1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). It also had the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasn't had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. See 1696. 1903 - Events. January 1 - Edward VII of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Emperor of India January 6 - Mileva Maric married Albert Einstein. February 11 - The Oxnard Strike of 1903 represents the first time in U.S. h ...

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• 1903 - Events
• 1903 - Births
• 1903 - January
• 1903 - February
• 1903 - March
• 1903 - April
• 1903 - May
• 1903 - June
• 1903 - July
• 1903 - August
• 1903 - September
• 1903 - October
• 1903 - November
• 1903 - December
• 1903 - Month/Day unknown
• 1903 - Deaths
• 1903 - January-June
• 1903 - July-December
• 1903 - Nobel Prizes

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Republican institutions replaced royal ones in Bavaria during the upheavals of November 1918. Provisional National Council Minister-President Kurt Eisner declared Bavaria to be a free state on November 7, 1918. Munich became a hotbed of extremism: a Bavarian Soviet Republic, the Münchner Räterepublik, had a short-lived existence, but inspired fearful reactions: the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch involving Erich Ludendorff and Adolf Hitler took place in the same city. For most of the Weimar Republic, though, Bavaria was dominated by the relat ...

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History of Bavaria, History of Bavaria - Early settlements and Roman Raetia, History of Bavaria - Migrations and early Medieval Period, History of Bavaria - Bavaria and the Agilolfings under Frankish Overlordship, History of Bavaria - Christianity, History of Bavaria - The Duchy during the Carolingian Period, History of Bavaria - The Duchy during the Ottonian and Salian Periods, History of Bavaria - The Welfs, History of Bavaria - Geographic Fluctuations, History of Bavaria - The Wittelsbach Dynasty, History of Bavaria - Partitions, History of Bavaria - The Reunited Duchy, History of Bavaria - The Electorate, History of Bavaria - Revolutionary and Napoleonic, History of Bavaria - The Kingdom, History of Bavaria - German Empire, History of Bavaria - Modern Times, History of Bavaria - Bibliography, History of Bavaria - Notes

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Maha Thray Sithu U Thant (January 22, 1909 – November 25, 1974) was a Burmese diplomat and the third Secretary-General of the United Nations, from 1961 to 1971. He was chosen for the post when the then Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld was killed in an air crash in September 1961. To date, he is the only Asian to have served as UN Secretary-General. 'U' is an honorific in Burmese, roughly equal to 'Mister'. Thant was his only name. In Burmese he was known as Pantanaw U Thant, Pantanaw being the name of his home town. "Maha Thray Sithu" is a title, similar to a ...

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• U Thant - Secretary General
• U Thant - Death

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Barry fitted out at the Boston Naval Shipyard through November, testing her new electronics, ASW gear and gunnery systems into December. After a brief underway period in Narragansett Bay, she departed 3 January 1957 for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to continue her shakedown. Her training exercises were interspersed with port visits to Kingston, Jamaica; Cuelebra, Puerto Rico, and Santa Marta, Colombia, before she departed for Colon, Panama. The destroyer transited the Canal Zone on 26 February and anchored at Salinas, Ecuador, two days later ...

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USS Barry DD-933, USS Barry DD-933 - 1956 – 1959, USS Barry DD-933 - 1960 – 1962, USS Barry DD-933 - Cuban Missile Crisis, USS Barry DD-933 - 1962 – 1965, USS Barry DD-933 - Vietnam War, USS Barry DD-933 - 1966 – 1970, USS Barry DD-933 - 1970 – 1976, USS Barry DD-933 - 1977 – 1979, USS Barry DD-933 - 1980 – 1982, USS Barry DD-933 - Present

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1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. 1957 - Events. January 1 - Saarland joins West Germany January 2 - San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchanges merge to form Pacific Coast Stock Exchange. January 3 - Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch January 4 - After 69 years the last issue of Collier's Weekly magazine is published January 5 - Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to ...

