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  2. Robert Maynard - Wikipedia

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    When Blackbeard and some of his men boarded Jane they were ambushed by a force much larger than he had expected. During the battle, Maynard and Blackbeard ended up in hand-to-hand combat. In a point blank exchange of pistol fire, Maynard hit Blackbeard and Blackbeard missed. However the shot barely slowed Blackbeard down.

  3. Blackbeard - Wikipedia

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    The name of Blackbeard has been attached to many local attractions, such as Charleston's Blackbeard's Cove. [130] His name and persona have also featured heavily in literature. He is the main subject of Matilda Douglas's fictional 1835 work Blackbeard: A page from the colonial history of Philadelphia. [131]

  4. Yarnell Hill Fire - Wikipedia

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    The Yarnell Hill Fire was one of the deadliest U.S. wildfires since the 1991 Oakland Hills fire, which killed 25 people, and the deadliest wildland fire for U.S. firefighters since the 1933 Griffith Park fire, which killed 29 "impromptu" civilian firefighters drafted on short notice to help battle the Los Angeles area fire. Yarnell also killed ...

  5. Blackbeard in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Blackbeard makes an appearance in Neal Stephenson's The System of the World. A younger Blackbeard appears in Wayne Thomas Batson's Isle of Fire as the new quartermaster of notorious pirate captain Bartholomew Thorne. Blackbeard is a member of the jury in the short story "The Devil and Daniel Webster" by Stephen Vincent Benét.

  6. List of people who were beheaded - Wikipedia

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    30 Ethiopian Christians (2015) – On April 19, 2015, 30 kidnapped Ethiopian Christians in two groups were killed by ISIS. Half of them were beheaded on a beach in Cyrenaica and the other half in a desert in Fezzan, were fatally shot by AK's, the Christian killed by the ISIS member giving the speech was shot with a pistol. One of ISIS's media ...

  7. One Piece Chapter 1107 Confirms How Blackbeard Will ... - AOL

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    In this chapter Van Augur, Third Ship Captain of the Blackbeard Pirates, tells Elder Saturn what the end goal is: “The world.” The first time in One Piece such a threat has felt credible ...

  8. Member of prominent Rothschild family found dead after Laurel ...

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    The Hollywood Hills home was bedraggled and sooty a day after the blaze, which, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department, was put out by 45 firefighters in a little more than 30 minutes around ...

  9. List of homicides in Michigan - Wikipedia

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    Former employee opened fire at the Royal Oak Post Office, killing four employees, then himself: 1997 Detroit shootings: Detroit: 1997-03-11: 4: A gunman opened fire at a Comerica branch bank, killing two employees and one customer. He was then killed by police: Marvin Gabrion: Cedar Springs: 1997: 1-5: Convicted murderer, suspected serial ...