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1979 - January. January 1 - United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the "International Year of the Child." Many musicians donate to the "Music for UNICEF" fund. January 1 - Sino-American relations: United States and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations January 4 - State of Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of dead and injured in Kent State University shootings. January 7 - Vietnam and Vietnam-backed Cambodian insurgents an ...

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This page refers to the year 1979. For the Smashing Pumpkins song, see 1979 (song). 1979 (MCMLXXIX) is a common year starting on Monday. 1979 - Events. 1979 energy crisis - occurred in the wake of the Iranian Revolution January 1 - United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the "International Year of the Child." Many musicians donate to the "Music for UNICEF" fund. January 1 - Sino-American relations: United States and ...

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• 1979 - December
• 1979 - Unknown dates
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• 1979 - January-March
• 1979 - April-September
• 1979 - October-December
• 1979 - Fictional
• 1979 - Nobel Prizes
• 1979 - Templeton Prize

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1980 - January. January 1–April 1 - National steel strike in the United Kingdom. January 1 - Changes to the Swedish Act of Succession creates Victoria of Sweden, Crown Princess over her younger brother. January 4 - American president Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. January 5 - Hewlett-Packard announces release of its first personal computer. January 7 - President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giv ...

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1980, 1980 - Events, 1980 - January, 1980 - February, 1980 - March, 1980 - April, 1980 - May, 1980 - June, 1980 - July, 1980 - August, 1980 - September, 1980 - October, 1980 - November, 1980 - December, 1980 - Unknown dates, 1980 - Births, 1980 - January, 1980 - February, 1980 - March, 1980 - April, 1980 - May, 1980 - June, 1980 - July, 1980 - August, 1980 - September, 1980 - October, 1980 - November, 1980 - December, 1980 - Deaths, 1980 - January, 1980 - February, 1980 - March, 1980 - April, 1980 - May, 1980 - June, 1980 - July, 1980 - August, 1980 - September, 1980 - October, 1980 - November, 1980 - December, 1980 - Unknown dates, 1980 - Nobel Prizes, 1980 - Templeton Prize

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In 1937, his first year on the Tour, he won five events, including the Oakland Open in California. In 1938, he first won the Greater Greensboro Open, which he won eight times, the Tour record for victories at an event, concluding in 1965 at the age of 52, making him the oldest player to win a PGA Tour event. 1939 was the first of several times he failed at crucial moments of the U.S. Open, the only major event he never won. He won 11 events in 1950. No one has since won more. In 1974, at age 62, he shot a one-under-par 279 to come in third (three strokes behind winner Lee Trevino) at the PGA Championship at Tan ...

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Sam Snead, Sam Snead - Career, Sam Snead - Records, Sam Snead - Trivia

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At an early age Prem Rawat was known as Sant Ji and as Balyogeshwar (Sanskrit: बालयोगेश्वर = child master of yogis), or more fully, Balyogeshwar Param Hans Shri Sant Ji Maharaj. Later on he was called by the title Guru Maharaj Ji (Hindi: Maharaj = great king.) or Guru Maharaji. He dropped the term Guru from his title in the 1980s. In his book Clarity ^{See also:}

Prem Rawat, Prem Rawat - Earliest years of Maharaji, Prem Rawat - Childhood, Prem Rawat - Succession to his father's mantle, Prem Rawat - Establishment in the West, Prem Rawat - Maharaji’s First Trip to the West, Prem Rawat - Establishment of organizations in the West, Prem Rawat - Permanent residence in the West, Prem Rawat - Early Western students' passion, Prem Rawat - Marriage and family rift, Prem Rawat - Turn toward Western modes of teaching, Prem Rawat - Prem Rawat's alleged early plan to deny personal divinity, Prem Rawat - Transition in the 1980s, Prem Rawat - The movement today, Prem Rawat - Access to the techniques, Prem Rawat - The organizations, Prem Rawat - Current activities, Prem Rawat - Number of practicing students, Prem Rawat - Life work, Prem Rawat - Other personal aspects, Prem Rawat - Criticism, Prem Rawat - Bibliography

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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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Conner, who participated in many sports as a child, started gymnastics at the age of ten, after a school physical education coach noticed his talent. He began training with the local high school team and competing in local meets, where he progressed quickly but seldom won; after a few years he also began training at the local YMCA and competing in YMCA events. Conner's first significant gymnastics victory was the AAU Junior Olympics, where he won in 1972, followed soon after in 1974 by the USGF Junior National Championships. Immediately foll ...

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Bart Conner, Bart Conner - Early career, Bart Conner - 1984 Olympics, Bart Conner - After the Olympics

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Events resulting from the Vietnam War led many people in Cambodia, Laos, and especially Vietnam to become refugees in the late 1970s and 1980s, after the fall of Saigon. In Cambodia, the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime murdered millions of people in the "Killing Fields" massacres, and many attempted to escape. In Vietnam, the new communist government sent many people who supported the old government in the South to "re-education camps", and others to "new economic zones." These factors, coupled with poverty, caused millions of Vietnamese to fle ...

