129th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), Action
The 91st brigade of the 129th division has sailed from Port of Humen 2 April 1946 and 12 April 1946, arriving to Uraga, Kanagawa 19 May 1946 and 18 May 1946, respectively. The 92nd brigade of the 129th division has sailed the same route 9 April 1946, arriving to Uraga, Kanagawa 17 May 1946. The disembarkation was delayed until 20 May 1946 because of cholera outbreak on board.


129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis
The 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army raised in 1846 as the 2nd Bellochee Battalion. It was designated as the 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis in 1903, and became 4th Battalion (Duke of Connaught's Own) 10th Baluch Regiment in 1922. In 1947, it was allocated to Pakistan Army, where it continues to exist as 11th Battalion of The Baloch Regiment.


129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis, Early history
The regiment was raised on 6 May 1846 at Karachi on the orders of General Sir Charles Napier, the British Governor of Sindh. Its manpower was mostly drawn from Balochis, Sindhis and Pathans of Sindh. Later, it also recruited Brahuis and Punjabi Muslims, while the recruitment area was extended to include Baluchistan, North-West Frontier Province and the Punjab. In 1856, the battalion was dispatched to Persia and fought in the Anglo-Persian War. In the post-Mutiny realignment, it was brought into line in 1861 and became the 29th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry or the 2nd Belooch Regiment.


129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis, Early history
In 1862, the regiment went to China to suppress the Taiping Rebellion. Two years later, they became the first foreign troops to be stationed in Japan, when two companies were sent to Yokohama to guard the British legation. In 1878–80, the 2nd Belooch Regiment fought in the Second Afghan War, followed by the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882. In 1883, the Duke of Connaught was appointed their Colonel-in-Chief.


129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis, Early history
Subsequent to the reforms brought about in the British Indian Army by Lord Kitchener in 1903, all former Bombay Army units had 100 added to their numbers. Consequently, the regiment's designation was changed to 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis. In 1912, General Sir Garrett O'Moore Creagh, VC, GCB, GCSI, Commander-in-Chief, British Indian Army was appointed Colonel of the 129th DCO Baluchis. He was a former Commanding Officer of the regiment. The regimental full dress uniform in 1914 included a rifle green turban and kurta (knee length tunic) piped in red, worn with red trousers and white gaiters. The red trousers were a distinctive feature of all five Baluch infantry regiments then serving in the British Indian Army.


129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis, Early history
During the First World War, the 129th DCO Baluchis served on the Western Front in France and Belgium, where they became the first Indian regiment to attack the Germans. At Hollebeke, during the First Ypres, Sepoy Khudadad Khan became the first Pakistani to win the Victoria Cross; Britain's highest decoration for valour. The regiment also fought in the Battles of Messines 1914, Armentières 1914, Festubert 1914, Givenchy 1914 and Neuve Chapelle 1915. From France, the regiment proceeded to German East Africa and again distinguished itself in the long and difficult campaign.


129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis, Early history
The German commander, General von Lettow-Vorbeck, said of them: "... the 129th Baluchis ... were without a doubt very good". The regiment suffered a staggering 3585 casualties out of the 4447 officers and men, who served with it in the First World War. Out of these casualties 348 died, including 45 attached men from the 127th Baluchi Light Infantry and 6 men from the 124th Baluchis. In 1918, the regiment raised a second battalion. Both 1st & 2nd Battalions 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis fought in the Third Afghan War of 1919, while the 2nd Battalion also served in Iraq during the Iraqi revolt against the British in 1920. The 2nd Battalion was disbanded in 1922.


129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis, Subsequent history
In 1922, the regiment was grouped with five other Baluch battalions: 1st & 2nd Battalions of 124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry, 126th Baluchistan Infantry, 127th Queen Mary's Own Baluch Light Infantry and the 130th King George's Own Baluchis (Jacob's Rifles), to form the 10th Baluch Regiment. The 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis were designated as the 4th Battalion (Duke of Connaught's Own) 10th Baluch Regiment.


129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis, Subsequent history
During the Second World War, 4/10th Baluch served in Italian East Africa, North Africa and Italy. The battalion's performance in the war was once again highly commendable. It suffered a total of 1677 casualties and received numerous gallantry awards. On the Partition of India in 1947, the battalion, along with the Baluch Regiment was allocated to Pakistan Army. In the 1948 Indo-Pakistan War, the battalion captured the strategic heights of Pandu in Kashmir. In 1956, on the merger of 8th Punjab and Bahawalpur Regiments with the Baluch Regiment, 4 Baluch was redesignated as 11 Baluch (now 11 Baloch). During the Indo-Pakistani Wars of 1965 and 1971, the battalion fought with distinction in the Lahore and Zafarwal Sectors.


129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis, Uniforms
Throughout its existence as a separate regiment the 129th Baluchis wore a full dress comprising dark green turban and tunic, the latter with red facings. Trousers were red and cut wide in "knickerbocker" style. Gaiters were white and equipment of brown leather. British officers wore green tunics of rifle regiment pattern with silver ornamented pouch-belts and red trousers. Khaki drill field service uniforms were introduced about 1880 and replaced the green and red for most occasions after 1914.


129th Field Artillery Regiment
The 129th Field Artillery Regiment is a regiment of the Field Artillery Branch of the United States Army. Only the 1st Battalion is constituted as an active unit, and is assigned to the Missouri Army National Guard, with its headquarters in Maryville, Missouri, and has subordinate elements located in armories in Albany, Independence, and Chillicothe, Missouri. As a part of the Missouri National Guard, the 1st Battalion, 129th FA is a subordinate unit of the 130th Field Artillery Brigade located in Manhattan, Kansas.


129th Field Artillery Regiment, History
The 129th is notable for its service in World War I with its D Battery under the command of then-Captain Harry S. Truman, later President of the United States (1945–53). In recognition of this fact, this unit has the official designation "Truman's Own." The distinction of having had a battery that was commanded by a future U.S. President is also recognized by the presence of a battery designated "D", being the letter assigned to the battery Truman commanded, in lieu of a C Battery.


129th Field Artillery Regiment, Distinctive unit insignia
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 3/32 inches (2.78 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Per bend Or and Gules, in chief a prickly pear cactus Vert and in base three fleurs-de-lis in bend of the first. Attached below the shield a Red scroll inscribed “SEND YOUR MISSION” in Gold letters.


129th Field Artillery Regiment, Distinctive unit insignia
The colors red and yellow are for Artillery. The prickly pear cactus is symbolic of the organization’s Mexican Border service. The three fleurs-de-lis represent the three battle honors (Meuse-Argonne, Alsace and Lorraine) awarded the battalion for service during World War I.


129th Field Artillery Regiment, Distinctive unit insignia
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 129th Field Artillery Battalion on 28 August 1952. It was redesignated for the 129th Artillery Regiment on 26 October 1961. The insignia was redesignated for the 129th Field Artillery Regiment on 17 July 1972.


129th Field Artillery Regiment, Coat of arms, Blazon
Per bend Or and Gules, in chief a prickly pear cactus Vert and in base three fleurs-de-lis in bend of the first.


129th Field Artillery Regiment, Coat of arms, Blazon
That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Missouri Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, a grizzly bear standing rampant Proper.


129th Field Artillery Regiment, Coat of arms, Symbolism
The colors red and yellow in the Shield are for Artillery. The prickly pear cactus is symbolic of the organization’s Mexican Border service. The three fleurs-de-lis represent the three battle honors (Meuse-Argonne, Alsace and Lorraine) awarded the battalion for service during World War I. The crest is that of the Missouri Army National Guard.


129th Field Artillery Regiment, Coat of arms, Background
The coat of arms was originally approved for the 129th Field Artillery Battalion on 28 August 1952. It was redesignated for the 129th Artillery Regiment on 26 October 1961. The insignia was redesignated for the 129th Field Artillery Regiment on 17 July 1972.


129th Guards Rifle Division
The 129th Guards Rifle Division was formed as an elite infantry division of the Red Army in October 1943, based on the 1st formation of the 176th Rifle Division. It was the highest-numbered Guards division designated by the Red Army, although not the last to be formed.


129th Guards Rifle Division
Following the German 17th Army's evacuation of the Kuban bridgehead the Soviet 18th Army, where the 129th Guards was formed, was transferred to 1st Ukrainian Front which was in need of reinforcements during a partly-successful German counteroffensive west of Kiev. The division was instrumental in the re-capture of the city of Zhitomir on December 31, for which it was awarded a battle honor. In the spring it was moved to the 1st Guards Army and remained under that command for the duration of the war.


129th Guards Rifle Division
During the Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive the division was transferred to the 107th Rifle Corps and would remain there for the duration; shortly after the 1st Guards Army became part of 4th Ukrainian Front. Under these commands the 129th Guards fought through the Carpathian Mountains into Slovakia and eventually southern Poland and its subunits won several battle honors and decorations in the course of this difficult campaigning, including the Order of Lenin by its artillery regiment. In spite of its fine record of service and many distinctions the division was disbanded in May 1946.


129th Guards Rifle Division, Formation
On October 9, 1943 the 176th officially became the 129th Guards in the 18th Army of North Caucasus Front where it was serving as a separate rifle division; it would be presented with its Guards banner on October 24. Once the division completed its reorganization its order of battle was as follows:


129th Guards Rifle Division, Formation
The division remained under the command of Maj. Gen. Sergei Mikhailovich Bushev who had been in command of the 176th since November 20, 1942. It inherited the Order of the Red Banner that the 176th had been awarded on December 13, 1942 in recognition of its role in the fighting in the Caucasus, particularly counterattacks against 1st Panzer Army near Mozdok and Ordzhonikidze, as did the 299th Guards Artillery Regiment. In addition, the 320th Guards and 330th Guards Rifle Regiments retained the Orders of the Red Banner that they had been presented under their previous designations on March 27, 1942 and February 8, 1943 respectively.


129th Guards Rifle Division, Formation
By the start of November the 129th Guards was under 20th Rifle Corps and on November 19 it was transferred to the Reserve of the Supreme High Command along with the rest of 18th Army and began moving northwest from the Taman Peninsula to the northern Ukraine where it joined the 1st Ukrainian Front west of Kiev on November 30, being reassigned to 22nd Rifle Corps. At about this time the division's personnel were noted as being roughly 60 percent of several Caucasian nationalities and roughly 40 percent Russian.


