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1880 - May - August. May 13 - In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway. June 29 - France annexes Tahiti July 1 - First performance of O Canada, the song that would become the national anthem of Canada. July 16 - First woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada - Dr. Emily Howard Stowe. 1880 - September - December. September 5 - First successful test of an electric Tram in the ...

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1880, 1880 - Events, 1880 - May - August, 1880 - September - December, 1880 - Unknown date, 1880 - Births, 1880 - Unknown Birth Dates, 1880 - Deaths

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Prost went onto a sabatic year in 1992, which was dominated by Nigel Mansell in a Williams Renault, then after a political negotiation the british driver was dropped, being World Champion, in favor of Prost. In 1993, Prost clinched his final Title in a dominant Williams, but Ayrton Senna was able to regularly challenge him in an inferior, and lacking of electronics, McLaren Ford. He finally decided to opt for retirement and left the sport being a posseser of an, then, incoparable list of Formula 1 achievements including the most victories and most points. The record remained for one more decad ...

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Alain Prost, Alain Prost - Formula 1, Alain Prost - Renault, Alain Prost - McLaren, Alain Prost - Prost and Senna, Alain Prost - Ferrari, Alain Prost - Williams, Alain Prost - Prost Grand Prix, Alain Prost - Personal, Alain Prost - Resources, Alain Prost - External link

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1909: On February 12, the National Negro Committee was formed. Founders included Ida Wells-Barnett, W.E.B. DuBois, Henry Moskowitz, Mary White Ovington, Oswald Garrison Villiard, William English Walling. 1910: The NAACP began court fights with the Pink Franklin case. It involved a black farmhand, who killed a policeman in self-defense when the officer broke into his home at 3 a.m. to arrest him on a civil charge. 1913: The NAACP protested President Woodrow Wilson's official introduction of segr ...

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NAACP, NAACP - Organization, NAACP - History, NAACP - Fighting Jim Crow, NAACP - Desegregation, NAACP - The 1990s: Crisis and restored strength, NAACP - Critics and supporters, NAACP - Bush declines to speak to the NAACP, NAACP - Timeline, NAACP - Influential court cases, NAACP - Sources and further reading

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Although her sister Jackie Collins is a best-selling writer, Joan Collins has ventured into writing on a handful of occasions. Her two best-selling memoirs are Past Imperfect (1978) and Second Act (1996). She has written several best-selling fictional novels: Prime Time, Love & Desire & Hate, Infamous, Star Quality and Misfortune's Daughters. On February 29, 1996, Collins won a U.S. $2 million suit with Random House for breach of contract. Humiliated by the claims that sh ...

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Joan Collins, Joan Collins - Family and Early Life, Joan Collins - Early Film Career, Joan Collins - Dynasty, Joan Collins - After Dynasty, Joan Collins - Marriage and Family, Joan Collins - Personal Politics, Joan Collins - Homes, Joan Collins - Books, Joan Collins - Titles, Joan Collins - Awards, Joan Collins - Filmography, Joan Collins - Theatrical credits, Joan Collins - Television credits

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Captain James Thain, the pilot, tried to take off twice, but both attempts were aborted due to a problem with the engines. When a third take off was attempted, at 3:04pm, the plane failed to gain adequate height and crashed into the fence surrounding the airport, then into a house, which was unoccupied at the time. Although the crash was originally blamed on pilot error, it was subsequently found to have been caused by the build-up of slush towards the ends of the runway, causing deceleration of the aircraft and preventing safe flying speed ...

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Munich air disaster, Munich air disaster - Background, Munich air disaster - Cause, Munich air disaster - Manchester United after the crash, Munich air disaster - Tributes, Munich air disaster - Music, Munich air disaster - Film, Munich air disaster - Television, Munich air disaster - Victims, Munich air disaster - Manchester United players, Munich air disaster - Other victims, Munich air disaster - Survivors, Munich air disaster - Manchester United players, Munich air disaster - Other survivors, Munich air disaster - Notes

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Before entering professional wrestling, Chris was involved in judo exclusively for 12 years, beginning at the age of 11. Chris and younger brother Neil Adams went on to win national and world championships in judo, with Neil going on to win a silver medal at both the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia and the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Chris himself was among the youngest Judo champions in the sport and was a member of the 1976 Summer Olympics Judo squad representing Great Britain, but never competed in the Olympics ...

