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- 1882 – March 5, 1967) was a major figure in modern Iranian history who ... Mosaddeq was removed from power on August 19, 1953, in a coup d'état ...33 KB (4,921 words) - 19:30, 9 November 2022
- is the second-largest known dwarf planet in the solar system and the tenth ... a binary system because they are closer in size than any of the other ...42 KB (6,097 words) - 17:02, 26 September 2023
- and diplomat. Poitier's family lived in the Bahamas, then still a Crown ... In 1964, Poitier won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Lilies of ...42 KB (5,991 words) - 14:35, 27 January 2023
- The Munich massacre occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich ... The participation of an Israeli team in an Olympic Games held in Germany ...51 KB (8,065 words) - 02:35, 11 March 2023
- In India, he enjoyed excellent relations with Jawaharlal Nehru and ... Mountbatten was born in Frogmore House, Windsor, in England, as His ...36 KB (5,344 words) - 04:07, 4 November 2022
- Service Order (DSO) and two bars, Mentioned-in-Despatches (MID) (February ... some moral issues that remain of concern in situations involving unconventional ...43 KB (6,762 words) - 01:10, 18 November 2022
- object represented by a symbol that is used in counting and measuring. A symbol ... 'V'. An important development in the history of numerals was ...37 KB (5,685 words) - 00:43, 17 November 2022
- Netherlands from 1980 until her abdication in 2013, after a reign of exactly ... during her childhood so Beatrix followed in the footsteps of four remarkable ...28 KB (3,868 words) - 10:18, 26 September 2023
- British and American actress and singer. In a career spanning eight decades ... After studying acting in New York City. she moved to Hollywood and ...63 KB (9,615 words) - 18:04, 27 July 2023
- familiarly known as "Gabo" in his native country, is considered ... Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985) ...51 KB (8,034 words) - 07:37, 15 April 2024
- as Bombay, is the the most populous city in India and capital of the state ... of the Hindu goddess Mumbadevi, and Aai—mother in Marathi. ...39 KB (5,723 words) - 02:34, 11 March 2023
- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (January 5, 1928 - April 4, 1979) was a Pakistani ... Bhutto was executed in 1979 for allegedly authorizing the murder of ...37 KB (5,508 words) - 06:14, 13 June 2023
- split the British and American Allied line in half, capturing Antwerp and ... The Ardennes attack was planned in total secrecy in almost total radio ...55 KB (8,725 words) - 01:44, 26 September 2023
- Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) served as the 44th President ... Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his ...70 KB (9,939 words) - 08:02, 20 September 2023
- both his spiritual and colonial roots in his writing. He received the ... Walcott was born and raised in Castries, Saint Lucia, in the West ...47 KB (6,423 words) - 09:51, 29 January 2024
- and strongman, Marcos led his country in its post-war reconstruction ... became corrupted by power, and measures set in place to curb student protest ...51 KB (7,579 words) - 17:20, 26 March 2024
- system's mass. Energy from the Sun—in the form of insolation from ... elements. The Sun is thought to be about 4.6 billion years old and about ...52 KB (7,953 words) - 22:23, 26 February 2023
- statesman and civil-rights leader who served in the United States House of ... Lewis fulfilled many critical roles in the civil rights movement and ...59 KB (8,081 words) - 20:53, 1 May 2024
- flew the Command Module Columbia alone in lunar orbit while they were ... and Aldrin then moved into Eagle and landed in the Sea of Tranquility on July ...97 KB (14,466 words) - 15:45, 11 August 2023
- the energy on Earth. Other stars are visible in the night sky, when they are ... mass of a star is the principal determinant in its evolution and eventual ...80 KB (12,078 words) - 15:50, 27 April 2023
