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An ice cream cone or poke (Ireland/Scotland) is a brittle, cone-shaped pastry, usually made of a wafer similar in texture to a waffle, made so ice cream can be carried and eaten without a bowl or spoon, for example, the Hong Kong-style bubble cone. Many styles of cones are made, including pretzel cones, sugar-coated a... | {"Name of food": "Ice cream cone", "Image caption": "A wafer-style ice cream cone with a scoop of strawberry ice cream.", "Type of dish": "Pastry", "Serving temperature": "Dry and cold", "Main ingredient": "Flour, sugar", "Variations": "Waffle cone, cake cone (wafer cone), pretzel cone, sugar cone, chocolate-coated con... |
Gertrude Berg (Born Tillie Edelstein; October 3, 1899 - September 14, 1966) was an American actress, screenwriter, and producer. A pioneer of classic radio, she was one of the first women to create, write, produce, and star in a long-running hit when she premiered her serial comedy-drama The Rise of the Goldbergs (1929... | {"Name": "Gertrude Berg", "Caption": "As Molly Goldberg in 1951.", "Birth name": "Tillie Edelstein", "Birth date": "1899 10 3 yes", "Birth place": "East Harlem, New York City, U.S.", "Death date": "1966 9 14 1899 10 3 yes", "Death place": "Manhattan, New York City, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress, screenwriter", "Years a... |
Fordham University () is a private Jesuit research university in New York City. Established in 1841 and named after the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx in which its original campus is located, Fordham is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit university in the northeastern United States and the third-oldest university in New... | {"Motto": "Sapientia et Doctrina (Latin)", "Type": "Private research university", "Endowment": "$972 million (2022)As of March 7, 2022. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/research/2022-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL.ashx?la=en&hash=362DC3F9BDEB1DF0C22B05D544AD24D1C44E318D U.S. and Canad... |
Gitlow v. New York, 268 U.S. 652 (1925), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court holding that the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution had extended the First Amendment's provisions protecting freedom of speech and freedom of the press to apply to the governments of U.S. states. Alon... | {"Date argued": "April 12", "Year argued": "1923", "Date reargued": "November 23", "Year reargued": "1923", "Date decided": "June 8", "Year decided": "1925", "Full case name": "Benjamin Gitlow v. People of the State of New York", "United States Reports volume number": "268", "United States Reports page number": "652", ... |
Daniel E. Williams (born August 4, 1949) is a Canadian politician, businessman, and lawyer who served as the ninth premier of Newfoundland and Labrador between November 6, 2003, and December 3, 2010.
Williams was born and raised in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Before entering politics Williams was a highly ... | {"Name": "Danny Williams", "Image caption": "Williams in 2007", "Term start": "November 6, 2003", "Term end": "December 3, 2010", "Lieutenant governor": "Edward Moxon RobertsJohn Crosbie", "Birth date": "1949 8 4", "Birth place": "St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada", "Residence": "Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove, Newfoun... |
Dave Pegg (born 2 November 1947) is an English multi-instrumentalist and record producer, primarily a bass guitarist. He is the longest-serving member of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention and has been bassist with a number of folk and rock groups including the Ian Campbell Folk Group and Jethro Tull.
Hist... | {"Born": "Acocks Green, Birmingham, England", "Genres": "Rock British folk rock", "Labels": "Woodworm, Matty Grooves", "Member of": "Fairport Convention,", "Formerly of": "Band Of Joy Ian Campbell Folk Group Jethro Tull", "Website": "fairportconvention.com/"} |
Edwin "Eddie" Jobson (born 28 April 1955) is an English musician noted for his use of synthesizers. He has been a member of several progressive rock bands, including Curved Air, Roxy Music, U.K. and Jethro Tull. He was also part of Frank Zappa's band in 1976-77. Aside from his keyboard work Jobson has also gained accla... | {"Labels": "Capitol, EMI, Private, Globe Music", "Born": "Billingham, England", "Genres": "Progressive rock experimental rock art rock", "Member of": "UKZ", "Formerly of": "Roxy Music, U.K., Jethro Tull, Yes", "Website": "eddiejobson.com"} |
Near v. Minnesota, 283 U.S. 697 (1931), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court under which prior restraint on publication was found to violate freedom of the press as protected under the First Amendment. This principle was applied to free speech generally in subsequent jurisprudence. The Court ruled that a Min... | {"Date argued": "January 30", "Year argued": "1930", "Date decided": "June 1", "Year decided": "1931", "Full case name": "J. M. Near v. Minnesota, ex rel. Floyd B. Olson, County Attorney, Hennepin County, Minnesota", "United States Reports volume number": "283", "United States Reports page number": "697", "Parallel cit... |
Foreigner is a British-American rock band, originally formed in New York City in 1976 by guitarist Mick Jones multi-instrumentalist, and original King Crimson member, Ian McDonald, along with vocalist Lou Gramm. Jones came up with the band's name as he, McDonald and drummer Dennis Elliott were British, while Gramm, key... | {"Origin": "New York City, U.S.", "Genres": "Hard rock arena rockhttps://books.google.com/books?id=NNVDBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA164 Rock'n America: A Social and Cultural History Weinstein Deena 2015 University of Toronto Press 9781442600157 164 February 20, 2019 May 4, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200504233216/https://books... |
Herbert George Gardner (December 28, 1934 - September 25, 2003), was an American commercial artist, cartoonist, playwright and screenwriter.
