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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 - Champions
• 1986 in baseball - Major League Baseball
• 1986 in baseball - Other champions
• 1986 in baseball - Awards and honors
• 1986 in baseball - Major League Baseball final standings
• 1986 in baseball - Events
• 1986 in baseball - Births
• 1986 in baseball - Deaths

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Cyberman - Weapons. Over the years Cybermen have been shown with various forms of weaponry. When originally seen in The Tenth Planet they had large energy weapons that attached to their chests. In The Moonbase (1967), the Cybermen had two types of hand-to-hand weaponry: an electrical discharge from their hands which stunned the target, and a type of gun. They also made use of a large laser cannon with which th ...

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Cyberman, Cyberman - Physical characteristics, Cyberman - Technology, Cyberman - Weapons, Cyberman - Cybermats, Cyberman - Costume design, Cyberman - History within the show, Cyberman - Origins, Cyberman - The Earth invasions, Cyberman - The Cyber-Wars, Cyberman - Other appearances, Cyberman - Spin-offs, Cyberman - Popular culture, Cyberman - Major appearances, Cyberman - Television, Cyberman - Stage plays, Cyberman - Audio plays, Cyberman - Novels

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Although studio albums don't paint an entirely accurate picture of the band's creative talent, the band released many. They recorded their debut album, Phish, in 1986, and began touring nationally soon after, playing 150 concerts in 1990 alone. They were signed to Elektra Records in 1991. All Phish albums feature the classic lineup of Trey Anastasio, Mike Gordon, Jon Fishman, and Page McConnell. Phish - Studio Albums. 1. Phish (The White Tape) (unofficially circulated in 1986 ...

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Phish, Phish - The Beginning, Phish - Climb to the Top, Phish - Cultural Icons, Phish - One More Time, Phish - Band Members 1983-2004, Phish - Their Music, Phish - Discography, Phish - Studio Albums, Phish - Live Albums besides LivePhish series, Phish - Celebrity Fans, Phish - Fan Activities

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First documented in 1015, and endowed with city and market privileges in 1165, Leipzig has always been known as a place of commerce. The Leipzig Trade Fair became an event of international importance; especially as a point of contact to the East-European economic bloc (Comecon) of which East Germany was a member. The foundation of the University of Leipzig in 1409 initiated the city's development into a center of the publishing industry, and towards being a location of the German National Library (founded in 1912). Johann Sebastian Ba ...

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Leipzig, Leipzig - History, Leipzig - Quotations, Leipzig - Buildings, Leipzig - Twinning, Leipzig - Sights, Leipzig - Webcam, Leipzig - Events, Leipzig - Culture

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The parents of Alice Mary Norton were Adalbert Freely Norton, owner of a rug company, and Bertha Stemm. She began writing at the Collinwood High School in Cleveland, under the tutelage of Miss Sylvia Cochrane. She was the editor of a literary page in the school's paper for which she wrote short stories. During this time she wrote her first book—Ralestone Luck, which would eventually find its way to publication as her second novel in 1938, the first ...

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Andre Norton, Andre Norton - Biography, Andre Norton - Books, Andre Norton - Witch World series, Andre Norton - Book of the Oak, Andre Norton - Free Traders, Andre Norton - Murdoc Jern, Andre Norton - Crosstime, Andre Norton - Time Traders, Andre Norton - Janus, Andre Norton - Lorens Van Norreys, Andre Norton - The Magic Sequence, Andre Norton - Star Ka'at, Andre Norton - Forerunner, Andre Norton - Solar Queen, Andre Norton - The Halfblood Chronicles, Andre Norton - Hosteen Storm, Andre Norton - Astra, Andre Norton - Westerns

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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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Mines are used in many different ways and for different reasons. International law requires nations to declare when they mine an area. This is to make it easier for civil shipping to avoid the mines. The warnings do not have to be specific however. For example, Britain declared areas such as the English Channel, North Sea and French coast mined during the Second World War. There are three main uses of mines: Offensive, Defensive and Psychological. Offensive mines are placed in enemy waters, outside harbours and in important routes. Th ...

