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Who assassinated President Kennedy?: President John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s assassin in 1963 is generally assumed to have been...
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How is the American President elected?: The American constitution, framed at Philadelphia in 1787, provides for the president's election by...
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Where did the Light Brigade Charge?: The famous Charge of the Light Brigade took place eight miles south of the great port of Sebastopol...
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When did the Crusades take place?: The Crusades were a series of holy wars authorized by successive Popes and waged by the Christians...
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Where do the Stars and Stripes in American Flag come from?: In the early days of the American war of Independence each state adopted a flag of its own...
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What was the Great Trek?: The Great Trek is the name given to the mass exodus of Afrikaner settlers from South Africa's...
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What is Hara-Kiri?: Ceremonial suicide, or hara-kiri, was undertaken by members of the samurai (warrior) class in old Japan...
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Who signed the King of Spain's Beard?: Sir Francis Drake (c. 1540-96) the most celebrated of the English "sea-dogs" of Queen Elizabeth...
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Why did the American Civil War start?: The American Civil War (1861-65) arose chiefly over the question of Negro slavery. In the 15th Century...
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When was Keelhauling used for punishment?: Keelhauling was first referred to as a punishment for offenders in a Dutch naval ordinance...
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