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Knuckles' Chaotix is a 1995 platform game developed by Sega for the 32X. A spin-off from the Sonic the Hedgehog series, it features Knuckles the Echidna and four other characters known as the Chaotix, who must prevent Doctor Robotnik and Metal Sonic from obtaining six magic rings and conquering a mysterious island. Gam... | {"Title": "Knuckles' Chaotix", "Caption": "Cover art used in North American regions", "Developer": "Sega", "Publisher": "Sega", "Director": "Masahide KobayashiAtsuhiko NakamuraNaohisa Nakazawa", "Producer": "Hiroshi AsoMakoto OshitaniMike Larsen", "Artist": "Takumi Miyake", "Composer": "Junko ShiratsuMariko Nanba", "Se... |
Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra (10 May 1844 - 15 April 1923) was a Nicaraguan-born President of Costa Rica from 1902 to 1906.El Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones: Presidentes de la República de Costa Rica Esquivel became a naturalized Costa Rican in 1869.
He was also a lawyer and a university professor. After his presidential... | {"Name": "Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra", "Image": "Ascención Esquivel Ibarra (adjusted).JPG", "Term start": "1902 5 8 yes", "Term end": "1906 5 8 yes", "Birth date": "1844 5 10 yes", "Birth place": "Rivas, Nicaragua", "Death date": "1923 4 15 1844 5 10 yes", "Death place": "San José, Costa Rica", "Nationality": "Nicaragua... |
In Extremo (Latin for At the Edge; abbreviated InEx or IE) is a German Medieval metal band originating from Berlin. The band's musical style combines metal with Medieval traditional songs, blending the sound of the standard rock/metal instruments with historical instruments (such as bagpipes, harp, hurdy-gurdy and shaw... | {"Origin": "Berlin, Germany", "Genres": "Medieval metal, folk metal, folk rock, neo-Medieval music", "Labels": "Vielklang, Metal Blade, UMG", "Website": "www.inextremo.de", "Members": "Michael Robert RheinMarco Ernst-Felix ZorzytzkyKay LutterAndré StrugalaSebastian Oliver LangeFlorian Speckardt"} |
Prince Carl of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Västergötland (27 February 1861 - 24 October 1951) was a Swedish prince. Through his daughters, for whom he arranged excellent dynastic marriages, he is an ancestor of several members of European royal houses today, including the reigning monarchs King Harald V of Norway, King ... | {"Born": "Arvfurstens palats, Stockholm, Sweden", "Died": "Stockholm, Sweden", "Father": "Oscar II of Sweden", "Mother": "Sophia of Nassau"} |
Chrisp Street Market is the central marketplace and town centre of Poplar and is located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It was the first purpose-built pedestrian shopping area in the United Kingdom, rebuilt as part of the 1951 Festival of Britain and is directly connected onto the high street, East India Dock ... | {"Location": "Poplar, Tower Hamlets, Greater London", "Coordinates": "51.5125 -0.0144 region:GB_type:landmark title, inline", "Address": "Chrisp Street", "Opening date": "1951 (relocated from street)", "Management": "Tower Hamlets London Borough Council", "Owner": "Poplar HARCA", "Architect": "Frederick Gibberd", "Envi... |
Rafael Anselmo José Yglesias Castro (18 April 1861 – 10 April 1924) was a Costa Rican politician who served as President of Costa Rica for two consecutive periods from 1894 to 1902.El Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones: Presidentes de la República de Costa Rica
Biography
He was born to Demetrio Yglesias Llorente and Eudo... | {"Name": "Rafael Yglesias Castro", "Term start": "8 May 1894", "Term end": "8 May 1902", "Birth date": "yes 1861 4 18", "Birth place": "San José, Costa Rica", "Death date": "10 April 1924 (aged 62)", "Death place": "San José, Costa Rica", "Nationality": "Costa Rican", "Spouse(s)": "Rosa Banuet Ross, Manuela Petronila d... |
Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland (Carl Wilhelm Ludvig; 17 June 1884 – 5 June 1965) was a Swedish and Norwegian prince. He authored many books (primarily in Swedish) as Prins Wilhelm.
Personal life
thumb|left|Prince Wilhelm with his elder brother and father King Gustaf V at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Wilhelm was born... | {"Born": "Tullgarn Palace, Trosa, Sweden", "Died": "Stenhammar Palace, Sweden", "Father": "Gustaf V of Sweden", "Mother": "Victoria of Baden"} |
José Joaquín Rodríguez Zeledón (6 January 1837 - 30 November 1917) was President of Costa Rica from 1890 to 1894.El Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones: Presidentes de la República de Costa Rica
Rodríguez was born on 6 January 1837. He studied law at the University of San Carlos of Guatemala, but owing to family matters an... | {"Name": "José Joaquín Rodríguez", "Image": "José Joaquín Rodríguez Zeledón.JPG", "Term start": "8 May 1890", "Term end": "8 May 1894", "Birth date": "6 January 1837", "Birth place": "San José, Costa Rica", "Death date": "30 November 1917 (aged 80)", "Death place": "San José, Costa Rica"} |
Jan Władysław Rokita (, born 18 June 1959, in Kraków) is a Polish liberal politician, a member of the Sejm, the lower chamber of the Polish parliament. He was chairman of the parliamentary club of the Civic Platform party from 2003 to 2005.
He was a Member of the Sejm of Poland in X, I, II, III, IV I V convocations, c... | {"Name": "Jan Rokita", "Nationality": "Polish", "Image size": "250px", "Term start": "1 June 2003", "Term end": "5 November 2005", "Birth date": "1959 6 18 y", "Birth place": "Kraków, Poland", "Spouse(s)": "Nelly Rokita"} |
Carlos Durán Cartín, an accomplished doctor of medicine who had trained in London,
was acting President of Costa Rica for a period of six months from 1889 to 1890,El Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones: Presidentes de la República de Costa Rica during the administration of President Bernardo Soto, who never resigned but di... | {"Name": "Dr. Carlos Durán", "Image": "Carlos Durán Cartín.JPG", "Term start": "7 November 1889", "Term end": "May 8, 1890", "Birth date": "12 November 1852", "Birth place": "San José", "Death date": "23 November 1924", "Death place": "San José"} |
Oxford Brookes University (formerly known as Oxford Polytechnic) is a public university in Oxford, England. It is a new university, having received university status through the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. The university was named after its first principal, John Henry Brookes, who played a major role in the ... | {"Type": "Public", "Endowment": "£2.5 million (2015)http://www.brookes.ac.uk/Documents/About/Annual-accounts/Annual-accounts-2014-15/ Financial Statement 2014-15 Oxford Brookes University 2 November 2016", "Chancellor": "Paterson JosephActor Paterson Joseph announced as the next Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University ... |
The Pentecostal World Fellowship is an international fellowship of Evangelical Pentecostal churches and denominations from across the world. The headquarters is in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Its leader is William Wilson (Tulsa, OK).
