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Day 1533 Day 1535 Clark, July 3, 1806 Thursday July 3rd 1806 we colected our horses and after brackfast I took My leave of Capt Lewis and the indians and at 8 A M Set out with ____ men…
Herbert Hoover (December 3, 1929) To the Senate and House of Representatives: The Constitution requires that the President "shall, from time to time, give to the Congress information of the state of…
(Encyclopedia) motorcycle, motor vehicle whose design is based on the bicycle. The German inventor Gottlieb Daimler is generally credited with building the first practical motorcycle in 1885. The…
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1926-, American singer, b. Queens, N.Y., as Anthony Dominick Benedetto. The
son of Italian immigrants, Bennett began…
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