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51USS Enterprise (1799) — The third USS Enterprise , a schooner, was built by Henry Spencer at Baltimore, Maryland, in 1799, and placed under the command of Lieutenant John Shaw. This ship was overhauled and rebuilt several times, effectively changing from a twelve gun… …
52SAVAK — (Persian: ساواک, short for سازمان اطلاعات و امنیت کشور Sazeman e Ettela at va Amniyat e Keshvar , National Intelligence and Security Organization) was the domestic security and intelligence service of Iran from 1957 to 1979. It has been described …
53Rubber-hose cryptanalysis — In cryptography, rubber hose cryptanalysis is a euphemism for the extraction of cryptographic secrets (e.g. the password to an encrypted file) from a person by coercion, in contrast to a mathematical or technical cryptanalytic attack. The term… …
54Albanian nationalism and independence — The rise of Albanian nationalismThe 1877 1878 Russo Turkish War dealt a decisive blow to Ottoman power in the Balkan Peninsula, leaving the empire with only a precarious hold on Macedonia and the Albanian populated lands. The Albanians fear that… …
55History of Ottoman Albania — History of Albania Prehistory …
56Stocks — are devices used since medieval times for public humiliation, corporal punishment, and torture. The stocks are similar to the pillory and the pranger, as each consists of large, hinged, wooden boards; the difference, however, is that when a… …
57H. Beam Piper — Henry Beam Piper (March 23, 1904 – c. November 6, 1964) was an American science fiction author. He wrote many short stories and several novels. He is best known for his extensive Terro Human Future History series of stories and a shorter series… …
58League of Prizren — The League of Prizren ( sq. Lidhja e Prizrenit) was an Albanian political organization founded on June 10, 1878 in Prizren, Vilayet of Kosovo, Ottoman Empire. It aimed at defending the Albanian inhabited lands from being annexed by Slavic… …
59List of English words of Spanish origin — This is a list of English language words whose origin can be traced to the Spanish language as Spanish loan words . Many of them are identical in other Romance languages (mainly Portuguese), but their ultimate origin is from Spanish.;abaca : via… …
601980 Turkish coup d'état — The daily Hürriyet ran an extra edition, whose headline read The army has seized control The 12 September 1980 Turkish coup d état, headed by Chief of the General Staff General Kenan Evren, was the third coup d état in the history of the Republic …
