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Locations of famous places in history |
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 | In 1968 Robert F Kennedy was shot by Sirhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel , he was taken to the Central Receiving Hospital and the later to the Good Samaritan Hospital where he died . |  | 09/13/2005 | 253 | 
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 | Granite walls, heavy metal-studded doors, bare courtyards - what more could you ask for in an ancient jail? Unfortunately, permission has just been given to turn part of it into housing. An attempt will be made to retain at least part of the original features though. | | 09/13/2005 | 152 |
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 | On January 25th, 1554, the city of Sao Paulo was founded at this site (Padre Anchieta "hands"). |  | 09/12/2005 | 155 |
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 | Following their invasion in 1795, the British realized that the shoulder of mountain on Devil's Peak was a key point in their defenses, and built the King's Blockhouse. The Queens blockhouse fell into disrepair, but this one is still in good condition. | | 09/12/2005 | 145 |
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 | It was at No.22 Lansdowne Crescent that Jimi Hendrix suffered a drug overdose that, along with a Tuna sandwich, would kill him. He may have survived except that the ambulance drivers rushing him to St. Mary Abbots Hospital seemed to do everything wrong for an overdose victim and he choked on his vomit on the way. | | 09/12/2005 | 302 |
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 | On 14 October 1973, many pro-democracy demonstrators, mostly students, were killed in a bloody but successful effort to overthrow the dictatorial government at the time.
Note this violent sittuatation was not so different from the better-known Thian-Um-Mhen Red Square (Tianamen Square) of The People Republic of China. |  | 09/12/2005 | 254 |
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 | Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue L.A.. In 1997 rap singer Notorious B.I.G., Biggie Smalls or just Biggie was shot in his car while waiting at a red light at the corner of these streets. His two albums were titled "Ready to Die" and "Life After Death." | | 09/11/2005 | 184 |
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 | The Viper Room, 8852 Sunset Boulevard L.A. the place where River Phoenix died from a drug over dose in 1993 . He was 23 years old. The official cause of death was acute multiple drug ingestion. Australian band T.I.S.M. remembered River with a song " He'll Never Be An Old Man River". | | 09/11/2005 | 196 |
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 | James Dean was killed in 1955 in a car crash at the intersection of Highways 41 and 466 just before the city of Cholame . Highway 466, was changed to 46 a few years after he died . |  | 09/11/2005 | 337 |
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 | The founding site of the City of Los Angeles. It consists of the Plaza, Olvera Street, and the the Church of Our Lady of the Angels. | | 09/10/2005 | 198 |
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 | The present Citadel, completed in 1856, is the fourth in a series of forts since 1749 to occupy the hill overlooking the harbour. |  | 09/09/2005 | 187 |
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 | This is the house of the famous silversmith and where he started his midnight ride on April 18, 1775. It is also Boston's oldest building and one of a few remaining from the early colonial America. | | 09/09/2005 | 188 |
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 | The Old North Church was built in 1723, and was inspired by the works of Christopher Wren. | | 09/09/2005 | 163 |
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 | A Moorish castle, the Castelo de Mouros occupies around 12.000 square meters. Archaeological excavations have shown that the oldest buildings go back to the 8th century. | | 09/09/2005 | 150 |
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 | One of the most important Prussian fortresses, the Zitadelle was constructed in the 16th century as part of a bigger city fortification. |  | 09/09/2005 | 248 |
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 | De Burcht is a 12th-century castle in the form of a circular tower built on an earth mound. It has never been used for its military function. In the 18th century it became a formal garden with fountain. | | 09/09/2005 | 203 |
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 | British fort built in 1793 to defend York (Toronto) from American attack. It contains the largest group of War of 1812 buildings in Canada. | | 09/09/2005 | 229 |
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 | It is estimated that the Hippodrome of Constantine was about 150 metres long and 130 metres wide. Its stands were capable of holding 100,000 spectators. | | 09/09/2005 | 211 |
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 | The remains of Barnenez Chambered Cairn was only really rediscovered in 1955 when quarrying for stone to build a local road cut down into one of the major internal structures. This quarrying has left part of the cairn removed, allowing a good view of the construction of the cairn. | | 09/09/2005 | 162 |
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 | Philip II built the Sant Felip fort at the entrance of the port of Maó after sustained Muslim pirate attacks. | | 09/09/2005 | 187 |
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 | This is the historic site where, on September 6, 1781, British Forces, commanded by the infamous Benedict Arnold, captured the Fort and massacred 88 of the 165 defenders stationed there. | | 09/09/2005 | 190 |
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 | This Iron Age settlement is a very representative example of a "coastal castro". | | 09/09/2005 | 144 |
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 | The castle of Arad in romania, built in the 17th century. | | 09/09/2005 | 338 |
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 | Site of an early English settlement wiped out by Miles Standish and the Pilgrims of Plymouth. The placemark actually denotes the location of the May Pole that the settlers erected, much to the dismay of their Puritan neighbors.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~Drbr/williams.html | | 09/08/2005 | 193 |
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 | The now defunct Bethlehem Steel Works in Bethlehem, PA. The steel produced in this plant was used across the country for bridges and buildings and what-not. | | 09/08/2005 | 224 |
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