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Aaron Harang

Aaron Michael Harang (born May 9, 1978) is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher.

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Academy Award for Best Picture

The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards presented annually since the awards debuted in 1929, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Affirmed

Affirmed (February 21, 1975 – January 12, 2001) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the eleventh winner of the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.

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AJ McLean

Alexander James "AJ" McLean (born January 9, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, dancer, and model.

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Al Unser

Alfred "Al" Unser (born May 29, 1939) is an American automobile racing driver, the younger brother of fellow racing drivers Jerry and Bobby Unser, and father of Al Unser Jr. Now retired, he is the second of three men to have won the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race four times, the fourth of five to have won the race in consecutive years, and won the National Championship in 1970, 1983, and 1985.

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Alec G. Olson

Alec Gehard Olson (born September 11, 1930) is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, a former state senator, who served as the 40th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota.

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Alydar

Alydar (March 23, 1975 – November 15, 1990) was a chestnut colt and an American Thoroughbred race horse who was most famous for finishing a close second to Affirmed in all three races of the Triple Crown.

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American League East

The American League East is one of Major League Baseball (MLB)'s six divisions (An East, Central, and West division for each of the two leagues).

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Anchorage Daily News

The Anchorage Daily News is a daily newspaper published by the Binkley Group, and based in Anchorage, Alaska.

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Andy Samberg

Andrew David Samberg (born August 18, 1978), is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, and musician.

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Anita Bryant

Anita Jane Bryant (born March 25, 1940) is an American singer and political activist.

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Annie Hall

Annie Hall is a 1977 American romantic comedy film directed by Woody Allen from a screenplay he co-wrote with Marshall Brickman.

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Anthony Mackie

Anthony Dwane Mackie (born September 23, 1978) is an American actor.

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Anwar Sadat

Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat (محمد أنور السادات, Egyptian muħæmmæd ˈʔɑnwɑɾ essæˈdæːt; 25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was the third President of Egypt, serving from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 October 1981.

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Army

An army (from Latin arma "arms, weapons" via Old French armée, "armed" (feminine)) or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on land.

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Arthur A. Link

Arthur Albert Link (May 24, 1914 – June 1, 2010) was an American politician for the North Dakota Democratic Party, and later the Democratic-NPL.

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Arthur Neu

Arthur Alan Neu (February 9, 1933 – January 2, 2015) was an American Republican politician and lawyer who served as the Lieutenant Governor of Iowa from 1973 to 1979.

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Ashton Kutcher

Christopher Ashton Kutcher (born February 7, 1978) is an American actor and investor.

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Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City is a resort city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, known for its casinos, boardwalk, and beaches.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.

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Aubrey Fitch

Aubrey Wray Fitch (June 11, 1883 – May 22, 1978) was an admiral of the United States Navy during World War II.

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Backstreet Boys

The Backstreet Boys (often abbreviated as BSB) are an American vocal group, formed in Orlando, Florida in 1993.

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Balance of trade

The balance of trade, commercial balance, or net exports (sometimes symbolized as NX), is the difference between the monetary value of a nation's exports and imports over a certain period.

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Balanced budget

A balanced budget (particularly that of a government) is a budget in which revenues are equal to expenditures.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Becki Newton

Rebecca Sara Newton (born July 4, 1978) is an American actress, known for her roles as Amanda Tanen on Ugly Betty and Quinn Garvey on How I Met Your Mother.

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Beer

Beer is one of the oldest and most widely consumed alcoholic drinks in the world, and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea.

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Bertha Parker Pallan

Bertha Pallan (née Parker; August 30, 1907 – October 8, 1978) was an American archaeologist.

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Bill Hader

William Thomas Hader Jr. (born June 7, 1978) is an American comedian, actor, voice actor, producer, and writer.

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Bill Phelps

William C. Phelps (born April 5, 1934) is a Republican politician and lawyer from Missouri.

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Black people and Mormonism

Over the past two centuries, the relationship between black people and Mormonism has been tumultuous.

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Blair Lee III

Francis Preston Blair Lee III (May 19, 1916 – October 25, 1985), popularly known as Blair Lee III, was an American Democratic politician.

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Bobby Allen

Robert Paul Allen (born November 14, 1978) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the National Hockey League for the Edmonton Oilers and the Boston Bruins.

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Bobby Seay

Robert Michael Seay (pronounced "See") (born June 20, 1978) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher He has previously played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays from 2001 to 2004, the Colorado Rockies in 2005, and the Detroit Tigers from 2006 to 2009.

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Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Brendan Byrne

Brendan Thomas Byrne (April 1, 1924 – January 4, 2018) was an American politician, statesman, and prosecutor, serving as the 47th Governor of New Jersey from 1974 to 1982.

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Brian Windhorst

Brian Windhorst (born January 29, 1978) is an American sportswriter for ESPN.com who covers the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Briggs Initiative

California Proposition 6 was an initiative on the California State ballot on November 7, 1978, and was more commonly known as The Briggs Initiative.

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Bruce Babbitt

Bruce Edward Babbitt (born June 27, 1938) is an American attorney and politician from the state of Arizona.

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Bruce Catton

Charles Bruce Catton (October 9, 1899 – August 28, 1978) was an American historian and journalist, known best for his books concerning the American Civil War.

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Bulletin board system

A bulletin board system or BBS (also called Computer Bulletin Board Service, CBBS) is a computer server running software that allows users to connect to the system using a terminal program.

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C. Paul Jennewein

Carl Paul Jennewein (December 2, 1890 – February 22, 1978) was a German-born American sculptor.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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California Proposition 13 (1978)

Proposition 13 (officially named the People's Initiative to Limit Property Taxation) was an amendment of the Constitution of California enacted during 1978, by means of the initiative process.

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Camp David Accords

The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on 17 September 1978, following twelve days of secret negotiations at Camp David.

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Car

A car (or automobile) is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transportation.

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Casino

A casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities.

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CBBS

CBBS (Computerized Bulletin Board System) was a computer program created by Ward Christensen to allow him and other computer hobbyists to exchange information between each another.

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CBS

CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.

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Charles and Ray Eames

Charles Ormond Eames, Jr. (1907–1978) and Bernice Alexandra "Ray" Kaiser Eames (1912–1988) were an American design married couple who made significant historical contributions to the development of modern architecture and furniture.

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Charles Boyer

Charles Boyer (28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978) was a French actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Chief Justice of the United States

The Chief Justice of the United States is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States and thus the head of the United States federal court system, which functions as the judicial branch of the nation's federal government.

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Chris Shar

Chris Shar (born Christopher Joshua Shar, November 14, 1978) is an American multi-instrumentalist and vocalist.

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Chuck Robb

Charles Spittal Robb (born June 26, 1939) is an American politician and former officer in the United States Marine Corps.

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Cincinnati Reds

The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Claude P. Dettloff

Claude P. "Dett" Detloff (July 7, 1899 in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin – July 18, 1978, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) was an American photographer who gained fame for the picture which has become known as Wait for Me, Daddy.

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Claudio Sanchez

Claudio Paul Sanchez III (born March 12, 1978)Sanchez, Claudio: "The Amory Wars Sketchbook", page 30.

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Cleveland

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the county seat of Cuyahoga County.

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Cliff Finch

Charles Clifton "Cliff" Finch (April 4, 1927 – April 22, 1986) was an American politician who served as the 57th Governor of the U.S. state of Mississippi, from 1976 to 1980.

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CM Punk

Phillip Jack Brooks (born October 26, 1978), better known by the ring name CM Punk, is an American mixed martial artist, comic book writer and former professional wrestler.

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Coma

Coma is a state of unconsciousness in which a person cannot be awaken; fails to respond normally to painful stimuli, light, or sound; lacks a normal wake-sleep cycle; and does not initiate voluntary actions.

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Computer

A computer is a device that can be instructed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations automatically via computer programming.

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Copyright Act of 1976

The Copyright Act of 1976 is a United States copyright law and remains the primary basis of copyright law in the United States, as amended by several later enacted copyright provisions.

