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James Creel Marshall (born March 31, 1948) is an American attorney who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 2003 to 2011. Marshall, a Democrat from Georgia, represented a district based in Macon that also included much of rural Central Georgia. His district was numbered the from 2003 t... | {"Name": "Jim Marshall", "Birth name": "James Creel Marshall", "Birth date": "1948 03 31", "Birth place": "Ithaca, New York, U.S.", "Term start": "September 2012", "Term end": "January 2014", "Office 2": "Mayor of Macon, Georgia", "Preceded 2": "Tommy Olmstead", "Succeeded 2": "Jack Ellis", "Spouse(s)": "Camille Hope",... |
John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 - July 17, 2020) was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for from 1987 until his death in 2020. He participated in the 1960 Nashville sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, was the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordin... | {"Image caption": "Lewis in 2006", "Alternative text": "Photograph of John Lewis in suit and tie", "Term start": "January 3, 2003", "Term end": "July 17, 2020", "Office 2": "Member of the Atlanta City Councilfrom at-large post 18", "Successor 2": "Morris Finley", "Birth name": "John Robert Lewis", "Birth date": "1940 2... |
John Hardy Isakson (December 28, 1944 - December 19, 2021) was an American businessman and politician who served as a United States senator from Georgia from 2005 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the Georgia legislature and the United States House of Representatives.
Born in Atlanta, ... | {"Name": "Johnny Isakson", "Term start": "January 3, 2005", "Term end": "December 31, 2019", "Office 2": "Chair of the Senate Ethics Committee", "Predecessor 2": "Barbara Boxer", "Successor 2": "James Lankford", "Birth name": "John Hardy Isakson", "Birth date": "1944 12 28", "Birth place": "Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.", "De... |
Greg the Bunny is an American television sitcom that originally aired on Fox in 2002. It starred Seth Green and a hand puppet named Greg the Bunny, originally invented by the team of Sean S. Baker,"Sundance Review: TANGERINE Transcends". Birth. Movies. Death. By Devin Faraci February 1, 2015"http://www.villagevoice.com... | {"Genre": "Sitcom", "Created by": "Steven LevitanSpencer ChinoyDan Milano", "Starring": "Eugene LevySeth GreenBob GuntonSarah SilvermanDina WatersDrew MasseyDan Milano", "Narrated by": "Dan Milano (Fox version)", "Country of origin": "United States", "Camera setup": "Single camera; Film", "Running time": "30 minutes", ... |
John Elmer Linder (born September 9, 1942) is an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2011. His district was numbered the from 1993 to 1997, the from 1997 to 2003, and the from 2003 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Linder announced that h... | {"Name": "John Linder", "Birth date": "1942 09 09", "Birth place": "Deer River, Minnesota, U.S.", "State house 2": "Georgia", "District 2": "44th", "Predecessor 2": "Bruce Widener", "Successor 2": "Bart Ladd", "Spouse(s)": "Lynne Linder", "Alma mater": "University of Minnesota Duluth (BS, DDS)", "Residence": "Duluth, G... |
Knottingley is a town in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England on the River Aire and the old A1 road before it was bypassed as the A1(M). Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a population of 13,503, increasing to 13,710 for the City of Wakefield ward at the 2011 Census. It makes up the m... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(Ward. 2011)", "Metropolitan borough": "City of Wakefield", "Metropolitan county": "West Yorkshire", "UK Parliament": "Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford", "Postcode district": "WF", "Dialling code": "01977", "OS grid reference": "SE495235"} |
OpenRISC is a project to develop a series of open-source hardware based central processing units (CPUs) on established reduced instruction set computer (RISC) principles. It includes an instruction set architecture (ISA) using an open-source license. It is the original flagship project of the OpenCores community.
The ... | {"Designer": "Originally Damjan Lampret, now the OpenRISC Community (Stafford Horne etc.)", "Bits": "32-bit, 64-bit", "Introduced": "2000", "Version": "1.3https://openrisc.io/architecture#published-versions Published versions 2021-03-28", "Design": "RISC", "Encoding": "Fixed", "Page size": "8 KiB", "Extensions": "ORFPX... |
Kirkham (originally Kirkam-in-Amounderness) is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Fylde in Lancashire, England, midway between Blackpool and Preston ( west of Preston) and adjacent to the smaller town of Wesham. It owes its existence to Carr Hill upon which it was built and which was the location of a Roman fort... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021)", "District": "Fylde", "Shire county": "Lancashire", "UK Parliament": "Fylde", "Postcode district": "PR", "Dialling code": "01772", "OS grid reference": "SD426321"} |
Emperor Min of Jin (; 300 - February 7, 318), personal name Sima Ye (司馬鄴 or 司馬業), courtesy name Yanqi (彥旗), was an emperor of the Jin Dynasty (266-420) and the last of the Western Jin.
Emperor Min surrendered in 316 to Liu Yao, a general of the Xiongnu state Han Zhao, and was later executed by Liu Cong, the emperor of... | {"Born": "300", "Died": "318 2 7 300 y", "Father": "Sima Yan", "Mother": "Lady Xun"} |
The Kremlin Arsenal () is a former armory built within the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin in Russia. Initially constructed in 1736, it has been rebuilt several times. It remains in military use to date, unlike the Kremlin Armoury, another arsenal within the walls of the Moscow Kremlin, which is now a museum. The buildin... | {"Architectural style": "Neoclassical", "Current tenants": "Kremlin Regiment", "Coordinates": "55 45 13 N 37 36 59 E region:RU_type:landmark inline,title", "Construction started": "1702"} |
The BMW film series The Hire consists of eight short films (averaging about ten minutes each) produced for the Internet in 2001 and 2002. A form of branded content, the shorts were directed by popular filmmakers from around the globe and starred Clive Owen as "the Driver" while highlighting the performance aspects of v... | {"Directed by": "John Frankenheimer\n Ang Lee\n Wong Kar-wai\n Guy Ritchie\n Alejandro González Iñárritu\n John Woo\n Joe Carnahan\n Tony Scott\n Neill Blomkamp", "Produced by": "Robyn Boardman\n Robert Van de Weteringe Buys\n Tapas Blank\n Tony McGarry\n Leon Corcos\n David Mitchell\n Nicole Dionne\n Pelayo Gutiérrez\... |
The Brothel in Rosenstrasse is a 1982 novel by Michael Moorcock. The main character is Rickhardt von Bek, a member of the family of Ulrich von Bek which is central to some of Moorcock's other fantasy novels, notably The War Hound and the World's Pain, The City in the Autumn Stars, and The Dragon in the Sword. The novel... | {"Language": "English", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Publisher": "New English Library", "ISBN": "0-450-04877-2", "Cover artist": "Henri Gervex", "Media type": "Print (hardback)", "Pages": "191 pp"} |
Michael Allen "Mac" Collins (October 15, 1944 - November 20, 2018) was an American businessman and politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2005, representing (previously from 1993 to 2003). In 2004, he was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate... | {"Name": "Mac Collins", "Image": "MacCollins.JPG", "Term start": "January 3, 1993", "Term end": "January 3, 2005", "Birth name": "Michael Allen Collins", "Birth date": "1944 10 15", "Birth place": "Jackson, Georgia, U.S.", "Death date": "2018 11 20 1944 10 15", "Death place": "Flovilla, Georgia, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Ju... |
Charles Whitlow Norwood Jr. (July 27, 1941 - February 13, 2007) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 until his death in 2007. At the time of his death, Norwood was the representative of the 10th District of Georgia.
