Eisenhower served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army from 1945-48. In December 1950, he was named Supreme Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and given operational command of NATO forces in Europe.
Eisenhower retired from active service on May 31, 1952, upon entering politics. He wrote Crusade in Europe, widely regarded as […]

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Jack “Manassa Mauler” Dempsey was an American boxer who held the world heavyweight title from 1919 to 1926.
Dempsey’s aggressive style and punching power made him one of the most popular boxers in history. Many of his fights set financial and attendance records.
A cichlid fish, the Jack Dempsey, has been named after him.

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The 1970 Ancash earthquake was an undersea earthquake that occurred on May 31 of that year. Combined with a resultant landslide, it was the worst catastrophic natural disaster ever recorded in the history of Peru.
The earthquake affected the Peruvian regions of Ancash and La Libertad. The epicenter of the earthquake was located 30 km off […]

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The West Indies Federation, also known as the Federation of the West Indies, was a short-lived Caribbean federation that existed from January 3, 1958 to May 31, 1962.
It consisted of several Caribbean colonies of the United Kingdom. The expressed intention of the Federation was to create a political unit that would become independent from Britain […]

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The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), usually called the Alyeska Pipeline in Alaska or the Alaska Pipeline elsewhere, is a major U.S. oil pipeline connecting oil fields in northern Alaska to a sea port where the oil can be shipped to the Lower 48 states for refining.
The main Trans-Alaska Pipeline runs north to south, almost 800 […]

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MDMA is the active ingredient in ecstasy tablets, (often abbreviated to E, X, or XTC) and is a semisynthetic psychedelic empathogen-entactogen of the phenethylamine family.
It has greater stimulant effects and fewer visual effects than other common “trip” producing psychedelics. It is considered mainly a recreational drug, though is often used as an entheogen and as […]

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The U.S. - Canadian Outbreak was a major tornado outbreak that occurred in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, on May 31, 1985.
Forty-one tornadoes were counted including 13 in Ontario. It is the largest and most intense tornado outbreak ever to hit this region. The tornado outbreak was caused by a powerful low pressure […]

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Seinfeld is an Emmy Award-winning American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989 to May 14, 1998, running a total of 9 seasons.
Many of its catchphrases have entered into the pop culture lexicon. The show led the Nielsen Ratings in its sixth and ninth seasons, and finished among the top two (along […]

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The Confederation Bridge is a bridge spanning the Abegweit Passage of Northumberland Strait, linking Prince Edward Island with mainland New Brunswick, Canada.
It was commonly referred to as the “Fixed Link” by residents of Prince Edward Island prior to its official naming. Construction began in the fall of 1993, and continued for three and a half […]

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The Auckland Harbour Bridge is an eight-lane, box truss motorway bridge over the Waitemata Harbour, joining Saint Marys Bay in Auckland City with Northcote in North Shore City, New Zealand.
It has a total length of 1,020 m (3,348 feet), with a main span of 243.8 m, rising 43.27 m above high water allowing ships access […]

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