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List of famous left-handed people - Baseball. Left-handedness is uniquely prized in baseball, among both hitters and pitchers. For hitters, the natural motion of swinging at a pitch gives a left-handed batter momentum running down the line to first. Left-handed batters typically also have a better view of the pitch thrown by a right-handed pitcher. Likewise, left-handed pitchers are valuable, in part because many left-handed sluggers have severe trouble hit ...

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Much of Wilmington's economy is based on its status as the most populous and readily accessible city in Delaware, a state that made itself attractive to businesses with pro-business finance laws and a longstanding reputation for a fair and effective judicial system. Wilmington has become a national financial center for the credit card industry, largely due to regulations enacted by former governor Pierre S. du Pont, IV in 1981. The Financial Center Development Act of 1981 eliminated the usury laws enacted by most states, thereby remov ...

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Quickly accumulating large debts, Frederick relied for an income on his wealthy friend, George Bubb Dodington. The prince's father refused to make him the financial allowance that the prince considered should have been his, and Parliament was obliged to intervene, resulting in further bad feeling between the two. Although in his youth he was undoubtedly a spendthrift and womaniser, Frederick settled down, on his marriage, in 1736, to the sixteen year old Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, and soon became a devoted family man, taking his wife and ...

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During World War II, Brunswick boomed as over 16,000 workers of the J. A. Jones Construction Company produced ninety-nine Liberty ships and "Knot" ships (Type C1-M ships which were designed for short coastal runs, and most often named for knots) for the U.S. Maritime Commission to transport war matériel to the European and Pacific Theatres. The first ship was the SS James M. Wayne (named after James Moore Wayne), whose keel was laid on July 6, 1942 and was launched on March 13, 1943. The last ship was the SS Coastal Ranger< ...

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Caroline County was established in 1728 from Essex, King and Queen, and King William counties. It was named for Caroline of Ansbach, the wife of King George II of Great Britain. During the Civil War Confederate troops under General George E. Pickett fought Union troops near Milford in 1864. Confederate General Stonewall Jackson died in Guinea after being shot by his own troops at the Chancellorsville. John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Lincoln, was ...

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The motives for the ill-feeling between Frederick and his parents may include the fact that he had been set up by his grandfather, even as a small child, as the representative of the house of Hanover, and was used to presiding over official occasions in the absence of his parents. He was not permitted to go to England until his father took the throne as King George II of Great Britain on 11 June 1727. He had a will of his own and sponsored a court of ‘opposition’ politicians at his residence, Leicester House. Frederick and his gro ...

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In 1878, poet and native Georgian Sidney Lanier wrote his world-famous poem The Marshes of Glynn about the marshes in Glynn county as he sought relief from tuberculosis in Brunswick's climate. A major bridge near the marshes of Glynn is named the Sidney Lanier Bridge. There is a historical marker overlooking the marshes of Glynn commemorating Lanier and the poem, and a live oak tree near the marker is named the Sidney Lanier Oak. The original Sidney Lanier Bridge was a vertical lift bridge on U.S. Highway 17 crossing ove ...

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Bridgewater is part of the Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District. All of the schools are in Bridgewater except for Kennedy, which is in Raritan Borough. Schools in the district (with 2003-04 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics , where applicable) are: Primary Schools (grades pre-K through 3): Adamsville School (434 students) Bradley Gardens School (405 students) Crim School (439 students) Hamilton School (399 students) John F. Kennedy School (538 Students) Milltown School (opened September 2005; 500 stude ...

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As of the census2 of 2000, there are 42,940 people, 15,561 households, and 11,888 families residing in the township. The population density is 510.9/km² (1,323.4/mi²). There are 15,879 housing units at an average density of 188.9/km² (489.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the township is 83.07% White, 2.17% African American, 0.08% Native American, 11.54% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.89% from other races, and 1.25% from two or more ra ...

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Brunswick is located at 31°9'32" North, 81°29'21" West (31.158777, -81.489252)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 65.2 km² (25.2 mi²). 44.6 km² (17.2 mi²) of it is land and 20.7 km² (8.0 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 31.68% water. The Intracoastal Waterway passes between Brunswick and St. Simons Island, utilizing ...

