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1Manoj-Babli honour killing case — The Manoj Babli honour killing case was the honour killing of Indian newly weds Manoj Banwala and Babli in June 2007 and the successive court case which historically convicted defendants for an honor killing. The killing was ordered by a khap… …
2The Holocaust — Holocaust and Shoah redirect here. For other uses, see Holocaust (disambiguation) and Shoah (disambiguation). Selection on …
32002 Gujarat violence — The skyline of Ahmedabad filled with smoke as buildings and shops are set on fire by rioting mobs. The 2002 Gujarat violence describes the Godhra train burning and resulting communal riots between Hindus and Muslims. On 27 February 2002 at Godhra …
4Causes of the 1948 Palestinian exodus — Palestinians The causes and explanations of the exodus of Palestinian Arabs that arose during the 1947 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab Israeli War are a matter of great controversy among historians of, and commentators on …
5native American — native American, adj. a person born in the United States. [1835 45, Amer.] * * * ▪ indigenous peoples of Canada and United States Introduction also called American Indian, Amerindian, Amerind, Indian, Aboriginal American, or First Nation… …
6Native American — Indian (def. 1). Usage. See Indian, Eskimo. * * * ▪ indigenous peoples of Canada and United States Introduction also called American Indian, Amerindian, Amerind, Indian, Aboriginal A …
7Irish Rebellion of 1641 — The Irish Rebellion of 1641 began as an attempted coup d état by Irish Catholic gentry, but developed into inter communal violence between native Irish and English and Scottish Protestant settlers, starting a conflict known as the Irish… …
8Beauchamp–Sharp Tragedy — The Beauchamp Sharp Tragedy (sometimes called The Kentucky Tragedy) refers to the murder of Kentucky legislator Solomon P. Sharp by Jereboam O. Beauchamp. As a young lawyer, Beauchamp had been an admirer of Sharp s until the latter allegedly… …
9Billy Thompson (gunman) — Billy Thompson, sometimes known as Texas Billy Thompson (1845 September 6, 1897) was an Old West gunman and gambler, and the younger brother of the famous gunman and lawman Ben Thompson. The younger Thompson brother never achieved the fame that… …
10literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
