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1928: Encyclopedia - 1928
1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar).
1928 - Events.
January 6-7 - River Thames flood...
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1928: Encyclopedia Ii - 1928 - Events
1928 - January-May.
January 6-7 - River Thames floods in London - 14 drowned
January 7 - Moat at the Tower of London, previously drai...
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1928: Encyclopedia Ii - 1928 - Births
1928 - January.
January 5 - Ali Bhutto, President of Pakistan and Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1979)
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Al Smith: Encyclopedia - Al Smith
Alfred Emanuel "Al" Smith (December 30, 1873 – October 4, 1944) was Governor of New York, a leading Catholic, and Democratic U.S. presi...
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Five-year Plan: Encyclopedia - Five-year Plan
Five-Year Plans for the National Economy of the USSR or Piatiletkai (пятилетка) were a series of nation-wide centralized exercis...
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Boxing In The 1920s: Encyclopedia - Boxing In The 1920s
Professional boxing in the 1920s was basically a sport that was practiced only in the United States, although several world champions wen...
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Ahmadiyya Muslim Community: Encyclopedia - Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Arabic: الجماعة الأحمدية; transliterated: al-Jamā'a al-Ahmadīya; sometimes called the 'Q...
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1928 In Aviation: Encyclopedia Ii - 1928 In Aviation - Events
January
January 6-8 - Lt Christian Schilt makes ten flights in an O2U Corsair to evacuate wounded marines from the besieged village of Q...
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1928 In Rail Transport: Encyclopedia Ii - 1928 In Rail Transport - Events
1928 in rail transport - June events.
June 13 - The first tests are performed with the first rail detector car, invented by Elmer Ambr...
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1928 In Aviation: Encyclopedia Ii - 1928 In Aviation - First Flights
January
January 7 - Polikarpov Po-2
March
March 5 - Beardmore Inflexible
May
Sikorsky S-38
December
December 7 - De Havilland Hawk...
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U.s. Senate Election 1928: Encyclopedia Ii - U.s. Senate Election 1928 - Senate Contests In 1928
1 special election held due to death of Frank R. Gooding (R-ID)
2 special election held due to refusal of Senate to seat Frank L. Smith (...
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1928 Okeechobee Hurricane: Encyclopedia Ii - 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane - Impact
1928 Okeechobee Hurricane - Caribbean.
The death toll in Guadeloupe was 600—1200[4]. Damage was not reported but was presumably catas...
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1928 Summer Olympics: Encyclopedia Ii - 1928 Summer Olympics - Medal Count
(Host nation in bold.)
Top medal-collecting nations:
(for the full table, see 1928 Summer Olympics medal count)
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U.s. Presidential Election 1928: Encyclopedia Ii - U.s. Presidential Election 1928 - Nominations
U.S. presidential election 1928 - Republican Party nomination.
The Republican Convention was held in Kansas City, Missouri from 12 June...
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U.s. Presidential Election 1928: Encyclopedia Ii - U.s. Presidential Election 1928 - General Election
U.S. presidential election 1928 - Results.
The election was held on November 6, 1928.
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British Columbia General Election 1928: Encyclopedia Ii - British Columbia General Election 1928 - Results
Note:
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.
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1928 Atlantic Hurricane Season: Encyclopedia Ii - 1928 Atlantic Hurricane Season - Storms
A Category 2 hurricane hit central Florida near Melbourne. Another hurricane hit southern Cuba, weakened to a tropical storm and grazed t...
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1928 Okeechobee Hurricane: Encyclopedia Ii - 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane - Storm History
The storm formed as a Cape Verde-type hurricane off the coast of Africa. Hurricane analysis in the 1990s found that the storm probably fo...
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1928 Okeechobee Hurricane: Encyclopedia Ii - 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane - Storm History
The storm formed as a Cape Verde-type hurricane off the coast of Africa. Hurricane analysis in the 1990s found that the storm probably fo...
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Uss Saratoga Cv-3: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss Saratoga Cv-3 - 1928 – 1940
Saratoga, the first fast carrier in the Navy, quickly proved the value of her type. She sailed from Philadelphia on 6 January 1928, for s...
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1928-29 Nhl Season: Encyclopedia Ii - 1928-29 Nhl Season - Regular Season
1928-29 NHL season - Final Standings.
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PIM = Pena...
