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Oracle bones () are pieces of ox scapula and turtle plastron, which were used for pyromancy - a form of divination - in ancient China, mainly during the late Shang dynasty. Scapulimancy is the specific term if ox scapulae were used for the divination, plastromancy if turtle plastrons were used. A recent count estimated... | {"Infobox title": "Oracle bone", "Picture": "Orakelknochen.JPG", "Picture caption": "A Shang dynasty oracle bone from the Shanghai Museum", "Name in Chinese": "甲骨", "Pinyin transcription": "Jiǎgǔ", "Wade-Giles": "Chia3-ku3", "Mandarin IPA": "j ia 3 . g u 3", "Gwoyeu Romatzyh": "Jeaguu", "Literal meaning": "Shells and b... |
Thomas Tafirenyika Mapfumo (born July 3, 1945) is a musician nicknamed "The Lion of Zimbabwe" and "Mukanya" (the praise name of his clan in the Shona language) for his immense popularity and for the political influence he wields through his music, including his sharp criticism of the government of former Zimbabwean pre... | {"Born": "yes 1945 7 3", "Origin": "Mazowe, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)", "Genres": "Chimurenga music", "Website": "http://www.thomas-mapfumo.com/"} |
CompUSA, Inc., was a retailer and reseller of personal computers, consumer electronics, technology products and computer services. Starting with one brick-and-mortar store in 1986 under the name Soft Warehouse, by the 1990s CompUSA had grown into a nationwide big box chain. At its peak, it operated at least 229 locatio... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Fate": "Absorbed into TigerDirect (original)", "Defunct": "2008 (original), 2012 (Tiger Direct relaunch)", "Industry": "Retail", "Products": "Electronics", "Parent": "Specialty Equity (2007-2008) Systemax (2008-2013)Source Brands Group, LLC.", "Founded": "1984 (as Soft Warehouse)Addison, Texas, ... |
The Rhythm of the Saints is the eighth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon, released on October 16, 1990, on Warner Bros. In much the same way that Simon's 1986 album Graceland drew upon South African music, this album was inspired by Brazilian musical traditions. Like its predecessor, the album ... | {"Released": "October 16, 1990", "Recorded": "December 1989 - June 1990", "Genre": "Pop, rock, worldbeat", "Label": "Warner Bros.", "Producer": "Paul Simon"} |
Andrei Gennadyevich Kirilenko (; born February 18, 1981) is a Russian-American basketball executive and former professional basketball player.
At age fifteen, Kirilenko began playing professional basketball in the Russian Basketball Super League. He played for CSKA Moscow from 1998 to 2001, winning the Russian league ... | {"Listed height": "9", "Listed weight": "235", "Born": "Izhevsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union", "Nationality": "Russian / American"} |
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (, ; born Akbar Hashemi Bahramani; 25 August 1934 - 8 January 2017) was an Iranian politician, writer, and one of the founding fathers of the Islamic Republic who was the fourth president of Iran from 1989 to 1997. He was the head of the Assembly of Experts from 2007 until 2011 when he decided ... | {"Native name": "اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی", "Native name language": "fa", "Image caption": "Hashemi Rafsanjani in 1987", "Term start": "16 August 1989Letter to Hashemi Rafsanjani and resignation from presidency http://farsi.khamenei.ir/message-content?id=2165 Khamenei.ir 17 July 2018 fa 16 August 1989", "Term end": "3 Augus... |
St. Paul Academy and Summit School is a college preparatory independent day school in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, for students in grades K-12.
The school was established through a merger in 1969 of St. Paul Academy, a school for boys, and Summit School, a school for girls. St. Paul Academy was founded in 190... | {"Tuition": "Lower School (K-5) $31,790\nMiddle School (6-8) $33,450 \nUpper School (9-12) $34,690https://www.spa.edu/admission/tuition-and-financial-aid#:~:text=SPA's%20tuition%20rates%20for%202022,School%20(9%E2%80%9312)%20%2434%2C690", "Coordinates": "44 55 34 N 93 10 23 W inline,title", "Campuses": "2", "Campus typ... |
Mohammad-Ali Rajai (; 15 June 1933 - 30 August 1981) was the second president of Iran from 2 to 30 August 1981 after serving as prime minister under Abolhassan Banisadr. He was also minister of foreign affairs from 11 March 1981 to 15 August 1981, while he was prime minister. He was assassinated in a bombing on 30 Augu... | {"Name": "Mohammad-Ali Rajai", "Native name": "محمدعلی رجائی", "Image caption": "Rajai in 1981", "Birth date": "1933 6 15 y", "Birth place": "Qazvin, Imperial State of Persia", "Death date": "1981 08 30 1933 6 15 y", "Death place": "Tehran, Iran", "Resting place": "Hafte Tir Mausoleum", "Term start": "2 August 1981", "... |
Andrei Pavlovich Kirilenko (; ; - 12 May 1990) was a Soviet statesman from the start to the end of the Cold War. In 1906, Kirilenko was born at Alexeyevka in Belgorod Oblast to a Ukrainian working-class family. He graduated in the 1920s from a local vocational school, and again in the mid-to-late 1930s from the Rybins... | {"Name": "Andrei KirilenkoАндрей Кириленко", "Term start": "8 April 1966", "Term end": "5 March 1976", "Office 2": "First Secretary of the Sverdlovsk Regional Committee", "Predecessor 2": "Aleksei Kutyrev", "Successor 2": "Konstantin Nikolayev", "Birth date": "1906 9 8 y", "Birth place": "Alexeyevka, Voronezh Governora... |
Seyyed Abolhassan Banisadr (; 22 March 1933 - 9 October 2021) was an Iranian politician, writer, and political dissident. He was the first president of Iran after the 1979 Iranian Revolution abolished the monarchy, serving from February 1980 until his impeachment by parliament in June 1981. Prior to his presidency, he ... | {"Honorific prefix": "Seyyed", "Name": "Abolhassan Banisadr", "Native name": "fa ابوالحسن بنیصدر", "Image caption": "Banisadr in 1980", "Birth date": "1933 03 22 y", "Birth place": "Hamadan, Imperial State of Persia", "Death place": "Paris, France", "Term start": "4 February 1980", "Term end": "22 June 1981", "Order 2... |
Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov (; 25 January 1982) was a Soviet statesman during the Cold War. He served as Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1965, and as unofficial chief ideologue of the party until his death in 1982. Suslov was responsible for party democracy and power separation within th... | {"Native name": "Михаил Суслов", "Native name language": "ru", "Image caption": "Suslov in 1964", "Nationality": "Soviet", "Term start": "6 December 1965", "Term end": "25 January 1982", "Office 2": "Senior Secretary of Ideology of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union", "Predecessor 2": "Andrei Zhdanov", "Successor ... |
Dmitriy Fyodorovich Ustinov (; 30 October 1908 - 20 December 1984) was a Soviet politician and a Marshal of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. He served as a Central Committee secretary in charge of the Soviet military-industrial complex from 1965 to 1976 and as Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union from 1976 unti... | {"Name": "Dmitriy Ustinov", "Native name": "Дмитрий Устинов", "Honorific prefix": "Marshal of the Soviet Union", "Nationality": "Soviet", "Image caption": "Ustinov in 1978", "Term start": "26 April 1976", "Term end": "20 December 1984", "Office 2": "Minister of the Defense Industry Union of Soviet Socialist Republics",... |
Cosumnes River College is a public community college in Sacramento, California. It opened in 1970, taking its name from the Cosumnes River which flows just a few miles to the south. As of Spring 2017, enrollment was at 13,091 students at its main and satellite campus in Elk Grove, California. Folsom Lake College, a for... | {"Type": "Public community college", "Students": "13,091 (Spring 2017) Enrollment Status Summary Report http://datamart.cccco.edu/Students/Enrollment_Status.aspx California Community Colleges State of California 4 October 2017", "Campus": "Suburban", "Website": "crc.losrios.edu"} |
John W. Holter (April 1, 1916 - December 22, 2003) was a toolmaker working for the Yale and Town Lock Company Stamford Connecticut. His son Charles Holter was born on November 7, 1955 with a severe form of spina bifida. Shortly after birth he contracted meningitis, which caused his head to expand rapidly. His parents w... | {"Name": "John W. Holter, DSc, CBE", "Birth date": "April 1, 1916 April 1, 1916", "Death date": "December 22, 2003 December 22, 2003", "Known For": "silicone one-way valve", "Children": "Charles Case \"Casey\" Holter"} |
Brain Salad Surgery is the fourth studio album by English progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released on 7 December 1973 by their new record label, Manticore Records, and distributed by Atlantic Records.
