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1. February 24
   flight, sucking 9 passenger and crew out of the first class section. Luckily most passengers and crew were still belted to their seats at the time. 1996 - The last occurrence of February 24 as a leap day in the European Union and for the Roman Catholic Church. 1999 - LaGrand Case: The State of Arizona executes Karl LaGrand, a German national involved in an armed robbery that led to a death. Karl's brother Walter is executed a week later, in spite of Germany's legal action in the International Court of Justice to attempt to save him. 1999 - A China
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2. 1986 in sports
   4 Boxing 5 Cycling 6 Figure Skating 7 Football (Soccer) 8 Football (American) 9 Canadian Football League 10 Golf 11 Thoroughbred Horse Racing 12 Harness Racing 13 Ice Hockey 14 Skiing 15 Tennis 16 General sporting events 17 Births 18 Deaths Auto Racing Stock car racing: Geoff Bodine won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Dale Earnhardt Indianapolis 500 - Bobby Rahal CART Racing - Bobby Rahal Formula One Championship - Alain Prost of France 24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Derek Bell / Hans-Joachim Stuck / Al Holbert won, driving a Porsche 962C Rally racing - the team
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3. Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
   director Harp of Burma (Biruma no tategoto) (ビルマの竪琴) (Japan) - Nikkatsu Corporation - Masayuki Takaki producer - Kon Ichikawa director Qivitoq (Denmark - Greenland Inuit) - Nordisk film - Erik Balling director 1957 Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria) (Italy) - Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica, Les Films Marceau - Dino de Laurentiis producer - Federico Fellini director The Devil Came at Night (Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam) (Germany) - Divina-Film - Robert Siodmak producer and director Gates of Paris (Porte des Lilas) (France) - Cinétel, Filmsonor, Rizzoli Film, S.E.C.A. - René Clair producer and director Mother India (Bharat Mata) (India-Hindi)
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4. Carl Maria von Weber
   at Prague, on the 22nd of December 1815. Weber resigned his office at Prague in September 1816, and on the ?1st of December, Frederick Augustus, king of Saxony, appointed him kapellmeister at the German opera at Dresden. The Italian operas performed at the court theatre were superintended by Morlacchi, whose jealous and intriguing disposition gave endless trouble. The king, however, placed the two kapellmeisters on an exact equality both of title and salary, and Weber found ample opportunity for the exercise of his remarkable power of organization and control. He now gave his close attention to the story of Der Freischütz,
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5. October 12
   makes landfall in the Caribbean. The Italian explorer believes he has reached East Asia. 1609 - "Three Blind Mice" published by London teenage songwriter Thomas Ravenscroft. 1681 - A London woman is publicly flogged for the crime of "involving herself in politics." 1773 - America's first insane asylum opens for 'Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds' in Vancouver. 1792 - First celebration of Columbus Day in the USA held in New York. 1793 - The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on the campus of the University
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6. List of people by name: Be
   Bg - Bh - Bi - Bj - Bk - Bl - Bm - Bn - Bo - Bp - Bq - Br - Bs - Bt - Bu - Bv - Bw - Bx - By - Bz Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Bea 2 Beb 3 Bec 4 Bed - Bek 5 Bel 5.1 Bela - Belk 5.2 Bell 5.3 Belm - Belz 6 1000 Bem - Ben 6.4 Bena - Benm 6.5 Benn 6.6 Beno - Benz 7 Beo - Beq 8 Ber 8.7 Bera - Berf 8.8 Berg 8.9 Berh - Berm 8.10 Bern 8.11 Bero - Berq
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7. List of people by name: Mad-Mam
   Mf - Mg - Mh - Mi - Mj - Mk - Ml - Mm - Mn - Mo - Mp - Mq - Mr - Ms - Mt - Mu - Mv - Mw - Mx - My - Mz Ma - Maa-Mab - Mac - Mad-Mam - Man - Mao-Maq - Mar - Mas-Maz Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Mad 2 Mae-Maf 3 Mag 3.1 Maga-Magm 3.2 Magn 3.3 Mago-Magz 4 Mah 5 Mai 6 Maj 7 Mak 8 Mal 8.4 Mala - Mald 8.5 Male 8.6 Malf - Mali 8.7 Malj - Mall 8.8 Malm - Malo 8.9
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8. Iron Chef
   Iron Chef Iron Chef is a Japanese television program made by FujiTV. The original Japanese title is 料理の鉄人 Ryori no tetsujin (Iron men of cooking). It began airing in 1993 as a half-hour show, and was soon expanded to a one-hour format. Each episode presents a culinary battle between two chefs in
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9. Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview, Newfoundland and Labrador
   Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview, Newfoundland and Labrador Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview is a town on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is in Division No. 1, on Conception Bay. According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census: Population: 1,106 % Change (1996-2001): -11.3 Dwellings: 425 Area (sq. km.): 21.05 Density (persons per sq.
