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The Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island (FCI Terminal Island) is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Los Angeles, California. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
FCI Terminal Island is located at the entrance... | {"Location": "Los Angeles, California", "Status": "Operational", "Security class": "Low-security", "Coordinates": "33.7279 -118.2675 scale:10000 inline,title", "Population": "976", "Opened": "1938 06 01", "Managed by": "Federal Bureau of Prisons"} |
thumb|Arms of Brandon: Barry of ten argent and gules, a lion rampant or ducally crowned per pale of the first and second
Sir William Brandon (1456 - 22 August 1485) of Soham, Cambridgeshire was Henry Tudor's standard-bearer at the Battle of Bosworth, where he was killed by King Richard III. He was the father of Charles... | {"Born": "1456", "Died": "Near Ambion Hill, Market Bosworth, England", "Allegiance": "Henry Tudor", "Relations": "Sir William Brandon (father)\n Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (son)\n Sir Thomas Brandon (brother)"} |
Aron Jean-Marie Lustiger (; 17 September 1926 - 5 August 2007) was a French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Paris from 1981 until his resignation in 2005. He was made a cardinal in 1983 by Pope John Paul II. His life is depicted in the 2013 film Le métis de Dieu (The Jewish Cardinal).
Life ... | {"See": "Paris", "Predecessor": "François Marty", "Successor": "André Vingt-Trois", "Ordination": "Bishop Émile-Arsène Blanchet", "Consecration": "Cardinal François Marty", "Created cardinal": "John Paul II", "Other post(s)": "Bishop of Orléans (1979-1981)", "Born": "Paris, France", "Died": "Paris, France", "Denominati... |
thumb|right|Charles Pickering in Jones County, MS
Charles Willis Pickering Sr. (born May 29, 1937) is an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi and, briefly, of the United States Court of Appeals... | {"Term start": "January 16, 2004", "Term end": "December 8, 2004", "Office 2": "Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party", "Predecessor 2": "Clarke Reed", "Successor 2": "Michael Retzer", "Birth name": "Charles Willis Pickering", "Birth date": "1937 05 29", "Birth place": "Laurel, Mississippi, U.S.", "Education": "... |
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, also known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act, was enacted on June 29, 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law. With an original authorization of $25 billion (equivalent to $ in ) for the construction of of the Interstate Highway System ... | {"Other short titles": "Highway Construction Act National Interstate and Defense Highways Act", "Long title": "An act to amend and supplement the Federal Aid Road Act approved July 11, 1956, to authorize appropriations for continuing the construction of highways; to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide ad... |
The Quraysh () were a grouping of Arab clans that historically inhabited and controlled the city of Mecca and its Kaaba. The Islamic prophet Muhammad was born into the Hashim clan of the tribe. By 600 CE, the tribe were affluent merchants who dominated commerce between the Indian Ocean and East Africa on one side and t... | {"Nisba": "Qurashī", "Location": "Mecca, Hejaz (western Saudi Arabia)", "Parent tribe": "Kinana", "Branches": "Banu al-Harith\nBanu Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib\nBanu 'Amir\nBanu Ka'b\nBanu Adi\nBanu Murra\nBanu Taym\nBanu Yaqaza\nBanu Makhzum\nBanu Kilab\nBanu Zuhra\nBanu Qusayy\nBanu 'Abd al-Dar\nBanu 'Abd Manaf \nBanu Abd Sham... |
Matthew Griswold (;"Griswold". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. June 6, 1833 - May 19, 1919) was an American Congressman from Erie, Pennsylvania.
Biography
Matthew Griswold was the grandson of congressman Roger Griswold and the great-grandson of governor Matthew Griswold.
He was born in Lyme, Connecticut... | {"Name": "Matthew Griswold", "Preceded 2": "William Constantine Culbertson", "Succeeded 2": "Joseph C. Sibley", "Birth date": "1833 06 06", "Birth place": "Lyme, Connecticut", "Death date": "1919 05 19 1833 06 06", "Death place": "Erie, Pennsylvania"} |
Florinda Meza García (born 8 February 1949) is a Mexican actress, comedian, television producer, and screenwriter. Esmas - Biografia de Florinda Meza She is best known as Doña Florinda in El Chavo del Ocho, La Chimoltrufia in Chespirito, and other various roles in El Chapulín Colorado.
Early life and career
Meza was ... | {"Name": "Florinda Meza", "Caption": "Meza in May 2019", "Birth name": "Florinda Meza García", "Birth date": "1949 02 08 yes", "Birth place": "Juchipila, Zacatecas, Mexico", "Nationality": "Mexican", "Occupation": "Actress television producer screenwriter", "Notable works": "Doña Florinda in El Chavo del Ocho", "Spouse... |
Sam Spade is a fictional character and the protagonist of Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon. Spade also appeared in four lesser-known short stories by Hammett.
The Maltese Falcon, first published as a serial in the pulp magazine Black Mask, is the only full-length novel by Hammett in which Spade appears... | {"First appearance": "The Maltese Falcon", "Last appearance": "Spade and Archer", "Created by": "Dashiell HammettHeitmann Michael 2015 Have You Seen Sam Spade?: How Literary Characters Are Denied Proper Copyright Protection https://scholarship.shu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1810&context=student_scholarship St... |
Castle Morpeth was a local government district and borough in Northumberland, England. Its administrative centre was the town of Morpeth.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the borough of Morpeth and Morpeth Rural District, along with part of Castle Ward Rural District.
The district council was... | {"Type": "Castle Morpeth Borough Council", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+1", "Website": "castlemorpeth.gov.uk"} |
Clarence Irving Lewis (April 12, 1883 - February 3, 1964), usually cited as C. I. Lewis, was an American academic philosopher. He is considered the progenitor of modern modal logic and the founder of conceptual pragmatism.Sandra B. Rosenthal, C. I. Lewis in Focus: The Pulse of Pragmatism, Indiana University Press, 2007... | {"Region": "Western philosophy", "Era": "20th-century philosophy", "School": "Conceptual pragmatismAnalytic philosophyEpistemic coherentism", "Doctoral students": "Brand Blanshard, Nelson Goodman, Roderick Chisholm"} |
James Phillip Hoffa (born May 19, 1941) is an American labor leader and attorney who was the tenth General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He is the son of Jimmy Hoffa. Hoffa was first elected in 1998, and subsequently re-elected in 2001, 2006, 2011, and 2016 to five-year terms. In 2018, Hoffa ... | {"Name": "James P. Hoffa", "Caption": "Hoffa speaking at a pension rally on Capitol Hill", "Birth name": "James Phillip Hoffa", "Birth date": "1941 5 19", "Birth place": "Detroit, Michigan, U.S.", "Education": "Michigan State University (BA)University of Michigan (JD)", "Spouse(s)": "Virginia (Ginger) Sue Harris 1969",... |
Thomas Beckington (also spelt Beckynton; c. 139014 January 1465) was the Bishop of Bath and Wells and King's Secretary in medieval England under Henry VI.
