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1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The world population growth in absolute numbers is believed to have been the highest ever around this time. [1] 1989 - Events. January 8 - the Kegworth Air Disaster - A British Midland Boeing 737 crashes on approach to East Midlands Airport - 44 dead January 16–18 - Race riots in Overtown, Miami January 10 - Cuban troops begin withdrawing from Angola January 10 - Assistant Austra ...

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1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. 1988 - Events. January 1 - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is established, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States. January 2 - Georgia celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 9 - Connecticut celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 26 - Australia celebrates its bicentennial. 1988 - February. ...

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Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). 1830 - Events. February 3 - Greece gains full independence from the Ottoman Empire as the final result of the Greek War of Independence. Negotiations for the borders between the two states continue until 1832, under the supervision of Russia, France and Britain. April 6 - Founding of the Church of Jesus Christ of ...

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1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). 1993 - Events. January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic. January 3 - In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). January 5 - Washington State executes Westley Allan Do ...

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1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. 1994 - Events. January 1 - North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect January 1 - Zapatista Army of National Liberation begins war in Chiapas, Mexico January 1 - Bantustans join South Africa January 6 - Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an assailant under orders from figure skating rival ...

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Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). 1890 - Events. January 2 - Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer for the U.S. White House. January 9 - Phi Beta Sigma fraternity founded January 25 - The United Mine Workers of America is founded.< ...

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1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. It is equivalent to 2733 a.U.c., and to 1359 AH. 1980 - Events. January 1–April 1 - National steel strike in the United Kingdom. January 1 - Changes to the Swedish Act of Succession creates Victoria of Sweden, Crown Princess over her younger brother. January 4 - American president Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. January 5 - Hewlett-Packard ...

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1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). 1934 - Events. January 1 - Alcatraz becomes a federal prison. January 1 - Nazi Germany passes the "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring." January 7 - First Flash Gordon comic strip is published. January 10 - Execution of Marinus van der Lubbe January 24 - Einstein visits White House January 26 - The Apollo The ...

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1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. 1910 - Events. January - In Greece, the Military League forces parliament and George I of Greece to summon National Assembly to revise Constitution. January 15 - In the United Kingdom, General Election held in response to House of Lords rejection of the (1909) budget results in ...

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1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. 1983 - Events. January 2 - The musical Annie is performed for the last time after 2,377 shows (Uris Theatre on Broadway, New York City). January 8 - Riot in the Sing Sing prison January 10 - Mafia hitman Roy DeMeo is found dead in a trunk of his own car January 15 - Mafioso Meyer Lansky dies at Mount Sinai hospital January 19 - Klaus B ...

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Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calaber). 1873 - Events. January 71 - Indian Wars: First Battle of the Stronghold during the Modoc War. February 11 - Spanish Cortes deposes King Amadeus I and proclaims the First Spanish Republic. February 12 - Former foreign minister Emilio Cistelar y Ripoli becomes prime minister of the new Spanish Re ...

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Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). 1877 - Events. January 1 - Queen Victoria proclaimed Empress of India by the Royal Titles Act, introduced by United Kingdom Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. January 8 - Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle with the United States Cavalry (Montana) January 20 - Ottoman Turkey rejec ...

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The Prime Minister is appointed by the Governor-General under section 64 of the Australian Constitution. Section 64 of the Constitution empowers the Governor-General to appoint Ministers of State, and requires such Ministers to be members of the House of Representatives or the Senate. These Ministers are ex officio members of the Federal Executive Council and constitute the Cabinet. The Prime Minister in practice is the leader of the Cabinet. By convention, he or s ...

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Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister of Australia - Appointment, Prime Minister of Australia - Powers, Prime Minister of Australia - History, Prime Minister of Australia - List of Prime Ministers, Prime Minister of Australia - Graphical timeline

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President - Presidential systems. In states with what is called a Presidential system of government, the President is also the head of government, as well as the head of state. Countries with such a system include the United States and most nations in Latin America. In this system the office of President is very powerful, both in practice and theory. In the United States, the President is indirectly elected by the U.S. Electoral College made up of electors chosen by voters in the presidential election. In ...

