The salient was a German position on the Siegfried Line ( or Westwall ) at the boundary between the British 2nd Army and the American 9th Army .

The region is one of many earthquakes Catastrophe , where the Cocos Plate is being subducted along the Middle America Trench beneath the North American and the Caribbean Plates , near their triple junction .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Blair Mountain was the largest labor uprising Violence in United States history and one of the largest organized Arranging armed uprisings Violence since the American Civil War Military_operation .

Cochise County in southeastern Arizona was the scene of a number of violent conflicts Violence in the 19th-century American Old West , including between white settlers and Apache Indians , between opposing political and economic factions , and between outlaw gangs and local law enforcement .

Cochise County was carved Removing off in 1881 from the easternmost portion of Pima County during a formative period in the American Southwest .

Complicating the situation was staunch resistance Defending to white settlement from local Native American groups , most notably during the Apache Wars Hostile_encounter , as well as Cochise County 's location on the border with Mexico , which not only threatened Influence international conflict Violence but also presented Giving opportunities for criminal smugglers and cattle rustlers .

Factional hostilities emerged Coming_to_be as soon as American settlers began Process_start arriving in Arriving southern Arizona in large numbers in the 1860s and 1870s .

The Gadsden Purchase of 1853 had opened Openness the territory to Americans , and the sudden growth Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale of settlement and investment proved Coming_to_believe a source of great enmity Quarreling between local Apaches and the American newcomers .

In addition to the Native American conflicts Violence , there was also considerable tension Violence between rural residents of Cochise County , who were for the most part Democrats from the agrarian Confederate States , and more urban residents living within the region 's few developed towns , who were largely Republican business owners from the industrial Union States .

The Paraguayan War Hostile_encounter , also known as the War Hostile_encounter of the Triple Alliance was a South American war Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter from 1864 to 1870 , between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Argentina , the Empire of Brazil , and Uruguay .

The Independence Centenary Games Competition was a football tournament Competition organized Arranging to celebrate Social_event 100 years of Central American Independence .

The Fame Ball Tour was the debut concert Social_event tour Traveling by American singer Lady Gaga , in support Supporting of her debut Process_start studio album `` The Fame '' ( 2008 ) .

North American shows began Process_start in March , followed Self_motion by dates in Oceania and a solo trek through Europe .

An alternate set list with minor changes Change were performed Hold after the first North American leg of the tour .

Some American media reacted Response to the news that Atlanta had won the bid to host Social_event the 1996 Olympic Games by saying the event would be organized Arranging by a group of rednecks .

Originally scheduled Arranging for 19–29 November 2002 , the tournament Competition was postponed Change_event_time after withdrawal Escaping by American Samoa , Tahiti and Tonga .

Mysteryland USA , the American version of Mysteryland , was first held Hold on Memorial Day weekend , May 2014 , at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts , the site of the notable Woodstock festival Social_event held Hold in 1969 .

The procession was organized Arranging by the suffragists Alice Paul and Lucy Burns for the National American Woman Suffrage Association ( NAWSA ) .

It was one of the final battles Hostile_encounter of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant 's Overland Campaign Military_operation , and is remembered as one of American history 's bloodiest , most lopsided battles Hostile_encounter .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Stones River ( also known as the Second Battle Hostile_encounter of Murfreesboro ) was a battle Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter from December 31 , 1862 , to January 2 , 1863 , in Middle Tennessee , as the culmination of the Stones River Campaign Military_operation in the Western Theater of the American Civil War Hostile_encounter .

Morgan 's Raid Attack was a diversionary incursion by Confederate cavalry into the northern U.S. states Statement of Indiana and Ohio during the American Civil War Hostile_encounter .

It was fought Hostile_encounter by American forces from both the U.S. mainland and the Philippines against Japanese troops in Manila , the capital city of the Philippines .

The Portuguese conquest of French Guiana was an 1809 military operation Military_operation against Cayenne , capital of the South American colony of French Guiana , in the scope of the Napoleonic Wars .

The French and Indian War ( 1754–1758 ) pitted Hostile_encounter the colonies of British America against those of New France , each side supported by military units from the parent country and by American Indian allies .

The European nations declared Expressing_publicly a wider war upon one another overseas in 1756 , two years into the French and Indian war , and some view the French and Indian War as being merely the American theater of the worldwide Seven Years ' War of 1756–63 ; however , the French and Indian War is viewed Perception_active in the United States as a singular conflict which was not associated with any European war .

French Canadians call Name_conferral it Guerre de la Conquête ( `` War of the Conquest '' ) The French and Indian War ended Process_end in 1758 with the British American victory in the Ohio Country , although conflict continued in Canada and overseas between Great Britain and France which did not involve American forces .