Life
Beckington was born at Beckington in Somerset, and was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford. Having entered the Church he held many ecclesiastical... | {"Denomination": "Roman Catholic", "Predecessor": "John Stafford", "Successor": "Robert Stillington", "Consecration": "13 October 1443", "Born": "Beckington, Somerset", "Died": "Wells"} |
thumb|200px|Effigy of Emma, mother of Archbishop John Stafford (d. 1452), North Bradley Church, Wiltshire. Inscription in ledger-line: hic jacet d(omin)a Emma mater Venerabilissimi patris et domini D(omi)ni Joh(ann)is Stafford dei gra(tia) Cantuariensis Archiepi(scopi) qu(a)e obiit quinto die mensis Septembris anno d(o... | {"Predecessor": "Henry Chichele", "Successor": "John Kemp", "Consecration": "translated 13 May 1443", "Other post(s)": "Bishop of Bath and Wells", "Died": "25 May 1452", "Denomination": "Roman Catholic"} |
Frank Rudolph Wolf (born January 30, 1939) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 1981 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he announced in December 2013 that he would not run for reelection in 2014. Wolf retired at the conclusion of his 17th term in office, in January 2015. At ... | {"Name": "Frank Wolf", "Image": "Franklinwolf.jpeg", "Term start": "January 3, 1981", "Term end": "January 3, 2015", "Birth name": "Frank Rudolph Wolf", "Birth date": "1939 1 30", "Birth place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US", "Spouse(s)": "Carolyn Stover", "Education": "Pennsylvania State University (BA)Georgetown U... |
Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim al-Thaqafī (; -) was an Arab military commander in service of the Umayyad Caliphate who led the Muslim conquest of Sindh (and Punjab part of modern Pakistan), inaugurating the Umayyad campaigns in India. His military exploits led to the establishment of the Islamic province of Sindh, and the takeo... | {"Name": "Muhammad ibn al-Qasim", "Term start": "712", "Term end": "715", "Birth date": "695 12 31 y", "Birth place": "Taif, Hejaz, Umayyad Caliphate(present-day Saudi Arabia)", "Death date": "715 7 18 695 12 31 y", "Death place": "Mosul, Umayyad Caliphate(present-day Iraq)", "Spouse(s)": "Zaynab (daughter of al-Hajjaj... |
Abu Muhammad al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ibn al-Hakam ibn Abi Aqil al-Thaqafi (; ), known simply as al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf (), was the most notable governor who served the Umayyad Caliphate. He began his service under Caliph Abd al-Malik (), who successively promoted him as the head of the Caliph's (select troops), the governor ... | {"Name": "Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf", "Image size": "250px", "Image caption": "Seal of al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf", "Birth date": "661 CE", "Birth place": "Ta'if, Hejaz, Umayyad Caliphate", "Death date": "714 (aged 53)", "Death place": "Wasit, Iraq, Umayyad Caliphate", "Monarch 2": "Abd al-Malik (685 705) Al-Walid I (705 715)", "O... |
Eric Ivan Cantor (born June 6, 1963) is an American lawyer and former politician who represented Virginia's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2014. A Republican, Cantor served as House Minority Whip from 2009 to 2011, and as House Majority Leader from 2011 to 2014.
P... | {"Name": "Eric Cantor", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2012", "Term start": "January 3, 2011", "Term end": "August 1, 2014", "Office 2": "House Republican Chief Deputy Whip", "Leader 2": "Dennis Hastert", "Appointer 2": "Roy Blunt", "Predecessor 2": "Roy Blunt", "Successor 2": "Kevin McCarthy", "Birth name": "Eri... |
The attack on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires was a suicide bombing attack on the building of the Israeli embassy of Argentina, located in Buenos Aires, which was carried out on 17 March 1992. 29 civilians were killed in the attack and 242 additional civilians were injured.
The attack
200px|thumbnail|left|Former I... | {"Title": "Attack on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires", "Part of": "Spillover of the South Lebanon conflict (1985-2000)", "Location": "Buenos Aires, Argentina", "Map": "250px\n7pxThe attack site", "Coordinates": "34 35 30 S 58 22 49 W inline", "Date": "17 March 199214:42 pm (UTC-3)", "Target": "Israeli embassy", "Ti... |
Joseph-Marie Vien (sometimes anglicised as Joseph-Mary Wien; 18 June 1716 – 27 March 1809) was a French painter. He was the last holder of the post of Premier peintre du Roi, serving from 1789 to 1791.
Biography
He was born in Montpellier. Protected by Comte de Caylus, he entered at an early age the studio of Natoire,... | {"Caption": "Portrait by Joseph Siffred Duplessis, 1784", "Birth date": "1716 6 18 y", "Birth place": "Montpellier, France", "Death date": "1809 3 27 1716 6 18 y", "Death place": "Paris, France", "Occupation": "painter"} |
Anne Moffat (born 30 March 1958) is a Scottish Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Lothian from 2001 to 2010. She was deselected by her Constituency Labour Party and replaced by Fiona O'Donnell."Labour selects East Lothian election candidate", BBC News, 6 April 2010.
Early life
Born... | {"Name": "Anne Moffat", "Term start": "7 June 2001", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "1958 03 30 yes", "Birth place": "Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland", "Nationality": "Scottish", "Spouse(s)": "? Picking (2003)Lawrence McCran 2009"} |
Richard Lewis Page (born 22 February 1941) is a former Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom from 1976 to 2005.
Early life
Born the son of Victor Charles Page, he went to the independent Hurstpierpoint College in West Sussex and Luton Technical College, gaining a HNC in Mechanical Engineering in... | {"Name": "Richard Page", "Term start": "14 February 1995", "Term end": "2 May 1997", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Workington", "Predecessor 2": "Fred Peart", "Successor 2": "Dale Campbell-Savours", "Birth date": "1941 02 22 yes", "Birth place": "Tredegar, Wales", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Madelei... |
Sir James Edward Thornton Paice, DL (born 24 April 1949) is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South East Cambridgeshire from 1987 to 2015, when he declined to run for reelection and retired from politics. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Minister of State at the Department f... | {"Name": "James Paice", "Term start": "13 May 2010", "Term end": "4 September 2012", "Office 2": "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education and Employment", "Prime minister 2": "John Major", "Predecessor 2": "The Lord Henley(Employment)Tim Boswell(Education)", "Successor 2": "Alan Howarth", "Birth date": "19... |
Nicholas Douglas Palmer (born 5 February 1950) is a British politician, translator and computer scientist. He was the Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Broxtowe in Nottinghamshire from 1997 until he lost the seat at the 2010 general election to Conservative Anna Soubry, by 390 votes.
Described by Andrew Roth ... | {"Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "1950 02 5 yes", "Birth place": "City of Westminster, London, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Fiona Hunter", "Alma mater": "Copenhagen University Birkbeck, University of London Massachusetts Institute of Technology"} |
Owen William Paterson (born 24 June 1956) is a British former politician who served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2010 to 2012 and Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2012 to 2014 under Prime Minister David Cameron. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Member of... | {"Name": "Owen Paterson", "Term start": "4 September 2012", "Term end": "14 July 2014", "Office 2": "Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland", "Leader 2": "David Cameron", "Predecessor 2": "David Lidington", "Successor 2": "Shaun Woodward", "Birth name": "Owen William Paterson", "Birth date": "y 1956 6 24", "Bir... |
300px|thumb|Mug shot made by NKVD after arrest 1940
thumb|200px|right|The tombstone of General Anders at the Polish War Cemetery at Monte Cassino in Italy.
thumb|200px|right|The Polish War Cemetery at Monte Cassino in Italy.