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Boat people, Boat people - Indochinese boat people, Boat people - Refugee camps

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Geelong is home to the AFL club, the Geelong Football Club, the second oldest football club in the world, and for many years the only VFL club to exist outside of the greater Melbourne metropolitan area. The local basketball team is the Geelong Supercats. The Eastern Beach foreshore and nearby Eastern Gardens is used to host internationally televised triathlon events, as well an annual sports car and racing car events such as the Geelong Speed Trials [2]. Corio Bay a ...

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Geelong Victoria, Geelong Victoria - History, Geelong Victoria - 1800's, Geelong Victoria - 1900's, Geelong Victoria - 2000's, Geelong Victoria - Geography, Geelong Victoria - Economy, Geelong Victoria - Culture, Geelong Victoria - Education, Geelong Victoria - Arts and entertainment, Geelong Victoria - Geelong in film, Geelong Victoria - Media, Geelong Victoria - Landmarks and tourism, Geelong Victoria - Notable people of Geelong, Geelong Victoria - Infrastructure, Geelong Victoria - Transport, Geelong Victoria - Airports, Geelong Victoria - Sports, Geelong Victoria - Sister cities

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The Foreword to the book: Solving the Greatest Mystery of Our Time - THE MAYAN CALENDAR

Carl Johan Calleman has a Ph.D. in Physical Biology from the University of Stockholm (1984) and has served as a Senior Researcher of Environmental Health at the University of Washington in Seattle and as an expert on cancer for the World Health Organization. He is recognized as one of the world's foremost experts on the Mayan calendar based on the books Maya-hypotesen (in Swedish, 1994), The Mayan Calendar (Garev, 2001) and Enlightenment (Bear and Co, 2004).

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April 12 - 599 BC to 1899. 599 BC - Mahavira, Indian founder of Jainism (d. 527 BC) 812 - Muhammad at-Taqi, Arabian Shia Imam (d. 835) 1484 - Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546) 1500 - Joachim Camerarius, German classical scholar (d. 1574) 1526 - Muretus, French humanist (d. 1585) 1550 - Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604) 1577 - King Christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648) 1713 - Guillaume Thomas ...

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April 12, April 12 - Events, April 12 - Births, April 12 - 599 BC to 1899, April 12 - 1900 to 1999, April 12 - Deaths, April 12 - 65 to 1899, April 12 - 1900 to 1999, April 12 - 2000 onwards, April 12 - Holidays and observances

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�Daisyworld and the Gaia Hypothesis are controversial because they touch on the definition of what constitutes life. If we think that life is about the selfish gene, competition, and survival of the fittest, then it is hard to see where the Earth fits in. However, it isn't necessary to think that the Earth is alive in order to appreciate that it is a highly complex system. And, if we say it is alive, why is that so threatening? No one doubts that plants are alive, but they don't do anything nearly as complicated as the Earth does.�

A brief introduction to the intriguing Gaia theory, as developed by James Lovelock, Lynn Margulis and others.

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The New Age movement is hardly novel! Its philosophy is rooted in ancient traditions, often based on mystical experiences, each within a different context.

Part II of II, written by Michael Rogge

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The following are the baseball events of the year 1986 throughout the world.   2000s 2009 • 2008 • 2007 • 2006 • 2005 2004 • 2003 • 2002 • 2001 • 2000 1990s 1999 • 1998 • 1997 • 1996 • 1995 1994 • 1993 • 1992
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• 1986 in baseball - Deaths

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Carrey was born and grew up in the Toronto suburb of Newmarket, Ontario to a family with some French Canadian roots (the original surname was Carree). A comedian from an early age, Carrey mailed his résumé to The Carol Burnett Show when he was 10 years old. The teachers in Carrey's high school gave him a few minutes at the end of each school day to do a stand-up comedy routine for his classmates. The Carrey family fell on hard times and were forced to move to the Toronto suburb of Scarborough, where they took security ...

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Jim Carrey, Jim Carrey - Childhood, Jim Carrey - Starting in comedy, Jim Carrey - Film Career, Jim Carrey - Personal life, Jim Carrey - Selected Filmography, Jim Carrey - Trivia

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Tsunamis cannot be prevented or precisely predicted, but there are some warning signs of an impending tsunami, and there are many systems being developed and in use to reduce the damage from tsunamis. In instances where the leading edge of the tsunami wave is its trough, the sea will recede from the coast half of the wave's period before the wave's arrival. If the slope is shallow, this recession can exceed many hundreds of metres. People unaware of the danger may remain at the shore due to curiosit ...

