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  2. Eddie Rickenbacker - Wikipedia

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    Once, the Horsehead Gang took a "roller coaster ride" in a quarry cart and his leg was run over and badly sliced. After the Wright brothers' first airplane flight, Rickenbacker tried to "fly" a bicycle outfitted with an umbrella off of his friend's barn roof. [10] The summer before Rickenbacker's fourteenth birthday, his father was injured in a ...

  3. Siamese–Vietnamese War (1841–1845) - Wikipedia

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    The Siamese forces were defeated by the Vietnamese in the Battle of Vàm Nao in January-February 1834. King Nangklao or King Rama III of Siamese Rattanakosin Kingdom , upon knowing of the rebellion at Saigon, took this opportunity to dismantle Vietnamese influence in Cambodia and to aid the Lê Văn Khôi rebellion at Saigon. [ 8 ]

  4. Battle Brothers - Wikipedia

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    The Windows version of Battle Brothers left early access on March 24, 2017. [4] It was released for the Switch on March 11, 2021. [5] PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X and S versions were released on January 13, 2022. [6]

  5. Percy–Neville feud - Wikipedia

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    Significantly, they were, for the first time, accompanied by their fathers and elder brothers—Salisbury and Richard, Earl of Warwick accompanied John and Thomas, whilst the Percy brothers were with Northumberland and his elder brother Henry, Lord Poynings. However, the result of this near-confrontation appears to be unrecorded, says Griffiths.

  6. John C. Pemberton - Wikipedia

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    John Clifford Pemberton (August 10, 1814 – July 13, 1881) was a United States Army officer who fought in the Seminole Wars and with distinction during the Mexican–American War.

  7. List of monarchs of fictional countries - Wikipedia

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    Commander Vimes reasoned that, given how the Nobbses stole so many things over the years (possibly including the de Nobbes signet ring), Nobby could be proven to be 'the Duke of Pseudopolis, the Serif of Klatch and the Dowager Duchess of Quirm'; however, Nobby keeps to himself the fact that his family possesses a larger collection of noble ...

  8. Darien scheme - Wikipedia

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    A series of domestic conflicts, including the 1639–51 Wars of the Three Kingdoms and unrest related to religious differences between 1670-1690 exhausted the people and diminished their resources. The so-called " seven ill years " of the 1690s saw widespread crop failures and famine, while Scotland's deteriorating economic position led to ...

  9. Gilles de Rais - Wikipedia

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    Champtocé castle tower ruins. Gilles de Rais (or "Retz"), [a] the eldest son of Marie de Craon and Guy de Laval-Rais, descended from a number of great feudal houses. [5] Through his mother, he was linked to the House of Craon, a wealthy western family, and through his father to the Laval family, [6] one of the two most important Breton lineages in the 15th century. [7]