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| Teaching - there can be no finer calling requiring the clearest demonstration of moral and ethical behavior. Ira Shull, For the Love of Teaching |
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| Why do you teach? Let Us Know. | 
| Tell Us about your most memorable teacher. |
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Today's 5-Minute Quest
Good Luck! |
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  Use all of these letters to spell the name of a scientist, mathematician or inventor born on this date:
ACCELERATOR SHAWL |
Use all of these letters to spell the title of a work by Ludwig Bemelmans (according to KidsReads):
THE LAMINATED HEADBAND |
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(hint: all three questions will require you to use a link found on this page)
Use all of these letters to spell the title of a work by August Wilson (according to the Writer's Almanac):
YIN JET |
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Sierra Leone: Independence Day
(Commemorates Independence from Great Britain: 04/27/1961) |
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South Africa: Freedom Day
(Commemorates the first free elections in the history of South Africa: 04/26-29/1994) |
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Togo: Independence Day
(Commemorates Independence from France: 04/27/1960) |
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| 1898 | Ludwig Bemelmans (Austrian-American Author Illustrator of the "Madeline" Books; Received the 1954 Caldecott Award) |
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| 1936 | John Burningham (English Children's Author and Illustrator) |
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| 1918 | Wendy Devlin (New York-born Children's Author and Illustrator) |
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| 1946 | Nancy Shaw (Pennsylvania-born Children's Author) |
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| 1954 | Jan Hudson (Canadian Children's Author) |
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| 1744 | Nikolay Novikov (Russian Writer, Philanthropist and Social Critic) |
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| 1882 | Jessie Fauset (New Jersey-born African-American Journalist) |
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| 1904 | Cecil Day Lewis (Irish Poet) |
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| 1906 | Alice Dunnigan (Kentucky-born African-American Journalist) |
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| 1945 | August Wilson (Pennsylvania-born African-American Playwright) |
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| 1673 | Claude Gillot (French Painter, Engraver and Theatrical Designer) |
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| 1899 | Walter Lantz (New York-born Cartoonist, Creator of Woody Woodpecker) |
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| 1840 | Edward Whymper (English Artist and Mountaineer; First Man to Climb the Matterhorn) |
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| 1791 | Samuel Morse (Massachusetts-born Painter and Developer of the Telegraph) |
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| 1875 | Maurice de Broglie (French Scientist) |
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| 1896 | Wallace Carothers (Iowa-born Chemist: Developed Nylon) |
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| 1913 | Philip Hauge Abelson (Washington-born Physical Chemist) |
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| 1843 | Brother Ira Joseph Dutton (Wisconsin-born Trappist Monk, Humanitarian) |
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| 1759 | Mary Wollstonecraft (English Writer, Women's Rights Advocate) |
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| 1820 | Herbert Spencer (English Sociologist and Philosopher) |
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| 1822 | Ulysses S. Grant (Ohio-born General, 18th President of the United States) |
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| 1927 | Coretta Scott King (Alabama-born African-American Civil Rights Leader; Wife of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) |
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| 1922 | Jack Klugman (Pennsylvania-born Actor) |
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| 1932 | Anouk Aimée (Paris-born Actress) |
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| Casey Kasem (Detroit-born Disc Jockey) |
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| 1959 | Sheena Easton (Scottish Popular Singer) |
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| 1896 | Rogers Hornsby (Texas-born Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame) |
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| 1521 | Ferdinand Magellan (Portuguese Explorer) |
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| 1813 | Zebulon Pike (New Jersey-born Military Figure and Explorer: Namesake of Colorado's Pike's Peak) |
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| 1882 | Ralph Waldo Emerson (Massachusetts-born Essayist and Poet) |
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| 1907 | Rufus Bullock (New York-born Reconstruction Governor of Georgia) |
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| 1961 | Kwame Nkrumah (First President of Ghana) |
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| 1969 | Rene Barrientos Ortuno (President of Bolivia) |
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| 2002 | Ruth Handler (Colorado-born Inventor of the Barbie Doll) |
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| 2007 | Mstislav Rostropovich (Azerbaijani Cellist, Conductor, Composer) |
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| 1509 | Pope Julius II Julius II Dispatches Troops to Restore Order in Rebel Venice |
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| 1521 | Portuguese Explorer Ferdinand Magellan Is Killed In the Philippines |
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| 1667 | John Milton Enters into Agreement for Publication of Paradise Lost |
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| 1688 | England's James II Reissues His Declaration of Religious Indulgence Promising Freedom of Conscience |
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| 1773 | The British Tea Act Lowers the Tea Tax Giving the East India Company a Tea Monopoly in the Americas |
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| 1805 | A Force Led by U.S. Marines Captures the City of Derna, on the Shores of Tripoli |
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| 1805 |
 Lewis: This morning I walked through the point formed by the junction of the rivers; the woodland extends about a mile, when the rivers approach each other within less than half a mile; here a beatifull level low plain commences and extends up both rivers for many miles, widening as the rivers recede from each other, and extending back half a mile to a plain about 12 feet higher than itself; the low plain appears to be a few inches higher than high water mark and of course will not be liable to be overflown; tho' where it joins the high plain a part of the Missouri when at it's greatest hight, passes through a channel of 60 or 70 yards wide and falls into the yellowstone river. on the Missouri about 2½ miles from the entrance of the yellowstone river, and between this high and low plain, a small lake is situated about 200 yards wide extending along the edge of the high plain parallel with the Missouri about one mile. on the point of the high plain at the lower extremity of this lake I think would be the most eligible site for an establishment.
