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The is a high-speed Shinkansen train service operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on the Hokuriku Shinkansen in Japan. The shinkansen service was introduced in October 1997, but the name was first used for a semi-express service operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR) in 1961. "Asama" is the name of a... | {"Service type": "Shinkansen", "Status": "Operational", "Locale": "Japan", "First service": "1 March 1961 (Semi-express)1 October 1997 (Shinkansen)", "Line(s) used": "Hokuriku Shinkansen", "Termini": "Nagano", "Class(es)": "Standard + Green + Gran Class", "Catering facilities": "Trolley service", "Electrification": "25... |
August Wilhelm Antonius Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau (27 October 176023 August 1831) was a Prussian field marshal. He was a prominent figure in the reform of the Prussian military and the War of Liberation.
Early life
Gneisenau was born at Schildau in the Electorate of Saxony. He was the son of a Saxon lieutenant of a... | {"Born": "Schildau, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire", "Died": "Posen, Province of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia(present-day Poznań, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland)", "Allegiance": "Habsburg Monarchy 175023x15px| Principality of AnsbachKingdom of Prussia 1750", "Commands held": "VIII Prussian Corps", "Awards": "... |
The 1924 Constitution of the Soviet Union was the constitution of the Soviet Union adopted on 31 January 1924. According to British historian Archie Brown the constitution was never an accurate guide to political reality in the USSR. For example, the fact that the Communist Party played the leading role in making and e... | {"Original title": "1924 Constitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics", "Date effective": "31 January 1924", "Repealed": "5 December 1936", "Commissioned by": "Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union", "Jurisdiction": "Soviet Union"} |
The 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union, also known as the Stalin Constitution, was the constitution of the Soviet Union adopted on 5 December 1936.
The 1936 Constitution was the second constitution of the Soviet Union and replaced the 1924 Constitution, with 5 December being celebrated annually as Soviet Constituti... | {"Short title": "1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union", "Long title": "1936 Constitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics", "Image size": "100px", "Date effective": "1936 12 05 y", "Date repealed": "1977 10 07 y", "Enacted by": "Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union", "Signed by": "Joseph Stalin", "Territo... |
The 1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union, officially the Constitution (Fundamental Law) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was the constitution of the Soviet Union adopted on 7 October 1977.
The 1977 Constitution, also known as the Brezhnev Constitution or the constitution of the developed Socialism, was the... | {"Short title": "1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union", "Long title": "Constitution (Fundamental Law) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics", "Image size": "100px", "Date effective": "7 October 1977", "Date repealed": "26 December 1991", "Enacted by": "Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union", "Signed by": "Leonid Bre... |
Maida Vale ( ) is an affluent residential district which forms the northern part of Paddington in West London, England. It is to the west of St John's Wood and south of Kilburn. It is also the name of its main road, on the continuous Edgware Road. Maida Vale is part of the City of Westminster, 3.1 miles (5.0 km) north-... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2016 Maida Vale and Little Venice combined Ward populations)https://www.westminster.gov.uk/sites/www.westminster.gov.uk/files/maida-vale-ward-profile.pdf Maida Vale Ward Profile 2018 Westminster City Council 9 April 2018 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20180409233651... |
Peter Frederick Carter-Ruck (26 February 1914 - 19 December 2003) was an English solicitor, specialising in libel cases. The firm he founded, Carter-Ruck, is still practising.
Biography
Personal life
Carter-Ruck was educated at St Edward's School, Oxford. He spent three months in Germany during the 1930s, observing t... | {"Name": "Peter Carter-Ruck", "Birth name": "Peter Frederick Carter-Ruck", "Birth date": "1914 02 26 y", "Birth place": "Steyning, Sussex, England", "Death date": "2003 12 19 1914 02 26 y", "Death place": "Great Hallingbury, Uttlesford, Essex, England", "Nationality": "British", "Known For": "Specialising in libel case... |
Haripuñjaya (Central and Northern Thai: , also spelled Haribhuñjaya) was a Mon kingdom in what is now Northern Thailand, existing from the 7th or 8th to 13th century CE. Its capital was at Lamphun, which at the time was also called Haripuñjaya. In 1292 the city was besieged and captured by Mangrai of the Tai kingdom o... | {"Native name": "Haripuñjaya (Pali)", "Type of government": "Monarchy", "Starting event": "Legendary founding by Suthep", "Event ending the country": "Besieged and captured by Kingdom of Lan Na", "Event 1": "More probable, supposed founding", "Event 1 date": "c. 750 A.D.", "Capital": "Haripuñjaya (Lamphun)", "Common la... |
The Socialist Party of Serbia (, abbr. SPS) is a political party in Serbia. Ivica Dačić has led SPS as its president since 2006.
SPS was founded in 1990 as a merger of the League of Communists of Serbia and Socialist Alliance of Working People of Yugoslavia with Slobodan Milošević as its first president. In the 1990 ... | {"Abbreviation": "SPS", "President": "Ivica Dačić", "Founded": "1990 7 17 y", "Merger of": "SKS SSRNJ", "Headquarters": "Bulevar Mihajla Pupina 6, Belgrade", "Ideology": "nowrap Social democracy Populism", "Political position": "Centre-left", "National affiliation": "SPS-JS-ZS"} |
The Serbian Radical Party (, SRS) is an ultranationalistThe SRS has been widely described as ultranationalist:
Mila Dragojević (2016) [2014]. The Politics of Social Ties: Immigrants in an Ethnic Homeland, Routledge, p. 90
political party in Serbia. It was founded in 1991, and its founder and current leade... | {"Abbreviation": "SRS", "Split from": "Serbian Renewal Movement People's Radical Party", "President": "Vojislav Šešelj", "Founded": "1991 02 23 y", "Headquarters": "Magistratski trg 3,Zemun, Belgrade", "Newspaper": "Velika Srbija", "Ideology": "Ultranationalism Serbian irredentism Right-wing populism", "Political posit... |
Winston Spencer-Churchill (10 October 1940 - 2 March 2010), generally known as Winston Churchill, was an English Conservative politician and a grandson of former British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. During the period of his prominence as a public figure, he was normally referred to as Winston Churchill , in or... | {"Name": "Winston Churchill", "Image size": "180px", "Image caption": "Churchill in 1997", "Term start": "9 June 1983", "Term end": "8 April 1997", "Office 2": "Member of Parliamentfor Stretford", "Predecessor 2": "Ernest Arthur Davies", "Successor 2": "Tony Lloyd", "Birth date": "1940 10 10 yes", "Birth place": "Chequ... |
Roger Frederick Wicker (born July 5, 1951) is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Mississippi, a seat he has held since 2007. A member of the Republican Party, Wicker was a Mississippi State Senator from 1988 to 1995 and the U.S. Representative from Mississippi's 1st con... | {"Name": "Roger Wicker", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2018", "Term start": "December 31, 2007", "Office 2": "Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee", "Predecessor 2": "Maria Cantwell", "Successor 2": "Ted Cruz", "Birth name": "Roger Frederick Wicker", "Birth date": "1951 7 5", "Birth place": "Pontotoc,... |
