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The Hungarian Socialist Party (), commonly known by its acronym MSZP, is a centre-left social-democratic and pro-Europeanhttps://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/public/Research/Europe/hungarian.pdf political party in Hungary.
It was founded on 7 October, 1989 as a post-communist evolution and one of two lega... | {"Abbreviation": "MSZP", "Founded": "1989 10 07 y", "Preceded by": "Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party", "Headquarters": "1114, Budapest, Villányi út 11-13.", "National affiliation": "United for Hungary", "Ideology": "Social democracyPro-Europeanism", "Political position": "Centre-left", "European affiliation": "Party ... |
thumb|260px|MSZMP propaganda leaflet. The caption reads: "Long live the unbreakable unity of our party and our people!"
The Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (, MSZMP) was the ruling Marxist-Leninist party of the Hungarian People's Republic between 1956 and 1989. It was organised from elements of the Hungarian Workin... | {"General Secretary": "János Kádár (first)Rezső Nyers (last)", "Founded": "31 October 1956", "Preceded by": "Hungarian Working People's Party", "Succeeded by": "Hungarian Socialist PartyHungarian Communist Workers' Party", "National affiliation": "Patriotic People's Front", "Headquarters": "Budapest, Hungarian People's... |
The Hungarian Working People's Party (, abbr. MDP) was the ruling communist party of Hungary from 1948 to 1956.
It was formed by a merger of the Hungarian Communist Party (MKP) and the Social Democratic Party of Hungary (MSZDP).Neubauer, John, and Borbála Zsuzsanna Török. The Exile and Return of Writers from East-Cent... | {"Founded": "12 June 1948", "Merger of": "MKPMSZDP", "Succeeded by": "MSZMP", "Ideology": "Communism Marxism-Leninism Stalinism", "Political position": "Far-left", "International affiliation": "Cominform (1948-1956)", "Newspaper": "Szabad Nép", "National affiliation": "Patriotic People's Front"} |
Milford is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States, on the Souhegan River. The population was 16,131 at the 2020 census, up from 15,115 at the 2010 census.United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census website, 2010 Census figures. Retrieved March 23, 2011. It is the retail and manufacturing center of a m... | {"Land": "65.82", "Water": "0.22", "Density": "245.1", "DST": "-4", "Website": "www.milford.nh.gov"} |
Gawcott is a village about south-west of Buckingham in the Buckinghamshire district in the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England. The village is in the civil parish of Gawcott with Lenborough.
History
The toponym is derived from the Old English for "cottage for which rent is payable". The Domesday Book of 108... | {"OS grid reference": "SP6831", "Population": "(2011 Census,parish)Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 3 February 2013", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "Sovereign state": "England", "UK Parliament": "Buckingham", "Postcode district": "MK", "Dialling code": "01... |
Gayhurst is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is about NNW of Newport Pagnell, and north of Central Milton Keynes.
The village name is an Old English language word meaning 'wooded hill where goats are kept'. In the Domesday Book in 1... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)E04001254 Gayhurst 18 November 2019", "Unitary authority": "Milton Keynes", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "UK Parliament": "Milton Keynes North", "Postcode district": "MK", "Dialling code": "01908", "OS grid reference": "SP849466"} |
The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album was awarded from 1983 to 2011 and from 2017 onwards. Until 1992 the award was known as Best Traditional Blues Performance and was twice awarded to individual tracks rather than albums.
The award was discontinued after the 2011 Grammy season in a major overhaul of Gramm... | {"Awarded for": "quality traditional blues albums", "Presented by": "National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1983", "Website": "Grammy.com"} |
Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Alliance (; ) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Hungary, led by Viktor Orbán.
It was formed in 1988 under the name of Alliance of Young Democrats () as a centre-left and liberal activist movement that opposed the ruling Marxist-Leninist government. It was re... | {"Founded": "y 1988 3 30", "Headquarters": "1089 Budapest, Visi Imre utca 6.", "Ideology": "nowrap National conservatism Right-wing populism", "Political position": "Right-wing to far-right", "National affiliation": "Fidesz-KDNP", "European affiliation": "European People's Party (2004-2021)", "European Parliament group... |
Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland (,Name under which party is registered SRP) is a nationalist, socialist, populist, and agrarian political party and trade union in Poland. The party promotes agrarian socialist and Catholic socialist economic policies combined with a left-wing populist, anti-globalization and anti... | {"Abbreviation": "SRPDiscourse, Hegemony, and Populism in the Visegrád Four Seongcheol Kim Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy Routledge 2022 978-1-003-18600-7 \"Just as the UP’s populism was receding in favor of a “left” vs. “right” logic, another anti-liberal populist challenge - albeit coming from a ... |
Mythologies is a 1957 book by Roland Barthes. It is a collection of essays taken from Les Lettres nouvelles, examining the tendency of contemporary social value systems to create modern myths. Barthes also looks at the semiology of the process of myth creation, updating Ferdinand de Saussure's system of sign analysis b... | {"Original title": "Mythologies", "Country": "France", "Language": "French", "Publisher": "Les Lettres nouvelles"} |
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The Liberal Forum (, LiF) was a centrist, liberal political party in Austria. The party was active from February 1993 to January 2014, when the party merged into NEOS - The New Austria.
A member of the Liberal International and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party, it was fo... | {"Leader": "Angelika Mlinar", "Founded": "4 February 1993", "Split from": "FPÖ", "Merged into": "NEOS", "Ideology": "Liberalism", "Political position": "Centre", "International affiliation": "Liberal International", "European affiliation": "ALDE", "Headquarters": "Dürergasse 6/10 A-1060 Vienna"} |
The World Socialist Party of New Zealand (WSPNZ) is a revolutionary socialist and anti-Leninist political party in New Zealand founded in 1930 as the Socialist Party of New Zealand (SPNZ).
The WSPNZ is affiliated with the Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB) and the World Socialist Movement (WSM).
In the 1940s, th... | {"Leader": "None (membership conference)", "First Secretary": "Rolfe R. Eversonhttp://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/socialist-standard/2000s/2004/no-1203-november-2004/marxian-socialism-new-zealand Marxian Socialism in New Zealand Peter E. Newell Socialist Standard November 2004 26 March 2018", "Founded": "1930", "Headqu... |
Austin Sean Healey (born 26 October 1973 in Wallasey (now part of Merseyside, formerly Cheshire), is a former English rugby union player who played as a utility back for Leicester Tigers, and represented both England and the British & Irish Lions.
