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1930: Encyclopedia Ii - 1930 - Births
1930 - January-February.
January 2 - Julius LaRosa, American singer
January 20 - Buzz Aldrin, American pilot and astronaut
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1930: Encyclopedia - 1930
1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday.
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January 6 - The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed...
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June 7: Encyclopedia Ii - June 7 - Births
June 7 - 1529 to 1899.
1529 - Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and man of letters (d. 1615)
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Andrey Vlasov: Encyclopedia - Andrey Vlasov
General Andrey Andreyevich Vlasov (Russian: Андрей Андреевич Власов; alternative transliterations of his names appea...
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Adolph Rupp: Encyclopedia - Adolph Rupp
Adolph Friedrich Rupp (September 2, 1901 - December 10, 1977) was one of the most successful coaches in the history of American college b...
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Reincarnation: Encyclopedia Ii - Reincarnation - Reincarnation Research
The most detailed collections of personal reports in favor of reincarnation have been published by Dr. Ian Stevenson in works such as Rei...
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Mestre Bimba: Encyclopedia - Mestre Bimba
The son of Luiz Cândido Machado and Maria Martinha do Bonfim, Manuel dos Reis Machado known famously as Mestre Bimba (November 23rd, 190...
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Alice Paul: Encyclopedia - Alice Paul
Alice Paul (January 11, 1885 – July 9, 1977) was an American suffragist leader. Along with Lucy Burns and others, she led a successful ...
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Joachim Von Ribbentrop: Encyclopedia Ii - Joachim Von Ribbentrop - Early Career
Ribbentrop was born in Wesel, Niederrhein, the son of the Army officer Richard Ulrich Friedrich Joachim Ribbentrop and Sophie Hartwig. Ri...
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Angiras:
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Angiras (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root ang to go, move tortuously (cf agni)) One of the Saptarshis (seven rishis) or manasapu...
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Boris Pasternak: Encyclopedia Ii - Boris Pasternak - Second Birth
By 1932, Pasternak strikingly reshaped his style to make it acceptable to Soviet public and printed the new collection of poems aptly ent...
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Astrology: Dragons Throughout The Ages - Dragons Importance In Astrology.
Chinese astrologers refer to the Moon's Nodes as the Dragon's Head and Tail and give it tremendous attention as to the placement in the n...
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Fire:
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Fire Fire has been venerated in all ages as the symbol of spirit as opposed to matter. Its essence or substance is spirit; with essent...
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Egg:
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Egg One of the most comprehensive symbols, equally suggestive in a spiritual, physiological, and cosmological sense. Among other thing...
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Naga:
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Naga (Sanskrit) Serpent; the symbol of immortality and wisdom, of renewed births, of secret knowledge and, when the tail is held in th...
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Holy Ghost:
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Holy of Holies Equivalent to the Latin Sanctum sanctorum, referring to the sacred place in temples or churches from which all but the ...
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Annunciation:
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Annunciation Announcing; in Christianity, the foretelling to Mary of Jesus' birth by the angel Gabriel, celebrated on Lady Day, March ...
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Rebecca, Rebekah, Ribeqah:
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Rebecca, Rebekah, Ribeqah
Rebecca, Rebekah Ribeqah (Hebrew) In the Bible the wife of Isaac, mother of Esau and Jacob. When Rebecca was about to become a mother,...
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1903: Encyclopedia - 1903
1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). It also had the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes fo...
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Manu:
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Manu (Sanskrit) [from the verbal root man to think] In Hindu mythology, the son of Svayambhuva, father and husband of Ila, pare...
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Siva, Shiva:
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Siva, Shiva (Sanskrit) The third god of the Hindu Trimurti (trinity): Brahma the evolver; Vishnu the preserver; and Siva the regenerat...
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Brahmanda:
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Brahmanda (Sanskrit) (from Brahma cosmic spirit + anda egg) Egg of Brahma; the imbodiment of Brahma, particularly the solar sys...
