USS Block Island (CVE-21/AVG-21/ACV-21) was a Bogue-class escort carrier for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first of two escort carriers named after Block Island Sound off Rhode Island. Block Island was launched on 6 June 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation in Tacoma, Washington, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. H. B. Hutchinson, wife of Commander Hutchinson; transferred to the United States Navy on 1 May 1942; and commissioned on 8 March 1943, Captain Logan C. Ramsey in command. Originally classified AVG-21, she became ACV-21 on 20 August 1942, and CVE-21 on 15 July 1943. She was named after Block Island, an island in Rhode Island east of New York.
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra is based in Munich, Germany, one of two full-size symphony orchestras operated under the auspices of Bayerischer Rundfunk, or Bavarian Broadcasting (BR). Its primary concert venues are the Philharmonie am Gasteig and the Herkulessaal in the Residenz.
Janice is a village and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia.
El Robledo is a municipality in Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a population of 1,084.
Albaladejo del Cuende is a municipality in Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a population of 385.
Mezőladány is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.
An der Schmücke is a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft in the district Kyffhäuserkreis, in Thuringia, Germany. The seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft is in Heldrungen.
Marshyntsi is one of the Romanian-speaking villages of the Novoselytsia Raion (district) of Chernivtsi Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Sofia Rotaru was born in Marshyntsi in 1947.
Eshakchi is a village in the Jalilabad Rayon of Azerbaijan.
Radzhabli is a village in the Jalilabad Rayon of Azerbaijan.
Zaryar is a village in the Jalilabad Rayon of Azerbaijan.
Gyulmirza is a village in the Imishli Rayon of Azerbaijan.
Xoltəzəkənd is a village in the Neftchala Rayon of Azerbaijan. The village forms part of the municipality of Xol Qarabucaq.
Cəfərli is a village in the Jalilabad Rayon of Azerbaijan.
Shing is a town and jamoat in western Tajikistan. It is located in Panjakent District in Sughd province. The jamoat has a total population of 9,595.
Oktyabrsky, Oktyabrskaya or Oktyabrskoye is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
Paya Rumput is a town in Melaka, Malaysia. It is near Alor Gajah District Border and Central Malacca District Border. The town has rapidly developed a residential area and a business area.
Kõrkküla is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia.