129th Guards Rifle Division, Into Western Ukraine
1st Ukrainian Front had liberated Kiev on November 6 and had continued its offensive westward toward Fastov, Korosten, Zhitomir and Berdichev; Fastov was taken the following day and Zhitomir fell to 38th Army on November 12. The defending 4th Panzer Army was reinforced by the XXXXVIII Panzer Corps and went over to the counteroffensive, recapturing Zhitomir and Korosten before being halted. The commander of the Front, Army Gen. N. F. Vatutin, appealed for reinforcements and was sent both the 18th Army and 1st Tank Army.


129th Guards Rifle Division, Into Western Ukraine
Meanwhile the commander of Army Group South, Field Marshal E. von Manstein, suspended the counteroffensive on December 24, hours before he received news that elements of 1st Tank Army and 1st Guards Army were advancing west on both sides of the Kiev–Zhitomir road. This offensive expanded over the next two days and by early on December 28 18th Army had joined it.


129th Guards Rifle Division, Into Western Ukraine
While von Manstein wrangled with Hitler over tactics the left flank of 4th Panzer Army was in full retreat west of Korosten and an early 60km-wide gap had opened in its lines north of Zhitomir, which the German forces soon evacuated. In recognition of its role in the re-liberation of the city the division was granted an honorific:


129th Guards Rifle Division, Into Western Ukraine
ZHITOMIR... 129th Guards Rifle Division (Major General Bushev, Sergei Mikhailovich)... The troops who participated in the liberation of Zhitomir, by the order of the Supreme High Command of 1 January 1944, and a commendation in Moscow, are given a salute of 20 artillery salvoes from 224 guns.


129th Guards Rifle Division, Into Western Ukraine
Through January and February the Front continued trekking westward via Novohrad-Volynskyi, Shepetivka and Rovno, reaching Lutsk and Dubno by March 1. By the beginning of April the 18th Army had only the three divisions of 22nd Corps (161st and 317th Rifle, 129th Guards) under its command.


129th Guards Rifle Division, Into Western Ukraine, Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
Later that month the 129th Guards was transferred to the 30th Rifle Corps of 1st Guards Army, joining the 141st and 30th Rifle Divisions. The division would remain in this Army for the duration of the war. On June 7 General Bushev advanced to command of 30th Rifle Corps but within weeks took over the 52nd Rifle Corps for the duration. He was replaced by his deputy commander, Lt. Col. Efim Vasilevich Fesenko for several weeks until Col. Timofei Ustinovich Grinchenko took over on July 6; this officer had previously commanded the 276th Rifle Division and would be promoted to the rank of major general on September 13.


129th Guards Rifle Division, Into Western Ukraine, Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
When the Lvov-Sandomierz Offensive began on July 13 the 1st Guards Army was deployed on a 118km-wide sector with 17 rifle divisions, of which 5 were in reserve. 30th Corps was roughly in the center of the Army's front, west of the Seret River and east of Pidhaitsi, facing the German 371st Infantry Division. The Army was assigned a supporting role in the offensive, prepared to back up 38th Army to its north with its reserve divisions and the 4th Guards Tank Corps once that Army penetrated the German front.


129th Guards Rifle Division, Into Western Ukraine, Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
From July 14-20 the Front's northern armies successfully penetrated the deep German defenses on the Rava-Ruska and Lvov axes and with all available German reserves committed or already destroyed the Front prepared to expand the offensive on the direction of Drohobych. 1st Guards and 18th Armies had been fighting local actions during this first week in order to pin German forces in place while the reserve 107th Rifle Corps and 4th Guards Tanks had shifted to 38th Army's sector to exploit its breakthrough toward Lvov.


129th Guards Rifle Division, Into Western Ukraine, Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
On the night of July 19/20 forward elements of the 30th and 74th Rifle Corps conducted a reconnaissance-in-force to determine German dispositions; 20 prisoners were taken and on several sectors the forward defenses were penetrated. In order to exploit these successes the forward detachments of 30th Corps, including those of the 129th Guards, went over to the offensive after noon and soon determined that the German forces had begun to withdraw to the west, covered by strong rearguards.


129th Guards Rifle Division, Into Western Ukraine, Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
1st Guards Army went over to the general offensive on the morning of July 21 and after dislodging the rearguards advanced from 6-22km during the day. The Army's commander, Col. Gen. A. A. Grechko, was now ordered to develop an aggressive offensive and capture Stanislav by the end of July 24. During July 23 units of 30th Corps forced a crossing of the Dniestr River near Petryluv and fought to expand the bridgehead while driving back German counterattacks. From July 24-26 the Army continued to advance against stubborn resistance and took Stanislav on the 26th.


129th Guards Rifle Division, Into Western Ukraine, Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
At about this time the 129th Guards was transferred to 107th Corps. In order to prevent any German regrouping in the Drohobych–Borislav region, Grechko was ordered on the morning of the 27th accelerate his drive even further, up to 70km in three days. Despite these directions the advance on Drohobych slowed in the face of a stubborn defense along the Dniestr and repeated counterattacks by tanks and infantry. Effective at 2400 hours on August 5 the 1st Guards Army came under command of 4th Ukrainian Front, where it would remain for the duration.


129th Guards Rifle Division, Into Western Ukraine, Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
The next day Drohobych was finally liberated and the 330th Guards Rifle Regiment (Lt. Col. Ryabov, Aleksandr Vasilevich) was awarded its name as a battle honor. On August 16 the 320th Guards Rifle Regiment would receive the Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 3rd Degree, while the 124th Guards Sapper Battalion was given the Order of the Red Star, both for their roles in this victory.


129th Guards Rifle Division, Into the Carpathians
4th Ukrainian Front had been transferred from the Crimea following the liberation of Sevastopol to the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains in part because many of its formations, having fought in the Caucasus, were experienced in mountain warfare. The 129th Guards, as the former 176th Rifle Division, had such experience. 107th Corps at the start of September had the 129th Guards, the 167th and 276th Rifle Divisions under command.


129th Guards Rifle Division, Into the Carpathians
Beginning on September 9 the Front attempted to break through the positions of First Panzer Army into the Dukla Pass in the Laborec Highlands toward Uzhhorod. This made slow progress to begin with but by the start of October began to make headway in part due to the removal of a panzer division and on October 6 the pass was taken. By the 14th the Front was on the move again, slowly advancing south of Dukla Pass through German fortified positions; 1st Guards Army was attempting to force some of the smaller passes farther east.


129th Guards Rifle Division, Into the Carpathians
In recognition of its part in this fighting, on October 31 the 325th Guards Rifle Regiment would be decorated with the Order of the Red Banner. Through November and into December, as the 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts encircled Budapest, the 107th Corps pushed on toward the towns of Humenné and Michalovce and on December 16 the 325th Guards Regiment would also receive the Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 2nd Degree, for its role in taking these towns.


129th Guards Rifle Division, Into the Carpathians, Western Carpathian Offensive
General Grechko launched his Army on its next operation on January 18, 1945 against the German XI Army Corps over the Ondava River through such mountainous terrain that only 42 tanks could be effectively used. The 107th and 11th Rifle Corps heavily damaged the 253rd Infantry Division, throwing back its remnants up to 22km and on January 20 took the city of Prešov; the 320th Guards Rifle Regiment (Col. Fokin, Andrei Petrovich) was recognized with its name as an honorific.


129th Guards Rifle Division, Into the Carpathians, Western Carpathian Offensive
For their roles in the same victory on February 19 the 325th Guards Regiment would be awarded the Order of Suvorov, 3rd Degree, while the 330th Guards Regiment received the Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 2nd Degree. On the same date the 115th Guards Antitank Battalion was granted the Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 3rd Degree, for its part in the fighting for Nowy Targ. Near the end of the offensive the division took part in the capture of the city of Bielsko; in an unusual distinction the 299th Guards Artillery Regiment was awarded the Order of Lenin on April 5.


129th Guards Rifle Division, Moravia–Ostrava Offensive and Postwar
The 129th Guards' last offensive began on March 24 into what is now the eastern part of the Czech Republic. The advance crossed the upper reaches of the Oder River but was then held up by German resistance east of Frenštát pod Radhoštěm until April 5. By the time of the German surrender the division was on the approaches to Olomouc; its personnel were now noted as being about 50 percent Russian, 30 percent Ukrainian and 20 percent Bessarabian. On May 28 it was awarded the Order of Suvorov, 2nd Degree, for its part in the capture of Ostrava.


129th Guards Rifle Division, Moravia–Ostrava Offensive and Postwar
The men and women of the division now shared the full title of 129th Guards Rifle, Zhitomir, Order of the Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Division. (Russian: 129-я гвардейская стрелковая Житомирская Краснознамённая ордена Суворова дивизия.) On June 29 Colonel Fokin of the 320th Guards Rifle Regiment would be made a Hero of the Soviet Union. The division was transferred to 38th Army and soon moved to Ternopil where it was disbanded in May 1946 along with the 107th Rifle Corps; General Grinchenko retired from the Red Army in September.


129th IOC Session
The 129th Session of the International Olympic Committee, was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from August 1st to August 4th, 2016, prior to the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, being held in Rio. Some key moments of the session included a keynote address from Professor Muhammad Yunus and the election of new sports for the 2020 Olympic program.


129th IOC Session, The Election of New Sports for the 2020 Olympic Games
After the introduction of Olympic Agenda 2020 in 2014, the IOC granted Olympic host city organizing committees, the ability to propose other sports in addition to the core olympic sports to be included in their respective Olympic Games. Several International Sports Federations campaigned to the Tokyo Organizing Committee to be included in the 2020 program, eventually the Tokyo OCOG made the decision to propose the inclusion of baseball/softball(as one sport, two disciplines), karate, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing. The 2020 organizing committee presented the five sport package to the full International Olympic Committee at the IOC session in Rio on August 3, 2016.


129th IOC Session, The Election of New Sports for the 2020 Olympic Games
The IOC, unanimously approved the proposal of the inclusion of the five sports for a one-off appearance in the Tokyo Games.