History
The Pentecostal World Fellowship was founded in 1947 at Zürich, Switzerland, during a co... | {"Type": "Fellowship of Evangelical Pentecostal churches", "Headquarters": "Tulsa, Oklahoma", "Location": "76 countries", "Affiliations": "more than 67 million", "Website": "pwfellowship.org"} |
Ramón Bernardo Soto Alfaro (12 February 1854 - 1931) was the Olympus President of Costa Rica from 1885 to 1889 during the Liberal State.
Biography
Early life
On 12 February 1854, Soto was born to Apolinar de Jesús Soto Quesada and Joaquina Alfaro Muñoz in Alajuela. In 1871, he obtained a bachelor's degree in science ... | {"Name": "Bernardo Soto", "Image": "Bernardo Soto Alfaro.JPG", "Image size": "150px", "Term start": "1885 3 12 y", "Term end": "1889 11 7 yEl Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones: Presidentes de la República de Costa Rica", "Birth date": "1854 2 12 y", "Birth place": "Alajuela, First Costa Rican Republic", "Death date": "193... |
Princess Margaretha of Sweden (Margaretha Sofia Lovisa Ingeborg; 25 June 1899 - 4 January 1977) was a member of the Swedish Royal Family by birth and the Danish Royal Family by marriage. She was the elder sister of Crown Princess Märtha of Norway and Queen Astrid of the Belgians.
Early life
Princess Margaretha was bor... | {"Born": "Stora Parkudden, Djurgården, Stockholm, Sweden", "Died": "Tranemosegård, Fakse, Zealand, Denmark", "Father": "Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland", "Mother": "Princess Ingeborg of Denmark", "Burial": "Bernstorff Palace Gardens"} |
Francisco León de la Barra y Quijano (June 16, 1863 - September 23, 1939) was a Mexican political figure and diplomat who served as the 36th President of Mexico from May 25 to November 6, 1911 during the Mexican Revolution,, Peter V. N. Henderson in "Francisco León de la Barra" following the resignations of President P... | {"Name": "Francisco León de la Barra", "Nationality": "Mexican", "Image caption": "Francisco León de la Barra, 1910", "Term start": "25 May 1911", "Term end": "5 November 1911", "Vice president": "VacantPresident Porfirio Díaz reestablished the office of Vice President I'm 1904 with Ramón Corral in the position. Both D... |
Juan Primitivo Próspero Fernández Oreamuno (July 18, 1834 – March 12, 1885) was President of Costa Rica from 1882 to 1885.El Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones: Presidentes de la República de Costa Rica
Fernández studied philosophy at the University of San Carlos of Guatemala before embarking on a military career. He fou... | {"Name": "Próspero Fernández Oreamuno", "Image": "Próspero Fernández Oreamuno.JPG", "Term start": "10 August 1882", "Term end": "12 March 1885", "Birth date": "18 July 1834", "Birth place": "San José", "Death date": "12 March 1885 (aged 50)", "Death place": "Atenas"} |
General Tomás Miguel Guardia Gutiérrez (December 16, 1831 - July 6, 1882) was President of Costa Rica on two occasions: from 1870 to 1876, and from 1877 to 1882.El Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones: Presidentes de la República de Costa Rica
On 27 April 1870 Tomás Guardia was one of a group of army officers who deposed Pr... | {"Name": "Tomás Guardia", "Image": "Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez.JPG", "Term start": "1870 8 10", "Term end": "1876 5 8", "Order 2": "President of Costa Rica", "Predecessor 2": "Vicente Herrera", "Successor 2": "Saturnino Lizano", "Birth date": "1831 12 16 y", "Birth place": "Bagaces, Guanacaste", "Birth name": "Tomás Migue... |
James George Thirlwell (born 29 January 1960), also known as Clint Ruin, Frank Want, and Foetus, among other names, is an Australian musician, composer, and record producer. He is known for juxtaposing a variety of different musical styles.
Life and career
thumb|250px|left|alt=Jim Thirlwell of the band Foetus singing ... | {"Born": "Melbourne, Australia", "Genres": "Industrial post-punk trip hop big band", "Labels": "Self ImmolationBig CatEctopic EntsIpecac RecordingsWilliams StreetTzadik", "Website": "foetus.org"} |
Jewel and Esk College was a further education college in the Lothians in Scotland. It had two campuses, one located at Milton Road in Edinburgh and the other at Eskbank, Dalkeith, Midlothian.
In October 2012 the college merged with Edinburgh's other two FE colleges (Telford College and Stevenson College) to form a new... | {"Name (in English)": "Jewel and Esk College", "Image name": "Jewel and Esk Valley College.JPG", "Type": "Further education", "City": "Edinburgh", "Country": "Scotland", "Coordinates": "55 56 35.1 N 3 5 50.08 W type:edu inline,title"} |
The 2003 Casablanca bombings were a series of suicide bombings on May 16, 2003, in Casablanca, Morocco. The attacks were the deadliest terrorist attacks in the country's history. Forty-five people were killed in the attacks (33 victims and 12 suicide bombers). The suicide bombers came from the shanty towns of Sidi Moum... | {"Title": "2003 Casablanca bombings", "Caption": "Upward view of the Boulevard de Paris, where the bombings occurred", "Part of": "the Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002-present)", "Location": "Casablanca, Morocco", "Target": "Western, gambling , and Jewish targets", "Date": "2003 05 16 yes", "Type of attack": "Suicide at... |
Aniceto del Carmen Esquivel Sáenz (April 18, 1824 - October 22, 1898) was President of Costa Rica for a brief period of three months in 1876El Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones: Presidentes de la República de Costa Rica before being deposed in a coup d'état.