Early life and educatio... | {"Birth name": "Charles Whitlow Norwood Jr.", "Birth date": "1941 7 27 y", "Death date": "2007 02 13 1941 07 27", "Birth place": "Valdosta, Georgia, U.S.", "Death place": "Augusta, Georgia, U.S.", "Resting place": "Westover Memorial ParkAugusta, Georgia, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Gloria Norwood", "Alma mater": "Baylor Schoo... |
John Nathan Deal (born August 25, 1942) is an American politician who served as the 82nd governor of Georgia from 2011 to 2019. A Republican, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2010, and as a member of the Georgia State Senate 1981 to 1993 as a Democrat.
In 2010, Deal resigned from Congress to... | {"Name": "Nathan Deal", "Image caption": "Deal in 2013", "Term start": "January 10, 2011", "Term end": "January 14, 2019", "State senate2": "Georgia State", "District 2": "49th", "Predecessor 2": "Howard Overby", "Successor 2": "Jane Hemmer", "Birth name": "John Nathan Deal", "Birth date": "1942 8 25", "Birth place": "... |
John Phillip Gingrey (born July 10, 1942) is an American physician and former politician who served as a U.S. Representative for from 2003 to 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party (GOP). His district comprised the northwestern suburbs of Atlanta. Since leaving Congress, Gingrey has worked as a senior adviser at... | {"Name": "Phil Gingrey", "State senate2": "Georgia", "District 2": "37th", "Predecessor 2": "Chuck Clayhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=288597 Our Campaigns - GA State Senate 037 Race - Nov 03, 1998", "Successor 2": "Chuck Clayhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=288746 Our Campaigns... |
urpmi is a package management tool for installing, removing, updating and querying software packages of local or remote (networked) media. It wraps around the RPM Package Manager in the role of a smart package manager. It uses repositories and will resolve dependencies so that the user will not suffer from dependency h... | {"Original author(s)": "Pascal Rigaux", "Developer(s)": "Thierry Vignaud", "Written in": "Perl", "Type": "Package management system", "Website": "https://metacpan.org/release/urpmi"} |
Ivan Minchov Vazov (; - 22 September 1921) was a Bulgarian poet, novelist and playwright, often referred to as "the Patriarch of Bulgarian literature". He was born in Sopot, a town in the Rose Valley of Bulgaria (then part of the Ottoman Empire). The works of Ivan Vazov reveal two historical epochs - the Bulgarian Re... | {"Name": "Ivan Vazov", "Caption": "Contemporary image of writer, Ivan Vazov", "Native name": "Иван Минчов Вазов", "Birth date": "1850 07 09 y", "Birth place": "Sopot, Rose Valley, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire", "Death date": "1921 09 22 1850 07 09 y", "Nationality": "Bulgarian", "Partner(s)": "Evgenia Mars", "Occupation": ... |
Christine Ellen Hynde (born September 7, 1951) is an American-British musician. She is a founding member and the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band the Pretenders, and one of the band's two remaining original members alongside drummer Martin Chambers. She is the only continuous member of... | {"Name": "Chrissie Hynde", "Caption": "Hynde in 2013", "Birth name": "Christine Ellen Hynde", "Birth date": "1951 09 07http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2011/09/07/happy_60th_birthday_chrissie_hynde Happy 60th Birthday, Chrissie Hynde! Starpulse.com September 7, 2011 April 13, 2012 March 4, 2016 https://web... |
The 63rd (Royal Naval) Division was a United Kingdom infantry division of the First World War. It was originally formed as the Royal Naval Division at the outbreak of the war, from Royal Navy and Royal Marine reservists and volunteers, who were not needed for service at sea. For RN personnel, the designation HMS Victor... | {"Branch": "United KingdomUnited Kingdom", "Type": "Infantry", "Size": "Division", "Part of": "VIII Corps"} |
Othell Maxie Burns Jr. (born November 8, 1948) is an American politician and academic from the state of Georgia. A member of the Republican Party, Burns has represented the 23rd district in the Georgia State Senate since January 2021. He previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 2003 to 2005,... | {"Name": "Max Burns", "Birth name": "Othell Maxie Burns Jr.", "Birth date": "1948 11 8 y", "Birth place": "Millen, Georgia, U.S.", "State senate": "Georgia State", "Term start": "January 11, 2021", "District 2": "GA 12 12th", "Predecessor 2": "New District", "Successor 2": "John Barrow", "Spouse(s)": "Lora Burns", "Edu... |
The MK 108 (German: Maschinenkanone—"machine cannon") is a 30 mm caliber autocannon manufactured in Germany during World War II by Rheinmetall‑Borsig for use in aircraft.
The cannon saw widespread use as an anti-bomber weapon during the second half of the war, first seen in 1943 in the Bf 110G-2 bomber destroyers and... | {"Place of origin": "Nazi Germany", "Type": "Autocannon", "Sights": "yes", "Blast yield": "yes", "In service": "1943-1945", "Used by": "Nazi Germany", "Wars": "World War II", "Designer": "Rheinmetall-Borsig", "Designed": "1940", "Manufacturer": "Rheinmetall-Borsig", "Produced": "1943-1945", "Mass": "58 kg lb", "Length"... |
David Albert Scott (born June 27, 1945) is an American politician and businessman who has served as the U.S. representative for since 2003. Scott's district includes the southern fourth of Atlanta, as well as several of its suburbs to the south and west. Before his election to Congress in 2002, Scott served as a Democ... | {"Name": "David Scott", "Office 2": "Chair of the House Agriculture Committee", "Predecessor 2": "Collin Peterson", "Successor 2": "Glenn Thompson", "Birth name": "David Albert Scott", "Birth date": "1945 6 27", "Birth place": "Aynor, South Carolina, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Alfredia Aaron 1969", "Education": "Florida A&M ... |
Neil Abercrombie (born June 26, 1938) is an American politician who served as the seventh governor of Hawai'i from 2010 to 2014. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Born in Buffalo, New York, Abercrombie is a graduate of Union College and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. He began his political career in 1975, w... | {"Name": "Neil Abercrombie", "Term start": "December 6, 2010", "Term end": "December 1, 2014", "Predecessor 2": "Cecil Heftel", "Successor 2": "Pat Saiki", "Birth date": "1938 6 26", "Birth place": "Buffalo, New York, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Nancie Caraway 1981", "Education": "Union College (AB)University of Hawaii, Manoa... |
Edward Espenett Case (born September 27, 1952) is an American lawyer and Democratic politician and since 2019 has served as the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district, which covers the urban core of Honolulu. He represented the 2nd district, which covers the rest of the state, from 2002 to 2007.
