| Adam Smith Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland Adam_Smith
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| Antoine Lavoisier |birth_place = Paris, France Antoine_Lavoisier
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| April 18 ==Events== April_18
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| April 23 ==Events== April_23
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| Archimedes Archimedes of Syracuse (Greek: He used the method of exhaustion to calculate the area under the arc of a parabola with the summation of an infinite series, and gave a remarkably accurate approximation of Pi. He also defined the spiral bearing his name, formulas for the volumes of surfaces of revolution and an ingenious system for expressing very large numbers. Archimedes
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| Audi Talk:Audi
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| April 14 ==Events== April_14
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| America/Archive 1 Talk:America/Archive_1
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| The Ashes Talk:The_Ashes
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| Al-Qaeda |logo = Flag of al-Qaeda.svg Al-Qaeda
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| Unit of alcohol In Britain a unit of alcohol is defined as 10 millilitres (or approximately 8 grams) of ethanol (ethyl alcohol). It is used as a basis for guidelines on consumption of alcoholic beverages; the number of units contained in a typical drink is publicised and marked on bottles. Unit_of_alcohol
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| Aslan Aslan, the "Great Lion", is the central character in The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Aslan
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| April 17 ==Events== April_17
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| August 5 ==Events== August_5
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| Auschwitz concentration camp | Type = Cultural Auschwitz_concentration_camp
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| Archery Archery is the practice of using a bow or crossbow to shoot arrows. Archery has historically been used in hunting and combat and has become a precision sport. Archery
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| Act of Settlement 1701 The Act of Settlement is an act of the Parliament of England, originally filed in 1700, and passed in 1701, to settle the succession to the English throne on the Electress Sophia of Hanover a granddaughter of James I and her Protestant heirs. The act was later extended to Scotland as a result of the Treaty of Union (Article II), enacted in the Acts of Union 1707 before it was ever needed, and further through the expansion of the British Empire. Act_of_Settlement_1701
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| Aircraft hijacking Hijacking (also known as skyjacking and aircraft piracy) is the take over of an aircraft, by a person or group, usually armed. In most cases the pilot is forced to fly according to the orders of the hijackers. Aircraft_hijacking
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| Acropolis of Athens |Type = Cultural Acropolis_of_Athens
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| Assyria Assyria was originally (in the Middle Bronze Age) a region on the Upper Tigris river, named for its original capital, the ancient city of Assur (Akkadian: ; Arabic: ; Hebrew: , Aramaic: ). Assyria
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| Ani DiFranco in Buffalo, New York Ani_DiFranco
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| Angles The Angles is a modern English word for a Germanic-speaking people who took their name from the cultural ancestral region of Angeln, a modern district located in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Angles
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| Arsenal F.C. | owner = Arsenal Holdings plc Arsenal_F.C.
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| Atlantis Atlantis (in Greek, , "island of Atlas") is the name of a legendary island, first mentioned in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias.Atlantis: the Myth by Alan G. Atlantis
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| Antisemitism in the Arab world Antisemitism in the Arab world, in the modern meaning of the term, is believed to have developed since the 19th century. Jews, like other minority groups within the Muslim world, were subject to various of restriction and discrimination long before that. Antisemitism_in_the_Arab_world
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| August 11 ==Events== August_11
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| April 5 ==Events== April_5
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| April 20 ==Events== April_20
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| April 19 In the Gregorian Calendar, Easter Sunday falls on 19 April more often than on any other date. April_19
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| Abdulaziz al-Omari | death_place = Manhattan, New York Abdulaziz_al-Omari
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| Abu Sayyaf The Abu Sayyaf Group (Arabic: جماعة أبو سياف; , ASG), also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya is one of several militant Islamist separatist groups based in and around the southern islands of the Philippines, in Bangsamoro (Jolo, Basilan, and Mindanao) where for almost 30 years various Muslim groups have been engaged in an insurgency for a state, independent of the predominantly Catholic Philippines. The name of the group is derived from the Arabic ابو, abu ("father of") and sayyaf ("SwordsmithFBI Updates Most Wanted Terrorists and Seeking Information – War on Terrorism Lists, FBI national Press Release, February 24, 2006"). Abu_Sayyaf
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| Aircraft carrier An aircraft carrier is a warship designed with a primary mission of deploying and recovering aircraft, acting as a seagoing airbase. Aircraft carriers thus allow a naval force to project air power great distances without having to depend on local bases for staging aircraft operations. Aircraft_carrier
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| April 8 ==Events== April_8
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| Atomic clock An atomic clock is a type of clock that uses an atomic resonance frequency standard as its timekeeping element. They are the most accurate time and frequency standards known, and are used as primary standards for international time distribution services, and to control the frequency of television broadcasts and GPS satellite signals. Atomic_clock
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| April 3 ==Events== April_3
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| Arthur Miller | birthplace = New York City, New York Arthur_Miller
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| August 10 The term "the 10th of August" is widely used by historians as a shorthand for the Storming of the Tuileries Palace on the 10th of August, 1792, the effective end of the French monarchy until it was restored in 1814. August_10
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| April 27 ==Events== April_27
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| Anointing of the Sick Anointing of the Sick is distinguished from other forms of religious anointing or "unction" (an older term with the same meaning) in that it is intended, as its name indicates, for the benefit of a sick person. Other religious anointings occur in relation to other sacraments, in particular baptism, confirmation and ordination, and also in the coronation of a monarch. Anointing_of_the_Sick
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| A.S. Roma Rosella Sensi | A.S._Roma
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| Alessandro Scarlatti Alessandro Scarlatti (May 2, 1660 – October 24, 1725) was an Italian Baroque composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the founder of the Neapolitan school of opera. Alessandro_Scarlatti
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| Aston Martin David Richards. Aston_Martin
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| Abdul Rashid Dostum |died= Abdul_Rashid_Dostum
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| Antidepressant An antidepressant is a psychiatric medication used for alleviating major depression or dysthymia ('milder' depression). Drug groups known as MAOIs, tricyclics, and second-generation antidepressants such as SSRIs are particularly associated with the term. Antidepressant
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| April 11 ==Events== April_11
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| Anthony Hopkins | birthplace = Port Talbot, Wales Anthony_Hopkins
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| August 4 ==Events== August_4
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| Ann Widdecombe | birth_place = Bath, Somerset, England Ann_Widdecombe
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| Aurangzeb |place of death =Ahmednagar Aurangzeb
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| April 21 ==Events== April_21
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