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  • 81John Hugh Gillis — (1884 1913) was the first person to walk across Canada, and became Canadian all round champion of track and field, now called the decathlon. On a bet and a dare, on 31 January 1906 at the age of 22 he set out from North Sydney, Nova Scotia, with… …

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  • 82Bombay — /bom bay /, n. 1. a seaport in and the capital of Maharashtra, in W India, on the Arabian Sea. 5,970,575. 2. a former state in W India: divided in 1960 into the Gujarat and Maharashtra states. * * * ▪ India Introduction Marāṭhī  Mumbai   city,… …

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  • 83Kim Stanley Robinson — Infobox Writer imagesize = 250px name = Kim Stanley Robinson caption = Kim Stanley Robinson at the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 pseudonym = birthname = birthdate = birth date and age|1952|03|23 birthplace =… …

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  • 84Ferdinand de Lesseps — Infobox Engineer image width = 150px caption = PAGENAME name = PAGENAME nationality = France birth date = November 191805 birth place = Versailles death date = December 71894 death place = La Chenaie education = spouse = parents = children =… …

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  • 85Pierfrancesco Scarampi — (1596 October 14, 1656) was a Roman Catholic oratorian and Papal envoy. BiographyEarly life and ordinationScarampi was born of a noble family in the Marquisate of Montferrat, today part of Piedmont, in 1596. He was destined by his parents for the …

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  • 86Pierfrancesco Scarampi —     Pierfrancesco Scarampi     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pierfrancesco Scarampi     Oratorian, Papal envoy, b. of a noble and ancient family in the Duchy of Monferrato, Piedmont, 1596; d. at Rome, 14 Oct., 1656. He was destined by his parents for …

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  • 87Battle of Jacob's Ford — Part of Crusades Ruins of the crusader fortress at Jacob s Ford …

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  • 88Fernando de Alencastre Noroña y Silva, duque de Linares — y marqués de Valdefuentes (c. 1641, Spain mdash;June 3, 1717, Mexico City) was a Spanish nobleman and military officer. He also served as viceroy of New Spain, from January 15, 1711 to August 15, 1716.Early careerAlencastre Noroña y Silva was a… …

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  • 89MORRISON, George Ernest (1862-1920) — known as Chinese Morrison traveller, The Times correspondent, Peking was born at Geelong, Victoria, on 4 February 1862. His father, Dr G. Morrison, a brother of Alexander Morrison (q.v.), was principal of Geelong College, and the boy was educated …

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  • 90Shahid — and Shaheed redirect here. For other uses, see Shahid (disambiguation). This article is part of …

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