1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). 1978 - Events. January 1 - The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. January 1 - Air India's Boeing 747 explodes near Bombay - 213 dead. January 4 - Referendum in Chile supports policies of Augusto Pinochet. January 6 - The Hungarian Holy Crown (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) returned to Hungary from the U ...

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• 1978 - Events
• 1978 - February
• 1978 - March
• 1978 - April
• 1978 - May
• 1978 - June
• 1978 - July
• 1978 - August
• 1978 - September
• 1978 - October
• 1978 - November
• 1978 - December
• 1978 - Unknown dates
• 1978 - Births
• 1978 - January-May
• 1978 - June-September
• 1978 - October-December
• 1978 - Unknown dates
• 1978 - Deaths
• 1978 - January-June
• 1978 - July-December
• 1978 - Unknown dates
• 1978 - Nobel Prizes
• 1978 - Fields Medalists
• 1978 - Templeton Prize

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1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. 1996 - Events. January 5 - Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone. January 7 - One of the worst blizzards in American history hits eastern states, killing more than 100. January 8 - Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital Kinshasa ...

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• 1996 - Events
• 1996 - February
• 1996 - March
• 1996 - April
• 1996 - May
• 1996 - June
• 1996 - July
• 1996 - August
• 1996 - September
• 1996 - October
• 1996 - November
• 1996 - December
• 1996 - Environmental change
• 1996 - Unknown date
• 1996 - Births
• 1996 - Deaths
• 1996 - January-February
• 1996 - March-June
• 1996 - July-December
• 1996 - Nobel Prizes
• 1996 - Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
• 1996 - Templeton Prize
• 1996 - Right Livelihood Award

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Continental Airlines - Early history. Continental Airlines began service in 1934 as Varney Speed Lines, named after its initial owner, Walter T. Varney, first operating out of El Paso International Airport. Varney Speed Lines changed its name to Continental on 1 July 1937 after new owner Robert Six had taken over. Six moved the airline headquarters to Stapleton Airport in Denver, Colorado in October of that same year. He w ...

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Continental Airlines, Continental Airlines - History, Continental Airlines - Early history, Continental Airlines - First bankruptcy, Continental Airlines - Second bankruptcy, Continental Airlines - Destinations, Continental Airlines - Fleet, Continental Airlines - Services, Continental Airlines - Contact Info, Continental Airlines - Incidents and Accidents

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During the 1970s, boxing was characterized by dominating champions and history making rivalries. The decade had many super-stars, but these super-stars also had fierce rivals. Alexis Arguello, for example, who won the world Featherweight and Jr. Lightweight titles during this decade, had to overcome Alfredo Escalera twice before the decade was over. At least six divisions had world champions who could be considered dominant: The Bantamweights had Ruben Olivares, the Super Bantamweights, (a division created in 1976) had Wilfredo Gómez ...

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• Boxing in the 1970s - A list of fights by year
• Boxing in the 1970s - 1970
• Boxing in the 1970s - 1971
• Boxing in the 1970s - 1972
• Boxing in the 1970s - 1973
• Boxing in the 1970s - 1974
• Boxing in the 1970s - 1975
• Boxing in the 1970s - 1976
• Boxing in the 1970s - 1977
• Boxing in the 1970s - 1978
• Boxing in the 1970s - 1979

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Boxing in the 1980s was filled with important fights, events and personalities that shaped the sport. Boxing in the 1980s was shaped by many different situations, such as the continuous corporate battles between the different world sanctioning organizations, the void left by Muhammad Ali as the sport's ambassador and consequent search for a new boxing hero, the continuous presence of Don King as the sport's most famous promoter and the surge of rival promoters as Bob Arum, Butch Lewis and Murad Muhammad. In 1986, Mike Tyson cro ...

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• Boxing in the 1980s - A list of fights by year
• Boxing in the 1980s - 1980
• Boxing in the 1980s - 1981
• Boxing in the 1980s - 1982
• Boxing in the 1980s - 1983
• Boxing in the 1980s - 1984
• Boxing in the 1980s - 1985
• Boxing in the 1980s - 1986
• Boxing in the 1980s - 1987
• Boxing in the 1980s - 1988
• Boxing in the 1980s - 1989

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Córdoba is a province of Argentina, located in the center of the country. Its capital, Córdoba, is the second largest city in the country. Neighboring provinces are (clockwise from the north): Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, Buenos Aires, La Pampa, San Luis, La Rioja and Catamarca. Córdoba Province Argentina - History. Before the Spanish conquest a few different tribes lived in the region now called Córdoba Province, most notably the Comechingones and Sanavirones. Once settled in Alto Perú ...