A... | {"Name": "Ed Case", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2022", "Predecessor 2": "Patsy Mink", "Successor 2": "Mazie Hirono", "Birth name": "Edward Espenett Case", "Birth date": "1952 09 27", "Birth place": "Hilo, Territory of Hawaii, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Audrey Nakamura 2001", "Education": "Williams College (BA)Univer... |
Clement Leroy "Butch" Otter (born May 3, 1942) is an American businessman and politician who served as the 32nd governor of Idaho from 2007 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected in 2006, and reelected in 2010, and 2014. Otter served as lieutenant governor from 1987 to 2001 and in U.S. Congress from ... | {"Name": "Butch Otter", "Term start": "January 1, 2007", "Term end": "January 7, 2019", "Office 2": "37th Lieutenant Governor of Idaho", "Governor 2": "Cecil AndrusPhil BattDirk Kempthorne", "Predecessor 2": "David Leroy", "Successor 2": "Jack Riggs", "Birth name": "Clement Leroy Otter", "Birth date": "1942 5 3", "Birt... |
The Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (; ) is the head of government of Macau, a special administrative region of China. The position replaced the office of Governor of Macau, the former head of Macau as an overseas province of Portugal. Under the Basic Law of Macau, the chief executive's rol... | {"Post": "Chief Executive", "Body": "Macao Special Administrative Region", "Native name": "澳門特別行政區行政長官Chefe do Executivo da Região Administrativa Especial de Macau", "Insignia size": "100px", "Insignia caption": "Emblem of Macau", "Image size": "200px", "Incumbent": "Ho Iat Seng", "Incumbent since": "20 December 2019",... |
Michael Keith Simpson (born September 8, 1950) is an American politician and former dentist serving as the U.S. representative for since 1999. The district covers most of the eastern portion of the state, including Idaho Falls, Pocatello, Sun Valley, Twin Falls and the northern two-thirds of Boise.
A member of the Re... | {"Name": "Mike Simpson", "Term start": "January 3, 1999", "Office 2": "Member of the Idaho House of Representatives", "Predecessor 2": "Jerry Wellard", "Successor 2": "Stan Williams", "Birth name": "Michael Keith Simpson", "Birth date": "1950 09 8", "Birth place": "Burley, Idaho, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Kathy Simpson 1977... |
The 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was originally formed as the Lowland Division, in 1908 as part of the Territorial Force. It later became the 52nd (Lowland) Division in 1915. The 52nd (Lowland) Division fought in the First World War before being disbanded, with the ... | {"Branch": "23px Territorial Force", "Type": "Infantry", "Role": "Infantry, Air Landing, and Mountain", "Size": "Second World War: 18,347 menThis is the war establishment, the on-paper strength, of a British infantry division for 1944/1945.Joslen, p. 129 nbhttps://books.google.com/books?id=-iAjBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA62 D-Day En... |
Bobby Lee Rush (born November 23, 1946) is an American politician, activist and pastor who served as the U.S. representative for for three decades. A civil rights activist during the 1960s, Rush co-founded the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party.
Rush was first elected to Congress in 1992. He has since won co... | {"Name": "Bobby Rush", "Alternative text": "Official portrait, 2018", "Term start": "January 3, 1993", "Term end": "January 3, 2023", "Birth name": "Bobby Lee Rush", "Birth date": "1946 11 23", "Birth place": "Albany, Georgia, U.S.", "Other political party": "Black Panther (1968-1974)", "Spouse(s)": "Sandra Milan 1965 ... |
Jesse Louis Jackson Jr. (born March 11, 1965) is an American politician. He served as the U.S. representative from from 1995 until his resignation in 2012. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the son of activist and former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson and, prior to his career in elected office, worked for ... | {"Name": "Jesse Jackson Jr.", "Alternative text": "Official portrait, 2007", "Term start": "December 12, 1995", "Term end": "November 21, 2012", "Birth name": "Jesse Louis Jackson Jr.", "Birth date": "1965 03 11", "Birth place": "Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Sandi Stevens 1991 2018 divorcedhttps://w... |
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The Blue Grotto () is a sea cave on the coast of the island of Capri, southern Italy. Sunlight passing through an underwater cavity and shining through the seawater creates a blue reflection that illuminates the cavern. The cave extends some 50 metres into the cliff at the su... | {"Location": "Anacapri (NA, Campania, Italy)", "Length": "54 m", "Geology": "Sea cave", "Entrances": "1"} |
Mogilev Region, also known as Mogilev Oblast or Mahiliow Voblasts (, ; ), is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative center is the city of Mogilev.
Important cities within the region include Mogilev, Asipovichy and Babruysk.
History
Both Mogilev and Gomel Regions suffered severely after the Chernobyl nuclea... | {"Density": "37", "Rank": "126", "ISO 3166 code": "BY-MA", "Website": "http://mogilev-region.gov.by/"} |
Minsk Region, also known as Minsk Oblast or Minsk Voblasts (, ; ), is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative center is Minsk, although it is a separate administrative territorial entity of Belarus. As of 2011, the region's population is 1,411,500.
Geography
Minsk Region covers a total of 39,900 km2, about 1... | {"Density": "35", "Rank": "345", "ISO 3166 code": "BY-MI", "Website": "http://www.minsk-region.gov.by/"} |
Konrad Paul Kujau (27 June 1938 - 12 September 2000) was a German illustrator and forger. He became famous in 1983 as the creator of the so-called Hitler Diaries, for which he received DM 2.5 million (€2,421,020 in 2020 terms, adjusted for inflation) from a journalist, Gerd Heidemann, who in turn sold it for DM 9.3 mil... | {"Name": "Konrad Kujau", "Alt": "Konrad Kujau in 1992", "Caption": "Konrad Kujau in 1992", "Birth name": "Konrad Paul Kujau", "Birth date": "1938 6 27 y", "Birth place": "Löbau, Germany", "Death date": "2000 9 12 1938 6 27 y", "Death place": "Stuttgart, Germany", "Nationality": "German", "Known For": "Forging the \"Hit... |
Barry McGuire (born October 15, 1935) is an American singer-songwriter primarily known for his 1965 hit "Eve of Destruction". He later pioneered as a singer and songwriter of contemporary Christian music.
Early life
McGuire was born in Oklahoma City and his family moved to California when he was two years old. After w... | {"Born": "Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States", "Genres": "Rock CCM", "Labels": "Horizon Ember Dunhill Ode Myrrh Sparrow", "Website": "barrymcguire.com"} |
SilkAir Singapore Private Limited, operating as SilkAir, was a Singaporean airline with its head office in Changi, Singapore. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Airlines and in 2017, operated scheduled passenger services from Singapore to 54 cities in Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, East Asia, and N... | {"Airline name": "SilkAir", "Image size (px)": "250", "IATA Designator": "MI", "ICAO Designator": "SLK", "Callsign": "SILKAIR", "Founded": "y 1975 (as Tradewinds Charters)", "Commenced operations": "y 1989 2 21 (as Tradewinds Airlines)\n y 1992 4 1 (as SilkAir)https://mainlymiles.com/2021/05/27/farewell-silkair-after-2... |
Alex Kidd in Shinobi World is a side-scrolling action game from Sega for the Master System in 1990. Developed in Japan, it was released for the overseas market (North America, Europe and Brazil). The game stars Alex Kidd in a parody version of Sega's ninja-themed action game Shinobi, where Alex Kidd fights against cari... | {"Title": "Alex Kiddin Shinobi World", "Developer": "Sega", "Publisher": "Sega", "Designer": "Yoshio Yoshida", "Released": "Master SystemNA June 24, 1990Alex Kidd in Shinobi World (Video Game 1990) - Release Info https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5447412/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_ov_inf Internet Movie Database EU August 1990Vir... |
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The First of October Anti-Fascist Resistance Groups () was a Spanish clandestine Marxist-Leninist group aiming for the formation of a Spanish Republican state.
