2018 COUNTY TO COUNTY MIGRATION

In 2018, 10.1 per cent of people (about 32.4 million) in the United States moved within the past year.

2018 COUNTY-TO-COUNTY MIGRATION 10 COUNTIES WITH LARGEST INFLOWS
Los Angeles County, CA	214,577
Maricopa County, AZ	179,178
Harris County, TX	175,286
Cook County, IL	138,356
San Diego County, CA	120,330
Dallas County, TX	117,129
Riverside County, CA	114,215
King County, WA	112,922
Orange County, CA	111,942
San Bernardino County, CA	111,139

2018 COUNTY-TO-COUNTY MIGRATION 10 COUNTIES WITH LARGEST OUTFLOWS
Los Angeles County, CA	312,000
Cook County, IL	213,732
Harris County, TX	168,936
San Diego County, CA	152,475
Maricopa County, AZ	151,829
Dallas County, TX	134,843
New York County, NY	124,624
Kings County, NY	123,101
Orange County, CA	122,940
King County, WA	106,990

WHY IS IT NAMED INTERSTATE 865?

Interstate 865 (I-865) is an east-west auxiliary Interstate Highway northwest of Indianapolis. I-865 was originally part of I-465. The north-south section of the current I-465 between I-65 and the current I-865 was originally not part of I-465. That section of the highway was to be signed as Indiana State Road 100. However, seven months before the completion of SR-100, the federal government approved the request to make it part of I-465. This resulted in an unusual T intersection of all three branches of I-465 at the current junction of I-865 and I-465. This unusual configuration caused confusion among motorists, being described as “the 465 connector”, “the 465 extension”, “the 465 dogleg”, “465 second section” and “the 465 ramp to 65 north”. The renaming of this branch of I-465 to I-865 fixed that problem. At the time of the renaming, officials chose “I-865” rather than the also available “I-665” because they concluded that 9-1-1 operators would more easily understand the combination of “8” and “65”.

AIR INDIANA FLIGHT 216

The Air Indiana Flight 216 crash occurred on December 13, 1977, at 19:22 CST, when a Douglas DC-3, registration N51071 carrying the University of Evansville basketball team, crashed on takeoff at the Evansville Regional Airport in Evansville, Indiana. The aircraft lost control and crashed shortly after lift-off. The plane was on its way to Nashville International Airport, taking the team to play the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders. Two weeks after the crash, the only member of the basketball team who was not on the DC-3 was killed in a car accident, leaving all of the members of the 1977 Purple Aces Basketball team dead.

The "Weeping Basketball" Memorial engraved with the names of the players killed in the Air Indiana crash and the player killed two weeks later in a car crash

10 TALLEST BUILDINGS VOLUNTARILY DEMOLISHED

NAME	CITY	HEIGHT (Feet)	FLOORS	COMPLETED	DEMOLISHED	NOTES
270 Park Ave.	NYC	707	52	1964	2019	Demolition in progress
Singer Building	NYC	612	47	1906	1968	Tallest from 1968 to 2019
CPF Building	Singapore	561	46	1976	2017
Morrison Hotel	Chicago	526	45	1925	1965
Deutsche Bank Building	NYC	517	39	1973	2011	Heavily damaged in 9/11 attack
UIC Building	Singapore	499	40	1973	2013
One Meridian Plaza	Philadelphia	492	38	1972	1999	Heavily damaged in a fire on 2/23/91
Tun Razak Tower	Kuala Lumpur	492	35	1983	2014
City Investing Building	NYC	487	33	1908	1968
Ocean Tower	South Padre Island	470	30	2006	2009	Imploded after cracks were found in the building’s supporting columns

270 Park Ave. with scaffolding attached in February 2019

HIGHEST RANKING OFFICERS (FIVE-STARS) IN U.S. HISTORY (PART 2 OF 2)

FIVE-STAR GENERALS
SENIORITY ORDER	RANK ORDER	OFFICER	SERVICE	HIGHEST RANK	DATE OF RANK	NOTES
14	2	William D. Leahy	U.S. Navy	Fleet Admiral	15 Dec 1944	First five-star officer appointed during the Second World War.
15	2	George C. Marshall	U.S. Army	General of the Army	16 Dec 1944	Second officer promoted to five stars. The initial promotion of these officers was spaced over a period of one week so as to match the original seniority held by the officers at the four-star level.
16	2	Ernest. J. King	U.S. Navy	Fleet Admiral	17 Dec 1944	Third officer promoted to five-star rank
17	2	Douglas MacArthur	U.S. Army	General of the Army	18 Dec 1944	Fourth officer to hold five-star rank and second within the U.S. Army (after George Marshall). MacArthur was further considered for promotion to the “six-star” position of General of the Armies, both during and following the Second World War.
18	2	Chester W. Nimitz	U.S. Navy	Fleet Admiral	19 Dec 1944	Fifth officer to hold five-star rank and the third within the U.S. Navy.
19	2	Dwight D. Eisenhower	U.S. Army	General of the Army	20 Dec 1944	Required to resign his commission as a five-star officer during his presidency; five-star rank was reinstated after leaving office by President Kennedy.
20	2	Henry H. Arnold	U.S. Army	General of the Army	21 Dec 1944	Last of the five-star appointments during the Second World War.
			U.S. Air Force	General of the Air Force	7 May 1949	Five-star rank was converted to that of General of the Air Force in 1949
21	2	William F. Halsey	U.S. Navy	Fleet Admiral	11 Dec 1945	First of two post World War II promotion to five-star rank (the other being Omar Bradley).
22	2	Omar Bradley	U.S. Army	General of the Army	20 Sep 1950	Most recent officer in U.S. history to be promoted to five-star rank.

Army service uniform shoulder strap with the rank of General of the Army.

HIGHEST RANKING OFFICERS (SIX-STARS) IN UNITED STATES HISTORY (PART 1 OF 2)

United States military seniority is the method by which the United States Armed Forces determines precedence among commissioned officers, in particular those who hold the same rank. Historical seniority loosely indicates the general significance of various generals and flag officers within the scope of the history of the United States. Historical seniority is typically only bestowed to those officers who were the inaugural holders of ranks or for those who served as the senior most military officer during a major armed conflict. The only case where historical seniority has been legally established by the United States Congress are for the two "super ranks" of the armed forces of the United States, these being the ranks General of the Armies and Admiral of the Navy. By clear precedent, the holders of these two ranks (three persons in all) are senior to all other officers of the United States military, past and present. By special Congressional edict, George Washington is considered the senior most officer of all time meaning he may never be lesser in seniority to any other military officer, although Washington technically shares the same rank with John Pershing. General of the Armies and Admiral of the Navy are equivalent to a six-star general/admiral.

SENIORITY ORDER	RANK ORDER	OFFICER	SERVICE	HIGHEST RANK	DATE OF RANK	NOTES
1	1	George Washington	U.S. Army	General of the Armies	4 Jul 1976	Declared by a Congressional Act in 1976 to be the senior most U.S. officer of all time. Held the rank of lieutenant general during his lifetime, as well as special rank of “General and Commander-in-Chief” of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
2	1	John Pershing	U.S. Army	General of the Armies	3 Sep 1919	Only person to hold the rank of General of the Armies on active duty
3	1	George Dewey	U.S. Navy	Admiral of the Navy	2 Mar 1899	Inaugural and sole holder of rank.

Unofficial Army service uniform shoulder-strap design for the proposed insignia for a General of the Armies