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Carlos Sainz Cenamor (born 12 April 1962) is a Spanish rally driver. He won the World Rally Championship drivers' title with Toyota in and , and finished runner-up four times. Constructors' world champions to have benefited from Sainz are Subaru (), Toyota () and Citroën (, and ). In the 2018 season he was one of the... | {"Nationality": "ESP Spanish", "Full name": "Carlos Sainz Cenamor", "Born": "Madrid, Spain", "Active years": "1987-2005", "Co-driver": "ESP Luis MoyaESP Marc Martí", "Teams": "Ford, Toyota, Lancia, Subaru, Citroën", "Rallies": "196", "Championships": "2 (1990, 1992)", "Rally wins": "26", "Podiums": "97", "Stage wins": ... |
Gustave Jules René Coty (; 20 March 188222 November 1962) was President of France from 1954 to 1959. He was the second and last president of the Fourth French Republic.
Early life and politics
René Coty was born in Le Havre and studied at the University of Caen, where he graduated in 1902, receiving degrees in law and... | {"Name": "René Coty", "Image caption": "Coty in 1954.", "Office 2": "Member of the Senate", "Birth name": "Gustave Jules René Coty", "Birth date": "yes 1882 3 20", "Birth place": "Le Havre, France", "Death date": "yes 1962 11 22 1882 3 20", "Death place": "Le Havre, France", "Spouse(s)": "Germaine Corblet 1905 1955 die... |
Dancesport is competitive ballroom dancing, as contrasted to social or exhibition dancing. In the case of Para dancesport, at least one of the dancers is in a wheelchair.
Dancesport events are sanctioned and regulated by dancesport organizations at the national and international level, such as the World DanceSport Fed... | {"Governing body": "WDSF and WDC", "Mixed-sex": "Yes", "Venue": "Ballroom", "Olympic": "No, but recognized by the IOC"} |
Callander (; ) is a small town in the council area of Stirling, Scotland, situated on the River Teith. The town is located in the historic county of Perthshire and is a popular tourist stop to and from the Highlands.
The town serves as the eastern gateway to the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, the first N... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "OS grid reference": "NN628079", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "Council area": "Stirling", "UK Parliament": "Stirling", "Scottish Parliament": "Stirling", "Postcode district": "FK", "Dialling code": "01877 33...."} |
Coldstream (, ) is a town and civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.The Online Scots Dictionary A former burgh, Coldstream is the home of the Coldstream Guards, a regiment in the British Army.
Description
Coldstream lies on the north bank of the River Tweed in Berwickshire, while Northumberland in En... | {"Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "OS grid reference": "NT841398", "Council area": "Scottish Borders", "Lieutenancy area": "Berwickshire", "Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Postcode district": "TD12", "Dialling code": "01890", "UK Parliament": "Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk", "Scottish Parliament": "Ettrick, Roxbur... |
Culross (/ˈkurəs/) (Scottish Gaelic: Cuileann Ros, 'holly point or promontory') is a village and former royal burgh, and parish, in Fife, Scotland.
According to the 2006 estimate, the village has a population of 395. Originally, Culross served as a port city on the Firth of Forth and is believed to have been founded b... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement including Valleyfield)", "Council area": "Fife", "Lieutenancy area": "Fife", "UK Parliament": "Dunfermline and West Fife", "Scottish Parliament": "Dunfermline"} |
Cumnock (Scottish Gaelic: Cumnag) is a town and former civil parish located in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The town sits at the confluence of the Glaisnock Water and the Lugar Water. There are three neighbouring housing projects which lie just outside the town boundaries, Craigens, Logan and Netherthird, with the former i... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "OS grid reference": "NS569200", "Postcode district": "KA18", "Dialling code": "01290", "Council area": "East Ayrshire", "Lieutenancy area": "Ayrshire and Arran", "UK Parliament": "Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock", "Scottish Parliament": "Carrick, Cumnock and D... |
Doune (; from Scottish Gaelic: An Dùn, meaning 'the fort') is a burgh within Perthshire. The town is administered by Stirling Council. Doune is assigned Falkirk postcodes starting "FK". The village lies within the parish of Kilmadock and mainly within the area surrounded by the River Teith and Ardoch Burn.
In the 2001... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "Council area": "Stirling", "Lieutenancy area": "Perthshire", "UK Parliament": "Stirling", "Scottish Parliament": "Stirling", "Postcode district": "FK", "Dialling code": "01786", "OS grid reference": "NN726016"} |
Duns is a town in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was the county town of the historic county of Berwickshire.
History
Early history
Duns Law, the original site of the town of Duns, has the remains of an Iron Age hillfort at its summit. Similar structures nearby, such as the structure at Edin's Hall Broch, suggest... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "OS grid reference": "NT786539", "Council area": "Scottish Borders", "Lieutenancy area": "Berwickshire", "UK Parliament": "Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk", "Scottish Parliament": "Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire", "Postcode district": "TD", "Diall... |
thumb|right|250px|Fortrose ("Channery") in an 18th-century Jacobian broadside
Fortrose is a town and former royal burgh in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom.The Online Scots Dictionary It is on the Moray Firth, about north-east of Inverness. The burgh is a popular location for trying to spot bottlenose dolphins (se... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "OS grid reference": "NH7256", "Council area": "Highland", "Lieutenancy area": "Ross and Cromarty", "UK Parliament": "Ross, Skye and Lochaber", "Scottish Parliament": "Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch", "Postcode district": "IV", "Dialling code": "01381"} |
Grangemouth (; , ) is a town in the Falkirk council area, Scotland. Historically part of the county of Stirlingshire, the town lies in the Forth Valley, on the banks of the Firth of Forth, east of Falkirk, west of Bo'ness and south-east of Stirling. Grangemouth had a resident population of 17,906 according to the 2... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "OS grid reference": "NS935815", "Postcode district": "FK3", "Dialling code": "01324", "UK Parliament": "Linlithgow and East Falkirk", "Council area": "Falkirk", "Lieutenancy area": "Stirling and Falkirk", "Scottish Parliament": "Falkirk East", "Website"... |
The Social Democratic Party (, PSD) is the largest social democratic political party in Romania and also the largest overall political party in the country, aside from European Parliament level, where it is the second largest by total number of political representatives (i.e. MEPs), after the National Liberal Party (PN... | {"Abbreviation": "PSD", "President": "Marcel Ciolacu", "Founded": "1993 7 10 y (PDSR)2001 06 16 y (merger)", "Merger of": "PDSRPSDR", "Preceded by": "Democratic National Salvation Front", "Headquarters": "Șoseaua Kiseleff 10,Bucharest", "Ideology": "\"Nordsieck\">Nordsieck Wolfram Parties and Elections in Europe Par... |
The Day After Tomorrow is a 2004 American science fiction disaster film directed, co-written, and co-produced by Roland Emmerich and starring Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sela Ward, Emmy Rossum, and Ian Holm. Based on the 1999 book The Coming Global Superstorm by Art Bell and Whitley Strieber, the film depicts catas... | {"Directed by": "Roland Emmerich", "Produced by": "Mark Gordon Roland Emmerich", "Based on": "The Coming Global Superstorm Art Bell andWhitley Strieber", "Screenplay by": "Roland Emmerich Jeffrey Nachmanoff", "Story by": "Roland Emmerich", "Starring": "Dennis Quaid\n Jake Gyllenhaal\n Sela Ward\n Emmy Rossum\n Ian Holm... |
Gottfried Feder (27 January 1883 - 24 September 1941) was a German civil engineer, a self-taught economist, and one of the early key members of the Nazi Party and its economic theoretician. It was one of his lectures, delivered in 1919, that drew Adolf Hitler into the party.