Władysław Albert Anders (11 August 1892 - 12 May 1970) was a general in the Polish Army and lat... | {"Birth name": "Władysław Albert Anders", "Born": "Krośniewice-Błonie, Warsaw Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire", "Died": "London, United Kingdom", "Awards": "See list below", "Spouse(s)": "Irena Maria Anders (Jordan-Krąkowska)\n Irena Anders", "Relations": "Tadeusz Anders Karol Anders"} |
Ian Phares Pearson (born 5 April 1959) is a British Labour Party politician who was a member of parliament (MP) from 1994 until 2010, representing Dudley West from 1994 until 1997, and then Dudley South from 1997 until his retirement from the House of Commons at the 2010 general election. He served as Economic Secretar... | {"Name": "Ian Pearson", "Image caption": "Pearson in 2007", "Term start": "5 October 2008", "Term end": "11 May 2010", "Office 2": "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Economics and Business", "Predecessor 2": "Gareth Thomas", "Successor 2": "Pat McFadden", "Prime minister 2": "Gordon Brown", "Birth date": "yes ... |
Linda Perham (born 29 June 1947) is a Labour politician in the United Kingdom.
Career
Perham was a councillor in the London Borough of Redbridge, representing the ward of Hainault and Mayor of the Borough in 1994-95. She was elected the Member of Parliament for Ilford North in 1997, when she defeated her Conservative ... | {"Name": "Linda Perham", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth date": "1947 06 29 yes", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "University of Leicester"} |
Cyrus Rowlett "C.R." Smith (September 9, 1899 - April 4, 1990) was the CEO of American Airlines from 1934 to 1968 and from 1973 to 1974. He was also the wartime deputy commander of the Air Transport Command during World War II, and the United States Secretary of Commerce for a brief period under President Lyndon B. Joh... | {"Term start": "March 6, 1968", "Term end": "January 19, 1969", "Birth name": "Cyrus Rowlett Smith", "Birth date": "1899 9 9", "Birth place": "Minerva, Texas, U.S.", "Death date": "1990 4 4 1899 9 9", "Death place": "Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Elizabeth Manget", "Education": "University of Texas, Austin ... |
François-Xavier Ortoli (; 16 February 1925 - 30 November 2007) was a French politician who served as the fifth president of the European Commission from 1973 to 1977. He served as Minister of the Economy of France from 1968 to 1969.
Ortoli served with the Free French Forces during World War II and was decorated with t... | {"Name": "François-Xavier Ortoli", "Vice president": "Patrick Hillery", "Term start": "5 January 1973", "Term end": "5 January 1977", "Birth name": "François-Xavier Ortoli", "Birth date": "1925 2 16 yes", "Birth place": "Ajaccio, Corsica, France", "Death date": "yes 2007 11 30 1925 02 16", "Death place": "Paris, France... |
Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo (27 October 191724 April 1993) was a South African anti-apartheid politician and activist who served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1967 to 1991.
Biography
Higher education
Oliver Tambo was born on 27 October 1917 in the village of Nkantolo in Bizana; eastern ... | {"Name": "Oliver \n\nTambo", "Caption": "Tambo in 1981", "Birth name": "Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo", "Birth date": "yes 1917 10 27", "Birth place": "Nkantolo, Bizana, Union of South Africa", "Death date": "yes 1993 04 24 1917 10 27", "Death place": "Johannesburg, Transvaal, Republic of South Africa", "Other names": ... |
Die Hard 2 (also known by its tagline Die Harder or Die Hard 2: Die Harder)The film's onscreen title is Die Hard 2, as also given at the initial home-video release's official website. The film's original advertising used "Die Harder" as a tagline, and many releases of the film (e.g. the 2006 DVD release and 2007 Blu-ra... | {"Directed by": "Renny Harlin", "Produced by": "Charles Gordon\n Lawrence Gordon\n Joel Silver", "Screenplay by": "Steven E. de Souza\n Doug Richardson", "Based on": "58 Minutes Walter Wager\n Characters Roderick Thorp", "Starring": "Bruce Willis\n Bonnie Bedelia\n William Atherton\n Reginald VelJohnson\n Franco Nero\n... |
Kenneth Purchase (8 January 1939 - 28 August 2016) was a British Labour Co-operative politician who served as Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton North East from 1992 to 2010.
Early life
He attended Springfield Secondary Modern School (became Woden Primary School) on Springfield Road in Wolverhampton. At Wolverhamp... | {"Term start": "9 April 1992", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth name": "Kenneth Purchase", "Birth date": "1939 01 8 yes", "Birth place": "Wolverhampton, England", "Death date": "2016 08 28 1939 01 8 y", "Death place": "Wolverhampton, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Brenda Sanders 1960", "Alma mater... |
Colin Pickthall (born 13 September 1944) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for West Lancashire. He was first elected to the House of Commons in 1992, and retired at the general election of 2005.
Pickthall's father was a shipyard fitter. He attended Ulverston Grammar School,... | {"Name": "Colin Pickthall", "Term start": "10 April 1992", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth date": "1944 09 13 yes", "Birth place": "Dalton-in-Furness", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Judith Ann (m. 1973)", "Alma mater": "Lancaster University"} |
Peter Leslie Pike (26 June 1937 - 27 December 2021) was a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Burnley from June 1983 to April 2005.
Life and career
Pike was born on 26 June 1937. He was evacuated to Burnley in his childhood during the Second World War and decided then that he wanted... | {"Image caption": "Pike as an MP", "Term start": "9 June 1983", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth name": "Peter Leslie Pike", "Birth date": "1937 06 26 y", "Birth place": "Ware, Hertfordshire, England", "Death date": "2021 12 27 1937 06 26 y", "Death place": "Burnley, England", "Spouse(s)": "Shelia Bull 1962 2017 die... |
James Andrew Plaskitt (born 23 June 1954) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Warwick and Leamington from 1997 until his defeat at the 2010 general election.
Early life
Born in Grimsby, Plaskitt was educated at the Pilgrim School (then a grammar school that became a comprehen... | {"Name": "James Plaskitt", "Image caption": "Plaskitt in 2008", "Birth date": "1954 06 23 yes", "Birth place": "Grimsby", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "University College, Oxford", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Warwick and Leamington", "Predecessor 2": "Dudley Smith", "Successor 2": "Chris White", "... |
Kerry Patrick Pollard (born 27 April 1944) is a Labour politician in the United Kingdom. He was elected at the general election of 1997 as Member of Parliament for St Albans, and held the seat until his defeat at the general election of 2005.