129th Illinois Infantry Regiment
The 129th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an American infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.


129th Illinois Infantry Regiment, Service
The 129th Illinois Infantry was organized at Pontiac, Illinois, and mustered into Federal service on September 8, 1862, for a three-year enlistment.


129th Illinois Infantry Regiment, Service
The regiment was mustered out of service on June 8, 1865.


129th Illinois Infantry Regiment, Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 50 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 128 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 180 fatalities.


129th Indiana Infantry Regiment
The 129th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.


129th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Service
The 129th Indiana Infantry was organized at Kendallville and Michigan City, Indiana beginning December 16, 1863 and mustered in March 1, 1864 under the command of Colonel Charles Case.


129th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Service
The regiment was attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XXIII Corps, Army of the Ohio, to June 1864. 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, XXIII Corps, to August 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, XXIII Corps, to December 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XXIII Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February 1865, and Department of North Carolina to August 1865.


129th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Service
The 129th Indiana Infantry mustered out of service August 29, 1865 at Charlotte, North Carolina.


129th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Detailed service
Duty at Michigan City until March 30. Moved to Nashville, Tennessee, March 30 – April 7. March to Charleston, Tennessee, April 7–24, 1864. Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Dalton, Georgia, May 8–13. Rocky Faced Ridge May 8–11. Battle of Resaca May 14–15. Movements on Dallas May 18–25. Cartersville May 24. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church, and Allatoona Hills May 25 – June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 – July 2. Lost Mountain June 15–17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19.


129th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Detailed service
Assault on Kennesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2–5. Ruff's Mills July 3–4. Chattahoochie River July 5–17. Siege of Atlanta July 22 – August 25. Utoy Creek August 5–7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25–30. Lovejoy's Station September 2–6. Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama September 29 – November 3. Nashville Campaign November–December. In front of Columbia November 24–27. Columbia Ford November 29. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15–16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17–28. At Clifton, Tennessee, until January 15, 1865.


129th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Detailed service
Movement to Washington, D.C.; then to Morehead City, North Carolina, January 15 – February 24. Carolinas Campaign March 1 – April 26. Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro March 1–21. Battle of Wyse Fork March 8–10. Kinston March 14. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 10–14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Provost duty at Charlotte, North Carolina, May 9 – August 29.


129th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Casualties
The regiment lost a total of 189 men during service; 2 officers and 19 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 166 enlisted men died of disease.


129th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 129th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that served during both the First and Second World Wars. In both wars the brigade was part of 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division.


129th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), History, Formation
The brigade was originally formed in 1908 in the Territorial Force (TF) as the South Western Brigade attached to the Wessex Division. It was composed of four TF infantry battalions, the 4th and 5th of the Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry), the 4th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment, and the 4th Battalion of the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment).


129th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), History, First World War
The division was mobilised in August 1914, shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. The division was sent overseas to India to free up Regular Army troops for service on the Western Front in France and Belgium. In 1915 the division was numbered as the 43rd (Wessex) Division and the brigade became the 129th (1/1st South Western) Brigade. However, the division, and the brigade, never saw action and were disbanded later in the war but many of the division's units saw service with mainly British Indian Army brigades and divisions.


129th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), History, Between the wars
The Territorial Force was disbanded shortly after the end of the Great War. It was, however, reformed as the Territorial Army in 1920 and both the 43rd Division and the brigade were also reformed. The brigade was now known as 129th (South Western) Infantry Brigade, composed of the same battalions it had before the Great War and this was the composition of the brigade for most of the inter-war years.


129th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), History, Between the wars
In 1938 all infantry brigades were reduced from four to three battalions and so, as a result, the 4th Battalion, Dorset Regiment was transferred to the 128th (Hampshire) Infantry Brigade. In 1939 the brigade was redesignated as 129th Infantry Brigade and the 4th Dorsets was transferred to the 130th Infantry Brigade.


129th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), History, Between the wars
In the same year, the 5th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, formed as a 2nd Line duplicate of the 4th Wilts when the Territorials were doubled in size, also joined the brigade and the 5th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry was transferred to 135th Infantry Brigade, part of 45th (Wessex) Infantry Division, which was formed as a 2nd Line duplicate of the 43rd (Wessex).


129th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), History, Second World War
The brigade served with the division throughout the Second World War and spent from 1939 until June 1944 in intensive training throughout the United Kingdom, particularly in Kent. They were training for the invasion of France and landed in Normandy in late June 1944. They fought in the Normandy Campaign, Operation Market Garden, the Battle of the Bulge and the Rhine Crossing.


129th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), History, Postwar
The TA was reconstituted from 1 January 1947 and its units and formations including 43 (Wessex) Infantry Division were reformed. 129 Brigade then had the following organisation:


129th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 129th Infantry Division (German: Hessen-Thuerinische 129. Infanterie-Division) was an Infantry Division of the German Army during World War II.


129th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), History
The 129th Infantry Division was formed in Hanau, in Wehrkreis XI on 20 October 1940 as Division 11 and incorporated personnel from Hessen and Thuringia. Elements of 9th, 33rd and 251st Infantry Divisions formed approximately 30% of the division.


129th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), History
After the training of the division ended in April 1941, it was sent to East Prussia and took part in Operation Barbarossa. As part of Army Group Center, the division fought in several battles of the central sector of the Eastern Front, such as those in Białystok, Smolensk and Vyazma. In October–November 1941 the division suffered heavy casualties defending the Kalinin Bridgehead and on 25 December it absorbed the 326th and 369th Regiments of the destroyed 162nd Infantry Division. The 236th Artillery Regiment of 162nd Infantry Division was incorporated into the 129th Artillery Regiment of the Division as well. The following year it took part in the heavy fighting near Rzhev, where it remained from November 1941 to early March 1943.


129th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), History
After the retreat from Rzhev, the division fought in Bryansk, Mogilev and Vitebsk, while it was reinforced with the 566th Grenadier Regiment of the 390th Field Training Division. Due to the high losses suffered in central Belorussia, namely in Bobruisk and Baranovka, it was reorganised in July 1944. In January 1944, the division was still fighting near Narew, in Różan, but was soon forced to retreat. The 129th Infantry Division was eventually destroyed in East Prussia and disbanded around February. The surviving elements were transferred into the 4th Army and fought in the last battles in East Prussia. The Headquarters of the division served as the Kommandatur of Frisches Haff.


129th Infantry Regiment (United States)
The 129th Infantry Regiment is a United States military unit of the Illinois National Guard. The 129th served in World War I and World War II.


129th Infantry Regiment (United States)
Initially part of the 33rd Infantry Division during World War I, the 129th Infantry Regiment was detached on 31 July 1943, sent as the Espiritu Santo garrison force and later attached to the 37th Infantry Division on Bougainville during the Bougainville campaign on 13 November.


129th Infantry Regiment (United States)
The 129th Infantry Regiment participated during the Philippines campaign and was detached and attached to the 33rd Infantry Division between 26 March and 10 April 1945, before rejoining the 37th Infantry Division.


129th Infantry Regiment (United States)
The regiment is now known as the 129th Regiment (Regional Training Institute), providing training.


129th Infantry Regiment (United States)
129th Infantry Drive in Joliet, Illinois is named in honor of the regiment.


129th Maine Senate
The 129th Maine Senate had 35 members each elected to two-year terms in November 2018. The first regular session was to be sworn in on December 5, 2018.


129th New York State Legislature
The 129th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 3 to May 3, 1906, during the second year of Frank W. Higgins's governorship, in Albany.


129th New York State Legislature, Background
Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1894, 50 Senators and 150 assemblymen were elected in single-seat districts; senators for a two-year term, assemblymen for a one-year term. The senatorial districts were made up of entire counties, except New York County (twelve districts), Kings County (seven districts), Erie County (three districts) and Monroe County (two districts). The Assembly districts were made up of contiguous area, all within the same county, .


129th New York State Legislature, Background
At this time there were two major political parties: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. In New York City, the Municipal Ownership League also nominated candidates.


129th New York State Legislature, Elections
The New York state election, 1905, was held on November 7. No statewide elective offices were up for election this time. Special elections were held to fill the vacancies in the 16th and 24th senatorial districts.


129th New York State Legislature, Sessions
The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 3, 1906; and adjourned on May 3.


129th New York State Legislature, Sessions
James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. (R) was elected Speaker with 106 votes against 34 for George M. Palmer (D) and 6 for Thomas F. Long (M.O.L. ).


129th New York State Legislature, Sessions
On April 27, the Legislature re-apportioned the Senate districts, increasing the number to 51. The apportionment was then contested in the courts.


129th New York State Legislature, Sessions
The Legislature also re-apportioned the number of assemblymen per county. Nassau County was separated from the remainder of Queens County; Albany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oswego and Rensselaer counties lost one seat each; Erie, Monroe and Westchester gained one each; and Kings and Queens counties gained two each.


129th New York State Legislature, Sessions
On August 13, the new Senate apportionment was upheld by Supreme Court Justice Howard.


129th New York State Legislature, Sessions
On April 3, 1907, the new Senate and Assembly apportionment was declared unconstitutional by the New York Court of Appeals.


129th New York State Legislature, State Senate, Districts
Note: In 1897, New York County (the boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx), Kings County (the borough of Brooklyn), Richmond County (the borough of Staten Island) and the Western part of Queens County (the borough of Queens) were consolidated into the present-day City of New York. The Eastern part of Queens County (the non-consolidated part) was separated in 1899 as Nassau County. Parts of the 1st and 2nd Assembly districts of Westchester County were annexed by New York City in 1895, and became part of the Borough of the Bronx in 1898.


129th New York State Legislature, State Senate, Members
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.


129th Ohio General Assembly
The One Hundred Twenty-ninth Ohio General Assembly was a meeting of the Ohio state legislature, composed of the Ohio State Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives. It met in Columbus, Ohio from January 3, 2011 until December 20, 2012. While Ted Strickland was Ohio Governor for the first week of the biennium, John Kasich was sworn in during the second week. The apportionment of districts was based on the 2000 United States Census. This was the last time the 2000 census was used by the General Assembly to determine the apportionment of legislative districts. While the Ohio Senate was retained by the Ohio Republican Party, they won control of the Ohio House of Representatives from the Ohio Democratic Party.


