David Legge Brainard (December 21, 1856 – March 22, 1946) was a career officer in the United States Army. He enlisted in 1876, received his officer's commission in 1886, and served until 1919. Brainard attained the rank of brigadier general and served during World War I as U.S. military attaché in Lisbon, Portugal. A native of Norway, New York, Brainard was raised and educated in Norway and nearby Freetown, and graduated from the State Normal School in Cortland, New York.

John Provand (died 1610) was a Scottish merchant in 16th-century Edinburgh. He was usually described as "Mr John Provand", indicating he had a university education. He dealt in wool, cloth, and imported textiles, and had gained his rights to trade overseas from his first wife, Katherine Henryson, who remained involved in the family business. In 1577 a valuable cargo was seized by English sailors or pirates using a fly-boat of Rochester. At the Entry of Anne of Denmark, Provand was of the town dignitaries appointed to hold up the canopy or paill over the queen.

Chances is an Australian evening soap opera, originally aired from 29 January 1991 to 30 December 1992, and 126 episodes were produced for Nine Network by Beyond International. It initially told the story of the average, middle-class Taylor family whose lives are transformed by winning $3 million in the lottery - later episodes however diverged considerably away from the series original premise. Chances was also broadcast in the United Kingdom on Sky One.

The Attack on Mers-el-Kébir (Battle of Mers-el-Kébir) on 3 July 1940, during the Second World War, was a British naval attack on French Navy ships at the naval base at Mers El Kébir, at Oran, on the coast of French Algeria. The attack was the main part of Operation Catapult, a British plan to neutralise or destroy French ships to prevent them from falling into German hands after the Allied defeat in the Battle of France. The British bombardment of the base killed 1,297 French servicemen, sank a battleship and damaged five other ships, for a British loss of five aircraft shot down and two crewmen killed. The attack by air and sea was conducted by the Royal Navy, after France had signed armistices with Germany and Italy, coming into effect on 25 June. Of particular significance to the British were the five battleships of the Bretagne and Richelieu classes and the two fast battleships of the Dunkerque class, the second largest force of capital ships in Europe after the Royal Navy. The British War Cabinet feared that the ships would fall into Axis hands. Admiral François Darlan, commander of the French Navy, assured the British, even after the French armistices with Germany and Italy, that the fleet would remain under French control but Winston Churchill and the War Cabinet judged that the risk was too great. Darlan repeatedly refused British requests to place the fleet in British custody or move it to the French West Indies out of German reach. The British attack was almost universally condemned in France and resentment festered for years over what was considered a betrayal by their former ally. The French thought that their assurances were honourable and should have been sufficient. Marshal Philippe Pétain, who was appointed the prime minister of France on 16 June, severed diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom on 8 July. The next day, deputies of the National Assembly met at Vichy and voted to revise the constitution, ending the French Third Republic. Pétain was installed with full powers as leader of the new French State. French aircraft retaliated by bombing Gibraltar and French ships exchanged fire several times with British ships, before a tacit truce was observed in the western Mediterranean. On 27 November 1942, after the beginning of Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French North Africa, the Marine nationale (French Navy) foiled Case Anton, a German and Italian operation to capture ships of the Marine nationale at Toulon, by scuttling the ships. In 1997, Martin Thomas wrote that the British attack at Mers-el Kébir remains controversial but that other historians have written that it demonstrated to the world that Britain would fight on.

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Touchgrind is a skateboarding simulation game developed by Swedish studio Illusion Labs for iOS and Android devices. A sequel, Touchgrind Skate 2, was released on November 21, 2013. The game allows players to control a variety of different skateboards to complete tricks and score points or take part in competitions to beat your high score. Following the success of the game, a spin-off series titled Touchgrind BMX was released on May 26, 2011, with a sequel Touchgrind BMX 2 being released on April 11, 2018. A second spin-off, Touchgrind Scooter, was released on June 10, 2021.

The Attack on Mers-el-Kébir (Battle of Mers-el-Kébir) on 3 July 1940, during the Second World War, was a British naval attack on French Navy ships at the naval base at Mers El Kébir, at Oran, on the coast of French Algeria. The attack was the main part of Operation Catapult, a British plan to neutralise or destroy French ships to prevent them from falling into German hands after the Allied defeat in the Battle of France. The British bombardment of the base killed 1,297 French servicemen, sank a battleship and damaged five other ships, for a British loss of five aircraft shot down and two crewmen killed.

