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11Corazon Aquino — Corazon C. Aquino 11th President of the Philippines 2nd President of the Fourth Republic 1st President of the Fifth Republic …
12colonialism, Western — ▪ politics Introduction a political economic phenomenon whereby various European nations explored, conquered, settled, and exploited large areas of the world. The age of modern colonialism began about 1500, following the European… …
13HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …
14Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum — For board track racing circuit, see Los Angeles Coliseum Motordome. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum The Coliseum hosting USC football. Location 3911 South Figueroa Str …
15POLAND — POLAND, republic in E. Central Europe; the kingdom of Poland and the grand duchy of Lithuania united formally (Poland Lithuania) in 1569. This article is arranged according to the following outline: the early settlements jewish legal status… …
16Tulsa race riot — Infobox civilian attack title = Tulsa Race Riot caption = Buildings burning during the Tulsa race riot of 1921 location = Racially segregated Black Wall Street of Tulsa, Oklahoma date = May 31 June 1, 1921 time = timezone = type = fatalities = 39 …
17Vietnam — /vee et nahm , nam , vyet , vee it /, n. 1. Official name, Socialist Republic of Vietnam. a country in SE Asia, comprising the former states of Annam, Tonkin, and Cochin China: formerly part of French Indochina; divided into North Vietnam and… …
18Los Angeles Department of Water and Power — Agency overview Formed Water: 1902 Electric: 1916[1] Preceding agency …
19Culp's Hill — Edwin Forbes Scene behind the breastworks on Culps Hill,[where?] morning of July 3rd 1863: at daylight[1] …
20Military history of the Neo-Assyrian Empire — Assyrian Army Participant in Assyrian wars of conquest   …
