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  Malden Island
Malden Island is located 241 nautical miles south of the equator, roughly 1400 miles south of Honolulu, Hawaii, and more than 4000 miles west of the coast of South America.
Malden was claimed by the U.S. Guano Company under the Guano Act of 1856, which authorized citizens to take possession of uninhabited islands under the authority of the United States for the purpose of removing guano, a valuable agricultural fertilizer.
Malden was reserved as a wildlife sanctuary and closed area, officially designated the Malden Island Wildlife Sanctuary, on 29 May 1975, under the 1975 Wildlife Conservation Ordinance.
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 Charles Robert Malden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles Robert Malden (August 9, 1797 – May 23, 1855), was a 19th century British naval officer, surveyor and educator.
Malden was born in Putney, Surrey, son of Jonas Malden, a surgeon.
Malden married Frances Cole, daughter of Rev. William Hodgson Cole, rector of West Clandon and Vicar of Wonersh, near Guildford, Surrey, on 8 April 1828.
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 Charles Robert Malden
Charles Robert Malden (1797 - May 23, 1855), 19th century British naval officer, surveyor and educator.
Discoverer of Malden Island in the central Pacific, which is named in his honor.
Malden married Frances Cole, daughter of Rev. William Hodgson Cole, rector of West Clandon and vicar of Wonensh, near Guildford, Surrey, on 8 April 1828.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Malden Island
Malden Island is located 447 km (242 nautical miles) south of the equator, 2840 km (1530 nautical miles) south of Honolulu, Hawaii, and more than 8000 km (4000 nautical miles, 5000 statute miles) west of the coast of South America.
Malden was discovered on 30 July 1825 by Captain George Anson (Lord) Byron (a cousin of the poet).
Malden was claimed by the U.S. Guano Company under the Guano Islands Act of 1856, which authorized citizens to take possession of uninhabited islands under the authority of the United States for the purpose of removing guano, a valuable agricultural fertilizer.
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 Malden, Line Islands, Republic of Kiribati
There generally is a current past Malden from the east varying from northeast to southeast with the seasons.
Malden was claimed by Americans under the Guano Act of 1856, but by then the Australian firm already was established there.
On January 1, 1922, Malden was leased to Malden Island Pty.
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 Charles Robert Malden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles Robert Malden (August 9, 1797 – May 23, 1855), was a 19th century British naval officer, surveyor and educator.
Discoverer of Malden Island in the central Pacific, which is named in his honour.
Founder of the Windlesham House School at Brighton, England.
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 Royal Navy Info - Bored Net - Boredom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The first reformation and major expansion of the Royal Navy occurred during the reign of King Henry VIII whose ships the "Great Harry" and the "Mary Rose" engaged the French navy in a battle in the Solent in 1545.
The second reformation was under Admiral Robert Blake during Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth.
The incorporation of the royal navy was in contrast to the land forces, which are descended from parliamentary forces and hence are not royal.
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 Royal Navy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The reformation and major expansion of the Navy Royal as it was then known occurred the reign of King Henry VIII whose ships the " Great Harry " and the " Mary Rose " engaged the French navy in a battle in the Solent in 1545.
By the time of Henry’s death 1547 his fleet had grown to 58 The second reformation was under Admiral Robert Blake during Oliver Cromwell 's Commonwealth.
Robert Masie has written an excellent follow-up to his history of the pre-World War I Naval Race.
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Malden Island in the central Pacific, which is named in his honour.
Ireland, and one and a half years as Surveyor of the frigate Blonde during a voyage to and from the Sandwich Islands.
Malden married Frances Cole, daughter of Rev. William Hodgson Cole, rector of
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 Charles Robert Maturin
"Charles Robert Maturin and Colonialism" In Literary Inter-Relations
, Beverley J. Charles Robert Maturin and the Romance of Terror.
, W. Charles Robert Maturins romane 'The Fatal Revenge ' and ' Melmoth the Wanderer,' ein beitrag zur Gothic romance
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 1855 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
May 5 - Robert Inglis, English politician (b.
May 23 - Charles Robert Malden English explorer (b.
June 28 - Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Lord Raglan, commander of British forces in the Crimean War (b.
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 Wikinfo | Royal Navy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The second reformation was under Robert Blake during Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth.
The Naval Service didn't really exist until the mid-17th century when the Fleet Royal was taken under Parliamentary control following the defeat of Charles I in the English Civil War.
The incorporation of the Royal Navy was in contrast to the land forces, which are descended from variety of different sources including both royal and anti-royal Parliamentary forces.
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 *Ø*  Wilson's Almanac free daily ezine | Book of Days | August 9 | Sol Indiges Rome International Day World’s ...
Charles Lamb wrote: “It might sweeten a man's temper at any time to read The Compleat Angler”.
The doyen of the study of strange phenomena, Fort (the adjective from his name, Fortean, is applied to bizarre occurrences) had many views about blood falls which he discussed at length.
Robert Aldrich entered the film industry in 1941 when he got a job as a production clerk at RKO Pictures.
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 Malden Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NASA orbital photo of Malden Island (north at bottom)
Malden Island (4°1′S 154°59′W), formerly Independence Island, is a low, arid, uninhabited island in the central Pacific Ocean, about 39 km² in area.
The nearest land is uninhabited Starbuck Island, 204 km (110 nmi) to the southwest.
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 Clinton Goveas :: Wikipedia Reference
1969 - Members of a cult led by Charles Manson brutally murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate, coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring, and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent at 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angeles.
1797 - Charles Robert Malden, British naval officer (d.
1945 - Robert Hampton Gray, last Canadian Victoria Cross recipient (b.
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In 1653, the alchemist William Backhouse, who had made Ashmole his alchemical "son", confided the secret of the Philosopher's Stone to Ashmole when he believed himself to be close to death.
(The Philosopher's Stone was a substance or object that had the power to convert base metals to gold, among other mystical virtues: its discovery was one of the key goals of European alchemists.) Ashmole is said to have passed the secret on to Robert Plot, the first keeper of the Ashmolean Museum.
Charles Chaplin he fell in love with Mary Pickford with whom he, Chaplin and Griffith had formed United Artists in 1919.
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 School House
Founded in 1837 by Charles Robert Malden, Windlesham was the first boy's prep school in the UK.
In 1963 Charles and Elizabeth Ann Malden, then Heads of the School accepted girls, making it the first co-educational prep school in the country.
Famous alumni include Robert De Niro, Angela Davis, Kathy Boudin, Mary Travers and Victor Navasky.
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 This Day in History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Project Apollo: Apollo 8, crewed by Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Lancaster House Agreement: An independence agreement for Rhodesia is signed in London by Lord Carrington, Sir Ian Gilmour, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and Dr S C Mundawarara.
French presidential election, 1958: Charles de Gaulle is elected President of France as his Union des Démocrates pour la République party gain 78.5% of the vote.
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 Nothingandall: On this day in History - Aug 9
1797 - Charles Robert Malden was born (d.
The designers were Charles Renard and A.C. Krebs.
Sharon Tate and several of her house guests were brutally murdered by members of cult leader Charlie Manson's "family." American actress.
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 This Day in History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Members of a cult led by Charles Manson murder five people.
Vietnam War: Operation Cochise initiated - United States Marines begin a new operation in the Que Son Valley.
The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
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