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The Allen County Courthouse is located at the block surrounded by Clinton/Calhoun/Main/Berry Streets in downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana, the county seat of Allen County. Built between 1897 and 1902, it is a nationally significant example of Beaux-Arts architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Plac... | {"Location": "715 South Calhoun Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States", "Area": "about 1 acre ha", "Built": "1902", "Architectural style": "Beaux-Arts", "Architect": "Brentwood S. Tolan"} |
, born , was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler and the 58th yokozuna of the sport. Following his retirement as a wrestler, he was the stable master of Kokonoe stable until the time of his death.
Chiyonofuji was considered one of the greatest yokozuna of recent times, winning 31 yūshō or tournament championships, s... | {"Born": "Fukushima, Hokkaido, Japan", "Died": "Tokyo, Japan", "Height": "183 cm", "Weight": "126 kg lb stlb 0 on", "Stable": "Kokonoe", "Record": "1045-437-170", "Debut": "September, 1970", "Highest rank": "Yokozuna (July, 1981)", "Elder name": "Kokonoe", "Retired": "May, 1991", "Championships": "31 (Makuuchi)1 (Makus... |
Louis, Duke of Orléans (4 August 1703 - 4 February 1752) was a member of the House of Bourbon, and as such was a prince du sang. At his father's death, he became the First Prince of the Blood (Premier Prince du Sang) and Duke of Orléans. Known as Louis le Pieux and also as Louis le Génovéfain, Louis was a pious, charit... | {"Born": "Palace of Versailles, France", "Died": "Abbaye de Sainte Geneviève, Paris, France", "Burial": "Val-de-Grâce, Paris, France", "Father": "Philippe II, Duke of Orléans", "Mother": "Françoise Marie de Bourbon", "Religion": "Roman Catholicism"} |
thumb|right| Left to right: Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley, Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Sir Bernard Montgomery, Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, and Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionar... | {"Allegiance": "Allies", "Type": "Combined headquarters", "Role": "Theater of operations", "Part of": "Combined Chiefs of Staff", "Nickname(s)": "SHAEF", "Disbanded": "14 July 1945"} |
The Home Guard (initially Local Defence Volunteers or LDV) was an armed citizen militia supporting the British Army during the Second World War. Operational from 1940 to 1944, the Home Guard had 1.5 million local volunteers otherwise ineligible for military service, such as those who were too young or too old to join t... | {"Role": "Defence from invasion", "Branch": "United Kingdom", "Disbanded": "31 December 1945", "Notablecommanders": "Sir Edmund Ironside"} |
is a prepaid rechargeable contactless smart card, electronic money used as a fare card on train lines in Japan, launched on November 18, 2001. The card can be used interchangeably with JR West's ICOCA in the Kansai region and San'yō region in Okayama, Hiroshima, and Yamaguchi prefectures, and also with JR Central's TOI... | {"Location": "Kantō region, Sendai area, Niigata area, Morioka area, Akita area, Aomori area", "Launched": "8 April - 8 July 2001: piloted at 57 stations; 18 November 2001, official launch at 424 stations", "Validity": "Pasmo routes", "Retailed": "JR East stations", "Currency": "¥20,000", "Stored-value": "Pay as you g... |
Susan Howe (born June 10, 1937) is an American poet, scholar, essayist, and critic, who has been closely associated with the Language poets, among other poetry movements."Susan Howe", The Poetry Foundation, Retrieved 24 December 2014. Her work is often classified as Postmodern because it expands traditional notions of ... | {"Born": "1937 6 10 y", "Occupation": "Poet, scholar", "Alma mater": "Boston Museum School of Fine Arts (1961)", "Literary movement": "Postmodern", "Notable awards": "Bollingen Prize in American Poetry (2011); Guggenheim Fellowship; Roy Harvey Pearce Prize for Lifetime Achievement; Robert Frost Medal, Poetry Society of... |
Tarnopol Voivodeship () was an administrative region of interwar Poland (1918-1939), created on 23 December 1920, with an area of 16,500 km² and provincial capital in Tarnopol (now Ternopil, Ukraine). The voivodeship was divided into 17 districts (powiaty). At the end of World War II, at the insistence of Joseph Stalin... | {"Native name": "Województwo tarnopolskie", "Conventional long name": "Tarnopol Voivodeship", "Common name": "Tarnopol", "Government type": "Voivodeship", "Today part of": "Ukraine", "Year founded": "1920", "Year dissolved": "1939", "Capital": "Tarnopol", "Historical era": "Interwar period"} |
Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, (8 February 1868 - 27 August 1937) was a British banker, politician, zoologist and soldier, who was a member of the Rothschild family. As a Zionist leader, he was presented with the Balfour Declaration, which pledged British support for a Jewish nati... | {"Name": "The Lord Rothschild", "Term start": "6 January 1899", "Term end": "10 January 1910", "Birth name": "Lionel Walter Rothschild", "Birth date": "8 February 1868", "Birth place": "London, England", "Death date": "1937 08 27 1868 02 8 yes", "Death place": "Tring, Hertfordshire, England"} |
thumb|Varnum's wife, Molly Butler Varnum
Joseph Bradley Varnum (January 29, 1750/1751September 21, 1821) was an American politician from Massachusetts. He served as a U.S. representative and United States senator, and held leadership positions in both bodies. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party.
Born i... | {"Name": "Joseph Bradley Varnum", "Term start": "December 6, 1813", "Term end": "February 3, 1814", "Predecessor 2": "Timothy Pickering", "Successor 2": "Harrison Gray Otis", "Birth date": "January 29, 1750/1751", "Birth place": "Dracut, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America", "Death date": "1821 9 21 1750", "... |
Philip Pendleton Barbour (May 25, 1783 - February 25, 1841) was the tenth speaker of the United States House of Representatives and an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He is the only individual to serve in both positions. He was also a slave owner.
Born in Gordonsville, Virginia, Barbour es... | {"Name": "Philip P. Barbour", "Term start": "May 12, 1836", "Term end": "February 25, 1841", "Office 2": "Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee", "Predecessor 2": "Daniel Webster", "Successor 2": "James Buchanan", "Birth date": "1783 5 25", "Birth place": "Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.", "Death date": "1841 2 25 178... |
Saavik is a fictional character in the Star Trek universe. She first appeared in the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) played by Kirstie Alley. Robin Curtis took over the role for Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986).
