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Look up: Verdun

  1. Verdun
    [n] - a battle in World War I (1916)
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Verdun
    Fortress town in northeast France in the département of the Meuse, 280 km/174 mi east of Paris. During World War I it became a symbol of French resistance and was the centre of a series of bitterly...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  3. Verdun
    battle of Verdun noun a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  4. Verdun
    town, Meuse département, Lorraine région, northeastern France, on the Meuse River. Most of the town is on the left bank, near the Citadel. ... [3 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/v/15

  5. Verdun
    HMS Verdun was a British V Class destroyer of 1090 tons displacement launched in 1918. She was armed with four 4-inch guns; one 2-pounder pompom anti-aircraft gun; one machine gun; four Lewis guns and six 21-inch torpedo tubes arranged in two triple mountings added during modifications carried out i...
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  6. Verdun
    Verdun (vurdŭn') , city (1991 pop. 61,307), S Que., Canada, on the south shore of Montreal island, on the St. Lawrence River. It is a residential suburb of Montreal.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A085

  7. Verdun
    Verdun (verdŭn', Fr. verdöN') , town (1990 pop. 23,427), Meuse dept., NE France, in Lorraine, on the Meuse River. A strategic transportation center, Verdun has varied industries and is situated in an agricultural region. The town was a prosperous commercial center in Roman times a...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A085

  8. Verdun
    Fortress town in northeast France in the département of the Meuse, 280 km/174 mi east of Paris. During World War I it became a symbol of French resistance and was the centre of a series of bitterly fought actions between French and German forces, finally being recaptured September 1918
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  9. Verdun
    (candidate) In the 14 October 1935 federal election in Canada, Hervé Ferland, who listed his profession as ‘merchant’, unsuccessfully sought election in Verdun riding in Quebec as the `Verdun candidate`. He won 4,124 votes, 16.8% of the popular vote, placing third in a field o...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdun

  10. Verdun
    (Montreal Metro) `Verdun` is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It is located in the borough of Verdun in Montreal, Quebec, Canada . The station opened on September 3, 1978, as part of the ext...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdun

  11. Verdun
    (electoral district) `Verdun` (also known as `Verdun—Saint-Paul`, `Verdun—Saint-Henri` and `Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles`) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 19...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdun

  12. Verdun
    (provincial electoral district) `Verdun` is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The Montreal borough of Verdun is situated in this district. The riding was created in 1965 from Montréal-Verdun. Members of Legislative Ass...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdun



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12 February 2012

This day in history:
/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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