Republic of Upper Volta Republic of Upper Volta The Republic of Upper Volta (), now Burkina Faso, was a landlocked West African country established on December 11, 1958, as a self-governing colony within the French Community. Before attaining autonomy it had been French Upper Volta and part of the French Union. On August 5, 1960, it attained full independence from France. Thomas Sankara came to power through a military coup d'état on August 4, 1983. After the coup, he formed the National Council for the Revolution (CNR), with himself as president. Under the direction of Sankara, the country changed its name on August 4,
Upper Montclair Country Club of The Sopranos. Upper Montclair Country Club Upper Montclair Country Club is an A. W. Tillinghast designed golf course located in Clifton, New Jersey. The original 18-hole golf course and a brand new Clubhouse opened in 1928. In the 1950s Robert Trent Jones Sr. led major course renovation transforming Upper Montclair Country Club into the present 27-hole Championship design. In 2011 the Club completed a Master Plan golf course renovation project that included installing state of the art drainage and irrigation system, while reshaping and restoring all of the bunkers throughout the 27 hole facility. Upper Montclair has also appeared