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Lewis Vernon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt (born Reginald Vernon Harcourt; 31 January 1863 - 24 February 1922), was a British Liberal Party politician who held the Cabinet post of Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1910 to 1915. Lord Harcourt's nickname was "Loulou".
Early life and education
Harcourt was born... | {"Name": "The Viscount Harcourt", "Image caption": "Lewis Harcourt MP", "Monarch 2": "George V", "Prime minister 2": "H. H. Asquith", "Predecessor 2": "The Lord Emmott", "Successor 2": "Sir Alfred Mond, Bt", "Birth date": "1863 1 31 y", "Birth place": "Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire", "Death date": "1922 2 24 1863 1 31... |
thumb|right|220px|Cover of the first issue of The New Northwest, dated May 5, 1871
The New Northwest was an American weekly newspaper published in Portland, Oregon, from 1871 to 1887 by Abigail Scott Duniway, and for another two years by O. P. Mason. One of the first newspapers in the Western United States to champion ... | {"Type": "Weekly Newspaper", "Owner(s)": "Abigail Scott Duniway, O. P. Mason", "Publisher": "Abigail Scott Duniway", "Editor": "Abigail Scott Duniway", "Political alignment": "A journal devoted to \"free speech, free press, free people\" along with a focus on women's rights", "Headquarters": "Portland, Oregon"} |
The Constitution of the Chinese Communist Party has 53 articles and its contents describe the program of the Party, as well as its organizational structure and Party symbolism.
History
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s constitution currently in force was adopted at the 12th National Congress of the CCP in Septembe... | {"Infobox title": "Constitution of the Chinese Communist Party", "Picture caption": "Front cover of the Constitution of the Chinese Communist Party", "Display order": "st", "Name in simplified characters": "中国共产党 章程", "Name in traditional characters": "中國共産黨 章程", "Pinyin transcription": "Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng Zhāngchén... |
Robert Speller, (February 29, 1956 - December 16, 2021) was a Canadian politician. A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, Speller was elected to the House of Commons of Canada four times from 1988 to 2000. He was defeated in 2004 by a 20,938 to 19,277 margin.
Personal life
Speller was born in Hagersville, Ontario... | {"Name": "Bob Speller", "Birth date": "1956 02 29", "Birth place": "Hagersville, Ontario, Canada", "Death date": "2021 12 16 1956 02 29", "Death place": "near Waterford, Ontario, Canada", "Term start": "1988", "Term end": "2004", "Office 2": "Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food", "Predecessor 2": "Lyle Vanclief", "Su... |
North Carolina Central University (NCCU or NC Central) is a public historically black university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by James E. Shepard in affiliation with the Chautauqua movement in 1909, it was supported by private funds from both Northern and Southern philanthropists. It was made part of the state sy... | {"Motto": "Truth and Service", "Type": "Public historically black university", "Endowment": "$55 million (2021)https://datausa.io/profile/university/north-carolina-central-university", "Chancellor": "Johnson O. Akinleye", "Provost": "David H. Jackson", "Students": "7,553 (Fall 2022)", "Campus": "Urban", "Website": "htt... |
Andrés de Jesús María y José Bello López (; November 29, 1781 – October 15, 1865) was a Venezuelan humanist, diplomat, poet, legislator, philosopher, educator and philologist, whose political and literary works constitute an important part of Spanish American culture. Bello is featured on the old 2,000 Venezuelan bolí... | {"Name": "Andrés Bello", "Nationality": "Venezuelan, Chilean (from 1832)", "Caption": "Portrait by Raymond Monvoisin", "Birth name": "Andrés de Jesús María y José Bello López", "Birth date": "1781 11 29 y", "Birth place": "Caracas, Captaincy General of Venezuela, Spanish Empire", "Death date": "1865 10 15 1781 11 29 y"... |
Seyid Ali Imadaddin Nasimi (, ; ), commonly known as Nasimi (, ), was a 14th- and 15th-century Hurufi poet who composed poetry in his native Azerbaijani, as well as Persian and Arabic languages. He is regarded as one of the greatest Turkic poets of his time and one of the most prominent figures in Azerbaijani literatur... | {"Born": "1369/70", "Died": "no 1418/19", "Occupation": "Poet", "Language": "Azerbaijani Persian Arabic"} |
Abigail Scott Duniway (October 22, 1834 - October 11, 1915) was an American women's rights advocate, newspaper editor and writer, whose efforts were instrumental in gaining voting rights for women.
thumb|Duniway (seated) with Governor Oswald West, signing the women's suffrage amendment
Abigail S. Duniway was born Abig... | {"Name": "Abigail Scott Duniway", "Caption": "Duniway between 1870 and 1900", "Birth name": "Abigail Jane Scott", "Birth date": "1834 10 22", "Birth place": "farm near Groveland, Illinois, U.S.", "Death date": "1915 10 11 1834 10 22", "Death place": "Portland, Oregon, U.S.", "Resting place": "River View Cemetery in Por... |
The Yiddish Book Center (formerly the National Yiddish Book Center), located on the campus of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States, is a cultural institution dedicated to the preservation of books in the Yiddish language, as well as the culture and history those books represent. It is one of ten ... | {"Coordinates": "42.322 -72.527703 inline", "Established": "1980", "Location": "1021 West Street, Amherst, MA, 01002", "Website": "http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org www.yiddishbookcenter.org"} |
Wilbur Charles "Weeb" Ewbank (May 6, 1907 - November 17, 1998) was an American professional football coach. He led the Baltimore Colts to consecutive NFL championships in 1958 and 1959 and the New York Jets to victory in Super Bowl III in January 1969. He is the only coach to win a championship in both the National Foo... | {"Born:": "Richmond, Indiana, U.S.", "Died:": "Oxford, Ohio, U.S.", "High school:": "Richmond (Richmond, Indiana)", "College:": "Miami (OH)"} |
Louis Marx and Company was an American toy manufacturer in business from 1919 to 1980. They made many types of toys including tin toys, toy soldiers, toy guns, action figures, dolls, toy cars and model trains. Some of their notable toys are Rock'em Sock'em Robots, Big Wheel tricycles, Disney branded dollhouses and play... | {"Type": "Private", "Founded": "1919", "Fate": "Sold 1972, Liquidation 1980", "Defunct": "1980", "Headquarters": "New York City, New York", "Industry": "Toys and hobbies", "Products": "Lithographed tinplate, plastics, wood products"} |
John Albert Kitzhaber (born March 5, 1947) is an American former politician and physician who served as governor of Oregon from 1995 to 2003 and again from 2011 to 2015. In February 2015, shortly after beginning his fourth term, Kitzhaber resigned from office and was replaced by Secretary of State Kate Brown. A member ... | {"Name": "John Kitzhaber", "Term start": "January 10, 2011", "Term end": "February 18, 2015", "Office 2": "President of the Oregon Senate", "Predecessor 2": "Edward Fadeley", "Successor 2": "Bill Bradbury", "Birth name": "John Albert Kitzhaber", "Birth date": "1947 3 5", "Birth place": "Colfax, Washington, U.S.", "Spou... |
William Gaston Caperton III (born February 21, 1940) is an American politician who served as the 31st Governor of West Virginia from 1989 to 1997. He was president of the College Board, which administers the nationally recognized SAT and AP tests, from 1999 to 2012. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Pre-guberna... | {"Name": "Gaston Caperton", "Term start": "January 16, 1989", "Term end": "January 13, 1997", "Birth name": "William Gaston Caperton III", "Birth date": "1940 2 21", "Birth place": "Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Dee Kessel 1965 October 23, 1989 div.Rachael Worby 1990 1998 div.Idit Harel 2003 2012 div.... |
Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. (born January 6, 1948) is an American politician who served as the 33rd Governor of West Virginia from 2001 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, Wise also served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 until 2001. In 2005 Wise became the president of the Alliance for Exc... | {"Name": "Bob Wise", "Image caption": "Wise in 2008", "Term start": "January 15, 2001", "Term end": "January 17, 2005", "Order 2": "Member of the U.S. House of Representativesfrom West Virginia", "Predecessor 2": "Mick Staton", "Successor 2": "Shelley Moore Capito", "Birth name": "Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr.", "Birth dat... |
John Davison Rockefeller III (March 21, 1906 - July 10, 1978) was an American philanthropist. Rockefeller was the eldest son and second child of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller as well as a grandson of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. He was engaged in a wide range of philanthropic proj... | {"Name": "John D. Rockefeller III", "Birth name": "John Davison Rockefeller III", "Birth date": "1906 3 21 y", "Birth place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1978 7 10 1906 3 21 y", "Death place": "Mount Pleasant, New York, U.S.", "Burial place": "Rockefeller Family CemeterySleepy Hollow, New York, U.S.... |
Cecil Harland Underwood (November 5, 1922 - November 24, 2008) was an American Republican Party politician from West Virginia, known for the length of his career.
