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Date Posted: 24/11/10 20:47:56
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>Edwin Taylor Pollock (1870–1943) was a career
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>during the Spanish–American War. After the war, he
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>War I, he won a race against a fellow officer to be
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>first acting-governor. During the war, he was promoted
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>a Navy Cross. Afterward, he was made the eighth Naval
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>1034 – After Malcolm II of Scotland died at Glamis,
>Duncan, the son of his second daughter, instead of
>Macbeth, the son of his eldest daughter, inherited the
>throne to become the King of Scots.
>1120 – William Adelin, the only legitimate son of
>King Henry I of England, drowned in the White Ship
>Disaster, leading to a succession crisis which would
>bring down the Norman monarchy of England.
>1795 – Stanisław August Poniatowski, the last King
>of Poland, was forced to abdicate after the Third
>Partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by
>Austria, Prussia, and Russia.
>1970 – Failing to instigate a military coup to
>restore the powers of the Emperor of Japan, Yukio
>Mishima (pictured) committed the ritual suicide
>seppuku at the Japan Self-Defense Forces headquarters
>in Tokyo.
>1975 – Johan Ferrier became the first President of
>Suriname.
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