Fictional biography
Saavik's background wa... | {"First appearance": "The Wrath of Khan (1982)", "Last appearance": "The Voyage Home (1986)", "Created by": "Gene Roddenberry\n Harve Bennett\n Jack B. Sowards\n Nicholas Meyer\n Samuel A. Peeples", "Portrayed by": "Kirstie Alley (1982)Robin Curtis (1984-1986)"} |
Sayyid Ata'ollah Mohajerani (, also Romanized as Atā'ollāh Mohājerāni; born 24 July 1954) is an Iranian journalist, author, and reformist politician. Mohajerani served as Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Iran under President Mohammad Khatami from 1997 until 2000 when he was fired from office for alleged "per... | {"Name": "Ata'ollah Mohajerani", "Term start": "20 August 1997", "Term end": "14 December 2000", "Office 2": "Vice President of Iran for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs", "President 2": "Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani", "Successor 2": "Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari", "Birth date": "yes 1954 07 24", "Birth place": "Arak, Markazi pr... |
Seyed Mohammad-Ali Abtahi (; born January 28, 1960, in Mashhad) is an intellectual clergy; a politician who is also active in arts and cultural areas on social media; An Iranian blogger, who is currently working as the president of the international institute of Religions' Dialogue and finally a member of Founders’ cou... | {"Name": "Mohammad-Ali Abtahi", "Birth date": "1958 09 29", "Birth place": "Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran", "Term start": "2 September 2001", "Term end": "12 October 2004", "Office 2": "Head of President's Office", "President 2": "Mohammad Khatami", "Predecessor 2": "Mohsen Hashemi Rafsanjani", "Successor 2": "Ali Kh... |
Mohammed Sadeq Givi Khalkhali (; 27 July 1926 - 26 November 2003)Sadegh Khalkhali The Guardian website was an Iranian Shia cleric who is said to have "brought to his job as Chief Justice of the revolutionary courts a relish for summary execution" that earned him a reputation as Iran's "hanging judge".Ayatollah Sadegh K... | {"Name": "Sadegh Khalkhali", "Term start": "24 February 1979", "Term end": "1 March 1980", "Office 2": "Member of the Assembly of Experts", "Majority 2": "1,048,284 (32.87%)", "Birth date": "1926 07 27 yes", "Birth place": "Givi, Khalkhal, Ardabil Province, Iran", "Death date": "2003 11 26 1926 07 27 yes", "Death place... |
Come Dancing was a British ballroom dancing competition show that ran on and off on the BBC from 1949 to 1998. Unlike its follow-up show, Strictly Come Dancing, contestants were not celebrities.
The show was created by Eric Morley, the founder of Miss World, and began in 1949 by broadcasting from regional ballroom stu... | {"Genre": "Talent show", "Created by": "Eric Morley", "Presented by": "Guest presentersPeter WestTerry WoganPeter MarshallDavid JacobsAngela RipponRosemarie Ford", "Narrated by": "Barri HaynesRay MooreBruce HammalCharles Nove", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Original network": "BBC One", "Original release": "y... |
Pirates of Silicon Valley is a 1999 American biographical drama television film directed by Martyn Burke and starring Noah Wyle as Steve Jobs and Anthony Michael Hall as Bill Gates. Spanning the years 1971-1997 and based on Paul Freiberger and Michael Swaine's 1984 book Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Co... | {"Genre": "Drama\n Biography", "Directed by": "Martyn Burke", "Starring": "Noah Wyle\n Anthony Michael Hall\n Joey Slotnick\n John DiMaggio\n Josh Hopkins", "Country of origin": "United States", "Cinematography": "Ousama Rawi", "Running time": "95 minutes", "Original network": "TNT", "Original release": "y 1999 6 20"} |
William Eric Houghton (29 June 1910 - 1 May 1996) was an English footballer and manager.
Eric Houghton was born in Billingborough, Lincolnshire and educated at Donington Grammar School. He signed for Aston Villa as a seventeen-year-old and played in the Villa side for two decades, scoring 170 goals in 392 games. (The ... | {"Name": "Eric Houghton", "Full name": "William Eric Houghton", "Birth date": "1910 6 29 y", "Birth place": "Billingborough, Lincolnshire, England", "Date of death": "1996 5 1 1910 6 29 y", "Place of death": "Birmingham, EnglandPonting Ivan Obituary: Eric Houghton https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-eric... |
The Dutch Language Union (Dutch: , NTU) is an international regulatory institution that governs issues regarding the Dutch language. It is best known for its spelling reforms which are promulgated by member states, grammar books, the Green Booklet and its support of Dutch language courses and studies worldwide. It was ... | {"Geopolitical organisation name": "Dutch Language Union", "Native name": "nl Nederlandse Taalunie no", "Symbol type": "Logo", "Map": "Nederlandse Taalunie.PNG", "Map caption": "A map showing the member states of the Dutch Language Union (dark blue)", "Administrative center type": "Headquarters", "Administrative center... |
Christine Chapel is a fictional character who appears in all three seasons of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Original Series, as well as Star Trek: The Animated Series and the films Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Portrayed by Majel Barrett, she was the sh... | {"First appearance": "\"The Naked Time\" (1966) (The Original Series)", "Created by": "Gene Roddenberry", "Portrayed by": "Majel Barrett (1966-1986)Jess Bush (2022-present)", "Voiced by": "Majel Barrett (Star Trek: The Animated Series)", "Title": "NurseDoctorCommander", "Full name": "Christine Chapel"} |
Harry Gordon Selfridge, Sr. (11 January 1858 - 8 May 1947) was an American retail magnate who founded the London-based department store Selfridges. His 20-year leadership of Selfridges led to his becoming one of the most respected and wealthy retail magnates in the United Kingdom. He was known as the 'Earl of Oxford S... | {"Name": "Harry Gordon Selfridge", "Caption": "Harry Gordon Selfridge circa 1910", "Birth date": "1858 01 11 yGareth Shaw Harry Gordon Selfridge http://www.oxforddnb.com/templates/article.jsp?articleid=36010&back= Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press 19 May 2014", "Birth place": "Ripon, Wisco... |
thumb|right|A Hansom cab.
Joseph Aloysius Hansom (26 October 1803 - 29 June 1882) was a British architect working principally in the Gothic Revival style. He invented the Hansom cab and founded the eminent architectural journal, The Builder, in 1843.
Career
Hansom was born in the parish of St Martin's (possibly on ... | {"Name": "Joseph Aloysius Hansom", "Portrait caption": "Joseph Aloysius Hansom", "Significant buildings": "Birmingham Town Hall, 1831", "Significant projects": "inventor of the Hansom Cab, 1834"} |
Sharad Govindrao Pawar (Marathi pronunciation: [ʃəɾəd̪ pəʋaːɾ], born 12 December 1940) is an Indian politician. He has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for four terms and has also served in the Union Council Of Ministers as the Minister of Defence in the Cabinet of P.V Narsimha Rao and Minister of Agricultur... | {"Name": "Sharad Pawar", "Image size": "220px", "Image caption": "Pawar in 2013", "Birth date": "yes 1940 12 12Detailed Profile: Shri Sharad Chandra Govindrao Pawar http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=327 India.gov.in 17 December 2016", "Birth place": "Baramati, Bombay Presidency, Briti... |
Aldi (stylised as ALDI) is the common company brand name of two German multinational family-owned discount supermarket chains operating over 10,000 stores in 20 countries. The chain was founded by brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht in 1946, when they took over their mother's store in Essen. The business was split into two... | {"Type": "Private", "Industry": "Retail", "Founded": "1946 07 10 y(split in two parts in 1960, renamed to Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd in 1962)https://books.google.com/books?id=jiLxeHlP03sC&pg=PA141 Diversity in European Marketing: Text and Cases 141 Springer Science & Business Media 2011 Thomas Rudolph 978-3834969767", "Hea... |
Chhagan Bhujbal (born 15 October 1947) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra, who is the member of current Government of Maharashtra, headed by Eknath Shinde. Currently he is Member of 14th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra from Yeola Assembly. He also served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 18 Oc... | {"Name": "Chhagan Bhujbal", "Native name language": "mr", "Image size": "200px", "Term start": "02 July 2023", "Parliamentary group": "Nationalist Congress Party", "Office 2": "5th Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra", "Minister 2": "Public Works (excluding Public Undertakings)\nSpecial Assistance", "Governor 2": "S. ... |
Chittoor is a city and district headquarters in Chittoor district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is also the mandal and divisional headquarters of Chittoor mandal and Chittoor revenue division respectively. The city has a population of 153,756 and that of the agglomeration is 175,647.
