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Neil N. LaBute (born March 19, 1963) is an American playwright, film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for a play that he wrote and later adapted for film, In the Company of Men (1997), which won awards from the Sundance Film Festival, the Independent Spirit Awards, and the New York Film Critics Circl... | {"Name": "Neil LaBute", "Caption": "LaBute in 2010", "Birth name": "Neil N. LaBute", "Birth date": "1963 3 19", "Birth place": "Detroit, Michigan, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Brigham Young UniversityUniversity of Kansas", "Occupation": "Playwright, film director, screenwriter, actor"} |
Charles Doyle Haas II (born March 27, 1972) is an American professional and former amateur wrestler. He is best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) from 2000 to 2009 and Ring of Honor (ROH) from 2010 to 2013. In WWE he was a member of Team Angle, which later became a Tag Team duo with Shelton Benj... | {"Birth name": "Charles Doyle Haas II", "Ring name(s)": "Charlie HaasMVCR.C. Haas", "Billed height": "6 ft 2 in", "Billed weight": "249 lbhttp://www.rohwrestling.com/wrestlers/roster/charlie-haas Charlie Haas April 6, 2012 Ring of Honor https://web.archive.org/web/20120615145404/http://www.rohwrestling.com/wrestlers/ro... |
Shelton James Benjamin (born July 9, 1975) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs in a tag team with Cedric Alexander.
He is also known for his work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah through their working relationship under the ring name Shelton X ... | {"Birth name": "Shelton James BenjaminShelton J. Benjamin https://twitter.com/Sheltyb803?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Twitter August 27, 2020 October 20, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211020233558/https://twitter.com/Sheltyb803?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor ... |
Randolph Jefferson (October 1, 1755 – August 7, 1815) was the younger brother of Thomas Jefferson, the only male sibling to survive infancy. He was a planter and owner of the Snowden plantation that he inherited from his father. He served the local militia for about ten years, making captain of the local militia in 179... | {"Name": "Randolph Jefferson", "Birth date": "1755 10 1", "Death date": "1815 8 7 1755 10 1", "Known For": "younger brother of Thomas Jefferson", "Spouse(s)": "Anne Lewis (m. 1781; death 1799)Mitchie Ballow Pryor (m. 1809)", "Children": "Thomas Robert Peter Isham James Anna John", "Mother": "Jane Randolph", "Father": "... |
Scott Oliver Hall (October 20, 1958 - March 14, 2022) was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his tenures with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under both his real name and ring name, the Diamond Studd, and with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) under the ring name Razor Ramon.
Born ... | {"Name": "Scott Hall", "Birth name": "Scott Oliver Hall", "Spouse(s)": "Dana Burgio 1990 1998 divorced1999 2001 divorced\n Jessica Hart 2006 2007 divorced", "Children": "2, including Cody Hall", "Birth date": "1958 10 20 y", "Birth place": "St. Mary's County, Maryland, U.S.", "Death date": "2022 03 14 1958 10 20 y", "D... |
David Cameron Chatters (April 15, 1946 - January 25, 2016) was a Canadian politician. He was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2006, representing the riding of Athabasca until the 2004 election, after which he represented Westlock—St. Paul.
Born in Westlock, Alberta, Chatters, formerly a farmer a... | {"Name": "David Chatters", "Birth date": "April 15, 1946", "Birth place": "Westlock, Alberta, Canada", "Death date": "2016 1 25 1946 4 15", "Death place": "Westlock, Alberta, Canada", "Office 2": "Member of the Canadian Parliamentfor Athabasca", "Predecessor 2": "Jack Shields", "Successor 2": "Brian Jean"} |
Kevin Scott Nash (born July 9, 1959) is an American actor, podcaster and retired professional wrestler, currently signed to WWE under a legends contract. He is also known for his tenures with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
Nash first gained exposure in the professional wre... | {"Birth name": "Kevin Scott Nash", "Born": "Detroit, Michigan, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Tamara McMichael 1988", "Children": "1", "Ring name(s)": "Chet Lemonhttps://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=40 Kevin Nash Wrestling Data August 4, 2021DieselDr. Xhttps://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=429&name=Kevin+Nas... |
Kickstart Kids is a martial arts character development program non-profit organization, formed by Chuck Norris on August 16, 1990 as the Kick Drugs Out of America Foundation.
History
On August 16, 1990, the Kick Drugs out of America Foundation (dba Kickstart Kids) was formed by martial artist, actor and philanthropist... | {"Named after": "Character through karate", "Type": "Non-profit organization", "Headquarters": "10222 Westheimer Road", "Location": "Texas USA Houston, Texas, United States", "Website": "www.kickstartkids.org"} |
Deepak Obhrai (July 5, 1950 - August 2, 2019) was a Tanzania-born Canadian politician, representing the riding of Calgary East (until 2015) and Forest Lawn (from 2015) for the Reform Party of Canada and then the Conservative Party of Canada from 1997 until his death in 2019. He previously served as the Parliamentary S... | {"Name": "Deepak Obhrai", "Image caption": "Obhrai in 2017", "Other political party": "Reform Party, Canadian Alliance", "Birth date": "1950 7 5", "Birth place": "Oldeani, Tanganyika(now Oldeani, Tanzania)", "Death date": "2019 8 2 1950 7 5", "Death place": "Calgary, Alberta, Canada", "Official website": "http://www.de... |
Arthur Hanger (born February 19, 1943) is a Canadian politician.
