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 César Chávez Born Mar 31, 1927
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 Arthur Schomburg Born: Jan 24, 1874 [Africa Within]
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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 last name of a Nobel Laureate chemist or physicist born on the date:
TIN SMILE |
Use all of these letters to spell the title of a work by Faith Ringgold (according to Artcyclopedia):
TYGL FOIL QUARTS |
(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 1922 work by Marina Tsvetaeva (according to Authors' Calendar):
ZULA KAR |
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 Henry-Louis Le Chatelier Born on This Date 1850 [University of Cincinnati]
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 Juan Perón Born on This Date 1895 [Rose-Hulman University]
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 Frank Herbert Born on This Date 1920 [The Zone]
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 Faith Ringgold Born on This Date 1930 [University of Georgia]
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 Jesse Jackson Born on This Date 1941 [Encyclopedia Britannica]
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Croatia: Independence Day
(Observance of declaration of independence from Yugoslavia: 10/08/1991) |
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Peru: Battle of Angamos
(Commemoration of the Battle of Angamos: 10/08/1879) |
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| 1903 | (Mikro) Christoffel Hermanus Kühn (South African Children's Author) |
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| 1917 | Walter Lord (Maryland-born Historical Novelist) |
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| 1920 | Barthe DeClements (Washington-born Children's Author) |
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| Frank Herbert (Washington-born Science Fiction Author of Dune) |
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| 1925 | Edward Ormondroyd (Pennsylvania-born Children's Author) |
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| 1930 | Faith Ringgold (New York City-born African-American Children's Author, Illustrator) |
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| 1936 | Suzanne Newton (North Carolina-born Children's Author) |
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| 1939 | Harvey Pekar (Ohio-born Creator of the American Splendor Comic Book Series) |
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| 1943 | R.L. Stine (Ohio-born Author of Creepy Children's Books) |
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| 1946 | Bel Mooney (English Writer, Broadcaster, Painter, Children's Author) |
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| 1871 | Albert Edward Wiggam (Indiana-born Journalist, Author) |
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| 1892 | Marina Ivanova Tsvetaeva (Russian Poet) |
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| 1905 | Meyer Levin (Chicago-born Writer) |
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| 1927 | Patrick D. Smith (Mississippi-born Author) |
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| 1878 | Alfred Munnings (English Artist) |
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| 1585 | Heinrich Schutz (German Composer) |
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| 1870 | Louis Vierne (French Composer) |
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| 1959 | Carlos Noriega (Peruvian-American Astronaut) |
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| 1850 | Henry-Louis Le Chatelier (French Chemist) |
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| 1869 | J(ames) Frank Duryea (Illinois-born Automobile Pioneer, Inventor) |
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| 1872 | Mary Engle Pennington (Tennessee-born Chemist; Food Refrigeration and Preservation Expert) |
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| 1883 | Otto Heinrich Warburg (German-born 1931 Nobel Laureate for Physiology or Medicine) |
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| 1917 | Rodney Robert Porter (English Biochemist; 1972 Nobel Laureate for Physiology or Medicine) |
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| 1918 | Jens C. Skou (Danish Chemist; 1997 Nobel Laureate for Chemistry) |
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| 1926 | César Milstein (Argentinean 1984 Nobel Laureate for Physiology or Medicine) |
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| 1890 | Eddie Rickenbacker (Ohio-born World War I Flying Ace, World Record Race Car Driver) |
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| 1838 | John Hay (Indiana-born Author, Statesman, U.S. Secretary of State) |
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| 1863 | Nathaniel B. Smithers (Delaware Congressman: 1883-1865) |
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| 1880 | Chen Duxiu (Chinese Author, Editor; a Founder of the Chinese Communist Party) |
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| 1895 | Juan Perón (President of Argentina) |
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| 1910 | Gus Hall (Minnesota-born Chairman of the Communist Party) |
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| 1915 | William A. Egan (Three-Term Governor of the State of Alaska) |
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| 1934 | Kader Asmal (South African Political Activist, Human Rights Lawyer) |
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| 1941 | Jesse Jackson (South Carolina-born African-American Religious, Civil Rights, Political Leader) |
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| 1893 | Clarence Williams (Louisiana-born African-American Jazz Musician, Producer, Composer, Pioneer) |
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| 1897 | Rouben Mamoulian (Georgian-American Director) |