Etymology
History
A... | {"Type": "Municipal Corporation", "Body": "Chittoor Municipal Corporation (CMC), Chittoor Urban Development Authority(CHUDA)", "Rank": "20th (Andhra Pradesh)\n 233 (India)", "Density": "auto", "Metro density": "175647", "Website": "http://chittoor.cdma.ap.gov.in/en"} |
The Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMoA) is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The main museum building was completed in 1928 on Fairmount, a hill located at the northwest end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at Eakins Oval. The museum administers collections containi... | {"Coordinates": "it", "Established": "1876 02Centennial Origins: 1874-1876 History Philadelphia Museum of Art http://www.philamuseum.org/information/45-154-18.html May 21, 2012", "Location": "2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.http://www.philamuseum.org/ Philadelphia Museum of Art: ... |
"A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" is a British romantic popular song written in 1939 and published in 1940, with lyrics by Eric Maschwitz and music by Manning Sherwin.
Setting
thumb|The song makes reference to the nearby luxurious The Ritz Hotel
Berkeley Square is a large leafy square in Mayfair, a part of Lond... | {"Written": "1939", "Published": "1940 by Peter Maurice Music Co.", "Composer(s)": "Manning Sherwin", "Lyricist(s)": "Eric Maschwitz"} |
Torre del Greco (;Comune di Torre del Greco Demo Applicativi On Line "Greek man's Tower") is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples in Italy, with a population of c. 85,000 . The locals are sometimes called Corallini because of the once plentiful coral in the nearby sea, and because the city has been a major produ... | {"Name": "Torre del Greco", "Image caption": "Panorama of Torre del Greco", "Coordinates": "40 47 N 14 22 E inline,title", "Region": "Campania", "Metropolitan city": "Naples (NA)", "Mayor": "Giovanni Palomba", "Demonym": "TorreseCorallino", "Saint": "Saint Januarius", "Saint's day": "September 19", "Postal code": "8005... |
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a radio drama series which aired in the USA from 1939 to 1950, it ran for 374 episodes, with many of the later episodes considered lost media.Dickerson (2019), pp. 276-279. The series was based on the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Some of the surviving episode r... | {"Other names": "\"The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes\", \"Sherlock Holmes\", \"Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson\"", "Genre": "Detective radio drama", "Running time": "30 min", "Country of origin": "United States", "Language(s)": "English", "Home station": "Blue Network, ABC", "Syndicates": "Mutual Broadcasting System,... |
Butler's Rangers (1777-1784) was a Loyalist provincial military unit of the American Revolutionary War, raised by American loyalist John Butler. Most members of the regiment were Loyalists from upstate New York and northeastern Pennsylvania. Their winter quarters were constructed on the west bank of the Niagara River, ... | {"Type": "Light infantry", "Branch": "British provincial unit", "Role": "Maneuver warfareUnconventional warfare", "Size": "573 men in 10 companies (1783)Smy, William A. An Annotated Nominal Roll of Butler’s Rangers 1777-1784: with Documentary Sources. Friends of the Loyalist Collection at Brock University, 2004.", "Not... |
Bénifontaine () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.INSEE commune file
Geography
A farming village situated just north of Lens at the junction of the N47 and D39 roads.
The airport of Lens-Bénifontaine (code LFQL) is located in the commune.
History
The commu... | {"Name": "Bénifontaine", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Mairie de Bénifontaine.JPG", "Caption": "The town hall of Bénifontaine", "Arrondissement": "Lens", "Canton": "Wingles", "Postal code": "62410", "Mayor": "Nicolas GodartRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346... |
Ellora Caves are a multi-religious rock-cut cave complex with inscriptions dating from the period 6th century CE onwards, located in the Aurangabad District of Maharashtra, India. They are also called verul caves.
There are over 100 caves at the site, all excavated from the basalt cliffs in the Charanandri Hills, 34 o... | {"Type": "Monolithic caves", "Coordinates": "20.0268 75.1771 inline,title", "Location": "Aurangabad District , Maharashtra, India", "Area": "Indian"} |
Bertincourt () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.INSEE commune file
Geography
Bertincourt is a farming village located 22 miles (36 km) southeast of Arras at the junction of the D7, D18 and D19 roads.
Population
Sights
The church of Notre-Dame, rebuilt, li... | {"Name": "Bertincourt", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "The church of Bertincourt", "Arrondissement": "Arras", "Canton": "Bapaume", "Postal code": "62124", "Mayor": "Bernard BronniartRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 data.gouv.f... |
The Rajdhani Express is a series of passenger train services in India operated by Indian Railways connecting the national capital New Delhi with the capitals or the largest cities of various states. The word Rajdhani has been derived from the Sanskrit language, which means Capital in English. This series of trains regu... | {"Service type": "Connecting various state capitals with Delhi", "Status": "Active", "First service": "1969 03 01", "Successor": "Tejas-Rajdhani Express", "Line(s) used": "25", "Class(es)": "AC 3 tier ClassAC 2 tier ClassAC First Class", "Seating arrangements": "Yes", "Sleeping arrangements": "Yes", "Catering facilitie... |
Billy-Berclau (; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.INSEE commune file
Geography
A small town east of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D163 and N47 roads. It is situated at the junction of the Canal de la Deûle and the Canal d'Aire. L... | {"Name": "Billy-Berclau", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "BillyBercleau TiKer.JPG", "Caption": "The town hall of Billy-Berclau", "Arrondissement": "Béthune", "Canton": "Douvrin", "Postal code": "62138", "Mayor": "Stève BossartRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a34... |
Billy-Montigny (; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.INSEE commune file
Geography
An ex-coalmining industrial town situated just east of the centre of Lens at the junction of the N43 and D46 roads. The coal lasted just over 100 years, the last pits closing ... | {"Name": "Billy-Montigny", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "Survivors Way that links the necropolis of Méricourt to pit no. 2 at Billy-Montigny", "Arrondissement": "Lens", "Canton": "Harnes", "Postal code": "62420", "Mayor": "Bruno TroniRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datase... |
Hyperion is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, of which there are several notable versions. Created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Sal Buscema, the original Hyperion made his debut in The Avengers #69 (October 1969). The alternate versions are each from a different dimension of t... | {"Publisher": "Marvel Comics", "Created by": "Roy Thomas (writer)Sal Buscema (artist)", "Species": "Eternal", "Team affiliations": "(Zhib-Ran)Squadron Sinister (Mark Milton)Squadron SupremeThunderbolts (Marcus Milton)AvengersSquadron Supreme", "Abilities": "(All)\nSuperhuman strength, speed, stamina, durability, reflex... |
Bourthes (; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.INSEE commune file
Geography
A village situated some 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Boulogne-sur-Mer at the D128 and D131 crossroads. The source of the river Aa is found here.