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British Columbia General Election 1928: Encyclopedia Ii - British Columbia General Election 1928 - Results By Riding
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History Of The Muslim Brotherhood In Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Muslim Brotherhood In Egypt - 1928-1938
For details and sources, see the main History of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt (1928-1938) article.
The Muslim Brotherhood was founded ...
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Babe Ruth: Encyclopedia Ii - Babe Ruth - 1928: Repeat
The Yankees' dominance of 1927 carried over to the first half of the 1928 season, where they built a 13-game lead in July. But the Yankee...
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The Communist Party And African-americans: Encyclopedia Ii - The Communist Party And African-americans - Early Years 1919 – 1928
When the Communist Party was founded it had almost no black members. The Communist Party had drawn most of its members from the various f...
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The Communist Party And African-americans: Encyclopedia Ii - The Communist Party And African-americans - Organizing In The North 1928 – 1935
The party was also active in campaigning on issues concerning black Americans outside of the South. The CPUSA made a point of campaigning...
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The Communist Party And African-americans: Encyclopedia Ii - The Communist Party And African-americans - The Third Period And National Self-determination 1928 – 1935
The Sixth Congress of the Comintern held in 1928 changed the party's policy drastically; it claimed that blacks in the United States were...
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J. W. Grant Macewan: Encyclopedia Ii - J. W. Grant Macewan - Student Years 1921–1928
In 1921, at the age of nineteen, MacEwan went to Guelph, Ontario to attend the Ontario Agricultural College. He attended the OAC for five...
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J. W. Grant Macewan: Encyclopedia Ii - J. W. Grant Macewan - Academic Years 1928–1951
MacEwan held a position first as a professor, then Head of Animal Husbandry at the University of Saskatchewan from 1928-1946. It was here...
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Grigory Zinoviev: Encyclopedia Ii - Grigory Zinoviev - Submission To Stalin 1928-1934
While Trotsky remained firm in his opposition to Stalin after his expulsion from the Party and subsequent exile, Zinoviev and Kamenev cap...
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History Of The Republic Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Republic Of China - Nanjing Decade 1928-1937
The "Nanjing Decade" of 1928-37 was one of consolidation and accomplishment by the Kuomintang. Some of the harsh aspects of foreign conce...
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Lev Kamenev: Encyclopedia Ii - Lev Kamenev - Submission To Stalin 1928-1934
While Trotsky remained firm in his opposition to Stalin after his expulsion from the Party and subsequent exile, Zinoviev and Kamenev cap...
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Communist Party Usa: Encyclopedia Ii - Communist Party Usa - The Third Period 1928-1935
The upheavals within the CPUSA in 1928 were an echo of a much more significant change: Stalin's decision to break off any form of collabo...
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History Of The Republic Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Republic Of China - Warlord Era 1916-1928
After Yuan Shikai's death, shifting alliances of regional warlords fought for control of the Beijing government. Despite the fact that va...
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List Of Leaders Of The Republic Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Leaders Of The Republic Of China - Government Of The Republic Of China Beijing 1913-1928
Yuan Shikai enacted a new Constitution to greatly expand his powers as president and abolish the National Assembly. Sun Yat-sen and his s...
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Buck Rogers Science Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Buck Rogers Science Fiction - Aug 1928: Armageddon 2419 A.d. Text Story
The character first appeared as Anthony Rogers, the central character of Philip Francis Nowlan's text story Armageddon 2419 A.D., which f...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Governor Of New York 1928-1932
By 1928 Roosevelt believed he had recovered sufficiently to resume his political career. He had been careful to maintain his contacts in ...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Governor Of New York: 1928-1932
By 1928 Roosevelt believed he had recovered sufficiently to resume his political career. He had been careful to maintain his contacts in ...
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Chinese Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Civil War - Northern Expedition 1926–1928 And Kmt Split
Just months after Sun's death in 1925, Chiang, as commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army, set out on the long-delayed Nort...
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History Of The Muslim Brotherhood In Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Muslim Brotherhood In Egypt - 1939-1954
For details and sources, see the main History of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt (1939-1954) article.
In response to intense pressure fro...
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The Sound And The Fury: Encyclopedia Ii - The Sound And The Fury - Synopsis
The four parts of the novel relate many of the same episodes, each from a different point of view and therefore with emphasis on differen...
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The Sound And The Fury: Encyclopedia Ii - The Sound And The Fury - Criticism And Interpretation
The novel has achieved a great deal of critical success and has secured a prominent place among the greatest of American novels. Recently...