He has 51 England caps and 2 Lions caps. He played for England at scrum... | {"Name": "Austin Healey", "Full birth name": "Austin Sean Healey", "Birth date": "1973 10 26 yes", "Birth place": "Wallasey, Cheshire, England", "Height": "5 6", "Weight": "13 st 10 lbs (87 kg)", "Rugby union position": "Scrum half, Winger, Fly-half, Fullback"} |
The Brazilian Democratic Movement (, MDB) is a Brazilian political party. It is considered a "big tent party" and it is one of the parties with the greatest representation throughout the national territory, with the most numbers of senators, mayors and city councillors, always having formed a large part of the National... | {"Abbreviation": "MDB", "President": "Baleia Rossi", "Founded": "4 December 1965 (original MDB)15 January 1980 (renamed as PMDB)19 December 2017 (altered its name back to MDB)", "Registered": "30 June 1981 (registered as PMDB)", "Ideology": "\"Lansford\">Switzerland Tom Lansford Political Handbook of the World 2014 ... |
The Workers Party of New Zealand (previously known as the Anti-Capitalist Alliance) was a socialist political party in New Zealand. It published a monthly magazine called "The Spark". In February 2013 the party was transformed from a "mass workers party" to a "fighting propaganda group". The organisation was subsequent... | {"Leader": "Rebecca Broad", "Political position": "Far-left", "Founded": "2002", "Ideology": "SocialismMarxismAnti-capitalism"} |
Hege Riise (born 18 July 1969) is a Norwegian football coach and former midfield player who is coaching the Norway women's national football team. She is considered one of the best footballers of her generation, having won the FIFA Women's World Cup, the Olympic Games, and the UEFA Women's Euro with the Norway women's ... | {"Name": "Hege Riise", "Picture caption": "Riise in 2017", "Full name": "Hege Riisehttps://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce5/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf Women's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Squad list, Great Britain FIFA 6 7 July 2021 7 July 2021", "Birth date": "1969 7 18 y", "Birth place": "Lørenskog, Nor... |
The Justicialist Party (, ; abbr. PJ) is a major political party in Argentina, and the largest branch within Peronism.
Current president Alberto Fernández belongs to the Justicialist Party (and has, since 2021, served as its chairman), as well as former presidents Juan Perón, Héctor Cámpora, Raúl Alberto Lastiri, Isab... | {"Abbreviation": "PJ", "President": "Alberto Fernández", "Founded": "1946 11 21 y", "Merger of": "Labour Party UCR Board Renewal Independent Partyhttp://www.laopinionpopular.com.ar/noticia.php?id_noticia=2409 Se crea la Unión Cívica Radical Junta Renovadora UCR-JR Laopinionpopular.com.ar 13 October 2017", "Headquarter... |
Gerrards Cross is a town and civil parish in south Buckinghamshire, England, separated from the London Borough of Hillingdon at Harefield by Denham, south of Chalfont St Peter and north bordering villages of Fulmer, Hedgerley, Iver Heath and Stoke Poges. It spans foothills of the Chiltern Hills and land on the right ba... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, retrieved 2 February 2013", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "UK Parliament": "Beaconsfield", "Postcode district": "SL", "Dialling code": "01753", "OS grid reference": "TQ00258... |
The domain name .edu is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet. The domain was implemented in 1985 to create a domain name hierarchy for organizations with a focus on education. At the time, it was open for registration for entities from any region. Since 2001, new registrants for... | {"Introduced": "1985 1 1", "TLD": "Sponsored top-level domainhttps://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/edu.html Internet Assigned Numbers Authority Root Zone Database Delegation Record for .EDU November 23, 2011", "Status": "Active", "Registry": "Educause (operated by VeriSign)", "Intended use": "US Educational institutio... |
The People's PartyÁvila López, E. (2016) Modern Spain, p. 85 ( ; known mostly by its acronym, PP ) is a conservative and Christian-democratic political party in Spain.
The People's Party was a 1989 re-foundation of People's Alliance (AP), a party led by former minister of the Francoist dictatorship Manuel Fraga. It w... | {"Abbreviation": "PP", "President": "Alberto Núñez Feijóo", "Founded": "yes 1989 01 20", "Merger of": "People's Alliance\n Christian Democracy\n Liberal Party", "Headquarters": "Headquarters of the People's Party, C/ Génova, 1328004, Madrid", "Ideology": "nowrap\n Conservatism June 24, 2019 Spain After the Indi... |
Socialist Alliance is a socialist political party and activist organisation in Australia. The party was founded in 2001 as an alliance of various socialist organisations and activists. Engaging in a combination of grassroots activism and electoral politics, Socialist Alliance currently has two elected officeholders acr... | {"Abbreviation": "SocAll, SA", "Founded": "2001", "Headquarters": "Ultimo, Sydney, New South Wales", "Newspaper": "Green Left", "Registered": "5 June 2007https://aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/party_registration/Registration_Decisions/2007/socialist_alliance.htm Party registration decision: Socialist Alliance ... |
Granborough (previously Grandborough) is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. It is around north of Waddesdon and south-east of Buckingham. The nearest town is Winslow.
The village name is Anglo-Saxon in origin, and means 'green hill'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Grene... | {"Population": "(2011)E04001486 Granborough Parish 17 November 2021", "OS grid reference": "SP768250", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "Sovereign state": "England", "Postcode district": "MK18", "Dialling code": "01296", "UK Parliament": "Buckingham", "Website": "Granborou... |
The Democratic Party of Turkmenistan (; ; TDP) is a political party in Turkmenistan founded in 1991. It has been the ruling party of the country since its foundation.
The party was led by former Soviet provincial party leader Saparmyrat Nyýazow from the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s until his deat... | {"Abbreviation": "TDP", "Leader": "Ata Serdarow", "Founded": "1991 12 16 yes", "Preceded by": "Communist Party of Turkmenistan", "Headquarters": "Ashgabat", "Newspaper": "Galkynyş gazeti", "Ideology": "\"tandfonline\"> 10.1080/02634939508400922 Authoritarian political development in Central Asia: The case of Turkmenis... |
The Communist Party of Turkmenistan (; ) was the ruling communist party of the Turkmen SSR, and a part of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. From 1985 it was led by Saparmurat Niyazov. 16 December 1991, as the Soviet Union was in the process of dissolving, Niyazov reorganized the CPT as the Democratic Party of Tu... | {"Founded": "19 November 1924", "Ideology": "CommunismMarxism-Leninism", "Political position": "Far-left", "National affiliation": "Communist Party of the Soviet Union", "Succeeded by": "Democratic Party of Turkmenistan", "First Secretary": "Saparmurat Niyazov (last)"} |
Constance (Breton: Konstanza; c. 1161c. 5 September 1201) was Duchess of Brittany from 1166 to her death in 1201Judith Everard, Michael Jones, The Charters of Duchess Constance of Brittany and her Family (1171-1221), The Boydell Press, 1999, p. 38 and Countess of Richmond from 1171 to 1201. Constance was the daughter o... | {"Father": "Conan IV, Duke of Brittany", "Mother": "Margaret of Huntingdon", "Born": "circa 1161", "Died": "Nantes", "Burial": "Villeneuve Abbey, Nantes"} |
The Republican People's Party (, , acronymized as CHP ) is a Kemalist and social democratic political party in Turkey. It is the oldest political party in Turkey, founded by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the first president and founder of the modern Turkish Republic. The party is also cited as the founding party of modern Tur... | {"Leader": "Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu", "Ideology": "Kemalism\n Social democracy\n Pro-Europeanism", "Headquarters": "Anadolu Bulvarı No: 12,Çankaya, Ankara", "International affiliation": "Progressive AllianceSocialist International", "Abbreviation": "CHP", "Slogan": "\"People First, Unity First, Turkey First!\"", "Founde... |
The Democratic Socialist Perspective (DSP) was an Australian Marxist political group, which operated as the largest component of a broad-left socialist formation, the Socialist Alliance. In 2010, the DSP voted to merge into the Socialist Alliance.
