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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]
John Clarence Woods (June 5, 1911 – July 21, 1950) was a United States Army master sergeant who, with Joseph Malta, carried out the Nuremberg executions of ten former top leaders of the Third Reich on October 16, 1946, after they were sentenced to death at the Nuremberg trials.
This is a list of successful assassinations, sorted by location.For failed assassination attempts, see List of people who survived assassination attempts.. For the purposes of this article, an assassination is defined as the deliberate, premeditated murder of a prominent figure, often for religious, political or monetary reasons.
In November 2012, senior U.S. intelligence officials said that Woods and Doherty were actually CIA contractors, not State Department security officers as had been previously reported, [31] and that the two men, together with other CIA security officers, played a pivotal role in defending the besieged US Special Mission in Benghazi. [32]
List of victims of the September 11 attacks (O–Z) For a more general explanation, see Casualties of the September 11 attacks . This article includes a list of lists .
Antimacassar, a cloth to protect chairs against soiling by the oil; Diospyros celebica or Makassar ebony, a species of flowering tree in the family Ebenaceae, endemic to the island of Sulawesi; Makassar-class landing platform dock, a class of amphibious warfare ships "Makassar", a song by Al Bano and Romina Power
a team of men in his service (Order of Assassins) Imad al-Din Zengi: Emir of the Zengid dynasty: September 14, 1146: Qal'at Ja'bar: Seljuk Empire: Yarankash: Raymond II: Count of Tripoli: 1152: Tripoli's southern city gate County of Tripoli: Order of Assassins: Sverker I: King of Sweden: December 25, 1156: Alvastra Sweden: A trusted servant ...
Abdelhamid, one of six children, was born on 8 April 1987 [9] in Anderlecht, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium. [10] He was the son of Omar Abaaoud, who emigrated to Belgium from Morocco in 1975.