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121Friso-Hollandic Wars — Date 1256–1289, 1296–1299, and 1345–1422 Location The Netherlands Result Holland captures West Frisia, but makes no substantial gains in Middle Frisia …
122History of IBM — Timeline= For issues and trends that span particular time periods, see major events, trends, and technologies, below.1880s–1924: The origin of IBMIBM s history dates back decades before the development of electronic computers. It originated as… …
123Steamboats of the Skeena River — The Skeena River is British Columbia’s fastest flowing waterway, often rising as much as 17 feet in a day and can fluctuate as much as sixty feet between high and low water. For the steamboat captains, that made it one of the toughest navigable… …
124History of the National Hockey League (1917–1942) — The National Hockey League was created with the demise of its predecessor league, the National Hockey Association (NHA), in 1917. In an effort to remove Eddie Livingstone as owner of the Toronto Blueshirts, the remaining owners withdrew their… …
125Continental philosophy — Collective term for the many distinct philospohical traditions, methods, and styles that predominated on the European continent (particularly in France and Germany) from the time of Immanuel Kant. It is usually understood in contrast with… …
126Cowboys–Redskins rivalry — Dallas Cowboys–Washington Redskins Regular season history First meeting October 9, 1960 First result Washington Redskins 26, Dallas Cowboys 14 Latest meeting November 20, 2011 …
127Meir (Myerson), Golda — (1898–1978) Fourth prime minister of Israel. From biblical times to the 20th century Golda Meir was the only woman to lead the Jewish nation. She herself would dismiss that comment as irrelevant, having been accepted as an equal in a man’s… …
Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament
128John Thompson (politician) — Infobox Prime Minister honorific prefix=The Right Honourable name=Sir John Sparrow David Thompson honorific suffix= KCMG, PC, QC order =4th office =Prime Minister of Canada term start =December 5, 1892 term end =December 12, 1894 monarch =Queen… …