History
Formation
The DSP started as the orthodox Trotskyist Socia... | {"Leader": "Peter Boyle", "Founded": "1972", "Merged into": "Socialist Alliance", "Ideology": "Anti-capitalism Marxism Socialism Historical: Trotskyism", "Political position": "Left-wing to far-left", "Headquarters": "Sydney", "International affiliation": "Fourth International"} |
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The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA, ; Hayastani Hanrapetakan Kusaktsutyun, HHK) is a national-conservative political party in Armenia led by the third president of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan.
It was the first political party in independent Armenia to be founded (April 2, 1990) and registered (May... | {"Leader": "Serzh Sargsyan", "Founded": "2 April 1990", "Ideology": "nowrap \n National conservatism\n Pro-Russian\n Catch-all party", "Political position": "Right-wing", "International affiliation": "Centrist Democrat International", "European affiliation": "European People's Party (observer)", "National affiliati... |
Moortown is an affluent suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England in the LS17 and LS8 postcode districts. It is a civil parish and sits in the Moortown ward of Leeds City Council in the north east of the city.
It is situated between Roundhay and Gledhow on the east and Weetwood on the west, with Chapel Allerton to the ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)Leeds City Council: Moortown ward http://openlylocal.com/wards/272-Moortown 1 July 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130501213521/http://openlylocal.com/wards/272-Moortown 1 May 2013", "Metropolitan borough": "City of Leeds", "Metropolitan county": "West Yor... |
In knot theory, a branch of mathematics, the trefoil knot is the simplest example of a nontrivial knot. The trefoil can be obtained by joining together the two loose ends of a common overhand knot, resulting in a knotted loop. As the simplest knot, the trefoil is fundamental to the study of mathematical knot theory.
T... | {"Common name": "Overhand knot", "Arf invariant": "1", "Braid no.": "2", "Bridge no.": "2", "Crosscap no.": "1", "Crossing no.": "3", "Genus": "1", "Stick no.": "6", "Unknotting no.": "1", "Tunnel no.": "1", "Conway notation": "[3]", "A-B notation": "31"} |
The Prophet's Mosque or Mosque of the Prophet (), is the second mosque built by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in Medina, after that of Quba, as well as the second largest mosque and holiest site in Islam, after the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, in the Saudi region of the Hejaz. The mosque is located at the heart of Medina, ... | {"Geographic coordinates": "24 28 6 N 39 36 39 E type:landmark_region:SA inline,title", "Affiliation": "Islam", "Location": "Al-Haram, Al-Medinah 42311, Al-Hejaz", "Date established": "623 CE (1 AH)", "Administration": "The Agency of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques", "Type": "Religious ar... |
The New Azerbaijan Party (, YAP) is the ruling political party in Azerbaijan, founded on 21 November 1992 under the leadership of Heydar Aliyev. After his election as President of Azerbaijan on 3 October 1993, and the party's victory at 1995 parliamentary elections, YAP became the ruling party, a position it has held s... | {"Abbreviation": "YAP", "Founded": "1992 11 21 y", "Registered": "1992 12 18 y", "Ideology": "nowrap \n \"R\" />\n Azerbaijani nationalismGuliyev, Farid; Pearce, Katy E. (6 October 2013). \"The Challenges of Electoral Competition in an Oil Rich State: Azerbaijani Pre-Election Report\". The Washington Post. Accessed 2... |
Sexton Blake is a fictional character, a detective who has been featured in many British comic strips, novels and dramatic productions since 1893. Sexton Blake adventures were featured in a wide variety of British and international publications (in many languages) from 1893 to 1978, comprising more than 4,000 stories b... | {"First appearance": "The Missing Millionaire (20 December 1893)", "Created by": "Harry Blyth (as Hal Meredeth)", "Portrayed by": "Langhorn BurtonGeorge CurzonDavid FarrarGeoffrey TooneWilliam FranklynLaurence PayneJeremy ClydeSimon Jones", "Gender": "Male", "Nationality": "British", "Family": "Henry Blake (brother)Nig... |
Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, Galatasaray Sports Club) is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other departments including basketball, wheelchair basketball, volleyball, water polo, handba... | {"Image size": "150", "Full name": "Galatasaray Spor Kulübü(Galatasaray Sports Club)", "Founded": "1905 10 01 yes as Galata-Serai Football Club by Ali Sami Yen", "Based in": "Istanbul, Turkey", "President": "Dursun Özbek", "Website": "Galatasaray SK", "Short name": "GS", "Mascot": "Lion", "Local media": "GSTV", "School... |
Thomas Edward Watson (September 5, 1856 - September 26, 1922) was an American Populist and white supremacist politician, attorney, newspaper editor, and writer from Georgia. In the 1890s Watson championed poor farmers as a leader of the Populist Party, articulating an agrarian political viewpoint while attacking busi... | {"Term start": "March 4, 1921", "Term end": "September 26, 1922", "Birth name": "Thomas Edward Watson", "Birth date": "1856 9 5", "Birth place": "Thomson, Georgia, U.S.", "Death date": "1922 9 26 1856 9 5", "Death place": "Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Georgia Durham", "Education": "Mercer University", "Image ... |
is a Japanese traditional confectionery made of azuki or other beans, covered with refined sugar after simmering with sugar syrup and drying.
It was developed by Hosoda Yasubei during the Bunkyū years (1861-1863) in the Edo period. He opened a wagashi store in Tokyo, which he named for his childhood name: Eitaro. This ... | {"Name of food": "Amanattō", "Image caption": "Peanut amanattō", "Region of origin": "East Asia", "Creator": "Hosoda Yasubei", "Type of dish": "Confectionery", "Main ingredient": "Adzuki or other beans, sugar, sugar syrup"} |
Radio Times (currently styled as RadioTimes) is a British weekly listings magazine devoted to television and radio programme schedules, with other features such as interviews, film reviews and lifestyle items. Founded in May 1923 by John Reith, then general manager of the British Broadcasting Company (from 1 January 19... | {"Frequency": "Weekly", "Circulation": "497,852 (July-December 2020)ABC Certificates and Reports: Radio Times https://www.abc.org.uk/product/2112 Audit Bureau of Circulations 18 April 2021", "Categories": "TV and radio listings magazine", "Company": "George Newnes Ltd (1923-1937)BBC Magazines (1937-2011)Immediate Me... |
The Labour Party (, PL), formerly known as the Malta Labour Party (, MLP), is one of the two major political parties in Malta, along with the Nationalist Party.INDEPENDENT online It sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.