He was the 25th and 32nd Governor of West Virginia from 1957 to 1961, and from 1997 to 2001. He ran for re-election in 2000 but was defeated by Democrat Bob... | {"Image caption": "Underwood from The Monticola (1959)", "Term start": "January 13, 1997", "Term end": "January 15, 2001", "Predecessor 2": "William C. Marland", "Successor 2": "William Wallace Barron", "Birth name": "Cecil Harland Underwood", "Birth date": "1922 11 5", "Birth place": "Josephs Mills, West Virginia, U.S... |
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. (April 16, 1923 - January 7, 2015) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from West Virginia. He began his political career as a state legislator in 1952. He was elected the 28th and 30th governor of West Virginia, serving from 1969 until 1977 and again from 1985 until 1989, he is the lo... | {"Name": "Arch Moore", "Image caption": "Moore in 1969", "Term start": "January 14, 1985", "Term end": "January 16, 1989", "Office 2": "Chair of the National Governors Association", "Predecessor 2": "Warren Hearnes", "Successor 2": "Marvin Mandel", "Birth name": "Arch Alfred Moore Jr.", "Birth date": "1923 4 16", "Birt... |
Luis Miguel González Lucas (9 November 1926 - 8 May 1996), better known as Luis Miguel Dominguín, was a bullfighter from Spain and the son of the noteworthy bullfighter, Domingo Dominguín. Dominguín adopted his father's name to gain popularity.
Early career
Dominguín made his first public appearance in the ring at t... | {"Name": "Luis Miguel Dominguín", "Caption": "Dominguín in 1950", "Birth name": "Luis Miguel González Lucas", "Birth date": "1926 11 09 yes", "Birth place": "Madrid, Spain", "Death date": "1996 05 08 1926 11 09 yes", "Death place": "San Roque, Spain", "Occupation": "Matador", "Spouse(s)": "Lucia Bosè 1955 1967 divorced... |
Frankie Laine (born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio; March 30, 1913 - February 6, 2007) was an American singer and songwriter whose career spanned nearly 75 years, from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company to his final performance of "That's My Desire" in 2005. Often billed as "America's Number One Song S... | {"Born": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Died": "San Diego, California, U.S.", "Genres": "Traditional pop jazz R&B easy listening country gospel", "Labels": "Mercury Philips Columbia Capitol ABC Amos Score", "Website": "https://web.archive.org/web/20180123214931/http://www.frankielaine.com:80 January 23, 2018"} |
Dame Angela Eagle DBE (born 17 February 1961) is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wallasey since 1992. Eagle was born in Yorkshire and studied PPE at the University of Oxford, before working for the CBI and then a trade union.
Eagle served as the Minister of State for Pens... | {"Name": "Angela Eagle", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2020", "Term start": "8 June 2009", "Term end": "11 May 2010", "Office 2": "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs", "Prime minister 2": "Tony Blair", "Predecessor 2": "Mike O'Brien", "Successor 2": "The Lord Filkin", "Birth date": "1961 2 1... |
The SKS (, self-loading carbine of (the) Simonov system, 1945) is a semi-automatic rifle designed by Soviet small arms designer Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov in 1945.
The SKS was first produced in the Soviet Union but was later widely exported and manufactured by various nations. Its distinguishing characteristics includ... | {"Place of origin": "Soviet Union", "Type": "Semi-automatic rifle", "Sights": "Hooded post front sight, tangent notch rear sight graduated from 100 to 1,000 meters.", "Designer": "Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov", "Designed": "1945", "In service": "1945-present", "Used by": "See Users", "Wars": "See Conflicts", "Action": "S... |
The Robots of Dawn is a "whodunit" science fiction novel by American writer Isaac Asimov, first published in 1983. It is the third novel in Asimov's Robot series.
Plot summary
Detective Elijah Baley of Earth is training with his son and others to overcome their socially ingrained agoraphobia when he is told that the... | {"Cover artist": "Kiyoshi KanaiIsfdb.org", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "Robot series", "Publisher": "Doubleday", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "419", "ISBN": "0-385-18400-X", "Preceded by": "The Naked Sun, \"Mirror Image\"", "Followed by": "Robots and Empire"} |
Maria Eagle (born 17 February 1961) is a British politician who served in the governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. She later served in the Shadow cabinets of Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn. A member of the Labour Party, she has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Garston and Halewood, previously Liverpool Garston,... | {"Name": "Maria Eagle", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2020", "Term start": "2 July 2007", "Term end": "6 May 2010", "Office 2": "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children", "Prime minister 2": "Tony Blair", "Predecessor 2": "Margaret Hodge", "Successor 2": "Beverley Hughes", "Birth date": "1961 2 17 y"... |
Clive Stanley Efford (born 10 July 1958) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Eltham since 1997.
Early life
Efford was born in London and educated at Walworth School and Southwark College. He worked in his family jewellery business, until he completed The Knowledge and q... | {"Name": "Clive Efford", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Term start": "8 October 2011", "Term end": "28 June 2016", "Birth name": "Clive Stanley Efford61961 11776 19 June 2017", "Birth date": "1958 07 10 yes", "Birth place": "Southwark, London, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Gillian ... |
Dame Louise Joyce Ellman ( Rosenberg; born 14 November 1945) is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Riverside from 1997 to 2019. She is a member of the Labour Party.
