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  2. Old Style and New Style dates - Wikipedia

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    To reduce misunderstandings about the date, it was normal even in semi-official documents such as parish registers to place a statutory new-year heading after 24 March (for example "1661") and another heading from the end of the following December, 1661/62, a form of dual dating to indicate that in the following twelve weeks or so, the year was ...

  3. Dissolution of Gran Colombia - Wikipedia

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    After the Republic was formed, the differences of opinions between federalists and centralists, as well as the disparities between the regions and their differing interests, accelerated the dispute over Gran Colombia's form of government. As a form of concertation, he decided on the centralist system headed by Bolívar. [2] [clarification needed]

  4. World war - Wikipedia

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    A world war is an international conflict that involves most or all of the world's major powers. [1] Conventionally, the term is reserved for two major international conflicts that occurred during the first half of the 20th century, World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945), although some historians have also characterized other global conflicts as world wars, such as the Nine ...

  5. Form W-4 - Wikipedia

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    Form W-4, 2012. Form W-4 (officially, the "Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate") [1] is an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax form completed by an employee in the United States to indicate his or her tax situation (exemptions, status, etc.) to the employer. The W-4 form tells the employer the correct amount of federal tax to withhold ...

  6. 1944 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Governor of Alabama: Chauncey Sparks (); Governor of Arizona: Sidney Preston Osborn (); Governor of Arkansas: Homer Martin Adkins (); Governor of California: Earl Warren (); Governor of Colorado: John Charles Vivian ()

  7. Franksgiving - Wikipedia

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    It would not be until after the end of the war, 1945, that the new date of Thanksgiving would fully take root.) Also in 1945, 1950, 1951, and 1956, November had five Thursdays. Texas was the last state to change its law, observing the last Thursday of Thanksgiving for the final time in 1956.

  8. Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 - Wikipedia

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    The introduction to the Act states succinctly the rationale for a change to the start of the year in England (and Wales) to 1 January: the March date had been found to have many inconveniences. [14] It differed from the date (1 January) used by Scotland, which had ceased to use 25 March in 1600, as well as that used by other neighbouring ...

  9. The Fourth World War - Wikipedia

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    Release date. 2003 () Running time. 78 minutes: Language: English: The Fourth World War is a 2003 documentary film directed by Richard Rowley and Jacqueline Soohen.