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Croke Park (, ) is a Gaelic games stadium in Dublin, Ireland. Named after Archbishop Thomas Croke, it is referred to as Croker by GAA fans and locals. It serves as both the principal national stadium of Ireland and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Since 1891 the site has been used by the GAA to ho... | {"Location": "Jones Road, Dublin 3, D03 P6K7, Ireland", "Coordinates": "53.3609 N 6.2519 W", "Broke ground": "1880", "Opened": "1884", "Renovated": "2004", "Surface": "Soil pitchhttps://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/no-grounds-for-concern-at-croke-park-as-hurling-s-big-day-looms-1.1916823 No grounds for concer... |
Coquitlam ( ) is a city in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. Mainly suburban, Coquitlam is the sixth-largest city in the province, with a population of 148,625 in 2021, and one of the 21 municipalities comprising Metro Vancouver. The mayor is Richard Stewart.
Simon Fraser explored the region in 1808, enc... | {"Type": "Mayor-council government", "Body": "Coquitlam City Council", "Land": "122.15", "Density": "1216.7", "Rank": "34th in Canada6th in British Columbia5th in Metro Vancouver", "DST": "-07:00", "Website": "www.coquitlam.ca"} |
Henri Pauli Toivonen (25 August 1956 - 2 May 1986) was a Finnish rally driver born in Jyväskylä, the home of Rally Finland. His father, Pauli, was the 1968 European Rally Champion for Porsche and his brother, Harri, became a professional circuit racer.
Toivonen's first World Rally Championship victory came with a Talb... | {"Born": "Jyväskylä, Finland", "Died": "Corsica, France", "Nationality": "Finnish", "Co-driver": "USA Sergio CrestoUK Neil WilsonFinland Juha PiironenUK Fred GallagherUK Paul WhiteFinland Antero LindqvistFinland Juha Paajanen", "Active years": "1975-1986", "Teams": "Talbot, Opel, Porsche, Lancia", "Rallies": "40", "Cha... |
The Faculty of Science () at the University of Copenhagen houses 12 departments, including the Natural History Museum of Denmark. The faculty also encompasses several national and international research centres, and has a number of field stations in Denmark and Greenland, among them the university's Arctic Station in ... | {"Type": "Public university", "Dean": "John Renner Hansenhttp://www.science.ku.dk/english/about-the-faculty/organisation/management-team/dean/ Dean - University of Copenhagen 2016-03-04 2016-03-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20160310223223/http://www.science.ku.dk/english/about-the-faculty/organisation/management-t... |
Marcel Dassault (born Marcel Ferdinand Bloch; 23 January 1892 - 17 April 1986) was a French engineer and industrialist who spent his career in aircraft manufacturing.
Early life and education
thumb|Marcel Bloch, c. 1912
Born on 23 January 1892 in Paris, he was the youngest of the four children of Adolphe Bloch, a doct... | {"Name": "Marcel Dassault", "Birth name": "Marcel Ferdinand BlochJean Mayet 365 jours ou Les Éphémérides allant du XVIe au XXe siècle https://books.google.com/books?id=emaWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA220 19 September 2013 Mon Petit Éditeur French 978-2-342-01183-8 220", "Birth date": "1892 01 23 y", "Birth place": "Paris, France", "... |
The Romanians (, ; dated exonym Vlachs) are a Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Romanian culture and ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they live primarily in Romania and Moldova. The 2021 Romanian census found that 89.3% of Romania's citizens identified themselves as ethnic Romanians.
In one ... | {"Name": "Romanians", "Native name": "ro Români", "Native name language code": "ro", "Image": "260x260px", "Image caption": "Ethnic distribution of Romanians around the world", "Population": "22.8-24.8 millionhttp://www.ziuaveche.ro/actualitate-interna/social/david-in-afara-grani%C8%9Belor-traiesc-intre-%C8%99ase-%C8%9... |
Alfonso Reyes Ochoa (17 May 1889 in Monterrey, Nuevo León - 27 December 1959 in Mexico City) was a Mexican writer, philosopher and diplomat. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times and has been acclaimed as one of the greatest authors in Spanish language. He served as ambassador of Mexico to Argen... | {"Name": "Alfonso Reyes", "Caption": "Reyes in 1924", "Birth name": "Alfonso Reyes Ochoa", "Birth date": "yes 1889 05 17", "Birth place": "Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico", "Alma mater": "National Autonomous University of Mexico", "Death date": "yes 1959 12 27 1889 05 17", "Nationality": "Mexican", "Employer": "La Casa d... |
Melrose (, "bald moor") is a town and civil parish in the Scottish Borders, historically in Roxburghshire. It lies within the Eildon committee area of Scottish Borders Council.
History
The original Melrose was Mailros, meaning "the bare peninsula" in Old Welsh or Brythonic. This referred to a neck of land by the Rive... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "OS grid reference": "NT5434", "Council area": "Scottish Borders", "Lieutenancy area": "Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale", "UK Parliament": "Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk", "Scottish Parliament": "Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale", "Postco... |
thumb|250px|Riddarholmen Church, early 20th century.
thumb|250px|The interior of Riddarholmen Church, from the choir loft
Riddarholmen Church () is the church of the former medieval Greyfriars Monastery in Stockholm, Sweden. The church serves as the final resting place of most Swedish monarchs.
Riddarholmen Church is... | {"OS grid reference": "Riddarholmen Church", "Location": "Riddarholmen, Stockholm", "Country": "Sweden", "Denomination": "Church of Sweden"} |
James Gunn (March 13, 1753 – July 30, 1801) was a delegate to the Continental Congress and a United States Senator from Georgia.
