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- @3{NAMES THROUGHOUT HISTORY
- @2}by A.F.C.S
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- Ali [ 1942-Present ]
- Muhammad,
- @1
- Name adopted by American - Cussins
- Clay on joining the Black Muslim
- Movement. He was World Heavyweight
- champion 1964-7 (losing the title for
- refusing military service). He could
- "dance like a butterfly and sting like
- a bee".
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- Billy [ 1859-1881 ]
- the Kid.
- @1
- Nickname of American Wild West "hero"
- - William H Bonney. A leader in the
- Lincoln County Cattle War in New
- Mexico. He was sentenced to death for
- murdering a Sheriff. He escaped,
-
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- killing two guards, but was later
- shot.
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- Carter [ 1897 - 1981 ]
- James Earl "Jimmy",
- @1
- 39th President of USA. Born in Plains
- Georgia, he served in the Navy,
- studied nuclear physics and, after a
- spell as a peasant farmer, entered
- politics as a Democrat in 1953.
- Features of his presidency were the
- Panama Treaty, the Camp David
- Agreements, and the Iranian seizure of
- American Embassy hostages. He was
- defeated by Reagan in 1980.
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- Dahl [ 1916 - Present ]
- Roald,
- @1
- British writer celebrated for short
- stories with a twist. (e.g. Charlie
- and the Chocolate Factory [ 1964 ].)
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- Earhart [ 1898 - 1937 ]
- Amelia,
- @1
- American air woman, born in Kansas.
- In 1932, she was the first woman to
- fly the Atlantic alone, and in 1937
- disappeared without trace while making
- a Pacific flight.
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- Fawcett [ 1867 - 1925 ]
- Percy Harrison,
- @1
- British explorer. In 1925 he set out
- with his son John, and a friend, into
- the Mato Grosso to find the legendary
- "lost cities" of the ancient Indian
- civilisation. They were never seen
- again.
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- Gable [ 1901 - 1960 ]
- Clark,
- @1
- American actor nicknamed the "King of
- Hollywood". His famous role was Rhett
- Butler in Gone with the Wind [ 1939 ].
- His third wife, actress Carole
- Lombard, was killed in an air crash
- [ 1942 ].
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- Helms [ 1913 - Present ]
- Richard,
- @1
- American secret agent. Originally
- with the OSS, he was Director of the
- CIA from 1966. Until 1973 when he was
- dismissed by Nixon. In 1977 he was
- convicted of lying before a
- Congressional Committee, because he
- refused to reveal secrets he knew his
- oath as Chief of Intelligence
- compelled him to keep from the public.
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- Ireton [ 1611 - 1651 ]
- Henry,
- @1
- English civil war General, son-in-law
- of Cromwell. After the Battle of
- Naseby he strove for a compromise with
- Charles I, but then played a leading
- role in his trial and execution. Lord
- Deputy in Ireland from 1650, he died
- of fever besieging Limerick.
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- Jack [ ? - ? ]
- the Ripper.
- @1
- Unidentified mutilator and murderer of
- five women prostitutes in the
- Whitechapel area of London in 1888.
- Speculative identifications include
- the Duke of Clarance (died 1892) and
- the elder brother of George V.