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Princess Helena Victoria was born at Frogmore House, near Windsor Castle. Her father was Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, the third soon of Duke Charles August of Schleswig-Holstein and Countess Luise of Danneskjold-Samsøe. Her mother was The Princess Helena, the fifth child and third daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Her parents resided in the United Kingdom, and the Princess was considered a member of the British Royal Family. Under letters patent of 1866, she w ...

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Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein - Early Life, Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein - Royal Duties, Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein - World War I, Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein - Titles and honours, Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein - Shorthand titles, Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein - Footnotes, Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein - Sources

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In September 1865, while visiting Coburg, she was introducted to Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (22 January 1831 - 28 October 1917), the third son of Duke Charles August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenberg and Countess Luise of Danneskjold-Samoe. The couple became engaged in December of that year. Queen Victoria gave her permission for the marriage with the proviso that the couple live in England. They married at the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle on 5 July 1866. Seven days before the wedding, the Queen granted her ...

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Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, Princess Helena of the United Kingdom - Early Life, Princess Helena of the United Kingdom - Marriage, Princess Helena of the United Kingdom - Children, Princess Helena of the United Kingdom - Royal duties, Princess Helena of the United Kingdom - World War I, Princess Helena of the United Kingdom - Titles

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On 13 March 1879, Princess Luise Marguerite married Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught at St. George's Chapel Windsor. Prince Arthur was the 7th child and 3rd son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. After her marriage she was styled Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Connaught. The Duke and Duchess of Connaught had three children: Princess Margaret of Connaught (15 January 1882 - 1 May 1920); married 15 June 1905 then-Crown Prince Gustav Adolph of Sweden (11 November 1882 - 15 September 1973); an ...

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Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia, Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia - Early Life, Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia - Marriage, Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia - Duchess of Connaught

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Ring of Honor - 2006. TBD @ Cleveland, OH 29 April 2006 TBD @ Dayton, OH 28 April 2006 TBD @ Philadelphia, PA 22 April 2006 TBD @ Chicago, IL 1 April 2006 TBD @ Chicago, IL 31 March 2006 TBD @ Detroit, MI 30 March 2006 TBD @ New York, NY 25 March 2006 TBD @ Philadelphia, PA 11 March 2006 Fourth Anniversary Show @ Edison, NJ 25 February 2006 TBD @ Lake Grove, NY 11 February 2006 TBD @ Cleveland, OH 28 January 2006 Trios Tournament 2006 @ Dayton, OH 27 January 2006 Hell Freezes Over @ ...

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Ring of Honor, Ring of Honor - Contenders for Championships, Ring of Honor - Roster, Ring of Honor - Current champions, Ring of Honor - Current top five rankings, Ring of Honor - Events, Ring of Honor - 2006, Ring of Honor - 2005, Ring of Honor - 2004, Ring of Honor - 2003, Ring of Honor - 2002, Ring of Honor - Specialty matches, Ring of Honor - ROH wrestling school

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Stout's political career came when he was elected to the Otago Provincial Council. During his time on the Council, he impressed many people with both his energy and his rhetorical skill, although others found him to be abrasive, and complained about his lack of respect for those who held different views. In the 1875-1876 election, Stout was elected to Parliament as MP for Caversham, opposing mo ...

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Robert Stout, Robert Stout - Early life, Robert Stout - Early political career, Robert Stout - Premier, Robert Stout - Liberal Party, Robert Stout - Women's suffrage, Robert Stout - Life after politics, Robert Stout - External link

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As of the census2 of 2000, there are 29,062 people, 12,223 households, and 7,834 families residing in the township. The population density is 565.6/km² (1,464.9/mi²). There are 12,551 housing units at an average density of 244.3/km² (632.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the township is 90.88% White, 2.84% African American, 0.11% Native American, 5.12% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.29% from other races, and 0.74% from two or more r ...

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Tredyffrin Township Pennsylvania, Tredyffrin Township Pennsylvania - Geography, Tredyffrin Township Pennsylvania - Demographics, Tredyffrin Township Pennsylvania - History, Tredyffrin Township Pennsylvania - Geology, Tredyffrin Township Pennsylvania - Education

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Steaming via the "Great Circle" route (the Northern Pacific) from Seattle to Shanghai, Augusta moored in the Whangpoo River, at Shanghai, on the morning of 9 November 1933. That afternoon, Admiral Frank B. Upham, Commander in Chief, Asiatic Fleet (CinCAF), broke his flag on board the newly arrived cruiser, and his old flagship, Houston (CA-30), sailed for the United States. Soon after she broke Admiral Upham's flag and Houston sailed for home, Augusta proceeded south from Shanghai in December 1933, and, over the next few months, operated in the Philippines, interspersing traini ...