Early life
Gunn was born in Virginia to Thomas and Sarah Gunn and became a lawyer. Gunn served in the 1st Continental Dragoons during the Revolutionary War.Smith, p. 297 He moved to Georgia ... | {"Name": "James Gunn", "Term start": "March 4, 1789", "Term end": "March 3, 1801", "Birth date": "March 13, 1753", "Birth place": "Virginia, British America", "Death date": "y 1801 07 30 1753 03 13", "Death place": "Louisville, Georgia, U.S."} |
X-Men: Evolution is an American animated television series based on the X-Men superhero team appearing in Marvel Comics. The series takes inspiration from the early issues of the source material and follows the X-Men as teenagers rather than adults, as they learn to control their developing mutant powers and face vario... | {"Genre": "SuperheroComedyTeen dramaActionAdventure", "Created by": "Marty IsenbergRobert N. SkirDavid Wise", "Developed by": "John BushJohn W. HydeJon Vein", "Written by": "Greg Johnson", "Voices of": "Meghan Black\n Neil Denis\n David Kaye\n Scott McNeil\n Kirby Morrow \n Maggie Blue O'Hara\n Brad Swaile\n Venus Terz... |
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM; ), also known as Tecnológico de Monterrey or just Tec, is a secular and coeducational private university based in Monterrey, Mexico, which has grown to include 35 campuses throughout the country. One of only 45 universities in the world to be ranked w... | {"Type": "Private", "President": "David Garza Salazar", "Students": "91,200 (2019)", "Undergraduates": "57,066 (2019)", "Postgraduates": "6,984 (2019)", "Campus": "26 across Mexico;", "Website": "https://tec.mx"} |
Georg Morris Cohen Brandes (4 February 1842 - 19 February 1927) was a Danish critic and scholar who greatly influenced Scandinavian and European literature from the 1870s through the turn of the 20th century. He is seen as the theorist behind the "Modern Breakthrough" of Scandinavian culture. At the age of 30, Brandes ... | {"Born": "1842 02 04 y", "Died": "1927 02 19 1842 02 04 y", "Occupation": "Critic", "Education": "University of Copenhagen", "Relatives": "Edvard Brandes (brother)"} |
Nasdaq Stockholm, formerly known as the Stockholm Stock Exchange (), is a stock exchange located in Frihamnen, Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1863, it has become the primary securities exchange of the Nordic countries. As of March 2021, a total of 832 companies are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm with 385 companies on the m... | {"Type": "Stock exchange", "Location": "Sweden", "Coordinates": "59.3401 18.1215", "Founded": "1863", "Owner": "Nasdaq Nordic", "Currency": "Swedish krona", "Market cap": "USD 1.3 trillion (Nov 2021)http://www.nasdaqomxnordic.com/news/statistics Monthly Statistics Summary from Nasdaq Nordic Exchange December 2, 2021", ... |
Hispania Tarraconensis was one of three Roman provinces in Hispania. It encompassed much of the northern, eastern and central territories of modern Spain along with modern northern Portugal. Southern Spain, the region now called Andalusia, was the province of Hispania Baetica. On the Atlantic west lay the province of L... | {"Native name": "Provincia Hispania Tarraconensis", "Common name": "Hispania Tarraconensis", "Historical era": "Antiquity", "Capital": "Tarraco", "Year founded": "27 BC", "Year dissolved": "459", "Today part of": "Spain Portugal"} |
Suffolk University is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. With 7,560 students (includes all campuses, 7,379 at the Boston location alone), it is the eighth-largest university in metropolitan Boston. It was founded as a law school in 1906 and named after its location in Suffolk County, Massachusetts.... | {"Motto": "Latin", "Type": "Private university", "Accreditation": "NEASC", "Endowment": "$246.2 million (2020)As of June 30, 2020. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 En... |
The Government of the 9th Dáil was successively the 8th Executive Council of the Irish Free State (21 July - 29 December 1937) and the 1st Government of Ireland (29 December 1937 - 30 June 1938). They were led by Éamon de Valera, first as President of the Executive Council and then as Taoiseach. It was formed after the... | {"Date formed": "21 July 1937", "Date dissolved": "29 December 1937", "Status in legislature": "Minority Government", "Election(s)": "1937 general election", "Legislature term(s)": "9th Dáil", "Predecessor": "7th Executive Council", "Successor": "1st Government"} |
The Government of the 8th Dáil or the 7th Executive Council (8 February 1933 - 21 July 1937) was the Executive Council of the Irish Free State formed after the general election held on 24 January 1933. It was led by Fianna Fáil leader Éamon de Valera as President of the Executive Council, who had first taken office in ... | {"Date formed": "8 February 1933", "Date dissolved": "21 July 1937", "Status in legislature": "Minority Government", "Election(s)": "1933 general election", "Legislature term(s)": "8th Dáil 1st Seanad (1931-34) 1st Seanad (1934-36)", "Predecessor": "6th Executive Council", "Successor": "8th Executive Council"} |
The Government of the 7th Dáil or the 6th Executive Council (9 March 1932 - 8 February 1933) was formed after the 1932 general election held on 16 February. It was led by Fianna Fáil leader Éamon de Valera as President of the Executive Council, taking office after ten years of government led by W. T. Cosgrave of Cumann... | {"Date formed": "9 March 1932", "Date dissolved": "8 February 1933", "Status in legislature": "Minority Government", "Election(s)": "1932 general election", "Legislature term(s)": "7th Dáil 1st Seanad (1931-34)", "Predecessor": "5th Executive Council", "Successor": "7th Executive Council"} |
There were two Governments of the 6th Dáil, which was elected at the September 1927 general election held on 15 September 1927. The 4th Executive Council (11 October 1927 - 2 April 1930) and the 5th Executive Council (2 April 1930 - 9 March 1932) were both minority governments of Cumann na nGaedheal led by W. T. Cosgra... | {"Date formed": "11 October 1927", "Date dissolved": "2 April 1930", "Status in legislature": "Minority Government", "Election(s)": "September 1927 general election", "Legislature term(s)": "6th Dáil 1st Seanad (1925-28) 1st Seanad (1928-31)", "Predecessor": "3rd Executive Council", "Successor": "5th Executive Council"... |
The Government of the 5th Dáil or the 3rd Executive Council (23 June 1927 - 11 October 1927) was formed after the June 1927 general election held on 9 June 1927. It was led by W. T. Cosgrave, leader of Cumann na nGaedheal, as President of the Executive Council, who had led the government since August 1922.
The 3rd Exe... | {"Date formed": "23 June 1927", "Date dissolved": "11 October 1927", "Status in legislature": "Minority Government", "Election(s)": "June 1927 general election", "Legislature term(s)": "5th Dáil 1st Seanad (1925-28)", "Predecessor": "2nd Executive Council", "Successor": "4th Executive Council"} |
The Government of the 4th Dáil or the 2nd Executive Council (19 September 1923 - 23 June 1927) was the Executive Council of the Irish Free State formed after the general election held on 27 August 1923. It was a minority Cumann na nGaedheal government led by W. T. Cosgrave as President of the Executive Council.
The 2n... | {"Date formed": "19 September 1923", "Date dissolved": "23 June 1927", "Status in legislature": "Minority Government", "Election(s)": "1923 general election", "Legislature term(s)": "4th Dáil 1st Seanad (1922-25) 1st Seanad (1925-28)", "Predecessor": "1st Executive Council", "Successor": "3rd Executive Council"} |
The Government of the 3rd Dáil was first both concurrently the 2nd Provisional Government (30 August - 6 December 1922) and the 5th Ministry of Dáil Éireann (9 September - 6 December 1922), formed after the 1922 general election held on 16 June 1922, and then the 1st Executive Council of the Irish Free State (6 Decembe... | {"Date formed": "30 August 1922 (PG)9 September 1922 (DM)", "Date dissolved": "6 December 1922", "Status in legislature": "Minority Government", "Election(s)": "1922 general election", "Legislature term(s)": "3rd Dáil", "Predecessor": "1st Provisional Government 4th Ministry", "Successor": "1st Executive Council"} |
Stockholm Palace or the Royal Palace ( or ) is the official residence and major royal palace of the Swedish monarch (King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia use Drottningholm Palace as their usual residence). Stockholm Palace is on Stadsholmen, in Gamla stan in the capital, Stockholm. It neighbours the Riksdag building. ... | {"Status": "In use", "Type": "Palace", "Architectural style": "Baroque", "Current tenants": "Royal Court of Sweden", "Address": "Kungliga SlottetS-111 30 Stockholm", "Coordinates": "Sweden", "Construction started": "1697", "Town or city": "Stockholm"} |
Brian Leonard Paddick, Baron Paddick (born 24 April 1958), is a British politician and retired police officer, currently sitting in the House of Lords as a life peer. He was the Liberal Democrat candidate for the London mayoral elections of 2008 and 2012. He was, until his retirement in May 2007, a Deputy Assistant Com... | {"Name": "The Lord Paddick", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2022", "Term start": "28 October 2016", "Term end": "14 June 2017", "Birth name": "Brian Leonard Paddick", "Birth date": "1958 4 24 y", "Birth place": "Balham, London, England", "Residence": "Vauxhall, London, England", "Spouse(s)": "Mary Stone 1983 1988... |
The Sager House () or Sager Palace (Sagerska palatset) is the official residence of the Prime Minister of Sweden, located at Strömgatan 18 in central Stockholm.