Besides its anti-capitalism, it is anti-imperialist, and is also strongly opposed to Spain's NATO membership.Alessandro Seregni, El Anti-... | {"Allegiance": "Communist Party of Spain (Reconstituted)", "Motives": "The creation of a Socialist republic in Spain", "Active regions": "Spain", "Ideology": "CommunismMarxism-LeninismMaoismAnti-revisionismSocialismRepublicanismAnti-imperialismAnti-fascism", "Notable attacks": "May 1979 Madrid bombing", "Status": "Inac... |
Isa bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa (; 3 June 1931 - 6 March 1999) was the first emir of Bahrain from 1961 until his death in 1999.
Born in Jasra, Bahrain, he became emir upon the death of his father, Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa.
Early life and reign
left|thumb|216x216px|Ronald and Nancy Reagan with Isa bin Salman Al... | {"Father": "Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa", "Mother": "Mouza bint Hamad Al Khalifa", "Born": "Jasra, Bahrain", "Died": "Manama, Bahrain", "Burial": "Al Rifa'a Cemetery", "Religion": "Sunni Islam"} |
William Oliver Lipinski (born December 22, 1937) is an American politician and lobbyist who was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2005, representing a district in Chicago.
Life and career
thumb|Lipinski (far left) in 2004 with Steve Schlickman and Illinois State Senators Ba... | {"Name": "Bill Lipinski", "Term start": "January 3, 1983", "Term end": "January 3, 2005", "Birth name": "William Oliver Lipinski", "Birth date": "1937 12 22", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Rose Lipinski", "Education": "Loras College"} |
Luis Vicente Gutiérrez (born December 10, 1953) is an American politician. He served as the U.S. representative for from 1993 to 2019. From 1986 until his election to Congress, he served as a member of the Chicago City Council representing the 26th ward. He is a member of the Democratic Party and was a member of the C... | {"Name": "Luis Gutiérrez", "Term start": "January 3, 1993", "Term end": "January 3, 2019", "Birth name": "Luis Moses Gutiérrez", "Birth date": "1953 12 10", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Soraida Arocho 1977", "Education": "Northeastern Illinois University (BA)"} |
Rahm Israel Emanuel (; born November 29, 1959) is an American politician and diplomat who is the current United States ambassador to Japan. A member of the Democratic Party, he served three terms representing Illinois in the United States House of Representatives from 2003 to 2009, then was White House Chief of Staff f... | {"Name": "Rahm Emanuel", "Term start": "March 25, 2022", "Office 2": "23rd White House Chief of Staff", "President 2": "Barack Obama", "Deputy 2": "Mona SutphenJim Messina", "Predecessor 2": "Joshua Bolten", "Successor 2": "Pete Rouse (acting)", "Birth name": "Rahm Israel Emanuel", "Birth date": "1959 11 29", "Birth pl... |
Henry John Hyde (April 18, 1924 - November 29, 2007) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 2007, representing the 6th District of Illinois, an area of Chicago's northwestern suburbs. He was Chairman of the Judiciary Committee from 1995 to... | {"Name": "Henry Hyde", "Term start": "January 3, 1975", "Term end": "January 3, 2007", "Office 2": "Chair of the House Judiciary Committee", "Predecessor 2": "Jack Brooks", "Successor 2": "Jim Sensenbrenner", "Birth name": "Henry John Hyde", "Birth date": "1924 4 18", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Death da... |
The Democratic Action Party (abbreviation: DAP; ; ; ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Malaysia. As one of four component parties of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition, it formed the federal government after defeating Barisan Nasional (BN) in the 2018 Malaysian general election, ending the party's ... | {"Abbreviation": "DAP", "Founded": "yes 1965 10 11", "Preceded by": "People's Action Party of Malaya", "Headquarters": "Jalan Yew, 55100 Kuala Lumpur", "Newspaper": "The Rocket RoketKini", "Ideology": "Social democracyhttp://www.kas.de/wf/en/33.34966/ Political Awakening in Malaysia Jan Senkyr KAS International Reports... |
Stephen Cram, (born 14 October 1960) is a British retired track and field athlete. Along with fellow Britons Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, he was one of the world's dominant middle distance runners during the 1980s. Nicknamed "The Jarrow Arrow", after his home town, Cram set world records in the 1,500 m, 2,000 m, and... | {"Name": "Steve Cram CBE", "Full name": "Stephen CramSteve Cram https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/steve-cram-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417171527/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/steve-cram-1.html dead 17 April 2020 sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 7 June ... |
Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe (born 29 September 1956), often referred to as Seb Coe, is a British politician and former track and field athlete. As a middle-distance runner, Coe won four Olympic medals, including 1500 metres gold medals at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984. He set nine outdoor and three indoor w... | {"Name": "The Lord Coe", "Image caption": "Coe during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in 2012", "Term start": "19 August 2015", "Office 2": "Chairman of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games", "Predecessor 2": "Liu Qi", "Successor 2": "Carlos Arthur Nuzman", "Birth name": "... |
Stephen James Backley, OBE (born 12 February 1969) is a retired British track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He formerly held the world record, and his throw from 1992 is the British record. During his career, he was a firm fixture in the British national athletics team. He won four gold medals a... | {"Name": "Steve Backley OBE", "Header color": "lightsteelblue", "Full name": "Stephen James Backley", "Nationality": "British", "Birth date": "1969 2 12 y", "Place of birth": "Sidcup, England", "Years active": "1989-2004", "Height": "1.95 mSteve Backley https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/steve-backl... |
Avery Brundage (; September 28, 1887 - May 8, 1975) was an American sports administrator who served as the fifth president of the International Olympic Committee from 1952 to 1972. The only American and only non-European to attain that position, Brundage is remembered as a zealous advocate of amateurism and for his inv... | {"Name": "Avery Brundage", "Image caption": "Brundage in 1964", "Term start": "August 15, 1952", "Term end": "September 11, 1972", "Office 2": "Life Honorary President of the IOC", "Predecessor 2": "Vacant, last held by Sigfrid Edström (1964)", "Successor 2": "Vacant, next held by Lord Killanin (1980)", "Birth date": "... |
Daniel K. Davis (born September 6, 1941) is an American politician who is the U.S. representative from , elected in 1996. The district serves much of western Chicago, including the Loop. It also includes several of Chicago's inner western suburbs, such as Bellwood, Oak Park, and River Forest. Davis is a Democrat, a mem... | {"Term start": "January 3, 1997", "Birth date": "1941 9 6", "Birth place": "Parkdale, Arkansas, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Vera Davis 1974", "Education": "University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (BA)Chicago State University (MS)Union Institute and University (PhD)", "Official website": "House website", "Other political party": ... |
Stephen Michael James Ovett, (; born 9 October 1955) is a retired British track athlete. A middle-distance runner, he was the gold medalist in the 800 metres at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. Ovett set five world records for 1500 metres and the mile run, and a world record at two miles. He won 45 consecutive 1500 a... | {"Name": "Steve Ovett OBE", "Image size": "250", "Image caption": "Ovett in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in September 1986", "Sport": "Track", "Event": "800 metres, 1500 metres, mile, 5000 metres", "Nationality": "British", "Header color": "lightsteelblue", "Birth date": "yes 1955 10 09", "Place of birth": "Brighton, Suss... |
Alessandro "Sandro" Pertini (; 25 September 1896 - 24 February 1990) was an Italian socialist politician who served as the president of Italy from 1978 to 1985.
