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The League of Empire Loyalists (LEL) was a British pressure group (also called a "ginger group" in Britain and the Commonwealth of Nations), established in 1954. Its ostensible purpose was to stop the British Empire's dissolution. The League was a small group of current or former members of the Conservative Party led b... | {"Abbreviation": "LEL", "Leader": "A. K. Chesterton", "Founded": "1954", "Split from": "Conservative Party", "Merged into": "National Front", "Ideology": "British imperialism\nNational conservatism\nSocial conservatism\nAnti-capitalism\nAnti-communism\nAntisemitism\nWhite nationalism", "Political position": "Far-right"... |
Penney OpCo LLC, doing business as JCPenney and often abbreviated JCP, is an American department store chain that operates 664 stores across 49 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. Departments inside JCPenney stores include Mens, Womens, Boys, Girls, Baby, Bedding, Home, Fine Jewelry, Shoes, Lingerie, JCPenney Salon, JCPenney ... | {"Formerly": "J. C. Penney Company, Inc.", "Type": "Private", "Founded": "1902 04 14Kemmerer, Wyoming, U.S. (J. C. Penney Company)2020 10 29October 2022 (Penney IP, LLC)", "Headquarters": "U.S.", "Industry": "Retail", "Products": "Clothing\nfootwear\njewelry\nbeauty products\nelectronics\nfurniture\ndecor\nbedding\nbat... |
thumb|Louis Henri de Saulces de Freycinet's Useless Harbour in Shark Bay, seen from the SPOT satellite
thumb|Map of Shark Bay area
thumb|Zuytdorp Cliffs
Shark Bay (Malgana: Gathaagudu, "two waters") is a World Heritage Site in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. The http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/places/w... | {"Location": "Gascoyne region, Western Australia, Australia", "Criteria": "Natural: vii, viii, ix, x", "Reference": "578", "Inscription": "1991"} |
The Union of Citizens of Georgia () (also known as the Citizens' Union of Georgia or Georgian Citizens' Union) was a political party established by Eduard Shevardnadze, Communist leader of the Georgian SSR from 1972-1985 and then President of Georgia from 1992-2003, and David Chantladze, former General Trade Representa... | {"Founded": "1993", "Headquarters": "Tbilisi", "Ideology": "Social democracySocial liberalismFactions:ConservatismLosaberidze David THE PROBLEM OF NATIONALISM IN GEORGIA https://www.nato.int/acad/fellow/96-98/losaberi.pdf www.nato.int NATO 30 December 2018", "Political position": "Centre to centre-leftFactions:Ce... |
The daxophone, invented by Hans Reichel, is an electric wooden experimental musical instrument of the friction idiophones category.
Etymology
The dax in daxophone is derived from the German word Dachs, meaning "badger" and referencing the many animal sounds that the daxophone is capable of generating, changed to dax... | {"Name": "Daxophone", "Caption": "Kazuhisa Uchihashi playing the daxophone at Deutsches Jazzfestival 2015", "Classification": "Idiophone", "Hornbostel-Sachs": "132.1", "Hornbostel-Sachs Description": "Friction idiophone with individual plaque (electric)", "Related": "Musical saw\n Nail violin", "Musicians": "Daxophonis... |
The Drúedain are a fictional race of Men, living in the Drúadan Forest, in the Middle-earth legendarium created by J. R. R. Tolkien. They were counted among the Edain who made their way into Beleriand in the First Age, and were friendly to the Elves. In The Lord of the Rings, they assist the Riders of Rohan to avoid a... | {"Other name(s)": "Woses, Drughu, Oghor-hai, Púkel-men, Wild men", "Creation date": "First Age", "Home world": "Middle-earth", "Base of operations": "Drúadan Forest", "Language": "Drûg"} |
The Story of the Stone () is a novel by Barry Hughart, first published in 1988. It is part of a series set in a version of ancient China that began with Bridge of Birds and continues with Eight Skilled Gentlemen. The story begins on the twelfth day of the seventh moon in the Year of the Snake 3,339 (AD 650).
Plot summ... | {"Cover artist": "Mark Harrison", "Country": "USA", "Language": "English", "Series": "Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox", "Publisher": "Doubleday", "Media type": "Print", "Pages": "236", "ISBN": "0-385-24636-6", "Preceded by": "Bridge of Birds", "Followed by": "Eight Skilled GentlemenAlso published in omnibus e... |
The Distance to Here is the fifth studio album by the band Live, released in 1999. It debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200, selling 138,000 copies in its first week and was certified Platinum by the RIAA on November 19, 1999.Mancini, Robert. "Creed Remains on Top as Live Makes Big Chart Debut". MTV News - October 13, 199... | {"Released": "1999 10 5 yes", "Recorded": "At the Site, Village Recorder, A&M Studios and the Plant", "Genre": "Hard rock, post-grunge", "Label": "Radioactive", "Producer": "Jerry Harrison, Live"} |
The Blue Lamp is a 1950 British police procedural film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Jack Warner as PC Dixon, Jimmy Hanley as newcomer PC Mitchell, and Dirk Bogarde as criminal Tom Riley.
The title refers to the blue lamps that traditionally hung outside British police stations (and often still do). The film... | {"Directed by": "Basil Dearden", "Produced by": "Michael Balcon", "Screenplay by": "T.E.B. Clarke", "Based on": "Original treatment by Jan Read and Ted Willis", "Starring": "Jack WarnerJimmy HanleyDirk BogardeRobert Flemyng", "Music by": "Ernest IrvingJack Parnell (uncredited)", "Cinematography": "Gordon Dines", "Edite... |
Richard Ian Cox (born October 3, 1973) is a Welsh-born Canadian actor, comedian and online radio host. He is best known for his voice work for English language dubs of anime, mainly for Inuyasha. Cox gained prominence for playing the character of Henry Dailey's (played by Mickey Rooney) teenaged traveller and horse ri... | {"Name": "Richard Ian Cox", "Birth date": "1973 10 3", "Birth place": "St Asaph, Wales", "Other names": "Richard Cox", "Citizenship": "Wales\n Canada", "Occupation": "Actor\ncomedian\nradio host", "Years active": "1989-present", "Spouse(s)": "Becky Cox 2006"} |
Jorge Leal Amado de Faria (10 August 1912 - 6 August 2001) was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He remains the best known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film, including Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands in 1976. His work reflects the ... | {"Name": "Jorge Amado", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "Amado in 1935", "Term start": "5 February 1946", "Term end": "10 January 1948", "Birth name": "Jorge Leal Amado de Faria", "Birth date": "y 1912 8 10", "Birth place": "Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil", "Death date": "y 2001 8 6 1912 8 10", "Death place": "Salvador... |
Physical Review Focus was an internet service of the American Physical Society that began in 1998, aiming to explain new developments in physics in a language understandable to the educated non-physicist. One or two short articles were published weekly. In 2011, it merged with the magazine Physics (physics.aps.org) and... | {"Edited": "David Ehrenstein", "Publisher": "United States", "Frequency": "Weekly", "History": "1998-present", "CODEN": "PRFHAQ", "ISSN": "1539-0748"} |
The Roundup was a weekday afternoon program on the Radio One network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from 1997 to 2005."New shows, identities coming for CBC radio". Waterloo Region Record, August 20, 1997. Heard weekdays from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. (2:30 to 4:30 in Newfoundland), the show mixed music with calls and... | {"Running time": "4:00 pm", "Hosted by": "Bill Richardson (1997-2004)Tetsuro Shigematsu (2004-2005)", "Home station": "CBC Radio One", "Original release": "2005"} |
Global Village was an Australian television show broadcast by the Australian public broadcaster SBS. The program was hosted by Silvio Rivier, who also did many of the voice overs. In 2008 it combined with Thalassa, a French documentary series, to expand its coverage of coastal areas.