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Naval mine, Naval mine - Early History, Naval mine - Types, Naval mine - Contact mines, Naval mine - Unusual mine systems, Naval mine - Anti sweep mine, Naval mine - Rocket mine, Naval mine - Torpedo mine, Naval mine - Bouquet mine, Naval mine - Ascending mine, Naval mine - Mine laying, Naval mine - Damage, Naval mine - Direct damage, Naval mine - Bubble jet effect, Naval mine - The shaking effect, Naval mine - Countermeasures, Naval mine - Passive countermeasures, Naval mine - Active countermeasures, Naval mine - Strategy, Naval mine - Economy, Naval mine - Mines and the USA, Naval mine - US Mines

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Hansen turned down the opportunity to study at university in Aberdeen in order to join his brother John at Partick Thistle for whom he played more than 100 times between 1973 and 1977. He quickly established a reputation for himself as a confident central defender and was watched by numerous top clubs. In 1977, Hansen was purchased by Liverpool as the Anfield club pursued a unique treble of League championship, FA Cup and European Cup. They missed out on this, winning the league and in Europe but losing the FA Cup final to Manchester ...

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Alan Hansen, Alan Hansen - Football career, Alan Hansen - Television Career

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Anita Mui Yim-fong (Traditional: 梅艷芳; Simplified: 梅艳芳; Hanyu Pinyin: Méi Yànfāng; Cantonese Yale: muìh yihm fòng; October 10, 1963–December 30, 2003) was a popular Hong Kong pop singer and actress. Anita Mui - Background. Mui had one elder sister and two brothers. Her father died when she was eight, her mother moved in with another man, hoping he would look after her children. However, Mui and ...

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• Anita Mui - Background
• Anita Mui - Music career
• Anita Mui - Albums
• Anita Mui - Acting career
• Anita Mui - Filmography
• Anita Mui - Other contributions

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Over the past few decades, the world has witnessed the dramatic growth of the Christian faith in South Korea. Almost a third of the population professed to be Christian in the year 2000, and Seoul, the capital, contained eleven of the world's twelve largest Christian congregations. The impact of Christianity on the Korean culture has been considerable, and is partly responsible for a steady decline in the membership and influence of Buddhism, Shamanism and Confucianism, which have traditionally had deep roots in Korean culture. South ...

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• Christianity in Korea - Early failures: 1593-1784
• Christianity in Korea - Underpinnings of Christian growth
• Christianity in Korea - Academic sympathy—the Shilhak school
• Christianity in Korea - Lay leadership
• Christianity in Korea - Parallels in Korean tradition
• Christianity in Korea - Use of the Korean alphabet
• Christianity in Korea - Protestantism and the founding of modern educational institutions
• Christianity in Korea - Idenfication with Korean nationalism
• Christianity in Korea - The impact of Christianity on Korean society
• Christianity in Korea - Education and literacy
• Christianity in Korea - Economic effects
• Christianity in Korea - Social relationships
• Christianity in Korea - Minjung theology and the human rights struggle
• Christianity in Korea - Summary
• Christianity in Korea - Looking ahead
• Christianity in Korea - Sources
• Christianity in Korea - Numbered references
• Christianity in Korea - Bibliography

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Immanuel Velikovsky was born in Vitebsk in what is today Belarus. He learned several languages as a child, performed exceptionally well in Russian and mathematics at the Medvednikov Gymnasium after moving to Moscow, and graduated with a gold medal in 1913. He then travelled to Europe, visiting Palestine, briefly studying medicine at Montpellier, France, and taking premedical courses at the University of Edinburgh. Having returned to Russia before the outbreak of World War I, Velikovsky enrolled in the University of Moscow and received ...

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Immanuel Velikovsky, Immanuel Velikovsky - Biography, Immanuel Velikovsky - Velikovsky's Theories, Immanuel Velikovsky - The Revised Chronology, Immanuel Velikovsky - Criticism, Immanuel Velikovsky - Books by Velikovsky, Immanuel Velikovsky - Organisations sympathetic to Velikovsky's work:

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Main article: Politics of Nigeria Nigeria is a Federal Republic, comprising 36 states plus the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja. ...