Following the tour in support of their previous album, Trilogy (1972), the group acquired rehearsal faci... | {"Released": "7 December 1973", "Recorded": "June—September 1973", "Studio": "Advision (London) Olympic (London)", "Genre": "Progressive rock", "Label": "Manticore", "Producer": "Greg Lake"} |
Erika Steinbach (, born 25 July 1943) is a German right-wing politician. She previously served as a member of the Bundestag from 1990 until 2017.
She was a member of the Christian Democratic Union from 1974 to 2017, and served as a member of the CDU national board 2000-2010, as a member of the leadership of the CDU/CS... | {"Name": "Erika Steinbach", "Image caption": "Steinbach in 2014", "Term start": "20 December 1990", "Term end": "24 October 2017", "Birth date": "1943 07 25 yes", "Birth place": "Rahmel, Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia, Nazi Germany", "Birth name": "Erika Hermann", "Nationality": "German", "Official website": "www.erika-... |
Zebulon Baird "Zeb" Vance (May 13, 1830 - April 14, 1894) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 37th and 43rd governor of North Carolina, a U.S. Senator from North Carolina, and a Confederate officer during the American Civil War.
A prolific writer and noted public speaker, Vance became one of the mo... | {"Name": "Zeb Vance", "Term start": "March 4, 1879", "Term end": "April 14, 1894", "Lieutenant 1": "Thomas J. Jarvis", "Predecessor 2": "Henry Clark", "Successor 2": "William Holden", "Birth date": "1830 05 13", "Birth place": "Reems Creek, Buncombe County, North Carolina, U.S.", "Death date": "1894 4 14 1830 05 13", "... |
West Asia, also called Western Asia or Southwest Asia, is the westernmost region of Asia, as defined by some academics, UN bodies and other institutions, and includes Anatolia, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Mesopotamia, the Armenian Highlands, the Levant, the island of Cyprus, the Sinai Peninsula, and the southern part ... | {"Area": "5994935 km2 sqmi ona", "Population": "313,428,000 (2018) (9th) World Population prospects - Population division https://population.un.org/wpp/ 16 July 2019 United Nations https://web.archive.org/web/20190205234912/https://population.un.org/wpp/ 5 February 2019 live Overall total population https://popu... |
The Minister of Foreign Affairs is a senior member of the New Zealand Government heading the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and responsible for relations with foreign countries.
The current Minister of Foreign Affairs is Nanaia Mahuta.
Responsibilities and powers
The Minister of Foreign Affairs is responsible ... | {"Post": "Minister of Foreign Affairs", "Flag caption": "Flag of New Zealand", "Insignia image": "120px", "Insignia caption": "Coat of Arms of New Zealand", "Incumbent": "Nanaia Mahuta", "Incumbent since": "6 November 2020", "Department": "Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade", "Style": "The Honourable", "Member of": ... |
Helen Dale (born Helen Darville; 1972) is an Australian writer and lawyer. She is best known for writing The Hand that Signed the Paper, a novel about a Ukrainian family who collaborated with the Nazis in The Holocaust, under the pseudonym Helen Demidenko.
A daughter of British immigrants, Darville was educated at Red... | {"Name": "Helen Dale", "Birth name": "Helen Darville", "Birth date": "1972", "Other names": "Helen Demidenko", "Occupation": "Lawyer", "Known For": "1994 Australian literary controversy", "Notable works": "The Hand that Signed the Paper", "Alma mater": "University of Queensland\nBrasenose College, University of Oxford ... |
The Fleer Corporation, founded by Frank H. Fleer in 1885, was the first company to successfully manufacture bubble gum; it remained a family-owned enterprise until 1989.
Fleer originally developed a bubble gum formulation called Blibber-Blubber in 1906. While this gum could be blown into bubbles, in other respects it ... | {"Type": "Private (subsidiary of Upper Deck Company)", "Industry": "Confectionery, collectibles", "Products": "Bubble gum, trading cards", "Fate": "Brand acquired by Upper Deck in 2005", "Founded": "1885", "Defunct": "2005 05 31", "Headquarters": "US", "Parent": "Marvel Entertainment (1992-1999)"} |
Jeri Lynn Ryan (née Zimmermann; born February 22, 1968)"Jeri Ryan News, Jeri Ryan Bio and Photos". TV Guide is an American actress who played the former Borg drone Seven of Nine in Star Trek: Voyager (19972001), for which she was nominated four times for a Saturn Award and won in 2001. She reprised her role as Seven of... | {"Birth name": "Jeri Lynn Zimmermann", "Birth date": "1968 2 22", "Birth place": "Munich, West Germany", "Education": "Northwestern University (BA)", "Occupation": "Actress", "Known For": "Star Trek: VoyagerBoston PublicSharkBody of ProofStar Trek: Picard", "Years active": "1991-present", "Spouse(s)": "Jack Ryan June 1... |
Sir Billy Mackie Snedden, (31 December 1926 - 27 June 1987) was an Australian politician who served as the leader of the Liberal Party from 1972 to 1975. He was also a cabinet minister from 1964 to 1972, and Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1976 to 1983.
Snedden was born in Perth, Western Australia. He se... | {"Name": "Billy Snedden", "Image": "BillySnedden.jpeg", "Image caption": "Snedden in 1967", "Term start": "20 December 1972", "Term end": "21 March 1975", "Birth name": "Billy Mackie Snedden", "Birth date": "yes 1926 12 31", "Birth place": "West Perth, Western Australia, Australia", "Death date": "yes 1987 6 27 1926 12... |
Orgazmo is a 1997 American superhero sex comedy film written, directed and edited by Trey Parker and produced by Matt Stone, Jason McHugh, and Fran Rubel Kuzui. It stars Parker, Stone, Dian Bachar, Robyn Lynne, and Michael Dean Jacobs. The plot follows Joe Young (Parker), a devout Mormon missionary who, to pay for his ... | {"Directed by": "Trey Parker", "Produced by": "Matt Stone\n Jason McHugh\n Fran Rubel Kuzui", "Written by": "Trey Parker", "Starring": "Trey Parker\n Matt Stone\n Dian Bachar\n Robyn Lynne\n Michael Dean Jacobs", "Music by": "Paul Robb", "Cinematography": "Kenny Gioseffi", "Edited by": "Michael R. Miller\n Trey Parker"... |
Cinema 4D is a 3D software suite developed by the German company Maxon.
