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| Adjective | 1. Coming next after the twenty-second in position.[Wordnet]. | |
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Date "23rd" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1647. (references) |
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| 23rd British Infantry Brigade | The 23rd British Infantry Brigade trained as a Chindit brigade, but did not take part in the 2nd Chindit Expedition. Instead it was deployed in the Battle of Kohima to penetrate behind Japanese lines and interdict Japanese supplies. (references) | ||
| 23rd century | The 23rd century (Gregorian Calendar) comprises the years 2201-2300. (references) | ||
| 23rd SAS Regiment | 23 SAS (23 Special Air Service regiment) is one of the Territorial Army's special forces regiments. The regular SAS regiment is 22 SAS, and originally there was one Special Air Service Reserve (SAS(R)) regiment based in the south of Britain known as 21 SAS. Later, 23 SAS was created to encompass the north of the country, including cities such as Newcastle upon Tyne. (references) | ||
| 23rd Street (BMT Broadway Line station) | The 23rd Street station is located at 23rd Street and Broadway, at the intersection with Fifth Avenue. It is right next to the Flatiron Building and Madison Square Park. This was renovated before in the 1970's and again recently in 2004. There is a closed crossunder at the south end of the station only for emergency exit and station facility. (references) | ||
| 23rd Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line station) | 23rd Street is a local station, located at Park Avenue and 23rd Street, with two side platforms and the two express tracks in the middle. It has recently been renovated. The station contains ND-style signs indicating the way to 22nd and 23rd Streets. An ornate fare control grille on the southbound side is actually a piece of artwork entitled Long Division, by artist Valerie Jaudon, which was installed during the station renovations in 1988. The station features a back-lit "23rd Street/Park Avenue South" sign at the platform level fare control. There is a low tiled wall at the 22nd Street end which is probably a remnant of a closed crossunder. (references) | ||
| 23rd Street (Manhattan) | 23rd Street runs from river to river across Manhattan, carrying two-way traffic. As with New York's other streets, West 23rd Street stretches west of Fifth Avenue (at Madison Square Park) and East 23rd Street runs to the east. (references) | ||
| 23rd Street Grounds | 23rd Street Grounds, also known as State Street Grounds, was a baseball park located in Chicago, Illinois. The ballpark was home to the Chicago White Stockings of the National Association from 1874 to 1875 and remained their home when they joined the National League in 1876 through 1877. The ballpark was on a block bounded by 23rd Street, State Street, 22nd Street (now Cermak Road) and what is now Federal Street. (references) | ||
| 23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Kama | During spring 1944, Yugoslavian Partisan under Tito became stronger than before. Although the Germans, with their's Bulgarians, Hungarians, and local peoples allies, still occupied more than half of Yugoslavia, the Partisan strength had been rose up to 300,000 men and women. Beside, the British and the American supported them by sending almost 3,000 tons weapons and other equipment a month. (references) | ||
| Alexander Lindsay, 23rd Earl of Crawford | Alexander Lindsay, 23rd Earl of Crawford and 6th Earl of Balcarres (18 January 1752-27 March 1825) was the son of James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres. (references) | ||
| Battlelords of the 23rd Century | Battlelords of the 23rd Century is a paper and pencil role-playing game designed by Lawrence R. Sims in the early nineties. The game's tagline is Roleplaying in a dangerous future. The Battlelords of the 23rd Century license was later sold by ODS to SSDC, Inc. in September of 1999. (references) | ||
| British 23rd Division | The British 23rd Division was a New Army division that was sent to France in August, 1915. During the First World War the division served on the Western Front until October 1917 when it moved to Italy. (references) | ||
| German 23rd Infantry Division | The German 23rd Infantry Division was a military unit operational during World War II. It was organized along standard lines for a German infantry division, and relied on leg and horse mobility. The unit carried the nickname Grenadierkopf. (references) | ||
| Government of the 23rd Dáil | The 23rd Dáil was elected on November 24, 1982 and first met on December 14 when the 19th Government of Ireland was appointed. The 24th Dáil lasted for 279 days. (references) | ||
| Members of the 23rd Dáil | This is a list of the members who were elected to the 23rd Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Republic of Ireland. These Teachtaí Dála (Members of Parliament) were elected in the February 1982 General Election and served until November 1982. The Twenty-Third Dáil is the third shortest Dáil in history, lasting 279 days. (references) | ||
| Ministers of State of the 23rd Dáil | On March 9, 1982 the 18th Government of Ireland was officially appointed by Dáil Éireann. The new Fianna Fáil government was lead by An Taoiseach, Charles J. Haughey. (references) | ||
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