Pamela Beryl Harriman (née Digby; March 20, 1920 – February 5, 1997), also known as Pamela Churchill Harriman, was an English-born American political activist for the Democratic Party, diplomat, and socialite. She married three times: her first husband was Randolph Churchill, the son of prime minister Winston Churchill... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Honorable", "Term start": "June 30, 1993", "Term end": "February 5, 1997", "Birth name": "Pamela Beryl Digby", "Birth date": "1920 3 20", "Birth place": "Farnborough, Hampshire, England", "Death date": "1997 2 5 1920 3 20", "Death place": "Paris, France", "Resting place": "Arden, Harriman, New... |
Derek Leslie Conway TD (born 15 February 1953) is an English politician and television presenter. A member of the Conservative Party, Conway served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Shrewsbury and Atcham from 1983 to 1997, and Old Bexley and Sidcup from 2001 to 2010. He is currently a presenter of ... | {"Name": "Derek Conway", "Term start": "23 July 1996", "Term end": "2 May 1997", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Old Bexley and Sidcup", "Predecessor 2": "Sir Edward Heath", "Successor 2": "James Brokenshire", "Birth date": "1953 2 15 y", "Birth place": "Gateshead, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)"... |
William Todd Akin (July 5, 1947 - October 3, 2021) was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2001 to 2013. He was a member of the Republican Party. Born in New York City, Akin grew up in the Greater St. Louis area. After receiving his bachelor's degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institu... | {"Name": "Todd Akin", "Term start": "January 3, 2001", "Term end": "January 3, 2013", "Birth name": "William Todd Akin", "Birth date": "1947 7 5", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Death date": "2021 10 3 1947 07 05", "Death place": "Wildwood, Missouri, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Lulli Boe 1975", "Education": "Worcester... |
Thakur Artha Niranjan Joseph De Silva Deva Aditya, (born 11 May 1948), known as Nirj Deva, is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as a Member of the European Parliament for South East England from 1999 to 2019. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) in the British House of Commons from 199... | {"Name": "Nirj Deva", "Image caption": "Deva in 2010", "Birth date": "1948 05 11 yes", "Birth place": "Colombo, Dominion of Ceylon", "Birth name": "Niranjan Joseph De Silva Deva Aditya", "Spouse(s)": "Indra", "Residence": "London", "Term start": "10 June 1999", "Term end": "1 July 2019", "Predecessor 2": "Barney Hayhoe... |
Sybil Judith Chaplin , known as Judith Chaplin (née Schofield; 19 August 193919 February 1993), was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Career
Chaplin was elected a councillor on Norfolk County Council in 1975, following her husband into the role; on the council she became chairman of the education ... | {"Name": "Judith Chaplin", "Term start": "9 April 1992", "Term end": "19 February 1993", "Birth name": "Sybil Judith Schofield", "Birth date": "1939 8 19 yes", "Birth place": "Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England", "Death date": "1993 2 19 1939 8 19 y", "Death place": "Paddington, London, England", "Spouse(s)": "Robert Wa... |
Frank Alo LoBiondo (: born May 12, 1946) is an American businessman and politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 1995 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party. He represented all of Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland and Salem Counties and parts of Camden, Gloucester, Burlington, and Ocean Counties... | {"Name": "Frank LoBiondo", "Term start": "January 3, 1995", "Term end": "January 3, 2019", "Birth name": "Frank Alo LoBiondo", "Birth date": "1946 5 12", "Birth place": "Bridgeton, New Jersey, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Jan LoBiondo (Divorced)Tina Ercole 2004", "Education": "Saint Joseph's University (BA)"} |
David Digby Rendel (15 April 1949 - 16 May 2016) was a British politician for the Liberal Democrats. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newbury from 1993 to 2005. He won the seat in a by-election in May 1993 caused by the death of Judith Chaplin, and he held it until his defeat at the 2005 general election to Con... | {"Name": "David Rendel", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "David Rendel at the Newbury declaration for the 2005 election", "Term start": "6 May 1993", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth date": "1949 04 15 yes", "Birth place": "Athens, Greece", "Death date": "2016 05 16 1949 04 15 yes", "Death place": "Berkshire... |
New Century Forum is a pro-Beijing middle-class oriented political group in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. The group comprises professionals, businessmen and academics, and aims to represent the voice of the middle-class. It is currently led by convenor Ma Fung-kwok.
Pl... | {"Founded": "1999 6 23 yes", "Headquarters": "22/F, ConnaughtCommercial Building,185 Wan Chai Road, Wan Chai", "Political position": "Centre-right", "Ideology": "Conservatism (HK)"} |
Diana Margaret Maddock, Baroness Maddock, Lady Beith ( Derbyshire; 19 May 1945 - 26 June 2020) was a British Liberal Democrat politician. She was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Christchurch in a 1993 by-election but lost the seat at the subsequent 1997 general election to Conservative Christopher Chope. She r... | {"Name": "The Baroness Maddock", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2018", "Term start": "1 January 1999", "Term end": "31 December 2000", "Office 2": "Member of the House of LordsLord Temporal", "Birth name": "Diana Margaret Derbyshire", "Birth date": "1945 5 19 y", "Death date": "2020 6 26 1945 5 19 y", "Death plac... |
Denis MacShane (born Josef Denis Matyjaszek; 21 May 1948) is a British former politician, author, commentator and convicted criminal who served as Minister of State for Europe from 2002 to 2005. He joined the Labour Party in 1970 and has held most party offices. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Rotherham from 1994 ... | {"Name": "Denis MacShane", "Image caption": "MacShane in 2008", "Term start": "3 April 2002", "Term end": "5 May 2005", "Office 2": "Member of Parliamentfor Rotherham", "Predecessor 2": "James Boyce", "Successor 2": "Sarah Champion", "Birth name": "Josef Denis Matyjaszek", "Birth date": "1948 5 21 y", "Birth place": "G... |
Elizabeth Conway Symons, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean (born 14 April 1951) is a British politician and trade unionist. A member of the Labour Party, she was Minister of State for the Middle East from 2001 to 2005. She is former General Secretary of the FDA Trade Union and has served as the Chair of the Arab British... | {"Name": "The Baroness Symonsof Vernham Dean", "Image caption": "Symons in 2018", "Office 2": "Minister of State for Trade and Investment", "Prime minister 2": "Tony Blair", "Predecessor 2": "Richard Caborn", "Successor 2": "Mike O'Brien", "Birth name": "Elizabeth Conway Symons", "Birth date": "1951 04 14 yes", "Alma m... |
Day for Night is a 1973 romantic comedy-drama film co-written and directed by François Truffaut, starring Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Léaud and Truffaut himself. The original French title, La Nuit américaine ("American Night"), refers to the French name for the filmmaking process whereby sequences filmed outdoors in... | {"Directed by": "François Truffaut", "Written by": "François Truffaut\n Jean-Louis Richard\n Suzanne Schiffman", "Produced by": "Marcel Berbert", "Starring": "Jacqueline Bisset\n Valentina Cortese\n Dani\n Alexandra Stewart\n Jean-Pierre Aumont\n Jean Champion\n Jean-Pierre Léaud\n François Truffaut", "Cinematography":... |
Dame Margaret Eve Hodge, Lady Hodge, (née Oppenheimer, formerly Watson; born 8 September 1944) is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Barking since 1994. A member of the Labour Party, she previously served as Leader of Islington London Borough Council from 1982 to 1992. She has held a num... | {"Name": "Margaret Hodge", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2020", "Term start": "10 June 2010", "Term end": "30 March 2015", "Prime minister 2": "Gordon Brown", "Predecessor 2": "David Lammy", "Successor 2": "Barbara Follett", "Birth name": "Margaret Eve Oppenheimer", "Birth date": "1944 9 8 y", "Birth place": "Ca... |
Judith Church (born 19 September 1953) is a former politician in the United Kingdom.