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USS Augusta CA-31, USS Augusta CA-31 - Beginnings, USS Augusta CA-31 - Asiatic Fleet, USS Augusta CA-31 - Refit, USS Augusta CA-31 - Atlantic Fleet, USS Augusta CA-31 - Morocco, USS Augusta CA-31 - Normandy, USS Augusta CA-31 - Sources

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The cruiser spent the next 5 years in the Far East. Steaming to Bremerton, Washington 6 February 1916, Saratoga went into reduced commission with the Pacific Reserve Fleet. As the United States drew closer to participation in World War I, Saratoga commissioned in full 23 April 1917, and joined the Pacific Patrol Force 7 June. In September Saratoga steamed to Mexico to counter enemy activity in the troubled country. At Ensenada, Saratoga intercepted and helped to capture a merchantman transporting 32 German age ...

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USS New York ACR-2, USS New York ACR-2 - USS Saratoga ACR-2, USS New York ACR-2 - USS Rochester CA-2, USS New York ACR-2 - External link

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Iwo Jima received tons of supplies and scores of Army helicopters, tanker trucks, and vehicles in her hangar and flight deck spaces. Nearly a thousand troops were embarked for her western transit that began 12 April. She touched Pearl Harbor a few hours the 17th to off-load 50 Marines and their equipment, then steamed off St. Jacques, Republic of Vietnam, 1 to 2 May, flying off 77 Army helicopters, loaded with troops and combat cargo. From there she proceeded to Subic Bay in the Philippines, where troops and equipment were received for am ...

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USS Iwo Jima LPH-2, USS Iwo Jima LPH-2 - WestPac Cruises, USS Iwo Jima LPH-2 - Vietnam War, USS Iwo Jima LPH-2 - Pacific Recovery Forces Task Force 130

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On 24 March 1914, Texas departed the Norfolk Navy Yard and set a course for New York City. She made an overnight stop at Tompkinsville, New York, on the night of 26 March and entered the New York Navy Yard on the next day. She spent the next three weeks there undergoing the installation of the fire control equipment. During her stay in New York, President Woodrow Wilson ordered a number of ships of the Atlantic Fleet to Mexican waters in response to tension created when an overzealous detail of Mexican Federal troops detained a ...

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USS Texas BB-35, USS Texas BB-35 - 1914-1920, USS Texas BB-35 - 1921-1939, USS Texas BB-35 - 1940-1945, USS Texas BB-35 - 1946-Decommissioning, USS Texas BB-35 - Memorial

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USS Yorktown CV-10 - 1943. Yorktown remained in the Norfolk area until 21 May at which time she got underway for shakedown training in the vicinity of Trinidad. She returned to Norfolk on 17 June and began post-shakedown availability. The aircraft carrier completed repairs on 1 July and began air operations out of Norfolk until the 6th. On the latter day, she exited Chesapeake Bay on her way to the Pacific Ocean. She transited the Panama Canal on 11 July and departed Balboa on the 12th. The warship arrived ...

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USS Yorktown CV-10, USS Yorktown CV-10 - World War II, USS Yorktown CV-10 - 1943, USS Yorktown CV-10 - 1944, USS Yorktown CV-10 - 1945, USS Yorktown CV-10 - 1945 – 1952, USS Yorktown CV-10 - 1953 – 1955, USS Yorktown CV-10 - 1955 – 1957, USS Yorktown CV-10 - 1957 – 1960, USS Yorktown CV-10 - 1961 – 1964, USS Yorktown CV-10 - 1965 – 1968, USS Yorktown CV-10 - 1968 – 1975, USS Yorktown CV-10 - 1975 – Present

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Yasuhiro Abe - Singles. 'We Got It!' (1 November 1982) 'CAFE FLAMINGO' (1 February 1983) 'JULIET' (1 July 1983) 'TIGHT UP' (1 February 1984) 'RAINY DAY GIRL' (21 June 1984) 'DOUBLE IMAGINATION' (21 September 1984) 'KISS MARK' (20 April 1985) 'CLOSE YOUR EYES' (28 September 1985) 'Tenesi Warutsu' (23 April 1986) 'SHO-NEN' (29 September 1986) 'Shuga Boi de Itekure' (6 April 1987) 'Memories' (25 May 1988) See also:

Yasuhiro Abe, Yasuhiro Abe - Discography, Yasuhiro Abe - Singles, Yasuhiro Abe - Albums, Yasuhiro Abe - External link

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The Intrepid's motto on setting sail was "In Mare In Caelo." USS Intrepid CV-11 - Marshalls  Jan. – Feb. 1944. 3 December 1943: Intrepid sailed from Naval Station Norfolk for San Francisco, then to Hawaii. 10 January: She arrived at Pearl Harbor and prepared for the invasion of the Marshall Islands, the next objective in the Navy's massive island-hopping campaign. 16 January: She left Pearl Harbor with carriers Cabot and Essex. 29 ...

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USS Intrepid CV-11, USS Intrepid CV-11 - World War II, USS Intrepid CV-11 - Marshalls  Jan. – Feb. 1944, USS Intrepid CV-11 - Palaus and Philippines  Sept. – Nov. 1944, USS Intrepid CV-11 - Okinawa and Japan  March – April 1944, USS Intrepid CV-11 - Post-war service, USS Intrepid CV-11 - 1955 – 1961, USS Intrepid CV-11 - 1962 – 1965, USS Intrepid CV-11 - 1965 – 1974, USS Intrepid CV-11 - After her final decommissioning, USS Intrepid CV-11 - Reference

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Guam was launched 12 November 1943 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey; sponsored by Mrs. George Johnson McMillan, wife of Captain McMillan, former governor of Guam; and commissioned 17 September 1944, Captain Leland P. Lovette in command. After shakedown off Trinidad Guam departed Philadelphia 17 January 1945 and joined the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor 8 February via the Panama Canal. Shortly thereafter Guam was visited by Secretary of the Navy Forrestal. Clearing Pearl Harbor 3 March See also:

USS Guam CB-2, USS Guam CB-2 - History

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Following the excitement of the first week in August, the destroyer resumed more routine operations in the South China Sea. She concluded her deployment when she reached Long Beach on 2 October—two months to the day since she had rushed to the aid of Maddox. The destroyer conducted normal operations out of Long Beach until 18 December when she entered the naval shipyard for a three-month overhaul. Late in March, she began refresher training out of San Diego. West coast operations occupied her until 10 July, when she departed Long Be ...

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USS Turner Joy DD-951, USS Turner Joy DD-951 - Pre-Vietnam War operational duty, USS Turner Joy DD-951 - Vietnam operations, USS Turner Joy DD-951 - Vietnam War operations, USS Turner Joy DD-951 - Post- Vietnam War operations

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After commissioning on 13 March 1982, USS Carl Vinson was put to sea for a post-commissioning shakedown. Vinson departed on 1 March 1983 for its new homeport at the Naval Air Station in Alameda, California. Carl Vinson participated in RIMPAC '84 before departing 14 October 1984 for its first overseas deployment in the Western Pacific. From January until April of 1985 Carl Vinso ...

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USS Carl Vinson CVN-70, USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 - Ship history

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Cod arrived in Brisbane, Australia, on 2 October 1943 to prepare for her first war patrol, on which she sailed 20 days later. Penetrating the South China Sea, she contacted few targets, and launched an attack only once, on 29 November, with unobserved results. Returning to Fremantle, Western Australia, to refit from 16 December to 11 January 1944, Cod put to sea for her second war patrol in the South China Sea, off Java, and off Halmahera. On 16 February, she surfaced to sink a sampan by gunfire, and on 23 February, torpedoed a ...

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USS Cod SS-224, USS Cod SS-224 - World War II, USS Cod SS-224 - 1951 – 1971, USS Cod SS-224 - Museum ship, USS Cod SS-224 - USS Cod combat statistics

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Greer's shake down took her to Azores, from which she rendezvoused with George Washington, carrying President Woodrow Wilson home from the Versailles Peace Conference, and escorted her to the United States. After exercises in coastal waters, Greer was assigned to Trepassy Bay, Newfoundland, for duties during a transatlantic flight by four Navy seaplanes, one of which, NC-4, safely completed the historic undertaking. After further training exercises and a European cruise, Greer was assigned to the Pacifi ...

