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2. History of the United States (1776–1789) - Wikipedia

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   Changes to slavery in the South were smaller, including an end to the Atlantic slave trade in several states and the passage of laws that allowed slaveowners to free their slaves in their wills. Over the 1780s, the number of free Blacks in the South increased from roughly 4,000 to 60,000. [124]

3. Message in a bottle - Wikipedia

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   1973, Dean F. Bumpus, Senior Scientist Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. Floating objects may ride gyres (large circulating current systems) that are present in each ocean, and may be transferred from one ocean's gyre to another's. Further, objects may be sidetracked by wind, storms, countercurrents, and ocean current variation. Accordingly, drift bottles have traveled large distances, with ...

4. British colonization of the Americas - Wikipedia

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   Seeking to weaken Spain's economic and military power, English privateers such as Francis Drake and Humphrey Gilbert harassed Spanish shipping. [11] Gilbert proposed the colonization of North America on the Spanish model, with the goal of creating a profitable English empire that could also serve as a base for the privateers.

5. Crete - Wikipedia

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   Crete (/ k r iː t / KREET; Greek: Κρήτη, Modern: Kríti, Ancient: Krḗtē [krɛ̌ːtεː]) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica.

6. Timeline of United States military operations - Wikipedia

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   On September 6, 2021, the United States evacuated four American citizens (specifically, an Amarillo, Texas woman and her three children) from Afghanistan via an overland route, marking the first overland evacuation facilitated by the US Department of State since the military withdrawal. The Taliban was aware of the evacuation and did not make ...

7. Salman of Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 September 2024. King of Saudi Arabia since 2015 Not to be confused with King Salmon, Solomon, or Salman bin Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud. In this Arabic name, the surname is Al Saud. Salman Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman in 2020 King of Saudi Arabia Reign 23 January 2015 – present Bay ...