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    Lewis Compton (7 November 1892 – 24 October 1942) was an officer in the United States Navy during World War I. Born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, Compton...
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    Compton is a city located in the Gateway Cities region of southern Los Angeles County, California, United States, situated south of downtown Los Angeles...
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    was replaced by his chosen successor, Vaughan Lewis. Compton became a legal consultant. In office, Compton's policies were conservative, pro-Western and...
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    Lynn Davis Compton (December 31, 1921 – February 25, 2012), known as Buck Compton, was an American jurist, police officer, and soldier. In his legal career...
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    USS Compton (DD-705), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was named for Lewis Compton, who served in active duty in the Navy during World War I and Assistant...
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    President Franklin D. Roosevelt Preceded by Henry L. Roosevelt Succeeded by Lewis Compton Personal details Born (1890-08-03)August 3, 1890 West Orange, New Jersey...
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  • Straight Outta Compton is a 2015 American epic biographical drama film directed by F. Gary Gray, depicting the rise and fall of the hip hop group N.W...
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  • This article lists notable people who are natives of Compton, California, or have been residents of the city. Mark Christopher Lawrence – actor, comedian...
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  • King, M.D. (1804-1868) 1852 He was a physician. Lewis Compton (mayor) 1851 He was related to Lewis Compton. Solomon Andrews (1806-1872) 1849 This was his...
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  • in 1843. Namier, Lewis. "COMPTON, Charles, Lord Compton (1760–1828)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 9 October 2017. "Compton, Lord Charles"....
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    7 July 1939 – 2 January 1940 2 January 1940 – 24 June 1940 (acting) Lewis Compton 24 June 1940 – 11 July 1940 47 Frank Knox Illinois 11 July 1940 – 28...
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    Arthur Holly Compton (September 10, 1892 – March 15, 1962) was an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927 for his 1923 discovery...
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    Claude Augustus Swanson Charles Edison January 18, 1937 January 1, 1940 Lewis Compton February 9, 1940 January 10, 1941 Charles Edison Ralph Austin Bard February...
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    24, 1941 – June 24, 1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt Preceded by Lewis Compton Succeeded by H. Struve Hensel Personal details Born July 29, 1884 (1884-07-29)...
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    Sumter, South Carolina, the son of educators Belton O. Compton Sr. and Dorothy Brunson Compton. Compton was best known as a character actor in films and television...
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    benefits of relief received. - Emergency Relief Administration (ERA), Lewis Compton, Director." The back of the monument has a plaque that reads, "1933;...
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  • Paul O'Keefe def. Marvin Gaines Submission (Punches) 1 2:15 Levi Compton def. Lewis Compton KO 2 0:19 Leroy Fornof def. Lars Haven Submission (Rear-Naked...
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  • Herbert John Jolliffe David Jones Osbert Lancaster F. R. Leavis Cecil Day-Lewis Compton Mackenzie George Malcolm Max Mallowan Alfred Marnau Yehudi Menuhin Nancy...
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  • fifth Prime Minister of Saint Lucia following the resignation of John Compton. Lewis, a former director of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States,...
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    launched on 13 July 1940, sponsored by Mrs. Beatrice C. Compton, the wife of the Honorable Lewis Compton, Assistant Secretary of the Navy. She was commissioned...
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  • dialect for Niggas With Attitudes) was an American hip hop group formed in Compton, California. They were among the earliest and most significant popularizers...
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  • Macaulay, John MacLeod) — 3:54 live version "Sawing on the Strings" (Lewis Compton) — 3:02 "Restless" (Castleman) — 2:57 "When You Say Nothing at All"...
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  • Grisman unless otherwise noted. "Hello" – :22 "Sawing On The Strings" (Lewis Compton) – 3:17 "Waiting On Vassar" – 5:00 "I Ain't Broke But I'm Badly Bent"...
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    Richard Williams (tennis coach) (category Sportspeople from Compton, California)
    that victory, Richard shouted "Straight Outta Compton!", in reference to a song by N.W.A based in Compton, California, the same area in Los Angeles where...
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  • Cedar Block Piru (category Compton, California)
    west side of Compton. The name was derived from a residential street called Cedar Street. In December 1992, two soldiers from Fort Lewis, Washington,...
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  • the River" (Julie Lee) previously unreleased "Sawing on the Strings" (Lewis Compton) previously unreleased "Down to the River to Pray" (Traditional) from...
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    Dr. Dre (category Musicians from Compton, California)
    of his third album, Compton in August 2015, he issued an apology to the women "I've hurt". Andre Romell Young was born in Compton, California, on February...
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  • The 1955 Compton Tartars football team was an American football team that represented Compton College as a member of the Western State Conference (WSC)...
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  • Christmas in Compton is a 2012 Christmas comedy film starring Keith David and Omar Gooding. It was directed by David Raynr. Derrick is an aspiring music...
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    Charles Lewis Napier (April 12, 1936 – October 5, 2011) was an American actor known for playing supporting and occasional leading roles in television...
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