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• 1957 - Events
• 1957 - February
• 1957 - March
• 1957 - April
• 1957 - May
• 1957 - June
• 1957 - July
• 1957 - August
• 1957 - September
• 1957 - October
• 1957 - November
• 1957 - December
• 1957 - Undated
• 1957 - Environmental change
• 1957 - Births
• 1957 - January
• 1957 - February
• 1957 - March
• 1957 - April
• 1957 - May
• 1957 - June
• 1957 - July
• 1957 - August
• 1957 - September
• 1957 - October
• 1957 - November
• 1957 - December
• 1957 - Unknown date
• 1957 - Deaths
• 1957 - January
• 1957 - February
• 1957 - March
• 1957 - April-May
• 1957 - June
• 1957 - July
• 1957 - August
• 1957 - September
• 1957 - October
• 1957 - November
• 1957 - December
• 1957 - Nobel Prizes

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The Azores (Portuguese: Açores, pron. IPA /ɐ.'so.ɾɨʃ/ or /ɐ.'so.ɾʃ/) are an archipelago of Portuguese islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,500 km from Lisbon and about 3,900 km from the east coast of North America. The nine Azorean Islands extend for more than 600 km, and lie in a northwest-southeast direction. The vast extension of the islands defines an immense exclusive economic zo ...

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• Azores - History
• Azores - Politics
• Azores - Municipalities
• Azores - Geography
• Azores - Demographics

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Luxembourg was special, because while radio stations all over Europe were exclusively government-owned and operated well into the 1980s, Radio Luxembourg was right from the beginning privately owned. A radio amateur (Ham) managed to get a licence in 1924 and used the license to broadcast military music, too. French businessmen bought the license from the radio amateur in May 1929 and managed to get a broadcasting monopoly in Luxembourg in November 1929. In May 1931 the Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Radiodiffusion was founded, which started to build the transmitters. Transmis ...

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Radio Luxembourg, Radio Luxembourg - History, Radio Luxembourg - Today, Radio Luxembourg - Trivia, Radio Luxembourg - Variations in Radio Luxembourg's sign-on through the years, Radio Luxembourg - Radio Luxembourg's sign-off music through the years, Radio Luxembourg - Transmitters for the French programme

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Carlos Saúl Menem (born July 2, 1930) was President of Argentina from July 8, 1989 to December 10, 1999 for the Justicialist Party (Peronist). Carlos Menem - Background. He was born into the Muslim family of Saúl Menem and Mohibe Akil, Syrian immigrants in the small town of Anillaco, in the Argentine province of La Rioja. He was trained as a lawyer at the University of Córdoba and became a supporter of Juan Perón. Menem campaigned for political prisoners and was arrested in 1957 for suppor ...

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• Carlos Menem - Background
• Carlos Menem - Political career
• Carlos Menem - President
• Carlos Menem - Continuing political career
• Carlos Menem - Corruption charges

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Jimi Hendrix - Studio albums. Are You Experienced (May 1967 – UK; August 1967 – US) UK #2; US #5 Axis: Bold as Love (December 1967) UK #5; US #3 Electric Ladyland (September 1968) UK #5; US #1 First Rays of the New Rising Sun (recorded 1969-1970, released April 1997) UK #37; US #49 - This album is actually a 'best guess' as to how Hendrix planned to sequence it, and one should not presume that it is the exact final work that Hendrix intended. Howeve ...

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Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix - Youth and pre-professional career, Jimi Hendrix - 1965-1966, Jimi Hendrix - 1967, Jimi Hendrix - 1968, Jimi Hendrix - 1969, Jimi Hendrix - 1970, Jimi Hendrix - Legacy, Jimi Hendrix - Posthumous releases, Jimi Hendrix - Citations, Jimi Hendrix - Musical equipment, Jimi Hendrix - Guitars, Jimi Hendrix - Amplifier|Amplifiers, Jimi Hendrix - Effect Pedals, Jimi Hendrix - Discography, Jimi Hendrix - Studio albums, Jimi Hendrix - Live albums, Jimi Hendrix - Selected Live albums released after Hendrix's death, Jimi Hendrix - Selected Compilations, Jimi Hendrix - Biographies

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The Battle of Dien Bien Phu (Chiến dịch Điện Biên Phủ) was the final battle in the First Indochina War between France and the Viet Minh. It occurred between March and May, 1954, and ended in a massive French defeat that effectively ended the war. The result of a series of blunders in the French decision making process was that the French undertook to create an air-supplied base, at Dien Bien Phu, deep in the hills of Vietnam. The purpose was to cut off Viet Minh supply lines into Laos. Instead, the Viet Minh, under ge ...

