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USS Constitution USS Constitution Ship United States Constitution
USS Constitution, known as "Old Ironsides," is a wooden-hull, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy. Named after the Constitution of the United States of America, she is the oldest commissioned vessel afloat in the world. Constitution...
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USS Constitution USS Constitution (CC-5) NHC75498 Ship United States Constitution
The keel of a , to have been named USS Constitution (CC-5), was laid down at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in September 1920. Her construction was suspended in February 1922 by the Washington Naval Treaty and she was formally canceled in August 1923,...
Martin Luther King, Jr. Person Martin Luther King, Sr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the American civil rights movement. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States and he is frequently...
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Martin Luther King, Sr.   Person Martin Luther
Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. (December 19, 1899 November 11, 1984), born as Michael King and later known as "Daddy King", was a Baptist minister, an advocate for social justice, an early civil rights leader and the father of Martin Luther King,...
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Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site Interior of Ebenezer Baptist Church, view from behind the pulpit. Museum Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site established on October 10, 1980, consists of several buildings surrounding Martin Luther King, Jr.'s boyhood home on Auburn Avenue in the Sweet Auburn district of Atlanta, Georgia. Ebenezer Baptist...
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Martin Luther King Day Martin Luther King Jr. Day Holiday Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a United States holiday marking the birthdate of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., observed on the third Monday of January each year, around the time of King's birthday, January 15. It is one of four United States...
Martin Luther King Bridge Martin Luther King Bridge Bridge Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Martin Luther King Bridge (formerly known as the Veterans Bridge) in St. Louis is a cantilever truss bridge of about 4000 feet in total length across the Mississippi River, connecting St. Louis with East St. Louis, Illinois. The bridge serves as...
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Martin Luther King III   Person Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King III (born October 23 1957 in Montgomery, Alabama) is an American human rights advocate and community activist. He is the first son of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King. His siblings are Dexter...
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Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial   Protected Site Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Martin Luther King Jr., National Memorial is a planned memorial, spearheaded by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, to be constructed in Washington, D.C. as a permanent testament to American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. The memorial will...
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Martin Luther King, Jr. High School   Employer Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. High School is a public high school located in Cleveland, Ohio. It is part of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. The school nickname is the Unicorns. The school was built in 1972. Like many schools that opened in...
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Martin Luther King Middle School   Educational Institution Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King Middle School (commonly MLK or King) is a public school in Berkeley, California serving grades 6-8. Its address is 1781 Rose Street. MLK was originally named Garfield Junior High School after U.S. President James A. Garfield. It...
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Florence Nightingale Person Florence
Florence Nightingale, OM, RRC (in her own pronunciation ; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910), who came to be known as "The Lady with the Lamp", was a pioneering nurse, writer, and noted statistician. Florence Nightingale was born into a rich, upper...
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Florence Nightingale Museum Florence Nightingale Museum Florence Nightingale
The Florence Nightingale Museum is located at St Thomas' Hospital, which faces the Palace of Westminster across the River Thames in central London, England. It is open to the public seven days a week. The museum tells the story of the life and work...
USS Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale AP-79 Ship Florence Nightingale
was an ''Elizabeth C. Stanton''-class transport ship of the United States Navy. She was named for Florence Nightingale (1820–1910), the nursing pioneer. Florence Nightingale was launched 28 August 1940 by Moore Shipbuilding and Drydock Company,...
Florence Nightingale David   Person Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale David (known as F. N. David), was an English statistician, born on August 23, 1909 in Ivington, Herefordshire, England. She was named after Florence Nightingale, who was a friend of her parents. As a graduate student in...
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Florence Nightingale Effect     Florence Nightingale
The Florence Nightingale Effect is a psychological complex where people who are entrusted with the care and wellbeing of vulnerable patients begin to form a romantic attraction and often erotic attraction towards their charges. Medical workers, such...
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Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery     Florence Nightingale
The Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery is a school within King's College London. It is primarily concerned with the education of people to become nurses and midwives. It also carries out nursing research, continuing professional...
Bloomers 1850s fashion bloomers   Amelia Bloomer
Bloomers is a word which has been applied to several types of divided women's garments for the lower body at various times. The original bloomers were an article of women's clothing invented by Elizabeth Smith Miller of Peterboro, NY but...
Amelia Bloomer Project     Amelia Bloomer
The Amelia Bloomer Project is an annual book list published by the Feminist Task Force of the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table for the purpose of honoring children's books with feminist themes published during the...
Cardigan A woman wearing a cardigan   James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan
A cardigan is a type of sweater/jumper that ties, buttons or zips down the front; by contrast, a pullover does not open in front, but forms a solid tube around the torso. The cardigan was named after James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, a...
