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Contextualized chunk-level (query2chunk) retrieval eval for the Citras benchmark. • 23 items • Updated
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0_0 | The 1955 -- 56 United States network television schedule was for the period that began in September 1955 and ran through March 1956 .
The $ 64,000 Question had debuted on CBS during summer 1955 and became the # 1 program on U.S. television .
The three networks `` rushed to copy this latest hit format , quickly filling ... | 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule | 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule | 0 | 0 | 473 |
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For years , ABC had `` struggled to cobble together a TV schedule '' , but following the network 's major success with Disney-produced series Disneyland in 1954 , other Hollywood film companies began embracing television .
MGM assembled clips for MGM Parade on ABC ; ABC also hired Warner Bros. for a Tuesday nigh... | 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule | 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule | 1 | 473 | 964 |
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Of the three new series , only Cheyenne was a hit with viewers , and ABC began contracting with other Hollywood studios for Westerns .
Immediately following Warner Brothers Presents , ABC scheduled The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp .
This Western was also produced in conjunction with a Hollywood studio : Desilu Produc... | 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule | 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule | 2 | 964 | 1,369 |
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Over the next few years , `` the rush to Westerns had become a virtual stampede so that , by the fall of 1959 , viewers had their choice from a staggering twenty-eight different Western-based prime time series . ''
Around 1955 , live drama anthologies , the staple of early television programming , were being phased ou... | 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule | 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule | 3 | 1,369 | 1,893 |
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DuMont 's final program line-up consisted of What 's the Story on Wednesday nights at 9:30 and Boxing From St. Nicholas Arena on Monday nights at 9:00 .
By September 23 , What 's the Story was off the air .
DuMont honored its few remaining network commitments until August 6 , 1956 , when it ceased operations as a majo... | 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule | 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule | 4 | 1,893 | 2,235 |
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DuMont hoped to go into independent television production ; the company 's studio facilities and Electronicam system were used to produce CBS 's The Honeymooners during the 1955 -- 1956 season .
DuMont 's loss was ABC 's gain , as some of DuMont 's most popular programs , including Life Is Worth Living , Chance of a L... | 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule | 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule | 5 | 2,235 | 2,669 |
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The crumbling and eventual death of the old DuMont Network meant the 1955 -- 1956 television season would be the first year in which the three major remaining U.S. television networks would be the only full-time commercial participants in prime time , a situation that was to remain for the next 30 years until Fox bega... | 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule | 1955–56_United_States_network_television_schedule | 6 | 2,669 | 3,099 |
1_0 | 100 Greatest Britons was broadcast in 2002 by the BBC .
The programme was based on a television poll conducted to determine whom the United Kingdom public considered the greatest British people in history .
The series , Great Britons , included individual programmes featuring the individuals who featured in the top ten... | 100_Greatest_Britons | 100_Greatest_Britons | 0 | 0 | 479 |
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The poll resulted in nominees including Guy Fawkes , who was executed for trying to blow up the Parliament of England ; Oliver Cromwell , who created a republican England ; Richard III , suspected of murdering his nephews ; James Connolly , an Irish nationalist and socialist who was executed by the Crown in 1916 ; and... | 100_Greatest_Britons | 100_Greatest_Britons | 1 | 479 | 1,084 |
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One of the more controversial figures to be included on the list was occultist Aleister Crowley .
His works had a direct influence on the rise in popular occultism and some forms of neopaganism in the 20th century .
In addition to the Britons , some notable non-British entrants were listed , including two Irish nation... | 100_Greatest_Britons | 100_Greatest_Britons | 2 | 1,084 | 1,459 |
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The top 19 entries were people of English origin -LRB- though Sir Ernest Shackleton and Arthur Wellesley , 1st Duke of Wellington , were both born into Anglo-Irish families when what is now the Republic of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom -RRB- .
The highest-placed Scottish entry was Alexander Fleming in 20th pl... | 100_Greatest_Britons | 100_Greatest_Britons | 3 | 1,459 | 1,955 |
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Ringo Starr is the only member of The Beatles not on the list .
Isambard Kingdom Brunel occupied the top spot in the polls for some time thanks largely to `` students from Brunel University who have been campaigning vigorously for the engineer for weeks . ''
However , a late surge in the final week of voting put Churc... | 100_Greatest_Britons | 100_Greatest_Britons | 4 | 1,955 | 2,326 |
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The opening and closing ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics featured the two greatest Britons , Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Winston Churchill as main characters , played by Kenneth Branagh and Timothy Spall , each of them reading a monologue from William Shakespeare 's The Tempest .
The ceremony also included a per... | 100_Greatest_Britons | 100_Greatest_Britons | 5 | 2,326 | 2,840 |
2_0 | 13 is the sixth studio album by English alternative rock band Blur , released on 15 March 1999 .