The party was founded in 1921 as the Chamber of Labour by a small group of trade unio... | {"Abbreviation": "PL", "Leader": "Robert Abela", "President": "Ramona Attard", "Founded": "15 March 1921", "Headquarters": "77 Triq Mile End, Hamrun", "Newspaper": "Kullħadd", "Ideology": "Social democracy Third Way", "Political position": "Centre-left", "National affiliation": "Malta Labour Movement (1978-1992)", "Eur... |
The Social Democratic Party (, ; PSD) is a liberal-conservative political party in Portugal. Commonly known by its colloquial initials PSD, on ballot papers its initials appear as its official form PPD/PSD, with the first three letters coming from the party's original name, the Democratic People's Party (, PPD). A part... | {"Abbreviation": "PPD/PSD\"Partidos registados e suas denominações, siglas e símbolos\" Tribunal Constitucional pt.", "President": "Luís Montenegro", "Founded": "1974 5 6 yes", "Headquarters": "Rua de S. Caetano à Lapa, 9, 1249-087 Lisboa", "Newspaper": "Povo Livre", "Ideology": "Liberal conservatism", "Political posit... |
Let's Get Small (1977) is an album by American comedian Steve Martin. It includes "Excuse Me", a comedy bit whose title went on to become a national catchphrase. The album went platinum and peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart.
It was recorded at The Boarding House in San Francisco, California.
This alb... | {"Released": "1977", "Recorded": "1977", "Venue": "The Boarding House, San Francisco, California", "Genre": "Comedy", "Label": "Warner Bros.", "Producer": "William E. McEuen"} |
The Bangladesh Awami League (), often simply called the Awami League or AL, is one of the major political parties in Bangladesh, being the ruling party of Bangladesh since 2009.
The All Pakistan Awami Muslim League was founded in Dhaka, the capital of the Pakistani province of East Bengal, in 1949 by Bengali nationali... | {"Abbreviation": "AL", "President": "Sheikh Hasina", "General Secretary": "Obaidul Quader", "Founded": "yes y 1949 6 23yes y 1971 3 26 (current form)", "Split from": "Muslim League", "Preceded by": "Awami Muslim League", "Ideology": "\"Political Parties in Bangladesh\"/>Therborn, G., and Khondker, H. H. (eds) (2006). I... |
The President of Bangladesh ( — ) officially the president of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( —) is the head of state of Bangladesh and commander-in-chief of the Bangladesh Armed Forces.
The role of the president has changed three times since Bangladesh achieved independence in 1971. Presidents had been given ex... | {"Post": "President", "Body": "the People's Republic of Bangladesh", "Native name": "গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশের রাষ্ট্রপতি", "Flag size": "160px", "Flag border": "yes", "Flag caption": "Standard of the president of Bangladesh", "Insignia size": "140px", "Insignia caption": "Seal of the president of Bangladesh", "Departm... |
Faustin-Élie Soulouque (; 15 August 1782 - 3 August 1867) was a Haitian politician and military commander who served as President of Haiti from 1847 to 1849 and Emperor of Haiti from 1849 to 1859.
Soulouque was a general in the Haitian Army when he was appointed President of Haiti. He acquired autocratic powers, purge... | {"Father": "Taneau Coichi", "Mother": "Marie-Catherine Soulouque", "Born": "Petit-Goave, Saint-Domingue", "Died": "Anse-à-Veau, Haiti"} |
The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album was awarded from 1988 to 2011 and from 2017 onwards. Until 1992 the award was known as Best Contemporary Blues Performance and in 1989 was awarded to a song rather than to an album.
The award was discontinued after the 2011 Grammy season in a major overhaul of Grammy ... | {"Awarded for": "quality contemporary blues albums", "Presented by": "National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1988", "Website": "grammy.com"} |
The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must is a nonfiction science book by Robert Zubrin, first published in 1996, and revised and updated in 2011.
The book details Zubrin's Mars Direct plan to make the first human landing on Mars. The plan focuses on keeping costs down by making use of autom... | {"Language": "English", "Publisher": "Touchstone", "Pages": "368", "ISBN": "978-0684835501"} |
Tom kha kai, tom kha gai, or Thai coconut soupCrocker, B. (2014). Betty Crocker 20 Best Slow Cooker Soup and Stew Recipes. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.Tennefoss, K. (Ed.). (2010). 20 Awesome Soups You Can't Live Without. Kathleen Tennefoss.BF Recipes. (2008). Just Wing It: Recipes Using Pre-Baked Rotisserie Chicken. Auth... | {"Name of food": "Tom kha kai", "Width of image": "250px", "Alternate name": "Chicken coconut soup, galangal soup", "Place of origin": "Thailand", "Cuisine": "Thailand and Laos", "Type of dish": "Soup", "Serving temperature": "hot", "Main ingredient": "Coconut milk, galangal, lemon grass, kaffir lime leaves, mushrooms ... |
thumb|Title page engraving from an 1897 edition of Le Père Goriot, by an unknown artist; published by George Barrie & Son in Philadelphia
Le Père Goriot (, "Old Goriot" or "Father Goriot") is an 1835 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), included in the Scènes de la vie privée section o... | {"Original title": "fr", "Country": "France", "Language": "French", "Series": "La Comédie humaine", "Set in": "Paris, 1819", "Publisher": "Revue de Paris", "Media type": "Serialisation in journal"} |
Betty Louise McCollum ( ; born July 12, 1954) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for , serving since 2001. She is a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL). McCollum's district centers on St. Paul, Minnesota's capital city. She is the second woman elected to Congress from Minnesota. ... | {"Name": "Betty McCollum", "Term start": "January 3, 2001", "Birth name": "Betty Louise Dierich", "Birth date": "1954 7 12", "Birth place": "Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.", "Education": "St. Catherine University (BA)", "Official website": "House website"} |
James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont KP PC (Ire) (18 August 1728 – 4 August 1799), was an Irish statesman.
Life
Early life
The son of James Caulfeild, 3rd Viscount Charlemont, he was born in Dublin, and succeeded his father as 4th Viscount in 1734. His mother was Elizabeth Bernard, daughter of Francis Bernard, MP a... | {"Image caption": "Charlemont as painted by Pompeo Batoni, c. 1753-56", "Birth date": "18 August 1728", "Death date": "4 August 1799", "Term start": "1763", "Term end": "1799"} |
William Black (13 November 1841 - 10 December 1898) was a novelist born in Glasgow, Scotland. During his lifetime, Black's novels were immensely popular and compared favourably with those of Anthony Trollope. However, his fame and popularity did not survive long into the 20th century.
Biography
William was born to Jam... | {"Name": "William Black", "Birth date": "yes 1841 11 13", "Birth place": "Glasgow, Lanarkshire", "Death date": "yes 1898 12 10 1841 11 13", "Death place": "Brighton, Sussex", "Nationality": "Scottish", "Occupation": "novelist", "Notable works": "A Daughter of Heth (1871)A Princess of Thule (1873)"} |
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an American country rock band formed in 1966. The group has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California. Between 1976 and 1981, the band performed and recorded as the Dirt Band.
