lebanon, [c] is a country in the Levant region of West Asia, bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west; Cyprus lies a short distance from the country's coas
The diverse history of the Indian Ocean is a unique mix of cultures, ethnic groups, natural resources, and shipping routes. It grew in importance beginning in the 1960s and 1970s and, after the Cold War, it has undergone periods of political instability, most recently with the emergence of India and China as regional powers. [74]
Beginning around 2012, under the aegis of operation Timber Sycamore and other clandestine activities, CIA operatives and U.S. special operations troops trained and armed nearly 10,000 Syrian rebel fighters against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad [137] at a cost of $1 billion a year until it was phased out in 2017 by the Trump administration.
Since 2012, BNY has expanded its number of sponsorships. [224] BNY was the title sponsor of the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race from 2012 to 2015. [224] [225] [226] The company also sponsors the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston. [224] In 2013, the company became a 10-year sponsor of the San Francisco 49ers and a founding partner of Levi's ...