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Ariyasachcha Ariyasacca:
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Ariyasachcha ariyasacca (Pali) (from ariya noble, distinguished, of high birth + sachcha real, true) Noble truth; in the plural...
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Abhimanyu:
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Abhimanyu (Sanskrit) (from abhi towards + the verbal root man to think) Son of Arjuna by Subhadra, sister of Krishna. In the my...
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Sanjna, Samjna:
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Sanjna, Samjna (Sanskrit) [from sam wholly, completely + the verbal root jna to know] Full knowledge, understanding, comprehens...
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Frog:
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Frog One of the oldest symbols in Egypt, for although associated particularly with the frog goddess Heqet, the four primeval gods of E...
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Balthazar, Belshazzar:
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Balthazar, Belshazzar Lord of riches, lord of prisoners; one of the three Magi, described as journeying to Judea to pay homage to the ...
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Sutra:
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Sutra (Sanskrit) [from siv to sew] A string, thread; the sutras are strings of rules or aphorisms written in serve form, compos...
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Spiral:
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Spiral The path of a point (generally plane) which moves round an axis while continually approaching it or receding from it; also ofte...
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Solstice:
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Solstice [from Latin sol sun + stit stand still] The two points in the ecliptic at which the sun is farthest from the equator, ...
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Arundhati:
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Arundhati (Sanskrit) (probably from a not + the verbal root rudh to check, restrain, bind) One who releases, frees, unbinds; a ...
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Popol Vuh:
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Popol Vuh (Quiche) An ancient scripture of the Mayas. The manuscript which has come down to our day was discovered by Ximenez, a Domin...
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Robert Oppenheimer: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Oppenheimer - Notes
Robert Oppenheimer - On Oppenheimer's first initial.
The meaning of the "J" in J. Robert Oppenheimer has been the source of confusion a...
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Mother Teresa: Encyclopedia Ii - Mother Teresa - Criticism
After Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's suspension of civil liberties in 1975, Mother Teresa said: "People are happier. There are mor...
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Advent:
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Advent (from Latin ad to, toward + venio to come) Arrival; in Christianity a period of some four weeks preceding Christmas. &nb...
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Zodiac: Encyclopedia Ii - Zodiac - Astronomy
In astronomy, the zodiac is the region of the sky close to the circle on which the orbital plane of our solar system intersects the celes...
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Ida, Ila:
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Ida or Ila (Sanskrit) Refreshment, flow; the goddess of sacred speech, similar to Vach; in the Rig-Veda called the instructress of Man...
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Joan Crawford: Encyclopedia Ii - Joan Crawford - Early Life
She was born Lucille Fay LeSueur in San Antonio, Texas, the third child of Thomas E. LeSueur (1868-1938) and Anna Bell Johnson (1884-1958...
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Silent Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Silent Film - Live Music And Sound
Showings of silent films almost always featured live music, starting with the pianist at the first public projection of movies by the Lum...
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Richard Wagner: Encyclopedia Ii - Richard Wagner - Wagner's Influence And Legacy
Wagner's contributions to art and culture are undeniable and monumental. In his lifetime, and for some years after, Wagner inspired fanat...
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June 5: Encyclopedia Ii - June 5 - Deaths
June 5 - 535 to 1899.
535 - Epiphanius of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople
1017 - Sanjo, Emperor of Japan (b. 976)
1118 - R...
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Peratae, Peratai:
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Peratae (Latin) Peratai (Greek) One of the Gnostic bodies or associations, the Naaseni or Ophites, the "Serpent Gnostics," s...
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Leslie White: Encyclopedia Ii - Leslie White - Biography
Born in 1900 in Salida, Colorado, to a peripatetic civil engineer, White lived first in Kansas and then Louisiana. He enrolled to fight i...
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E. E. Cummings: Encyclopedia Ii - E. E. Cummings - Education And Early Career
From 1911 to 1916 Cummings attended Harvard, from which he received a B.A. degree in 1915 and a Master's degree for English and Classical...