Jettisoning the Britpop sound of Blur 's early career , 13 explores experimental , psychedelic and electronic music .
Recording took place from June to October 1998 in London and Reykjavík .
The album marks a departure of t... | 13_-LRB-Blur_album-RRB- | 13_-LRB-Blur_album-RRB- | 0 | 0 | 535 |
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Lyrically , the album is significantly darker and more innovative than Blur 's previous efforts , being heavily inspired by Damon Albarn 's breakup with long-term girlfriend , Justine Frischmann , whose relationship had become increasingly strained over the years .
13 was released on 15 March 1999 and entered the UK A... | 13_-LRB-Blur_album-RRB- | 13_-LRB-Blur_album-RRB- | 1 | 535 | 1,090 |
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The album produced three singles -- `` Tender '' , `` Coffee & TV '' and `` No Distance Left to Run '' -- which charted at number 2 , number 11 and number 14 respectively on the UK Singles Chart .
13 was well-received critically , with a score of 79 on Metacritic , which equates to a tag of `` Generally favorable revi... | 13_-LRB-Blur_album-RRB- | 13_-LRB-Blur_album-RRB- | 2 | 1,090 | 1,529 |
3_0 | The 1969 -- 70 NBA Season was the 24th season of the National Basketball Association .
The season ended with the New York Knicks winning the NBA Championship , beating the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals . | 1969–70_NBA_season | 1969–70_NBA_season | 0 | 0 | 223 |
4_0 | The 19th century -LRB- 1 January 1801 -- 31 December 1900 -RRB- was the century marked by the collapse of the Spanish , Napoleonic , Holy Roman and Mughal empires .
This paved the way for the growing influence of the British Empire , the Russian Empire , the United States , the German Empire , the French colonial empir... | 19th_century | 19th_century | 0 | 0 | 401 |
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After the defeat of the French Empire and its allies in the Napoleonic Wars , the British and Russian empires expanded greatly , becoming the world 's leading powers .
The Russian Empire expanded in central and far eastern Asia .
The British Empire grew rapidly in the first half of the century , especially with the ex... | 19th_century | 19th_century | 1 | 401 | 1,002 |
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During the post-Napoleonic era , it enforced what became known as the Pax Britannica , which had ushered into unprecedented globalisation , industrialisation , and economic integration on a massive scale . | 19th_century | 19th_century | 2 | 1,002 | 1,208 |
5_0 | The 1835 Democratic National Convention was a presidential nominating convention that was held from May 20 to May 22 , 1835 , in Baltimore , Maryland .
This was the second national convention of the Democratic Party of the United States .
The delegates nominated Vice President Martin Van Buren for President and Represe... | 1835_Democratic_National_Convention | 1835_Democratic_National_Convention | 0 | 0 | 383 |
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President Andrew Jackson wrote on February 23 , 1835 , to James Gwin of Tennessee and claimed a preference for someone who would `` most likely to be the choice of the great body of republicans '' in regard to his successor .
He expressed the desire to hold another national convention to nominate candidates for the pr... | 1835_Democratic_National_Convention | 1835_Democratic_National_Convention | 1 | 383 | 948 |
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Andrew Stevenson of Virginia served as the chairman and convention president .
Six convention vice presidents and four secretaries were appointed .
President Jackson had long planned for Vice President Martin Van Buren to succeed him , and Van Buren was the unanimous choice of the delegates for the presidency .
Jackso... | 1835_Democratic_National_Convention | 1835_Democratic_National_Convention | 2 | 948 | 1,425 |
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Many Virginia Democrats instead backed William Cabell Rives , the former Ambassador to France , but Johnson narrowly won the required 2/3 of the vote on the first vice presidential ballot .
A man from Tennessee , Edward Rucker , who was present at the convention but not sent as a delegate , cast all 15 votes Tennessee... | 1835_Democratic_National_Convention | 1835_Democratic_National_Convention | 3 | 1,425 | 1,962 |
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The delegation of Virginia declared that it had no confidence in Johnson 's character and principles , and would not support him .
Letters went out on May 23 from the convention president and vice presidents asking for the acceptance of the nominations by the nominees .
Van Buren replied and accepted the nomination on... | 1835_Democratic_National_Convention | 1835_Democratic_National_Convention | 4 | 1,962 | 2,540 |
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The electors of Virginia supported Van Buren , but cast their votes for William Smith for the vice presidency .
Richard Mentor Johnson received a plurality , but not a majority , of the electoral votes for the vice presidency .
In the subsequent election in the United States Senate , he was elected to the vice preside... | 1835_Democratic_National_Convention | 1835_Democratic_National_Convention | 5 | 2,540 | 2,865 |
6_0 | `` In the summer of 1895 , when the clanging of `` hammers '' was heard on the banks of Father Thames and the great warships were rearing their heads above the Victoria Dock Road , a few enthusiasts , with the love of football within them , were talking about the grand old game and the formation of a club for the worke... | 1895–96_Thames_Ironworks_F.C._season | 1895–96_Thames_Ironworks_F.C._season | 0 | 0 | 557 |
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No thought of professionalism , I may say , was ever contemplated by the founders .
