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American Achievement Group Holding Corp.
American Achievement Group Holding Corp. was a Delaware holding company, formed in 2006, over American Achievement Corporation, maker of Balfour class rings, renamed Balfour & Co. in 2021.
American Aerogel Corp
American Aerogel Corp, doing business as AeroSafe Global, is a Rochester, New York company founded in 1999 that makes Aerocore organic aerogel insulation and temperature-controlled packaging for pharmaceutical shipping.
American Air Mail Society
The American Air Mail Society (AAMS) is a volunteer-run nonprofit for collectors of airmail stamps and postal history, founded in 1923 and publisher of The Airpost Journal.
American airborne landings in Normandy
The American airborne landings in Normandy were the parachute and glider insertions of the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions on the night of 5–6 June 1944.
American Airlines
American Airlines, formerly American Airways, is a major US airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, with roots in 1926 and more than 365 destinations in 61 countries.
American Airlines Center
American Airlines Center (AAC), Dallas multi-purpose arena in Victory Park opened July 2001; home of the NBA Mavericks and NHL Stars through at least 2030-31; barrel-roofed 'Hanger', cashless since 2022.
American Airlines fleet
The American Airlines fleet is the set of aircraft flown by American Airlines, which operated 1,013 Airbus and Boeing mainline aircraft at the end of 2025.
American Airlines Flight 1 (1962)
American Airlines Flight 1 was a Boeing 707 flight from New York to Los Angeles that crashed into Jamaica Bay on March 1, 1962, killing all 95 aboard.
American Airlines Flight 11
American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767-200ER (N334AA) from Boston to Los Angeles, was hijacked by five al-Qaeda operatives on September 11, 2001, and flown into the World Trade Center North Tower at 8:46:40 a.m., killing all 92 aboard.
American Airlines Flight 1420
American Airlines Flight 1420 was a flight from Dallas/Fort Worth to Little Rock that crashed while landing in a thunderstorm on June 1, 1999, killing 11 of 145 aboard.
American Airlines Flight 191
American Airlines Flight 191 was a DC-10 that crashed on takeoff at Chicago O'Hare on May 25, 1979, killing all 271 aboard and 2 on the ground.
American Airlines Flight 383 (2016)
American Airlines Flight 383 was a 2016 Chicago O'Hare to Miami flight whose Boeing 767 suffered an uncontained engine failure and fire during takeoff; all 170 aboard evacuated.
American Airlines Flight 587
American Airlines Flight 587 was a scheduled passenger flight that crashed in Belle Harbor, Queens, on November 12, 2001. The NTSB blamed the first officer's excessive rudder inputs.
American Airlines Flight 77
American Airlines Flight 77, a Dulles to Los Angeles passenger flight, was hijacked by five al-Qaeda hijackers on September 11, 2001, and crashed into the Pentagon, killing 189 people.
American Airlines Flight 96
American Airlines Flight 96, known as the Windsor incident, was a DC-10 flight from Detroit whose aft cargo door tore away near Windsor, Ontario, in 1972; everyone aboard survived.
American Airlines Flight 965
American Airlines Flight 965 was a Miami-to-Cali Boeing 757 that crashed near Buga, Colombia, in December 1995, killing 159 of 163 aboard after a navigation error.
American Airlines Group
American Airlines Group Inc. is a Fort Worth, Texas holding company formed in 2013 from the AMR and US Airways merger, whose principal subsidiary is American Airlines.
American alligator
American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), the large southeastern US crocodilian; nearly 5 million exist after recovery from near extinction, listed 1967, declared recovered 1987, still federally Threatened by similarity of appearance to the American crocodile.
American and British English spelling differences
American and British English spelling differences: systematic orthographic variants (color/colour, center/centre, -ize/-ise) rooted in Webster's 1828 and Johnson's 1755 dictionaries, grouped into a few word-family rules, with Canadian, Australian, and Oxford hybrid conventions.
American Animals
American Animals (2018) is Bart Layton's docudrama about the failed 2004 Transylvania University rare-book heist, blending dramatization with interviews of the real perpetrators; Sundance premiere, The Orchard release, 88% on Rotten Tomatoes.
American Anti-Imperialist League
American Anti-Imperialist League: Boston organization founded November 19, 1898, led by George S. Boutwell, with Mark Twain, Andrew Carnegie, and William James, opposing Philippine annexation and US overseas empire; active until 1920.
American Apparel
American Apparel is an American basics clothing brand founded by Dov Charney, famous for Los Angeles sweatshop-free manufacturing and provocative ads; bankrupt in 2015 and 2016, it is now owned by Gildan Activewear.
American Assassin
American Assassin is a 2017 action thriller directed by Michael Cuesta, based on Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp novel, starring Dylan O'Brien, Michael Keaton, Sanaa Lathan, and Taylor Kitsch; 34% Tomatometer, $36.2M US gross, no sequel.
American Association For Cancer Research
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), founded May 7, 1907, in Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia-based nonprofit with 65,000+ members, ten journals including Cancer Research, and the annual Cancer Progress Report advocating federal cancer research funding.
American Association for Clinical Chemistry
American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC), US professional society founded 1948 in New York; renamed Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM) July 23, 2023; publisher of Clinical Chemistry; over 70,000 members.
American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
The American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) is a nonprofit association for laboratory animal care professionals, founded in 1950 and headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.
American Association for Respiratory Care
American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC), formerly Inhalation Therapy Association, is the professional association for respiratory therapists, founded 1946 in Chicago, based in Addison, Texas, publisher of Respiratory Care journal.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), founded 1848 in Philadelphia; US multidisciplinary learned society, publisher of Science, world's largest federation of scientific societies, with policy fellowships and Project 2061 education reform.
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) is a professional society of trauma and acute care surgeons, founded in 1938 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
American Association of Clinical Anatomists
American Association of Clinical Anatomists (AACA), founded February 18, 1983, is an international professional society for clinical anatomy, publisher with BACA of the journal Clinical Anatomy, holding annual meetings and body donation standards.