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• Battle of Dien Bien Phu - Background and Lead-up to the Battle
• Battle of Dien Bien Phu - Operation Castor and the Establishment of the Airhead
• Battle of Dien Bien Phu - The Battle
• Battle of Dien Bien Phu - After the battle
• Battle of Dien Bien Phu - Aftermath

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The Beatles - Early members. Stuart Sutcliffe: bass, vocals (1960–1961). Pete Best: drums (1960–1962). ...

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The Beatles, The Beatles - History, The Beatles - Studio style evolution, The Beatles - In film, The Beatles - Influences and music, The Beatles - Band members, The Beatles - Early members, The Beatles - Song catalogue, The Beatles - Trivia, The Beatles - Song samples

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Meaning of Dreams in Islam

Few Western dream researchers have any familiarity with the rich dream traditions of Islam. The Muslim faith first emerged in seventh century B.C.E. Arabia as a profound revisioning of early Jewish and Christian beliefs and practices. One theme the Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) drew from the scriptures of those two religions was a reverence for dreaming. In the Quran, as in the Jewish Torah and the Christian New Testament, dreams serve as a vital medium by which God communicates with humans. Dreams offer divine guidance and comfort, warn people of impending danger, and offer prophetic glimpses of the future. Although the three religions drastically differ on many other topics, they find substantial agreement on this particular point: dreaming is a valuable source of wisdom, understanding, and inspiration. Indeed, as I will propose in this brief essay, Islam has historically shown greater interest in dreams than either of the other two traditions, and has done more to weave dreaming into the daily lives of its members. From the first revelatory visions of Muhammed to the myriad dream practices of present-day Muslims, Islam has developed and sustained a complex, multifaceted tradition of active engagement with the dreaming imagination.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt - Foreign Policy and World War II. Barnes, Harry Elmer. Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: A Critical Examination of the Foreign Policy of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Its Aftermath (1953 "revisionist" attack on FDR Beschloss, Michael R. The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945 (2002), Very well written (but scholarly) interpretation Borg, Dorothy and Shumpei Okamoto, eds. Pearl Harbor as History: Japanese- ...

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Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Early life, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Marriage and children, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Political career, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Private crises, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Governor of New York: 1928-1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Election as President, Franklin D. Roosevelt - The First New Deal, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Second New Deal 1935-36, Franklin D. Roosevelt - The second term, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Foreign policy 1933-41, Franklin D. Roosevelt - The path to war, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Pearl Harbor, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Japanese-American internment, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Civil rights and refugees, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Strategy and diplomacy, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Death and posthumous reputation, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Legacy, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Cabinet members, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Supreme Court appointments, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Media, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Online Resources, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Primary Sources, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Scholarly Secondary Sources, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Foreign Policy and World War II

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King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great (Thai: ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช; IPA: pʰu:mipʰon adunjadeːd) (born December 5, 1927), also known as King Rama IX and the Ninth Rama, has been King of Thailand since 1946. He is currently the world's longest-serving head of state. Bhumibol Adulyadej - Early life. Bhumibol Adulyadej - Time in the USA. King Bhumibol was born at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridg ...

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• Bhumibol Adulyadej - Early life
• Bhumibol Adulyadej - Time in the USA
• Bhumibol Adulyadej - Education
• Bhumibol Adulyadej - Succession
• Bhumibol Adulyadej - Marriage and family
• Bhumibol Adulyadej - Coronation
• Bhumibol Adulyadej - The second regency
• Bhumibol Adulyadej - Styles
• Bhumibol Adulyadej - Life as King
• Bhumibol Adulyadej - The King and politics
• Bhumibol Adulyadej - The royal projects
• Bhumibol Adulyadej - The King and the people
• Bhumibol Adulyadej - Private life

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For many years, due to British advertising restrictions, Radio Luxembourg was the only station available in the UK that could advertise tampons. By the 1980s Luxembourg claimed to be broadcasting with 1.3 megawatts, making it the world's single most powerful commercial broadcaster in the medium wave range, at least in terms of individual transmitter power. It was certainly the most powerful commercial medium wave station in Europe, at least. The transmitter of Radio Luxembourg is situated in Marnach. Only some governmental stations, e.g. Transmitter Solt in Hungary and the Voice of Russia, used higher pow ...

