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Mills College at Northeastern University is a private college in Oakland, California and part of Northeastern University's global university system. Mills College was founded as the Young Ladies Seminary in 1852 in Benicia, California; it was relocated to Oakland in 1871 and became the first women's college west of the... | {"Type": "Private college", "President": "Elizabeth L. HillmanOur Leadership Team https://mills.northeastern.edu/about/our-team/ Mills College at Northeastern University official website July 20, 2022", "Campus": "Urban, 135 acre", "Students": "1,122", "Website": "mills.northeastern.edu"} |
McCloud is an American police drama television series created by Herman Miller, that aired on NBC from September 16, 1970, to April 17, 1977. The series starred Dennis Weaver, and for six of its seven years as part of the NBC Mystery Movie rotating wheel series that was produced for the network by Universal Television.... | {"Genre": "Crime dramaMystery", "Created by": "Herman Miller", "Starring": "Dennis Weaver J. D. Cannon Terry Carter Ken LynchDiana Muldaur (seasons 6 and 7)", "Country of origin": "United States", "Cinematography": "John M. Stephens Ben Colman Sol Negrin", "Running time": "120 min. (20 episodes) 90 min. (19 episo... |
Wonder Boy in Monster Land, known by its original arcade release as is a platform video game developed by Westone Bit Entertainment and released by Sega in Japanese arcades in 1987 and for the Master System in 1988, with a number of other home computer and console ports following. The game is the sequel to the 1986 ga... | {"Title": "Wonder Boy in Monster Land", "Caption": "Cover artwork for the Master System version featuring Tom-Tom fighting Red Knight, with bats in the background", "Developer": "WestoneSega (Master System)", "Publisher": "Sega", "Director": "Ryuichi NishizawaInterview with Ryuichi Nishizawa http://www.hardcoregaming10... |
Rudolf Walter Wanderone (né Rudolf Walter Wanderon Jr.; January 19, 1913 - January 15, 1996), Includes three photos of his grave marker; provides birth and death dates, and legal surname spelling. Provides surname spelling without the terminal "e", name with "Jr.", age of 7 as of 1920, mother's name as "Rosa" or "Rose"... | {"Name": "Rudolf Wanderone", "Caption": "Wanderone on the front cover of \"Minnesota Fats\" on Pool, 1967", "Birth name": "Rudolf Walter Wanderon Jr.", "Birth date": "1913 01 19", "Birth place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1996 01 15 1913 01 19", "Death place": "Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.", "Other n... |
"Back in the U.S.S.R." is a song by the English rock band the Beatles and the first track of the 1968 double album The Beatles (also known as the "White Album"). Written by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon-McCartney partnership, the song is a parody of Chuck Berry's "Back in the U.S.A." and the Beach Boys' "Ca... | {"Released": "1968 11 22 y", "Recorded": "22-23 August 1968", "Studio": "EMI, London", "Genre": "Rock and rollCampbell 2008 175Hertsgaard 1996 355 : \"'Back In The USSR' was straight-ahead rock 'n' roll...\"", "Label": "Apple", "Songwriter(s)": "Lennon-McCartney", "Producer(s)": "George Martin"} |
The Pee Dee River, also known as the Great Pee Dee River, is a river in the Carolinas of the United States. It originates in the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina, where its upper course, above the mouth of the Uwharrie River, is known as the Yadkin River. The river empties into Winyah Bay, and then into the Atla... | {"Etymology": "Pee Dee tribe", "Mouth": "0 ft on", "Location": "South Carolina", "Coordinates": "34 43 16 N 79 52 54 W type:river_region:US_SC inline,title"} |
Willamette University is a private liberal arts college with locations in Salem and Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1842, it is the oldest college in the Western United States. Originally named the Oregon Institute, the school was an unaffiliated outgrowth of the Methodist Mission. The name was changed to Wallamet Univers... | {"Motto": "Non nobis solum nati sumus (Latin)", "Type": "Private liberal arts college", "Endowment": "$351.6 million (2021)As of June 30, 2021. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/research/2021-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--REVISED-February-18-2022.ashx U.S. and Canadian 2021 NTSE Participat... |
The University of South Carolina System is a state university system collection of campuses established in 1957 to expand the educational opportunities of the citizens of South Carolina as well as extend the reach of the University of South Carolina (USC) throughout the state. With over 52,000 students at the eight cam... | {"Type": "State university system", "Endowment": "$788.3 million (2019)As of June 30, 2019. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2019-Endowment-Market-Values--Final-Feb-10.ashx? U.S. and Canadian 2019 NTSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2019 Endowment Market Value, and Perce... |
Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (Frederick Christian Charles Augustus; 22 January 1831 – 28 October 1917) was a minor Danish-born German prince who became a member of the British royal family through his marriage to Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, the fifth child and third daughter of Queen Victoria and ... | {"Father": "Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg", "Mother": "Countess Louise Sophie Danneskiold-Samsøe", "Born": "Augustenborg, Denmark", "Died": "Pall Mall, London", "Burial": "Royal Vault, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle 23 October 1928 Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore"} |
Grandview Park, also referred to as Turtle Hill by local residents, is a small, elevated park in the Sunset District, San Francisco, California. It is surrounded by 14th and 15th Avenues, as well as Noriega Street.
Despite its small size, or about the size of a city block, the park is important geologically and botan... | {"Type": "Municipal Park & Natural Area", "Location": "Moraga & 14th Ave", "Coordinates": "https://sfrecpark.org/Facilities/Facility/Details/Grandview-Park-338 Grandview Park San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department 2021-11-14", "Area": "3.98 acres", "Open": "5am to Midnight"} |
The Burdekin River is a river in North and Far North Queensland, Australia. The river rises on the northern slopes of Boulder Mountain at Valley of Lagoons, part of the western slope of the Seaview Range, and flows into the Coral Sea at Upstart Bay over to the southeast of the source, with a catchment area of approxim... | {"Etymology": "Thomas Burdekin", "Mouth": "0 m on", "Location": "Upstart Bay", "Coordinates": "19 38 49 S 147 29 14 E inline,title", "Basin size": "129700 km2 on", "Left": "Running River, Fanning River, Kirk River", "Right": "Dry River (Queensland), Clarke River (Queensland), Basalt River, Broughton River (Queensland),... |
This is a list of mayors of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The current mayor is Rosalynn Bliss, who was sworn into office on January 1, 2016.
No.PortraitNameTerm startTerm endPartyHenry R. Williams18501851WhigRalph W. Cole18511852WhigWilliam H. Withey18521853WhigThomas B. Church18531854Democratic100pxWilder D. Foster18541855... | {"Post": "Mayor of the City of Grand Rapids", "Incumbent": "Rosalynn Bliss", "Website": "https://www.grandrapidsmi.gov/Government/Elected-Officials/Mayor-Rosalynn-Bliss", "Incumbent since": "January 1, 2016", "Date of formation": "1850", "First holder": "Henry R. Williams", "Insignia caption": "Seal of the City of Gran... |
Burnie is a port city on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. When founded in 1827, it was named Emu Bay, being renamed after William Burnie, a director of the Van Diemen's Land Company, in the early 1840s.
, Burnie had an urban population of 19,550.