Having unsuccessfully fought Stevenage in 1992, she was the Labour Member of Parliament for Dagenham from winning the seat at a by-election in June 1994 until she stood down at the 2001 general election.
Early life
She went to St Ber... | {"Name": "Judith Church", "Term start": "9 June 1994", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Birth date": "1953 09 19 y", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "University of Leeds"} |
James Donnelly Touhig, Baron Touhig (born 5 December 1947), known as Don Touhig, is a British politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Islwyn from 1995 to 2010. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, he served in government as an Assistant Whip from 1999 to 2001 and a Parliamentar... | {"Image caption": "Official portrait, 2022", "Name": "The Lord Touhig", "Term start": "11 May 2005", "Term end": "5 May 2006", "Office 2": "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales", "Prime minister 2": "Tony Blair", "Predecessor 2": "David Hanson", "Successor 2": "Nick Ainger", "Birth date": "yes 1947 12 5", "... |
David Terence Puttnam, Baron Puttnam, CBE, HonFRSA, HonFRPS, MRIA (born 25 February 1941) is a British-Irish film producer, educator, environmentalist and former member of the House of Lords. His productions include Chariots of Fire, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, The Mission, The Killing Fields, Local H... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Honorific suffix": "100% , CBE HonFRSA HonFRPS MRIA", "Name": "The Lord Puttnam", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2020", "Term start": "3 October 2007", "Term end": "12 March 2014", "Office 2": "Member of the House of LordsLord Temporal", "Birth name": "David Terence ... |
Robert Law McCartney, KC (born 24 April 1936) is a Northern Irish barrister and Unionist politician who was the founder and leader of the UK Unionist Party (UKUP) from 1995 to 2008.
He was initially a member of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) but was expelled in June 1987 when he refused to withdraw from the general ... | {"Name": "Robert McCartney", "Term start": "1995", "Term end": "2008", "Office 2": "Member of the Legislative Assemblyfor North Down", "Assembly 2": "Northern Ireland", "Predecessor 2": "Constituency created", "Successor 2": "Brian Wilson", "Birth date": "1936 4 24 yes", "Birth place": "Belfast, Northern Ireland", "Nat... |
Robert McCartney was a Scottish footballer who played as a defender. He began and ended his senior career with Leith Athletic, spending his prime years at Heart of Midlothian where he won the Scottish Cup in 1896From the archive: looking back at the last Hearts v Hibs Cup Final, The Herald, 15 May 2012 and the Scottish... | {"Name": "Bob McCartney", "Position": "Defender", "Club 1 years": "1890-1895", "Club 1": "Leith Athletic", "Club 1 appearances": "73", "Club 1 goals": "1", "Club 2 years": "1895-1899", "Club 2": "Heart of Midlothian", "Club 2 appearances": "54", "Club 2 goals": "0", "Club 3 years": "1899-1901", "Club 3": "Leith Athleti... |
Edward Kevin McGrady (3 June 1935 - 11 November 2013) was an Irish nationalist politician of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Down from 1987 to 2010.
McGrady was also a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for South Down from 1998 to 2003.
Ear... | {"Name": "Eddie McGrady", "Term start": "12 June 1987", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Office 2": "Member of the Legislative Assemblyfor South Down", "Assembly 2": "Northern Ireland", "Predecessor 2": "Office created", "Successor 2": "Margaret Ritchie", "Birth date": "yes 1935 6 3", "Birth place": "Downpatrick, Northern... |
Sylvia Eileen, Lady Hermon (née Paisley; born 11 August 1955) is a retired Unionist politician from Northern Ireland. She served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of North Down from 2001 to 2019.
She was first elected for the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), but left the party in 2010, sitting as an I... | {"Name": "Lady Hermon", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for North Down", "Predecessor 2": "Robert McCartney", "Successor 2": "Stephen Farry", "Birth name": "Sylvia Eileen Paisley", "Birth date": "yes 1955 8 11", "Birth place": "Galbally, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland", "... |
Lynda Margaret Clark, Baroness Clark of Calton , known as Lady Clark of Calton, (born 26 February 1949) is a Scottish judge. She was formerly the Labour Member of Parliament for Edinburgh Pentlands. She was Advocate General for Scotland from the creation of that position in 1999 until 2006, whereupon she became a Judge... | {"Name": "The Baroness Clark of Calton", "Term start": "2006", "Term end": "2019", "Office 2": "Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal", "Birth date": "1949 02 26 yes", "Birth name": "Lynda Margaret Clark", "Alma mater": "Queens College, St Andrews,University of Edinburgh"} |
Huw William Edmund Edwards (born 12 April 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Monmouth over two separate terms.
Throughout both of his terms, he served on the Welsh Affairs Select Committee.
Edwards was first elected as Monmouth's MP at a by-election in May 1991, but l... | {"Name": "Huw Edwards", "Image caption": "Huw Edwards speaking in The Senedd, June 2019", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Predecessor 2": "Sir John Stradling Thomas", "Successor 2": "Roger Kenneth Evans", "Birth date": "1953 04 12 yes", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Tess Edwards", "R... |
Adam Robert Price (born 23 September 1968) is a Welsh politician who served as Leader of Plaid Cymru from 2018 to 2023. He has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr since 2016, having previously been a Member of Parliament (MP) for the same Westminster constituency from 2001 to 2010.
Early... | {"Name": "Adam Price", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2021", "Term start": "28 September 2018", "Term end": "16 May 2023Plaid Cymru : Adam Price to formally resign as leader in the Senedd, so what happens next? https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2023-05-16/its-adam-prices-last-day-as-plaid-cymru-leader-so-what-happe... |
Hugh James Saxton (born January 22, 1943) is an American politician from New Jersey. A member of the Republican Party, he represented parts of Burlington, Ocean, and Camden counties in the United States House of Representatives from 1984 to 2009. Before entering Congress, he served in the New Jersey Senate and the New ... | {"Name": "Jim Saxton", "Birth name": "Hugh James Saxton", "Birth date": "1943 01 22", "Birth place": "Nicholson, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Residence": "Mount Holly, New Jersey", "Term start": "November 6, 1984", "Term end": "January 3, 2009", "Alma mater": "East Stroudsburg State College"} |
David John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville, , raeng.org.uk. Accessed 8 September 2022. (24 October 1940) is a British politician, businessman and philanthropist. From 1992 to 1997, he served as chairman of Sainsbury's, the supermarket chain established by his great grandfather John James Sainsbury in 1869.