[The American Fur Company's Fort Union (1828), the Sublette and Campbell post Fort William (1832), and the military post of Fort Buford (1866), were all built, not in the point as Lewis proposed, but on the north side of the Missouri,
I continued my walk on shore; at 11 A. M. the wind became very hard from
for several days past we have observed a great number of buffaloe lying dead beaver are very abundant, the party kill several of them every day.
The Eagles, Magpies, and gees have their nests in trees adjacent to each other; the magpye particularly appears fond of building near the Eagle, as we scarcely see an Eagle's nest unaccompanyed with two or three Magpies nests within |
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| 1806 |
Lewis: This morning we were detained untill 9 A. M. in consequence of the absence of one of Charbono's horses. the horse at length being recovered we set out and & at the distance of fifteen miles passed through a country similar to that of yesterday; the hills at the extremity of this distance again approach the river and are rocky abrupt and 300 feet high.
we ascended the hill and marched through a high plain for 9 miles when we again returned to the river, I now thought it best to halt as the horses and men were much fatiegued altho had not reached the Wallah wollah village as we had been led to beleive by our guide who informed us that the village was at the place we should next return to the river,
we collected some of the dry stalks of weeds and the stems of a shrub which resembles the southern wood; made a small fire and boiled a small quantity of our meat on which we dined; while here the principal Cheif of the Wallahwallahs joined us with six men of his nation. this Cheif by name Yel-lept' had visited us on the morning of the 19 of October at our encampment a little below this place; we gave him at that time a small medal, and promised him a larger one on after our scanty repast we continued our march accompanyed by Yellept and his party to the village which we found at the distance of six miles situated on the N. side of the river at the lower side of the low country about 12 ms. below the entrance of Lewis's river. This Cheif is a man of much influence not only in his own nation but also among the neighbouring tribes and nations.— This Village consists of 15 large mat lodges. at present they seem to subsist principally on a speceis of mullet which weigh from one to three lbs. and roots of various discriptions which these plains furnish them in great abundance. they also take a few salmon trout of the white kind.— Yellept haranged his village in our favour intreated them to furnish us with fuel and provision and set the example himself by bringing us an armfull of wood and a platter of 3 roasted mullets. the others soon followed his example with rispect to fuel and we soon found ourselves in possession of an ample stock. they birn the stems of the shrubs in the plains there being no timber in their neighbourhood of any discription.
we purchased four dogs of these people on which the party suped heartily having been on short allowance for near two days. the indians retired when we requested them this evening and behaved themselves in every rispect extreemly well. the indians informed us that there was a good road which passed from the columbia opposite to this village to the entrance of the Kooskooske on the S. side of Lewis's river; they also informed us, that there were a plenty of deer and Antelopes on the road, with good water and grass. we knew that a road in that direction if the country would permit
Clark:
made 31 miles to day—
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| 1818 | Commissioners in Newly Formed Ripley County, Indiana Choose a County Seat and Name It Versailles After the French Palace |
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| 1858 | Abolitionist John Brown Meets with Quaker Friends at the Village of Springdale, Iowa |
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| 1859 | Abraham Lincoln Calls on Editor of "Central Illinois Gazette" in West Urbana (Champaign), Illinois |
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| 1861 | President Lincoln Suspends Writ of Habeas Corpus Along Routes of Troop Movements |
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| President Lincoln Extends the Federal Blockade to Ports of North Carolina and Virginia |
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| 1864 | Lincoln Congratulates Governor Murphy on the Successful Organization of Arkansas' State Government |
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| U.S.S. Honeysuckle Captures the British Schooner Miriam in the Gulf of Mexico |
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| 1865 | Steamer Sultana Explodes on the Mississippi, 1,400 Union Prisoners of War Die |
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| U.S.S. Pontiac Is Dispatched From Florida Today to Prevent Jefferson Davis From Escaping to Cuba |
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| 1871 | West Virginia Restores the Voting Rights of Confederate Supporters |
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| 1895 | The Final Issue of O. Henry's Rolling Stone Newspaper Is Published in Austin, Texas |
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| 1897 | In New York City, over 1M People Attend the Parade and President McKinley's Ceremony Dedicating Grant's Tomb |
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| 1903 | W.E.B. DuBois' The Souls of Black Folk Is Published |
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| 1905 | In Minnesota, the Aerial Bridge, Spanning the Duluth Ship Canal, Carries Its First Passengers Inside a Carriage Suspended From the Bridge's Framework |
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| Janesville, Wisconsin Teachers Demand Higher Wages from the School Board |
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| 1907 | Tornado Kills 7 in Hemming, Texas, Destroying All But One Building in Town |
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| 1909 | Sultan Abdul Hamid Is Deposed Three Days after Losing Control of Constantinople |