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Harry S. Truman: Encyclopedia Ii - Harry S. Truman - Political Career
In 1922, with the help of the Kansas City Democratic machine led by boss Tom Pendergast, Truman was elected judge of the County Court of ...
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Cow:
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Cow The ancients employed certain animals as symbols to convey specific aspects of philosophical and religious teachings to the multit...
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1991: Encyclopedia Ii - 1991 - Deaths
1991 - January-February.
January 5 - Vasko Popa, Yugoslavian poet (b. 1922)
January 8 - Steve Clark, English guitarist (Def Leppard) (...
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Mercury:
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Mercury For the Latin god, See HERMES Also the closest visible planet to the sun. Irregularities discovered in its orbit...
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Infinite:
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Infinite (from Latin in not + finitus ended) That which is endless or not finite; ancient peoples expressed the frontierless, b...
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Charlie Chaplin: Encyclopedia Ii - Charlie Chaplin - Mccarthyism
Although Chaplin had his major successes in the United States and was a resident from 1914 to 1952, he retained his British nationality. ...
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April 25: Encyclopedia - April 25
April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). There are 250 days remaining.
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Psyche:
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Psyche (Greek) [from psycho breathe, blow; cf Greek pneuma from pneo to breathe, blow; Latin anima, spiritus all connected with breath...
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Tecumseh: Encyclopedia Ii - Tecumseh - Early Years
The exact year of Tecumseh's birth is unknown; 1768 is the generally accepted estimate. He was born in the Ohio Country, probably in one ...
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Water:
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Water A primary cosmic element with almost innumerable manifestations, corresponding to the Hindu apas tattva and to the akasic waters...
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Malcolm X: Encyclopedia Ii - Malcolm X - Death And Aftermath
In 1964, Life magazine published a famous photograph of Malcolm X holding an M1 Carbine and pulling back the curtains to peer out of a wi...
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Joan Crawford: Encyclopedia Ii - Joan Crawford - Adopted Children
Joan adopted six children, according to L.A. Times articles from the time, though she kept only four.
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Carlos Menem: Encyclopedia - Carlos Menem
Carlos Saúl Menem (born July 2, 1930) was President of Argentina from July 8, 1989 to December 10, 1999 for the Justicialist Party (Pero...
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Ten-brel Chug-nyi:
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Ten-brel Chug-nyi
Ten-brel Chug-nyi rTen-hBrel hchu-gnis (Tibetan) In philosophy, the twelve interdependent contributories to the origination of all phe...
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1875: Encyclopedia Ii - 1875 - Events
1875 - January - April.
January 12 - Kwang-su becomes emperor of China.
February 27 - Newton Booth, 11th Governor of California resign...
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Demographics Of Lebanon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demographics Of Lebanon - Religious Groups
Demographics of Lebanon - The Sectarian System.
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Undulatory Theory:
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Undulatory Theory The theory that light is propagated in waves, devised by Young, Fresnel, and others to explain certain phenomena, su...
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1998: Encyclopedia Ii - 1998 - Nobel Prizes
1998 - Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
Amartya Sen
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Thor:
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Thor
Thor (Scandinavian) Thorr (Icelandic) [from thonor thunder; cf Swedish tordon, German donner] Best known as the Norse god of th...
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Demeter:
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Demeter (Greek) (possibly from Doric da earth + meter mother) The Earth-Mother; one of the great Olympian deities, in popular m...
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Six-pointed Star:
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Six-pointed Star
Six-pointed Star The double triangle or Solomon's Seal; in India called the sign of Vishnu, where it "is the emblem of the Trimur...
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Dynasties:
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Dynasties Among ancient peoples almost worldwide there have always been two types of dynastic government, the divine and the human. An...
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Nikolai Vavilov: Encyclopedia Ii - Nikolai Vavilov - Works
Nikolai Vavilov - Works in English.
