Adventure is a genre of video game typified by exploration, puzzle-solving, interaction with game characters, and a focus on narrative rather than reflex-based challenges. The vast majority of adventure games are computer games, though console-based adventure games are not unheard of. Unlike many other game genres, the adventure genre's focus on story allows it to draw heavily from other narrative-based art forms, such as literature and film. Adventure games encompass a wide variety of literary genres, including fantasy, science ficti ...

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• Adventure game - Colossal Cave Adventure
• Adventure game - Scott Adams
• Adventure game - Graphical progress
• Adventure game - Infocom
• Adventure game - Sierra
• Adventure game - LucasArts
• Adventure game - Myst
• Adventure game - Types of adventure games
• Adventure game - Puzzle adventure
• Adventure game - Action-adventure
• Adventure game - Text based
• Adventure game - Graphical adventure
• Adventure game - RPG-like
• Adventure game - Other
• Adventure game - Modern adventure games
• Adventure game - Common features
• Adventure game - Notable adventure games
• Adventure game - Series

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1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. 1987 - Events. 1987 - January. January 1 - Frobisher Bay, Northwest Territories, changes its name to Iqaluit. In 1999, it will become the capital of Nunavut. January 3 - Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. January 4 - An Amtrak train en route from Washington, DC to Boston collides with Conrail engines killing 16. ...

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• 1987 - April
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• 1987 - August
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• 1987 - October
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• 1987 - December
• 1987 - Environmental change
• 1987 - Unknown dates
• 1987 - Births
• 1987 - Deaths
• 1987 - Fiction
• 1987 - Nobel Prizes
• 1987 - Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
• 1987 - Templeton Prize
• 1987 - Right Livelihood Award

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See also: 1975 in music, other events of 1976, 1977 in music, 1970s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1976 in music - Events. 1976 in music - January-February. January 7 - Kenneth Moss, a former record company executive, is sentenced to 120 days in the Los Angeles County Jail and four years probation for involuntary manslaughter in the 1974 drug induced death of Average White Band drummer Robbie McIntosh. January 13 - A trial begins for seven Brunswick Rec ...

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• 1976 in music - R-U
• 1976 in music - W-Z
• 1976 in music - Chronological Table of US and UK Number One Hit Singles
• 1976 in music - Other significant singles
• 1976 in music - Published popular music
• 1976 in music - Classical music
• 1976 in music - Opera
• 1976 in music - Musical theater
• 1976 in music - Musical films
• 1976 in music - Births
• 1976 in music - Deaths
• 1976 in music - Awards
• 1976 in music - Grammy Awards
• 1976 in music - Country Music Association Awards
• 1976 in music - Eurovision Song Contest

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World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, the War of the Nations and the War to End All Wars, was a world conflict lasting from 1914 to 1919, with the fighting lasting until 1918. The label World War I or First World War did not come into general use until after the outbreak of World War II in 1939, and until then it was known as the Great War or the World War. The war was fought by the Allied Powers on one side, and the Central Powers on the other. No ...

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• World War I - Early stages: from romanticism to the trenches
• World War I - Trench warfare begins
• World War I - Southern theatres
• World War I - Ottoman Empire
• World War I - Italian participation
• World War I - The War in the Balkans
• World War I - The Eastern Front
• World War I - The Russian Revolution
• World War I - The Last Half
• World War I - Entry of the United States
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• World War I - Entente’s victory
• World War I - End of the war
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• World War I - Media

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Faithless are a UK group of musicians whose music is described by one of their band as a cross between trip-hop and dance. Their songs include "God is a DJ", "Reverence" (reaching #10 in the UK), "Insomnia" (reaching #3), "Salva Mea" (reaching #9 as a remix), "We Come 1" (also reaching #3) and "One Step Too Far" (featuring Dido, Rollo's sister, reaching #6). The four original members of Faithless were Maxi Jazz, Sister Bliss, Jamie Catto and Rollo. Jamie Catto left after their second album, Sunday 8PM. For No Roots, Faithless were joined by LSK. Rollo also acted as producer for the second half of ...

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• Faithless - Singles
• Faithless - Other appearances

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Diwālī or Dīpāvali (also transliterated Deepavali; Sanskrit: row of lights) is the Hindu Festival of Lights. For Jains it is one of the most important festivals, and beginning of the Jain year. It is also a significant festival for the Sikh faith. Diwali is one of the most popular and eagerly awaited festivals of India. It is celebrated for 5 consecutive days in the Hindu month of Ashwayuja which usually corresponds to the month of October or November. Hindus, Jains and Sikhs celebrate Diwali and use the occasion to ...

