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   Message 31,113 of 32,813   
   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCINO13 Game 3, Rounds 4,6: famou   
   10 Oct 22 22:35:49   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > We give you the date and place of death; you name the famous person   
   > who died.  Note: all place names are the """present-day""" ones.   
   >   
   > 1. 1984-10-31, New Delhi, India.   
      
   Indira Gandhi   
      
   > 4. 0337-05-22, Izmit, Turkey.   
      
   Constantine the Great   
      
   > 5. 1997-08-31, Paris, France.   
      
   Diana Spencer   
      
   > 8. 1963-11-24, Dallas, TX.   
      
   John F Kennedy   
      
   > 9. 1521-04-27, Cebu, Philippines.   
      
   Magellan   
      
   > * Game 3, Round 6 - Sports - NHL History   
   >   
   > 1. In what year was the NHL founded?   
      
   1917   
      
   > 2. The NHL was founded as a legal maneuver to squeeze out an   
   >    unpopular franchise owner while the precursor of the NHL was   
   >    temporarily suspended.  What was this predecessor league,   
   >    which had a similar name and was founded 8 years earlier?   
   >    (The abbreviation will do.)   
      
   NHA   
      
   > 4. In what year did the size of the NHL double from 6 to 12 teams?   
      
   1965   
      
   > 5. 7 years after the league was founded, what US city became the   
   >    first with an NHL team?   
      
   New York   
      
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