Burnie is governed by the City of Burnie local government ar... | {"Type": "city", "Name": "Burnie", "State Abbreviation": "tas", "Caption": "Burnie CBD and port", "Coordinates": "41 03 49 S 145 52 31 E inline,title", "Locator Map Set to Relief Map": "1", "Population": "19918", "Population Year": "2021", "Population Footnotes": "Burnie - 2021 Census All persons QuickStats https://www... |
Julius Houseman (December 8, 1832 – February 8, 1891) was an American businessman and politician who served as mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan, as representative in the Michigan House of Representatives and as Congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Early life
He was born in Zeckendorf (near Bamberg), in the... | {"Name": "Julius Houseman", "Term start": "March 4, 1883", "Term end": "March 3, 1885", "Order 2": "18th and 20th", "Office 2": "List of mayors of Grand Rapids, MichiganMayor of Grand Rapids", "Predecessor 2": "Peter R. L. Peirce", "Successor 2": "Peter R. L. Peirce", "Birth date": "1832 12 8", "Birth place": "near Bam... |
Straight pool, which is also called 14.1 continuous and 14.1 rack, is a cue sport in which two competing players attempt to as many billiard balls as possible without playing a . The game was the primary version of pool played in professional competition until it was superseded by faster-playing games like nine-ball a... | {"Venue": "Indoor, table", "Governing body": "World Pool-Billiard Association", "Country or region": "Worldwide", "Contact": "No", "Team members": "single competitors or doubles", "Mixed-sex": "Yes", "Equipment": "Cue sports equipment", "Type": "Indoor, table"} |
Coretta Scott King ( Scott; April 27, 1927 - January 30, 2006) was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader and the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. from 1953 until his death. As an advocate for African-American equality, she was a leader for the civil rights movement in the 1960s. King was also a singer who... | {"Name": "Coretta Scott King", "Caption": "King in 1964", "Birth name": "Coretta Scott", "Birth date": "1927 4 27 y", "Birth place": "Heiberger, Alabama, U.S.", "Death date": "2006 01 30 1927 4 26", "Death place": "Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico", "Education": "Antioch College (BA)New England Conservatory of Music (... |
Starflight 2: Trade Routes of the Cloud Nebula is a 1989 science fiction video game developed by Binary Systems and published by Electronic Arts as the sequel to the successful Starflight. It features a combination of space exploration, role-playing and strategy within a futuristic setting. The player commands a spaces... | {"Title": "Starflight 2", "Developer": "Binary Systems (DOS)MicroMagic (Amiga, Mac)", "Publisher": "Electronic Arts", "Producer": "Roland Kippenhan III", "Designer": "Greg Johnson", "Programmer": "Bob Gonsalves", "Artist": "Matt CraneGreg JohnsonErol Otus", "Released": "1989 (DOS)1991 (Amiga, Mac)", "Genre": "Strategy/... |
Golden Spike National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located at Promontory Summit, north of the Great Salt Lake in east-central Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The nearest city is Corinne, approximately east-southeast of the site.
It commemorates the completion of the first Transco... | {"Location": "Box Elder County, Utah, U.S.", "Nearest city": "Corinne", "Area": "2735 acre ha", "Visitation": "2005", "Website": "https://www.nps.gov/gosp", "Built": "1868", "Built by": "Central Pacific Railroad; Union Pacific Railroad"} |
Irene Papas or Irene Pappas (, ; born Eirini Lelekou (); 3 September 1929 - 14 September 2022) was a Greek actress and singer who starred in over 70 films in a career spanning more than 50 years. She gained international recognition through such popular award-winning films as The Guns of Navarone (1961), Zorba the Gree... | {"Name": "Irene Papas", "Caption": "Papas in 1956", "Birth name": "Irene Lelekou", "Birth date": "1929 9 3 y", "Birth place": "Chiliomodi, Corinthia, Greece", "Death date": "2022 9 14 1929 9 3 y", "Death place": "Chiliomodi, Corinthia, Greece", "Nationality": "Greek", "Years active": "1948-2003", "Occupation": "Film an... |
Greil Marcus (born June 19, 1945) is an American author, music journalist and cultural critic. He is notable for producing scholarly and literary essays that place rock music in a broader framework of culture and politics.
Biography
Marcus was born Greil Gerstley in San Francisco, California, the only son of Greil G... | {"Name": "Greil Marcus", "Caption": "Marcus at Festival SOS 4.8 in Murcia, 2014", "Birth date": "1945 6 19", "Birth place": "San Francisco, California, U.S.", "Known For": "Rock critic for Rolling Stone, Creem, the Village Voice, and Pitchfork", "Occupation": "Author, critic, journalist", "Spouse(s)": "Jenny Marcus 196... |
Damhnait Doyle (; born December 9, 1975) is a Canadian musician, singer and composer. A phonetic spelling of her first name (which is Irish) also serves as the title of her 2003 album. She was a member of Atlantic Canadian band Shaye from 2003-2009 with Kim Stockwood and Tara MacLean (2003-2007). Along with Blake Manni... | {"Born": "1975 12 9", "Origin": "Labrador City, Newfoundland, Canada", "Genres": "Folk pop country", "Labels": "Maple Music", "Website": "http://damhnaitdoyle.com"} |
The , , or , are the preferred weapon that the shinobi of feudal Japan carried, usually carried on the person's back, specifically horizontally at a height of around that of the person's waist. It is portrayed by modern ninjutsu practitioners (including Masaaki Hatsumi and Stephen K. Hayes) as the weapon of the ninja,... | {"Place of origin": "Japan", "Type": "Short sword (single-edge)", "Used by": "Shinobi, Ninjutsu practitioners", "Haft": "yes", "Mass": "~0.42 kg lbKnives and Swords Dorling Kindersley Dorling Kindersley Penguin Books 9780756663308 281 https://books.google.com/books?id=2YyzvbDjrEsC&pg=PA281 December 22, 2011 2010... |
Count István Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék (, ; archaically English: Stephen Széchenyi; 21 September 1791 - 8 April 1860) was a Hungarian politician, political theorist, and writer. Widely considered one of the greatest statesmen in his nation's history, within Hungary he is still known to many as "the Greatest Hungar... | {"Name": "István Széchenyi", "Term start": "23 March 1848", "Term end": "4 September 1848", "Birth date": "yes 1791 09 21", "Birth place": "Vienna, Archduchy of Austria", "Death date": "1860 04 08 1791 09 21 y", "Death place": "Oberdöbling, Austrian Empire", "Spouse(s)": "Crescence Seilern"} |
The Ma'alot massacreSources describing the event as a "massacre":
"The day after the Ma'alot massacre, condemned by Pope Paul VI and most Western leaders as 'an evil outrage…'" Frank Gervasi. Thunder Over the Mediterranean, McKay, 1975, p. 443.
"The previous day Israel had been traumatized by the Ma'alot massacre, wh... | {"Title": "Ma'alot massacre", "Part of": "Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon", "Map": "Israel northwest The attack site", "Coordinates": "33 01 00 N 35 17 09 E type:event_region:IL inline,title", "Location": "Ma'alot, Israel", "Target": "Netiv Meir elementary school", "Date": "yes 1974 5 15", "Type of attack": "Sp... |
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike (; ; 17 April 191610 October 2000), commonly known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike (මැතිනිය), was a Sri Lankan politician. She was the world's first female prime minister when she became Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (then the Dominion of Ceylon) in 1960. She chaired the Sri Lanka Freedom Party... | {"Name": "Sirimavo Bandaranaike", "Native name": "සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක சிறிமா பண்டாரநாயக்கே", "Native name language": "si", "Image": "Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon 1960 (cropped).PNG", "Image caption": "Bandaranaike in 1960", "Term start": "14 November 1994", "Term end": "10 August 2000", "Monarch 2":... |
Rosegarden is a free software digital audio workstation program developed for Linux with ALSA, JACK and Qt4. It acts as an audio and MIDI sequencer, scorewriter and musical composition and editing tool. It is intended to be a free and alternative to such applications as Cubase.
