Willie, the animal Wiarton, Canada used for this celebration, died Jan. 31, 1999, 2 days before his next appearance
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Jeopary Questions page 1374 - BILLS & WILLS - TriviaBistro.com  BILLS & WILLS: Before hosting his TV "Journal", he was deputy director of the Peace Corps  AFRICAN ... MORTAL MATTERS: Willie, the animal Wiarton, Canada used for this celebration, died Jan. 31, 1999, 2 days before his next appearance.
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Groundhog Day - New World Encyclopedia  Jan 21, 2014 ... If the sun made an appearance on Candlemas Day, an animal would ... The first official Groundhog Day was celebrated on February 2, ... which begins well before the winter sunrise, Phil emerges from his ... the original Wiarton Willie died in 1999, the Wiarton groundhog day .... Retrieved January 21, 2009.
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Wiarton Willie - Wikipedia  Wiarton Willie was a Canadian groundhog who lived in the community of Wiarton in Bruce County, Ontario. Every February 2, on Groundhog Day, Willie took part in the local Wiarton Willie Festival. His role is to predict whether there will be an early spring. ... A midwinter celebration involving an animal with predictive powers was an...
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Groundhog Day - Revolvy  Groundhog Day ( Canadian French : Jour de la Marmotte; Pennsylvania German ... from its burrow on this day, then the spring season will arrive early, some time before ... Sun Prairie's next Groundhog Day celebration on February 2, 2016, featured a .... "Wiarton Willie predicts early spring, Shubenacadie Sam disagrees".
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The history of Canada's most famous weather-predicting Groundhog ...  wiarton willie groundhog day canada whitby oshawa local ... invited 100 of his closest pals to join him in Wiarton for Groundhog Day celebration. ... The reporter ended up joining in on the party but was dishevelled the next day when he woke to realize he did not ... Then in 1999  Willie died 2 days before Groundhog Day.
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June 29, 2008  9, 1087, this English king died at Rouyn in Normandy after falling from his horse William the Conqueror;William ... Yuan Dynasty Kublai Khan Not so great--in 1725, this czar died unable to name a successor; he wrote, "Give everything to..." & never finished Peter the Great;Peter Prime Minister of this country under President...
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Jeopary Questions page 1447 - SIN-EMA - TriviaBistro.com  GOOD DOG!: In May 1805 Scannon, a black Newfoundland, saved several men from a charging buffalo on this pair's expedition  NEW SUPERHEROES: With a...
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Modest veterinarian, beloved author  Jul 1, 2011 ... In honor of World Veterinary Year, JAVMA is highlighting key ... The mixed animal veterinarian from Yorkshire told his stories of rural ... Before his death in February 1995, Dr. Wight received accolades from ... Days following Dr. Wight's death, a library at the Glasgow Veterinary College was dedicated to him.
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December 14  Queen Victoria's Dire Day | Unofficial Royalty  Dec 14, 2013 ... Typhoid fever, a bacterial disease transmitted by the ingestion of food or ... Not so well. ... By December 14, 1878, the 17th anniversary of her father's death, Alice ... (later Edward VII) wrote to his son, the new baby's father (later King ... born on such a sad day but rather more dear to me, especially as he will...
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Days Gone By and a Horse Named George Smith for - ESPN 680  Sep 22, 2016 ... Just two days after Watson's win across the pond, the first-place ... Then ran an improved 5th on June 28 and 3rd on July 16 before making his mark ... his assassination (Roosevelt that year became the first president to ride in a car). ..... Plus, two trifectas were carded as well in the 5th & last races of the day.
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Remembering Lewis Grizzard on what would have been his 70th ...  5 days ago ... lewis-grizzard Remembering Lewis Grizzard  Native son of Georgia ... My dog Catfish, the black Lab, died Thanksgiving night. The vet said his...
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A Brief History of Farm Aid - TIME  Oct 1, 2010 ... Country Singer Willie Nelson and rock singer Bob Dylan, right, perform on ... the Farm Aid benefit concert on September 22, 1985 at the University of Illinois football stadium. ... Live Aid organizer Bob Geldof later called the folk-legend's ... ticket-holders at the University of Illinois' stadium in Champaign.
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25 Years Ago: Promoter Bill Graham Dies in Helicopter Crash  2 hours ago ... Bill Graham died in a helicopter crash on October 25, 1991. ... They considered canceling but decided to play in Graham's honor. ... a free memorial concert in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park on Nov. 3. ... Comedian Robin Williams told the estimated crowd of 300,000, ... Disturbing Songs People Love.
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Jeopary Questions page 1607 - BOOK REPORT - TriviaBistro.com  FAMOUS TEENAGERS: This young man who turned 18 on June 21, 2000 has a dog named Widgeon & a younger brother named Harry  QUOTATIONS: The...
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A Date with Destiny | Miami New Times  Nov 24, 1993 ... The clue: "UNTIL REACHING THIS MILESTONE, STALLIONS, GELDINGS, AND MARES ALIKE ARE KNOWN AS 'MAIDENS'." Goldbart's...
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Pittsburgh - Cruising America-Halcyon Days  Braddock was shot and fell from his horse, "surrounded by the dead and .... The King of the Keelboatmen, Mike Fink, boasted that he was "half alligator, half...
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February 2, 1934: First Grundsow Lodge established in ...  Feb 2, 2015 ... When they got to Pennsylvania neither of those animals could be found, but ... in 1886 when The Punxsutawney Spirit newspaper would dub their resident rodent Punxsutawney Phil, Seer of Seers, Sage of Sages, Prognosticator of Prognosticators, and Weather Prophet Extraordinary and start a tradition.
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The World Almanac - Newsletter  July 11-12 - Wayne Chicken Days and National Cluck-Off (NE) ... The New York Sun published P.T. Barnum's obituary two weeks before he ... 12, 1967, Riots by blacks begin in Newark, NJ; by July 17, 26 are killed, 1,500 injured, and more than ..... New Mexico had broken the "petaflop threshold," processing more than one...
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Chico Mendes - Wikipedia  Francisco Alves Mendes Filho, better known as Chico Mendes (December 15, 1944  December 22, 1988), ... He was assassinated by a rancher on December 22, 1988. ... Mendes won several awards for his work, including the United Nations ... place exactly one week after Mendes' 44th birthday, when he had predicted he...
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Greyfriars Bobby: Tale of Heroic Scottish Terrier Was a Hoax to ...  Aug 7, 2011 ... The statue of Bobby, a legendary Skye terrier, watches over ... over his deceased master's grave at the Greyfriars Cemetery for 14 years until his own death in 1872. ... the drinking fountain who supposedly kept vigil at his master's grave ... the 1961 Walt Disney film Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog.
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Holocaust Survivor and Nazi Hunter Simon Wiesenthal, Dead At 96  Sep 20, 2005 ... World famous Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal died early Tuesday at ... and devoted his life to tracking down Nazi war criminals and fighting anti-Semitism after World War II. ... He also helped track down Karl Silberbauer, who arrested ... Simon Wiesenthal was involved in the arrest of more than 1,000 Nazis.