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USS Greer DD-145, USS Greer DD-145 - 1919 to 1941, USS Greer DD-145 - The Greer Incident Sept. 1941, USS Greer DD-145 - World War II

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The Princess Alice was born on April 25, 1843 at Buckingham Palace, London. Her mother was the reigning British monarch, Queen Victoria, the only child of King George III's fourth son, Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent. Her father was Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. As the daughter of the sovereign, Alice was styled Her Royal Highness The Princess Alice from birth. She was baptised in the Private Chapel of Buckingham Palace on June 2, 1843 by William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury and her godparents were the King of Hanover, the Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prin ...

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Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Princess Alice of the United Kingdom - Early Life, Princess Alice of the United Kingdom - Marriage, Princess Alice of the United Kingdom - Later Life, Princess Alice of the United Kingdom - Titles

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In 1868, at the age of fourteen, Prince Louis became a naturalized British subject and joined the Royal Navy. He began his career as a midshipman on the Royal Alfred. In 1876, he accompanied the Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VII on his official tour of India. During the 1882 Egyptian intervention, he served as a lieutenant on Inconstant and was decorated with the Egyptian Medal and the Khedive Bronze Star. In September 1883, Queen Victoria appointed him lieutenant in her yacht, Victoria and Albert, which assure ...

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Prince Louis of Battenberg, Prince Louis of Battenberg - Early Life, Prince Louis of Battenberg - Naval Career, Prince Louis of Battenberg - Marriage and Children, Prince Louis of Battenberg - Adoption of the Surname Mountbatten, Prince Louis of Battenberg - Titles from birth to death, Prince Louis of Battenberg - Note, Prince Louis of Battenberg - Sources

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Israel Defense Forces - Service and manpower. National military service is compulsory for Jewish men and women over the age of 17, although exemptions may be made on religious, physical, pacifist or psychological grounds (see Profile 21). The fact that an increasing number of men in the Haredi community are exempt has been a source of tension in Israeli society. Men serve three years in the IDF, as do the women in combat positions, while women in non-combat positions serve two. The IDF requi ...

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Israel Defense Forces, Israel Defense Forces - History, Israel Defense Forces - Overview, Israel Defense Forces - Service and manpower, Israel Defense Forces - Expenditures and alliances, Israel Defense Forces - Military structure, Israel Defense Forces - High command General Staff, Israel Defense Forces - Ground forces, Israel Defense Forces - Air force, Israel Defense Forces - Navy, Israel Defense Forces - Military intelligence, Israel Defense Forces - Support, Israel Defense Forces - Regional commands, Israel Defense Forces - Related organisations, Israel Defense Forces - Israeli military technology, Israel Defense Forces - Main Israeli developments, Israel Defense Forces - Specific weapon systems, Israel Defense Forces - Nuclear capability, Israel Defense Forces - Israel Defence Forces Ranks, Israel Defense Forces - Code of Conduct, Israel Defense Forces - Values of the Code of Conduct, Israel Defense Forces - Code of Conduct against terrorists, Israel Defense Forces - Counterterrorism tactics, Israel Defense Forces - Targeted killing, Israel Defense Forces - House demolitions, Israel Defense Forces - Related IDF articles, Israel Defense Forces - General related articles

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The Leopoldsgruft was built under the nave of the church above, beginning in 1657 by Emperor Leopold I,37 following the edict of his father Emperor Ferdinand III27 that the hereditary burial place of the imperial family would be in this church. Considering that Leopold contributed his three wives and 16 of his children -- plus himself -- to the population of the crypt, it was inevitable that other vaults would be needed soon. Impe ...

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Imperial Crypt Vaults, Imperial Crypt Vaults - The Founders' Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Leopold's Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Children's Columbarium, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Main Hall, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Karl's Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Maria Theresa's Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Franz's Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Ferdinand's Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Main Hall, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Within the southwest pier:, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Within the southeast pier:, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Within the northwest pier:, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Within the northeast pier:, Imperial Crypt Vaults - The Tuscan Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - The New Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - West Wall, Imperial Crypt Vaults - South Wall, Imperial Crypt Vaults - North Wall, Imperial Crypt Vaults - East Wall, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Franz Joseph's Vault, Imperial Crypt Vaults - The Crypt Chapel, Imperial Crypt Vaults - Selected Other Habsburgs

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