Early life
Pollard was brought up in Rochdale. He attended the Catholic Thor... | {"Name": "Kerry Pollard", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth date": "1944 4 27 y", "Spouse(s)": "Marillyn Pollard 1966"} |
Orgeat syrup is a sweet syrup made from almonds, sugar, and rose water or orange flower water. It was originally made with a barley-almond blend. It has a pronounced almond taste and is used to flavor many cocktails. Orgeat syrup is an important ingredient in the Mai Tai and many Tiki drinks.
History
An early recipe f... | {"Type": "Syrup", "Ingredients": "Almonds, sugar, and rose water or orange flower water", "Variants": "Horchata", "Related products": "Falernum"} |
Christopher Richard Pond (born 25 September 1952) is a former Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Gravesham in Kent, from 1997 to 2005.
Early life
He went to the Minchenden School (became comprehensive in 1967, and was merged into the Broomfield School in 1984) in Sout... | {"Name": "Chris Pond", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth date": "1952 09 25 yes", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Lorraine Pond"} |
Gregory James Pope (born 29 August 1960) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hyndburn from 1992, until retiring at the general election of 2010. He was a government whip from 1997 until 2001.
Early life
Pope was born and raised in Great Harwood, the only son of Sam and Sheil... | {"Name": "Greg Pope", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Hyndburn", "Predecessor 2": "Ken Hargreaves", "Successor 2": "Graham Jones", "Birth date": "yes 1960 08 29", "Birth place": "Blackburn, England, United Kingdom", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Catherine Fallon", "Residence": "Blackburn, Lancashire", ... |
Bridget Theresa Prentice ( Corr; born 28 December 1952) is a Scottish politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham East from 1992 to 2010. She was married to the Labour MP Gordon Prentice from 1975 until their divorce in 2000. She was a member of the Labour Party until May 2019, when she resigned in pr... | {"Name": "Bridget Prentice", "Term start": "1 April 2014", "Term end": "31 October 2018", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Lewisham East", "Predecessor 2": "Colin Moynihan", "Successor 2": "Heidi Alexander", "Birth date": "1952 12 28 yes", "Birth place": "Glasgow, Scotland", "Nationality": "Scottish", "Spouse(s)"... |
Gordon Prentice (born 28 January 1951) is a British former politician of the Labour Party who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pendle in Lancashire from 1992 to 2010.
Early life
He was educated at the independent George Heriot's School in Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow, where he received an MA in Politic... | {"Name": "Gordon Prentice", "Image caption": "Prentice in 2007", "Term start": "9 April 1992", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "1951 01 28 yes", "Birth place": "Edinburgh, Scotland", "Nationality": "Scottish", "Spouse(s)": "Bridget Corr 1975 2000 divorcedHeather Halliday 2011", "Alma mater": "University of ... |
Michael Mark Prisk (born 12 June 1962) is a British politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Hertford and Stortford from 2001 until 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Minister of State for Business and Enterprise from 2010 to 2012 and Minister of State for Housing and Local Government from 2012 to... | {"Name": "Mark Prisk", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Office 2": "Minister of State for Business and Enterprise", "Prime minister 2": "David Cameron", "Predecessor 2": "Pat McFadden", "Successor 2": "Michael Fallon", "Birth date": "1962 06 12 yes", "Birth place": "Redruth, Cornwall, England", "Spouse(s)":... |
Gwynfor Matthews Prosser (born 27 April 1943) is a British politician and engineer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dover from 1997 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, he worked as a marine engineer and served on Dover District Council and Kent County Council prior to his election to Parliament.
Early li... | {"Name": "Gwyn Prosser", "Image": "GwynProsserin2008.JPG", "Image caption": "Prosser in 2008", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "1943 04 27 yes", "Birth place": "Swansea, Wales", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "Swansea Technical College"} |
John David Pugh (born 28 June 1948) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Southport from 2001 to 2017. He stood down at the 2017 snap election. In November 2017, he was elected to Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council as a councillor for Duke's Ward.
Early life and career
Pugh was... | {"Name": "John Pugh", "Term start": "29 July 2015", "Term end": "8 May 2017", "Office 2": "Member of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council for Dukes", "Majority 2": "890 (29.7%)", "Predecessor 2": "Pat Ball", "Birth date": "1948 6 28 y", "Birth place": "Liverpool, Lancashire, England", "Spouse(s)": "Annette Pugh", "Alma ... |
James Mark Dakin Purnell (born 2 March 1970) is a British broadcasting executive and former Labour Party politician who served as Work and Pensions Secretary and Culture Secretary in the Brown Government from 2007 to 2009. In October 2016, he became BBC's Director of Radio, in addition to his other role as the BBC's Di... | {"Name": "James Purnell", "Image caption": "James Purnell at the LCF21 digital Graduate Exhibition at Victoria House Basement 2021, London Photograph Ana Blumenkron", "Term start": "24 January 2008", "Term end": "4 June 2009", "Office 2": "Minister of State for Pensions", "Prime minister 2": "Tony Blair", "Predecessor ... |
The 2004 European Parliament election was held between 10 and 13 June 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom. The European Parliamental parties could not be voted for, but elected national parties aggregated in European Parliamental parties after the el... | {"Name": "2004 European Parliament election", "Country": "European Union", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1999 European Parliament election", "Previous year": "1999", "Next election": "2009 European Parliament election", "Next year": "2009", "Seats for election": "All 732 seats to the ... |
Werewolf: The Apocalypse is a role-playing game of the Classic World of Darkness video game series by White Wolf Publishing. Other related products include the collectible card games named Rage and several novels (including one series). In the game, players take the role of werewolves known as "Garou". These werewolves... | {"Name": "Werewolf: The Apocalypse", "Image caption": "Revised Edition cover", "Designers": "Mark Rein·Hagen", "Publishers": "White Wolf (1992-2004)\nOnyx Path Publishing (2012-)", "Publication": "\"KickstarterUpdatePDFSent\">PDF became available to backers 2013/03/06 as shown on Kickstarter update page https://web.arc... |
Demon: The Fallen is a 2002 tabletop role-playing game released by White Wolf Publishing. Set in the World of Darkness, players take on the role of a demon - a fallen angel who descended to the Garden of Eden with Lucifer, only to be condemned to Hell after a long war with Heaven. The game focuses on "infernal glory" a... | {"Name": "Demon: The Fallen", "Image caption": "Cover art", "Designers": "Michael B. Lee (Line Developer), Steve Kenson, Lucien Soulban, Greg Stolze, Adam Tinworth, Pauline Benney (art director)", "Publishers": "White Wolf Publishing", "Publication": "November 2002", "Genres": "Tabletop role-playing game"} |
Panayiotis Michael Zavos (), or Panos Zavos (, ), is a physiologist who was born in Cyprus and later emigrated to the United States. Zavos has been the subject of controversy for making unsubstantiated claims that he can clone human beings.
