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Nairn Nairn
Nairn , town (1991 pop. 7,721), Highland, N Scotland, at the mouth of the Nairn River on Moray Firth. It is a tourist resort and fishing harbor. Other industries include dairy and crop farming and whiskey distilling. Granite is quarried. Cawdor Castle, the legendary scene of the murder of Duncan... Read more
Battle of Auldearn Battle of Auldearn
Auldearn, battle of, 1645. Montrose was unable to follow up his great victory at Inverlochy in February 1645 when many of his followers returned home. The campaign resumed the pattern of march and counter-march. This time a covenanting army under Sir John Hurry tried to surprise Montrose on 9 May at... Read more
Cawdor Cawdor
Cawdor , village, Highland, NE Scotland, SW of Nairn. Cawdor Castle, the earliest remaining piece dating from 1454, was represented by Shakespeare , following tradition, as the scene of the slaying (1040) of Duncan by Macbeth .... Read more
Highland Highland
Highland. An administrative region of Scotland, created in 1973 from the counties of Caithness, Nairn, Sutherland, Inverness (except the Outer Hebrides), Ross and Cromarty (except Lewis), and a northern part of Argyll. Between 1973 and 1996 it was a region, sharing local government activities with... Read more
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Brandy Station Brandy Station
Brandy Station small trading center, Culpeper co., Va. It was the scene of the greatest cavalry engagement of the Civil War (also called the battle of Fleetwood Hill), fought June 9, 1863. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton's Union cavalry surprised Confederate Gen. Jeb Stuart's cavalry and fought a hard... Read more
Tet Tet
Tet the Vietnamese lunar New Year. In the Vietnam War, the Tet offensive was launched in January–February 1968 by the Vietcong and the North Vietnamese army. Timed to coincide with the first day of the Tet, it was a surprise attack on South Vietnamese cities, notably Saigon. Although... Read more
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campaigns in North Africa campaigns in North Africa
campaigns in North Africa series of military contests for control of North Africa during World War II. The desert war started in 1940 and for more than two years thereafter seesawed between NE Libya and NW Egypt. The almost uniformly level terrain along the coast allowed tanks and aircraft to play... Read more
Busta Rhymes Busta Rhymes
Busta Rhymes 1972– Rapper, actor Found Mentor in Chuck D. Released Solo Album Headed Own Record Label Launched Clothing Line Selected discography Sources Elektra executive Sylvia Rhone said of Busta Rhymes in Billboard, “You can never underestimate Busta; just when you think... Read more

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