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Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1852 (MDCCCLII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). 1852 - Events. January 14 - President Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte proclaims a new constitution for the French Second Republic. January 17 - United Kingdom recognizes independence of the TransvaalIncluding:

• 1852 - Events
• 1852 - Births
• 1852 - Deaths

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1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) 1916 - Events. January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. Impressionist Monet paints 'Water Lilies'. January 5 - Heavy rain - allegedly caused by rainmaker Charles Hatfield - begins; it will cause flooding around San Diego, California January 8 - Allied forces withdraw from Gallipoli January 13/14 - ...

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• 1916 - Events
• 1916 - March-June
• 1916 - July-August
• 1916 - October-December
• 1916 - Unknown dates
• 1916 - Ongoing events
• 1916 - Disputed events
• 1916 - Births
• 1916 - January-March
• 1916 - April-June
• 1916 - July-December
• 1916 - Deaths
• 1916 - Nobel Prizes

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1920 (MCMXX) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) 1920 - Events. January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. January 9 - Britain announces it will build 1,000,000 homes for war veterans. The promise will never be fulfilled in full. January 9 - Thousands of onlookers watch as "The Human Fly" George Polley, climbs the New York Woolworth Building. He has reached the 30th floor wh ...

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• 1920 - Events
• 1920 - February
• 1920 - March
• 1920 - April-May
• 1920 - June-July
• 1920 - August-September
• 1920 - October-November
• 1920 - December
• 1920 - Undated
• 1920 - Births
• 1920 - January
• 1920 - February-March
• 1920 - April
• 1920 - May
• 1920 - June-July
• 1920 - August-December
• 1920 - Date unknown
• 1920 - Deaths
• 1920 - Nobel Prizes

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1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). 1907 - Events. January 6 - Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome (Casa dei Bambini in San Lorenzo). January 14 - An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000. January 23 - Charles Curtis fr ...

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• 1907 - Events
• 1907 - February
• 1907 - March
• 1907 - May
• 1907 - June
• 1907 - July
• 1907 - August
• 1907 - September
• 1907 - October
• 1907 - November
• 1907 - December
• 1907 - Undated
• 1907 - Births
• 1907 - January-March
• 1907 - April-June
• 1907 - July-September
• 1907 - October-December
• 1907 - Undated
• 1907 - Deaths
• 1907 - Nobel Prizes

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1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). 1923 - Events. January 1 - Grouping of all UK railway companies into four larger companies January 10 - Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel January 11 - Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to pay its reparation payments 1923 - February. February 16 - Howard Carter unseals the ...

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• 1923 - Events
• 1923 - February
• 1923 - March
• 1923 - April
• 1923 - May
• 1923 - June
• 1923 - July
• 1923 - August
• 1923 - September
• 1923 - October
• 1923 - November
• 1923 - December
• 1923 - Unknown dates
• 1923 - Births
• 1923 - January
• 1923 - February
• 1923 - March
• 1923 - April
• 1923 - May
• 1923 - July
• 1923 - August
• 1923 - September
• 1923 - October
• 1923 - November
• 1923 - December
• 1923 - Deaths
• 1923 - January
• 1923 - February
• 1923 - March
• 1923 - April
• 1923 - June
• 1923 - August
• 1923 - October
• 1923 - December
• 1923 - Nobel Prizes

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1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). 1933 - Events. January 3 - Japanese troops occupy Shanghai January 5 - Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay. January 15 - Political violence has caused almost 100 deaths in Spain January 17 - US Congress votes favorable for Philippines independence, against the view of president Hoover January 30 - Edouard Daladier forms a government i ...

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• 1933 - Events
• 1933 - February
• 1933 - March
• 1933 - April
• 1933 - May
• 1933 - June
• 1933 - July
• 1933 - August
• 1933 - September
• 1933 - October
• 1933 - November
• 1933 - December
• 1933 - Undated
• 1933 - Births
• 1933 - January
• 1933 - February
• 1933 - March
• 1933 - April
• 1933 - May
• 1933 - June
• 1933 - July
• 1933 - August
• 1933 - September-October
• 1933 - November
• 1933 - December
• 1933 - Deaths
• 1933 - January-March
• 1933 - April-June
• 1933 - July-December
• 1933 - Nobel Prizes

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1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. 1931 - Events. January 4 - Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa January 6 - Thomas Edison submits his last patent application. January 22 - Sir Isaac Isaacs sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia January 25 - Mohandas Gandhi released again January 27 - Pierre Laval forms a government in France February 3 - Napier earthquake - mu ...