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| 1926 | Klaus Kinski (Polish Actor) |
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| 1941 | Paul Hogan (Australian Actor) |
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| 1943 | Chevy Chase (New York City-born Comedic Actor) |
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| 1949 | Sigourney Weaver (New York City-born Actress) |
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| 1956 | Stephanie Zimbalist (California-born Actress) |
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| 1970 | Matt Damon (Massachusetts-born Actor) |
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| 1890 | Eddie Rickenbacker (Ohio-born World War I Flying Ace, World Record Race Car Driver) |
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| 1932 | Ray Reardon (Welsh-born Winner of Six Snooker World Titles Between 1970-1978) |
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| 1938 | Fred Stolle (Australian Member of the Tennis Hall of Fame) |
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| 1735 | Yongzheng (Third Emperor of China's Qing Dynasty) |
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| 1754 | Henry Fielding (English Author) |
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| 1793 | John Hancock (Massachusetts-born American Patriot, Signer of the Declaration of Independence) |
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| 1818 | George Truitt (Governor of Delaware: 1808-1811) |
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| 1869 | Franklin Pierce (New Hampshire-born 14th President of the United States) |
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| 1967 | Clement (Richard) Attlee (British Prime Minister, 1945-1951) |
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| 1778 | In New York, Soldiers of the Continental Army Burn to the Ground the Deserted Mohawk Village of Unadilla |
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| 1804 |
 Clark: a Cool morning Set out early the wind from the N. W. great quantities of the red Berries, ressembling Currents, are on the river in every bend—passed the lower pint of an Island close on the L. S. 2 of our men discovered the reckerrei [Recorees - Arikara Indians] village, about the Center of the Island on the L. Side on the main Shore. this Island is about 3 miles long, Seperated from the L. S. by a Channel of about 60 yards wide verry Deep,
The Isld. is covered with fields, where those people raise their Corn Tobacco Beens &c. &c. Great numbers of those People came on the Island to See us pass, we passed above the head of the Island & Capt. Lewis with 2 interpeters & 2 men went to the Village I formed a Camp of the french & the guard on Shore, with one Sentinal on board of the boat at anchor, a pleasent evening all things arranged both for Peace or War, This Village (6) is Situated about the Center of a large Island
[*Joseph Gravelines was an associate or employee of Régis Loisel and Pierre-Antoine Tabeau, reported in 1811 as having lived among the Arikaras for more than twenty years. The captains found him useful as an Arikara interpreter, and in 1805 he accompanied the Arikara chief who journeyed to Washington. He had to return alone, bearing the news of the chief's death; the Arikaras gave him an unpleasant reception. The government later employed him as its representative among the Arikaras, an indication of the captains' high opinion of him.]
Lewis: On the shore, in the point formed by the junction of the Weterhoo river with the Missouri.
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| 1812 | Americans Capture British Brigs Detroit and Caledonia |
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| 1821 | A Victory by the Mexican Army Ends Anglo-American Attempts to Seize Texas from Spain |
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| 1823 | New York Governor Clinton Presides over the Joining of the Erie Canal and Hudson River |
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| 1836 | Washington, Arkansas Is Incorporated |
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| 1848 | The City of Racine, Wisconsin Is Incorporated |
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| 1855 | The Arrow, a Ship Flying the British Flag, Is Boarded by Chinese Authorities Who Arrest the Crew |
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| 1858 | Center City, Minnesota Is Established |
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| 1860 | Telegraph Line Is Opened between Los Angeles and San Francisco |
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| 1862 | Union Forces Repel Confederates at Perryville, Kentucky |
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| 1863 | Union Brigadier General Alexander Asboth Is Named to Command of Federal Forces in West Florida |
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| 1865 | 6.3 Magnitude Earthquake Causes $500,000 in Property Damage Along the California Santa Cruz Mountains |
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| 1869 | The Virginia General Assembly Meets to Ratify the 14th and 15th Amendments, a Prerequisite for Readmission to the Union |
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| 1871 | The Great Chicago Fire Erupts |
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| Peshtigo, Wisconsin Is Destroyed by Forest Fire. 1,000+ People Killed |
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| 1878 | In New Mexico, Lincoln County Residents Ask for Protection from the Violence of the Local Range War |
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| 1879 | Chile Captures the Huascar from Peru in the Naval Battle of Angamos |
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| 1885 | The First Trees Are Cleared for Streets in Ybor City, Florida under the Direction of Civil Engineer Gavino Gutierrez |