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Copyright law of the United States

The copyright law of the United States is intended to encourage the creation of art and culture by rewarding authors and artists with a set of exclusive rights.

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Cornell University

Cornell University is a private and statutory Ivy League research university located in Ithaca, New York.

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Craig Wayne Boyd

Craig Wayne Boyd is an American country singer and songwriter.

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Crescent (train)

The Crescent is a passenger train operated by Amtrak in the eastern United States.

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Dallas (1978 TV series)

Dallas is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1978, to May 3, 1991.

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Dan Dailey

Daniel James Dailey Jr. (December 14, 1915 – October 16, 1978) was an American dancer and actor.

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Dan White

Daniel James White (September 2, 1946 – October 21, 1985) was a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors who murdered San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, on Monday, November 27, 1978, at City Hall.

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Danny Ahn

Danny Ahn (Hangul: 데니안; born December 22, 1978) is a Korean-American entertainer best known as the main rapper of the South Korean pop music group g.o.d. He is notable for his unique rapping.

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Dave O'Neal

David C. O’Neal (born January 24, 1937) was the 41st Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, serving from 1977 to 1981.

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David Boren

David Lyle Boren (born April 21, 1941) is an American university administrator and politician from the state of Oklahoma.

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David Krumholtz

David Krumholtz (born May 15, 1978) is an American actor.

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David Pryor

David Hampton Pryor (born August 29, 1934) is an American politician and former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and United States Senator from the State of Arkansas.

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David Rorvik

David Michael Rorvik (born 1944) is an American journalist and novelist who was the author of the 1978 book In his Image: The Cloning of a Man in which he claimed to have been part of a successful endeavor to create a clone of a human being.

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David Smith Monson

David Smith Monson (born June 20, 1945) is a former U.S. Representative and the second Lieutenant Governor of Utah.

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Détente

Détente (meaning "relaxation") is the easing of strained relations, especially in a political situation.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Dennie Moore

Dennie Moore (December 30, 1902 – February 22, 1978) was an American film and stage actress.

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Dennis Kucinich

Dennis John Kucinich (born October 8, 1946) is an American politician.

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Dianne Feinstein

Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (born Dianne Emiel Goldman, June 22, 1933) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from California, a seat she has held since 1992.

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Dick Celeste

Richard Frank "Dick" Celeste (born November 11, 1937) is an American former diplomat, university administrator and politician from Ohio, he is a member of the Democratic Party and served as the 64th Governor of Ohio from 1983 to 1991.

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Dionne Quan

Dionne Quan (born October 20, 1978) is an American voice actress known for her role as Kimi Watanabe in Rugrats.

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Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is the head of the FBI, the United States' primary federal law enforcement agency, and is responsible for its day-to-day operations.

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Dixy Lee Ray

Dixy Lee Ray (September 3, 1914 – January 2, 1994) was an American scientist and politician who served as the 17th Governor of the U.S. state of Washington.

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Dolph Briscoe

Dolph Briscoe Jr. (April 23, 1923 – June 27, 2010) was an American rancher and businessman who was the 41st Governor of Texas between 1973 and 1979.

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Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is one of the halls in the Los Angeles Music Center (which is one of the three largest performing arts centers in the United States).

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Double Eagle II

Double Eagle II, piloted by Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, and Larry Newman, became the first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it landed 17 August 1978 in Miserey near Paris, 137 hours 6 minutes after leaving Presque Isle, Maine.

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Ed Wood

Edward Davis Wood Jr. (October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978) was an American filmmaker, actor, and author.

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Edgar Bergen

Edgar John Bergen (born Edgar John Berggren, February 16, 1903 – September 30, 1978) was an American actor, comedian and radio performer, best known for his proficiency in ventriloquism and his characters Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd.

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Edgar Herschler

Edgar Jacob Herschler (October 27, 1918 – February 5, 1990), popularly known as "Gov.

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Edward Lindberg

Edward "Ed" Ferdinand Jacob Lindberg (November 9, 1886 – February 16, 1978) was an American Olympic athlete, winner of the gold medal in 4 × 400 m relay at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

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Edwin Edwards

Edwin Washington Edwards (born August 7, 1927) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the U.S. Representative for from 1965 to 1972 and as the 50th Governor of Louisiana for four terms (1972–1980, 1984–1988 and 1992–1996), twice as many elected terms as any other Louisiana chief executive.

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Elaine Esposito

Elaine Esposito (December 3, 1934 – November 25, 1978) held the record for longest coma according to Guinness World Records, having lost consciousness in 1941 and eventually dying in that condition more than 37 years later.

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Ella T. Grasso

Ella Grasso (May 10, 1919 – February 5, 1981) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 83rd Governor of Connecticut from January 8, 1975 to December 31, 1980.

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Ernest Kline

Ernest P. "Ernie" Kline (June 20, 1929 – May 13, 2009) was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate and the 25th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania.

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Ethelda Bleibtrey

Ethelda Marguerite Bleibtrey (February 27, 1902 – May 6, 1978), also known by her married name Ethelda Schlatke, was an American competition swimmer, three-time Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder in multiple events.

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Evelyn Gandy

Edythe Evelyn Gandy (September 4, 1920 – December 23, 2007) was an American politician who was the first female elected to a statewide office in Mississippi– that of Treasurer for the State of Mississippi.

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Faith Baldwin

Faith Baldwin (October 1, 1893 – March 18, 1978) was an American author of romance and fiction, often concentrating on women juggling career and family.

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Fenway Park

Fenway Park is a baseball park located in Boston, Massachusetts near Kenmore Square.

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Florida

Florida (Spanish for "land of flowers") is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States.

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Floyd Womack

Floyd Seneca "Pork Chop" Womack (born November 15, 1978) is a former American football guard.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Frank Stanford

Frank Stanford (August 1, 1948 – June 3, 1978) was an American poet.

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Full employment

Full employment means that everyone who wants a job have all the hours of work they need on "fair wages".

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G.o.d

Groove Over Dose, acronym g.o.d, is a five-member South Korean pop music group.

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George Ariyoshi

George Ariyoshi (born as) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the third Governor of Hawaii from 1974 to 1986.

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George Busbee

George Dekle Busbee Sr. (August 7, 1927 – July 16, 2004), was an American politician who served as the 77th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1975 to 1983, and a senior partner at King & Spalding thereafter.

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George L. Brown

George Leslie Brown (July 1, 1926 – March 31, 2006) was an American politician.

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George Moscone

George Richard Moscone (November 24, 1929 – November 27, 1978) was an American attorney and Democratic politician.

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George Nigh

George Patterson Nigh (born June 9, 1927) is an American politician and civic leader from the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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George Wallace

George Corley Wallace Jr. (August 25, 1919 – September 13, 1998) was an American politician and the 45th Governor of Alabama, having served two nonconsecutive terms and two consecutive terms as a Democrat: 1963–1967, 1971–1979 and 1983–1987.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States.

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Gerald T. Whelan

Gerald T. Whelan (May 14, 1925 – January 2, 1993) was an American politician who served as the 30th Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska from 1975 to 1979.

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Gig Young

Gig Young (born Byron Elsworth Barr; November 4, 1913 – October 19, 1978) was an American film, stage and television actor.

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Gilbert Highet

Gilbert Arthur Highet (June 22, 1906 – January 20, 1978) was a Scottish-American classicist, academic, writer, intellectual, critic and literary historian.

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Ginnifer Goodwin

Jennifer Michelle "Ginnifer" Goodwin (born May 22, 1978) is an American actress.

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Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian opera composer.

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Gordon Matta-Clark

Gordon Matta-Clark (born Gordon Roberto Echaurren Matta; June 22, 1943 – August 27, 1978) was an American artist best known for his site-specific artworks he made in the 1970s.

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Governor (United States)

In the United States, a governor serves as the chief executive officer and commander-in-chief in each of the fifty states and in the five permanently inhabited territories, functioning as both head of state and head of government therein.

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Governor of California

The Governor of California is the head of government of the U.S. state of California.

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Governor of Colorado

The Governor of Colorado is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Governor of Hawaii

The Governor of Hawaii is the chief executive of the state of Hawaii and its various agencies and departments, as provided in the Hawaii State Constitution Article V, Sections 1 through 6.

