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Churchill: Encyclopedia II - Churchill, Manitoba - History

A variety of nomadic Arctic people lived and hunted in this region. The Thule people arrived around 1000 from further west, and later evolved into the present-day Inuit culture. The Dene people arrived around 500 from further north. Since before the time of European contact, the region around Churchill has been predominantly inhabited by the Chipewyan peoples. Europeans first arrived in the area in the late 1600s. The first permanent settlement was a log fort built at the mouth of the Churchill River in 1717 as a part of the extensive ...

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Churchill is a popular spot for ecotourism, as well as for Arctic research. Tourists can safely view polar bears from specially modified buses known as tundra buggies. October and early November are the most popular times to see the bears, which wait around the outskirts of the town until the ice freezes on Hudson Bay so that they can return to hunt their primary food source, seals. Churchill is also a reliable place ...

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Churchill, Manitoba, Churchill, Manitoba - History, Churchill, Manitoba - Industry, Churchill, Manitoba - Transportation, Churchill, Manitoba - Notes

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Churchill: Encyclopedia - Battle of Normandy

The Battle of Normandy was fought in 1944 between the German forces occupying Western Europe and the invading Allied forces as part of the larger conflict of World War II. Sixty years later, the Normandy invasion, codenamed Operation OVERLORD, remains the largest seaborne invasion in history, involving almost three million troops crossing the English Channel from England to Normandy in then German-occupied France. The main Allied forces came from the United States, United Kingdom and Canada, but a total of twelve nations contributed units, the rest being Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, ...

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Churchill: Encyclopedia - August 2005

2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → August 2005 - Deaths in August. August 31: Michael Sheard August 26: Lord Fitt August 24: Jack Slipper August 24: Maurice Cowling August 24: Dr. Tom Pashby August 23: Brock Peters August 22: Lord Lane August 21: Robert Moog August 19: Mo Mowlam August 18: Gao Xiumin August 16: Frère Roger August ...

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Churchill: Encyclopedia - Axis Powers

The Axis Powers were those opposed to the Allies. The 3 major Axis powers, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and the Empire of Japan, referred to themselves as the "Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis". At their zenith, the Axis powers ruled empires that dominated large portions of Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, but they were ultimately defeated at the end of World War II. Like the Allies, membership of the Axis was fluid, and some nations entered and later left the Axis during the course of the war. Major Axis powers ...

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Churchill: Encyclopedia - Canary Islands

The Canary Islands are an archipelago of seven islands of volcanic origin in the Atlantic Ocean. They are located off the northwestern coast of Africa (Morocco and the Western Sahara). They form an autonomous community of Spain. The name comes from the Berber Canarii, tribe from the Atlas ( Morocco ) who occupied the island of Gran Canaria. Canary Islands - History. The Canary Islands have been known since antiquity. The peak of Teide on Tenerife can be seen on clear days from the African coast. It is possi ...

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Churchill: Encyclopedia - Canadian federal election 2006

The 2006 Canadian federal election (more formally, the 39th general election) will occur on January 23, 2006. The general election will elect members for the Canadian House of Commons, and will indirectly determine the prime minister and cabinet, as the government will be formed by the political party or coalition that the Governor General determines is best able to command the confidence of the House (usually the one with the most elected members). This unusual winter election was caused by a motion of no confidence pas ...

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Churchill: Encyclopedia - Arctic Ocean

The Arctic Ocean, located mostly in the north polar region, is the smallest of the world's five oceans, and the shallowest. Even though IHO recognizes it as an ocean, oceanographers may call it the Arctic Mediterranean Sea or simply the Arctic Sea, classifying it as one of the mediterranean seas of the Atlantic Ocean. Arctic Ocean - Geography. The Arctic Ocean occupies a roughly circular basin and covers an area of about 14,090,000 km² (5,440,000 mi²), slightly less than 1.5 times the size o ...

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Churchill: Encyclopedia - University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with one of the most selective sets of entry requirements in the United Kingdom. It is widely considered one of the world's most elite universities. Early records indicate that the university grew out of an association of scholars in the city of Cambridge, England, probably formed in 1209 by scholars escaping fr ...

