1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1861 - Events. January 1 - Benito Juárez captures Mexico City January 2 - Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by Wilhelm I January 3 - American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States January 9 - Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union, preceding t ...

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• 1861 - September-October
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• 1861 - Unknown dates
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Buddhism is a religion with millions of followers in the United States, including traditionally Buddhist Asian Americans as well as non-Asian converts. The U.S. presents a strikingly new and different environment for Buddhists, leading to a unique history and a continuing process of development as Buddhism and America come to grips with each other. Buddhism in the United States - Early history. Occasional intersections between Western civilization and the Buddhist world have been occurring for thousands of years. ...

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• Buddhism in the United States - Early history
• Buddhism in the United States - Modern American Buddhism
• Buddhism in the United States - Import Buddhists
• Buddhism in the United States - Export Buddhists
• Buddhism in the United States - Demographics of Buddhism in the United States
• Buddhism in the United States - Ethnic divide
• Buddhism in the United States - Trends in American Buddhism
• Buddhism in the United States - Engaged Buddhism
• Buddhism in the United States - Buddhist education in the United States

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The White Paper of 1939 was published on May 17 1939, and its main points were: Section I. The Constitution: It stated that with over 450,000 Jews having now settled in the mandate, the Balfour Declaration about "a national home for the Jewish people" had been met and called for an independent Palestine established within 10 years, governed jointly by Arabs and Jews: "His Majesty's Government believe that the framers of the Mandate in which the Balfour Declaration was embodied could not have intende ...

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White Paper of 1939, White Paper of 1939 - pre White Paper of 1939, White Paper of 1939 - White Paper of 1939 content, White Paper of 1939 - White Paper of 1939 reactions, White Paper of 1939 - Footnotes

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1 special election held due to death of Thomas E. Watson (D-GA) 2 special election held due to resignation of William S. Kenyon (R-IA), who became a federal judge. 3 special election held due to death of Philander C. Knox (R-PA) 4 special election held due to death of Boies Penrose (R-PA) ...

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U.S. Senate election 1922, U.S. Senate election 1922 - Senate contests in 1922, U.S. Senate election 1922 - Senate composition before and after elections

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1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1858 - Events. January 14 - Felice Orsini and his accomplices fail to assassinate Napoleon III in Paris but their bombs kill 156 bystanders. Because of the involvement of French émigrés living in Britain, there is a br ...

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Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). 1854 - Events. January 4 - The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang. January 13 - The accordion is patented by Anthony Faas. January 21 - Loss of the Tayleur - 380 drowned, later dubbed "the first Titanic" February 11 - Major stree ...

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Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 1850 - Events. January 4 - The first American ice-skating club is formed (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). January 29 - Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress February 28 - University of Utah opens in Salt Lake City, Utah March 7 - United States Senator Daniel Webster giv ...

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• 1850 - Events
• 1850 - Births
• 1850 - January - April
• 1850 - May - December
• 1850 - Unknown Date
• 1850 - Deaths
• 1850 - January - May
• 1850 - June - December
• 1850 - Unknown Date

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1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. 1996 - Events. January 5 - Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone. January 7 - One of the worst blizzards in American history hits eastern states, killing more than 100. January 8 - Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital Kinshasa ...

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• 1996 - September
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• 1996 - November
• 1996 - December
• 1996 - Environmental change
• 1996 - Unknown date
• 1996 - Births
• 1996 - Deaths
• 1996 - January-February
• 1996 - March-June
• 1996 - July-December
• 1996 - Nobel Prizes
• 1996 - Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
• 1996 - Templeton Prize
• 1996 - Right Livelihood Award

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1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. 1994 - Events. January 1 - North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect January 1 - Zapatista Army of National Liberation begins war in Chiapas, Mexico January 1 - Bantustans join South Africa January 6 - Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an assailant under orders from figure skating rival ...

