Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias , d. 1500, Portuguese navigator. He was the first European to round (1488) the Cape of Good Hope, which he called Cabo Tormentoso [cape of storms]. That voyage opened the road to India. Dias accompanied Cabral on the voyage that resulted in the discovery of Brazil, but he perished in heavy seas off the African coast. He is also called Bartholomew Diaz.
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Fort Dix becomes home to over 4,000 Kosovo refugees
Magazine article from: Army Reserve Magazine; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Almost 82 years later, workers at Fort Dix wowed the world by converting an entire...agencies non government agencies and the Fort Dix team of civilians, contractors and...were very hectic, but the staff at Fort Dix was ready to go. Everyone pitched...
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Swine influenza a outbreak, Fort Dix, New Jersey, 1976.(INFLUENZA: HISTORY)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...illness in 13 soldiers with 1 death at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Since A/New Jersey...training programs of 4 to 12 weeks at Fort Dix immediately after basic training at...this syndrome. On January 23, the Fort Dix preventive medicine physician learned...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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SHUTDOWN PLAN SPARES FORT DIX
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 7/1/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...07-01-1991 SHUTDOWN PLAN SPARES FORT DIX By Elizabeth Auster, Washington Bureau...Star, One Star WASHINGTON -- Fort Dix, stripped by Congress two years ago...proceed with a proposed reduction of Fort Dix employees during the next several...
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FORT DIX EMPLOYEE HONORED FOR 60 YEARS OF SERVICE
Magazine article from: Army Reserve Magazine; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; FORT DIX, NJ. - "Those 60 years went by before...with a framed double panoramic photo of Fort Dix depicting the view in 1945 and 2005...on the facilities and infrastructure of Fort Dix has been enormous. The majority of the...
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FORT DIX OPENS SECOND REFUGEE VILLAGE
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 5/19/1999; ; 700+ words
; 00-00-0000 FORT DIX, N.J. (Army News Service, May 19...first group is beginning to feel safe on Fort Dix, according to Bruce Goldsborough, deputy...Editor's note: Carolee Nisbet is the Fort Dix Public Affairs Officer.) NO PORTION...
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FORT DIX PREPARES FOR A MISSION OF MERCY
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 5/5/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Bergen County, NJ) 05-05-1999 FORT DIX PREPARES FOR A MISSION OF MERCY By...Star B, 2 Star P, 1 Star Early FORT DIX -- Sgt. Joseph Gamble smiled as...State Department official who was at Fort Dix on Tuesday said a hot line set up...
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FORT DIX NEIGHBORS EXTEND WELCOME TO THOSE IN NEED
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 5/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Bergen County, NJ) 05-01-1999 FORT DIX NEIGHBORS EXTEND WELCOME TO THOSE...Jersey town just outside the Fort Dix Army base, residents know little...construction trailer. The conversion of Fort Dix to a reservist post meant a sharp...
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New Jersey's Fort Dix Plans to Cut 220 Civilian Positions.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 9/16/2003; 700+ words
; ...government workers at Fort Dix face unemployment as...commitment that have made Fort Dix the Army's busiest...are employed at Fort Dix -- about 1,000 by...Community Service at the fort, said the force reduction...millions of dollars. Fort Dix underwent similar ...
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GLORY DAYS ARE PAST FOR TOWN NEXT TO FORT DIX
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 9/30/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...ARE PAST FOR TOWN NEXT TO FORT DIX -- SECURITY ALERT SHARPLY...young recruits from Fort Dix and nearby McGuire Air Force...Wrightstown mayor, who grew up at Fort Dix, the son of an Army...around the country. Fort Dix was a target for closing...
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6 charged with plotting to attack Fort Dix in N.J.
Newspaper article from: Capital (Annapolis); 5/8/2007; ; 700+ words
; FORT DIX, N.J. - Six men described...they plotted to attack the Fort Dix Army base and "kill as many...James Saxton, who represents Fort Dix, said the base, along...security alert level. He said Fort Dix typically has 15,000 people...
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Fort Dix
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Fort Dix U.S. army training center, 32,000 acres (12,950 hectares), central N.J., SE of Trenton; est. 1917 as Camp Dix and named for U.S. statesman John A. Dix. In 1939 it was made a permanent garrison and renamed Fort...
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Bases, Military: Development of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
...Infantry School was established, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas (1827...quartered in wooden and adobe forts dotting the West and Southwest. Among the most famous were Fort Bliss, Texas (established...of 1917–18 were Fort Benning, Georgia (1918...Special Warfare School; Fort Dix, New ...
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Sex Change
Book article from: American Decades
...were shocked by the news that George Jorgensen, a twentysix-year-old private in the U.S. Army Service Command at Fort Dix, New Jersey, had an operation to change his sex. Jorgensen was unhappy as a man and wanted to change his body to that...
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Washington, Grover Jr. 1943–
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
...headed for Southeast Asia, but his musical talents came to the rescue; he won a spot in the 19th Army Band. Stationed at Fort Dix, New Jersey, Washington found himself conveniently situated for an attempt to continue building his musical career...
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Fisk, Carlton
Book article from: Notable Sports Figures
...the Boston Red Sox, New England's beloved team, chose to draft him. Spending his first year in basic training in Fort Dix, New Jersey, Fisk did not receive his uniform until 1968. However, a second drafting, this time by the U.S. Army...
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