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  • 112Edward Heath — Infobox Prime Minister honorific prefix = The Right Honourable name = Sir Edward Heath honorific suffix = KG MBE imagesize = 250px birth date = birth date|df=yes|1916|7|9| birth place = Broadstairs, Kent, United Kingdom death date = death date… …

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  • 113Kurukshetra War — (Details given are according to the epic Mahabharata) The position of the Kuru kingdom in Iron Age Vedic India …

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  • 114Beethoven, Ludwig van — (baptized Dec. 17, 1770, Bonn, archbishopric of Cologne died March 26, 1827, Vienna, Austria) German composer. Born to a musical family, he was a precociously gifted pianist and violist. After nine years as a court musician in Bonn, he moved to… …

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  • 115Kafka, Franz — born July 3, 1883, Prague, Bohemia, Austria Hungary died June 3, 1924, Kierling, near Vienna, Austria Czech writer who wrote in German. Born into a middle class Jewish family, he earned a doctorate and then worked successfully but unhappily at a… …

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  • 116Archdiocese of Westminster —     Archdiocese of Westminster     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Archdiocese of Westminster     (WESTMONASTERIENSIS).     Erected and made metropolitan in 1850, comprises the Counties of Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Essex, and London north of the Thames …

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  • 117Show Luo — Infobox Chinese language singer and actor name = Show Luo caption = tradchinesename = 羅志祥 simpchinesename = 罗志祥 pinyinchinesename = Luó Zhīxiáng ancestry = origin = Republic of China (Taiwan) birthdate = birth date and age|1979|7|30 birthplace =… …

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  • 118Pompey the Great — in full Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus born Sept. 29, 106, Rome died Sept. 28, 48 BC, Pelusium, Egypt Statesman and general of the Roman republic. His early military career was illustrious. He fought effectively for Sulla against Marius in the Social War …

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  • 119Louis Bourdaloue —     Louis Bourdaloue     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Louis Bourdaloue     Born at Bourges, 20 August, 1632; died at Paris, 13 May, 1704. He is often described as the king of preachers and the preacher of kings. He entered the Society of Jesus at… …

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  • 120Gregory I —     Pope St. Gregory I ( the Great )     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Gregory I ( the Great )     Doctor of the Church; born at Rome about 540; died 12 March 604. Gregory     is certainly one of the most notable figures in Ecclesiastical… …

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