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1985 (MCMLXXXV) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. 1985 - Events. 1985 - January. January 1 - The first British mobile phone call is made (by Ernie Wise to Vodafone). January 3 - Finnish government announces that a Soviet cruise missile has fallen into Inarinjärvi lake in Finnish Lapland January 17 - British Telecom announces it is going to phase out its famous red telephone boxes. January 21 - U.S. Pres ...

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• 1985 - Events
• 1985 - January
• 1985 - February
• 1985 - March
• 1985 - April
• 1985 - May
• 1985 - June
• 1985 - July
• 1985 - August
• 1985 - September
• 1985 - October
• 1985 - November
• 1985 - December
• 1985 - Environmental and weather change
• 1985 - Unknown date
• 1985 - Births
• 1985 - Deaths
• 1985 - Nobel Prizes
• 1985 - Templeton Prize
• 1985 - Right Livelihood Award

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1982 Lebanon War - Casualties. It is estimated that around 17,825 Arabs were killed during the war. There are different estimates of the proportion of civilians killed. A Beirut newspaper An Nahar estimated that 17,825 killed during the invasion Outside Beirut Military personnel: 9,797 (PLO, Syria, etc.) Civilians: 2,513 Beirut area: 5,515 (mil. + civ.) [6] About 675 Israeli soldiers were killed. ...

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1982 Lebanon War, 1982 Lebanon War - Background, 1982 Lebanon War - Reasons for the war, 1982 Lebanon War - Course of the fighting, 1982 Lebanon War - Outcome of the war, 1982 Lebanon War - Casualties, 1982 Lebanon War - The security buffer zone, 1982 Lebanon War - Political results, 1982 Lebanon War - Consequences

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R.E.M. band - Studio Albums. Murmur (12 April 1983) #36 US US: Gold Reckoning (14 April 1984) #27 US; #91 UK US: Gold Fables of the Reconstruction (10 June 1985) #28 US; #35 UK US: Gold Lifes Rich Pageant (28 July 1986) #21 US; #43 UK US: Gold Document (1 September 1987) #10 US; #28 UK US: Platinum Green (8 November 1988) #12 US; #27 UK US: 2x Platinum Out of Time ...

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R.E.M. band, R.E.M. band - History, R.E.M. band - Formation 1980-1982, R.E.M. band - The I.R.S. Years 1982-1987, R.E.M. band - Rock Superstars 1988-1996, R.E.M. band - R.E.M. After Berry 1997-present, R.E.M. band - Legacy, R.E.M. band - Trivia, R.E.M. band - Samples, R.E.M. band - Discography, R.E.M. band - Studio Albums

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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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June 7 - 1529 to 1899. 1529 - Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and man of letters (d. 1615) 1761 - John Rennie, Scottish engineer (d. 1821) 1778 - Beau Brummell, English fashion leader (d. 1840) 1811 - James Young Simpson, British obstetrician (d. 1870) 1831 - Amelia Edwards, English author and Egyptologist (d. 1892) 1845 - Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist and composer (d. 1930) 1848 - Paul Gauguin, French painter (d. 1903) 1862 - Philipp Lenar ...

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June 7, June 7 - Events, June 7 - Births, June 7 - 1529 to 1899, June 7 - 1900 to 1999, June 7 - Deaths, June 7 - 1329 to 1899, June 7 - 1900 to 1999, June 7 - 2000 onwards, June 7 - Holidays and observances

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The various line-ups in the history of Deep Purple are referred to by fans and the band themselves by "Mark" numbers (abbreviated as Mk I, Mk II, etc.) The "gap" in the numbering, Mk VI, refers to the series of concerts performed with Joe Satriani on guitar, when Ritchie Blackmore quit the band halfway through the tour in 1994. This is the only lineup for which no official recordings have yet been released. Deep Purple - Studio Albums. Mk I Shades of Deep Purple, September 1968 #24 US ...

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Deep Purple, Deep Purple - Pre-History, Deep Purple - The Dawn of Purple, Deep Purple - Top of the World, Deep Purple - The Reunion, Deep Purple - Revival, Deep Purple - Deep Purple and Heavy Metal, Deep Purple - Personnel and discography, Deep Purple - Studio Albums, Deep Purple - Live Albums, Deep Purple - Compilation Albums, Deep Purple - Hit singles

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and many, many, many others `Abd al-`Azīz Āl Sa`ūd (c. 1880 - November 9, 1953) (Arabic: عبدالعزيز آل سعود) was the first monarch of Saudi Arabia. He is also known by several abbreviated forms of this name, including simply Ibn Sa`ūd. He was born in Riyadh into the House of Sa'ūd (commonly transliterated Saud), which had historically maintained dominion over the interior highlands of Arabia known as the Najd. Ibn Saud died in Taif. Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia - Loss and reclamation o ...

