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Common Expressions: 160

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160 (number) 160 is the natural number following one hundred fifty-nine and preceding one hundred sixty-one. (references)
160 meters At just above the North American mediumwave broadcast band, 160 meters is the lowest radio frequency band allotted for use by Amateur Radio operators. Seasoned operators refer to 160 meters as Topband. It is one of the harder to work, while the contacts made with it are farther away, thus more rewarding. (references)
160 Una 160 Una is a fairly large and dark, primitive Main belt asteroid. (references)
British 160 Brigade The 160 (Wales) Brigade is a unit of the British Army, coming under the 5th Division based in Shrewsbury. (references)
California State Route 160 California State Route 160 is a California State Highway that runs in a north-south direction from the southern edge of the city of Sacramento to the city of Antioch (ending at the junction of SR-4). It formerly included a portion within the Sacramento city limits (including the short North Sacramento Freeway), ending at SR-51, but this was formally relinquished in 2002. (references)
Georgia State Route 160 Georgia State Route 160 is a former Georgia state route in northern Clayton County and southwestern DeKalb County. Its western terminus was at U.S. 19/41 and S.R. 3 near Interstate 285, from which it proceeded in an east-southeasterly direction through Forest Park for approximately 2.0 miles to an intersection with S.R. 54 near Lake City. The route then turned north-northwest, multiplexing with S.R. 54 for about 1.4 miles, then turned northeast for 2.3 miles before reaching its other end at U.S. 23/S.R. 42, again near I-285. (references)
Illinois State Route 160 Illinois State Route 160 is a north-south highway with its southern terminus at Illinois State Route 15 and its northern terminus at Illinois State Route 140 near Alhambra. (references)
Nevada State Route 160 Nevada State Route 160, begins at US 95 west of Mercury, Nevada heads south into Pahrump, in Nye County, then turns east to enter the Las Vegas metropolitan area via Blue Mountain Road and Mountain Springs Summit (elevation 5,502 feet), passing south of Red Rock National Conservation Area en route to meeting Interstate 15 and Nevada State Route 604 south of the Las Vegas Strip. (references)
U.S. Highway 160 United States Highway 160 is an east-west United States highway. Its route, if not its number, was made famous in song in 1975, as the road from Wolf Creek Pass to Pagosa Springs, Colorado in C.W. McCall's Country song Wolf Creek Pass. (references)
Volvo 160 Volvo 160, or rather Volvo 164 since it was only produced in a four door version, was an automobile from Volvo produced between 1969 and 1975. It was an upscale version of the Volvo 140 with a straight-6 engine. It was available with various versions of the B30 engine (A, E and F). It was also available with the M400 and M410 manual gearboxes as well as the BW-35 automatic gearbox. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Extended Definition: 160

160

This article is about the year 160. For other uses, see 160 (number).
Centuries: 1st century - 2nd century - 3rd century
Decades: 130s  140s  150s  - 160s -  170s  180s  190s
Years: 157 158 159 - 160 - 161 162 163
160 by topic
Politics
State leaders - Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births - Deaths
Establishment and disestablishment categories
Establishments - Disestablishments
160 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 160
CLX
Ab urbe condita 913
Armenian calendar N/A
Bahá'í calendar -1684 – -1683
Berber calendar 1110
Buddhist calendar 704
Burmese calendar -478
Byzantine calendar 5668 – 5669
Chinese calendar 己亥年十二月初五日
(2796/2856-12-5)
— to —
庚子年十一月十六日
(2797/2857-11-16)
Coptic calendar -124 – -123
Ethiopian calendar 152 – 153
Hebrew calendar 3920 – 3921
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 215 – 216
 - Shaka Samvat 82 – 83
 - Kali Yuga 3261 – 3262
Holocene calendar 10160
Iranian calendar 462 BP – 461 BP
Islamic calendar 476 BH – 475 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar 2493
Thai solar calendar 703


Events

By Topic

Arts and Sciences

  • In Rome, the manufacturing of soap containing grease, lime and ashes begins.
  • Appian writes Ρωμαικα, known in English as the Roman History, in which he includes the history of each nation conquered up until the moment of its conquest.

Religion

  • The first Buddhist monks arrive in China.

Births

  • Tertullian, Christian writer (possible date)
  • Guan Yu, prominent general under Liu Bei of the Shu kingdom in China (d. 219)

Deaths

  • Suetonius, Roman historian

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