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1972 in aviation - January. January 5 - US President Richard Nixon announces $US 5.5 billion in funding for the Space Shuttle program January 27 - Civil aviation in Canada is halted by a stike by air traffic controllers 1972 in aviation - February. February 5 - Aeroflot and Lufthansa jointly open services between Moscow and Frankfurt-am-Main February 5 - NASA and de Havilland Canada extensively modif ...

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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 natal chart. Sadly, practical modern astrologers tend to ignore its very existence and in the process, lose a wealth of valuable information. To my knowledge, the Dragon, in itself, holds as much, if not more, facts and power than the entire complexity of a whole astrological chart! This article give you the knowledge to understand the Dragon in your personal horoscope.

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Abu Dhabi (Arabic: أبو ظبي ʼAbū Ẓaby) is the largest of the seven emirates that comprise the United Arab Emirates and was also the largest of the former Trucial States. Abu Dhabi is also a city of the same name within the Emirate that is the capital of the country, in north central UAE. The city lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western coast. An estimated 1,000,000 lived there in 2000, with about an 80% expatriate population. Abu Dhabi city is located at 24.4667° N ...

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Calculator - Origin: The Abacus. The first calculators were abacuses, and were often constructed as a wooden frame with beads sliding on wires. Abacuses were in use centuries before the adoption of the written Arabic numerals system and are still widely used by merchants and clerks in China and elsewhere. Calculator - The 17th century. Wilhelm Schickard built the first automatic calculator called the "Calculating Clock" in 1623. Some 20 years later, in 1645, French philosopher ...

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Calculator, Calculator - Overview, Calculator - Electronic calculators, Calculator - Personal computing, Calculator - History, Calculator - Origin: The Abacus, Calculator - The 17th century, Calculator - 1930s to 1960s, Calculator - 1970s to mid-1980s, Calculator - Mid-1980s to present, Calculator - Drawbacks, Calculator - Trivia, Calculator - Patents

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1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. 1972 - Events. International year of the book January 2 - The Pierre Hotel Heist - Six men rob the safety deposit boxes of the Pierre Hotel in New York City. Loot is at least $4 million. January 4 - Rose Heilbron becomes the first woman judge at the Old Bailey in London. January 5 - President of the United States Richard Nixon orders the development of a space sh ...

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The party is now headed by Sheikh Hasina, the daughter of the late Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The Awami League has been in government for two terms, eight years and a half, in the 18 democratic years among 34 years of Bangladesh's independence. It came to power after independence in 1972 under Mujib. However, the party was disturbed by internal corruption and failed to some extent to repair the nation's wounds from the independence war. As Bangladesh continued exporting jute to Egypt violating US economic sanction, the Nixon government barred fo ...

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Bangladesh Awami League, Bangladesh Awami League - Pre-Independence History, Bangladesh Awami League - Post Independence, Bangladesh Awami League - External link

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August Wilson (April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright. His singular achievement and literary legacy is a cycle of ten plays, each set in a different decade, depicting the comedy and tragedy of the African-American experience in the 20th century. August Wilson - Biography. Born Frederick August Kittel in Pittsburgh's Hill District, fourth of six children of Frederick Kittel, an immigrant German baker who seldom spent time with his family, and Daisy Wilson ...

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• August Wilson - The Pittsburgh Cycle
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Curtis Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an African American soul, funk and R&B singer, songwriter and guitarist probably best known for his soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Superfly. Curtis Mayfield - Biography. Curtis Mayfield - Early years and the Impressions. Born in Chicago, Illinois, where he attended Roosevelt High School, Mayfield came to prominence as lead singer and songwriter for The Impressions, then went on to a successful solo career ...

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• Curtis Mayfield - Solo career
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A variety of tribes are mentioned in Roman sources, like the Veneti, Armoricani, Osismii, Namnetes and Coriosolites. Strabo and Poseidonius describe the Armoricani as belonging to the Belgae. Armorican gold coins have been widely exported and are even found in the Rhineland. Salterns are widespread in Northern Armorica, for example at Trégor, Ebihens and Enez Vihan near Pleumeur-Bodou (Côtes-d'Armor) and the island of Yoc'h ...

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History of Brittany, History of Brittany - Palaeolithic, History of Brittany - Mesolithic, History of Brittany - Neolithic, History of Brittany - Bronze age, History of Brittany - Iron Age, History of Brittany - Roman rule, History of Brittany - Early Middle Ages, History of Brittany - Middle Ages, History of Brittany - Early modern Brittany, History of Brittany - Modern Times, History of Brittany - Notes, History of Brittany - Sources

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1971 - January. January 1 - Bobby Holik, Czech ice hockey player January 2 - Lisa Harrison, American basketball player January 7 - Chavo Guerrero Jr., American professional wrestler January 8 - Jason Giambi, baseball player January 9 - Scott Thornton, Canadian hockey player January 11 - Mary J. Blige, American singer January 17 - Leonardo Ciampa, American composer January 17 - Kid Rock, American singer January 18 - Jon Davis, American s ...

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The Republic of Benin is a state in western Africa, formerly known as Dahomey. It has a small coast line with the Bight of Benin in the south, borders Togo in the west, Nigeria in the east, and Burkina Faso and Niger in the north.  - Total (Year)  - Density 7,460,025 60/km² Benin - History. Main article: History of Benin The African kingdom of Dahomey originated in Benin. By the 17th century, the kingdom, ruled by an oba, stretched beyo ...