Ellman was elected as a councillor on the Lancashire County Council in 1970, becoming the Labour group leader in ... | {"Name": "Louise Ellman", "Term start": "21 May 2008", "Term end": "12 July 2017", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Liverpool Riverside", "Predecessor 2": "Robert Parry", "Successor 2": "Kim Johnson", "Birth name": "Louise Joyce Rosenberg", "Birth date": "1945 11 14 y", "Birth place": "Manchester, Lancashire, Eng... |
Jeffrey Ennis OBE (born 13 November 1952) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnsley East and Mexborough from 1996 to 2010, having been first elected at the Barnsley East by-election.
Early life and education
Ennis was born in Grimethorpe, near Barnsley in the West Riding... | {"Name": "Jeffrey Ennis", "Term start": "12 December 1996", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "1952 11 13 yes", "Birth place": "Grimethorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Margaret Angela Knight", "Alma mater": "University of the West of England", "Official website"... |
The Dangerous Summer is a nonfiction book by Ernest Hemingway published posthumously in 1985 and written in 1959 and 1960. The book describes the rivalry between bullfighters Luis Miguel Dominguín and his brother-in-law, Antonio Ordóñez, during the "dangerous summer" of 1959. It has been cited as Hemingway's last book.... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Charles Scribner's Sons", "Media type": "Print (Book)", "Pages": "228", "ISBN": "0-684-18355-2"} |
Nigel Martin Evans (born 10 November 1957) is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ribble Valley constituency in Lancashire since 1992. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Joint Executive Secretary of the 1922 Committee from 2017 to 2019. He served as First Deputy Chairman of W... | {"Name": "Nigel Evans", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Term start": "8 January 2020", "Office 2": "Deputy Speaker of the House of CommonsFirst Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means", "Predecessor 2": "Sylvia Heal", "Successor 2": "Eleanor Laing", "Birth name": "Nigel Martin Evans", "Birth date": "1957 11 10 y... |
The State and Revolution (1917) is a book by Vladimir Lenin describing the role of the state in society, the necessity of proletarian revolution, and the theoretic inadequacies of social democracy in achieving revolution to establish the dictatorship of the proletariat.
Background
Lenin began the composition of an e... | {"Language": "Russian", "Country": "Russian Republic", "Original title": "Государство и революция", "Media type": "Print"} |
Filiberto Ojeda Ríos (April 26, 1933 September 23, 2005) was a Puerto Rican independence activist and militant who cofounded the Boricua Popular Army, also known as Los Macheteros, and its predecessor, the Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña (FALN).Effects and effectiveness of law enforcement intelli... | {"Name": "Filiberto Ojeda Ríos", "Birth date": "1933 4 26 y", "Birth place": "Río Blanco, Naguabo, Puerto Rico", "Death date": "2005 9 23 1933 4 26 y", "Death place": "Hormigueros, Puerto Rico", "Death cause": "Shot by the FBI", "Occupation": "Independence activist and militant", "Organization": "Fuerzas Armadas de Lib... |
The is a high-speed shinkansen service between and in Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) since March 1997. It is the only shinkansen service that runs on the Akita Shinkansen, and uses E6 series trains. Between Tokyo Station and , it couples with Tōhoku Shinkansen E5 series Hayabusa and for... | {"Service type": "Shinkansen", "Status": "Operational", "Locale": "Tōhoku Shinkansen, Akita Shinkansen", "First service": "22 March 1997", "Termini": "Akita", "Distance travelled": "670.2 km mi on", "Service frequency": "Hourly", "Class(es)": "Standard + Green", "Catering facilities": "Trolley service", "Electrificatio... |
John Quentin Davies, Baron Davies of Stamford (born 29 May 1944) is a British Labour politician and life peer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Grantham and Stamford from 1987 to 2010. He served as a junior defence minister in the Brown ministry from 2008 to 2010.
A Conservative until his high-profile de... | {"Name": "The Lord Davies of Stamford", "Image caption": "Davies in 2015", "Term start": "5 October 2008", "Term end": "11 May 2010", "Office 2": "Member of the House of LordsLord Temporal", "Birth date": "1944 5 29 y", "Birth place": "Oxford, England", "Spouse(s)": "Chantal 1983http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html... |
(), commercially styled as Rai since 2000 and known until 1954 as , is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many terrestrial and subscription television channels and radio stations. It is one of the biggest broadcasters in Italy, competing with Me... | {"Type": "it Società per azioni (S.p.A.), state-owned", "Industry": "Mass media", "Products": "Broadcasting Radio", "Services": "Television Radio Web portal", "Revenue": "€2.52 billion (2021)Reports and Financial Statements as of 31 December 2021 en Retrieved on 04-03-2023", "Parent": "Ministry of Economy and Finance",... |
Sir Edward Jonathan Davey (born 25 December 1965) is a British politician who has served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats since 2019. He served in the Cameron-Clegg coalition as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change from 2012 to 2015 and as Deputy Leader to Jo Swinson in 2019. An "Orange Book" liberal, he... | {"Name": "Sir Ed Davey", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2020", "Term start": "13 December 2019fn1 Acting: 13 December 2019 - 27 August 2020", "Office 2": "Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change", "Prime minister 2": "David Cameron", "Predecessor 2": "Chris Huhne", "Successor 2": "Amber Rudd", "Birth nam... |
Wayne David MP (born 1 July 1957) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Caerphilly since 2001. A member of the Labour Party, he was Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party from 1994 to 1998 and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1989 to 1999. As an MEP, he represe... | {"Name": "Wayne David", "Office 2": "Shadow Minister for the Armed Forces", "Leader 2": "Jeremy Corbyn", "Predecessor 2": "Kate Hollern", "Successor 2": "Stephen Morgan", "Birth date": "1957 7 1 y", "Birth place": "Bridgend, Wales", "Spouse(s)": "Catherine Thomas 1991 2007 div Jayne Edwards 2016https://www.waynedavid.c... |
Geraint Richard Davies (born 3 May 1960) is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Swansea West since 2010. He was elected as a member of the Labour Party, but was suspended from the party in 2023 and now sits as an independent. Previously, Davies was the Labour MP for Croydon Central from ... | {"Name": "Geraint Davies", "Term start": "11 May 2022", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Croydon Central", "Predecessor 2": "Paul Beresford", "Successor 2": "Andrew Pelling", "Birth name": "Geraint Richard Davies", "Birth date": "1960 05 03 yes", "Birth place": "Chester, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spous... |
Thomas Hilton Dawson (born 30 September 1953) is a British politician who was the Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Lancaster and Wyre from 1997 until 2005.
Dawson became the chairman of the North East Party in 2014, and was the party's candidate in the 2021 Hartlepool by-election.
Early life
Dawson was born... | {"Name": "Hilton Dawson", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth date": "1953 09 30 yes", "Birth place": "Northumberland, England", "Nationality": "British", "Other political party": "Labour (1979-2014)", "Spouse(s)": "Susan Williams", "Alma mater": "Lancaster University, University of Warwick"... |
Janet Elizabeth Ann Dean (née Gibson; born 28 January 1949) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Burton from 1997 to 2010.