Global Village covered communities... | {"Running time": "25 minutes", "Created by": "France 3", "Starring": "Silvio Rivier", "Country of origin": "Australia", "Original network": "SBS", "Original release": "2015 1 30 y"} |
Émile Basly (29 March 1854 - 11 February 1928) is one of the great figures of trade unionism in mining in the mineral field of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, along with Arthur Lamendin. He is primarily known for his participation in the strike of 1884, when he became known as "the untameable miner" and "the tsar of Lens".... | {"Name": "Émile Joseph Basly", "Image caption": "Basly from Le Monde moderne, December 1898", "Term start": "4 October 1885", "Term end": "11 February 1928", "Birth date": "1854 03 29 y", "Birth place": "Valenciennes, Nord, France", "Death date": "1928 02 11 1854 03 29 y", "Death place": "Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France", ... |
Marquion () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.INSEE commune file
Geography
Marquion is a farming and light industrial village situated southwest of Arras, at the junction of the D939 and the D15 roads. Junction 8 of the A26 autoroute is just a mile away.
Population
... | {"Name": "Marquion", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Eglise-marquion-62.jpeg", "Caption": "The church of Marquion", "Arrondissement": "Arras", "Canton": "Bapaume", "Postal code": "62860", "Mayor": "Jacques PetitRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934... |
The Vocal Group Hall of Fame & Museum Company Inc. was an American-based hall of fame that honored vocal groups throughout the United States. James E. Winner Jr. was the financial and managing partner of the For-profit corporation known as "The Vocal Group Hall of Fame & Museum Company Inc." Winner and Anthony F. Buta... | {"Established": "1998", "Location": "Columbia Theatre, 82 West State Street, Sharon, Pennsylvania, US", "Type": "Vocal groups", "Founder": "Tony Butala", "President": "Bob Crosby", "Website": "vocalgroup.org"} |
Sabotage is the sixth studio album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in July 1975. The album was recorded in the midst of a legal battle with the band's former manager, Patrick Meehan. The stress that resulted from the band's ongoing legal woes infiltrated the recording process, inspiring the album's ... | {"Released": "1975 07 28 y", "Recorded": "February - March 1975", "Studio": "Morgan, London", "Genre": "Heavy metal", "Label": "Vertigo", "Producer": "Black Sabbath\n Mike Butcher"} |
The North Caledonian Football Association is a senior football association operating throughout the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and is a recognised body of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) and as such has its senior football competitions officially registered with the SFA.
History
The formation of the I... | {"Founded": "31 January 1888", "Number of teams": "12", "Promotion": "Highland Football League", "Most championships": "Clachnacuddin reserves (14 titles)", "Website": "northcaleyfa.co.uk"} |
The Biograph Theater on Lincoln Avenue in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, was originally a movie theater but now presents live productions. It gained early notoriety as the location where bank robber John Dillinger was leaving when he was shot down by FBI agents, after he watched a gangster movie th... | {"Architect": "Samuel Crowen", "Owner": "Victory Gardens Theater", "Capacity": "Začek McVay: 299Richard Christiansen: 109", "Type": "Regional theater", "Opened": "1914", "Rebuilt": "2006"} |
The Pied Pipers is an American popular singing group originally formed in the late 1930s. They had several chart hits through the 1940s, both under their own name and in association with Tommy Dorsey, with Johnny Mercer and with Frank Sinatra.
Origins
Originally they consisted of eight members who had belonged to thre... | {"Origin": "California, United States", "Genres": "Popular music big band", "Labels": "RCA Victor Capitol", "Members": "Nancy Knorr\n Don Lucas\n Kevin Kennard\n Chris Sanders\n David Zack"} |
Colorblind James Experience were an American alternative roots/pop/rock band founded in 1980 in Rochester, New York, United States. Bandleader and singer/songwriter/guitarist "Colorblind" James Charles Cuminale was originally from Rochester, New York, but assembled early versions of what would become the Experience in... | {"Origin": "Rochester, New York, United States", "Genres": "Polka, country, cocktail jazz, blues, rockabilly, Tex-Mex, rock and roll", "Labels": "Fundamental/Red Rhino, Gold Castle, Red House, Stub Daddy Records", "Website": "colorblindjames.com", "Members": "Rita Coulter, John Ebert, Gary Holt, Charles Jaffe, Chuck Cu... |
David Gordon Strickland, Jr. (October 14, 1969 - March 22, 1999) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as the boyish rock music reporter Todd Stites in the NBC sitcom Suddenly Susan.
Life
David Gordon Strickland, Jr., was born on October 14, 1969, in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York. His parents, Davi... | {"Name": "David Strickland", "Birth name": "David Gordon Strickland, Jr.", "Birth date": "1969 10 14", "Birth place": "Glen Cove, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1999 3 22 1969 10 14", "Death place": "Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.", "Known For": "Todd Stites in Suddenly Susan", "Years active": "1994-1999", "Occupation": "Act... |
William Vaughn, popularly known as Billy Vaughn (born Richard Smith Vaughn, April 12, 1919 - September 26, 1991) was an American musician, singer, multi-instrumentalist, orchestra leader, and A&R man for Dot Records.
Biography
Vaughn was born in Glasgow, Kentucky, United States, where his father, Alvis Radford Vaughn,... | {"Name": "Billy Vaughn", "Image": "Gale Storm Billy Vaughn The Gale Storm Show 1958.JPG", "Caption": "Vaughn with Gale Storm on The Gale Storm Show in 1958. He and Storm collaborated to write a song, \"You're My Baby Doll\", which they performed on the show.", "Birth date": "1919 04 12 y", "Birth place": "Glasgow, Ken... |
The Mists of Avalon is a 1983 historical fantasy novel by American writer Marion Zimmer Bradley, in which the author relates the Arthurian legends from the perspective of the female characters. The book follows the trajectory of Morgaine (Morgan le Fay), a priestess fighting to save her Celtic religion in a country whe... | {"Audio read by": "Davina Porter", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "Avalon", "Publisher": "Alfred A. Knopf", "Media type": "Print (hardcover and paperback) and audio-CD", "Pages": "876", "ISBN": "0-394-52406-3", "Followed by": "The Forest House"} |
VirtualDub is a free and open-source video capture and video processing utility for Microsoft Windows written by Avery Lee. It is designed to process linear video streams, including filtering and recompression. It uses AVI container format to store captured video. The first version of VirtualDub, written for Windows 95... | {"Developer(s)": "Avery Lee", "Initial release": "2000 08 16https://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualdub/files/virtualdub-win/ virtualdub-win 2019-05-25", "Written in": "Assembly language, C++", "Type": "Video editing software", "License": "GPL-2.0-or-later"} |
VirtualDubMod was an open-source video capture and processing tool for Microsoft Windows, based on Avery Lee's VirtualDub.
