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] | A Battle in Gallipoli during theFirst World War | machine gun post near 'Y' Beach. No further advance would be made up the ravine until the 1/6th Gurkha Rifles captured the post on the night of This involved them going up a vertical slope, which had defeated the Royal Marine Light Infantry and the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. The site became known as 'Gurkha Bluff'. The ex... | [] |
First Battle of Krithia | [
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Medallions | [
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Syarhey Nikifarenka | [
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] | Belarusian footballer | Syarhey Ivanavich Nikifarenka (; ; born 18 February 1978) is a Belarusian football coach and a former player. He is the manager for the Under-19 squad of Shakhtyor Soligorsk. He spent the majority of his career in Shakhtyor Soligorsk. He is Shakhtyor's all-time top scorer and was one of the most prolific scorers of Bel... | [
"Siarhiej Nikifarenka"
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Mignon Mignon | [
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Mignon Mignon | [
[
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] | 2010 single by René la Taupe | music video was released on the Internet and the music video became immediately an Internet meme, with over 5 million views on YouTube in two months. A few time after, the song was available digitally, then was released as CD single in late August 2010. The single, remixed, instrumental and music video versions were al... | [] |
Mignon Mignon | [
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"Mignon Mignon",
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] | 2010 single by René la Taupe | comes from there. These lyrics are a simple opposing view to everything that takes place in French music. And the substance of lyrics - a character who accepts and enjoys the beads - goes against the cult of thin and tanned body." He admitted that the song was performed to generate controversy, and the vulgarity and gr... | [] |
Mignon Mignon | [
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] | 2010 single by René la Taupe | after the failure of the France team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup but it was not successful. Chart performances "Mignon, Mignon" debuted at number 12 on the French Digital Chart on 17 July 2010, then climbed to number two where it remained for three weeks and topped the chart for two weeks, then fell off and totaled 18 w... | [] |
Mignon Mignon | [
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[
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] | 2010 single by René la Taupe | single entered the French Physical Chart at number one. With over 17,300 units sold in this first week, the single performed the highest weekly sales of a single in 2010 in France. The single stayed atop for 13 weeks and eventually become the best-selling single of the year. In 2010 only, the song sold 114,546 units an... | [] |
Urse d'Abetot | [
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Urse d'Abetot | [
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Urse d'Abetot | [
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Urse d'Abetot | [
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Urse d'Abetot | [
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"Urse d'Abetot",
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] | Sheriff of Worcester | a forename, perhaps given on account of his tenacious temperament. Urse's usual last name derives from his ancestral village in Normandy. His brother's usual last name of Despenser derives from his office, that of dispenser, in the royal household. Ralph, the Lord of Tancarville during the reign of King William I of En... | [] |
Urse d'Abetot | [
[
"Urse d'Abetot",
"place of birth",
"Normandy"
]
] | Sheriff of Worcester | II Rufus and Henry I. While William I granted the duchy of Normandy to his eldest son, Robert Curthose, England went to his second surviving son, William Rufus. Henry (later Henry I), the youngest son, was given a sum of money. In 1088, shortly after William Rufus became king, Urse was present at the trial of William d... | [] |
Urse d'Abetot | [
[
"Urse d'Abetot",
"date of death",
"1108"
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] | Sheriff of Worcester | ratified between the brothers. During Henry's reign, the king regranted Urse's lands to him, with some of them now granted as a tenant-in-chief when previously Urse had held those lands as an under-tenant, and not directly from the king. Urse's lands at Salwarpe were previously held by Roger of Montgomery, but were gra... | [] |
Urse d'Abetot | [
[
"Urse d'Abetot",
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] | Sheriff of Worcester | could be used in what type of case. Death and legacy Urse died some time in 1108. Little is known of his wife, Alice, whose death is unrecorded. Urse was succeeded as sheriff by his son Roger d'Abetot, who was exiled in about 1110 and forfeited the office of sheriff. Roger's successor, Osbert d'Abetot, was probably Urs... | [] |
Plokštinė missile base | [
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] | former missile base of the Soviet Union in Lithuania | Plokštinė missile base () was an underground base of the Soviet Union. It was built near Plokščiai village, north of Plungė, in the sparsely populated Plokštinė forest near Plateliai Lake, Samogitia, Lithuania. This was the first nuclear missile base of the Soviet Union, built to house underground R-12 Dvina ballistic ... | [] |
Plokštinė missile base | [
[
"Plokštinė missile base",
