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  • 111Isaac Newton's later life — During his residence in London, Newton had made the acquaintance of John Locke. Locke had taken a very great interest in the new theories of the Principia. He was one of a number of Newton s friends who began to be uneasy and dissatisfied at… …

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  • 112Military history of France — Napoleon and the Grande Armée receive the surrender of Austrian General Mack after the Battle of Ulm in October 1805. The decisive finale of the Ulm Campaign raised the tally of captured Austrian soldiers to 60,000 …

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  • 113Naval warfare of World War I — Naval warfare in World War I was mainly characterized by the efforts of the Allied Powers, with their larger fleets and surrounding position, to blockade the Central Powers by sea, and the efforts of the Central Powers to break that blockade or… …

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  • 114History of West Virginia — Trans Allegheny at Hawks Nest, New River Valley West Virginia is one of two American states formed during the American Civil War (1861–1865), along with Nevada, and is the only state to form by seceding from a Confederate state. It was originally …

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  • 115Paddington North (UK Parliament constituency) — Paddington North Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons 1885 (1885)–February 1974 (February 1974) …

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  • 116Los Angeles Times bombing — Rubble of the Los Angeles Times building in 1910 Location Los Angeles, California, United Sta …

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  • 117Russian Alsos — The Russian Alsos was an operation which took place in early 1945 in Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia, and whose objectives were the exploitation of German atomic related facilities, intellectual materials, materiel resources, and scientific… …

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  • 118Kennedy, John F. — ▪ president of United States Introduction in full  John Fitzgerald Kennedy , byname  JFK  born May 29, 1917, Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. died November 22, 1963, Dallas, Texas  35th president of the United States (1961–63), who faced a number… …

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  • 119List of Ice Age characters — This is a list of the characters in the Ice Age films, mentioned by a name either presented in the films or in an official material. Contents 1 Characters from all three films 1.1 Manny 1.2 Sid 1.3 Diego …

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  • 1201938 New England hurricane — New England Hurricane Category 5 hurricane (SSHS) Weather map from September 21, 1938 featuring the storm Formed September 10, 1938 Dissipated September 22, 1938 …

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