129th Ohio Infantry Regiment
The 129th Ohio Infantry Regiment, sometimes 129th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 129th OVI) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.


129th Ohio Infantry Regiment, Service
The 129th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Cleveland near Cleveland, Ohio, and mustered in August 10, 1863, for six months service under the command of Colonel Howard D. John.


129th Ohio Infantry Regiment, Service
The regiment was attached to DeCourcy's Brigade, Willcox's Left Wing Forces, Department of the Ohio, to October 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, IX Corps, Army of the Ohio, to January 1864. District of the Clinch, Department of the Ohio, to March 1864.


129th Ohio Infantry Regiment, Service
The 129th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Cleveland, Ohio, on March 11, 1864.


129th Ohio Infantry Regiment, Detailed service
Moved to Camp Nelson, Ky., August 10. Expedition under DeCourcy to Cumberland Gap, Tenn., August 20-September 8, 1863. Capture of Cumberland Gap September 9. Duty at Cumberland Gap picketing and foraging until December 1. March toward Clinch River December 1–2. Patrol duty along Clinch River until December 29. Moved to Tazewell, then to Cumberland Gap, and duty there until January 11, 1864. Ordered to Camp Nelson, Ky. Skirmish at Barbourville, Ky., February 8. Ordered to Cleveland, Ohio, March 1864.


129th Ohio Infantry Regiment, Casualties
The regiment lost 25 enlisted men during service, all due to disease.


129th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
The 129th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.


129th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, Service
The 129th Pennsylvania Infantry was organized at Camp Curtin near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and mustered in August 15, 1862 under the command of Colonel Jacob Gellert Frick.


129th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, Service
The regiment was attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, V Corps, Army of the Potomac.


129th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, Detailed service
Moved to Washington, D.C., August 16, and duty there until September 12. Moved to Sharpsburg, Md and duty there until October 30. Reconnaissance from Sharpsburg to Smithfield, Va., October 16–17. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30 – November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12–15. Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20–24, 1863. At Falmouth until April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27 – May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1–5.


129th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, Casualties
The regiment lost a total of 83 men during service; 3 officers and 37 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 42 enlisted men died of disease.


129th Regiment of Foot
The 129th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army. It was created in 1794 and disbanded in 1796. The regiment was raised at Coventry, and was originally titled the Gentlemen of Coventry's Regiment of Foot, being retitled the 129th a few days later.


129th Rescue Squadron
The 129th Rescue Squadron (129 RQS) is a unit of the California Air National Guard 129th Rescue Wing located at Moffett Federal Airfield, Mountain View, California. The 129th is equipped with the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter. If activated to federal service, the 129 RQS is gained within the United States Air Force by the Air Combat Command (ACC).


129th Rescue Squadron, Overview
The primary mission is to prepare for wartime taskings as specified by applicable gaining commands. The peacetime mission is under the control of the Governor of California. Upon mobilization, primary specified mission is combat search and rescue (CSAR). When directed by the California State Office of Emergency Services (OES) and/or the Department of Defense (DoD), the mission is to provide disaster relief support as required. This includes search and rescue (SAR) assistance to civil authorities, including International Civil Aeronautics Organization (ICAO) signatories, and foreign governments.


129th Rescue Squadron, Overview
Federal Mission (United States Air Force): To provide manpower, material and equipment resources to conduct and complete combat search and rescue operations on a worldwide basis. To provide manpower, material and equipment to conduct and complete peacetime search operations.


129th Rescue Squadron, Overview
State Mission (California Air National Guard): To furnish trained personnel to respond to state emergencies, such as natural disasters, and to assist civil authorities in the enforcement of the law.


129th Rescue Squadron, History, Special operations
The California Air National Guard's introduction to the world of special operations began when Air Force leaders decided to phase out active duty air commando units (Known as Air Resupply units) in 1954. Despite the decision, there was still a need to maintain a limited number of crews and aircraft to support unconventional warfare missions. After lengthy deliberations, the Air Force decided in 1955 to establish four special air warfare units within the Air National Guard: the 129th in California, the 130th in West Virginia, the 143d in Rhode Island, and the 135th Air Resupply Group in Maryland.


129th Rescue Squadron, History, Special operations
The 129th Air Resupply Squadron was established in April 1955 as a new California Air National Guard unit with no previous United States Air Force history or lineage by the National Guard Bureau. Activated on 4 April at Hayward Municipal Airport, the squadron was assigned to the 129th Air Resupply Group. Allocated to Military Air Transport Service (MATS), and equipped with C-46 Commando transports.


129th Rescue Squadron, History, Special operations
The 129th was designated at the time as a "Psychological Warfare" unit which supported USAF unconventional warfare (guerrilla warfare), direct action (commando-type raids), strategic reconnaissance (intelligence gathering), and PSYWAR operations. The C-46 was supplemented by SA-16 Albatross amphibious aircraft beginning in 1956. The SA-16 (later redesignated HU-16) completely replaced the C-46s in 1963. Training for water landings with the SA-16 was extremely hazardous. To make matters worse, doctrine required pilots to land their aircraft on water at night, with no landing lights.


129th Rescue Squadron, History, Special operations
Ultimately, the 129th's mission included counterinsurgency, military civic action, psychological operations, tactical air operations, and unconventional warfare. In addition to blacked-out water landings, the SA-16 crews practiced pulling personnel from the ground by means of the Fulton Recovery System, which was "like bungee jumping in reverse."


129th Rescue Squadron, History, Special operations
Reassigned to Tactical Air Command in 1963 and re-designated as Air Commando unit, following the revival of an active duty air commando unit at Hurlburt Field, Florida in line with President John F. Kennedy's initiative to bolster the United States military special forces during the early involvement in the Vietnam War. In 1963, the 129th participated in Exercise Swift Strike III, one of the largest military maneuvers since World War II. During the exercise, the unit not only flew a variety of special air warfare missions.


129th Rescue Squadron, History, Special operations
Continuing its mission and training with the Active duty 1st Air Commando Group in Northern Florida, in 1968 HQ USAF directed all Air Commando organizations be re-designated as "Special Operations" units to be more descriptive of their mission.


129th Rescue Squadron, History, Rescue and recovery
In May 1975 after the end of the Vietnam War, the mission of the 129th was realigned, and the unit became part of the Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service, Military Airlift Command. In 1980 the unit moved from Hayward to Naval Air Station Moffett Field.


129th Rescue Squadron, History, Rescue and recovery
The 129th has been assigned to support operation Iraqi Freedom.


129th Rescue Squadron, History, Rescue and recovery
In 2003 by the Air Force Special Operations Command re-organized Air National Guard rescue units and created separate squadrons for fixed-wing, helicopter and pararescue elements of the 129th Rescue Squadron. The HH-60 helicopter flight became 129th Rescue Squadron; the HC-130P Hercules flight become the 130th Rescue Squadron, and the pararescue flight became the 131st Rescue Squadron.


129th Rescue Squadron, History, Rescue and recovery
The 129th RQS has been assigned to support Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq) and Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) in support of the Global War on Terrorism.


129th Rescue Wing
The 129th Rescue Wing (129 RQW) is a unit of the California Air National Guard, stationed at Moffett Federal Airfield in Sunnyvale, California. The wing is equipped with the HC-130J Combat King II and the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter. If activated to federal service, the wing is assigned to the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command (ACC).


129th Rescue Wing, Overview
Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, the 129th Rescue Wing's mission is to train and prepare to perform its wartime mission of combat search and rescue anywhere in the world. The unit also works closely with the Coast Guard and various civil agencies on state missions. Equipped with  HC-130J Combat King II variants of the C-130 Hercules, HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopters, and the , the 129th has performed a wide variety of civilian search and rescue missions, including distressed persons aboard ships, lost or injured hikers, and medical evacuations.


129th Rescue Wing, Overview
The primary mission is to prepare for wartime taskings as specified by applicable gaining commands. The peacetime mission is under the control of the Governor of California. Upon mobilization, primary specified mission is combat search and rescue (CSAR). When directed by the California State Office of Emergency Services (OES) and/or the Department of Defense (DoD), the mission is to provide disaster relief support as required. This includes search and rescue (SAR) assistance to civil authorities, including International Civil Aeronautics Organization (ICAO) signatories, and foreign governments.


129th Rescue Wing, Overview
Federal Mission (United States Air Force): Train, prepare and conduct worldwide combat search and rescue operations, over land or water, in both hostile and permissive environments. The 129th Rescue Wing also provides Agile Combat Support capabilities to Combatant Commanders.


129th Rescue Wing, Overview
State Mission (California Air National Guard): Support the Governor's office during state emergencies and contingencies by providing a wide range of capabilities, to include specialized search/rescue and aerial fire-fighting.


129th Rescue Wing, Insignia
The Air Force Shield, bordered in white, a gold and blue background with two elongated stars in the blue field. A silver braid sword with red handle and hand protector divides the gold and blue fields. Superimposed over the sword and both fields is an olive wreath in green. The unit name is in blue on a white scroll.


129th Rescue Wing, Insignia
The emblem bears the colors of deep blue and gold for the Air Force and the colors red, white and blue for the United States of America. The sword symbolizes strength in war; the wreath symbolizes the peacetime mission. The deep blue field with the two stars and the gold field signify the nighttime and daytime environments in which the wing operates.


129th Rescue Wing, History
Formed on 3 April 1955 as the 129th Air Resupply Group by the California Air National Guard. The 129th was a new organization with no prior history or lineage. It was granted recognition by the National Guard Bureau and was stationed at Hayward Airport, California.


129th Rescue Wing, History, Special operations
The 129th ARG was initially assigned to the Military Air Transport Service. It was designated at the time as a "Psychological Warfare" unit which supported USAF unconventional warfare (guerrilla warfare), direct action (commando-type raids), strategic reconnaissance (intelligence gathering), and PSYWAR operations. Later in 1955, control was transferred to Fourth Air Force, Continental Air Command. The unit's mission was airlift of personnel and material using C-46 aircraft. In 1958, control was transferred to Eighteenth Air Force, Tactical Air Command with the mission remaining the same.