Early life
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Gardner was the son of a bar owner.Herb Gardner profile, FilmReference.com; accessed June 13, 2017. His late brother, Robert Allen Gardner,... | {"Name": "Herb Gardner", "Birth name": "Herbert George Gardner", "Birth date": "1934 12 28", "Birth place": "New York City, US", "Death date": "2003 9 25 1934 12 28", "Death place": "New York City, US", "Spouse(s)": "Rita Gardner (divorced) Barbara C. Sproul (?-2003; his death)", "Children": "2"} |
Charles Richard "Chuck" Strahl (born February 25, 1957) is a Canadian businessman and politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1993 to 2011. First elected for the Reform Party, he was the leader of the Democratic Representative Caucus that left the Canadian Alliance in opposition to Stockwell Day's leadership. W... | {"Name": "Chuck Strahl", "Image caption": "Strahl in 2014", "Office 2": "Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development", "Prime minister 2": "Stephen Harper", "Predecessor 2": "Jim Prentice", "Successor 2": "John Duncan", "Birth name": "Charles Strahl", "Birth date": "1957 2 25", "Birth place": "New Westminst... |
Shihad are a rock band formed in Wellington, New Zealand in 1988. The band consists of founders Tom Larkin (drums, backing vocals, samplers), Phil Knight (lead guitar, synthesiser, backing vocals) and Jon Toogood (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), who were joined by Karl Kippenberger (bass guitar, backing vocals) in 1991. T... | {"Origin": "Wellington, New Zealand", "Genres": "Alternative metal alternative rock hard rock industrial metal (early) industrial rock (early) thrash metal (early)", "Labels": "Pagan Wildside Noise Festival Polydor Warner Roadrunner", "Website": "shihad.com/", "Members": "Tom Larkin\n Jon Toogood\n Phil Knight\n Karl K... |
The Cable Public Affairs Channel, better known by its acronym CPAC ( ), is a Canadian specialty channel owned by a consortium consisting of Rogers Communications, Vidéotron, Cogeco, Eastlink, and Access Communications. The channel is devoted to coverage of public and government affairs, including carrying a full, unint... | {"Launched": "1992 10", "Owner": "Rogers Communications (66.75%)Vidéotron (21.81%)Cogeco (6.73%)Eastlink (3.77%)Access Communications (0.92%)Vecima Networks (0.02%)", "Picture format": "1080i HDTV(downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)", "Country": "Canada", "Language(s)": "English, French", "Broadcast area"... |
Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, commonly known as Muḥammad al-Baqir (), Abū Jaʿfar, or simply al-Bāqir () (c. 676 c. 732) was the fifth Imam in Shia Islam, succeeding his father, Zayn al-Abidin, and succeeded by his son, Ja'far al-Sadiq. His mother, Fatima Umm Abd Allah, was the daughter of Hasa... | {"Born": "Medina, Hejaz, Umayyad Empire (present-day KSA)", "Died": "Medina, Umayyad Empire (present-day KSA)", "Cause of death": "PoisoningPoisoned by Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik according to most Shia scholars", "Religion": "Islam", "Children": "font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left; \"qurashi3\">al... |
Jerome Silberman (June 11, 1933 - August 29, 2016), known professionally as Gene Wilder, was an American actor, comedian, writer and filmmaker. He was known mainly for his comedic roles, but also for his portrayal of Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). He collaborated with Mel Brooks on the films... | {"Image": "Gene Wilder 1970.JPG", "Alt": "A black-and-white photo of Wilder smiling", "Caption": "Wilder in 1970", "Birth name": "Jerome Silberman", "Birth date": "1933 6 11", "Birth place": "Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.", "Death date": "yes 2016 8 29 1933 6 11", "Death place": "Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.", "Alma mater"... |
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thumb|Leatherman T... | {"Type": "Private", "Industry": "Manufacturing", "Founded": "1983 07http://www.leatherman.com/media.html Leatherman Media Leatherman Tool Group 2015-05-05", "Headquarters": "United States", "Products": "Multi-toolsFolding knives", "Website": "http://leatherman.com"} |
Allo 'Allo! is a British sitcom television series, created by David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd, starring Gorden Kaye, Carmen Silvera, Guy Siner and Richard Gibson. Originally broadcast on BBC1, the series focuses on the life of a French café owner in the town of Nouvion, during the German occupation of France in the Second... | {"Genre": "Sitcom", "Created by": "Jeremy Lloyd\n David Croft", "Written by": "Jeremy Lloyd\n David Croft (1982-1989)\n Paul Adam (1991-1992)", "Directed by": "David Croft\n Robin Carr\n Martin Dennis\n Susan Belbin\n Richard Boden\n Mike Stephens\n Sue Longstaff\n John B. Hobbs", "Starring": "Gorden Kaye\n Carmen Silv... |
Ali ibn Musa al-Rida (, 1 January 766 - 6 June 818), also transliterated al-Reza, also known as Abū al-Ḥasan al-Thānī, was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the eighth imam in Twelver Shia Islam, succeeding his father, Musa al-Kazim. He is also part of the chain of mystical authority in Sunni Sufi ord... | {"Born": "Medina, Hejaz, Abbasid Caliphate", "Died": "Tus, Persia, Abbasid Caliphate", "Cause of death": "Poisoning by Al-Ma'mun (Shia, some Western sources)", "Title": "Al-RidaMadelung 1985(the approved one)", "Religion": "Shia islam", "Children": "Muhammad al-Jawad\n Hasan\n Husayn\n Ja'far\n Ibrahim\n A'ishaFaḍl Al... |
Muhammad ibn Ali al-Jawad (, - 29 November 835) was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the ninth of the Twelve Imams, succeeding his father, Ali al-Rida (). He is known by the epithets al-Jawād () and al-Taqī (). Like most of his predecessors, Muhammad kept aloof from politics and engaged in religious te... | {"Born": "Medina, Abbasid Caliphate", "Died": "Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate", "Cause of death": "Poisoning by al-Mu'tasim (most Shia sources)", "Title": "See list al-Taqi (the pious) al-Jawad (the generous)", "Religion": "Shia Islam", "Children": "Ali al-Hadi\nMusa al-Mubarqa'\nHakima"} |
Pacific Palisades is a neighborhood in the Westside region of Los Angeles, California, situated about west of Downtown Los Angeles.
Pacific Palisades was formally founded in 1921 by a Methodist organization, and in the years that followed became a refuge for Jewish artists and intellectuals fleeing the Holocaust. The... | {"Type": "Neighborhood of Los Angeles", "Land": "22.84", "Water": "1.47", "Density": "1,185", "DST": "-7", "Rank": "0", "Website": "Community CouncilChamber of Commerce"} |
ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Hādī (; 828 - 868 CE) was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the tenth Imam in Twelver Shia, succeeding his father, Muhammad al-Jawad (). Born in Medina in 828, Ali is known with the titles al-Hādī () and al-Naqī (). After the death of his father in 835, most followers of al-Jawad rea... | {"Born": "Medina, Abbasid Empire", "Died": "Samarra, Abbasid Empire", "Cause of death": "Poisoned by the Abbasids (most Shia sources)", "Title": "al-Hadi (the guide)\n an-Naqi (the distinguished)", "Religion": "Shia Islam", "Children": "Hasan al-Askari\n Muhammad\n Ja'far"} |
Faces of Death (later re-released as The Original Faces of Death) is a 1978 American mondo horror film written & directed by John Alan Schwartz, credited under the pseudonyms "Conan Le Cilaire" & "Alan Black" respectively.
The film, shown in a documentary-like style, centers on pathologist Francis B. Gröss, played by ... | {"Directed by": "John Alan Schwartz", "Produced by": "William B. James\n Herbie Lee\n Rosilyn T. Scott", "Written by": "John Alan Schwartz", "Starring": "Michael Carr", "Music by": "Gene Kauer Sloter", "Cinematography": "Michael Golden", "Edited by": "James Roy", "Distributed by": "Aquarius Releasing", "Budget": "$450,... |
Hasan ibn Ali ibn Muhammad (; ), better known as Hasan al-Askari (), was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He is regarded as the eleventh of the Twelve Imams, succeeding his father, Ali al-Hadi. Hasan Al-Askari was born in Medina in 844 and brought with his father to the garrison town of Samarra in 848, whe... | {"Born": "Medina, Abbasid Empire", "Died": "Samarra, Abbasid Empire", "Cause of death": "PoisonedPoisoned by the Abbasid official as per Twelver Shia sources", "Children": "Muhammad al-Mahdi \nSayyid Ali Akbar al-Askari (disputed) (Naqshbandi Belief; Shia reject his existence)"} |
Edward Nicolae Luttwak (born 4 November 1942) is an American author known for his works on grand strategy, military strategy, geoeconomics, military history, and international relations. He is best known for being the author of Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook. His book Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace, also publi... | {"Name": "Edward N. Luttwak", "Birth date": "1942 11 04 y", "Birth place": "Arad, Romania", "Alma mater": "London School of Economics and Political ScienceJohns Hopkins University", "Known For": "Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook (1968)Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace (1987) The Rise of China vs. the Logic of Strat... |
The is a train service operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) on the Kyushu Shinkansen in Japan since 2004.
The word in Japanese means "swallow", and has been used on a succession of limited express trains on the Tokaido and Sanyo Main Line in Japan since 1930.