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Christopher Adams, Christopher Adams - Career, Christopher Adams - Early Career, Christopher Adams - World Class and Texas, Christopher Adams - Personal troubles and sudden death, Christopher Adams - Profile, Christopher Adams - Championships and accomplishments

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Main article: History of Yemen The port's convenient position on the sea route between India and Europe has made Aden desirable to rulers who sought to possess it at various times throughout history. Known as Arabian Eudaemon in the 1st century BC, it was a transshipping point for the Red Sea trade, but fell on hard times when new shipping practices by-passed it and made the daring direct crossing to India in the 1st century AD, according to the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. See also:

Aden, Aden - History, Aden - British Rule, Aden - Little Aden 1955 to 1967, Aden - Federation of South Arabia and the Aden Emergency, Aden - Independence

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Oakland is currently home to four professional sports teams: Oakland Athletics, American League of Baseball. Oakland Raiders, charter team of the American Football League (1960-1969), now in the NFL. Golden State Warriors, National Basketball Association. Oakland Slammers, International Basketball League (2005-) Former teams: Oakland Oaks, Pacific Coast League of Baseball, 1903-1955. (The Oaks played at Oaks Park in Emeryville after 1912.) Oakland Oaks, American Bask ...

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Oakland California, Oakland California - History, Oakland California - World War II, Oakland California - Post-war years, Oakland California - Crime, Oakland California - Geography, Oakland California - Demographics, Oakland California - Neighborhoods, Oakland California - Downtown Oakland, Oakland California - East Oakland, Oakland California - North Oakland, Oakland California - West Oakland, Oakland California - Other neighborhoods, Oakland California - Climate, Oakland California - Attractions, Oakland California - Education, Oakland California - Primary and secondary education, Oakland California - Colleges and universities, Oakland California - Transportation, Oakland California - Sports, Oakland California - Sister cities, Oakland California - Notable natives and residents

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In three separate acts dated 6 February 1942, 26 May 1943, and 17 December 1943, Congress provided the authority for the construction of LSTs along with a host of other auxiliaries, destroyer escorts, and assorted landing craft. The enormous building program quickly gathered momentum. Such a high priority was assigned to the construction of LSTs that the keel of an aircraft carrier, previously laid in the dock, was hastily removed to make place for several LSTs to be built in her stead. The keel of the first LST was laid down on 10 June 1942 ...

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Tank landing ship, Tank landing ship - Introduction, Tank landing ship - Production LST 2, Tank landing ship - Design and Production LST 3, Tank landing ship - Service in World War II, Tank landing ship - Post war developments, Tank landing ship - Modern developments, Tank landing ship - Specifications

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David Ben-Gurion ▶ (help·info) (October 16, 1886 – December 1, 1973; Hebrew: דָּוִד בֶּן גּוּרִיּוֹן) was the first Prime Minister of Israel. David Ben-Gurion - Early life. He was born as David Grün in Płońsk, Poland which was then part of the Russian Empire. His father, Avigdor Grün was a lawyer and a leader in the Hovevei Zion organization. His mother, Scheindel died when Ben-Gurion was 11 ...

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• David Ben-Gurion - Zionist leadership
• David Ben-Gurion - Prime Ministership
• David Ben-Gurion - Trivia
• David Ben-Gurion - Footnote

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A lot of people, French citizens or not, greeted Charles de Gaulle's return to power as the breakthrough needed to end the hostilities. On his June 4 trip to Algeria, de Gaulle calculatedly made an ambiguous and broad emotional appeal to all the inhabitants, declaring "Je vous ai compris" (I have understood you). De Gaulle raised the hopes of colons and the professional military, disaffected by the indecisiveness of previous governments, with his exclamation of "Vive l'Algérie française" (long live French Algeria) to cheering ...

