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Airplane Deicing at Detroit Metropolitan Airport
Aircraft de-icing for a McDonnel Douglas DC-9 at the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport.
Originally opened in 1929 as the Wayne County Airport, the airport was later renamed to Detroit-Wayne Major Airport in 1947 and finally to its present day name, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in 1958. The airport was also certified in that year as an international jet craft airport by the Civil Aeronautics Authority (which later became the Federal Aviation Administration).
San Francisco Pillow Fight!
The 2009 Great San Francisco Pillow Fight took place on Valentine’s Day at the Justin Herman Plaza. This annual event was first organized in San Francisco for the 2006 Valentine’s Day.
Valentine’s Day
According to Wikipedia:
In South Korea, women give chocolate to men on February 14, and men give non-chocolate candy to women on March 14. On April 14 (Black Day), those who did not receive anything on the 14th of Feb or March go to a Chinese restaurant to eat black noodles and “mourn” their single life.
the other Pittsburgh
One out of five people in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania lives below the poverty line. [Census 2000]