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Governor of Illinois

The Governor of Illinois is the chief executive of the State of Illinois and the various agencies and departments over which the officer has jurisdiction, as prescribed in the state constitution.

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Governor of Indiana

The Governor of Indiana is the chief executive of the state of Indiana.

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Governor of Iowa

The Governor of Iowa is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Iowa.

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Governor of Kentucky

The Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the head of the executive branch of government in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

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Governor of Maine

The Governor of Maine is the chief executive of the State of Maine.

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Governor of Maryland

The Governor of Maryland heads the executive branch of the government of the State of Maryland, and is the commander-in-chief of the state's National Guard units.

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Governor of Massachusetts

The Governor of Massachusetts is the head of the executive branch of the Government of Massachusetts and serves as commander-in-chief of the Commonwealth's military forces.

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Governor of Michigan

The Governor of Michigan is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Governor of Minnesota

The Governor of Minnesota is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Minnesota, leading the state's executive branch.

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Governor of Nebraska

The Governor of Nebraska holds the "supreme executive power" of the U.S. state of Nebraska as provided by the fourth article of the Nebraska Constitution.

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Governor of New Hampshire

The Governor of New Hampshire is the head of the executive branch of New Hampshire's state government.

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Governor of New Jersey

The Governor of the State of New Jersey is head of the executive branch of New Jersey's state government.

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Governor of New Mexico

The Governor of New Mexico (Gobernador de Nuevo México) is the chief executive of the state of New Mexico.

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Governor of New York

The Governor of the State of New York is the chief executive of the U.S. state of New York.

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Governor of North Carolina

The Governor of North Carolina is the head of the executive branch of the U.S. state of North Carolina's state government and serves as commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

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Governor of North Dakota

The Governor of North Dakota is the head of the executive branch of North Dakota's state government and serves as the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

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Governor of Oklahoma

The governor of the State of Oklahoma is the head of state for the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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Governor of Oregon

The Governor of Oregon is the head of the executive branch of Oregon's state government and serves as the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

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Governor of South Carolina

The Governor of the State of South Carolina is the head of state for the state of South Carolina.

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Governor of South Dakota

The Governor of South Dakota is the head of the executive branch of the government of the U.S. state of South Dakota.

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Governor of Tennessee

The Governor of Tennessee is the head of government of the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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Governor of Texas

The Governor of Texas is the head of the executive branch of Texas's government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

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Governor of Vermont

The Governor of Vermont is the head of the government of the U.S. state of Vermont.

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Governor of Virginia

The Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia serves as the chief executive of the Commonwealth of Virginia for a four-year term.

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Governor of Wisconsin

The Governor of Wisconsin is the highest executive authority in the government of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.

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Grease (film)

Grease is a 1978 American musical romantic comedy film based on the musical of the same name.

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Great Blizzard of 1978

The Great Blizzard of 1978, also known as the White Hurricane, was a historic winter storm that struck the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes regions from Wednesday, January 25 through Friday, January 27, 1978.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.

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Great Lakes

The Great Lakes (les Grands-Lacs), also called the Laurentian Great Lakes and the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of interconnected freshwater lakes located primarily in the upper mid-east region of North America, on the Canada–United States border, which connect to the Atlantic Ocean through the Saint Lawrence River.

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Gus Sorola

Gustavo Raul Sorola III (born February 22, 1978) is an American actor and podcast host, best known for his work with Rooster Teeth.

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Harry Winston

Harry Winston (March 1, 1896December 28, 1978) was an American jeweler.

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Harvey L. Wollman

Harvey Lowell Wollman (born May 14, 1935) was the 26th Governor of South Dakota.

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Harvey Milk

Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978) was an American politician and the first openly gay elected official in the history of California, where he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

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Hillary Tuck

Hillary Tuck (born Hillary Sue Hedges on July 1, 1978 in Kerrville, Texas) is an American actress.

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Hillside Strangler

The Hillside Strangler, later the Hillside Stranglers, is the media epithet for one, later two American serial killers who terrorized Los Angeles between October 1977 and February 1978, with the nicknames originating from the fact that many of the victims' bodies were discovered on the sides of the Hollywood Hills.

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Hollywood

Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California.

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Holy Crown of Hungary

The Holy Crown of Hungary (Szent Korona, also known as the Crown of Saint Stephen) was the coronation crown used by the Kingdom of Hungary for most of its existence; kings have been crowned with it since the twelfth century.

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Homebrewing

Homebrewing is the brewing of beer on a small scale for personal, non-commercial purposes.

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Hubert Humphrey

Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911January 13, 1978) was an American politician who served as the 38th Vice President of the United States from 1965 to 1969.

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Hugh Carey

Hugh Leo Carey (April 11, 1919 – August 7, 2011) was an American politician and attorney.

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Human cloning

Human cloning is the creation of a genetically identical copy (or clone) of a human.

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Humphrey–Hawkins Full Employment Act

The Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act (known informally as the Humphrey–Hawkins Full Employment Act) is an act of legislation by the United States government.

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Hungary

Hungary (Magyarország) is a country in Central Europe that covers an area of in the Carpathian Basin, bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Austria to the northwest, Romania to the east, Serbia to the south, Croatia to the southwest, and Slovenia to the west.

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Ian Somerhalder

Ian Joseph Somerhalder (born December 8, 1978) is an American actor, model and director.

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Independent politician

An independent or nonpartisan politician is an individual politician not affiliated with any political party.

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Indianapolis 500

The Indianapolis 500 is an automobile race held annually at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indianapolis, Indiana.

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J. James Exon

John James "Jim" Exon (August 9, 1921June 10, 2005) was an American Democratic politician.

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J. Joseph Garrahy

John Joseph Garrahy (November 26, 1930 – January 24, 2012), known to Rhode Islanders as J. Joseph Garrahy or just "Joe," was an American politician.

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Jack Oakie

Jack Oakie (November 12, 1903 – January 23, 1978) was an American actor, starring mostly in films, but also working on stage, radio and television.

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Jacob Wetterling

Jacob Erwin Wetterling (February 17, 1978 – October 22, 1989) was a boy from St. Joseph, Minnesota, who was kidnapped from his hometown and murdered at the age of 11 on October 22, 1989.

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James B. Edwards

James Burrows Edwards (June 24, 1927 – December 26, 2014) was an American politician and administrator from South Carolina.

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James B. Longley

James Bernard Longley Sr. (April 22, 1924 – August 16, 1980) was an American politician.

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James C. Green

James Collins "Jimmy" Green (February 24, 1921 – February 4, 2000) was a North Carolina politician who served as Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1975–1976) and as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina (1977–1985).

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James D. McGinnis

James D. McGinnis (January 11, 1932 – February 24, 2009) was an American real estate agent and politician from Dover in Kent County, Delaware.

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James Damman

James Joseph Damman (January 16, 1933 – February 23, 2011) was an American, Republican politician from Michigan.

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James Franco

James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor, filmmaker, and college instructor.

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James R. Thompson

James Robert Thompson Jr. (born May 8, 1936), also known as Big Jim Thompson, was the 37th and longest-serving Governor of the US state of Illinois, serving from 1977 to 1991.

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James S. Olson

James Stuart Olson is an academic and Pulitzer Prize-nominated author.

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James Valentine (musician)

James Burgon Valentine (born October 5, 1978) is an American musician and songwriter.

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Jay Hammond

Jay Sterner Hammond (July 21, 1922 – August 2, 2005) was an American politician of the Republican Party, who served as the fourth Governor of Alaska from 1974 to 1982.

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Jay Rockefeller

John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV (born June 18, 1937) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from West Virginia (1985-2015).

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Jean King

Jean Sadako King, née McKillop (December 6, 1925 – November 24, 2013) was the sixth Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, the state's first woman to be elected as such, from 1978 to 1982 in the administration of Governor George Ariyoshi.

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Jensen Ackles

Jensen Ross Ackles (born March 1, 1978) is an American actor and director.