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• Diwali - The Five days of Diwali
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• Diwali - Fourth day
• Diwali - Fifth day
• Diwali - Diwali in Sikhism
• Diwali - Diwali in Jainism
• Diwali - Diwali in other parts of the world
• Diwali - Notes

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In Greek mythology, Heracles, or Heraklês ("glory of Hera", Ηρακλης) was a divine hero, the demigod son of Zeus and Alcmene, and stepson of Alcmene's rightful husband and great-grandson of Perseus. In Roman mythology he was called Hercules. He was, arguably, the greatest of the mythical Greek heroes, best known for his superhuman strength. Many stories are told of his life, the most famous being The Twelve Labours of Herakles. His Etruscan equivalent was Hercle, a son of Tinia and Uni. He was also ...

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• Heracles - Birth and childhood
• Heracles - Adulthood
• Heracles - The Twelve Labours
• Heracles - Omphale
• Heracles - Hylas
• Heracles - Iole
• Heracles - Killing various giants
• Heracles - Laomedon/Tros
• Heracles - Other adventures
• Heracles - Marriage affairs and death
• Heracles - Acca Larentia
• Heracles - Heracles' male lovers
• Heracles - Modern and ancient interpretations
• Heracles - Spoken-word myths – audio files

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In meteorology, a tropical cyclone (also referred to as a tropical depression, tropical storm, typhoon, or hurricane depending on strength and geographical context) is a type of low pressure system which generally forms in the tropics. While they can be highly destructive, tropical cyclones are an important part of the atmospheric circulation system, which moves heat from the equatorial region toward the higher latitudes. Tropical cyclone - Terms for tropical cyclones. Depending on the regi ...

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• Tropical cyclone - Overall mechanics of a tropical cyclone
• Tropical cyclone - Formation
• Tropical cyclone - Times of formation
• Tropical cyclone - Locations of formation
• Tropical cyclone - Structure and classification
• Tropical cyclone - Intensities of tropical cyclones
• Tropical cyclone - Categories and ranking
• Tropical cyclone - Other storm systems
• Tropical cyclone - Movement and track
• Tropical cyclone - Large-scale winds
• Tropical cyclone - Coriolis effect
• Tropical cyclone - Interaction with high and low pressure systems
• Tropical cyclone - Forecasting
• Tropical cyclone - Landfall
• Tropical cyclone - Dissipation
• Tropical cyclone - Artificial dissipation
• Tropical cyclone - Monitoring observation and tracking
• Tropical cyclone - Naming of tropical cyclones
• Tropical cyclone - Renaming of tropical cyclones
• Tropical cyclone - Effects
• Tropical cyclone - Beneficial effects of tropical cyclones
• Tropical cyclone - Long term trends in cyclone activity
• Tropical cyclone - Global warming?
• Tropical cyclone - Notable cyclones

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The month is a unit of time, used with calendars, which is approximately as long as some natural period related to the motion of the Moon. The traditional concept arose with the cycle of moon phases; such months (lunations) are synodic months and last ~29.53 days. From excavated tally sticks, researchers have deduced that people counted days in relation to the Moon's phases as early as the Paleolithic age. Synodic months are still the basis of many calendars. Month - Astronomical background. The moti ...

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• Month - Astronomical background
• Month - Sidereal month
• Month - Tropical month
• Month - Anomalistic month
• Month - Draconic month
• Month - Synodic month
• Month - Month lengths
• Month - Calendrical consequences
• Month - Months in various calendars
• Month - Julian and Gregorian calendars
• Month - French Republican calendar
• Month - Islamic calendar
• Month - Hebrew Calendar
• Month - Hindu Calendar
• Month - Iranian/Persian calendar
• Month - Icelandic/Old Norse calendar
• Month - Notes

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Luoyang (Simplified: 洛阳; Traditional: 洛陽; Hanyu Pinyin: Luòyáng) is a prefecture-level city in western Henan province, People's Republic of China. It borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the east, Pingdingshan to the southeast, Nanyang to the south, Sanmenxia to the west, Jiyuan to the north, and Jiaozuo to the northeast. Situated on the central plain of China, cradle of the Chinese civilization, Luoyang was one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China. Luoyang - ...

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• Luoyang - Culture
• Luoyang - Colleges and universities
• Luoyang - Public
• Luoyang - Famous residents

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Cocoa is the dried and partially fermented fatty seed of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made. In the United States, 'cocoa' often refers to cocoa powder, the dry powder made by grinding cocoa seeds and removing the cocoa butter from the dark, bitter cocoa solids. By itself it has an extremely bitter flavor. Hot cocoa is often confused with hot chocolate, but hot cocoa is made from the cocoa solids, while true hot chocolate is made from whole chocolate. Cocoa - History. Chocolate and cocoa are ...