Biography
Feder was born in Würzburg on ... | {"School ortradition": "NazismStrasserism", "Field": "Urbanism", "Alma mater": "Humboldt University of Berlin", "Influences": "Ludwig FeuerbachWilhelm MarrRudolf JungSilvio Gesell", "Contributions": "Planned communityDeep foundation"} |
Christopher E. Oroc, stage name Melvin Babu (born September 17, 1974), better known as DJ Babu or DJ Babu the Dilated Junkie, is a Filipino-American DJ and record producer. He is a member of DJ crew the Beat Junkies, Los Angeles-based hip hop trio Dilated Peoples together with Evidence and Rakaa Iriscience, and a membe... | {"Born": "Washington, D.C.", "Genres": "Hip hop", "Labels": "Stones Throw RecordsNature Sounds", "Member of": "Beat JunkiesDilated PeoplesLikwit Junkies", "Website": "Dilated Peoples"} |
The gold franc (currency code: XFO) was the unit of account for the Bank for International Settlements from 1930 until April 1, 2003.Bank for International Settlements, 2000-2009 Chronology . It was replaced with the special drawing right.Bank for International Settlements,"SDR to replace gold franc at the BIS", 10 M... | {"ISO 4217 code": "XFO", "Date of introduction": "1930", "Pegged with": "1 XFO = 0.290322 g fine gold", "Is obsolete": "yes"} |
Rachel Miner (born July 29, 1980) is an American actress. She first came to prominence for her portrayal of Michelle Bauer on the television soap opera Guiding Light (1990-95). She made her film debut in Woody Allen's Alice (1990), and later earned critical acclaim for her leading role in Bully (2001). Her other film c... | {"Name": "Rachel Miner", "Caption": "Miner in Rosemont, Illinois in October 2012", "Birth date": "1980 7 29", "Birth place": "Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1989-present", "Spouse(s)": "Macaulay Culkin 1998 2002 divorced", "Relatives": "Worthington Miner (grandfathe... |
Thornaby-on-Tees, commonly referred to as Thornaby, is a town and civil parish on the River Tees's southern bank. It is in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England. The parish had a population of 24,741 at the 2011 census, in the Teesside built-up area.
The town had a royal charter enacted to form a m... | {"Population": "(2011 census)E04000283 Thornaby Parish 14 October 2020", "Sovereign state": "England", "Ceremonial county": "North Yorkshire", "Unitary authority": "Stockton-on-Tees", "UK Parliament": "Stockton South", "Postcode district": "TS17", "Dialling code": "01642", "OS grid reference": "NZ450180", "Website": "h... |
The Indian Express is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split between the family members. The southern editions took the name The New Indian Expre... | {"Type": "Daily newspaper", "Format": "Broadsheet", "Owner(s)": "Indian Express Group", "Publisher": "Indian Express Group", "Editor-in-chief": "Raj Kamal JhaExpress Group Editorial https://expressgroup.indianexpress.com/senior-editors.html The Indian Express 21 September 2020 17 March 2014 https://web.archive.org... |
Zhang Qian (; died c. 114) was a Chinese official and diplomat who served as an imperial envoy to the world outside of China in the late 2nd century BC during the Western Han dynasty. He was one of the first official diplomats to bring back valuable information about Central Asia, including the Greco-Bactrian remains o... | {"Name": "Zhang Qian張騫", "Caption": "Zhang Qian taking leave from emperor Han Wudi, for his expedition to Central Asia from 138 to 126 BC, Mogao Caves mural, 618 - 712...", "Birth date": "195 BC", "Birth place": "Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China", "Death date": "114 BC", "Death place": "China", "Occupation": "Explorer"} |
Junta ( ) is the debut studio album by the American rock band Phish. The album was self-released by the band in May 1989 without the support from a record label, and received a wider release when Elektra Records reissued it on compact disc in 1992. Junta was preceded by two demo recordings - The White Tape (1986) and T... | {"Released": "May 8, 1989", "Recorded": "1988", "Studio": "Euphoria Sound Studios in Revere, Massachusetts", "Genre": "Hermes>Hermes Will 2000-08-04 Some Will Carp http://ew.com/article/2000/08/04/phish-albums/ Will Hermes Entertainment Weekly 2022-01-12\n jazz fusion\n progressive rock", "Label": "Self-release, ... |
Manuel Ricardo Palma Soriano (February 7, 1833 – October 6, 1919) was a Peruvian author, scholar, librarian and politician. His magnum opus is the Tradiciones peruanas.
Biography
According to the official account, Manuel Ricardo Palma y Carrillo was born on February 7, 1833, in Lima, inscribed as the son of Pedro Ra... | {"Born": "yes 1833 2 7", "Died": "yes 1919 10 6 1833 2 7", "Nationality": "Peruvian", "Children": "8, including Angelica Palma and Clemente Palma"} |
Lawn Boy is the second studio album by the American rock band Phish. It was released on September 21, 1990, by Absolute A Go Go Records in the United States, with distribution by Rough Trade Records. The album was reissued on June 30, 1992, by Elektra Records.Phish: Lawn Boy Phish.com. Online. Accessed: September 14, 2... | {"Released": "September 21, 1990 (cassette)June 30, 1992 (CD)April 20, 2013 (deluxe vinyl)", "Recorded": "May-December 1989, Archer Studios, Winooski, Vermont", "Label": "Absolute A Go Go, Rough Trade, Elektra, JEMP", "Producer": "Phish"} |
Alan Coren (27 June 1938 - 18 October 2007) was an English humourist, writer and satirist who was a regular panellist on the BBC radio quiz The News Quiz and a team captain on BBC television's Call My Bluff. Coren was also a journalist, and for almost a decade was the editor of Punch magazine.
Early life
Alan Coren wa... | {"Name": "Alan Coren", "Birth date": "1938 06 27 y", "Birth place": "Hackney, London, England", "Death date": "2007 10 18 1938 7 27 y", "Death place": "London, England", "Resting place": "Hampstead Cemetery", "Education": "Wadham College, Oxford (BA, MA)Yale UniversityUniversity of California, Berkeley", "Occupation": ... |
2 Fast 2 Furious is a 2003 action film directed by John Singleton from a screenplay by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, based on a story by Brandt, Haas, and Gary Scott Thompson. It is the sequel to The Fast and the Furious (2001) and the second installment in the Fast & Furious franchise. The film stars Paul Walker as ... | {"Directed by": "John Singleton", "Produced by": "Neal H. Moritz", "Screenplay by": "Michael Brandt\n Derek Haas", "Story by": "Michael Brandt\n Derek Haas\n Gary Scott Thompson", "Based on": "Characters Gary Scott Thompson", "Starring": "Paul Walker\n Tyrese Gibson\n Eva Mendes\n Cole Hauser\n Chris \"Ludacris\" Bridg... |
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The Fast and the Furious is a 1954 American crime drama B movie from a story written by Roger Corman and screenplay by Jean Howell and Jerome Odlum. The film stars John Ireland and Dorothy Malone. Ireland also served as the film's co-director.
