30 December

Colin Powell was born in The Bronx, New York City in 1937. His parents had immigrated from Jamaica. Powell always spoke warmly of his parents as loving and hard working. He wrote in his autobiography "Its the luck of the draw when you are given parents and I couldn't have been luckier". An indifferent student, Powell attended the City College Of New York and obtained a degree in geology. He later spoke of how he "found himself" when he joined ROTC. He later described it as one of the happiest experiences of his life finding something he love ...

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Colin Powell, Colin Powell - Military career, Colin Powell - Dates of rank, Colin Powell - Awards and decorations, Colin Powell - Presidential appointments, Colin Powell - National Security Advisor, Colin Powell - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Colin Powell - Civilian career, Colin Powell - Secretary of State, Colin Powell - Life after politics, Colin Powell - Political views, Colin Powell - Civilian awards, Colin Powell - Related information

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Ochotona Prolagus The name pika is used for any member of the Ochotonidae, a family within the order of lagomorphs, which also includes the Leporidae (rabbits and hares). Either one or two genera are recognised within the family, which includes about 26 species. Pikas are also called rock rabbits or coneys. It is also known as the "whistling hare" due to its high-pitched warning cry when diving into its burrow. The pika may look like a hamst ...

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• Pika - Species
• Pika - External References

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Dr. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (June 14, 1928 [›] – October 9, 1967), commonly known as Che Guevara or el Che, was an Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary and Cuban guerrilla leader. Guevara was a member of Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement that seized power in Cuba in 1959. After serving in various important posts in the new government and writing a number of articles and books on the theory and practice of guerrilla warfare, Guevara ...

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• Che Guevara - Youth
• Che Guevara - Guatemala
• Che Guevara - Cuba
• Che Guevara - Disappearance from Cuba
• Che Guevara - Congo
• Che Guevara - Bolivia
• Che Guevara - Insurgent
• Che Guevara - Capture and execution
• Che Guevara - The Bolivian Diary
• Che Guevara - The intellectual and artistic
• Che Guevara - Legacy
• Che Guevara - Hero
• Che Guevara - Critique of hero
• Che Guevara - Source Notes
• Che Guevara - Content Notes
• Che Guevara - Published Works
• Che Guevara - Writings about Che Guevara
• Che Guevara - General
• Che Guevara - Other
• Che Guevara - Criticism praise etc.
• Che Guevara - Trivia
• Che Guevara - In the movies
• Che Guevara - In video games

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Charlie Dunbar Broad (known as C.D. Broad) (30 December 1887 - 11 March 1971) was an English philosopher known for his thorough and objective analysis in works such as Scientific Thought (1930) and Examination of McTaggart's Philosophy (1933). Charlie Broad was born in London, England and educated at Dulwich College and Cambridge University. He earned his professorship in philosophy at Cambridge in 1933. Other related archives11 March, 1887, 1933, 1971, 30 December

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Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 – 25 April 1976) was an English film director, winner of an Academy Award for his film version of the musical, Oliver! (1968). An illegitimate son of the great actor-producer Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and his mistress May Pinney Reed, Carol Reed was born in Putney, London, and educated at The King's School, Canterbury. Reed served in the British Army during the Second World War, giving him many experiences which appeared in his later films. He embarked on an acting career while still in ...

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B was the name of a programming language developed at Bell Labs. It is almost extinct, as it was replaced by the C language. It was mostly the work of Ken Thompson with contributions from Dennis Ritchie, and first appeared in 1969 or thereabouts. It was essentially the BCPL system stripped of any component that Thompson felt he could do without, in order to make it fit within the memory capacity of the minicomputers of the time. The language also included some changes made to suit Thompson's preferences (mostly along the lines of reducing t ...

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• B programming language - Example

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The year 10,000 problem is the collective name for all potential software bugs that may emerge as the need to express years with five digits arises. In the months leading up to the beginning of the year 2000 (see the Year 2000 problem), the year 10,000 problem was given somewhat humorous exposure by people in the media. Year 10000 problem - Problems with date-handling programs. A lot of date-handling programs during the year 2000 displayed the year as 1900, 19100, or 100 because the programmers ofte ...

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• Year 10000 problem - Problems with date-handling programs
• Year 10000 problem - Problems with records

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The USS Vermont (BB-20), a Connecticut-class battleship, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the 14th state. Her keel was laid down on May 21, 1904 at Quincy, Massachusetts, by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company. The Vermont was launched on August 31, 1905 sponsored by Miss Jennie Bell, the daughter of Governor Charles J. Bell of Vermont, and commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard o ...

