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  2. Benjamin Franklin - Wikipedia

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    Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 [ O.S. January 6, 1705] [Note 1] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath: a leading writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. [1] Among the most influential intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the ...

  3. Timeline of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy

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    Canada's CTV television network news broadcasts a brief static close up of the cartoons. Judge Mohammed Jajbhay pre-emptively bans the publication of the cartoons in South Africa following a request for an urgent interdict by the Muslim Jamiat-ul Ulama Transvaal organization. This move is widely criticized by opposition political parties and ...

  4. City walls of Paris - Wikipedia

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    Today. The city walls of Paris ( French: enceintes de Paris or murs de Paris) refers to the city walls that surrounded Paris, France, as it grew from ancient times until the 20th century, built primarily to defend the city but also for administrative reasons. Several successive city walls were built over the centuries, either adding to existing ...

  5. La Caricature (1830–1843) - Wikipedia

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    France. Based in. Paris. Language. French. ISSN. 1169-2502. La Caricature was a satirical weekly French periodical that was distributed in Paris between 1830 and 1843 during the July Monarchy. Its cartoons repeatedly attacked King Louis Philippe, whom it typically depicted as a pear.

  6. Paul Conrad - Wikipedia

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    Paul Francis Conrad (June 27, 1924 – September 4, 2010) was an American political cartoonist and winner of three Pulitzer Prizes for editorial cartooning. In the span of a career lasting five decades, Conrad provided a critical perspective on eleven presidential administrations in the United States. He is best known for his work as the chief ...

  7. Political cartoon - Wikipedia

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    A cartoon map of Europe in 1914, at the beginning of World War I. A political cartoon, also known as an editorial cartoon, is a cartoon graphic with caricatures of public figures, expressing the artist's opinion. An artist who writes and draws such images is known as an editorial cartoonist.

  8. Paris Commune - Wikipedia

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    The Paris Commune ( French: Commune de Paris, pronounced [kɔ.myn də pa.ʁi]) was a French revolutionary government that seized power in Paris from 18 March to 28 May 1871. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, the French National Guard had defended Paris, and working-class radicalism grew among its soldiers.

  9. Saturday morning cartoons died on this day in 1992 - AOL

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    While the other networks didn't follow NBC's example right away, the cartoon writing was on the wall. In 1997, CBS revamped its Saturday morning lineup as Think CBS Kids, replacing shows like ...