Origin and Geography of Cultivated Plants (translated by Doris Love). 1992. Cambridge University P...
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Reincarnation: Encyclopedia - Reincarnation
Reincarnation, as a doctrine or mystical belief, holds the notion that one's 'Spirit' ('Soul' depending on interpretation), 'Higher or Tr...
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Naacp: Encyclopedia Ii - Naacp - Timeline
1909: On February 12, the National Negro Committee was formed. Founders included Ida Wells-Barnett, W.E.B. DuBois, Henry Moskowitz, Mary...
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March 6: Encyclopedia Ii - March 6 - Deaths
March 6 - 1252 to 1899.
1252 - Saint Rose of Viterbo, Italian saint (b. 1235)
1490 - Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (b. 1458)
1531 - Pe...
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Vannevar Bush: Encyclopedia - Vannevar Bush
Vannevar Bush (March 11, 1890 – June 30, 1974) was an American engineer and science administrator, known for his political role in the ...
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Archibald Maule Ramsay: Encyclopedia Ii - Archibald Maule Ramsay - Spanish Civil War
When the Spanish Civil War broke out, Ramsay was a strong supporter of the Nationalists under Franco, largely arising out of his oppositi...
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Ifk Göteborg: Encyclopedia Ii - Ifk Göteborg - Supporters
Main article: Supporterklubben Änglarna
Before the foundation of IFK Göteborg, the dominant club in the Gothenburg area was Örgryte IS...
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Marcus Garvey: Encyclopedia Ii - Marcus Garvey - Early Life
Garvey was born in Saint Ann's Bay August 17, 1887, the capital of the parish of Saint Ann, Jamaica, where he attended grammar school. He...
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Film Industry: Encyclopedia Ii - Film Industry - Film Theory
Film theory seeks to develop concise, systematic concepts that apply to the study of film/cinema as art. Classical film theory provides a...
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Syphilis: Encyclopedia Ii - Syphilis - Stages Of Syphilis
Different manifestations occur at each stage of the disease.
Syphilis - Primary syphilis.
Primary syphilis is manifested after an incub...
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Eugenics: Encyclopedia Ii - Eugenics - What Is Eugenics?
Definitions of the term vary. The term eugenics is often used to refer to a movement and social policy that was influential during the fi...
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Johann Pachelbel: Encyclopedia Ii - Johann Pachelbel - Life
Pachelbel was born in Nuremberg and baptized September 1, 1653, which strongly indicates birth in August. He received early musical train...
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1980: Encyclopedia Ii - 1980 - Events
1980 - January.
January 1–April 1 - National steel strike in the United Kingdom.
January 1 - Changes to the Swedish Act of Successio...
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Immanuel Kant: Encyclopedia - Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant (April 22, 1724 – February 12, 1804), was a German philosopher and scientist (astrophysics, mathematics, geography, anth...
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Humanae Vitae: Encyclopedia Ii - Humanae Vitae - Summary
The encyclical opens with the observation that circumstances often dictate that married couples should limit the number of children, and ...
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Superhero: Encyclopedia - Superhero
A superhero is a fictional character who is noted for feats of courage and nobility, who usually has a colorful name and costume and abil...
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Benito Mussolini: Encyclopedia Ii - Benito Mussolini - Fascist Dictatorship
At first Mussolini was supported by the Liberals in parliament. With their help, he introduced strict censorship and altered the methods ...
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Chen Duxiu: Encyclopedia - Chen Duxiu
Chen Duxiu (October 8, 1879 – May 27, 1942) played many different roles in Chinese history. Along with Li Dazhao, Chen was a co-founder...
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Chiang Kai-shek: Encyclopedia - Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975) was a Chinese military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomin...
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End Times: Encyclopedia - End Times
The end times are, in one version of Judeo-Christian eschatology and in Islam, a time of tribulation that will precede the Second Coming ...
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1930: Encyclopedia Ii - 1930 - Events
1930 - January-February.
January 6 - The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed (Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City).
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