Software synthesizers are available as a... | {"Developer(s)": "Chris Cannam, Richard Bown, Guillaume Laurent, et al.", "Repository": "https://sourceforge.net/projects/rosegarden/", "Written in": "C++", "Type": "Digital audio workstation", "License": "GPL-2.0-or-laterhttps://sourceforge.net/p/rosegarden/git/ci/master/tree/README.md README.md https://web.archive.or... |
Francisco Sebastián Carvajal y Gual, sometimes spelled CarbajalKnight, Alan. The Mexican Revolution, v. 2, 170-71. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1986. (December 9, 1870 - September 30, 1932) was a Mexican lawyer and politician who served briefly as president in 1914, during the Mexican Revolution. In his role a... | {"Name": "Francisco Sebastián Carvajal y Gual", "Image caption": "Carvajal in 1914", "Term start": "July 15, 1914", "Term end": "August 13, 1914", "Vice president": "VacantAfter the ousting of President Francisco Madero and Vice President José María Pino Suárez, Presidents Pedro Lascuráin and Victoriano Huerta, technic... |
The Widow Jones is a musical comedy created by the writer John J. McNally as a star vehicle for the actress and singer May Irwin. The musical used song material by a variety of song writers which used a "Negro dialect". Premiering at the Boston Museum theatre and backed by the Boston producers Rich & Harris, the play t... | {"Name": "The Widow Jones", "Composer(s)": "Various", "Lyricist(s)": "Various", "Book-writer": "John J. McNally", "Productions": "1895 Broadway 1901 Broadway"} |
The Telegraph is an Indian English daily newspaper founded and continuously published in Kolkata since 7 July 1982. It is published by the ABP Group and the newspaper competes with The Times of India. The newspaper is the eighth most-widely read English language newspaper in India as per Indian Readership Survey (IRS) ... | {"Type": "Daily newspaper", "Format": "Broadsheet", "Owner(s)": "ABP Group", "Editor-in-chief": "Atideb Sarkar", "Language": "English", "Country": "India", "Circulation": "December 2019", "Headquarters": "6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Kolkata, West Bengal, India", "Sister newspapers": "Anandabazar Patrika", "OCLC": "27171... |
The is a Japanese literary award presented biannually. Because of its prestige and the considerable attention the winner receives from the media, it is, along with the Naoki Prize, one of Japan's most sought after literary prizes.
History
thumb|175px|Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
The Akutagawa Prize was established in 1935 by ... | {"Awarded for": "Best published literary story by a rising author", "Presented by": "Society for the Promotion of Japanese Literature", "Country": "Japan", "Date": "1935 08 10", "Reward(s)": "¥1,000,000, pocket watch", "First awarded": "1935", "Website": "http://www.bunshun.co.jp/shinkoukai/award/akutagawa/"} |
Abelardo Rodríguez Luján, commonly known as Abelardo L. Rodríguez (; 12 May 1889 - 13 February 1967) was the Substitute President of Mexico from 1932 to 1934. He completed the term of President Pascual Ortiz Rubio after his resignation, during the period known as the Maximato, when Former President Plutarco Elías Calle... | {"Birth name": "Abelardo Rodríguez Luján", "Image caption": "Abelardo L. Rodríguez, 1933", "Term start": "4 September 1932", "Term end": "30 November 1934", "Office 2": "Governor of Sonora", "Predecessor 2": "Anselmo Macías Valenzuela", "Successor 2": "Horacio Sobarzo", "Birth date": "1889 5 12 y", "Birth place": "Guay... |
William Dennis Weaver (June 4, 1924 - February 24, 2006) was an American actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild, best known for his work in television and films from the early 1950s until just before his death in 2006. Weaver's two most famous roles were as Marshal Matt Dillon's trusty partner Chester Go... | {"Name": "Dennis Weaver", "Image": "Dennis Weaver 1960.JPG", "Caption": "Weaver in 1960", "Birth name": "William Dennis Weaver", "Birth date": "1924 06 04", "Birth place": "Joplin, Missouri, U.S.", "Death date": "2006 2 24 1924 06 04", "Death place": "Ridgway, Colorado, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "19... |
Manuel Ávila Camacho (; 24 April 1897 - 13 October 1955) was a Mexican politician and military leader who served as the President of Mexico from 1940 to 1946. Despite participating in the Mexican Revolution and achieving a high rank, he came to the presidency of Mexico because of his direct connection to General Lázaro... | {"Name": "Manuel Ávila Camacho", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 1940", "Term start": "1940 12 1 y", "Term end": "1946 11 30 y", "Office 2": "Secretary of National Defense of Mexico", "President 2": "Lázaro Cárdenas", "Predecessor 2": "Andrés Figueroa", "Successor 2": "Jesús Agustín Castro", "Birth date": "yes 189... |
Miguel Alemán Valdés (; 29 September 1900Official website of the Presidency of Mexico – 14 May 1983) was a Mexican politician who served a full term as the President of Mexico from 1946 to 1952, the first civilian president after a string of revolutionary generals.
His administration was characterized by Mexico's rap... | {"Name": "Miguel Alemán Valdés", "Nationality": "Mexican", "Image caption": "Miguel Alemán Valdés, 1946-52", "Term start": "1946 12 01 y", "Term end": "1952 11 30 y", "Office 2": "Secretary of the Interior", "President 2": "Manuel Ávila Camacho", "Predecessor 2": "Ignacio García Téllez", "Successor 2": "Primo Villa Mic... |
RAF Fighter Command was one of the commands of the Royal Air Force. It was formed in 1936 to allow more specialised control of fighter aircraft. It served throughout the Second World War. It earned near-immortal fame during the Battle of Britain in 1940, when the Few held off the Luftwaffe attack on Britain. The Comman... | {"Branch": "United Kingdom", "Motto(s)": "Offence DefencePine L.G. A dictionary of mottoes 1983 Routledge & Kegan Paul London 0-7100-9339-X 160 1 registration https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmott00tion/page/160", "March": "Fighter Command March", "Notablecommanders": "Sir Hugh DowdingSir Sholto Douglas", "Fight... |
Gunnar Milton Hansen (March 4, 1947 - November 7, 2015) was an Icelandic-American actor and author best known for playing the mentally impaired cannibal Leatherface in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974).
Early life
Hansen was born in Reykjavík, Iceland, to Icelander Skúli Hansen, a dentist, and Norwegian Sigrid Hanse... | {"Caption": "Hansen at Days of the Dead in Indianapolis, Indiana, 2012", "Birth name": "Gunnar Milton Hansen", "Birth date": "1947 3 4", "Birth place": "Reykjavík, Iceland", "Death date": "2015 11 7 1947 3 4", "Death place": "Northeast Harbor, Maine, U.S.Associated Press \"Gunnar Hansen, killer of 'Texas Chain Saw Mass... |
The Nogat is a 62 km long delta branch of the Vistula River in northern Poland. Unlike the main river, it does not empty into Gdańsk Bay but rather into the Vistula Lagoon.