Early life
Born Janet Gibson in Crewe, she was educated at the Verdin Grammar School in Winsford. On leaving school in 1965 she became a clerk at Barcla... | {"Name": "Janet Dean", "Term start": "2 May 1997", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "1949 01 28 yes", "Birth place": "Crewe, Cheshire, England", "Nationality": "English", "Spouse(s)": "Alan Dean", "Official website": "http://www.janetdean.info/"} |
The McLaren F1 is a sports car designed and manufactured by British automobile manufacturer McLaren Cars, and powered by the BMW S70/2 V12 engine. The original concept was conceived by Gordon Murray, who successfully convinced Ron Dennis to back the project, and hired car designer Peter Stevens to design the exterior a... | {"Manufacturer": "McLaren Cars", "Production": "1992-1998http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/entertainment/videos/a24880/watch-a-young-elon-musk-take-delivery-of-his-mclaren-f1-in-1999/ Watch a young Elon Musk take delivery of his McLaren F1 in 1999 23 January 2016 29 January 2015 106 produced", "Assembly": "Woki... |
Parmjit Singh Dhanda (born 17 September 1971) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gloucester from 2001 until the 2010 general election, succeeding Tess Kingham as the Labour MP for the seat.
Background
Parmjit Singh Dhanda was born on 17 September 1971 in Hillingdon, West Lon... | {"Name": "Parmjit Singh Dhanda परमजीत सिंह ढांडा ਪਰਮਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਢੰਡਾ", "Term start": "28 June 2007", "Term end": "6 October 2008", "Office 2": "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education and Skills", "Prime minister 2": "Tony Blair", "Predecessor 2": "Maria Eagle", "Successor 2": "Kevin Brennan", "Birth name":... |
Andrew Hartley Dismore (born 2 September 1954) is a British Labour politician who was the Member of the London Assembly for Barnet and Camden from 2012 to 2021. He previously was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hendon from 1997 until 2010.
Early life
Dismore was born in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, the s... | {"Image caption": "Dismore in 2015", "Name": "Andrew Dismore", "Term start": "4 May 2012", "Term end": "6 May 2021", "Birth date": "1954 09 2 yes", "Birth place": "Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "London School of Economics"} |
San Fernando City, officially the City of San Fernando (; ), is a 3rd class component city and capital of the province of La Union, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 125,640 people.
San Fernando serves as a gateway to trade, commerce, culture and heritage of Ilocandia. The city is the f... | {"Named for": "Ferdinand III of Castile", "Type": "government_type", "Rank": "0", "Density": "auto", "Website": "website"} |
Jonathan Simon Djanogly (born 3 June 1965) is an English politician, solicitor, and Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Huntingdon since 2001. Djanogly has been Trade and Industry Spokesman shadowing the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Shadow Solicitor General for England and Wa... | {"Name": "Jonathan Djanogly", "Term start": "11 May 2010", "Term end": "4 September 2012", "Birth name": "Jonathan Simon Djanogly", "Birth date": "1965 06 3 yes", "Birth place": "Hammersmith, England", "Nationality": "English", "Spouse(s)": "Rebecca Silk 1991", "Alma mater": "Oxford Polytechnic", "Official website": "O... |
In computing, the DOS Protected Mode Interface (DPMI) is a specification introduced in 1989 which allows a DOS program to run in protected mode, giving access to many features of the new PC processors of the time not available in real mode. It was initially developed by Microsoft for Windows 3.0, although Microsoft lat... | {"Title": "DOS Protected Mode Interface", "Status": "Published", "Year started": "1989 yes", "Organization": "DPMI Committee", "Abbreviation": "DPMI", "Domain": "Application programming interfaces"} |
James Dobbin (26 May 1941 - 6 September 2014) was a British Labour Co-operative politician and microbiologist who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Heywood and Middleton from 1997 until his death in 2014.
Early life
Jim Dobbin was born in Fife, Scotland, the son of a coal miner, and educated at Catholic schools... | {"Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "6 September 2014", "Birth name": "James Dobbin", "Birth date": "1941 5 26 yes", "Birth place": "Fife, Scotland", "Death date": "2014 9 6 1941 5 26 yes", "Death place": "Słupsk, Poland", "Spouse(s)": "Patricia Russell 1964", "Alma mater": "Napier College"} |
Sir Brian Harold Donohoe (born 10 September 1948) is a former Scottish Labour politician and former trade union official, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Central Ayrshire from 2005 until losing his seat in 2015. Prior to constituency boundary changes in 2005, he was MP for Cunninghame South and was first elec... | {"Name": "Sir Brian Donohoe", "Image size": "215px", "Image caption": "Donohoe in 2012", "Term start": "9 April 1992", "Term end": "30 March 2015", "Birth date": "1948 09 10 yes", "Birth place": "Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Christine Pawson"} |
Frank Doran (13 April 1949 - 31 October 2017) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberdeen South from 1987 to 1992, when he lost his seat. He was re-elected in 1997 to Aberdeen Central, and most recently represented Aberdeen North. He was the husband of former ... | {"Name": "Frank Doran", "Image caption": "Doran in 2011", "Image size": "150px", "Term start": "20 July 2005", "Term end": "11 May 2010", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Aberdeen South", "Predecessor 2": "Gerry Malone", "Successor 2": "Raymond Robertson", "Birth date": "yes 1949 04 13", "Birth place": "Edinburgh... |
Susan Kathleen Doughty (née Powell; born 13 April 1948) is a politician in the United Kingdom. She was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Guildford from 2001 to 2005.
Early life
Doughty was born on 13 April 1948. She was brought up in York where she went to Mill Mount Grammar School for Girls on Mill Mount,... | {"Name": "Sue Doughty", "Term start": "7 June 2001", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth date": "1948 04 13 yes", "Birth place": "York", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "David Orchard", "Residence": "Shalford", "Alma mater": "Northumberland College", "Education": "Mill Mount County Grammar School for Girls"} |
David Elliott Drew (born 13 April 1952) is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stroud from 1997 to 2010 and 2017 to 2019. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, he was Shadow Minister for Farming and Rural Affairs from 2017 to 2019.
Early life and career
Drew was born in Glouces... | {"Name": "David Drew", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Term start": "3 July 2017", "Term end": "12 December 2019", "Predecessor 2": "Roger Knapman", "Successor 2": "Neil Carmichael", "Birth date": "1952 04 13 yes", "Birth place": "Gloucestershire, England", "Spouse(s)": "Anne Baker 1990", "Other political ... |
Julia Kate Drown (born 23 August 1962) is a British Labour Party politician. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Swindon South, in south-west England, from 1997 until 2005.Ms Julia Drown at They Work For You.com
Drown was a National Health Service accountantJulia Drown: Electoral history and profile at guardian... | {"Name": "Julia Drown", "Term start": "2 May 1997", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth date": "1962 08 23 yes", "Nationality": "British"} |
Caroline Louise Flint (born 20 September 1961) is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Don Valley from 1997 to 2019. A member of the Labour Party, she attended the Cabinet as Minister for Housing and Planning in 2008 and Minister for Europe from 2008 to 2009.