French Canadians call Name_conferral it Guerre de la Conquête ( `` War of the Conquest '' ) The French and Indian War ended Process_end in 1758 with the British American victory in the Ohio Country , although conflict continued in Canada and overseas between Great Britain and France which did not involve American forces .

The death Death toll remains the greatest loss of life from a natural disaster in California 's history and high in the lists of American disasters .

The battle Military_operation was fought Hostile_encounter as the result of an American attempt Influence to establish Creating a foothold on the Canadian side of the Niagara River before campaigning Military_operation ended Process_end with the onset of winter .

This decisive battle Hostile_encounter was the culmination of a poorly managed American offensive and may be most historically significant for the loss of the British commander .

Despite their numerical advantage and the wide dispersal of British forces Request defending Defending against their invasion attempt , the Americans , who were stationed Being_in_operation in Lewiston , New York , were unable to get Getting the bulk of their invasion force across the Niagara River due to the work of British artillery and reluctance on the part of the undertrained and inexperienced American militia .

As a result , British reinforcements arrived Arriving and defeated Preventing_or_letting the unsupported American forces Causation , forcing them to surrender .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Machias ( June 11–12 , 1775 ) was the first naval engagement Hostile_encounter of the American Revolutionary War , also known as the Battle Hostile_encounter of the `` Margaretta '' , fought Hostile_encounter around the port of Machias , Maine .

The KPA fired Use_firearm on American survivors in the water , wounding Bodily_harm several men .

The engagement resulted in Causation the death of one American sailor and the wounding Bodily_harm of six others , two of which were wounded Bodily_harm severely .

The American occupation Attack and blockade Besieging of Tuxpan continued , on June 30 , another small skirmish erupted Process_start at the town , known as the Third Battle of Tuxpan .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Columbus , Georgia ( April 16 , 1865 ) , was the last conflict Hostile_encounter in the Union campaign Military_operation through Alabama and Georgia , known as Wilson 's Raid Attack , in the final phase of the American Civil War Military_operation .

The 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup Competition was the inaugural UNCAF Nations Cup Competition , the Central American championship Competition for men 's national association Collaboration football teams .

The Big Sandy Expedition Attack was an early campaign Military_operation of the American Civil War Military_operation in Kentucky that began Process_start in mid-September 1861 when Union Brig .

The National African American Leadership Summit , a leading group of civil rights activists and the Nation of Islam working with scores of civil rights organizations , including many local chapters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( but not the national NAACP ) formed Coming_to_be the Million Man March Organizing Committee .

The founder of the National African American Leadership Summit , Dr. Benjamin Chavis , Jr. served Giving as National Director of the Million Man March .

The committee invited Participation many prominent speakers to address the audience , and African American men from across the United States converged Come_together in Washington to `` convey to the world a vastly different picture of the Black male '' and to unite in self-help and self-defense against economic and social ills plaguing the African American community .

The committee invited Participation many prominent speakers to address the audience , and African American men from across the United States converged Come_together in Washington to `` convey to the world a vastly different picture of the Black male '' and to unite in self-help and self-defense against economic and social ills plaguing the African American community .

Shamrock Bowl I was the first championship game played Competition between two Irish American Football teams in the IAFL , the game was played Competition in St Marys RFC Templeville road in Dublins southside .

The 2015 Pan American Games Competition ( ) , officially the XVII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Toronto 2015 Pan-Am Games ( ) , were a major international multi-sport Social_event event celebrated Social_event in the tradition of the Pan American Games , as governed Control by Pan American Sports Organization ( PASO ) .

The 2015 Pan American Games Competition ( ) , officially the XVII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Toronto 2015 Pan-Am Games ( ) , were a major international multi-sport Social_event event celebrated Social_event in the tradition of the Pan American Games , as governed Control by Pan American Sports Organization ( PASO ) .

The 2015 Pan American Games Competition ( ) , officially the XVII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Toronto 2015 Pan-Am Games ( ) , were a major international multi-sport Social_event event celebrated Social_event in the tradition of the Pan American Games , as governed Control by Pan American Sports Organization ( PASO ) .

The 2015 Pan American Games Competition ( ) , officially the XVII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Toronto 2015 Pan-Am Games ( ) , were a major international multi-sport Social_event event celebrated Social_event in the tradition of the Pan American Games , as governed Control by Pan American Sports Organization ( PASO ) .

These were the third Pan American games hosted Social_event by Canada , and the first in the province of Ontario .

The Pan American Games and 2015 Parapan American Games were organized Arranging by the Toronto Organizing Arranging Committee for the 2015 Pan and Parapan American Games ( TO2015 ) .