129th Rescue Wing, History, Special operations
In 1963 the first major mission change for the 129th occurred. Situations around the world produced a need for specialized units which could insert a small group of trained combat troops on land or sea anywhere at a moment's notice. The 129th was tasked as one of the representatives of the National Guard in the Air Force's Air Commando Group structure. The C-46 was replaced with Helio U-10A and U-10D Couriers.


129th Rescue Wing, History, Special operations
During a three-year period starting in 1965, the U-10s belonging to the 143d and other Air National Guard units were transferred back to the Air Force for use in South Vietnam, during which the "Helio" was replaced by DeHavilland U-6 "Beavers". The 129th later acquired C-119 Flying Boxcars and was renamed the Special Operations Group.


129th Rescue Wing, History, Aerospace Rescue and Recovery
In April 1975, the 129th received a new mission, designation and Air Force Command. Shortly afterward, the Wing also changed aircraft and commenced changing operating bases. The 129th's name became the 129th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group (129 ARRG) and it commenced an incremental relocation / programmed move in 1975 to what was then Naval Air Station Moffett Field, California as a tenant command, totally completing said move by 1984. In October 1989, the 129 ARGG was designated as the 129th Air Rescue Group (ARG). Operations began to convert from HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter to the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter. The conversion was complete in 1991.


129th Rescue Wing, History, Aerospace Rescue and Recovery
Though the mission of search and rescue has continued, the Group has continued to reflect reorganizations within the USAF. In March 1992, the name of the 129th Air Rescue Group was shortened to simply 129th Rescue Group (129 RQG) and in June 1992, it became the 129th Rescue Wing (129 RQW). Following the closure of NAS Moffett Field due to BRAC action in 1994 and its transfer from the U.S. Navy to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as Moffett Federal Airfield, the 129th remained at Moffett as a tenant command. In April 1997, Air Combat Command evaluated the 129th Rescue Wing's war capability as an overall Excellent during its Operational Readiness Inspection. Today, the 129th Rescue Wing continues its search and rescue operations on a global scale.


129th Rescue Wing, History, Aerospace Rescue and Recovery
The motto of the 129th Rescue Wing, "That Others May Live", refers to the primary mission of the wing - to save lives. The members of the 129th have performed rescues under a variety of conditions - from rough Pacific seas to the rugged Sierra Nevada, using its combination of MC-130 tankers and HH-60 helicopters. Many high-risk lifesaving missions involved long-range, over-water flights, air refueling of helicopters by the HC-130 aircraft, and skilled maneuvering by ships and helicopters to recover patients from the decks of these vessels. On 3 September 1991, the 129th recovered a sailor from the merchant ship White Mana, the Group's 200th "save". Since its designation as a rescue unit in 1975, the 129th has directly saved the lives of 300 people


129th Rescue Wing, History, Aerospace Rescue and Recovery
In 1990, the 129th began supporting U.S. Customs in the seizure of illegal drugs, as well as illegal animal and plant products, during cargo inspections. The unit has performed a number of humanitarian missions to foreign countries. From 1989-1991, the 129th deployed to sites in South America to assist in constructing hospital and school facilities.


129th Rescue Wing, History, Aerospace Rescue and Recovery
During Desert Shield/Storm in 1990 and 1991, the 129th deployed personnel to both overseas and stateside locations. Three pararescuemen volunteered for combat operations and teams from the 129th Medical Squadron deployed to England, Saudi Arabia and Travis AFB. Individual members of the 129th volunteered to backfill for deployed active duty members. In July 1993, 129th members deployed to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait as part of rescue force coverage for Southwest Asia.


129th Rescue Wing, History, Aerospace Rescue and Recovery
2 July 2008, crews from the 129th Rescue Squadron were certified to perform water bucket operations, making the 129th the only rescue unit in the Air Force and Air National Guard qualified to fight fires. On April 6 2018 the squadron received the first of four new HC-130J Combat King II aircraft.


129th Rescue Wing, History, Aerospace Rescue and Recovery
The 129th has been routinely assigned to support Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.


129th Rescue Wing, History, California state support missions
As an Air National Guard unit, many of the 129th's missions involved supporting the Governor's office during times of State emergencies, including earthquakes, chemical spills, fires and floods. The 129th provided aid during floods along the Yuba River in 1959 and the Eel River in 1964-1965. During record flooding in Sonoma, Sutter and Yuba counties in Northern California, 33 lives were saved in 5 days, from 18–22 February 1986. In all, 44 lives were saved in 1986, a record rescue for the 129th.


129th Rescue Wing, History, California state support missions
During the aftermath of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, the 129th established Command Post operations and was chosen to coordinate all military aircraft activities within the Bay Area. The 129th provided air transportation for State and Federal government officials to survey damage from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and the 1991 Oakland Hills fire. The unit has also been tasked with mutual aid to state law enforcement during the 1965 Watts (Los Angeles) riots and the 1992 civil disturbance in Los Angeles.


129th Street station
129th Street was a transfer station on the IRT Third Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City, shared by elevated trains of both the Third Avenue Line and IRT Second Avenue Line. The next stop to the north was 133rd Street for the main line and Willis Avenue for the Willis Avenue spur, both of which were across a swing bridge above the Harlem River in the Bronx. The next stop to the south was 125th Street−Third Avenue for Third Avenue Line trains and 125th Street−Second Avenue for Second Avenue Line trains.


129th Street station, Station layout
The station was located between Second and Third Avenues, oriented west-to-east above and on the south side of 129th Street. The station was double-decked, with four island platforms for passengers and numerous tracks. The northernmost platform was used by shuttle service via the Willis Avenue Spur to Willis Avenue station, connecting to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. The next platform south was for through-service from the Third Avenue Line to and from the Bronx. The southern two island platforms were used for terminating trains, specifically those of the Second Avenue Line and some local Third Avenue trains.


129th Street station, Station layout
The Second Avenue Line fed into the southernmost platform, while the Third Avenue Line fed into both terminal platforms. All four platforms featured shelters. The platforms were connected by a covered bridge. A bi-directional flyover express track from the Third Avenue El bypassed the station. Adjacent to the south of the station was a storage yard, extending south to 128th Street. An additional side platform was located at the north end of the yard, used only by employees. North of the station, Third Avenue, Willis Avenue, and Second Avenue trains (the latter of which came from 125th Street and bypassed 129th Street) would use the bi-level swing bridge at the north end of Second Avenue, crossing the Harlem River towards the Bronx.


129th Street station, Station layout
The exit to the station was located at Third Avenue and East 129th Street. The station also served as the terminal for numerous streetcar routes from the Bronx.


129th Street station, History
The station originally opened on December 30, 1878, as part of the extension of the Third Avenue Line north of 67th Street. The station was originally a two-track island platform terminal located above Third Avenue. It served as the original terminal for the line, until it was extended across the Harlem River to the Bronx on May 17, 1886.


129th Street station, History
On November 25, 1886, the station gained a connection to the Willis Avenue Spur which took commuters to a terminal station in the Bronx that served commuters using the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and later to the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway interurban lines. This added a second platform oriented west-to-east for Willis Avenue trains, which was connected to the Third Avenue El platform.


129th Street station, History
The Willis Avenue shuttle ended service on December 18, 1887, but was restored on July 19, 1891. On August 1, 1891, the New Haven began running rapid transit cars from 129th via the Willis Spur and the New York and Harlem Railroad (today's Harlem Line). On August 15, 1898, a new and enlarged 129th Street station was opened between Second and Third Avenue. The 129th Street Yard was also opened at this time. Both the yard and station were constructed from 1886 to 1898. The original station was abandoned and eventually razed.


129th Street station, History
Around 1907, the IRT planned to add a bi-directional express track to both the Second and Third Avenue lines, and build a new double-decked bridge with four tracks over the Harlem River. This was carried out during the Dual Contracts in the 1910s, adding 129th Street station's flyover express track. Express service began on January 17, 1916. All service via the Willis Avenue Spur ended on April 14, 1924, when a pedestrian bridge was opened between the Willis Avenue and 133rd Street stations.


129th Street station, History
The opening of the lines of the New York City Subway, particularly the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, in the early 20th century led to declining ridership on the elevated lines. The Els were also scapegoated for blight and urban ills in the surrounding neighborhoods. The 129th Street station in particular had low ridership, due to its proximity to the busy 125th Street station. It was also criticized for its uninspired design compared to the other stations on the lines.


129th Street station, History
Following unification of the transit system under the city's Board of Transportation, the Second Avenue Line stopped serving the station on June 11, 1940 when it was closed north of 57th Street. With reduced service and low ridership, the 129th Street station was closed prematurely on July 1, 1950. Passengers were redirected to the 125th Street station, while express trains between Manhattan and the Bronx bypassed the station. The rest of the line south of 149th Street in the Bronx closed on May 12, 1955. The site became part of Harlem River Park.


129th meridian east
The meridian 129° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, Australia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.


129th meridian east
The 129th meridian east forms a great circle with the 51st meridian west.


129th meridian east
In Australia, the meridian defines the eastern border of Western Australia, and the western borders of the Northern Territory and South Australia. The border of Western Australia meets the Northern Territory border and South Australian border at the 26th parallel south, at what is known as Surveyor Generals Corner.


129th meridian east, From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 129th meridian east passes through:


129th meridian west
The meridian 129° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.


129th meridian west
The 129th meridian west forms a great circle with the 51st meridian east.


129th meridian west, From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 129th meridian west passes through:


12: The Elements of Great Managing
12: The Elements of Great Managing is a 2006 New York Times bestseller written by Rodd Wagner and James K. Harter. It is the sequel to First, Break All the Rules, although the first book was written by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman. Both books are based on The Gallup Organization's research on employee engagement and database of employee opinions.