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Jere Beasley

Jere Locke Beasley (born December 12, 1935) is an American trial attorney and politician; he served as acting governor of the US state of Alabama from June 5 to July 7, 1972.

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Jerry Apodaca

Raymond S. "Jerry" Apodaca (born October 3, 1934) served as the 24th Governor of New Mexico.

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Jerry Brown

Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown Jr. (born April 7, 1938) is an American politician, author and lawyer serving as the 39th and current Governor of California since 2011, previously holding the position from 1975 to 1983, making him the state's longest-serving Governor.

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Jesse Ball

Jesse Ball (born June 7, 1978) is an American novelist and poet.

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Jim Hall (racing driver)

Jim Hall (born July 23, 1935 in Abilene, Texas) is a former racecar driver and constructor from the United States.

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Jim Hunt

James Baxter Hunt Jr. (born May 16, 1937) is a retired American politician who was the 69th and 71st Governor of North Carolina (1977–1985, and 1993–2001).

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Jim Jones

James Warren Jones (May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was an American religious cult leader who initiated and was responsible for a mass suicide and mass murder in Jonestown, Guyana.

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Jim Rhodes

James Allen Rhodes (September 13, 1909 – March 4, 2001) was an American Republican politician from Ohio, and one of only six US state governors to serve 4 four-year terms in office.

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Jim Williams (politician)

James Hunter Williams (June 17, 1926 – December 16, 2016), known as Jim Williams or J. H. Williams, was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party.

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Jimmy Carter

James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981.

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Jimmy Fitzmorris

James Edward Fitzmorris Jr. (born November 15, 1921) is a New Orleans businessman and civic leader who was the Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana from 1972 to 1980.

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Joe Purcell

Joe Edward Purcell (July 29, 1923 – March 5, 1987) was Acting Governor of Arkansas for six days in 1979 as well as Arkansas Attorney General from 1967–1971 and the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas from 1975–1981.

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Joe Venuti

Giuseppe "Joe" Venuti (possibly September 16, 1903 – August 14, 1978) was an Italian-American jazz musician and pioneer jazz violinist.

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John Cazale

John Holland Cazale (August 12, 1935 – March 12, 1978) was an American actor.

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John Cherberg

John Andrew Cherberg (October 17, 1910 – April 8, 1992) was an American football coach, teacher, television executive, and politician.

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John F. Kennedy International Airport

John F. Kennedy International Airport (often referred to as Kennedy Airport, New York-JFK or simply JFK) is the primary international airport serving New York City.

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John Gall (baseball)

John Christopher Gall (born April 2, 1978) is a former Major League Baseball left fielder.

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John Hall Wheelock

John Hall Wheelock (September 9, 1886 – March 22, 1978) was an American poet.

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John Legend

John Roger Stephens (born December 28, 1978), known professionally as John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter and actor.

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John N. Dalton

John Nichols Dalton (July 11, 1931July 30, 1986) was an American politician who served as the 63rd governor of Virginia, from 1978 to 1982.

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John Shelton Wilder

John Shelton Wilder (June 3, 1921 – January 1, 2010) was an American politician who was the 48th Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee for 36 years from January 1971 to January 2007, when he was defeated,, Tennessee Blue Book 2007–2008, page 28 possibly the longest time anyone has served as Lieutenant Governor or a similar position in the history of the United States.

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John Travolta

John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor, film producer, dancer and singer.

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John V. Evans

John Victor Evans Sr. (January 18, 1925 – July 8, 2014) was an American politician from Idaho.

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John Wayne Gacy

John Wayne Gacy Jr. (March 17, 1942 – May 10, 1994) was an American serial killer and rapist.

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Jon Vickers

Jonathan Stewart Vickers, (October 29, 1926 – July 10, 2015), known professionally as Jon Vickers, was a Canadian heldentenor.

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Jonestown

The Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, better known by its informal name "Jonestown", was a remote settlement established by the Peoples Temple, an American cult under the leadership of reverend Jim Jones, in north Guyana.

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Joseph Colombo

Joseph Anthony "Joe" Colombo, Sr. (June 16, 1923 – May 22, 1978) was the boss of the Colombo crime family, one of the "Five Families" of the Cosa Nostra in New York.

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Joseph P. Teasdale

Joseph Patrick Teasdale (March 29, 1936 – May 8, 2014) was an American politician.

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Josh Hartnett

Joshua Daniel "Josh" Hartnett (born July 21, 1978) is an American actor and movie producer.

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Josh Phelps

Joshua Lee Phelps (born May 12, 1978) is an American former professional baseball first baseman.

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Judicial immunity

Judicial Immunity is a form of legal immunity which protects judges and others employed by the judiciary from liability resulting from their judicial actions.

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Judith Barsi

Judith Eva Barsi (June 6, 1978 – July 25, 1988) was an American child actress of the 1980s.

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Julian Carroll

Julian Morton Carroll (born April 16, 1931) is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Kentucky.

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Julian Peterson

Julian Thomas Peterson (born July 28, 1978) is a former American football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons.

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Justin Long

Justin Jacob Long (born June 2, 1978) is an American actor, comedian and humorist known for roles in such films as Jeepers Creepers (2001), Dodgeball (2004), Accepted (2006), Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007), Live Free or Die Hard (2007), Alpha and Omega (2010), Tusk (2014) and Comet (2014).

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Kansas City Royals

The Kansas City Royals are an American professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Karl Wallenda

Karl Wallenda (January 21, 1905 – March 22, 1978) was a German-American high wire artist and founder of The Flying Wallendas, a daredevil circus act which performed dangerous stunts, often without a safety net.

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Katherine Heigl

Katherine Marie Heigl (born November 24, 1978) is an American actress, film producer, and former fashion model.

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Katie Holmes

Kate Noelle Holmes (born December 18, 1978) is an American actress.

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Kel Mitchell

Kel Johari Rice Mitchell (born August 25, 1978) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, musician, singer and rapper.

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Kenan Thompson

Kenan Thompson (born May 10, 1978) is an American actor and comedian.

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Kidnapping

In criminal law, kidnapping is the unlawful carrying away (asportation) and confinement of a person against his or her will.

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Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bean Bryant (born August 23, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player.

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Kurt Busch

Kurt Thomas Busch (born August 4, 1978), is an American professional stock car racing driver.

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Kurt Gödel

Kurt Friedrich Gödel (April 28, 1906 – January 14, 1978) was an Austrian, and later American, logician, mathematician, and philosopher.

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Larry Flynt

Larry Claxton Flynt Jr. (born November 1, 1942) is an American publisher and the president of Larry Flynt Publications (LFP).

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Lauren Groff

Lauren Groff (born July 23, 1978) is an American novelist and short story writer.

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Lawrenceville, Georgia

Lawrenceville is a city in and the county seat of Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States.

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Lee Garmes

Lee Garmes, A.S.C. (May 27, 1898 – August 31, 1978) was an American cinematographer.

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Leigh Brackett

Leigh Douglass Brackett (December 7, 1915 – March 18, 1978) was an American writer, particularly of science fiction, and has been referred to as the Queen of Space Opera.

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LGBT

LGBT, or GLBT, is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender.

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Lieutenant governor (United States)

In the United States, 45 of the 50 states have an office of lieutenant governor.

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Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas

The Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas presides over the Arkansas Senate with a tie-breaking vote, serves as governor when the governor is out of state, and serves as governor if the governor is impeached, removed from office, dies or is otherwise unable to discharge the office's duties.

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Lieutenant Governor of California

The Lieutenant Governor of California is a statewide constitutional officer and vice-executive of the State of California.

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Lieutenant Governor of Delaware

The Lieutenant Governor of Delaware is the second ranking executive officer of the U.S. state of Delaware.

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Lieutenant Governor of Florida

The Lieutenant Governor of Florida is a statewide elected office in the government of the U.S. state of Florida.

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Lieutenant Governor of Georgia

The Lieutenant Governor of Georgia is a constitutional officer of the state, elected to a 4-year term by popular vote.

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Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii

The Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, concurrently the Secretary of State of Hawaii, is the assistant chief executive of that U.S. state and its various agencies and departments, as provided in the Hawaiokinai State Constitution Article V, Sections 2 though 6.