Population
See also
Communes of th... | {"Name": "Bourthes", "Native Name": "Boorte", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "The church of Bourthes", "Arrondissement": "Montreuil", "Canton": "Lumbres", "Postal code": "62650", "Mayor": "Estelle DoutriauxRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-1... |
The Maharashtra Housing Board (MHB) was established in 1948 and had a jurisdiction over the entire State of Maharashtra except for the Vidarbha region. This body undertook construction of residential buildings under various housing schemes for different sections of society. The allotment and maintenance of these buildi... | {"Formed": "1977", "Jurisdiction": "..Maharashtra Flag(INDIA).png Maharashtra", "Headquarters": "Bandra East, Mumbai, Maharashtra", "Website": "https://www.mhada.gov.in/en"} |
Billy () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Valambray.Arrêté préfectoral 8 September 2016
Population
See also
Communes of the Calvados department
References
Category:Former communes of Calvados (depart... | {"Name": "Billy", "Image": "Église Saint-Symphorien de Billy.JPG", "Arrondissement": "Caen", "Canton": "Troarn", "Postal code": "14370", "Coordinates": "49.0914 -0.1925 dms inline,title", "Elevation(meters)": "30", "Minimum Elevation(meters)": "27", "Maximum Elevation(meters)": "54", "Area (square km)": "6.78", "Popula... |
Cambrin () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.INSEE commune file
Geography
A farming and light industrial village some east of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D166 and the N41 roads, by the banks of the small river Surgeon.
The marshes of Camb... | {"Name": "Cambrin", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "015 Cambrin ( 62149 ).JPG", "Caption": "The church of Cambrin", "Arrondissement": "Béthune", "Canton": "Douvrin", "Postal code": "62149", "Mayor": "Philippe DrumezRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911... |
Zoisite, first known as saualpite, after its type locality, is a calcium aluminum hydroxy sorosilicate belonging to the epidote group of minerals. Its chemical formula is Ca2Al3(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH).
Zoisite occurs as prismatic, orthorhombic (2/m 2/m 2/m) crystals or in massive form, being found in metamorphic and pegmat... | {"Category": "Sorosilicate - epidote group", "IMA symbol": "ZoWarr L.N. 2021 IMA-CNMNC approved mineral symbols Mineralogical Magazine 85 3 291-320 10.1180/mgm.2021.43 2021MinM...85..291W 235729616 free", "Strunz classification": "9.BG.10", "Dana classification": "58.2.1b.1", "Cleavage": "Perfect {010} imperfect {100}"... |
Carency () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.INSEE commune file
Geography
A farming village located 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Arras on the D58 road. Carency is also the name of the brook which constitutes the course upstream of the Deûle river and which flows throu... | {"Name": "Carency", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "The church of Carency", "Arrondissement": "Lens", "Canton": "Bully-les-Mines", "Postal code": "62144", "Mayor": "Justin ClairetRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 data.gouv.fr, P... |
is a Japanese watch manufacturer founded in 1950. Established as an independent company in 1950, it became a functional subsidiary of Epson in 2009 before being fully integrated into the company in 2017.
Until it was absorbed into Epson, the Orient Watch Company had primarily marketed mechanical watches (self-winding ... | {"Type": "Division", "Industry": "Watch ManufacturingElectronics Manufacturing", "Products": "Wristwatches, Pocketwatches, Clocks, Moving Parts, Electronic Components", "Services": "Electronic Devices Assembly", "Parent": "Epson (since 2001)", "Founded": "1950 07 13 Hino, Tokyo, Japan", "Headquarters": "29th Floor JR S... |
SLA Industries (pronounced "slay") is a role-playing game first published in 1993 by Nightfall Games in Glasgow, Scotland. The game is set in a dystopian far-flung future in which the majority of the known universe is either owned or indirectly controlled by the eponymous corporation "SLA Industries" and incorporates ... | {"Name": "SLA Industries", "Image caption": "Cover of the first edition", "Designers": "Dave Allsop", "Publishers": "Nightfall Games", "Publication": "1993", "Genres": "Gothic, cyberpunk, dystopia, splatterpunk"} |
Octave Chanute (February 18, 1832 - November 23, 1910) was a French-American civil engineer and aviation pioneer. He advised and publicized many aviation enthusiasts, including the Wright brothers. At his death, he was hailed as the father of aviation and the initial concepts of the heavier-than-air flying machine.
... | {"Name": "Octave Chanute", "Birth date": "yes 1832 2 18", "Birth place": "Paris, Kingdom of France", "Death date": "yes 1910 11 23 1832 2 22", "Death place": "Chicago, Illinois, United States", "Resting place": "Springdale Cemetery, Peoria, Illinois", "Citizenship": "French, American", "Occupation": "Civil engineer, ra... |
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Fort Schuyler is a preserved 19th century fortification in the New York City borough of the Bronx. It houses a museum, the Stephen B. Luce Library, and the Marine Transportation Depa... | {"Coordinates": "40 48 20 N 73 47 31 W region:US-NY_type:landmark inline,title", "Type": "Garrison fort, training camp", "Built by": "United States Army Corps of Engineers", "In use": "1861-present", "Owner": "U.S. Government (1833-1934)\n State University of New York Maritime College (1934-present)", "Open tothe publi... |
Last Time Around is the third and final studio album by the Canadian-American folk rock band Buffalo Springfield, released in July 1968. The line-up at the time officially consisted of Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay, Dewey Martin, Bruce Palmer, and Jim Messina, though the band itself was essentially broken up... | {"Released": "July 30, 1968", "Recorded": "February 1967 — April 1968", "Genre": "Folk rock, psychedelic rock, country rock", "Label": "Atco", "Producer": "Jim Messina"} |
Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai (born 19 May 1949) is an Afghan former politician, academic, and economist who served as the president of Afghanistan from September 2014 until August 2021, when his government was overthrown by the Taliban.
Ghani was born in Logar, Afghanistan. After his grade-school education in Afghan... | {"Native name": "اشرف غني", "Native name language": "ps", "Image": "The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi meeting the President of Afghanistan, Dr. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi on September 19, 2018 (cropped) (cropped).JPG", "Image caption": "Ghani in 2018", "Vice president": "First VP:Abdul... |
Hampi or Hampe (), also referred to as the Group of Monuments at Hampi, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Hampi (City), Bellary District now Vijayanagara district, east-central Karnataka, India. Hampi predates the Vijayanagara Empire; it is mentioned in the Ramayana and the Puranas of Hinduism as Pampa Devi Ti... | {"Location": "Hampi (City), Bellary District Now Vijayanagara district, Karnataka, Indiahttps://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/ballari-set-to-lose-hampi-and-more/article33136164.ece Ballari set to lose Hampi and more The Hindu 19 November 2020 Buradikatti Kumar", "Criteria": "Cultural: i, iii, iv", "Inc... |
Thomas Cook (22 November 1808 - 18 July 1892) was an English businessman. He is best known for founding the travel agency Thomas Cook & Son. He was also one of the initial developers of the "package tour" including travel, accommodations, and the like.