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• 1994 - December
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• 1994 - January
• 1994 - February-April
• 1994 - May-October
• 1994 - November-December
• 1994 - Nobel Prizes
• 1994 - Fields Medalists
• 1994 - Templeton Prize
• 1994 - Right Livelihood Award

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1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). 1993 - Events. January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic. January 3 - In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). January 5 - Washington State executes Westley Allan Do ...

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• 1993 - Unknown dates
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• 1993 - March
• 1993 - April
• 1993 - May
• 1993 - June
• 1993 - July
• 1993 - August
• 1993 - September
• 1993 - October
• 1993 - November
• 1993 - December
• 1993 - Unknown dates
• 1993 - Nobel Prizes
• 1993 - Templeton Prize
• 1993 - Alternative

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1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The world population growth in absolute numbers is believed to have been the highest ever around this time. [1] 1989 - Events. January 8 - the Kegworth Air Disaster - A British Midland Boeing 737 crashes on approach to East Midlands Airport - 44 dead January 16–18 - Race riots in Overtown, Miami January 10 - Cuban troops begin withdrawing from Angola January 10 - Assistant Austra ...

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• 1989 - October
• 1989 - November
• 1989 - December
• 1989 - Nobel Prizes
• 1989 - Templeton Prize
• 1989 - Right Livelihood Award

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1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. 1988 - Events. January 1 - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is established, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States. January 2 - Georgia celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 9 - Connecticut celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 26 - Australia celebrates its bicentennial. 1988 - February. ...

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• 1988 - Unknown dates
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• 1988 - January to March
• 1988 - April to June
• 1988 - July to September
• 1988 - October to December
• 1988 - Nobel Prizes
• 1988 - Templeton Prize
• 1988 - Right Livelihood Award
• 1988 - Fictional references

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In 1892 her family moved to Beje house in Haarlem, and in 1918 the family took in the first of many children. Corrie began training as a watchmaker in 1920 and in 1922 became the first female watchmaker licensed in the Netherlands. In 1923 she helped organize the first girls' club, and in the 1930s these clubs grew to become the very large Triangle Club. Corrie was able to rescue many Jews from certain death at the hands of the Nazi SS during the Holocaust. In 1940 the Nazis invaded the Netherlands and banned her club organization. By 1942 her family had become very acti ...

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Corrie ten Boom, Corrie ten Boom - Biography, Corrie ten Boom - Foonotes

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this is a political history, for a military history of this time, see Irish Confederate Wars The Catholic Confederation was formed in the aftermath of the 1641 rebellion, both to control the popular uprising and to organise an Irish Catholic war effort against the remaining British armies in Ireland. It was hoped that by doing this, the Irish Catholics could hold off an English or Scottish re-conquest of the country. The initiative for the Confederation came from a Catholic bishop, Nicholas French and a lawyer named Nich ...

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Confederate Ireland, Confederate Ireland - Rebellion and the formation of the Confederation, Confederate Ireland - Cessation with the royalists the Nuncio's arrival and the first Ormonde peace, Confederate Ireland - Military defeat and a new Ormonde peace, Confederate Ireland - Civil War within the Confederation, Confederate Ireland - Cromwell’s invasion, Confederate Ireland - Significance, Confederate Ireland - Sources, Confederate Ireland - External link

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Elections in Ireland, Elections in Ireland - General elections, Elections in Ireland - Election results since 1923, Elections in Ireland - Election results since 1937, Elections in Ireland - Presidential elections, Elections in Ireland - Northern Ireland, Elections in Ireland - External link

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The Republic of Armenia, or Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստան, Hayastan, Հայք, Hayq), is a landlocked country in the southern Caucasus, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east and Iran (Persia) and the Nakhichevan exclave of Azerbaijan to the south. Armenia is a member of the Council of Europe and the Commonwe ...

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• Armenia - Origin of the name
• Armenia - History
• Armenia - Politics
• Armenia - Administrative Provinces
• Armenia - Geography
• Armenia - Economy
• Armenia - Demographics
• Armenia - Culture
• Armenia - Miscellaneous topics

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Architecture Cinema Comic books Cuisine Dance Literature Music Poetry Sculpture Television Theater Visual arts American literature refers to written or literary work produced in the area of the United States and Colonial America. For more specific discussions of poetry and theater, see Poetry of the United States and Theater in the United Stat ...