The Fast and the Furious was the first film produced for t... | {"Directed by": "Edward Sampson\n John Ireland", "Screenplay by": "Jerome Odlum\n Jean Howell", "Story by": "Roger Corman", "Produced by": "Roger Corman", "Starring": "John Ireland\n Dorothy Malone\n Bruce Carlisle\n Iris Adrian\n Marshall Bradford", "Music by": "Alexander Gerens", "Cinematography": "Floyd Crosby", "Ed... |
Ilminster is a minster town and civil parish in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England, with a population of 5,808. Bypassed in 1988, the town now lies just east of the junction of the A303 (London to Exeter) and the A358 (Taunton to Chard and Axminster). The parish includes the hamlet of Sea.
History
Ilmin... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes — SUMMARY Profiles http://www.somersetintelligence.org.uk/files/Somerset%20Census%20Key%20Statistics%20-%20Summary%20Profiles.xls Somerset Intelligence 4 January 2014 Excel", "District": "South Somerset", "Shire county": "Somer... |
Ilchester is a village and civil parish, situated on the River Yeo or Ivel, five miles north of Yeovil, in the English county of Somerset. Originally a Roman town, and later a market town, Ilchester has a rich medieval history and was a notable settlement in the county; around the 12th and 13th centuries it was effecti... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes — SUMMARY Profiles http://www.somersetintelligence.org.uk/files/Somerset%20Census%20Key%20Statistics%20-%20Summary%20Profiles.xls Somerset Intelligence 4 January 2014 Excel", "District": "South Somerset", "Shire county": "Somer... |
The Second Intermediate Period dates from 1700 to 1550 BC. It marks a period when ancient Egypt was divided into smaller dynasties for a second time, between the end of the Middle Kingdom and the start of the New Kingdom. The Second Intermediate Period generally includes the 13th through to the 17th dynasties.Von Becke... | {"Conventional long name": "The Second Intermediate Period", "Map caption": "The political situation in the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt (1650 1550 BC).", "Capital": "Itjtawyc.1803 - 1677 BC13th Dynasty\n Avarisc.1725 - 1535 BC14th and 15th Dynasties\n Thebesc.1677 - 1600 BC13th, 16th and 17th Dynasties\n Abydos... |
Kontakto is an Esperanto magazine published by TEJO and supported by the Universal Esperanto Association (UEA). The magazine has readers in about 90 countries of the world. It started in 1963 through a proposal of the UEA committee by Humphrey Tonkin, who became its first editor in chief and who provided a magazine tha... | {"Frequency": "bimestrial", "Founder": "Humphrey Tonkin", "Categories": "Magazine", "Publisher": "World Esperanto Association", "Founded": "1963", "Country": "The Netherlands", "Based in": "Rotterdam", "Language": "Esperanto", "Website": "Kontakto.TEJO.org", "ISSN": "0023-3692"} |
The Democratic Party of Ivory Coast - African Democratic Rally (; abbreviated PDCI-RDA) is a centre-right political party in Ivory Coast.
History
Founded during the colonial era in 1946, as an outgrowth of the African Agricultural Union, and initially affiliated with the French Communist Party,"Felix Houphouet-Boigny,... | {"Abbreviation": "PDCI-RDA", "Leader": "Philippe Cowppli-Bony", "Founded": "1946", "Headquarters": "Abidjan, Ivory Coast", "Ideology": "African nationalismConservatismhttp://worldstatesmen.org/Cote_dIvorie.html Côte d'Ivoire Ben Cahoon worldstatesmen.org 29 September 2017PopulismHouphouëtismPan-Africanism", "Political ... |
The Gabonese Democratic Party (, PDG) is a political party in Gabon. It was the dominant political party in Gabonese politics from 1961 to 2023, when it was deposed in a coup d'état against President Ali Bongo Ondimba. It was also the sole legal party between 1968 and 1990.
History
The party was established as the Gab... | {"Abbreviation": "PDG", "Leader": "Ali Bongo Ondimba", "Founded": "1953 (Gabonese Democratic Bloc)12 March 1968 (Gabonese Democratic Party)", "Merger of": "CMGPDG", "Ideology": "ConservatismBangura Abdul Karim 2009-06-13 The Political Longevity of El Hadj Omar Bongo in Gabon Defies Pedestrian Characterization http:... |
Rickmansworth (), also known as "Ricky", is a town in south-west Hertfordshire, England; it is located about north-west of central London, south-west of Watford and is inside the perimeter of the M25 motorway. The town is mainly to the north of the Grand Union Canal (formerly the Grand Junction Canal) and the River C... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2020 approx)https://www.citypopulation.de/php/uk-england-eastofengland.php?cityid=E35001432 Town population 2011 1 November 2016 City Populations", "District": "Three Rivers", "Shire county": "Hertfordshire", "UK Parliament": "South West Hertfordshire", "Postcode district"... |
Phillip Christopher Jupitus (, né Swan; born 25 June 1962) is an English stand-up and improv comedian, actor, performance poet, cartoonist and podcaster. Jupitus was a team captain on all but one BBC Two-broadcast episode of music quiz Never Mind the Buzzcocks from its inception in 1996 until 2015, and also appears reg... | {"Pseudonym": "Porky the Poethttps://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/aug/07/phill-jupitus-edinburgh-review Phill Jupitus is Porky the Poet in 27 Years On - Edinburgh festival review The Guardian 13 March 2014 3 May 2015", "Birth name": "Phillip Christopher Swann", "Born": "Newport, Isle of Wight, England", "Medium"... |
Rushmore is a 1998 American comedy film directed by Wes Anderson about a teenager named Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman in his film debut), his friendship with rich industrialist Herman Blume (Bill Murray), and their shared affection for elementary school teacher Rosemary Cross (Olivia Williams). The film was co-written... | {"Directed by": "Wes Anderson", "Produced by": "Barry Mendel Paul Schiff", "Written by": "Wes Anderson Owen Wilson", "Starring": "Jason Schwartzman\n Olivia Williams\n Bill Murray\n Brian Cox\n Seymour Cassel\n Mason Gamble", "Music by": "Mark Mothersbaugh", "Cinematography": "Robert Yeoman", "Edited by": "David Moritz... |
Frank Herbert Muir (5 February 1920 - 2 January 1998) was an English comedy writer, radio and television personality, and raconteur. His writing and performing partnership with Denis Norden endured for most of their careers. Together they wrote BBC Radio's Take It from Here for over 10 years, and then appeared on BBC ... | {"Name": "Frank MuirGBR 100% CBE", "Caption": "Muir in 1970", "Birth name": "Frank Herbert Muir", "Birth date": "1920 2 5 yes", "Birth place": "Ramsgate, Kent, England", "Death date": "1998 1 2 1920 2 5 yes", "Death place": "Thorpe, Surrey, England", "Occupation": "Writer, radio and television personality", "Years acti... |
Linda Helen Smith (29 January 1958 - 27 February 2006) was an English comedian and comedy writer. She appeared regularly on Radio 4 panel games, and was voted "Wittiest Living Person" by listeners in 2002. From 2004 to 2006 she was head of the British Humanist Association.