One of 101 female Labour MPs el... | {"Name": "Caroline Flint", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Office 2": "Minister of State for Europe", "Prime minister 2": "Gordon Brown", "Predecessor 2": "Jim Murphy", "Successor 2": "The Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead", "Birth date": "1961 9 20 y", "Birth place": "Twickenham, Middlesex, England", "Residenc... |
Jonathan Owen Jones (born 19 April 1954) is a Welsh politician. He was the Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament for Cardiff Central from 1992 to 2005. He was then an unsuccessful candidate for Change UK in Wales at the 2019 European Parliament election.
Early life
Jon Owen Jones was born in Maerdy. He attende... | {"Name": "Jon Owen Jones", "Office 2": "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales", "Predecessor 2": "Win Griffithshttp://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04657.pdf Archived copy 29 April 2019 5 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305023157/http://www.parliament.uk/docu... |
John Paterson (often spelled Patterson) (1744 - July 19, 1808) was a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, and a U.S. Congressman from New York.
Early life
Paterson was born in 1744 in either Farmington or New Britain in the Connecticut Colony. His mother was Ruth (Bird) Paterson, and ... | {"Image caption": "Illustration depicting Paterson as shown on monument at Monmouth Battlefield State Park", "Term start": "March 4, 1803", "Term end": "March 3, 1805", "Battles fought": "American Revolution", "Birth name": "John Paterson", "Birth date": "1744", "Birth place": "Farmington or New Britain, Connecticut Co... |
The Abipones (, singular ) were an indigenous people of Argentina's Gran Chaco region, speakers of one of the Guaicuruan languages. They ceased to exist as an independent ethnic group in the early 19th century. A small number of survivors assimilated into Argentine society.
History
The Abipones originally occupied the... | {"Name": "Abipón", "Image caption": "Abipón warriors", "Population": "Considered extinct as a peopleDale H. Hoiberg Encyclopædia Britannica Abipón 15th 2010 Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. I: A-ak Bayes Chicago, Illinois 978-1-59339-837-8 33 registration https://archive.org/details/newencyclopaedia2009ency/pag... |
Roy Mitchell Kinnear (8 January 1934 - 20 September 1988) was an English character actor and comedian. He was known for his acting roles in movies such as Henry Salt in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Algernon in The Beatles' Help! (1965), Clapper in How I Won the War (1967), and Planchet in The Thre... | {"Name": "Roy Kinnear", "Caption": "Publicity photo of Kinnear possibly taken in the 1980s", "Birth name": "Roy Mitchell Kinnear", "Birth date": "yes 1934 01 08", "Birth place": "Wigan, Lancashire, England", "Death date": "yes 1988 09 20 1934 01 08", "Death place": "Madrid, Spain", "Resting place": "East Sheen Cemetery... |
Pop is the ninth studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was produced by Flood, Howie B, and Steve Osborne, and was released on 3 March 1997 on Island Records. The album was a continuation of the band's 1990s musical reinvention, as they incorporated alternative rock, techno, dance, and electronica influences into their... | {"Released": "1997 03 03 y", "Recorded": "1995-1996", "Studio": "Hanover Quay (Dublin) Windmill Lane (Dublin) The Works (Dublin) South Beach (Miami)", "Genre": "Alternative rock alternative dance", "Label": "Island", "Producer": "Flood Howie B Steve Osborne"} |
All That You Can't Leave Behind is the tenth studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, and was released on 30October 2000 through Island Records and Interscope Records. Following the band's experimentation with alternative rock and dance music in the 1990s and the mixed recepti... | {"Released": "2000 10 30 yes", "Studio": "HQ (Dublin) Windmill Lane (Dublin) Westland (Dublin) Totally Wired (Dublin) South of France", "Genre": "Rockhttps://www.allmusic.com/album/behind-mw0000101186 All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2 Songs, Reviews, Credits AllMusic AllMusic pop", "Label": "Island Interscope", ... |
Yoido Full Gospel Church is a Pentecostal church affiliated with the Assemblies of God on Yeouido (Yoi Island) in Seoul, South Korea. With about 480,000 members, it is the largest Pentecostal Christian congregation in South Korea. Founded by David Yonggi Cho and Choi Ja-shil in 1958, the church is presently led by You... | {"OS grid reference": "Yoido Full Gospel Church여의도 순복음 교회", "Denomination": "Pentecostal", "Associations": "Assemblies of God USA", "Membership": "800,000", "Weekly attendance": "200,000 (Seoul only)", "Founded": "1973", "Founder(s)": "David Yonggi Cho Choi Ja-shil", "Style": "Modern", "Status": "Megachurch", "Functio... |
Russell John Dammerall Grant (born 5 February 1951) is a British astrologer and media personality. He has written several books on astrology, provides syndicated newspaper horoscopes and operates premium rate astrology phone lines. In March 2010, he began offering a "Pet Psychic" service. He is also the author of The R... | {"Name": "Russell Grant", "Birth name": "Russell John Dammerall Granthttp://web.researcha.com/iccquery/detail/?did=5932039&c=uk Researcha.co.ukTerms and Conditions Web.researcha.com 30 July 2010 December 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes", "Birth date": "y 1951 2 5", "Birth place": "Hillingdon, Middlesex, England", "Occ... |
David Arthur Stephen Tredinnick (born 19 January 1950) is a British Conservative former Member of Parliament who represented Bosworth in Leicestershire from 1987 to 2019.
He is an advocate of alternative medicine, and was chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Integrated Healthcare (previously Integrated an... | {"Name": "David Tredinnick", "Term start": "11 June 1987", "Term end": "6 November 2019", "Birth date": "1950 1 19 y", "Birth place": "Worthing, West Sussex, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Rebecca Shott 1983 2008 div", "Education": "Eton CollegeMons Officer Cadet School", "Alma mater": "St John's Col... |
Oadby is a town in the borough of Oadby and Wigston in Leicestershire, England. Oadby is a district centre south-east of Leicester on the A6 road. Leicester Racecourse is situated on the border between Oadby and Stoneygate. The University of Leicester Botanical Garden is in Oadby. Oadby had a population of 23,849 in 2... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "23,849", "OS grid reference": "SK625005", "Postcode district": "LE2", "Dialling code": "0116", "UK Parliament": "Harborough", "District": "Oadby and Wigston", "Shire county": "Leicestershire"} |
De Montfort Hall is the largest music and performance venue in Leicester, England. It is situated adjacent to Victoria Park and is named after the "Father of Parliament", Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester.