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• Córdoba Province Argentina - History
• Córdoba Province Argentina - Economy
• Córdoba Province Argentina - Political division
• Córdoba Province Argentina - Other cities

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During the 1960s, boxing, like mostly everything else around the world, went through changing times. Boxers from the old guard of boxing gave way to a new movement filled with youth, controversy and enthusiasm. The decade of the 1960s is best remembered by the insurgence of a young boxer named Cassius Clay, who would, in his own words shock the world, declare himself against war, and change his name to Muhammad Ali. Many sociologists, observers and critics now view A ...

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• Boxing in the 1960s - List of fights by year
• Boxing in the 1960s - 1960
• Boxing in the 1960s - 1961
• Boxing in the 1960s - 1962
• Boxing in the 1960s - 1963
• Boxing in the 1960s - 1964
• Boxing in the 1960s - 1965
• Boxing in the 1960s - 1966
• Boxing in the 1960s - 1967
• Boxing in the 1960s - 1968
• Boxing in the 1960s - 1969

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Boxing in the 1930s was affected by one of the biggest economic struggles in the history of the United States: The depression era. Because of the suffering American economy, many boxers were offered lower purses, and they would not fight for low amounts of money. When the decade began, the world Heavyweight title had been vacant for three years. There was a world Middleweight champion, Mickey Walker, but he was more interested in pursuing fights with the best Heavyweight contenders, instead of fa ...

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• Boxing in the 1930s - List of Fights
• Boxing in the 1930s - 1930
• Boxing in the 1930s - 1931
• Boxing in the 1930s - 1932
• Boxing in the 1930s - 1933
• Boxing in the 1930s - 1934
• Boxing in the 1930s - 1935
• Boxing in the 1930s - 1936
• Boxing in the 1930s - 1937
• Boxing in the 1930s - 1938
• Boxing in the 1930s - 1939

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Batangas is a province of the Philippines located on the southwestern part of Luzon in the CALABARZON region. Its capital is Batangas City and it is bordered by the provinces of Cavite and Laguna to the north and Quezon to the east. Across the Verde Island Passages to the south is the island of Mindoro and to the west lies the South China Sea. Batangas is one of the most popular tourist destinations near Metro Manila. The province has many beaches and famous for excellent diving spots only a few hours away from Manila. Some of ...

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• Batangas - People and Culture
• Batangas - Economy
• Batangas - Geography
• Batangas - Political
• Batangas - Physical
• Batangas - History

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Frank Black, also known by the stage name Black Francis (real name Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV, born April 6, 1965 in Boston), is an American musician. He was one of the founding members of the alternative rock band the Pixies, along with guitarist Joey Santiago. Frank Black - Biography. Thompson was raised in Harbor City, California. He studied in the University of Massachusetts, before taking off to Puerto Rico as part of an exchange program. It was here where he reportedly spent s ...

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• Frank Black - Biography
• Frank Black - Singing and songwriting style
• Frank Black - Discography
• Frank Black - Studio albums
• Frank Black - EPs & singles
• Frank Black - Compilations

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Argentina’s wine history goes back nearly five hundred years when a Spanish friar by the name of Juan Cedron (or Cidron) brought the first vine cuttings to Santiago del Estero in 1557. From here, vines were soon planted in Mendoza, San Juan, and other provinces. The Spanish made use of the existing irrigation canals built by the indigenous Huarpe people and designed by engineers of the eighth Inca Yupanqui one thousand years ago. These canals brought the pure snow-melt water from the Andes onto the sun-drenched hills and valle ...

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• Argentinian wine - Regions
• Argentinian wine - Organizations

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The United Church of Christ (UCC) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States, generally considered within the Reformed tradition, and formed in 1957 by the merger of two denominations, the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches. As such, the UCC therefore unites one of the earliest Protestant denominations in the United States with various other mostly Reformed traditio ...

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• United Church of Christ - Origin
• United Church of Christ - Doctrine and Beliefs
• United Church of Christ - Polity/Organizational Structure
• United Church of Christ - Current issues in the UCC
• United Church of Christ - Liberal Identity?
• United Church of Christ - Branding Campaign
• United Church of Christ - Advent 2005 ad Katrina relief and fundraising concerns hamper ad buy
• United Church of Christ - Same Sex Marriage controversy
• United Church of Christ - Divestment and Tear Down the Wall resolutions
• United Church of Christ - Ecumenical relations
• United Church of Christ - United Church of Christ Institutions

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The second USS Thresher (SSN-593) was the lead ship of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarines in the United States Navy. Her loss at sea during deep-diving tests is often considered a watershed event in the implementation of a rigorous submarine safety program called SubSafe. She was named for a type of shark that is harmless to man and easily recognizable because its tail is longer than the combined length of body and head. The contract to build her was awarded to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on 15 January 1 ...