Constant members since the early times are singer-guitarist Jeff Hanna and drummer Ji... | {"Origin": "Los Angeles, California, United States", "Genres": "Country folk folk rock country rock progressive countryGesell Carla E. Godfrey, Donald G. and Leigh, Frederic A. May 21, 1998 Historical Dictionary of American Radio https://books.google.com/books?id=4l_2kkv5aeMC&pg=PA315 315-16 Bloomsbury Academic ... |
Lucky Jim is a novel by Kingsley Amis, first published in 1954 by Victor Gollancz. It was Amis's first novel and won the 1955 Somerset Maugham Award for fiction. The novel follows the academic and romantic tribulations of the eponymous James (Jim) Dixon, a reluctant history lecturer at an unnamed provincial English uni... | {"Cover artist": "Edward Gorey", "Country": "England", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Doubleday (US)Victor Gollancz (UK)", "Pages": "256", "ISBN": "0-14-018630-1"} |
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The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation or the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation (RVSN RF; , lit. 'Strategic Purpose Rocketry Troops') is a separate-troops branch of the Russian Armed Forces that controls Russia's land-based intercontinental ballistic missile... | {"Branch": "Russia 23px", "Type": "Strategic missile force", "Role": "Strategic missile deterrence", "Size": "50,000 personnel (2020)https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/IF11603.pdf March 2022", "Patron": "Saint Barbara the Great MartyrMain Cathedral of Russian Armed Forces. https://web.archive.org/web/20190202095428/https://en... |
Santiago José Carrillo Solares (18 January 1915 - 18 September 2012) was a Spanish politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) from 1960 to 1982.
During the Civil War, he was placed at the head of a Republican militia and was in charge of maintaining public order in Madrid. Some ho... | {"Name": "Santiago Carrillo", "Term start": "3 July 1960", "Term end": "10 December 1982", "Office 2": "Secretary-General of theUnified Socialist Youth", "Birth date": "1915 01 18 yes", "Birth place": "Gijón, Asturias, Spain", "Death date": "2012 09 18 1915 01 18 y", "Death place": "Madrid, Spain", "Birth name": "Santi... |
James Adelbert McDermott (born December 28, 1936) is an American politician and psychiatrist who was the U.S. representative for from 1989 to 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The 7th District includes most of Seattle, Vashon Island, Tukwila, Burien, Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terra... | {"Name": "Jim McDermott", "Term start": "January 3, 1989", "Term end": "January 3, 2017", "State senate2": "Washington", "District 2": "43rd", "Predecessor 2": "Jonathan Whetzel", "Successor 2": "Janice Niemi", "Birth name": "James Adelbert McDermott", "Birth date": "1936 12 28", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.... |
Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal (; 17 September 1916 - 20 April 1991) was a Mongolian politician who served as the leader of the Mongolian People's Republic from 1952 to 1984. He served as general secretary of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (the ruling party) from 1940 to 1954 and again from 1958 to 1984, chairman of ... | {"Name": "Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal", "Image caption": "Tsedenbal in the 1970s", "Office 2": "11th Chairman of the Council of Ministers", "Predecessor 2": "Khorloogiin Choibalsan", "Successor 2": "Jambyn Batmönkh", "Birth date": "1916 9 17 y", "Birth place": "Bayan Chandamani Uula banner, Mongolia (modern Davst, Uvs Provinc... |
Blackheath (postcode: 2785) is an Australian town located near the highest point of the Blue Mountains, between Katoomba and Mount Victoria in New South Wales. The town's altitude is about and it is located about west north-west of Sydney, north-west of Katoomba, and about south-east of Lithgow.
Blackheath has a ... | {"Type": "suburb", "Name": "Blackheath", "State Abbreviation": "nsw", "Caption": "The town's main intersection", "Coordinates": "33 38 02 S 150 17 05 E inline,title", "Locator Map Pushpin Label Position": "left", "Locator Map Pushpin Caption": "Location in New South Wales", "Population": "4396", "Population Year": "201... |
Danelectro is a brand of musical instruments and accessories, founded in Red Bank, New Jersey in 1947. The company is known primarily for its string instruments that employed unique designs and manufacturing processes. The Danelectro company was sold to the "Music Corporation of America" (MCA) in 1966, moving to a much... | {"Type": "Private (1947-1969) Brand (1969-present)", "Fate": "Company defunct in 1969; brand acquired by MCA Inc.", "Founded": "1947Red Bank, New Jersey, U.S.", "Headquarters": "United States", "Industry": "Musical instruments", "Products": "Electric and resonator guitars, basses, electric sitars, amplifiers, pickups, ... |
Sergio Oliva (July 4, 1941 – November 12, 2012), also known as The Myth, was a Cuban-American bodybuilder. He was a three-time Mr. Olympia winner.
Early life
Sergio Oliva was born on July 4, 1941, in Guantanamo, Cuba, during the presidency of Fulgencio Batista. As a teenager, after only a year of training, Sergio was... | {"Nickname": "The Myth", "Born": "Pinar del Río, Cuba", "Died": "Chicago, Illinois, United States", "Height": "5 ft 10 inhttps://www.greatestphysiques.com/male-physiques/sergio-oliva/ Sergio Oliva - Greatest Physiques greatestphysiques.com 6 July 2016", "Weight": "Contest: 225 lb kg 0 on\nOff season: 235 lb kg on", "Pr... |
The Brunswick rifle was a large calibre () muzzle-loading percussion rifle manufactured for the British Army at the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield in the early 19th century. Its name is derived from the historical German state of Brunswick because the British were experimenting with Hanoverian percussion cap tec... | {"Sights": "yes", "Type": "Muzzle-loading rifle", "Place of origin": "United Kingdom", "Designed": "1836", "Produced": "1836-1885", "In service": "British Army", "Used by": "British Empire, United States, Belgium, Nepal", "Wars": "British colonial conflictsCrimean WarAmerican Civil War", "Feed system": "Muzzle-loaded",... |
Irrlicht (pronounced in German) is an open-source game engine written in C++. It is cross-platform, officially running on Windows, macOS, Linux and Windows CE and due to its open nature ports to other systems are available, including FreeBSD, Xbox (up to Irrlicht version 1.8.1), PlayStation Portable, Symbian, iPhone, ... | {"Developer(s)": "Nikolaus Gebhardt et al.", "Written in": "C++", "Type": "Application framework", "License": "zlib/libpng-based", "Website": "https://irrlicht.sourceforge.io/"} |
The Rhön Mountains () are a group of low mountains (or Mittelgebirge) in central Germany, located around the border area where the states of Hesse, Bavaria and Thuringia come together. These mountains, which are at the extreme southeast end of the East Hesse Highlands (Osthessisches Bergland), are partly a result of an... | {"Location": "Physical overview of the Rhön Mountains", "Area": "1860", "Elevation": "950 DE-NN", "Length": "70", "Coordinates": "50.516551 N 10.041391 E region:DE_type:mountain dms it"} |
American Record Corporation (ARC), also referred to as American Record Company, American Recording Corporation,Cox, Jim. American Radio Networks: A History. Google Books. Retrieved 2012-08-11. or ARC Records,Wolf, Charles; Lornell, Kip (1999). The Life and Legend of Leadbelly. New York: Da Capo Press. pp. 178, 198.Sing... | {"Type": "Incentive", "Founded": "1929 7 25United States", "Headquarters": "United States", "Defunct": "1938 12 17Appeals New York (State) Court of https://books.google.com/books?id=VDYJG843cN0C&dq=New+York+corporate+filings+Columbia+Phonograph&pg=PA1330 New York Court of Appeals. Records and Briefs. 1941 enDecemb... |
Thomas Brown (1662 - 18 June 1704), also known as Tom Brown, was an English translator and satirist, largely forgotten today save for a four-line gibe that he wrote concerning John Fell.