Hanger is a former member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the House of Commons of Canada, having represented the riding of Calgary Northeast from 1993 until his retirement in 2008. He was elected as a member of the Reform Party of Canada (1993-200... | {"Name": "Arthur Hanger", "Term start": "October 25, 1993", "Term end": "October 14, 2008", "Birth date": "1943 2 19", "Birth place": "Three Hills, Alberta, Canada", "Other political party": "Reform (1993-2000)Canadian Alliance (2000-2001, 2001-2003)Independent (2001)", "Spouse(s)": "Margaret Maerz", "Residence": "Calg... |
William Thomas Cahill (June 25, 1912July 1, 1996) was an American politician, lawyer, and academic who served as the 46th governor of New Jersey from 1970 to 1974. A Republican, Cahill previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly and U.S. House of Representatives before being elected governor in the 1969 New Je... | {"Name": "William Thomas Cahill", "Image caption": "Cahill in 1969", "Term start": "January 20, 1970", "Term end": "January 15, 1974", "Birth date": "1912 6 25 y", "Birth place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Death date": "1996 07 1 1912 06 25", "Death place": "Haddonfield, New Jersey, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Eliza... |
Jason Thomas Kenney (born May 30, 1968) is a Canadian former politician who served as the 18th premier of Alberta from 2019 until 2022 and the leader of the United Conservative Party (UCP) from 2017 until 2022. He also served as the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Calgary-Lougheed from 2017 until 2022. Ke... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Honourable", "Name": "Jason Kenney", "Image caption": "Kenney in April 2019", "Lieutenant governor": "Lois MitchellSalma Lakhani", "Term start": "April 30, 2019", "Term end": "October 11, 2022", "Birth name": "Jason Thomas Kenney", "Birth date": "1968 5 30", "Birth place": "Oakville, Ontario, ... |
The Children's Literature Legacy Award (known as the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal until 2018) is a prize awarded by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), to writers or illustrators of children's books published in the United States who have, over a p... | {"Awarded for": "\"substantial and lasting contributions to children's literature\"", "Presented by": "Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1954", "Website": "ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/clla/about"} |
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) consists of a set of extensions to the Windows Driver Model that provides an operating system interface through which instrumented components provide information and notification. WMI is Microsoft's implementation of the Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) and Common Informat... | {"Original author(s)": "Microsoft", "Developer(s)": "Microsoft", "Platform": "IA-32, x86-64, and ARM (historically Itanium, DEC Alpha, MIPS, and PowerPC)", "Type": "Systems management", "License": "Proprietary", "Website": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/desktop/wmi_v2/windows-management-in... |
Graf Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke (; 26 October 180024 April 1891) was a Prussian field marshal. The chief of staff of the Prussian Army for thirty years, he is regarded as the creator of a new, more modern method of directing armies in the field and one of the finest military minds of his generation. He commanded ... | {"Honorific prefix": "Graf", "Name": "Helmuth von Moltke", "Honorific suffix": "the Elder", "Image caption": "Helmuth von Moltke, 1870s", "Term start": "18 January 1871", "Term end": "10 August 1888", "Birth date": "1800 10 26 y", "Birth place": "Parchim, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Holy Roman Empire", "Death date": "1891 4 ... |
Helmuth Johannes Ludwig Graf von Moltke (; 25 May 1848 - 18 June 1916), also known as Moltke the Younger, was a German general and Chief of the Great German General Staff, a member of the House of Moltke. He was also the nephew of Generalfeldmarschall Graf Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke, who is commonly called "Moltk... | {"Honorific prefix": "Graf", "Name": "Helmuth von Moltke the Younger", "Image caption": "Moltke in 1906", "Term start": "1 January 1906", "Term end": "14 September 1914", "Birth name": "Helmuth Johannes Ludwig von Moltke", "Birth date": "1848 05 25 y", "Birth place": "Biendorf, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germ... |
Helmuth James Graf von Moltke (11 March 1907 – 23 January 1945) was a German jurist who, as a draftee in the German Abwehr, acted to subvert German human-rights abuses of people in territories occupied by Germany during World War II. He was a founding member of the Kreisau Circle opposition group, whose members oppose... | {"Name": "Helmuth James Graf von Moltke", "Caption": "Moltke in January 1945", "Birth date": "1907 3 11 y", "Birth place": "Kreisau, Prussia, German Empire (now Krzyżowa, Poland)", "Death date": "1945 1 23 1907 3 11 y", "Death place": "Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Nazi Germany", "Death cause": "Execution by hanging", "Re... |
This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected in the 1987 general election, held on 11 June. The Parliament lasted until 1992, although the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, was replaced on 28 November 1990 by Chancellor of the Exchequer, John Major.
Diane Abbott was one of the first three Black British MPs i... | {"Legislative body": "Parliament of the United Kingdom", "Election": "1987 United Kingdom general election", "Government": "Third Thatcher ministryFirst Major ministry", "Term": "1992 03 16 y", "Members": "650"} |
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Selwyn is a township in central-eastern Ontario, Canada, located in Peterborough County.
Formerly known as Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield, the township passed a by-law changing its name to Selwyn in 2012."Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield Township to be renamed Selwyn ... | {"Type": "Township", "Land": "315.69", "Density": "54.0", "Website": "http://www.selwyntownship.ca/", "DST": "-4"} |
Mad Mad World is the second studio album by Canadian rock singer Tom Cochrane, originally released in 1991 in Canada and in the United States on February 17, 1992. The first single from the album, "Life Is a Highway", became a hit in late 1991, reaching number one in Canada and number six on the Billboard Hot 100 in th... | {"Released": "September 19, 1991", "Recorded": "1991", "Genre": "Rock", "Label": "Capitol", "Producer": "Joe Hardy(track 13 produced by Tom Cochrane)"} |
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Caledonian MacBrayne (), usually shortened to CalMac, is the major operator of passenger and vehicle ferries, and ferry services, between the mainland of Scotland and 22 of the major islands on Scotland's west coast. Since 2006, the company's official name has been CalMac Ferries Ltd, ... | {"Type": "Government-owned service", "Industry": "Transport", "Services": "Ferry operations between mainland Scotland and islands", "Revenue": "£227.2 millionhttps://www.calmac.co.uk/article/8574/CalMac-Ferries-Socio-Economic-Impact-Report CalMac Ferries: Socio-Economic Impact Report", "Parent": "David MacBrayne", "Di... |
Marc-André Hamelin, OC, OQ (born September 5, 1961), is a Canadian virtuoso pianist and composer who has received 11 Grammy Award nominations. He is on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music.
Biography
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Hamelin began his piano studies at the age of five. His father, a pharmacis... | {"Name": "Marc-André Hamelin", "Birth date": "1961 09 05", "Birth place": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Nationality": "Canadian", "Occupation": "Pianist and composer"} |
Agadir-Al Massira Airport (; ; ) is an international airport serving Agadir, a major city in southwest Morocco and the capital of Souss-Massa region. The airport is located in the commune of Temsia, 20 km southeast of Agadir proper. In 2007, Al Massira International Airport served 1,502,094 passengers. In later years, ... | {"Airport type": "Public", "Serves": "Agadir, Souss-Massa, Morocco", "Location": "Temsia, Souss-Massa, Morocco", "AMSL": "69", "Coordinates": "30 19 30 N 009 24 47 W region:MA inline,title"} |
Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1 (1976), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court on campaign finance. A majority of justices held that, as provided by section 608 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, limits on election expenditures are unconstitutional. In a per curiam (by the Court) opinion, they ruled th... | {"Date argued": "November 10", "Year argued": "1975", "Date decided": "January 29", "Year decided": "1976", "Full case name": "James L. Buckley, et al. v. Francis R. Valeo, Secretary of the United States Senate, et al.", "United States Reports volume number": "424", "United States Reports page number": "1", "Parallel c... |
Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, Duke of Värmland (Carl Philip Edmund Bertil; born 13 May 1979) is the only son and the second of three children of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. , Prince Carl Philip is fourth in the line of succession, after his older sister, Crown Princess Victoria, his niece and goddaughter Pri... | {"Born": "Stockholm Palace, Stockholm, Sweden", "Father": "Carl XVI Gustaf", "Mother": "Silvia Sommerlath", "Religion": "Church of Sweden"} |
AHK Air Hong Kong Limited (stylised as air Hongkong and commonly known as Air Hong Kong; ) is an all-cargo airline based in Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, with its main hub at Hong Kong International Airport. The airline operates an express freight network to 13 destinations in nine countries, including China, Japan, Malaysi... | {"Airline name": "Air Hong Kong香港華民航空", "Image size (px)": "200", "Current Fleet Size": "14", "Number of Destinations": "13", "IATA Designator": "LD", "ICAO Designator": "AHK", "Callsign": "AIR HONG KONG", "Parent Company": "Cathay Pacific", "Founded": "1986 11 y", "Commenced operations": "1988 02 04 y", "Headquarters"... |
Princess Madeleine of Sweden, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland (Madeleine Thérèse Amelie Josephine; born 10 June 1982) is the second daughter and youngest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. Upon her birth, she was third in line of succession to the Swedish throne; currently, she is eighth. Princess M... | {"Born": "Drottningholm Palace, Drottningholm, Sweden", "Father": "Carl XVI Gustaf", "Mother": "Silvia Sommerlath", "Religion": "Church of Sweden"} |
Pierogi are filled dumplings made by wrapping unleavened dough around a filling, (usually mashed potatoes) and occasionally flavored with a savory or sweet garnish and cooking in boiling water.
