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Saint Swithin
Saint Swithin , fl. 860, English bishop of Winchester. He was buried, according to his wishes, outside his church, but his relics were later removed to the new cathedral. According to tradition, if it rains on his feast day, July 15, the anniversary of the removal, it will rain daily thereafter for... Read more |
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Flag Day
Flag Day anniversary of the adoption of the American flag in 1777. It is celebrated on June 14 but is not a legal holiday.... Read more |
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Hockey
HOCKEY 1980 Olympic Attention The new heights of popularity achieved by the National Hockey League (NHL) in the 1980s stems in part from the interest in the sport generated when the United States hockey team shocked the world by upsetting the mighty Soviets and later winning... Read more |
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Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday [Lat. mandatum, word in the ceremony], traditional English name for Thursday of Holy Week , so named because it is considered the anniversary of the institution of the Eucharist by Jesus at the Last Supper (that is, the mandatum novum or "new commandment" ). In some... Read more |
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Birthday
Birthday The celebration of the anniversary of one's birth is a phenomenon of modern industrial society. It is connected to the rise of a scientific way of thinking and to new attitudes about children and childhood. Perfection of the calendar by the Egyptians and Mesopotamians enabled people to... Read more |
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Pan-American Union
Pan-American Union former name for the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS). It was founded (1889-90) at the first of the modern Inter-American Conferences (see Pan-Americanism ) as the Commercial Bureau of the American Republics and changed to the International... Read more |
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Corrections Corp. of America
Corrections Corporation of America 10 Burton Hills BoulevardNashville, Tennessee 37215U.S.A.(615) 263-3000Fax: (615) 269-8635 Public Companyincorporated: 1983Employees: 7,410Sales: $462.2 million (1997)Stock Exchanges: New YorkSICs: 8744 Facilities Support Services Celebrating its 15th... Read more |
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Penn Engineering Manufacturing Corp
Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. P.O. Box 1000Danboro, Pennsylvania 18916U.S.A.(215) 766-8853Fax: (215) 766-7366Web site: http://www.pemnet.com Public CompanyIncorporated : 1942Employees : 1,368Sales : $179.7 million (1998)Stock Exchanges : New YorkTicker Symbol : PNNNAIC : 332722... Read more |
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Spain handles with care memories of its civil war: On its 70th anniversary, a...
...year dictatorship. Seventy years after the start...with the war's 70th anniversary, the Socialist government...forces, introduced a new "law of historical...the Second Spanish Republic. Franco's Nationalists...of silence. But a ... |
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Remembering Wannsee
...As we mark the 70th anniversary of that 90...in 2000, but new trends in denial...alive and well in new- accession member...Hungary, the Czech Republic and others...released the Seventy Years Declaration...genocide." ... |
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French remember de Gaulle's famous 'call'
Seventy years ago an obscure...today to mark the 70th anniversary of Charles de Gaulle...conscience". The 70th anniversary of that first appelis...founder of the fifth Republic bestrides modern...week to launch his ... |
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Marvel Super Heroes Soar into Old Navy for Back-to-School.
...s 70(th) Anniversary, Back-To...Purchase Offer NEW YORK -- To help...This exclusive 70th anniversary promotion...celebrate Marvel's 70th anniversary with...programs that open up new channels of ... |
 "The Independent (London, England)")
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Court Circular
...Commissioner to New Zealand.Mrs...Commissioner for the Republic of Ghana in London...the People's Republic of China when...afterwards opened the new Maritime Centre...evening attended a Seventy-Fifth Birthday...celebrate the ... |
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Spain handles with care memories of its civil war.
...year dictatorship. Seventy years after the start...with the war's 70th anniversary, the Socialist government...forces, introduced a new "law of historical...the Second Spanish Republic. Franco's Nationalists...of silence. But a ... |
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Spanish Mark Civil War Milestone; Unease Lingers
...This year marks the 70th anniversary of the start of the Spanish...was also shot here. Seventy years later, she's...government of the Spanish Republic. Villagers who opposed...the old Spain and the new Spain. Ignacio Gomez... |
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Mayor Koch and Board of Estimate to receive AJCongress Stephen S. Wise Award....
...and the entire New York City Board...organization's 70th anniversary celebration on...Plaza Hotel in New York City. The...to the City of New York which has...York for these seventy years, we salute...board of the ... |
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Soviet-Nazi pact revisited 70 years later
Seventy years ago Sunday...Russia has mounted a new defense of the 1939...1989. But as the 70th anniversary of the treaty has...over former Soviet republics that are now sovereign...the creation of a new collective security... |
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