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Lieutenant Governor of Illinois

The Lieutenant Governor of Illinois is the second highest executive of the State of Illinois.

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Lieutenant Governor of Indiana

The Lieutenant Governor of Indiana is a constitutional office in the US State of Indiana.

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Lieutenant Governor of Kansas

The Lieutenant Governor of Kansas is the second-ranking member of the executive branch of Kansas state government.

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Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky

The office of Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky was created under the state's second constitution, which was ratified in 1799.

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Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana

The Office of Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana (Lieutenant-Gouverneur de la Louisiane) is the second highest state office in Louisiana.

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Lieutenant Governor of Maryland

The Lieutenant Governor of Maryland is the second highest-ranking official in the executive branch of the state government of Maryland in the United States.

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Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

The Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts is the first in the line to discharge the powers and duties of the office of governor following the incapacitation of the Governor of Massachusetts.

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Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi

The Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi is the second-highest ranking executive officer in Mississippi, right below the Governor of Mississippi.

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Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico

The Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico (Lista de Vicegobernadores de Nuevo México) is an elected official in the state of New Mexico that ranks just below the Governor of New Mexico.

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Lieutenant Governor of New York

The Lieutenant Governor of New York is a constitutional office in the executive branch of the Government of the State of New York.

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Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina

The Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina is the second highest elected official in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is the only elected official to have powers in both the legislative and executive branches of state government.

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Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota

The Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota is a political office in North Dakota.

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Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma

The Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma is the second-highest executive official of the state government of Oklahoma.

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Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania

The lieutenant governor is a constitutional officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina

The Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina is the second-in-command to the Governor of South Carolina.

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Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota

The Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota is the lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of South Dakota.

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Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee

The Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee is the Speaker of the Tennessee Senate and first in line in the succession to the office of Governor of Tennessee in the event of the death, resignation, or removal from office through impeachment and conviction of the Governor of the State of Tennessee.

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Lieutenant Governor of Texas

The Lieutenant Governor of Texas is the second-highest executive office in the government of Texas, a state in the U.S. It is the second most powerful post in Texas government because its occupant controls the work of the Texas Senate and controls the budgeting process as a leader of the Legislative Budget Board.

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Lieutenant Governor of Utah

The Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Utah was created in 1975.

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Lieutenant Governor of Virginia

The Lieutenant Governor is a constitutional officer of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Lieutenant Governor of Washington

The Lieutenant Governor of Washington is an elected office in the U.S. state of Washington.

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Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin

The Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin is the first person in the order of succession of Wisconsin's executive branch, thus serving as governor in the event of the death, resignation, removal, impeachment, absence from the state, or incapacity due to illness of the Governor of Wisconsin.

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Link 80

Link 80 was a punk rock/ska punk band from San Francisco's East Bay.

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List of American films of 1978

A list of American films released in 1978.

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List of earthquakes in California

Although the written history of California is not long, records of earthquakes exist that affected the Spanish missions that were constructed beginning in the late 18th century.

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List of Governors of Alabama

The Governor of Alabama is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Alabama.

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List of Governors of Alaska

The Governor of Alaska is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Alaska.

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List of Governors of Arizona

The Governor of Arizona is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Arizona.

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List of Governors of Arkansas

The Governor of Arkansas is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Arkansas.

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List of Governors of Connecticut

The Governor of Connecticut is the elected head of the executive branch of Connecticut's state government, and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

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List of Governors of Delaware

The Governor of Delaware (President of Delaware from 1776 to 1792) is the head of the executive branch of Delaware's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

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List of Governors of Florida

The Governor of Florida is the head of the executive branch of Florida's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

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List of Governors of Georgia

The Governor of Georgia is the head of the executive branch of Georgia's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

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List of Governors of Idaho

The Governor of Idaho is the head of the executive branch of Idaho's state government and commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

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List of Governors of Kansas

The Governor of Kansas is the head of the executive branch of Kansas's state governmentKS Const.

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List of Governors of Louisiana

This is a list of the Governors of Louisiana (Gouverneurs de Louisiane), from acquisition by the United States in 1803 to the present day.

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List of Governors of Mississippi

The Governor of Mississippi is the head of the executive branch of Mississippi's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

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List of Governors of Missouri

Following is a list of Governors of Missouri since its territory became part of the United States.

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List of Governors of Montana

The Governor of Montana is the head of the executive branch of Montana's state governmentMontana Constitution, Article VI, Section 4.

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List of Governors of Nevada

The Governor of Nevada is the chief magistrate of the U.S. state of Nevada,NV Const.

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List of Governors of Ohio

The Governor of Ohio is the head of the executive branch of Ohio's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

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List of Governors of Pennsylvania

The Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is the head of the executive branch of Pennsylvania's state government and serves as the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

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List of Governors of Rhode Island

; Parties Chafee served in prior offices as a Republican, but ran for Governor as an independent.

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List of Governors of Utah

The Governor of Utah is the head of the executive branch of Utah's state governmentUT Const.

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List of Governors of Washington

The Governor of Washington is the head of the executive branch of Washington's state government, the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces, and is responsible for appointing the Poet Laureate of Washington.

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List of Governors of West Virginia

The Governor of West Virginia is the head of the executive branch of West Virginia's state governmentWV Constitution article VII, § 5.

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List of Governors of Wyoming

This is a list of the governors of Wyoming, beginning with Territorial Governors.

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List of lieutenant governors of Alabama

The Lieutenant Governor of Alabama is the president and presiding officer of the Alabama Senate, and is elected to serve a four-year term.

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List of lieutenant governors of Alaska

This is a list of people who have served as lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Alaska since statehood in 1959.

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List of Lieutenant Governors of Colorado

The lieutenant governor of Colorado is the second-highest-ranking member of the executive department of the Colorado state government, below only the Governor of Colorado.

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List of lieutenant governors of Connecticut

The following is a list of deputy or lieutenant governors of the State of Connecticut, from the Colonial period through present day.

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List of Lieutenant Governors of Idaho

Lieutenant Governor of Idaho is a constitutional statewide elected office in the U.S. state of Idaho.

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List of lieutenant governors of Iowa

This is a list of lieutenant governors of the U.S. state of Iowa.

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List of Lieutenant Governors of Michigan

The Lieutenant Governor of Michigan is the second-ranking official in U.S. state of Michigan, behind the governor, and one of four great offices of state.

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List of lieutenant governors of Minnesota

This is a list of lieutenant governors of the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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List of lieutenant governors of Missouri

The Lieutenant Governor of Missouri is the first person in the order of succession of the U.S. state of Missouri's executive branch, thus serving as governor in the event of the death, resignation, removal, impeachment, absence from the state, or incapacity due to illness of the governor of Missouri.

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List of lieutenant governors of Montana

Lieutenant Governor of Montana is an official in the state of Montana that ranks just below the Governor of Montana.

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List of Lieutenant Governors of Nebraska

This is a list of lieutenant governors of Nebraska.

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List of Lieutenant Governors of Nevada

The Nevada Lieutenant Governor is an elected office in the U.S. state of Nevada.

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List of Lieutenant Governors of Ohio

The position of lieutenant governor of Ohio was established in 1852.

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List of lieutenant governors of Rhode Island

The Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island is Daniel McKee.

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List of lieutenant governors of Vermont

The Lieutenant Governor of Vermont is elected for a two-year term and chosen separately from the Governor.

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Live from the Metropolitan Opera

Live from the Metropolitan Opera (or: Live from the Met) was an American television program that presented performances of complete operas from the Metropolitan Opera in New York City on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) network.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Los Angeles Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California.

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Louis Prima

Louis Leo Prima (December 7, 1910 – August 24, 1978) was an Italian American singer, actor, songwriter, bandleader, and trumpeter.

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Louis Zukofsky

Louis Zukofsky (January 23, 1904 – May 12, 1978) was an American poet.

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Love Canal

Love Canal is a neighborhood within Niagara Falls, New York.

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Lowell Thomas Jr.