Early life
Born in Stella (Province of Savona) as the son of a wealthy landowner, Alberto, he studied at a Salesian college in Varazze, and completed his sch... | {"Name": "Sandro Pertini", "Honorific suffix": "OMCA 100%", "Term start": "9 July 1978", "Term end": "29 June 1985", "Order 2": "President of the Chamber of Deputies", "Predecessor 2": "Brunetto Bucciarelli-Ducci", "Successor 2": "Pietro Ingrao", "Birth name": "Alessandro Pertini", "Birth date": "1896 9 25 y", "Birth p... |
Norman DeValois Dicks (born December 16, 1940) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for , between 1977 and 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party.2003-2004 Official Congressional Directory: 108th Congress His district was located in the northwestern corner of the state, and i... | {"Name": "Norm Dicks", "Term start": "January 3, 1977", "Term end": "January 3, 2013", "Birth name": "Norman DeValois Dicks", "Birth date": "1940 12 16", "Birth place": "Bremerton, Washington, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Suzanne Callison (1967-present)", "Education": "University of Washington (BA, JD)"} |
Edward "Ned" Alleyn (; 1 September 156621 November 1626) was an English actor who was a major figure of the Elizabethan theatre and founder of the College of God's Gift in Dulwich.
Early life
thumb|Memorial to Edward Alleyn in Dulwich Village, sculpted by Louise Simson, 2005
thumb|Edward Alleyn's gravestone, Dulwich V... | {"Caption": "Edward Alleyn", "Occupation": "Actor", "Birth date": "1 September 1566", "Birth place": "Bishopsgate, London", "Death date": "1626 11 21 1566 09 01 y", "Death place": "London", "Years active": "1583-1604", "Spouse(s)": "Joan Woodward 22 October 1592 28 June 1623 her death\n Constance Donne 3 December 1623"... |
Philip Miller Crane (November 3, 1930 - November 8, 2014) was an American politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 2005, representing the 8th District of Illinois in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago. At the time of his defeat in the 2004 election, Crane was th... | {"Name": "Phil Crane", "Term start": "1973", "Term end": "1989", "Birth name": "Philip Miller Crane", "Birth date": "1930 11 3", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Death date": "2014 11 8 1930 11 3", "Death place": "Jefferson, Maryland, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Arlene Johnson", "Education": "DePauw UniversityUniver... |
Janice Schakowsky ( ; née Danoff; born May 26, 1944) is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative from since 1999. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
The district is anchored in Chicago's North Side, including much of the area bordering Lake Michigan. It also includes many of Chicago's no... | {"Name": "Jan Schakowsky", "Image caption": "Schakowsky in 2014", "Term start": "January 3, 2019", "Office 2": "Member of theIllinois House of Representatives", "Predecessor 2": "Woody Bowman", "Successor 2": "Julie Hamos", "Birth name": "Janice Danoff", "Birth date": "1944 5 26", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S... |
Christopher Livingstone Eubank (born 8 August 1966) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 1998. He held the WBO middleweight and super-middleweight titles between 1990 and 1995, and is ranked by BoxRec as the third best British super-middleweight boxer of all time.
He reigned as world champi... | {"Born": "1966 8 8 y", "Nickname(s)": "Simply the Best\nEnglishDavies Gareth A. Chris Eubank changes his name to 'English' - to stop being confused with his son https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/boxing/11950435/Chris-Eubank-changes-his-name-to-English-to-stop-being-confused-with-his-son.html 25 October 2015... |
Stourbridge () is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England, situated on the River Stour. Historically in Worcestershire, it was the centre of British glass making during the Industrial Revolution. The 2011 UK census recorded the town's population as 63,298.
Geography
Stourbridg... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "63,298", "Metropolitan borough": "Dudley", "Shire county": "Worcestershire", "Metropolitan county": "West Midlands", "UK Parliament": "Stourbridge", "Postcode district": "DY", "Dialling code": "01562", "OS grid reference": "SO899844"} |
Stourport-on-Severn, often shortened to Stourport, is a town and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of North Worcestershire, England, a few miles to the south of Kidderminster and downstream on the River Severn from Bewdley. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 20,653.
History and early growth
thumb|left|M... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021 Census)Stourport https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/westmidlands/admin/wyre_forest/E04010455__stourport_on_severn/ City population 25 October 2022", "District": "Wyre Forest", "Shire county": "Worcestershire", "UK Parliament": "Wyre Forest", "Postcode district": "... |
Mark Steven Kirk (born September 15, 1959) is a retired American politician and attorney who served as a United States senator from Illinois from 2010 to 2017, and as the United States representative for Illinois's 10th congressional district from 2001 to 2010. A member of the Republican Party, Kirk describes himself a... | {"Name": "Mark Kirk", "Term start": "November 29, 2010", "Term end": "January 3, 2017", "Birth name": "Mark Steven Kirk", "Birth date": "1959 9 15", "Birth place": "Champaign, Illinois, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Kimberly Vertolli 2001 2009 divorced", "Education": "Cornell University (BA)London School of Economics (MS)George... |
Gerald Cameron Weller (born July 7, 1957) is an American politician who was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing . As of 2015, Weller is the managing principal of New World Group Public Affairs, a lobbying group with offices in Washington, DC, Florida and Guatemala. He was also a Globa... | {"Name": "Jerry Weller", "Birth date": "1957 07 07", "Birth place": "Streator, Illinois, U.S.", "Office 2": "Member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 75th district 85th district (1987, 1989-1993)", "Predecessor 2": "Ray A. Christensen", "Successor 2": "Stephen Spangler", "Spouse(s)": "Zury Ríos 2004 div... |
Lloyd Honeyghan (born 22 April 1960) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 1995. He reigned as the undisputed welterweight champion from 1986 to 1987, and held the WBC, The Ring magazine welterweight titles twice between 1986 and 1989. At regional level he held the British, European and Commo... | {"Nickname(s)": "Raggamuffin", "Weight(s)": "Welterweight\nLight-middleweight", "Height": "5 ft 9 inHBO Sports tale of the tape prior to the Marlon Starling fight.", "Reach": "68 in", "Nationality": "British", "Born": "Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica", "Stance": "Orthodox", "Total fights": "48", "Wins": "43", "Wins by KO": "3... |