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| 1890 | Train Robber "Rube" Burrow Is Killed After Escaping from Jail in Linden, Alabama |
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| 1895 | The Liberty Bell Arrives in Atlanta, Georgia for Exhibition at the Pennsylvania Building of the Cotton States and International Exposition |
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| 1896 | George Washington Carver Arrives in Macon County, Alabama to Direct the Tuskegee Institute's Agricultural School |
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| 1898 | The First Issue of the Magazine "Musical America" Is Published |
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| 1901 | Domino Sugar Trademark is Registered |
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| 1904 | The Vanderbilt Cup Auto Race Is Run in Hicksville, New York |
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| 1909 | Orville Wright Begins Training the U.S. Army's First Pilot |
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| 1918 | Tennessee's Alvin C. York Almost Single-Handedly Captures & Kills 160 Germans |
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| The President of the Atlanta, Georgia Chamber of Commerce Tells Landlords Not to Evict Tenants Infected with Spanish Influenza |
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| 1919 | 63 Planes Begin the First Transcontinental Air Race in the United States (California - New York) |
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| 1924 | In West Virginia, the Cincinnati Reds Play the McDowell County All-Stars |
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| 1926 | The Witte Museum Opens in San Antonio, Texas |
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| 1934 | Bruno Hauptmann Is Indicted for the Murder of Charles A. Lindbergh's Infant Son |
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| 1936 | The Spokane Children's Home Refuses to Accept African-American Orphans |
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| 1940 | The U.S. Excess Profits Tax Act Is Signed into Law |
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| 1941 | Nazi Invasion of Russia Reaches the Sea of Azov with the Capture of Mariupol |
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| 1942 | The U.S. Copper-Silver-Manganese Wartime Five-cent Coin Is Authorized. |
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| Philadelphia "P" Mint Mark First Appears on U.S. Coins |
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| 1945 | Truman Indicates the U.S. Has Shared Atomic Secrets with Britain and Canada |
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| 1952 | 85 Die When Three Trains Collide in England |
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| 1956 | Yankee Don Larsen Pitches the Only Perfect Game in World Series History |
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| Southdale Shopping Center, the First Fully Enclosed Shopping Mall, Opens in Edina, Minnesota |
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| 1958 | Dr Ĺke Senning Implants the First Internal Heart Pacemaker |
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| In Wisconsin, Singing Cowboy Gene Autry Performs At the Rock County 4-H Fair |
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| 1961 | Paul Hornung Scores 33 points for Green Bay" 4 TDs, 6 PATs, 1FG |
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| 1967 | A Special Detachment of the Bolivian Army Wounds and Captures Marxist Revolutionary Che Guevara |
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| 1968 | Richard Nixon Is Nominated as the Republican Candidate for President of the United States |
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| 1970 | The Communist Delegation in Paris Rejects President Richard Nixon's Peace Proposal |
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| Alexander Solzhenitsyn Is Selected as the Nobel Laureate for Literature |
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| 1971 | California Governor Ronald Reagan Starts the First Pump at the A. D. Edmonston Pumping Plant |
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| 1973 | Britain's First Independent Radio Station Begins Broadcasting |
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| 1979 | Sugar Babies Opens on Broadway |
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| 1982 | All Labor Organizations in Poland Are Banned |
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| 1984 | Atlanta, Braves Knuckleball Pitcher Phil Niekro Wins His 300th Game |
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| 1985 | Achille Lauro Palestinian Hijackers Kill a Wheelchair-bound Jewish-American |
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| 1990 | 17 Palestinians Die in Clashes with Israeli Police at Temple Mount Religious Site |
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| Texas-born E. Donnall Thomas Is Selected for the Nobel Prize in Medicine |
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| 1991 | The Excavation of an African-American Burial Site in Lower Manhattan Is Announced |
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| 1998 | U.S. House of Representatives Initiates Impeachment Inquiry of President Clinton |
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| 2003 | Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Elected Governor of California |
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| 2004 | John Kerry & George W. Bush Meet in St. Louis for Presidential Debate #2 of 3 |
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| 2005 | 7.6 Magnitude Earthquake Kills 70,000+ in Pakistan, India, Afghanistan |
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| 2010 | Nobel Foundation Awards Peace Price to Liu Xiaobo, Chinese Writer and Political Dissident |
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