Overview
As of R21, only a single version of Cinema 4D is available. It replaces all previous variants, including BodyPaint 3D, and includes all features of the past 'Studio' variant. With R21, all binaries were unified. There is no technical dif... | {"Original author(s)": "Philip Losch Christian Losch", "Developer(s)": "Maxon", "Type": "3D computer graphics", "Written in": "C++, Python", "License": "Proprietary", "Website": "https://www.maxon.net/cinema-4d", "Initial release": "1990"} |
Howard Arnold Jarvis (September 22, 1903 - August 12, 1986) was an American businessman, lobbyist, and politician. He was a tax policy activist responsible for passage of California's Proposition 13 in 1978.
Early life and education
Jarvis was born in Magna, Utah. Although he was raised as a Mormon, he smoked cigars ... | {"Name": "Howard Jarvis", "Caption": "Jarvis in 1978", "Birth date": "1903 09 22", "Birth place": "Magna, Utah, United States", "Death date": "1986 08 11 1903 09 22", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, United States", "Resting place": "Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills", "Known For": "Proposition 13", "Education": "U... |
John Robert Hewson AM (born 28 October 1946) is an Australian former politician who served as leader of the Liberal Party from 1990 to 1994. He led the Liberal-National Coalition to defeat at the 1993 Australian federal election.
Hewson was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and earned a PhD in Economics from Johns Hopk... | {"Name": "John Hewson", "Image caption": "Hewson in 2016", "Term start": "3 April 1990", "Term end": "23 May 1994", "Predecessor 2": "Peter Coleman", "Successor 2": "Andrew Thomson", "Birth name": "John Robert Hewson", "Birth date": "y 1946 10 28", "Birth place": "Carlton, New South Wales, Australia", "Spouse(s)": "Mar... |
The Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement (CUSFTA), official name as the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the United States of America (), was a bilateral trade agreement reached by negotiators for Canada and the United States on October 4, 1987, and signed by the leaders of both countries on January 2, 1988... | {"Conventional long name": "Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the United States of America", "Native name": "fr Accord de libre-échange entre le Canada et les États-Unis d'Amérique", "Languages type": "Languages", "Languages": "English French", "Organization type": "Free trade area", "Establishment event 1": "Eff... |
Mount Thielsen, or Big Cowhorn (Klamath: hisc’akwaleeʔas), is an extinct shield volcano in the Oregon High Cascades, near Mount Bailey. Because eruptive activity ceased 250,000 years ago, glaciers have heavily eroded the volcano's structure, creating precipitous slopes and a horn-like peak. The spire-like shape of Thie... | {"Elevation": "PC0809 Mt Thielsen November 17, 2008", "Prominence": "2441 Mount Thielsen, Oregon April 2, 2008", "Location": "Location in Oregon", "Coordinates": "43.152837292 N 122.066514283 W type:mountain_region:US-OR_scale:100000_source:NGS dms inline,title"} |
Mount Bailey is a relatively young tephra cone and shield volcano in the Cascade Range, located on the opposite side of Diamond Lake from Mount Thielsen in southern Oregon, United States. Bailey consists of a -high main cone on top of an old basaltic andesite shield volcano. With a volume of , Mount Bailey is slightly... | {"Location": "Location in Oregon", "Elevation": "PC0817 Bailey 2008-03-31", "Prominence": "2440 Mount Bailey, Oregon 2008-03-31", "Coordinates": "43.155144764 N 122.219995761 W type:mountain_region:US-OR_scale:100000_source:NGS dms inline,title"} |
Prinair Flight 191 was a Prinair (Puerto Rico International Airlines) flight from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Mercedita Airport in Ponce, Puerto Rico. At approximately 11:15pm on June 24, 1972, the aircraft crashed while attempting to land at Mercedita Airport. Five people died i... | {"Date": "June 24, 1972", "Site": "18 0 22 N 66 33 37 W incline, title", "Operator": "Prinair", "Registration": "N554PR", "Flight origin": "Luis Muñoz Marín Int'l Airport", "Destination": "Mercedita Airport", "Occupants": "20", "Passengers": "18", "Crew": "2", "Fatalities": "5", "Injuries": "15", "Survivors": "15", "Su... |
Middleton is an area of Milton Keynes, a city in Buckinghamshire, England, and part of the civil parish of Milton Keynes. Its historic centre is Milton Keynes Village, the village that in 1967 gave its name to the city of which it is now a small part. It is delineated by Childs Way to the north, Tongwell Street to the... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Unitary authority": "City of Milton Keynes", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "UK Parliament": "Milton Keynes North", "Postcode district": "MK10", "Dialling code": "01908", "OS grid reference": "SP888390", "Population": "(2011 Census, civil parish)E04001263 Milton Keynes 19 Novemb... |
Celestia is a real-time 3D astronomy software program that was created in 2001 by Chris Laurel. The program allows users to virtually travel through the universe and explore celestial objects that have been catalogued. Celestia also doubles as a planetarium, but the user is not restricted to the Earth's surface, like i... | {"Original author(s)": "Chris Laurel", "Developer(s)": "Celestia Development Team", "Initial release": "2001 02 26 yeshttps://github.com/CelestiaProject/Celestia/releases/tag/arelease Alpha release GitHub 22 February 2020", "Written in": "C++", "Size": "Linux: 27.7 MBAmigaOS 4: 44.4 MBmacOS: 38.7 MBWindows: 32... |
Henry Box Brown (c. 1815 - June 15, 1897) was a 19th-century Virginia slave who escaped to freedom at the age of 33 by arranging to have himself mailed in a wooden crate in 1849 to abolitionists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
For a short time, Brown became a noted abolitionist speaker in the northeast United States. A... | {"Name": "Henry Box Brown", "Caption": "The Narrative of Henry Box Brown (1849)", "Birth name": "Henry Brown", "Birth date": "1815", "Birth place": "Louisa County, Virginia, US", "Death date": "1897 06 15 (aged 81-82)", "Death place": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Nationality": "American", "Occupation": "Abolitionist", ... |
Sania Mirza (; born 15 November 1986) is an Indian former professional tennis player. A former doubles world No. 1, she won six major titles - three in women's doubles and three in mixed doubles. From 2003 until her retirement from singles in 2013, she was ranked by the Women's Tennis Association as the No. 1 Indian in... | {"Residence": "Hyderabad, India", "Born": "Bombay, Maharashtra", "Height": "1.73 m ftinSania Mirza https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/sania-mirza-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200418090341/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/sania-mirza-1.html dead 18 April 2020 15 Decem... |
Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev ( (Latin), (Cyrillic), ; , ; 10 May 1923 - 12 December 2003) was an Azerbaijani politician who served as the third president of Azerbaijan from October 1993 to October 2003. Originally a high-ranking official in the KGB of the Azerbaijan SSR, serving for 28 years in Soviet state security org... | {"Name": "Heydar Aliyev", "Native name": "Heydər Əliyev", "Alternative text": "Photo of Aliyev wearing suit and tie", "Image caption": "Official portrait", "Office 2": "Speaker of the National Assembly", "President 2": "Abulfaz ElchibeyHimself", "Prime minister 2": "Surat HuseynovFuad Guliyev", "Predecessor 2": "Isa Ga... |
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory is a free and open-source multiplayer first-person shooter video game within the Wolfenstein series. It was originally planned to be released as a commercial expansion pack to Return to Castle Wolfenstein and later as a standalone game. However, due to problems with the single-player aspect... | {"Title": "Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory", "Developer": "Splash Damage", "Publisher": "Activision", "Director": "Richard Jolly", "Producer": "Jonathan Moses", "Designer": "Paul Wedgwood", "Programmer": "Arnout van Meer", "Artist": "Richard Jolly", "Writer": "Edward Stern", "Composer": "Bill Brown", "Series": "Wolfenstei... |
Keiko (earlier Siggi and Kago; - 12 December 2003) was a male orca captured in the Atlantic Ocean near Iceland in 1979. He portrayed Willy in the 1993 film Free Willy. In 1996, Warner Bros. and the International Marine Mammal Project collaborated to return Keiko to the wild. After years of preparing Keiko for reintegr... | {"Sex": "Male", "Born": "Near Iceland", "Died": "Arasvikfjord, Norway", "Notable role": "Willy in Free Willy", "Weight": "11500 lbs kg"} |
Lewis "Duke" Baltz (September 12, 1945 - November 22, 2014) was an American visual artist, photographer, and educator. He was an important figure in the New Topographics movement of the late 1970s.Lewis Baltz Faculty Website at European Graduate School. His best known work was monochrome photography of suburban landsc... | {"Name": "Lewis Baltz", "Caption": "Lewis Baltz (1998) in Jean Nouvel's Amat hotel", "Birth date": "1945 9 12", "Birth place": "Newport Beach, California, U.S.", "Death date": "2014 11 22 1945 9 12Crowder Nicole Icon of New Topography movement Lewis Baltz dies at 69 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2014/... |
Glen Albert Larson (January 3, 1937 - November 14, 2014) was an American television producer, writer, musician, and director. His best known work in television was as the creator of the television series Alias Smith and Jones, Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, Qui... | {"Caption": "Larson in 2004", "Birth name": "Glen Albert Larson", "Birth date": "1937 1 3", "Birth place": "Long Beach, California, U.S.", "Death date": "2014 11 14 1937 1 3", "Death place": "Santa Monica, California, U.S.", "Resting place": "Rose Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.", "Notable works": "Quin... |
John William Jakes (March 31, 1932 - March 11, 2023) was an American writer, best known for historical and speculative fiction. His American Civil War trilogy, North and South, has sold millions of copies worldwide. He was also the author of The Kent Family Chronicles. Jakes used the pen name Jay Scotland among others.... | {"Born": "1932 3 31", "Died": "2023 3 11 1932 3 31", "Nationality": "American", "Pen name": "Jay Scotland", "Occupation": "Writer", "Education": "DePauw UniversityOhio State University (MA)", "Period": "1950-2023", "Children": "4"} |
The National Intelligence Service (NIS) (, abbreviated ) is the national intelligence agency of Greece. Originally modeled after the United States Central Intelligence Agency, it was established in 1953 as the Central Intelligence Service (, abbrev. ), specializing in intelligence gathering, counterintelligence activit... | {"Motto": "Λόγων ἀπορρήτων ἐκφορὰν μὴ ποιοῦ (Periander) Do not express confidential utterance", "Formed": "yes 1953 5 9as the Central Intelligence Service", "Jurisdiction": "Government of Greece", "Headquarters": "Athens, Greece", "Employees": "1300 Employees", "Website": "www.nis.gr"} |
Ronald Joseph Goulart ( )"Ron Goulart and Sean Joyce's The Phantom! Promo" (January 13, 1933 - January 14, 2022) was an American popular culture historian and mystery, fantasy, and science fiction author.
He worked on novels and novelizations (and other works) being published under various pseudonyms such as: Kenneth ... | {"Pen name": "Chad Calhoun, R. T. Edwards, Ian R. Jamieson, Josephine Kains, Jillian Kearny, Howard Lee, Zeke Masters, Frank S. Shawn, Joseph Silva", "Born": "1933 1 13", "Died": "2022 1 14 1933 1 13", "Occupation": "Writer, historian", "Alma mater": "University of California, Berkeley"} |
Raymond Zinke Gallun (March 22, 1911 - April 2, 1994) was an American science fiction writer.
Early life
Gallun (rhymes with "balloon") was born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, the son of Adolph and Martha Zinke Gallun. He graduated from high school in 1928. He left college after one year and travelled in Europe, living a ... | {"Pen name": "Dow Elstar, E.V. Raymond, William Callahan, Arthur Allport", "Born": "1911 3 22", "Died": "1994 4 2 1911 3 22", "Occupation": "Author"} |
Maria Theresa of Spain (; ; 10 September 1638 – 30 July 1683) was Queen of France from 1660 to 1683 as the wife of King Louis XIV. She was born an Infanta of Spain and Portugal as the daughter of King Philip IV and Elisabeth of France, and was also an Archduchess of Austria as a member of the Spanish branch of the Hous... | {"Born": "El Escorial, Spain", "Died": "Palace of Versailles, France", "Burial": "Basilica of St Denis", "Father": "Philip IV of Spain", "Mother": "Elisabeth of France"} |
The 1969 Irish general election to the 19th Dáil was held on Wednesday, 18 June, following the dissolution of the 18th Dáil on 22 May by President Éamon de Valera on the request of Taoiseach Jack Lynch. The general election took place in 42 Dáil constituencies throughout Ireland for 144 seats in Dáil Éireann, the house... | {"Name": "1969 Irish general election", "Country": "Ireland", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1965 Irish general election", "Previous year": "1965", "Election date": "18 June 1969", "Next election": "1973 Irish general election", "Next year": "1973", "Seats for election": "144 seats in ... |
The 1965 Irish general election to the 18th Dáil was held on Wednesday, 7 April, following the dissolution of the 17th Dáil on 18 March by President Éamon de Valera on the request of Taoiseach Seán Lemass. The general election took place in 38 Dáil constituencies throughout Ireland for 144 seats in Dáil Éireann, the ho... | {"Name": "1965 Irish general election", "Country": "Ireland", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1961 Irish general election", "Previous year": "1961", "Next election": "1969 Irish general election", "Next year": "1969", "Seats for election": "144 seats in Dáil ÉireannCC Including Patrick ... |
Ivo Sanader (born 8 June 1953) is a Croatian former politician who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 2003 to 2009. He is currently serving a prison sentence for corruption in Remetinec prison.