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President - Presidential systems. In states with what is called a Presidential system of government, the President is also the head of government, as well as the head of state. Countries with such a system include the United States and most nations in Latin America. In this system the office of President is very powerful, both in practice and theory. In the United States, the President is indirectly elected by the U.S. Electoral College made up of electors chosen by voters in the presidential election. In ...

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The first semblance of a Constitution for Canada was the Royal Proclamation of 1763. The Act renamed Canada "The Province of Quebec" and redefined its borders and established a British-appointed colonial government. The proclamation was considered as the de facto constitution of Quebec until 1774 when the British government passed the Quebec Act of 1774 which set out many procedures of governance in the area of Quebec. It extended the boundaries of the colony and adopted the British criminal code among other things. The colony of Cana ...

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Constitution of Canada, Constitution of Canada - History of the Constitution, Constitution of Canada - Constitution Act 1867, Constitution of Canada - Constitution Act 1982, Constitution of Canada - Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Constitution of Canada - Amending formula, Constitution of Canada - Unwritten Sources of the Canadian Constitution, Constitution of Canada - Reference

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Discontent with Mrs. Thatcher's leadership of the party had been growing over the latter years of her tenure. In 1989, she had been challenged for the leadership for the first time since her election in 1975, by the backbench MP Sir Anthony Meyer. Thatcher faced no serious threat of losing to this stalking horse challenger, but her political impregnability was undermined by the fact that there had been such a challenge. Throughout 1990, Thatcher's popularity - and that of the Conservative government - waned considerably. There had bee ...

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Conservative Party UK leadership election 1990, Conservative Party UK leadership election 1990 - Background to the contest, Conservative Party UK leadership election 1990 - Contest rules, Conservative Party UK leadership election 1990 - First ballot, Conservative Party UK leadership election 1990 - Second ballot, Conservative Party UK leadership election 1990 - Outcome

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Besides the provisions establishing Turkey as a secular state, Article Ten goes further with regard to rights by guaranteeing equality regardless of "language, race, colour, sex, political opinion, philosophical belief, religion and sect, or any such considerations." (However, Article 3 states that "The Turkish state, with its territory and nation, is an indivisible entity. Its language is Turkish". Article 4 declares that Article 3 can never be modified and even the mod ...

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Constitution of Turkey, Constitution of Turkey - Rights, Constitution of Turkey - External Link

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In the United States, the United States Coast Guard is a military service under the United States Department of Homeland Security in peacetime. In wartime the Coast Guard reports to the Secretary of the Navy but does not become part of the United States Navy; however, its boats and cutters are integrated into U.S. military operations. The U.S. Coast Guard Academy and Officer Candidate School is located in New London, Connecticut. The U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers Academy is located in Petaluma, California. United States Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, New Jersey is t ...

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Coast guard, Coast guard - National coast guards, Coast guard - Coast Guards

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College of William and Mary - Early History. The history of the College's founding predates the founding of the United States. It begins in the Virginia Colony, which was first established at Jamestown in 1607. A school of higher education had long been a goal of the original colonists and a notable effort was chartered in 1618 at Henricus (but the plan unfortunately disappeared, along with the ent ...

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A coast guard is an organization devoted to saving the lives of shipwrecked mariners or people in danger at sea. In some countries it is part of the military. In other countries it is a civilian or even private sector organization. Most coast guards operate ships and aircraft including helicopters and seaplanes for this purpose. Coast guards also enforce maritime law, maintain aids to navigation such as beacons and buoys, and provide other services for the benefit of mariners. Most coast guards are run on military lines and ser ...

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Comfort women is a euphemism for women who were forced to work as sex slaves in military brothels in Japanese-occupied countries during World War II. In the Japanese language, ianfu (慰安婦, comfort women) is a term coined by Asahi Shinbun in the 1980s to refer to these wartime prostitutes. jūgun-ianfu (従軍慰安婦, "military comfort women"), those who served in Japanese military brothels during World War II in Japanese colonies and war zones, was also used, but is seen infrequently these days. (The word ian means 'comfort' in the sense of 'comfort someone for their arduous duties ...

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• Comfort women - The ongoing debate over comfort women
• Comfort women - Military brothels human trafficking and sexual slavery in context
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• Comfort women - Vietnamese and Viet Cong in Vietnam
• Comfort women - United Nations Peacekeeping Forces
• Comfort women - NATO

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