Pierogi or their varieties are associated with the cuisines of Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. Dumplings most like... | {"Name of food": "Pierogi", "Image caption": "Pierogi with butter", "Alternate name": "Pirohy Пироги (uk-Latn pyrohy) варе́ники (uk-Latn varenyky) варе́ники (ru-Latn vareniki)", "Region of origin": "Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Southeastern Europe", "Place of origin": "Minrol /> Europe (contemporary)", "Course s... |
Doppelgänger is the fifth studio album by Christian alternative rock band Daniel Amos issued on their own Alarma! Records label in 1983. It is the second album in their ¡Alarma! Chronicles album cycle.
Content
Doppelgänger is much darker than the album that preceded it, ¡Alarma!. The album starts with the eerie backwa... | {"Released": "1983", "Recorded": "Whitefield Studios, (Santa Ana, California)", "Genre": "New Wave, Christian alternative rock", "Label": "Alarma!", "Producer": "Terry Scott Taylor, Jerry Chamberlain"} |
Pirozhki () are foremost, Russian baked or fried yeast-leavened boat-shaped buns with a variety of fillings. Pirozhki are a popular street food and comfort food in Eastern Europe.
Terminology
The stress in is on the last syllable: . (, singular) is the diminutive form of Russian pirog, which means a full-sized pie. ... | {"Name of food": "Pirozhki", "Image filename": "Piroshki.JPG", "Width of image": "250px", "Image caption": "Baked piroshki stuffed with meat, mushroom, rice and onions", "Alternate name": "Pirozhki", "Place of origin": "Russia A Taste of Russia: A Cookbook of Russian Hospitality Darra Goldstein Darra Goldstein R... |
, real name , is a well-known stage and movie actor in Japan who is best known internationally for his portrayal of Chairman Kaga in the Japanese television show Iron Chef produced by Fuji TV.
Biography
Kaga was born on October 12, 1950, in the city of Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. His first experience on s... | {"Name": "Takeshi Kaga", "Birth name": "Shigekatsu Katsuta", "Birth date": "1950 10 12", "Birth place": "Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1972-present", "Height": "1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)", "Children": "1 son", "Website": "Official site"} |
Pope Adeodatus II ( 621-17 June 676), sometimes called Deodatus, was the bishop of Rome from 672 to his death. He devoted much of his papacy to improving churches and fighting monothelitism.
Rise
Born in Rome in c. 621, Adeodatus was the son of a man named Jovinianus. He became a Benedictine monk of the Roman cloister... | {"Church": "Catholic Church", "Predecessor": "Vitalian", "Successor": "Donus", "Born": "Rome, Byzantine Empire", "Died": "Rome, Byzantine Empire"} |
Beverley Marian McLachlin (born September 7, 1943) is a Canadian jurist and author who served as the 17th chief justice of Canada from 2000 to 2017. She is the longest-serving chief justice in Canadian history and the first woman to hold the position.
In July 2018, McLachlin began a three-year term as a non-permanent... | {"Name": "Beverley McLachlin", "Alternative text": "McLachlin in 2007", "Image caption": "McLachlin in 2007", "Office 2": "Non-Permanent Judge of theCourt of Final Appeal of Hong Kong", "Appointer 2": "Carrie Lam", "Term start": "January 7, 2000", "Term end": "December 15, 2017", "Birth date": "1943 9 7", "Birth place"... |
Pope Donus (died on 11 April 678) was the bishop of Rome from 676 to his death. Few details survive about him or his achievements beyond what is recorded in the Liber Pontificalis.
Election
Donus was the son of a Roman named Maurice. He became pope on 2 November 676, having been selected to succeed Adeodatus II. By th... | {"Church": "Catholic Church", "Predecessor": "Adeodatus II", "Successor": "Agatho", "Born": "Rome, Byzantine Empire", "Died": "Rome, Byzantine Empire"} |
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Crank Yankers is an American adult puppet television show produced by Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel and Daniel Kellison. It features actual crank calls made by show regulars and celebrity guests, while re-enacted onscreen by puppets for a visual aid that shows the viewer what is happening in the call. The show pr... | {"Running time": "21-22 minutes", "Created by": "Adam CarollaJimmy KimmelDaniel KellisonJonathan Kimmel", "Voices of": "Tony BarbieriAdam CarollaSusie EssmanJim FlorentineJimmy KimmelTracy MorganKevin NealonSarah SilvermanWanda SykesBiz Markie", "Opening theme": "Adam Schlesinger, Steven Gold", "Country of origin": "Un... |
Ann Miller (born Johnnie Lucille Collier; April 12, 1923 - January 22, 2004) was an American actress and dancer. She is best remembered for her work in the classical Hollywood cinema musicals of the 1940s and 1950s. Her early work included roles in Frank Capra's You Can't Take It with You (1938) and the Marx Brothers f... | {"Birth name": "Johnnie Lucille Collier", "Caption": "Miller in 1957", "Birth date": "1923 04 12 y", "Birth place": "St. Joseph's Infirmary, Houston, Texas, U.S.Biography, tshaonline.org. Accessed June 13, 2023.", "Death date": "2004 01 22 1923 04 12 y", "Resting place": "Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, U... |
Gaillard () is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
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Gaillard lies on the border with Switzerland, 5 km east of the city centre of Geneva. The biggest border crossing is called Moillesulaz and the second one is Fossard.
Popula... | {"Name": "Gaillard", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Arrondissement": "Saint-Julien-en-Genevois", "Canton": "Gaillard", "Postal code": "74240", "Mayor": "Jean-Paul BoslandRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte d... |
Rusholme () is an area of Manchester, England, two miles south of the city centre. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 13,643. Rusholme is bounded by Chorlton-on-Medlock to the north, Victoria Park and Longsight to the east, Fallowfield to the south and Moss Side to the west. It has a large student popula... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)", "Metropolitan borough": "City of Manchester", "Metropolitan county": "Greater Manchester", "UK Parliament": "Manchester Gorton", "Councillors": "Labour", "Postcode district": "M", "Dialling code": "0161", "OS grid reference": "SJ850953"} |
The Hog's Back is a hilly ridge, part of the North Downs in Surrey, England. It runs between Farnham in the west and Guildford in the east.
Name
Compared with the main part of the Downs to the east of it, it is a narrow elongated ridge, hence its name.