Sanader is to date the second longest-serving prime minister since independence, holding the office for over five and a... | {"Name": "Ivo Sanader", "Image caption": "Sanader in 2009", "Term start": "23 December 2003", "Term end": "6 July 2009", "Office 2": "Leader of the Opposition", "Predecessor 2": "Ivica RačanVladimir Šeks (Acting)", "Successor 2": "Ivica Račan", "Birth date": "1953 06 08 y", "Birth place": "Split, PR Croatia, FPR Yugosl... |
The 1961 Irish general election to the 17th Dáil was held on Wednesday, 4 October, following the dissolution of the 16th Dáil on 15 September by President Éamon de Valera on the request of Taoiseach Seán Lemass. The general election took place in 38 Dáil constituencies throughout Ireland for 144 seats in Dáil Éireann, ... | {"Name": "1961 Irish general election", "Country": "Ireland", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1957 Irish general election", "Previous year": "1957", "Next election": "1965 Irish general election", "Next year": "1965", "Seats for election": "144 seats in Dáil ÉireannCC Including Patrick ... |
The 1957 Irish general election to the 16th Dáil was held on Tuesday, 5 March, following a dissolution of the 15th Dáil on 12 February by President Seán T. O'Kelly on the request of Taoiseach John A. Costello on 4 February. It was the longest election campaign in the history of the state, spanning 30 days. The general ... | {"Name": "1957 Irish general election", "Country": "Ireland", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1954 Irish general election", "Previous year": "1954", "Election date": "5 March 1957", "Next election": "1961 Irish general election", "Next year": "1961", "Seats for election": "147 seats in ... |
The 1954 Irish general election to elect the 15th Dáil was held on Tuesday, 18 May, following the dissolution of the 14th Dáil on 24 April by President Seán T. O'Kelly on the request of Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. The general election took place in 40 Dáil constituencies throughout Ireland for 147 seats in Dáil Éireann,... | {"Name": "1954 Irish general election", "Country": "Ireland", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1951 Irish general election", "Previous year": "1951", "Election date": "18 May 1954", "Next election": "1957 Irish general election", "Next year": "1957", "Seats for election": "147 seats in D... |
Shavkat Miromonovich Mirziyoyev (born 24 July 1957) is an Uzbek politician who has served as President of Uzbekistan and Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan since 14 December 2016. Previously, Mirziyoyev led the government as a Prime Minister of Uzbekistan from 2003 to 2016.Brief profile of Mir... | {"Honorific prefix": "His Excellency", "Name": "Shavkat Mirziyoyev", "Native name": "Шавкат Мирзиёев", "Native name language": "uz", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2018", "Term start": "14 December 2016Acting: 8 September 2016 - 14 December 2016", "Birth date": "1957 7 24 y", "Birth place": "Zomin District, Uzbek... |
John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, (13 October 16965 August 1743) was an English courtier and political writer. Heir to the Earl of Bristol, he obtained the key patronage of Walpole, and was involved in many court intrigues and literary quarrels, being apparently caricatured by Pope and Fielding. His memoirs of the early ... | {"Name": "The Lord Hervey", "Image caption": "Portrait by John Fayram, 1737", "Birth date": "yes 1696 10 13", "Death date": "yes 1743 8 5 1696 10 13", "Term start": "7 April 1740", "Term end": "13 July 1742", "Spouse(s)": "Mary Lepell"} |
The 1951 Irish general election to the 14th Dáil was held on Wednesday, 30 May following the dissolution of the 13th Dáil on 7 May by President Seán T. O'Kelly on the request of Taoiseach John A. Costello. The general election took place in 40 Dáil constituencies throughout Ireland for 147 seats in Dáil Éireann, the ho... | {"Name": "1951 Irish general election", "Country": "Ireland", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1948 Irish general election", "Previous year": "1948", "Election date": "30 May 1951", "Next election": "1954 Irish general election", "Next year": "1954", "Seats for election": "147 seats in D... |
Célestin Leroy Gaombalet (1 January 1942 - 19 December 2017) was a Central African politician who was Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from 2003 to 2005. He was President of the National Assembly from 2005 to 2013.
Biography
Gaombalet was born in the village of Grimari in 1942. He began working for the C... | {"Name": "Célestin Leroy Gaombalet", "Term start": "12 December 2003", "Term end": "11 June 2005", "Birth date": "y 1942 1 1", "Birth place": "Grimari, Ouaka, Central African Republic", "Death date": "y 2017 12 19 1942 1 1", "Death place": "Agen, France"} |
The Croatian Democratic Union (, HDZ) is a major conservative, centre-right political party in Croatia. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Croatia, along with the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SDP). It is currently the largest party in the Sabor with 62 seats. The HDZ governed Croatia f... | {"Abbreviation": "HDZ", "Founded": "1989 6 17 y", "Headquarters": "Trg žrtava fašizma 4Zagreb", "Ideology": "Liberal conservatismChristian democracyPro-Europeanism", "Political position": "Centre-right", "International affiliation": "nowrap Centrist Democrat International International Democrat Union", "European affili... |
Archie Galbraith Cameron (22 March 18959 August 1956) was an Australian politician. He was a government minister under Joseph Lyons and Robert Menzies, leader of the Country Party from 1939 to 1940, and finally Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1950 until his death.
Cameron was born in Happy Valley, South A... | {"Name": "Archie Cameron", "Image caption": "Cameron as Speaker of the House", "Term start": "22 February 1950", "Term end": "9 August 1956", "Office 2": "Minister for Commerce", "Prime minister 2": "Robert Menzies", "Predecessor 2": "Sir Earle Page", "Successor 2": "George McLeay", "Birth date": "yes 1895 3 22", "Birt... |
Rob Allen Griese ( ; born February 3, 1945) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for the Miami Dolphins of the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). He earned All-American honors playing college football with the Purdue Boilermakers before being drafted i... | {"Height:": "1", "Weight:": "190", "Born:": "Evansville, Indiana, U.S.", "High school:": "Rex Mundi (Evansville, Indiana)", "College:": "Purdue (1963-1966)", "NFL Draft:": "4"} |
Admiral Augustus John Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, PC (19 May 1724 - 23 December 1779) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. He commanded the sixth-rate HMS Phoenix at the Battle of Minorca in May 1756 as well as the third-rate HMS Dragon at the Capture of Belle Île in June 1761, the Invasion of Martinique in Januar... | {"Born": "Derbyshire", "Died": "St James's Square, London", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Commands held": "HMS PrincessHMS PhoenixHMS DefianceHMS Hampton CourtHMS MonmouthHMS DragonHMS CenturionMediterranean Fleet", "Spouse(s)": "Elizabeth Chudleigh"} |
Lenore Kandel (January 14, 1932, New York City - October 18, 2009, San Francisco, California) was an American poet, affiliated with the Beat Generation and Hippie counterculture.
Biography
Although Kandel was born in New York, her family lived in Bucks County, Pennsylvania during her childhood. Afterward, she moved... | {"Name": "Lenore Kandel", "Caption": "Kandel holding a copy of The Love Book", "Birth date": "January 14, 1932", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Death date": "October 18, 2009 (aged 77)", "Death place": "San Francisco, California, U.S.", "Education": "LA City College, The New School for Social Research", "Occupa... |
Howard Rheingold (born 1947) is an American critic, writer, and teacher, known for his specialties on the cultural, social and political implications of modern communication media such as the Internet, mobile telephony and virtual communities.
Biography
Rheingold was born on July 7, 1947, in Phoenix, Arizona. He gradu... | {"Name": "Howard Rheingold", "Caption": "Rheingold in 2016", "Birth date": "1947 07 07", "Birth place": "Phoenix, Arizona, US", "Alma mater": "Reed College", "Occupation": "Critic writer teacher", "Spouse(s)": "Judy"} |
Arques () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France, bordering Saint-Omer.
Geography
Arques is situated in the middle of the Hauts-de-France region, 40 km from Calais and Dunkerque, and 45 km from Boulogne-sur-Mer. It lies on the border of the departments of Pas-de-Calais and Nord.