He was born on April 18, 1824, in Cartago (Costa Rica). He was ... | {"Name": "Aniceto Esquivel", "Term start": "1876 5 8 y", "Term end": "1876 7 30 y", "Birth date": "1824 4 18 y", "Birth place": "Cartago", "Death date": "1898 10 22 1824 4 18 y", "Death place": "San José"} |
Vicente de las Mercedes Herrera Zeledón (A.K.A. Jamón) (20 January 1821 - 10 November 1888) was President of Costa Rica from 30 July 1876 to 11 September 1877.El Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones: Presidentes de la República de Costa Rica He came to power in the coup d'état that deposed President Aniceto Esquivel and resi... | {"Name": "Vicente Herrera", "Image": "Vicente Herrera Zeledón.JPG", "Term start": "30 July 1876", "Term end": "11 September 1877", "Birth date": "20 January 1821", "Birth place": "San José", "Death date": "10 November 1888 (aged 67)", "Death place": "San José"} |
thumb|200px|right|Bernal Díaz del Castillo memorial, in Medina del Campo (Spain)
Bernal Díaz del Castillo ( 1492 - 3 February 1584) was a Spanish conquistador, who participated as a soldier in the conquest of the Aztec Empire under Hernán Cortés and late in his life wrote an account of the events. As an experienced sol... | {"Name": "Bernal Díaz del Castillo", "Caption": "A 1904 depiction of Díaz", "Birth date": "1492", "Birth place": "Medina del Campo", "Death date": "3 February 1584 (aged 92)", "Death place": "Antigua, Guatemala", "Nationality": "Spanish", "Occupation": "Conquistador", "Known For": "Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire... |
Constantines is an indie rock band from Guelph, Ontario, Canada."Are the Constantines breaking up or 'just slowing down'?". Wterloo Record, Aug 25, 2010
History
Constantines was formed in 1999, by vocalist and guitarist Bryan Webb, drummer Doug MacGregor, and guitarist Paul Bright, all of whom had played together in t... | {"Origin": "Guelph, Ontario, Canada", "Genres": "Indie rock", "Labels": "Three Gut, Arts & Crafts, Sub Pop", "Members": "Will KidmanSteve LambkeDoug MacGregorBryan WebbDallas Wehrle"} |
Ivor Armstrong Richards CH (26 February 1893 - 7 September 1979), known as I. A. Richards, was an English educator, literary critic, poet, and rhetorician. His work contributed to the foundations of the New Criticism, a formalist movement in literary theory which emphasized the close reading of a literary text, especia... | {"Born": "yes 1893 2 26", "Died": "yes 1979 9 7 1893 2 26", "Occupation": "Educator", "Alma mater": "Magdalene College, Cambridge", "Period": "20th century"} |
José Bruno Carranza Ramírez (October 5, 1822 - January 25, 1891) was briefly President of Costa Rica (albeit with the title Temporary Head of the Republic) in 1870. Bruno Carranza came to power in the coup d'état of 27 April 1870 that deposed President Jesús Jiménez. He resigned three months later.
His parents were M... | {"Name": "Bruno Carranza", "Image": "Bruno Carranza Ramirez.JPG", "Term start": "April 27, 1870", "Term end": "August 8, 1870", "Birth date": "1822 10 05 y", "Birth place": "San José, Costa Rica", "Birth name": "José Bruno Carranza Ramírez", "Death date": "1891 01 25 1822 10 05", "Death place": "San José, Costa Rica", ... |
Brompton Road is a disused station on the Piccadilly line of the London Underground, located between Knightsbridge and South Kensington stations.
It was closed in 1934, nearly 28 years after being opened by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway company. During the Second World War it was used as the comm... | {"Grid reference": "TQ272791", "Location": "Brompton", "Local authority": "Kensington and Chelsea", "Number of platforms": "2", "Replaced by": "None", "Original company": "Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway"} |
Maurice Frederick Strong, (April 29, 1929 - November 27, 2015) was a Canadian oil and mineral businessman and a diplomat who served as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.E Masood (2015) Maurice Strong, Nature 528(7583), 480.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rGxIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xYIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2928,8434969... | {"Name": "Maurice Frederick Strong", "Alternative text": "Maurice Frederick Strong", "Image caption": "Maurice Strong having received the Four Freedoms Award for Freedom from Want in 2010", "Birth date": "1929 04 29", "Birth place": "Oak Lake, Manitoba, Canada", "Death date": "2015 11 27 1929 04 29", "Spouse(s)": "Paul... |
The Guards Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army during the Second World War. The division was created in the United Kingdom on 17 June 1941 during the Second World War from elements of the Guards units, the Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards, Welsh Guards, and the ... | {"Branch": "United Kingdom", "Type": "Armoured", "Size": "Division, 14,964 menJoslen, p. 129343 tanks223 cruisers, 25 anti-aircraft tanks, 24 close support tanks, 63 light tanks, and 8 Observation tanks.Joslen, p. 9 nbThese two figures are the war establishment, the on-paper strength, of the division for 1944/1945;Fort... |
Alexandre Alexandrovitch Alexeieff (Russian: Александр Александрович Алексеев;Alternative transcriptions include Alexander Alexeieff or Alexander Alexeïeff or Alexandre Alexieff 18 April 1901 - 9 August 1982) was a Russian Empire-born artist, filmmaker and illustrator who lived and worked mainly in Paris. He and his se... | {"Name": "Alexandre A. Alexeieff", "Birth date": "yes 1901 04 18", "Birth place": "Kazan, Russia", "Death date": "yes 1982 08 09 1901 08 05", "Death place": "Paris, France", "Nationality": "French", "Known For": "animation, invention of pinscreen, illustration, films", "Spouse(s)": "Alexandra Grinevsky Countess de Lowe... |
Tony Peter Clement (born January 27, 1961) is a Canadian former federal politician and former Member of Parliament for Parry Sound—Muskoka in Ontario. Before entering federal politics, Clement served as an Ontario cabinet minister, including as Minister of Health and Long-Term Care under premiers Mike Harris and Ernie... | {"Birth name": "Tony Peter Panayi", "Image caption": "Clement in 2012", "Term start": "August 30, 2017", "Term end": "November 6, 2018", "Office 2": "Minister of Industry", "Prime minister 2": "Stephen Harper", "Predecessor 2": "Jim Prentice", "Successor 2": "Christian Paradis", "Birth date": "1961 01 27", "Birth place... |
Balfron Tower is a 26-storey residential building in Poplar, Tower Hamlets, East London. Built in a Brutalist style, it forms part of the Brownfield Estate, an area of social housing between Chrisp Street Market and the A12 northern approach to the Blackwall Tunnel. It was designed by Ernő Goldfinger in 1963 for the Lo... | {"Location": "London, E 14United Kingdom", "Coordinates": "51 30 49.1 N 00 00 31.7 W region:GB inline,title", "Construction started": "1965", "Type": "Residential flats"} |
Trellick Tower is a Grade II* listed tower block on the Cheltenham Estate in North Kensington, London. Opened in 1972, it was commissioned by the Greater London Council and designed in the Brutalist style by architect Ernő Goldfinger. The tower was planned to replace outdated social accommodation, and designed as an im... | {"Location": "Kensal Green, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London", "Coordinates": "51 31 25 N 00 12 20 W type:landmark_scale:3000 inline,title", "Type": "Residential flats", "Architectural style": "Brutalist"} |
The 2nd New Zealand Division, initially the New Zealand Division, was an infantry division of the New Zealand Military Forces (New Zealand's army) during the Second World War. The division was commanded for most of its existence by Lieutenant-General Bernard C. Freyberg. It fought in Greece, Crete, the Western Desert a... | {"Branch": "New Zealand Military Forces", "Type": "Infantry", "Size": "Division", "Part of": "British Eighth Army", "Disbanded": "c.1945", "Notablecommanders": "Bernard C. FreybergLindsay Inglis (temporary)Howard Kippenberger (temporary)Graham Parkinson (temporary)Stephen Weir (temporary)"} |
The 5th Armored Division ("Victory") was an armored formation of the United States Army active from 1941 to 1945 and from 1950 to 1956.