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Nigeria, Nigeria - History, Nigeria - Early history, Nigeria - Colonialism and pre-independence, Nigeria - Independence, Nigeria - Army coups of 1966, Nigeria - Civil war, Nigeria - Military government 1974-1979, Nigeria - Army coup of 1983, Nigeria - Army coup of 1985, Nigeria - New constitution and failed elections, Nigeria - Attempted coup and international condemnation, Nigeria - Military intervention in Liberia and Sierra Leone, Nigeria - Failed elections of 1998, Nigeria - The rise of Obasanjo, Nigeria - Politics, Nigeria - States, Nigeria - Geography, Nigeria - Economy, Nigeria - Demographics, Nigeria - Education, Nigeria - Public Health Issues, Nigeria - Polio, Nigeria - Obstetric Fistula, Nigeria - Culture

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Hawking took up Einstein's mantle and solved many of the paradoxes of relativity by theorising the existence of objects with very high mass and zero space with gravity so crushing that they absorb all light and are hence invisible. The theory has since been refined to fall in line with quantum mechanics and with general developments in physics. In addition to academic work, Hawking believed that the average person should have access to these concepts and wrote a series of popular science books. His first book, A Brief History of Ti ...

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Stephen Hawking, Stephen Hawking - Biography, Stephen Hawking - Research fields, Stephen Hawking - Illness, Stephen Hawking - Distinction, Stephen Hawking - Losing an old bet, Stephen Hawking - Awards, Stephen Hawking - Publications, Stephen Hawking - Technical, Stephen Hawking - Popular, Stephen Hawking - Popular culture

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Đorđe Balašević - Žetva and Rani mraz. Upon Balašević joining "Žetva", the band recorded a tango single hit "U razdeljak te ljubim" with them, which sold more than 180,000 copies, a huge success by Yugoslav standards. In 1978 he leaves "Žetva" and together with Verica Todorović forms band "Rani mraz" (trans. Early frost). The band has it's début on Opatija '78., music festival with song "Moja prva ljubav". The same year the band is joined by Biljana Krstić and Bora Đorđević, and toget ...

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Đorđe Balašević, Đorđe Balašević - Early biography, Đorđe Balašević - Musical career, Đorđe Balašević - Žetva and Rani mraz, Đorđe Balašević - Early solo career, Đorđe Balašević - War years and after, Đorđe Balašević - Music, Đorđe Balašević - Concerts, Đorđe Balašević - Fans, Đorđe Balašević - Politics, Đorđe Balašević - Controversy, Đorđe Balašević - Releases, Đorđe Balašević - Albums, Đorđe Balašević - Singles, Đorđe Balašević - Books

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Tasmania - Sport. The dominant sports in Tasmania are cricket and Australian rules football. The Tasmanian Tigers cricket team, which plays home games at Bellerive Oval on the eastern shore, represents the state in limited overs and first-class cricket competitions. Despite its lack of success in national competitions, Tasmania has produced two international cricket stars, David Boon and current Australian captain Ricky Ponting. However in the last few years Tasmanian cricketing quality has increased with them winning the ING One Day Cup in 200 ...

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Tasmania, Tasmania - History, Tasmania - Physical prehistory, Tasmania - Indigenous people, Tasmania - European arrival, Tasmania - World attention, Tasmania - Geography, Tasmania - Government, Tasmania - Politics, Tasmania - Economy, Tasmania - Transport, Tasmania - Culture, Tasmania - Sport, Tasmania - Events, Tasmania - Prominent Tasmanians, Tasmania - Indigenous animals, Tasmania - Thylacine, Tasmania - Tasmanian Devil, Tasmania - Birds, Tasmania - Places in Tasmania

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Mulroney's legacy is a complicated one, and even as of 2006 remains one heavily based on emotion. Mulroney makes the case that his once radical policies on the economy and free trade were not reversed by subsequent governments, and regards this as vindication. His Deputy Prime Minister Don Mazankowski said that his greatest accomplishment will be seen as, "Dragging Canada kicking and screaming into the 21st century." Mulroney's legacy in Canada is associated mostly with the 1988 free trade agree ...