History
Pre-war
The Tsubame name (originally ... | {"Service type": "Shinkansen", "Locale": "Kyushu Shinkansen", "First service": "1 October 1930 (Limited express)13 March 2004 (Shinkansen)", "Termini": "Kumamoto\nor Kagoshima-Chūō", "Class(es)": "Ordinary class + Green class", "Catering facilities": "Trolley refreshment service", "Electrification": "25 kV AC, 60 Hz", ... |
Prairie Public is a network of ten North Dakota radio stations. It is a service of Prairie Public Broadcasting, in association with North Dakota State University in Fargo.
Prairie Public maintains active studios in Grand Forks, Fargo, and Bismarck. It provides National Public Radio (NPR) news and programming, local an... | {"Name": "Prairie Public", "Type": "Public radio network", "Headquarters": "Fargo, North Dakota", "Country": "United States", "Availability": "North Dakota, northwestern Minnesota, eastern Montana", "Key people": "Bill Thomas, Director of Radiohttps://www.prairiepublic.org/about/executive-staff-and-board/ About Prair... |
is awarded to people from all parts of the world whose "original and outstanding achievements in science and technology are recognized as having advanced the frontiers of knowledge and served the cause of peace and prosperity for mankind." The Prize is presented by the Japan Prize Foundation. Since its inception in 198... | {"Awarded for": "original and outstanding achievements in science and technology that are recognized as having advanced the frontiers of knowledge and having served the cause of peace and prosperity for mankind", "Presented by": "The Japan Prize Foundation", "First awarded": "1985", "Website": "www.japanprize.jp"} |
The Wheatland Music Festival is a music and arts festival organized by the Wheatland Music Organization, a non-profit organization specializing in the preservation and presentation of traditional arts and music. Community outreach services include programming for Senior facilities and schools across mid-Michigan, year-... | {"Previous event": "2019", "Next event": "2022", "Frequency": "Annual", "Location(s)": "Remus, Michigan, United States", "Genre": "Traditional arts and music", "Website": "Wheatlandmusic.org"} |
Give 'Em Enough Rope is the second studio album by the English punk rock band the Clash, released on 10 November 1978 through CBS Records. It was their first album released in the United States, preceding the US version of the self-titled studio album. The album was well received by critics and fans, peaking at number ... | {"Released": "1978 11 10 y", "Recorded": "March-April 1978\n August-September 1978", "Studio": "Basing Street (London)\n The Automatt (San Francisco)", "Genre": "Punk rock", "Label": "CBS\n Epic", "Producer": "Sandy Pearlman"} |
Midway Games Inc., known previously as Midway Manufacturing and Bally Midway, and commonly known as simply Midway, was an American video game developer and publisher. Midway's franchises included Mortal Kombat, Rampage, Spy Hunter, NBA Jam, Cruis'n, and NFL Blitz. Midway also acquired the rights to video games that we... | {"Formerly": "Midway Manufacturing (1958-1982, 1988-1996)Bally Midway (1982-1988)", "Type": "Public", "Fate": "Bankruptcy, majority of assets acquired by Warner Bros. Interactive", "Founded": "1958", "Defunct": "2010 6 9", "Headquarters": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Industry": "Video game industry\n Consumer electro... |
Tariq Abdul-Wahad (born Olivier Michael Saint-Jean; November 3, 1974) is a French basketball coach and former player. As Olivier Saint-Jean, he played college basketball at Michigan and San Jose State. In 1997, the Sacramento Kings selected Saint-Jean in the first round of the NBA draft as the 11th overall pick, and Sa... | {"Born": "Maisons-Alfort, Val-de-Marne, France", "Listed height": "6", "Listed weight": "223", "High school": "Aristide Briand (Évreux, France)", "College": "Michigan (1993-1994)San Jose State (1995-1997)"} |
Julius Shareef Abdur-Rahim (born December 11, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player who is the president of the NBA G League. Nicknamed Reef, he previously served as the director of player personnel for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the general manager of the... | {"Born": "Marietta, Georgia, U.S.", "Listed height": "9", "Listed weight": "225", "High school": "Joseph Wheeler (Marietta, Georgia)", "College": "California (1995-1996)"} |
Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 - August 28, 1955) was an African American boy who was abducted, tortured, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 at the age of 14, after being accused of offending a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, in her family's grocery store. The brutality of his murder and the acquittal of his killers dre... | {"Name": "Emmett Till", "Caption": "Till in a photograph taken by his mother on Christmas Day, 1954", "Birth name": "Emmett Louis Till", "Birth date": "1941 7 25", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Death date": "1955 8 28 1941 7 25", "Death place": "Drew, Mississippi, U.S.Thompson Wright July 22, 2021 His n... |
Sir Walter Nash (12 February 1882 - 4 June 1968) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 27th prime minister of New Zealand in the Second Labour Government from 1957 to 1960. He is noted for his long period of political service, having been associated with the New Zealand Labour Party since its creation.
Nash ... | {"Name": "Walter Nash", "Image caption": "Portrait, 1940s", "Term start": "12 December 1957", "Term end": "12 December 1960", "Office 2": "5th Leader of the Labour Party", "Deputy 2": "Jerry Skinner Fred Hackett", "Predecessor 2": "Peter Fraser", "Successor 2": "Arnold Nordmeyer", "Birth date": "yes 1882 2 12", "Birth ... |
Franklin is an animated preschool educational children's television series, based on the Franklin the Turtle books by Brenda Clark and Paulette Bourgeois, and produced by Nelvana. It was followed up by a CGI adaptation, Franklin and Friends.
The animated series has also produced several television films: Franklin and ... | {"Directed by": "John van Bruggen Chad Hicks Andrew Tan", "Voices of": "Noah Reid\n Cole Caplan\n Cameron Ansell\n Bryn McAuley\n Elizabeth Saunders (as Elizabeth Brown)\n Richard Newman", "Opening theme": "\"Hey, It's Franklin\" performed by Bruce Cockburn", "Country of origin": "Canada France United States (excluding... |
Raritan Bay is a bay located at the southern portion of Lower New York Bay between the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey and is part of the New York Bight. The bay is bounded on the northwest by New York's Staten Island, on the west by Perth Amboy, New Jersey, on the south by the Raritan Bayshore communities in th... | {"Coordinates": "40 29 00 N 74 10 59 W region:NJ_type:waterbody inline,title", "Part of": "New York Bight", "Primary inflows": "Raritan River\n Shrewsbury River\n Navesink River", "Ocean/sea sources": "Atlantic Ocean", "Basin": "United States", "Max. length": "9 mi", "Max. width": "12 mi", "Average depth": "11 - 30 ft"... |
Cristina Sánchez de Pablos (born 20 February 1972) is a Spanish bullfighter who gained prominence during the 1990s for being one of the first female bullfighters. She is the first woman to complete her alternativa in Europe.
Career
Cristina Sánchez de Pablos was born on 20 February 1972 in Madrid, Spain. She was a pro... | {"Name": "Cristina Sánchez de Pablos", "Caption": "Cristina Sánchez in the arena", "Birth date": "1972 2 20 y", "Birth place": "Madrid, Spain", "Occupation": "Professional bullfighter"} |
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (born Chris Wayne Jackson; March 9, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for nine years with the Denver Nuggets, Sacramento Kings and Vancouver Grizzlies.
