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Ruler Given Role When Overthrown

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noun

• a governor of a province in ancient Persia

34%7Ruler overthrown in a popular uprising in 1986
noun

• son and successor of Francois Duvalier as president of Haiti; he was overthrown by a mass uprising in 1986 (born in 1951)

24%8 Month when the French Directory was overthrown
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• second month of the Revolutionary calendar (October and November); the month of mist

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