Earth Is Room Enough is a collection of fifteen short science fiction and fantasy stories and two pieces of comic verse by American writer Isaac Asimov, published in 1957. In his autobiography In Joy Still Felt, Asimov wrote, "I was still thinking of the remarks of reviewers such as George O. Smith... concerning my pe... | {"Cover artist": "Tony Palladinohttp://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?11772 Publication: Earth is Room Enough", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Doubleday", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "192", "ISBN": "(later edition)The first edition has no ISBN", "Preceded by":... |
Jerry Francis Costello (born September 25, 1949) is an American politician and former U.S. Representative for . He previously represented and served in the US House from 1988 to 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party and was the dean of Illinois's 21-member congressional delegation. In October 2011, Costello ann... | {"Name": "Jerry Costello", "Term start": "August 9, 1988", "Term end": "January 3, 2013", "Birth name": "Jerry Francis Costello", "Birth date": "1949 9 25", "Birth place": "East St. Louis, Illinois, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Georgia Cockrum", "Education": "Southwestern Illinois CollegeMaryville University (BA)"} |
Frederick Percival Mills (26 June 1919 - 25 July 1965) was an English boxer, and the world light heavyweight champion from 1948 to 1950. Mills was tall and did not have a sophisticated boxing style; he relied on two-fisted aggression, relentless pressure, and the ability to take punishment to carry him through, and in... | {"Nationality": "British", "Real name": "Frederick Percival Mills", "Nickname(s)": "The Bournemouth Bombshell\nFearless Freddie", "Weight(s)": "Middleweight\nLight-heavyweight\nHeavyweight", "Height": "5 ft 10+1/2 in", "Reach": "72 in", "Born": "Bournemouth, Hampshire,before 1 April 1974 Bournemouth was in Hampshire En... |
József Kreul Bugner (born 13 March 1950) is a former heavyweight professional boxer and actor. He holds triple nationality, being a citizen of Hungary and a naturalised citizen of both Australia and the United Kingdom. He unsuccessfully challenged Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight championship in 1975, losing by a unani... | {"Nationality": "HungarianBritishAustralian", "Real name": "József Kreul Bugner", "Nickname(s)": "Aussie Joe", "Weight(s)": "Heavyweight", "Born": "Szőreg, Hungary", "Reach": "82 in cm on", "Height": "6 ft 4 in m on", "Stance": "Orthodox", "Total fights": "83", "Wins": "69", "Wins by KO": "43", "Losses": "13", "Draws":... |
Sir Henry Cooper (3 May 19341 May 2011) was a British heavyweight boxer. He was undefeated in British and Commonwealth heavyweight championship contests for twelve years and held the European heavyweight title for three years. In a 1963 fight against a young Cassius Clay, he knocked Clay down before the fight was stop... | {"Real name": "Henry Cooper", "Nickname(s)": "Our 'Enry", "Weight(s)": "Heavyweight", "Height": "6 ft 1+1/2 in", "Reach": "75 in", "Nationality": "English", "Born": "Lambeth, London, England", "Died": "Limpsfield, Surrey, England", "Stance": "Orthodox", "Total fights": "55", "Wins": "40", "Wins by KO": "27", "Losses": ... |
Judith Gail Biggert (née Borg; born August 15, 1937) is an American politician and attorney. She is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1999 to 2013. She is a member of the Republican Party.
Biggert was defeated in her 2012 re-election bid by former US Congressman Bill Foster. She was also the last Repub... | {"Name": "Judy Biggert", "Term start": "January 3, 1999", "Term end": "January 3, 2013", "Birth name": "Judith Gail Borg", "Birth date": "1937 8 15", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Rody Biggert (died 2018)", "Education": "Stanford University (BA)Northwestern University (JD)"} |
Pete Wisdom is a fictional secret agent appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in Excalibur vol. 1 #86 (February 1995), and was created by Warren Ellis and Ken Lashley. Wisdom is a British Secret Service agent with the mutant ability to throw "blades" of energy ("hot knives") fr... | {"Publisher": "Marvel Comics", "Created by": "Warren Ellis (writer)Ken Lashley (artist)", "Species": "Human Mutant", "Team affiliations": "MI-13\n Black Air\n MI6\n X-Force\n New Excalibur", "Notable aliases": "Winston", "Abilities": "Able to throw 'hot knives' spikes of shearing energy from his fingertipsGreat leaping... |
Anthony Florian Zaleski (May 29, 1913 - March 20, 1997), known professionally as Tony Zale, was an American boxer."Zale Is Still A Quiet Worker". NYTimes.com (August 4, 1982). Retrieved on September 11, 2017. Zale was born and raised in Gary, Indiana, a steel town, which gave him his nickname, "Man of Steel", reinforce... | {"Nationality": "American", "Real name": "Anthony Florian Zaleski", "Nickname(s)": "Man of Steelhttp://articles.chicagotribune.com/1997-03-21/sports/9703210215_1_tony-zale-graziano-fight-rocky-graziano Tony Zale, Boxing's 'Man Of Steel,' Dies At 82 - tribunedigital-chicagotribune Articles.chicagotribune.com March 21... |
Frederick de Houtman ( - 21 October 1627) was a Dutch explorer, navigator, and colonial governor who sailed on the first Dutch expedition to the East Indies from 1595 until 1597, during which time he made observations of the southern celestial hemisphere and contributed to the creation of 12 new southern constellations... | {"Name": "Frederick de Houtman", "Image caption": "De Houtman 1615", "Office 2": "Governor of Amboyna", "Term 2": "1605 03 01 1611 02 18 y", "Predecessor 2": "Office established", "Successor 2": "Caspar Janszoon", "Birth name": "Frederik de Houtman", "Birth date": "Unknown date, 1571", "Birth place": "Gouda, South Holl... |
Tracy Dawn Scoggins (born c. 1953, Galveston County, Texas) is an American actress known for her roles as Monica Colby in the 1980s primetime soap opera Dynasty and its spin-off series The Colbys, Cat Grant in the first season of the 1993-1997 television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, and as Capta... | {"Name": "Tracy Scoggins", "Caption": "Scoggins in 2008", "Birth name": "Tracy Dawn Scoggins", "Birth date": "c. 1953", "Birth place": "Galveston County, Texas, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress", "Alma mater": "Southwest Texas State University", "Years active": "1979-"} |
The Discovery of Heaven () is a 1992 novel by Dutch writer Harry Mulisch. It is considered Mulisch's masterpiece and was voted best book in the Dutch language in a 2007 poll among the readers of NRC Handelsblad.
A 2001 film adaptation by director Jeroen Krabbé features Stephen Fry and Flora Montgomery in the leading r... | {"Original title": "De ontdekking van de hemel", "Country": "Netherlands", "Language": "Dutch", "Publisher": "De Bezige Bij (Dutch) Penguin Books (English)", "Media type": "Book", "Pages": "905", "Set in": "Netherlands, Cuba, Rome, Poland and Jerusalem, 1933-1985", "ISBN": "0-670-85668-1", "Preceded by": "The Last Cal... |
William Winter Hamilton (26 June 1917 - 23 January 2000) was a British politician who served as a Labour Member of Parliament for constituencies in Fife, Scotland for 37 years, between 1950 and 1987. He was known for his strong republican views.