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• 1931 - Events
• 1931 - April-August
• 1931 - September-December
• 1931 - Undated
• 1931 - Births
• 1931 - January
• 1931 - February-April
• 1931 - May-August
• 1931 - September-December
• 1931 - Month/day unknown
• 1931 - Deaths
• 1931 - Undated
• 1931 - Nobel Prizes

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1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). 1928 - Events. January 6-7 - River Thames floods in London - 14 drowned January 7 - Moat at the Tower of London, previously drained in 1843, is completely refilled by a tidal wave January 12 - US murderer Ruth Snyder executed at Ossining January 17 - OGPU arrests Lev Trotsky in Moscow; he assumes a status of passive resistance and is exiled to Turk ...

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• 1928 - Events
• 1928 - June-August
• 1928 - September-December
• 1928 - Unknown dates
• 1928 - Births
• 1928 - January
• 1928 - February
• 1928 - March-April
• 1928 - May-June
• 1928 - July-September
• 1928 - October-December
• 1928 - Unknown date
• 1928 - Deaths
• 1928 - Nobel Prizes

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1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). 1925 - Events. January 3 - Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy. January 5 - Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes the first female governor in the United States. January 27–February 1 - The 1925 serum run to Nome, or the "Great Race of Mercy", relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. territory of Alaska to combat an ...

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• 1925 - Events
• 1925 - June-September
• 1925 - October-December
• 1925 - Unknown dates
• 1925 - Births
• 1925 - January-April
• 1925 - May-July
• 1925 - August-September
• 1925 - October-December
• 1925 - Unknown
• 1925 - Deaths
• 1925 - Nobel Prizes

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The U.S. presidential election of 2000 was one of the closest elections in U.S. history, decided by only 527 votes in the swing state of Florida. On election night, the media prematurely declared a winner twice based on exit polls before finally deciding that the Florida race was too close to call. It would turn out to be a month before the election was finally certified after numerous court challenges and recounts. Republican candidate George W. Bush won Florida's 25 electoral votes by a razor-thin margin of the popular ...

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• U.S. presidential election, 2000 - Introduction
• U.S. presidential election, 2000 - Nominations
• U.S. presidential election, 2000 - Republican Party nomination
• U.S. presidential election, 2000 - Other nominations
• U.S. presidential election, 2000 - General election
• U.S. presidential election, 2000 - Campaign
• U.S. presidential election, 2000 - Disputes
• U.S. presidential election, 2000 - Results
• U.S. presidential election, 2000 - Florida election results
• U.S. presidential election, 2000 - Controversy in Florida
• U.S. presidential election, 2000 - Palm Beach County's butterfly ballots
• U.S. presidential election, 2000 - The Florida Ballot Project recounts
• U.S. presidential election, 2000 - Response to the problems
• U.S. presidential election, 2000 - Media post-electoral studies/recounts

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1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). 1934 - Events. January 1 - Alcatraz becomes a federal prison. January 1 - Nazi Germany passes the "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring." January 7 - First Flash Gordon comic strip is published. January 10 - Execution of Marinus van der Lubbe January 24 - Einstein visits White House January 26 - The Apollo The ...

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• 1934 - Events
• 1934 - May-June
• 1934 - July-September
• 1934 - October-December
• 1934 - Unknown dates
• 1934 - Births
• 1934 - January
• 1934 - February
• 1934 - March-April
• 1934 - May-August
• 1934 - September-December
• 1934 - Unknown dates
• 1934 - Deaths
• 1934 - Nobel Prizes

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The U.S. presidential election of 2004 was won by the incumbent President, Republican George W. Bush, who defeated his main rival, Democratic Senator John F. Kerry of Massachusetts. One of the main issues was the conduct of the War on Terror. Bush defended the actions of his administration, while Kerry contended that the war had been fought incompetently, and that the Iraq War was a distraction from the War on Terror, not a part of it. The popular vote election took place on Election Day, November 2, but it was not until the ne ...

