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Curragh, the
(Encyclopedia) Curragh, theCurragh, thekûrˈəkh [key], undulating plain or common, 4,885 acres (1,977 hectares), Co. Kildare, E Republic of Ireland. It has been a military camp since 1646. The Curragh…The Dyatlov Pass Incident
In February 1959, a group of experienced Soviet hikers vanished into the Ural mountains. When their bodies were found, the state of the hikers and the scene left behind confused all involved. How…PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, established in 1980, annually honors an American fiction writer with a $15,000 prize. Three judges choose five finalists before…Weapons Used in Violent Incidents
Percentages of use of weapons in violent incidents in 2006/07 All violence Domestic Mugging Stranger Acquaintance Wounding Robbery Assault with minor injury Assault…Mukden Incident
(Encyclopedia) Mukden Incident: see Manchurian Incident.Manchurian Incident
(Encyclopedia) Manchurian Incident or Mukden Incident, 1931, confrontation that gave Japan the impetus to set up a puppet government in Manchuria. After the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5), Japan…U-2 incident
(Encyclopedia) U-2 incident, in U.S. and Soviet history, the events following the Soviet downing of an American U-2 high altitude reconnaissance aircraft over Soviet territory on May 1, 1960. The…Fashoda Incident
(Encyclopedia) Fashoda IncidentFashoda Incidentfəshōˈdə [key], 1898, diplomatic dispute between France and Great Britain. Toward the end of the 19th cent., while Britain was seeking to establish a…My Lai incident
(Encyclopedia) My Lai incidentMy Lai incidentmē lī [key], a massacre of Vietnamese civilians by U.S. soldiers in the Vietnam War. On Mar. 16, 1968, a unit of the U.S. army's Americal division, led by…China Incident
(Encyclopedia) China Incident: see Sino-Japanese War, Second.