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  2. Pig War (1859) - Wikipedia

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    Vancouver's 1798 map, showing some confusion in the vicinity of southeastern Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands, and Haro Strait. The Pig War was a confrontation in 1859 between the United States and the United Kingdom over the British–U.S. border in the San Juan Islands, between Vancouver Island (present-day Canada) and the Washington Territory (present-day State of Washington).

  3. Geoffrey Hornby - Wikipedia

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    Map of the proposed boundaries between the United States and Canada around the San Juan Islands during the Pig War. Born the son of Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby and Sophia Maria Hornby (daughter of General John Burgoyne), Hornby was educated at Winwick Grammar School and Southwood's School in Plymouth and joined the Royal Navy in March 1837. [1]

  4. List of fictional pigs - Wikipedia

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    George Orwell: The pig who leads the animal revolution on the farm and establishes a dictatorship. Old Major: Animal Farm: George Orwell: Old pig who dies at the start of the story and tells the other animals an inspiring tale, which caused them to revolt against the farmer. Olivia: Ian Falconer: Pequeninos: Ender's Game series: Orson Scott ...

  5. World War III in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell's dystopian 1949 novel about life after a third World War, rose to cultural prominence in the 1950s. In it, the world has endured a massive atomic war and is politically divided into three totalitarian superstates, which are intentionally locked into a perpetual military stalemate and use the never-ending ...

  6. World War III - Wikipedia

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    World War III (WWIII or WW3), also known as the Third World War, is a hypothetical future global conflict subsequent to World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945).

  7. Hargus ‘Pig’ Robbins, Country Hall of Famer Who ... - AOL

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    Hargus “Pig” Robbins, a Country Music Hall of Fame member who played piano on thousands of Nashville sessions and was renowned to Bob Dylan fans for his work on “Blonde on Blonde,” has ...

  8. List of individual pigs - Wikipedia

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    Snobben was a Norwegian pet pig that received national attention when the owner's car was stolen in 2001, with the pet pig inside. The car was found five days later, with the pig in good shape. [4] [5] At the time Snobben was already known locally in Oslo, where he during the late 1990s was often seen doing the groceries alone at Majorstuen. [6 ...

  9. British pet massacre - Wikipedia

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    The British pet massacre was a week-long event in 1939 in which an estimated 400,000 cats and dogs, a quarter of England's pet population, were killed so that food used for animals could be reserved to prepare for World War II food shortages.