Location
The Sager House is located in the Stockholm borough of Norrmalm, on the street Strömgatan, on the north side of the river Norrström.
Adjacent land... | {"Town or city": "Stockholm", "Coordinates": "Sweden", "Current tenants": "Ulf Kristersson, Prime Minister of SwedenBirgitta Ed, Spouse of the Prime Minister of Sweden", "Construction started": "1640s", "Architectural style": "Baroque Revival"} |
Tommy Cannon (born Thomas Derbyshire; 27 June 1938) and Bobby Ball (born Robert Harper; 28 January 1944 - 28 October 2020), known collectively as Cannon and Ball, were an English comedy double act best known for their comedy variety show The Cannon and Ball Show, which lasted for nine years on ITV. The duo met in the e... | {"Born": "Thomas Derbyshire (Cannon)yes 1938 6 27Oldham, Lancashire, EnglandRobert Harper (Ball)yes 1944 1 28Oldham, Lancashire, England", "Died": "Ballyes 2020 10 28 1944 1 28Blackpool, Lancashire, England", "Medium": "Film, television, stand-up, music, books", "Years active": "1974-2020", "Genres": "Observational com... |
Ian MacDougall Hacking (February 18, 1936 - May 10, 2023) was a Canadian philosopher specializing in the philosophy of science. Throughout his career, he won numerous awards, such as the Killam Prize for the Humanities and the Balzan Prize, and was a member of many prestigious groups, including the Order of Canada, t... | {"Region": "Western philosophy", "Era": "20th-century philosophy", "School": "Analytic philosophy", "Doctoral students": "David Papineau"} |
The Ottawa Gee-Gees are the athletic teams that represent the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario.
The Gee-Gees won the national football championship, the Vanier Cup, in 1975 and 2000, while also appearing in the game in the 1970, 1980, and 1997 seasons. The Gee-Gees women's rugby team won the national championsh... | {"Athletic director": "Susan Hylland", "Number of sports": "11 varsity, 18 competitive", "Football stadium": "Gee-Gees Field, Matt Anthony Field, TD Place Stadium", "Other arenas/venues": "Minto Sports Complex", "Website url": "http://www.geegees.ca/"} |
The Baghdad Zoo is a zoo originally opened in 1971 and located in Baghdad, Iraq, in the Al Zawra’a Gardens area along with the Al Zawra’a Dream Park (amusement park) and Zawra'a Tower. Before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the zoo housed 650 animals. After being nearly destroyed during the 2003 Iraqi war, when only about ... | {"Zoo name": "Baghdad Zoo", "Location": "Baghdad, Iraq", "Date opened": "1971-2002; since 2003", "Coordinates": "33.314845 N 44.376417 E type:landmark_region:IQ inline,title", "Total area": "200 acre 0", "Number of animals": "1070 (2009)", "Annual visitors": "1,500,000 (2001) 120,000 (2007) 2,000,000 (2009)"} |
250px|thumb|Drottningholm Palace
The Drottningholm Palace () is the private residence of the Swedish royal family. Drottningholm is near the capital Stockholm. Built on the island Lovön (in Ekerö Municipality of Stockholm County), it is one of Sweden's Royal Palaces. It was originally built in the late 17th century, ... | {"Caption": "Front view of the palace", "Name": "Drottningholm Palace", "Native name": "Drottningholms slott", "Native name language": "sv", "Location_town or location_city": "Drottningholm", "Location_country": "Sweden", "Start_date": "16th century", "Map_type": "Sweden Stockholm", "Coordinates": "59 19 18 N 017 53 10... |
Jinan University (JNU, ) is a public research university based in Guangzhou, China. "Jinan" literally means "reaching southward", indicating the university's original mission to disseminate Chinese learning and culture from North to South when it was founded in 1906 in Nanjing. It is the first Chinese university to rec... | {"Motto": "忠信笃敬http://www.jnu.edu.cn/jnu2014/html/xxgk/xxxhxg/ 校训 校徽 校歌 July 1, 2014", "Type": "National", "Chairman": "Wan Gang", "President": "Song Xianzhong (宋献中)", "Students": "50,535", "Undergraduates": "22,527", "Postgraduates": "10,767", "Website": "english.jnu.edu.cn"} |
Hedda Lettuce is the stage name of Steven Polito, an American drag queen, comedian and singer who lives and works in New York City. Polito debuted his character Hedda Lettuce in 1991 on the Manhattan Cable TV show The Brenda and Glennda Show. Lettuce's appearances include MTV, Comedy Central, The People's Court and a ... | {"Name": "Hedda Lettuce", "Alt": "Hedda Lettuce in Provincetown in August 2006", "Caption": "Hedda Lettuce in Provincetown in August 2006", "Birth name": "Steven Polito", "Birth date": "1968", "Birth place": "New York City, NY", "Nationality": "American", "Years active": "1991 - present", "Website": "http://www.heddale... |
The Molson Brewery is a Canadian-based brewery based in Montreal and was established in 1786 by the Molson family. In 2005, Molson merged with the Adolph Coors Company to become Molson Coors.
Molson Coors maintains some of its Canadian operations at the site of Molson's first brewery located on the Saint Lawrence Rive... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Founded": "1786; 1786", "Headquarters": "Canada", "Industry": "Beverages", "Products": "Beer", "Parent": "Molson Coors Beverage Company", "Website": "https://www.molson.ca/en/index Molson.ca"} |
The Long Road is the fourth studio album by Canadian rock band Nickelback, released on September 23, 2003. Recorded at the famed Greenhouse Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, it is the band's final album with Ryan Vikedal as drummer, and features a notable change in style towards more aggressive guitar riffs and t... | {"Released": "September 23, 2003", "Recorded": "December 2002-April 2003, Greenhouse Studios and Mountainview Studios, British Columbia, Canada", "Genre": "Alternative metalhttps://www.metalexpressradio.com/2003/09/23/nickelback-the-long-road/ NICKELBACK - The Long Road: Metal Express\n nu metal https://amp.theguardian... |
Lady Bunny, originally known as "Bunny Hickory Dickory Dock" (born Jon Ingle, August 13, 1962),Wadler, Joyce. The Lady Bunny at the forefront of Wigstock Flamboyant? Certainly, From Head to Heels , New York Times. accessed April 24, 2006. is an American drag queen, nightclub DJ, actor, comedian, and event organizer. Sh... | {"Born": "Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S.", "Origin": "Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.", "Genres": "Disco\n dance-pop\n Hi-NRG\n disco house\n R&B\n eurodance\n electro", "Website": "ladybunny.net"} |
Ithaca Tompkins International Airport is a county-owned airport located in the Town of Lansing, three miles northeast of Ithaca, the county seat and only city in Tompkins County, New York. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2019-2023 categorized it as a primary commercial service facility.
Federal Av... | {"Airport type": "Public", "Serves": "Ithaca, New York", "Location": "Lansing, New York", "AMSL": "1,099", "Website": "www.FlyIthaca.com", "Coordinates": "42 29 29 N 076 27 31 W region:US-NY inline,title"} |
James Fleming Fagan (March 1, 1828September 1, 1893) was an American farmer, politician, and senior officer of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. His brigade distinguished itself in the Camden Expedition of 1864, helping to drive the U.S. Army's Seventh Corps from southwest Arkansas.