He w... | {"Name": "The Lord Sainsbury of Turville", "Image caption": "Sainsbury in 2013", "Term start": "16 October 2011", "Office 2": "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science and Innovation", "Prime minister 2": "Tony Blair", "Predecessor 2": "John Battle", "Successor 2": "Malcolm Wicks", "Birth name": "David John S... |
King Edward's School (KES) is an independent day school for boys in the British public school tradition, located in Edgbaston, Birmingham. Founded by King Edward VI in 1552, it is part of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.
It shares its s... | {"Coordinates": "52.4507 -1.9237 type:edu_region:GB_dim:100 dec inline,title", "Staff": "70 (approx.)", "Houses": "8", "Website": "https://kes.org.uk/"} |
Michael Diamond Resnick (; March 5, 1942 - January 9, 2020) was an American science fiction writer and editor. He won five Hugo awards and a Nebula award, and was the guest of honor at Chicon 7. He was the executive editor of the defunct magazine Jim Baen's Universe, and the creator and editor of Galaxy's Edge magazin... | {"Born": "1942 03 05", "Died": "2020 01 09 1942 03 05", "Years active": "1957-2020", "Occupation": "Writer editor", "Children": "Laura Resnick"} |
John Davan Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover, (2 November 1927 - 14 January 2022) was a British businessman and politician. He served as the President of Sainsbury's, and sat in the House of Lords as a life peer and member of the Conservative Party.
Early life
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He was the son of Al... | {"Name": "The Lord Sainsburyof Preston Candover", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "Lord Sainsbury in the robes of a Knight of the Garter", "Birth name": "John Davan Sainsbury", "Birth date": "1927 11 2 y", "Death date": "2022 1 14 1927 11 2 y", "Alma mater": "Worcester College, Oxford"} |
Alan Michael Sugar, Baron Sugar (born 24 March 1947) is a British business magnate, media personality, author, politician and political adviser. In 1968, he started what would later become his largest business venture, consumer electronics company Amstrad. In 2007, he sold his remaining interest in the company in a dea... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Name": "The Lord Sugar", "Caption": "Sugar at the 2010 BAFTAs", "Birth date": "1947 3 24 y", "Birth place": "Hackney, East London,England", "Occupation": "Entrepreneur\n celebrity\n author\n politician", "Party": "Independent (2015-present)Labourhttp://www.parliament.uk/bio... |
William Grenville Davis, (July 30, 1929 - August 8, 2021) was a Canadian politician who served as the 18th premier of Ontario from 1971 to 1985. Behind Oliver Mowat, Davis was the second-longest serving premier of Ontario.
Born in Toronto, Davis was a lawyer before being elected as a Progressive Conservative member o... | {"Name": "Bill Davis", "Image caption": "Davis in 1979", "Term start": "March 1, 1971", "Term end": "February 8, 1985", "Lieutenant governor": "William Ross MacdonaldPauline Mills McGibbonJohn Black Aird", "Riding 1": "Brampton", "Predecessor 2": "District established", "Successor 2": "District abolished", "Riding 2": ... |
Transportes Aereos del Continente Americano, (Spanish for "Air Transports of the American Continent", known and branded formerly as TACA International), operating as Avianca El Salvador, is an airline owned by Kingsland Holdings and based in San Salvador, El Salvador. It is one of the seven national branded airlines in... | {"Airline name": "Avianca El Salvador", "IATA Designator": "TA", "ICAO Designator": "TAI", "Callsign": "TACA", "Founded": "1931 (as TACA)", "Major hubs": "San Salvador", "Focus Cities": "San José de Costa Rica-Juan Santamaría", "Frequent Flyer Program": "LifeMiles", "Airline Alliance": "Star Alliance (affiliate)http://... |
Lillingstone Dayrell is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lillingstone Dayrell with Luffield Abbey, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is about three and a half miles north of Buckingham, eight miles west of Milton Keynes and five miles south of Towcester.
The village name 'Lillingstone' is Anglo Sa... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census Accessed 3 February 2013", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "UK Parliament": "Buckingham", "Postcode district": "MK", "Dialling code": "01280", "OS grid reference": "SP705395"} |
Lillingstone Lovell is a village and civil parish in north Buckinghamshire, England. It is located around north of Buckingham and west of Milton Keynes, and around south of Towcester in the neighbouring county of Northamptonshire. Silverstone Circuit is located just over north-west of Lillingstone Lovell.
The pari... | {"OS grid reference": "SP7140", "Population": "(2011)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125603&c=Lillingstone+Lovell&d=16&e=62&g=6403924&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1359913910379&enc=1 Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics Neighbourhood Statistics Office for ... |
Murmur is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on April 12, 1983, by I.R.S. Records. Murmur drew critical acclaim upon its release for its unusual sound, defined by lead singer Michael Stipe's cryptic lyrics, guitarist Peter Buck's jangly guitar style, and bass guitarist Mike Mills'... | {"Released": "1983 04 12 yes", "Recorded": "January 6 - February 23, 1983", "Studio": "Reflection, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States", "Genre": "Jangle pophttps://www.masterclass.com/articles/jangle-pop-music-guide#3-characteristics-of-jangle-pop A Brief History of Jangle Pop Masterclass.com May 3, 2022\n altern... |
Betty Loh Ti (July 24, 1937 - December 27, 1968), known as Loh Tih for short, was a Hong Kong actress originally from Shanghai. Known as the "Classic Beauty", she was one of the most celebrated actresses of Hong Kong cinema. She is most famous for her roles in the 1960 film The Enchanting Shadow, for which she was call... | {"Name": "Betty Loh Ti", "Birth name": "Hsi Chung-i", "Birth date": "yes 1937 7 24", "Birth place": "Shanghai, Republic of China", "Death date": "yes 1968 12 27 1937 7 24", "Death place": "British Hong Kong", "Native name": "樂蒂", "Occupation": "actress", "Years active": "1952-1968", "Spouse(s)": "Peter Chen Ho 1962 196... |
Avianca Costa Rica S.A., formerly known as LACSA (Spanish: Lineas Aéreas Costarricenses S.A.), minority owned by the Synergy Group, is the national airline of Costa Rica and is based in San José. It operates international scheduled services to over 35 destinations in Central, North and South America. The airline previo... | {"Airline name": "Avianca Costa Rica S.A.", "Image size (px)": "250", "Current Fleet Size": "2", "Number of Destinations": "16", "IATA Designator": "LR", "ICAO Designator": "LRC", "Callsign": "LACSA", "Parent Company": "Avianca Group", "Founded": "1945 10 17", "Commenced operations": "1946 06 01", "Headquarters": "San ... |
Linslade is a town in the civil parish of Leighton-Linslade, in the Central Bedfordshire unitary authority area of Bedfordshire, England. It borders the town of Leighton Buzzard. Linslade was transferred from Buckinghamshire in 1965. Before then, it was a separate urban district. It remained a part of the Diocese of Ox... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "2011 Census, 2011 census data.", "Unitary authority": "Central Bedfordshire", "Ceremonial county": "Bedfordshire", "Postcode district": "LU", "Dialling code": "01525", "OS grid reference": "SP910259", "UK Parliament": "South West Bedfordshire"} |
Little Brickhill is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.Parishes in Milton Keynes - Milton Keynes Council. Located immediately to the west of the A5, it is just outside and overlooking the Milton Keynes urban area, about south-east of Centra... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)E04001261 Little Brickhill 18 November 2019", "Unitary authority": "Milton Keynes", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "UK Parliament": "Milton Keynes North", "Postcode district": "MK", "Dialling code": "01525", "OS grid reference": "SP909324"} |
Little Horwood is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, within the Buckinghamshire Council unitary authority area. The village is about four miles east-south-east of Buckingham and two miles north-east of Winslow.