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The Sound And The Fury: Encyclopedia Ii - The Sound And The Fury - The Title
The title of the novel is taken from Macbeth's soliloquy in act 5, scene 5 of William Shakespeare's Macbeth:
To-morrow, and to-morrow, a...
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Banca D'italia: Encyclopedia Ii - Banca D'italia - History
The institution, also called Bankitalia, was founded in 1893, from the fusion of the four major banks in Italy. Until 1928 it was directe...
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The Communist Party And African-americans: Encyclopedia Ii - The Communist Party And African-americans - Communists And Black Culture
During the Popular Front era the party attracted support from a number of the brightest lights in African-American literature, including ...
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Estonian Kroon: Encyclopedia Ii - Estonian Kroon - History
Estonian kroon - First Kroon 1928-1940.
The first kroon was introduced in 1928. It replaced the mark at a rate of one hundred to one. I...
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The Communist Party And African-americans: Encyclopedia Ii - The Communist Party And African-americans - Organizing Black Workers
The Communist Party made the fight against racism within the labor movement and Jim Crow outside it one of its consistent principles from...
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Al Smith: Encyclopedia Ii - Al Smith - Political Career
In his political career he emphasized his lowly beginnings, identified himself with immigrants, and campaigned as a man of the people. Al...
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Banca D'italia: Encyclopedia Ii - Banca D'italia - Functions
After the charge of monetary and exchange rate policies was shifted in 1998 to the European Central Bank, within the European institution...
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History Of The Muslim Brotherhood In Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Muslim Brotherhood In Egypt - 1954-present
For details and sources, see the main History of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt (1954-present) article.
During Nasser's rule, many membe...
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The Communist Party And African-americans: Encyclopedia Ii - The Communist Party And African-americans - World War Ii 1939 – 1945
The signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact damaged the party significantly in the black community. A. Philip Randolph resigned from the N...
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Estonian Kroon: Encyclopedia Ii - Estonian Kroon - Circulating Currency
Notes in circulation: 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 500 krooni. Coins in circulation: 5, 10, 20 and 50 senti, 1 and 5 krooni. The 5 senti coi...
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The Communist Party And African-americans: Encyclopedia Ii - The Communist Party And African-americans - The Postwar Era
In 1946, the NNC and the ILD merged to form the Civil Rights Congress. The CRC continued its activities during the height of postwar atta...
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The Communist Party And African-americans: Encyclopedia Ii - The Communist Party And African-americans - The New Left And Afterwards
The Communist Party continued, even after splits and defections left it much smaller, into the 1960s. It made efforts to reestablish itse...
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The Communist Party And African-americans: Encyclopedia Ii - The Communist Party And African-americans - The Scottsboro Boys And The Ild
The party's most widely reported work in the South was its defense, through the ILD, of the "Scottsboro Boys", nine black men arrested in...
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The Communist Party And African-americans: Encyclopedia Ii - The Communist Party And African-americans - The Popular Front 1935 – 1939
In 1935, the Comintern abandoned its communist conformism of the Third Period in favor of a Popular Front which sought to unite socialist...
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Banknotes Of The Republic Of Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - Banknotes Of The Republic Of Ireland - The Pound
Before the advent of the euro three series of notes were issued which held legal tender status; these are generally referred to as "Serie...
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President Of The Republic Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - President Of The Republic Of China - List Of Presidents
President of the Republic of China - Presidents of the Republic of China 1912-1928.
President of the Republic of China - Presidents of...
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President Of The Republic Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - President Of The Republic Of China - List Of Presidents
President of the Republic of China - Presidents of the Republic of China 1912-1928.
President of the Republic of China - Presidents of...
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Scenes From A Memory: Encyclopedia Ii - Scenes From A Memory - Characters
Scenes from a Memory - Present Time.
Nicholas
The Hypnotherapist
The Old Man
Scenes from a Memory - 1928.
Victoria Page
Julian Bay...
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J. W. Grant Macewan: Encyclopedia Ii - J. W. Grant Macewan - Politician Years 1951–1965
MacEwan was a Liberal from start to finish. In 1951 he ran for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in Brandon, Manitoba which was sup...
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Tatar Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Tatar Language - Writing System
Tatar has been written in a number of different alphabets.
Writing system was legased from Bolgar language, which used Orkhon script befo...