Biography
Early life
Brown was born at either Shifnal or Newport in Shropshire; he is identified with the Thomas Brown, son of ... | {"Name": "Tom Brown", "Birth date": "1662", "Death date": "18 June 1704 (aged 41)", "Nationality": "English", "Occupation": "Satirist"} |
The Sko or Skou languages are a small language family spoken by about 7000 people, mainly along the Vanimo coast of Sandaun Province in Papua New Guinea, with a few being inland from this area and at least one just across the border in the Indonesian province of Papua (formerly known as Irian Jaya).
Typology
Tone
Skou... | {"Name": "Skou", "Alternative name": "SkoVanimo Coast", "Geographic distribution": "northern New Guinea coast near Vanimo", "Language family color": "Papuan", "Language Family": "Northwest Papuan?", "Glottolog code": "skoo1245", "Glottolog reference name": "Sko", "Child 1": "I'saka", "Child 2": "Piore River", "Child 3"... |
The Space Odyssey series is a series of science fiction novels by the writer Arthur C. Clarke. The first novel was developed concurrently with Stanley Kubrick's film version and published after the release of the film. The second was made into a feature film, released in 1984, respectively. Two of Clarke's early short ... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Published": "yes 1968–yes 1997", "No. of books": "4"} |
Noah, also known as Nuh (), is recognized in Islam as a prophet and messenger of God. He is one of the Ulu'l azm prophets. Noah's mission was to warn his people, who were plunged in depravity and sin. God charged Noah with the duty of preaching to his people, advising them to abandon idolatry and to worship only God an... | {"Caption": "A depiction of Noah and the ark in a Mughal miniature from the 16th century", "Honorific prefix": "Prophet", "Name": "Nūḥ", "Native name": "ar نُوح \n Noah", "Known For": "Noah's Ark", "Title": "Prophet", "Predecessor": "Idris", "Successor": "Hud", "Spouse(s)": "Na'amah", "Children": "Sam, Ham, Yam and... |
Robert Julian Yeatman (15 July 1897 – 13 July 1968) was a British humourist who wrote for Punch. He is best known for the book 1066 and All That, a tongue-in-cheek guide to "all the history you can remember", which he wrote with W. C. Sellar.
Yeatman was born in Chelsea, London. He spent some of his early years in Opo... | {"Name": "R. J. Yeatman", "Birth date": "1897 07 15 y", "Birth place": "Chelsea, London", "Death date": "1968 07 13 1897 07 15 y", "Death place": "South Kensington, London", "Nationality": "British", "Occupation": "Humourist", "Notable works": "1066 and All That"} |
Hud () was a prophet of ancient Arabia mentioned in the Quran. The eleventh chapter of the Quran, Hud, is named after him, though the narrative of Hud comprises only a small portion of the chapter.
Historical context
Hud has sometimes been identified with Eber, an ancestor of the Ishmaelites and the Israelites who... | {"Honorific prefix": "Prophet", "Name": "Hūdar هُوْد", "Other names": "Possibly ʿĒḇer (עֵבֶר), but this is disputed", "Resting place": "Possibly Qabr An-Nabi Hud in Hadhramaut, South ArabiaWensinck A.J. Pellat Ch. Hūd P. Bearman Th. Bianquis C.E. Bosworth E. van Donzel W.P. Heinrichs 1960-2007 Encyclopa... |
Saleh (; ), also spelled Salih (), is a prophet mentioned in the Quran who prophesied to the tribe of Thamud in ancient Arabia, before the lifetime of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The story of Salih is linked to the story of the She-Camel of God, which was the gift given by God to the people of Thamud when they desire... | {"Honorific prefix": "Prophet", "Name": "Saleh", "Native name": "ar صَالِحٌ", "Resting place": "Hasik (present day Oman)", "Predecessor": "Hud", "Successor": "Ibrahim", "Relatives": "Thamud"} |
Pérotin () was a composer associated with the Notre Dame school of polyphony in Paris and the broader musical style of high medieval music. He is credited with developing the polyphonic practices of his predecessor Léonin, with the introduction of three and four-part harmonies.
Other than a brief mention by music the... | {"Name": "Pérotin", "Other names": "Perotinus, Perrotinus, Perotinus Magnus, Magister Perotinus", "Years active": "1200", "Nationality": "French", "Occupation": "Composer", "Known For": "Polyphony", "Notable works": "Viderunt omnes, Sederunt principes, Alleluia Nativitas"} |
General Courtney Hicks Hodges (January 5, 1887 - January 16, 1966) was a decorated senior officer in the United States Army who commanded First U.S. Army in the Western European Campaign of World War II. Hodges was a notable "mustang" officer, rising from private to general.
Born in Perry, Georgia, he began studies a... | {"Born": "Perry, Georgia, United States", "Died": "San Antonio, Texas, United States", "Allegiance": "United States", "Commands held": "First United States ArmyThird United States ArmyX CorpsArmy Ground ForcesInfantry School, Fort Benning2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment", "Awards": "Distinguished Service Cross\n Ar... |
Lut (, ), also known as Lot in the Old Testament, is a prophet of God in the Quran. According to Islamic tradition, Lut was born to Haran and spent his younger years in Ur, later migrating to Canaan with his uncle Abraham. He was sent to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah as a prophet,Hasan, Masudul. History of Islam. an... | {"Honorific prefix": "Prophet", "Name": "Lūṭ", "Native name": "ar Arab لوطLot", "Death place": "Bani Na'im", "Predecessor": "Ibrahim", "Successor": "Ismail", "Children": "Lot's daughters", "Parent(s)": "Haran", "Relatives": "Ibrāhīm (uncle)"} |
Konstantine Gamsakhurdia () (May 3, 1893 - July 17, 1975) was a Georgian writer and public figure. Educated and first published in Germany, he married Western European influences to purely Georgian thematic to produce his best works, such as The Right Hand of the Grand Master and David the Builder. Hostile to the Sovie... | {"Born": "May 3, 1893", "Died": "July 17, 1975 (aged 82)", "Occupation": "writer, poet, social activist", "Language": "Georgian", "Nationality": "Georgian", "Literary movement": "Expressionism, Literary modernism", "Children": "Zviad Gamsakhurdia"} |
Francis Alexander Shields Jr. (May 16, 1941 – April 25, 2003) was an American businessman and an executive at Revlon in New York City. He was the father of actress Brooke Shields.