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• American literature - Overview
• American literature - Colonial literature
• American literature - Early U.S. literature
• American literature - Unique American style
• American literature - American lyric
• American literature - Realism Twain and James
• American literature - Turn of the century
• American literature - Theater
• American literature - Post-World War II
• American literature - Post-Postmodernism and Other Recent Movements
• American literature - Modern humorist literature
• American literature - Southern literature
• American literature - Jewish writers
• American literature - African American literature
• American literature - Other ethnic minority and immigrant literatures
• American literature - Other genres
• American literature - External link

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2001 (MMI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. By strict interpretation of the Gregorian Calendar, 2001 is also the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium. Popular culture, however, often views the year 2000 as holding this distinction. 2001 is also the year which marks: Australia's Centenary of Federation The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations 2001 - ...

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• 2001 - June
• 2001 - July
• 2001 - August
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• 2001 - November
• 2001 - December
• 2001 - Births
• 2001 - Deaths
• 2001 - January-February
• 2001 - March-April
• 2001 - May-June
• 2001 - July-August
• 2001 - September-October
• 2001 - November-December
• 2001 - Date unknown
• 2001 - Nobel Prizes
• 2001 - Templeton Prize
• 2001 - Fictional references to the year

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Architecture Cinema Comic books Cuisine Dance Literature Music Poetry Sculpture Television Theater Visual arts The poetry of the United States began as a literary art during the colonial era. Unsurprisingly, most of the early poetry written in the colonies and fledgling republic used contemporary British models of poetic form, diction, and the ...

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• Poetry of the United States - Poetry in the colonies
• Poetry of the United States - Postcolonial poetry
• Poetry of the United States - An American idiom
• Poetry of the United States - Modernism and after
• Poetry of the United States - World War II and after
• Poetry of the United States - American poetry now

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Aristide Briand (March 28, 1862 – March 7, 1932) was a French statesman. He was born at Nantes, of a bourgeois family. He studied law, and soon went into politics, associating himself with the most advanced movements, writing articles for the anarchist journal Le Peuple, and directing the Lanterne for some time. From this he passed to the Petite République, leaving it to found < ...

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• Aristide Briand - Reference
• Aristide Briand - Briand's first Government 24 July 1909 - 3 November 1910
• Aristide Briand - Briand's second Minister 3 November 1910 - 2 March 1911
• Aristide Briand - Briand's third Government 21 January - 22 March 1913
• Aristide Briand - Briand's fourth Government 29 October 1915 - 12 December 1916
• Aristide Briand - Briand's fifth Government 12 December 1916 - 20 March 1917
• Aristide Briand - Briand's sixth Government 16 January 1921 - 15 January 1922
• Aristide Briand - Briand's seventh Government 28 November 1925 - 9 March 1926
• Aristide Briand - Briand's eighth Government 9 March - 23 June 1926
• Aristide Briand - Briand's Ninth Government 23 June - 19 July 1926
• Aristide Briand - Briand's tenth Government 29 July - 3 November 1929

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Garda Síochána na hÉireann (English: "The Guardians of the Peace of Ireland", originally called "The Civic Guard" in English), commonly known as the Garda Síochána or simply Garda or Gardaí, is the national police force of the Republic of Ireland. The force is headed by the Garda Commissioner who is appointed by the Irish Government. The headquarters of the force are located in the Phoenix Park in Dublin. Garda Síochána - Terminology. As a force the term Garda is u ...

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• Garda Síochána - Terminology
• Garda Síochána - Organisation
• Garda Síochána - An unarmed force
• Garda Síochána - The Scott Medal
• Garda Síochána - Policing overseas
• Garda Síochána - History
• Garda Síochána - Garda commissioners
• Garda Síochána - Allegations against the force
• Garda Síochána - Footnotes

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