Abdul-Rauf played college basketball for the LSU Tigers from 1988 t... | {"Born": "Gulfport, Mississippi, U.S.", "Listed height": "1", "Listed weight": "162", "High school": "Gulfport (Gulfport, Mississippi)", "College": "LSU (1988-1990)"} |
Busby Berkeley (born Berkeley William Enos; November 29, 1895 - March 14, 1976)Palm Springs Cemetery District, "Interments of Interest" was an American film director and musical choreographer. Berkeley devised elaborate musical production numbers that often involved complex geometric patterns. Berkeley's works used lar... | {"Name": "Busby Berkeley", "Caption": "Busby Berkeley 1935", "Birth name": "Berkeley William Enos", "Birth date": "1895 11 29", "Birth place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Death date": "1976 03 14 1895 11 29", "Death place": "Palm Desert, California, U.S.", "Resting place": "Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, ... |
Marc Andrew "Pete" Mitscher (January 26, 1887 - February 3, 1947) was a pioneer in naval aviation who became an admiral in the United States Navy, and served as commander of the Fast Carrier Task Force in the Pacific during the latter half of World War II.
Early life and career
Mitscher was born in Hillsboro, Wisconsi... | {"Born": "Hillsboro, Wisconsin U.S", "Died": "Norfolk, Virginia U.S", "Nickname(s)": "\"Pete\"", "Allegiance": "United States 1912", "Commands held": "Wright AV-1 6 Hornet CV-8 6 Commander Air, Solomon Islands Fast Carrier Task Force Eighth Fleet Atlantic Fleet", "Awards": "35 px Navy Cross (3)\n 35 px Navy Dist... |
John Hathorne (August 1641 – May 10, 1717) was a merchant and magistrate of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Salem, Massachusetts. He is best known for his early and vocal role as one of the leading judges in the Salem witch trials.
Hathorne was absent from the list of men appointed to the Court of Oyer & Terminer in ... | {"Name": "John Hathorne", "Birth date": "Baptized August 2, 1641", "Birth place": "Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony", "Death date": "1717 5 10 1641 08 02", "Death place": "Salem, Massachusetts", "Term start": "May 1692", "Term end": "June 1692", "Office 2": "Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court of Judic... |
Abūʾl-Faḍl Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn Bayhaqī (; died September 21, 1077), better known as Abu'l-Faḍl Bayhaqi (; also spelled Beyhaqi), was a secretary, historian and author.
Educated in the major cultural center of Nishapur, and employed at the court of the famous Ghaznavid Sultan Mahmud, Bayhaqi was a highly cultured man, ... | {"Honorific prefix": "Khwaja", "Name": "Abu'l-Fazl Muhammad ibn Husayn Bayhaqi", "Native name": "ابوالفضل بیهقی", "Native name language": "fa", "Caption": "Statue of Bayhaqi in Sabzevar, Iran", "Birth date": "995", "Birth place": "Harethabad, Bayhaq, Khorasan, Samanid Emirate", "Death date": "September 21, 1077 (aged a... |
This is a list of heads of state of Mali since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day.
A total of seven people have served as head of state of Mali (excluding three acting presidents). Additionally, two people, Amadou Toumani Touré and Assimi Goïta, have served on two non-consecutive oc... | {"Post": "President", "Body": "theRepublic of Mali", "Native name": "Président de la République du Mali", "Insignia size": "125px", "Insignia caption": "Emblem of Mali", "Image size": "165px", "Incumbent": "Assimi GoïtaInterim", "Incumbent since": "24 May 2021", "Type": "Head of stateHead of government", "Residence": "... |
Calvin Richard Klein (born November 19, 1942) is an American fashion designer who launched the company that would later become Calvin Klein Inc., in 1968. In addition to clothing, he also has given his name to a range of perfumes, watches, and jewellery.
Early years
Klein was born on November 19, 1942, to a Jewish f... | {"Name": "Calvin Klein", "Image": "Calvin Klein 2011 Shankbone.JPG", "Caption": "Klein in 2011", "Birth name": "Calvin Richard Klein", "Birth date": "1942 11 19", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Occupation": "Fashion designer", "Education": "Fashion Institute of Technology", "Notable works": "Calvin Klein Inc.",... |
thumb|243px|Arms of Sir Richard Fitzalan, 4th Earl of Arundel, KG
Thomas Fitzalan, 5th Earl of Arundel, 10th Earl of Surrey KG (13 October 138113 October 1415) was an English nobleman, one of the principals of the deposition of Richard II, and a major figure during the reign of Henry IV.
Lineage
He was the only surviv... | {"Birth date": "13 October 1381", "Death date": "1415 10 13 1381 10 13 yes", "Father": "Richard Fitzalan", "Mother": "Elizabeth de Bohun"} |
This is a list of heads of state of Mauritania since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day.
A total of nine people have served as head of state of Mauritania (not counting one Acting President). Additionally, one person, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has served on two non-consecutive occasi... | {"Post": "President", "Body": "theIslamic Republic of Mauritania", "Native name": "رئيس الجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانيةPrésident de la République Islamique de la Mauritanie", "Insignia caption": "Seal of Mauritania", "Flag caption": "Presidential standard", "Image size": "150px", "Incumbent": "Mohamed Ould Ghazouani", ... |
After Life, known in Japan as , is a 1998 Japanese film edited, written, and directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda starring Arata, Erika Oda and Susumu Terajima. Premiered on 11 September 1998 at the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival and distributed in over 30 countries, the film brought international recognition to Kor... | {"Directed by": "Hirokazu Kore-eda", "Produced by": "Masayuki AkiedaShiho Sato", "Written by": "Hirokazu Kore-eda", "Starring": "ArataErika OdaSusumu TerajimaSayaka YoshinoTakashi NaitoKei Tani", "Music by": "Yasuhiro Kasamatsu", "Cinematography": "Yutaka Yamazaki", "Edited by": "Hirokazu Kore-eda", "Distributed by": "... |
Jeong Mong-ju (Korean: 정몽주, Hanja: 鄭夢周, January 13, 1338 - April 26, 1392In lunar calendar, Jeong was born on 22 December 1337 and died on 4 April 1392), also known by his pen name Poeun (Korean: 포은),was a Korean calligrapher, diplomat, philosopher, poet, and revolutionary. He was a major figure during the transition ... | {"Hangul name": "정몽주", "Hanja": "鄭夢周", "Revised Romanization": "Jeong Mong-ju", "McCune-Reischauer": "Chŏng Mong-ju", "Hangul ho": "포은", "Hanja ho": "圃隱", "RR ho": "Poeun", "MR ho": "P'oŭn"} |
The Concordia Theological Seminary is a Lutheran seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It offers professional, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees affiliated with training clergy and deaconesses for the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS).
History
Formation in Fort Wayne
In 1844, Frederick C. D. Wyneken, pastor of ... | {"Type": "Seminary", "President": "Rev. Dr. Lawrence R. Rast, Jr.Dr. Lawrence Rast to be Installed as Concordia Theological Seminary President http://www.ctsfw.edu/page.aspx?pid=950 Concordia Theological Seminary April 20, 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160531070349/http://www.ctsfw.edu/page.aspx?pid=950 May 3... |
Turkey Run State Park, Indiana's second state park, is in Parke County in the west-central part of the state along State Road 47, east of U.S. 41.