Lowell Thomas Jr. (October 6, 1923 – October 1, 2016) was an American politician and film producer who collaborated with his father, the accomplished reporter and author Lowell Thomas, on several projects before becoming an Alaskan State Senator in the early 1970s, and later the third Lieutenant Governor of Alaska (1974–1978).

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Lucius D. Clay

General Lucius Dubignon Clay (April 23, 1898 – April 16, 1978) was a senior officer of the United States Army who was known for his administration of occupied Germany after World War II.

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Lufthansa heist

The Lufthansa heist was a robbery at John F. Kennedy International Airport on December 11, 1978.

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Lyman Bostock

Lyman Wesley Bostock Jr. (November 22, 1950 – September 23, 1978) was an American professional baseball player.

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Maggie McNamara

Marguerite "Maggie" McNamara (June 18, 1928 – February 18, 1978) was a stage, film, and television actress and model from the United States.

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Margaret Mead

Margaret Mead (December 16, 1901 – November 15, 1978) was an American cultural anthropologist who featured frequently as an author and speaker in the mass media during the 1960s and 1970s.

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Maroon 5

Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California.

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Martin J. Schreiber

Martin James "Marty" Schreiber (born April 8, 1939) is an American politician, publisher, author, and lobbyist, the 38th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, and (following the resignation of Governor Patrick Lucey), the 39th Governor of Wisconsin from 1977 to 1979.

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Marvin Mandel

Marvin Mandel (April 19, 1920 – August 30, 2015) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 56th Governor of Maryland from January 7, 1969 to January 17, 1979, including a one-and-a-half-year period when Lt. Governor Blair Lee III served as the state's acting Governor in Mandel's place from June 1977 to January 15, 1979.

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Mary Anne Krupsak

Mary Anne Krupsak (born March 26, 1932) is an American lawyer and politician from New York.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Mavis Hutchison

Mavis Hutchison (born 25 November 1924) is a South African athlete.

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Meldrim Thomson Jr.

Meldrim Thomson Jr. (March 8, 1912 – April 19, 2001) was an American politician who served three terms as governor of the U.S. state of New Hampshire from 1973 to 1979.

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Menachem Begin

Menachem Begin (Menaḥem Begin,; Menakhem Volfovich Begin; 16 August 1913 – 9 March 1992) was an Israeli politician, founder of Likud and the sixth Prime Minister of Israel.

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Mercalli intensity scale

The Mercalli intensity scale is a seismic intensity scale used for measuring the intensity of an earthquake.

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Mervyn Dymally

Mervyn Malcolm Dymally (May 12, 1926 – October 7, 2012) was a Democratic politician from California.

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Michael Dukakis

Michael Stanley Dukakis (born November 3, 1933) is a retired American politician who served as the 65th Governor of Massachusetts, from 1975 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1991.

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Mike Gonzalez

Michael Vela Gonzalez (born May 23, 1978) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.

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Mike Jackson (Oklahoma politician)

Mike Jackson (born March 6, 1978) is a United States politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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Mike O'Callaghan

Donal Neil "Mike" O'Callaghan (September 10, 1929March 5, 2004) was an American politician.

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Mills Godwin

Mills Edwin Godwin Jr. (November 19, 1914January 30, 1999) of Chuckatuck, Virginia, was an American politician who was the 60th and 62nd Governor of Virginia for two non-consecutive terms, from 1966 to 1970 and from 1974 to 1978.

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Milton Shapp

Milton Jerrold Shapp (June 25, 1912 – November 24, 1994) was the 40th Governor of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania from 1971 to 1979 and the first Jewish governor of Pennsylvania.

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Minnesota

Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwest and northern regions of the United States.

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Miserey

Miserey is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France.

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Monument to Women Memorial Garden

Monument to Women Memorial Garden is a statuary monument in Nauvoo, Illinois, owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

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Moscone–Milk assassinations

The Moscone–Milk assassinations were the killings of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, who were shot and killed in San Francisco City Hall by former Supervisor Dan White on November 27, 1978.

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Nancy Spungen

Nancy Laura Spungen (February 27, 1958 – October 12, 1978) was the American girlfriend of English Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and a figure of the 1970s punk rock scene.

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Nauvoo, Illinois

Nauvoo (etymology) is a small city in Hancock County, Illinois, United States, on the Mississippi River near Fort Madison, Iowa.

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Nelson Doi

Nelson Kiyoshi Doi (January 1, 1922 – May 16, 2015), was the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii from 1974 to 1978 in the first elected administration of Governor George Ariyoshi.

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Neutron bomb

A neutron bomb, officially defined as a type of enhanced radiation weapon (ERW), is a low yield thermonuclear weapon designed to maximize lethal neutron radiation in the immediate vicinity of the blast while minimizing the physical power of the blast itself.

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New England

New England is a geographical region comprising six states of the northeastern United States: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Northeastern United States.

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New Stanton, Pennsylvania

New Stanton is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York metropolitan area

The New York metropolitan area, also referred to as the Tri-State Area, is the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass, at 4,495 mi2 (11,642 km2).

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New York Post

The New York Post is the fourth-largest newspaper in the United States and a leading digital media publisher that reached more than 57 million unique visitors in the U.S. in January 2017.

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New York Yankees

The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx.

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Niagara Falls, New York

Niagara Falls is a city in Niagara County, New York, United States.

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Nick Traina

Nick Traina (born Nicholas John Steel Toth; May 1, 1978 – September 20, 1997) was an American singer, who was lead singer for the punk band Link 80.

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Nicole Scherzinger

Nicole Scherzinger (born Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente; June 29, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer and television personality.

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Nikki Cox

Nicole Avery Cox (born June 2, 1978) is an American actress and comedy writerhttp://www.people.com/article/jay-mohr-new-standup-album-written-wife-nikki-cox known mostly for her roles on the television series Unhappily Ever After, Las Vegas, and Nikki.

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Norman Rockwell

Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was an American author, painter and illustrator.

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Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978

The Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978 was a catastrophic, historic nor'easter that struck New England, New Jersey, and the New York metropolitan area.

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Northwestern University

Northwestern University (NU) is a private research university based in Evanston, Illinois, United States, with other campuses located in Chicago and Doha, Qatar, and academic programs and facilities in Miami, Florida, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, California.

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Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States.

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Ohio River

The Ohio River, which streams westward from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Illinois, is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River in the United States.

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Olivia Newton-John

Olivia Newton-John, (born 26 September 1948) is an English-Australian singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur, and activist.

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Otello

Otello is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play Othello.

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Otis Bowen

Otis Ray Bowen (February 26, 1918 – May 4, 2013) was an American politician and physician who served as the 44th Governor of Indiana from 1973 to 1981 and as Secretary of Health and Human Services from 1985 to 1989.

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Panama

Panama (Panamá), officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá), is a country in Central America, bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south.

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Panama Canal

The Panama Canal (Canal de Panamá) is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.

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Party leaders of the United States Senate

The Senate Majority and Minority Leaders are two United States Senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate.

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Peggy Wood

Mary Margaret "Peggy" Wood (February 9, 1892 – March 18, 1978) was an American actress of stage, film, and television.

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Pensacola, Florida

Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle, approximately from the border with Alabama, and the county seat of Escambia County, in the U.S. state of Florida.

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Pete du Pont

Pierre Samuel "Pete" du Pont IV (born January 22, 1935) is an American lawyer and politician from Rockland, in New Castle County, Delaware, near Wilmington.

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Pete Rose

Peter Edward Rose Sr. (born April 14, 1941), also known by his nickname "Charlie Hustle", is an American former professional baseball player and manager.

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Phyllis McGinley

Phyllis McGinley (March 21, 1905 – February 22, 1978) was an American author of children's books and poetry.

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Pornography

Pornography (often abbreviated porn) is the portrayal of sexual subject matter for the exclusive purpose of sexual arousal.

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President of the United States

The President of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Presque Isle, Maine

Presque Isle is the commercial center and largest city in Aroostook County, Maine, United States.

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Price stability

Price stability is a goal of monetary and fiscal policy aiming to support sustainable rates of economic activity.

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PSA Flight 182

Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) Flight 182 was a Boeing 727-214 commercial airliner, registration, that collided with a private Cessna 172 light aircraft, registration, over San Diego, California, at 9:01 am on Monday, September 25, 1978.