Life and career
Smith was born in Erith, Kent... | {"Name": "Linda Smith", "Caption": "Smith on QI in 2003", "Birth name": "Linda Helen Smith", "Birth date": "yes 1958 1 29", "Birth place": "Erith, Kent, Englandhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4759922.stm Entertainment | Obituary: Linda Smith BBC News 28 February 2006 11 November 2012", "Death date": "yes 2... |
Miller Farr Jr. (April 8, 1943 - July 18, 2023) was an American professional football player who was a cornerback for 10 seasons in the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL).
Farr attended Wichita State University, lettering in football and track. In his senior year, he led the nation i... | {"Born:": "Beaumont, Texas, U.S.", "Died:": "2023 7 18 1943 4 8", "AFL Draft:": "2(by the Denver Broncos)http://www.profootballarchives.com/1965AFLDraft.html 1965 AFL Draft March 23, 2017 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20170225154441/http://profootballarchives.com/1965AFLDraft.html February 25, 2017", "Height:": "1",... |
Ronald Balfour Corbett (4 December 1930 - 31 March 2016) was a Scottish actor, broadcaster, comedian and writer. He had a long association with Ronnie Barker in the BBC television comedy sketch show The Two Ronnies. He achieved prominence in David Frost's 1960s satirical comedy programme The Frost Report (with Barker)... | {"Name": "Ronnie Corbett", "Post-nominals": "GBR CBE 100%", "Image": "Ronnie-corbett.JPG", "Caption": "Corbett in 2010", "Birth name": "Ronald Balfour Corbett", "Birth date": "1930 12 04 yes", "Birth place": "Edinburgh, Scotland", "Death date": "2016 03 31 1930 12 04 yes", "Death place": "Shirley, London, England", "Re... |
The Two Ronnies is a British television comedy sketch show starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett. It was created by Bill Cotton and aired on BBC1 from 10 April 1971 to 25 December 1987. The usual format included sketches, solo sections, serial stories and musical finales.
Origins
Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett m... | {"Running time": "40-58 minutes", "Created by": "Bill Cotton", "Starring": "Ronnie Barker\n Ronnie Corbett", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Original network": "BBC1", "Original release": "1987 12 25 y"} |
Lisgar Collegiate Institute is an Ottawa-Carleton District School Board secondary school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The school is located in downtown Ottawa by the Rideau Canal.
History
thumb|left|upright|Ottawa Collegiate Institute c. 1875 - 1880
thumb|right|School library collection, 1910
thumb|right|Lisgar Collegi... | {"Coordinates": "45 25 14.2 N 75 41 17.0 W region:CA-ON inline,title", "School board": "Ottawa Carleton District School Board", "Superintendent": "Prince Duah", "Area trustee": "Justine Bellhttps://lisgarci.ocdsb.ca/contact_u_s/contact_information Contact information Lisgar CI", "Administrator": "Mejd Elmahdi", "Campus... |
June Evelyn Bronson Cleaver is a principal character in the American television sitcom Leave It to Beaver. June and her husband, Ward, are often invoked as the archetypal suburban parents of the 1950s. The couple are the parents of two sons, Wally and "Beaver". Wally is twelve years old and in the seventh grade when th... | {"First appearance": "\"It's a Small World\" (pilot episode) (April 23, 1957)", "Last appearance": "Leave It to Beaver (film adaptation, 1997)", "Created by": "Joe ConnellyBob Mosher", "Portrayed by": "Barbara Billingsley (television series)Janine Turner (1997 film adaptation)", "Gender": "Female", "Family": "Theodore ... |
Simon David Hoggart (26 May 1946 - 5 January 2014) was an English journalist and broadcaster. He wrote on politics for The Guardian, and on wine for The Spectator. Until 2006 he presented The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4.
His journalism sketches have been published in a series of books.
Personal life
Simon Hoggart was bo... | {"Name": "Simon Hoggart", "Caption": "Hoggart in 2006", "Birth name": "Simon David Hoggart", "Birth date": "1946 05 26 y", "Birth place": "Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England", "Death date": "2014 01 05 1946 05 26 y", "Death place": "Chelsea, London, England", "Education": "King's College, Cambridge", "Occupation": ... |
thumb|250px|L-R: Pete Duel, William Windom and Ben Murphy in Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
Alias Smith and Jones is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from January 1971 to January 1973. The show initially starred Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes and Ben Murphy as Jedediah "Kid" Curry, outlaw cousins who... | {"Genre": "Western", "Created by": "Glen A. Larson", "Starring": "Pete Duel\n Ben Murphy\n Roger Davis", "Narrated by": "Roger Davis\n Ralph Story", "Country of origin": "United States", "Cinematography": "William Cronjager\n Gene Polito\n John M. Stephens", "Camera setup": "Single-camera", "Running time": "45–48 minut... |
The China Drama Academy () was a Peking opera school in Kowloon, Hong Kong, famous for being the childhood home of such famous actors as Jackie Chan (Yuen Lo), Sammo Hung (Yuen Lung), Yuen Biao, Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu and Corey Yuen (Yuen Kwai).
It was run from a small theatre in the Lai Chi Kok amusement park by Master ... | {"Infobox title": "Seven Little Fortunes", "Show a romanization by default?": "cp", "Name in Chinese": "七小福", "Pinyin transcription": "qī xiǎo fú", "Mandarin IPA": "q i 1 - x iao 3 - f u 2", "Wade-Giles": "ch'i hsiao fu", "Jyutping": "cat1 siu2 fuk1", "Yale Romanization (Cantonese)": "chāt siú fūk", "Cantonese IPA": "t... |
Barry Leslie Norman (21 August 1933 - 30 June 2017) was a British film critic, television presenter and journalist. He presented the BBC's cinema review programme, Film..., from 1972 to 1998.
Early life
Born at St Thomas’s Hospital, London, on 21 August 1933, Norman was the eldest of three children of film director ... | {"Name": "Barry Norman", "Post-nominals": "CBE", "Caption": "Norman in 2012", "Birth name": "Barry Leslie Norman", "Birth date": "y 1933 08 21", "Birth place": "Lambeth, London, England", "Death date": "y 2017 06 30 1933 08 21", "Death place": "Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England", "Education": "Hurstpierpoint CollegeHig... |
Rebecca Louise Front (born 16 May 1964) is an English actress, writer and comedian. She won the 2010 BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for The Thick of It (2009-2012).Jennifer Lipman "Bafta for Jewish actress Rebecca Front", The Jewish Chronicle. 7 June 2010 She is also known for her work in numerous ot... | {"Name": "Rebecca Front", "Caption": "Rebecca Front at the RTS Programme Awards 2014.", "Birth name": "Rebecca Louise Front", "Birth date": "1964 5 16 yes", "Birth place": "Stoke Newington, London, England", "Alma mater": "St Hugh's College, Oxford", "Occupation": "Actress, writer, comedian", "Years active": "1991-pres... |
Wayanad () is a district in the north-east of the Indian state of Kerala, with administrative headquarters at the municipality of Kalpetta. It is the only plateau in Kerala. The Wayanad Plateau forms a continuation of the Mysore Plateau, the southern portion of Deccan Plateau which links the Western Ghats with the East... | {"Rank": "2240", "Density": "397", "ISO 3166 code": "IN-KL", "Website": "https://wayanad.gov.in"} |
Moira Clare Ruby Stuart, (born 2 September 1949) is a British presenter and broadcaster. She was the first female newsreader of Caribbean heritage to appear on British national television, having worked on BBC News since 1981."Black History", BBC.