History
thumb|right|Memorial to the 5th Armored Division in Bertrange, Luxembourg.
The 5th Armored "Victory" Division was activated on 10 October 1941, and reached the United Kingdom... | {"Branch": "USA", "Type": "Armor", "Role": "Armored warfare", "Size": "18,000 men Division", "Nickname(s)": "Victory", "Notablecommanders": "Lunsford E. Oliver"} |
The 6th Armored Division ("Super Sixth") was an armored division of the United States Army during World War II. It was formed with a cadre from the 2nd Armored Division.
History
thumb|left|Members of the 44th Armored Infantry, supported by tanks of the 6th Armored Division, move in to attack German troops surrounding ... | {"Branch": "USA", "Type": "Armor", "Role": "Armored warfare", "Size": "Division", "Nickname(s)": "\"Super Sixth\"Special Unit Designations http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/spdes-123-ra_ar.html United States Army Center of Military History 21 April 2010 24 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/2010060901... |
thumb|right|250px|A 7th Armored anti-tank gun covers a road near Vielsalm, Belgium, 23 December 1944
The 7th Armored Division ("Lucky Seventh") was an armored division of the United States Army that saw distinguished service on the Western Front, from August 1944 until May 1945, during World War II.
History
The divisi... | {"Branch": "United States", "Type": "Armor", "Role": "Armored warfare", "Size": "Division", "Nickname(s)": "\"Lucky Seventh\"Special Unit Designations http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/spdes-123-ra_ar.html United States Army Center of Military History 21 April 2010 24 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/we... |
thumb|right|150px|Arms of Mortimer: Barry or and azure, on a chief of the first two pallets between two gyrons of the second over all an inescutcheon argent
Roger Mortimer, 3rd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore, 1st Earl of March (25 April 1287 - 29 November 1330), was an English nobleman and powerful Marcher Lord who gained ... | {"Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "15th-century manuscript illustration depicting Roger Mortimer and Queen Isabella in the foreground. Background: Hugh Despenser the Younger on the scaffold, being emasculated", "Birth date": "25 April 1287", "Birth place": "Wigmore Castle, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England", "Deat... |
The 8th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army that served in the European Theater of World War II.
History
Stateside
The successes of the German armored units in Poland and France underscored America's need for an effective armored force. The tank battles of North Africa and Russia in earl... | {"Branch": "USA", "Type": "Armor", "Role": "Armored warfare", "Size": "Division", "Nickname(s)": "\"Thundering Herd\" or \"Iron Snake\""} |
Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore (1231 - 27 October 1282), of Wigmore Castle in Herefordshire, was a marcher lord who was a loyal ally of King Henry III of England and at times an enemy, at times an ally, of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Wales.
Early career
Born in 1231, Roger was the son of Ralph de ... | {"Image caption": "Arms of Mortimer: Barry or and azure, on a chief of the first two pallets between two base esquires of the second over all an inescutcheon argent", "Birth date": "c.1231", "Death date": "27 October 1282", "Death place": "Kingsland, Herefordshire", "Buried": "Wigmore Abbey", "Father": "Ralph de Mortim... |
The 9th Armored Division (the "Phantom Division") was an armored division of the United States Army during World War II. In honor of their World War II service, the 9th was officially nicknamed the "Phantom Division."
The 9th Armored Division was cited for extraordinary heroism and gallantry in combat in the vicinity ... | {"Branch": "USA", "Type": "Armor", "Role": "Armored warfare", "Size": "Division", "Nickname(s)": "\"Phantom\"", "Notablecommanders": "Geoffrey Keyes, John W. Leonard, Thomas L. Harrold"} |
The 10th Armored Division (nicknamed "Tiger Division") was an armored division of the United States Army in World War II. In the European Theater of Operations the 10th Armored Division was part of both the Twelfth United States Army Group and Sixth United States Army Group. Originally assigned to the Third United Stat... | {"Branch": "USA", "Type": "Armor", "Role": "Armored warfare", "Size": "Division", "Nickname(s)": "Tiger Division", "Motto(s)": "\"Terrify and Destroy\"", "Mascot(s)": "Tiger", "Decorations": "Presidential Unit Citations (5)", "Notablecommanders": "Major General Paul NewgardenMajor General William H. H. MorrisMajor Gene... |
Fitzcarraldo () is a 1982 West German epic adventure-drama film written, produced, and directed by Werner Herzog, and starring Klaus Kinski as would-be rubber baron Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an Irishman known in Peru as Fitzcarraldo, who is determined to transport a steamship over a steep hill to access a rich rubber t... | {"Directed by": "Werner Herzog", "Written by": "Werner Herzog", "Produced by": "Werner Herzog\n Lucki Stipetić", "Starring": "Klaus Kinski\n Claudia Cardinale\n José Lewgoy\n Miguel Ángel Fuentes\n Paul Hittscher\n Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez\n Grande Otelo\n Peter Berling", "Cinematography": "Thomas Mauch", "Edited ... |
The 11th Armored Division (11 AD) was a division of the United States Army in World War II. It was activated on 15 August 1942 at Camp Polk, Louisiana and moved on 24 June 1943 for the Louisiana Maneuvers. Transferred then to Camp Barkeley, Texas on 5 September 1943, the division participated, beginning 29 October 194... | {"Branch": "USA", "Type": "Armor", "Role": "Armored warfare", "Size": "Division", "Nickname(s)": "\"Thunderbolt\"", "Motto(s)": "J'Avance (I Advance)", "Notablecommanders": "Edward H. Brooks"} |
The 12th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army in World War II. It fought in the European Theater of Operations in France, Germany and Austria, between November 1944 and May 1945.