Roald Dahl Plass The Wales Millennium Centre in the Plass Location Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl Plass (Welsh: Plas Roald Dahl) is a public plaza in Cardiff Bay, part of Cardiff, Wales. It is named after Cardiff-born author Roald Dahl, and is located on the coast along the south of the city centre. The square is home to the Senedd ...
Roald Dahl Children's Gallery Roald Dahl Children's Gallery — entrance hall Structure Roald Dahl
The Roald Dahl Children's Gallery is in Church Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. It was opened on 23 November 1996 by Terence Hardiman, an actor popular with children due to his role as The Demon Headmaster in a television series. The...
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Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre   Structure Roald Dahl
The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre is in the village of Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire, England, which was the home of the children's writer and short story writer Roald Dahl for many years until his death in 1990. The museum was...
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Roald Dahl Film writer Roald Amundsen
Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novel, short story writer and screenwriter, born in Wales of Norwegian parents, who rose to prominence in the 1940s with works for both children and adults, and became one of the world...
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Amundsen Sea Map of Antarctica (click to enlarge). The Edward VII Peninsula is defined by the left edge of the Ross Ice Shelf Body Of Water Roald Amundsen
The Amundsen Sea is an arm of the Southern Ocean off Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica. It is bounded by Thurston Island to the east and Cape Dart to the west. Named for the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen by the Norwegian expedition of...
Kirrily Robert Skud-sydney.jpg Person Kirrily Nolan  
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T'Pau Album cover of Bridge of Spies by T'Pau Musical Artist T'Pau
T'Pau was a late 1980s pop group led by singer Carol Decker. They had a string of Top 40 hits in the UK, and several hits in the United States and Europe. Decker still performs under the name T'Pau at solo shows and 1980s nostalgia concerts. T'Pau...
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Linux Tux Computer Game Platform Linus Torvalds
Linux (commonly pronounced in English; variants exist) is a Unix-like computer operating system family which uses the Linux kernel. Linux is one of the most prominent examples of free software and open source development; typically all the...
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They Might Be Giants John Flansburgh and John Linnell of They Might Be Giants, geek rock icons Musical Artist They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants (commonly abbreviated to TMBG) is an American alternative rock band which began as a duo of John Flansburgh and John Linnell, and currently also includes Marty Beller, Dan Miller, and Danny Weinkauf. Formed in 1982, they are...
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Alexandria Modern Alexandria Location Alexander the Great
Alexandria (Egyptian Arabic: اسكندريه Eskendereyya; Standard Arabic: ; ), with a population of 4.1 million, is the second-largest city in Egypt, and is the country's largest seaport, serving about 80% of Egypt's imports and exports. Alexandria is...
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Duran Duran Duran Duran in 2003 Musical Artist Durand Durand
Duran Duran are an English pop rock band famous for a long series of popular singles, albums and vivid music video, for which they've won two Grammy Award. They were one of the most commercially successful of the New Romantic bands and a leading...
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July July, from the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry Month Julius Caesar
July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. It is, on average, the warmest month in most of the Northern hemisphere (where it is the second month of summer) and the...
Thursday The god Thor, after whom Thursday is named Day Of Week Thor
Thursday is the fourth day of the week in most western countries and the fourth day of the week in the Judeo-Christian calendar, falling between Wednesday and Friday. In countries that adopt the Sunday-first convention, it is considered the fifth...
Rome Rome Location Romulus and Remus
Rome (pronounced ; , pronounced ; ) is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with more than 2.7 million residents, and a metropolitan area of almost 4 million inhabitants. It is located in the central...
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French ship Romulus Combat du Romulus Gilbert Pierre-Julien Ship Romulus and Remus
The Romulus was a ''Téméraire'' class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. In February 1814, under captain Rolland, she sailed from Toulon to Gena, being part of a division under Julien Cosmao. She was engaged by three British ships of the...
Romulus     Romulus and Remus
Romulus is the outer and larger moon of the main belt asteroid 87 Sylvia, not to be confused with the directly Sun-orbiting asteroid 10386 Romulus. It follows an almost-circular close-to-equatorial orbit around the parent asteroid. In this respect...
Doug Anthony All Stars Musical Artist Doug Anthony
The Doug Anthony All Stars (DAAS) were an Australia musical comedy group formed in Canberra in the early-mid 1980's. The band were an acoustic trio with Paul McDermott and Tim Ferguson on main vocals and Richard Fidler on guitar and backing vocals. ...
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Cirith Ungol   Musical Artist Cirith Ungol
Cirith Ungol was a California heavy metal band who formed in 1972 and split up in May 1992. They drew influences from other metal groups such as Black Sabbath and Thin Lizzy, as well as Iggy and the Stooges. Their first album, Frost and Fire, was...
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Python Python Logo Programming Language Monty Python
Python is a general-purpose, high-level programming language. Its design