Early life... | {"Name": "James Fleming Fagan", "Image caption": "Fagan in uniform, 1862", "Term start": "November 5, 1860", "Term end": "November 3, 1862", "Birth date": "1828 03 01", "Birth place": "Clark County, Kentucky, U.S.", "Death date": "1893 09 01 1828 03 01", "Death place": "Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.", "Resting place": "3... |
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Nebraska, NU, or UNL) is a public land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Chartered in 1869 by the Nebraska Legislature as part of the Morrill Act of 1862, the school was known as the University of Nebraska until 1968, when it absorbed the Municipal Univer... | {"Motto": "Literis Dedicata et Omnibus Artibus (Latin)", "Accreditation": "HLC", "Type": "Public land-grant research university", "Endowment": "$1.7 billion (2022)As of March 1, 2022. https://nufoundation.org/about/annual-report/endowment-information/ Endowment Information University of Nebraska Foundation April 20, 2... |
The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a public research university in Norman, Oklahoma, United States. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two territories became the state of Oklahoma. In Fall 2022, the university had 28,840 students enrolled, most at its mai... | {"Motto": "Civi et Reipublicae", "Type": "Public research university", "Endowment": "$1.64billion (2022)Consolidated Financial Statements: June 30, 2022 and 2021 with Independent Auditor's Report The University of Oklahoma Foundation https://home.oufoundation.org/s/1720/images/gid2/editor_documents/transparency_docum... |
Brauerei Paderborner is a brewery in the German city of Paderborn. The traditional Westphalian brewery was purchased by the German brewery-major Warsteiner in 1990.
The Paderborner beer range
The Paderborner brewery was founded in 1852. Since 1990 it has been part of the Warsteiner brewery group.
There are two differ... | {"Location": "Germany", "Coordinates": "51 41 13 N 8 44 41 E inline,title", "Opened": "1852", "Annual production volume": "800000 hl usbeerbbl on in 2012 Mehr \"Paderborner\" getrunken https://www.radiohochstift.de/nachrichten/paderborn-hoexter/detailansicht/mehr-paderborner-getrunken.html?cHash=0fc7af1c0c61e484b4d2d... |
Oklahoma State University-Stillwater (officially Oklahoma State University; informally Oklahoma State, OK State, OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Stillwater, Oklahoma. OSU was founded in 1890 under the Morrill Act. Originally known as Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (Oklahoma A&M), it is ... | {"Motto": "\"Scholarship, Instruction, Service\"", "Type": "Public land-grant research university", "Endowment": "$1.562 billion (2021)As of June 30, 2021. https://www.nacubo.org/Research/2021/Public-NTSE-Tables U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2021 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Ma... |
Sir Paweł Edmund Strzelecki (;By Australian English speakers: pɔːl strʌzlɛki (paul struhzLECKi). 20 July 17976 October 1873), also known as Paul Edmund de Strzelecki and Sir Paul Strzelecki, was a Polish explorer, geologist, humanitarian, environmentalist, nobleman, scientist, businessman and philanthropist who in 184... | {"Name": "Sir Paweł Edmund Strzelecki", "Image upright": "0.9", "Caption": "Photograph taken about 1845", "Nationality": "Polish, British Citizen from 1845", "Birth date": "1797 7 20", "Birth place": "Glausche, Posen, Prussia(now Poland)", "Death date": "1873 10 6 1797 7 20", "Death place": "London, United Kingdom", "R... |
thumb|Frédéric and Marie Blanche Passy, c.1855
Frédéric Passy (20 May 182212 June 1912) was a French economist and pacifist who was a founding member of several peace societies and the Inter-Parliamentary Union. He was also an author and politician, sitting in the Chamber of Deputies from 1881 until 1889. He was a join... | {"Name": "Frédéric Passy", "Term start": "1881", "Term end": "1889", "Office 2": "Council member for Seine-et-Oise", "Birth name": "Frédéric Passy", "Birth date": "yes 1822 5 20Frederic Passy The American Journal of International Law 1912 6 4 975-976 10.2307/2186901 Cambridge University Press 0002-9300 2186901 ... |
Louis Renault (21 May 1843 - 8 February 1918) was a French jurist and educator, and the co-winner in 1907 (with Ernesto Teodoro Moneta) of the Nobel Prize for Peace.
Renault was born at Autun. From 1868 to 1873, Renault was professor of Roman and commercial law at the University of Dijon. From 1873 until his death, he... | {"Name": "Louis Renault", "Image": "Louis Renault jurist.gif", "Birth date": "y 1843 5 21", "Birth place": "Autun, France", "Death date": "y 1918 2 8 1843 5 21", "Death place": "Barbizon, France", "Awards": "Nobel Peace Prize (1907)"} |
The Aromanians () are an ethnic group native to the southern Balkans who speak Aromanian, an Eastern Romance language. They traditionally live in central and southern Albania, south-western Bulgaria, northern and central Greece and North Macedonia, and can currently be found in central and southern Albania, south-weste... | {"Name": "Aromanians", "Native name": "Armãnji, Rrãmãnji", "Native name language code": "rup", "Image caption": "The flag most commonly associated with the Aromanians,https://books.google.com/books?id=pGClDAAAQBAJ Encyclopedia of stateless nations: ethnic and national groups around the world James B. Minahan ABC-CLIO 2... |
Duran Duran is the debut studio album by the English new wave band Duran Duran, released on 15June 1981 through EMI. Produced by Colin Thurston, it was recorded in London and Oxfordshire between December 1980 and January 1981. The instrumental tracks were recorded quickly, but vocalist Simon Le Bon initially struggled ... | {"Released": "1981 6 15 yes", "Recorded": "December 1980 - January 1981", "Studio": "Red Bus and Utopia (London); Chipping Norton (Oxfordshire)", "Genre": "New wave\n synth-pop", "Label": "EMI", "Producer": "Colin Thurston"} |
Auguste Marie François Beernaert (26 July 1829 - 6 October 1912) was the prime minister of Belgium from October 1884 to March 1894, and the 1909 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
thumb|right|Auguste Beernaert around 1900
Life
Born in Ostend in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands 1829, he entered the Faculty of Law at the ... | {"Name": "Auguste Beernaert", "Term start": "26 October 1884", "Term end": "26 March 1894", "Office 2": "President of the Chamber of Representatives", "Predecessor 2": "Théophile de Lantsheere", "Successor 2": "Louis Marie Joseph de Sadeleer", "Birth date": "yes 1829 7 26", "Birth place": "Ostend, United Kingdom of the... |
Tobias Michael Carel Asser (; 28 April 1838 - 29 July 1913) was a Dutch lawyer and legal scholar.
