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  • 11Manuel J. Fernandez — Manuel John Fernandez, Jr. Capt. Manuel J. Fernandez, Jr. of the 334th Fighter Intercepter Squadron, 4th F …

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  • 12Cimon — /suy meuhn/, n. 507 499 B.C. Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades). * * * born с 510 died с 451 BC, Cyprus Athenian statesman and general. He was the son of Miltiades. A conservative, he promoted Sparta and… …

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  • 13Francis Stewart, 1st Earl of Bothwell — Francis Stewart, Earl Bothwell (b. c December 1562 d. April 1612, Naples), was Commendator of Kelso Abbey and Coldingham Priory, a Privy Counsellor and Lord High Admiral of Scotland. Like his stepfather, Archibald Douglas, Parson of Douglas, he… …

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  • 14Audley End House — (gbmapping|TL524381) is largely an early 17th century country house just outside Saffron Walden, Essex, south of Cambridge, England. It was once a palace in all but name and renowned as one of the finest Jacobean houses in England. Audley End is… …

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  • 15Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend — Major General Sir Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend KCB, DSO (21 February 1861 – 18 May 1924) was a British Indian Army officer who led the ultimately disastrous first British Expedition against Baghdad during World War I, and was later elected to… …

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  • 16Themistocles — /theuh mis teuh kleez /, n. 527? 460? B.C., Athenian statesman. * * * born с 524 died с 460 BC Athenian politician and naval strategist. As archon (493) he built defensible harbours at Piraeus. In 483 he persuaded the assembly to increase the… …

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  • 17Yamagata Aritomo — born Aug. 3, 1838, Hagi, Japan died Feb 1, 1922, Tokyo First prime minister under Japan s parliamentary regime (1889–91, 1898–1900). As a samurai youth in Chōshū province, Yamagata was among those who answered the foreign threat with the slogan… …

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  • 18The Tempest — Infobox Play name = The Tempest |200px caption = Prospero, Ariel and Miranda by William Hamilton writer = William Shakespeare genre = Comedy / Romance setting = Desert isle subject = Retribution / Forgiveness premiere = November 1, 1611… …

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  • 19Trumbo, Dalton — (1905–1976)    Dalton Trumbo was one of Hollywood’s highest paid screenwriters in the 1940s, with such films as A Guy Named Joe (1943) and Tender Comrade (1944) to his credit. He was born in Montrose, Colorado, on December 9, 1905. He attended… …

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  • 20The South Sea Company — For the Noel Coward play, see: South Sea Bubble (play). The South Sea Bubble of 1720, was an economic bubble that occurred through speculation in the stock of The South Sea Company. The company had been granted a monopoly to trade with South… …

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