The town is c... | {"Name": "Arques", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "The Fontinettes boat lift", "Arrondissement": "Saint-Omer", "Canton": "Longuenesse", "Postal code": "62510", "Mayor": "Benoît RousselRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 data.gouv.... |
Heinrich Harrer (; 6 July 1912 - 7 January 2006) was an Austrian mountaineer, sportsman, geographer. He was a member of the four-man climbing team that made the first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger, the "last problem" of the Alps. While on expedition in the Indian Himalayas, Harrer and his group were arrested by... | {"Name": "Heinrich Harrer", "Caption": "Harrer in the 1930s", "Birth name": "Heinrich Josef Harrer", "Birth date": "1912 07 06 yes", "Birth place": "Hüttenberg, Austria-Hungary", "Death date": "2006 01 07 1912 07 06 yes", "Death place": "Friesach, Austria", "Nationality": "Austrian", "Known For": "Seven Years in Tibet ... |
Galashiels (; , ) is a town in the Scottish Borders with a population of around 12,600. Its name is often colloquially shortened to "Gala". The town is a major commercial centre for the Borders region with extensive history in the textile industry. Galashiels is the location of Heriot-Watt University's School of Text... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "OS grid reference": "NT495365", "Council area": "Scottish Borders", "Lieutenancy area": "Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale", "UK Parliament": "Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk", "Scottish Parliament": "Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale", "Post... |
Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol, (1 August 1730 – 8 July 1803), was an 18th-century Anglican prelate.
Elected Bishop of Cloyne in 1767 and translated to the see of Derry in 1768, Hervey served as Bishop of Derry until his death in 1803.
He is remembered for designing mansions at Downhill and Ballyscul... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Reverend and Right Honourable", "Name": "The Earl of Bristol", "Caption": "Frederick, Lord Bishop of Derry", "Birth name": "Frederick Augustus Hervey", "Birth date": "1730 08 01 y", "Birth place": "Suffolk, England", "Death date": "1803 07 08 1730 08 01 y", "Death place": "Albano, Papal ... |
Frederick William Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol (2 October 1769 - 15 February 1859), styled Lord Hervey between 1796 and 1803 and known as The Earl of Bristol between 1803 and 1826, was a British peer.
Biography
Early life
Frederick William Hervey was born on 2 October 1769, the son of Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Most Honourable", "Name": "The Marquess of Bristol", "Birth date": "2 October 1769", "Death date": "15 February 1859 2 October 1769", "Nationality": "British", "Education": "St John's College, Cambridge", "Occupation": "Politician", "Spouse(s)": "Elizabeth Albana", "Children": "Lady Augusta He... |
Campbeltown (; or ) is a town and former royal burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies by Campbeltown Loch on the Kintyre peninsula. Campbeltown became an important centre for Scotch whisky, and a busy fishing port.
The 2018 population estimate was 4,600 indicating a reduction since the 2011 census.
History
Orig... | {"Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "Council area": "Argyll and Bute", "Lieutenancy area": "Argyll and Bute", "UK Parliament": "Argyll and Bute", "Scottish Parliament": "Argyll and Bute", "Sovereign state": "Scotland", "OS grid reference": "NR 71800 20300", "Postcode district": "PA28", "Dialling code": "01586"} |
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Crail (); ) is a former royal burgh, parish and community council area (Royal Burgh of Crail and District) in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.
The locality has an estimated population of 1,630 (2018).
Etymology
The name Crail was recorded in 1148 as Cherel and in 1153 as Karel. The first element... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "OS grid reference": "NO613078", "Postcode district": "KY10", "Dialling code": "01333", "UK Parliament": "North East Fife", "Council area": "Fife", "Lieutenancy area": "Fife", "Scottish Parliament": "North East Fife"} |
thumb|240px|Tara Bouman playing bass clarinet
thumb|240px|Four modern short bass clarinets, from left to right Leblanc L400, Signet Selmer 1430P, E. M. Winston, Leblanc 330S
thumb|240px|Two short bass clarinets, on the right side made from boxwood
The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like t... | {"Name": "Bass clarinet", "Image size": "238px", "Background": "woodwind", "Classification": "woodwind instrument\nWind\nWoodwind\nSingle-reed", "Related": "Clarinet family \n\nBasset clarinet\nClarinet d'amore\nBasset horn\nAlto clarinet\nContra-alto/contrabass clarinet", "Range": "210px|center\n210px|center", "Articl... |
Girvan (, "mouth of the River Girvan") is a burgh and harbour town in Carrick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Girvan is situated on the east coast of the Firth of Clyde, with a population of about 6,450. It lies south of Ayr, and north of Stranraer, the main ferry port from Scotland to Northern Ireland.
Deriving its name... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "OS grid reference": "NX185975", "Council area": "South Ayrshire", "Lieutenancy area": "Ayrshire and Arran", "UK Parliament": "Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock", "Scottish Parliament": "Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley", "Postcode district": "KA", "Dialling code... |
Gourock ( ; ) is a town in the Inverclyde council area and formerly a burgh of the County of Renfrew in the west of Scotland. It was a seaside resort on the East shore of the upper Firth of Clyde. Its main function today is as a residential area, extending contiguously from Greenock, with a railway terminus and ferry ... | {"Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "Council area": "Inverclyde", "Lieutenancy area": "Renfrewshire", "UK Parliament": "Inverclyde", "Scottish Parliament": "Greenock and Inverclyde", "Sovereign state": "Scotland", "OS grid reference": "NS 24200 77000", "Postcode district": "PA19", "Dialling code": "01475"} |
Grantown-on-Spey () is a town in the Highland Council Area, historically within the county of Moray. It is located on a low plateau at Freuchie beside the river Spey at the northern edge of the Cairngorm mountains, about south-east of Inverness ( by road).
The town was founded in 1765 as a planned settlement and was... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "OS grid reference": "NJ031276", "Postcode district": "PH26", "Dialling code": "01479", "UK Parliament": "Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey", "Council area": "Highland", "Lieutenancy area": "Inverness", "Scottish Parliament": "Inverness and Nairn... |
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Kinghorn (; ) is a town and parish in Fife, Scotland. A seaside resort with two beaches, Kinghorn Beach and Pettycur Bay, plus a fishing port, it stands on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, opposite Edinburgh. According to the 2008 population estimate, the t... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "OS grid reference": "NT271869", "Council area": "Fife", "Lieutenancy area": "Fife", "Postcode district": "KY", "Dialling code": "01592", "UK Parliament": "Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath", "Scottish Parliament": "Kirkcaldy"} |
Kinross (, ) is a burgh in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, around south of Perth and around northwest of Edinburgh. It is the traditional county town of the historic county of Kinross-shire.
History
thumb|left|Kinross Town Hall
Kinross's origins are connected with the nearby Loch Leven and its islands whose history goe... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "OS grid reference": "NO1102", "Council area": "Perth and Kinross", "Lieutenancy area": "Perth and Kinross", "UK Parliament": "Ochil and South Perthshire", "Scottish Parliament": "Perthshire South and Kinross-shire", "Postcode district": "KY", "Dialling ... |
Kirriemuir (; ; ), sometimes called Kirrie or the Wee Red Toon, is a burgh in Angus, Scotland. It reaches back to earliest recorded times, when it is thought to have been a major ecclesiastical centre. Later it was identified with witchcraft; some older houses still feature a "witches stane" to ward off evil. In the 1... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "OS grid reference": "NO385535", "Council area": "Angus", "Lieutenancy area": "Angus", "UK Parliament": "Angus", "Scottish Parliament": "Angus South", "Postcode district": "DD", "Dialling code": "01575"} |
Jeffrey Hawkins is an American businessman, neuroscientist and engineer. He co-founded Palm Computing — where he co-created the PalmPilot and Treo — and Handspring.