Jane Austen, in a letter to her sister Cassandra dated Thursday 2... | {"Name": "Hog's Back", "Photo caption": "Aerial photograph of the Hog's Back, looking east towards Guildford. The A31 dual carriageway runs along the spine of the ridge.", "Elevation (meters)": "154", "Range": "North Downs", "Map": "United Kingdom Surrey", "Map caption": "The Hog's Back in Surrey, England", "Map relief... |
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Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland (Bertil Gustaf Oskar Carl Eugén; 28 February 1912 – 5 January 1997), was a member of the Swedish royal family. He was the third son of King Gustaf VI Adolf and his first wife, Princess Margaret of Connaught, as well as the... | {"Born": "Stockholm Palace, Stockholm, Sweden", "Died": "Villa Solbacken, Djurgården, Stockholm, Sweden", "Burial": "Royal Cemetery, Solna, Sweden", "Father": "Gustaf VI Adolf", "Mother": "Margaret of Connaught", "Religion": "Church of Sweden"} |
The Terror State is the fifth studio album by Pittsburgh punk rock band Anti-Flag, released on October 21, 2003, on Fat Wreck Chords. The album's artwork was regarded as somewhat controversial (picturing lead vocalist Justin Sane's niece, Rachel, amongst rubble and holding an automatic handgun), and the band was force... | {"Released": "October 21, 2003", "Genre": "Hardcore punkMcElhiney Brian Punk & Politics: Anti-Flag remains angry band, but uses music to unite fans https://dailygazette.com/2010/01/30/0130_antiflag/ September 18, 2022 Daily Gazette January 30, 2010\n punk rockhttp://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/10-best-political... |
Pincher Creek is a town in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located immediately east of the Canadian Rockies, west of Lethbridge and south of Calgary.
History
For centuries before European settlers reached this area and inhabited it, Indigenous clans of the Blackfoot, Peigan and Kootenai passed through, lived in or... | {"Land": "9.87", "Density": "367.1", "DST": "-6", "Website": "www.pinchercreek.ca"} |
Pope Sisinnius (died 4 February 708) was the bishop of Rome from 15 January 708 to his death on 4 February. Besides the fact that he was Syrian and his father was named John, little is known of Sisinnius' early life or career. At the time of his election to the papal throne, Sisinnius suffered from severe gout, leaving... | {"Church": "Catholic Church", "Predecessor": "John VII", "Successor": "Constantine", "Died": "708 2 4 yes"} |
Mario Savio (December 8, 1942 - November 6, 1996) was an American activist and a key member of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement. He is most famous for his passionate speeches, especially the "Bodies Upon the Gears" address given at Sproul Hall, University of California, Berkeley on December 2, 1964.
Savio remains his... | {"Name": "Mario Savio", "Image": "MarioSavio.JPG", "Caption": "Mario Savio on Sproul Hall steps, 1966", "Birth date": "1942 12 8", "Birth place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1996 11 6 1942 12 8", "Death place": "Sebastopol, California, U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "Alma mater": "University of C... |
Christopher claimed the papacy from October 903 to January 904. Although he was listed as a legitimate pope in most modern lists of popes until the first half of the 20th century, the apparently uncanonical method by which he obtained the papacy led to his being removed from the quasi-official roster of popes, the Annu... | {"Predecessor": "Roman claimant: Leo V Antipapal claimant: Bibliothecarius", "Successor": "Roman claimant: Leo V Sergius III Antipapal claimant: Boniface VII", "Opposed to": "Pope Leo V\nPope Sergius III", "Died": "After 904", "Denomination": "Roman Catholic", "Other post(s)": "Cardinal-priest", "Parents": "Leo ... |
Leonor Magdalena Varela Palma (; born 29 December 1972) is a Chilean born actress. She played the title role in the 1999 television film Cleopatra, and vampire princess Nyssa Damaskinos in the 2002 Marvel Comics film Blade II.
Early life
Varela was born in Santiago, Chile, the daughter of Leonor Palma-Keller, a mass... | {"Name": "Leonor Varela", "Caption": "Varela in 2010", "Birth name": "Leonor Magdalena Varela Palma", "Birth date": "yes 1972 12 29", "Birth place": "Santiago, Chile", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1995-present", "Spouse(s)": "Lucas Akoskin April 15, 2013", "Children": "2"} |
Edward Koiki Mabo (29 June 1936 - 21 January 1992) was an Indigenous Australian man from the Torres Strait Islands known for his role in campaigning for Indigenous land rights in Australia, in particular the landmark decision of the High Court of Australia that recognised that indigenous rights to land had continued af... | {"Name": "Eddie Mabo", "Image": "File:EddieMaboportrait.gif", "Birth name": "Edward Koiki Sambo", "Birth date": "yes 1936 6 29", "Birth place": "Mer, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland, Australia", "Death date": "yes 1992 1 21 1936 6 29", "Death place": "Brisbane, Queensland, Australia", "Spouse(s)": "Bonita Mabo 1959",... |
Asia Argento (; born Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento; 20 September 1975) is an Italian actress and filmmaker. The daughter of filmmaker Dario Argento, she has had roles in several of her father's features and achieved mainstream success with appearances in XXX (2002), Land of the Dead (2005) and Marie Antoinette (200... | {"Name": "Asia Argento", "Caption": "Argento at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival", "Birth name": "Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento", "Birth date": "1975 9 20 yes", "Birth place": "Rome, Italy", "Other names": "Aria Argento", "Occupation": "Actress director writer activist", "Years active": "1984-present", "Spouse(s)": "M... |
The TI-83 series is a series of graphing calculators manufactured by Texas Instruments.
The original TI-83 is itself an upgraded version of the TI-82. Released in 1996, it was one of the most popular graphing calculators for students. In addition to the functions present on normal scientific calculators, the TI-83 inc... | {"Type": "Graphing calculator", "Entry mode": "D.A.L.", "Manufacturer": "Texas Instruments", "Introduced": "1996 (TI-83) 1999 (TI-83+) 2001 (TI-83+ SE)", "Discontinued": "2004 (TI-83, TI-83+ SE)", "Latest firmware": "1.11 (TI-83) 1.19 (TI-83+) 1.19 (TI-83+ SE)", "Predecessor": "TI-82", "Successor": "TI-84", "Processor"... |
Emperor Xiaowu of Jin (; 362- 6 November 396According to Sima Yao's biography in Book of Jin, he died aged 35 (by East Asian reckoning) on the gengshen day of the 9th month of the 21st year of the Taiyuan era of his reign. This corresponds to 6 Nov 396 in the Julian calendar. [(太元二十一年)九月庚申，帝崩于清暑殿，时年三十五] Jin Shu vol. 09... | {"Born": "362", "Died": "Jiankang, Eastern Jin", "Burial": "Longping ling (隆平陵), Nanjing, Jiangsu", "Father": "Emperor Jianwen", "Mother": "Empress Dowager Xiaowuwen"} |
Jarrell is a city in Williamson County, Texas, United States. It was incorporated as a city in 2001. The total population is 1,753 according to the 2020 census.