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• USS Thresher SSN-593 - Early career
• USS Thresher SSN-593 - Loss
• USS Thresher SSN-593 - Officers and Men lost with USS Thresher SSN-593
• USS Thresher SSN-593 - Officers
• USS Thresher SSN-593 - Enlisted men
• USS Thresher SSN-593 - Enlisted men continued
• USS Thresher SSN-593 - Naval observers
• USS Thresher SSN-593 - Civilian technicians

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The United States Navy's first battleship was the first to bear the name USS Texas, in honor of Texas, a region that, after being taken from its natives by first Spain and then Mexico, and later becoming an independent republic, was admitted to the United States as the 28th state on 29 December 1845. Texas was authorized by the U.S. Congress on 3 August 1886. She was built from British plans developed for a design com ...

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USS Nautilus (SSN-571), the first nuclear-powered submarine and a unique prototype, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be so named. The concept of the nuclear submarine was based on the work of physicist Philip Abelson. On December 12, 1951, the Navy Department announced that the world's first nuclear-powered submarine (SSN 571) would carry the name Nautilus. Authorized by the Congress in July 1951, her keel was laid at the Electric Boat Division, Groton, Connecticut by the Honorable Harry S. Truman, Preside ...

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• USS Nautilus SSN-571 - Underway on nuclear power
• USS Nautilus SSN-571 - Museum

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This is a list of airports to which United Airlines currently flies to. It does not include cities only served by United Express. United Airlines destinations - Asia. United Airlines destinations - East Asia. China, People's Republic of Beijing (Beijing Capital International Airport) Hong Kong (Hong Kong International Airport) Shanghai (Shanghai Pudong International Airport) Codeshares with Air China on selected Chinese ...

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• United Airlines destinations - Asia
• United Airlines destinations - East Asia
• United Airlines destinations - Southeast Asia
• United Airlines destinations - Europe
• United Airlines destinations - North America
• United Airlines destinations - United States U.S. Territories Canada and Mexico
• United Airlines destinations - Bermuda and the Caribbean excluding US territories
• United Airlines destinations - Central America
• United Airlines destinations - South America
• United Airlines destinations - Oceania

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Argentina is a country in South America, situated between the Andes in the west and the southern Atlantic Ocean in the east and south. It is bordered by Paraguay and Bolivia in the north, Brazil and Uruguay in the northeast, and Chile in the west and south. It also claims the British overseas territories of the Falkland Islands (known in Spanish as the Islas Malvinas ) and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Under the name of Argentine Antarctica, it claims around 1,000,000 km² of Antarctica, overlappin ...

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• Argentina - Origin and history of the name
• Argentina - History
• Argentina - Politics
• Argentina - Administrative Divisions
• Argentina - Urbanization
• Argentina - Geography
• Argentina - Enclaves and exclaves
• Argentina - Economy
• Argentina - Demographics
• Argentina - Culture
• Argentina - Language
• Argentina - Religion

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Continental Airlines (IATA: CO, ICAO: COA, and Callsign: Continental) (NYSE: CAL) is an American airline. Based in Houston, Texas, it is the 5th largest airline in the U.S. and the 6th largest in the world. Continental's tagline, since 1998, has been We Work Hard, and Fly Right. From its largest hub at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston plus other hubs at Newark Liberty International Airport near New York City and Hopkins International Airport in Cleveland, Continental flies to de ...

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• Continental Airlines - History
• Continental Airlines - Early history
• Continental Airlines - First bankruptcy
• Continental Airlines - Second bankruptcy
• Continental Airlines - Destinations
• Continental Airlines - Fleet
• Continental Airlines - Services
• Continental Airlines - Contact Info
• Continental Airlines - Incidents and Accidents

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Washington state maintains the largest fleet of passenger and auto ferries in the United States and the third largest in the world. The system, known as Washington State Ferries, serves communities on Puget Sound and in the San Juan Islands. The ferry system has its origins in the "Mosquito Fleet", a collection of small steamer lines serving the Puget Sound area during the later part of the nineteenth century and early part of the 20th century. By the beginning of the 1930s, two lines remained: the Puget Sound Navigation Compan ...

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• Washington State Ferries - Fleet
• Washington State Ferries - Current vehicle routes
• Washington State Ferries - Passenger-only service and private
• Washington State Ferries - Counties served
• Washington State Ferries - Subculture

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Cuyo is the name given to the wine-producing, mountainous area of north-west Argentina, comprising the provinces of San Juan, San Luis and Mendoza. Cuyo has some of the most popular tourist attractions in Argentina and the highest mountains in the Andes, including Aconcagua itself, the highest peak outside Asia, and the Ischigualasto Provincial Park. The soil is arid and reddish, crossed by few rivers. Most of the rivers are fed by the thawing of snow on the peaks, and their volume of water increases considerably in spring. The Desaguadero River is the main collector, receiving waters from the Bermejo, ...

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