They meant to run their club on amateur lines and their first principal was to choose their team from men in the works . ''
- Syd King , Thames Ironworks player and West Ham United manager 1902-1932 .
Thames Ironworks F.C. , the club t... | 1895–96_Thames_Ironworks_F.C._season | 1895–96_Thames_Ironworks_F.C._season | 1 | 557 | 1,053 |
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Thanks to Ironworks owner Arnold Hills ' financial backing , he was able to announce on 29 June 1895 the following in the company 's weekly journal :
`` Mr. Taylor , who is working in the shipbuilding department , has undertaken to get up a football club for next winter and I learn that quoits and bowls will also be a... | 1895–96_Thames_Ironworks_F.C._season | 1895–96_Thames_Ironworks_F.C._season | 2 | 1,053 | 1,597 |
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Before `` The Irons '' played their first game Taylor returned to refereeing , handing over organizational duties to Ted Harsent .
The birth of Thames Ironworks F.C. coincided with the demise of Old Castle Swifts F.C. , the first professional football club in Essex .
Thames took over the tenancy of Castle Swifts ' Her... | 1895–96_Thames_Ironworks_F.C._season | 1895–96_Thames_Ironworks_F.C._season | 3 | 1,597 | 2,142 |
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The Swifts that joined The Ironworks team were right back and winger Robert Stevenson and forwards Jamie Lindsay and George Sage .
Scotsman Bob Stevenson became the club 's first ever captain and he is credited as being the team 's first player of note .
He would also play at full-back and centre forward during his Ir... | 1895–96_Thames_Ironworks_F.C._season | 1895–96_Thames_Ironworks_F.C._season | 4 | 2,142 | 2,665 |
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The Ironworks played their first ever fixture against Royal Ordnance reserves on 7 September 1895 , the game ending 0-0 .
Other players likely to have been involved in this first game were Iron Works employee Charlie Dove , who had played at full-back and centre forward during his time as a school player , and Essex c... | 1895–96_Thames_Ironworks_F.C._season | 1895–96_Thames_Ironworks_F.C._season | 5 | 2,665 | 3,175 |
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`` The Irons '' biggest win of the season came in their third friendly fixture on 28 September 1895 when they beat Manor Park 8-0 .
The newly formed club had the audacity to enter the FA Cup competition , as recorded in the Thames Iron Works Gazette :
`` Having some good men in the club , we somewhat presumptuously co... | 1895–96_Thames_Ironworks_F.C._season | 1895–96_Thames_Ironworks_F.C._season | 6 | 3,175 | 3,672 |
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The match was played at Chatham 's ground in Kent as they had rated the Irons ' Hermit Road Ground as unsuitable .
On 12 October before a crowd of 3,000 they lost to Chatham 0-5 .
Their biggest defeat came on 14 December when they lost in an away game to Iron Works rivals Millwall 0-6 .
Looking to bolster their attack... | 1895–96_Thames_Ironworks_F.C._season | 1895–96_Thames_Ironworks_F.C._season | 7 | 3,672 | 4,055 |
6_8 | inside forward George Gresham , who would go on to score many goals for the club in the following three and a half years .
25 December saw Thames Ironworks face South West Ham at home , and they won 4-1 , beginning a run of ten straight wins that ended on 17 February 1896 , when they lost to South London team Vampires... | 1895–96_Thames_Ironworks_F.C._season | 1895–96_Thames_Ironworks_F.C._season | 8 | 4,055 | 4,386 |
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In the semi-finals of the West Ham Charity Cup held on 15 February 1896 , Thames Ironworks beat Park Grove 1-0 , in a game staged in Plaistow .
Park Grove protested over a technicality and forced a replay at Beckton Road , which The Ironworks won 3-0 .
On 7 March Thames Ironworks played Fulham F.C. for the first time ... | 1895–96_Thames_Ironworks_F.C._season | 1895–96_Thames_Ironworks_F.C._season | 9 | 4,386 | 4,744 |
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16 March saw an experimental ` floodlit friendly ' at the Hermit Road ground for Thames Ironworks , in their first encounter with Woolwich Arsenal .
George Gresham scored twice , in an epic encounter that finished in favour of Woolwich Arsenal 5-3 .
George Gresham scored two of `` The Irons '' goals that day .
These e... | 1895–96_Thames_Ironworks_F.C._season | 1895–96_Thames_Ironworks_F.C._season | 10 | 4,744 | 5,192 |
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They were also used for `` The Irons '' next game , in their first ever meeting with West Bromwich Albion F.C. , which they lost 2-4 .
