River Raid is a video game developed by Carol Shaw for the Atari Video Computer System (later renamed Atari 2600) and released in 1982 by Activision. The...
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The Raid on Combahee Ferry (/kəmˈbiː/ kəm-BEE, also known as the Combahee River Raid) was a military operation during the American Civil War conducted...
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role in the raid at Combahee Ferry. She guided three steamboats with black soldiers under Montgomery's command past mines on the Combahee River to assault...
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Salmon River Raid was a raid conducted by British forces in February 1814 against the recently abandoned American bases along the Salmon River near French...
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best known for creating the Atari 2600 vertically scrolling shooter game River Raid (1982) for Activision. She worked for Atari, Inc. from 1978 to 1980, where...
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Morgan's Raid (also the Calico Raid or Great Raid of 1863) was a diversionary incursion by Confederate cavalry into the Union states of Indiana, Kentucky...
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The Raid on Oyster River, also known as the Oyster River Massacre, happened during King William's War, on July 18, 1694, when a group of Abenaki and some...
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to Proliferate". Cash Box. Vol. 44, no. 15. September 4, 1982. p. 24. "River Raid (Registration Number PA0000188573)". United States Copyright Office. Retrieved...
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factory. Raid at Georgetown and Fredericktown, Maryland (May 6, 1813): A British raid by HMS Mohawk on two U.S. villages on the Sassafras River, destroying...
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The Mount Hope Bay raids were a series of military raids conducted by British troops during the American Revolutionary War against communities on the...
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The Plum River raid was a bloodless skirmish that occurred at present-day Savanna, Illinois, on May 21, 1832, as part of the Black Hawk War. Most of the...
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Atari, the Flashback 2 features two games by Activision: Pitfall! and River Raid. A few of the included games are homebrews. Some games, such as Lunar...
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later leads an armed expedition of 150 black soldiers in the Combahee River Raid. The epilogue describes some of her accomplishments: She personally freed...
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Grierson's Raid was a Union cavalry raid during the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. It ran from April 17 to May 2, 1863, as a diversion...
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other than the Quebec raid several days later, which was launched in June 1866. About 1000 to 1300 Fenians crossed the Niagara River in the first 14 hours...
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their winter quarters along the Salmon River, the British and Canadians believed it was a good time to launch a raid and attempt to capture any supplies...
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The raid was clearly failing. One of Brown's men, William H. Leeman, panicked and made an attempt to flee by swimming across the Potomac River, but he...
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needed] The Combahee River Collective was a Black feminist lesbian organization, formed in 1974 and named after the Combahee River Raid, where Harriet Tubman...
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Operation Chastise (redirect from Dambuster raid)
Operation Chastise, commonly known as the Dambusters Raid, was an attack on German dams carried out on the night of 16/17 May 1943 by 617 Squadron RAF...
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The St Nazaire Raid or Operation Chariot was a British amphibious attack on the heavily defended Normandie dry dock at St Nazaire in German-occupied France...
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sandy dunes, forest roads, mountain roads, and dry river beds; among others. Well known rally raids include the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge and Rallye du...
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Operation Jubilee or the Dieppe Raid (19 August 1942) was a disastrous Allied amphibious attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe in northern France...
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The Jameson Raid (Afrikaans: Jameson-inval, lit. ''Jameson's Invasion'' , 29 December 1895 – 2 January 1896) was a botched raid against the South African...
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Help Russia Take Down the Mafia? Oct. 13, 2009 New York Times - In a River Raid, a Glimpse of Russia’s Criminal Elite, July 30, 2008 The Times - Russia...
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The Royalton raid was a British-led Indian raid in 1780 against various towns along the White River Valley in the Vermont Republic, and was part of the...
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River, the St. Joseph River, the Kankakee River, Tippecanoe and Wabash Rivers, the Illinois River and Lake Peoria, and the Des Plaines and Fox Rivers...
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The Raid at Cabanatuan (Filipino: Pagsalakay sa Cabanatuan), also known as the Great Raid (Filipino: Ang Dakilang Pagsalakay), was a rescue of Allied...
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The Raid on Chambersburg, often identified as J.E.B. Stuart's Chambersburg Raid, was a Confederate States Army cavalry raid into Maryland and Pennsylvania...
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east. A subgroup occupied the Upper Iowa River region in what was later known as northeast Iowa and the Root River region in southeast Minnesota in the late...
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Navy & Marine LHA history site on Alligator Full Story of the Appomattox River Raid UNDERSEA WARFARE Magazine article on Alligator Comprehensive site on world...
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