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] | former missile base of the Soviet Union in Lithuania | Union felt the need to maintain its military capabilities. Therefore, in September 1960, the Soviet Union started the rapid construction of an underground military base. It was one of the first in the Soviet Union, near the village of Plokščiai in the Lithuanian SSR. The chosen location was above sea level, which meant... | [] |
Amy's Eyes | [
[
"Amy's Eyes",
"illustrator",
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]
] | book | Amy's Eyes is a children's fantasy novel by Richard Kennedy, published by Harper & Row in 1985, and illustrated by Richard Egielski. Plot summary The narrative begins in an orphanage where Amy inadvertently brings her sailor doll to life. It continues on a ship where he has become captain and she has transformed into a... | [] |
Édouard Carpentier | [
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"Édouard Carpentier",
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[
"Édouard Carpentier",
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"Montreal"
],
[
"Édouard Carpentier",
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] | French-Canadian professional wrestler | Édouard Ignacz Weiczorkiewicz (; July 17, 1926 – October 30, 2010) was a French-born Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name Édouard Carpentier. In a career that spanned from the 1950s into the 1970s, he garnered several world championships. Early life Weiczorkiewicz was born in 1926 in Roanne, Loi... | [
"Edouard Carpentier"
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Édouard Carpentier | [
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[
"Édouard Carpentier",
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] | French-Canadian professional wrestler | Québec in 1956 and became a Canadian citizen. He also became an all around athlete with gymnastic skills. Professional wrestling career Carpentier was a crowd favourite, one of the first wrestlers to delight fans with acrobatic leaps from the turnbuckles and a variety of other aerial manoeuvres such as the rope-aided t... | [
"Edouard Carpentier"
] |
Édouard Carpentier | [
[
"Édouard Carpentier",
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] | French-Canadian professional wrestler | in a disputed contest against Lou Thesz on 14 June 1957. Some NWA territories and officials recognized the disputed win as a legitimate title change, while others did not. This led to the split of the NWA and led to the creation of other organizations, all with their own world titles. He was later recognized as the fir... | [
"Edouard Carpentier"
] |
Édouard Carpentier | [
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"Édouard Carpentier",
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"Carpentier"
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[
"Édouard Carpentier",
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]
] | French-Canadian professional wrestler | team partner Bobo Brazil. They had two main events against Buddy Rogers & Handsome Johnny Barend; another against Rogers & Killer Kowalski. He teamed numerous times with Antonino Rocca, as well as with Vittorio Apollo. In solo matches at the Garden, he defeated Giant Baba, Skull Murphy, Magnificent Maurice, and Hans Mo... | [
"Edouard Carpentier"
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Édouard Carpentier | [
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[
"Édouard Carpentier",
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"Carpentier"
]
] | French-Canadian professional wrestler | the Montreal territory in 1985. They hosted the French edition of the WWF television show Superstars, sold to French-speaking countries. He was replaced by former Québécois wrestler Raymond Rougeau in 1992. Death On 30 October 2010, Carpentier died of a heart attack at his home in Montreal, aged 84. He had also suffere... | [
"Edouard Carpentier"
] |
Édouard Carpentier | [
[
"Édouard Carpentier",
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"Montreal"
]
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"Edouard Carpentier"
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Édouard Carpentier | [
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"Édouard Carpentier",
"family name",
"Carpentier"
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[
"Édouard Carpentier",
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] | French-Canadian professional wrestler | Sandor Szabo (2), Nick Bockwinkel (1) and Ernie Ladd (1) Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum (Class of 2010) Stampede Wrestling Stampede Wrestling Hall of Fame (Class of 1995) Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1997) 1Carpentier was awarded the title by ... | [
"Edouard Carpentier"
] |
St Cecilia's College | [
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] | school in Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland | St Cecilia's College is a secondary school located in Derry, Northern Ireland. It is a Catholic-maintained girls' school with an enrolment of 947 pupils aged 11–18 and is located in the Creggan area of Derry. It has 60 teaching staff. The college had decanted to the Northland Road to facilitate the construction of a ne... | [] |
St Cecilia's College | [
[
"St Cecilia's College",
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"School"
]
] | school in Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland | announced that the College would be granted specialist status from September 2006. As a specialist school it will receive £100 per pupil for the four years of designation and a £100,000 capital grant to support development of the specialism. St Cecilia's College new campus was built on the site of the original college ... | [] |
Inna Makarova | [
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[
