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Near-contemporary image of the Battle of Caen
Near-contemporary image of the Battle of Caen

From 1345 to 1347, the Hundred Years' War between the English and the French flared up. Determined to renew the conflict, King Edward III of England despatched a small force to south-west France where they won victories at Bergerac and Auberoche. In 1346 an English army of 10,000 men landed in northern Normandy, devastated the region, and stormed and sacked Caen (pictured). They then cut a swath to within 20 miles (32 km) of Paris, turned north, and inflicted a heavy defeat on the French army at the Battle of Crécy. They exploited this by laying siege to Calais. The period from the English victory outside Bergerac to the start of the siege of Calais is known as Edward III's annus mirabilis (year of marvels). After an eleven-month siege, which stretched both countries' financial and military resources to the limit, the town fell, and for more than two hundred years it served as an English entrepôt into northern France. (This article is part of a featured topic: Hundred Years' War, 1345–1347.)

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Hass avocado

The Hass avocado is a variety of avocado with dark green, bumpy skin. It was first grown and sold by the American horticulturist Rudolph Hass, who also gave it his name. The Hass is one of the most commercially popular avocado cultivars and accounts for more than 80% of the crop in the United States. This is due to its taste, size, shelf-life, high growing yield and in some areas, year-round harvesting. The fruit has a mass of 200 to 300 grams (8 to 10 oz) and when ripe, its skin becomes a dark purplish-black which yields to gentle pressure. The centre part of the inner fruit then becomes white-green. This photograph shows a whole Hass avocado and a halved fruit, cultivated in Colombia.

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What was special about England winning the World Cup? --Just my 2 cents -- Hemanshu 03:06, 30 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Especially when the first world cup was on the same day in 1930, so I've changed it. Gentgeen 20:00, 30 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

In births for July 30, 1991 Moiez Ismail was listed, however I was not able to find any valid information for who this person is. It may be a spelling error or some sort of frivolous edit.

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