Background
Born in Houghton-le-Spring, the son of a County Durham miner, ... | {"Name": "Willie Hamilton", "Office 2": "Member of Parliamentfor Central Fife", "Predecessor 2": "New constituency", "Successor 2": "Henry McLeish", "Birth name": "William Winter Hamilton", "Birth date": "26 June 1917", "Birth place": "Houghton-le-Spring, England", "Death date": "23 January 2000 (aged 82)", "Death plac... |
The Llangollen Canal () is a navigable canal crossing the border between England and Wales. The waterway links Llangollen in Denbighshire, north Wales, with Hurleston in south Cheshire, via the town of Ellesmere, Shropshire. The name, which was coined in the 1980s, is a modern designation for parts of the historic Elle... | {"Boat length": "0", "Boat beam": "Fenders must be raised in locks - warning shown at Hurleston", "Start point": "Junction with Shropshire Union Canal", "End point": "Unnavigable canal continues to Horseshoe Falls", "Branch(es)": "Montgomery Canal, Prees Branch, Ellesmere Arm, Whitchurch Arm, Trevor Basin", "Original n... |
For a Lost Soldier () is a 1992 Dutch coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Roeland Kerbosch, based on the autobiographical novel of the same title by ballet dancer and choreographer Rudi van Dantzig. It deals with the romantic/sexual relationship between an 11-year-old boy (Van Dantzig, portrayed by Maartin Sm... | {"Directed by": "Roeland Kerbosch", "Produced by": "Guurtje BuddenbergMatthijs van Heijningen", "Screenplay by": "Don BlochRoeland Kerbosch", "Based on": "Rudi van Dantzig", "Starring": "Maarten SmitJeroen KrabbéAndrew KelleyFreark SminkElsje de Wijn", "Music by": "Joop Stokkermans", "Cinematography": "Nils Post", "Edi... |
Timothy Vincent Johnson (July 23, 1946 - May 9, 2022) was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois. He was the U.S. representative for , serving from 2001 to 2013. He was a member of the Republican Party and did not run for re-election in 2012.
Early life, education, and early political career
Johnson was born ... | {"Name": "Timothy V. Johnson", "Image": "Tim Johnson Congressional portrait.jpeg", "Birth name": "Timothy Vincent Johnson", "Birth date": "1946 07 23", "Birth place": "Champaign, Illinois, U.S.", "Death date": "2022 5 9 1946 07 23", "Death place": "Urbana, Illinois, U.S.", "Term start": "January 3, 2001", "Term end": "... |
Lane Allen Evans (August 4, 1951 - November 5, 2014) was an American attorney and politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 until 2007, representing the 17th District of Illinois. Evans announced that he would not seek reelection in November 2006 and retired at... | {"Name": "Lane Evans", "Birth name": "Lane Allen Evans", "Birth date": "1951 8 4 y", "Birth place": "Rock Island, Illinois, U.S.", "Death date": "2014 11 5 1951 8 4", "Death place": "East Moline, Illinois, U.S.", "Term start": "January 3, 1983", "Term end": "January 3, 2007", "Residence": "Rock Island, Illinois", "Alma... |
Raymond H. LaHood ( ; born December 6, 1945) is an American politician who served as the 16th United States Secretary of Transportation from 2009 to 2013 under President Barack Obama. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the Illinois House of Representatives (1982-1983) and United States House of R... | {"Name": "Ray LaHood", "Term start": "January 23, 2009", "Term end": "July 2, 2013", "Office 2": "Member of theIllinois House of Representativesfrom the 72nd district", "Predecessor 2": "Ben Polk", "Successor 2": "Bob DeJaegher", "Birth date": "1945 12 6", "Birth place": "Peoria, Illinois, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Kathy", ... |
John Mondy Shimkus (, born February 21, 1958) is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from 1997 to 2021, representing the 20th, 19th and 15th congressional districts of Illinois.
Shimkus is a member of the Republican Party. On August 30, 2019, he announced that he would not seek re-election for h... | {"Name": "John Shimkus", "Term start": "January 3, 1997", "Term end": "January 3, 2021", "Birth name": "John Mondy Shimkus", "Birth date": "1958 2 21", "Birth place": "Collinsville, Illinois, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Karen Muth", "Education": "United States Military Academy (BS)Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville (M... |
The Passamaquoddy (Passamaquoddy: Peskotomuhkati, Plural: Peskotomuhkatiyik) are a Native American/First Nations people who live in northeastern North America. Their traditional homeland, Peskotomuhkatikuk, straddles the Canadian province of New Brunswick and the U.S. state of Maine in a region called Dawnland. They ar... | {"Name": "Passamaquoddy", "Native name": "Peskotomuhkati", "Image": "267px", "Image caption": "Passamaquoddy men in a canoe (2016)", "Population": "3,575 enrolled tribal membersSipayik: 2,005 Motahkomikuk: 1,364 Qonasqamkuk: 206", "Languages": "Maliseet-Passamaquoddy, English", "Religions": "Wabanaki mythology, Christi... |
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Hardmead is a small village in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the north of the Borough, about west of Bedford, north-east of Central Milton Keynes and north east of Newport Pagnell. The village is close to the A422 road, on a very small road linking that ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Unitary authority": "Milton Keynes", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "UK Parliament": "Milton Keynes North", "Postcode district": "MK", "Dialling code": "01234", "OS grid reference": "SP935476"} |
Joseph Christopher Chocola (born February 24, 1962) is an American businessman, lawyer, and former politician who served as the U.S. Representative from Indiana's 2nd congressional district from 2003 to 2007.
In 2002, Chocola ran for the U.S. House, defeating former Democratic congresswoman Jill Long Thompson. Chocola... | {"Name": "Chris Chocola", "Image size": "175px", "Birth name": "Joseph Christopher Chocola", "Birth date": "1962 02 24", "Birth place": "Jackson, Michigan, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Sarah Chocola", "Residence": "Bristol, Indiana, U.S.", "Education": "Hillsdale College (BA)Western Michigan University (JD)"} |
Hardwick is both a village and a civil parish within the Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the Aylesbury Vale, about four miles north of Aylesbury.
Hardwick is a common place name in England, of Old English origin meaning 'livestock farm'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was know... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 3 February 2013", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "UK Parliament": "Aylesbury", "Postcode district": "HP", "Dialling code": "01296", "OS grid reference": "SP805192"} |
Stephen Earle Buyer ( ;Buyer's own website on pronunciation of his name born November 26, 1958) is an American former politician who served as the U.S. representative for , and previously the , from 1993 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.
