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  • Thumbnail for History of slavery
    The history of slavery spans many cultures, nationalities, and religions from ancient times to the present day. Likewise, its victims have come from many...
    282 KB (32,726 words) - 05:17, 9 July 2024
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    The Islamic Golden Age was a period of scientific, economic and cultural flourishing in the history of Islam, traditionally dated from the 8th century...
    122 KB (13,773 words) - 02:24, 16 July 2024
  • A style of office or form of address, also called manner of address, is an official or legally recognized form of address for a person or other entity...
    94 KB (12,097 words) - 05:01, 20 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for The finger
    In Western culture, "the finger", or the middle finger (as in giving someone the (middle) finger, flipping the bird or flipping someone off) is an obscene...
    58 KB (4,947 words) - 05:11, 13 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for American Friends Service Committee
    The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) founded organization working for peace and social justice in the...
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  • Thumbnail for Anti-Slavery International
    Anti-Slavery International, founded as the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society in 1839, is an international non-governmental organisation, registered...
    31 KB (3,569 words) - 00:01, 14 June 2024
  • This list contains notable people who have been killed in traffic collisions. This list does not include those who were killed competing on closed-road...
    467 KB (12,845 words) - 15:53, 25 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Abortion in Argentina
    Abortion in Argentina is legal as an elective medical procedure during the first 14 weeks from conception. The abortion law was liberalized when the Voluntary...
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    Thomas Birch (23 November 1705 – 9 January 1766) was an English historian. He was the son of Joseph Birch, a coffee-mill maker, and was born at Clerkenwell...
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    Saint Nicholas Monastery (Armenian: Սուրբ Նիկողայոս Վանք Հայոց, Hebrew: מנזר ניקולאס הקדוש) is an Armenian monastery built in the first millennium AD....
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  • Murder for body parts also known as medicine murder (not to be confused with "medical murder") refers to the killing of a human being in order to excise...
    31 KB (3,712 words) - 19:40, 23 December 2023
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    1920 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events happened in December 1920 General Alvaro...
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  • The 550s decade ran from January 1, 550, to December 31, 559. Emperor Justinian I appoints Bessas commander (magister militum) of Armenia, and entrusts...
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    Timothy Severin (25 September 1940 – 18 December 2020) was a British explorer, historian, and writer. Severin was noted for his work in retracing the legendary...
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    1971 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in October 1971: The first CAT...
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    Year 558 (DLVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 558 for this year...
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    Jane Novak (born Johana Barbara Novak; January 12, 1896 – February 3, 1990) was an American actress of the silent film era. Jane Novak was born Johana...
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    Infanta María Luisa of Spain, Duchess of Talavera de la Reina (née: María Luisa de Silva y Fernández de Henestrosa; 3 December 1880 – 2 April 1955) was...
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  • Sue Timney (born 1950, Benghazi, Emirate of Cyrenaica) is a British interior, product and textile designer. She has worked in Britain, USA, Europe and...
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  • Patricia King is an Irish trade unionist. Born in County Wicklow, King worked as a trade union organiser for many years before being appointed as the Dublin...
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