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New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.

Where Is “Old Zealand”?

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William Shakespeare

The Death of Shakespeare

Watergate scandal. Richard M. Nixon. President Nixon gives a press conference and talks to the press, March 12, 1971.

9 American Political Scandals

World Data Locator Map: Australia

Is Australia an Island?

Russian grand duchess Anastasia; undated photograph. (Anastasiya Nikolayevna, Tsar Nicholas II)

Did Duchess Anastasia Survive Her Family’s Execution?

Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)

All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained

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