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What happened at Tiananmen Square?

The protest began in April 1989 as a patriotic memorial gathering for reformist leader Hu Yaobang. The government reversed an official decision and accorded Hu a state funeral but refused to meet with a group of protesters. After the service, the crowd did not disperse, and party leader Deng Xiaoping wrote an editorial condemning the protesters. The protests spread to almost 250 other cities, and the students proclaimed a hunger strike to pressure the government into retracting the editorial. Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev arrived for an official meeting, and international media began to foc..

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What is George III famous for?

During what is collectively referred to as the "Georgian era" from 1714 to 1830, the Hanovers ruled Britain. The family hailed from the Electorate of Hanover, which was part of the Holy Roman Empire. George III was the first of the Hanovers to be born in England. His father was Frederick, Prince of Wales.The loss of the American Revolution affected George III immensely, and he drafted but never delivered an abdication speech. After George III slipped into an illness in 1810, his son was soon given the title of Prince Regent. George III was deaf, blind and mad when he died a decade later. A 200..

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Who invented solar panels?

Becquerel's discovery showed that shining light on an electrode within a conductive solution generates an electrical current. This is known as the photovoltaic effect, the same principle used in modern solar panels. A century later, Russell Ohl used this information to invent the solar cell, which made generating solar energy more efficient. Solar energy panels rely on solar cells to work.

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How many people were killed by Bonnie and Clyde?

It is suspected that Clyde killed two police officers in Joplin, Mo. and a sheriff in Stringtown, Okla. He is also accused of murders in Hillsboro and Dallas, Texas, and Joplin and Columbia, Mo. Together the pair killed a constable in Miami, Okla. They also shot two highway patrol officers near Grapevine, Texas. In addition to murder, they were wanted for automobile theft, burglaries, robberies and several shootings.

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How did Captain James Cook die?

Cook's third voyage was a failed attempt to find the fabled North-West Passage believed to link the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. When he could not find the route, he took his two ships and explored the island of Hawaii.\nCook and his crew were the first Europeans to ever see Australia, which Cook named New South Wales and claimed for Great Britain in 1769. He was hoping to locate the southernmost continent, Antarctica, which had not yet been discovered.

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What were Constantine's accomplishments?

Constantine's father, Constantius, became emperor of the Western Roman Empire in A.D. 305, but he died the next year, leaving his succession in question. Constantine's troops acclaimed him emperor, but he had to fight a series of civil wars before he secured his position in 312. Twelve years later, he conquered the Eastern Roman Empire and ruled as emperor over a unified Roman Empire.\nOne of Constantine's greatest accomplishments as ruler was his acceptance of Christianity both as on an individual and on a national level. His own devotion to the religion came during the civil w..

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When was the clock invented?

Sundials in ancient Babylon were very large, and it was not until the Egyptians began developing them further that they became portable. As time keeping evolved, there were smaller sundials as well as hour glasses, water mechanism clocks and pendulums, all of which utilized gravity. In 1511, a German inventor named Peter Henlein created the first spring based clock. Though his clock was imperfect, it inspired many aspiring clock makers to create more accurate clocks, which eventually rendered the near perfect time-keeping devices that we have today.

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When was the Great Lakes Naval Base established?

As of 2015, Naval Station Great Lakes has grown from its original 39 buildings to 1,153 buildings situated on 1,628 acres with over 50 miles of roadway. It is the largest military facility in Illinois and the largest training facility in the country. Over 40,000 recruits pass through the base each year. The National Park Service added the base to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986

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Who won the Battle of Chancellorsville?

The Union army was commanded by Major General Joseph Hooker, who led a force of 97,382 soldiers. Robert E. Lee's Confederate forces consisted of 57,352 soldiers. The total estimated casualties was 30,764, including 1,694 killed on the Union side and 1,724 killed on the Confederate side. Among the Confederate soldiers killed was Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, one of Lee's most trusted generals.On April 30, 1863, Hooker successfully led a march and Rappahannock River crossing to where Lee's army was located. Although the Confederate army was outnumbered by the Union soldiers, Lee cho..

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Why did the Romans make mosaics?

While mosaics began as floor decorations, they eventually grew in popularity and came to be used to decorate walls, ceilings and columns. These mosaics ranged from geometric and precise designs to intricate works of art modeled after the great works of the Greeks. In fact, the Romans borrowed the mosaic style from the Greeks but developed their own artistic style. Because mosaics required much time and precision, it was an art form generally enjoyed only by nobility and wealthy homeowners. Mosaics generally served as little more than an attractive decoration, but some Romans used them as a way..

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