Academic career
Zavos received a Bachelor of Science in biology-chemistry in 1... | {"Name": "Panayiotis Michael Zavos", "Caption": "Panayiotis Michael Zavos in 2003", "Birth date": "yes 1944 02 23", "Birth place": "Trikomo, Cyprus", "Other names": "Panos", "Citizenship": "Citizen of the United States (1978-present)\n Citizen of Cyprus (1944-present)", "Education": "Emporia State University (BS, MS, E... |
William December Williams Jr. (born April 6, 1937) is an American actor, novelist and painter. He appeared as Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars franchise, first in the early 1980s for The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983), and 36 years later in The Rise of Skywalker (2019), marking one of the lon... | {"Name": "Billy Dee Williams", "Caption": "Williams at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2023", "Birth name": "William December Williams Jr.", "Birth date": "1937 4 6", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Education": "Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art National Academy of Fine Arts and Design Harlem Actors Worksh... |
Jan Józef Ignacy Łukasiewicz (; 8 March 1822 - 7 January 1882) was a Polish pharmacist, engineer, businessman, inventor, and philanthropist. He was one of the most prominent philanthropists in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, crown land of Austria-Hungary. He was a pioneer who in 1856 built the world's first moder... | {"Name": "Ignacy Łukasiewicz", "Birth place": "Zaduszniki, Austrian Empire", "Birth date": "8 March 1822", "Death date": "1882 1 7 1822 3 8 y", "Death place": "Chorkówka, Austria-Hungary", "Nationality": "Polish", "Education": "University of Vienna (MA)", "Occupation": "Pharmacist, engineer, businessman, inventor, phil... |
FX (short for Fox Extended) is an American pay television channel owned by FX Networks, LLC, a subsidiary of the Disney Entertainment business segment and division of The Walt Disney Company. It is based at the Fox Studios lot in Century City, California. FX was originally launched by News Corporation on June 1, 1994, ... | {"Launched": "1994 6 1", "Owner": "Disney Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company)", "Parent": "FX Networks", "Picture format": "HDTV 720p(downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SD feed)", "Country": "United States", "Language(s)": "English", "Broadcast area": "Nationwide", "Headquarters": "10201 West Pico Boulevard Bui... |
Gabriel Thomas Porteous Jr. (December 15, 1946 - November 14, 2021) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He served for sixteen years before being impeached and removed from office in December 2010. He died on November 14, 2021, aged 74.
Education... | {"Name": "Thomas Porteous", "Term start": "October 11, 1994", "Term end": "December 8, 2010", "Birth name": "Gabriel Thomas Porteous Jr.", "Birth date": "1946 12 15", "Birth place": "New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.", "Death date": "2021 11 14 1946 12 15", "Death place": "New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.", "Education": "Louisi... |
The Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition was an exposition held in Nashville from May 1 - October 31, 1897 in what is now Centennial Park. A year late, it celebrated the 100th anniversary of Tennessee's entry into the union in 1796. President William McKinley officially opened the event from the White Hou... | {"Category": "10", "Name": "Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition", "Building(s)": "More than 100 buildings", "Area": "200 acres", "Visitors": "1,786,714", "Country": "United States", "City": "Nashville", "Venue": "now Centennial Park", "Opening": "May 1, 1897", "Closure": "October 31, 1897"} |
"Uninvited" is a song by Canadian-American recording artist and songwriter Alanis Morissette, released as a single from the soundtrack of City of Angels in February 1998, becoming Morissette's first new recording since her international debut album, Jagged Little Pill (1995). Morissette wrote the song and co-produced i... | {"Released": "1998 2 24https://alanis-m.com/discography/uninvited/ Uninvited alanis-m.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20210410153638/https://alanis-m.com/discography/uninvited/ 10 April 2021 January 8, 2022", "Label": "Maverick", "Songwriter(s)": "Alanis Morissette", "Producer(s)": "Alanis Morissette, Rob Cavallo... |
Kathleen Sebelius (; née Gilligan, born May 15, 1948) is an American politician who served as the 21st United States Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2009 until 2014. As Secretary of Health and Human Services, Sebelius was instrumental in overseeing the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Before becom... | {"Name": "Kathleen Sebelius", "Term start": "April 28, 2009", "Term end": "June 9, 2014", "Lieutenant 1": "John E. MooreMark Parkinson", "Office 2": "23rd Kansas Insurance Commissioner", "Governor 2": "Bill Graves", "Predecessor 2": "Ronald L. Todd", "Successor 2": "Sandy Praeger", "Birth name": "Kathleen Gilligan", "B... |
Henry Richard "Huntz" Hall (August 15, 1920 – January 30, 1999) was an American radio, stage, and movie performer who appeared in the popular "Dead End Kids" movies, including Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), and in the later "Bowery Boys" movies, during the late 1930s to the late 1950s.
Life and career
Hall was born i... | {"Name": "Huntz Hall", "Caption": "Trailer for Blues Busters (1950)", "Birth name": "Henry Richard Hall", "Birth date": "1920 08 15 yes", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Death date": "1999 01 30 1920 08 15 yes", "Death place": "North Hollywood, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1935–1994... |
Robert Leroy Ehrlich Jr. (born November 25, 1957)2001-2002 Official Congressional Directory: 107th Congress is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 60th Governor of Maryland from 2003 to 2007. A Republican, Ehrlich represented Maryland's 10th legislative district in the House of Delegates from 1987 to 19... | {"Image caption": "Ehrlich in 2015", "Term start": "January 15, 2003", "Term end": "January 17, 2007", "State delegate2": "Maryland", "District 2": "10th", "Alongside 2": "Wade Kach, Ellen Sauerbrey", "Predecessor 2": "Thomas W. Chamberlain, Sr.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=22518 Our Campaigns - M... |
The Party of the European Left (PEL), commonly abbreviated European Left, is a European political party that operates as an association of democratic socialist and communist political parties in the European Union and other European countries. It was formed in January 2004 for the purposes of running in the 2004 Europe... | {"Abbreviation": "PEL", "Founded": "2004 5 8 2004 5 9 yes;2004 5", "Headquarters": "Square de Meeûs 25,1000 Brussels, Belgium", "Ideology": "nowrap \n Democratic socialism\n Communism\n Soft Euroscepticism", "Political position": "Left-wing", "European Parliament group": "The Left in the European Parliament - GUE/NG... |
The National People's Army (, ; NVA ) were the armed forces of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1956 to 1990.
The NVA was organized into four branches: the (Ground Forces), the (Navy), the (Air Force) and the (Border Troops). The NVA belonged to the Ministry of National Defence and commanded by the Nation... | {"Motto": "Für den Schutz der Arbeiter-und-Bauern-Macht(For the protection of the workers' and peasants' power)", "Founded": "1 March 1956", "Disbanded": "2 October 1990", "Service branches": "15px Landstreitkräfte\n 15px de Volksmarine\n 15px Luftstreitkräfte\n 15px Grenztruppen", "Headquarters": "Strausberg", "Conscr... |
Speed Metal Symphony is the first studio album by the American heavy metal band Cacophony, released in 1987 through Shrapnel Records.