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Many studies have reported the beneficial effect of the practice of yoga on diabetes. Some studies have mentioned up to 65 percent beneficial effect of yogic therapy for diabetes. K.N. Udupa has even mentioned 5 cases of juvenile diabetes who were completely controlled by yogic treatment. All of these studies have emphasized the possible mechanism of the yogic practices.

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1984 - January. January 1 - Brunei becomes a fully independent state. January 1 - AT&T is broken up into 24 independent units. January 5 - Richard Stallman starts developing GNU. January 7 - Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). January 9 - Clara Peller is featured in the "Where's the Beef?" commercial campaign for Wendy's for the first time. January 10 - The United States and the Va ...

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1984, 1984 - Events, 1984 - January, 1984 - February, 1984 - March, 1984 - April, 1984 - May, 1984 - June, 1984 - July, 1984 - August, 1984 - September, 1984 - October, 1984 - November, 1984 - December, 1984 - Unknown dates, 1984 - Births, 1984 - January-April, 1984 - May-August, 1984 - September-December, 1984 - Deaths, 1984 - January-April, 1984 - May-August, 1984 - September-December, 1984 - Nobel Prizes, 1984 - Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 1984 - Fictional references

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Holographic Universe

Theoretical results about black holes suggest that the universe could be like a gigantic hologram.

An astonishing theory called the holographic principle holds that the universe is like a hologram: just as a trick of light allows a fully three-dimensional image to be recorded on a flat piece of film, our seemingly three-dimensional universe could be completely equivalent to alternative quantum fields and physical laws "painted" on a distant, vast surface.

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Coolidge made a half-hearted effort to secure the Republican presidential nomination in 1920, losing to Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio. Party leaders wanted to nominate Wisconsin Senator Irvine Lenroot for vice president. However, convention delegates stampeded and nominated Coolidge. The Harding-Coolidge ticket won handily against Ohio Governor James M. Cox and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt in a landslide, 60.36 to 34.19 ...

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Leo Ku - Studio Albums. July 1994: The Meaning of Love (愛的假釋) January 1995: Smile. Talk. Think (笑說想) April 1995: Kiss Me OK? (親親我好嗎?) (EP) November 1995: Actually I... I... I... (其實我...我...我...) August 1996: The Second Most Loved (第二最愛) (New + Best Selections) January 1997: Wish (心願) (EP) January 1997: The Clock That Forgets Time (忘了時間的鐘) (Mandarin) ...

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Leo Ku, Leo Ku - Discography, Leo Ku - Studio Albums, Leo Ku - Live Albums, Leo Ku - VCD/DVD, Leo Ku - Movies, Leo Ku - Movies, Leo Ku - Movies Voice-over, Leo Ku - TV Drama

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In mid-1993, Zamora became aware that MTV was casting for the next season of their reality tv show, The Real World, which would take place in San Francisco. His best friend and roommate, Alex Escarno, convinced him to put together an audition tape, arguing that he could reach more people simply by living in the Real World loft than through the cross-country travel that taxed him. [4] Six months later, Zamora received a phone call from producers Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray, telling him that out of the 25,000 applican ...

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Pedro Zamora, Pedro Zamora - Early Life, Pedro Zamora - Living with AIDS, Pedro Zamora - Experiences with The Real World, Pedro Zamora - Legacy and Tribute

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Harold Bloom - Miscellaneous Books. (Editor) English Romantic Poetry, An Anthology, Doubleday, 1961, two-volume revised edition, Anchor, 1963. (Editor, with John Hollander) The Wind and the Rain, Doubleday, 1961. The Literary Criticism of John Ruskin, Edited and with Introduction by Harold Bloom, Anchor, 1965. (Editor, with Frederick W. Hilles) From Sensibility to Romanticism: Essays Presented to Frederick A. Pottle, Oxford University Press, 1965. ...

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Harold Bloom, Harold Bloom - Life, Harold Bloom - Bloom's Influence, Harold Bloom - Bibliography, Harold Bloom - Miscellaneous Books, Harold Bloom - Articles, Harold Bloom - Books About Harold Bloom, Harold Bloom - Awards

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1975 - January. January 1 - Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up January 2 - The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by Congress January 5 - The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people. January 7 - OPEC agrees to raise crude oil prices by 10%. January 8 - Ella Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, becoming the firs ...

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1975, 1975 - Events, 1975 - January, 1975 - February, 1975 - March, 1975 - April, 1975 - May, 1975 - June, 1975 - July, 1975 - August, 1975 - September, 1975 - October, 1975 - November, 1975 - December, 1975 - Unknown dates, 1975 - Births, 1975 - January, 1975 - February, 1975 - March, 1975 - April, 1975 - May, 1975 - June, 1975 - July, 1975 - August, 1975 - September, 1975 - October, 1975 - November, 1975 - December, 1975 - Deaths, 1975 - Unknown date, 1975 - January, 1975 - February, 1975 - March, 1975 - April, 1975 - May, 1975 - June, 1975 - July, 1975 - August, 1975 - September, 1975 - October, 1975 - November, 1975 - December, 1975 - Nobel Prizes, 1975 - Templeton Prize

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1936 - January-March. January 7-10 - Second Italo-Abyssinian War: In the Battle of Ganale Doria, General Graziani attacks troops under Ras Desta Damtew guarding southern Ethiopia; after over three days of slaughter, the Ethiopians break and flee. January 15 - The first building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio, for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company. January 16 - Serial killer Albert Fish executed in Sing Sing January 20 - Death of George V of the Unite ...

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