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6 hours ago · 316,000 [3] (2023) Website. costco.com. Original logo (used until 1993, but carried by stores until 1997) Costco Wholesale Corporation (commonly shortened to Costco) is an American multinational corporation which operates a chain of membership-only big-box warehouse club retail stores. [4] As of 2021, Costco is the third-largest retailer in the ...
1 day ago · The West Montalvo Oil Field is a large and productive oil field on the coast of Ventura County, California, in the United States, in and adjacent to the city of Oxnard, California. Discovered in 1947, [91] it has produced approximately 50 million barrels (7,900,000 m 3 ) of oil, and originally contained up to 650 million barrels of oil in both the onshore and offshore areas.
6 hours ago · WestJet Airlines, founded in 1994 and headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, [8] is the second-largest airline in Canada. [9] It began operations in 1996 with 220 employees, three aircraft, and five destinations. [10] It was launched as a low-cost alternative to the country's major airlines. [11]
1 day ago · The NBA traces its roots to the Basketball Association of America which was founded in 1946 by owners of the major ice hockey arenas in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States and Canada. On November 1, 1946, in Toronto , Ontario, Canada, the Toronto Huskies hosted the New York Knickerbockers at Maple Leaf Gardens , in a game the NBA now refers to as the first game played in NBA history ...
6 hours ago · Proportion of Black Americans (alone) in each county of the fifty states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico as of the 2020 United States census U.S. Census map indicating U.S. counties with fewer than 25 Black or African American inhabitants Graph showing the percentage of the African American population living in the American South, 1790–2010.
1 day ago · It retained this role until approximately the middle of the 20th century, when it was replaced by English as the United States became the dominant global power following the Second World War. [40] [41] Stanley Meisler of the Los Angeles Times said that the fact that the Treaty of Versailles was written in English as well as French was the "first diplomatic blow" against the language.
1 day ago · Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina was a devastating and deadly Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused 1,392 fatalities and damages estimated at $186.3 billion (2022 USD) in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area. [1] Katrina was the twelfth tropical cyclone, the fifth hurricane, and the third ...