History
The final version, 1.5.10.2, was released on 29 August 2005. Version 1.5.10.2 (build 2542) was released on 21 February 2006. In February 2005, "fccHandler", an administrator on the Virtual... | {"Developer(s)": "\"Belgabor\"VirtualDubMod Doom9's Forum 2002-11-04 https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=37304 2023-08-09", "Written in": "C, C++, Pascal", "Type": "video capture, video processing", "License": "GPL-2.0-or-later", "Website": "virtualdubmod.sourceforge.net"} |
The Inverted Swan, a 4-pence blue postage stamp issued in 1855 by Western Australia, was one of the world's first invert errors. Technically, it is the frame that is inverted, not the image of the swan, but it has become commonly known as the Inverted Swan.
In 1854, Western Australia issued its first stamps, featurin... | {"Country of production": "Western Australia", "Location of production": "Perth", "Date of production": "January 1855", "Nature of rarity": "Invert error", "Face value": "4-pence", "Estimated value": "US$37,500 - US$80,000"} |
József Mindszenty (; 29 March 18926 May 1975) was a Hungarian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Esztergom and leader of the Catholic Church in Hungary from 1945 to 1973. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, for five decades "he personified uncompromising opposition to fascism and communis... | {"Motto": "la Pannonia Sacra", "Archdiocese": "Esztergom", "Predecessor": "Jusztinián György Serédi", "Successor": "László Lékai", "Other post(s)": "Cardinal Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio (1946-1974)", "Ordination": "János Mikes", "Consecration": "Jusztinián György Serédi", "Created cardinal": "Pope Pius XII",... |
Jerald Dee Tanner (June 1, 1938 - October 1, 2006) and Sandra McGee Tanner (born January 14, 1941) are American writers and researchers who publish archival and evidential materials about the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The Tanners founded the Utah Lighthouse Ministry (UTLM)... | {"Name": "Jerald and Sandra Tanner", "Caption": "Jerald and Sandra Tanner ca 2000", "Birth date": "June 1, 1938 and January 14, 1941 respectively", "Death date": "October 1, 2006 (Jerald)", "Children": "April, Dennis, Teresa", "Occupation": "Writers and researchers", "Notable works": "Mormonism: Shadow or Reality?", "W... |
Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn, (23 October 1837 - 30 April 1916), known as Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt, from 1854 to 1906 and subsequently as The Viscount St Aldwyn to 1915, was a British Conservative politician. Known as "Black Michael", he notably served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1885 to 1... | {"Name": "The Earl St Aldwyn", "Monarch 2": "Victoria\n Edward VII", "Prime minister 2": "The Marquess of Salisbury", "Predecessor 2": "Sir William Harcourt", "Successor 2": "Charles Ritchie", "Birth date": "yes 1837 10 23", "Birth place": "London", "Death date": "yes 1916 4 30 1837 10 23", "Death place": "Coln St A... |
The Slime series is a spinoff series of games from Dragon Quest featuring its Slime character. Three games have been released, the second of which, Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime, has been released in North America.
The series features top down adventure gameplay mixed with tank combat in the latter two titles. The... | {"Title": "Slime", "Caption": "Box art for the first game in the series", "Developer": "ToseSquare Enix", "Publisher": "Square Enix", "Genre": "Action-adventure", "Platforms": "Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS", "First release version": "Slime Mori Mori Dragon Quest: Shōgeki no Shippo Dan", "First release da... |
Dan () is an ancient city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, described as the northernmost city of the Kingdom of Israel,See verses listed at From Dan to Beersheba and belonging to the tribe of Dan.
The city is identified with a tell located in Upper Galilee, northern Israel, known as Tel Dan (; "Mound of Dan") in Hebrew.... | {"Alternative name": "ar تل القاضي", "Coordinates": "33.249 35.652 region:IL inline,title", "Type": "conserved ruins", "Founded": "c. 4500 BC", "Abandoned": "c. 733 BC", "Periods": "Neolithic period, Bronze Age, Iron Age", "Cultures": "Neolithic, Canaanite, Israelite", "Public access": "yes", "Website": "Tel Dan Nature... |
Delta II was an expendable launch system, originally designed and built by McDonnell Douglas, and sometimes known as the Thorad Delta 1. Delta II was part of the Delta rocket family and entered service in 1989. Delta II vehicles included the Delta 6000, and the two later Delta 7000 variants ("Light" and "Heavy"). The r... | {"Function": "Launch vehicle", "Cost per launch": "US$51 million in 1987 (7920-10 model) http://www.spaceflight101.com/delta-ii-7920h-10.html Delta II 7920H-10 July 1, 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140714122955/http://www.spaceflight101.com/delta-ii-7920h-10.html 14 July 2014 US$137 million in 2018 before re... |
Sir Michael Louis David Fabricant (born 12 June 1950) is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lichfield in Staffordshire, formerly Mid Staffordshire, since 1992.
Fabricant was the vice-chairman of the Conservative Party for parliamentary campaign... | {"Name": "Michael Fabricant", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Term start": "11 May 2010", "Term end": "4 September 2012", "Birth date": "1950 6 12 yes", "Birth place": "Brighton, Sussex, England", "Education": "Brighton, Hove and Sussex Grammar School", "Alma mater": "Loughborough UniversityUniversity of ... |
Grace Mary McCarthy, OC, OBC, LLD, DTech, FRAIC (Hon.) (née Winterbottom; October 14, 1927 - May 24, 2017) was a Canadian politician and florist in British Columbia. A high-ranking member of the Social Credit Party of British Columbia, she was largely responsible for rebuilding that party after its defeat in the 1972 p... | {"Name": "Grace McCarthy", "Birth name": "Grace Mary Winterbottom Doug Ward https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/grace-mccarthy-the-first-lady-of-b-c-s-social-credit-dies-at-89 Grace McCarthy, the first lady of B.C.'s Social Credit, dies at 89 Vancouver Sun 2017-05-26", "Birth date": "1927 10 14", "Birth place": "G... |
Sir Michael Cathel Fallon (born 14 May 1952) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Defence from 2014 to 2017. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sevenoaks from 1997 to 2019, having previously served as MP for Darlington from 1983 to 1992.
