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  2. Battle of New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of New Orleans was fought on January 8, 1815, between the British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham and the United States Army under Brevet Major General Andrew Jackson, [4] roughly 5 miles (8 km) southeast of the French Quarter of New Orleans, [8] in the current suburb of Chalmette, Louisiana.

  3. Pazuzu (The Exorcist) - Wikipedia

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    Pazuzu first appeared in William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist in 1971. [1] The novel is about a 12-year-old girl, Regan MacNeil, possessed by a demon.The demon is later revealed to be Pazuzu; though never explicitly stated to be the demon, two references were made about his statue, which was uncovered in the prologue by Father Lankester Merrin in northern Iraq.

  4. The Hunters of Kentucky - Wikipedia

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    "The Hunters of Kentucky", also called "The Battle of New Orleans" and "Half Horse and Half Alligator", is a song written to commemorate Andrew Jackson's victory over the British at the Battle of New Orleans. In 1824 and 1828, he used it as his presidential campaign song.

  5. Mercedes McCambridge - Wikipedia

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    McCambridge provided the dubbed voice of Pazuzu, the demon possessing the young girl Regan (played by Linda Blair) in The Exorcist. To sound as disturbing as possible, McCambridge insisted on swallowing raw eggs, chain smoking and drinking whiskey to make her voice harsh and her performance aggressive.

  6. Regan MacNeil - Wikipedia

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    Regan MacNeil is a 12-year-old girl and the daughter of actress Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn).Regan is caught between her mother's grueling working schedule and the fact that her parents are in the process of an acrimonious divorce (her father is in Europe and is not seen in the film), and she has an older brother named Jamie but he died at the age of 3 because of an infection that wouldn't go ...

  7. Reagan survived an assassination attempt and his response ...

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    The life of the 70-year-old president was saved by the quick actions of his lead Secret Service agent, as well as the skill o Reagan survived an assassination attempt and his response changed the ...

  8. Motorbike racer Louis O’Regan dies aged 43 following accident ...

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    A motorbike racer has died following injuries he sustained during a qualifying session for the 2024 Manx Grand Prix, organizers confirmed Sunday.. Irish rider Louis O’Regan was injured during an ...

  9. The Battle of New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    The melody is based on a well-known American fiddle tune "The 8th of January", which was the date of the Battle of New Orleans. Jimmy Driftwood, a school principal in Arkansas with a passion for history, set an account of the battle to this music in an attempt to get students interested in learning history. [8]