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Brian Mulroney, Brian Mulroney - Background, Brian Mulroney - Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney - First Term, Brian Mulroney - Second Term, Brian Mulroney - Retirement, Brian Mulroney - After politics, Brian Mulroney - Legacy, Brian Mulroney - Supreme Court appointments, Brian Mulroney - Notable cabinet ministers, Brian Mulroney - Quote

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Anita Mui is also well-known as an actress across the Asia region. Her films have mainly been of the action thriller and kung fu variety, but she has also taken comedic roles. In 1993, she starred in The Heroic Trio with Michelle Yeoh and Maggie Cheung, and it proved to be one of her most popular action films. In 1995, she found some international recognition by starring opposite Jackie Chan in Rumble in the Bronx, the film that was largely responsible for Jackie Chan ...

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Anita Mui, Anita Mui - Background, Anita Mui - Music career, Anita Mui - Albums, Anita Mui - Acting career, Anita Mui - Filmography, Anita Mui - Other contributions

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The Ulster Volunteer Force (more commonly referred to as the UVF or by some of its supporters The Peoples Army) is a loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland. The current incarnation was formed in May 1966 and named after the UVF of 1912. The original UVF was formed by Edward Carson and James Craig as a Unionist militia in the tensions surrounding the potential success of the third Home Rule campaign. Some contemporary estimates put its membership at over 100,000. Carson and Craig, supported by some English Conser ...

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Main article: Names of the Irish state The constitution provides that the name of the state is "Éire, or, in the English language, Ireland." However the state is commonly referred to as the "Republic of Ireland" in order to distinguish it from the island of Ireland as a whole. The name Republic of Ireland came into use after the Republic of Ireland Act defined it as the official "description" of the state in 1949 (the purpose of the act being to declare that the state was a republic rather than a form of constitutional ...

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Republic of Ireland, Republic of Ireland - Name, Republic of Ireland - History, Republic of Ireland - Politics, Republic of Ireland - Role of the Catholic Church in national affairs, Republic of Ireland - Counties, Republic of Ireland - Geography, Republic of Ireland - Economy, Republic of Ireland - Demographics, Republic of Ireland - Culture

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Bernard Mannes Baruch (August 19, 1870 – June 20, 1965) was an American financier, stock market and commodities speculator, statesman, and presidential adviser. After his success in business, he devoted his time toward advising a range of American presidents including Woodrow Wilson and John F. Kennedy on economic matters for over 40 years; this is why Baruch was highly regarded as an elder stateman. Described as a man of immense charm who enjoyed a larger-than-life reputation that matched his considerable fortune, he is remembered ...

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• Bernard Baruch - Beginnings
• Bernard Baruch - Presidential advisor
• Bernard Baruch - Park bench statesman
• Bernard Baruch - Miscellaneous facts
• Bernard Baruch - Bibliography

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Although they began their career as an interesting New Wave art-school band in the tradition of Roxy Music, the band's quick rise to stardom, their polished good looks, and their embrace of the teen press seemed to have doused their chances of favour from music critics. The British music press was particularly venomous. During the 1980s, Duran Duran were considered the quintessential manufactured, throw-away pop group – not too different from other boy bands created by behind-the-scenes managers (Menudo, New Kids On The Block, *NSYNC). Whi ...

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Duran Duran, Duran Duran - History of Duran Duran, Duran Duran - 1978–1980: Origins, Duran Duran - 1981–1982: A band is launched, Duran Duran - 1983–1984: On top of the world, Duran Duran - 1985: The band falls apart, Duran Duran - 1986–1991: Waning success, Duran Duran - 1992–1996: A second climb another fall, Duran Duran - 1997–2000: Soldiering on, Duran Duran - 2001–2005: A highly anticipated reunion, Duran Duran - 2006 and beyond: World Tour and a New Album, Duran Duran - Influence, Duran Duran - Video pioneers, Duran Duran - Discography, Duran Duran - Line Ups

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Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) (Rear Admiral, USN, Ret.) was the first U.S. astronaut in space, though his first flight was only sub-orbital. He attended the East Derry primary and secondary schools in his birthplace of Derry, New Hampshire; received a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1944, an Honorary Master of Arts degree from Dartmouth College in 1962, and Honorary Doctorate of Science from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) in 1971, and an Honorar ...

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• Alan Shepard - Naval career
• Alan Shepard - Astronaut career
• Alan Shepard - Awards and honors
• Alan Shepard - Later years
• Alan Shepard - Media
• Alan Shepard - External link

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