USS Pivot (AM-276), an Admirable-class minesweeper, was the first ship of the United States Navy named Pivot. She was built at the Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Alabama.
Mrs. Clara L. Prouty christened Pivot on 11 November 1943.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 279, adopted unanimously on May 12, 1970, at 12 words is the shortest Security Counil resolution ever adopted; it reads simply “Demands the immediate withdrawal of all Israeli armed forces from Lebanese territory.”
In 1999, a group of 282 skydivers set the record for the largest number of skydivers in a free-fall formation above Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. They held the link for 7.11 seconds