History
thumb|left|Historic plaque in Jarrell
Founded in 1909 by real estate developer O.D. Jarrell, along with E. C. Haeber and B. N. Dover, the town was set... | {"Density": "653.12", "DST": "-5", "Website": "http://www.cityofjarrell.com/", "Land": "2.81", "Water": "0.01"} |
The Singapore Democratic Alliance (abbreviation: SDA) is an opposition political coalition between Singapore Justice Party (SJP), Singapore Malay National Organization (PKMS), Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), National Solidarity Party (NSP) and Singapore People's Party (SPP) in 2001. Now Singapore Justice Party (SJ... | {"Founded": "yes 2001 06 28Singapore Democratic Alliance is formed http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/history/events/c7954079-6dc9-4b90-a044-2c04cd64bfe5#1 NLB 18 August 2019", "Ideology": "Liberal democracy", "Political position": "Centre-left", "Slogan": "Service Before Self", "Headquarters": "218F Changi Road, PKMS Bui... |
Fidelity Investments, commonly referred to as Fidelity, earlier as Fidelity Management & Research or FMR, is an American multinational financial services corporation based in Boston, Massachusetts. The company was established in 1946 and is one of the largest asset managers in the world with $4.3 trillion in assets und... | {"Type": "Private", "Industry": "Financial services", "Services": "Investment management\n Stockbroker\n Financial planning\n Wealth management\n Retirement planning and advice", "Products": "Annuities\n mutual funds\n IRAs\n 401(k)s\n 529 plans\n investment funds\n Retirement planning and advice\n life insurance\n che... |
Ṭāhir ibn Ḥusayn, , Tahir bin al-Husayn), also known as Dhul-Yamīnayn (, "the ambidextrous"), and al-Aʿwar (, "the one-eyed"), was a general and governor during the Abbasid Caliphate. Specifically, he served under al-Ma'mun during the Fourth Fitna and led the armies that would defeat al-Amin, making al-Ma'mun the cali... | {"Name": "Tahir ibn Husayn", "Image caption": "Dirham under Tahir ibn Husayn governorship", "Birth place": "Pushang, Abbasid Empire now Afghanistan", "Death date": "822", "Death place": "Merv, Abbasid Empire now Turkmenistan", "Monarch 2": "Al-Ma'mun", "Office 2": "Governor of Mosul", "Term 2": "813–814", "Predecessor ... |
(born February 26, 1964) is a Japanese artist and video game designer, best known for designing Sonic the Hedgehog and Dr. Eggman characters from Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. Although Yuji Naka created the original tech demo around which Sonic gameplay was based, the character in his prototype was a ball that l... | {"Name": "Naoto Ohshima", "Caption": "Ohshima in 2018", "Birth date": "1964 02 26", "Birth place": "Osaka, Japan", "Other names": "Big Island", "Employer": "Sega (1987-1999) Artoon (1999-2010) Arzest (2010-present)", "Occupation": "Character designer, game producer"} |
MFS Investment Management (MFS) is an American-based global investment manager, formerly known as Massachusetts Financial Services.
Founded in 1924, MFS is one of the oldest asset management companies in the world and has been credited with pioneering the mutual fund. The first mutual fund, the Massachusetts Investors... | {"Type": "Private", "Industry": "Investment management", "Products": "Mutual funds, asset management", "AUM": "US$661.6 billion (June 30, 2021)", "Parent": "Sun Life Financial", "Headquarters": "111 Huntington AvenueBoston, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Founded": "1924", "Website": "mfs.com"} |
Mary Angela Docter (born February 11, 1961) is an American speed skater from Madison, Wisconsin. She competed in four Olympic Games (in 1980, 1984, 1988 and 1992), placing sixth in the 3,000 meter in 1980 and 1984.
After the 1988 Olympic Games, she admitted that she got stoned three nights during the week prior to com... | {"Image caption": "Mary Docter in 1983", "Birth date": "1961 02 11", "Place of birth": "Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.", "Height": "167 cm", "Weight": "63 kg", "Sport": "Speed skating", "Club": "Madison Speed Skating Club", "Personal best(s)": "500 m - 42.79 (1989)1000 m - 1:23.10 (1989)1500 m - 2:06.56 (1989)3000 m - 4:25.... |
Bethany Lutheran College (BLC) is a private Christian liberal arts college in Mankato, Minnesota. Founded in 1927, BLC is operated by the Evangelical Lutheran Synod. The campus overlooks the Minnesota River valley in a community of 53,000.
History
Bethany Ladies College opened in 1911 with 44 students and a faculty of... | {"Motto": "ΕΝΟΣ ΕΣΤΙΝ ΧΡΕΙΑ", "Type": "Private liberal arts college", "Endowment": "$41.6 million (2020)As of June 30, 2020. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowmen... |
Tabriz (, ; ) is a city in the Central District of Tabriz County, in the East Azerbaijan province of northwestern Iran. It is the sixth-most-populous city in Iran.
Tabriz is in the Quru River valley in Iran's historic Azerbaijan region between long ridges of volcanic cones in the Sahand and Eynali mountains. Tabriz's ... | {"Urban density": "1,558,693", "Metro density": "1,773,023citypopulation.de https://web.archive.org/web/20180913144137/http://citypopulation.de/world/Agglomerations.html http://citypopulation.de/world/Agglomerations.html 2018-09-13 Major Agglomerations of the World - Population Statistics and Maps 2018-09-13", "De... |
Keith Hamilton Cobb (born January 28, 1962) is an American actor.