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Churchill: Encyclopedia - Polar Bear

Conservation status: Lower risk (cd) The Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus), also known as White Bear or Northern Bear, is a large bear native to the Arctic. It is the largest land carnivore species. It is the apex predator within its range. It is well-adapted to its habitat: its thick blubber and fur insulate it against the cold, its white color camouflages it from its prey, and it hunts well both on land and in the water. Polar Bear - Natural range. Including:

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Churchill: Encyclopedia - David Irving

David John Cawdell Irving (born March 24, 1938) is a British Holocaust denier, who for many years had the reputation of a professional historian. From the late 1960s to the mid-1980s, Irving was considered a leading author on World War II with works such as Hitler’s War and Apocalypse 1945: The Destruction of Dresden. In the mid-1980s, Irving began openly associating with neo-Nazi and extremist groups. In the late 1990s, he sued the Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt for having listed him as a Holocaust denier ...

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Churchill: Encyclopedia - Curzon Line

The Curzon Line was a demarcation line proposed in 1919 by the British Foreign Secretary, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, as a possible armistice line between Poland, to the west, and Soviet Russia to the east, during the Polish-Soviet War of 1919–20. Curzon's plan was not accepted by the Soviet Russia, and in fact it did not play any role in establishing the Polish-Soviet border in 1921 because of the Polish demands. The final peace treaty in Riga (1921) provided Poland with almost 52,000 sq mi (135,000 sq km) of land east of the line (o ...

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Churchill: Encyclopedia - University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is a private university primarily located in the Hyde Park neigborhood of Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1890, doors opened in 1892. The University also has several laboratories, research institutions, and campuses located at various national and international locales (such as the recently opened left-bank campus in Paris). The University was conceived as a unique combination of the American interdisciplinary liberal- ...

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Churchill: Encyclopedia - Valentine tank

The most numerous British manufactured tank of World War II, the Infantry Tank III Valentine was known mainly for its inexpensive cost and high reliability. Valentine tank - History. Based on the A10 Cruiser tank, the Valentine was privately designed by the Vickers-Armstrong corporation (hence its lack of an "A" designation) and was submitted to the War Office in February 1938. The development team tried to combine the weight of a cruiser tank (so that suspension and transmission parts of the A10 could be u ...

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Churchill: Encyclopedia - Western Canada

Western Canada is a geographic region of Canada, generally considered to be west of the province of Ontario, although its precise definition is a source of controversy (see below). It consists of the following four provinces: British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba The latter three of these provinces are collectively referred to as the Prairie Provinces, or simply "The Prairies." Western Canada - Definitions. Although many Canadians include the pr ...

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Churchill: Encyclopedia - Alec Reeves

Alec Reeves (10 March 1902 - 13 October 1971) was a British scientist best known for his invention of pulse-code modulation (PCM). Reeves was born in Redhill, Surrey. His father Edward was surveyor to the Royal Geographical Society. Alec studied engineering at Imperial College London and in 1923 joined International Western Electric, a leading manufacturer of radio and telecommunications equipment. In 1925, the firm was taken over by Sosthenes Behn's International Telephone and Telegraph Company (ITT) and Reeves went to ...

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Churchill: Encyclopedia - Allegheny County Pennsylvania

Allegheny County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2000, the population is 1,281,666. The county seat is Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The county forms the nucleus of the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area. Allegheny County Pennsylvania - History. Before it was settled by Europeans, the county was mostly wilderness and uninhabited except for wandering Indians such as the Iroquois, who were the largest tribe in the area. The Allegheny River, Mountains, and County get their name f ...

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Churchill: Encyclopedia - Boston College

Boston College is a private university located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Its historic campus, one of the earliest examples of Collegiate Gothic architecture in North America, is set on a hilltop six miles (10 km) west of downtown Boston. Although chartered as a university by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1863, Boston College's name reflects its early history as a liberal arts college and preparatory school in Boston's South End. It was the first institution of higher educatio ...

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Churchill: Encyclopedia - Colleges of the University of Cambridge

This is a list of the colleges within the University of Cambridge. The University of Cambridge currently has 31 colleges, of which three admit only women (New Hall, Newnham and Lucy Cavendish). The remaining 28 are mixed, Magdalene being the last all-male college to admit women in 1988. Two colleges admit only postgraduates (Clare Hall and Darwin), and four more admit mainly mature students or graduate students (Hughes Hall, Lucy Cavendish, St Edmund's and Wolfson). The other 25 colleges admit mainly undergraduate students, but also p ...

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Churchill: Encyclopedia - Chiang Kai-shek

Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975) was a Chinese military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomintang (KMT) after the death of Sun Yat-sen in 1925. He commanded the Northern Expedition to unify China against the warlords and emerged victorious in 1928 as the overall leader of the Republic of China (ROC). Chiang led China in the Second Sino-Japanese War, during which Chiang's stature within China weakened but his international prominence grew. During the Chinese Civil War (1926–1949), Chiang at ...

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