The Nogat has its origin near the village of Biała Góra as a distributary of the Vistula River. Shortly after the river Liwa flows into the Nogat.... | {"Location": "Vistula Lagoon", "Coordinates": "54 16 38 N 19 15 38 E inline,title", "Basin size": "1,130 km2 sqmi on", "Landmarks": "Malbork Castle"} |
Le Père Duchesne (; "Old Man Duchesne" or "Father Duchesne") was an extreme radical newspaper during the French Revolution, edited by Jacques Hébert, who published 385 issues from September 1790 until eleven days before his death by guillotine, which took place on March 24, 1794.
History
left|thumb|Père Duchesne
To be... | {"Type": "Daily newspaper", "Format": "Broadsheet", "Circulation": "unknown", "Headquarters": "Paris, French Republic", "Political alignment": "RadicalismFar-left", "Editor": "Jacques Hébert", "Language": "French"} |
Scotiabank Arena (French: Aréna Scotiabank), formerly known as Air Canada Centre (ACC), is a multi-purposed arena located on Bay Street in the South Core district of Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the home of the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Toronto Maple Leafs of the N... | {"Location": "Toronto, Ontario", "Coordinates": "43 38 36 N 79 22 45 W type:landmark_scale:2000 it", "Public transit": "toronto rail Union Stationtoronto subway 1 Union subway stationgotransit bus GO Bus Terminal", "Broke ground": "1938 (original building)March 12, 1997 (reconstruction)", "Opened": "February 19, 1999",... |
The 2004 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses were an election held on January 19 as part of the United States presidential primary. They were the first major test of some of the leading contenders for the Democratic Party's nomination as its candidate for the 2004 United States presidential election.
Candidates
How... | {"Name": "2004 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses", "Country": "Iowa", "Type": "presidential", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "2000 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses", "Previous year": "2000", "Next election": "2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses", "Next year": "2008", "Election date": "2004 01 19... |
Dum Dum is a city and a municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) and a vital locality in Kolkata Metropolitan Area.
Etymology
During the 19th century the area was home to the Dum Dum Arsenal, a B... | {"Type": "Municipality", "Body": "Dum Dum Municipalityhttp://www.dumdummunicipality.co.in/ Dum Dum Municipality dumdummunicipality.co.in 30 December 2019", "Density": "auto", "Website": "dumdummunicipality.co.in, north24parganas.nic.in"} |
The Frontier March of Posen-West Prussia (; ) was a province of Prussia from 1922 to 1938. Posen-West Prussia was established in 1922 as a province of the Free State of Prussia within Weimar Germany, formed from merging three remaining non-contiguous territories of Posen and West Prussia, which had lost the majority of... | {"Native name": "de Grenzmark Posen-Westpreußen", "Conventional long name": "Frontier March of Posen-West Prussia", "Common name": "Posen-West Prussia", "Flag type": "Flag(1923-1935)", "Capital": "Schneidemühl", "Year founded": "1922", "Year dissolved": "1938", "Today part of": "background:transparent;text-align:left;f... |
Fulford is a historic village and civil parish on the outskirts of York, in the York district, in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. Fulford is located to the south of the city, on the east bank of the River Ouse.
The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,785. It is home to Imphal Ba... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 census)", "Unitary authority": "York", "Ceremonial county": "North Yorkshire", "UK Parliament": "York Outer", "Postcode district": "YO", "OS grid reference": "SE608495", "Website": "http://www.fulfordpc.org.uk"} |
Vega (, or , or , meaning "Advanced generation European carrier rocket") is an expendable launch system in use by Arianespace jointly developed by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the European Space Agency (ESA). Development began in 1998 and the first launch took place from the Centre Spatial Guyanais on 13 February... | {"Function": "Small-lift launch vehicle", "Cost per launch": "37 million", "Stages": "4", "Comparable": "Delta II 7420\n Epsilon\n Minotaur IV\n Minotaur-C\n PSLV\n Rokot\n Soyuz-2-1v", "Status": "Active", "Launch sites": "Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELV", "Total launches": "22 \n Vega: 20\n Vega-C: 2", "Success(es)": "19... |
Alfred Eastlack Driscoll (October 25, 1902 – March 9, 1975) was an American Republican Party politician, who served in the New Jersey Senate (1939-1941) representing Camden County, who served as the 43rd governor of New Jersey, and as president of Warner-Lambert (now a part of Pfizer).
Biography
He was born on October... | {"Name": "Alfred Driscoll", "Image caption": "From November 1956's The Diamond of Psi Upsilon", "Office 2": "Member of the New Jersey Senatefrom Camden County", "Predecessor 2": "Albert E. Burling", "Successor 2": "Bruce A. Wallace", "Birth date": "1902 10 25 y", "Birth place": "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Death ... |
Lamanai (from Lama'anayin, "submerged crocodile" in Yucatec Maya) is a Mesoamerican archaeological site, and was once a major city of the Maya civilization, located in the north of Belize, in Orange Walk District. The site's name is pre-Columbian, recorded by early Spanish missionaries, and documented over a millennium... | {"Coordinates": "17 45 9 N 88 39 16 W inline,title", "Location": "Orange Walk District, Belize", "Region": "Orange Walk District", "Founded": "16th century BC", "Periods": "Preclassic to Postclassic", "Cultures": "Maya civilization"} |
Robert Mills (August 12, 1781 - March 3, 1855) was a South Carolina architect known for designing both the first Washington Monument, located in Baltimore, Maryland, as well as the better known monument to the first president in the nation's capital, Washington, DC. He is sometimes said to be the first native-born Amer... | {"Name": "Robert Mills", "Birth date": "1781 8 12", "Birth place": "Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.", "Death date": "1855 3 3 1781 8 12", "Death place": "Washington D.C., U.S.", "Education": "College of Charleston and James Hoban", "Occupation": "Architect and engineer", "Spouse(s)": "Eliza Barnwell Smith", "Nationali... |
is a Japanese fish-shaped cake, commonly sold as street food. It imitates the shape of , which it is named after. The most common filling is red bean paste that is made from sweetened adzuki beans. Other common fillings may be custard, chocolate, cheese, or sweet potato. Some shops even sell with , gyoza filling, or a... | {"Name of food": "ja Taiyaki", "Width of image": "250px", "Image alt string": "Two fish-shaped, somewhat flat pastries.", "Image caption": "Two ja taiyaki.", "Region of origin": "Japanese-speaking areas", "Course served": "Snack", "Main ingredient": "Batter, sweetened adzuki beans", "Cookbook page": "Taiyaki", "Commons... |
Allard Kenneth Lowenstein (January 16, 1929 – March 14, 1980)Lowenstein's gravestone, Arlington National Cemetery; photo online on the cemetery's official website. Accessed online 28 October 2006.Biography of Allard K. Lowenstein, Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Law Clinic, Yale University. Accessed on... | {"Name": "Allard Lowenstein", "Term start": "January 3, 1969", "Term end": "January 3, 1971", "Birth name": "Allard Kenneth Lowenstein", "Birth date": "1929 1 16", "Birth place": "Newark, New Jersey, U.S.", "Death date": "1980 3 14 1929 1 16", "Death place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Jennifer Lyman... |
The Banū Hāshim () is an Arab clan within the Quraysh tribe to which Muhammad belonged, named after Muhammad's great-grandfather Hashim ibn Abd Manaf.