"Inna Makarova",
"spouse",
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[
"Inna Makarova",
"child",
"Natalya Bondarchuk"
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[
"Inna Makarova",
"award received",
"Stalin Prize"
],
[
"Inna Maka... | Soviet and Russian actress | Inna Vladimirovna Makarova (; 28 July 1926 – 25 March 2020) was a Soviet and Russian actress. She grew up in Novosibirsk. In 1948 she graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow and began to work as an actress at the National Film Actors' Theatre. In 1949, she was awarded the Stalin Prize for her... | [
"Inna Vladimirovna Makarova"
] |
Inna Makarova | [
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"Inna Makarova",
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"Stalin Prize"
],
[
"Inna Makarova",
"place of burial",
"Troyekurovskoye Cemetery"
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] | Soviet and Russian actress | March 2020 at the age of 93. Selected filmography It Happened in the Donbass (1945) The Young Guard (1948) The Return of Vasili Bortnikov (1953) The Rumyantsev Case (1956) The Height (1957) My Beloved (1958) The Girls (1961) Balzaminov's Marriage (1964) The Big Ore (1964) Crime and Punishment (1970) Russian Field (1971... | [
"Inna Vladimirovna Makarova"
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Edward McCausland | [
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"Edward McCausland",
"given name",
"Edward"
],
[
"Edward McCausland",
"country of citizenship",
"New Zealand"
],
[
"Edward McCausland",
"country of citizenship",
"Australia"
],
[
"Edward McCausl... | New Zealand rugby union player (1865-1936) | Edward Elsmere Montgomery McCausland, (11 May 1865 – 9 November 1936) was an Australian born sportsperson who as a rugby footballer toured with the 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team. The touring party played predominantly rugby union, but also a small number of association football and Victorian rules football m... | [] |
Edward McCausland | [
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[
"Edward McCausland",
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[
"Edward McCausland",
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[
"Edward McCausland",
"place of birth",
"Sydney"
],
[
"Edward M... | New Zealand rugby union player (1865-1936) | where his father became a manager for the Union Bank of Australia. Around 1880 the family moved to New Zealand and McCausland followed his father into banking. By 1892 McCausland had returned to Australia, marrying Alice Shore that year in St Leonards, New South Wales. The marriage was short lived and in 1895 he remarr... | [] |
Edward McCausland | [
[
"Edward McCausland",
"country of citizenship",
"New Zealand"
],
[
"Edward McCausland",
"family name",
"McCausland"
]
] | New Zealand rugby union player (1865-1936) | Zealand Natives McCausland was a keen sportsman as a youth, and played rugby while a teenager, representing the New Zealand Bank's team at the age of 18. By 1886 McCausland was a regular three-quarter with Wellington and by 1888 he represented both Gordon and Auckland. When the 1888 New Zealand Natives rugby union team... | [] |
Edward McCausland | [
[
"Edward McCausland",
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"New Zealand"
],
[
"Edward McCausland",
"family name",
"McCausland"
]
] | New Zealand rugby union player (1865-1936) | McCausland was offered a place on the team and after obtaining a 12-month leave of absence from his employer he stepped in as a replacement for the injured captain. His duties for the Natives also included tour secretary and stand in umpire. He was the best goal-kicker in the Native side, and on the British leg of thei... | [] |
Alexandre de Riquer | [
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"Alexandre de Riquer",
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"Alexandre de Riquer",
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"Poet"
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[
"Alexandre de Riquer",
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] | Spanish artist (1856-1920) | Alexandre de Riquer i Ynglada, 7th Count of Casa Dávalos () (Born 3 May 1856 - 13 November 1920), was a versatile artist intellectual and Catalan designer, illustrator, painter, engraver, writer and poet. He was one of the leading figures of Modernisme in Catalonia. He belonged to an aristocratic family, the Counts of ... | [
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Alexandre de Riquer | [
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Alexandre de Riquer | [
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Alexandre de Riquer | [
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Atotoztli II | [
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"Ahuitzotl"
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[
"Atotoztli II",
"mother",
"Chichimecacihuatzin I"
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[
"Atotoztli II",
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] | daughter of the Aztec emperor Moctezuma I | Atotoztli () or Huitzilxochtzin () was a daughter of the Aztec emperor Moctezuma I and Chichimecacihuatzin I, the daughter of Cuauhtototzin, the ruler of Cuauhnahuac. She married Tezozomoc, son of the previous emperor Itzcoatl, and gave birth to three sons who would later become emperors themselves: Axayacatl, Tizoc, a... | [] |
Moçâmedes Railway | [
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"Moçâmedes Railway",
"terminus",
"Moçâmedes"
],
[
"Moçâmedes Railway",
"country",
"Angola"