12: The Elements of Great Managing, Content
12 tells the story of a dozen managers selected from Gallup's global database of 10 million interviews with managers and employees. Each of the chapters in 12 is based on one of the "Q12" statements that emerged from Gallup's meta-analysis comparing employee attitudes with workgroup performance. These range from employee's "knowing what's expected" and having the needed "materials and equipment" to more emotional assessments such as whether employees feel their opinion counts and chances to "learn and grow." The story of each manager profiled in the book is interrupted mid-chapter to describe the psychology behind the particular question Gallup asks in its employee surveys.


12: The Elements of Great Managing, Content
The most controversial of the statements, write Wagner and Harter, is the tenth: "I have best friend at work." The authors claim friendships, in combination with the other "elements," create better customer scores, better retention, better safety, and higher productivity and profitability. "In the battle between company policy and human nature, human nature always wins," states the book. "Companies do far better to harness this kind of social capital than to fight against it."


12: The Elements of Great Managing, Content
The book also includes a chapter on compensation. The authors assert that pay is such a "status-laden, envy-inspiring, politically charged monster" that it cannot be measured in the same way as the aspects that make up the bulk of the book. Being based in research on how people react in real life, rather than in theory, 12 is a mainstream application of behavioral economics.


12:00 (Loona EP)
[ 12:00] (read as "midnight") is the third extended play by South Korean girl group Loona. It was released on October 19, 2020, by Blockberry Creative and distributed by Kakao M. Like their previous album [#], the EP was produced by SM Entertainment founder and producer Lee Soo-man, and the group's leader HaSeul once again did not take part in this album release to focus on her health.


12:00 (Loona EP), Background
On September 16 Blockberry Creative announced Loona's new mini-album titled  [12:00] scheduled to be released in October. A teaser was released on the same day which opens with a shot of a clock reading 11:59 p.m. in Seoul. The teaser then shows the time in other cities, including Tokyo and London, before the clock in Korea turns to midnight. Blockberry also confirmed that member Haseul will continue her hiatus and will not be involved in the comeback, out of her own decision to focus on the recovery of her health.


12:00 (Loona EP), Background
On September 24 the official track list was released and "Why Not?" was announced as the lead single with a music video.


12:00 (Loona EP), Singles
"Why Not?" was released as the lead single and title alongside the EP on October 19, 2020.


12:00 (Loona EP), Singles
On November 15, a music video teaser for "Star" was uploaded to the group's YouTube channel. The video was released on November 18, 2020, making it the second single from the EP.


12:00 (Loona EP), Critical reception
Neil Z. Yeung from AllMusic gave the EP 4 out of 5 stars calling it another set of expertly crafted and energetic dance-pop songs. He said "From the bubble-bounce electroclash of "Why Not?" and "Hide & Seek" to the sleek "Voice" (which receives an English translation on "Star"), [12:00] wastes little time getting the body moving. Harder-edged rap anthem "OOPS!" and the yearning vocal showcase "Fall Again" offer some variety, making this effort one of the more enjoyable experiences in their catalog."


12:00 (Loona EP), Commercial performance
In the US, the album entered various charts. It debuted and peaked at number 112 on the US Billboard 200, becoming the fourth highest-peaking album by a Korean female artist on the chart and making Loona the sixth South Korean female artist to break into the chart, after BoA, Girls' Generation, 2NE1, Blackpink and Twice. They were also the first artist from a small to mid-sized South Korean agency make an appearance on the chart. It also entered at number 7 on the US World Albums Chart, earning the group their sixth top ten entry.


12:00 (Loona EP), Commercial performance
In its second week, the album peaked at number 4, becoming their highest-peaking album on the chart. It also entered at number 3 on the US Heetseekers Albums, becoming their highest-charting album on the chart and becoming their best-selling project in the country. It peaked atop the chart the following week, becoming their first effort top top the chart.


12:00 (Loona EP), Commercial performance
In South Korea, [12:00] debuted and peaked at number 4 for the week ending October 24, 2020. In its second week, the EP dropped to number 10 and to number 38 in its third week. The album also entered at number 9 on the Gaon Album Chart for the month of October 2020 with less than half a month of tracking and selling 85,624 copies.


12:00 (Loona EP), Commercial performance
In the UK, the album debuted at number 15 on the Official Album Downloads Chart for the week ending October 23, 2020 becoming the group's first ever top twenty entry on the chart.


12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.
"12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m." is the pilot episode of the Fox television series 24. It was written by series creators Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran and directed by Stephen Hopkins. It premiered in the United States on Fox at 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 6, 2001.


12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.
The episode takes place between midnight and 1:00 a.m. on the day of the California Presidential Primary. It chronicles one hour in the day of Jack Bauer, a government agent called into work at the Counter Terrorist Unit, his daughter Kim who has snuck out of the house, his wife Teri who goes out searching for Kim, and a Senator named David Palmer who is seeking to become the first African-American President of the United States. CTU believes that David Palmer is being targeted for assassination.


12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.
The 24 pilot was originally scheduled to air on October 31, 2001, but was preempted due to the September 11 attacks. A quick scene of an explosion was also cut from the episode after the attacks. It was met with very positive critical reception. Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for this episode.


12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m., Plot
The pilot episode intercuts five different storylines, all occurring simultaneously in real-time. It takes place between Midnight and 1:00 a.m. in Los Angeles on Super Tuesday.


12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m., Plot
Jack Bauer is trying to work through and repair his relationship with his wife, Teri (from whom he was briefly separated) and his teenage daughter Kim, who blames Teri for their separation. Just as Teri and Jack realize that Kim has snuck out of the house, Jack gets a call from his co-worker Nina Myers, who informs him of an emergency briefing at the Counter Terrorist Unit. Jack reluctantly leaves his worried wife and heads to CTU. When Jack arrives there, Richard Walsh, Jack's mentor, informs the staff that African-American presidential candidate David Palmer is a primary target for assassination. Walsh takes Jack aside for a private conversation, in which Walsh tells Jack that someone inside CTU is a mole working for the assassins. "Trust no one," he tells Jack.


12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m., Plot
Teri Bauer receives a call from a man named Alan York, the father of Janet York, who is worried that his daughter has snuck out of the house. Teri and Alan decide to go looking for Kim and Janet by themselves. Alan picks up Teri in his car and they search through the city of Los Angeles.


12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m., Plot
Kim Bauer and her friend Janet York meet with a couple of boys, Dan and Rick, at the empty furniture store where Dan works. Kim and Rick engage in playful flirting and connect over shared experiences, while Janet and Dan get high and have sex in one of the show beds. After the two boys refuse to drive Kim home, Kim begins to feel uneasy about her situation.


12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m., Plot
Senator David Palmer is preparing for a 7 AM speech when he gets a call from a journalist named Maureen Kingsley. His wife, Sherry, overhears him lose his temper with the journalist. When Sherry asks what the journalist said, David halfheartedly assuages her and walks out onto his hotel balcony to look over the city.


12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m., Plot
In a 747 flying towards Los Angeles, a photographer, Martin Belkin, has sex with a lustful woman named Mandy in the bathroom of the airplane. After the two finish, Martin ignores her and returns to his seat. Martin is scheduled to photograph Palmer at the 7 AM breakfast speech. When he returns to his seat, Martin realizes that his wallet is missing. Mandy has stolen it. Mandy drugs the main flight attendant and retrieves a bomb hidden in the plane. She puts on a parachute and jumpsuit hidden in her luggage, and blows open the plane door. She parachutes out. Seconds later, her bomb explodes, killing everyone on the plane. (A shot of the 747 exploding in mid-air was edited out of the episode, in light of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks which had occurred just two months before.)


12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m., Production, Casting
When Kiefer Sutherland took the project, he did not understand that the series was set in real-time, having skipped the line that said, "All events take place in real time." Kiefer said it was, in fact, the interaction between the characters that prompted him to take the pilot. Sutherland was sent the script by director Stephen Hopkins, with whom he had a previous relationship. Sutherland was attracted to the shades of grey in the Jack Bauer character, as well as his status as a "normal guy", citing Jack's inability to handle his own teenage daughter.


12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m., Production, Casting
The Tony Almeida character was originally called "Geller" in the original Pilot script, who Bernard called a "backbiting Jewish techie guy". Bernard didn't understand why they had sent him the script, given his Hispanic ethnicity. Carlos and the crew came up with the Tony Almeida name fifteen minutes before shooting, but the legal department wouldn't let them use it. Legal told the crew that they could use the name 'Tonio', which Carlos found underwhelming.


12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m., Production, Casting
Bernard said, "So we were filming the very first scene, Kiefer walking down CTU, and he turns to me and says, 'Sorry man, I can't call you Tonio, I'm just gonna call you Tony.' I owe Kiefer everything: Tonio's the name of a guy who gets killed in the first episode."


12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m., Production, Filming
The episode had a $4 million budget with filming in March 2001, mostly done in an old Chatsworth pencil factory. The set of CTU was initially done in a Fox Sports office, with the set reproduced once the series was picked up for the season. The series was supposed to be filmed in Toronto, but due to the variability of Canadian weather, Los Angeles was chosen as a filming location. Director Stephen Hopkins referred to the Los Angeles as presented in the first season as "an unfinished western mining town, a city of one-story warehouses and dirty and dusty".


12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m., Production, Filming
Handheld cameras were used to make the series look less glamorous and to create the feeling that the viewer was in the scene. Lights were used sparingly so as to keep the actors from looking too visually pleasing. Hopkins referred to certain scenes as being shot like "live theatre". The camera was never placed outside the fourth wall or where a person could not be, to keep the viewer "within the room", used notably during the scene where Mandy has sex with Martin Belkin in the bathroom of the plane. Hopkins said he was wary of the real-time element, as the few real-time films that had tried it "didn't work that well".


12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m., Production, Editing
The use of splitscreens were created in response to the amount of phone calls in the first episode, with Hopkins using it as a way to show the viewer where to pay attention. Editor David Thompson said, "Splitscreens are great, boxes are even cooler" and began editing in asymmetrical boxes to the Pilot episode. The "boxes" were first used as a necessity during the scene where Jack calls Kim's ex-boyfriend, Vincent. Surnow explained, "It became an artistic element. [ ..] It made sense in the story we were telling."