Early life
Thomas Cook was born on 22 November 1808, to John an... | {"Name": "Thomas Cook", "Birth date": "1808 11 22 y", "Birth place": "Melbourne, Derbyshire, England", "Death date": "1892 7 18 1808 11 22 y", "Death place": "Knighton, Leicester, England", "Occupation": "Founder of Thomas Cook & Son", "Organization": "Thomas Cook & Son"} |
Slim Harpo (born James Isaac Moore; January 11, 1924 - January 31, 1970) was an American blues musician, a leading exponent of the swamp blues style, and "one of the most commercially successful blues artists of his day". He played guitar and was a master of the blues harmonica, known in blues circles as a "harp". His ... | {"Born": "Lobdell, Louisiana, U.S.", "Died": "Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.", "Genres": "Blues", "Labels": "Excello, Stateside"} |
Edward Geary Lansdale (February 6, 1908 – February 23, 1987) was a United States Air Force officer until retiring in 1963 as a major general before continuing his work with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Lansdale was a pioneer in clandestine operations and psychological warfare. In the early 1950s, Lansdale pl... | {"Birth name": "Edward Geary Lansdale", "Born": "Detroit, Michigan, U.S.", "Died": "McLean, Virginia, U.S.", "Allegiance": "United States", "Awards": "Distinguished Service MedalNational Security MedalPhilippine Legion of HonorPhilippine Military Merit Medal", "Spouse(s)": "Helen Batcheller (m. 1933-1972)Patrocini[a] Y... |
Thulite (sometimes called rosaline) is a translucent, crystalline or massive pink manganese-bearing variety of the mineral zoisite. Manganese substitutes for calcium in the structure with up to two percent Mn2+.Deer, Howie and Zussman, An Introduction to the Rock Forming Minerals, Longman, 1966, p. 62, Thulite is ofte... | {"Category": "Sorosilicate variety", "Cleavage": "Perfect {010} imperfect {100}", "Fracture": "Uneven to conchoidal", "Optical properties": "biaxial positive", "Streak": "White or colorless"} |
Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (, , ; 4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candolle had established a new genus, and he went on to document hundreds of plant fami... | {"Fields": "Botany, agronomy, phytogeography, chronobiology", "Institutions": "University of Montpellier, Collège de Genève", "Author abbrev. (botany)": "DC.", "Influences": "René Louiche Desfontaines, Jean Pierre Étienne Vaucher", "Influenced": "Charles Darwin, Jean-Louis Berlandier, Marie-Anne Libert", "Patrons": "Ge... |
Émile Auguste Étienne Martin Deschanel (19 November 1819, Paris - 26 January 1904, Paris) was a French author and politician, the father of Paul Deschanel, the 11th President of the French Republic.
His works include: Études sur Aristophane (1867), Le Romantisme des classiques (1882), and the controversial Catholicism... | {"Name": "Émile Deschanel", "Caption": "Photo by Nadar", "Birth date": "1819 11 19 y", "Death date": "1904 1 26 1819 11 19 y", "Occupation": "Author and politician", "Children": "Paul Deschanel"} |
Maureen Reillette "Rebbie" Jackson-Brown (; born May 29, 1950) is an American singer and the eldest child of the Jackson family of musicians. She first performed on stage with her siblings during shows in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in 1974, before subsequently appearing in the television serie... | {"Name": "Rebbie Jackson", "Caption": "Jackson in 2016", "Birth name": "Maureen Reillette Jackson", "Other names": "Rebbie", "Birth date": "yes 1950 5 29", "Birth place": "Gary, Indiana, U.S.", "Occupation": "Singer", "Years active": "1974-present", "Spouse(s)": "Nathaniel Brown 1968 2013 d.https://praiserichmond.hello... |
Meritaten, also spelled Merytaten, Meritaton or Meryetaten () (14th century BC), was an ancient Egyptian royal woman of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Her name means "She who is beloved of Aten"; Aten being the sun-deity whom her father, Pharaoh Akhenaten, worshipped. She held several titles, performing official role... | {"Born": "Possibly Thebes", "Father": "Akhenaten", "Mother": "Nefertiti", "Religion": "Ancient Egyptian religion and Atenism"} |
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Alexius Meinong Ritter von Handschuchsheim (17 July 1853 - 27 November 1920) was an Austrian philosopher, a realist known for his unique ontology. He also made contributions to philosophy of mind and theory of value.Jacquette, D.,... | {"Region": "Western philosophy", "Era": "20th-century philosophy", "Institutions": "University of Graz (1882-1920)\n Graz Psychological Institute (1894-1920)", "School": "School of Brentano\n Graz School\n Austrian realismGestalt Theory: Official Journal of the Society for Gestalt Theory and Its Applications (GTA), 22,... |
Indestructible is the sixth studio album by the American punk rock band Rancid. It was produced by Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion) and released by Hellcat Records with distribution through Warner Bros. Records on August 19, 2003. Despite critical acclaim, the band was criticized by some of its fans for Indestructible'''s... | {"Released": "2003 8 19", "Recorded": "2002-2003", "Studio": "Sound City Studios\n Grandmaster Recorders\n Sonora Recorders", "Genre": "Punk rock ska punkhttps://www.allmusic.com/album/indestructible-mw0000592939 Indestructible - Rancid | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic AllMusic", "Label": "Hellcat, Warner Bros.ht... |
Zend, formerly Zend Technologies, is a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based software company. The company's products, which include Zend Studio, assist software developers with developing, deploying, and managing PHP-based web applications.
