Biotechnology Innovation Organization ( Washington, D.C) : The largest trade organization in the United States that represents the biotechnology industry
02-03-2021
(uskings.us) The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) is the largest trade organization in the world that represents the biotechnology industry.
Time magazine (New York City) : The first weekly news magazine in the United States
01-03-2021
(uskings.us) Since its debut in New York City on March 3, 1923, Time magazine was first published based in New York City by Briton Hadden and Henry Luce, making it the first weekly news magazine in the United States.
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center (California) : The first Japanese Buddhist Sōtō Zen monastery in the United States
26-02-2021
(uskings.us) The Tassajara Zen Mountain Center in the Ventana Wilderness area of the Los Padres National Forest, southeast of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, is the oldest Japanese Buddhist Sōtō Zen monastery in the United States and the first Zen monastery established outside Asia.
The President (California) : The oldest-known living sequoia in the United States
25-02-2021
(uskings.us) The President is a giant sequoia located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in the United States, east of Visalia, California. he President is the third-largest tree in the world, measured by volume of trunk, and the oldest-known living sequoia, about 3,200 years old (as of 2020)
Kroger (Ohio) : The first grocery retailer in America to test an electronic scanner
24-02-2021
(Uskings.us) The Kroger Company, or simply Kroger, is an American retail company founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is the United States' largest supermarket by revenue ($121.16 billion for fiscal year 2019), and the second-largest general retailer (behind Walmart). In 1972, Kroger became the first grocery retailer in America to test an electronic scanner.
USS Enterprise (CVN-65) : The first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the United States
23-02-2021
(WorldKings.org) USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65, is a decommissioned United States Navy aircraft carrier. It was launched September 24, 1960.
SpaceX (California) : The first Unietd States private company to send astronauts to the International Space Station
22-02-2021
(Uskings.us) On 30 May 2020, SpaceX successfully launched two NASA astronauts (Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken) into orbit on a Crew Dragon spacecraft during Crew Dragon Demo-2, making SpaceX the first private company to send astronauts to the International Space Station and marking the first crewed launch from American soil in 9 years.
Project Mercury (Washington) : The first human spaceflight program of the United States
21-02-2021
(uskings.us) Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963.
Buddhist Churches of America (San Francisco) : The oldest Buddhist organization in the United States
17-02-2021
(uskings.us) The Buddhist Churches of America (abbreviated as BCA in English) is the United States branch of the Nishi Honganji subsect of Jōdo Shinshū ("True Pure Land School") Buddhism. Jōdo Shinshū is also popularly known as "Shin Buddhism". It is the oldest Buddhist organization in the mainland United States.
Chuang Yen Monastery (New York): Home to the largest indoor statue of a Buddha (Vairocana) in the United States
16-02-2021
(WorldKings.org) The tallest structure in the Chuang Yen Monastery, the Great Buddha Hall, houses the largest indoor statue of a Buddha in the Western Hemisphere.
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