Career
He is best known for his roles as the ruthless Nietzschean mercenary Tyr Anasazi in the science-fiction series Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda"Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda" by Ramin Zahed at variety.com from 2000 to 2005 and as Noah Keefer on All My... | {"Name": "Keith Hamilton Cobb", "Birth date": "y 1962 1 28", "Birth place": "North Tarrytown, New York, U.S.\"Keith Hamilton Cobb Chooses a Path of Individuality\" by Marla Hart at www.chicagotribune.com", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1989-present"} |
David Behrman (born August 16, 1937) is an American composer and a pioneer of computer music. In the early 1960s he was the producer of Columbia Records' Music of Our Time series, which included the first recording of Terry Riley's In C.David Behrman: Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Biography. In 1966 Behrman co-foun... | {"Name": "David Behrman", "Caption": "Behrman in 2012", "Birth date": "1937 08 16", "Birth place": "Salzburg, Austria", "Nationality": "American", "Education": "Phillips Academy", "Alma mater": "Harvard University (B.A.)Columbia University (M.A.)", "Occupation": "Composer producer professor", "Years active": "1962-pres... |
Will Penny is a 1968 American Western film written and directed by Tom Gries and starring Charlton Heston, Joan Hackett and Donald Pleasence. The picture was based upon an episode of the 1960 Sam Peckinpah television series The Westerner starring Brian Keith called "Line Camp," also written and directed by Tom Gries. H... | {"Directed by": "Tom Gries", "Produced by": "Fred EngelWalter Seltzer", "Written by": "Tom Gries", "Starring": "Charlton HestonJoan HackettDonald PleasenceBen JohnsonBruce DernSlim PickensLee Majors", "Music by": "David Raksin", "Cinematography": "Lucien Ballard", "Edited by": "Warren Low", "Color process": "Technicolo... |
"Conspiracy" is the twenty-fifth and penultimate episode of the first season of the syndicated American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, originally aired on May 9, 1988, in the United States. The premise was conceived by the show's creator Gene Roddenberry in a single sentence overview ... | {"Teleplay by": "Tracy Tormé", "Story by": "Robert Sabaroff", "Directed by": "Cliff Bole", "Cinematography by": "Edward R. Brown", "Featured music": "Dennis McCarthy"} |
The 13 May incident was an episode of Sino-Malay sectarian violence that took place in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, on 13 May 1969. The riot occurred in the aftermath of the 1969 Malaysian general election when opposition parties such as the Democratic Action Party and Gerakan made gains at the expense of the... | {"Date": "1969 05 13 yes", "Location": "Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia", "Caused by": "Results of the 1969 Malaysian general election, when the ruling Alliance Party lost seats to the Chinese majority Democratic Action Party and Parti Gerakan.", "Methods": "Widespread rioting, looting, assault, arson, protests, property damage... |
Ernest Bramah (20 March 1868Entry of Birth in 2nd Quarter 1868 Register, Hulme, Chorlton, Lancashire, volume 8C, p. 739.27 June 1942), the pseudonym of Ernest Brammah Smith, was an English author.The most recent biographical source is: Aubrey Wilson, The Search for Ernest Bramah (Creighton and Read 2007). He published ... | {"Name": "Ernest Bramah", "Alt": "portrait of Ernest Bramah", "Birth date": "1868 03 20 y", "Birth place": "near Manchester, England", "Birth name": "Ernest Bramah Smith", "Death date": "1942 06 27 1868 03 20 y", "Death place": "Hammersmith, London, England"} |
Thomas Ludwig John D'Alesandro Jr. (August 1, 1903 - August 23, 1987) was an American politician who served as the 41st mayor of Baltimore from 1947 to 1959. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 until 1947. He was known for his own politica... | {"Image caption": "D'Alesandro in 1939", "Term start": "May 16, 1947", "Term end": "May 16, 1959", "State delegate2": "Maryland", "District 2": "Baltimore City's 1st", "Birth name": "Thomas Ludwig John D'Alesandro Jr.", "Birth date": "1903 8 1", "Birth place": "Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.", "Death date": "1987 8 23 1903 ... |
The prime minister of Vietnam (), officially styled as the prime minister of the Government of the Socialist Republic (), is the head of government of Vietnam who presides over the meetings of the Central Government (formerly the Council of Ministers). The prime minister directs the work of government members, and may ... | {"Post": "Prime Minister", "Body": "the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam", "Native name": "Thủ tướng Chính phủ nước Cộng hòa Xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam", "Insignia size": "100px", "Insignia caption": "Emblem of Vietnam", "Incumbent": "Phạm Minh Chính", "Incumbent since": "5 April 2021", "Department": "Off... |
Merton Park is a suburb in the London Borough of Merton. It is situated in Wimbledon and the nearest town centre is Wimbledon Town. Bordering areas are Colliers Wood, Morden, South Wimbledon and Raynes Park. It is 7.25 miles (11.7 km) southwest of Charing Cross.It lies 2.8 miles east of Kingston upon Thames, 3 miles we... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census. Ward)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13688973&c=Merton+Park&d=14&e=62&g=6334193&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1476193643328&enc=1 Merton Ward population 2011 11 October 2016 Office for National Statistics Nei... |
Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell, (2 November 1837 - 1 March 1899), was Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain in 1886, and again from 1892 to 1895.
Life
Childhood and education
Herschell was born on 2 November 1837 in Brampton, Hampshire. His parents were Helen Skirving Mowbray and the Rev. Ridley Haim Herschel... | {"Name": "The Lord Herschell", "Prime minister 2": "William Ewart Gladstone\n The Earl of Rosebery", "Predecessor 2": "The Lord Halsbury", "Successor 2": "The Lord Halsbury", "Birth date": "1837 11 2 y", "Birth place": "Brampton, Hampshire, England", "Death date": "1899 03 1 1837 11 2 y", "Death place": "Washington D.C... |
Joseph Hodges Choate (January 24, 1832 - May 14, 1917) was an American lawyer and diplomat. Choate was associated with many of the most famous litigations in American legal history, including the Kansas prohibition cases, the Chinese exclusion cases, the Isaac H. Maynard election returns case, the Income Tax Suit, and... | {"Name": "Joseph Hodges Choate", "Image caption": "Joseph Hodges Choate, 1898", "Ambassador from": "United States", "Term start": "March 6, 1899", "Term end": "May 23, 1905", "Birth date": "1832 1 24", "Birth place": "Salem, Massachusetts", "Death date": "1917 5 14 1832 1 24", "Death place": "Manhattan, New York City",... |
Rufus Choate (October 1, 1799July 13, 1859) was an American lawyer, orator, and Senator who represented Massachusetts as a member of the Whig Party. He is regarded as one of the greatest American lawyers of the 19th century, arguing over a thousand cases in a lifetime practice extending to virtually every branch of the... | {"Name": "Rufus Choate", "Term start": "February 23, 1841", "Term end": "March 3, 1845", "Order 2": "Member of the U.S. House of Representativesfrom Massachusetts's 2nd district", "Predecessor 2": "Benjamin W. Crowninshield", "Successor 2": "Stephen C. Phillips", "Birth date": "1799 10 1", "Birth place": "Ipswich, Mass... |
The prime minister of Mongolia () is the head of government of Mongolia and heads the Mongolian cabinet. The prime minister is appointed by the Mongolian parliament or the State Great Khural, and can be removed by the parliament with a vote of no confidence.
The incumbent prime minister is Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene, ... | {"Post": "Prime Minister", "Body": "Mongolia", "Native name": "mn Монгол Улсын Ерөнхий сайд", "Insignia caption": "State emblem of Mongolia", "Image size": "178px", "Incumbent": "Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene", "Incumbent since": "27 January 2021", "Department": "Executive branch of Mongolia", "Type": "Head of government"... |
was a Japanese Buddhist priest, credited with founding the Rinzai school, the Japanese line of the Linji school of Zen Buddhism. In 1191, he introduced this Zen approach to Japan, following his trip to China from 1187 to 1191, during which he was initiated into the Linji school by the master Hsü an. It is also said tha... | {"Born": "Bitchū Province, Japan", "Died": "Heian-kyō, Japan", "Nationality": "Japanese", "Religion": "Buddhism", "Title": "Zen Master"} |
The First Army was a formation of the British Army that existed during the First and Second World Wars. The First Army included Indian and Portuguese forces during the First World War and American and French units during the Second World War.
First World War
The First Army was part of the British Army during the First... | {"Branch": "United Kingdom", "Type": "Army", "Size": "Field army", "Notablecommanders": "Sir Douglas HaigSir Henry RawlinsonSir Kenneth Anderson"} |
The Jordanian dinar (; code: JOD; unofficially abbreviated as JD) has been the currency of Jordan since 1950. The dinar is divided into 100 qirsh (also called piastres) or 1000 fulus. It is pegged to the US dollar.