He subsequently turned to work on neuroscience, founding the Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience in 2002. In 2005 he founded Numenta, where he le... | {"Name": "Jeff Hawkins", "Image": "Jeff Hawkins by Jeff Kubina.jpeg", "Caption": "Hawkins at eTech 2007", "Birth name": "Jeffrey Hawk", "Birth place": "Huntington, New York, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Cornell University", "Occupation": "Businessperson, neuroscientist, engineer", "Known For": "Co-founder of Palm and Handspri... |
The Bonus Army was a group of 43,000 demonstrators - 17,000 veterans of U.S. involvement in World War I, their families, and affiliated groups - who gathered in Washington, D.C., in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service bonus certificates. Organizers called the demonstrators the Bonus Expeditionary ... | {"Date": "July 28, 1932", "Location": "Washington, D.C., United States", "Caused by": "Impoverishment of World War I veterans due to the Great Depression", "Fined": "At least 69 police injured"} |
Morpeth is a historic market town in Northumberland, North East England, lying on the River Wansbeck. Nearby towns include Ashington and Bedlington. In the 2011 census, the population of Morpeth was given as 14,017, up from 13,833 in the 2001 census. The earliest evidence of settlement is believed to be from the Neolit... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)1170219946 Morpeth Parish 21 March 2018", "OS grid reference": "NZ2085", "Postcode district": "NE61, NE65", "Dialling code": "01670", "UK Parliament": "Wansbeck", "Unitary authority": "Northumberland", "Ceremonial county": "Northumberland"} |
The American Museum of Natural History (abbreviated as A.M.N.H) is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from Central Park, the museum complex comprises 20 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in ad... | {"Coordinates": "40 46 51 N 73 58 28 W region:US_type:landmark inline,title", "Established": "1869 04 06 yhttp://www.amnh.org/about-us/history/history-1869-1900 History 1869-1900 AMNH August 28, 2012 January 24, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160124063347/http://www.amnh.org/about-us/history/history-1869-1900 ... |
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612 – 21 May 1650) was a Scottish nobleman, poet, soldier and later viceroy and captain general of Scotland. Montrose initially joined the Covenanters in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, but subsequently supported King Charles I as the English Civil War developed. From 1644 to 16... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Most Honourable", "Name": "The Marquess of Montrose", "Caption": "Portrait by Anthony van Dyck, 1636", "Birth date": "1612", "Birth place": "Scotland", "Death date": "yes 1650 5 21 1612 10 25", "Death place": "Mercat Cross, Edinburgh, Scotland", "Death cause": "Execution by hanging", "Resting ... |
is a railway operator in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Its sole line, officially named the , operates as an extension of the Midōsuji Line of the Osaka Metro.
The , established on 11 December 1967, is majorly owned by Hankyu. Kitakyu, as it is often abbreviated, also owns various commercial and residential properties along... | {"Parent company": "Hankyu (54%)(Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group)", "Locale": "Osaka Prefecture, Japan", "Dates of operation": "1967 (incorporation); 1970 (opening)", "Length": "5.9 km", "Headquarters": "Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan", "Website": "http://www.kita-kyu.co.jp/"} |
The Islamic Development Bank (, abbreviated as IsDB) is a multilateral development finance institution that is focused on Islamic finance for infrastructure development and located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. There are 57 shareholding member states with the largest single shareholder being Saudi Arabia.
History
It was fo... | {"Abbreviation": "IsDB", "Named after": "Together We Build a Better Futurehttp://www.idbgbf.org/portal/detailed.aspx?id=432 UN Secretary General Praises IDB Group's Role in Supporting Member Countries' Plans and Programs 4 February 2016", "Type": "Development bank", "Location": "Jeddah, Saudi Arabia", "Website": "http:... |
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (née Pierrepont; 15 May 168921 August 1762) was an English aristocrat, writer, and poet. Born in 1689, Lady Mary spent her early life in England. In 1712, Lady Mary married Edward Wortley Montagu, who later served as the British ambassador to the Sublime Porte. Lady Mary joined her husband on ... | {"Honorific prefix": "Lady", "Name": "Mary Wortley Montagu", "Caption": "A painting of Mary Wortley Montagu by Jonathan Richardson the Younger", "Birth name": "Mary Pierrepont", "Birth date": "1689 05 15 y", "Birth place": "Holme Pierrepont Hall, Nottinghamshire, England", "Death date": "1762 08 21 1689 05 15 y", "Deat... |
Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame is a platform game released by Broderbund in 1993 for the MS-DOS, and later ported to Macintosh, Super NES, and FM Towns. It is the second installment in the Prince of Persia series, and a direct sequel to 1989's Prince of Persia. Both games were designed by Jordan Mechner, ... | {"Title": "Prince of Persia 2:The Shadow and the Flame", "Image": "Pop2-saf.JPG", "Caption": "US cover art (MS-DOS)", "Developer": "Broderbund", "Publisher": "BroderbundUbisoft", "Designer": "Jordan Mechner", "Composer": "Jonelle Adkisson", "Released": "May 1993: DOSMay 28, 1993 Over 2200 Software Choices! 73 The Ka... |
Namba (, ) is a district in Chūō and Naniwa wards of Osaka, Japan. It is regarded as the center of Osaka's Minami ("South") region. Its name came from a variation of Naniwa, the former name of Osaka. Namba hosts some of the city's main south-central railway terminals, as JR, Kintetsu, Nankai, Hanshin, and three Osaka M... | {"Common name": "Namba", "Type of settlement": "Chōme", "Image": "Namba Station.JPG", "Image caption": "Nankai Namba Station & Takashimaya Osaka Department Store", "Pushpin map": "Japan Osaka Prefecture#Japan", "Coordinates": "34 39 57 N 135 39 04 E region:JP dms inline,title", "Subdivision type 1": "Country", "Subdivi... |
thumb|220px|"The right noble knight John Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury". Imaginary engraving made by Thomas Cecill c. 1625-32, British Museum, Cat.no. 1862,1011.234
thumb|220px|Arms of Sir John Talbot, 7th Baron Talbot, at the time of his installation into the Most Noble Order of the Garter
John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsb... | {"Image size": "250px", "Image caption": "Detail of illuminated miniature from the Talbot Shrewsbury Book showing John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, KG, identified by a talbot dog, presenting the book to Margaret of Anjou, Queen of England, 1445. His robe displays several encircled Garters.", "Birth date": "1387", "B... |
Sarah Tilghman Hughes (August 2, 1896 - April 23, 1985) was an American lawyer and federal judge who served on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. She is best known as the judge who swore in Lyndon B. Johnson as President of the United States on Air Force One after John F. Kennedy was a... | {"Name": "Sarah Hughes", "Term start": "August 4, 1975", "Term end": "April 23, 1985", "Birth name": "Sarah Augusta Tilghman", "Birth date": "1896 8 2", "Birth place": "Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.", "Death date": "1985 4 23 1896 8 2", "Death place": "Dallas, Texas, U.S.", "Education": "Goucher College (BA)George Washingt... |
Maxine Koran Klibingaitis (17 May 1964 - 17 April 2023) was an Australian actress, notable for her roles in TV soap operas and serials.