The German Army called the 12th Armored Division the "Suicide Division" for its fierce defensive actions durin... | {"Branch": "USA", "Type": "Armor", "Role": "Armored warfare", "Size": "Division", "Nickname(s)": "\"Hellcat Division\" \"Suicide Division\" \"Mystery Division\"", "Motto(s)": "Speed Is the Password", "Notablecommanders": "Roderick R. Allen"} |
The 13th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army in World War II.
History and combat chronicle
The division was activated on 15 October 1942 at Camp Beale, east of Marysville, California.
The 13th Armored, known as the Black Cats, landed at Le Havre, France, 29 January 1945. After performin... | {"Branch": "USA", "Type": "Armor", "Role": "Armored warfare", "Size": "Division", "Notablecommanders": "MG John B. Wogan (1942-45) MG John Millikin (1945)", "Nickname(s)": "\"The Black Cats\""} |
The 14th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army assigned to the Seventh Army of the Sixth Army Group during World War II. It remains on the permanent roll of the Regular Army as an inactive division, and is eligible for reactivation. The division is officially nicknamed the "Liberators".
Hi... | {"Branch": "USA", "Type": "Armor", "Role": "Armored warfare", "Size": "Division", "Nickname(s)": "\"Liberators\" (special designation) Special Unit Designations http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/spdes-123-ra_ar.html United States Army Center of Military History 21 April 2010 24 June 2010 https://web.archiv... |
The 16th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army in World War II. In its one and only combat operation, the 16th Armored Division liberated the city of Pilsen in western Czechoslovakia (modern Bohemia in the Czech Republic), an operation that influenced the landscape of post-war Europe.
Hist... | {"Allegiance": "United States of America", "Branch": "25px United States Army", "Type": "Armored division", "Notablecommanders": "John L. Pierce", "Nickname(s)": "Armadillo"} |
The 20th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army that fought in World War II. It was activated on 15 March 1943 at Camp Campbell in Kentucky.
The division had no official name although it did associate itself with the nickname "Armoraiders" while in training at Camp Campbell.Nickname inform... | {"Branch": "United States", "Type": "Armored", "Size": "Division", "Notablecommanders": "Orlando WardRoderick R. Allen", "Motto(s)": "Beware the Ides of March"} |
Dungeons & Dragons is a 2000 fantasy adventure film directed by Courtney Solomon and written by Carroll Cartwright and Topper Lilien. It is based on the role-playing game of the same name. The film follows an empress who wishes to get hold of a mythical rod that will help her fight an evil wizard, and enlists two thiev... | {"Directed by": "Courtney Solomon", "Produced by": "Thomas M. Hammel\n Kia Jam\n Courtney Solomon", "Written by": "Carroll Cartwright\n Topper Lilien", "Based on": "Dungeons & Dragons Wizards of the Coast", "Starring": "Justin Whalin\n Marlon Wayans\n Thora Birch\n Zoe McLellan\n Kristen Wilson\n Lee Arenberg\n Bruce P... |
Felix Manz (also Felix Mantz) (c. 1498 - 5 January 1527) was an Anabaptist, a co-founder of the original Swiss Brethren congregation in Zürich, Switzerland, and the first martyr of the Radical Reformation.
Birth and life
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Manz was born and died in Zürich, in the Old ... | {"Name": "Felix Manz", "Birth name": "Felix Mantz", "Birth date": "1498", "Birth place": "Zürich", "Death date": "1527", "Death place": "Zürich", "Known For": "Co-founder of the original Swiss Brethren congregation"} |
thumbnail|Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) is a private, non-profit institution with research programs focusing on cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, genomics, and quantitative biology.
It is one of 68 institutions supported by the Cancer Centers Program of the U.S. National Cancer ... | {"Established": "1890", "President": "Bruce Stillman", "Staff": "1,200", "Budget": "$150,000,000", "Location": "United States", "Website": "http://www.cshl.edu/"} |
The Miami Orange Bowl was an outdoor athletic stadium in Miami, Florida, from 1937 until 2008. The stadium was located in the Little Havana neighborhood west of Downtown Miami. The Miami Orange Bowl was considered a landmark and served as the home stadium for the Miami Hurricanes college football team from 1937 through... | {"Location": "Miami, Florida, U.S.", "Coordinates": "25.778 N 80.220 W type:landmark it", "Broke ground": "1936", "Opened": "1937 12 10 y", "Expanded": "1944, 1947, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1968", "Closed": "2008 01 26 y", "Demolished": "March 3-May 14, 2008", "Owner": "City of Miami", "Operator": "City of Miami", "Surface": ... |
Francisco Alves Mendes Filho, better known as Chico Mendes (; 15 December 1944 - 22 December 1988), was a Brazilian rubber tapper, trade union leader and environmentalist. He fought to preserve the Amazon rainforest, and advocated for the human rights of Brazilian peasants and Indigenous peoples. He was assassinated by... | {"Name": "Chico Mendes", "Caption": "Chico Mendes in 1988", "Birth name": "Francisco Alves Mendes Filho", "Birth date": "1944 12 15 y", "Birth place": "Xapuri, Brazil", "Death date": "1988 12 22 1944 12 15 yes", "Death place": "Xapuri, Brazil", "Death cause": "Gunshot wound", "Occupation": "Social activist", "Spouse(s)... |
Margaret Frazer, born Gail Lynn Brown (November 26, 1946 - February 4, 2013), was an American historical novelist, best known for more than twenty historical mystery novels and a variety of short stories. The pen name was originally shared by Frazer and Mary Monica Pulver Kuhfeld in their collaboration on The Novice's ... | {"Pen name": "Margaret Frazer", "Born": "1946 11 26", "Died": "2013 02 04 1946 11 26", "Occupation": "Author", "Nationality": "American"} |
thumb|Prince Eugen painting (c. 1905)
thumb|Prince Eugen 1900.
thumb|Prince Eugens grave at Waldemarsudde.
Prince Eugen Napoleon Nicolaus of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Närke (1 August 1865 - 17 August 1947) was a Swedish painter, art collector, and patron of artists.
Background
Prince Eugen was born at Drottningho... | {"Born": "Drottningholm Palace, Stockholm, Sweden", "Died": "Waldemarsudde, Stockholm, Sweden", "Father": "Oscar II of Sweden", "Mother": "Sophia of Nassau"} |
True Romance (released in the Philippines as Breakaway){{cite news|last=Sulat|first=Bert B. Jr.|title=A truly twisted thriller|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ja8mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FAsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6562%2C1846635|access-date=June 20, 2023|work=Manila Standard|publisher=Kamahalan Publishing Corp.|date=June 13, 1995... | {"Directed by": "Tony Scott", "Produced by": "Samuel Hadida Steve Perry Bill Unger", "Written by": "Quentin Tarantino", "Starring": "Christian Slater\n Patricia Arquette\n Dennis Hopper\n Val Kilmer\n Gary Oldman\n Brad Pitt\n Christopher Walken", "Music by": "Hans Zimmer", "Cinematography": "Jeffrey L. Kimball", "Edit... |
thumb|Frithuswith hiding with swine. From a stained glass in the Lady Chapel At Gloucester Cathedral.