In Congress, Buyer served as one of the House managers (prosec... | {"Name": "Steve Buyer", "Term start": "January 3, 2007", "Term end": "January 3, 2011", "Predecessor 2": "Jim Jontz", "Successor 2": "Todd Rokita", "Birth date": "1958 11 26", "Birth place": "Rensselaer, Indiana, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Joni Buyer", "Education": "The Citadel (BS)Valparaiso University (JD)", "Battles fough... |
Swire Group (Chinese: 太古集團) is a highly diversified global corporation, with businesses encompassing property, beverages and food chain, aviation, marine, as well as trading and industrial activities. Its core businesses are mainly focused on Asia, with its key operations in Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland. Within A... | {"Type": "Private company limited by shares (John Swire & Sons Limited)\n Public (Swire Pacific Limited)", "Founded": "1816", "Headquarters": "Hong Kong (Operational HQ) London (Registered HQ) (Hong Kong but with registered office in London for John Swire & Sons Limited (UK) and some other related entities and subsid... |
Irving Lahrheim (August 13, 1895 - December 4, 1967), known professionally as Bert Lahr, was an American stage and screen actor and comedian. He was best known for his role as the Cowardly Lion, as well as his counterpart Kansas farmworker "Zeke", in the MGM adaptation of The Wizard of Oz (1939). He was well known for ... | {"Name": "Bert Lahr", "Caption": "Lahr pictured 1936", "Birth name": "Irving Lahrheim", "Birth date": "1895 8 13 y", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Death date": "1967 12 4 1895 8 13 y", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Resting place": "Union Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, New York", "Years active": "1909-1967... |
Berry is a small Australian village in the Shoalhaven region of the New South Wales South Coast, located south of the state capital, Sydney. It has many historical buildings which are listed on the New South Wales Heritage Register.New South Wales Heritage Register. Online reference Berry attracts many tourists who co... | {"Type": "town", "Name": "Berry", "State Abbreviation": "nsw", "Caption": "Berry township", "Coordinates": "34 46 31 S 150 41 38 E inline,title", "Locator Map Pushpin Label Position": "right", "Locator Map Pushpin Caption": "Location in New South Wales", "Local Government Area (LGA)": "City of Shoalhaven", "Postcode": ... |
Hartwell is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Stone with Bishopstone and Hartwell, in central Buckinghamshire, England. It is to the south of Aylesbury, by the village of Stone. In 1961 the civil parish had a population of 100.
The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means "spring frequent... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "Postcode district": "HP17"} |
Julius Winfield Erving II (born February 22, 1950), commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is an American former professional basketball player. Erving helped legitimize the American Basketball Association (ABA), and he was the best-known player in that league when it merged into the National Basketball Association (NBA... | {"Listed height": "7", "Listed weight": "210", "Born": "Roosevelt, New York, U.S.", "High school": "Roosevelt (Roosevelt, New York)", "College": "UMass (1969-1971)"} |
Danone S.A. () is a French multinational food-products corporation based in Paris. It was founded in 1919 in Barcelona, Spain. It is listed on Euronext Paris where it is a component of the CAC 40 stock market index. Some of the company's products are branded Dannon in the United States.
As of 2018, Danone sold product... | {"Type": "Société anonyme", "Founded": "Barcelona, Spain(1919)", "Headquarters": "Boulevard Haussmann 9th arrondissement, Paris, France (Operational)Hoofddorp, Netherlands (Global)https://aasarchitecture.com/2017/11/new-danone-netherlands-global-headquarters-powerhouse-company.html/ New Danone Netherlands Global Headq... |
The People's Justice Party (, often known simply as KEADILAN or PKR) is a reformist political party in Malaysia formed on 3 August 2003 through a merger of the party's predecessor, the National Justice Party, with the socialist Malaysian People's Party. The party's predecessor was founded by Wan Azizah Wan Ismail durin... | {"Abbreviation": "KEADILAN official, PKR", "President": "Anwar Ibrahim", "Founded": "10 December 1998 (Formation of Pergerakan Keadilan Sosial NGO)\n4 April 1999 (Takeover of Ikatan Masyarakat Islam Malaysia and renamed Parti Keadilan Nasional)3 August 2003 (Merger with Parti Rakyat Malaysia and renamed Parti Keadilan ... |
William Felton Russell (February 12, 1934 - July 31, 2022) was an American professional basketball player who played center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1956 to 1969. He was the centerpiece of the Celtics dynasty that won 11 NBA championships during his 13-year career. Russel... | {"Listed height": "10", "Listed weight": "215", "Born": "Monroe, Louisiana, U.S.", "Died": "Mercer Island, Washington, U.S.", "High school": "McClymonds (Oakland, California)", "College": "San Francisco (1953-1956)"} |
Julia May Carson (née Porter; July 8, 1938 - December 15, 2007) was a member of the United States House of Representatives for from 1997 until her death in 2007 (numbered as the 10th District from 1997 to 2003).U.S. Congresswoman Julia Carson, U.S. House bio Carson was the first woman and first African American to re... | {"Name": "Julia Carson", "Birth name": "Julia May Porter", "Birth date": "1938 07 08", "Death date": "2007 12 15 1938 07 08 y", "Birth place": "Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.", "Death place": "Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.", "Resting place": "Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis", "Spouse(s)": "Divorced", "Alma mater": "Indiana... |
() is a district of Zhoushan City made of 128 islands in Zhejiang province, China.The total area is 1,444 square kilometres.The land area is 568.8 square kilometers, the sea area is 875.2 square kilometers, and the coastline is more than 400 kilometers.It is based on the larger northwestern half of Zhoushan Island, whe... | {"Land": "568.8", "Water": "875.2", "Density": "399382", "Website": "dinghai.gov.cn"} |
Thame is a market town and civil parish in Oxfordshire, about east of the city of Oxford and southwest of Aylesbury. It derives its name from the River Thame which flows along the north side of the town and forms part of the county border with Buckinghamshire. The parish includes the hamlet of Moreton south of the t... | {"OS grid reference": "SP710060", "Population": "(2021 Census)Thame https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/southeastengland/admin/south_oxfordshire/E04008171__thame/ City population 25 October 2022", "District": "South Oxfordshire", "Shire county": "Oxfordshire", "Sovereign state": "England", "Postcode district": "OX",... |
Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel (baptized 29 August 1686 - 1764) was a German composer and organist, the elder son of Johann Pachelbel.
He was born in Erfurt and spent the first four years of his life there. The Pachelbel family moved to Stuttgart in 1690, then, fleeing from the War of the Grand Alliance, to Gotha in 169... | {"Name": "Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel", "Birth date": "August 29, 1686 (baptised)", "Birth place": "Erfurt", "Death date": "1764", "Death place": "Nuremberg", "Notable works": "Seven known compositions for keyboard"} |
The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough of West Midlands, England. It was created in 1974 following the Local Government Act 1972, through a merger of the existing Dudley County Borough with the municipal boroughs of Stourbridge and Halesowen.
The borough borders Sandwell to the east, the city of... | {"Type": "Metropolitan borough council", "Body": "Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council", "Rank": "Ranked E08000027", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+1", "ISO 3166 code": "GB-DUD", "Website": "www.dudley.gov.uk/"} |
John Underhill (ca 1608/1609 - 21 July 1672) was an early English settler and soldier in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Province of New Hampshire, where he also served as governor; the New Haven Colony, New Netherland, and later the Province of New York, settling on Long Island. Hired to train militia in New England... | {"Name": "John Underhill", "Caption": "Raised relief sculptural bust of Captain John Underhill from the Underhill Burying Ground near Oyster Bay, New York.", "Birth date": "ca 1608/1609", "Birth place": "Netherlands", "Death date": "21 September 1672 (aged 74)", "Death place": "Matinecock, Province of New York, British... |
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