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] | railway line in Angola | The Moçâmedes Railway () is an 860 km railway line in Angola, between Moçâmedes and Menongue. The line is operated by the company Caminhos de Ferro de Moçâmedes E.P. The port city of Moçâmedes was renamed Namibe between 1985 and 2016, so the railway was sometimes called the Namibe Railway (). However, the railway compa... | [] |
Moçâmedes Railway | [
[
"Moçâmedes Railway",
"terminus",
"Moçâmedes"
],
[
"Moçâmedes Railway",
"country",
"Angola"
]
] | railway line in Angola | it reached its current terminus at Menongue (formerly Serpa Pinto) in December 1961. The line was originally built with narrow gauge track, but it was re-gauged to Cape gauge in 1950, matching the gauge of other lines in Angola and southern Africa. After Angola obtained its independence from Portugal in 1975, the Angol... | [] |
Vance Arnold & The Avengers | [
[
"Vance Arnold & The Avengers",
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]
] | album by Joe Cocker | Vance Arnold and the Avengers - Live at the Esquire Club Recorded live in Sheffield, England, 1963. A live recording that lay dormant for over 30 years sheds light on Joe Cocker's early career when he was an apprentice gas-fitter, at the time performing as Vance Arnold & The Avengers. The recording was made live on sta... | [
"Vance Arnold and the Avengers - Live at the Esquire Club"
] |
Milwaukee County Historical Society | [
[
"Milwaukee County Historical Society",
"inception",
"1935"
],
[
"Milwaukee County Historical Society",
"instance of",
"Museum"
]
] | history museum & research center in North Old World Third Street Milwaukee, WI | The Milwaukee County Historical Society, also known as MCHS, is a local historical society in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Founded in 1935, the organization was formed to preserve, collect, recognize, and make available materials related to Milwaukee County history. It is located in downtown Milwaukee in the former Sec... | [] |
Milwaukee County Historical Society | [
[
"Milwaukee County Historical Society",
"instance of",
"Museum"
]
] | history museum & research center in North Old World Third Street Milwaukee, WI | Locations In addition to the main museum and research library, the MCHS owns three historic house museums and one historic site: the Lowell Damon House in Wauwatosa; the Kilbourntown House in Estabrook Park; and the Jeremiah Curtin House and Trimborn Farm in Greendale. Benjamin Church House The Benjamin Church House (a... | [] |
John Murtha | [
[
"John Murtha",
"country of citizenship",
"United States"
],
[
"John Murtha",
"occupation",
"Politician"
],
[
"John Murtha",
"family name",
"Murtha"
]
] | Wisconsin politician | John Patrick Murtha Jr. (; June 17, 1932 – February 8, 2010) was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Murtha, a Democrat, represented Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1974 until his death in 2010. He is the longest-serving member ever... | [] |
John Murtha | [
[
"John Murtha",
"family name",
"Murtha"
]
] | Wisconsin politician | and was successively reelected every two years until his death. In the first decade of the 21st century, Murtha had been best known for his calls for a withdrawal of American forces in Iraq, as well as questions about his ethics. In 2006, after the Democrats won control of Congress in the 2006 midterm elections he made... | [] |
John Murtha | [
[
"John Murtha",
"family name",
"Murtha"
]
] | Wisconsin politician | his chairmanship of the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee. He had previously chaired this subcommittee from 1989 to 1995 and served as its ranking member from 1995 to 2007. Background Murtha was born into an Irish-American family in New Martinsville, West Virginia, near the border with Ohio and Pennsylvania, an... | [] |
John Murtha | [
[
"John Murtha",
"family name",
"Murtha"
]
] | Wisconsin politician | an all-male boarding school in Saltsburg, Pennsylvania. Murtha left Washington and Jefferson College in 1952 to join the Marine Corps and was awarded the American Spirit Honor Medal for displaying outstanding leadership qualities during training. He became a drill instructor at Parris Island and was selected for Office... | [] |
John Murtha | [
[
"John Murtha",
"family name",
"Murtha"
]
] | Wisconsin politician | section of Johnstown). He also attended the University of Pittsburgh on the G.I. Bill, and received a degree in economics. Murtha later took graduate courses from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He married his wife Joyce on June 10, 1955. They had three children: daughter Donna and twin sons Patrick and John M.... | [] |
John Murtha | [
[
"John Murtha",
"family name",
"Murtha"
]
] | Wisconsin politician | Star with Valor device, two Purple Hearts, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. He retired from the Marine Corps Reserve as a colonel in 1990, receiving the Navy Distinguished Service Medal. Political career Soon after returning from Vietnam, Murtha won the Democratic nomination for what was then the 22nd District, w... | [] |
John Murtha | [
[
"John Murtha",
"family name",
"Murtha"
]
] | Wisconsin politician | died in November 1968. He was elected to a full term in 1970. Congressman Saylor died in October 1973, nine months into his 13th term. Murtha immediately jumped into the special election contest in what was now the 12th District. In the February 1974 special election, which took place during the burgeoning Watergate sc... | [] |
John Murtha | [
[
"John Murtha",
"family name",
"Murtha"
]
] | Wisconsin politician | Republican-controlled state legislature took advantage of Murtha's connection to Abscam, and incorporated most of the district of fellow Democrat and Vietnam War veteran Don Bailey of Westmoreland County into the 12th District. The 2002 challenge occurred when the state legislature redrew the district of fellow Democra... | [] |
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