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Francis DRAKE
1540 - 1596
English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, and politician of the Elizabethan era
Francis Drake was born in Tavistock, Devon, England. Although Drake's birth is not formally recorded, it is known that he was born while the Six Articles were in force. "Drake was two and twenty when he obtained the command of the Judith" (1566). This would date his birth to 1544. A date of[...]
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J. D. SALINGER
American writer best known for his novel The Catcher in the Rye
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Bridget FONDA
American actress
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American film and television actress
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