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• U.S. presidential election, 2004 - Background
• U.S. presidential election, 2004 - Nominations
• U.S. presidential election, 2004 - Democratic nomination
• U.S. presidential election, 2004 - Other nominations
• U.S. presidential election, 2004 - General election: campaign
• U.S. presidential election, 2004 - Campaign issues
• U.S. presidential election, 2004 - Debates
• U.S. presidential election, 2004 - Election results
• U.S. presidential election, 2004 - Members of the 2004 United States Electoral College
• U.S. presidential election, 2004 - Ballot access
• U.S. presidential election, 2004 - Faithless elector in Minnesota
• U.S. presidential election, 2004 - Electoral vote error in New York
• U.S. presidential election, 2004 - Presidential Results by Congressional District
• U.S. presidential election, 2004 - Analysis and trivia
• U.S. presidential election, 2004 - Timeline
• U.S. presidential election, 2004 - Newspaper endorsements
• U.S. presidential election, 2004 - Electoral College changes from 2000
• U.S. presidential election, 2004 - Vote splitting concerns
• U.S. presidential election, 2004 - Battleground states
• U.S. presidential election, 2004 - New during this campaign
• U.S. presidential election, 2004 - International observers
• U.S. presidential election, 2004 - Electronic voting
• U.S. presidential election, 2004 - Campaign law changes
• U.S. presidential election, 2004 - Colorado's Amendment 36
• U.S. presidential election, 2004 - Legal challenges
• U.S. presidential election, 2004 - Election controversy
• U.S. presidential election, 2004 - Sources

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The U.S. presidential election of 1860 is widely considered to be a realigning election. The nation had been divided through most of the 1850s on the issue of slavery, with Northerners and Southerners disagreeing over whether or not it should be expanded to the territories, and fighting for each new state admitted to the Union. In 1860, this issue finally came to a head, bringing Abraham Lincoln and the Republican party to power, while it ...

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• U.S. presidential election, 1860 - Background
• U.S. presidential election, 1860 - Nominations
• U.S. presidential election, 1860 - Democratic Party nominations
• U.S. presidential election, 1860 - Republican Party nomination
• U.S. presidential election, 1860 - General election
• U.S. presidential election, 1860 - Campaign
• U.S. presidential election, 1860 - Results
• U.S. presidential election, 1860 - Consequences
• U.S. presidential election, 1860 - Results by state

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Brumidi's father was a native of Filiatra (in western Messinia, a district in the Peloponnesos, a region in southern Greece). His mother was from Rome, Italy. He showed his talent for fresco painting at an early age and painted in several Roman palaces, among them being that of Prince Torlonia. Under Gregory XVI he worked for three years in the Vatican. ...

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Constantino Brumidi, Constantino Brumidi - Parentage and early life, Constantino Brumidi - Emigration

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,986 km² (767 mi²). 1,984 km² (766 mi²) of it is land and 2 km² (1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.10% water. Columbia County is located in South Arkansas. Columbia County, along with Union County, is home to the largest Bromine reserve in the United States. Columbia County Arkansas - Adjacent counties. Nevada County (north) Ouachita County (northeast) Union County (east) Claiborne Parish, Louisiana (southeast) Webster Parish, Lou ...

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Columbia County Arkansas, Columbia County Arkansas - Geography, Columbia County Arkansas - Adjacent counties, Columbia County Arkansas - Demographics, Columbia County Arkansas - Cities and towns

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Data from Statistics Norway Bærum is a municipality in the county of Akershus, Norway. Bærum is located on the coast, west of Oslo. Sandvika is the administrative centre of Bærum. People in Bærum are often called sosser by people who don't live in Bærum, it's because people who live here are very rich. Bærum - History. The area known today as Bærum was a fertile agricultural area as far back as the Bronze Age, and several archeological finds stem from the Iron Age. The first mention of ...