Heritage
thumb|left|An Iron Age gold stater coin, dated to between BCE and CE and fou... | {"OS grid reference": "SP7930", "Population": "(2011 Census)Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 3 February 2013", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "Sovereign state": "England", "UK Parliament": "Buckingham", "Postcode district": "MK", "Dialling code": "01296"} |
Little Linford is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Haversham-cum-Little Linford, in the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. Located near the M1 motorway, the village is about north-west of Newport Pagnell and north of Central Milton Keynes. The village is separated from its neighbo... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Unitary authority": "Milton Keynes", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "UK Parliament": "Milton Keynes North", "Postcode district": "MK", "Dialling code": "01908", "OS grid reference": "SP842443"} |
Little Marlow is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England.
History
The Church of England parish church of Saint John the Baptist lies at the heart of the village, not far from the river and next to the Manor House. The original construction of the church is Norman, dating from the final years of the 1... | {"OS grid reference": "SU8788", "Population": "Neighbourhood Statistics 2001 Census 1,438 (2011 Census)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125722&c=SL8+5PS&d=16&e=62&g=6404791&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1479551528488&enc=1 Civil Parish population 2011 19 November 20... |
Great Marlow is a civil parish within Wycombe district in the English county of Buckinghamshire, lying north of the town of Marlow and south of High Wycombe. The parish includes the hamlets of Bovingdon Green, Burroughs Grove, Chisbridge Cross and Marlow Common. Prior to November 2007 the major settlement in Great Ma... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "Wycombe DC Fact Pack 2001 CensusJanuary 2020 InternetArchiveBot yes 1,167 (2011 Census)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123936&c=Great+Marlow&d=16&e=62&g=6404819&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1479398668717&enc=1 Civil... |
Expedia.com is an online travel agency owned by Expedia Group, based in Seattle. The website and mobile app can be used to book airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rentals, cruise ships, and vacation packages. Expedia.com was launched on October 22, 1996 by Microsoft.
History
Sponsorships
Starting the 2018-21 cy... | {"URL": "https://www.expedia.com", "Commercial": "Yes", "Type of business": "Subsidiary", "Registration": "Yes", "Available in": "English", "Launched": "2001 7 16", "Current status": "Active"} |
Charles Wilkes (April 3, 1798 - February 8, 1877) was an American naval officer, ship's captain, and explorer. He led the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842).
During the American Civil War between 1861 and 1865, he commanded during the Trent Affair in which he stopped a Royal Mail ship and removed two Conf... | {"Name": "Charles Wilkes", "Birth date": "1798 4 3", "Birth place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1877 2 8 1798 4 3", "Death place": "Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Resting place": "Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.", "Known For": "US Exploring Expedition Trent Affair", "Module"... |
Bernard Richard Braine, Baron Braine of Wheatley, PC (24 June 1914 - 5 January 2000) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for 42 years, from 1950 to 1992, representing constituencies in Essex.
Early life
He was educated at Hendon County Grammar School, and serve... | {"Name": "The Lord Braine of Wheatley", "Image caption": "Braine in Hanover, September 1983", "Term start": "18 May 1987", "Term end": "9 April 1992", "Office 2": "Member of Parliamentfor Castle PointSouth East Essex (1955-1983)", "Predecessor 2": "Constituency established", "Successor 2": "Bob Spink", "Birth date": "2... |
Little Missenden is a village and civil parish on the River Misbourne in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the Chiltern Hills, about southeast of Great Missenden and west of Amersham. The village lies on the River Misbourne in the Misbourne valley.
The parish includes the villages of Holmer Green, Hyde Heath and L... | {"OS grid reference": "SU9298", "Population": "(2011 Census)", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "Sovereign state": "England", "Postcode district": "HP", "Dialling code": "01494", "UK Parliament": "Chesham and Amersham"} |
Longwick is a village northwest of Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, England, on the A4129 road.
thumb|left|A Roman gold finger ring, dated to CE and found in Longwick-cum-Ilmer in 2019
The toponym is from the Old English for "long farm".
With Ilmer, Owlswick, Meadle and Horsenden, it forms the civil parish of L... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "Neighbourhood Statistics 2001 Census 1,347 (2011 Census. parish)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124959&c=Ibstone&d=16&e=62&g=6404839&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1479899243071&enc=1 Civil Parish population 2011 23 Nove... |
Loosley Row is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lacey Green, Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills to the east of the main town of Princes Risborough. In the 2011 Census, the population was recorded in the Lacey Green Parish, which included Speen, parts of Walter's Ash, and Lacey Green, with a co... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "UK Parliament": "Buckingham", "Postcode district": "HP", "Dialling code": "01844", "OS grid reference": "SP815005"} |
Simon George Thomas (born 28 December 1963) is a Welsh former politician who was a member of Plaid Cymru. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Ceredigion from 2000 to 2005, and an Assembly Member in the National Assembly for Wales representing the Mid and West Wales list between 2011 and 2018.
Thomas resigned as a... | {"Name": "Simon Thomas", "Image caption": "Thomas in 2016", "Constituency AM": "Mid and West Wales", "Term start": "6 May 2011", "Term end": "25 July 2018", "Birth date": "1963 12 28 yes", "Birth name": "Simon George Thomas", "Nationality": "Welsh"} |
Loudwater is a village in the parish of Chepping Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the valley to the east of High Wycombe, on the A40 London Road.
History
The village name refers to the River Wye nearby, that also flows through High Wycombe. In manorial records in 1241 the village was referre... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "4,170", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "UK Parliament": "Beaconsfield", "Postcode district": "HP", "Dialling code": "01494, 01628", "OS grid reference": "SU905905"} |
Loughton () is an ancient village and modern district in the civil parish of Loughton and Great Holm in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The village spreads between Watling Street and the modern A5 road, to the west of, and about 1 mile from, Central Milton Keynes.