Early life
Shields was born in New York City. He was the eldest son of Francis Xavier Alexander Sr., a top-ranking American tennis player a... | {"Other names": "Frank Shields", "Birth date": "1941 5 16", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Death date": "2003 4 25 1941 5 16", "Death place": "Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.", "Alma mater": "University of Pennsylvania", "Spouse(s)": "Teri Schmon 1964 1966 div\n Diana Lippert 1970", "Parent(s)": "Francis Xavier Shiel... |
Confidentially Yours (; known as Finally, Sunday! in other English-speaking markets) is a 1983 French comedy mystery film directed by François Truffaut. Based on the 1962 novel The Long Saturday Night by American author Charles Williams, it tells the story of Julien Vercel (Jean-Louis Trintignant), an estate agent who ... | {"Directed by": "François Truffaut", "Screenplay by": "François Truffaut\n Suzanne Schiffman\n Jean Aurel", "Based on": "The Long Saturday Night1962 novel Charles Williams", "Produced by": "Armand Barbault\n François Truffaut", "Starring": "Fanny Ardant\n Jean-Louis Trintignant\n Jean-Pierre Kalfon\n Philippe Laudenbac... |
The East Papuan languages is a defunct proposal for a family of Papuan languages spoken on the islands to the east of New Guinea, including New Britain, New Ireland, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, and the Santa Cruz Islands. There is no evidence that these languages are related to each other, and the Santa Cruz languag... | {"Name": "East Papuan", "Acceptance": "obsolete", "Geographic distribution": "Melanesia", "Language family color": "Papuan", "Family": "Proposed language family", "Child 2": "Anêm", "Child 3": "Ata", "Child 4": "Baining (East New Britain)", "Child 5": "North Bougainville", "Child 6": "South Bougainville", "Child 7": "C... |
James Oliver Cromwell (born January 27, 1940) is an American actor and activist. Known for his extensive work as a character actor, he has received a Primetime Emmy Award as well a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Babe (1995). Other notable roles include in Star Trek: First Contact (1996),... | {"Name": "James Cromwell", "Caption": "Cromwell in 2010", "Birth name": "James Oliver Cromwell", "Birth date": "1940 1 27", "Birth place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Other names": "Jamie Cromwell", "Education": "Carnegie Mellon University (BFA)", "Occupation": "Actor activist", "Years active": "1974-present", "H... |
Indian Airlines Flight 814, commonly known as IC 814, was an Indian Airlines Airbus A300 en route from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, to Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, India, on Friday, 24 December 1999, when it was hijacked and flown to several locations before landing in Kandahar,... | {"Date": "24 December 1999 - 31 December 1999", "Site": "Hijacked in Indian airspace between Kathmandu, Nepal and Delhi, India; landed at Amritsar, India; Lahore, Pakistan; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; and Kandahar, Afghanistan.", "Operator": "Indian Airlines", "Registration": "VT-EDW", "Flight origin": "Tribhuvan Inte... |
Medal of Honor: Frontline is a first-person shooter video game, in the Medal of Honor series, and was published by Electronic Arts. The player character is Lt. Jimmy Patterson, from the American Office of Strategic Services. Frontline takes place during the events of the first game and chronicles Patterson's journey as... | {"Title": "Medal of Honor: Frontline", "Developer": "EA Los AngelesThe PS3 version was developed by Danger Close Games.", "Publisher": "Electronic ArtsReleased under the EA Games brand name.", "Series": "Medal of Honor", "Director": "Brett Close", "Designer": "Christopher Cross Eric Church", "Producer": "Scott J. Langt... |
Simutrans is a cross-platform simulation game in which the player strives to run a successful transport system by constructing and managing transportation systems for passengers, mail and goods by land (rail, road, tram, monorail, maglev), air (airplanes) and water (ship) between places. Like OpenTTD, Simutrans is an o... | {"Original author(s)": "Hansjörg Malthaner (initial, left in Spring 2005)", "Developer(s)": "Markus Pristovsek \"Prissi\" (current head of development)Simutrans Development Team", "Initial release": "1999 03 06", "Written in": "C++, Squirrel, C https://github.com/aburch/simutrans aburch/simutrans on GitHub GitHub ... |
Roderick George Toombs (April 17, 1954 - July 31, 2015), better known as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, was a Canadian professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, and actor.
In professional wrestling, Piper was best known to international audiences for his work with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and World Champions... | {"Birth name": "Roderick George Toombs", "Ring name(s)": "The Masked CanadianMain Event: WWE in the Raging 80s Shields Brian 47-51 Pocket Books 2006 978-1-4165-3257-6 https://archive.org/details/mainevent00bria/page/47Piper Machine”Rowdy” Roddy Piper http://www.wwe.com/superstars/roddypiper Roddy Piper WWE Hall of Fame... |
Mandalay ( or ; ) is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon. Located on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, 631 km (392 miles) (Road Distance) north of Yangon, the city has a population of 1,225,553 (2014 census).
Mandalay was founded in 1857 by King Mindon, replacing Amarapura as the new royal capital of... | {"Founded by": "King Mindon", "Density": "auto", "Urban density": "1,319,452", "Rural density": "407,437"} |
The is a Japanese Shinkansen high-speed train type operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) on the Kyushu Shinkansen high-speed rail line. Built by Hitachi, the trains were introduced on the Tsubame services from March 2004.
The 800 series has a maximum speed of in service, although its maximum design speed is... | {"Name": "800 series", "Image Size": "300px", "Image Caption": "800 Series Shinkansen Tsubame at Shin-Minamata Station in November 2004", "Year(s) of Service": "yes 2004 03 13 - Present", "Manufacturer": "Hitachi", "Number Built": "54 vehicles (9 sets)", "Number In Service": "48 vehicles (8 sets)", "Number Scrapped": "... |
Ashley Hall is a private school located in Charleston, South Carolina enrolling students in kindergarten through grade 12 with a co-educational pre-k program. It was founded in 1909 by Mary Vardrine McBee, who headed the institution for many years. It is the only all-girls' independent private school in South Carolina.... | {"Coordinates": "32 47 11 N 79 56 41 W inline,title", "Faculty": "80", "Campus type": "Urban", "Campus size": "4.5 acres ha", "Nickname": "Panthers", "Yearbook": "Spiral", "Website": "Official website"} |
Hethum II (; 1266- November 17, 1307), also known by several other romanizations, was king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from 1289 to 1293, 1295 to 1296 and 1299 to 1303, while Armenia was a subject state of the Mongol Empire. He abdicated twice in order to take vows in the Franciscan order, while still re... | {"Father": "Leo II", "Mother": "Keran of Lampron", "Born": "1266", "Died": "Anazarbus", "Religion": "Armenian Church"} |
Leo III (or Leon III) , Levon III) (occasionally numbered Leo IV; (1289-1307) was a young king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, ruling from 1303 or 1305 to 1307, along with his uncle Hethum II. A member of the House of Lampron, he was the son of Thoros III of Armenia and Margaret of Lusignan, who was the daughter o... | {"Father": "Thoros III", "Mother": "Margaret of Lusignan", "Born": "1289", "Died": "Anazarbus"} |
was a Japanese anarchist, social critic, author, and feminist. She was the editor-in-chief of the feminist magazine Seitō (Bluestocking). Her progressive anarcha-feminist ideology challenged the norms of the Meiji and Taishō periods in which she lived. She drew praise from critics by being able to weave her personal a... | {"Name": "Itō Noe", "Birth date": "1895 1 21 y", "Birth place": "Fukuoka, Japan", "Death date": "1923 9 16 1895 1 21 y", "Death place": "Tokyo, Japan", "Spouse(s)": "Jun Tsuji"} |
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The Gewehr 41 (German for: rifle 41), commonly known as the G41(W) or G41(M), denoting the manufacturer (Walther or Mauser), are two distinct and different battle rifles manufactured and used by Nazi Germany during World War II. They were largely superseded... | {"Place of origin": "Germany", "Type": "Battle rifle", "Sights": "yes", "In service": "1941-1945", "Used by": "Nazi Germany", "Wars": "World War II", "Designed": "1941", "Mass": "4.9 kg lb on", "Length": "1140 mm in on", "Action": "Gas-operated, gas trap/ bolt action (G41(M))", "Rate of fire": "20 to 30 rounds per minu... |
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Gothaer Waggonfabrik (Gotha, GWF) was a German manufacturer of rolling stock established in the late nineteenth century at Gotha. During the two world wars, the company expanded into aircraft building.