Fallon atten... | {"Name": "Sir Michael Fallon", "Term start": "15 July 2014", "Term end": "1 November 2017", "Office 2": "Minister of State for Energy", "Predecessor 2": "John Hayes", "Prime minister 2": "David Cameron", "Successor 2": "Matt Hancock", "Birth name": "Michael Cathel Fallon", "Birth date": "1952 5 14 y", "Birth place": "P... |
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware or simply Tiki, originally known as TikiWiki, is a free and open source Wiki-based content management system and online office suite written primarily in PHP and distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL-2.1-only) license.Tiki Fact Sheet In addition to enabling websites and ... | {"Developer(s)": "Tiki Software Community Association and community volunteers", "Initial release": "2002 10 07", "Written in": "PHP", "Platform": "Web application", "Available in": "Multilingual (30)http://tiki.org/i18n i18n | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware :: Community Tiki.org 2012-07-15", "Type": "Wiki software\n Conte... |
The Fred Biletnikoff Award is presented annually to the most outstanding receiver in American college football by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, Inc. (TQCF), an independent not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. The award was created by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, Inc. in 1994. The award ... | {"Awarded for": "America's top college football receiver", "Presented by": "Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, Inc.", "Country": "United States", "First award": "1994", "Most recent": "Jalin Hyatt, Tennessee", "Website": "http://www.biletnikoffaward.com/"} |
Christopher Paul Farrelly (born 2 March 1962) is a British Labour Party politician, banker and journalist, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle-under-Lyme from 2001 to 2019.
Early life
Farrelly was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, the son of an Irish gas pipe-laying foreman and a former nurs... | {"Name": "Paul Farrelly", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Term start": "7 June 2001", "Term end": "6 November 2019", "Birth name": "Christopher Paul Farrelly", "Birth date": "1962 3 2 y", "Birth place": "Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England", "Nationality": "British, Irish", "Alma mater": "St Edmun... |
Mark Christopher Field (born 6 October 1964) is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cities of London and Westminster from 2001 to 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as a Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 2017 to 2019. A prominent supporter of... | {"Name": "Mark Field", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Term start": "13 June 2017", "Term end": "25 July 2019Suspended from 21 June 2019.", "Office 2": "Member of Parliamentfor Cities of London and Westminster", "Predecessor 2": "Peter Brooke", "Successor 2": "Nickie Aiken", "Birth date": "1964 10 6 yes", ... |
Joy Kathryn MacPhail (born March 6, 1952) is a Canadian former politician in British Columbia.MacPhail launches bid for leadership of B.C. NDP Ex-minister strives to distance herself from priorities, style of Glen Clark
Mickleburgh, Rod. The Globe and Mail [Toronto, Ont] 20 Oct 1999: A.4. A longtime member of the Brit... | {"Name": "Joy MacPhail", "Honorific suffix": "CAN 100% CM OBC", "Term start": "June 16, 2001", "Term end": "May 17, 2005", "Office 2": "Interim Leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party", "Predecessor 2": "Ujjal Dosanjh", "Successor 2": "Carole James", "Birth date": "1952 3 6", "Birth place": "Hamilton, Ontar... |
The Jim Thorpe Award, named in memory of multi-sport athlete Jim Thorpe, has been awarded to the top defensive back in college football since 1986. It is voted on by the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame. In 2017, the award became sponsored by Paycom and was named the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award.
Winners
Year Player School... | {"Awarded for": "The top defensive back in college football", "Presented by": "Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame", "Country": "United States", "First award": "1986", "Most recent": "Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson, TCU (2022)", "Website": "http://www.oksportshof.org"} |
Mark Fisher (born 29 October 1944) is a British Labour Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stoke-on-Trent Central from 1983 to 2010 and Minister for the Arts between 1997 and 1998.
Early life
Mark Fisher is the son of Sir Nigel Fisher, the former Conservative MP for Surbiton and Lady Gloria Vaug... | {"Name": "Mark Fisher", "Term start": "2 May 1997", "Term end": "14 June 1998", "Birth date": "1944 10 29 yes", "Birth place": "Woking, Surrey, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Ingrid Geach Hunt (1975-99), Gilly FitzHugh (2010-present)", "Alma mater": "Trinity College, Cambridge"} |
The Royal Exchange in London was founded in the 16th century by the merchant Sir Thomas Gresham on the suggestion of his factor Richard Clough to act as a centre of commerce for the City of London.grisham.weebly.com; accessed 31 July 2016 The site was provided by the City of London Corporation and the Worshipful Compan... | {"Location": "London, United Kingdom", "Coordinates": "51 30 49 N 0 05 14 W region:GB_type:landmark inline,title", "Opening date": "1571 01 23 yes (original structure)1844 10 28 yes (current structure)", "Owner": "The Ardent Companies (since 2022)", "Architect": "Sir William Tite", "No. of stores and services": "33 sto... |
Lorna Fitzsimons (born 6 August 1967, Littleborough, Lancashire) is a British business and public sector executive. She was the Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochdale from 1997 to 2005.
Early life
Fitzsimons attended St James CE Primary School in Wardle and Wardle High School. She then studied at Rochdale... | {"Name": "Lorna Fitzsimons", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth date": "1967 08 6 yes", "Birth place": "Littleborough, Lancashire, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Stephen Benedict Cooney", "Alma mater": "Loughborough University"} |
Howard Emerson Flight, Baron Flight (born 16 June 1948) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom and a member of the House of LordsFormer MPs go to the Lords , ePolitix, 19 November 2010 who was Member of Parliament for Arundel and South Downs from 1997 to 2005. He held several Shadow posts: Shadow Economic S... | {"Name": "The Lord Flight", "Term start": "1 December 2004", "Term end": "1 March 2005", "Office 2": "Member of Parliamentfor Arundel and South Downs", "Predecessor 2": "Constituency established", "Successor 2": "Nick Herbert", "Birth date": "1948 06 16 yes", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "University of Michi... |
Joel Roberts Poinsett (March 2, 1779December 12, 1851) was an American physician, diplomat and botanist. He was the first U.S. agent in South America, a member of the South Carolina legislature and the United States House of Representatives, the first United States Minister to Mexico, a Unionist leader in South Carolin... | {"Name": "Joel Roberts Poinsett", "Term start": "March 7, 1837", "Term end": "March 4, 1841", "District 2": "SC 1 1st", "Predecessor 2": "Charles Pinckney", "Successor 2": "William Drayton", "Birth name": "Joel Roberts Poinsett", "Birth date": "1779 3 2", "Birth place": "Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.", "Death date":... |
Adrian John Flook (born 9 July 1963) is a British Conservative politician, and a former Member of Parliament (MP).
Early life
Flook was educated at King Edward School, Bath and Mansfield College, Oxford where he studied (BA) Modern History. He was a stockbroker from 1985 to 1998, working first for UBS Warburg and then... | {"Name": "Adrian Flook", "Term start": "7 June 2001", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth date": "1963 07 9 yes", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Frangelica O'Shea"} |
Daphne Barbara Follett ( Hubbard; born 25 December 1942) is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stevenage from 1997 to 2010. During this time she held several parliamentary and ministerial positions.
In the decade before entering Parliament she played a major part in transform... | {"Name": "Barbara Follett", "Image": "Barbara Follett.jpgborder", "Image caption": "Follett in 2009", "Term start": "28 June 2007", "Term end": "11 May 2010", "Office 2": "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government", "Prime minister 2": "Gordon Brown", "Predecessor 2": "Sarah McCarthy-F... |
Michael John Foster (born 14 March 1963) is a former Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Worcester from 1997 until 2010, and was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for International Development.