The first parcel of land was purchased for $40,200 in 1916, when Indiana's state park system was established during the state's centennial anniversary of its statehood. No... | {"Coordinates": "39 53.1 N 87 12.2 W dms inline,title", "Type": "State park", "Location": "Parke County, Indiana, USA", "Area": "2382 acre", "Visitors": "2018 / 2019 Estimated Fiscal Year Visits for Indiana State Parks ~ Alphabetical Indiana Department of Natural Resources https://www.in.gov/dnr/state-parks/files/s... |
Choe Yeong (Korean: 최영; 1316-1388), also romanized as Choi Young, was a Korean general born in HongseongIntroduction hongseong > Great Names > Choi Young, hongseong.go.kr or CheorwonKBS World, "Choe Yeong, the Victorious General of Goryeo Dynasty" , Koreans in History, 2011-02-04. during the Goryeo period. He became a ... | {"Born": "Cheorwon, Goryeo", "Died": "Kaesong, Goryeo", "Allegiance": "Goryeo", "Spouse(s)": "Lady, of the Munhwa Ryu clan", "Children": "Choe Dam (son)Royal Consort YeongLady Choe", "Relations": "Choe Won-jik (father)Lady, of the Bongsan Ji clan (mother)"} |
Giuseppe Tornatore (born 27 May 1956) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the directors who brought critical acclaim back to Italian cinema.Katz, Ephraim, "Italy," The Film Encyclopedia (New York: HarperResource, 2001), pp. 682-685. In a career spanning over 30 years he is best known f... | {"Name": "Giuseppe Tornatore", "Birth date": "1956 5 27 yes", "Birth place": "Bagheria, Sicily, Italy", "Occupation": "Film director, screenwriter", "Years active": "1985-present", "Awards": "Academy Award"} |
Ahmed Wali Karzai (, , 1961 - 12 July 2011) was a politician in Afghanistan who served as Chairman of the Kandahar Provincial Council from 2005 until his death. He was the younger paternal half-brother of former Afghan President Hamid Karzai and an elder of the Popalzai tribe. Wali Karzai formerly lived in the United S... | {"Name": "Ahmed Wali Karzaips احمد ولي کرزی", "Caption": "Karzai in June 2010", "Birth date": "1961", "Birth place": "Karz, Kandahar Province, Kingdom of Afghanistan", "Death date": "2011 7 12 yes (aged 50)", "Death place": "Kandahar, Afghanistan", "Known For": "Politics, running a restaurant", "Occupation": "Politicia... |
Days of Being Wild is a 1990 Hong Kong drama film written and directed by Wong Kar-Wai. Starring some of the best-known actors and actresses in Hong Kong, including Leslie Cheung, Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Carina Lau, Jacky Cheung and Tony Leung, the film marks the first collaboration between Wong and cinematographer Ch... | {"Directed by": "Wong Kar-Wai", "Produced by": "Alan Tang", "Written by": "Wong Kar-Wai", "Starring": "Leslie Cheung\n Andy Lau\n Maggie Cheung\n Carina Lau\n Jacky Cheung\n Tony Leung", "Music by": "Terry Chan\n Leuribna-Lombardo Oflyne", "Cinematography": "Christopher Doyle", "Edited by": "Kai Kit-Wai\n Patrick Tam",... |
George Habash (), also known by his laqab "al-Hakim" (; 1 August 1926 - 26 January 2008), was a Palestinian Christian politician and physician who founded the Marxist-Leninist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Habash served as General Secretary of the PFLP until 2000, when ill health forced him to r... | {"Name": "George Habashar جورج حبش", "Other political party": "Arab Nationalist Movement (1951-1967)", "Birth date": "1926 8 1 yhttps://hadfnews.ps/post/122734/%D8%B0%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%89-%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%B6%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7... |
Grizedale College is a college of the University of Lancaster in Lancashire, England. The college is named after the Grizedale Forest area of Lancashire North of the Sands. When it was built it was situated at the southern extremity of the Bailrigg campus. The development of the south west campus has meant that college... | {"Motto": "Never Forget", "Established": "1975", "Principal": "Dr Karen Wright", "Undergraduates": "1124"} |
Nicole Brown Simpson (née Brown; May 19, 1959 - June 12, 1994) was the ex-wife of the former professional American football player, O. J. Simpson, to whom she was married from 1985 to 1992. She was the mother of their two children, Sydney and Justin.
Two years after her divorce from Simpson, Brown was stabbed to deat... | {"Name": "Nicole Brown Simpson", "Caption": "Brown Simpson in 1993", "Birth name": "Nicole Brown", "Birth date": "1959 5 19", "Birth place": "Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany", "Death date": "1994 6 12 1959 5 19", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, US", "Death cause": "Homicide by stabbing and slashingTurvey, Brent E. (... |
Ronald Lyle Goldman (July 2, 1968 - June 12, 1994) was an American restaurant waiter and a friend of Nicole Brown Simpson, the ex-wife of the American football player O. J. Simpson. He was murdered, along with Brown, at her home in Los Angeles, California, on June 12, 1994. Simpson was acquitted of their killings in 19... | {"Name": "Ron Goldman", "Caption": "Goldman in 1991", "Birth date": "1968 7 2", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Death date": "1994 6 12 1968 7 2", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Death cause": "HomicideTurvey, Brent E. (February 1995). \"An Overview of the Medicolegal Evidence Regarding: The... |
Eulji Mundeok (을지문덕) (Ulchi Mundok) was a military leader of early 7th century Goguryeo, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, who successfully defended Goguryeo against Sui China. He is often numbered among the greatest heroes in the military history of Korea.
Background
Eulji Mundeok was born in the mid-6th century ... | {"Title": "Eulji Mundeok을 지 문 덕乙 支 文 德", "Hangul name": "을 지 문 덕", "Hanja": "乙 支 文 德", "Revised Romanization": "Eulji Mundeok", "McCune-Reischauer": "Ŭlchi Mundŏk"} |
Air Algérie Flight 6289 (AH6289) was an Algerian domestic passenger flight from Tamanrasset to the nation's capital of Algiers with a stopover in Ghardaïa, operated by Algerian national airliner Air Algérie. On 6 March 2003, the aircraft operating the flight, a Boeing 737-2T4, crashed near the Trans-Sahara Highway shor... | {"Date": "2003 03 06 y", "Site": "22 47 N 5 31 E type:event inline,title", "Operator": "Air Algérie", "IATA flight No.": "AH6289", "ICAO flight No.": "DAH6289", "Call sign": "AIR ALGERIE 6289", "Registration": "7T-VEZ", "Flight origin": "Aguenar - Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport, Tamanrasset, Algeria", "Stopover": "Noumérat -... |
The 2nd Rifle Division was a rifle division of the Red Army that served from the Russian Civil War to the Second World War. Originally formed in 1919 from the 1st Ryazansk Rifle Division, the division was twice destroyed and reformed during the war. The division contained two or three rifle regiments.