The Central Bank of Jordan commenced operations in 1964 and became the sole issuer of Jordanian currency... | {"ISO 4217 code": "JOD", "Pegged with": "US dollarExchange rates of major foreign currencies announced by CBJ http://www.cbj.gov.jo/uploads/23.xls 14 June 2016February 2020 InternetArchiveBot yes = 0.708 JOD (buy) = 0.710 JOD (sell)", "Subunit": "1 1000", "Symbol": "د.أ"} |
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is the regulatory body for securities and commodity market in India under the ownership of Ministry of Finance within the Government of India. It was established on 12 April 1988 as an executive body and was given statutory powers on 30 January 1992 through the SEBI Act... | {"Formed": "1988 04 12 (Established) 1992 01 30 (Acquired Statutory Status)", "Headquarters": "Mumbai, Maharashtra", "Employees": "867+ (2020)https://www.sebi.gov.in/department/human-resources-department-37/employee-profile-in-sebi.html SEBI | Employee Profile in SEBI", "Type": "Regulatory agency", "Parent department... |
Herb Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American trumpeter who led the band Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass in the 1960s. During the same decade, he co-founded A&M Records with Jerry Moss. Alpert has recorded 28 albums that have landed on the Billboard 200 chart, five of which became No. 1 albums; he has scored 14 plat... | {"Born": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Genres": "Jazz Latin funk pop RB", "Labels": "A&M Verve Almo Sounds Shout! Factory Herb Alpert Presents", "Website": "herbalpert.com"} |
Country Grammar is the debut studio album by American rapper and singer Nelly. It was released on June 27, 2000, by Universal Records. The production on the album was handled by Jason "Jay E" Epperson, with additional production by C-Love, Kevin Law, City Spud, Steve "Blast" Wills and Basement Beats. Nelly contributed ... | {"Released": "2000 6 27 y", "Recorded": "1999-2000", "Studio": "Unique Recording Studios, New York Cityhttps://www.allmusic.com/album/country-grammar-mw0000066944 Country Grammar - Nelly | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic AllMusic", "Genre": "Hip hop\n pop rap", "Label": "Universal\nFo' Reel", "Producer": "Jason \"Ja... |
Three Bridges is one of 14 neighbourhoods within the town of Crawley, in the county of West Sussex in England.
History
thumb|left|250px|Three Bridges Road, Three Bridges
Three Bridges, at first a tiny hamlet, began to grow with the coming of the London and Brighton Railway in 1841. Despite beliefs to the contrary, th... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "District": "Crawley", "Shire county": "West Sussex", "UK Parliament": "Crawley", "Postcode district": "RH", "Dialling code": "01293", "OS grid reference": "TQ285375"} |
The Mumbai Police (Marathi: मुंबई पोलीस, IAST: Mumbaī Pulīs, officially Greater Mumbai Police, formerly Bombay Police) is the police department of the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is a part of Maharashtra Police and has the primary responsibilities of law enforcement and investigation within the limits of Mumbai. T... | {"Uniformed as": "Mumbai Police", "Abbreviation": "मुं.पो.", "Formed": "1661/1669December 2008", "Multinational agency": "IN", "Size": "603.4 km2 sqmi on", "Population": "13,662,885", "Legal jurisdiction": "Mumbai City and Mumbai Suburban District, MH, IN", "General nature": "yes", "Headquarters": "The Office of Commis... |
Edward Ferdinand Arn (May 19, 1906 - January 22, 1998) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 32nd governor of Kansas from 1951 to 1955. A member of the Republican Party, he previously was the 31st attorney general of Kansas from 1947 to 1949. He was the first governor of Kansas to have been born in th... | {"Name": "Edward F. Arn", "Lieutenant 1": "Fred Hall", "Office 2": "31st Kansas Attorney General", "Governor 2": "Frank Carlson", "Preceded 2": "Alexander Baldwin Mitchell", "Succeeded 2": "Harold Ralph Fatzer", "Birth date": "May 19, 1906", "Birth place": "Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.", "Death date": "1998 1 22 1906 5 19... |
Bombay Hospital a.k.a. BHMRC (Bombay Hospital And Medical Research Centre - Mumbai) http://www.dmer.org/SSET%202012_Preference%20form%20Booklet.pdf ; is a private hospital in Mumbai, India. It was founded in 1950 by R. D. Birla. It has 830 beds, 110 of which are in the critical care and recovery area. It has 22 operat... | {"Location": "Mumbai", "Lists": "India", "Coordinates": "18.941 72.828 inline,title", "Care system": "Private", "Type": "General", "Beds": "830", "Opened": "1950", "Website": "https://bombayhospital.com"} |
thumb|260px|Nike Air Force 1 - Low-Top.
thumb|260px|Nike Air Force 1 - High-Top.
thumb|260px|Nike Air Force 1 - upper side and under side.
The Air Force is a range of athletic shoes made by Nike that began with Air Force 1. It was created by designer Bruce Kilgore and was the first basketball shoe to use Nike's "Air" t... | {"Title": "Nike Air Force 1", "Image caption": "Original colorway of the Nike Air Force of 1982", "Type": "Sneakers", "Inventor": "Nike, Inc.", "Inception": "1982", "Manufacturer": "Nike, Inc.", "Website": "https://www.nike.com/air-force-1 nike.com/air-force-1"} |
Christopher John "Topher" Grace ( ; born July 12, 1978) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Eric Forman in the Fox sitcoms That '70s Show and That '90s Show, Eddie Brock / Venom in Sam Raimi's film Spider-Man 3, Pete Monash in Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!, Carter Duryea in In Good Company, Edwin in Predat... | {"Caption": "Grace in 2019", "Birth name": "Christopher John Grace", "Birth date": "1978 7 12", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1998-present", "Spouse(s)": "Ashley Hinshaw 2016", "Children": "2"} |
Adam Matthew Vinatieri (born December 28, 1972) is an American former football placekicker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 24 seasons with the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts. Considered one of the greatest placekickers of all time, he is the NFL's all-time leading scorer at 2,673 point... | {"Born:": "Yankton, South Dakota, U.S.", "Height:": "0", "Weight:": "212", "High school:": "Central (Rapid City, South Dakota)", "College:": "South Dakota State", "Undrafted:": "1996"} |
Lawrence Pazder (April 30, 1936 - March 5, 2004) was a Canadian psychiatrist and author. Pazder wrote the discredited biography, Michelle Remembers, published in 1980, with his patient (and eventual wife) Michelle Smith, which claimed to detail satanic ritual abuse.