Early life
Michael Foster was born in Birming... | {"Name": "Mike Foster", "Image caption": "Foster at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton, September 2009", "Term start": "5 October 2008", "Term end": "6 May 2010", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Worcester", "Predecessor 2": "Peter Luff", "Successor 2": "Robin Walker", "Birth date": "1963 03 14 yes", "Birth ... |
Michael Jabez Foster (born 26 February 1946) is a British lawyer and Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hastings and Rye from 1997 to 2010, and served in government as a Minister for Equalities from 2009 to 2010.
Early life
Michael Foster was born in Hastings, Sussex and attended the loc... | {"Name": "Michael Jabez Foster", "Term start": "9 June 2009", "Term end": "6 May 2010", "Birth date": "1946 02 26 yes", "Birth place": "Hastings, Sussex, UK", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Rosemary Kemp", "Alma mater": "University of Leicester", "Official website": "www.michaelfosterlaw.co.uk"} |
George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock (born 21 January 1942) is an English politician and life peer who served as Minister of State for Scotland from 2001 to 2002. A member of the Scottish Labour Party and Co-operative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, formerly South Ayrs... | {"Name": "The Lord Foulkes of Cumnock", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2019", "Term start": "26 January 2001", "Term end": "29 May 2002", "Birth date": "1942 01 21 yes", "Birth place": "Oswestry, Shropshire, England", "Birth name": "George Foulkes", "Nationality": "English", "Spouse(s)": "Elizabeth Anna Hope 1970... |
David Hywel Francis (6 June 1946 - 14 February 2021) was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberavon from 2001 to 2015. A member of the Labour Party, he chaired the Welsh Affairs Committee from 2005 to 2010 and the Joint Committee on Human Rights from 2010 to 2015.
Background
Hywel Fran... | {"Image caption": "Francis as an MP", "Term start": "8 September 2010", "Term end": "30 March 2015", "Predecessor 2": "John Morris", "Successor 2": "Stephen Kinnock", "Birth name": "David Hywel Francis", "Birth date": "1946 06 06 yes", "Birth place": "Neath, Glamorgan, Wales", "Death date": "y 2021 02 14 1946 06 06", "... |
Mark Gino Francois (; born 14 August 1965) is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rayleigh and Wickford, previously Rayleigh, since the 2001 general election.
Francois served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (2010-2012), a Minister of State at the... | {"Name": "Mark Francois", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2020", "Term start": "3 March 2020", "Office 2": "Minister of State for Communities and Resilience", "Predecessor 2": "Office established", "Successor 2": "Office abolished", "Prime minister 2": "David Cameron", "Birth date": "1965 08 14 yes", "Birth place"... |
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Halsted (May 3, 1906 - December 1, 1975) was an American writer who worked as a newspaper editor and in public relations. Halsted also wrote two children's books published in the 1930s. She was the eldest child and only daughter of the U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt an... | {"Caption": "Halsted 1932", "Birth name": "Anna Eleanor Roosevelt", "Birth date": "1906 5 3", "Birth place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1975 12 1 1906 5 3", "Death place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Resting place": "St. James Episcopal Churchyard, Hyde Park, New York, U.S.", "Occupation": "W... |
Daniel Bernard Sweeney (born November 14, 1961) is an American actor known for his roles as Jackie Willow, in Francis Ford Coppola's Gardens of Stone (1987), Lt. Phil Lowenthal in Memphis Belle (1990), and Travis Walton in Fire in the Sky (1993). He also starred in films such as The Cutting Edge (1992), Shoeless Joe Ja... | {"Name": "D. B. Sweeney", "Caption": "Sweeney in Iraq, 2008", "Birth name": "Daniel Bernard Sweeney", "Birth date": "1961 11 14", "Birth place": "Shoreham, New York, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1985-present", "Spouse(s)": "Ashley Vachon 2000", "Children": "2"} |
Derek Murray Wyatt (born 4 December 1949) is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sittingbourne and Sheppey from 1997 to 2010.
Early life
Wyatt was educated in Essex, England at Westcliff County High School and Colchester Royal Grammar School. He attended St Luke's College, Exeter (Certific... | {"Image caption": "Wyatt in 2016", "Name": "Derek Wyatt", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "1949 12 4 yes", "Birth place": "Woolwich, London", "Alma mater": "St Luke's College of Education (CertEd)The Open University (BA)St Catherine's College, OxfordKing's College London (MA)", "O... |
David Wright (born 22 December 1966) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Telford from 2001 until 2015. He was an assistant government whip from June 2009 to May 2010. In May 2019, he was elected as a Labour member of Telford and Wrekin Council, representing St George's ward, a... | {"Name": "David Wright", "Term start": "7 June 2001", "Term end": "30 March 2015", "Birth date": "1966 12 22 yes", "Birth place": "Oakengates, Telford, Shropshire, England", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "University of Wolverhampton", "Official website": "www.davidwrightmp.org.uk"} |
Stephen Pelham Pound (born 3 July 1948) is a British former Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ealing North from 1997 to 2019.
Background
His father, Pelham Pendennis Pound (1922-1999) was a BBC sub-editor and former journalist (including for the News of the World and Daily Mirror) and l... | {"Name": "Stephen Pound", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Office 2": "Member of Parliamentfor Ealing North", "Predecessor 2": "Harry Greenway", "Successor 2": "James Murray", "Birth date": "1948 07 3 yes", "Birth place": "Hammersmith, London, England http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/guide/seat-profiles/ealingn... |
Vanessa Denae Olivarez (born April 7, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She is the vocalist, songwriter, and autoharpist for the country bands Granville Automatic and Mama's Blue Dress, has written songs for the country duo Sugarland, and was in the Top 12 of the second season of the television serie... | {"Genres": "Country country rock pop", "Born": "Sugar Land, Texas, U.S.", "Formerly of": "Granville AutomaticMama's Blue Dress", "Member of": "Butterfly Stitch", "Website": "http://granvilleautomatic.com"} |
Elliot Anthony Morley (born 6 July 1952) is a British former Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glanford and Scunthorpe from 1987 to 1997 and then Scunthorpe from 1997 to 2010. In 2009, he was accused by The Daily Telegraph of continuing to claim parliamentary expenses for a mortgage tha... | {"Name": "Elliot Morley", "Image caption": "Morley in 2008", "Term start": "13 June 2003", "Term end": "8 May 2006", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for ScunthorpeGlanford and Scunthorpe (1987-1997)", "Predecessor 2": "Richard Hickmet", "Successor 2": "Nic Dakin", "Birth name": "Elliot Anthony Morley", "Birth date":... |
John Willard Toland (June 29, 1912 - January 4, 2004) was an American writer and historian. He is best known for a biography of Adolf Hitler and a Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II-era Japan, The Rising Sun.