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10. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is the oldest public university in the United States. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Academic programs 3 Athletics 4 Administration 4.1 Presiding Professors of the University of North Carolina 4.2 Presidents
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11. Jacobin Club
    traces remain of what took place at them. After the émeute of October 5 and 6, 1789 the club, still entirely composed of deputies, followed the National Assembly to Paris, where it rented the refectory of the monastery of the Jacobins in the Rue St Honar the seat of the Assembly. The name "Jacobins", given in France to the Dominicans, because their first house in Paris was in the Rue St Jacques, was first applied to the club in ridicule by its enemies. The title assumed by the club itself, after the promulgation of the constitution of 1791, was Société des
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12. John Fell
    Fell was made prebendary of Chichester, canon of Christ Church (July 27, 1660), dean (Nov. 30), master of St Oswald's hospital, Worcester, chaplain to the king, and D.D. He filled the office of vice-chancellor from 1666 to 1669, and was consecrated bishop of Oxford, in. 1676, retaining his deanery in commendam. Some years later he declined the primacy of Ireland. Fell showed himself a most capable and vigorous administrator in his various high offices, and a worthy disciple of Archbishop Laud. He restored the good order instituted in the university by the archbishop, which during the Commonwealth had given place to
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13. July 17
    leaders begin their final summit of the war. The meeting will end on August 2. 1955 - Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California. 1962 - Nuclear testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada Test Site. 1975 - Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft dock with each 1000 other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations. 1979 - Nicaraguan president General Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami. 1981 - Hyatt Hotel disaster: Two skywalks filled with people at the Hyatt
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14. George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
    the council. He showed no compliance, like other Lords, with James’s Roman Catholic preferences. He was opposed to the parliamentary grant to the king of a revenue for life; he promoted the treaty of alliance with the Dutch in August 1685; he expostulated with the king on the subject of the illegal commissions in the army given to Roman Catholics; and finally, on his firm refusal to support the repeal of the Test and Habeas Corpus Acts, he was dismissed, and his name was struck out of the list of the privy council (October 1685). He corresponded with the Prince of
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15. Kerguelen Islands
    destruction, fur seals in the 18th century and elephant seals in the early 20th century. A number of expeditions have briefly touched the islands, including that of James Cook in 1776. Kerguelen has been used by a small number of science teams since 1949, with a population of 50-100 always present. There is also a satellite tracking station. The main island is also home to a well established feral cat population descended from ships' cats. They survive on sea birds and introduced rabbits. The main base is located at the eastern end of the Golfe du Morbihan and is known as
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16. Kerchief
    Kerchief A kerchief (from the French couvre-chef, "cover the head") is a triangular or square piece of cloth tied around the head for protective or decorative purposes. A bandana is a type of large, usually colorful, kerchief. Compare the word handkerchief.
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17. Kentish Town
    Kentish Town Kentish Town is a place in London, England in the London Borough of Camden. Kentish Town is first recorded during the reign of King John (1208) as kentisston. By 1456 Kentish Town was recognised as a thriving hamlet, and in this period a chapel of ease is recorded as being built for the inhabitants. The early 19th century brought a lot of modernisation, causing a lot of the area's rural charm, the River Fleet and the
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18. Kensal Green Cemetery
    still in operation. It contains many elaborate Victorian era mausoleums, including those of: Charles Babbage, mathematician, computer scientist George Birkbeck, doctor, academic and adult education pioneer Marc Isambard Brunel, engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, engineer Wilkie Collins, author Thomas Hood, poet, humorist, journalist Fanny Kemble, actor, poet William Makepeace Thackeray, writer Kitty Melrose, actress Anthony Trollope, novelist At the centre is All Soul's Chapel, contain some tombs inside as well. There is also a catacomb currently not maintained. A non-European is buried here: His Excellency Ras Andargachew Messai of Ethiopia (1902 - 1981).
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19. Keke Rosberg
    end the season. He emerged with the Wolf team midway through 1979, but it was having problems staying afloat, and Keke had problems finishing races. Rosberg had to change teams again when they left F1, and signed with Emerson Fittipaldi's racing team. He had his first two point-scoring results in 1980 but often failed to finish or qualify, it was even worse in 1981 when he failed to score again. Despite this, Williams had an interest in Keke in 1982 with the retirement of previous World Champion Alan Jones leaving a spot open. Given a competitive car, Keke was a revelation KernsKerns Kerns is a municipality in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland. It has a population of 5300 of which 300 are of foreign nationality (2000). There are 380 local businesses which employ 1300 people. 28% of these are in the agricultural sector, 32% in trade and industry, 40% in services. The main sights of Kerns are: chapel St. Niklausen, an old bridge (Hohe Brücke), and the pilgrimage church Melchtal.
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20. Kerikeri
    some persistent claims that the falls referred to by the missionaries as 'the kiddikiddi' were what we now call the Rainbow Falls. That is impossible because although Nicholson visited and referred to Tecaddiecaddie in 1815 it was not until 1822 that the Rainbow Falls were "discovered" by the missionaries Francis Hall and James Kemp. Tourist slogan Kerikeri people are often asked by tourists about the origin of the local Kerikeri slogan "It's So Nice They Named It Twice ". In the early 1980s, an anonymous backpacker visiting Kerikeri wrote those words in the Visitors' Book at the Kerikeri Youth Hostel where
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