12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m., Production, Editing
Joel Surnow came up with the idea for the onscreen ticking clock. "Jack's Theme" was the first theme that Sean Callery wrote for the series with having only read the script. Callery received the 24th cut of the 24 pilot on April 24, 2001, which was the final cut of the episode. The first cut of the Pilot episode was not received well by test groups, prompting the editors to move scenes, including moving the introduction of the David Palmer character closer to the beginning.


12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m., Reception, Critical reception
The series premiere won outstandingly positive reviews from the television critical community. The premiere episode was cited by The New York Times as a "Critic's Pick" by Caryn James, who noted that it was "a drama sleek, suspenseful and absorbing enough to overcome its blatant gimmick". She added that of the 2001 fall season's new government series that "24 is the most daring and promising" and that "Mr. Sutherland is an unexpectedly sympathetic hero". Ain't It Cool News gave the premiere episode five stars, saying it features "Loads of edgy, complex, compelling characters. Intricate, unpredictable plotting. Lightning-like pacing. A stellar cast. A near-constant, electric undercurrent of sex. It keeps asking questions you’ll be dying to see answered. And, perhaps best of all, it feels like no TV show you’ve ever seen."


12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m., Reception, Critical reception
Time magazine praised the series, saying "Forget sleeping through this one--you won't even want to blink. 24 is the most distinctive, addictive new TV series this season. As an old-fashioned thriller, it's relentless, tense and deliciously paranoiac, with more twists than a Twizzler. But it's also boldly different. Most notably, there's its clever visual signature: picture-in-picture screens that show two, three and even four different scenes simultaneously."


12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m., Reception, Critical reception
Time also noted that "The show takes to the next level the trend of serial story 'arcs', which began with '80s dramas like Hill Street Blues and Wiseguy and which continues on The West Wing and The Sopranos." Time also praised the performances of Kiefer Sutherland and Dennis Haysbert, saying that "It helps that there's a strong cast driving the train. Haysbert is commanding, if a tad underutilized in the pilot, as an idealist with a dangerous secret. And Sutherland plays the gravel-voiced Bauer with an assurance that belies his teen-movie-star past; his overstressed agent is stalwart but weary, a haunted spook."


12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m., Reception, Critical reception
TV Barn called the first episode "not to be missed", adding that "Although there really are only two main story lines, each episode has no fewer than six stories to keep track of, full of suspense and action-packed (without seeming like a big-bang action movie). There's a lot going on in 24, but you have to pay attention to truly appreciate it. I predict 24 will have a lot of viewers' undivided attention this fall."


12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m., Reception, Awards
Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran won the Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series award at the 54th Primetime Emmy Awards. Stephen Hopkins was also nominated for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series for his directorial work on this episode. Hopkins was also nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series at the Directors Guild of America Awards 2001.


12:01 (1993 film)
12:01 is a 1993 science fiction television film directed by Jack Sholder and starring Helen Slater, Jonathan Silverman, Jeremy Piven, and Martin Landau. It originally aired on the Fox Network in the United States.


12:01 (1993 film)
It is an adaptation of Richard Lupoff's short story "12:01 PM," published in the December 1973, issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. The story had previously been adapted into the 1990 short film 12:01 PM starring Kurtwood Smith.


12:01 (1993 film), Plot
Barry Thomas is bored with his job and moons over high-profile scientist Lisa Fredericks, who is working on a particle accelerator that accelerates faster than the speed of light, but is about to be shut down because of potential risks.


12:01 (1993 film), Plot
On the way home, Barry sees Lisa fatally shot and takes it very hard. While at home at midnight, he receives a strong electrical shock. The next morning the events of the previous day are repeating themselves and Barry is the only one who realizes that the world is stuck in a time loop. During several repetitions, Barry figures out how to save Lisa and get closer to her. His actions also get him fired and arrested for knowing too much about events.


12:01 (1993 film), Plot
Barry and Lisa eventually learn that her boss, Dr. Thadius Moxley, has been conducting illegal and unethical experiments with the faster-than-light particle accelerator in the hopes of harvesting its extreme cheap energy with the intention of earning a lot of money with it. These experiments caused the time loop. In fact, it was Lisa's partial knowledge of Dr. Moxley's illegal activities that resulted in her murder by his henchmen. After getting involved with an undercover government agent, they must stop her boss from starting his experiment at the end of a loop or the world will be trapped forever repeating the same day.


12:01 (1993 film), Plot
Expanding on the original's premise of a one-hour time loop, this version saw the main character reliving the same 24-hour period, which would restart at one minute past midnight (rather than midday as in the other versions). It also contains a happy ending, as the protagonist ultimately finds a way to correct the time loop over the course of the film’s 92-minute running time.


12:01 (1993 film), Release
The film was released on DVD in the United States on November 28, 2006.


12:01 (1993 film), Legal action
The film Groundhog Day, which has a similar time loop premise, was also released in 1993. The writers and producers of 12:01 believed their work was stolen by Groundhog Day.


12:01 P.M.
"12:01 P.M." is a short story by American writer Richard A. Lupoff, which was published in the December 1973 edition of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. The story was twice adapted by Hollywood, first in 1990 as a short film, and again in 1993 as a television movie. Lupoff appeared in both films as an extra.


12:01 P.M.
The major plot device is a time loop or time bounce, and bears great similarity to that of 1993's Groundhog Day. Lupoff and Jonathan Heap, director of the 1990 film, were "outraged" by the apparent theft of the idea, but after six months of lawyers' conferences, they decided to drop the case against Columbia Pictures.


12:01 P.M.
Decades later, Lupoff returned to the story with two sequels, "12:02 P.M.", published in the January/February 2011 edition of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and "12:03 P.M.", published in the September/October 2012 edition of the same magazine.


12:01 P.M., Plot summary
It is 12:01 PM and Myron Castleman, an executive in New York City, finds that he is reliving the same hour of the same day, over and over. His time loop starts at 12:01 PM and lasts until 1:00 PM, when he is somehow returned to the same place where he began the hour. All the people around him are unaware of the loop, and everyone repeats their actions exactly over the course of the hour, except insofar as they interact with Castleman.


12:01 P.M., Plot summary
In one of his loops, Castleman learns of a local physicist's theory that appears to describe his situation. The physicist, Nathan Rosenbluth, theorized a "disfiguration of time" that could cause the universe to snap backward and repeat the period of one hour. Over his next three time-loops, Castleman tries desperately to contact Rosenbluth and ask him for advice. In the last of these attempts, Castleman collapses, suffering a heart attack. He realizes he is dying, but is grateful that this will finally break the loop and free him. He dies, and the hour of 1:00 PM arrives. Castleman awakens and sees he has been returned to the place where he begins every hour. The time is 12:01 PM.


12:01 P.M., Adaptations, 1990 film
"12:01 PM" was first adapted into an Academy Award–nominated 1990 short film starring Kurtwood Smith. Directed by Jonathan Heap, it originally aired on the cable television network Showtime in 1990 as part of their 30-Minute Movie anthology series.


12:01 P.M., Adaptations, 1990 film
In this version, Kurtwood Smith plays Myron Castleman, an everyman-type who keeps repeating the same hour of his life, from 12:01pm to 1:00pm. The character is fully aware that the time loop is occurring, and nobody else appears to be aware of it. Each time the hour resets, Myron retains his memory (or as the film puts it, his consciousness), and despite his best attempts to understand what is happening, he ultimately realizes that he is entirely helpless to prevent the time bounce. Myron cannot even break the loop by killing himself, as he reappears, alive, at the next iteration; he is trapped in the loop for eternity.


12:01 P.M., Adaptations, 1990 film
This version has not been released on DVD or VHS in the United States, but 12:01 PM is available on DVD in the UK, collected with seven other short films.


12:01 P.M., Adaptations, 1993 film
12:01 is an adaptation of the same short story, produced as a television movie in 1993. It stars Helen Slater, Jonathan Silverman, Jeremy Piven and Martin Landau, and it originally aired on the Fox Network in the United States. In this version, Silverman’s character, Barry Thomas, keeps reliving the same 24-hour period (which in this case restarts at one minute past midnight, rather than midday as in the other versions). Slater plays his romantic interest, and Piven provides comic relief as his best friend.


12:01 P.M., Adaptations, 1993 film
This version differs from the short film in that it features a much lighter and more comedic tone, and that the protagonist ultimately finds a way to correct the time loop over the course of the film. This version was released on DVD in the United States on November 28, 2006.


12:01 PM (1990 film)
12:01 PM is a 1990 short film directed by Jonathan Heap and starring Kurtwood Smith. It aired on cable television in 1990 as part of the Showtime 30-Minute Movie anthology series. It was nominated for an Academy Award.


12:01 PM (1990 film)
It is the first film adaptation of the short story "12:01 PM" by Richard A. Lupoff, which was published in the December 1973 edition of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. The major plot device is a time loop or time bounce.


12:01 PM (1990 film), Plot
Myron Castleman is an everyman stuck in a loop that forces him to constantly relive the same hour of his life over and over. He is the only person aware of this. During one loop, he discovers that a scientist named Nathan Rosenbluth has predicted an event that matches his experience. Castleman calls him and explains what is going on, however, Rosenbluth is highly skeptical of his claims.


12:01 PM (1990 film), Plot
Over the next loops, Myron struggles to get into contact with Rosenbluth again, and in the process becomes frustrated to the point of screaming at his secretary and throwing his suitcase into traffic. Eventually, he does manage to talk to Rosenbluth, who initially dismisses Myron as crazy until Myron describes the transition as the scientist had predicted (including the phrase "Consciousness is an independent variable," which is central to Rosenbluth's theories). The professor sadly informs Castleman that there is nothing that can be done, causing Myron to become hysterical and shoot himself. There is a brief pause until Myron finds himself back at the beginning of the loop, realizing that he is trapped for eternity.


12:01 PM (1990 film), Home media
12:01 PM was released on DVD in the United States late in 2006, and is also available on DVD in the UK, collected on a DVD with other short films.


12:08 East of Bucharest
12:08 East of Bucharest (Romanian: A fost sau n-a fost? ; lit. ' Was it or was it not?') is a 2006 Romanian film directed by Corneliu Porumboiu, released in 2006 and winner of the Caméra d'Or Prize (for best first film) at the Cannes Film Festival. It was also released in the United States under the abridged titles East of Bucharest and 12:08 Bucharest. The film is set in a small town far away from the capital city of Bucharest, and centers on a group of characters who revisit the Romanian Revolution of 1989 which brought an end to the communist regime.