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Algerian War of Independence, Algerian War of Independence - Beginning of Hostilities, Algerian War of Independence - FLN, Algerian War of Independence - Philippeville, Algerian War of Independence - Conduct of the War, Algerian War of Independence - Committee of Public Safety, Algerian War of Independence - De Gaulle, Algerian War of Independence - The Evian Accords, Algerian War of Independence - The pieds-noirs' and harkis' exodus, Algerian War of Independence - Pieds-noirs, Algerian War of Independence - Harkis, Algerian War of Independence - War dead, Algerian War of Independence - Lasting effects in Algerian politics, Algerian War of Independence - Reference

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In 1929 at the time she wed her first husband, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Crawford bought a mansion at 426 North Bristol Avenue in Brentwood, midway between Beverly Hills and the Pacific Ocean, which was her primary dwelling for the next 26 years. Over the years she had her home decorated and redecorated by William Haines, her former silent movie co-star and lifelong friend, who was much in demand as an interior designer ...

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Joan Crawford, Joan Crawford - Early life, Joan Crawford - Career, Joan Crawford - Marriages, Joan Crawford - Adopted children, Joan Crawford - Religion, Joan Crawford - Work at Pepsi, Joan Crawford - Final Years, Joan Crawford - Legacy, Joan Crawford - In pop culture, Joan Crawford - Filmography

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Taylor received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1992. The following year, 1993, she received the AFI Life Achievement Award. And in 2002, she was a Kennedy Center Honoree. In 1999, she was awarded a DBE by the British government and Queen Elizabeth II. Though she was thrilled with this honor, Taylor cracked, "I've always been a broad, now I'm a dame." In 2001, U.S. President Bill Clinton awarded her the Presidential Citizens Medal in recognition of her commitment to philanthropy. It is the second-highest civilian honor in the United States, awarded to U.S. citizens "who have performed exemplary d ...

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Elizabeth Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor - Early life and career, Elizabeth Taylor - Mature career and marriages, Elizabeth Taylor - Other interests, Elizabeth Taylor - Awards and honours, Elizabeth Taylor - Recent years, Elizabeth Taylor - Filmography

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Philip K. Dick was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Dorothy Kindred Dick. His father, Edgar Dick, was a fraud investigator for the United States Department of Agriculture. He had a twin sister, Jane. They were born six weeks premature, and Jane died on 26 January 1929. Shortly thereafter, the family moved to California. The death of his twin had a profound effect on his writing, relationships, and every other aspect of his life. Dick's parents divorced when he was young, and he grew up with his mother. He went to high school in Berkeley ...

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Philip K. Dick, Philip K. Dick - Early life, Philip K. Dick - Dick and his visions, Philip K. Dick - VALIS, Philip K. Dick - Exegesis, Philip K. Dick - Marriages and children, Philip K. Dick - Death, Philip K. Dick - Dick's influence, Philip K. Dick - Influence for the story Pre-Persons, Philip K. Dick - Bibliography, Philip K. Dick - Best-known novels, Philip K. Dick - Novels by year, Philip K. Dick - Short stories, Philip K. Dick - Film adaptations of Philip K. Dick's works, Philip K. Dick - Awards, Philip K. Dick - Biographies, Philip K. Dick - Interviews

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Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001), an American electrical engineer and mathematician, has been called "the father of information theory", and was the founder of practical digital circuit design theory. Claude Elwood Shannon - Biography. Shannon was born in Gaylord, Michigan and was a distant relative of Thomas Edison. While growing up, he worked as a messenger for Western Union. In 1932, Shannon entered the University of Michigan, where he eventually took a course that intr ...

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• Claude Elwood Shannon - Shannon's computer chess program
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California Baptist University - 1950s. Founded in 1950 as California Baptist College in El Monte, California, the new college enrolled 120 students during its first year under the leadership of the first president P. Boyd Smith. In 1953, the college moved under the wing of the Southern Baptist Convention, the same year that the first edition of the Angeleos, the college yearbook, was published. In 1954, the college earned its charter from the state of California. Soon, though the college outgrew its facilities and in 19 ...