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Scenes From A Memory: Encyclopedia Ii - Scenes From A Memory - Story
Scenes from a Memory - Act 1.
Scene One: Regression -- The album opens with Nicholas relaxing to the sounds of the Hypnotherapist's voi...
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J. W. Grant Macewan: Encyclopedia Ii - J. W. Grant Macewan - 1974 Until Death
MacEwan produced the large majority of his historical books after his 'retirement'. His books, mostly biographical, were based on history...
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President Of The Republic Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - President Of The Republic Of China - History
When the Republic of China was founded in 1912, Sun Yat-sen was elected as the first "provisional president" (臨時大總統) by the pro...
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Black Pete: Encyclopedia Ii - Black Pete - Mickey Mouse
He then appeared as Mickey Mouse's enemy beginning with the cartoon Steamboat Willie (1928).
In the comics Pete often teams up with Micke...
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Kurt Weill: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurt Weill - Life And Work
After growing up in a religious Jewish family, and composing a series of works before he was 20 (A song cycle Ofrahs Lieder, a String Qua...
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President Of The Republic Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - President Of The Republic Of China - Powers
The President is currently selected by a first past the post direct election of the areas administered by the Republic of China for a ter...
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Kurt Weill: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurt Weill - List Of Selected Works
Kurt Weill - 1920-1927.
1920 – Sonata for Cello and Piano
1921 – Symphony No. 1 for orchestra
1923 – String Quartet op. 8
1923 ...
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Black Pete: Encyclopedia Ii - Black Pete - Alice Comedies
Black Pete - 1925.
Pete first appeared in the Walt Disney-produced 1920s "Alice Comedies" short subject series. He first appeared in Al...
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Richard E. Byrd: Encyclopedia Ii - Richard E. Byrd - Biography
Richard Evelyn Byrd was born into one of Virginia's First Families. A descendent of William Byrd II of Westover Plantation (founder of Ri...
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President Of The Republic Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - President Of The Republic Of China - Diplomatic Protocol
The diplomatic protocol regarding the ROC President is rather complex because of the anomalous political status of Taiwan. In the two doz...
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Black Pete: Encyclopedia Ii - Black Pete - Ancestry And Family
Comic book stories have depicted Pete as being descended from a long line of villains, highwaymen and outlaws. Even historical figures su...
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Ahmadiyya Muslim Community: Encyclopedia Ii - Ahmadiyya Muslim Community - Organization And Size
Figures for the total numbers of adherents vary greatly among different sources. The Association's own figures range from around 10 milli...
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Black Pete: Encyclopedia Ii - Black Pete - Oswald The Lucky Rabbit
Black Pete - 1927.
When Disney needed a villain to place against his new star Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Pete was revived and put in good...
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Richard E. Byrd: Encyclopedia Ii - Richard E. Byrd - Byrd's Later Antarctic Expeditions
Byrd undertook three more expeditions to the South Pole from 1933–35, 1939–41 and 1946–47.
On the first, in 1934, he spent five win...
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Banknotes Of The Republic Of Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - Banknotes Of The Republic Of Ireland - Background
When the Irish Free State came into existence in 1922 three categories of banknote were in circulation. These consisted of notes issued b...
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Banknotes Of The Republic Of Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - Banknotes Of The Republic Of Ireland - The Euro
Main article: Euro banknotes
The Central Bank of Ireland, as an agency of the European Central Bank, produces Euro banknotes at its Curre...
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Phar Lap: Encyclopedia Ii - Phar Lap - Racing Record
Phar Lap - 1928-29 Season as a 2 year old.
Phar Lap - 1929-30 Season as a 3 year old.
Phar Lap - 1930-31 Season as a 4 year old.
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Weimar Timeline: Encyclopedia Ii - Weimar Timeline - Weimar Republic
Weimar Timeline - 1920.
January 1920 The DAP grew to 190 members.
February 4, 1920 Allies demand 900 Germans be handed over for war cr...
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Grigory Zinoviev: Encyclopedia Ii - Grigory Zinoviev - 1917
Zinoviev spent WWI in Switzerland. After the Russian monarchy was overthrown during the February Revolution, he returned to Russia in Apr...
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Phar Lap: Encyclopedia Ii - Phar Lap - Racing Life
Phar Lap was foaled in Timaru, New Zealand in 1926. The name Phar Lap derives from the shared Zhuang and Thai word for lightning[1] (Thai...