Historic Loughton
The village name is an Old ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Unitary authority": "Milton Keynes", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "UK Parliament": "Milton Keynes South", "Postcode district": "MK", "Dialling code": "01908", "OS grid reference": "SP836379"} |
Mark Hopkins Jr. (September 3, 1814 – March 29, 1878) was an American railroad executive. He was one of four principal investors that funded Theodore D. Judah's idea of building a railway over the Sierra Nevada from Sacramento, California to Promontory, Utah. They formed the Central Pacific Railroad along with Leland... | {"Caption": "Photo by I. W. Taber", "Birth date": "1814 9 3 y", "Birth place": "Henderson, New York, US", "Death date": "1878 3 29 1813 9 1 y", "Death place": "Yuma, Arizona, US", "Occupation": "Railroad investor & treasurer", "Parent(s)": "Mark Hopkins (1779-1828)Anastasia Lukens Kellogg (1780-1837)", "Spouse(s)": "Ma... |
thumb|left|The former schoolhouse, now a private home
Ludgershall is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of Buckinghamshire, England. It is near the boundary with Oxfordshire, about south-east of Bicester and west of Waddesdon.
Toponym
The toponym is said to be derived from the Old English for "... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "OS grid reference": "SP661174", "Population": "(2011 Census)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126155&c=Ludgershall&d=16&e=62&g=6403870&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1359914603754&enc=1 Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics 2011 Ce... |
Hywel Williams (born 1953) is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Arfon, previously Caernarfon, since 2001.
Early life
Williams was born in Pwllheli in 1953, and received his education at Ysgol Troed yr Allt, Pwllheli Grammar School and then Ysgol Glan y Môr.
He studied Psychol... | {"Name": "Hywel Williams", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2020", "Term start": "7 June 2001", "Birth date": "1953", "Birth place": "Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales", "Alma mater": "University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire (now Cardiff University)", "Birth name": "Hywel Williams"} |
Operation Keyhole was a British special operation to recapture Thule Island in the South Sandwich Islands during the Falklands War. The operation took place from 19 to 20 June 1982.
Background
thumb|right|300px|alt=The Argentine station Corbeta Uruguay in 1981. It consists of a number of red buildings fixed on stilts... | {"Date": "19-20 June 1982", "Executed by": "1 frigate1 icebreaker1 fleet tanker6 helicopters2 rifle troop units(from 42 Commando)", "Outcome": "Operational success", "Casualties": "1 civilian and 9 Argentine military personnel captured"} |
¡Viva El Amor! (Spanish for Long Live Love) is the seventh studio album by the rock band the Pretenders, released in 1999. The band's lineup for the album is the same as that credited on 1994's Last of the Independents: Chrissie Hynde (vocals, guitar), Martin Chambers (drums), Andy Hobson (bass) and Adam Seymour (guita... | {"Released": "22 June 1999", "Studio": "Townhouse (London) Sarm West (London) RAK (London) Innovation (London) Bearsville (Bearsville, New York)", "Genre": "Alternative rock", "Label": "Warner Bros.\n WEA", "Producer": "Stephen Hague\n Stephen Street"} |
Henry Hugh Shelton (born January 2, 1942) is a former United States Army officer who served as the 14th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1997 to 2001.
Early life, family and education
Shelton was born in Tarboro, North Carolina and graduated from North Edgecombe High School in 1959. Shelton attended North Ca... | {"Born": "Tarboro, North Carolina, U.S.", "Allegiance": "United States", "Commands held": "Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffUnited States Special Operations CommandXVIII Airborne Corps82nd Airborne Division", "Awards": "Defense Distinguished Service Medal (4)Army Distinguished Service Medal (3)Legion of Merit (2)Br... |
Peter John Duncan (born 10 July 1965) is a Scottish Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale from 2001 to 2005.
Early life
Born in Ayrshire, Duncan attended Ardrossan Academy in Ardrossan, North Ayrshire and was educated at the University of Birmingham where ... | {"Name": "Peter Duncan", "Term start": "10 November 2003", "Term end": "5 May 2005", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale", "Predecessor 2": "Alasdair Morgan", "Successor 2": "constituency abolished", "Birth name": "Peter John Duncan", "Birth date": "1965 7 10 yes", "Birth place": "Saltcoa... |
Melissa Ellen Gilbert (born May 8, 1964) is an American actress, television director, producer, politician, and former president of the Screen Actors Guild.
Gilbert began her career as a child actress in the late 1960s, appearing in numerous commercials and guest starring roles on television. From 1974 to 1983, she st... | {"Name": "Melissa Gilbert", "Image caption": "Gilbert in December 2010", "Term start": "October 15, 2001", "Term end": "February 22, 2005", "Birth name": "Melissa Ellen Gilbert", "Birth date": "1964 5 8", "Birth place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Bo Brinkman 1988 1992 divorcedBruce Boxleitner 1995 2... |
"Come Undone" is a song by British band Duran Duran. It was released in March 1993 as the second single from the album Duran Duran (The Wedding Album). It is their 24th single overall. With their commercial and critical success reestablished by the previous single "Ordinary World", "Come Undone" continued to showcase m... | {"B-side": "\"Ordinary World\" (acoustic)", "Released": "1993 3 29 yhttps://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-03-27.pdf New Releases: Singles Music Week 27 27 March 1993 22 June 2021", "Studio": "Privacy (London)", "Genre": "Downtempo, Soft rockhttps://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2000... |
Annabelle Janet Ewing (born 20 August 1960) is a Scottish politician and lawyer who has served as Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament, alongside Liam McArthur, since May 2021. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Cowdenbeath con... | {"Name": "Annabelle Ewing", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2016", "Term start": "14 May 2021", "Office 2": "Minister for Youth and Women's Employment", "Predecessor 2": "Angela Constance (as Minister for Youth Employment until 22 April 2014)", "Successor 2": "Jamie Hepburn (as Minister for Employability and Train... |
Bruce William Boxleitner (born May 12, 1950) is an American actor and science fiction and suspense writer. He is known for his leading roles in the television series How the West Was Won, Bring 'Em Back Alive, Scarecrow and Mrs. King (with Kate Jackson), and Babylon 5 (as John Sheridan in seasons 2-5, 1994-98).
He is a... | {"Name": "Bruce Boxleitner", "Caption": "Boxleitner at Phoenix Comicon in 2011", "Birth name": "Bruce William Boxleitner", "Birth date": "1950 5 12", "Birth place": "Elgin, Illinois, U.S.", "Education": "Art Institute of Chicago", "Occupation": "Actor, writer", "Known For": "Luke MacahanAlan Bradley/TronLee Stetson a.k... |
Annfield Plain is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated on a plateau between the towns of Stanley, to the north-east, and Consett, to the west. According to the 2001 census, Annfield Plain has a population of 3,569. By the time of the 2011 Census Annfield Plain had become a ward of Stanley parish. T... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011.ward)", "Unitary authority": "County Durham", "Ceremonial county": "County Durham", "UK Parliament": "North Durham", "Postcode district": "DH", "Dialling code": "01207", "OS grid reference": "NZ169514"} |
Sir Timothy Alan Davan Sainsbury (born 11 June 1932) is a Conservative politician and businessman in the United Kingdom.