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Frithuswith, commonly Frideswide (c. 65019 October 727; ), was an English princess and abbess. She is credited as the foundress of a monastery later incorporated into Ch... | {"Born": "upper Thames region", "Died": "Binsey, Oxford", "Feast": "19 October12 February (translation)15 May (invention)", "Attributes": "pastoral staff; a fountain; the ox", "Patronage": "Oxford, England; University of Oxford"} |
Simon Walter Blackburn (born 12 July 1944) is an English academic philosopher known for his work in metaethics, where he defends quasi-realism, and in the philosophy of language; more recently, he has gained a large general audience from his efforts to popularise philosophy. He has appeared in multiple episodes of th... | {"Region": "Western philosophy", "Era": "Contemporary philosophy", "Institutions": "Trinity College, Cambridge Pembroke College, Oxford University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill New College of the Humanities", "School": "Analytic philosophy", "Doctoral students": "E. J. Lowe Michael A. Smith"} |
Juan Bautista Quirós Segura (January 18, 1853 – November 7, 1934) was president of Costa Rica for two weeks, from August 12 to September 2, 1919,El Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones: Presidentes de la República de Costa Rica following the resignation of Federico Tinoco. His government was not recognized by the United Stat... | {"Name": "Juan Bautista Quirós Segura", "Term start": "12 August 1919", "Term end": "2 September 1919", "Birth date": "1853 1 18 y", "Birth place": "Tibás, San José, Costa Rica", "Death date": "yes 1934 11 7 1853 1 18", "Death place": "San José, Costa Rica", "Spouse(s)": "Teresa Aguilar Guzmán, Clementina Quirós Fonsec... |
Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi is an animated propaganda short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released on January 15, 1943, by RKO Radio Pictures, directed by Clyde Geronimi and principally animated by Milt Kahl, Ward Kimball, Frank Thomas, and Bill Tytla. The short is based on the non-fictio... | {"Directed by": "Clyde Geronimi", "Produced by": "Walt Disney", "Written by": "Joe Grant", "Based on": "Education for Death: Sparky The Making of the Nazi Gregor Ziemer", "Narrated by": "Art Smith", "Music by": "Oliver Wallace", "Distributed by": "RKO Radio Pictures"} |
Allan Vito Flores CaidicFilipino Asian Games Medalists - Alan Vito CAIDIC (born June 15, 1963) is a Filipino former professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is considered by many to be the greatest shooter the country has ever produced, thus, earning the moniker, "The Triggerman".
... | {"Position": "Shooting guard", "Nationality": "Filipino", "Born": "Pasig, Rizal, Philippines", "Listed height": "2", "Listed weight": "173", "High school": "Roosevelt College", "College": "University of the East"} |
Thomas Chittenden (January 6, 1730August 25, 1797) was an American politician from Vermont, who was a leader of the territory for nearly two decades. He was the state's first and third governor, serving from 1778 to 1789—when it was a largely unrecognized independent state called the Vermont Republic—and again from 179... | {"Name": "Thomas Chittenden", "Image caption": "Governor Thomas Chittenden (presumed likeness)", "Lieutenant 1": "Paul Brigham", "Order 2": "1st & 3rd Governor of the Vermont Republic", "Predecessor 2": "Moses Robinson", "Successor 2": "Himself (as Governor of the State of Vermont)", "Birth date": "1730 1 6 y", "Birth ... |
John Bell Hood (June 1Eicher, p. 302; Warner, p. 142; Handbook of Texas Online. or June 29,Jones, p. 213; McMurry, p. 5; About North Georgia website; JohnBellHood.org website. June 29 is the date given on his tombstone. It, therefore, seems the more likely. 1831 - August 30, 1879) was a Confederate general during the ... | {"Born": "Owingsville, Kentucky, US", "Died": "New Orleans, Louisiana, US", "Nickname(s)": "SamEicher, p. 302. Bonds, p. 77, stated that there was no contemporary evidence that Hood was called \"Old Woodenhead\". It appears to have been an invention by some historians (such as by Edward A. Pollard, who in the Life of J... |
Viva La Bam is an American reality television series that stars Bam Margera and his friends and family. The show is a spin-off from MTV's Jackass, in which Margera and most of the main cast appeared. Each episode had a specific theme, mission, or challenge which was accomplished by performing pranks, skateboarding, and... | {"Created by": "Bam Margera\nTroy Miller", "Starring": "Bam Margera\nPhil Margera\nApril Margera\nDon Vito\nRyan Dunn\nRaab Himself\nBrandon DiCamillo\nRake Yohn", "Cinematography": "Joe Frantz", "Country of origin": "United States", "Original network": "MTV", "Original release": "2006 3 22", "Opening theme": "\"The Ki... |
Wildboyz is an American television series. It is a spin-off and follow-up to Jackass. Wildboyz debuted in 2003 on MTV, and moved to MTV2 in its third season. The show starred Monkey Man and Chris Pontius, who perform stunts and acts with animals, often putting themselves in situations for which they are not trained.
