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  • 1The Motorcycle Diaries (book) — This article is about the book. For the movie based on the book, see The Motorcycle Diaries (film). The Motorcycle Diaries   …

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  • 2Mutiny on the Bounty — For other uses, see Mutiny on the Bounty (disambiguation). The mutineers turning Lt Bligh and some of the officers and crew adrift from His Majesty s Ship Bounty, 29 April 1789. By Robert Dodd The mutiny on the Bounty was a mutiny that occurred… …

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  • 3Night action at the Battle of Jutland — Main article: Battle of Jutland Battle of Jutland Part of World War I The Battle of Jutland, 1916 …

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  • 4Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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  • 5Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact — For modern theories on how the Americas were first settled, see Settlement of the Americas. Theories of Pre Columbian trans oceanic contact are those theories that propose interaction between indigenous peoples of the Americas who settled the… …

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  • 6Richard Branson — Sir Richard Branson Branson at the Time 100 Gala, 4 May 2010 …

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  • 7Brian Mulroney — The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney PC, CC, GOQ 18th Prime Minister of Canada …

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  • 8Alaskan (sidewheeler) — The steamship Alaskan operated from 1884 to 1889 on the Columbia River and Puget Sound. Alaskan and her near sistership Olympian were known as “Henry Villard’s White Elephants.”Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific… …

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  • 9California Trail — The California Trail was a major overland emigrant route across the Western United States from Missouri to California in the middle 19th century. It was used by 250,000 farmers and gold seekers to reach the California gold fields and farm… …

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  • 10Klondike Gold Rush — The Klondike Gold Rush, infrequently referred to as the Yukon Gold Rush or Alaska Gold Rush , was a frenzy of gold rush immigration to and for gold prospecting, along the Klondike River near Dawson City, Yukon, Canada after gold was discovered… …

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