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Rochdale Cenotaph
Rochdale Cenotaph is a First World War memorial on the Esplanade in Rochdale,
Greater Manchester, in the north west of England. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, it
is one of seven memorials in England based on his Cenotaph on Whitehall in London,
and one of his more ambitious designs. The memorial was unveiled in 1922 and
consists of a 10-metre (33 ft) pylon, topped by an effigy of a recumbent soldier,
and Lutyens' characteristic Stone of Remembrance. A public meeting in February 1919
established a consensus to create a monument and a fund for the families of wounded
servicemen. The meeting agreed to commission Lutyens to design the monument. His
design for a bridge over the River Roch was abandoned after a local dignitary
purchased a plot of land adjacent to Rochdale Town Hall and donated it for the site
of the memorial. Lutyens revised his design, and Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of
Derby, unveiled the memorial on 26 November 1922. It was upgraded to a Grade I
listed structure in 2015, when Lutyens' war memorials were declared a national
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... that Janai Haupapa joined the Canadian national rugby league team while still
playing for a rugby union club?
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January 11

Enver Hoxha
Enver Hoxha
1693 � An intensity XI earthquake, the most powerful in Italian history, struck the
island of Sicily.
1787 � German-born British astronomer William Herschel discovered two Uranian
moons, later named, by his son, Oberon and Titania.
1927 � Louis B. Mayer, head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer invited 36 people involved in
the film industry to a banquet, where he announced the creation of what would
become the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
1946 � Albania was proclaimed the People's Republic of Albania, with Enver Hoxha
(pictured) as the de facto head of state.
1986 � The Gateway Bridge was opened in Brisbane, Australia, the largest
prestressed concrete, single box bridge in the world.
Min Bin (d. 1554) � Alice Paul (b. 1885) � Emile Heskey (b. 1978)

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Emirates Airbus A380
An Emirates-owned Airbus A380 taking off at Munich Airport. The Dubai-based airline
owns and operates 244 aircraft, including 101 Airbus A380-800s and 130 Boeing 777-
300ERs, making it the largest operator of these models. It has 202 aircraft on
order, including more than a hundred Boeing 777-9s.

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