Members of this clan, and especially their descendants, are also referred to as Hashimids, Hashimites, or Hashemites, and often carry the surname . These descendants, a... | {"Nisba": "al-Hashimi", "Location": "Mecca, Hejaz Middle East,South Asia, North Africa, Horn of Africa", "Parent tribe": "Quraysh", "Branches": "Alids\n Ja'farites\n Aqilites\n Abbasids", "Religion": "Islam", "Ethnicity": "Arab"} |
Gordon is the debut studio album by Canadian band Barenaked Ladies. It was released through Sire Records on July 28, 1992. After The Yellow Tape was certified platinum in Canada, the group won a contest hosted by a local radio station. With the winnings, Barenaked Ladies were able to hire producer Michael Phillip Wojew... | {"Released": "July 28, 1992", "Recorded": "1992", "Studio": "Le Studio, Morin-Heights, Quebec", "Genre": "Alternative rock\ncollege rock\nfolk rock\ncomedy rock", "Label": "Reprise/Sire", "Producer": "Michael Phillip Wojewoda"} |
The NBC Mystery Movie is an American television anthology series produced by Universal Pictures, that NBC broadcast from 1971 to 1977. Devoted to a rotating series of mystery episodes, it was sometimes split into two subsets broadcast on different nights of the week: The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie and The NBC Wednesday M... | {"Genre": "Movie of the week", "Country of origin": "United States", "Running time": "90 min. (1971-1974, 1976-1977) 120 min. (1974-1976)", "Original network": "NBC", "Original release": "1977"} |
is a sports car and grand tourer manufactured by the Toyota Motor Corporation beginning in 1978. The name "supra" is derived from the Latin prefix, meaning "above", "to surpass" or "go beyond".
The initial four generations of the Supra were produced from 1978 to 2002. The fifth generation has been produced since March... | {"Manufacturer": "Toyota", "Also called": "Toyota Celica XX (Japan, 1978-1986)\n Toyota Celica Supra (international, 1978-1986)\n Toyota GR Supra (2019-present)", "Production": "\"parts catalogue 1977-1981\">Toyota Celica Parts Catalogue 1977-1981 Toyota - August 2002\n \"productionstart\">https://www.motor1.c... |
Christophe Thierry Daniel Rocancourt, sometimes also called Christopher Rocancourt (born 16 July 1967), is a French impostor and confidence man who scammed affluent people by masquerading in turn as a French nobleman, the heir to the Rockefeller family or family member of a celebrity.
Biography
Rocancourt told Datelin... | {"Name": "Christophe Rocancourt", "Birth name": "Christophe Thierry Rocancourt", "Birth date": "yes 1967 7 16", "Birth place": "Honfleur, Calvados, France", "Nationality": "French", "Other names": "Christopher RocancourtEric RockefellerChristopher ReyesChristopher De LaurentiisChristopher de la RentaChristopher LorenCh... |
Kindred of the East is a tabletop role-playing game book and game line released by White Wolf Publishing in February 1998 for use with their horror game Vampire: The Masquerade. It is part of the World of Darkness series, and is the first and main entry in the Year of the Lotus line of Asia-themed books released throug... | {"Name": "Kindred of the East", "Image caption": "Cover art by Lawrence Snelly, depicting the Chinese character 氣 (qi)", "Designers": "Robert Hatch", "Illustrator(s)": "Lawrence Snelly", "Publishers": "White Wolf Publishing", "Publication": "February 1998", "Systems": "Storyteller System", "Parent games": "Vampire: The... |
Merrill’s Marauders (named after Frank Merrill) or Unit Galahad, officially named the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), was a United States Army long range penetration special operations jungle warfare unit, which fought in the Southeast Asian theater of World War II, or China-Burma-India Theater (CBI). The unit bec... | {"Nickname(s)": "Merrill's Marauders", "Type": "Special operations force", "Role": "Direct actionLong-range penetrationJungle warfareRaidingReconnaissanceSpecial operations", "Branch": "USA", "Size": "Regimental", "Notablecommanders": "Frank Merrill Charles N. Hunter"} |
Major General Orde Charles Wingate, (26 February 1903 - 24 March 1944) was a senior British Army officer known for his creation of the Chindit deep-penetration missions in Japanese-held territory during the Burma Campaign of the Second World War.
Wingate was an exponent of unconventional military thinking and the val... | {"Born": "Nainital, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India (now in Uttarakhand, India)", "Died": "Near Bishnupur, Manipur State, British India (now in Manipur, India)", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Commands held": "Chindits (1942-44)Gideon Force (1940-41)", "Awards": "Distinguished Service Order & Two Bar... |
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, (21 May 1893 - 22 April 1971) was a senior Royal Air Force officer. He served as a bomber pilot in the First World War, and rose to become first a flight commander and then a squadron commander, flying light bombers on... | {"Nickname(s)": "Peter", "Born": "Hungerford, Berkshire", "Died": "West Ashling, West Sussex", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Commands held": "Chief of the Air Staff (1940-46)Bomber Command (1940)Air Member for Personnel (1939-40)Aden Command (1934-35)No. 7 Squadron (1927-28)No. 1 Wing (1919)No. 16 Squadron (1917-18)... |
is a music scene and movement that originated in Japan during the late 1980s, influenced by glam rock and other 1980's rock music styles. It is sometimes called a genre, a style, or a music scene, similar to how Shibuya-kei is described.
Defined by its emphasis on visuals and performance, musical artists involved i... | {"Name": "Visual kei", "Stylistic origins": "Glam rock shock rock heavy metal punk rock gothic rock progressive rock alternative rock electronic pop", "Cultural origins": "Early 1980s, Japan", "Subgenres": "Eroguro kei", "Local scenes": "Nagoya", "Other genre topics": "Japanese popular culture Japanese street fashion"} |
The Cato Street Conspiracy was a plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers and the Prime Minister Lord Liverpool in 1820. The name comes from the meeting place near Edgware Road in London. The police had an informer; the plotters fell into a police trap. Thirteen were arrested, while one policeman, Richard Smith... | {"Date": "22-23 February 1820", "Location": "Cato Street, London", "Caused by": "Death of George III\nImplementation of the Six Acts", "Methods": "Conspiracy\nAssassination", "Death(s)": "1 police officer", "Arrested": "13 conspirators", "Charged": "5 executed5 exiled"} |
The Waffen Grenadier Brigade of the SS Charlemagne () was a Waffen-SS unit formed in September 1944 from French collaborationists, many of whom were already serving in various other German units.
Named after the 9th-century Frankish emperor, the Charlemagne Brigade superseded two units of French volunteers already ser... | {"Allegiance": "Nazi Germany", "Branch": "Flag Schutzstaffel.svg Waffen-SS", "Type": "Infantry brigade, later reclassified as division", "Size": "7,340 men (February 1945)", "Notablecommanders": "Edgar PuaudGustav Krukenberg"} |
Marie-Josée Kravis (née Drouin; born 11 September 1949) is a Canadian businesswoman and philanthropist.