History
The hall was built by the Corporation of Leicester in 1912 and 1913, and was opened to the public on 2... | {"Official name": "De Montfort Hall", "Image caption": "De Montfort Hall, Leicester", "Architect(s)": "Shirley Harrison", "Owner(s)": "Leicester City Council", "Max. legal occupancy": "400-2,200 (auditorium), 250-7,000 (amphitheater)", "Date of opening": "21 July 1913"} |
The Abbey Pumping Station is a museum of science and technology in Leicester, England, on Corporation Road, next to the National Space Centre. With four working steam-powered beam engines from its time as a sewage pumping station, it also houses exhibits for transport, public health, light and optics, toys and civil en... | {"Coordinates": "52.6550 -1.1306 type:landmark_region:GB dms inline,title", "Established": "1972 y", "Location": "Leicester, United Kingdom", "Type": "Science and Technology Museum", "Key holdings": "Steam engines, 'interactive toilets', steam shovel, buses", "Website": "http://www.leicester.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/... |
Daniel Lambert ( 1770 - 1809) was an English gaol keeper and animal breeder from Leicester, famous for his unusually large size. After serving four years as an apprentice at an engraving and die casting works in Birmingham, he returned to Leicester around 1788 and succeeded his father as keeper of Leicester's gaol. He... | {"Name": "Daniel Lambert", "Alt": "Smartly dressed fat man with dark hair and a red waistcoat, sitting on a chair", "Caption": "Portrait by Benjamin Marshall, 1806", "Birth date": "1770 03 13 y", "Death date": "1809 06 21 1770 03 13 y"} |
The West Australian is the only locally edited daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia. It is owned by Seven West Media (SWM),Seven West Media Limited (SWM) at Australian Securities Exchange as is the state's other major newspaper, The Sunday Times. It is the second-oldest continuously produced newspaper ... | {"Type": "Daily newspaper (Mon. - Sat.)", "Format": "Tabloid", "Owner(s)": "Seven West Media", "Headquarters": "50 Hasler Road,Osborne Park, Western Australia", "Editor": "Anthony De Ceglie", "Political alignment": "Centre-right http://people.anu.edu.au/andrew.leigh/pdf/MediaSlant.pdf How Partisan is the Press? Multip... |
Wikisource is an online digital library of free-content textual sources on a wiki, operated by the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikisource is the name of the project as a whole and the name for each instance of that project (each instance usually representing a different language); multiple Wikisources make up the overall pro... | {"URL": "https://wikisource.org", "Commercial": "No", "Available in": "Multilingual (active wikisource active sub-domains)", "Registration": "Optional", "Created by": "User-generated", "Launched": "2003 11 24How Wikipedia Works Phoebe Ayers Charles Matthews Ben Yates No Starch Press 2008 978-1-59327-176-3 435-436 regis... |
Alexander Berkman (November 21, 1870June 28, 1936) was a Russian-American anarchist and author. He was a leading member of the anarchist movement in the early 20th century, famous for both his political activism and his writing.
Berkman was born into a wealthy Jewish family in Vilna in the Russian Empire (present-day ... | {"Name": "Alexander Berkman", "Alt": "A 42-year-old man wearing a bowtie and suit leans over a desk as he writes", "Caption": "Alexander Berkman, September 1912", "Birth name": "Ovsei Osipovich Berkman", "Birth date": "1870 11 21 y", "Birth place": "Vilnius, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire", "Death date": "1936 6 28 ... |
Maeve Hillery (; 14 August 1924 - 10 January 2015) was an Irish anaesthetist who was the wife of the 6th President of Ireland, Patrick Hillery.
Life and family
Mary Beatrice Finnegan was born on 14 August 1924 in Sheffield, Yorkshire. Her father was a builder from Galway, and her mother was half-Irish. Hillery would... | {"Name": "Maeve Hillery", "Alt": "Candid cropped photo of Maeve Hillery walking away from a small aeroplane. Wearing a hat, heavy coat, gloves and carries a handbag. Also wearing a Tara Brooch.", "Caption": "Hillery in The Netherlands in 1986", "Birth name": "Mary Beatrice Finnegan", "Birth date": "1924 8 14 y", "Birth... |
Littleover is a village and suburb in the city of Derby, in Derbyshire, England, between Rose Hill, Normanton, Sunny Hill and Mickleover, about southwest of Derby city centre.
History
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The history of Littleover's name is simple. It is derived from "Little Ufre" (Domesday book) and i... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Unitary authority": "Derby", "Ceremonial county": "Derbyshire", "Population": "23,958", "UK Parliament": "Derby North", "Postcode district": "DE", "Dialling code": "01332", "OS grid reference": "SK3334"} |
was a Japanese singer and actor.
He was best known outside Japan for his international hit song "Ue o Muite Arukō" (known as "Sukiyaki" in English-speaking markets), which was sung in Japanese and sold over 13 million copies. It reached number one in the United States Billboard Hot 100 in June 1963, making Sakamoto th... | {"Name": "Kyu Sakamoto", "Caption": "Sakamoto in 1961/1962", "Birth name": "Hisashi Sakamoto 坂本 九 Sakamoto Hisashi", "Native name": "坂本 九", "Native name language": "ja", "Other names": "Kyū-chan", "Birth date": "yes 1941 12 10", "Birth place": "Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Empire of Japan", "Death date": "yes 1985 08 12 1941 11... |
Stavanger Cathedral () is Norway's oldest cathedral and the seat of the Bishop of Stavanger who leads the Diocese of Stavanger in the Church of Norway. It is located in the centre of the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large Stavanger Municipality in central Rogaland county, Norway. The chu... | {"OS grid reference": "Stavanger Cathedral", "Website": "stavangerdomkirke.no", "Location": "Stavanger Municipality,Rogaland", "Country": "Norway", "Denomination": "Church of Norway", "Previous denomination": "Catholic Church", "Status": "Cathedral", "Functional status": "Active", "Bishop(s)": "Anne Lise Ådnøy", "Dedic... |
Mickleover is a large suburban village of Derby, in Derbyshire, England. It is west of Derby city centre, northeast of Burton-upon-Trent, west of Nottingham city centre, southeast of Ashbourne and northeast of Uttoxeter.
History
The earliest recorded mention of Mickleover (and its close neighbour, Littleover) com... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "18,000", "UK Parliament": "Derby North", "Postcode district": "DE", "Dialling code": "01332", "OS grid reference": "SK302338", "Unitary authority": "Derby", "Ceremonial county": "Derbyshire"} |
Japan Air Lines Flight 123 () was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Tokyo to Osaka, Japan. On August 12, 1985, the Boeing 747 operating the service suffered a severe structural failure and decompression 12 minutes into the flight. After flying under minimal control for a further 32 minutes, the 747 crashed in ... | {"Date": "August 12, 1985", "Summary": "Crashed following in-flight structural failure", "Site": "36 0 5 N 138 41 38 E region:JP-10_type:event inline,title", "Operator": "Japan Air Lines", "Registration": "JA8119", "IATA flight No.": "JL123", "ICAO flight No.": "JAL123", "Call sign": "JAPAN AIR 123", "Flight origin": "... |
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Nūr ad-Dīn 'Abd ar-Rahmān Jāmī (; 7 November 1414 - 9 November 1492), also known as Mawlanā Nūr al-Dīn 'Abd al-Rahmān or Abd-Al... | {"Born": "Torbat Jam, Khorasan, Timurid Empire", "Died": "Herat, Khorasan, Afghanistan", "Influences": "Muhammad, Khwaja Abdullah Ansari, Rumi, Ibn Arabi", "Influenced": "Muhammad Iqbal"} |
Ockham is a rural and semi-rural village in the borough of Guildford in Surrey, England. The village starts immediately east of the A3 but the lands extend to the River Wey in the west where it has a large mill-house. Ockham is between Cobham (near Leatherhead) and East Horsley (near Guildford).