Russian Civil... | {"Branch": "Red Army", "Type": "Infantry", "Size": "Division", "Decorations": "Honorary Revolutionary Red Banner (1st formation)\n (3rd formation)", "Notablecommanders": "Aleksandr Loktionov\nIvan Konev\nVladimir Vashkevich"} |
Lewis Fry Richardson, FRS (11 October 1881 - 30 September 1953) was an English mathematician, physicist, meteorologist, psychologist, and pacifist who pioneered modern mathematical techniques of weather forecasting, and the application of similar techniques to studying the causes of wars and how to prevent them. He is ... | {"Fields": "mathematician physicist meteorologist psychologist", "Institutions": "National Physical Laboratory National Peat Industries University College Aberystwyth Meteorological Office Paisley Technical College", "Influences": "Karl Pearson G. F. C. SearleJ. J. Thomson", "Influenced": "Benoit Mandelbrot"} |
Air Algérie SpA (, ) is the flag carrier of Algeria, with its head office in the Immeuble El-Djazair in Algiers."Our Branches ." Air Algérie. Retrieved on 10 February 2011. English: "HeadQuarters Address AIR ALGÉRIE 1, PLACE MAURICE AUDIN ALGER- ALGÉRIE" French: "Direction Générale SIÉGE social AIR ALGÉRIE 1, PLACE MAU... | {"Airline name": "Air Algérie", "Image size (px)": "250px", "Subsidiaries": "border:none; padding:0;\n Subsidiaries List\n Air Algérie Cargo\n Air Algérie Catering\n Air Algérie Technics\n Air Algérie Handling\n Tour Operator", "Current Fleet Size": "56", "Number of Destinations": "75", "IATA Designator": "AHIATA - Air... |
The March 1st Movement, also known as the Sam-il (3-1) Movement (), was a significant protest movement in early 1919 by Korean people that called for independence from Imperial Japan and a stop to the forced assimilation into Japanese culture. It is also sometimes referred to as the Man-se Demonstrations (). It is reme... | {"Type": "national", "Official name": "March 1st MovementSamil Movement", "Also called": "Manse Demonstrations", "Next time": "March 1, 1919", "Significance": "Marks one of the first public displays of Korean resistance during the Japanese occupation of Korea", "Observances": "March 1, National holiday in South Korea s... |
Son Byong-hi (8 April 1861 - 19 May 1922) was a Korean religious leader and independence activist. He was born in Cheongju, in Chungcheong province. He became the third leader of Donghak (Eastern learning), an indigenous religious movement founded from 1860 to 1864. His honorary religions name was Uiam and he is referr... | {"Hangul name": "손병희", "Hanja": "孫秉熙", "Revised Romanization": "Son Byeong-hui", "McCune-Reischauer": "Son Pyŏng-hŭi", "Other name 1 heading": "Religious name", "Hangul other name 1": "의암", "Hanja other name 1": "義菴", "RR other name 1": "Uiam", "MR other name 1": "Ŭiam"} |
Donghak (formerly spelled Tonghak; ) was an academic movement in Korean Neo-Confucianism founded in 1860 by Choe Je-u. The Donghak movement arose as a reaction to seohak (), and called for a return to the "Way of Heaven". While Donghak originated as a reform movement and revival of Confucian teachings, it gradually ev... | {"Hangul name": "동학", "Hanja": "東學", "Revised Romanization": "Donghak", "McCune-Reischauer": "Tonghak"} |
Boulia () is an outback town and locality in the Shire of Boulia, Queensland, Australia. In the , Boulia had a population of 301 people.
Boulia is the administrative centre of the Boulia Shire, population approximately 600, which covers an area of .
The area is best known for sightings of the Min Min lights, mysterio... | {"Type": "town", "Name": "Boulia", "State Abbreviation": "qld", "Caption": "Entry into Boulia", "Local Government Area (LGA)": "Boulia", "Postcode": "4829", "Established": "1879", "Elevation": "161.8", "Coordinates": "-22.9097 139.9066 type:city_region:AU-QLD inline,title", "Population": "301", "Population Year": "2016... |
Werner Koch (born July 11, 1961) is a German free software developer. He is best known as the principal author of the GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG or GPG). He was also Head of Office and German Vice-Chancellor of the Free Software Foundation Europe. He is the winner of Award for the Advancement of Free Software in 2015 fo... | {"Name": "Werner Koch", "Caption": "Koch in 2015", "Birth date": "1961 07 11", "Birth place": "Düsseldorf, Germany", "Known For": "GNU Privacy Guard", "Occupation": "Software developer", "Website": "http://werner.eifelkommune.de/"} |
Burney Falls is a waterfall on Burney Creek, within McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park, in Shasta County, California.
The water comes from underground springs above and at the falls, which are 129 feet high, and provides an almost constant flow rate of 379 million litres per day, even during the dry summer mont... | {"Coordinates": "257711 Burney Falls 2013-01-04", "Location": "Shasta County, California, US", "Type": "Cataract", "Total height": "114 fthttps://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/index.php/waterfall/Burney-Falls-6557/ Burney Falls World Waterfall Database 2013-01-04", "Number of drops": "1", "Total width": "250 ft",... |
The Ford Eifel is a car manufactured by Ford Germany between 1935 and 1940. It initially complemented, and then replaced, the Ford Köln. It was itself replaced by the Ford Taunus.
Between 1937 and 1939, it was also assembled in Hungary and Denmark. The Eifel was derived from the Ford Model C (Europe) 1934 platform,... | {"Also called": "Ford 5/34 (reflecting tax horsepower / actual horsepower)", "Manufacturer": "Ford-Werke GmbH", "Production": "July 1935 - 194062,495 cars", "Assembly": "Niehl, Cologne", "Predecessor": "Ford Köln", "Successor": "Ford Taunus", "Class": "Small family car (C)", "Body style": "saloon/sedan, cabrio-limousin... |
Ronald Steven Suskind (born November 20, 1959) is an American journalist, author, and filmmaker. He was the senior national affairs writer for The Wall Street Journal from 1993 to 2000, where he won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for articles that became the starting point for his first book, A Hope in the... | {"Name": "Ron Suskind", "Caption": "Suskind in 2012 in Washington, D.C.", "Birth name": "Ronald Steven Suskind", "Birth date": "November 20, 1959", "Birth place": "Kingston, New York", "Alma mater": "University of VirginiaColumbia University", "Occupation": "Journalist, author", "Spouse(s)": "Cornelia Anne Kennedy (m. ... |
Vincent Browne (born 17 July 1944) is an Irish print and broadcast journalist. He is a columnist with The Irish Times and The Sunday Business Post and a non-practising barrister. From 1996 until 2007, he presented a nightly talk-show on RTÉ Radio, Tonight with Vincent Browne, which focused on politics, the proceedings ... | {"Name": "Vincent Browne", "Caption": "Browne in 2011", "Birth date": "1944 07 17 y", "Birth place": "Broadford, Limerick, Ireland", "Known For": "Presenting TV3's Tonight with Vincent Browne", "Education": "Castleknock College", "Alma mater": "University College Dublin (UCD)", "Employer": "The Irish Times, The Sunday ... |
James Adam Belushi (; born June 15, 1954) is an American actor. He is best known for the role of Jim on the sitcom According to Jim (2001-2009). His other television roles include Saturday Night Live (1983-1985) and Twin Peaks (2017).
Belushi appeared in films such as Thief (1981), Salvador (1986), About Last Night (1... | {"Name": "Jim Belushi", "Caption": "Belushi in 2015", "Birth name": "James Adam Belushi", "Birth date": "1954 6 15", "Birth place": "Wheaton, Illinois, U.S.", "Citizenship": "United States Albania", "Education": "College of DuPage (attended)Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (BA)", "Occupation": "Actor comedian m... |
is a 2003 tactical role-playing game developed and published by Square (now Square Enix) for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. A spin-off of the Final Fantasy series, the game shares several traits with 1997's Final Fantasy Tactics, although it is not a direct sequel. The player assembles a clan of characters, and control... | {"Title": "Final Fantasy Tactics Advance", "Developer": "Square Product Development Division 4", "Publisher": "JP Square WW Nintendo", "Director": "Yuichi Murasawa", "Producer": "Yasumi Matsuno", "Artist": "Ryoma ItōHideo MinabaHiroshi MinagawaAkihiko Yoshida", "Writer": "Kyoko KitaharaJun Akiyama", "Composer": "Hitosh... |
Edward Merton Dorn (April 2, 1929 - December 10, 1999, aged 70) was an American poet and teacher often associated with the Black Mountain poets. His most famous work is Gunslinger.