Critical reception
In a contemporary review, Frank Trojan of Rock Hard magazine found Speed Metal Symphony "much harder and faster" than the works of Tony MacAlpine, Vinnie Moore or Yn... | {"Released": "1987", "Recorded": "May-June 1987", "Studio": "Prairie Sun Recording Studios, Cotati, California", "Genre": "Heavy metal neoclassical metal", "Label": "Shrapnel", "Producer": "Marty Friedman Mike Varney"} |
Keiko O'Brien is a character in the fictional Star Trek universe, played by actress Rosalind Chao. Introduced in 1991, she is the civilian spouse of Starfleet crew member Miles O'Brien (played by Colm Meaney) appearing occasionally in later seasons of the series Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994), and more freq... | {"First appearance": "\"Data's Day\" (1991) (The Next Generation)", "Last appearance": "\"What You Leave Behind\" (1999) (Deep Space Nine)", "Portrayed by": "Rosalind ChaoCaroline Junko King (young, \"Rascals\")", "Gender": "Female", "Family": "Hiro Ishikawa (father)", "Children": "Molly O'Brien\n Kirayoshi O'Brien"} |
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Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, KG (16 March 13388 April 1401) was an English medieval nobleman and one of the primary opponents of Richard II.
Origins
300px|right|thumb|Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel; Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Du... | {"Image size": "200", "Image caption": "Monumental effigies of Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, and his wife Margaret Ferrers. He displays the arms of Beauchamp on his surcoat, she displays the arms of Ferrers of Groby on her mantle, and above impaled by Beauchamp. On top is the Bear and Ragged Staff cognisan... |
Margaret Edith Weis (; born March 16, 1948) is an American fantasy and science fiction author of dozens of novels and short stories. At TSR, Inc., she teamed with Tracy Hickman to create the Dragonlance role-playing game (RPG) world. She is founding CEO and owner of Sovereign Press, Inc and Margaret Weis Productions, l... | {"Born": "1948 3 16 y", "Education": "University of Missouri (BA)", "Occupation": "Novelist", "Children": "2", "Period": "1984-present"} |
Horst Sindermann (; 5 September 1915 – 20 April 1990) was a Communist German politician and one of the leaders of East Germany. He became Chairman of the Council of Ministers in 1973, but in 1976 he became President of the Volkskammer, the only member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany to hold the post.
Early lif... | {"Name": "Horst Sindermann", "Image caption": "Sindermann in 1976", "Term start": "3 October 1973", "Term end": "29 October 1976", "Office 2": "First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Partyin Halle", "Predecessor 2": "Bernard Koenen", "Successor 2": "Werner Felfe", "Birth date": "1915 9 5 y", "Birth place": "Dresden, Fr... |
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance () is a 1962 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and James Stewart. The screenplay by James Warner Bellah and Willis Goldbeck was adapted from a 1953 short story written by Dorothy M. Johnson. The supporting cast features Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O'... | {"Directed by": "John Ford", "Screenplay by": "James Warner BellahWillis Goldbeck", "Based on": "\"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance\" Dorothy M. Johnson", "Produced by": "Willis Goldbeck", "Starring": "James StewartJohn WayneVera MilesLee MarvinEdmond O'BrienAndy Devine", "Cinematography": "William H. Clothier", "Edite... |
Addis Ababa University (AAU) () is a national university located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is the oldest university in Ethiopia. AAU has thirteen campuses. Twelve of these are situated in Addis Ababa, and one is located in Bishoftu, about away. AAU has several associated research institutions including the Institu... | {"Motto": "ኵሎ አመክሩ ወዘሠናየ አጽንዑ (1 ተሰሎንቄ 5:21) (Geʽez)", "Type": "State university", "President": "Tassew Woldehannahttp://www.aau.edu.et/aau-leadership/ AAU History of the Presidency 2018 Addis Ababa University 6 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20190507010920/http://www.aau.edu.et/aau-leadership/ 7 May 2019 de... |
The Pudding River is a tributary of the Molalla River in the U.S. state of Oregon. Its drainage basin covers . Among its tributaries are Silver Creek, Butte Creek, Abiqua Creek, and the Little Pudding River.
Historically, the Pudding River flowed directly into the Willamette River, and aerial photos dating back to 19... | {"Etymology": "From Riviere au Boudin, given by French fur trappers in the early 19th-century to commemorate a blood pudding made from elk they shot near the river McArthur Lewis A. McArthur, Lewis L. Oregon Geographic Names 7th Oregon Historical Society Press 2003 1928 Portland, Oregon 788–89 0-87595... |
Montolieu (; ) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
Sometimes referred to as "Village of Books", Montolieu contains fifteen bookshops, mostly specializing in second-hand and antiquarian books. Many artists also live and work in Montolieu, with five workshops and galleries of painters and sculptors a... | {"Name": "Montolieu", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "A general view of Montolieu", "Arrondissement": "Carcassonne", "Canton": "La Malepère à la Montagne Noire", "Postal code": "11170", "Mayor": "Bernard LauretRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-93... |
Earl of Shaftesbury is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1672 for Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Baron Ashley, a prominent politician in the Cabal then dominating the policies of King Charles II. He had already succeeded his father as second Baronet of Rockbourne in 1631 and been created Baron Ashley, of... | {"Creation date": "23 April 1672", "Created by": "Charles II of England", "Peerage": "Peerage of England", "First holder": "Anthony Ashley-Cooper", "Heir apparent": "Anthony Ashley-Cooper,Lord Ashley", "Remainder to": "Heirs male of the body of the 1st earl", "Status": "Extant", "Seat(s)": "St Giles House", "Motto": "L... |
A hulder (or huldra) is a seductive forest creature found in Scandinavian folklore. Her name derives from a root meaning "covered" or "secret".AnneMarie Hellström, Jag vill så gärna berätta. In Norwegian folklore, she is known as huldra ("the [archetypal] hulder", though folklore presupposes that there is an entire Hu... | {"Grouping": "Legendary creature", "Sub grouping": "Humanoid", "Country": "Scandinavia", "Region": "Europe", "Similar entities": "Siren, succubus, mermaid"} |
The Molalla River is a tributary of the Willamette River in the northwestern part of Oregon in the United States. Flowing northwest from the Cascade Range through Table Rock Wilderness, it passes the city of Molalla before entering the larger river near Canby. The Molalla is the largest Willamette tributary unblocked ... | {"Etymology": "After the Molala people", "Mouth": "69 ft on", "Location": "Molalla River State Park", "Coordinates": "45 17 23 N 122 43 18 W inline,title", "Basin size": "874 sqmi on"} |
The University of Regina is a public research university located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Founded in 1911 as a private denominational high school of the Methodist Church of Canada,later the United Church of Canada, at the time there were also in Regina denominational private schools operated by the Church of En... | {"Motto": "As one who serves", "Type": "Public research university", "Endowment": "$97.5 millionhttps://www.uregina.ca/fs/statements/trust-endow.html 2017 Annual Report for the University of Regina Trust and Endowment Fund University of Regina 22 July 2019", "President": "Jeff Keshen", "Chancellor": "Pamela Klein", "St... |
George Elton Mayo (26 December 1880 - 7 September 1949) was an Australian born psychologist, industrial researcher, and organizational theorist.Cullen, David O'Donald. A new way of statecraft: The career of Elton Mayo and the development of the social sciences in America, 1920-1940. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses; 1... | {"Name": "Elton Mayo", "Image": "File:Elton Mayo.jpeg", "Caption": "Elton Mayo 1935", "Birth name": "George Elton Mayo", "Birth date": "yes 1880 12 26", "Birth place": "Adelaide, Australia", "Death date": "yes 1949 09 07 1880 12 26", "Death place": "Guildford, Surrey, UK", "Occupation": "Psychologist, industrial resea... |