F... | {"Created by": "Jeff TremaineChris PontiusSteve-ODimitry ElyashkevichSean Cliver", "Genre": "Reality Black comedy Toilet humor Cringe comedy Physical comedySlapstickNature documentaryEducational", "Country of origin": "United States", "Directed by": "Jeff Tremaine", "Starring": "Chris PontiusSteve-O", "Narrated by": "J... |
The Ecological Green Party of Mexico (, , PVEM or PVE) is a green-conservative political party in Mexico. In the 2012 legislative elections, the party took 34 seats in the Chamber of Deputies (out of 500) and nine seats in the Senate (out of 128). During the 2012 Presidential election, PVEM supported Enrique Peña Nieto... | {"President": "Karen Castrejón Trujillo", "Founded": "1993 5 14 y", "Headquarters": "Loma Bonita 18 Lomas Altas, Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City, México", "Ideology": "Green politicsJeffrey Haynes Comparative Politics in a Globalizing World Polity 2005 177 9780745630922 https://books.google.com/books?id=gfsiBg0YshMC&q=Ecol... |
Bleak House is a novel by Charles Dickens, first published as a 20-episode serial between March 1852 and September 1853. The novel has many characters and several subplots, and is told partly by the novel's heroine, Esther Summerson and partly by an omniscient narrator. At the centre of Bleak House is a long-running le... | {"Cover artist": "Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz)", "Country": "England", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Bradbury & Evans", "Published": "Serialised 1852-1853; book form 1853", "Preceded by": "David Copperfield", "Followed by": "A Child's History of England"} |
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Second Cup Cafe., is a Canadian restaurant chain, coffee retailer, and roaster which operates more than 190 cafes nationwide. Its headquarters are in Mississauga, Ontario."Contact Us ." Second Cup. Retrieved on September 13, 2011. "MAILING ADDRESS: Second Cup Ltd. 6303 Airport ... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Parent": "Foodtastic Inc.", "Founded": "1975 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Headquarters": "Canada", "Industry": "Coffee", "Products": "Coffee beverages\n smoothies\n tea\n baked goods\n sandwiches", "Revenue": "CAN$23.63 million (2017)https://secondcup.com/investors-relations/financial-reports ... |
The Imperial Valley ( or Valle Imperial) of Southern California lies in Imperial and Riverside counties, with an urban area centered on the city of El Centro. The Valley is bordered by the Colorado River to the east and, in part, the Salton Sea to the west. Farther west lies the San Diego and Imperial County border. To... | {"Location": "California, United States", "Coordinates": "32 44 51 N 114 57 48 W region:US-CA inline,title", "Length": "50 mi km", "Traversed by": "Interstate 8, State Route 78, State Route 86, State Route 111"} |
John George Haigh (; 24 July 1909 - 10 August 1949), commonly known as the Acid Bath Murderer, was an English serial killer convicted for the murder of six people, although he claimed to have killed nine. Haigh battered to death or shot his victims and disposed of their bodies using sulphuric acid before forging their ... | {"Birth date": "1909 07 24 y", "Birth place": "Stamford, Lincolnshire, England", "Death date": "yes 1949 08 10 1909 07 24", "Birth name": "John George Haigh"} |
Paul Marlor Sweezy (April 10, 1910 - February 27, 2004) was a Marxist economist, political activist, publisher, and founding editor of the long-running magazine Monthly Review. He is best remembered for his contributions to economic theory as one of the leading Marxian economists of the second half of the 20th century.... | {"School ortradition": "Neo-Marxian economicsBruce Williams, Making and Breaking Universities, Macleay Press, p. 103.", "Alma mater": "Harvard UniversityLondon School of Economics", "Field": "Macroeconomics", "Influences": "Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Rosa Luxemburg, Michał Kalecki, Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Joseph Schumpe... |
thumb|right|A Bell Mobility Ford Explorer fleet vehicle.
thumb|Bell Mobility Headquarters in Mississauga, Ontario - "Creekbank Campus"
Bell Mobility Inc. is a Canadian wireless network operator and the division of Bell Canada which offers wireless services across Canada. It operates networks using LTE and HSPA+ on its ... | {"Formerly": "Bell Cellular (1986-1993)", "Type": "Subsidiary", "Industry": "Mobile network operator", "Products": "Feature phones, smartphones (Android and iOS),mobile broadband modems", "Services": "Mobile telephony, SMS, MMS, mobile broadband(NR, LTE and UMTS)", "Parent": "Bell Canada", "Founded": "Toronto, Ontario ... |
Bell Media Inc. (French: ) is a Canadian media conglomerate that is the mass media subsidiary of BCE Inc. (also known as Bell Canada Enterprises, the owner of telecommunications company Bell Canada). Its operations include national television broadcasting and production (including the CTV and CTV 2 television networks)... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Industry": "Mass media", "Formerly": "Telegram Corp. (1960-1971)\n Baton Broadcasting (1971-1998)\n CTV Inc. (1998-2001)\n Bell Globemedia Inc. (2001-December 31, 2006)\n CHUM Limited (1945-June 22, 2007)\n CTVglobemedia Inc. (January 1, 2007-March 31, 2011)", "Founded": "1960 (Telegram Corporat... |
was a Japanese warrior. As of the Shinsengumi, he resisted the Meiji Restoration and fought to his end.Stephane Lun (2021) "A Guide on Shinsengumi: the background and management." [Kindle paperwhite version] Retrieved from amazon.com
Background
was born on May 31, 1835, in the Ishida village, Tama region of Musashi ... | {"Native name": "ja", "Birth name": "Hijikata Toshizō Yoshitoyo", "Other name(s)": "Naitō Hayato", "Nickname(s)": "\"Demon Vice-Commander\" 鬼の副長 Oni no fukucho", "Born": "Musashi Province, Japan", "Died": "Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan", "Allegiance": "40px Tokugawa Shogunate 40px Republic of Ezo", "Relations": "Hijikata ... |
The Seneca ( ;Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student's Handbook, Edinburgh () are a group of Indigenous Iroquoian-speaking people who historically lived south of Lake Ontario, one of the five Great Lakes in North America. Their nation was the farthest to the west within the Six Nations or Iroquois League (Haudenos... | {"Name": "SenecaOnödowáʼga꞉", "Image caption": "Moe John, Jr.Seneca Nation of New York, 2009", "Population": "11,000", "Languages": "Seneca, English", "Religions": "Longhouse, Kai'hwi'io, Kanoh'hon'io, Kahni'kwi'io, Christian denominations", "Related ethnic groups": "Onondaga Nation, Oneida Nation, Tuscarora Nation, Mo... |
Galo Blanco (; born 8 October 1976) is a retired professional tennis player from Oviedo, Spain. After many years as a professional tennis coach Blanco joined the Davis Cup steering committee in 2018.
Tennis career
Blanco came closest to winning a Grand Slam title in 1997, reaching the quarterfinals of the French Open ... | {"Residence": "Barcelona, Spain", "Born": "Oviedo, Spain", "Height": "1.73", "Turned pro": "1995", "Retired": "2006", "Plays": "Right-handed (one-handed backhand)", "Prize money": "$1,832,691", "Career record": "3-15", "Career titles": "0", "Highest ranking": "No. 338 (8 March 2004)", "Wimbledon": "2R (1999)", "US Open... |
Khorloogiin Choibalsan (8 February 1895 - 26 January 1952) was a Mongolian politician who served as the leader of the Mongolian People's Republic as chairman of the Council of Ministers (premier) from 1939 until his death in 1952. He was also commander-in-chief of the Mongolian People's Army from 1937, and chairman of ... | {"Name": "Khorloogiin Choibalsan", "Native name": "ᠬᠣᠷᠯᠤᠠ ᠶᠢᠨᠴᠣᠢᠢᠪᠠᠯᠰᠠᠩmn Хорлоогийн Чойбалсан", "Image caption": "Choibalsan in the 1940s", "Term start": "24 March 1939", "Term end": "26 January 1952", "Office 2": "4th Chairman of the Presidium of the State Little Hural", "Predecessor 2": "Jamtsangiin Damdinsüren", "... |
Mint julep is a mixed alcoholic drink, or cocktail, consisting primarily of bourbon, sugar, water, crushed or shaved ice, and fresh mint. As a bourbon-based cocktail, it is associated with the American South and the cuisine of the Southern United States in general, and the Kentucky Derby in particular.