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• Cocoa - History
• Cocoa - World Production
• Cocoa - Harvesting
• Cocoa - Producing chocolate
• Cocoa - Use of cocoa
• Cocoa - Issues with cocoa as a commodity
• Cocoa - External link

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The BlackBerry is a wireless handheld device which supports e-mail, mobile telephone, text messaging, web browsing and other wireless information services. It is provided by Research In Motion through cellular telephone companies. It made headway in the marketplace by first concentrating on email. Research In Motion is currently involved in a patent dispute. See Research In Motion. BlackBerry - Hardware. The devices are manufactured by the Canadian company Research In Motion (RIM) and are resold by cellular ...

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• BlackBerry - Keyboard
• BlackBerry - Operating system
• BlackBerry - Supporting software
• BlackBerry - Third party software
• BlackBerry - Social usage
• BlackBerry - Name origin
• BlackBerry - Nicknames
• BlackBerry - Problems
• BlackBerry - Models
• BlackBerry - Phones with BlackBerry e-mail client
• BlackBerry - Providers
• BlackBerry - Asia Pacific
• BlackBerry - North America
• BlackBerry - Europe
• BlackBerry - Africa
• BlackBerry - Popular culture

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1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. For the movie, see 1969 (movie). For the Velvet Underground live album, see 1969: The Velvet Underground Live. 1969 - Events. 1969 - January. January 1 - Australian media baron Rupert Murdoch purchases the largest selling British Sunday newspaper The News Of The World January 3 - Pele scores his 1000th goa ...

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• 1969 - February
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• 1969 - April
• 1969 - May
• 1969 - June
• 1969 - July
• 1969 - August
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• 1969 - October
• 1969 - November
• 1969 - December
• 1969 - Undated events
• 1969 - Ongoing events
• 1969 - Births
• 1969 - January
• 1969 - February
• 1969 - March
• 1969 - April
• 1969 - May
• 1969 - June
• 1969 - July
• 1969 - August
• 1969 - September
• 1969 - October
• 1969 - November
• 1969 - December
• 1969 - Deaths
• 1969 - January
• 1969 - February
• 1969 - March
• 1969 - May
• 1969 - June
• 1969 - July
• 1969 - August
• 1969 - September
• 1969 - October
• 1969 - November
• 1969 - December
• 1969 - Nobel Prizes

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Boxing, nicknamed the "sweet science" and also called pugilism or prizefighting, is a sport where two participants of similar weight attack each other with their fists in a series of two to three-minute intervals called "rounds". In both Amateur and Professional divisions, the combatants (called boxers or fighters) avoid their opponent's punches whilst trying to land punches of their own. Points are awarded for clean, solid blows to the legal area on the front of the opponent's body above the waistline, with hits to the ...

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• Boxing - London Prize Ring rules 1839
• Boxing - Marquess of Queensberry rules 1867
• Boxing - Amateur boxing
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• Boxing - Evolution of professional boxing
• Boxing - Equipment
• Boxing - Length of bouts
• Boxing - Technique
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• Boxing - Tactics and strategy
• Boxing - Boxing legends
• Boxing - British boxing legends
• Boxing - International Boxing Hall of Fame
• Boxing - List of boxing history
• Boxing - Medical concerns
• Boxing - Impact of boxing on the English language
• Boxing - Boxing in popular culture
• Boxing - Resources

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Childbirth (also called labour, birth, partus or parturition) is the culmination of a human pregnancy with the emergence of a newborn infant from its mother's uterus. A woman is considered to be in labour when she begins experiencing regular, strong uterine contractions, accompanied by changes of her cervix — primarily effacement and dilation. While childbirth is widely experienced as painful, some women do report painless labours. When the baby is born its birth weight is determined.

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• Childbirth - First stage: contractions
• Childbirth - Second stage
• Childbirth - Third stage: placenta
• Childbirth - After the birth
• Childbirth - Variations
• Childbirth - Pain
• Childbirth - Non-medical pain control
• Childbirth - Medical pain control
• Childbirth - Complications and Risks of Birth
• Childbirth - Professions associated with childbirth
• Childbirth - Social aspects
• Childbirth - Legal aspects
• Childbirth - Psychological aspects

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Charles Taze Russell, (February 16, 1852 - October 31, 1916), known as Pastor Russell, was an American evangelist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who founded what is known as the Bible Student movement. He is known for founding the religious journal "Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence" in 1879, as well as one of the first Bible Societies in America, Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society, in 1881. A schism in 1917 resulted in the formation of the present-day movements known as Bible Students and Jehovah's Witness ...

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• Charles Taze Russell - Ministry
• Charles Taze Russell - Beginnings
• Charles Taze Russell - Split with Barbour
• Charles Taze Russell - Russell's marriage
• Charles Taze Russell - Major publications
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• Charles Taze Russell - Theology and teachings
• Charles Taze Russell - Criticisms and controversies

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In Judaism, the Messiah (מָשִׁיחַ "anointed one", Standard Hebrew Mašíaḥ, Tiberian Hebrew Māšîªḥ Arabic المسيح;) initially meant any person who was anointed by God. In English today, it is used in two major contexts: the anticipated saviour of the Jews, and one who is anticipated as, regarded as, ...