Thomas Bradley (December 29, 1917September 29, 1998) was an American politician and police officer who served as the 38th Mayor of Los Angeles from 1973 to 1993. He was the first Black mayor of Los Angeles, and his 20 years in office mark the longest tenure by any mayor in the city's history. His election as mayor in 1... | {"Name": "Tom Bradley", "Image caption": "Bradley in 1980", "Term start": "July 1, 1973", "Term end": "July 1, 1993", "Birth name": "Thomas Bradley", "Birth date": "1917 12 29", "Birth place": "Calvert, Texas, U.S.", "Death date": "1998 9 29 1917 12 29", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Eth... |
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Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick ( 1272 - 12 August 1315) was an English magnate, and one of the principal opponents of King Edward II and his favourite, Piers Gaveston. Guy was the son of William de Beauchamp, the first Beauchamp... | {"Image caption": "Guy de Beauchamp standing over the decapitated body of Piers Gaveston. From the 15th-century Rous Rolls", "Birth date": "1272", "Death date": "12 August 1315", "Buried": "Bordesley Abbey, Worcestershire", "Spouse type": "Spouse", "Issue link": "Family background", "Issue pipe (label)": "See details",... |
Santa Anita Park is a Thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California, United States. It offers some of the prominent horse racing events in the United States during early fall, winter and in spring. The track is home to numerous prestigious races including both the Santa Anita Derby and the Santa Anita Handicap as well ... | {"Location": "285 W. Huntington, Arcadia, CA 91007, United States", "Coordinates": "34.140635 -118.044354 region:US_type:landmark dms inline,title", "Owned by": "Stronach Group", "Date opened": "December 25, 1934", "Course type": "Thoroughbred flat racing", "Notable races": "Santa Anita Handicap (G1)Santa Anita Derby (... |
Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, KG (c. 14 February 131313 November 1369), sometimes styled as Lord Warwick, was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. His reputation as a military leader was so formidable that he was nicknamed 'the devil Warwick' by the French.
In 1348 he b... | {"Image caption": "Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, KG, third founder knight of the Order of the Garter, shown wearing his garter robes over his tunic showing the arms of Beauchamp quartering Newburgh. Illustration from the 1430 Bruges Garter Book made by William Bruges (1375-1450), first Garter King of Arms"... |
The Up series''' of documentary films follows the lives of ten males and four females in England beginning in 1964, when they were seven years old. The first film was titled Seven Up!, with later films adjusting the number in the title to match the age of the subjects at the time of filming. The documentary has had nin... | {"Genre": "Longitudinal study Documentary", "Directed by": "Paul Almond (Seven Up!)Michael Apted (all subsequent films)", "Starring": "Bruce BaldenJackie BassettSymon BasterfieldAndrew Brackfield John BrisbyPeter DaviesSusan DavisCharles FurneauxNicholas (Nick) Hitchon (died 2023) Neil HughesLynn Johnson (died 2013)Pau... |
The Workers Internationalist League was a Trotskyist group in Britain founded in the summer of 1983 by the Internationalist Faction of the Workers Socialist League.Barberis, P. et al. Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations: Parties, Groups and Movements of the 20th Century A&C Black, 2000, p169 It wa... | {"Founded": "1983", "Split from": "Workers Socialist League", "Succeeded by": "Revolutionary Internationalist League", "Ideology": "Trotskyist", "International affiliation": "Trotskyist International Liaison Committee"} |
Claves (; ) are a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of short, wooden sticks about 20-25 centimeters (8-10 inches) long and about 2.5 centimeters (1 inch) in diameter. Although traditionally made of wood (typically rosewood, ebony or grenadilla) many modern manufacturers offer claves made of fiberglass or plast... | {"Name": "Claves", "Background": "percussion", "Classification": "Hand percussion", "Hornbostel-Sachs": "111.11", "Hornbostel-Sachs Description": "Concussion idiophone"} |
Refrancore (Piedmontese: Ël Francó or Arfrancor) is a village and comune in the northwestern Italian province of Asti in the Piedmont region, located some east of Asti in the Basso Monferrato. The territory of the comune extends over an area of and is largely devoted to agriculture, in particular to vineyards growing... | {"Name": "Refrancore", "Official name": "Comune di Refrancore", "Coordinates": "44 56 14 N 8 20 31 E region:IT_type:city(1,638) inline", "Region": "Piedmont", "Province": "Asti (AT)", "Frazioni": "Barcara, Bonina, Calcini, Maddalena, Platona, Rossi", "Mayor": "Roberta VOLPATO", "Area": "13.15", "Population": "1667", "P... |
DKNY is a New York City-based fashion house for men and women, founded in 1984 by Donna Karan. The company specializes in a wide range of fashion products, including clothing, footwear, and accessories.
History
Karan worked for 15 years at Anne Klein, including 10 as its head designer. In 1984 Karan and her late husb... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Founded": "1984", "Headquarters": "United States\n40.75443 -73.98845 type:landmark_globe:earth_region:US-NY title,inline", "Industry": "Fashion", "Parent": "LVMH (2001-2016)G-III Apparel Group(2016-present)", "Products": "Fashion, leather goods and watches", "Website": "www.dkny.com"} |
Port Augusta (Goordnada in the revived indigenous Barngarla language) is a small coastal city in South Australia about by road from the state capital, Adelaide. Most of the city is on the eastern shores of Spencer Gulf, immediately south of the gulf's head,Cat. No. 3218.0 - Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2011 ... | {"Type": "city", "Name": "Port Augusta", "State Abbreviation": "sa", "Caption": "View across Spencer Gulf to Mount Brown", "Coordinates": "32 29 33 S 137 45 57 E inline,title", "Postcode": "5700Australia Post - Postcode: Port Augusta, SA (26 June 2008)", "Distance 1": "310", "Location 1": "Adelaide via 20px", "Distance... |
Antipater I the Idumaean (113 or 114 BCEKokkinos, Nikos. The Herodian Dynasty: Origins, Role In Society and Eclipse. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998, p.109 - 43 BCE) was the founder of the Herodian Dynasty and father of Herod the Great. According to Josephus, he was the son of Antipas and had formerly held th... | {"Born": "Edom", "Died": "43 BCE (aged 69-70)", "Father": "Antipas", "Religion": "Judaism"} |
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Milan Rastislav Štefánik (; 21 July 1880 - 4 May 1919) was a Slovak politician, diplomat, aviator and astronomer. During World War I, he served at the same time as a ... | {"Name": "Milan Rastislav Štefánik", "Term start": "28 October 1918", "Term end": "4 May 1919", "Birth date": "y 1880 07 21", "Birth place": "Košariská, Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia)", "Death date": "y 1919 05 4 1880 07 21", "Death place": "Ivanka pri Dunaji, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)", "Awards": "Légion d'honneur... |
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) is a research institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) formed by the 2003 merger of the Laboratory for Computer Science (LCS) and the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (AI Lab). Housed within the Ray and Maria Stata Center, CSAIL is th... | {"Established": "1963 7 1 (as Project MAC)July 1, 2003 (as CSAIL)", "Address": "The Stata Center (Building 32)32 Vassar StreetCambridge, Massachusetts 02139USA", "Nickname": "CSAIL", "Website": "http://www.csail.mit.edu/"} |
Mummy: The Resurrection is a role-playing game released by White Wolf Game Studios on March 19, 2001, where the players assume the role of resurrected mummies living in the modern world. Mummy: The Resurrection introduces the Amenti, a new style of mummy instead of those presented in earlier World of Darkness products.... | {"Name": "Mummy: The Resurrection", "Image caption": "Mummy: The Resurrection cover art", "Designers": "Justin Achilli, Tim Avers, Andrew Bates, Kraig Blackwelder, Philippe R. Boulle, Carl Bowen, Ken Cliffe, Jess Heinig, Conrad Hubbard, Richard Thomas, Stephan Wieck, Stewart Wieck, Jim (Looking Eagle) Estes, Graeme Dav... |
Wraith: The Oblivion is a tabletop role-playing game designed by Mark Rein·Hagen. It is set in the afterlife of White Wolf Publishing's classic World of Darkness setting, in which the players take on characters who are recently dead and are now ghosts.