In 1911, he won the Nobel Peace Prize (together with Alfred Fried) for his work in the field of private international law, and in particular for his achievements establishing the Hague Conference on Private International L... | {"Name": "Tobias Asser", "Alt": "Black and white photo of the head of a man", "Caption": "Tobias Asser in 1911", "Birth name": "Tobias Michel Karel Asser", "Birth date": "1838 04 28 yes", "Birth place": "Amsterdam, Netherlands", "Death date": "1913 07 29 1838 04 28 yes", "Death place": "The Hague, Netherlands", "Alma m... |
thumb|Feuerhalle Simmering, grave of Alfred Hermann Fried
Alfred Hermann Fried (; 11 November 1864 - 4 May 1921) was an Austrian Jewish pacifist, publicist, journalist, co-founder of the German peace movement, and winner (with Tobias Asser) of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1911. Fried was also a supporter of Esperanto. He i... | {"Name": "Alfred Hermann Fried", "Birth date": "y 1864 11 11", "Birth place": "Vienna, Austrian Empire", "Death date": "y 1921 5 5 1864 11 11", "Death place": "Vienna, Austria"} |
Henri La Fontaine (; 22 April 1854 - 14 May 1943), was a Belgian international lawyer and president of the International Peace Bureau. He received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1913 because "he was the effective leader of the peace movement in Europe."" Henri La Fontaine - Facts". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. W... | {"Name": "Henri Marie La Fontaine", "Caption": "La Fontaine, 1914", "Birth name": "Henri Marie La Fontaine", "Birth date": "y 1854 4 22", "Birth place": "Brussels, Belgium", "Death date": "y 1943 5 14 1854 4 22", "Death place": "Brussels, Belgium", "Occupation": "lawyer", "Known For": "Nobel Peace Prize (1913)"} |
James Gunn (March 6, 1843 – November 5, 1911) was a one-term U. S. Congressman from the state of Idaho.
Biography
Born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, Gunn emigrated to the United States with his parents while he was very young. The family settled in Wisconsin where he attended the common schools. James later attended t... | {"Name": "James Gunn", "Term start": "March 4, 1897", "Term end": "March 3, 1899", "Birth date": "1843 3 6", "Birth place": "County Fermanagh, Ireland", "Death date": "1911 11 5 1843 3 6", "Death place": "Boise, Idaho, U.S.", "Resting place": "Morris Hill CemeteryBoise, Idaho", "Residence": "Hailey, IdahoBoise, Idaho"} |
Donald Eugene Gibson (April 3, 1928 - November 17, 2003) was an American songwriter and country musician. A Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Gibson wrote such country standards as "Sweet Dreams" and "I Can't Stop Loving You", and enjoyed a string of country hits ("Oh Lonesome Me") from 1957 into the mid-1970s.
Gib... | {"Born": "Shelby, North Carolina, U.S.", "Died": "Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.", "Genres": "Country", "Labels": "RCA Victor, Hickory"} |
Mervyn's was an American middle-scale department store chain based in Hayward, California, and founded by Mervin G. Morris (1920-2021). It carried national brands of clothing, footwear, bedding, bath products, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, electronics, toys, and housewares. Many of the company's stores were open... | {"Type": "Private", "Fate": "Chapter 7 bankruptcyLiquidation sale", "Founded": "1949 7 29San Lorenzo, California, U.S.", "Defunct": "2009 1 1", "Headquarters": "U.S.", "Industry": "Retail", "Products": "Clothing, footwear, jewelry, bedding, bath, furniture, beauty products, electronics, toys, and housewares.", "Parent"... |
Millbank Tower is a high skyscraper in the City of Westminster at Millbank, by the River Thames in London, England. The tower was constructed in 1963, and has been home to many high-profile political organisations, including the Labour and Conservative parties, and the United Nations.
History
The tower was constructe... | {"Preceded by": "CIS Tower", "Surpassed by": "BT Tower", "Status": "Complete", "Location": "WestminsterLondon, SW 1United Kingdom", "Coordinates": "51 29 32.0 N 0 07 33.5 W region:GB inline,title", "Type": "Office"} |
thumb|Cabell in his older years
William Lewis Cabell (January 1, 1827 - February 21, 1911) was an American engineer, lawyer, businessman, and politician who served as the 14th, 16th and 20th mayor of Dallas (1874-1876, 1877-1879 and 1883-1885). Prior to that, he was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who c... | {"Name": "William Lewis Cabell", "Image": "William Lewis Cabell - Brady-Handy.jpgborder", "Image caption": "Cabell in uniform, 1862", "Term start": "1874", "Term end": "1876", "Predecessor 2": "John W. Crowdus", "Successor 2": "John H. Brown", "Birth date": "1827 01 01", "Birth place": "Danville, Virginia, U.S.", "Deat... |
John Houseman (born Jacques Haussmann; September 22, 1902 - October 31, 1988) was a Romanian-born British-American actor and producer of theatre, film, and television. He became known for his highly publicized collaboration with director Orson Welles from their days in the Federal Theatre Project through to the product... | {"Name": "John Houseman", "Caption": "Houseman in The Fog (1980)", "Birth name": "Jacques Haussmann", "Birth date": "1902 09 22", "Birth place": "Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania", "Death date": "1988 10 31 1902 09 22", "Death place": "Malibu, California, U.S.", "Citizenship": "American", "Occupation": "Actor, producer", ... |
The Robert Simpson Company Limited, commonly known as Simpson's until 1972, then as Simpsons, and in Quebec sometimes as Simpson, was a Canadian department store chain that had its earliest roots in a store opened in 1858 by Robert Simpson.HBC Heritage: The Robert Simpson Company
In 1952 Simpson's started a 50-50 join... | {"Type": "Private (until 1978)Subsidiary (1978-1991)", "Fate": "Converted to The Bay", "Founded": "1872 (as R. Simpson, Dry Goods)", "Defunct": "August 14, 1991", "Headquarters": "Canada", "Parent": "Hudson's Bay Company(1978-1991)", "Industry": "Retail", "Products": "Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, be... |
Dollarama Inc. is a Canadian dollar store retail chain headquartered in Mount Royal, Quebec.TMR-based Dollarama posts strong financial report despite COVID Since 2009 it is Canada's biggest retailer of items for five dollars or less, including tax- 75 cents. Dollarama has over 1500 stores and is active in all of Canada... | {"Type": "Public", "Founded": "1992", "Headquarters": "Mount Royal, Quebec, Canada", "Industry": "Retail", "Products": "Cleaning supplies, toys, candy, grocery, gifts, healthcare products, kitchenware, stationery, party supplies, hardware", "Revenue": "$2.9 billion CAD (2016)http://www.dollarama.com/wp-content/uploads/... |
Hans Modrow (; 27 January 1928 - 10 February 2023) was a German politician best known as the last communist premier of East Germany.
Taking office in the middle of the Peaceful Revolution, he was the de facto leader of the country for much of the winter of 1989 and 1990. He was a transitional figure, paving the way to... | {"Name": "Hans Modrow", "Image caption": "Modrow in 1989", "Term start": "13 November 1989", "Term end": "12 April 1990", "Office 2": "First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Partyin Bezirk Dresden", "Predecessor 2": "Werner Krolikowski", "Successor 2": "Hansjoachim Hahn", "Birth date": "1928 01 27 y", "Birth place": "J... |
Rio Tinto Alcan is a Canada-based mining company. Headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, it is a subsidiary of global mining conglomerate Rio Tinto. It was created on 15 November 2007 as the result of the merger between Rio Tinto's Canadian subsidiary and Canadian company Alcan.
The company is the global leader of alumini... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Founded": "1902 as a subsidiary of Alcoa", "Headquarters": "Deloitte Tower, Montreal, Quebec", "Industry": "Aerospace, mass transportation, building, construction, packaging, aluminium, alumina.", "Products": "Aluminas, aluminium sheet, extrusion billet, rod and remelt ingot, alloys, cable, pack... |
Curry powder is a spice mix originating from British India, not to be confused with the native spice mix of garam masala.