Early life and education
Marie-Josée Drouin was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, of French and English parentage and was the youngest of seven children. She earned an MA in economics from the University of Ottawa. I... | {"Name": "Marie-Josée Kravis", "Birth name": "Marie-Josée Drouin", "Birth date": "1949 09 11 y", "Birth place": "Ottawa, Ontario, Canada", "Education": "University of Ottawa", "Occupation": "Businesswoman, philanthropist", "Spouse(s)": "Charles Dutoit 1982 div Henry Kravis 1994"} |
Randy S. Ferbey2017 Brier Media Guide: Previous Rosters (born May 30, 1959) is a Canadian retired curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta. Ferbey is a six-time Canadian champion and a four-time World Champion. He currently coaches the Rachel Homan women's team.
Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Ferbey notably popularized the syst... | {"Born": "Edmonton, Alberta, Canada", "Brier": "8 (1987, 1988, 1989, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)", "World Championship": "6 (1988, 1989, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005)", "CTRS ranking": "2nd (2004-05 & 2005-06)", "Grand Slam": "3: World Cup/Masters (Feb 2006); Players (2006, 2009)"} |
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? is the second studio album by English rock band Oasis. Released on 2 October 1995 by Creation Records, it was produced by Owen Morris and the group's lead guitarist and chief songwriter Noel Gallagher. The structure and arrangement style of the album were a significant departure from t... | {"Released": "1995 10 2 yes", "Recorded": "March, May-June 1995", "Studio": "Rockfield (Rockfield, Wales)", "Genre": "Rock Britpop", "Label": "Creation", "Producer": "Owen Morris Noel Gallagher"} |
Colleen Patricia Jones (born December 16, 1959) is a Canadian curler and television personality. She is best known as the skip of two women's world championship teams and six Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's championships, including an unprecedented four titles in a row and held the record for most Tournament of ... | {"Other names": "Colleen P. Jones", "Born": "Halifax, Nova Scotia", "Curling club": "Mayflower Curling Club, Halifax, NS", "Skip": "Jessica Daigle", "Third": "Kirsten Lind", "Second": "Lindsey Burgess", "Lead": "Emma Logan", "Alternate": "Colleen Jones", "Hearts": "21 (1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 19... |
Grand River Transit (GRT) is the public transport operator for the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It operates daily bus services in the region, primarily in the cities of Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge, alongside the ION rapid transit light rail system which began service on June 21, 2019.
It ... | {"Name": "Grand River Transit", "Third image caption": "GRT's fleet consists of low-floor buses such as this Nova LFS, and Flexity Freedom light rail vehicles", "Owner(s)": "Waterloo Region", "Area(s) served": "Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo, St. Jacobs, Elmira, New Hamburg, Breslau", "Transit type(s)": "Bus service\n ... |
Edward Plunket Taylor, CMG (January 29, 1901 - May 14, 1989) was a Canadian business tycoon, investor and philanthropist. He was a famous breeder of Thoroughbred race horses, and a major force behind the evolution of the Canadian horse-racing industry. Known to his friends as "Eddie", he is all but universally recorded... | {"Name": "E. P. Taylor", "Post-nominals": "CMG", "Caption": "Edward Plunkett Taylor", "Birth name": "Edward Plunket Taylor", "Birth date": "1901 1 29 y", "Birth place": "Ottawa, Ontario, Canada", "Death date": "1989 5 14 1901 1 29 y", "Death place": "Lyford Cay, Bahamas", "Education": "Ashbury College", "Alma mater": "... |
Daniel Robbins is a computer programmer and consultant best known as the founder and former chief architect of the Gentoo Linux project. In 2008, he launched the Funtoo project, a free Linux distribution based on Gentoo, and he became the project's lead developer and organizer. He works in Albuquerque, New Mexico at Ze... | {"Name": "Daniel Robbins", "Birth place": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Education": "Worcester Polytechnic Institute", "Organization": "Funtoo Technologies", "Known For": "Free software, Hacker, Gentoo, Funtoo", "Website": "https://www.funtoo.org"} |
Firelord (Pyreus Kril) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Publication history
Firelord first appears in Thor #225 (July 1974) and was created by writer Gerry Conway and penciler John Buscema.
Fictional character biography
Pyreus Kril is a Xandarian who was born on ... | {"Publisher": "Marvel Comics", "Created by": "Gerry Conway (writer)John Buscema (artist)", "Species": "Xandarian", "Team affiliations": "Heralds of GalactusNova CorpsUnited Front", "Notable aliases": "Nova Centurion", "Abilities": "Use of Power CosmicSuperhuman strength, reflexes and durabilityFlightMastery of the elec... |
Lake Strom Thurmond, officially designated J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir at the federal level, and Clarks Hill Lake by the state of Georgia, is a man-made reservoir at the border between Georgia and South Carolina in the Savannah River Basin.
Description
thumb|left|The J. Strom Thurmond Dam, as seen from the fishing pie... | {"Location": "McCormick County, SC & Lincoln County, GA & Columbia County, GA McDuffie county Wilkes county", "Coordinates": "33 39 40 N 82 11 57 W region:US-SC_type:waterbody_source:gnis inline,title", "Primary inflows": "Savannah River", "Primary outflows": "Savannah River", "Basin": "United States", "Max. depth": "1... |
Catherine Anne O'Hara (born March 4, 1954) is a Canadian-American actress. She is known for her comedy work on Second City Television (1976-84) and Schitt's Creek (2015-2020) and in films such as After Hours (1985), Beetlejuice (1988), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), and the first two installments of the Home A... | {"Name": "Catherine O'Hara", "Post-nominals": "CAN OC 100%", "Caption": "O'Hara in 2005", "Birth name": "Catherine Anne O'Hara", "Birth date": "1954 3 4", "Birth place": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Citizenship": "Canada United States", "Occupation": "Actress comedian screenwriter", "Years active": "1974-present", "Spo... |
Poreč (; ; ; or ; ) is a town and municipality on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula, in Istria County, west Croatia. Its major landmark is the 6th-century Euphrasian Basilica, which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
The town is almost 2,000 years old, and is set around a harbour protected ... | {"Density": "auto", "Urban density": "auto", "DST": "+2", "Website": "porec.hr"} |
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The National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM; ), commonly known as Maynooth University (MU), is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland. It was Ireland's youngest university until Technological University Dublin was established i... | {"Motto": "Veritati Fir Fer", "Type": "Public", "Chancellor": "Maurice Manning (as Chancellor of the National University of Ireland)", "President": "Eeva Leinonen", "Students": "15,000", "Undergraduates": "11,600", "Postgraduates": "2,465", "Website": "http://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/"} |
Windfields Farm was a six square kilometre (1,500 acre) Thoroughbred horse breeding farm that was founded by businessman E. P. Taylor in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
Origin
The first stable and breeding operation of E. P. Taylor originated with a property north of the city of Toronto on Bayview Avenue. Taylor then acquire... | {"Type": "Private", "Industry": "Equine", "Services": "Horse breeding and racing", "Founded": "1936", "Defunct": "2009", "Headquarters": "Oshawa, Ontario, Canada", "Divisions": "Windfields Farm (Maryland)"} |
Cañonero II (April 24, 1968 - November 11, 1981) was a Venezuelan champion Thoroughbred race horse that may be best remembered for winning the first two legs of the 1971 U.S. Triple Crown, the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes.