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Tsunami, Tsunami - Causes, Tsunami - Characteristics, Tsunami - Signs of an approaching tsunami, Tsunami - Warnings and prevention, Tsunami - Past tsunamis, Tsunami - 6100 B.C. and before, Tsunami - 1650 B.C. - Santorini, Tsunami - 1607 - Bristol Channel England and Wales, Tsunami - 1700 - Vancouver Island Canada, Tsunami - 1755 - Lisbon Portugal, Tsunami - 1883 - Krakatoa explosive eruption, Tsunami - 1929 - Newfoundland tsunami, Tsunami - 1946 - Pacific tsunami, Tsunami - 1960 - Chilean tsunami, Tsunami - 1963 - Vajont Dam disaster, Tsunami - 1964 - Good Friday tsunami, Tsunami - 1979 - Tumaco tsunami, Tsunami - 1993 – Okushiri tsunami, Tsunami - 2004 - Indian Ocean tsunami, Tsunami - Other tsunamis in South Asia, Tsunami - Other historical tsunamis, Tsunami - North American and Caribbean tsunamis, Tsunami - European tsunamis

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Hogan was born to Italian-American Pete Bollea and Ruth Bollea, who is of French, Italian and Panamanian descent. Early in life, Terry Bollea was a standout in minor league baseball and also spent ten years playing bass guitar in several Florida-based rock bands, including Ruckus and Infinity's End. Many of the wrestlers who competed in the Florida territory at that time would visit the bars in which Bollea was performing. Bollea's impressive physical stature soon caught the attention of former top-drawing wrestler Jack Brisco and his brothe ...

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Hulk Hogan, Hulk Hogan - Career, Hulk Hogan - World Wrestling Federation: the first run, Hulk Hogan - American Wrestling Association, Hulk Hogan - New Japan Pro Wrestling, Hulk Hogan - Hulkamania, Hulk Hogan - World Championship Wrestling, Hulk Hogan - World Wrestling Entertainment: the comeback, Hulk Hogan - Mr. America, Hulk Hogan - Hall of Famer, Hulk Hogan - The Icon versus The Legend, Hulk Hogan - Legacy, Hulk Hogan - Controversy, Hulk Hogan - In wrestling, Hulk Hogan - Previous managers, Hulk Hogan - Quotes, Hulk Hogan - Finishing and signature moves, Hulk Hogan - Trivia, Hulk Hogan - Theme songs/entrance music, Hulk Hogan - Title history, Hulk Hogan - Pre-World Wrestling Federation era, Hulk Hogan - Awards

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Although often referred to as "tidal waves", a tsunami does not look like the popular impression of "a normal wave only much bigger". Instead it looks rather like an endlessly onrushing tide which forces its way around and through any obstacle. Most of the damage is caused by the huge mass of water behind the initial wave front, as the height of the sea keeps rising fast and floods powerfully into the coastal area. The sheer weight of water is enough to pulverise objects in its path, often reducing buildings to their foundations and scouring exposed ground to the bedrock. Large objects such as ships and boulders can be carried severa ...

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Tsunami, Tsunami - Causes, Tsunami - Characteristics, Tsunami - Signs of an approaching tsunami, Tsunami - Warnings and prevention, Tsunami - Past tsunamis, Tsunami - 6100 B.C. and before, Tsunami - 1650 B.C. - Santorini, Tsunami - 1607 - Bristol Channel England and Wales, Tsunami - 1700 - Vancouver Island Canada, Tsunami - 1755 - Lisbon Portugal, Tsunami - 1883 - Krakatoa explosive eruption, Tsunami - 1929 - Newfoundland tsunami, Tsunami - 1946 - Pacific tsunami, Tsunami - 1960 - Chilean tsunami, Tsunami - 1963 - Vajont Dam disaster, Tsunami - 1964 - Good Friday tsunami, Tsunami - 1979 - Tumaco tsunami, Tsunami - 1993 – Okushiri tsunami, Tsunami - 2004 - Indian Ocean tsunami, Tsunami - Other tsunamis in South Asia, Tsunami - Other historical tsunamis, Tsunami - North American and Caribbean tsunamis, Tsunami - European tsunamis

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The report concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald was solely responsible for the assassination of Kennedy and that the commission could not find any persuasive evidence of a conspiracy, either domestic or foreign involving any other person(s), group(s), or country(ies). The theory that Oswald acted alone is also informally called the lone gunman theory. The commission also concluded that only three bullets were fired during the assassination, and that Lee Harvey Oswald fired all three bullets from the Texas School Book Depository behind the ...

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Warren Commission, Warren Commission - Creation of the Commission, Warren Commission - Findings, Warren Commission - Aftermath

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According to legend, Solomon rewarded Hiram for certain services rendered him by the gift of an upland plain among the mountains of Naphtali. Hiram was dissatisfied with the gift, and called it "the land of Cabul". The Jews called it Galil. During the Hasmonaean period, in the midst of the decline of the Seleucid Empire, the region was taken over by the Jews. In Roman times, the region was divided into Judea, Samaria, and Galilee, which comprised the whole northern section of the country, and was the largest of the three. Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great, ruled Galilee ...

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Galilee, Galilee - Geography, Galilee - In Biblical Times, Galilee - History, Galilee - Modern Galilee, Galilee - Reference

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