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• Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia - Loss and reclamation of power
• Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia - Oil and the rule of Ibn Saud
• Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia - Foreign wars
• Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia - Family and succession

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Sometimes criticized as redundant, the B-1B was given new life as the new threats of the 21st century emerged, and now fills an important niche in the Air Force inventory. It is worth noting that the project finished on budget, and has higher survivability and speed when compared to the older B-52, which it was intended to replace. With the arrival of limited numbers of B-2s in the 1990s and the continuing use of B-52s, its value has been questioned. However, the capability of a high-speed strike with a large bomb payload for time-sensitive operations is useful, and no ...

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B-1 Lancer, B-1 Lancer - Development, B-1 Lancer - Technology, B-1 Lancer - Operational History, B-1 Lancer - Crashes and malfunctions, B-1 Lancer - Specifications B-1B Lancer, B-1 Lancer - General characteristics, B-1 Lancer - Performance, B-1 Lancer - Armament, B-1 Lancer - Units, B-1 Lancer - Trivia, B-1 Lancer - Related content, B-1 Lancer - Designation sequence, B-1 Lancer - Related development, B-1 Lancer - Similar aircraft, B-1 Lancer - Related lists, B-1 Lancer - External links

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June 5 - 535 to 1899. 535 - Epiphanius of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople 1017 - Sanjo, Emperor of Japan (b. 976) 1118 - Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester 1296 - Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (b. 1245) 1316 - King Louis X of France (b. 1289) 1383 - Dmitry Konstantinovich, Russian prince (b. 1324) 1568 - Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (b. 1522) 1625 - Orlando Gibbons, English composer ...

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June 5, June 5 - Events, June 5 - Births, June 5 - 1341 to 1899, June 5 - 1900 to 1999, June 5 - Deaths, June 5 - 535 to 1899, June 5 - 1900 to 1999, June 5 - 2000 onwards, June 5 - Holidays and observances

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Harmonic Concordance: An overview and perspective on the Harmonic Concordance.

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In 1961, he became the leader of the ANC's armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe (translated as Spear of the Nation, also abbreviated MK), which he co-founded. He co-ordinated a sabotage campaign against military and government targets, and made plans for a possible guerrilla war if sabotage failed to end apartheid. A few decades later, MK did indeed wage a guerrilla war against the regime, especially during the 1980s. Mandela also raised funds for MK abroad, and arranged for pa ...

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Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandela - Early life, Nelson Mandela - Political activity, Nelson Mandela - Arrest and imprisonment, Nelson Mandela - ANC presidency and presidency of South Africa, Nelson Mandela - International diplomacy, Nelson Mandela - Marriages, Nelson Mandela - Retirement, Nelson Mandela - Orders and decorations, Nelson Mandela - Trivia

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Paganism & Pornography

At times my political views seem to lead me into contradictions. Last month saw me writing a furious letter to Penthouse magazine concerning their misinformed story on Witchcraft. Within two weeks I was writing to the head of the QuickTrip Corporation protesting the removal of Penthouse from their stores. You'd think I would have been happy at a blow struck against a magazine that maligned my religion. Not so. At stake is the free expression of ideas. Misinformation and censorship are both threats to that freedom. Of the two, I judge censorship to be the greater threat. As long as publishing continues unimpeded, retraction of misinformation is possible. When publishing is censored, even that becomes impossible.

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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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A selection of the hundreds of British situation comedies that have been made: Absolutely Fabulous 1992 - 2003 Absolute Power 2003 - All Gas and Gaiters 1966-1971 'Allo 'Allo! 1982 - 1992 And Mother Makes Three 1974 - 1976 Are You Being Served? 1972 - 1985 The Army Game 1957 - 1961 As Time Goes By 1992 - 2002 Barbara 1995 - 2003 Birds of a Feather 1989 - 1998 Blackadde ...

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British sitcom, British sitcom - Characteristics, British sitcom - History, British sitcom - British sitcoms overseas, British sitcom - United States, British sitcom - Australia, British sitcom - Canada, British sitcom - Some popular British sitcoms

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Lady Thatcher's husband, Sir Denis Thatcher, died in June 2003. The couple had been married for fifty-two years and had two children, twins, on 15 August 1953. Her son, Sir Mark Thatcher, has been dogged by a series of controversies from 1982 when he went missing in the Sahara Desert to January 2005 when he was fined three million rand and received a four-year suspended jail sentence in South Africa over funding an aircraft intended for use in a planned coup d'etat in Equatorial Guinea. Her daughter, the journalist and commentator Hon. Carol Thatcher, won the fifth series of the British realit ...

