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1 day ago · Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo [1] ( French: [viktɔʁ maʁi yɡo] ⓘ; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885), sometimes nicknamed the Ocean Man, was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. His most famous works are the novels The Hunchback of ...
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- Panthéon, Paris
- 1829–1883
3 hours ago · Background Main articles: Davidian Seventh-day Adventist, Mount Carmel Center, Branch Davidians, and David Koresh The Branch Davidians (also known as "The Branch") were a religious group that originated in 1955 from a schism in the Shepherd's Rod (Davidians) following the death of the Shepherd's Rod founder Victor Houteff. Houteff founded the Davidians based on his prophecy of an imminent ...
- Suspected weapons violations, Cause of fire disputed
- Fire destroys compound: 86 dead in total
- February 28 – April 19, 1993 (51 days)
3 hours ago · South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has been banned from entering 20 percent of the state after several Native American tribes barred her from their land.. The bans come after Noem suggested that ...
1 day ago · Treaties of the European Union. The European Parliament ( EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts European legislation, following a proposal by the European Commission.
- 10 September 1952; 71 years ago
1 day ago · medium 1st. Kinshasa ( / kɪnˈʃɑːsə /; French: [kinʃasa]; Lingala: Kinsásá ), formerly named Léopoldville before June 30, 1966, is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one of the world's fastest-growing megacities.
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- 1881
- 240 m (790 ft)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
