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Feb 17, 2014, 9:28:18 PM2/17/14
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This contest is now open to Peter Smyth, Rob Parker, Dan Blum, John Adams,
Calvin, Russ, Pete, Dan Tilque, Erland Sommarskog, Mark Brader, and Joshua
Kreitzer.

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#3. In South Africa, Afrikaners refer to the "War of Independence" in which the
Battle of Majuba Hill took place, a crushing Boer victory. When did that
battle take place?
***

Thank you for continuing to use the YYYY-MM-DD format when posting your answers.

swp

johnada...@gmail.com

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Feb 17, 2014, 9:37:59 PM2/17/14
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On Monday, February 17, 2014 9:28:18 PM UTC-5, swp wrote:
> ***
> #3. In South Africa, Afrikaners refer to the "War of Independence" in which the
> Battle of Majuba Hill took place, a crushing Boer victory. When did that
> battle take place?
> ***

1888-06-30

John

Joshua Kreitzer

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Feb 17, 2014, 10:19:04 PM2/17/14
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swp <Stephen...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:71c2bd1e-8a8b-4eb5...@googlegroups.com:

> This contest is now open to Peter Smyth, Rob Parker, Dan Blum, John
> Adams, Calvin, Russ, Pete, Dan Tilque, Erland Sommarskog, Mark Brader,
> and Joshua Kreitzer.
>
> ***
> #3. In South Africa, Afrikaners refer to the "War of Independence" in
> which the
> Battle of Majuba Hill took place, a crushing Boer victory. When
> did that battle take place?
> ***

1898-06-01

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Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com

Dan Blum

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Feb 17, 2014, 10:40:11 PM2/17/14
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swp <Stephen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This contest is now open to Peter Smyth, Rob Parker, Dan Blum, John Adams,
> Calvin, Russ, Pete, Dan Tilque, Erland Sommarskog, Mark Brader, and Joshua
> Kreitzer.

> ***
> #3. In South Africa, Afrikaners refer to the "War of Independence" in which the
> Battle of Majuba Hill took place, a crushing Boer victory. When did that
> battle take place?
> ***

1897-06-30

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Mark Brader

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Feb 18, 2014, 12:09:19 AM2/18/14
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Stephen Perry:
> #3. In South Africa, Afrikaners refer to the "War of Independence" in
> which the Battle of Majuba Hill took place, a crushing Boer victory.
> When did that battle take place?

1903-03-03.
--
Mark Brader ...the scariest words of the afternoon:
Toronto "Hey, don't worry, I've read all about
m...@vex.net doing this sort of thing!" -- Vernor Vinge

Dan Tilque

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Feb 18, 2014, 1:41:59 AM2/18/14
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swp wrote:
> ***
> #3. In South Africa, Afrikaners refer to the "War of Independence" in which the
> Battle of Majuba Hill took place, a crushing Boer victory. When did that
> battle take place?
> ***

1899-02-25


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Dan Tilque

calvin

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Feb 18, 2014, 2:19:50 AM2/18/14
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On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 12:28:18 +1000, swp <Stephen...@gmail.com> wrote:

> This contest is now open to Peter Smyth, Rob Parker, Dan Blum, John
> Adams,
> Calvin, Russ, Pete, Dan Tilque, Erland Sommarskog, Mark Brader, and
> Joshua
> Kreitzer.
>
> ***
> #3. In South Africa, Afrikaners refer to the "War of Independence" in
> which the
> Battle of Majuba Hill took place, a crushing Boer victory. When
> did that
> battle take place?
> ***

1899-09-09

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calvin

Russ

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Feb 18, 2014, 5:53:12 AM2/18/14
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1881-02-01


Russ S.

Rob Parker

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Feb 18, 2014, 6:41:28 AM2/18/14
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> #3. In South Africa, Afrikaners refer to the "War of Independence" in
> which the
> Battle of Majuba Hill took place, a crushing Boer victory. When did
> that
> battle take place?

1898-06-30


Rob

Pete

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Feb 18, 2014, 8:12:41 AM2/18/14
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swp <Stephen...@gmail.com> wrote in
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1901-05-01

Pete

Erland Sommarskog

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Feb 18, 2014, 4:38:04 PM2/18/14
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swp (Stephen...@gmail.com) writes:
> ***
> #3. In South Africa, Afrikaners refer to the "War of Independence" in
> which the
> Battle of Majuba Hill took place, a crushing Boer victory. When
> did that battle take place?


1902-02-02




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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se

Peter Smyth

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Feb 18, 2014, 6:01:49 PM2/18/14
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swp wrote:

> This contest is now open to Peter Smyth, Rob Parker, Dan Blum, John
> Adams, Calvin, Russ, Pete, Dan Tilque, Erland Sommarskog, Mark
> Brader, and Joshua Kreitzer.
>
> ***
> #3. In South Africa, Afrikaners refer to the "War of Independence"
> in which the Battle of Majuba Hill took place, a crushing Boer
> victory. When did that battle take place?
> ***

1901-03-27

Peter Smyth

swp

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Feb 18, 2014, 10:23:51 PM2/18/14
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On Monday, February 17, 2014 9:28:18 PM UTC-5, swp wrote:
> This contest is now open to Peter Smyth, Rob Parker, Dan Blum, John Adams,
> Calvin, Russ, Pete, Dan Tilque, Erland Sommarskog, Mark Brader, and Joshua
> Kreitzer.
>
> ***
> #3. In South Africa, Afrikaners refer to the "War of Independence" in which the
> Battle of Majuba Hill took place, a crushing Boer victory. When did that
> battle take place?
> ***

1881-02-01 Russ S.
1881-02-27 *** Correct Answer ***
1888-06-30 John Adams
1897-06-30 Dan Blum
1898-06-01 Joshua Kreitzer
1898-06-30 Rob Parker
1899-02-25 Dan Tilque
1899-09-09 Calvin
1901-03-27 Peter Smyth
1901-05-01 Pete
1902-02-02 Erland Sommarskog
1903-03-03 Mark Brader

Congratulations to Russ on getting the correct year and month!

Mark Brader will now have more time to devote to his rare entries contest, MSB78, and the QFTCI.

This contest is now open to Peter Smyth, Rob Parker, Dan Blum, John Adams,
Calvin, Russ, Pete, Dan Tilque, Erland Sommarskog, and Joshua Kreitzer.

swp
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