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Racial quota

Racial quotas in employment and education are numerical requirements for hiring, promoting, admitting and/or graduating members of a particular racial group.

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Radio

Radio is the technology of using radio waves to carry information, such as sound, by systematically modulating properties of electromagnetic energy waves transmitted through space, such as their amplitude, frequency, phase, or pulse width.

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Rainbow flag (LGBT movement)

The rainbow flag, commonly known as the gay pride flag or LGBT pride flag, is a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) pride and LGBT social movements.

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Ralph Metcalfe

Ralph Harold Metcalfe Sr. (May 29, 1910 – October 10, 1978) was an American track and field sprinter and politician.

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Ray Blanton

Leonard Ray Blanton (April 10, 1930 – November 22, 1996) was an American businessman and politician who served as Governor of Tennessee from 1975 to 1979.

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Rebecca Makkai

Rebecca Makkai (born April 20, 1978) is an American novelist and short-story writer.

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Regents of the Univ. of Cal. v. Bakke

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke,, was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Reubin Askew

Reubin O'Donovan Askew (September 11, 1928 – March 13, 2014) was an American politician, who served as the 37th Governor of the U.S. state of Florida from 1971 to 1979.

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Richard A. Snelling

Richard Arkwright Snelling (February 18, 1927August 13, 1991) was the 76th and 78th Governor of Vermont from 1977 to 1985 and from January 10, 1991 until his death from heart failure seven months later.

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Richard Chase

Richard Trenton Chase (May 23, 1950 – December 26, 1980) was an American serial killer who killed six people in the span of a month in Sacramento, California.

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Richard F. Kneip

Richard Francis "Dick" Kneip (January 7, 1933March 9, 1987) was the 25th Governor of South Dakota from 1971 until 1978 and the 6th United States Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore.

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Richard Lamm

Richard Douglas "Dick" Lamm (born August 3, 1935) is an American politician, writer, Certified Public Accountant, college professor, and lawyer.

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Rob Bironas

James Robert Douglas "Rob" Bironas (January 29, 1978 – September 20, 2014) was an American football placekicker.

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Robert Byrd

Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917June 28, 2010) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from West Virginia from 1959 to 2010.

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Robert D. Orr

Robert Dunkerson Orr (November 17, 1917 – March 10, 2004) was an American political leader, diplomat, and the 45th Governor of Indiana from 1981 to 1989.

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Robert D. Ray

Robert Dolph Ray (born September 26, 1928) is a retired American politician and academic administrator who served as the 38th Governor of Iowa from January 16, 1969 to January 14, 1983.

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Robert E. Ferguson

Robert Earl Ferguson (August 5, 1924 – October 3, 2016) was an American politician.

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Robert E. Rose

Robert E. Rose (born October 7, 1939) is an American politician.

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Robert Frederick Bennett

Robert Frederick Bennett (May 23, 1927 – October 9, 2000) was an American lawyer and the 39th Governor of Kansas from 1975 to 1979.

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Robert K. Killian

Robert K. Killian (September 15, 1919 – June 25, 2005) was an American politician from Connecticut.

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Robert W. Straub

Robert William "Bob" Straub (May 6, 1920 – November 27, 2002) was an American politician and businessman from the state of Oregon.

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Rolls-Royce Limited

Rolls-Royce was a British luxury car and later an aero engine manufacturing business established in 1904 by the partnership of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce.

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Roman Polanski

Rajmund Roman Thierry Polański (born 18 August 1933) is a French-Polish film director, producer, writer, and actor.

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Rudy Perpich

Rudolph George Perpich Sr. (June 27, 1928 September 21, 1995) was an American politician and the longest-serving governor of Minnesota.

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Ruth Etting

Ruth Etting (November 23, 1897 – September 24, 1978) was an American singing star and actress of the 1920s and 1930s, who had over 60 hit recordings and worked in stage, radio, and film.

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Sage Rosenfels

Sage Jamen Rosenfels (born March 6, 1978) is a former American football quarterback.

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Saint Paul, Minnesota

Saint Paul (abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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San Diego

San Diego (Spanish for 'Saint Didacus') is a major city in California, United States.

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San Francisco

San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

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San Francisco Pride

The San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Celebration, usually known as San Francisco Pride, is a parade and festival held at the end of June each year in San Francisco, California, to celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and their allies.

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San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan (Saint John) is the capital and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States.

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Scott M. Matheson

Scott Milne Matheson Jr. (January 8, 1929 – October 7, 1990) was an American politician who served as the 12th Governor of Utah from 1977 to 1985.

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Seasat

Seasat was the first Earth-orbiting satellite designed for remote sensing of the Earth's oceans and had on board the first spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR).

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Shane West

Shane West (born Shannon Bruce Snaith) is an American actor, punk rock musician, and songwriter.

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Shanelle Workman

Shanelle Workman is an American actress, voice actress, producer and director.

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Shelby Smith

Shelby Smith (born August 8, 1927) is an American former politician.

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Shipman, Virginia

Shipman is a census-designated place (CDP) in Nelson County, Virginia, United States.

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Shiri Appleby

Shiri Freda Appleby (born December 7, 1978) is an American actress.

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Sid Vicious

Sid Vicious (born Simon John Ritchie, 10 May 1957 – 2 February 1979) was an English bassist and vocalist.

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Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

The Speaker of the House is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives.

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Spencer W. Kimball

Spencer Woolley Kimball (March 28, 1895 – November 5, 1985) was an American business, civic, and religious leader, and was the 12th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

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Statutory rape

In some common law jurisdictions, statutory rape is nonforcible sexual activity in which one of the individuals is below the age of consent (the age required to legally consent to the behavior).

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Stephen I of Hungary

Stephen I, also known as King Saint Stephen (Szent István király; Sanctus Stephanus; Štefan I. or Štefan Veľký; 975 – 15 August 1038 AD), was the last Grand Prince of the Hungarians between 997 and 1000 or 1001, and the first King of Hungary from 1000 or 1001 until his death in 1038.

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Sterilization (medicine)

Sterilization (also spelled sterilisation) is any of a number of medical techniques that intentionally leaves a person unable to reproduce.

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Stump v. Sparkman

Richard H. Finley, Kendallville, Indiana, for respondents (Linda and Leo Sparkman) --> Stump v. Sparkman,, is the leading United States Supreme Court decision on judicial immunity.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.

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Susan B. Anthony dollar

The Susan B. Anthony dollar is a United States dollar coin minted from 1979 to 1981, when production was suspended due to poor public acceptance, and then again in 1999.

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T. Garry Buckley

Thomas Garry Buckley (September 13, 1922 – May 23, 2012) was the 73rd Lieutenant Governor of Vermont.

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Take Back the Night (organization)

Take Back the Night is an international event and non-profit organization with the mission of ending sexual, relationship, and domestic violence in all forms.

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Tamera Mowry

Tamera Darvette Mowry-Housley (born July 6, 1978) is an American actress and model.

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Ted Bundy

Theodore Robert Bundy (born Theodore Robert Cowell; November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989) was an American serial killer, kidnapper, rapist, burglar, and necrophile who assaulted and murdered numerous young women and girls during the 1970s and possibly earlier.

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Ted Kaczynski

Theodore John Kaczynski (born May 22, 1942), also known as the Unabomber, is an American domestic terrorist.

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Ted Schwinden

Theodore "Ted" Schwinden (born August 31, 1925) is an American politician.

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Teddy Park

Teddy Park (born Park Hong-jun on September 14, 1978), better known by his stage name TEDDY, is a Korean-American rapper, songwriter, and record producer.

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Terry Miller (politician)

Terrence B. "Terry" Miller (November 10, 1942 – April 13, 1989) was an American businessman and politician.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), often informally known as the Mormon Church, is a nontrinitarian, Christian restorationist church that is considered by its members to be the restoration of the original church founded by Jesus Christ.

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The Flying Wallendas

The Flying Wallendas is the name of a circus act and daredevil stunt performers, most known for performing highwire acts without a safety net.

