The World Almanac and Book of FactsPress Publishing Company (The New York World), 1953 |
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Page 52
... Named candidates for certain offices ; in New York it named Howard Fast , novelist , for Representative , 23d Congressional Dist . American Vegetarian Party . Daniel J. Murphy , San Francisco , replaced Brig . Gen. Herbert C. Holdridge ...
... Named candidates for certain offices ; in New York it named Howard Fast , novelist , for Representative , 23d Congressional Dist . American Vegetarian Party . Daniel J. Murphy , San Francisco , replaced Brig . Gen. Herbert C. Holdridge ...
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... Named for Lord de la Warr of Eng- land , governor of Virginia , who entered the bay , 1610 . District of Columbia - Named for Columbus by the Federal Commissioners who laid it out in 1791 . Florida - Named by Ponce de Leon on Pascua ...
... Named for Lord de la Warr of Eng- land , governor of Virginia , who entered the bay , 1610 . District of Columbia - Named for Columbus by the Federal Commissioners who laid it out in 1791 . Florida - Named by Ponce de Leon on Pascua ...
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... named by the Crown . The islands are not bound by acts of Parliament unless named in the legislation . The Channel Islands were the only British soil occupied by German troops in World War II The German garrison surrendered May 9 , 1945 ...
... named by the Crown . The islands are not bound by acts of Parliament unless named in the legislation . The Channel Islands were the only British soil occupied by German troops in World War II The German garrison surrendered May 9 , 1945 ...
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