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111León, María Teresa — b. 1904, Logroño; d. 1988, Madrid Writer Rejecting her conservative, upper middle class background, León an early feminist joined the ranks of social revolutionaries during the years of the Second Republic. She married the poet Rafael… …
112Koenig, General Marie Pierre — 1898–1970 Koenig gained some of his military expertise in the French Colonial wars and served as a captain in the Norway campaign in 1940. When the Allies were forced to withdraw from Norway he returned to France only to be compelled to retire …
11324th Infantry Division (United States) — Infobox Military Unit unit name=24th Infantry Division caption=24th Infantry Division shoulder sleeve insignia dates=25 February 1921 1970 1975 1996 1999 2006 country=USA allegiance= branch=United States Army type=Division role= size= command… …
114Public holidays in the Philippines — This is a list of holidays in the Philippines.Observed in entire PhilippinesLocal holidayNew Year s DayNew Year s Day, or Araw ng Bagong Taon is celebrated with the family in or outside the house. The year is greeted on the Bisperas ng Bagong… …
115USS Delaware (1776) — The first USS Delaware of the United States Navy was a 28 gun sailing frigate that had a short career in the American Revolutionary War.The ship was built under the 13 December 1775 order of the Continental Congress in the yard of Warwick Coates… …
116Hel, Poland — for other meanings, see also the disambiguation page Hela Infobox Settlement name = Hel imagesize = 250px image caption = Old fisherman house on Wiejska Street image shield = POL Hel COA.svg pushpin pushpin label position = bottom subdivision… …
117Hippolytus (play) — Infobox Play | name = Hippolytus caption = The Death of Hippolytus by Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema writer = Euripides chorus = Troezenian Women characters = Aphrodite Hippolytus Attendants Nurse Phaedra Theseus Messenger Artemis setting = Before the… …
118Ernest Wright Alexander — Major General Ernest Wright Alexander VC, CB, CMG (2 October 1870 25 August 1934) was born in Liverpool, England and was by birth an English UK recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of… …
119Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway — Overview Type Heavy rail Status Disused Locale …
120Władysław Raginis — Infobox Military Person name=Władysław Raginis nickname= caption=Captain Władysław Raginis rank=Captain date of birth=birth date|1908|6|27|mf=y placeofbirth=Dyneburg date of death=death date|1939|9|10|mf=y placeofdeath=Wizna, Poland profession=… …