The following day , an epic confrontation followed as Thames Ironworks faced Barking F.C. in the final of the West Ham Charity Cup on 21 March 1896 at The Old Spotted Dog Ground in Upt... | 1895–96_Thames_Ironworks_F.C._season | 1895–96_Thames_Ironworks_F.C._season | 11 | 5,192 | 5,616 |
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Eventually the final was replayed for the second time on 20 April 1896 and `` The Irons '' won 1-0 , lifting a trophy in their first ever season .
Thames Ironworks won 30 of their 47 games in the 1895-1896 season , drawing 5 and losing 12 .
They scored 136 goals and conceded 68 . | 1895–96_Thames_Ironworks_F.C._season | 1895–96_Thames_Ironworks_F.C._season | 12 | 5,616 | 5,897 |
7_0 | The 1905 Kanchenjunga expedition was a Himalayan mountaineering expedition aimed to climb Kanchenjunga , which would only be conquered in 1955 .
The expedition was an idea of the Swiss doctor and photographer Jules Jacot-Guillarmod .
In April 1905 he proposed his plans to the British occultist Aleister Crowley , with w... | 1905_Kanchenjunga_expedition | 1905_Kanchenjunga_expedition | 0 | 0 | 390 |
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Crowley only agreed to join since he would be the sole climbing leader and he would have the opportunity to break the altitude record .
The record at the time was held by either William Woodman Graham , Emil Boss and Ulrich Kauffmann on Kabru -LRB- 7,315 m -RRB- , a widely contested claim , or Matthias Zurbriggen on A... | 1905_Kanchenjunga_expedition | 1905_Kanchenjunga_expedition | 1 | 390 | 740 |
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Jacot-Guillarmod recruited two of his countrymen , Alexis Pache and Charles-Adolphe Reymond , while Crowley recruited his hotelkeeper in Darjeeling , the young Italian Alcesti C. Rigo de Righi , as transport officer .
On July 31 the five left with three Kashmiri servants -LRB- who had been in the K2 expedition as well... | 1905_Kanchenjunga_expedition | 1905_Kanchenjunga_expedition | 2 | 740 | 1,098 |
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Armed with Douglas Freshfield 's map of the range and Vittorio Sella 's pictures , created during a circumnavigation of the massif in 1899 , Crowley planned to climb the southwest face of Kanchenjunga over the Yalung Glacier .
When Camp IV was made above this glacier , the team had fallen apart : Jacot-Guillarmod espe... | 1905_Kanchenjunga_expedition | 1905_Kanchenjunga_expedition | 3 | 1,098 | 1,529 |
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Camp V was still made around 6,200 m , and on September 1 , Crowley , Pache , Reymond and a group of porters made it to about 6,500 m before a small avalanche forced a nervous retreat . | 1905_Kanchenjunga_expedition | 1905_Kanchenjunga_expedition | 4 | 1,529 | 1,715 |
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In his autobiography , Crowley claimed they reached about 25,000 feet or 7,620 m and proclaimed to have held the altitude record until the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition reached 8,320 m.
The next day Jacot-Guillarmod and De Righi attempted to depose Crowley from expedition leadership .
The argument could not be... | 1905_Kanchenjunga_expedition | 1905_Kanchenjunga_expedition | 5 | 1,715 | 2,134 |
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At 5 pm they left with four porters on a single rope , but a fall precipitated an avalanche that killed three porters as well as Alexis Pache .
People in Camp V heard `` frantic cries '' and Reymond immediately descended to help , but Crowley stayed in his tent .
That evening he wrote a letter to a Darjeeling newspape... | 1905_Kanchenjunga_expedition | 1905_Kanchenjunga_expedition | 6 | 2,134 | 2,616 |
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The next day Crowley passed the site of the accident without pausing nor speaking to the survivors and left on his own to Darjeeling , where he took the expedition funds , which mostly had been paid by Jacot-Guillarmod .
The latter would get at least some of his money back after threatening to make public some of Crow... | 1905_Kanchenjunga_expedition | 1905_Kanchenjunga_expedition | 7 | 2,616 | 2,964 |
8_0 | The 14th Dalai Lama -LRB- -LSB- ˈdɑːlaɪ_ˈlɑːmə -RSB- -LRB- US -RRB- , -LSB- ˌdælaɪ_ˈlɑːmə -RSB- -LRB- UK -RRB- -LRB- religious name : Tenzin Gyatso , shortened from Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso , born Lhamo Thondup , 6 July | 14th_Dalai_Lama | 14th_Dalai_Lama | 0 | 0 | 246 |
8_1 | 1935 -RRB- is the current Dalai Lama .
Dalai Lamas are important monks of the Gelug school , the newest school of Tibetan Buddhism which is nominally headed by the Ganden Tripas .