Early life
Sainsbury is the youngest son of Alan Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury, and his wife Doreen. His elder brothers are Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover, a former Chairman of Sainsbury's, and the... | {"Name": "Sir Timothy Sainsbury", "Term start": "14 April 1992", "Term end": "20 July 1994", "Office 2": "Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs", "Prime minister 2": "Margaret Thatcher", "Predecessor 2": "Timothy Eggar", "Successor 2": "Mark Lennox-Boyd", "Birth name": "Timothy Alan Davan Sainsb... |
Thomas Milburn Davis III (born January 5, 1949) is an American lobbyist and former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives who represented Virginia's 11th congressional district in Northern Virginia. Davis was considering a run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by five-term incumbent and fe... | {"Term start": "January 3, 1995", "Term end": "November 24, 2008", "Office 2": "Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee", "Predecessor 2": "John Linder", "Successor 2": "Tom Reynolds", "Birth date": "1949 01 05", "Birth place": "Minot, North Dakota, U.S.", "Birth name": "Thomas Milburn Davis III", "... |
American Airlines Flight 965 was a regularly scheduled flight from Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, to Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport in Cali, Colombia. On December 20, 1995, the Boeing 757-200 flying this route (registration ) crashed into a mountain in Buga, Colombia, around 9:40 pm killin... | {"Date": "December 20, 1995", "Summary": "Controlled flight into terrain caused by navigational error and pilot error", "Site": "3 50 45.2 N 76 06 17.1 W region:CO-VAC_type:event_scale:300000 inline,title", "IATA flight No.": "AA965", "ICAO flight No.": "AAL965", "Call sign": "AMERICAN 965", "Operator": "American Airli... |
Emma Harriet Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (born 16 October 1941) is a British politician, who has been a life peer since 1997. She was elected as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Torridge and West Devon in 1987, before switching to the Liberal Democrats in 1995. She was also the Liberal Democr... | {"Name": "The Baroness Nicholsonof Winterbourne", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2023", "Term start": "3 November 1997Life Peerage", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Torridge and West Devon", "Predecessor 2": "Peter Mills", "Successor 2": "John Burnett", "Birth name": "Emma Harriet Nicholson", "Birth date": ... |
Sexmission () is a 1984 Polish cult comedy science fiction action film. It also contains a hidden political satire layer specific to the time and place of its production (the socialist-feminist system as proposed by the Communist Party), but with relevance still today.
Plot
On 9 August 1991 Maksymilian "Max" Paradys (... | {"Produced by": "Juliusz Machulski", "Directed by": "Juliusz Machulski", "Written by": "Juliusz Machulski, Jolanta Hartwig, Pavel Hajný", "Starring": "Olgierd Łukaszewicz\n Jerzy Stuhr\n Bożena Stryjkówna\n Bogusława Pawelec\n Hanna Stankówna\n Beata Tyszkiewicz", "Music by": "Henryk Kuźniak", "Cinematography": "Jerzy ... |
Bilbo's Last Song (at the Grey Havens) is a poem by J. R. R. Tolkien, written as a pendant to his fantasy The Lord of the Rings. It was first published in a Dutch translation in 1973, subsequently appearing in English on posters in 1974 and as a picture-book in 1990. It was illustrated by Pauline Baynes, and set to mus... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Media type": "Print", "Preceded by": "Smith of Wootton Major", "Followed by": "The Father Christmas Letters"} |
Jonathan Peter Evans FRSA (born 2 June 1950) is a Welsh lawyer, businessman and former politician. He has been Chairman of the British Insurance Brokers Association since 1 January 2020.
After training as a solicitor, he was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Brecon and Radnorshire between 1992 and 1997, and th... | {"Name": "Jonathan Evans", "Image size": "220px", "Image caption": "Evans in 2007", "Birth date": "yes 1950 6 2", "Birth place": "Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales", "Term start": "2 June 1996Evans Jonathan Cardiff North MP Jonathan Evans to step down in 2015 https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2013-01-17/cardiff-north-mp-j... |
Meat Is Murder is the second studio album by English rock band the Smiths, released on 11 February 1985 by Rough Trade Records. It became the band's only studio album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart, and stayed on the chart for 13 weeks. The album was an international success: it spent 11 weeks in the Europe... | {"Released": "1985 2 11 y", "Recorded": "1984", "Studio": "Amazon (Liverpool)\n Ridge Farm (Surrey)", "Genre": "Alternative rock\n indie rockDaley David 9 December 2012 The Smiths: Best band ever? https://www.salon.com/2012/12/08/the_smiths_better_than_the_beatles/ 17 April 2021 Salon\n post-punkHayden Mack 10 February... |
Cyril Knowlton Nash (November 18, 1927 - May 24, 2014) was a Canadian journalist, author and news anchor. He was senior anchor of CBC Television's flagship news program, The National from 1978 until his retirement in 1988. He began his career in journalism by selling newspapers on the streets of Toronto during World W... | {"Post-nominals": "CAN OC OOnt 100%", "Birth name": "Cyril Knowlton Nash", "Birth date": "1927 11 18", "Birth place": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Death date": "2014 05 24 1927 11 18", "Death place": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Nationality": "Canadian", "Occupation": "Author, journalist, news anchor", "Spouse(s)": "Ka... |
There were two Governments of the 2nd Dáil, which were Ministries of Dáil Éireann, the assembly of Dáil Éireann that was the legislature of the Irish Republic, a unilaterally declared state which lasted from 1919 to 1922. The Second Dáil was elected at the 1921 Irish elections on 24 May 1921. The 3rd Ministry (26 Augus... | {"Date formed": "26 August 1921", "Date dissolved": "9 January 1922", "Status in legislature": "Majority Government", "Election(s)": "1921 general election", "Legislature term(s)": "2nd Dáil", "Predecessor": "2nd Ministry", "Successor": "4th Ministry"} |
The Government of the 1st Dáil was the executive of the unilaterally declared Irish Republic. At the 1918 Westminster election, candidates for Sinn Féin stood on an abstentionist platform, declaring that they would not remain in the Parliament of the United Kingdom but instead form a unicameral, revolutionary parliamen... | {"Date formed": "22 January 1919", "Date dissolved": "1 April 1919", "Status in legislature": "Government", "Election(s)": "1918 general election", "Legislature term(s)": "1st Dáil", "Successor": "2nd Ministry"} |
Nicholas Walter Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate, PC, QC (6 December 1938 - 30 August 2010) was an English Conservative politician, known for much of his active political career as Sir Nicholas Lyell.