In a career spanning four decades, she has presented many television n... | {"Name": "Moira Stuart", "Post-nominals": "GBR 100% , CBE", "Caption": "Stuart speaks at the British Library in 2022", "Birth name": "Moira Clare Ruby Stuart", "Birth date": "1949 9 2 y", "Birth place": "London, England", "Occupation": "Presenter, newsreader, radio host", "Parent(s)": "Harold Stuart Marjorie Gordon", ... |
Field Marshal George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, (9 February 1666 - 29 January 1737), styled Lord George Hamilton from 1666 to 1696, was a British soldier and Scottish nobleman and the first British Army officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal. After commanding a regiment for the cause of William of Oran... | {"Born": "Hamilton Palace, South Lanarkshire, Scotland", "Died": "London, England", "Allegiance": "Kingdom of ScotlandKingdom of Great Britain", "Awards": "Knight of the Order of the Thistle", "Spouse(s)": "Elizabeth Villiers", "Children": "Anne O'Brien, 2nd Countess of Orkney\n Frances Lumley-Saunderson, Countess of S... |
Field Marshal John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, 1st Duke of Greenwich, (10 October 1680 – 4 October 1743), styled Lord Lorne from 1680 to 1703, was a Scottish nobleman and senior commander in the British Army. He served on the continent in the Nine Years' War and fought at the Battle of Kaiserwerth during the War of ... | {"Image caption": "Portrait by William Aikman", "Birth date": "1680 10 10 y", "Birth place": "Ham House, Petersham, Surrey", "Death date": "1743 10 4 1680 10 10 y", "Death place": "Sudbrook Park, Petersham", "Buried": "Westminster Abbey", "Other names": "Iain Ruaidh nan Cath or Red John of the Battles", "Wars and battl... |
The Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC) is a government agency of the U.S. state of Rhode Island operating state prisons. It has its headquarters in Cranston."Contact Us." Rhode Island Department of Corrections. Retrieved on December 7, 2009.
The Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) consists of seven priso... | {"Headquarters": "Cranston, Rhode Island", "Formed": "1972 http://www.doc.ri.gov/administration/planning/docs/RI%20Fact%20Sheet%202011%20Final.pdf February 2022", "Jurisdiction": "Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI), Probation, and Parole", "Annual budget": "$206,976,839 http://www.doc.ri.gov/administrat... |
Field Marshal Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, PC (1675 - 20 December 1740) was a British Army officer and statesman. After serving as a junior officer at the Battle of the Boyne during the Williamite War in Ireland and at the Battle of Landen during the Nine Years' War, he commanded a brigade of grenadiers during ... | {"Born": "Westminster, England", "Died": "Ashley Park, Walton-on-Thames", "Allegiance": "Kingdom of EnglandKingdom of Great Britain", "Commands held": "Commander-in-Chief, Ireland"} |
, also referred to as , is a private university in Kyoto City, Japan. Doshisha University is one of the most prestigious universities in Japan today, with particularly strong influence in the Kansai region, and is considered one of the most selective private universities in Japan.National and Public universities apply ... | {"Motto": "Veritas liberabit vos", "Type": "Private", "Endowment": "€1 billion (JP¥169.6 billion)", "President": "Matsuoka Takashi", "Undergraduates": "27,024", "Postgraduates": "2,298", "Campus": "Urban/suburban, 530 acre", "Website": "www.doshisha.ac.jp"} |
Robert Stewart Culin (July 13, 1858 – April 8, 1929) was an American ethnographer and author interested in games, art and dress. Culin played a major role in the development of ethnography, first concentrating his efforts on studying the Asian-Americans workers in Philadelphia. His first published works were "The Pract... | {"Name": "Stewart Culin", "Caption": "Stewart Culin, c. 1920", "Birth name": "Robert Stewart Culin", "Birth date": "1858 07 13", "Birth place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania", "Death date": "1929 04 08 1858 07 13", "Death place": "Amityville, New York", "Occupation": "Ethnographer"} |
is a private university in Kyoto, Japan, that traces its origin to 1869. In addition to its main campus in Kyoto, the university also has satellite campuses in Ibaraki, Osaka and Kusatsu, Shiga.
Today, Ritsumeikan University is known as one of Western Japan's most prestigious universities. "Kan-Kan-Do-Rits" 関関同立 (Kwan... | {"Motto": "ja", "Type": "Private", "President": "Yoshio Nakatani", "Students": "36,825", "Undergraduates": "33,094", "Postgraduates": "3,731", "Campus": "5 campuses in urban areas", "Website": "https://en.ritsumei.ac.jp Official website"} |
The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) is a government agency of the State of Maryland that performs a number of functions,About the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services including the operation of state prisons. It has its headquarters in Towson, Maryland, a... | {"Uniformed as": "Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services", "Multinational agency": "USA", "General nature": "Yes", "Headquarters": "Towson, Maryland"} |
Elias Ashmole (; 23 May 1617 - 18 May 1692) was an English antiquary, politician, officer of arms, astrologer and student of alchemy. Ashmole supported the royalist side during the English Civil War, and at the restoration of Charles II he was rewarded with several lucrative offices.
Ashmole was an antiquary with a s... | {"Name": "Elias Ashmole", "Caption": "Elias Ashmole by an unknown artist (detail), c. 1688, after the portrait by John Riley, below", "Birth date": "yes 1617 5 23", "Birth place": "Lichfield, Staffordshire, England", "Death date": "yes 1692 5 18 1617 5 23", "Death place": "Lambeth, London, England", "Occupation": "anti... |
Stars! is a turn-based strategy, science fiction 4X video game (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate), originally developed by Jeff Johnson and Jeff McBride with help from Jeffrey Krauss ("the Jeffs") for personal use, initially released as shareware for Microsoft Windows in 1995. A retail version was later produced f... | {"Title": "Stars!", "Developer": "Jeff Johnson and Jeff McBride", "Publisher": "Empire Interactive", "Released": "November 20, 1995 (shareware)February 4, 1997 (full)1997-02-27 Online Gaming Review http://www.ogr.com/news/news0297.html 2023-04-16 https://web.archive.org/web/19970227065532/http://www.ogr.com/news/ne... |
Dietrich Hugo Hermann von Choltitz (; 9 November 1894 - 5 November 1966) was a German general. Sometimes referred to as the Saviour of Paris, he served in the Wehrmacht (armed forces) of Nazi Germany during World War II, as well as serving in the Reichswehr of the Weimar Republic, and the Royal Saxon Army during World ... | {"Nickname(s)": "\"Saviour of Paris\"", "Birth name": "Dietrich Hugo Hermann von Choltitz", "Born": "Gräflich Wiese, German Empire (now Łąka Prudnicka, Poland)", "Died": "Baden-Baden, West Germany", "Allegiance": "German Empire\n Kingdom of Saxony\nWeimar RepublicNazi Germany", "Commands held": "LXXVI Panzer Corps 11th... |
Field Marshal John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, (20 July 16739 May 1747) was a Scottish soldier and diplomat. He served in the Nine Years' War and the War of the Spanish Succession and, after a period as British Ambassador in Paris, became a military commander at the Battle of Dettingen during the War of the Austrian... | {"Born": "Edinburgh, Scotland", "Died": "Edinburgh, Scotland", "Allegiance": "Kingdom of Scotland Kingdom of Great Britain", "Awards": "Knight of the Thistle"} |
Olympe de Gouges (; born Marie Gouze; 7 May 17483 November 1793) was a French playwright and political activist. She is best known for her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen and other writings on women's rights and abolitionism.