Background
Bred by Edward B. Benjamin in Greensboro, North Carolina, the bay colt wa... | {"Sire": "Pretendre", "Grandsire": "Doutelle", "Dam": "Dixieland II", "Damsire": "Nantallah", "Sex": "Stallion", "Foaled": "1968 4 24", "Died": "1981 11 11 1968 4 24", "Country": "Venezuela", "Breeder": "Edward B. Benjamin", "Owner": "Pedro BatistaKing Ranch (late 1971)", "Trainer": "Juan AriasBuddy Hirsch (1972)", "Re... |
Risen Star (March 25, 1985 - March 13, 1998) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes in 1988.
Background
The dark bay colt was the son of the great Triple Crown winner Secretariat and out of the mare Ribbon. Bred by Arthur B. Hancock III and Leone J. Peters, Risen Star wa... | {"Sire": "Secretariat", "Grandsire": "Bold Ruler", "Dam": "Ribbon", "Damsire": "His Majesty", "Sex": "Stallion", "Foaled": "1985", "Country": "United States", "Breeder": "Arthur B. Hancock III & Leone J. Peters", "Owner": "Ronnie Lamarque & Louie Roussel III", "Trainer": "Louie Roussel III", "Record": "11: 8-2-1", "Ear... |
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Krešimir "Krešo" Ćosić (; 26 November 1948 - 25 May 1995) was a Croatian-Yugoslavian professional basketball player and coach. He was a collegiate All-American at Brigham Young University. He revolutionized basketball in Yugoslavia and was the first basketball... | {"Listed height": "11", "Listed weight": "212", "Nationality": "Croatian", "Born": "Zagreb, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia", "Died": "Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.", "College": "BYU (1970-1973)"} |
Thomas Jacob Hilfiger ( ; born March 24, 1951) is an American fashion designer and the founder of Tommy Hilfiger Corporation.
After starting his career by co-founding a chain of jeans/fashion stores called People's Place in upstate New York in the 1970s, he began designing preppy clothing for his own eponymous menswea... | {"Name": "Tommy Hilfiger", "Caption": "Hilfiger in 2009", "Birth name": "Thomas Jacob Hilfiger", "Birth date": "1951 03 24", "Birth place": "Elmira, New York, U.S.", "Notable works": "Tommy Hilfiger", "Occupation": "Fashion designer", "Children": "5"} |
The Moqua Well is a small underground lake, in Nauru.
History
During World War II, Moqua Well was the primary source of drinking water for inhabitants of Nauru."Moqua Caves and Moqua Well", Gatis Pāvils, 30 October 2011. It is for this reason that the body of water is referred to as a well instead of a lake."Nauru - A... | {"Name": "Moqua Well", "Image": "250px", "Location": "Yaren", "Coordinates": "-0.5466 166.920 type:waterbody_region:NR inline,title", "Type": "underground lake", "Basin Countries": "Nauru", "Area": "2000 m2 acre on", "Depth": "2.5 m on", "Max Depth": "5 m on", "Elevation": "5 m on"} |
Kim Raver (born March 15, 1969) is an American actress and producer. She is known for television roles such as Dr. Teddy Altman on ABC's medical drama Grey's Anatomy, Kim Zambrano on Third Watch, and Audrey Raines on 24.
Early life
Kimberly Jayne Raver was born and raised in New York City by her mother. She attended... | {"Name": "Kim Raver", "Caption": "Raver in 2008", "Birth date": "yes 1969 03 15", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress", "Alma mater": "Boston University", "Years active": "1975-present", "Spouse(s)": "Manuel Boyer 2000", "Children": "2"} |
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Times and Seasons was a 19th-century Latter Day Saint newspaper published at Nauvoo, Illinois. It was printed monthly or twice-monthly from November 1839 to February 1846. The motto of the paper was "Truth will prevail," which was printed underneath the title heading. It was the successor to the Elders' Jo... | {"Type": "Monthly and twice-monthly newspaper", "Owner(s)": "Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)", "Founder(s)": "-->", "Language": "English", "Country": "United States", "City": "Nauvoo, Illinois"} |
Alice Deejay are a Dutch Eurodance-pop project founded and produced by Wessel van Diepen, Dennis van den Driesschen, Sebastiaan Molijn and Eelke Kalberg (Pronti & Kalmani), fronted by singer Judith Anna Pronk. They are best known for their 1999 single "Better Off Alone", which was a worldwide success, selling over one ... | {"Origin": "Amsterdam, Netherlands", "Genres": "Trance\n Eurodance\n pop", "Labels": "Violent Music", "Website": "www.alicedeejay.com", "Members": "Judith Anna Pronk (pl)\n Wessel van Diepen\n Dennis van den Driesschen\n Sebastiaan Molijn\n Eelke Kalberg\n Jürgen Rijkers"} |
Matija Ljubek (; 22 November 1953 - 11 October 2000) was a Croatian sprint canoeist who competed in the 1970s and 1980s and later became a sports official.
Born in Belišće, Osijek-Baranja, Ljubek competed in four Summer Olympics where he won four medals. This included two golds (C-1 1000 m: 1976, C-2 500 m: 1984 with ... | {"Name": "Matija Ljubek", "Image": "Matija Ljubek 1007.JPG", "Image caption": "Ljubek's grave at Mirogoj Cemetery.", "Birth date": "1953 11 22 y", "Place of birth": "Belišće, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia", "Death date": "2000 10 11 1953 11 22 y", "Place of death": "Valpovo, Croatia", "Resting place": "Mirogoj Cemetery, Z... |
The Evening and the Morning Star was an early Latter Day Saint movement newspaper published monthly in Independence, Missouri, from June 1832 to July 1833, and then in Kirtland, Ohio, from December 1833 to September 1834. Reprints of edited versions of the original issues were also published in Kirtland under the title... | {"Type": "Monthly newspaper", "Format": "Broadsheet", "Owner(s)": "-->", "Founder(s)": "W. W. Phelps", "Language": "English", "Country": "United States", "City": "Independence, Missouri, Kirtland, Ohio"} |
Peter Pace (born November 5, 1945) is a retired United States Marine Corps general who served as the 16th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Pace was the first Marine officer appointed as chairman and the first Marine officer to be appointed to three different four-star assignments; the others were as the sixth vic... | {"Born": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Allegiance": "United States", "Commands held": "Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffVice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffU.S. Southern CommandMarine Forces Atlantic2nd Battalion, 1st Marines", "Awards": "Defense Distinguished Service Medal (4)Navy Distinguished Service M... |
thumb|250px|right|The two top corner pockets, one for each player throughout an entire game.
One-pocket is a pool game. Only one pocket for each player is used in this game, unlike other games played on a pool table where any can be used to score . The object of the game is to score points. A point is made when a play... | {"Governing body": "Billiard Congress of America", "Contact": "No", "Team members": "single competitors", "Mixed-sex": "Yes", "Equipment": "Cue sports equipment", "Glossary": "glossary of cue sports terms", "Country or region": "Nationwide"} |
The Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate, often shortened to Messenger and Advocate, was an early Latter Day Saint monthly newspaper published in Kirtland, Ohio, from October 1834 to September 1837. It was the successor to The Evening and the Morning Star and the predecessor to the Elders' Journal.
History
The Me... | {"Type": "Monthly newspaper", "Format": "Broadsheet", "Owner(s)": "-->", "Founder(s)": "Oliver Cowdery", "Publisher": "Frederick G. Williams", "Language": "English", "Country": "United States", "City": "Kirtland, Ohio"} |
The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an international, non-government operated organization. It was founded in the UK in 1919, with the goal of helping improve the lives of children worldwide.
