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A civil war in Paris during his youth convinced this king to build his palace at Versailles

Long the ruling party in this country, the PRI won the 1988 election by its lowest margin ever

In 1967 this country exploded its 1st H-bomb at its Lob Nor test site in Sinkiang province

The 1st great building of the Acropolis was this one built between 447-438 B.C.

In a famous race, these 2 men reached the South Pole, 1 in December 1911, the other 5 weeks later

In the 1920s this N. Vietnamese leader worked as an assistant chef under the great Escoffier

Between 1816 & 1830 he was at various times ruler of present-day Venezuela, Peru & Colombia

This political "strongman" was heavyweight boxing champ of Uganda from 1951-60

Despite the outcry over his indictment for drug trafficking, he's still in power in Panama

She is the first woman to head a British political party