Born in southwestern France, Gouges began her prolific career as... | {"Name": "Olympe de Gouges", "Caption": "Late-18th century portrait of Gouges by Alexander Kucharsky", "Birth name": "Marie Gouze", "Birth date": "1748 05 07 y", "Birth place": "Montauban, Guyenne-and-Gascony, Kingdom of France", "Death date": "1793 11 3 1748 5 7 y", "Death place": "Place de la Révolution, Paris, Frenc... |
The Northern Counties East Football League is a semi-professional English football league. It has two divisions - Premier Division and Division One - which stand at the ninth and tenth levels of the football pyramid respectively.
History
The league was formed in 1982 following the merger of the Yorkshire League and Mi... | {"Founded": "1982", "Promotion": "Level 8Northern Premier League Division One East", "Relegation": "Level 10United Counties League Division OneLevel 11Central Midlands League North DivisionHumber Premier League Premier DivisionLincolnshire LeagueSheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Premier DivisionWest Yorkshir... |
OGRE is a science fiction board wargame designed by the American game designer Steve Jackson and published by Metagaming Concepts in 1977 as the first microgame in its MicroGame line. When Steve Jackson left Metagaming to form his own company, he took the rights to OGRE with him, and all subsequent editions have been p... | {"Name": "OGRE", "Image": "center", "Image caption": "OGRE microgame cover (second edition, 1977)", "Publishers": "Metagaming Concepts", "Publication": "1977", "Genres": "Board wargame"} |
G.E.V. ("Ground Effect Vehicle", also known as a hovercraft) is a science fiction board wargame that simulates combat in the near future between supertanks and other futuristic weaponry. The game was designed by American game designer Steve Jackson as a sequel to his Ogre board game when he was working for Metagaming C... | {"Name": "G.E.V.", "Image caption": "Original \"plastic bag\" edition published by Metagaming Concepts, 1977", "Publishers": "Metagaming Concepts", "Publication": "1978", "Genres": "Board wargame"} |
The Mariinsky Ballet () is the resident classical ballet company of the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Founded in the 18th century and originally known as the Imperial Russian Ballet, the Mariinsky Ballet is one of the world's leading ballet companies. Internationally in some quarters, the Mariinsky ... | {"Name": "Mariinsky Ballet", "Previous names": "Imperial Russian Ballet (1860-1920)\n State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Leningrad State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet (1920/1924-1935)\n Kirov Ballet (1935-1992)", "Year founded": "Approx. 1740", "Principal venue": "Mariinsky Theatre1 Theatre SquareSt Pet... |
Vidna Obmana (stylized vidnaObmana on many album covers) is a pseudonym used by Belgian composer and ambient musician Dirk Serries. The name Vidna Obmana, a phrase in Serbian, literally translates to "optical illusion" and was chosen by Serries because he felt it accurately described the music. Serries created music un... | {"Born": "1968", "Origin": "Belgium", "Genres": "Ambient musicMinimal musicDrone music", "Labels": "ND RecordsHypnos RecordingsSoleilmoon RecordingsProjekt Records"} |
Major Clifford Hugh Douglas, MIMechE, MIEE (20 January 1879 - 29 September 1952), was a British engineer, economist and pioneer of the social credit economic reform movement.
Education and engineering career
C.H. Douglas was born in either Edgeley or Manchester,Martin-Nielsen, "An Engineer's View of an Ideal Society",... | {"School ortradition": "Social credit, Distributism, conservatism, Toryism, Christian Democracy", "Field": "Civil engineering, Economics, Finances, Political science, History, Accounting, Physics", "Alma mater": "Pembroke College, Cambridge", "Influences": "Montaigne, Smith, Hume, Burke, Maistre, Benson, Maurras, Newma... |
Adams is a town in northern Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 8,166 at the 2020 census.
History
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Nathan Jones purchased the township of East Hoosac at auction in 1762 from the Pr... | {"Type": "Board of Selectmen Representative town meeting", "Land": "59.3", "Water": "0.2", "Density": "auto", "DST": "-4", "Website": "town.adams.ma.us"} |
Hulk is a 2003 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Produced by Universal Pictures in association with Marvel Enterprises, Valhalla Motion Pictures, and Good Machine, and distributed by Universal, it was directed by Ang Lee and written by Jam... | {"Directed by": "Ang Lee", "Screenplay by": "James Schamus\n Michael France\n John Turman", "Story by": "James Schamus", "Based on": "Hulk Stan Lee Jack Kirby", "Produced by": "Avi Arad\n Larry Franco\n Gale Anne Hurd\n James Schamus", "Starring": "Eric Bana\n Jennifer Connelly\n Sam Elliott\n Josh Lucas\n Nick Nolte",... |
Lenox is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The town is in Western Massachusetts and part of the Pittsfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 5,095 at the 2020 census. Lenox is the site of Shakespeare & Company and Tanglewood, summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Lenox in... | {"Type": "Open town meeting", "Land": "55.0", "Water": "1.2", "Density": "auto", "DST": "-4", "Website": "www.townoflenox.com"} |
Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith, CBE, Hon FRAeS (18 January 1888 - 27 January 1989) was a British aviation pioneer, businessman and yachtsman.
Early life
Sopwith was born in Kensington, London, on 18 January 1888. He was the eighth child and only son of Thomas Sopwith (a civil engineer and managing director of the S... | {"Honorific prefix": "Sir", "Post-nominals": "CBE, Hon FRAeS", "Caption": "Sopwith in 1911", "Birth name": "Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith", "Birth date": "1888 1 18 yes", "Birth place": "Kensington, London, United Kingdom", "Death date": "1989 1 27 1888 1 18 yes", "Death place": "Hampshire, United Kingdom", "Resting pl... |
Darrell Ray Green (born February 15, 1960) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins from 1983 to 2002. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest cornerbacks to have ever played in the NFL. Green was inducted into th... | {"Born:": "Houston, Texas, U.S.", "Height:": "9", "Weight:": "184", "High school:": "Jesse H. Jones (Houston, Texas)", "College:": "Texas A&M-Kingsville (1978-1982)", "NFL Draft:": "28"} |
The Clash is the debut studio album by English punk rock band, The Clash. It was released on 8 April 1977 through CBS Records. Recorded and mixed over three weeks in February 1977 for £4,000, it would go on to reach No. 12 on the UK charts, and has been included on many retrospective rankings as one of the greatest pu... | {"Released": "8 April 1977", "Recorded": "10-27 February 1977", "Studio": "CBS, London\nNational Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, England", "Genre": "Punk rock", "Label": "CBS", "Producer": "Mickey Foote"} |
On the first tier, Vietnam is divided into fifty-eight provinces (tỉnh) and five municipalities under the command of the central government (). Municipalities are the highest-ranked cities in Vietnam.ISO 3166-2:VN Municipalities are centrally-controlled cities and have special status equal to the provinces.