Overview
Dorn was born in Villa Grove, Illinois. He grew up in rural poverty during the Great Depression. He attended a one-room schoolho... | {"Born": "1929 4 2", "Died": "1999 12 10 1929 4 2", "Occupation": "Poet\neducator", "Nationality": "American", "Alma mater": "University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign"} |
Hunter: The Reckoning is a horror tabletop role-playing game, and the sixth main game in the World of Darkness series. It was originally released by White Wolf Publishing in November 1999 as part of their Year of the Reckoning line, and is planned to be released in an updated edition by Renegade Game Studios in Q2 2022... | {"Name": "Hunter: The Reckoning", "Image caption": "First edition cover by Brian Glass", "Designers": "First edition\n Andrew Bates, Phil Brucato, Ken Cliffe, Greg Fountain, Ed Hall, Jess Heinig, Michael Lee, Richard Thomas, Mike Tinney, Stewart Wieck\n 5th Edition\n Justin Achilli", "Publishers": "White Wolf Publishin... |
Matthews Snell (born August 18, 1941) is an American retired professional football player who was a running back for the New York Jets of the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). He was Jets' owner Sonny Werblin's first coup, prior to his 1965 acquisition of Joe Namath. A powerful fullbac... | {"Born:": "Garfield, Georgia, U.S.", "Height:": "2", "Weight:": "219", "High school:": "Carle Place (North Hempstead, New York)", "College:": "Ohio State", "AFL Draft:": "3", "NFL Draft:": "49"} |
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is an African-American civil rights organization based in Atlanta, Georgia. SCLC is closely associated with its first president, Martin Luther King Jr., who had a large role in the American civil rights movement.
Founding
On January 10, 1957, following the Montgome... | {"Type": "NGO", "Headquarters": "Atlanta, Georgia", "Affiliations": "17 affiliates; 57 chapters", "Abbreviation": "SCLC", "Website": "http://www.nationalsclc.org"} |
Choose Your Own Adventure is a series of children's gamebooks where each story is written from a second-person point of view, with the reader assuming the role of the protagonist and making choices that determine the main character's actions and the plot's outcome. The series was based upon a concept created by Edward ... | {"Cover artist": "Paul Granger", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Bantam Books", "Published": "1979-1998 (original series)", "Media type": "Print", "No. of books": "List of Choose Your Own Adventure books"} |
(The Impresario), K. 486, is a comic singspiel by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, set to a German libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie, an Austrian Schauspieldirektor. Originally, it was written because of "the imperial command" of the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II who had invited 80 guests to a private luncheon.
It is regarded as "... | {"Translation": "The Impresario", "Librettist": "Gottlieb Stephanie", "Language": "German", "Premiere": "Schönbrunn Palace Orangery, Vienna"} |
Larissa, also known as Neptune VII, is the fifth-closest inner satellite of Neptune. It is named after Larissa, a lover of Poseidon (Neptune) in Greek mythology and eponymous nymph of the city in Thessaly, Greece.
Discovery
It was first discovered by Harold J. Reitsema, William B. Hubbard, Larry A. Lebofsky and Davi... | {"Name of planet": "Larissa", "Discoverer": "Harold J. Reitsema, William B. Hubbard, Larry A. Lebofsky, and David J. Tholenhttps://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/neptune-moons/larissa/in-depth/ Larissa In Depth solarsystem.nasa.gov/ September 3, 2020", "Discovered": "May 24, 1981", "Caption": "Larissa from Voyager 2", "Al... |
The Sotho(), also known as the Basotho(), are a prominent Sotho-Tswana ethnic group with roots in Southern Africa. They primarily inhabit the regions of Lesotho and South Africa. Historically, all individuals who spoke the Sotho-Tswana languages were collectively referred to as Sothos. However, in contemporary usage, t... | {"Name": "Sotho people", "Native name": "so Basotho", "Image caption": "King Moshoeshoe I, founder of the Southern Basotho Nation of Lesotho, with his Ministers.", "Population": "7,254,315 (2023 est.)", "Languages": "Sesotho IsiXhosa, IsiZulu, English, Afrikaans", "Religions": "Christianity, African traditional religi... |
Moshoeshoe I () ( - 11 March 1870) was the first king of Lesotho. He was the first son of Mokhachane, a minor chief of the Bamokoteli lineage, a branch of the Koena (crocodile) clan. In his youth, he helped his father gain power over some other smaller clans. At the age of 34 Moshoeshoe formed his own clan and became a... | {"Father": "Mokhachane", "Mother": "Kholu", "Born": "Menkhoaneng, Southern Africa (present-day Leribe, Lesotho)", "Died": "11 March 1870 (aged 83-84)", "Burial": "Thaba Bosiu"} |
START I (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) was a bilateral treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union on the reduction and the limitation of strategic offensive arms. The treaty was signed on 31 July 1991 and entered into force on 5 December 1994. The treaty barred its signatories from deploying more than 6,0... | {"Name": "START", "Long name": "Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty Договор о сокращении стратегических наступательных вооружений", "Image size": "250px", "Image caption": "Presidents George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign START, 31 July 1991", "Treaty type": "Strategic nuclear disarmament", "Date drafted": "29 June ... |
The National University of Lesotho, the main and oldest university in Lesotho, is located in Roma, southeast of Maseru, the capital of Lesotho. The Roma valley is broad and is surrounded by a barrier of rugged mountains which provides magnificent scenery. The university enjoys a temperate climate with four distinct se... | {"Motto": "sot", "Type": "Public", "Affiliation": "ACU, AAU, IAU, AESAU, SARUA", "Chancellor": "King Letsie IIINational University of Lesotho. Officers of the University https://web.archive.org/web/20110719190335/http://www.nul.ls/governance/Administration/ 2011-07-19 Retrieved 2010-09-15.", "Students": "around 10,00... |
Baldock ( ) is a historic market town in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. The River Ivel rises from springs in the town. It lies north of London and north northwest of the county town of Hertford. Nearby towns include Royston to the northeast, Letchworth and Hitchin to the southwest and Ste... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "10,615 (Built up area, 2021)Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/articles/townsandcitiescharacteristicsofbuiltupareasenglandandwales/census2021 Census 2021 Office f... |
The 7th Guest is an interactive movie puzzle adventure game, produced by Trilobyte and originally released by Virgin Interactive Entertainment in April 1993. It is one of the first computer video games to be released only on CD-ROM. The 7th Guest is a horror story told from the unfolding perspective of the player, as a... | {"Title": "The 7th Guest", "Developer": "Trilobyte", "Publisher": "Virgin Interactive Entertainment", "Producer": "Stephen Clarke-WillsonDavid LuehmannDavid Bishop", "Designer": "Rob LanderosGraeme Devine", "Programmer": "Graeme Devine", "Artist": "Robert Stein IIIRob Landeros", "Writer": "Matthew Costello", "Composer"... |
Clapham Common is a London Underground station in Clapham within the London Borough of Lambeth. It is on the Northern line, between Clapham North and Clapham South stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 2.
