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(Encyclopedia) Margaret I, 1353–1412, queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, daughter of Waldemar IV of Denmark. She was married (1363) to King Haakon VI of Norway, son of Magnus VII of Norway and…
fugitive accused of the fatal bombing of a Birmingham, Ala., abortion clinic in January, was additionally charged with the 1996 bombing of the Olympic Park in Atlanta, which killed one…
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