The provin... | {"Category": "Unitary state", "Location": "Vietnam", "Created": "1976", "Number": "2020", "Populations": "338,000 (Bắc Kạn) -9,125,000 (Hồ Chí Minh City)", "Areas": "822.7 sqkm on (Bắc Ninh) - 16,493.7 sqkm on (Nghệ An)", "Government": "Marxist-Leninist single party provincial government", "Subdivisions": "District"} |
The national anthem of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was first officially adopted in 1950 without lyrics. The piece was gifted by the then Egyptian King Farouq when King Abdulaziz made a visit to Egypt. It was then adopted again in 1984 with lyrics written by Ibrāhīm Khafājī. The original composition was by Abdul-Raḥman ... | {"Lyrics": "1984", "Music": "1947", "Adopted": "1950 (as instrumental)", "Readopted": "June 29, 1984 (with lyrics)"} |
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace is a 1987 superhero film directed by Sidney J. Furie and written by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal from a story by Christopher Reeve, Konner, and Rosenthal based on the DC Comics character Superman. The film stars Reeve, Gene Hackman, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Jon Cryer, Sam Wana... | {"Directed by": "Sidney J. Furie", "Produced by": "Menahem Golan\n Yoram Globus", "Screenplay by": "Lawrence Konner\n Mark Rosenthal", "Story by": "Christopher Reeve\n Lawrence Konner\n Mark Rosenthal", "Based on": "Superman Jerry Siegel Joe Shuster", "Starring": "Christopher Reeve\n Gene Hackman\n Jackie Cooper\n Marc... |
Kath Soucie is an American actress, known for playing Linka in Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Lola Bunny in the Looney Tunes franchise, Fifi La Fume and Li'l Sneezer in Tiny Toon Adventures, Minx in Jem, Bea in Mighty Max, Dexter's Mom in Dexter's Laboratory, Maddie Fenton in Danny Phantom, Phil, Lil and their mot... | {"Name": "Kath Soucie", "Birth place": "Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1978-present", "Agent": "AVO Talent"} |
The Democratic Republic of Georgia (DRG; ) was the first modern establishment of a republic of Georgia, which existed from May 1918 to February 1921. Recognized by all major European powers of the time, DRG was created in the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1917, which led to the collapse of the Russian Empire and al... | {"Conventional long name": "Democratic Republic of Georgia", "Native name": "საქართველოს დემოკრატიული რესპუბლიკა (Georgian)", "Type of government": "Unitary parliamentary republic", "Symbol type": "Coat of arms", "Map": "245px", "National anthem": "\"ka-latn Dideba no\"(\"Glory\")File:Former Georgian national anthem, 1... |
Cheap Trick at Budokan (or simply At Budokan) is the first live album by American rock band Cheap Trick, and their best-selling recording. It was first released in Japan on October 8, 1978, and later released in the United States on February 1979, through Epic Records. After several years of constant touring but only m... | {"Released": "October 8, 1978 (Japan)February 1979 (U.S.)", "Recorded": "April 28 & 30, 1978", "Venue": "Nippon Budokan, Tokyo", "Genre": "Hard rock\npower pop", "Label": "Epic", "Producer": "Cheap Trick"} |
Paul John Hogan (born 30 November 1962)NNDB is an AACTA Award-winning Australian film director and writer.
Early life
Hogan was born in Brisbane, Queensland. As a teenager, he lived on the North Coast of New South Wales and attended Mt St Patrick's College. He was said to have had a difficult time in high school as he... | {"Caption": "Rebecca Gibney, P. J. Hogan, Deborah Mailman in 2012", "Birth name": "Paul John Hogan", "Birth date": "1962 11 30 yes", "Birth place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Occupation": "Film director, writer", "Years active": "1984-present", "Spouse(s)": "Jocelyn Moorhouse", "Children": "4"} |
My Aim Is True is the debut studio album by the English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, originally released in the United Kingdom on 22July 1977 through Stiff Records. Produced by Stiff artist and musician Nick Lowe, the album was recorded from late 1976 to early 1977 over six four-hour studio sessions at Pathway Stu... | {"Released": "1977 07 22 yes", "Recorded": "1976-1977", "Studio": "Pathway, London", "Genre": "New wave pub rock punk rock power pop", "Label": "Stiff", "Producer": "Nick Lowe"} |
Karl-Heinz Urban (born 7 June 1972) is a New Zealand actor. His career began with appearances in New Zealand films and TV series such as Xena: Warrior Princess. His first Hollywood role was in the 2002 horror film Ghost Ship. Since then, he has starred in many high-profile movies, including as Éomer in the second and t... | {"Caption": "Urban in 2017", "Birth name": "Karl-Heinz Urban", "Birth date": "yes 1972 6 7http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=128ACFC2CD52A118&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_da... |
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Whittier College is a private liberal arts college in Whittier, California. It is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and, as of spring 2023, had approximately 1,200 (undergraduate and graduate) students. It was founded in 1887. Whittier offers one graduate degree, a master’s degree in ed... | {"Motto": "Lux, Poesis, Veritas, Pax, Amor Eruditionis", "Type": "Private liberal arts college", "Endowment": "$112.9 million (2019)As of June 30, 2019. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2019-Endowment-Market-Values--Final-Feb-10.ashx? U.S. and Canadian 2019 NTSE Participating Institutions... |
The Newlywed Game is an American television game show that puts newly married couples against each other in a series of revealing question rounds to determine how well the spouses know or do not know each other. The program, originally created by Robert "Nick" Nicholson and E. Roger Muir (credited on-screen as Roger E.... | {"Also known as": "The New Newlywed Game (1985-1988)The Newlywed Game Starring Paul Rodriguez (1988-1989)", "Genre": "Dating game show", "Running time": "30 minutes", "Created by": "Nick Nicholson E. Roger Muir", "Directed by": "Bill Carruthers (1966-1974) John Dorsey (aka \"The Fox\"; 1966-1974, 1977-1980, 1985-1988) ... |
The Ether Dome is a surgical operating amphitheater in the Bulfinch Building at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. It served as the hospital's operating room from its opening in 1821 until 1867. It was the site of the first public demonstration of the use of inhaled ether as a surgical anesthetic on October 16, ... | {"Location": "Boston, Massachusetts", "Built": "1821", "Architect": "Charles Bulfinch; George Perkins; Alexander Parris", "Architectural style": "Greek Revival", "Area": "less than one acre"} |
The Chevrolet Bel Air is a full-size car produced by Chevrolet for the 1950-1981 model years. Initially, only the two-door hardtops in the Chevrolet model range were designated with the Bel Air name from 1950 to 1952. With the 1953 model year, the Bel Air name was changed from a designation for a unique body shape to a... | {"Manufacturer": "Chevrolet (General Motors)", "Production": "1949-1980", "Class": "Full-size", "Layout": "FR layout", "Predecessor": "Chevrolet FleetlineChevrolet Biscayne", "Successor": "Chevrolet Impala"} |
