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  • Allah is the standard Arabic word for God. While the term is best known in the West for its use by Muslims as a reference to God, it is used by Arabic-speakers of all Abrahamic faiths, including Christians and Jews, in reference to "God". The term was also used by pagan Meccans as a reference to the creator-god, possibly the supreme deity in pre-Islamic Arabia. The concepts associated with the term Allah (as a deity) differ among the traditions.
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  • Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS (3 January 1883 – 8 October 1967) was a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and as the Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955.
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  • Engelbert Dollfuß (October 4, 1892 – July 25, 1934) was an Austrian Christian Social and Patriotic Front statesman, who was chancellor of Austria from 1932 and right-wing dictator of Austria from 1933 until his assassination by Nazi agents in 1934.
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  • Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullāh (ca. 570/571 Mecca/ – June 8, 632), is the founder of the religion of Islam [ إِسْلامْ ] and is regarded by Muslims as a messenger and prophet of God, the greatest law-bearer in a series of Islamic prophets and by most Muslims the last prophet as taught by the . Muslims thus consider him the restorer of an uncorrupted original monotheistic faith of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and other prophets.
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  • Karl Jochen Rindt was a German racing driver who represented Austria over his entire career. He is the only driver to posthumously win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship, after being killed in practice for the Italian Grand Prix. Away from Formula One, Rindt was highly successful in other single-seater formulae, as well as sports car racing. In 1965 he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, driving a Ferrari 250LM in partnership with Masten Gregory from the United States of America.
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  • Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), well-known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain is noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), which has been called "the Great American Novel", and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). He is extensively quoted. Twain was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty.
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  • The Drahtseilbahn Marzili-Stadt Bern is a funicular in Bern, the capital of Switzerland. It leads from the Marzili quarter to the Bundehaus (parliament and federal government) in the city centre. The Marzilibahn was built in 1885. Until 1973, it was powered by water: a tank on the upper car was filled with water from the city stream. This car, being heavier, then pulled the other one up the slope (incl.
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  • Giuseppe Campari (June 8, 1892 – September 10, 1933) was an Italian opera singer and Grand Prix motor racing driver.
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  • Baconin Borzacchini (September 28, 1898 – September 10, 1933) was an Italian Grand Prix motor racing driver often referred to as Mario Umberto Borzacchini. Born Baconino Francesco Domenico Borzacchini in Terni in the Umbria region of Italy, at age 14 he began working in a garage, training as a repairman. After service in the army during World War I, he began racing motorcycles before turning to automobile competitions in 1926.
  • Emilio Villoresi (1914–June 20, 1939) was an Italian Grand Prix motor racing driver. Emilio Villoresi was born in Milan, Lombardy, the younger brother of the star Maserati driver, Luigi Villoresi who co-piloted with him in several races at the beginning of their careers. Emilio Villoresi and his brother competed in the 1935 and 1936 Mille Miglia driving a Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport but after a disappointing finish they purchased a Maserati which they drove individually in different races.
  • Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (indeterminate, 1881–10 November 1938) was a Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, and founder of the Republic of Turkey as well as its first President. Atatürk became known as an extremely capable military officer by being the only undefeated Ottoman commander during World War I. Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire, he led the Turkish national movement in the Turkish War of Independence.
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  • The Berne zinc tablet (also Gobannus tablet) was found in the 1980s in Berne. It is inscribed with an apparently Gaulish inscription, consisting of the four words, each on its own line, the letter formed by little dots impressed onto the metal: ΔΟΒΝΟΡΗΔΟ ΓΟΒΑΝΟ ΒΡΕΝΟΔΩΡ ΝΑΝΤΑΡΩΡ (Dobnoredo Gobano Brenodor Nantaror) The dedication is to Gobannus, a Gallo-Roman god, the name simply meaning "the Smith". Brenodor is probably a placename, Brenno-duro- "town of Brennus, c.f.
  • Umqombothi, from the Xhosa language, is a beer made from maize (corn), maize malt, sorghum malt, yeast and water. It is commonly found in South Africa. It is very rich in Vitamin B. The beer has a heavy and distinctly sour aroma. The beer does not have a very high alcohol content, usually less than 3%. In appearance, the beer is opaque and light tan in colour. It has a thick, creamy and gritty consistency (from the maize).
  • Costas Andreou is a musician from Athens, Greece. He has collaborated with musicians, film and theatre directors, actors, dancers and visual artists. Costas Andreou processes the sounds of fretted and fretless electric bass in real time, creating multi-level soundscapes. The organic instrument sound is processed with analog and digital effects and looped in real time, using various live looping techniques and a number of delay, feedback, tape and loop devices.
  • Oben Özaydın (born 1966) is a Turkish Muslim columnist, who argues both against imperialism and every kind of terrorism. In 1985 his first article was published in the newspaper Hakimiyet. He graduated from the International Relations Department of Istanbul University in 1990. At the same year he has worked in the newspaper Zaman as a diplomacy correspondent. He has worked in private sector for many years but not as a journalist.
  • Claude Beat Fehr (1942 – June 18, 1967) was a racing driver from Switzerland, born in Zurich. He started racing in 1963, and raced in several marques, including Alfa Romeo, Cooper, and De Tomaso, before buying a Brabham from fellow driver Jürg Dubler. Fehr was killed in an Italian Formula 3 race at Caserta, the XVIII Coppa d'Oro Pasquale Amato, in the same accident that claimed the lives of "Geki" and "Tiger" Perdomi.
  • The Gurtenfestival is a music festival in Switzerland. It is held annually in middle of July on top of Berne's local mountain, the Gurten.
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  • Marco Almaviva (born January 23, 1934) is an Italian sculptor. Almaviva was born in Novi Ligure (Alessandria, Italy). His father, Armando Vassallo, a leading sculptor of the 20th-century style, the first teacher and close friend of Francesco Messina, was one of the most representative of the close of figurativists who shone by their research potential and originality, mostly inspired by the classicism and archaic/modernizing that were supreme in 1930s Italy .
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  • Paul Richard Spiring is a British author, scientist and educator. He is often consulted by news media and other organisations about the links between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes and Devon. Spiring is a relative of both Peter Spiring and Reuben Spiring and he is a fan of Bristol City Football Club.
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  • The Sons of Armageddon MC was started in early 2010 by three bikers who had the desire and drive to develop a strong brotherhood amongst like-minded bikers. We come from all walks of life. The Sons of Armageddon MC is a law-abiding, non-territorial motorcycle club. We are independent and choose to stay that way. We are not 1%ers but do respect all clubs. We will respect those who respect us.

 
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