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  2. List of heads of state and government who were assassinated ...

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    Killed in an insurrection by Nabu-suma-ukin II. [8] Nabu-suma-ukin II: 732 BC: Nabu-mukin-zeri [9] Nabu-mukin-zeri: 729 BC: Killed during the Assyrian conquest of Babylon by Tiglath-Pileser III. [10] Shalmaneser V: King of Assyria: 722 BC: Neo-Assyrian Empire: Sargon II [11] Mushezib-Marduk: King of Babylon 689 BC: Babylon: Murdered during ...

  3. Canada in World War II - Wikipedia

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    The history of Canada during World War II begins with the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939. While the Canadian Armed Forces were eventually active in nearly every theatre of war, most combat was centred in Italy, [1] Northwestern Europe, [2] and the North Atlantic.

  4. Billy Fiske - Wikipedia

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    When World War II broke out in 1939, Fiske traveled to the UK and joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, claiming to be Canadian in order to be permitted to enlist. He would participate in the Battle of Britain , before being killed in action on 17 August 1940.

  5. List of heads of state and government who took their own lives

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    A number of heads of state and heads of government have taken their own lives, either while in office or after leaving office. National leaders who take their own lives while in office generally do so because their leadership is somehow threatened – for instance, by a coup or an invading army. Some have done so under compulsion

  6. First Special Service Force - Wikipedia

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    The 1st Special Service Force was an elite joint AmericanCanadian commando unit in World War II, formed by Lieutenant Colonel Robert T. Frederick of the Operations Division of the U.S. General Staff. During the Italian campaign of World War II, it was commanded by Frederick and attached to the United States Fifth Army.

  7. Willard Kitchener MacDonald - Wikipedia

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    Willard Kitchener MacDonald (August 13, 1916 – 2004), popularly known as the Hermit of Gully Lake, was a recluse who, after jumping a troop train to avoid service in World War II, lived in a secluded hut by Gully Lake, Nova Scotia in Canada for nearly 60 years.

  8. Robert Hampton Gray - Wikipedia

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    Robert Hampton "Hammy" Gray, VC, DSC (November 2, 1917 – August 9, 1945) was a Canadian naval officer, pilot, and recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War II. He and Eugene Esmonde are the only personnel of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm to be decorated the VC in the war. Gray is the last Canadian to be awarded the Victoria Cross.

  9. List of prime ministers of Canada - Wikipedia

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    Manitoba Schools Question; Boer War; Alberta and Saskatchewan created; Creation of the Royal Canadian Navy; Reciprocity with the US; Department of External Affairs established; first French Canadian prime minister; Removed the right of status Indians to vote. 8: Robert Borden (1854–1937) 10 October 1911 10 July 1920 1911 election (12th Parl.)⁠