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• USS Vermont BB-20 - External link

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USS Stephen Potter (DD-538), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Ensign Stephen Potter (1896–1918), a naval aviator during World War I. Stephen Potter (DD-538) was laid down on 27 October 1942 by the Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, Calif.; launched on 28 April 1943; sponsored by Sally and Marian Potter, nieces of Ensign Potter; and commissi ...

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• USS Stephen Potter DD-538 - 1944
• USS Stephen Potter DD-538 - 1945
• USS Stephen Potter DD-538 - 1951 – 1958

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* Professional club caps and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of {{{pcupdate}}}. ** National team caps and goals correct as of {{{ntupdate}}}. David Robert Joseph Beckham OBE (born May 2, 1975 in Leytonstone, London) is an English footballer. He currently plays for Real Madrid and as captain of the English national team, especially noted for the quality of his crossing and ability to hit free-kicks and corners, particularly from long-range. He is also famed for his celebrity lifestyle ...

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• David Beckham - Childhood and early career
• David Beckham - Manchester United
• David Beckham - Becoming a first team player 1995-98
• David Beckham - World Cup 1998
• David Beckham - The treble season 1998-99
• David Beckham - Wedding
• David Beckham - 1999-2000 season
• David Beckham - Euro 2000: abuse from England fans
• David Beckham - Captain of England
• David Beckham - Metatarsal injury
• David Beckham - World Cup 2002
• David Beckham - Leaving United 2002-03
• David Beckham - Real Madrid
• David Beckham - 2003-04 season
• David Beckham - 2004-05 season
• David Beckham - 2005-06 season: three sendings off
• David Beckham - Milestones
• David Beckham - Miscellaneous
• David Beckham - Quotations
• David Beckham - Notes

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Daniil Kharms (Russian: Даниил Иванович Хармс; 30 December 1905 (17 December Old Style) - 2 February 1942) was an early Soviet-era satirist who used a surrealist or absurdist style. Daniil Kharms - Life. Born Daniil Ivanovich Yuvachev (Даниил Иванович Ювачёв) in St. Petersburg. he came up with the Kharms pseudonym while in high school at the prestigious German "Peterschule," probably under influence of h ...

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• Daniil Kharms - Life
• Daniil Kharms - Works

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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television game show which offers very large cash prizes for correctly answering successive multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty. The maximum cash prize (in the original UK version) is one million pounds. The programme originated in the United Kingdom, where it is hosted by Chris Tarrant. It is based on a format devised by David Briggs, who, along with Steve Knight and Mike Whitehill, devised a number of the promotional games for Chris Tarrant's breakfast show on Capital FM rad ...

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• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? - UK version
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? - Format
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? - Text Game Walkaway
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? - Specials
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? - The Major Charles Ingram affair
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? - United States version
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? - Rule changes
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? - Other information
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? - Other national variants
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? - Million winners

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Colin Luther Powell, (born April 5, 1937) was the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving from January 20, 2001 to January 23, 2005 under President George W. Bush. Nominated by Bush on December 16, 2000 and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate, Powell became the highest ranking African American government official in the history of the United States (now having been tied by his successor, Condoleezza Rice). As a general in the United States Army, Powell also served as National Security Advisor (1987–1989) and Cha ...

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• Colin Powell - Military career
• Colin Powell - Dates of rank
• Colin Powell - Awards and decorations
• Colin Powell - Presidential appointments
• Colin Powell - National Security Advisor
• Colin Powell - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Colin Powell - Civilian career
• Colin Powell - Secretary of State
• Colin Powell - Life after politics
• Colin Powell - Political views
• Colin Powell - Civilian awards
• Colin Powell - Related information

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Victoria Claflin Woodhull (b. September 23, 1838, Homer, Ohio– d. June 9, 1927, Bredon, Great Britain) was an American suffragette who was one of the early leaders of the American woman's suffragette movement in the 19th century. She became a colourful and notorious symbol for women's rights, free love, and labour reforms. Many of her speeches on these subjects where not written by Woodhull herself, but her role as a figurehead in these movements was powerful and controversial. She is probably most famous for her declaration to run ...

