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National Association of Letter Carriers
The National Association of Letter Carriers, or NALC, is the AFL-CIO union representing USPS city delivery letter carriers. Founded in Milwaukee in 1889, it won collective bargaining through the 1970 postal strike.
National Association of Manufacturers
The National Association of Manufacturers is a United States trade association and lobbying organization representing manufacturing interests, founded in Cincinnati, Ohio, on January 22, 1895.
National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NA) was the first all-professional baseball league, playing 1871–1875 before its clubs left to form the National League in 1876; its major-league status remains disputed.
National Association of Recording Merchandisers
The National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) was the American trade association for music retailers, founded in 1958 and renamed the Music Business Association in 2013.
National Association of Rocketry
The National Association of Rocketry (NAR) is an American nonprofit organization, founded in 1957 by G. Harry Stine and Orville Carlisle, dedicated to safety and education in model rocketry.
National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America
The National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America (NAVTA) is the national professional association representing credentialed veterinary technicians in the United States, founded in 1981 in East Lansing, Michigan.
National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage
The National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage (NAOWS), founded in New York in November 1911 under Josephine Dodge, was the national American anti-suffrage organization, publisher of Woman's Protest, with branches in 25 states by 1916, opposing the Nineteenth Amendment until 1920.
National athletics federations
A national athletics federation is the governing body administering athletics within one country, representing it to World Athletics, enforcing rules, sanctioning competitions, and selecting national teams.
National Australia Bank
National Australia Bank (NAB), also known as National Australia Group, is one of Australia's four major banks, headquartered in Melbourne and serving about 10 million customers as the country's leading business bank.
National Autonomist Party
The National Autonomist Party (Partido Autonomista Nacional) was an Argentine political party founded in 1874 around Nicolás Avellaneda's candidacy, holding the presidency for 42 years until 1916.
National Autonomous University of Mexico
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), Mexico's largest public university, tracing to the 1551 Royal and Pontifical University, refounded 1910, autonomous since 1929, with UNESCO-listed Ciudad Universitaria campus.
National Aviation Day
National Aviation Day is an annual United States observance on August 19, designated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939 to stimulate interest in aviation and honor Orville Wright's birthday.
National aviation firsts
National aviation firsts are the earliest recorded milestones within a single country, such as the Wright brothers' 1903 flight, Santos-Dumont's 1906 European flight, and the first airlines and airports.
National Aviation Hall of Fame
The National Aviation Hall of Fame is a Congressionally chartered nonprofit founded in Dayton, Ohio, in 1962 that honors air and space pioneers, starting with the Wright brothers.
National Aviation Heritage Area
The National Aviation Heritage Area is a federally designated heritage area in southwest Ohio, centered on Dayton, preserving the region's aviation heritage from the Wright brothers onward.
National Balancing Point
The National Balancing Point (NBP) is the notional, virtual trading location for gas in Great Britain, its wholesale price benchmark until the Dutch TTF overtook it.
National Ballet of Canada
The National Ballet of Canada is a classical ballet repertory company based in Toronto. Founded in 1951, it has 70 dancers, its own orchestra, and performs at the Four Seasons Centre.
National Ballet of China (中央芭蕾舞团)
National Ballet of China (中央芭蕾舞团, China National Ballet, Zhongyang Baleiwutuan): China's national ballet company, founded December 1959 in Beijing under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism; director Feng Ying; known for Red Detachment of Women, Swan Lake, Peony Pavilion, and over 200 repertoire works.
National Ballet School of Canada
Canada's National Ballet School is an independent ballet training institution in Toronto, co-founded by Celia Franca and Betty Oliphant in 1959 to train dancers for Canada's ballet scene.
National bank (United States)
A national bank in the United States is a federally chartered bank supervised by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency under the National Bank Act of 1864.
National Bank Act
The National Bank Act is the US federal statute, passed in 1863 and redrafted in 1864, that created federally chartered banks and a uniform national currency.
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is India's apex development bank for agriculture and rural credit, established in 1981 and wholly owned by the Government of India.
National Bank of Angola
The National Bank of Angola (Banco Nacional de Angola, BNA) is the central bank and currency issuer of Angola, responsible for price stability, financial stability, and regulating Angolan banks.
National Bank of Belgium
The National Bank of Belgium, founded in 1850, is Belgium's central bank and a Eurosystem member since 1999, issuing euro banknotes and supervising financial institutions.
National Bank of Cambodia
The National Bank of Cambodia, established in 1954, is the central bank and sole issuer of the riel, supervising banks in a heavily dollarized economy.
National Bank of Canada
National Bank of Canada (Banque Nationale du Canada) is a Canadian bank headquartered in Montreal and founded in Quebec City in 1859, the smallest of Canada's six largest banks.
National Bank of Ethiopia
The National Bank of Ethiopia is the country's central bank, established in 1963 when the State Bank of Ethiopia was split, and responsible for monetary policy and banking supervision.
National Bank of Georgia
The National Bank of Georgia (NBG) is the central bank of Georgia, the bank of banks and fiscal agent of the government, targeting 3 percent inflation since 2018.
National Bank of Kazakhstan
The National Bank of Kazakhstan is the central bank of Kazakhstan, a state body accountable to the President that conducts monetary policy, currency regulation, and financial-market supervision.
National Bank of Moldova
The National Bank of Moldova, Banca Națională a Moldovei, is the central bank of Moldova, established in 1995 to ensure price stability; since 2013 it has targeted 5.0% inflation.