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• Bærum - History
• Bærum - Geography
• Bærum - Economy
• Bærum - Demographics
• Bærum - Famous residents

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The Báb · Abdu'l-Bahá Kitáb-i-Aqdas · Kitáb-i-Íqán The Hidden Words Administrative Order The Guardian Universal House of Justice Continental Counsellors Spiritual Assembly Haifa · Akká Shiraz · Baghdad Bahá'í History · Timeline Bábís · Shaykh Ahmad Táhirih · Quddús · Badí' Shoghi Effendi Rúhíyyih Khanum Unity of humanity Unity of religion Gender equality Universal education Science and religion Auxilliary language Symbols · Humor · Laws ...

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• Bahá'í history - Summary
• Bahá'í history - Shaykhi Movement
• Bahá'í history - Shaykh Ahmad
• Bahá'í history - Siyyid Kazim
• Bahá'í history - Ministry of the Báb
• Bahá'í history - Ministry of Bahá'u'lláh
• Bahá'í history - Ministry of `Abdu'l-Bahá
• Bahá'í history - The Guardianship
• Bahá'í history - Ministry of the Custodians
• Bahá'í history - Mason Remey
• Bahá'í history - The Universal House of Justice

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The Bábís (in Persian بابی ها Bâbihâ) are members of a religious movement that flourished in Persia from 1844 to 1852, then lingered on in exile in the Ottoman Empire (especially Cyprus) as well as underground. Its founder was 'Ali Muhammad of Shiraz (1817-1850), who took the title Báb – meaning "Gate" – from a well-known Shi'i theological term. The implication was that 'Ali Muhammad was an avenue through which continuing divine revelation could flow — a controversial and in fa ...

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• Bábís - Antecedents
• Bábís - Origin
• Bábís - Uprisings and Massacres
• Bábís - Fort Tabarsi
• Bábís - The Zanjan Upheaval
• Bábís - The Nayriz Upheaval
• Bábís - After the martyrdom of the Báb
• Bábís - Background to Opposition by Clergy and State
• Bábís - Succession
• Bábís - Writings

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Humanity's desire to fly probably dates to the first time prehistoric man observed birds, an observation illustrated in the legendary story of Daedalus and Icarus. Daedalus was trapped on the island of Minos, and so built wings out of feathers and wax for himself and his son. His son Icarus flew too close to the sun and the wax melted -- the wings were destroyed and he fell to the sea, and to his death. The legend was designed to be a cautionary tale about attempting to reach heaven, similar to the Tower of Babel story in The B ...

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• Aviation history - Before the 20th century
• Aviation history - Lighter than air
• Aviation history - Toward better understanding
• Aviation history - Picking up the pace
• Aviation history - 1900 to 1914
• Aviation history - Langley
• Aviation history - The Wright Brothers
• Aviation history - Other early flights
• Aviation history - Lighter than air II
• Aviation history - 1914 - 1918: World War I
• Aviation history - 1918 - 1939
• Aviation history - 1939-1945: World War II
• Aviation history - 1945 - 1991: The Cold War
• Aviation history - 1991-Future

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Bahá'u'lláh's family covers Bahá'u'lláh's family, in particular his three wives and his children. Bahá'u'lláh (بهاءالله "The Glory of God" in Arabic) was the founder and prophet of the Bahá'í Faith. He was born to a Persian nobleman in 1817 and went out to be a leader in the Bábí movement, and then established the Bahá'í Faith in 1863. Bahá'u'lláh's family - Titles of descendents. One of Bahá'u'lláh's titles is "Sadratu'l-Muntahá", which translates from Arabic as the tree beyond ...

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• Bahá'u'lláh's family - Titles of descendents
• Bahá'u'lláh's family - Ásiyih Khánum title given by Bahá'u'lláh: Navváb
• Bahá'u'lláh's family - Fatimih Khanum title given by Bahá'u'lláh: Mahd-i-'Ulya
• Bahá'u'lláh's family - Gawhar Khanum
• Bahá'u'lláh's family - Controversy and Confusion
• Bahá'u'lláh's family - Facts
• Bahá'u'lláh's family - Range of different possibilities
• Bahá'u'lláh's family - Possible rebuttals

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