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California Lutheran University (CLU, Cal Lutheran, or Cal Lu) is a private university in Thousand Oaks, California. It was founded in 1959 and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, but is nonsectarian. It opened in 1960 as California Lutheran C... | {"Type": "Private university", "Accreditation": "WSCUC", "President": "Lori E. Varlotta", "Undergraduates": "2,888", "Postgraduates": "1,394", "Campus": "Suburban - 290 acre sqkm", "Website": "https://www.callutheran.edu", "Endowment": "$115.4 million (2020)As of June 30, 2020. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/... |
Vanessa-Mae (; born 27 October 1978), also called Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, is a Singaporean-born British violinist with album sales reaching several million, having made her the wealthiest entertainer under 30 in the United Kingdom in 2006. She competed under the name Vanessa Vanakorn (; her father's surname) f... | {"Name": "Vanessa-Mae", "Caption": "Vanessa-Mae in 2014", "Birth name": "Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson", "Birth date": "yes 1978 10 27", "Birth place": "Singapore", "Nationality": "British", "Other names": "Vanessa Vanakorn", "Occupation": "Violinist\n musician", "Years active": "1990-present", "Module": "yes\n non_v... |
The Republic of Adygea, (; also known as the Adyghe Republic, is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe. The republic is a part of the Southern Federal District, and covers an area of , with a population of roughly 496,934 residents. It is an enclave within Krasnodar Krai and is th... | {"Rank": "75th", "Density": "496934", "ISO 3166 code": "RU-AD", "Urban density": "49.4%", "Rural density": "50.6%", "Type": "State Council (Khase)"} |
The India men's national cricket team, also known as Team India or the Men in blue, represents Indian in men's international cricket. It is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 In... | {"Nickname(s)": "Men in Blue", "Association": "Board of Control for Cricket in India", "Captain": "Rohit Sharma", "Coach": "Rahul Dravid", "Test": "1931", "ICC status": "1926", "ICC region": "Asia", "First Test": "v ENG at Lord's, London; 25-28 June 1932", "Last Test": "v WIN at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain; 20-24 ... |
Ashley Dwayne MacIsaac (born February 24, 1975) is a Canadian fiddler, singer and songwriter from Cape Breton Island. He has received three Juno Awards, winning for Best New Solo Artist and Best Roots & Traditional Album - Solo at the Juno Awards of 1996, and for Best Instrumental Artist at the Juno Awards of 1997. H... | {"Born": "Creignish, Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada", "Genres": "Celtic fusion, folk, rock", "Labels": "A&M, RCA, Decca, Linus, Loggerhead", "Website": "ashleymacisaac.com"} |
The Glass Menagerie is a memory play by Tennessee Williams that premiered in 1944 and catapulted Williams from obscurity to fame. The play has strong autobiographical elements, featuring characters based on its author, his histrionic mother, and his mentally fragile sister. In writing the play, Williams drew on an earl... | {"Written by": "Tennessee Williams", "Characters": "Amanda WingfieldTom WingfieldLaura WingfieldJim O'ConnorMr. Wingfield", "Setting": "A St. Louis apartment, late 1930s", "Date premiered": "1944", "Place premiered": "Chicago", "Original language": "English", "Genre": "Memory play"} |
New Ireland Province, formerly New Mecklenburg (), and Nova Hibernia, is the northeasternmost province of Papua New Guinea.
Physical geography
The largest island of the province is New Ireland.
Also part of the province are numerous smaller islands, including Saint Matthias Group (Mussau, Emirau), New Hanover, Djaul,... | {"Type": "Constitutional monarchyParliamentary democracy", "Body": "New Ireland Provincial Government", "Land": "9557", "Rank": "6th", "Density": "auto"} |
Zdob și Zdub (; , onomatopoeic for the sound of a drum beat) is a Moldovan folk punk band, based in Chișinău. The band represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 21 May 2005, finishing 6th. They also represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, on 14 ... | {"Origin": "Chișinău, Moldova", "Genres": "Folk rock", "Website": "http://zdobsizdub.md/", "Members": "Roman Iagupov, Mihai Gîncu, Sveatoslav Staruș, Andrei Cebotari, Valeriu Mazîlu, Victor Dandeș"} |
Centreville is a former village in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023 and is now part of the town of Carleton North.
Centreville is located only two miles from the border of Maine, US, at the Bridgewater crossing. There are a few stores; Valufoods (formerly Freshmart) & Gramma... | {"Land": "2.67", "Density": "190.4", "DST": "-3", "Website": "Village of Centreville"} |
Abdel Basset Turki al-Hadithi was Minister of Human Rights in the cabinet appointed by the Iraq Interim Governing Council in September 2003. He resigned in April 2004 in protest at the deaths of over 600 Iraqis during the siege of Falluja.
In November 2003 Turki demanded access to the captured "Most-wanted Iraqi playi... | {"Name": "Abdel Basset Turki al-Hadithi", "Image caption": "Central Bank of Iraq", "Term start": "October 2012", "Term end": "19 October 2014", "Office 2": "1st Minister for Human Rights", "President 2": "Iraqi Governing Council", "Prime minister 2": "Iraqi Governing Council", "Predecessor 2": "Position created", "Succ... |
thumb|Grave of Toyotomi Clan at Mount Kōya
thumb|Marker at the location of suicide of Hideyori and Yodo-dono, Osaka Castle
was the son and designated successor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the general who first united all of Japan. His mother, Yodo-dono, was the niece of Oda Nobunaga.
Early life
Born in 1593, he was Hidey... | {"Name": "Toyotomi Hideyori", "Image caption": "Toyotomi Hideyori", "Native name": "豊臣 秀頼", "Birth date": "1593 8 28", "Death date": "1615 6 4 1593 8 28", "Death place": "Osaka Castle", "Term start": "1598", "Term end": "1615", "Battles fought": "Siege of Osaka (1614-1615)", "Spouse(s)": "Senhime"} |
Theodor Dumitru Stolojan (; born 24 October 1943) is a Romanian politician who was Prime Minister of Romania from September 1991 to November 1992. An economist by training, he was also one of the presidents of the National Liberal Party (PNL) before being the founding leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (PLD) and th... | {"Name": "Theodor Stolojan", "Term start": "1 October 1991", "Term end": "19 November 1992", "Office 2": "Member of the European Parliament for Romania", "Birth date": "1943 10 24 y", "Birth place": "Târgoviște, Romania", "Other political party": "Romanian Communist Party (before 1989) National Salvation Front (1989-19... |
Sir Jeffrey Mark Donaldson (born 7 December 1962) is a British politician who has served as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) since June 2021. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lagan Valley since 1997, and leader of the DUP in the UK House of Commons since 2019. As of 2022, he is Northern Irelan... | {"Name": "Jeffrey Donaldson", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Term start": "30 June 2021", "Office 2": "Democratic Unionist Party Chief Whip in the House of Commons", "Leader 2": "Nigel Dodds", "Predecessor 2": "Office established", "Successor 2": "Sammy Wilson", "Birth date": "1962 12 7 yes", "Birth place... |
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