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| Florida's House of Representatives Approves the Orange Blossom as the State's Official Flower |
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| 1916 | British Attempt to Negotiate the Escape of Thousands of Troops Under Siege at the City of Kut-al-Amara |
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| 1923 | F. Scott Fitzgerald Publishes The Vegetable |
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| 1933 | 7.1 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Homes From Their Foundations Near Anchorage, Alaska |
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| The Admiral Watson Leaves Seattle, Washington for Alaska, as the Last Ship to Sail for the Pacific Steamship Co. |
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| 1934 | A Backward Glance by Edith Wharton is Published by D. Appleton and Company |
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| 1936 | The United Auto Workers (UAW) Separate From the American Federation of Labor (AFL) |
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| 1937 | A Star Is Born Debuts |
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| 1941 | German Forces Enter Athens, Greece |
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| 1945 | Russian and American Troops Link at the River Elbe in Germany |
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| Allies Rejects Peace Offer From German SS Chief Heinrich Himmler |
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| Admiral Suzuki Kantaro Becomes Japan's Third Prime Minister within a Year |
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| 1947 | An Ailing Babe Ruth Is Honored at Yankee Stadium |
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| 1950 | Great Britain Recognizes the State of Israel |
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| The Communist-controlled National Catholic Church Is Created in Romania |
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| Eugene C. Barker Texas History Center Is Dedicated on the Campus of the University of Texas |
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| 1951 | General Douglas MacArthur Visits Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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| 1954 | White Christmas Debuts, Starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye |
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| 1956 | Rocky Marciano Retires As Undefeated World Heavyweight Boxing Champion |
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| 1960 | Togo Gains Its Independence from France |
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| Religious Protesters Burn the Communist Party Headquarters in Nowa Huta, Poland |
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| 1961 | Sierra Leone Gains Its Independence from Great Britain |
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| NASA Launches the Explorer 11 Satellite to Detecting Sources of High-energy Gamma Rays |
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| 1962 | African Americans Picket the Beloit, Wisconsin Police, Department Demanding an African American Be Appointed to the Force |
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| 1963 | In Wisconsin, the Dave Brubeck Quartet Performs at Beloit College |
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| 1965 | The California Legislature Selects Gold as the State Mineral and Serpentine as the State Rock |
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| 1966 | Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads Merge to Form Penn Central Railroad |
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| 1968 | Vice President Humphrey to Seek Democratic Presidential Nomination |
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| Hundreds of Displaced Residents Protest Boston's Urban Renewal Program |
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| 1969 | Bolivian President Rene Barrientos Ortuno Is Killed in Helicopter Crash |
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| 1971 | Protest Disrupts Welsh Language Trial |
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| 1973 | During the Watergate Scandal, Acting FBI Director L. Patrick Gray Resigns |
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| 1978 | Afghanistan's President Daoud Overthrown by Procommunist Rebels |
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| 1982 | John W. Hinckley Jr. Goes on Trial for Shooting President Reagan |
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| 1983 | Nolan Ryan Surpasses Walter Johnson's Career Strikeout Record |
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| 1984 | 11-day Siege of the Libyan Embassy in London Ends Peacefully |
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| 1986 | Video Pirate Disrupts HBO Satellite Service with Personal Message |
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| 1987 | U.S. Bars Entry of Austrian President Kurt Waldheim for Nazi War Crimes |
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| 1990 | South African Communist, Joe Slovo, Ends 27-year Exile for Peace Talks |
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| 1992 | Serbia and Montenegro Adopt Constitution as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
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| Zambia's National Soccer Team Perishes in Air Crash Off the Coast of Gabon |
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| British House of Commons Elects Its First Female Speaker |
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| 1993 | Eritrea Declares Independence from Ethiopia after 30 Years of Civil War |
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| China and Taiwan Open Two Days of High-level Talks in Singapore |
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| 1994 | First Multi-racial Elections Are Held in South Africa (Apr 26-29) |
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| 1997 | Hong Kong Opens the World's Longest Suspension Bridge |
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| 2011 | Tornados Kill 300+ and Destroy Hundreds of Homes Across 7 U.S. States |
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