From the time of the 5th Dalai Lama to 1959 , the central government of Tibet , the Ganden Phodrang , invested the position of Dalai Lama wi... | 14th_Dalai_Lama | 14th_Dalai_Lama | 1 | 246 | 586 |
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The 14th Dalai Lama was born in Taktser village , Amdo , Tibet -LRB- was administratively in Qinghai province , Republic of China -RRB- , and was selected as the tulku of the 13th Dalai Lama in 1937 and formally recognized as the 14th Dalai Lama at a public declaration near the town of Bumchen in 1939 . | 14th_Dalai_Lama | 14th_Dalai_Lama | 2 | 586 | 891 |
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His enthronement ceremony as the Dalai Lama was held in Lhasa on 22 February 1940 , and he eventually assumed full temporal -LRB- political -RRB- duties on 17 November 1950 , at the age of 15 , after the People 's Republic of China 's invasion of Tibet .
The Gelug school 's government administered an area roughly corr... | 14th_Dalai_Lama | 14th_Dalai_Lama | 3 | 891 | 1,318 |
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During the 1959 Tibetan uprising , the Dalai Lama fled to India , where he currently lives as a refugee .
The 14th Dalai Lama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 .
He has traveled the world and has spoken about the welfare of Tibetans , environment , economics , women 's rights , non-violence , interfaith dialogue ... | 14th_Dalai_Lama | 14th_Dalai_Lama | 4 | 1,318 | 1,798 |
9_0 | 1940 -- 1946 in the Vietnam War focuses on events influencing the eventual decision for military intervention by the United States in the Vietnam War .
French Indochina in the 1940s was divided into five protectorates : Cambodia , Laos , Tonkin , Annam , and Cochinchina .
The latter three made up Vietnam .
In 1940 , th... | 1940–46_in_the_Vietnam_War | 1940–46_in_the_Vietnam_War | 0 | 0 | 469 |
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At that time , the U.S. had little interest in Vietnam or French Indochina as a whole .
Fewer than 100 Americans , mostly missionaries , lived in Vietnam and U.S. government representation consisted of one consul resident in Saigon .
The years 1940 to 1946 saw the rise of the communist-led Viet Minh insurgents whose o... | 1940–46_in_the_Vietnam_War | 1940–46_in_the_Vietnam_War | 1 | 469 | 828 |
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The Viet Minh was most prominent in northern Vietnam -LRB- Tonkin -RRB- with a plethora of other , semi-allied insurgent groups developing in central -LRB- Annam -RRB- and southern -LRB- Cochinchina -RRB- Vietnam .
During World War II -LRB- 1939 -- 1945 -RRB- , Japan stationed a large number of soldiers in Vietnam and... | 1940–46_in_the_Vietnam_War | 1940–46_in_the_Vietnam_War | 2 | 828 | 1,237 |
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Late in WW II the United States gave limited assistance to the Viet Minh to assist it in its struggle against the Japanese .
After World War II , France attempted to regain its colonial domination of Indochina -LRB- Vietnam , Cambodia , and Laos -RRB- which led in 1946 to the outbreak of an insurgency against France b... | 1940–46_in_the_Vietnam_War | 1940–46_in_the_Vietnam_War | 3 | 1,237 | 1,765 |
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The most important events occurring in the 1940 -- 1946 period were : -LRB- 1 -RRB- The creation of the Viet Minh by Ho Chi Minh and other communist leaders in 1941 ; -LRB- 2 -RRB- The Japanese takeover of the government of Vietnam from France in March 1945 ; -LRB- 3 -RRB- The partition of Indochina into two occupatio... | 1940–46_in_the_Vietnam_War | 1940–46_in_the_Vietnam_War | 4 | 1,765 | 2,206 |
9_5 | 45 ; and -LRB- 4 -RRB- The August Revolution in August and September 1945 in which Ho Chi Minh declared independence from France ; -LRB- 5 -RRB- The beginning of the First Indochina War , usually dated in December 1946 , although preceded my many clashes , as France attempted to regain full control of Indochina .
This ... | 1940–46_in_the_Vietnam_War | 1940–46_in_the_Vietnam_War | 5 | 2,206 | 2,606 |
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The article titled First Indochina War describes in more detail the struggle for independence from France led by the Viet Minh . | 1940–46_in_the_Vietnam_War | 1940–46_in_the_Vietnam_War | 6 | 2,606 | 2,735 |
10_0 | January 12 : Negotiations begin in Tehran between 6 Gulf producing countries and 22 oil companies .
February 3 : OPEC mandates '' a complete and total embargo '' against any company that rejects the 55 percent tax rate .
February 14 : Tehran agreement signed .
Companies accept 55 percent tax rate , immediate increase i... | 1971_world_oil_market_chronology | 1971_world_oil_market_chronology | 0 | 0 | 446 |
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April 2 : Libya concludes five weeks of negotiations with Western oil companies in Tripoli on behalf of itself , Saudi Arabia , Algeria and Iraq .