Early life
Born in London, he was the son of High Court judge Sir Maurice Lyell, and sculptor/designer Veronica Luard, t... | {"Name": "The Lord Lyell of Markyate", "Term start": "2 May 1997", "Term end": "19 June 1997", "Office 2": "Solicitor General for England and Wales", "Prime minister 2": "Margaret ThatcherJohn Major", "Predecessor 2": "Patrick Mayhew", "Successor 2": "Derek Spencer", "Birth date": "1938 12 6 y", "Birth place": "London,... |
The AMX-13 is a French light tank produced from 1952 to 1987. It served with the French Army, as the Char 13t-75 Modèle 51, and was exported to more than 26 other nations. Named after its initial weight of 13 tonnes, and featuring a tough and reliable chassis,The Complete Guide to Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles, ... | {"Place of origin": "France", "Type": "Light tank", "Steeringsystem": "yes", "Wars": "Suez Crisis Algerian War Sand War Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Dominican Civil War Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 30 September Movement Six-Day War Western Sahara War Indonesian invasion of East Timor Lebanese Civil War Gua... |
220px|thumb|Vanity Fair caricature of Gathorne-Hardy by Adriano Cecioni (1872)
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook, (born Gathorne Hardy; 1 October 1814 - 30 October 1906) was a prominent British statesman and Conservative politician. He held cabinet office in every Conservative government between 1858 and ... | {"Name": "The Earl of Cranbrook", "Office 2": "Lord President of the Council", "Monarch 2": "Queen Victoria", "Prime minister 2": "The Marquess of Salisbury", "Predecessor 2": "The Lord Carlingford", "Successor 2": "The Earl Spencer", "Birth date": "yes 1814 10 1", "Birth place": "Bradford, Yorkshire, England", "Death ... |
Alfred Paul Murrah (October 27, 1904 - October 30, 1975) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, the United States District Court for the Nort... | {"Name": "Alfred P. Murrah", "Term start": "May 1, 1970", "Term end": "October 30, 1975", "Office 2": "Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit", "Appointer 2": "Franklin D. Roosevelt", "Predecessor 2": "Robert E. Lewis", "Successor 2": "William Edward Doyle", "Birth name": "Alfred Paul Murrah"... |
William A. Paterson (October 3, 1838 - September 8, 1921) was born in Canada in 1838 and arrived in Flint, Michigan in 1868. He established the W. A. Paterson Company, a carriage-manufacturer. One of the original stockholders of Buick Motor Company, he entered the automobile business for himself and marketed the Paters... | {"Name": "William A. Paterson", "Term start": "1890", "Term end": "1891", "Birth date": "October 3, 1838", "Birth place": "Fergus, Ontario", "Death date": "1921 9 8 1838 10 3", "Death place": "Flint, Michigan"} |
The tsymbaly () is the Ukrainian version of the hammer dulcimer. It is a chordophone made up of a trapezoidal box with metal (steel or bronze) strings strung across it. The tsymbaly is played by striking two beaters against the strings.
The strings are strung in groups of 3-5, which are tuned in unison. The bass strin... | {"Name": "Tsymbaly", "Classification": "Chordophone", "Hornbostel-Sachs": "314.122-4", "Range": "various", "Related": "Chang\n cimbal\n Cimbalom\n cymbalom\n cymbalum\n Hackbrett\n Joqin\n Kanun\n ţambal\n tsymbaly\n tsimbl\n Qanun\n Santir\n santouri\n santur\n hammered dulcimer\n ţambal\n Tamthap-luk\n Tsintsila\n Ty... |
"Impulse" is the fifty-seventh episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise, the fifth episode of season three. The episode was written by story editor Jonathan Fernandez from a story by Fernandez and Terry Matalas. It first aired October 8, 2003 on the UPN network in the United State... | {"Directed by": "David Livingston", "Story by": "Jonathan Fernandez Terry Matalas", "Teleplay by": "Jonathan Fernandez", "Featured music": "Dennis McCarthy", "Cinematography by": "Marvin V. Rush"} |
The cimbalom, cimbal (; ) or concert cimbalom is a type of chordophone composed of a large, trapezoidal box on legs with metal strings stretched across its top and a damping pedal underneath. It was designed and created by V. Josef Schunda in 1874 in Budapest, based on his modifications to the existing Hammered dulcime... | {"Name": "Cimbalom", "Background": "string", "Caption": "Top view and playing area of a modern concert cimbalom", "Classification": "String instrument (struck or plucked)\n Chordophone", "Range": "Various (see The concert cimbalom below)", "Related": "hammered dulcimer\n santoor\n tsymbaly\n yangqin"} |
The Monsters and the Critics, and Other Essays is a collection of J. R. R. Tolkien's scholarly linguistic essays edited by his son Christopher and published posthumously in 1983.
All of them were initially delivered as lectures to academics, with the exception of "On Translating Beowulf", which Christopher Tolkien not... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "George Allen & Unwin, Houghton Mifflin", "ISBN": "978-0261102637", "Preceded by": "Finn and Hengest", "Followed by": "The Book of Lost Tales"} |
Fanny was an American rock band, active in the early to mid 1970s. They were one of the first all-female rock groups to achieve critical and commercial success, including two Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 singles.
The group was founded by guitarist June Millington and her sister, bassist Jean, who had been playing music to... | {"Origin": "Los Angeles, United States", "Genres": "Rock\nhard rock", "Labels": "Reprise\nCasablanca", "Spinoffs": "Fanny Walked the Earth", "Website": "fannyrocks.com"} |
Elisha Gray (August 2, 1835 - January 21, 1901) was an American electrical engineer who co-founded the Western Electric Manufacturing Company. Gray is best known for his development of a telephone prototype in 1876 in Highland Park, Illinois. Some recent authors have argued that Gray should be considered the true inven... | {"Name": "Elisha Gray", "Birth date": "1835 8 2 y", "Birth place": "Barnesville, Ohio, U.S.", "Death date": "1901 1 21 1835 8 2 y", "Death place": "Newtonville, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Occupation": "Engineer/Inventor", "Awards": "Elliott Cresson Medal (1897)"} |
Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, 1st Baron Saint Leonards, (12 February 178129 January 1875) was a British lawyer, judge and Conservative politician.
Background
Sugden was the son of a high-class hairdresser and wig-maker in Westminster, London. Details of his education are said to be "obscure". It appears that he was mostl... | {"Name": "The Lord Saint Leonards", "Image size": "200px", "Monarch 2": "Victoria", "Prime minister 2": "Sir Robert Peel, Bt", "Predecessor 2": "The Lord Campbell", "Successor 2": "Maziere Brady", "Birth name": "Edward Burtenshaw Sugden", "Birth date": "y 1781 02 12", "Death date": "y 1875 01 29 1781 02 12", "Nationali... |
The Cadillac Escalade is a full-size luxury SUV engineered and manufactured by General Motors. It was Cadillac's first major entry into the SUV market. The Escalade was introduced for the 1999 model year in response to an influx of new luxury SUVs in the late 1990s such as the Mercedes-Benz M-Class, Range Rover and Lex... | {"Manufacturer": "General Motors", "Production": "1998-present2002-present (ESV)2001-2013 (EXT)2008-2013 (Hybrid)", "Class": "Full-size luxury SUV", "Related": "Chevrolet Suburban/GMC Yukon XL\n Chevrolet Tahoe/GMC Yukon", "Layout": "FR (Front-engine, rear-wheel drive) F4 (Front-engine, four-wheel drive)"} |
The Cadillac Eldorado is a luxury car manufactured and marketed by Cadillac from 1952 until 2002 over twelve generations.
The Eldorado was at or near the top of the Cadillac line. The original 1953 Eldorado convertible and the Eldorado Brougham models of 1957-1960 had distinct bodyshells and were the most expensive mo... | {"Manufacturer": "Cadillac", "Production": "1952-2002", "Layout": "Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive (1953-1966)Front-engine, front-wheel-drive (1967-2002)", "Also called": "Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado", "Class": "Personal luxury car", "Successor": "Cadillac CTS coupe"} |
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