The company was founded in 1999, and it was acquired in 2019 as part of Perforce's acq... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Founded": "1999", "Headquarters": "United States", "Industry": "Software", "Products": "Zend Server Zend Studio Zend Guard Zend Engine", "Services": "PHP Consulting, PHP Training", "Parent": "Perforce", "Website": "www.zend.com"} |
thumb|right|Order of the Red Banner of the Georgian SSR, 1923
The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (; ), also known as Soviet Georgia, the Georgian SSR, or simply Georgia, was one of the republics of the Soviet Union from its second occupation (by Russia) in 1921 to its independence in 1991. Coterminous with the pre... | {"Native name": "ka საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა noru Грузинская Советская Социалистическая Республика no", "Conventional long name": "Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic", "Religions": "State atheism", "Symbol type": "State emblem(1981-1990)", "National anthem": "Anthem of the Georgian SSR(1946-1990)File... |
The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, also referred to as the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic, Azerbaijan SSR, Azerbaijani SSR, AzSSR, Soviet Azerbaijan or simply Azerbaijan, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union between 1922 and 1991. Created on 28 April 1920 when the Russian Soviet Federa... | {"Conventional long name": "Azerbaijan Socialist Soviet Republic(1920-1922)az Azərbajcan Sosjalist Зyra Cumhyrijjəti Azərbajcan Sosjalist Зyra Cumhyrijjətinin Kanyni-Əsasisi (1927-ci il 26 martda umym Azərbajcan V Зyralar Kyryltaji tərəfindən təsdik edilmiзdur) Baqı̡ 1929 Azərnəзr ru Азерба... |
The Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (Lithuanian SSR; ; ), also known as Soviet Lithuania or simply Lithuania, was de facto one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union between 1940-1941 and 1944-1990. After 1946, its territory and borders mirrored those of today's Republic of Lithuania, with the exception ... | {"Conventional long name": "Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic", "Native name": "lt Lietuvos Tarybų Socialistinė Respublika noru Литовская Советская Социалистическая Республика no", "Symbol type": "State emblem(1940-1990)", "National motto": "Visų šalių proletarai, vienykitės! (Lithuanian)\"Workers of the world, unit... |
The Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, also commonly known as Soviet Tajikistan, the Tajik SSR, or simply Tajikistan, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union which existed from 1929 to 1991 located in Central Asia.
The Tajik Republic was created on 5 December 1929 as a national entity for the Tajik peop... | {"Conventional long name": "Tajik Socialist Soviet Republic(1929-1936)tg Ҷумҳурии Сотсиалистии Шӯравии ТоҷикистонJumhurii Socialistic Šūravii Tojikiston noru Таджикская Социалистическая Советская Республика no Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic(1936-1991)tg Ҷумҳурии Шӯравии Сотсиалистии ТоҷикистонJumhurii Šūravii Sociali... |
The Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (, ), also known as Soviet Uzbekistan, the Uzbek SSR, UzSSR, or simply Uzbekistan and rarely Uzbekia, was a union republic of the Soviet Union. It was governed by the Uzbek branch of the Soviet Communist Party, the legal political party, from 1925 until 1990. From 1990 to 1991, it wa... | {"Conventional long name": "Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic", "Native name": "uz Ўзбекистон Совет Социалистик Республикаси off ru Узбекская Советская Социалистическая Республика offHistorical names:\n 1924-1936: Uzbek Socialist Soviet Republic uz Ўзбекистон Социалистик Совет Республикаси; Узбекская Социалистическая Сов... |
Flyktningerennet is a cross country ski race, running from Lierne, Norway to Gäddede, Sweden. The ski race follows this route in remembrance of the people who fled Nazi German-occupied Norway for Sweden during the Second World War.
The first race was arranged in 1950, with H. Hemmingsson as winner. The first female Fl... | {"Status": "active", "Genre": "sports event", "Frequency": "annual", "Country": "Norway, Sweden"} |
Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois ( 12 October 1671 – 12 July 1749) was a French Naval officer who served as Governor of New France from 1726 to 1746.
Biography
Son of François IV de Beauharnais, Charles had two brothers who also impacted the history of New France. Claude de Beauharnois was a French Nava... | {"Name": "Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois", "Birth date": "yes 1671 10 12", "Birth place": "Orléans, France", "Death date": "yes 1749 07 12 1671 10 12", "Death place": "Paris, France", "Occupation": "Career in the Marines, Governor General of New France"} |
Roger Hugh Williams, CBE (born 22 January 1948) is a Welsh Liberal Democrat politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brecon and Radnorshire from 2001 to 2015.
Early life
Born in the town of Crickhowell, Williams studied at Christ College, Brecon, and Selwyn College, Cambridge. On graduating in Natural Scie... | {"Name": "Roger Williams", "Term start": "7 June 2001", "Term end": "30 March 2015", "Birth date": "1948 1 22 yes", "Birth place": "Crickhowell, Powys, Wales", "Spouse(s)": "Penny", "Alma mater": "Selwyn College, Cambridge"} |
Irving Fisher (February 27, 1867 - April 29, 1947) was an American economist, statistician, inventor, eugenicist and progressive social campaigner. He was one of the earliest American neoclassical economists, though his later work on debt deflation has been embraced by the post-Keynesian school. Joseph Schumpeter des... | {"School ortradition": "Neoclassical economics", "Field": "Mathematical economics", "Doctoraladvisor": "Josiah Willard GibbsWilliam Graham Sumner", "Influences": "William Stanley Jevons, Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk", "Contributions": "Fisher equationEquation of exchangePrice indexDebt deflationPhillips curveMoney illusionFis... |
Melvin Eugene Carnahan (February 11, 1934 - October 16, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 51st Governor of Missouri from 1993 until his death in 2000. A Democrat, he held various positions, including stints as a state Representative, where he rose to the position of majority leader, as State... | {"Name": "Mel Carnahan", "Lieutenant 1": "Roger B. Wilson", "Office 2": "43rd Lieutenant Governor of Missouri", "Governor 2": "John Ashcroft", "Predecessor 2": "Harriett Woods", "Successor 2": "Roger B. Wilson", "Birth name": "Melvin Eugene Carnahan", "Birth date": "1934 2 11", "Birth place": "Birch Tree, Missouri, U.S... |
Mark Antony Viduka ( ; born 9 October 1975) is an Australian former soccer player who played as a centre forward. Viduka captained the Australia national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, which remains their joint-best performance to date. His four goals in the UEFA Champions League are the most scored by any Australian... | {"Name": "Mark Viduka", "Picture caption": "Viduka playing for Australia in 2005", "Full name": "Mark Antony Vidukahttps://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Australia FIFA 3 21 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20190610174527/https://w... |
thumb|upright|200px|Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square and Devonshire House on a map of 1895
thumb|upright|200px|A plan of the main floor of the house published in 1765.
Lansdowne House now 9 Fitzmaurice Place is the remaining part of a building to the south of Berkeley Square in central London, England, not to be confu... | {"Name": "Lansdowne House", "Caption": "The house before its eastern front rooms were demolished", "Map_type": "United Kingdom Central London", "Coordinates": "51 30 30 N 0 8 44 W type:landmark_region:GB inline,title", "Location": "9 Fitzmaurice PlaceLondon, W1", "Location_country": "United Kingdom", "Architect": "Robe... |
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Heage is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ripley, in the Amber Valley district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is situated midway between Belper and Ripley. The village is in the Heage and Ambergate ward, which in the 2011 census had a population of 5,013.