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Margaret Thatcher, Margaret Thatcher - Early life and education, Margaret Thatcher - Political career between 1950 and 1970, Margaret Thatcher - In Heath's Cabinet, Margaret Thatcher - As Leader of the Opposition, Margaret Thatcher - As Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher - 1979–1983, Margaret Thatcher - 1983–1987, Margaret Thatcher - 1987–1990, Margaret Thatcher - Fall from power, Margaret Thatcher - Post-political career, Margaret Thatcher - Legacy, Margaret Thatcher - Family life, Margaret Thatcher - Titles and honours, Margaret Thatcher - Titles from birth, Margaret Thatcher - Honours

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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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Toward the end of the war, the land conflict regressed into stalemate. Both Iraq and Iran lacked sufficient self-propelled artillery to support their respective armored forces in assaults. This was made even more important because neither side had the air force capability to support ground forces. When the relatively professional Iraqi armed force advance was halted by the sheer size and committment of Iranian infantry and the Iranian infantry moved to advance itself; it faced the terrible prospect that the Iraqis had large numbers of ...

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Iran-Iraq War, Iran-Iraq War - Background, Iran-Iraq War - Invasion and repulse, Iran-Iraq War - The Tanker War and U.S. entanglement, Iran-Iraq War - War of the Cities, Iran-Iraq War - Arming the combatants, Iran-Iraq War - Aircraft, Iran-Iraq War - U.S.-Iraqi arms transfers in the war, Iran-Iraq War - Weapons of Mass Destruction, Iran-Iraq War - Human Wave Attacks in the Iran-Iraq War, Iran-Iraq War - Aftermath, Iran-Iraq War - Final ruling, Iran-Iraq War - List of successful Iranian operations during the war

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1976 - January. January 8 - Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898) January 10 - Howlin' Wolf, American musician (b. 1910) January 12 - Agatha Christie, English writer (b. 1890) January 23 - Paul Robeson, American actor, singer, writer, and activist (b. 1898) January 30 - Mance Lipscomb, American singer (b. 1895) 1976 - February. February 1 - Werner Heisenberg, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ...

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1976, 1976 - Events, 1976 - January, 1976 - February, 1976 - March, 1976 - April, 1976 - May, 1976 - June, 1976 - July, 1976 - August, 1976 - September, 1976 - October, 1976 - November, 1976 - December, 1976 - Unknown dates, 1976 - Births, 1976 - January, 1976 - February, 1976 - March, 1976 - April, 1976 - May, 1976 - June, 1976 - July, 1976 - August, 1976 - September, 1976 - October, 1976 - November, 1976 - December, 1976 - Deaths, 1976 - January, 1976 - February, 1976 - March, 1976 - April, 1976 - May, 1976 - June, 1976 - July, 1976 - August, 1976 - September, 1976 - October, 1976 - November, 1976 - December, 1976 - Nobel Prizes, 1976 - Templeton Prize

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1954 - January. January 1 - Soviet Union no longer demands war reparations from East Germany January 12 - Large-scale avalanches in Austria - over 20 dead January 14 - The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator forming the American Motors Corporation January 14 - Marilyn Monroe weds Joe DiMaggio. January 15 - Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya January 17 - In Yugoslavia, Milovan Djilas, Tito's second-in-command, is relieved of his dut ...

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1954, 1954 - Events, 1954 - January, 1954 - February, 1954 - March, 1954 - April, 1954 - May, 1954 - June, 1954 - July, 1954 - August, 1954 - September, 1954 - October, 1954 - November, 1954 - December, 1954 - unknown dates, 1954 - Births, 1954 - January, 1954 - February, 1954 - March, 1954 - April, 1954 - May, 1954 - June, 1954 - July, 1954 - August, 1954 - September, 1954 - October, 1954 - November, 1954 - December, 1954 - Unknown dates, 1954 - Deaths, 1954 - January, 1954 - February, 1954 - March, 1954 - May, 1954 - April, 1954 - June, 1954 - July, 1954 - August, 1954 - September, 1954 - November, 1954 - December, 1954 - Nobel Prizes, 1954 - Fields Medalists

Read more here: » 1954: Encyclopedia II - 1954 - Events

1923 - January. Michel-Joseph Maunoury, French general (b. 1847) January 9 - Katherine Mansfield, British novelist (b. 1888) January 23 - Max Nordau, Hungarian author, philosopher, and Zionist leader (b. 1849) 1923 - February. February 10 - Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845) February 23 - Théophile Delcassé, Fr ...

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1923, 1923 - Events, 1923 - January, 1923 - February, 1923 - March, 1923 - April, 1923 - May, 1923 - June, 1923 - July, 1923 - August, 1923 - September, 1923 - October, 1923 - November, 1923 - December, 1923 - Unknown dates, 1923 - Births, 1923 - January, 1923 - February, 1923 - March, 1923 - April, 1923 - May, 1923 - July, 1923 - August, 1923 - September, 1923 - October, 1923 - November, 1923 - December, 1923 - Deaths, 1923 - January, 1923 - February, 1923 - March, 1923 - April, 1923 - June, 1923 - August, 1923 - October, 1923 - December, 1923 - Nobel Prizes

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