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121Biloxi Yacht Club — The Biloxi Yacht Club (BYC) is located in Biloxi, Mississippi on the shores of the Mississippi Sound. The BYC is a founding member of the Gulf Yachting Association, as well as the Mississippi Coast Yachting Association. Established in 1849, it is …
122Red Terror — The Red Terror in Soviet Russia was the campaign of mass arrests and executions conducted by the Bolshevik government. In Soviet historiography, the Red Terror is described as officially announced on September 2, 1918 by Yakov Sverdlov and ended… …
123Literary references to Nainital — The town of Nainital (in British times Naini Tal or Nynee Tal), India was founded in 1841 by P. Barron, a sugar trader from Shahjahanpur. By 1846 the church St John s in the Wilderness was founded and a hill station had begun to flourish. Among… …
124SCANDINAVIAN LITERATURE — The literary culture of the Scandinavian countries dates back about one millennium, the Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish languages having developed on separate paths from the original Germanic root from about the ninth century.… …
125Upper West Side — The Upper West Side and Central Park as seen from the Rockefeller Center Observatory. In the distance is the Hudson River and George Washington Bridge. The Upper West Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, that lies… …
126Visit of King George IV to Scotland — The 1822 visit of King George IV to Scotland was the first visit of a reigning monarch to Scotland since 1650. Government ministers had pressed the King to bring forward a proposed visit to Scotland, to divert him from diplomatic intrigue at the… …
127Peter and Paul Fortress — The Peter and Paul Fortress ( ru. Петропавловская крепость, Petropavlovskaya Krepost ) is the original citadel of St. Petersburg, Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini s designs from 1706 to 1740. History The… …
128Snicket family — The Snicket family is a prominent family in the novel series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. Contents 1 Family members 1.1 Jacob Snicket 1.2 Mrs. Snicket 1.3 …
