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Six-Day War

(Encyclopedia)Six-Day War: see Arab-Israeli Wars. ...

Gibbon, John

(Encyclopedia)Gibbon, John, 1827–96, Union general in the Civil War, b. near Holmesburg (now part of Philadelphia), Pa., grad. West Point, 1847. Made a brigadier general of volunteers (1862), he fought in the sec...

Darling, Jay Norwood

(Encyclopedia)Darling, Jay Norwood, 1876–1962, American cartoonist, known as “Ding,” b. near Charlevoix, Mich. He worked for the Sioux City, Iowa, Journal, for the Des Moines Register, and from 1917 to 1949 f...

Aco, Michel

(Encyclopedia)Aco or Accault, Michel both: mēshĕlˈ äkōˈ [key], fl. 1680–1702, French explorer. He became La Salle's lieutenant, being favored by that explorer because of his courage, prudence, and wide acqu...

Dakota

(Encyclopedia)Dakota: see Sioux.

Nakota

(Encyclopedia)Nakota: see Sioux.

Lakota

(Encyclopedia)Lakota: see Sioux.

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