History
Key ingredients of curry powder are ginger, garlic, fennel, mace, cumin, coriander, cardamom, cinnamon and turmeric and have been in use for over 4000 years, at least since the Indus Valley... | {"Name of food": "Curry powder", "Width of image": "250px", "Region of origin": "Indian subcontinent", "Type of dish": "Curry", "Main ingredient": "Spices (coriander, turmeric, cumin, chili peppers)"} |
thumb|Concrete bridge in Carol Park, Bucharest, designed by G. Constantinescu and dedicated in 1906. It was the first concrete bridge with straight beams in Romania.
George "Gogu" Constantinescu (; last name also Constantinesco; 4 October 1881 - 11 December 1965) was a Romanian scientist, engineer, and inventor. Durin... | {"Name": "George Constantinescu", "Caption": "Constantinescu on a 2016 Romanian stamp", "Birth date": "4 October 1881", "Birth place": "Craiova, Romania", "Death date": "11 December 1965 (aged 84)", "Death place": "Oxen House, Coniston, United Kingdom", "Occupation": "Inventor, Aerodynamicist", "Spouse(s)": "(1) Alexan... |
Brigadier-General Thomas Pleasant Dockery (December 18, 1833 – February 26, 1898) was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who served in both the Western and Trans-Mississippi theaters of the American Civil War.
Early life
Thomas Pleasant Dockery was born in Montgomery County, North Carolina, to Colonel Joh... | {"Born": "Montgomery County, North Carolina, U.S.", "Died": "New York, New York, U.S.", "Allegiance": "Confederate States 1865", "Commands held": "19th Arkansas Infantry (1862-63) Dockery's Brigade (1863-65)"} |
East Texas Baptist University (ETBU) is a private Baptist university in Marshall, Texas. It is affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas.
History
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ETBU is located on the site of the former Van Zandt Farm at t... | {"Motto": "May the Light on the Hill Never Die", "Type": "Private university", "Endowment": "US $56,158,298USNews.com: America's Best Colleges 2008: East Texas Baptist University: At a glance 2008 USNews.com http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/brief/drglance_3564_brief.php 2008... |
Toronto-Dominion Bank (), doing business as TD Bank Group (), is a Canadian multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The bank was created on February 1, 1955, through the merger of the Bank of Toronto and The Dominion Bank, which were founded in 1855 and 1869; respecti... | {"Type": "Public", "ISIN": "n y CA8911605092", "Founded": "1955 2 1The Toronto-Dominion Bank was a result of a merger between the Bank of Toronto and The Dominion Bank, finalized in 1955. The Bank of Toronto was established in 1855, whereas The Dominion Bank was established in 1869.https://www.td.com/about-tdbfg/corpor... |
TD Canada Trust, frequently shortened simply to TD, is the commercial banking operation of TD Bank Group in Canada. TD Canada Trust offers a range of financial services and products to more than 10 million Canadian customers through more than 1,100 branches and 2,600 ATMs. It is the second-largest commercial bank in Ca... | {"Type": "Division", "Founded": "Toronto, Ontario (2000)", "Headquarters": "Canada", "Industry": "Financial services", "Services": "Banking", "Revenue": "CA$43.6 billion CA$41.1 billion TD Bank Group TD Bank Group Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2020 Results https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/td-bank-group-report... |
thumb|Cup and Cover, made by Paul de Lamerie, 1736-7 Victoria and Albert Museum no. 819-1890
thumb|Rococo coffee jug, 1738
Paul Jacques de Lamerie (9 April 1688 - 1 August 1751) was a London-based silversmith. The Victoria and Albert Museum describes him as the "greatest silversmith working in England in the 18th cent... | {"Name": "Paul de Lamerie", "Birth date": "9 April 1688", "Birth place": "'s-Hertogenbosch", "Death date": "1751 08 01 1688 04 09 y", "Death place": "London", "Burial place": "St Anne's Church, Soho", "Nationality": "English", "Occupation": "Silversmith"} |
Benito Juárez is one of the eleven municipalities of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. Most of its population reside in the municipal seat, Cancún. It is named after the 19th century president and statesman Benito Juárez.
Geography
Benito Juárez is located in the north of the state with the Caribbean Sea as its ea... | {"Named for": "Benito Juárez", "Density": "auto", "Urban density": "658911", "Website": "website"} |
Celestica Inc. is a Canadian multinational design, manufacturing, hardware platform, and supply chain electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The company operates in 50 sites across 15 countries. , "Wall Street Journal", 2 October 1996
History
Celestica was incorporated i... | {"Type": "Public", "Industry": "Electronics", "Founded": "1994 by IBM", "Headquarters": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Revenue": "US$ 7.25 billion (2022)https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2023-01-25/celestica-announces-fourth-quarter-2022-financial-results Celestica Announces Fourth Quarter 2022 Financial Results ... |
Wardair Canada was a privately run Canadian airline, founded by Max Ward in 1952 under the name Wardair Ltd, before formally changing its name to "Wardair Canada" in 1976. The airline was acquired by and folded into Canadian Airlines in 1989.
History
In 1946, Maxwell W. Ward founded the Polaris Charter Company in Yell... | {"Airline name": "Wardair", "Image size (px)": "200px", "IATA Designator": "WD", "ICAO Designator": "WDA", "Callsign": "WARDAIR", "Founded": "1952", "Ceased operations": "1989 (acquired by Canadian Airlines)", "Headquarters": "Edmonton, Alberta, Canada", "Key People": "Max Ward", "Frequent Flyer Program": "defunct (for... |
Broughton is a hamlet and civil parish to the east of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England. Broughton is also the name of a nearby housing estate in Aylesbury itself.
Early recordings of Broughton are:
- the Domesday Book where it appears as "22 households (quite large)"
- as being part of the manor of Bierton in th... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "https://buckinghamshire.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s1867/Appendix%20C%20-%20Final%20recs%20-%20Bierton%20with%20Broughton%20CGR%20Petition.pdf Creation of a Kingsbrook Parish Council", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "UK Parlia... |
The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research universities in the city.
The university is known for being one of the biggest and mo... | {"Type": "Public", "President": "Norbert Palz", "Students": "3,535https://www.udk-berlin.de/service/presse-kommunikation-der-universitaet-der-kuenste-berlin/zahlen-und-fakten/ Zahlen und Fakten de Berlin University of the Arts 2017-06-15 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20161207062314/https://www.udk-berlin.de/se... |
Isaac Van Zandt (July 10, 1813 – October 11, 1847) was a political leader in the Republic of Texas. Van Zandt County, Texas, was named in his honor.
Early life
Van Zandt was born on July 10, 1813, in Franklin County, Tennessee, to Jacob and Mary Isaacs Van Zandt. The Van Zandt family had migrated to America from the N... | {"Name": "Isaac Van Zandt", "Birth date": "1813 07 10", "Birth place": "Franklin County, Tennessee, U.S.", "Death date": "1847 10 11 1813 07 10", "Death place": "Houston, Texas, U.S.", "Occupation": "Planter, politician", "Spouse(s)": "Frances Lipscomb", "Children": "Khleber Miller Van Zandt", "Relatives": "Townes Van ... |
Brigadier-General Alexander Travis Hawthorn (January 10, 1825May 31, 1899) was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry in the Western and Trans-Mississippi theaters of the American Civil War.