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Phar Lap: Encyclopedia Ii - Phar Lap - Death
Early on April 5, 1932, the horse's trainer found him in severe pain, carrying a high temperature. Within a few hours, Phar Lap hemorrhag...
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Phar Lap: Encyclopedia Ii - Phar Lap - Cultural Impact
Several books and films have been written about the horse, including the 1983 movie, Phar Lap or Phar Lap: Heart of a Nation. A song, "Ph...
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Collectivisation In The Ussr: Encyclopedia Ii - Collectivisation In The Ussr - Traditional Farming
In Imperial Russia, the Stolypin Reform was aimed at the development of capitalism in agriculture by giving incentives for the creation o...
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Weimar Timeline: Encyclopedia Ii - Weimar Timeline - End Of The Kaiserreich
Weimar Timeline - 1918.
October 4, 1918 Prince Maximilian of Baden replaces Count Georg von Hertling as Chancellor of Germany
October ...
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Collectivisation In The Ussr: Encyclopedia Ii - Collectivisation In The Ussr - The Cities' Need For Food
World War I, the Revolution and subsequent Civil War disrupted farming and food distribution in Russia. Because of the collapse of indust...
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Collectivisation In The Ussr: Encyclopedia Ii - Collectivisation In The Ussr - Goals Of Collectivisation
Collectivisation sought to modernise Soviet agriculture, consolidating the land into parcels that could be farmed by modern equipment usi...
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Lev Kamenev: Encyclopedia Ii - Lev Kamenev - Before The 1917 Revolution
Kamenev was the son of a Jewish railway worker and a Russian Orthodox housewife. [1] He joined the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party ...
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Grigory Zinoviev: Encyclopedia Ii - Grigory Zinoviev - Before The 1917 Revolution 1901-1917
Grigory Zinoviev was born in Yelizavetgrad (currently Kirovohrad), Ukraine, Russian Empire on September 23, 1883 to Jewish dairy farmers,...
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Collectivisation In The Ussr: Encyclopedia Ii - Collectivisation In The Ussr - Implementation
Theoretically, landless peasants were to be the biggest beneficiaries from collectivisation, because it promised them an opportunity to t...
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Collectivisation In The Ussr: Encyclopedia Ii - Collectivisation In The Ussr - Ukraine
Most historians agree that the disruption caused by collectivisation and the resistance of the peasants worsened conditions during the Gr...
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Seanad Éireann Irish Free State: Encyclopedia Ii - Seanad Éireann Irish Free State - Composition And Election
The 1922 Constitution provided for a Senate of 60 members who would be directly elected. Members would serve 12 year terms, with one quar...
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Grigory Zinoviev: Encyclopedia Ii - Grigory Zinoviev - The Civil War 1918-1920
Zinoviev soon returned to the fold and was once again elected to the Central Committee at the VIIth Party Congress on March 8, 1918. He w...
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Grigory Zinoviev: Encyclopedia Ii - Grigory Zinoviev - Rise To The Top 1921-1923
In early 1921, when the Communist Party was split into numerous factions and disagreements were threatening to get out of hand, Zinoviev ...
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Grigory Zinoviev: Encyclopedia Ii - Grigory Zinoviev - With Stalin And Kamenev Against Trotsky 1923-1924
During Lenin's illness, Zinoviev, his close associate Kamenev and Joseph Stalin formed a ruling 'triumvirate' (or 'troika') in the Commun...
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Grigory Zinoviev: Encyclopedia Ii - Grigory Zinoviev - With Trotsky Against Stalin 1926-1927
During a lull in the intra-party fighting in the spring of 1926, Zinoviev, Kamenev and their supporters gravitated closer to Trotsky's su...
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Grigory Zinoviev: Encyclopedia Ii - Grigory Zinoviev - Show Trials 1935-1936
After Kirov's murder on December 1, 1934, which started Stalin's Great Purges, Zinoviev, Kamenev and their closest associates were once a...
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Lev Kamenev: Encyclopedia Ii - Lev Kamenev - 1917
After returning to St. Petersburg (the name was changed to Petrograd in 1914) from Siberian exile in mid-March 1917, Kamenev and Central ...
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Lev Kamenev: Encyclopedia Ii - Lev Kamenev - With Zinoviev And Stalin Against Trotsky 1923-1924
During Lenin's illness, Kamenev was the acting Sovnarkom and Politburo chairman. Together with Zinoviev and Joseph Stalin, he formed a ru...
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