Background
Pazder was born in Edmonton, Alberta, on ... | {"Name": "Lawrence Pazder", "Birth date": "1936 4 30", "Birth place": "Edmonton, Alberta", "Death date": "2004 3 5 1936 4 30", "Death place": "Victoria, British Columbia", "Known For": "Participation in the satanic ritual abuse moral panic; co-author of the discredited book Michelle Remembers", "Occupation": "Psychiatr... |
Aisha Nilaja Tyler (born September 18, 1970) is an American actress and talk show host. She is known for playing Andrea Marino in the first season of Ghost Whisperer, Dr. Tara Lewis in Criminal Minds, Mother Nature in The Santa Clause films, and voicing Lana Kane in Archer. She also had recurring roles on CSI: Crime Sc... | {"Name": "Aisha Tyler", "Caption": "Tyler in 2014", "Birth name": "Aisha Nilaja Tyler", "Birth date": "yes 1970 9 18", "Birth place": "San Francisco, California, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Dartmouth College (1992)", "Occupation": "Actress, talk show host", "Spouse(s)": "Jeff Tietjens 1992 2017 div", "Years active": "1996-pr... |
The Highlands and Islands is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament, created in 1999. Eight of the parliament's first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs).
The name Highlands and Isl... | {"Constituency type": "electoral region", "Parliament name": "Scottish Parliament", "Image 1": "220px", "Caption 1": "Highlands and Islands shown within Scotland", "Created": "1999", "Member(s) label": "MSPs", "Member(s)": "Scottish National Party 7Conservative 4Liberal Democrats 2Labour 1Scottish Greens 1", "Local cou... |
The 1923 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 6 December 1923. The Conservatives, led by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, won the most seats, but Labour, led by Ramsay MacDonald, and H. H. Asquith's reunited Liberal Party gained enough seats to produce a hung parliament. It is the most recent UK general ... | {"Name": "1923 United Kingdom general election", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1922 United Kingdom general election", "Previous year": "1922", "Outgoing members": "List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1922", "Next election": "1924 Un... |
Glasgow is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament. Nine of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elects a total of 16 MSPs.
Constituencies and coun... | {"Constituency type": "electoral region", "Parliament name": "Scottish Parliament", "Image 1": "220px", "Caption 1": "Glasgow shown within Scotland", "Created": "1999", "Member(s) label": "MSPs", "Member(s)": "Scottish National Party 9Labour 4Conservative 2 Scottish Green 1", "Local council label": "Council areas", "Lo... |
The 1922 United Kingdom general election was held on Wednesday 15 November 1922. It was won by the Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Andrew Bonar Law, which gained an overall majority over the Labour Party, led by J. R. Clynes, and a divided Liberal Party.
This election is considered one of political realignme... | {"Name": "1922 United Kingdom general election", "Country": "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1918 United Kingdom general election", "Previous year": "1918", "Outgoing members": "List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 191... |
thumb|upright=0.9|Jeanmaire in a publicity photograph
Renée Marcelle "Zizi" Jeanmaire (29 April 192417 July 2020) was a French ballet dancer, actress and singer. She became famous in the 1950s after playing the title role in the ballet Carmen, produced in London in 1949, and went on to appear in several Hollywood films... | {"Name": "Zizi Jeanmaire", "Caption": "Jeanmaire in 1963", "Birth name": "Renée Marcelle Jeanmaire", "Birth date": "y 1924 4 29", "Birth place": "Paris, France", "Death date": "y 2020 7 17 1924 4 29", "Death place": "Tolochenaz, Vaud, Switzerland", "Years active": "1949-1982", "Occupation": "Dancer, actress, singer", "... |
The 1918 United Kingdom general election was called immediately after the Armistice with Germany which ended the First World War, and was held on Saturday, 14 December 1918. The governing coalition, under Prime Minister David Lloyd George, sent letters of endorsement to candidates who supported the coalition government... | {"Name": "1918 United Kingdom general election", "Country": "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "December 1910 United Kingdom general election", "Previous year": "Dec 1910", "Outgoing members": "List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general ... |
Elizabeth Short (July 29, 1924 - , 1947), known posthumously as the Black Dahlia, was an American woman found murdered in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on January 15, 1947. Her case became highly publicized owing to the gruesome nature of the crime, which included the mutilation of her corps... | {"Name": "Black Dahlia", "Caption": "Elizabeth Short, circa 1946.", "Birth date": "1924 7 29", "Birth name": "Elizabeth Short", "Birth place": "Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Disappeared date": "1947 1 9 1924 7 29", "Death date": "January 14-15, 1947 22", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "W... |
The Council for the Development of French in Louisiana (CODOFIL; ) is Louisiana's Office of Francophone Affairs (). It is a state agency whose multiple legislative mandates include developing opportunities to use the French language in tourism, economic development, culture, education and international relations."." SB... | {"Formed": "1968 07 20", "Jurisdiction": "Louisiana", "Headquarters": "30 13 18.55 N 92 1 6.4 W region:US_type:landmark title", "Annual budget": "$609,286 USD (2016)https://www.crt.state.la.us/Assets/OCD/codofil/reports/Codofil_annual-report_2016.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20190227193052/https://www.crt.state.la.u... |
The December 1910 United Kingdom general election was held from 3 to 19 December. It was the last general election to be held over several days and the last to be held before the First World War.
The election took place following the efforts of the Liberal government to pass its People's Budget in 1909, which raised t... | {"Name": "December 1910 United Kingdom general election", "Country": "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "January 1910 United Kingdom general election", "Previous year": "Jan 1910", "Next election": "1918 United Kingdom general election", "Next ... |
The January 1910 United Kingdom general election was held from 15 January to 10 February 1910. The government called the election in the midst of a constitutional crisis caused by the rejection of the People's Budget by the Conservative-dominated House of Lords, in order to get a mandate to pass the budget.
The genera... | {"Name": "January 1910 United Kingdom general election", "Country": "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1906 United Kingdom general election", "Previous year": "1906", "Next election": "December 1910 United Kingdom general election", "Next year... |
The 1906 United Kingdom general election was held from 12 January to 8 February 1906.
The Liberals, led by Prime Minister Henry Campbell-Bannerman, won a landslide majority at the election. The Conservatives led by Arthur Balfour, who had been in government until the month before the election, lost more than half thei... | {"Name": "1906 United Kingdom general election", "Country": "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1900 United Kingdom general election", "Previous year": "1900", "Next election": "January 1910 United Kingdom general election", "Next year": "Jan 1... |
The 1900 United Kingdom general election was held between 26 September and 24 October 1900, following the dissolution of Parliament on 25 September. Also referred to as the Khaki Election (the first of several elections to bear this sobriquet), it was held at a time when it was widely believed that the Second Boer War ... | {"Name": "1900 United Kingdom general election", "Country": "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1895 United Kingdom general election", "Previous year": "1895", "Next election": "1906 United Kingdom general election", "Next year": "1906", "Seats... |
The 1895 United Kingdom general election was held from 13 July to 7 August 1895.
William Gladstone had retired as Prime Minister the previous year, and Queen Victoria, disregarding Gladstone's advice to name Lord Spencer as his successor, appointed the Earl of Rosebery as the new Prime Minister. Rosebery's government... | {"Name": "1895 United Kingdom general election", "Country": "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1892 United Kingdom general election", "Previous year": "1892", "Next election": "1900 United Kingdom general election", "Next year": "1900", "Seats... |
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