Biography
Toland was born in 1912 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Acad... | {"Born": "1912 06 29", "Died": "2004 01 04 1912 06 29", "Nationality": "American", "Education": "Williams College", "Notable awards": "Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction"} |
Hastings Lionel Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (21 June 1887 - 17 December 1965), was a British politician, diplomat and general in the British Indian Army who was the first Secretary General of NATO. He also was Winston Churchill's chief military assistant during the Second World War.
Ismay was born in Nainital, India, in ... | {"Name": "The Lord Ismay", "Image caption": "Ismay in 1945", "Term start": "24 March 1952", "Term end": "16 May 1957", "Order 2": "Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations", "Prime minister 2": "Winston Churchill", "Predecessor 2": "Patrick Gordon Walker", "Successor 2": "The Marquess of Salisbury", "Birth name": ... |
Michael John Mates (born 9 June 1934) is a Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of East Hampshire from 1974 to 2010. He was a minister at the Northern Ireland Office from 1992 to 1993, resigning after his support for failed businessman (and later convicted thief) Asil... | {"Name": "Michael Mates", "Term start": "10 October 1974", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "1934 06 9 yes", "Birth place": "Brentford, Middlesex, England", "Nationality": "English", "Spouse(s)": "(1) Mary Rosamund Paton (married 1959, divorced 1980)(2) Rosellen Bett (married 1982, divorced 1995)(3) Christine... |
James Francis Murphy (born 23 August 1967) is a Scottish former politician who served as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2014 to 2015 and Secretary of State for Scotland from 2008 to 2010. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for East Renfrewshire, formerly Eastwood, from 1997 to 2015. He identifies as a social de... | {"Name": "Jim Murphy", "Image caption": "Murphy in 2008", "Term start": "13 December 2014", "Term end": "13 June 2015", "Birth name": "James Francis Murphy", "Birth date": "1967 8 23 y", "Birth place": "Glasgow, Scotland", "Spouse(s)": "Claire Murphy"} |
Eric Jack Pickles, Baron Pickles, (born 20 April 1952) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Brentwood and Ongar from 1992 to 2017. He served in David Cameron's Cabinet as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government from 2010 to 2015. He previously served as... | {"Name": "The Lord Pickles", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2010", "Term start": "10 September 2015", "Office 2": "Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government", "Prime minister 2": "David Cameron", "Predecessor 2": "John Denham", "Successor 2": "Greg Clark", "Birth name": "Eric Jack Pickles", "Birth d... |
Mohammad Sarwar () is a Pakistani and former British politician who served as the 31st and 33rd Governor of Punjab, from 2013 to 2015 and from 2018 to 2022. In his first term, he represented the Pakistan Muslim League (N). In his second term, he represented the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He was a member of the Senate of... | {"Name": "Mohammad Sarwar", "Native name": "ur محمد سرور", "Image": "MohdSarwar.JPG", "Image caption": "Sarwar in 2003", "Term start": "5 September 2018", "Term end": "3 April 2022", "Office 2": "Pakistani Senator from Punjab", "Birth place": "Pirmahal, Punjab, Pakistan", "Nationality": "PakistaniBritish (until 2013)",... |
World Idol (Germany: SuperStar Weltweit, Arab World: SuperStar El Alaam) is a one-off international version of the singing competition television show Pop Idol, featuring winners of the various national Idol shows around the world competing against each other.
Background
The performance show was broadcast on Christmas... | {"Also known as": "SuperStar WeltweitSuperStar El AlaamPop Idol 2004", "Created by": "Simon Fuller", "Directed by": "Jonathan Bullen", "Presented by": "Ant & DecBen Mulroney (CTV version)", "Starring": "Ryan SeacrestKelly ClarksonRandy JacksonPaula Abdul", "Judges": "Simon CowellPete WatermanRandall AbrahamsNina De Man... |
4AD is a British record label owned by Beggars Group. It was founded in London under the name "Axis" (after the Hendrix album) by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent in 1980 as an imprint of Beggars Banquet Records. The name was changed to 4AD after the release of the label's first four singles. Later that year, Watts-Rus... | {"Parent company": "Beggars Group", "Founded": "1980", "Founder": "Ivo Watts-RussellPeter Kent", "Genre": "Alternative rock, post-punk, dream pop, electronic", "Distributor(s)": "Beggars Group", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Location": "London", "Official website": "www.4ad.com"} |
Colourbox were an English electronic musical group on the 4AD label, releasing a number of records between 1982 and 1987. The band was formed by brothers Martyn and Steve Young, Ian Robbins, and vocalist Debbion Currie. Currie and Robbins left the band in 1983, with the role of vocalist being filled by Lorita Grahame.
... | {"Origin": "London, England", "Genres": "Electronic, soul, reggae", "Labels": "4AD", "Website": "Colourbox at 4AD.com"} |
Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 15 (1971), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court holding that the First Amendment prevented the conviction of Paul Robert Cohen for the crime of disturbing the peace by wearing a jacket displaying "Fuck the Draft" in the public corridors of a California courthouse.
The Court ult... | {"Date argued": "February 22", "Year argued": "1971", "Date decided": "June 7", "Year decided": "1971", "Full case name": "Paul Robert Cohen, Appellant v. State of California", "Parallel citations": "91 S. Ct. 1780; 29 L.2d 284; 1971 U.S. LEXIS 32", "United States Reports volume number": "403", "United States Reports p... |
Nicholas Bracegirdle (born 28 February 1971), known professionally as Chicane, is an English musician, composer, songwriter, and record producer. Among his works are singles "Offshore", an Ibiza trance anthem included in many compilations in both chill-out and dance versions; "Saltwater", which featured vocals by Clann... | {"Born": "y 1971 2 28", "Origin": "Chalfont St Giles, England", "Genres": "Electronic trance house balearic ambient chill-out", "Labels": "Modena Enzo Armada Ultra Central Station Xtravaganza", "Website": "chicanemusic.com"} |
Harvard-Westlake School is an independent, co-educational university preparatory day school consisting of two campuses located in Los Angeles, California, with approximately 1,600 students enrolled in grades seven through twelve. Its two predecessor organizations began as for-profit schools before turning non-profit, a... | {"President": "Richard B. Commons", "Teaching staff": "212.0 (FTE) (2015-16)BB980038 HARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL January 28, 2019 yes", "Student to teacher ratio": "7.5 1 (2015-16)", "Athletics conference": "CIF Southern SectionMission League", "Nickname": "Wolverines", "Yearbook": "Vox Populi", "Newspaper": "The Chronicle... |
James Dawson Chichester-Clark, Baron Moyola, PC, DL (12 February 1923 - 17 May 2002) was the penultimate Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and eighth leader of the Ulster Unionist Party between 1969 and March 1971. He was Member of the Northern Ireland Parliament for South Londonderry for 12 years, beginning at the by... | {"Name": "The Lord Moyola", "Image caption": "Chichester-Clark in 1970", "Term start": "28 April 1969", "Term end": "23 March 1971", "Office 2": "Leader of the House of Commons", "Prime minister 2": "Terence O'Neill", "Predecessor 2": "Brian McConnell", "Successor 2": "John Dobson", "Birth name": "James Dawson Clark", ... |
Humphrey Stafford ( - 22 May 1458), generally known by his courtesy title of Earl of Stafford, was the eldest son of Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Lady Anne Neville (d. 1480).
