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M62 Motorway
The M62 is a west–east Pennines, trans-Pennine motorway in Northern England, connecting Liverpool and Kingston upon Hull, Hull via Manchester, Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield; of the route Concurrency (road), is shared with the M60 motorway, M60 orbital motorway around Manchester. The road is part of the unsigned International E-road network, Euroroutes European route E20, E20 (Shannon, County Clare, Shannon to Saint Petersburg) and European route E22, E22 (Holyhead to Ishim, Tyumen Oblast, Ishim). The motorway, which was first proposed in the 1930s, and conceived as two separate routes, was opened in stages between 1971 and 1976, with construction beginning at Pole Moor near Huddersfield and finishing at that time in Tarbock on the outskirts of Liverpool. The motorway absorbed the northern end of the Stretford-Eccles, Greater Manchester, Eccles bypass, which was built between 1957 and 1960. Adjusted for inflation to 2007, its construction cost approximately £765 millio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962
The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – The office of Pope John XXIII announces the excommunication of Fidel Castro for preaching communism and interfering with Catholic churches in Cuba. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the worst Netherlands, Dutch rail disaster. * January 9 – Cuba and the Soviet Union sign a trade pact. * January 12 – The Indonesian Army confirms that it has begun operations in West Irian. * January 13 – People's Socialist Republic of Albania, Albania allies itself with the People's Republic of China. * January 15 ** Portugal abandons the United Nations General Assembly due to the debate over Angola. ** French designer Yves Saint Laurent (designer), Yves Saint Laurent launches Yves Saint Lau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maybach 62
The Maybach 57 (chassis code W240) and 62 (chassis code V240) were the first automobile models of the Maybach brand since its revival by DaimlerChrysler AG (now Mercedes-Benz Group AG). They are derived from the Mercedes-Benz Maybach concept car presented at the 1997 Tokyo Motor Show. The concept car was based on the Mercedes-Benz W140 S-class sedan platform, as were the production models. The Luxury Brand Status Index 2008 placed the Maybach in first place, ahead of Rolls-Royce and Bentley. The models ceased production in February 2013 due to continued financial losses for the brand, with sales at one-fifth the level of the profitable Rolls-Royce models. History Wilhelm Maybach was an engineer who worked with Gottlieb Daimler to design combustion engines. The first Daimler-Maybach automobile was built in 1889. Over the years, the Maybach name developed into a brand name for automobiles that were typically very large, powerful, and luxurious. For example, the Maybach Zeppeli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea, Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and the List of countries and dependencies by area, 14th-largest country by area, at . With over 280 million people, Indonesia is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fourth-most-populous country and the most populous Islam by country, Muslim-majority country. Java, the world's List of islands by population, most populous island, is home to more than half of the country's population. Indonesia operates as a Presidential system, presidential republic with an elected People's Consultative Assembly, legislature and consists of Provinces of Indonesia, 38 provinces, nine of which have Autonomous administrative divisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
62 (number)
62 (sixty-two) is the natural number following 61 (number), 61 and preceding 63 (number), 63. In mathematics 62 is: * the eighteenth discrete semiprime (2 \times 31) and tenth of the form (2.q), where q is a higher prime. * with an aliquot sum of 34 (number), 34; itself a semiprime, within an aliquot sequence of seven composite numbers (62,34 (number), 34,20 (number), 20,22 (number), 22,14 (number), 14,10 (number), 10,8 (number), 8,7 (number), 7,1 (number), 1,0) to the Prime in the 7 (number), 7-aliquot tree. This is the longest aliquot sequence for a semiprime up to 118 (number), 118 which has one more sequence member. 62 is the tenth member of the 7-aliquot tree (7, 8, 10, 14, 20, 22, 34, 38, 49, 62, 75, 118, 148, etc). *a nontotient. *palindromic and a repdigit in bases 5 (2225) and 30 (2230) *the sum of the number of faces, edges and vertices of icosahedron or dodecahedron. *the number of faces of two of the Archimedean solids, the rhombicosidodecahedron and truncated icos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AD 62
AD 62 ( LXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marius and Afinius (or, less frequently, year 815 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination AD 62 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Nero marries for the second time, to Poppaea Sabina, ex-wife of Marcus Salvius Otho. * After the death of Burrus and the disgrace of Seneca, Nero is free from their influence and becomes a megalomaniacal artist fascinated by Hellenism and the Orient. Tigellinus becomes Nero's counselor. His rule is highly abusive. * Nero completes the Baths of Nero in Rome. * A great earthquake damages cities in Campania, including Pompeii (February 5). * The Parthians invade Armenia and lay siege to Tigranocerta. The city is well-fortified and garrisoned by the Romans. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
62 BC
__NOTOC__ Year 62 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silanus and Murena (or, less frequently, year 692 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 62 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Republic * January 5 – The forces of the conspirator Catiline are defeated by the loyal Roman armies of Antonius Hybrida led by Marcus Petreius in the Battle of Pistoria. * Julius Caesar divorces Pompeia, following the sacrilege of Publius Clodius Pulcher. * Cicero delivers his Pro Archia Poeta in defense of Aulus Licinius Archias' claim to Roman citizenship. * Cato the Younger, as tribune, presents a ''lex frumentaria'' ( enacting a grain dole). * Metellus Nepos, also tribune, leaves Rome. * Caesar and Bibulus are praetors. Commagene * King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2062
In contemporary history, the third millennium is the current millennium in the ''Anno Domini'' or Common Era, under the Gregorian calendar. It began on 1 January 2001 ( MMI) and will end on 31 December 3000 ( MMM), spanning the 21st to 30th centuries. Ongoing futures studies seek to understand what will likely continue and what could plausibly change in this period and beyond. Predictions and forecasts not included on this timeline * Climate change * Extinction * List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events * List of future astronomical events ** List of lunar eclipses in the 21st century ** List of solar eclipses in the 21st century * List of time capsules * Near future centennial (bi, tri, etc.) events. * Near future in fiction * Predictions and claims for the Second Coming * Projections of population growth ** Representative Concentration Pathway ** Shared Socioeconomic Pathways 21st century 2000s * See: 2000 * 2001 * 2002 * 2003 * 2004 * 2005 * 2006 * 2007 * 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountain Czar
''Mountain Czar'' is an EP by the instrumental stoner rock band Karma to Burn. It was released on February 26, 2016, by SPV and Rodeostar Records. Unlike their previous release ''Arch Stanton'', ''Mountain Czar'' is not exclusively instrumental, with one track featuring Italian vocalist Stefanie Savy. The song, "Uccidendo Un Sogno", is an Italian-language rewrite of the Tom Petty song Runnin' Down a Dream. Similar to ''Arch Stanton's'' album closer, ''Mountain Czar's'' closing track also contains a dialogue snippet from the Spaghetti Western The spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's filmmaking style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most o ..., '' The Good, the Bad and the Ugly''. Track listing Standard release Personnel * Will Mecum – guitar, bass *Eric Clutter – bass *Evan Devine – drums Additional musicians *Steph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