History
Ockham has be... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(civil parish, 2011)http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127192&c=Ockham&d=16&e=62&g=6468520&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1492957857288&enc=1 Ockham (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census Neighbourhood Statistics Office for Nat... |
alt=A Black and White photo of Dadasaheb Phalke looking at the filmstrip|thumbnail|upright|Dadasaheb Phalke, often credited as "the father of Indian cinema", made India's first full-length feature Raja Harishchandra (1913).
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in the field of cinema. It is presented ann... | {"Awarded for": "\"Outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema\"", "Sponsored by": "Directorate of Film Festivals", "First awarded": "1969", "Last awarded": "2020", "Reward(s)": "Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) \nShawl \n1000 k", "Website": "https://www.dff.gov.in/PhalkeAward.aspx"} |
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The Foshay Tower, now the W Minneapolis - The Foshay hotel, is a skyscraper in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Modeled after the Washington Monument, the building was completed in 1929, months before the stock market crash in October of that year. It has 32 floors and stands high, plus an antenna mast tha... | {"Architect": "Léon Eugène Arnal, Magney & Tusler, Inc.", "Architectural style": "Art Deco", "Location": "Minneapolis, Minnesota", "Built": "August 30, 1929"} |
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (20 March 1776 - 17 January 1839), styled Earl Temple from 1784 to 1813 and known as the Marquess of Buckingham from 1813 to 1822, was a British landowner and politician.
Background
Born Richard Temple-Nugent-Grenville, he was the eld... | {"Name": "The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos", "Image caption": "Engraving of the Duke, 1815", "Birth date": "20 March 1776", "Death date": "17 January 1839 20 March 1776", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Lady Anne Brydges"} |
Steven Victor Tallarico (born March 26, 1948), known professionally as Steven Tyler, is an American singer, best known as the lead singer of the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith, in which he also plays the harmonica, piano and percussion. He has been called the "Demon of Screamin'" due to his high screams and his power... | {"Name": "Steven Tyler", "Caption": "Tyler in 2018", "Other names": "The Demon of Screamin'", "Birth name": "Steven Victor Tallarico", "Birth date": "yes 1948 03 26", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Occupation": "Singer\n songwriter\n musician\n television personality", "Years active": "1970-present", "Spouse(s)... |
Peril at End House is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the US by the Dodd, Mead and Company in February 1932 and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in March of the same year. The US edition retailed at $2.00 and the UK edition at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6).
Th... | {"Cover artist": "Not known", "Country": "United KingdomUnited States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Dodd, Mead and Company", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "270 (first edition, hardcover)", "Preceded by": "The Sittaford Mystery", "Followed by": "The Thirteen Problems"} |
Guy Hever (; born 30 May 1977) is an Israeli MIA. Hever, a soldier in the Israeli Army, has been missing since 17 August 1997. He was last seen on his army base at 9:30 AM on the Golan Heights, dressed in his army fatigues, carrying his weapon, a Galil AR, his military disk and his international military identification... | {"Native name": "he", "Born": "Nahariya, Israel", "Allegiance": "Israel", "Relations": "Rina and Eitan (parents), Or Hever (brother), Shir Hever (sister)"} |
Ralph Moody Hall (May 3, 1923 - March 7, 2019) was an American politician who served as the United States representative for from 1981 to 2015. He was first elected in 1980, and was the chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology from 2011 to 2013. He was also a member of the Committee on Energy a... | {"Name": "Ralph Hall", "Term start": "January 3, 1981", "Term end": "January 3, 2015", "State senate2": "Texas", "District 2": "9th", "Predecessor 2": "Ray Roberts", "Successor 2": "Ron Clower", "Birth name": "Ralph Moody Hall", "Birth date": "1923 5 3", "Birth place": "Fate, Texas, U.S.", "Death date": "2019 3 7 1923 ... |
thumb|Thomas Grenville by Giovanni Battista Comolli, British Library, London
thumb|The arms of Thomas Grenville (Vert on a cross argent five torteaux, a crescent for difference) are the arms of the Grenville family, with a crescent as a mark of cadency, to signify him as the second son.
Thomas Grenville (31 December 1... | {"Name": "Thomas Grenville", "Image caption": "Thomas Grenville (picture)", "Order 2": "First Lord of the Admiralty", "Monarch 2": "George III", "Prime minister 2": "The Lord Grenville", "Predecessor 2": "The Earl Grey", "Successor 2": "The Earl of Mulgrave", "Birth date": "yes 1755 12 31", "Birth place": "Wotton Under... |
thumb|3-D Tic-Tac-Toe played with glass beads
3D tic-tac-toe, also known by the trade name Qubic, is an abstract strategy board game, generally for two players. It is similar in concept to traditional tic-tac-toe but is played in a cubical array of cells, usually 4×4×4. Players take turns placing their markers in blank... | {"Title": "3-D Tic-Tac-Toe", "Developer": "Atari, Inc.", "Publisher": "Atari Inc.", "Designer": "Carol Shaw", "Released": "1978", "Platforms": "Atari 2600Atari 8-bit family"} |
You Don't Know Jack is a series of video games developed by Jackbox Games (formerly known as Jellyvision Games) and Berkeley Systems, as well as the title of the first You Don't Know Jack game in the series. You Don't Know Jack, framed as a game show "where high culture and pop culture collide", combines trivia with co... | {"Title": "You Don't Know Jack", "Platforms": "Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, PlayStation, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii, Nintendo DS, iOS, Apple TV, Android, Roku, OUYA, Nintendo Switch, WebTV", "Developer": "Berkeley Systems, Jackbox Games, Starsphere Interactive, Iron Galaxy Studios, Webfoot T... |
Aroup Chatterjee (born 23 June 1958) is a British Indian author and physician. He was born in Calcutta, and moved to the United Kingdom in 1985. He is the author of the book Mother Teresa: The Untold Story (originally published as Mother Teresa: The Final Verdict), a work which challenges the widespread regard of Mothe... | {"Name": "Aroup Chatterjee", "Caption": "Chatterjee in 2013", "Birth date": "yes 1958 06 23", "Birth place": "Ballygunge, Calcutta, India", "Nationality": "British", "Occupation": "Author, physician", "Spouse(s)": "Zelpha Kittler", "Children": "3"} |
Bai Juyi (also Bo Juyi or Po Chü-i; ; 772–846), courtesy name Letian (樂天), was a Chinese musician, poet, and politician during the Tang dynasty. Many of his poems concern his career or observations made about everyday life, including as governor of three different provinces. He achieved fame as a writer of verse in a l... | {"Born": "772", "Died": "846 772", "Occupation": "Musician, poet, politician", "Children": "Bai Acui (son)", "Relatives": "Bai Huang (grandfather)Bai Jigeng"} |
