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| Adjective | 1. The ordinal number of thirty-six in counting order.[Wordnet]. | |
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Date "36th" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1796. (references) |
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| 36th Canadian parliament | The 36th Canadian parliament was in session from 1997 until 2000. The membership was set by in the 1997 federal election, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 2000 election. (references) | ||
| 36th Chess Olympiad | The 36th Chess Olympiad took place from October 14th to 31st, 2004, in Calvia (Majorca, Spain). In the men's tournament there were 129 teams, and in the women's, 87 teams, from 125 countries. The arbiter was IA Enrique Zaragoza. (references) | ||
| 36th Division | Several armies have had a 36th Division. (references) | ||
| 36th Street (BMT Fourth Avenue Line station) | 36th Street is an express station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line with two island platforms and four tracks. This station serves the M and R local trains (with the M only operating during rush hours), and the N and D express trains. The D and M trains branch off to the BMT West End Line south of this station, while the N and R continue south along Fourth Avenue. Late nights, the R train terminates here using the express track (it is a shuttle, late nights. The N and D make all local stops during that time. (references) | ||
| British 36th (Ulster) Division | The British 36th (Ulster) Division was a New Army division formed in September 1914. Originally called the Ulster Division, it was made up of members of the Ulster Volunteer Force who formed 13 additional battalions for three existing Irish regiments; the Royal Irish Fusiliers, the Royal Irish Rifles and the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. The division served on the Western Front for the duration of the First World War. (references) | ||
| Disciples of the 36th Chamber | Disciples of the 36th Chamber was a 1985 kung-fu film. (references) | ||
| Nevinson Mark de Courcy, 36th Baron Kingsale | The Right Honourable Nevinson Mark de Courcy, 36th Baron Kingsale (Peerage of Ireland 1223), Baron Courcy, and Baron of Ringrone, and Premier Baron of Ireland, was born in 1958, and succeeded a cousin to the peerage in 2005. He lives in Auckland, New Zealand. (references) | ||
| The 36th Chamber of Shaolin | The 36th Chamber of Shaolin or Shao Lin san shi liu fang is a martial arts film from Hong Kong, directed by Lau Kar-leung, and first screened in 1978. It is considered to be a classic in the genre. The main character San Te is played by the director's adopted brother Gordon Liu. (references) | ||
| U.S. 36th Infantry Division | The 36th Infantry Division —also known as the Fighting 36th, the Lone Star Division, the Panther Division, or the Texas Division— is an infantry division of the United States Army National Guard. It was activated for service in World War II on November 25, 1940, and was sent overseas in April 1943. (references) | ||
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