Wraith: The Oblivion features an artistically consistent depiction... | {"Name": "Wraith: The Oblivion", "Image caption": "Second edition cover", "Designers": "Mark Rein-Hagen, Sam Chupp, Jennifer Hartshorn", "Publishers": "White Wolf Publishing", "Publication": "August 18, 1994 (ed. Edition 1) August 8, 1996 (ed. 2) August 8, 2018 (20th Anniversary)", "Genres": "Horror", "Systems": "Story... |
Maryborough ( )Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition (2005). Melbourne, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. is a city and a suburb in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. At the 2021 Census, the suburb of Maryborough had a population of 15,287.
Geography
Maryborough is located on the Mary River in Queensland,... | {"Type": "city", "Name": "Maryborough", "State Abbreviation": "qld", "Image": "Lamington Bridge, from NE (2009).jpgLamington bridge over the Mary River\n \n \n MaryboroughCriterionHotel.JPGHistoric Criterion hotel in the Port district\n MaryboroughSchoolOfArts.JPGSchool of Arts building\n 2 0 #F2F2F2", "Caption"... |
The Ghan () is an experiential tourism-oriented passenger train service that operates between the northern and southern coasts of Australia, through the cities of Adelaide, Alice Springs and Darwin on the Adelaide-Darwin rail corridor. Operated by Journey Beyond Rail Expeditions, its scheduled travelling time, includin... | {"Service type": "Transcontinental passenger rail", "Status": "Operating", "Locale": "Australia", "First service": "1929", "Website": "www.journeybeyondrail.com.au", "Termini": "Darwin", "Distance travelled": "2979 km mi on", "Service frequency": "Weekly", "Line(s) used": "Adelaide-Darwin rail corridor", "Seating arran... |
Sigebert I (c. 535 - c. 575) was a Frankish king of Austrasia from the death of his father in 561 to his own death. He was the third surviving son out of four of Clotaire I and Ingund. His reign found him mostly occupied with a successful civil war against his half-brother, Chilperic.
When Clotaire I died in 561, hi... | {"Born": "c. 535", "Died": "Vitry-en-Artois", "Father": "Clotaire I", "Mother": "Ingund"} |
Galswintha (540-568) was a queen consort of Neustria. She was the daughter of Athanagild, Visigothic king of Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula, comprising modern Spain and Portugal), and Goiswintha. Galswintha was the sister of Brunhilda, Queen of Austrasia; and the wife of Chilperic I, the Merovingian king of Neustria.... | {"Born": "540", "Died": "568 540", "Father": "Athanagild", "Mother": "Goiswintha", "Religion": "Arianism"} |
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) is a contemporary art museum with two locations in greater Los Angeles, California. The main branch is located on Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, near the Walt Disney Concert Hall. MOCA's original space, initially intended as a temporary exhibit space while the m... | {"Established": "1979", "Location": "250 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, California 90012, U.S.", "Coordinates": "34 03 12 N 118 15 03 W inline,title region:US_type:landmark_source:dewiki", "Type": "Art museum", "Director": "Johanna Burton", "Public transit access": "A B D EPershing Square Civic Center/Grand Park Gr... |
Mary Esther Wells (May 13, 1943 - July 26, 1992) was an American singer, who helped to define the emerging sound of Motown in the early 1960s.
Along with the Supremes, the Miracles, the Temptations, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, and the Four Tops, Wells was said to have been part of the charge in black music onto r... | {"Born": "Detroit, Michigan, U.S.", "Died": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Genres": "R&B\npop\nsoul\ndisco", "Labels": "Motown\n20th Century Fox\nAtco\nJubilee\nReprise\nEpic\nMotorcity"} |
David Lee Grayson (June 6, 1939 - July 29, 2017) was an American professional football cornerback and safety who played in the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Texans / Kansas City Chiefs and the Oakland Raiders. He played college football for the Oregon Webfoots.
Ea... | {"Born:": "San Diego, California, U.S.", "Died:": "2017 7 29 1939 6 6", "Height:": "10", "Weight:": "187", "High school:": "Lincoln (San Diego, California)", "College:": "Oregon", "AFL Draft:": "Undrafted", "Undrafted:": "1961"} |
Ilia II (; born 4 January 1933), also transcribed as Ilya or Elijah, is the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, the spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church. He is officially styled as "Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, the Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and Metropolitan Bishop of Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkha... | {"Church": "Georgian Orthodox Church", "Predecessor": "David V", "Born": "Vladikavkaz, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union", "Nationality": "Georgian", "Denomination": "Eastern Orthodox Church", "Occupation": "Catholicos-Patriarch"} |
James Grubbs Martin (born December 11, 1935) is an American chemist and politician who served as the 70th governor of North Carolina from 1985 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 9th congressional district from 1973 to 1985.
Martin was the th... | {"Image": "James G. Martin at Johnson AFB, Dec 29, 1988.JPEG", "Image caption": "Martin at Johnson AFB, December 1988", "Term start": "January 5, 1985", "Term end": "January 9, 1993", "District 2": "9th", "Predecessor 2": "Charles R. Jonas", "Successor 2": "Alex McMillan", "Birth name": "James Grubbs Martin", "Birth da... |
James Eubert Holshouser Jr. (October 8, 1934 - June 17, 2013) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 68th Governor of North Carolina from 1973 to 1977. He was the first Republican candidate to be elected as governor of the state since 1896. Born in Boone, North Carolina, Holshouser initially sought to ... | {"Name": "James Holshouser", "Alternative text": "Official photographic portrait of Governor James Holshouser", "Term start": "January 5, 1973", "Term end": "January 8, 1977", "State house 2": "North Carolina", "District 2": "44th", "Predecessor 2": "Mack Stewart Isaac", "Successor 2": "Ernest Bryan MesserListon Bryan ... |
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