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As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 15,600 people, 6,085 households, and 3,681 families residing in the city. The population density is 349.8/km² (906/mi²). There are 6,952 housing units at an average density of 155.9/km² (403.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 36.41% White, 59.81% African American, 0.27% Native American, 0.35% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.73% from other races, and 1.40% from two or more races. 5.82% of ...

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Bridgewater is criss-crossed by several major highways, including Interstate 287, Interstate 78, U.S. 22, Route 202-206 and Route 28. Main Street, designated as a county highway, connects Bridgewater with Bound Brook and Somerville. The Raritan Valley passenger rail line of NJ Transit also passes through Bridgewater. There are two stations in the Finderne area, one off Finderne Avenue and the other on the old American Cyanamid property. ...

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,396 km² (539 mi²). 1,379 km² (533 mi²) of it is land and 16 km² (6 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.18% water. Caroline County is 30 miles (50 km) north of the capitol in Richmond and 22 miles (35 km) South of Fredericksburg. Caroline County is bounded on the north by Stafford and King George counties; on the south by Hanover County; on the east by King William, King and Queen, and E ...

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Caroline became Queen on the death of her father-in-law in 1727. In the course of the next few years, she and her husband fought a constant battle against their eldest son, Frederick, Prince of Wales, who had been left behind in Germany when they came to England, and only arrived to join them in 1728, by which time he was an adult and had formed many bad habits. The friction between Frederick and his parents, especially his mother, was constant and showed itself in numerous ways. He opposed his father's political beliefs, and, once married, ...

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Since it was considered by pre-Columbian inhabitants of eastern North America to be part of a single river continuing on through the lower Mississippi, it is perhaps an understatement to characterize the Ohio as a mere tributary of the Mississippi. The river is 981 miles (1579 km) long and carries the largest volume of water of any upper tributary of the Mississippi. On May 19, 1749 King George II of Great Britain granted the Ohio Company a charter of la ...

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George II of Great Britain died on the toilet on 25 October 1760 from an aortic dissection. According to Horace Walpole's memoirs, King George "rose as usual at six, and drank his chocolate; for all his actions were invariably methodic. A quarter after seven he went into a little closet. His German valet de chambre in waiting heard a noise, and running in, found the King dead on the floor." American film producer Don Simpson was found dead on the toilet on 19 January 1996. Although his death was officially attributed to natural cau ...

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Following an episode of insanity for Henry VI of England in 1453 and the subsequent outbreak of the Wars of the Roses (1455 - 1487), the English were no longer in any position to pursue their claim to the French throne and lost all their land on the continent, except for Calais. Calais would know the rule of eight more English Kings and Queens of France until 1558: Edward IV of England (March 4, 1461 - April 9, 1483). Edward V of England (April 9 - June 25, 1483). Richard III of England (June 25, 1483 - ...

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The Kingdom of France itself had been abolished on September 21, 1792, replaced by the French First Republic. There was no longer a kingdom of France at all, and George III was certainly not its king. In July 1797, during the peace negotiations at the Conference of Lille, the French delegates demanded that the King of Great Britain abandon the title of King of France as a condition of peace. The negotiations wer ...

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When Frederick died in 1863, Christian took the throne as Christian IX. In November 1863 Frederick of Augustenborg claimed the twin-duchies in succession after King Frederick VII of Denmark, who also was the Duke of Schleswig and Holstein, and who had died without a male heir. 1864 Prussia and Austria started the Second war of Schleswig which led to the Danish loss of both South Jutland and Holstein. ...

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Christian and Louise gave birth to six, remarkably successful children: Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, later Frederik VIII of Denmark (June 3, 1843 - May 14, 1912). Married Princess Lovisa of Sweden. Had issue Princess Alexandra of Denmark, later the Queen consort of Edward VII of the United Kingdom (December 1, 1844 - November 20, 1925). Had issue Prince Vilhelm (December 24, 1845 - March 18, 1913), later King George I of Greece. Married Olga Konstantinova, Grand Duchess of Russia. Had issue Prince ...

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There has been a range of urban legends reported regarding the dangers of using a toilet in a variety of different situations. Many of them have been shown to be false. These include the presence of poisonous spiders[3] (primarily due to the Australian red-back spider's reputation for hiding under toilet seats[4]). In large cities like New York, sewer rats often have ...

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