Agreement raises posted prices of oil delivered to Mediterranean from $ 2.55 to $ 3.45 per barrel ; provides for a 2.5 percent annual price increase plus inflation allowanc... | 1971_world_oil_market_chronology | 1971_world_oil_market_chronology | 1 | 446 | 847 |
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July 31 : Venezuela 's Hydrocarbons Reversion Law mandates gradual transfer to government ownership of all `` unexploited concession areas '' by 1974 and `` all their residual assets '' by 1983 .
August 15 : U.S. Government institutes Phase I price controls .
Invoking the powers granted to the president by the Economi... | 1971_world_oil_market_chronology | 1971_world_oil_market_chronology | 2 | 847 | 1,302 |
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September 22 : OPEC directs members to negotiate price increases to offset the devaluation of the U.S. dollar .
November : U.S. Phase II price controls begin .
Plan is to allow for gradual 2-3 percent annual price increases , however , domestic petroleum prices remain at Phase I levels .
December 5 : Libya nationalize... | 1971_world_oil_market_chronology | 1971_world_oil_market_chronology | 3 | 1,302 | 1,787 |
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| width = `` 40 % '' align = `` center '' | This article is part of theChronology of world oil market events -LRB- 1970-2005 -RRB-
| width = `` 30 % '' align = `` center '' | following year :1972 world oil market chronology... | 1971_world_oil_market_chronology | 1971_world_oil_market_chronology | 4 | 1,787 | 2,187 |
10_5 | market chronology
World Oil Market Chronology , 1971 | 1971_world_oil_market_chronology | 1971_world_oil_market_chronology | 5 | 2,187 | 2,240 |
11_0 | The 1979 NBA draft was the 33rd annual draft of the National Basketball Association -LRB- NBA -RRB- .
The draft was held on June 25 , 1979 , before the 1979 -- 80 season .
In this draft , 22 NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players , including international playe... | 1979_NBA_draft | 1979_NBA_draft | 0 | 0 | 462 |
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The Los Angeles Lakers , who obtained the New Orleans Jazz ' first-round pick in a trade , won the coin flip and were awarded the first overall pick , while the Chicago Bulls were awarded the second pick .
The remaining first-round picks and the subsequent rounds were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win --... | 1979_NBA_draft | 1979_NBA_draft | 1 | 462 | 1,016 |
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Larry Bird would have been eligible to join this draft class because his `` junior eligible '' draft status from being taken by Boston in 1978 would expire the minute the 1979 draft began , but Bird and the Celtics agreed on a 5-year contract in time to avoid that .
Before the draft , five college underclassman were d... | 1979_NBA_draft | 1979_NBA_draft | 2 | 1,016 | 1,588 |
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Prior to the draft , the Jazz relocated from New Orleans to Salt Lake City and became the Utah Jazz .
The draft consisted of 10 rounds comprising the selection of 202 players . | 1979_NBA_draft | 1979_NBA_draft | 3 | 1,588 | 1,765 |
12_0 | 21 Grams is a 2003 American drama film directed by Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu from a screenplay written by Guillermo Arriaga .
It stars Sean Penn , Naomi Watts , Charlotte Gainsbourg , Danny Huston and Benicio Del Toro . | 21_Grams | 21_Grams | 0 | 0 | 238 |
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The second part of Arriaga 's and González Iñárritu 's Trilogy of Death , preceded by Amores perros -LRB- 2000 -RRB- and followed by Babel -LRB- 2006 -RRB- , 21 Grams interweaves several plot lines in a nonlinear arrangement .
21 Grams revolves around the consequences of a tragic automobile accident . | 21_Grams | 21_Grams | 1 | 238 | 541 |
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Penn plays a critically ill mathematician , Watts plays a grief-stricken mother , and Del Toro plays a born-again Christian ex-convict whose faith is sorely tested in the aftermath of the accident .
The three main characters each have `` past , '' `` present , '' and `` future '' story threads , which are shown as non... | 21_Grams | 21_Grams | 2 | 541 | 1,006 |
13_0 | The 2015 -- 16 Southampton F.C. season was the club 's 17th season in the Premier League and their 39th in the top division of English football .
It was also the club 's first season in a European competition since 2003 -- 04 .
Southampton finished the season in sixth place in the Premier League , having won 18 , drawn... | 2015–16_Southampton_F.C._season | 2015–16_Southampton_F.C._season | 0 | 0 | 356 |
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This result is the highest club finish in the Premier League and the highest Premier League points total -LRB- 63 -RRB- in the club 's history .
Aside from the league , the club was eliminated from the third round of the FA Cup , the fifth round of the League Cup , and the qualifying play-off round of the UEFA Europa ... | 2015–16_Southampton_F.C._season | 2015–16_Southampton_F.C._season | 1 | 356 | 779 |
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The club also sold right-back Nathaniel Clyne to Liverpool , midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin to Manchester United , and striker Emmanuel Mayuka to French side Metz .