The organization helps to raise money to improve children's lives by creating better educationa... | {"Type": "International NGO", "Legal status": "Registered company limited by guaranteeSave the Children website", "Registration no.": "England & Wales 213890 SC039570 EIN: 06-0726487", "Location": "International HQ: London, WC 2, England, U.K.", "Origins": "London, England, U.K.", "Website": "https://www.savethechildre... |
Pope Conon (died 21 September 687) was the bishop of Rome from 21 October 686 to his death. He had been put forward as a compromise candidate, there being a conflict between the two factions resident in Rome — the military and the clerical. He consecrated the Irish missionary St Kilian and commissioned him to preach in... | {"Church": "Catholic Church", "Predecessor": "John V", "Successor": "Sergius I", "Created cardinal": "Leo II", "Born": "Thracesian Theme or Sicily, Byzantine Empire", "Died": "Rome, Byzantine Empire"} |
John Malchase David Shalikashvili (, ; June 27, 1936 - July 23, 2011) was a United States Army general who served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 1992 to 1993 and the 13th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1993 to 1997. He was born in Warsaw, Poland, in the family of émigré Georgian officer Dimitri Sha... | {"Nickname(s)": "\"General Shali\"", "Born": "Warsaw, Poland", "Died": "Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, U.S.", "Allegiance": "United States", "Commands held": "Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffSupreme Allied Commander EuropeOperation Provide Comfort9th Infantry Division1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery", "A... |
Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (; - 24 October 1920) was the fifth child and only surviving daughter of Alexander II of Russia and Marie of Hesse and by Rhine; she was Duchess of Edinburgh and later Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as the wife of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. She was the younger s... | {"Father": "Alexander II of Russia", "Mother": "Marie of Hesse and by Rhine", "Born": "Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire", "Died": "Zürich, Switzerland", "Burial": "Friedhof am Glockenberg, Coburg", "Religion": "Russian Orthodox"} |
Rajinder Singh Rai (), better known by his stage name Panjabi MC, is a British-Indian recording artist, rapper, producer and DJ. He is best known for the worldwide 2002 bhangra hit "Mundian To Bach Ke", which sold 10 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling singles of all time. Among other songs, he ... | {"Born": "1973 02 14", "Genres": "Bhangra, electronic, alternative hip hop, trip hop, Asian Underground", "Labels": "Superstar Recordings (Germany)Urban RecordsPMC Records (UK)Universal (India)Ultra Music", "Website": "https://www.panjabi-mc.com/"} |
Sonic Foundry, Inc is an information technology company that produces software for distance learning and corporate communication. It is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. It is known for originally developing Vegas Pro and Sound Forge.
History
Sonic Foundry was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Madison, Wiscons... | {"Industry": "Information technology and services", "Founded": "1991", "Headquarters": "Madison, Wisconsin", "Website": "www.sonicfoundry.com"} |
Home Movies is an American animated sitcom created by Brendon Small and Loren Bouchard. The show centers on an eight-year-old aspiring filmmaker, also named Brendon Small, who makes homemade film productions in his spare time with his friends Melissa Robbins and Jason Penopolis. He lives with his divorced mother Paul... | {"Running time": "22 minutes", "Genre": "Animated sitcom\n Slice of life", "Created by": "Brendon Small\n Loren Bouchard", "Developed by": "Tom Snyder", "Directed by": "Loren Bouchard", "Voices of": "Brendon Small\n H. Jon Benjamin\n Melissa Bardin Galsky\n Janine Ditullio (2001-04)\n Paula Poundstone (1999)", "Country... |
John Elliot Burns (20 October 1858 - 24 January 1943) was an English trade unionist and politician, particularly associated with London politics and Battersea. He was a socialist and then a Liberal Member of Parliament and Minister. He was anti-alcohol and a keen sportsman. When the Liberal cabinet made a decision for ... | {"Name": "John Burns", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "Burns, circa 1911", "Order 2": "President of the Board of Trade", "Monarch 2": "George V", "Prime minister 2": "H. H. Asquith", "Predecessor 2": "Sydney Buxton", "Successor 2": "Walter Runciman", "Birth date": "yes 1858 10 20", "Birth place": "Vauxhall, Lo... |
The House of Lords Act 1999 (c. 34) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed the House of Lords, one of the chambers of Parliament. The Act was given Royal Assent on 11 November 1999. For centuries, the House of Lords had included several hundred members who inherited their seats (hereditary peer... | {"Short title": "House of Lords Act 1999", "Parliament": "Parliament of the United Kingdom", "Long title": "An Act to restrict membership of the House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage; to make related provision about disqualifications for voting at elections to, and for membership of, the House of Commons; an... |
Benny & Joon is a 1993 American romantic comedy-drama film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer about how two eccentric individuals, Sam (Johnny Depp) and Juniper "Joon" (Mary Stuart Masterson), find each other and fall in love. Aidan Quinn also stars, and it was directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik.
The film is perhaps best kn... | {"Directed by": "Jeremiah S. Chechik", "Produced by": "Susan Arnold Donna Roth", "Screenplay by": "Barry Berman", "Story by": "Barry BermanLeslie McNeil", "Starring": "Johnny Depp\n Mary Stuart Masterson\n Aidan Quinn\n Julianne Moore\n Oliver Platt", "Music by": "Rachel Portman", "Cinematography": "John Schwartzman", ... |
Mo Tse ( also known as Miu Tse, Tse Miu, Tze Miu, Xia Miao, Xie Miao) is an actor who began as a child actor. He is known for his roles in China action cinema. He has starred as a father-son duo with Jet Li in the 1994 film The New Legend of Shaolin. He was also in The Champions, which was the opening film at the 2008 ... | {"Name": "Mo Tse", "Birth date": "1984 5 2", "Birth place": "Beijing Western District", "Other names": "Miu Tse, Tsue Miu, Xia Miao, Xie Miao, Miao Xe", "Education": "Capital Institute of Physical Education (CIPE)", "Occupation": "actor", "Years active": "1993-present", "Known For": "Hong Kong action cinema", "Height":... |
John Taylor Gildred (born August 23, 1970) is an American entrepreneur and business executive known for his work in consumer electronics and online media technology. Gildred originally established his reputation in 1994 at OpenSoft, an Internet communications software company. Later in 1999, Gildred became well known a... | {"Birth name": "John Taylor Gildred", "Birth date": "1970 8 23", "Birth place": "San Diego, California, US", "Alma mater": "UCLA", "Occupation": "VP Product IntertrustFounder, Investor AVB.ioCo-Owner, Investor SG Investments", "Years active": "1994-present", "Spouse(s)": "Yana Kushner 1999", "Children": "Maxim Gildred ... |
Roméo Antonius Dallaire (born June 25, 1946) is a Canadian retired politician and military officer who was a senator from Quebec from 2005 to 2014, and a lieutenant-general in the Canadian Armed Forces. He notably was the force commander of UNAMIR, the ill-fated United Nations peacekeeping force for Rwanda between 199... | {"Name": "Roméo Dallaire", "Image caption": "Roméo Dallaire in 2017", "Term start": "March 25, 2005", "Term end": "June 17, 2014", "Birth name": "Roméo Antonius Dallaire", "Birth date": "1946 06 25", "Birth place": "Denekamp, Netherlands", "Alma mater": "Royal Military College of Canada (BSc)", "Other political party":... |
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