Heage is... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(Heage and Ambergate Ward of Ripley Town Council)", "District": "Amber Valley", "Shire county": "Derbyshire", "UK Parliament": "Amber Valley", "Postcode district": "DE", "Dialling code": "01773", "OS grid reference": "SK369505"} |
Gitta Sereny, CBE (13 March 192114 June 2012) was an Austrian-British biographer, historian, and investigative journalist who came to be known for her interviews and profiles of infamous figures, including Mary Bell, who was convicted in 1968 of killing two children when she herself was a child, and Franz Stangl, the c... | {"Born": "13 March 1921", "Died": "y 2012 6 14 1921 3 13https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9339865/Gitta-Sereny.html Gitta Sereny Telegraph 18 June 2012 2012-06-18", "Occupation": "Writer\n historian\n journalist", "Language": "English", "Relatives": "Ludwig von Mises (stepfather)", "Notable awards": "Duff... |
Vincent C. Schoemehl, Jr. (born October 30, 1946 in St. Louis) was the 42nd mayor of St. Louis, Missouri, serving three terms from 1981 to 1993. At the time of his first election, he was one of the city's youngest mayors. In 1992, Schoemehl was defeated in the Democratic primary by lieutenant governor Mel Carnahan in a... | {"Name": "Vincent C. Schoemehl, Jr.", "Birth date": "1946 10 30", "Birth place": "St. Louis, Missouri", "Term start": "2007 08", "Office 2": "42nd Mayor of St. Louis", "Predecessor 2": "James F. Conway", "Successor 2": "Freeman Bosley Jr.", "Spouse(s)": "Lois", "Residence": "St. Louis, Missouri", "Alma mater": "Univers... |
The NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies (Dutch: NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies) is an organisation in the Netherlands which maintains archives and carries out historical studies into the Second World War, the Holocaust and other genocides around the world, past and presen... | {"Predecessor": "Netherlands Institute for War DocumentationCenter for Holocaust and Genocide Studies", "Headquarters": "Amsterdam", "Location": "Netherlands", "Website": "https://www.niod.nl/en"} |
Carlos Ernesto Fernando Ferrero Costa (born 7 February 1941) is a Peruvian politician who served as congressman as a member of Perú Posible representing Lima from 1995 until 2006 and also served as the President of the Congress from late-2000 until 2003. He was the Prime Minister of Peru from December 2003 until his r... | {"Name": "Carlos Ferrero Costa", "Birth name": "Carlos Ernesto Fernando Ferrero Costa", "Birth date": "1941 2 7 y", "Birth place": "Lima, Peru", "Term start": "15 December 2003", "Term end": "16 August 2005", "Office 2": "President of Congress", "Predecessor 2": "Francisco Tudela (Acting)", "Successor 2": "Henry Pease ... |
John Leonard Olson (May 22, 1910 - October 12, 1985) was an American radio personality and television announcer. Olson is perhaps best known for his work as an announcer for game shows, particularly the work he did for Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions. Olson was the longtime announcer for the original To Tell the T... | {"Name": "Johnny Olson", "Image": "Johnny Olson 1956.JPG", "Caption": "Olson in 1956", "Birth name": "John Leonard Olson", "Birth date": "1910 5 22", "Birth place": "Windom, Minnesota, U.S.", "Death date": "1985 10 12 1910 5 22", "Death place": "Santa Monica, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Radio personality, televis... |
The University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) is a public university in Springfield, Illinois. The university was established in 1969 as Sangamon State University by the Illinois General Assembly and became a part of the University of Illinois system on July 1, 1995. As a public liberal arts college, and the newest cam... | {"Motto": "Leadership Lived", "Type": "Public university", "Endowment": "$20.4 millionhttp://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/springfield-il/university-of-illinois-springfield-9333 University of Illinois-Springfield | University of Illinois Springfield | Best College | US News Colleges.usnews.rank... |
Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch (or Besikovitch) (; 23 January 1891 - 2 November 1970) was a Russian mathematician, who worked mainly in England. He was born in Berdyansk on the Sea of Azov (now in Ukraine) to a Karaite Jewish family.Besicovitch On Kakeyas Problem and a similar one, Math. Zeitschrift vol.27, 1928, 312Be... | {"Fields": "Mathematics", "Institutions": "University of LiverpoolUniversity of Cambridge", "Doctoral students": "Joseph GillisPatrick MoranGholamhossein Mosaheb", "Influenced": "Freeman DysonSelected Papers of Freeman Dyson with Commentary 5 Collected Works Series Freeman J. Dyson Freeman Dyson American Mathematical S... |
The University of New Mexico (UNM; )Home. University of New Mexico, Mexico Office. Retrieved on March 17, 2019. is a public research university in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Founded in 1889 by the New Mexico Territorial Legislature, it is the state's second oldest university, one of two flagship universities in the stat... | {"Motto": "Lux Hominum Vita (Latin)", "Type": "Public research university", "Endowment": "$577.3 million (2021)As of June 30, 2021. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/research/2021-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--REVISED-February-18-2022.ashx?la=en&hash=FA57411CC4244B7D49C25377165FEC42FFBDEB5... |
The NCAA Division II Football Championship is an American college football tournament played annually to determine a champion at the NCAA Division II level. It was first held in 1973, as a single-elimination tournament with eight teams. The tournament field has subsequently been expanded three times; in 1988 it became ... | {"In operation": "1973present", "Preceded by": "Small college polls", "Championship trophy": "NCAA Division II National Championship Trophy", "Television partner(s)": "ESPNU", "Current champion": "Ferris State (2)"} |
Dorian Andrew Mientjez Yates (born 19 April 1962) is an English retired professional bodybuilder. He won the Mr. Olympia title six consecutive times from 1992 to 1997 and has the fifth-highest number of Mr. Olympia wins in history, ranking behind Ronnie Coleman (8), Lee Haney (8), Arnold Schwarzenegger (7), and Phil He... | {"Nickname": "The Shadow", "Born": "Solihull, Warwickshire, England", "Height": "5 ft 9 inhttps://fitnessvolt.com/14710/dorian-yates/ Dorian Yates Biography - Fitness Volt fitnessvolt.com November 24, 2022", "Weight": "260 lbs kg 0 (contest)290 lbs kg 0 (off-season)", "Pro-debut": "1990", "Best win": "1992-1997", "Pred... |
Possible Peru () was a Peruvian political party. It was founded in 1994 by Alejandro Toledo with the original name of Possible Country ().
History
Possible Peru has its roots in an earlier political party, Possible Country, which was founded by the economist Alejandro Toledo in 1994. País Possible garnered 3% of the... | {"Abbreviation": "PP", "Founded": "1994 (as Possible Country)http://www.bolognesinoticias.com/peru-posible-celebro-19-anos-de-fundacion-como-partido Peru Posible celebró 19 años de fundación como partido Bolognesi Noticias 15 September 2013", "Headquarters": "Lima", "Ideology": "Third WaySocial liberalismBig tent", "Po... |
National Unity (, UN) was a Peruvian center-right, mainly a Christian democratic electoral alliance.
History
National Unity was founded in 2000 by Lourdes Flores Nano and was considered Peru's third largest party. The party participated in the 2001 general election, on 8 April 2001, where its presidential candidate,... | {"Abbreviation": "UN", "Leader": "Lourdes Flores Nano", "Founded": "2000", "Succeeded by": "Alliance for the Great Change,National Solidarity Alliance", "Ideology": "Christian democracyLiberal conservatismConservatismLiberalismNeoliberalism", "Political position": "Centre-right", "Headquarters": "Lima, Peru"} |
The National Movement for Stability and Progress (, NDSV) is a liberal, populist political party in Bulgaria. It was known as the National Movement Simeon II () until 3 June 2007.
