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  • William S. Paley (September 28, 1901 – October 26, 1990), coming ... Jewish immigrant. When he was 12, William added the middle initial ...
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  • William Zebina Ripley (October 13, 1867 – August 16, 1941) was an ... William Zebina Ripley was born on October 13, 1867, in Medford, Massachusetts ...
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  • William of Normandy (French: Guillaume de Normandie) (1028 – September ... William invaded England with his band of Normans, defeated the English ...
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  • American millionaire. He was the creator of the first Trust in America ... in Waldorf, Germany. He was the youngest of three sons born to butcher ...
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  • William Dampier (baptised September 5, 1651 – died March 1715) was ... Dampier's life belongs to the great age of so-called "Discovery ...
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  • Tubman, William {{Infobox Officeholder | name=William Vacanarat Shadrach ... | order=19th President of Liberia | term_start=January 3, 1944 ...
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  • William Isaac Thomas (August 13, 1863 – December 5, 1947), was an ... He co-operated with Florian Znaniecki on the formulation of what became ...
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  • The Battle of Hastings was the decisive Norman victory in the Norman ... The battle took place on October 14, 1066, between the Norman army ...
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  • [[Image:William Carlos Williams passport photograph 1921 (cropped ... Dr. William Carlos Williams (sometimes known as WCW) (September 17 ...
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  • officer and politician. He was the nominee of the Democratic Party for President ... Cass was in full favor of United States expansion and supported President ...
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  • a prominent law professor, and a signer of the United States Declaration ... tradition, contributed in the areas of law, politics, and education ...
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  • Sir William Henry Bragg (July 2, 1862 – March 10, 1942) was an English ... Bragg was the eldest child of Robert John Bragg, a sea captain who ...
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  • William Howard Schuman (August 4, 1910 – February 15, 1992) was ... He was among a number of notable American composers, including Aaron ...
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  • producer, and (usually uncredited) director of musicals for almost forty years ... Born in New York City, his father, William, was from a non-practicing ...
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  • The Pottawatomie Massacre occurred during the night of May 24 and ... was to "strike terror in the hearts of the proslavery people." ...
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  • light, elegant, and airy style and the list of his buildings includes some ... Adam was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, the second son of William ...
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  • Matilda of Scotland (c. 1080 – 1 May 1118) was the first wife and ... also commissioned the Gesta regum Anglorum of William of Malmsbury, considered ...
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  • Mary II (April 30, 1662 – December 28, 1694) reigned as Queen of ... Mary reigned jointly with her husband and first cousin, William III ...
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  • elections. It formed as a breakaway faction of the Democratic party and was ... main support came from Yankee-settled areas of upstate New York, western Massachusetts ...
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  • Sir Frederick William Herschel, FRS KH (November 15, 1738 - August ... Born Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel in Hanover, Germany, Herschel was ...
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