World War I
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In Wo... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Industry": "Rail transport", "Founded": "yes 1880", "Headquarters": "Berlin, Germany"} |
Henry I of Cyprus, nicknamed the Fat (; 3 May 1217 - 18 January 1253 at Nicosia) was King of Cyprus from 1218 to 1253. He was the son of Hugh I of Cyprus and Alice of Champagne. When his father Hugh I died on January 10, 1218, the 8-month-old Henry became king. His mother was the official regent, but handed off the act... | {"Father": "Hugh I of Cyprus", "Mother": "Alice of Champagne", "Born": "Nicosia", "Died": "Nicosia"} |
The Lotus Europa name is used on two distinct mid-engine GT cars built by British automobile manufacturer Lotus Cars. The original Europa and its variants comprise the Lotus Types 46, 47, 54, 65 and 74, and were produced between 1966 and 1975.
The name was later revived in the Type 121 Europa S, a sports car based on ... | {"Manufacturer": "Lotus CarsDaily Express Basil Cardew Motor Show Review 1975 Cars: Lotus Europa Special 27 October 1974", "Production": "1966-1975Numbers made:\n Series S1: 296\n Series S1A/S1B: 342\n Series S2: 4,294\n Series Twin Cam: 4,950\n 2006-2010", "Transmission": "4-speed manual\n 5-speed manu... |
James Layton Ralston (September 27, 1881 – May 22, 1948) was a Canadian lawyer, soldier, and politician. A Nova Scotian and a lawyer by training, Ralston fought with distinction during the First World War and pursued a career in the Canadian Army, before becoming a Liberal Member of Parliament. During the Second World... | {"Name": "J. L. Ralston", "Term start": "July 5, 1940", "Term end": "November 1, 1944", "Office 2": "Minister of Finance", "Prime minister 2": "W. L. Mackenzie King", "Predecessor 2": "Charles Avery Dunning", "Successor 2": "James Lorimer Ilsley", "Birth date": "1881 9 27", "Birth place": "Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada"... |
Craig McCaw (born August 11, 1949) is an American businessman and entrepreneur, a pioneer in the cellular phone industry. He is the founder of McCaw Cellular (now part of AT&T Mobility) and Clearwire Corporation (now part of T-Mobile via the Sprint acquisition).
Early life and cable TV beginnings
McCaw is the second ... | {"Name": "Craig McCaw", "Caption": "Craig McCaw in May 2008", "Alma mater": "Stanford University", "Birth date": "1949 08 11", "Birth place": "Centralia, Washington, U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "Known For": "Wireless service companies", "Occupation": "Businessman and entrepreneur", "Spouse(s)": "Wendy Petrak 1974... |
The Sultan of the Sultanate of Oman () is the monarchical head of state and head of government of Oman. It is the most powerful position in the country. The sultans of Oman are members of the Busaid dynasty, which has been the ruling family of Oman since the mid-18th century.
Haitham bin Tariq is the current sultan, ... | {"Style": "His", "First monarch": "Al-Julanda bin Masud (imamate)Ahmad bin Said (as Sultan)", "Formation": "y 751 (imamate)y 1744 (Al Busaid Dynasty)", "Website": "www.oman.om/ar"} |
Louis Cyr (; born Cyprien-Noé Cyr, October 10, 1863 - November 10, 1912) was a Canadian strongman with a career spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His recorded feats, including lifting (1/4 ton) with one finger and backlifting (2 tons), show Cyr to be, according to former International Federation of Bod... | {"Name": "Louis Cyr", "Caption": "Cyr 1890s", "Birth name": "Cyprien - Noé Cyr", "Birth date": "1863 10 10", "Birth place": "Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville, Canada East", "Death date": "1912 11 10 1863 10 11", "Death place": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Other names": "Canadian Samson", "Known For": "being 'The Strongest ... |
The Great Peace of Montreal () was a peace treaty between New France and 39 First Nations of North America that ended the Beaver Wars. It was signed on August 4, 1701, by Louis-Hector de Callière, governor of New France, and 1300 representatives of 39 Indigenous nations.
The French, allied to the Hurons and the Algonq... | {"Name": "The Great Peace of Montreal", "Long name": "La Grande paix de Montréal", "Image size": "180px", "Image caption": "Copy of the treaty including signatures", "Date signed": "August 4, 1701", "Location signed": "Montreal, New France", "Signatories": "Kingdom of France Kingdom of France\n Haudenosaunee Confederac... |
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is a Japanese castle in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. The castle is one of Japan's most famous landmarks and it played a major role in the unification of Japan during the sixteenth century of the Azuchi-Momoyama period.
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The main tower of Osaka Castle is situated on a ... | {"Type": "Azuchi-Momoyama castle", "Built": "1583", "Built by": "Toyotomi Hideyoshi", "In use": "1583-1845"} |
General Andrew George Latta McNaughton (25 February 1887 - 11 July 1966) was a Canadian electrical engineer, scientist, army officer, cabinet minister, and diplomat.
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McNaughton was born in Moosomin, District of Assiniboia, North-West Territories (now part of Saskatchewan), on 25 February 1887. Both of Mc... | {"Name": "Andrew McNaughton", "Image caption": "General Andrew McNaughton, 1943.", "Term start": "January 1948", "Term end": "December 1949", "Office 2": "Chief of the General Staff", "Predecessor 2": "Herbert Cyril Thacker", "Successor 2": "Ernest Charles Ashton", "Birth name": "Andrew George Latta McNaughton", "Birth... |
Republic Pictures Corporation (currently held under Melange Pictures, LLC) was an American film studio corporation which originally operated from 1935 to 1967, based in Los Angeles, California. It had production and distribution facilities in Studio City, as well as a movie ranch in Encino. Republic was best known for ... | {"Industry": "Motion pictures", "Fate": "Ceased producing feature films in 1959, and later sold and absorbed by National Telefilm Associates", "Founded": "1935", "Defunct": "1967", "Headquarters": "Studio City, Los Angeles, California"} |
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