The party was created as a personal vehicle of Simeon of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Simeon II), the last Bulgarian Tsar (albeit nominally), who was... | {"Abbreviation": "NDSV (Bulgarian)", "Leader": "Stanimir Ilchev", "Founded": "yes 2001 04 06", "Headquarters": "Sofia", "Ideology": "\"Bakke2010\">Elisabeth Bakke Sabrina P. Ramet Central and East European party systems since 1989 Central and Southeast European Politics since 1989 Cambridge University Press 2010 ... |
The International Socialist Organisation is a Trotskyist organisation in New Zealand.
The founders of the ISO in New Zealand, notably Brian Roper and Laurel Hepburn, were active in the International Socialist Organisation in Australia, a section of the International Socialism current. Returning to New Zealand, they f... | {"Leader": "Collective leadership", "Founded": "Early 1990s", "Newspaper": "Socialist Review", "Ideology": "Revolutionary socialismAnti-capitalismDemocratic socialismhttps://iso.org.nz/constitution/ ConstitutionMarxismTrotskyism", "Political position": "Left-wing"} |
The Social Democratic Party of Croatia (, SDP) is a social-democratic political party in Croatia. The SDP is anti-fascist, progressive, and strongly pro-European. The SDP was formed in 1990 as the successor of the League of Communists of Croatia, Croatian branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, which had gove... | {"Abbreviation": "SDP", "President": "Peđa Grbin", "Founded": "1990 11 3 yhttp://hidran.hidra.hr/hidrarad/stranke/programi/028354.pdf Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske HIDRA hr 11 October 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20151018221036/http://hidran.hidra.hr/hidrarad/stranke/programi/028354.pdf 18 October 2015",... |
The NCAA Division I Football Championship is an annual post-season college football game, played since 2006, used to determine a national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). From 1978 to 2005, the game was known as the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship.
The game serves as th... | {"Stadium": "Toyota Stadium (2010-present)", "Location": "Frisco, Texas (2010-present)", "Previous stadiums": "Finley Stadium (1997-2009)Marshall University Stadium (1992-1996)various (1978-1991)", "Previous locations": "Chattanooga, Tennessee (1997-2009)Huntington, West Virginia (1992-1996)various (1978-1991)", "Opera... |
Foscott (also called Foxcote and Foscote) is a hamlet and civil parish in north Buckinghamshire, England. At the 2011 Census the population of the hamlet was included in the civil parish of Thornton. In the 20th century a reservoir was built within Foscote, named Foxcote Reservoir. It is just to the north of Maids Mor... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(Mid-2010 pop est)http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/what-we-do/publication-scheme/published-ad-hoc-data/population/december-2012/mid-2010-civil-parish-syoa-population-estimates-for-england-and-wales.xls https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20130307131454mp_/ht... |
The People's Front for Democracy and Justice (, PFDJ) is the founding, ruling, and sole legal political party of the State of Eritrea. The successor to the left-wing nationalist Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF), the PFDJ holds itself open to nationalists of any political affiliation. The leader of the PFDJ par... | {"Abbreviation": "PFDJ", "Secretary": "Woldemichael Abraha", "Founded": "16 February 1994", "Preceded by": "Eritrean People's Liberation Front", "Newspaper": "Shabait", "Ideology": "Eritrean nationalismDavid O'Kane Tricia Hepner Biopolitics, Militarism, and Development: Eritrea in the Twenty-First Century Berghahn Book... |
Frieth is a village in the parish of Hambleden, in Buckinghamshire, England. It lies on the top of "Frieth Hill", which is part of the chalk escarpments of the Chiltern Hills.
thumb|300px|left|Frieth. Picture taken from a south angle.
Frieth lies at a height of around , on the edge of a broad and deep winterbourne ch... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "UK Parliament": "Wycombe", "Postcode district": "RG", "Dialling code": "01494", "OS grid reference": "SU797902"} |
The USL W-League was a North American amateur women's soccer developmental organization. The league was a semi-professional,Jenna Pel, Onwards and Upwards: A Conversation With the W-League's Melanie Fitzgerald Part 1, http://www.allwhitekit.com/?p=746, May 6, 2010 open league, giving college players the opportunity to... | {"Confederation": "CONCACAF", "Founded": "1995", "Folded": "2015", "Number of teams": "8", "Promotion": "None", "Relegation": "None", "Most championships": "Los Angeles Blues(4 titles)"} |
Frithsden is a small hamlet in Hertfordshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, about two miles north of Berkhamsted, to which it belongs. It is in the Dacorum Ward of Nettleden with Potten End.
The village name is derived from the wood le Fryth (me. frith »wood«).Allen Mawer, F.M. Stenton: The place-na... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "District": "Dacorum", "Shire county": "Hertfordshire", "UK Parliament": "Hemel Hempstead", "OS grid reference": "TL015098"} |
The Fiji Labour Party (FLP; ), also known as Fiji Labour, is a political party in Fiji. Most of its support is from the Indo-Fijian community, although it is officially multiracial and its first leader was an indigenous Fijian, Dr. Timoci Bavadra. The party has been elected to power twice, with Timoci Bavadra and Mahen... | {"Abbreviation": "FLP", "Founded": "6 July 1985", "Ideology": "Social democracy\n Labourism", "Political position": "Centre-left", "International affiliation": "Socialist International (1992-2008)", "Slogan": "\"Putting People First\"http://www.flp.org.fj/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2018-manifestio-booklet-A4.pdf Labou... |
Gutterflower is the seventh studio album by American rock band Goo Goo Dolls. It was released in 2002 on Warner Bros. Records. It is the follow-up to their critically successful albums Dizzy Up the Girl and A Boy Named Goo. The album was commercially successful upon its release, hitting No. 4 on the Billboard 200, thei... | {"Released": "April 9, 2002", "Recorded": "August-December 2001 at Icon Recording Studios and Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA, and House of Blues Studios, Encino, CA", "Genre": "Alternative rock", "Label": "Warner Bros.", "Producer": "Goo Goo Dolls\nRob Cavallo"} |
The United Fiji Party (, , SDL) was a political party in Fiji. It was founded in 2001 by Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase as a power base; it absorbed most of the Christian Democratic Alliance and other conservative groups, and its endorsement by the Great Council of Chiefs (Bose Levu Vakaturaga) caused it to be widely s... | {"Founded": "2001", "Succeeded by": "Social Democratic Liberal Party", "Ideology": "Conservatism\n Fijian nationalism", "Political position": "Centre-right to right-wing"} |
Fulmer is a village and civil parish in south Buckinghamshire, England. The village has, along most of its northern border, a narrow green buffer from Gerrards Cross and it's heavily wooded adjoining neighbouring villages of Iver Heath and Wexham. The village's name is derived from the Old English for "mere or lake fre... | {"OS grid reference": "SU9985", "Population": "(2011 census)Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "Sovereign state": "England", "UK Parliament": "Beaconsfield", "Postco... |
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