Early life and education
Alexander Travis Hawthorn was born in Conecuh County, Alabama, on Janua... | {"Born": "Conecuh County, Alabama, U.S.", "Died": "Dallas, Texas, U.S.", "Allegiance": "United States Confederate States", "Commands held": "6th Arkansas Infantry Regiment Hawthorn's Arkansas Infantry Regiment Hawthorn's Brigade", "Spouse(s)": "Anna Hawthorn"} |
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport (), or simply Guadalajara International Airport () , is the main airport of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico's third-largest city. Opened in 1966, it is located 16 km south of the city center. In 2021, it handled 12,243,000 passengers, and 15,606,600 in 2022, an i... | {"Coordinates": "20 31 18 N 103 18 40 W inline,title", "Airport type": "Public", "Serves": "Guadalajara, Jalisco", "Location": "Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco", "Hub": "Volaris", "AMSL": "yes"} |
Great and Little Hampden is a civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, about three miles south-east of Princes Risborough. It incorporates the villages of Great Hampden and Little Hampden, and the hamlets of Green Hailey and Hampden Row. Great Hampden is the ancestral home of the Hobart-Hampden family, the most famo... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "Neighbourhood Statistics 2001 Census 300 (2011 Census)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123991&c=Great+and+Little+Hampden&d=16&e=62&g=6404878&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1479752804984&enc=1 Civil Parish population 2011 ... |
Poynings' Law or the Statute of Drogheda (10 Hen.7 c.4 [The Irish Statutes numbering] or 10
Hen.7 c.9 [Analecta Hibernica numbering]; later titled "An Act that no Parliament be holden in this Land until the Acts be certified into England") was a 1494 Act of the Parliament of Ireland which provided that the parliament ... | {"Short title": "Poynings' Law", "Type": "Act", "Parliament": "Parliament of Ireland", "Long title": "An Act that no Parliament be holden in this Land until the Acts be certified into England", "Year": "1494", "Citation": "10 Hen.7 c.4 (The Irish Statutes numbering)10 \nHen.7 c.9 (Analecta Hibernica numbering)", "Intro... |
Future Shop was a Canadian electronics store chain. It was established in 1982 by Hassan Khosrowshahi. By 1990, the chain had become the country's largest retailer of computer and consumer electronics. In January 2013, the company operated 139 locations across Canada.
In November 2001, Future Shop was acquired by the ... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Fate": "Merged with Best Buy", "Founded": "1982", "Defunct": "2015 03 28", "Headquarters": "Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada", "Industry": "Retail", "Products": "Electronics", "Parent": "Best Buy Canada(2001-2015)", "Website": "https://web.archive.org/web/*/www.futureshop.ca futureshop.ca (arch... |
James Camp Tappan (September 9, 1825 – March 19, 1906) was an American lawyer from Helena who served as the 31st speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1897 to 1899. A member of the Democratic Party, Tappan previously served as an Arkansas state representative from Phillips County (1850-1852 and 1897-190... | {"Name": "James Camp Tappan", "Image caption": "Tappan in uniform, 1864", "Term start": "January 11, 1897", "Term end": "January 9, 1899", "Predecessor 2": "John Martin and W. E. Preston", "Successor 2": "G. Geffries and A. Wilkins", "Alongside 2": "W. E. Preston", "Birth date": "1825 09 09", "Death date": "1906 03 19 ... |
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is a gonadotropin, a glycoprotein polypeptide hormone. FSH is synthesized and secreted by the gonadotropic cells of the anterior pituitary gland and regulates the development, growth, pubertal maturation, and reproductive processes of the body. FSH and luteinizing hormone (LH) work to... | {"HGNC": "1885", "IUPHAR": "CGA", "NCBI gene": "1081", "OMIM": "118850", "RefSeq": "NM_000735", "UniProt": "P01215", "Locus": "-q21"} |
Topsy ( - January 4, 1903) was a female Asian elephant who was electrocuted at Coney Island, New York, in January 1903. Born in Southeast Asia around 1875, Topsy was secretly brought into the United States soon thereafter and added to the herd of performing elephants at the Forepaugh Circus, who fraudulently advertised... | {"Sex": "Female", "Died": "Luna Park, Coney Island, New York City\nyes\n Electrocution", "Nation from": "American", "Occupation": "Circus performer", "Employer": "Forepaugh Circus", "Years active": "1875-1903", "Weight": "Between 4 and 6 tons", "Height": "7.5 ft", "Born": "1875"} |
Io is a pure object-oriented programming language inspired by Smalltalk, Self, Lua, Lisp, Act1, and NewtonScript.Io Programming Guide Io has a prototype-based object model similar to the ones in Self and NewtonScript, eliminating the distinction between instance and class. Like Smalltalk, everything is an object and it... | {"Name": "Io", "Logo": "64px", "Paradigm": "object-oriented prototype-based", "Initial release date": "2002", "Latest release version": "20170906", "Latest release date": "2017 08 11https://github.com/IoLanguage/io/releases Io Releases GitHub 2020-02-06", "Designer": "Steve Dekorte", "Developer": "Steve Dekorte, Jon... |
James Lee Witt (born January 6, 1944) is a former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), during the tenure of U.S. President Bill Clinton and is often credited with raising the agency's level of professionalism and ability to respond to disasters.
Early life
Witt was born in Paris, Arkansas, and w... | {"Name": "James Witt", "Term start": "April 5, 1993", "Term end": "January 20, 2001", "Birth date": "1944 1 6", "Birth place": "Paris, Arkansas, U.S."} |
National Cheng Kung University (NCKU; ) is a public research university located in Tainan, Taiwan. The university is best known for engineering, computer science, medicine, and design programs.
As a top university in Taiwan, NCKU has played a vital role in creating the Taiwan Miracle by helping Taiwan to transform fro... | {"Motto": "zh-Hant", "Type": "Public research university", "Endowment": "641 million (2013)", "President": "Shen Meng-ru", "Undergraduates": "11,481", "Postgraduates": "9771", "Campus": "Main campus in urban Tainan and satellite campuses in rural Tainan areas.", "Website": "English, Chinese"} |
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thumb|Rosh HaAyin - The Notes Town Square
Rosh HaAyin (, , ) is a city in the Central District of Israel. In , it had a population of .
History
thumb|Rosh Ha'ayin, Yemenite-Jewish immigrants in the ma'abara
thumb|Ras al Ein 1941 1:20,000
Rosh HaAyin is named after its location at the sou... | {"Density": "auto", "Website": "www.rosh-haayin.muni.il", "DST": "+3", "Type": "Municipality"} |
Basil Brush is a fictional fox, best known for his appearances on daytime British children's television. He is primarily portrayed by a glove puppet, but has also been depicted in animated cartoon shorts and comic strips. The character has featured on children's television from the 1960s to the present day. He has also... | {"Created by": "Ivan Owen\n Peter Firmin", "Portrayed by": "Ivan Owen (1962-2000)\n Michael Winsor (2000-present)", "Gender": "Male", "First appearance": "The Three Scampies (1962)", "Relatives": "Mortimer and Herr Brush (Cousins), Bingo and Bungo Brush (nephews)", "Nationality": "English"} |
Andrew William Stevenson Marr (born 31 July 1959) is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster. Beginning his career as a political commentator, he subsequently edited The Independent newspaper from 1996 to 1998 and was political editor of BBC News from 2000 to 2005.