Three players were sent out on season-long loans to Football League sides -- Sam Gallagher to Milton Keynes Dons , Jack Stephens to Middlesbrough , and Jo... | 2015–16_Southampton_F.C._season | 2015–16_Southampton_F.C._season | 2 | 779 | 1,209 |
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In the summer transfer window , the Saints made seven full signings -- striker Juanmi from Málaga , right-backs Cédric Soares and Cuco Martina from Sporting CP and FC Twente , respectively , midfielder Jordy Clasie from Feyenoord , defensive midfielder Oriol Romeu from Chelsea , goalkeeper Harry Lewis from Shrewsbury ... | 2015–16_Southampton_F.C._season | 2015–16_Southampton_F.C._season | 3 | 1,209 | 1,719 |
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In January 2016 , the club signed striker Charlie Austin from Queens Park Rangers .
Caulker 's loan agreement was cut short to allow him to move to Liverpool , while both Gallagher and Stephens returned to Southampton early .
Also loaned out were Sam McQueen to Southend United , Gastón Ramírez to Middlesbrough , Ryan ... | 2015–16_Southampton_F.C._season | 2015–16_Southampton_F.C._season | 4 | 1,719 | 2,239 |
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Senegalese forward Sadio Mané finished the 2015 -- 16 season as Southampton 's top scorer , with 15 goals in all competitions ; Mané and Italian striker Graziano Pellè finished as joint top scorers in the Premier League , with 11 goals each .
Irish striker Shane Long won the fan-voted Southampton F.C. Player of the Se... | 2015–16_Southampton_F.C._season | 2015–16_Southampton_F.C._season | 5 | 2,239 | 2,726 |
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Saints manager Ronald Koeman won the Premier League Manager of the Month award in January 2016 , while goalkeeper Fraser Forster won the Premier League Player of the Month award in February 2016 . | 2015–16_Southampton_F.C._season | 2015–16_Southampton_F.C._season | 6 | 2,726 | 2,923 |
14_0 | The 21st century is the current century of the Anno Domini era , in accordance with the Gregorian calendar .
It began on January 1 , 2001 and will end on December 31 , 2100 .
It is the first century of the 3rd millennium .
It is distinct from the time span known as the 2000s , which began on January 1 , 2000 and will e... | 21st_century | 21st_century | 0 | 0 | 346 |
15_0 | The San Francisco 49ers season was the franchise 's 63rd season in the National Football League , the 67th overall , the second under the head coach/general manager tandem of Jim Harbaugh and Trent Baalke , and their penultimate season at Candlestick Park . | 2012_San_Francisco_49ers_season | 2012_San_Francisco_49ers_season | 0 | 0 | 257 |
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After going 13 -- 3 and reaching the NFC Championship the year before , the 49ers topped that success with their first NFC championship since 1994 as well as their sixth overall as a franchise , overcoming a 17 -- 0 deficit to defeat the Atlanta Falcons 28 -- 24 on January 20 , 2013 in the NFC title game .
However , t... | 2012_San_Francisco_49ers_season | 2012_San_Francisco_49ers_season | 1 | 257 | 683 |
16_0 | The 2012 FA Community Shield was the 90th FA Community Shield , a football match played on 12 August 2012 between the winners of the previous season 's Premier League and FA Cup competitions .
The match was contested by the 2012 FA Cup winners , Chelsea , and the champions of the 2011 -- 12 Premier League , Manchester ... | 2012_FA_Community_Shield | 2012_FA_Community_Shield | 0 | 0 | 326 |
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The 2012 Community Shield was not played at its usual venue , Wembley Stadium , as the stadium hosted the final of the 2012 Olympic football tournament on the same weekend as the proposed date for the Community Shield .
It was played instead at Aston Villa 's home ground , Villa Park , in Birmingham .
It was the first... | 2012_FA_Community_Shield | 2012_FA_Community_Shield | 1 | 326 | 826 |
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Manchester City won the game 3 -- 2 to claim their first Community Shield since 1972 . | 2012_FA_Community_Shield | 2012_FA_Community_Shield | 2 | 826 | 913 |
17_0 | The 2010 United States Census , -LRB- known as `` Census 2010 '' -RRB- , is the twenty-third and currently most recent United States national census .
National Census Day , the reference day used for the census , was April 1 , 2010 .
As part of a drive to increase the count 's accuracy , 635,000 temporary enumerators w... | 2010_United_States_Census | 2010_United_States_Census | 0 | 0 | 331 |
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The population of the United States was counted as 308,745,538 , a 9.7 % increase from the 2000 Census . | 2010_United_States_Census | 2010_United_States_Census | 1 | 331 | 436 |
18_0 | 300 is a 2006 American epic fantasy war film based on the 1998 comic series of the same name by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley .
Both are fictionalized retellings of the Battle of Thermopylae within the Persian Wars .
The film was directed by Zack Snyder , while Miller served as executive producer and consultant .
It was... | 300_-LRB-film-RRB- | 300_-LRB-film-RRB- | 0 | 0 | 440 |
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The plot revolves around King Leonidas -LRB- Gerard Butler -RRB- , who leads 300 Spartans into battle against the Persian `` god-King '' Xerxes -LRB- Rodrigo Santoro -RRB- and his invading army of more than 300,000 soldiers .
As the battle rages , Queen Gorgo -LRB- Lena Headey -RRB- attempts to rally support in Sparta... | 300_-LRB-film-RRB- | 300_-LRB-film-RRB- | 1 | 440 | 778 |
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The story is framed by a voice-over narrative by the Spartan soldier Dilios -LRB- David Wenham -RRB- .
Through this narrative technique , various fantastical creatures are introduced , placing 300 within the genre of historical fantasy .
The events are revealed to be a story told by Dilios , the only one of the 300 Sp... | 300_-LRB-film-RRB- | 300_-LRB-film-RRB- | 2 | 778 | 1,128 |
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300 was released in both conventional and IMAX theaters in the United States on March 9 , 2007 , and on DVD , Blu-ray Disc , and HD DVD on July 31 , 2007 . | 300_-LRB-film-RRB- | 300_-LRB-film-RRB- | 3 | 1,128 | 1,284 |
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The film received mixed reviews , receiving acclaim for its original visuals and style , but criticism for favoring visuals over characterization and its depiction of the ancient Persians in Iran , a characterization which some had deemed racist ; however , the film was a box office success , grossing over $ 450 milli... | 300_-LRB-film-RRB- | 300_-LRB-film-RRB- | 4 | 1,284 | 1,836 |
19_0 | The opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games took place on the evening of Friday 27 July in the Olympic Stadium , London .
As mandated by the Olympic Charter , the proceedings combined the formal ceremonial opening of this international sporting event -LRB- including welcoming speeches , hoisting of the flags ... | 2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony | 2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony | 0 | 0 | 597 |
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Prior to London 2012 there had been considerable apprehension about Britain 's ability to stage an opening ceremony that could reach the standard set at the Beijing Summer Games of 2008 .
The 2008 ceremony had been noted for its scale , extravagance and expense , hailed as the `` greatest ever '' , and had cost # 65m ... | 2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony | 2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony | 1 | 597 | 1,081 |
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Nonetheless , the London opening ceremony was immediately seen as a tremendous success , widely praised as a `` masterpiece '' and `` a love letter to Britain '' .
The ceremony began at 21:00 BST and lasted almost four hours .
It was watched by an estimated worldwide television audience of 900 million , becoming the m... | 2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony | 2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony | 2 | 1,081 | 1,596 |
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The principal sections of the artistic display represented Britain 's Industrial Revolution , National Health Service , literary heritage , popular music and culture , and were noted for their vibrant storytelling and use of music .
Two shorter sections drew particular comment , involving a filmed cameo appearance of ... | 2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony | 2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony | 3 | 1,596 | 2,245 |
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The BBC released footage of the entire opening ceremony on 29 October 2012 , edited by Danny Boyle and with background extras , along with more than seven hours of sporting highlights and the complete closing ceremony . | 2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony | 2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony | 4 | 2,245 | 2,465 |
20_0 | On July 31 , 2009 , three Americans , Joshua Fattal -LRB- 27 -RRB- , Sarah Shourd -LRB- 32 -RRB- , and Shane Bauer -LRB- 28 -RRB- were taken into custody by Iranian border guards for crossing into Iran while hiking near the Iranian border in Iraqi Kurdistan .
At the time of their detention by Iranian troops , the three... | 2009–11_detention_of_American_hikers_by_Iran | 2009–11_detention_of_American_hikers_by_Iran | 0 | 0 | 455 |
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On the recommendations of locals , they hiked to see a popular local Iraqi tourist destination near the Iraq-Iran border , the Ahmed Awa waterfall .
Following the hikers ' capture on the Iraqi-Iranian border , a wide range of outside voices , including the Secretary-General of the United Nations , Ban Ki-moon , and th... | 2009–11_detention_of_American_hikers_by_Iran | 2009–11_detention_of_American_hikers_by_Iran | 1 | 455 | 1,061 |
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Fattal and Bauer were convicted of `` illegal entry '' and `` espionage '' two years after their arrest and each sentenced to eight years in prison , but were released on September 21 , 2011 .
Each of the detainees was released after payment of 5 billion rial -LRB- about US$ 465,000 -RRB- bail was arranged by the Sult... | 2009–11_detention_of_American_hikers_by_Iran | 2009–11_detention_of_American_hikers_by_Iran | 2 | 1,061 | 1,393 |