Watkin's Tower was a partially completed iron lattice tower in Wembley Park, London, England (then in Middlesex). Its construction was an ambitious project to create a -high visitor attraction in Wembley Park to the north of the city, led by the railway entrepreneur Sir Edward Watkin. Marketed as the "Great Tower of Lo... | {"Location": "Wembley Park, London, England", "Coordinates": "51 33 20 N 0 16 46 W region:GB-LND_source:dewiki inline,title", "Status": "Never completed", "Construction started": "1891", "Type": "Observation tower"} |
Liu Zongyuan (; 77328 November 819) was a Chinese philosopher, poet, and politician who lived during the Tang dynasty. Liu was born in present-day Yongji, Shanxi. Along with Han Yu, he was a founder of the Classical Prose Movement. He has been traditionally classed as one of the "Eight Great Prose Masters of the Tang a... | {"Name": "Liu Zongyuan柳宗元", "Birth date": "773", "Birth place": "Yongji, Shanxi", "Death date": "0819 11 28 0773", "Death place": "Liuzhou, Guangxi", "Nationality": "Chinese", "Occupation": "Philosopher, poet, politician"} |
Sebastián Francisco de Miranda y Rodríguez de Espinoza (28 March 1750 - 14 July 1816), commonly known as Francisco de Miranda (), was a Venezuelan military leader and revolutionary who fought in the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolution and the Spanish American wars of independence. He is regarded as a prec... | {"Name": "Francisco de Miranda", "Image caption": "Portrait by Martín Tovar y Tovar", "Birth name": "Sebastián Francisco de Miranda y Rodríguez de Espinoza", "Birth date": "1750 3 28 y", "Birth place": "Caracas, Venezuela", "Death date": "1816 7 14 1750 3 28 y", "Death place": "Cádiz, Spain", "Nationality": "Venezuelan... |
Meng Haoran (; 689/691-740) was a major Tang dynasty poet, and a somewhat older contemporary of Wang Wei, Li Bai and Du Fu. Despite his brief pursuit of an official career, Meng Haoran mainly lived in and wrote about the area in which he was born and raised, in what is now Hubei province, China. Meng Haoran was a major... | {"Caption": "Meng Haoran.", "Name": "Meng Haoran", "Native name": "孟浩然", "Native name language": "zh-hans", "Birth date": "689/691", "Birth place": "Xiangyang, Hubei, China", "Death date": "740 689740 691", "Death place": "Xiangyang, Hubei, China", "Occupation": "Poet", "Children": "Meng Yifu (zh-Hant 孟儀甫)", "Module": ... |
William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (14 January 177313 March 1857) was a British diplomat and colonial administrator. He was Governor-General of India between 1823 and 1828.
Background and education
Born at Bath, Somerset, Amherst was the son of William Amherst and Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Paterson. He was th... | {"Name": "The Earl Amherst", "Image": "Earl Amherst.JPG", "Alternative text": "Standing portrait of Lord Amherst, oil on canvas", "Image caption": "Lord Amherst in the uniform of the St James's [Westminster] Loyal Volunteer Regiment. Arthur William Devis, 1803.", "Image size": "200px", "Birth date": "1773 1 14 y", "Bir... |
Li Shangyin (, 813858), courtesy name Yishan (), was a Chinese poet and politician of the late Tang dynasty, born in the Henei Commandery (now Qinyang, Henan). He is noted for the imagist quality of his poems and his "no title" () style of poetry. Li Shangyin has been frequently anthologized, and many of his poems hav... | {"Native name": "李商隱", "Born": "813", "Died": "858", "Occupation": "Poet, politician"} |
Javier Sánchez Vicario (; born 1 February 1968) is a former top-ten doubles professional tennis player from Spain. Sánchez won the US Open junior singles and doubles title in 1986, and reached the quarterfinal stage in the US Open men's singles event twice - in 1991 and 1996.
Career
Sánchez won the US Open junior sin... | {"Country (sports)": "Spain", "Residence": "Andorra la Vella, Andorra", "Born": "Pamplona, Spain", "Height": "1.77", "Turned pro": "1986", "Retired": "2000", "Plays": "Right-handed", "Prize money": "$4,427,811", "Career record": "379-311", "Career titles": "26", "Highest ranking": "No. 9 (30 April 1990)", "Wimbledon": ... |
Sex and Lucia () is a 2001 Spanish drama film written and directed by Julio Medem, and starring Paz Vega and Tristán Ulloa, alongside Najwa Nimri, Daniel Freire, Javier Cámara, Silvia Llanos and Elena Anaya.
Plot
Lucía, a waitress, is talking on the phone with her depressed writer boyfriend Lorenzo after they had a bi... | {"Directed by": "Julio Medem", "Produced by": "Fernando Bovaira Enrique López Lavigne", "Written by": "Julio Medem", "Starring": "Paz Vega\n Tristán Ulloa\n Najwa Nimri\n Daniel Freire\n Javier Cámara\n Silvia Llanos\n Elena Anaya", "Music by": "Alberto Iglesias", "Cinematography": "Kiko de la Rica", "Edited by": "Iván... |
Stewart Granger (born James Lablache Stewart; 6 May 1913 - 16 August 1993) was a British film actor, mainly associated with heroic and romantic leading roles. He was a popular leading man from the 1940s to the early 1960s, rising to fame through his appearances in the Gainsborough melodramas.
Early life
He was born Ja... | {"Name": "Stewart Granger", "Caption": "Granger, 1970", "Birth name": "James Lablache Stewart", "Birth date": "1913 5 6 y", "Birth place": "Kensington, London, England", "Death date": "1993 8 16 1913 5 6 y", "Death place": "Santa Monica, California, U.S.", "Years active": "1933-1993", "Occupation": "Actor", "Spouse(s)... |
Sir James Michael Goldsmith (26 February 1933 - 18 July 1997) was a French-British financier, tycoon and politician who was a member of the Goldsmith family.
His controversial business and finance career led to ongoing clashes with British media, frequently involving litigation or the threat of litigation.
In 1994 he... | {"Name": "James Goldsmith", "Term start": "1994", "Term end": "1997", "Birth name": "James Michael Goldsmith", "Birth date": "yes 1933 02 26", "Birth place": "Paris, France", "Death date": "yes 1997 7 18 1933 2 26", "Death place": "Benahavís, Spain", "Nationality": "French British", "Education": "Millfield, Eton Colleg... |
thumb|right|Neil Bonnett's 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Series racecar.
Lawrence Neil Bonnett (July 30, 1946 - February 11, 1994) was an American NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 poles over his 18-year career. Bonnett was a member of the Alabama Gang, and started his career with the help of Bobby and Donnie A... | {"Born": "Hueytown, Alabama, U.S.", "Died": "Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.", "Cause of death": "Autoracing accident during practice for the 1994 Daytona 500", "Achievements": "1981 Southern 500 Winner1982, 1983 World 600 Winner1979 Firecracker 400 Winner1983,1984 Busch Clash WinnerWinner of the first ever NASCAR race ru... |
Elsevier () is a Dutch academic publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content. Its products include journals such as The Lancet, Cell, the ScienceDirect collection of electronic journals, Trends, the Current Opinion series, the online citation database Scopus, the SciVal tool for measuri... | {"Industry": "Publishing", "Founded": "yes 1880", "Headquarters": "Amsterdam, Netherlands", "Revenue": "£2.909 billion (2022)RELX Annual Report https://www.relx.com/investors/annual-reports/2022 RELX 20 July 2023 20 July 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230720111741/https://www.relx.com/~/media/Files/R/RELX-Grou... |
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