More disastrous, on a symbolic level, regular Pepsi fell behind Diet Coke in sales a Battle of Bosworth Field-like event in the war of the colas.

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Just because his last stand at the Battle of Bosworth Field took place 528 years ago, it doesn't mean that a good man's name should continue to be sullied.

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British scientists announced Monday they are convinced "beyond reasonable doubt" that a skeleton found during an archaeological dig in Leicester, central England, last August is that of the former king, who was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485.

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Richard III, the last Plantagenet King of England, was killed in battle by the armies of rival noble Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth, which took place in a field just outside Leicester in 1485.

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