In 2002, Marr took over as host of BBC Radio 4's long-r... | {"Name": "Andrew Marr", "Caption": "Marr in 2014", "Birth name": "Andrew William Stevenson Marr", "Birth date": "1959 7 31 y", "Birth place": "Glasgow, Scotland", "Education": "Trinity Hall, Cambridge", "Occupation": "Journalist, broadcaster", "Years active": "1981-present", "Television": "BBC NewsThe Andrew Marr Show"... |
R.O.B. (Robotic Operating Buddy) is a toy robot accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It was launched in July 1985 as the in Japan, and October 1985 as R.O.B. in North America. Its short lifespan yielded only two games in the Robot Series: Gyromite and Stack-Up.
Following the North American video gam... | {"Image caption": "R.O.B. has the NES color scheme.", "Manufacturer": "Nintendo", "Also known as? (\"AKA\")": "Robotic Operating BuddyFamily Computer Robot", "Generation": "Third generation", "Release date": "JP July 26, 1985NA October 18, 1985EU September 1, 1986"} |
The Wurzels are an English Scrumpy and Western band from Somerset, England, best known for their number one hit "The Combine Harvester" and number three hit "I Am a Cider Drinker" in 1976.
Name
The name of the band was dreamt up by founder Adge Cutler. It is short for mangelwurzel, a crop grown to feed livestock.
The... | {"Origin": "Nailsea, Somerset, England", "Genres": "Scrumpy and Western", "Labels": "Columbia\nEMI\nSony\nCruisin", "Website": "thewurzels.com", "Members": "Tommy BannerPete BuddSedge MooreLouie NicastroJoe TongDan DribbleLee Delamere"} |
right|thumb|Jakob Heine's bronze bust at Warm Springs
Jakob (or Jacob) Heine (April 16, 1800, Lauterbach, Black Forest, Germany - November 12, 1879, Cannstatt, Germany) was a German orthopaedist. He is most famous for his 1840 study into poliomyelitis, which was the first medical report on the disease, and the first ti... | {"Name": "Jakob Heine", "Caption": "The German physician Jakob Heine", "Birth date": "1800 4 16", "Birth place": "Lauterbach, Germany", "Death date": "1879 11 12 1800 4 16", "Death place": "Cannstatt, Germany", "Other names": "Jakob von Heine", "Known For": "Discovery of poliomyelitis", "Occupation": "Physician, orthop... |
The Rally for the Republic ( ; RPR ), was a Gaullist and conservative political party in France. Originating from the Union of Democrats for the Republic (UDR), it was founded by Jacques Chirac in 1976 and presented itself as the heir of Gaullist politics. On 21 September 2002, the RPR was merged into the Union for the... | {"President": "Michèle Alliot-Marie (last)", "Founded": "1976 12 05 y", "Preceded by": "Union of Democrats for the Republic", "Merged into": "Union for a Popular Movement", "Ideology": "GaullismCarol Diane St Louis Negotiating Change: Approaches to and the Distributional Implications of Social Welfare and Economic Refo... |
The Union for a Popular Movement (, ; UMP, ) was a centre-right political party in France belonging to the Gaullist tradition. During its existence, the UMP was one of the two major parties in French politics along with the Socialist Party (PS). The UMP was formed in 2002 as a merger of several centre-right parties und... | {"President": "Nicolas Sarkozyhttp://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2014/11/sarkozy-wins-opposition-ump-party-vote-20141129195438705858.html Sarkozy wins opposition UMP party vote Al Jazeera English 29 November 2014 29 November 2014 live https://web.archive.org/web/20141130040103/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/201... |
Liberal Democracy (, DL) was a conservative-liberal political party in France existing between 1997 and 2002. Headed by Alain Madelin, the party replaced the Republican Party, which was the classical liberal component of the Union for French Democracy (UDF).
History
After Madelin won the leadership of the Republican ... | {"Founded": "1997 06 24", "Preceded by": "Republican Party", "Merged into": "Union for a Popular Movement", "Headquarters": "Paris", "Ideology": "\"Louis2011\"/>Classical liberalism", "Political position": "Centre-right44 Asylum Seekers in Channel Tunnel Trek Patrick Bishop https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews... |
Shelby Fredrick "Sheb" Wooley (April 10, 1921 - September 16, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter and actor. He recorded a series of novelty songs including the 1958 hit rock and roll comedy single "The Purple People Eater" and under the name Ben Colder the country hit "Almost Persuaded No. 2". As an actor, he por... | {"Born": "Erick, Oklahoma, U.S.", "Died": "Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.", "Genres": "Country\n novelty\n comedy\n pop\n rock and roll\n Western swing", "Labels": "MGM"} |
Enfield is a large town in north London, England, north of Charing Cross. It had a population of 156,858 in 2018. It includes the areas of Botany Bay, Brimsdown, Bulls Cross, Bullsmoor, Bush Hill Park, Clay Hill, Crews Hill, Enfield Highway, Enfield Lock, Enfield Town, Enfield Wash, Forty Hill, Freezywater, Gordon Hil... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "OS grid reference": "TQ325965", "UK Parliament": "Edmonton", "Population": "(2018)", "Postcode district": "EN7, EN8", "London Assembly": "Enfield", "Dialling code": "02001992 (Bulls Cross, Bullsmoor, Freezywater and Enfield Lock parts)", "Post town": "WALTHAM CROSS"} |
Bonita Melody Lysette "Bonnie" Langford (born 22 July 1964) is an English actress, dancer and singer. She came to prominence as a child star in the 1970s, when she had a notable role in the TV series Just William.
In the 1980s, she played companion Mel Bush in Doctor Who. She has also been known for appearing in vario... | {"Name": "Bonnie Langford", "Caption": "Langford in 2016", "Birth name": "Bonita Melody Lysette Langford", "Birth date": "1964 7 22 y", "Alma mater": "Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts", "Education": "Arts Educational SchoolsSt. Catherine's School, Twickenham", "Occupation": "Actress\n dancer\n singer", "Years activ... |
A Thousand Leaves is the tenth studio album by American rock band Sonic Youth, released on CD and cassette on May 12, 1998, by DGC Records. A double-LP vinyl issue had been released three weeks earlier (April 21, 1998) on My So Called Records. It was the band's first album recorded at their own studio in Lower Manhatta... | {"Released": "May 12, 1998 [CD], April 21, 1998 [vinyl]", "Studio": "Echo Canyon (New York City)", "Genre": "Experimental rock\n post-rock\n psychedelia", "Label": "DGC", "Producer": "Sonic Youth\n Wharton Tiers"} |
The Union for French Democracy (, UDF) was a centre-right political party in France. The UDF was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to counterbalance the Gaullist preponderance over the political right in France. This name was chosen due to the title of Gisca... | {"Abbreviation": "UDF", "Founded": "1978 02 01 y (alliance)1998 (unified party)", "Merger of": "Democratic ForceIndependent Republican and Liberal Pole", "Succeeded by": "Union for a Popular MovementDemocratic Movement", "Headquarters": "UDF 133 bis, rue de l'Université\n75007 Paris", "Ideology": "LiberalismChristian d... |
Oscar "Zeta" Acosta Fierro (; April 8, 1935 - disappeared 1974) was a Mexican-American attorney, activist in the Chicano Movement and author. He wrote the semi-autobiographical novels Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo (1972) and The Revolt of the Cockroach People (1973), and was friends with American author Hunter S. Th... | {"Caption": "Acosta in Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, March-April 1971", "Birth name": "Oscar Acosta Fierrohttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oscar_Acosta_Birth_Certificate.jpg Birth certificate of Oscar Acosta 8 April 1935 Texas State Department of Health 2015-03-26 2015-04-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20150406021... |
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