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California Baptist University, California Baptist University - Mission statement, California Baptist University - History, California Baptist University - 1950s, California Baptist University - 1960s and 1970s, California Baptist University - 1980s and 1990s, California Baptist University - 2000s, California Baptist University - School Architecture, California Baptist University - Traditions, California Baptist University - Schools, California Baptist University - Degrees, California Baptist University - Bachelors, California Baptist University - Graduate Programs, California Baptist University - Teacher credential programs, California Baptist University - Sports, California Baptist University - Notable alumni

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Buenos Aires is the financial, industrial, commercial, and cultural hub of Argentina. Its port is one of the busiest in the world; navigable rivers connect it to north-east Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay. As a result, it serves as the distribution hub for a vast area of the south-eastern region of the continent. To the west of Buenos Aires is the Pampa Húmeda, the most productive agricultural region of Argentina (as opposed to the dry southern pampa, mostly used for cattle farms). Meat, dairy, grain, tobacco, wool and ...

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Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires - Population, Buenos Aires - Economy, Buenos Aires - History, Buenos Aires - Culture, Buenos Aires - Language variations, Buenos Aires - Tango, Buenos Aires - Miscellaneous, Buenos Aires - Transportation, Buenos Aires - Barrios, Buenos Aires - Sports, Buenos Aires - Internet, Buenos Aires - Tourist attractions and places of interest

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He was born Eugene Luther Vidal in West Point, New York, the son of Eugene Vidal and Nina Gore. His birth took place at the United States Military Academy where his father was an aeronautics instructor. Vidal later adopted as his first name the surname of his maternal grandfather, Thomas P. Gore, Democratic Senator from Oklahoma. Vidal was brought up in the Washington, D.C., area. It was there that he attended St. Albans School. His grandfather Gore was blind, and the young Vidal both read aloud to him and frequently acted as h ...

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Gore Vidal, Gore Vidal - Biography, Gore Vidal - Writing career, Gore Vidal - Controversial Political Views, Gore Vidal - Views on September 11 2001, Gore Vidal - Essays and Non-Fiction, Gore Vidal - Plays, Gore Vidal - Novels, Gore Vidal - Under Pseudonyms

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Joseph Cotten - Early Life and Career. Born in Petersburg, Virginia, Cotten worked as an advertising agent after graduating from the Washington, D.C., Hickman School, where he studied acting. His work as a journalist, specifically a theatre critic, inspired him to become more involved in theatre productions, first in Virginia, and later in New York. Cotten made his Broadway debut in 1930, and soon became friends with up-and-coming actor/director/producer Orson Welles. In 1937 he joined Welles' Mercury Theater Company, with which he starred in productions o ...

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Joseph Cotten, Joseph Cotten - Biography and Career, Joseph Cotten - Early Life and Career, Joseph Cotten - Citizen Kane, Joseph Cotten - Collaborations with Welles, Joseph Cotten - The Forties and Fifties, Joseph Cotten - The Sixties and Seventies, Joseph Cotten - Heaven's Gate, Joseph Cotten - Legacy, Joseph Cotten - Filmography

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  * The asterisk denotes the club that won the Wild card for its respective league. ...

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2003 in baseball, 2003 in baseball - Major League Baseball final standings, 2003 in baseball - Postseason, 2003 in baseball - Other Champions, 2003 in baseball - Events, 2003 in baseball - January-June, 2003 in baseball - July-December, 2003 in baseball - Awards and honors, 2003 in baseball - Books, 2003 in baseball - Movies, 2003 in baseball - Births, 2003 in baseball - Deaths, 2003 in baseball - January-March, 2003 in baseball - April-June, 2003 in baseball - July-September, 2003 in baseball - October-December

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Bill Gates married Melinda French of Dallas, Texas on January 1, 1994. Melinda gave birth to three children, Jennifer Katharine Gates (1996), Rory John Gates (1999) and Phoebe Adele Gates (2002). Bill Gates' house is one of the most expensive houses in the world, and is a modern 21st century earth-sheltered home in the side of a hill overlooking Lake Washington in Medina, Washington. According to King County public records, as of 2002, the total assessed value of the property (land and house) is $113 million, and the annual property t ...

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Bill Gates, Bill Gates - Early life, Bill Gates - Microsoft, Bill Gates - Personal life, Bill Gates - Influence and wealth, Bill Gates - Popular culture, Bill Gates - Works, Bill Gates - Notes, Bill Gates - References and further reading

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