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  2. Antimacassar - Wikipedia

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    Design of a cloth antimacassar Armchair with antimacassar-Sheffield Mayors Parlour Antimacassars on rail carriage seats. An antimacassar / ˌ æ n t ɪ m ə ˈ k æ s ər / is a small cloth placed over the backs or arms of chairs, or the head or cushions of a sofa, to prevent soiling of the permanent fabric underneath. [1]

  3. List of largest funerals - Wikipedia

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    300,000 (State funeral) [12] Funeral of Sholem Aleichem: May 13, 1916 United States: New York City: at least 250,000 [13] Funerals of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht: June 13, 1919 Weimar Republic: Berlin: 200,000 [14] Funeral of Michael Collins: August 28, 1922 Ireland: Dublin: 500,000 [15] Funeral of Rudolph Valentino: August 30, 1926 ...

  4. Death and state funeral of Josip Broz Tito - Wikipedia

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    The funeral was broadcast live by many countries on their state television channels. In West Germany, it was aired on Deutsches Fernsehen. Austrian television broadcast a film memorializing Tito for an hour prior to the funeral. In the U.S., all three major television networks covered the funeral, as did TF1 and Antenne 2 in France. In total ...

  5. Death and state funeral of Tomáš Masaryk - Wikipedia

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    The monumental funeral on 21 September 1937 started at 10 am. Main part of the state funeral was celebrated at the first courtyard of Prague Castle. Among the eulogists were Russian émigré Pavel Milyukov. The main funeral speech was delivered by President Edvard Beneš, where he included famous motto Věrni zůstaneme ("We

  6. Death and state funeral of Giorgio Napolitano - Wikipedia

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    On the following day, the Italian government announced a state funeral and proclaimed a national day of mourning for 26 September. [2] It was attended by international figures including four incumbent presidents, one former president, and over one hundred ambassadors, [ 3 ] and was Italy's first secular funeral for a former president. [ 4 ]

  7. List of heads of state and government who were assassinated ...

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    The following is a chronological list of notable heads of governments and heads of state deaths that have resulted from assassination or execution.. This list considers only the incumbent head of state or government.

  8. Death and state funeral of Kim Jong Il - Wikipedia

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    North Korea announced a 232-member [17] funeral committee headed by Kim Jong Un that planned and oversaw Kim Jong Il's funeral, which took place on 28 December. [18] Observers believe the order of names on the list gives clues to the rankings of individuals in the regime's power structure with Kim Jong Un's position on top a further indication ...

  9. Lists of deaths - Wikipedia

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    The following are lists of notable deaths: Lists of deaths by year; Lists of deaths by day; List of assassinations; List of unsolved deaths; List of murdered hip hop musicians; List of deaths in rock and roll; List of deaths from drug overdose and intoxication; Lists of people by cause of death; List of unusual deaths; Lists of poisonings