David Legge Brainard (December 21, 1856 – March 22, 1946) was a career officer in the United States Army. He enlisted in 1876, received his officer's commission in 1886, and served until 1919. Brainard attained the rank of brigadier general and served during World War I as U.S. military attaché in Lisbon, Portugal. A native of Norway, New York, Brainard was raised and educated in Norway and nearby Freetown, and graduated from the State Normal School in Cortland, New York. In addition to his First World War service, Brainard was a veteran of the American Indian Wars, Spanish–American War, and Philippine–American War. He was also a noted arctic explorer who attained fame as one of only six survivors of the 1881 to 1884 Lady Franklin Bay Expedition. He was the recipient of several civilian awards in recognition of his explorations. He died in Washington, D.C. on March 22, 1946 and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

John Provand (died 1610) was a Scottish merchant in 16th-century Edinburgh. He was usually described as "Mr John Provand", indicating he had a university education. He dealt in wool, cloth, and imported textiles, and had gained his rights to trade overseas from his first wife, Katherine Henryson, who remained involved in the family business. In 1577 a valuable cargo was seized by English sailors or pirates using a fly-boat of Rochester. Provand supplied silver to the mint. In September and October 1580 with Robert Gourlay he supplied silver worth £78-7s-8d. Scots to the mint in Edinburgh to be coined. They were paid a further £2,123-7s-8d. outstanding for silver supplied. When Regent Morton was arrested, Provand was asked about his meetings with him at Holyrood Palace. Provand said he gone only to ask him for a precept or warrant concerning wool which his wife had bought from him. Morton was to ask his tenants at Linton to carry the wool from Drochil to Edinburgh. When Morton was about to be executed on 2 June 1581, he was asked about the death of the Earl of Atholl in 1579 who was thought to have been poisoned, and it was suggested to him that John Provand had imported the poison. The stock of the family business was listed after his first wife Katherine Henrysoun died in October 1583. Luxury textiles and other lines in their shop included plain and figured velvets, chamlets and taffeta, Scottish linen and Flemish linen, "Flanders Arras work" (patterned fabric rather than tapestry), embroidery silks, French pins, chamois leather, Flemish pewter, silk ribbons, velvet bonnets, and belts embroidered with counterfeit pearls for gentlewomen. It is probable that Morton's wool from the Scottish Borders was traded for Flanders goods. The will also lists money owing to Provand and his wife, and legacies to countless Henryson relations and their spouses, including the apothecary Alexander Barclay. On 25 April 1584 the courtier John Gibb delivered a jewel, a tablet or locket with a diamond and an emerald, in a case, to the Provost of Edinburgh, Alexander Clark of Balbirnie, as a pledge for a loan of 6,000 merks or £4,000 Scots. In October 1589 the Provost John Arnot formally gave the jewel back to the king as a marriage gift. The jewel was delivered by Clark's son-in-law John Provand to William Fairlie, who commissioned the goldsmith David Gilbert to upgrade and refashion it for presentation to Anne of Denmark during her Entry to Edinburgh in May 1590. At the Entry of Anne of Denmark, Provand was of the town dignitaries appointed to hold up the canopy or paill over the queen. During the North Berwick Witch Trials, Provand was said have been a frequent host of Ritchie Graham.

Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896, but women's events first appeared in 1928. American female gymnasts have participated in every Olympic Games since 1936, except for 1980. A total of 83 female gymnasts have represented the United States. American women have won 48 medals at the Olympics – 9 in team all-around, 8 in individual all-around, 4 in vault, 8 in uneven bars, 10 in balance beam, and 9 in floor exercise. The medals include 28 golds. The U.S. has medaled in the team all-around in every Summer Olympics since 1992, winning golds in 1996, 2012, and 2016. Seven American female gymnasts have won at least four medals at the Olympic Games: Shannon Miller (seven), Simone Biles (seven), Aly Raisman (six), Nastia Liukin (five), Mary Lou Retton (five), Dominique Dawes (four), and Shawn Johnson (four). In 1984, Mary Lou Retton became the first American female gymnast to win the individual all-around gold medal at the Olympics. She won five total medals that year in the only Olympic Games she participated in. Shannon Miller, who competed at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics, won seven total Olympic medals, which was the most of any American female gymnast before the 2021 Olympics in which Simone Biles tied for the number of Olympic medals won. Miller won five medals in 1992 and added two more in 1996. Dominique Dawes competed at the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Olympics, winning four medals. Miller and Dawes were both members of the "Magnificent Seven", the 1996 team that became the first American squad to win the team all-around gold medal at the Olympics. The competition was highlighted by Kerri Strug sticking a vault while injured to ensure the U.S. victory. Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson won five and four medals, respectively, in 2008, the only Olympics that either one participated in. Liukin won the individual all-around gold medal, and Johnson won the balance beam gold medal. In 2012, the U.S. won the team all-around for the second time. This team, which was nicknamed the "Fierce Five", featured five gymnasts who were all making their first appearance at the Olympics. That year, Gabby Douglas won the gold medal in individual all-around, and Aly Raisman won the gold medal in floor exercise. In 2016, the U.S. won the team all-around gold medal for the second consecutive Olympics, and the third title overall. The team referred to as "The Final Five", featured the return of 2012 Olympic gold medalists Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman. It also featured newcomers Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian, and the 3-time reigning world all-around champion Simone Biles. Biles won the individual all-around, vault, and floor exercise gold medals, and also took bronze in the balance beam final. Raisman won silver medals in the all-around and floor exercise. Hernandez took the silver on the balance beam while Kocian, the reigning uneven bars world co-champion would win silver in that event. The 2016 games had been the most dominant games ever for team USA in women's gymnastics, having won 4 golds, 4 silvers, and a bronze medal overall.