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  • 1962) was an iconic American actress, singer and model. Decades after her death ... Her birth in a charity ward and unstable early life as a foster child ...
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  • as of July 2, 1937), daughter of Edwin and Amy Otis Earhart, was an American ... grew up as a tomboy in the American Midwest and continued to defy what was ...
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  • for the historical novel The Acts and Deeds of Sir William Wallace ... his life to such. His desire for peace and freedom brought the clans ...
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  • through the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon to Northern California ... Pacific Ring of Fire, the ring of volcanoes and associated mountains around ...
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  • United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot ... he was awarded the Harmon Trophy (1953), and the Collier Trophy and Mackay ...
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  • – July 9, 1961), born Jay Vivian Chambers and also known as David Whittaker ... , was an American writer and editor. A Communist party member and ...
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  • 1898) was a British Liberal Party statesman and prime minister of the United ... prime ministers, with Winston Churchill and others citing Gladstone as ...
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  • – August 5, 2000) was an Academy Award and Tony Award-winning English ... Shy in private, he played roles that dominated the stage and screen ...
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  • director, race car driver, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He was the recipient ... (1966), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The ...
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  • Java (Indonesian, Javanese, and Sundanese: Jawa also spelled "Djawa ... Java is the 12th largest island in the world and the fourth largest island ...
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  • China), southern Russian Maritime province, and the northern and central parts ... that also occupied southern Manchuria and northern Korea. Goguryeo, ...
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  • 1564 – April 23, 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded ... Shakespeare was born and lived in Stratford-upon-Avon. From 1585 until ...
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  • centuries, told of a Christian patriarch and king said to rule over a Christian ... of the "Nestorian" Christians and of Thomas the Apostle's ...
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  • 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur and inventor, best known as the ... pioneer of the personal computer revolution and for his influential career ...
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  • a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A Nobel Prize winner ... Pinter was born and raised in Hackney, east London, and educated at ...
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