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• Victoria Woodhull - Early life
• Victoria Woodhull - Female broker
• Victoria Woodhull - Newspaper editor
• Victoria Woodhull - Presidential candidate
• Victoria Woodhull - Views on abortion
• Victoria Woodhull - Publications

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The Atkins Nutritional Approach, popularly known as the Atkins Diet or just Atkins, is the most marketed and well-known of the low-carbohydrate diets. It was created by Dr. Robert Atkins (1930-2003) and popularized in a series of books, starting with Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution in 1972. In his revised book, Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution, Atkins updated some of his ideas, but remained faithful to the original concepts. The Atkins franchise (i.e., the business formed to provide products serving peopl ...

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• Atkins Nutritional Approach - Nature of the diet
• Atkins Nutritional Approach - Phases
• Atkins Nutritional Approach - Induction
• Atkins Nutritional Approach - Ongoing weight loss
• Atkins Nutritional Approach - Pre-maintenance
• Atkins Nutritional Approach - Lifetime maintenance
• Atkins Nutritional Approach - Popularity
• Atkins Nutritional Approach - Criticism
• Atkins Nutritional Approach - Views in favor of the diet
• Atkins Nutritional Approach - Misconceptions about the diet
• Atkins Nutritional Approach - Reference

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Benedict XIII, born Pedro Martínez de Luna, (b. Illueca, Aragon, 1328; d. Peñíscola, near Valencia, 1423) was an Aragonese, and is considered by many Roman Catholics an Antipope. Pedro de Luna was born at Illueca in Aragon (part of modern Spain) in 1328. He belonged to the de Luna family, who were part of the Spanish noblility. He studied law at the University of Montpellier, where he obtained his doctorate and later taught canon law. His knowledge of canon law, noble lineage and austere way of life won him the approval of Pope Gregory XI, who appointed de Luna to the position o ...

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• Avignon Pope Benedict XIII - Sources

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Until March 2004 Labor under Latham's leadership held a strong lead in national opinion polls. Latham's commitment to withdraw from Iraq caused a sharp drop in Labor's lead, but following the revelations of prisoner abuse in the Abu Ghraib prison, however, Labor's lead increased again, suggesting that support for involvement in Iraq had declined, undermining Howard's position. In June 2004, Labor's "troops home by Christmas" policy came under fire from U.S. President George W. Bush who, at a White House press conference during Howard' ...

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Mark Latham, Mark Latham - Early career, Mark Latham - Party leader, Mark Latham - 2004 election, Mark Latham - Departure from politics, Mark Latham - Biography, Mark Latham - Publication of Latham's Diaries and public appearances

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Princess Nori studied and graduated from the Department of Japanese Language and Literature in the Faculty of Letters of Gakushuin University in 1992. In the same year, she was accepted as research associate at the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology. In 1998, she was appointed researcher at the same institute. She contributed articles about birds to various academic works. Apart from her research, she has traveled extensively abroad and within Japan, ...

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Sayako Kuroda, Sayako Kuroda - Education, Sayako Kuroda - Engagement and marriage

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From 1869 to 1874, Forrest led three expeditions into the uncharted land surrounding the colony of Western Australia. In 1869, he led a fruitless search for the explorer Ludwig Leichhardt, in the desert west of the site of the present-day town of Leonora. The following year, he surveyed Edward John Eyre's land route from Perth to Adelaide. In 1874, he led a party to the watershed of the Murchison River, and then east through the unknown desert centre of Western Australia. Forrest published an account of his expeditions, Explorations in Australia, in 1875. In 1882, He was made a CMG by Queen ...

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John Forrest, John Forrest - Early Years and Family Life, John Forrest - Forrest the Explorer, John Forrest - The search for Leichhardt, John Forrest - The Bight crossing, John Forrest - Across the interior, John Forrest - Premier John Forrest, John Forrest - In Federal Politics, John Forrest - Forrest's character, John Forrest - Forrest in the Landscape

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Romanian Communist Party - Early history. The party was founded in 1921 when the Communist faction won control of Romania's Social-Democratic party (Socialist Party of Romania, successor to the defunct Romanian Social-Democratic Workers' Party and short-lived Romanian Social Democratic Party), renaming it the Socialist-Communist Party (Partidul Socialist-Comunist; soon after, the Communist Party of Romania - Partidul Comunist din România or PCdR). At the end of World War II it ...

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Romanian Communist Party, Romanian Communist Party - History, Romanian Communist Party - Early history, Romanian Communist Party - Gaining power, Romanian Communist Party - Stalinism, Romanian Communist Party - Ceauşescu Era, Romanian Communist Party - Membership, Romanian Communist Party - Organization, Romanian Communist Party - General Secretaries, Romanian Communist Party - Other notable communists

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