Biography
His maternal grandparents were Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland.... | {"Father": "Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham", "Mother": "Lady Anne Neville", "Birth date": "1425", "Death date": "22 May 1458"} |
The Wii ( ) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released on November 19, 2006, in North America and in December 2006 for most other regions of the world. It is Nintendo's fifth major home game console, following the GameCube and is a seventh-generation console alongside Microsoft's X... | {"Also known as? (\"AKA\")": "Revolution (pre-release)\n RVL (codename)", "Logo alternative text": "Wii logo", "Logo upright": "0.65", "Image alternative text": "Wii with Wii Remote", "Image caption": "Original white Wii standing upright on its stand next to an original Wii Remote", "Manufacturer": "FoxconnNintendo ... |
Pope Benedict IV (; - 30 July 903) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 1 February 900 to his death. The tenth-century historian Flodoard, who nicknamed him "the Great", commended his noble birth and public generosity.
Benedict was a native of Rome, the son of one Mammalus, and was ordained prie... | {"Church": "Catholic Church", "Predecessor": "John IX", "Successor": "Leo V", "Born": "Rome, Papal States", "Died": "Rome, Papal States"} |
Etheldred Anna Maria Benett (22 July 1776 - 11 January 1845) was an early English geologist often credited with being the first female geologist, having devoted much of her life to collecting and studying fossils that she discovered in South West England. She worked closely with many principal geologists and her fossil... | {"Name": "Etheldred Benett", "Birth date": "1776 07 22 yes", "Birth place": "Tisbury, Wiltshire, England", "Death date": "1845 01 11 1776 07 22 yes", "Death place": "Norton House, Norton Bavant", "Resting place": "Bavant Parish Church", "Occupation": "Fossil collector geologist"} |
Turrón (), or torrone (), is a southwestern European nougat confection, typically made of honey, sugar, and egg white, with toasted almonds or other nuts, and usually shaped into either a rectangular tablet or a round cake. It is frequently consumed as a traditional Christmas dessert in Spain, Portugal, and Italy (incl... | {"Name of food": "Turrón", "Width of image": "250px", "Image caption": "Turrón from Alicante", "Alternate name": "Torró, torrone, torrão, turon, turrone, nougat", "Type of dish": "Confectionery", "Main ingredient": "Honey, sugar, egg whites, almonds or other nuts"} |
Antonio Lotti (5 January 1667 - 5 January 1740) was an Italian composer of the Baroque era.
Biography
Lotti was born in Venice, although his father Matteo was Kapellmeister at Hanover at the time.Hansell & Termini: 'Lotti, Antonio', Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 16 March 2008), Oral tradition says that i... | {"Name": "Antonio Lotti", "Caption": "Antonio Lotti", "Father": "Matteo", "Birth date": "1667 01 05 y", "Birth place": "Venice", "Death date": "1740 01 05 1667 01 05 y", "Nationality": "Italian", "Occupation": "Baroque composer", "Spouse(s)": "Santa Stella"} |
Liberty Island is a federally owned island in Upper New York Bay in the United States. Its most notable feature is the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), a large statue by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi that was dedicated in 1886. The island also contains the Statue of Liberty Museum, which opened in 2019 ... | {"Location": "Upper New York Bay", "Coordinates": "40 41 20 N 74 02 40 W region:US-NY_type:landmark_scale:5000 dms inline,title", "Area": "14.717 acre m2 on", "Governing body": "National Park Service"} |
The Hank Aaron Award is given annually to the Major League Baseball (MLB) players selected as the top hitter in each league, as voted on by baseball fans and members of the media. It was introduced in 1999 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Hank Aaron's surpassing of Babe Ruth's career home run mark of 714 home run... | {"Sport": "Baseball", "League": "Major League Baseball", "Awarded for": "Top hitter in the American League and National League", "Presented by": "Major League Baseball", "First award": "1999", "Most recent": "Aaron Judge (AL)Paul Goldschmidt (NL)"} |
Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea, PC (16 September 1810 - 2 August 1861) was a British statesman and a close ally and confidant of Florence Nightingale.
Early life
He was the younger son of George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke, his mother being the Russian noblewoman Countess Catherine Woronzow (or Vorontsov)... | {"Name": "The Lord Herbert of Lea", "Image caption": "The 1st Baron Herbert of Lea, by Disdéri, 1860s", "Order 2": "Secretary of State for War", "Monarch 2": "Victoria", "Prime minister 2": "The Viscount Palmerston", "Predecessor 2": "Jonathan Peel", "Successor 2": "Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bt", "Birth date": "yes 1... |
Fermin (also Firmin, from Latin Firminus; Spanish Fermín) was a legendary holy man and martyr, traditionally venerated as the co-patron saint of Navarre, Spain. His death may be associated with either the Decian persecution (250) or Diocletianic Persecution (303).Roger Collins, The Basques (Blackwell, 1986), p. 61: "In... | {"Feast": "25 September; 7 July in Pamplona, Spain", "Born": "Pamplona, Spain", "Died": "Amiens, France", "Patronage": "Amiens, France, Lesaka, Spain, Navarre, Spain."} |
The 1987 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the 42nd sitting of the New Zealand Parliament. The governing New Zealand Labour Party, led by Prime Minister David Lange, was re-elected for a second term, although the Opposition National Party made gains. The election also saw the ... | {"Name": "1987 New Zealand general election", "Country": "New Zealand", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1984 New Zealand general election", "Previous year": "1984", "Next election": "1990 New Zealand general election", "Next year": "1990", "Seats for election": "All 97 seats in the New ... |
Emperor Kang of Jin (; 322 - 17 November 344), personal name Sima Yue (), courtesy name Shitong (), was an emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (266-420). He was a son of Emperor Ming and younger brother (by the same mother) of Emperor Cheng. His reign was brief—only two years.