Personal life
Klibingaitis was born in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia on 17 May 1964. In 1987, Klibingaitis married Australian director Andrew Friedman. They have one son, Zane Fried... | {"Name": "Maxine Klibingaitis", "Birth name": "Maxine Koran Klibingaitis", "Birth date": "1964 5 17 yes", "Birth place": "Ballarat, Victoria, Australia", "Death date": "2023 4 17 1964 5 17 yes", "Death place": "Melbourne, Australia", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1982-2013", "Notable works": "Prisoner (1983... |
Sheng Shicai (; 3 December 189513 July 1970) was a Chinese warlord who ruled Xinjiang from 1933 to 1944. Sheng's rise to power started with a coup d'état in 1933 when he was appointed the duban or Military Governor of Xinjiang. His rule over Xinjiang is marked by close cooperation with the Soviet Union, allowing the So... | {"Name": "Sheng Shicai", "Native name": "盛世才", "Native name language": "zh", "Image size": "220px", "Image caption": "Governor Sheng Shicai in the National Revolutionary Army general's uniform", "Term start": "29 August 1944", "Term end": "30 July 1945", "Office 2": "Duban of Xinjiang", "Predecessor 2": "Jin Shuren (as... |
Edward George Rogers (20 July 1935 - 2 May 2001) was an English comedian and light entertainment host who started his career as a Redcoat entertainer.1939 England and Wales RegisterDeaths 2001 - England and Wales He was best known for hosting the Yorkshire Television game show 3-2-1 from 1978 to 1988.
Early life and c... | {"Name": "Ted Rogers", "Birth name": "Edward George Rogers", "Birth date": "y 1935 7 20", "Birth place": "Kennington, London, England", "Death date": "y 2001 5 2 1935 7 20", "Death place": "St Thomas' Hospital, London, England", "Occupation": "Television comedian", "Years active": "1960s - 2001"} |
Roadrunner Records is an American record label focused on heavy metal and hard rock bands. Founded in the Netherlands in 1980, it is now a division of Warner Music Group and is based in New York City.
History
The label was launched in 1980 in the Netherlands. Roadrunner's initial business was importing North American ... | {"Parent company": "Warner Music Group", "Founded": "1980", "Founder": "Cees Wessels", "Distributor(s)": "300 Elektra Entertainment (in the U.S.) Warner Music Group (outside the U.S.)", "Genre": "Heavy metal hard rock alternative metal extreme metal", "Country of origin": "Netherlands", "Location": "New York City, Unit... |
Sir John Edwin Sandys ( "Sands"; 19 May 1844 - 6 July 1922) was an English classical scholar.
Life
Born in Leicester, England on 19 May 1844, Sandys was the 4th son of Rev. Timothy Sandys (1803-1871)Reverend Timothy Sandys (27 January 1803 - 6 November 1871) was a minister in the Protestant Episcopal Church in Englan... | {"Honorific prefix": "Sir", "Honorific suffix": "GBR 100% FBA", "Birth name": "John Edwin Sandys", "Birth date": "y 1844 05 19", "Place of birth": "Leicester, England", "Death date": "y 1922 07 06 1844 05 19", "Death place": "Cambridge, England", "Occupation": "Latin epigrapher scholar writer", "Education": "Church Mis... |
, referred to as , is a Japanese passenger railway company, managing infrastructure and operating passenger train service. Its railway system is the largest in Japan, excluding Japan Railways Group. The railway network connects Osaka, Nara, Kyoto, Nagoya, Tsu, Ise, and Yoshino. Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd. is a wholly ow... | {"Locale": "Kinki region/Tōkai region, Japan", "Dates of operation": "present", "Electrification": "1,500 V DC, overhead line\n 750 V DC, third rail (Keihanna Line)", "Length": "501.2 km mile on", "Headquarters": "6-1-55, Uehonmachi, Tennoji-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture,\n Japan", "Website": "www.kintetsu.co.jp/foreign/... |
The 7th Cavalry Regiment is a United States Army cavalry regiment formed in 1866. Its official nickname is "Garryowen", after the Irish air "Garryowen" that was adopted as its march tune. The regiment participated in some of the largest battles of the Indian Wars, including its famous defeat at the Battle of Little Big... | {"Nickname(s)": "\"Garryowen\"", "Motto(s)": "\"Seventh First\"", "March": "GarryowenSpecial Unit Designations http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/spdes-123-ra_ar.html United States Army Center of Military History 21 April 2010 24 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100609010022/http://www.history.army... |
Colt's Manufacturing Company, LLC (CMC, formerly Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company) is an American firearms manufacturer, founded in 1855 by Samuel Colt and now a subsidiary of Czech holding company Colt CZ Group. It is the successor corporation to Colt's earlier firearms-making efforts, which started in 183... | {"Type": "Private", "Industry": "Arms industry", "Products": "Firearms, weapons", "Parent": "Colt CZ Group", "Founded": "1855 (as Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company)", "Headquarters": "Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.", "Website": "http://www.colt.com"} |
Possessed is an American death metal band,Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann: War Black Metal: Die Extremsten der Extremen. Was bleibt, ist Schutt und Asche. In: Rock Hard, no. 279, pp. 71-73. originally formed in 1983. Noted for their fast style of playing and Jeff Becerra's growled vocals, they are often called the first band in ... | {"Origin": "San Francisco Bay Area, California, U.S.", "Genres": "wbm/>\nthrash metal", "Labels": "Combat Relativity Under One Flag Agonia Roadrunner Nuclear Blast", "Members": "Jeff Becerra\n Daniel Gonzalez\n Claudeous Creamer\n Robert Cardenas\n Chris Aguirre"} |
World Rowing, also known as the World Rowing Federation (former abbreviation FISA; ), is the international governing body for rowing. Its current president is Jean-Christophe Rolland who succeeded Denis Oswald at a ceremony held in Lucerne in July 2014.
The World Rowing Cup, World Rowing Championships, and other such ... | {"Name": "World Rowing", "Abbreviation": "WR, FISA", "Logo size": "280px", "Sport": "Rowing", "Category": "Sports federation", "Jurisdiction": "Worldwide", "Founded": "1892 6 25 y", "Headquarters": "Lausanne, Switzerland", "President": "Jean-Christophe Rolland", "Vice-president": "Tricia Smith", "Official website": "ht... |
The 1948 Irish general election to the 13th Dáil was held on Wednesday, 4 February following the dissolution of the 12th Dáil on 12 January 1948 by the President Seán T. O'Kelly on the request of Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. The general election took place in 40 constituencies throughout Ireland for 147 seats in Dáil Éir... | {"Name": "1948 Irish general election", "Country": "Ireland", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1944 Irish general election", "Previous year": "1944", "Election date": "4 February 1948", "Next election": "1951 Irish general election", "Next year": "1951", "Seats for election": "147 seats ... |
George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly (156213 June 1636) was a Scottish nobleman who took a leading role in the political and military life of Scotland in the late 16th century, and around the time of the Union of the Crowns.
Biography
The son of George Gordon, 5th Earl of Huntly, and of Anne, daughter of James Hamilt... | {"Other titles": "Earl of Huntly", "Birth date": "1562", "Death date": "1636 6 13 y (aged 73-74)", "Death place": "Dundee"} |
The 1944 Irish general election to the 12th Dáil was held on Tuesday, 30 May, having been called on 9 May by President Douglas Hyde on the advice of Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. The general election took place in 34 parliamentary constituencies for 138 seats in Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas... | {"Name": "1944 Irish general election", "Country": "Ireland", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1943 Irish general election", "Previous year": "1943", "Election date": "30 May 1944", "Next election": "1948 Irish general election", "Next year": "1948", "Seats for election": "138 seats in D... |
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