12:08 East of Bucharest
The full English title refers to the setting of the film and the time of day at which Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu fled following the revolution, 12:08 pm on 22 December 1989. The original Romanian title roughly translates to "Was it, or was it not? ", referring to the film's central issue: did Vaslui have any part in the 1989 revolution? The answer depends on whether the city registered any protest before the moment of Ceaușescu's flight.


12:08 East of Bucharest, Plot
Vaslui, Romania: Eastern. A few years after the fall of the Communist regime, some inhabitants of a city discuss how to celebrate the anniversary of the event. They then decide to organize a television broadcast on a local broadcaster and make a celebratory talk show, involving people by telephone.


12:08 East of Bucharest, Plot
So Virgil Jderescu, director of the local television station, really wants to organize a live talk show to answer a simple question: has there really been a revolution in this city? Did people take to the streets before or after Ceausescu's escape and therefore the fall? Because if they took to the streets later, then it is not about the Revolution but about simple celebrations.


12:08 East of Bucharest, Plot
But the two expected guests decline the commitment, perhaps because the topic is more thorny than Jderescu thinks. But he manages to overcome those absences and invites two other people. The first is Tiberiu Manescu, a drunkard and penniless professor who has always boasted that he was the first in town to challenge the men of the dictator. The other guest is Emanoil Piscoci, a rigorous and paranoid old man who at that time used to dress up as Santa Claus for children.


12:08 East of Bucharest, Plot
The broadcast begins and Professor Manescu proudly exposes his experience as a revolutionary, but immediately two viewers call live denying his presence in the square that day and accusing him of speaking under the influence of alcohol, without however having evidence that Manescu really lies. The calm confrontation begins to become embarrassing when Manescu, unnerved, begins to blurt out the flaws of some local "notables", including the same editor / presenter Virgil Jderescu who apparently is not a journalist but a textile engineer on loan to television. The talk-show, initially feel-good and formal, takes a grotesque and scurrile turn, given that even the elderly Piscoci, hitherto silent, pretends to be a "philosopher" of the situation and begins to say nonsense in bursts.


12:08 East of Bucharest, Reception
The American review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 96% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 47 reviews with an average rating of 7.79/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "With a witty script full of satirical overtones and dry humor, 12:08 East of Bucharest is a thoroughly enjoyable Romanian comedy." Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 77 out of 100, based on 15 reviews.


12:08 East of Bucharest, Reception
The film has garnered positive press in the United States; J. Hoberman of The Village Voice called it, "a casually bleak and neatly structured ensemble comedy—at once deadpan and bemused." Noel Murray of The A.V. Club said "the story and the situation are slight, but in the best possible way." Richard Brody of The New Yorker called it a "wise and gentle comedy of political realism."


12:08 East of Bucharest, Reception
Wendy Ide of The Times described the film as "one of the best of the new wave of Romanian cinema" and "a droll delight that questions the nature of historical record and the realities of postcommunist Romania with a slyly comic and disarmingly self-mocking tone." It also received 4 stars out of 4 from the New York Post.


12:08 East of Bucharest, Reception
V.A. Musetto of the New York Post named 12:08 East of Bucharest the best film of 2007. A. O. Scott of The New York Times named it the 6th best film of 2007 (along with Live-In Maid).


12:34
12:34 is the third album released by punk band Authority Zero. It was released on January 30, 2007 on Big Panda Records. Music Videos were made for the songs, "The Bravery" and "No Regrets".


12:34, Reception
PUNKnews.org reported that the album was "a step up from Andiamo, and on par with A Passage in Time. Authority Zero has delivered a solid, standout album once again."


12:5
12:5 is the first live album by Swedish band Pain of Salvation. It was released in 2004 and was recorded from a concert in the band's home town of Eskilstuna, Sweden, on 12 May (12.5) 2003. It was an "unplugged" show, meaning that there were only acoustic instruments, i.e. no electric guitars; grand piano and harpsichord instead of synthesizers. It features songs from all the band's albums to that date except One Hour by the Concrete Lake.


12:5, Outline
The songs of 12:5 are not simply the original studio versions played with acoustic instruments. Most have been rearranged and have new parts layered over the top of old ones. The reasoning behind this is that the band did not want to simply release "Pain of Salvation Live", but rather a performance of the band taking a more personal and different approach to the material. Reactions to the album were mainly positive, and the band was applauded for its ability to re-interpret their own material. Of particular note is the 12:5 version of "Ashes" which begins with its original intro (in A minor), but then continues in an uplifting major key.


12:5, Outline
"Reconciliation" contains a short excerpt from the Imperial March theme from the Star Wars trilogy.


12:5, Track listing
At the actual concert the band played an encore song, "Ashes" (in the original key).


12:51 (Krissy & Ericka song)
12:51 is the first official single by pop-acoustic duo Krissy & Ericka, taken from their second studio album Twelve: Fifty One (2012).


12:51 (Krissy & Ericka song), Background and composition
Krissy originally wrote the song. She wrote the entire song over the course of three weeks only working between 12:51:00 and 12:51:59, hence the title. It took her two years to finish the song. She also said that the background behind the song was about moving on.


12:51 (Krissy & Ericka song), Music video
The artists first created a premiere of the music video through YouTube. The music video of the song was first uploaded on January 30, 2012 on their YouTube account, and was first premiered on MYX as a television preview.


12:51 (Krissy & Ericka song), Live performance
In a video in YouTube, Krissy and Ericka perform 12:51 at Music Comes Alive, Venice Piazza at McKinley Hills. Krissy & Ericka also performed in David Choi's live tour in Manila, Philippines as an opening act for the show.


12:51 (Krissy & Ericka song), Chart performance
The song charted in the Philippine Charts and debuted at 6.


12:51 (The Strokes song)
"12:51" is a song by American rock band the Strokes. It was released on October 6, 2003, as the first single from their second studio album, Room on Fire (2003). The track was written by Julian Casablancas and produced by Gordon Raphael. It peaked at number 7 on the UK Singles Chart.


12:51 (The Strokes song), Critical reception
"12:51" received positive reviews from critics. Billboard's Wes Orshoski wrote of the song: "Julian Casablancas' sleepy vocals arrive in synch with a nerdy, very '80s keyboard [Nick Valensi's guitar] that sounds so much cooler than it probably should against guitarists Nick Valensi and Albert Hammond Jr.'s raw, fast strumming, the throbbing bass of Nikolai Fraiture and drummer Fabrizio Moretti's cool swing beat." AllMusic's Heather Phares wrote that "its whistling, synth-like guitars and handclaps are undeniably catchy, but at first, the song seems to be searching for a structure. Eventually, though, it becomes sneakily addictive -- it's a stealth pop song."


12:51 (The Strokes song), Critical reception
The song peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart.


12:51 (The Strokes song), Music video
The music video for "12:51" was directed by Roman Coppola and was inspired by the 1982 film Tron.


12AT7
12AT7 (also known in Europe by the Mullard–Philips tube designation of ECC81) is a miniature 9-pin medium-gain (60) dual-triode vacuum tube popular in guitar amplifiers. It belongs to a large family of dual triode vacuum tubes which share the same pinout (EIA 9A), including in particular the very commonly used low-mu 12AU7 and high-mu 12AX7.


12AT7
The 12AT7 has somewhat lower voltage gain than the 12AX7, but higher transconductance and plate current, which makes it suitable for high frequency applications.


12AT7
Originally the tube was intended for operation in VHF circuits, such as TV sets and FM tuners, as an oscillator/frequency converter, but it also found wide use in audio as a driver and phase-inverter in vacuum tube push–pull amplifier circuits.


12AT7
This tube is essentially two 6AB4/EC92s in a single envelope. Unlike the situation with the 6C4 and 12AU7, both the 6AB4 and the 12AT7 are described by manufacturer's data sheets as R.F. devices operating up to VHF frequencies.


12AT7
The tube has a center-tapped filament so it can be used in either 6.3V 300mA or 12.6V 150mA heater circuits.


12AT7
As of 2012 the 12AT7 was manufactured in Russia (Electro-Harmonix brand), Slovakia (JJ Electronic), and China.


12AU7
The 12AU7 and its variants are miniature nine-pin (B9A base) medium-gain dual triode vacuum tubes. It belongs to a large family of dual triode vacuum tubes which share the same pinout (RETMA 9A). 12AU7 is also known in Europe under its Mullard–Philips tube designation ECC82. There are many equivalent tubes with different names, some identical, some designed for ruggedness, long life, or other characteristics; examples are the US military 5814A and the European special-quality ECC82 and E182CC.


12AU7
The tube is popular in hi-fi vacuum tube audio as a low-noise line amplifier, driver (especially for tone stacks), and phase-inverter in vacuum tube push–pull amplifier circuits. It was widely used, in special-quality versions such as ECC82 and 5814A, in pre-semiconductor digital computer circuitry.


12AU7
Use of special-quality versions outside of the purpose they were designed for may not be optimal; for example, a version for digital computers may be designed for long life without cathode poisoning when mostly switched to low-current mode in switching applications, but with little attention to parameters of interest only for linear applications such as linearity of transfer characteristic, matching between the two sections, microphony, etc.


12AU7
This tube is essentially two 6C4/EC90s in the same envelope. However, this latter type is officially described in manufacturer's data as "a special quality R.F. power amplifier or oscillator for frequencies up to 150 MHz". The 12AU7, on the other hand, is described as an "A.F. double triode". Data sheets suggest an upper frequency limit of 30 kHz for the 12AU7/ECC82 and it is not described as a "special quality" device. This contrasts with the 6AB4/EC92 and 12AT7/ECC81 which are both R.F. devices operating up to VHF.


12AU7
Double triodes of the 12AU7 family have a center-tapped filament for use in either 6.3V 300mA or 12.6V 150mA heater circuits.


12AU7
As of 2012 the 12AU7 continued to be manufactured in Russia, Slovakia (JJ Electronic), and China.