Prior to reign
Sima Yue was born in 322 a... | {"Born": "322", "Died": "Jiankang, Eastern Jin", "Burial": "Chongping ling (崇平陵), Nanjing, Jiangsu", "Father": "Emperor Ming", "Mother": "Empress Mingmu"} |
The District Municipality of Muskoka, more generally referred to as the District of Muskoka or Muskoka, is a regional municipality in Central Ontario, Canada. Muskoka extends from Georgian Bay in the west, to the northern tip of Lake Couchiching in the south, to the western border of Algonquin Provincial Park in the ea... | {"Land": "3937.76", "Density": "15.4", "Website": "www.muskoka.on.ca", "DST": "-4"} |
Sara Gilbert (born Sara Rebecca Abeles; January 29, 1975) is an American actress best known for her role as Darlene Conner on the ABC sitcom Roseanne (1988-1997; 2018), for which she received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and its spin-off, The Conners (2018-present). She is also creator and former co-host of th... | {"Name": "Sara Gilbert", "Caption": "Gilbert in 2008", "Birth name": "Sara Rebecca Abeles", "Birth date": "1975 1 29", "Birth place": "Santa Monica, California, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Yale University", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1984-present", "Children": "3", "Relatives": "Harry Crane (grandfather)Jonath... |
Joseph Anthony Mantegna (, ; born November 13, 1947) is an American actor. He has starred in the CBS television series Criminal Minds since 2007 as FBI Supervisory Special Agent David Rossi. He has voiced the recurring role of mob boss Fat Tony on the animated series The Simpsons, beginning with the 1991 episode "Bart ... | {"Name": "Joe Mantegna", "Caption": "Mantegna at a 2014 Evening Parade reception in Washington, D.C.", "Birth name": "Joseph Anthony Mantegna", "Birth date": "1947 11 13 y", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Art Institute of Chicago", "Years active": "1969-present", "Occupation": "Actor director"... |
George Wildman Ball (December 21, 1909 - May 26, 1994) was an American diplomat and banker. He served in the management of the US State Department from 1961 to 1966 and is remembered most as the only major dissenter against the escalation of the Vietnam War. Ball advised against deploying U.S. combat forces, as he beli... | {"Name": "George Ball", "Term start": "June 26, 1968", "Term end": "September 25, 1968", "Office 2": "Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs", "President 2": "John F. Kennedy", "Predecessor 2": "C. Douglas Dillon", "Successor 2": "Thomas C. Mann", "Birth name": "George Wildman Ball", "Birth date": "1909 12 21", ... |
Operation Gauntlet was an Allied Combined Operation from 25 August until 3 September 1941, during the Second World War. Canadian, British and the Norwegian armed forces in exile (, Outside Front) landed on the Norwegian island of Spitzbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, south of the North Pole.
Coal mines on the isl... | {"Planned": "Combined Operations", "Commanded by": "Canada 1921 naval Arthur Potts\n UK naval Philip Vian\n Norway naval 24px Ragnvald Tamber", "Date": "1941 08 25 1941 09 03 y", "Outcome": "Success", "Casualties": "None"} |
Emperor Mu of Jin (; 343 - July 10, 361According to Sima Dan's biography in Book of Jin, he died aged 19 (by East Asian reckoning) on the dingsi day of the 5th month of the 5th year of the Shengping era of his reign. This corresponds to 10 Jul 361 in the proleptic Gregorian calendar [(升平五年)五月丁巳，帝崩于显阳殿，时年十九.] Jin Shu, v... | {"Born": "343", "Died": "Jiankang, Eastern Jin", "Burial": "Yongping ling (永平陵), Nanjing, Jiangsu", "Father": "Emperor Kang", "Mother": "Chu Suanzi"} |
Gua sha (), or kerokan (in Indonesia), is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practice in which a tool is used to scrape people's skin in order to produce light petechiae. Practitioners believe that gua sha releases unhealthy bodily matter from blood stasis within sore, tired, stiff, or injured muscle areas to stimula... | {"Infobox title": "Gua sha", "Name in Chinese": "刮痧", "Literal meaning": "\"scraping sha-bruises\"", "Pinyin transcription": "guā shā", "Mandarin IPA": "g ua 1 . sh a 1", "Jyutping": "gwaat3-saa1", "Yale Romanization (Cantonese)": "gwaat-sāa", "Cantonese IPA": "gw aat 3 . s aa 1", "Peh-oe-ji": "掠痧lia̍h-soa / 剾痧khau-soa... |
() is a Japanese low-cost airline headquartered at Haneda Airport in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan. It operates scheduled services with a main base at Haneda Airport with another base at Kobe Airport where it is the dominant carrier. It also operates a base at Naha Airport. It is the only Japanese airline offering regular schedule... | {"Airline name": "Skymark Airlinesスカイマークja Sukai Māku", "Image size (px)": "248", "IATA Designator": "BC", "ICAO Designator": "SKY", "Callsign": "SKYMARK", "Founded": "1996 11 12 y", "Commenced operations": "1998 09 19 y", "International Securities Identification Number": "JP3396000006", "Headquarters": "Haneda Airport... |
The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (Czech and Slovak: Komunistická strana Československa, KSČ) was a communist and Marxist-Leninist political party in Czechoslovakia that existed between 1921 and 1992. It was a member of the Comintern. Between 1929 and 1953, it was led by Klement Gottwald. The KSČ was the sole gover... | {"General Secretary": "Václav Šturc (first)Ladislav Adamec (last)", "Founded": "1921 5 16 y", "Succeeded by": "Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (Czech Republic)\nParty of the Democratic Left (Slovakia)", "Headquarters": "Central Committee, Prague, Czechoslovakia", "Newspaper": "Rudé právoPravdaMunkás", "Split fro... |
Daniel Gillespie Clowes (; born April 14, 1961) is an American cartoonist, graphic novelist, illustrator, and screenwriter. Most of Clowes's work first appeared in Eightball, a solo anthology comic book series. An Eightball issue typically contained several short pieces and a chapter of a longer narrative that was late... | {"Name": "Daniel Clowes", "Caption": "Clowes in 2019", "Alt": "Clowes looking at an angle across the camera", "Birth name": "Daniel Gillespie Clowes", "Birth date": "1961 4 14", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Known For": "Eightball (1989-2004)\nGhost World (1997)", "Occupation": "Cartoonist\nIllustrator\nSc... |
20/20 (stylized as 2020) is an American television newsmagazine that has been broadcast on ABC since June 6, 1978. Created by ABC News executive Roone Arledge, the program was designed similarly to CBS's 60 Minutes in that it features in-depth story packages, although it focuses more on human interest stories than inte... | {"Genre": "News magazine", "Created by": "Roone Arledge", "Presented by": "David Muir\n Deborah Roberts\n (for past anchors, see section)", "Country of origin": "United States", "Camera setup": "Multi-camera", "Running time": "60 minutes (1979-2019) \n 120 minutes (2019-present)", "Original network": "ABC", "Original ... |
James Stephen Peace (born March 30, 1953) is an American writer, actor, and producer, best known for the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! film series. A politician belonging to the Democratic Party, Peace served in the California State Assembly from 1982-1992 and in the California State Senate from 1993-2002.
Early lif... | {"Name": "Steve Peace", "Image size": "220px", "Birth name": "James Stephen Peace", "Birth date": "1953 3 30", "Birth place": "San Diego, California, U.S.", "Residence": "El Cajon, California", "Alma mater": "UC San Diego", "State senate": "California", "State assembly2": "California", "District 2": "79th", "Term 2": "... |
right|thumb|Jade Buddha Temple's main courtyard and Grand Hall
right|thumb|Jade Buddha Temple during 'spring snows'
The Jade Buddha Temple (, literally Jade Buddha Chan Temple) is a Buddhist temple in Shanghai. It was founded in 1882 with two jade Buddha statues imported to Shanghai from Myanmar by sea. These were a si... | {"Geographic coordinates": "31 14 35.49 N 121 26 25.90 E it", "Affiliation": "Buddhism", "Country": "China", "Completed": "1882"} |
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