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Did you know each king in a deck of cards represents a great king from history?
The King of Spades is King David; the King of Clubs is Alexander the Great;
the King of Hearts is Charlemagne; the King of Diamonds is Julius Caesar! With acknowledged thanks to "Three Rock Panorama".
Bridge was born out of whist or solo whist. BIRITCH had origins in the Russian community in Istanbul about 1886. Auction Bridge was developed in 1904. Contract Bridge can be attributed to HS Vanderbilt and others. Vanderbilt set out rules in 1925. Acol dates from the early 1930s. Source Wikipedia.
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