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• Messiah - In the New Testament
• Messiah - In Islam
• Messiah - Other historically significant Jewish Messiah claimants
• Messiah - Josephus's report of civil unrest in the first century
• Messiah - Menahem ben Judah
• Messiah - Bar Kokhba
• Messiah - Moses of Crete
• Messiah - In 7th century Persia
• Messiah - The Syrian Serene
• Messiah - Messiahs during the crusades
• Messiah - David Alroy
• Messiah - In Yemen
• Messiah - Abraham Abulafia
• Messiah - Nissim ben Abraham
• Messiah - Moses Botarel of Cisneros
• Messiah - Asher Lemmlein
• Messiah - David Reuveni and Solomon Molko
• Messiah - Isaac Luria
• Messiah - Sabbatai Zevi
• Messiah - Sabbethaian pseudo-messiahs
• Messiah - Mordecai Mokia
• Messiah - Jacob Frank
• Messiah - Menachem Mendel Schneerson
• Messiah - Other Messiahs
• Messiah - The Messiah in science fiction and fantasy
• Messiah - See Also

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A monsoon is a periodic wind, especially in the Indian Ocean and southern Asia. The word is also used to label the season in which this wind blows from the southwest in India and adjacent areas that is characterized by very heavy rainfall, and specifically the rainfall that is associated with this wind. Monsoon - History. The word "monsoon" appears to have originated from the Arabic word "موسم" (mausem), which means season. It is most often applied to the seasonal reversals of the wind dir ...

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• Monsoon - Processes
• Monsoon - Monsoon systems
• Monsoon - North American Monsoon
• Monsoon - Northeast Winter Monsoon Asia
• Monsoon - Southwest Summer Monsoon

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1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. (see link for calendar) 1946 - Events. 1946 - January. January 2 - Unable to resume his rule over Albania after World War II, King Zog abdicated but retained his claim to the throne. January 4 - Theodore Schurch becomes the last person to be executed for offences committed under the Treachery Act of 1940 January 7 - Allied recognize Austrian republic with 1937 borders - the country is divided in ...

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• 1946 - May
• 1946 - June-July
• 1946 - August-November
• 1946 - December
• 1946 - Unknown dates
• 1946 - Births
• 1946 - January
• 1946 - February
• 1946 - March
• 1946 - April
• 1946 - May
• 1946 - June
• 1946 - July
• 1946 - August
• 1946 - September
• 1946 - October
• 1946 - November
• 1946 - December
• 1946 - Unknown date
• 1946 - Fictional
• 1946 - Deaths
• 1946 - Nobel Prizes

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1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). 1941 - Events. 1941 - January-February. January 6 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address. January 10 - Lend-Lease is introduced into the U.S. Congress. January 19 - British troops attack Italian-held Eritrea. January 21 - World War II: Australian and British forces attack Tobruk, Libya. J ...

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• 1941 - December
• 1941 - Unknown dates
• 1941 - Ongoing events
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• 1941 - October-November
• 1941 - December
• 1941 - Unknown dates
• 1941 - Deaths
• 1941 - January
• 1941 - February
• 1941 - March
• 1941 - April-May
• 1941 - June
• 1941 - July
• 1941 - August
• 1941 - September-October
• 1941 - November-December
• 1941 - Fiction
• 1941 - Nobel Prizes

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1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. 1917 - Events. 1917 - January-February. January 2 - The Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank. January 22 - World War I: President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Europe. January 25 - The Danish West Indies is sold to the United States for $25 milli ...

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• 1917 - November
• 1917 - December
• 1917 - Unknown dates
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• 1917 - Births
• 1917 - January-March
• 1917 - April-October
• 1917 - November-December
• 1917 - Unknown dates
• 1917 - Deaths
• 1917 - Nobel Prizes

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See also: 1968 in music, other events of 1969, 1970 in music, 1960s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1969 in music - Events. Perhaps the most famous musical events of 1969 are two legendary concerts. At a Rolling Stones concert in Altamont, California, a fan was stabbed to death by Hell's Angels, a biker gang that had been hired to provide security for the event. In retrospect, many commentators have concluded that the violence signalled the failure of the so-called "hippies", who espoused an ethos ...

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• 1969 in music - Events
• 1969 in music - Albums released
• 1969 in music - Top hits on record
• 1969 in music - Published popular music
• 1969 in music - Classical music
• 1969 in music - Opera
• 1969 in music - Musical theater
• 1969 in music - Musical films
• 1969 in music - Births
• 1969 in music - Deaths
• 1969 in music - Awards
• 1969 in music - Grammy Awards
• 1969 in music - Eurovision Song Contest

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