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Radio Luxembourg, Radio Luxembourg - History, Radio Luxembourg - Today, Radio Luxembourg - Trivia, Radio Luxembourg - Variations in Radio Luxembourg's sign-on through the years, Radio Luxembourg - Radio Luxembourg's sign-off music through the years, Radio Luxembourg - Transmitters for the French programme

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Bavaria has a unicameral Landtag, or state parliament, elected by universal suffrage. Until December 1999, there was also a Senat, or Senate, whose members were chosen by social and economic groups in Bavaria, but following a referendum in 1998, this institution was abolished. The head of government is the Minister-president. Bavaria has long been a bastion of conservative politics in Germany, with the Christian Social Union having almost a stranglehold on power since its inception in 1946. Every Minister-president since 1 ...

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Bavaria, Bavaria - Culture, Bavaria - Geography, Bavaria - Politics, Bavaria - Administrative Divisions, Bavaria - Regierungsbezirke administrative regions, Bavaria - Landkreise/kreisfreie Städte administrative districs/independent cities, Bavaria - Gemeinden municipalities, Bavaria - Dialects, Bavaria - History, Bavaria - Miscellaneous, Bavaria - The meaning of the coat of arms, Bavaria - Bavarian citizenship, Bavaria - German-Bavarian relations, Bavaria - Population and area, Bavaria - Bavarian Culture Overseas

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1998 - Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Amartya Sen ...

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1998, 1998 - Events, 1998 - January, 1998 - February, 1998 - March, 1998 - April, 1998 - May, 1998 - June, 1998 - July, 1998 - August, 1998 - September, 1998 - October, 1998 - November, 1998 - December, 1998 - Unknown Dates, 1998 - Births, 1998 - Deaths, 1998 - January-February, 1998 - March-July, 1998 - August-December, 1998 - Unknown date, 1998 - Nobel Prizes, 1998 - Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 1998 - Fields Medalists, 1998 - Templeton Prize

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1949 in baseball - Major League Baseball. World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers (4-1) All-Star Game, July 12 at Ebbets Field: American League, 11-7 1949 in baseball - Other champions. First Caribbean World Series: Almendares (Cuba) College World Series: Texas Little League World Series: Hammonton, New Jersey ...

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1949 in baseball, 1949 in baseball - Champions, 1949 in baseball - Major League Baseball, 1949 in baseball - Other champions, 1949 in baseball - Awards and honors, 1949 in baseball - Major League Baseball final standings, 1949 in baseball - Events, 1949 in baseball - January-March, 1949 in baseball - April, 1949 in baseball - May, 1949 in baseball - June, 1949 in baseball - July, 1949 in baseball - August, 1949 in baseball - September, 1949 in baseball - October, 1949 in baseball - November, 1949 in baseball - December, 1949 in baseball - Births, 1949 in baseball - January-June, 1949 in baseball - July-December, 1949 in baseball - Deaths

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However illustrious the history and recent political past of the Conservative party, it has been out of Government since 1997. The party, largest in the British Parliament after the Labour Party provides the Official Opposition to the Labour Government of Tony Blair. As of 7 May 2005, Labour holds a 66-member majority in the lower house, with 356 Members of Parliament; the Conservatives provide 198 Membe ...

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Conservative Party UK, Conservative Party UK - Name, Conservative Party UK - Conservative Party today, Conservative Party UK - Policies, Conservative Party UK - Economic policy, Conservative Party UK - Social policy, Conservative Party UK - Foreign Policy, Conservative Party UK - History, Conservative Party UK - Internal Factions, Conservative Party UK - Associated groups

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Roosevelt's legacies to the U.S. were a greatly expanded role for government in the management of the economy (effectively ending the days of laissez-faire economics), increased government regulation of companies to protect the environment and prevent corruption, a Social Security system which allowed senior citizens to be able to retire with income and benefits, a nation on the winning side of World War II (with a booming wartime economy), and a coalition of voters supporting the Democratic Party which would survive intact until the ...

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Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Early life, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Marriage and children, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Political career, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Private crises, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Governor of New York: 1928-1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Election as President, Franklin D. Roosevelt - The First New Deal, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Second New Deal 1935-36, Franklin D. Roosevelt - The second term, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Foreign policy 1933-41, Franklin D. Roosevelt - The path to war, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Pearl Harbor, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Japanese-American internment, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Civil rights and refugees, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Strategy and diplomacy, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Death and posthumous reputation, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Legacy, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Cabinet members, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Supreme Court appointments, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Media, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Online Resources, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Primary Sources, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Scholarly Secondary Sources, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Foreign Policy and World War II

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