History
thumb|left|The new glass entrance pavilion at Clapham Common South Side
The station is at the eastern tip o... | {"External links": "CPChttps://content.tfl.gov.uk/station-abbreviations.pdf Station Codes Transport for London 10 August 2021", "Managed by": "London Underground", "Owner": "London Underground", "Fare zone": "2", "Location": "Clapham", "Local authority": "Lambeth", "Number of platforms": "2\n<!--", "2003": "1em 7.375",... |
Nicola (or Niccolò) Antonio Giacinto Porpora (17 August 16863 March 1768) was an Italian composer and teacher of singing of the Baroque era, whose most famous singing students were the castrati Farinelli and Caffarelli. Other students included composers Johann Adolph Hasse, Matteo Capranica and Joseph Haydn.
Biography... | {"Name": "Nicola Antonio Porpora", "Birth date": "1686 08 17 y", "Birth place": "Naples", "Death date": "1768 03 03 1686 08 17 y", "Death place": "Naples", "Education": "Poveri di Gesù Cristo", "Notable works": "List of operas", "Occupation": "Composer\n Voice teacher", "Organization": "Conservatorio di Sant'Onofrio\n... |
Bebington () is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England. Historically part of Cheshire, it is south of Liverpool, close to the River Mersey on the eastern side of the Wirral Peninsula. Nearby towns include Birkenhead and Wallasey to the north-northwest, and Heswall to the west-southwest. B... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 census)", "Metropolitan borough": "Wirral", "Metropolitan county": "Merseyside", "UK Parliament": "Wirral South", "Postcode district": "CH", "Dialling code": "0151", "OS grid reference": "SJ333841", "ISO 3166": "GB-WRL"} |
Daum () is a South Korean web portal. It offers many Internet services to web users, including a popular free web-based e-mail, messaging service, forums, shopping, news and webtoon service. The word "daum" means "next" and also "diverse voices".
Background
The popularity of Daum stems from the range of services it ... | {"URL": "daum.net", "Commercial": "Yes", "Registration": "Optional", "Available in": "Korean", "Launched": "1997 05", "Current status": "Online"} |
BMX racing is a type of off-road bicycle racing. The format of BMX was derived from motocross racing. BMX bicycle races are sprint races on purpose-built off-road single-lap race tracks. The track usually consists of a starting gate for up to eight racers, a groomed, serpentine, dirt race course made of various jumps a... | {"Governing body": "UCI", "Country or region": "Worldwide", "Contact": "yes", "Team members": "Individuals", "Mixed-sex": "Yes, separate competitions", "Type": "Cycle sport", "Equipment": "BMX bike", "Venue": "BMX track", "Olympic": "Men's and Women's since the 2008 Olympics", "Paralympic": "No"} |
thumb|The Variety Building, the former location of the Tokyopop headquarters
Tokyopop (styled TOKYOPOP; formerly known as Mixx Entertainment) is an American distributor, licensor and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa and Western manga-style works. The German publishing division produces German translations of licensed... | {"Status": "Active", "Founded": "1997", "Country of origin": "United States", "Headquarters location": "Los Angeles, California", "Distribution": "United States (Diamond Book Distributors)Our Publishers", "Publication types": "Manga, Japanese light novels, graphic novels, original English-language manga", "Official web... |
An extremely devastating and deadly tornado outbreak sequence impacted the Midwestern and Northeastern United States at the beginning of June 1953. It included two tornadoes that caused at least 90 deaths each—an F5 tornado occurring in Flint, Michigan, on June 8 and an F4 tornado in Worcester, Massachusetts, on June 9... | {"Name": "Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak", "Image caption": "An F4 tornado near Erie, Michigan.", "Type": "Tornado outbreak", "Duration": "June 7-9, 1953", "Tornadoes confirmed": "50Tornado History Project: The Flint - Worcester Outbreak http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/outbreaks/the-flint-worcester-tornado-outb... |
Clapham South is a station on London Underground's Northern line between and Balham. The station is located at the corner of Balham Hill (A24) and Nightingale Lane, at the southern edge of Clapham Common. It is in both Travelcard Zone 2 and Travelcard Zone 3.
History
The station was designed by Charles Holden and was... | {"External links": "CPShttps://content.tfl.gov.uk/station-abbreviations.pdf Station Codes Transport for London 10 August 2021", "Managed by": "London Underground", "Owner": "London Underground", "Fare zone": "3", "Location": "Clapham", "Local authority": "London Borough of Wandsworth", "Number of platforms": "2\n<!--",... |
Belsize Park is a London Underground station in Belsize Park, north-west London. It is on the Edgware branch of the Northern line, between Hampstead and Chalk Farm stations, and is in fare zone 2. It stands at the northern end of Haverstock Hill. In July 2011 it became a Grade II listed building.
The Royal Free Hospit... | {"Managed by": "London Underground", "Fare zone": "2", "Location": "Belsize Park", "Local authority": "London Borough of Camden\n<!--", "Number of platforms": "2\n<!--", "2004": "4.984", "2006": "5.19", "2007": "5.63", "2008": "6.14", "2009": "6.08-->", "Listing grade": "II", "Entry number": "1401089 Belsize Park Unde... |
Bishop's Waltham (or Bishops Waltham) is a medieval market town situated at the source of the River Hamble in Hampshire, England. It has a foot in the South Downs National Park and is located at the midpoint of a long-established route between Winchester and Portsmouth. It is home to the ruins of Bishop's Waltham Palac... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)http://www.winchester.gov.uk Home - Winchester City Council Winchester.gov.uk 2022-10-06 2022-10-12", "District": "City of Winchester", "Shire county": "Hampshire", "UK Parliament": "Meon Valley", "Postcode district": "SO32", "Dialling code": "01489", "OS g... |
thumb|upright=0.75|1892 Punch cartoon celebrating the RNLI "on the occasion of Queen Victoria conveying her appreciation in saving the crew and passengers of the steamship Eider, 1892"
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is the largest charity that saves lives at sea around the coasts of the United Kingdom, ... | {"Abbreviation": "RNLI", "Type": "Life savers", "Legal status": "Registered charity", "Headquarters": "Poole, Dorset, England"} |
The Mosquito Coast is a 1986 American drama film directed by Peter Weir and starring Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, Andre Gregory, and River Phoenix. It is based on the 1981 novel of the same name by Paul Theroux. The film tells the story of a family that leaves the United States and tries to find a happier and simpler l... | {"Directed by": "Peter Weir", "Produced by": "Jerome Hellman", "Screenplay by": "Paul Schrader", "Based on": "The Mosquito Coast Paul Theroux", "Starring": "Harrison Ford\n Helen Mirren\n River Phoenix\n Conrad Roberts\n Andre Gregory\n Martha Plimpton", "Music by": "Maurice Jarre", "Cinematography": "John Seale", "Edi... |
The Athens Metro () is a rapid-transit system in Greece which serves the Athens urban area. Line 1 opened as a single-track conventional steam railway in 1869 and electrified in 1904. In 1991, Elliniko Metro S.A. constructed and extended Lines 2 and 3.
It has significantly changed Athens by providing a much-needed sol... | {"Name": "Athens Metro", "Alternative text for first image": "Athens Metro roundel", "Size of first image": "75px", "Alternative text for second image": "Black & White Train with green stripe", "Size of second image": "225px", "Second image caption": "Athens Metro train at Anthoupoli", "Native name": "el Μετρό Αθήνας",... |
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