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Thelma Stovall

Thelma Loyace Stovall (nee Hawkins; April 1, 1919 – February 4, 1994) was a pioneering American politician who won several statewide elective offices in Kentucky, capping her career as the 47th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky (1975–1979) under the administration of her fellow Democrat, Governor Julian Carroll.

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Thomas Lee Judge

Thomas Lee Judge (October 12, 1934 – September 8, 2006) was an American politician, and was the 18th Governor of Montana from 1973 to 1981.

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Thomas P. O'Neill III

Thomas Phillip O'Neill III (born September 20, 1944) leads a public relations and government affairs firm called O'Neill and Associates in Boston.

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Thomas Wyatt Turner

Thomas Wyatt Turner (March 16, 1877 – April 21, 1978) was an American civil rights activist, biologist and educator.

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Tia Mowry

Tia Dashon Mowry (born July 6, 1978) is an American actress originally known for her teen role as Tia Landry in the sitcom Sister, Sister (opposite her identical twin sister Tamera Mowry).

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Timeline of United States history (1970–89)

This section of the Timeline of United States history concerns events from 1970 to 1989.

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Tip O'Neill

Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill Jr.

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Tony Reali

Anthony Joseph Paul "Tony" Reali (born July 4, 1978) is an American sports personality and television host of Around the Horn on ESPN.

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Toxic waste

Toxic waste is any unwanted material in all forms that can cause harm (e.g. by being inhaled, swallowed, or absorbed through the skin).

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Unification Church

The Unification Church (UC), also called the Unification movement and sometimes colloquially the "Moonies", is a worldwide new religious movement that was founded by and is inspired by Sun Myung Moon, a Korean religious leader also known for his business ventures and support of social and political causes.

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United Automobile Workers

The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, better known as the United Automobile Workers (UAW), is an American labor union that represents workers in the United States (including Puerto Rico) and Canada.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.

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Usher (musician)

Usher Raymond IV (born October 14, 1978), is an American singer, songwriter and dancer.

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Vice President of the United States

The Vice President of the United States (informally referred to as VPOTUS, or Veep) is a constitutional officer in the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States as the President of the Senate under Article I, Section 3, Clause 4, of the United States Constitution, as well as the second highest executive branch officer, after the President of the United States.

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Volkswagen

Volkswagen, shortened to VW, is a German automaker founded on 28 May 1937 by the German Labour Front under Adolf Hitler and headquartered in Wolfsburg.

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Volkswagen Golf

The Volkswagen Golf is a compact car produced by the German manufacturer Volkswagen since 1974, marketed worldwide across seven generations, in various body configurations and under various nameplates – such as the Volkswagen Rabbit in the United States and Canada (Mk1 and Mk5), and as the Volkswagen Caribe in Mexico (Mk1).

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Volkswagen Westmoreland Assembly

Volkswagen Westmoreland Assembly was a manufacturing complex located south of Pittsburgh in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania near New Stanton.

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W. Brantley Harvey Jr.

William Brantley Harvey Jr. (born August 14, 1930) is an American lawyer and politician in the state of South Carolina.

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Walter C. Alvarez

Walter Clement Alvarez (July 22, 1884June 18, 1978) was an American medical doctor of Spanish descent.

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Walter Mondale

Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (born January 5, 1928) is an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer who served as the 42nd Vice President of the United States from 1977 to 1981, and as a United States Senator from Minnesota (1964–76).

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Warren E. Burger

Warren Earl Burger (September 17, 1907 – June 25, 1995) was the 15th Chief Justice of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1986.

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Wayne Sanstead

Wayne Godfrey Sanstead (born April 16, 1935) served as the North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1985 to January 1, 2013, and from 1972 to 1981 as the Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota.

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Wesley Bolin

Wesley Bolin (July 1, 1909 – March 4, 1978) was an American Democratic Party politician who served as the 15th Governor of the U.S. state of Arizona between 1977 and 1978.

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West Virginia

West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States.

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William H. Webster

William Hedgcock Webster (born March 6, 1924) is an American attorney, jurist, and current Chairman of the Homeland Security Advisory Council.

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William J. Murphy (Idaho politician)

William J. Murphy (March 12, 1912 – August 20, 1993) was a Democratic politician from Idaho.

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William Milliken

William Grawn Milliken (born March 26, 1922), is an American politician who served as the 44th Governor of Michigan as the member of the Republican Party.

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William P. Hobby Jr.

William Pettus Hobby Jr. (born January 19, 1932) is an American Democratic politician who served a record eighteen years as the 37th Lieutenant Governor of Texas.

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Women's Army Corps

The Women's Army Corps (WAC) was the women's branch of the United States Army.

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World Series

The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in North America, contested since 1903 between the American League (AL) champion team and the National League (NL) champion team.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Xavier Nady

Xavier Clifford Nady VI (born November 14, 1978) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and first baseman.

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Zell Miller

Zell Bryan Miller (February 24, 1932 – March 23, 2018) was an American author and politician from the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Zoe Saldana

Zoe Saldana-PeregoSaldana on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, June 11, 2015, cited in (born Zoe Yadira Saldaña Nazario; June 19, 1978), known professionally as Zoe Saldana or Zoë Saldana, is an American actress and dancer.

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1877 in the United States

Events from the year 1877 in the United States.

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1883 in the United States

Events from the year 1883 in the United States.

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1884 in the United States

Events from the year 1884 in the United States.

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1886 in the United States

Events from the year 1886 in the United States.

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1890 in Germany

Events in the year 1890 in Germany.

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1892

No description.

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1893 in the United States

Events from the year 1893 in the United States.

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1894 in the United States

Events from the year 1894 in the United States.

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1896 in the United States

Events from the year 1896 in the United States.

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1897 in the United States

Events from the year 1897 in the United States.

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1898 in the United States

Events from the year 1898 in the United States.

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1899 in France

Events from the year 1899 in France.

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1899 in the United States

Events from the year 1899 in the United States.

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1901 in the United States

Events from the year 1901 in the United States.

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1902 in the United States

Events from the year 1902 in the United States.

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1903 in the United States

Events from the year 1903 in the United States.

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1904 in the United States

Events from the year 1904 in the United States.

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1905 in the United States

Events from the year 1905 in the United States.

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1906 in Scotland

Events from the year 1906 in Scotland.

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1907 in the United States

Events from the year 1907 in the United States.

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1910 in the United States

Events from the year 1910 in the United States.

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1911 in the United States

Events from the year 1911 in the United States.

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1913 in the United States

Events from the year 1913 in the United States.

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1914 in the United States

Events from the year 1914 in the United States.

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1915 in the United States

Events from the year 1915 in the United States.

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1924 in the United States

Events from the year 1924 in the United States.

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1928 in the United States

Events from the year 1928 in the United States.

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1930 in the United States

Events from the year 1930 in the United States.

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1934 in the United States

Events from the year 1934 in the United States.

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1935 in the United States

Events from the year 1935 in the United States.

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1943 in the United States

Events from the year 1943 in the United States.

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1948 in the United States

Events from the year 1948 in the United States.

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1950 in the United States

Events from the year 1950 in the United States.

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1958 in the United States

Events from the year 1958 in the United States.

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1970s energy crisis

The 1970s energy crisis was a period when the major industrial countries of the world, particularly the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand, faced substantial petroleum shortages, real and perceived, as well as elevated prices.

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1978 in American soccer

The 1977 season was the 66th season of competitive soccer in the United States.

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1978 in American television

This is a list of American television-related events in 1978.

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1978 World Series

The 1978 World Series matched the defending champions New York Yankees against the Los Angeles Dodgers in a rematch of the 1977 Series, with the Yankees winning in six games to repeat as champions.

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1988 in the United States

This is a list of events from the year 1988 in the United States.

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1TYM

1TYM (Korean: 원타임, pronounced as "One Time") was a four-member South Korean hip hop group.

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2014 in the United States

Events in the year 2014 in the United States.

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50th Academy Awards

The 50th Academy Awards were held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California on April 3, 1978.

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95th United States Congress

The Ninety-fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.

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References

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