Preparation
A m... | {"Type": "cocktail", "Served": "rocks", "Standard garnish": "Mint sprig", "Standard drinkware": "Silver cup or highball glass", "Preparation": "In a highball glass gently muddle the mint, sugar and water. Fill the glass with cracked ice, add Bourbon and stir well until the glass is well frosted. Garnish with a mint spr... |
Maleficent ( or ) is a fictional character who appears as the main antagonist in Walt Disney Productions' 16th animated feature film, Sleeping Beauty (1959). She is represented as an evil fairy and the self-proclaimed "Mistress of All Evil" who, after not being invited to a christening, curses the infant Princess Auror... | {"First appearance": "Sleeping Beauty (1959)", "Created by": "Marc Davis", "Portrayed by": "Angelina Jolie (Maleficent & Maleficent: Mistress of Evil)\nElla Purnell (Maleficent; as teenager)\nIsobelle Molloy (Maleficent; as child)\nKristin Chenoweth (Descendants)\nMars (Descendants: The Rise of Red; as teenager)", "Voi... |
The Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in Southgate, Kentucky, is the seventh deadliest nightclub fire in history. It occurred on the night of May 28, 1977, during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. A total of 165 people died and more than 200 were injured as a result of the blaze.Southgate, KY Nightclub Fire Disaster, May ... | {"Title": "Beverly Hills Supper Club fire", "Image caption": "The club on fire", "Venue": "Beverly Hills Supper Club", "Coordinates": "39 03 49 N 84 27 54 W region:US-KY_type:landmark title, inline", "Injuries": "200+"} |
Édgar Ángel Vivar Villanueva (born 28 December 1948) is a Mexican actor and comedian. He is best known for his characters of Señor Barriga and his son Ñoño from El Chavo del Ocho, and El Botija from Los Caquitos and Chespirito.
Life and career
The son of engineer Ángel Vivar and Celia Villanueva Falconi, Vivar started... | {"Image": "Édgar Viviar 02.JPG", "Name": "Edgar Vivar", "Caption": "Vivar at the ITSEM Mexico City campus in 2014", "Birth name": "Édgar Ángel Vivar Villanueva", "Birth date": "1948 12 28 y Edgar Vivar http://www.chespirito.org/actores_edgar.htm 23 June 2011 es dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110425025544/http://... |
Thomas Bracken (c. December 1843 - 16 February 1898) was an Irish-born New Zealand poet, journalist and politician.
He wrote "God Defend New Zealand", one of the two national anthems of New Zealand, and was the first person to publish the phrase "God's Own Country" as applied to New Zealand.
He also won the Otago Cal... | {"Born": "c. December 1843https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/43054/thomas-brackens-grave Thomas Bracken's grave Jock Phillips New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga teara.govt.nz", "Died": "16 February 1898 (aged 54)", "Occupation": "Poet, journalist, politician", "Nationality": "New Zealander"... |
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The Malbone Street wreck, also known as the Brighton Beach Line accident, was a rapid transit railroad accident that occurred on November 1, 1918, on the New York City Subway's BMT Brighton Line (now part of the BMT Franklin Avenue Line) in the community of F... | {"Name": "Malbone Street wreck", "Caption": "Remains of the wreck", "Date": "6:42p.m.", "Location": "Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York", "Country": "United States", "Line": "BMT Brighton Line", "Operator": "Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company", "Incident type": "Derailment", "Cause": "Excessive speed around curve", "Trains": "1"... |
The Constitution of South Africa is the supreme law of the Republic of South Africa. It provides the legal foundation for the existence of the republic, it sets out the rights and duties of its citizens, and defines the structure of the Government. The current constitution, the country's fifth, was drawn up by the Parl... | {"Jurisdiction": "South Africa", "Ratified": "18 December 1996", "Date effective": "4 February 1997", "System": "Republic", "Branches": "Three (executive, legislature and judiciary)", "Chambers": "Bicameral (Parliament)", "Executive": "President and Cabinet", "Author(s)": "Constitutional Assembly", "Signatories": "Pres... |
thumb|300px|Map of the contiguous United States with reservation lands excluded as of 2003
thumb|300px|Reservation lands in the contiguous United States as of 2019
Tribal sovereignty in the United States is the concept of the inherent authority of Indigenous tribes to govern themselves within the borders of the United... | {"Category": "Autonomous administrative divisions", "Location": "United States", "Created": "1658 (Powhatan Tribes)", "Number": "326http://www.bia.gov/FAQs Frequently Asked Questions, Bureau of Indian Affairs Department of the Interior 8 August 2015 (map includes the 310 as of May 1996)", "Populations": "123 (several) ... |
Tommy Tallarico (born February 18, 1968) is an American video game music composer, musician, sound designer, television personality, live show creative director and producer. He and his company, Tommy Tallarico Studios, worked on several video games since the 1990s. He co-hosted the television shows Electric Playground... | {"Born": "Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Genres": "Video game music symphonic rock", "Member of": "Video Games Live", "Website": "https://www.tallarico.com"} |
Operation Grapple was a set of four series of British nuclear weapons tests of early atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs carried out in 1957 and 1958 at Malden Island and Kiritimati (Christmas Island) in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands in the Pacific Ocean (modern Kiribati) as part of the British hydrogen bomb programme. Ni... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Test site": "Kiritimati (Christmas Island), Kiribati; Malden Island, Kiribati", "Period": "1957-1958", "Number of tests": "9", "Test type": "Air drop, balloon", "Max. yield": "3 MtTNT 3 in"} |
Dany Chamoun (; 26 August 1934 - 21 October 1990) was a prominent Lebanese politician. A Maronite Christian, the younger son of former President Camille Chamoun and brother of Dory Chamoun, Chamoun was also a politician in his own right.
Biography
Early life and education
Chamoun was born in Deir el-Qamar on 26 Augus... | {"Name": "Dany Chamoun", "Native name": "داني شمعون", "Native name language": "ar", "Image caption": "Dany Chamoun in 1988", "Birth date": "1934 08 26 y", "Birth place": "Deir el Qamar, Lebanon", "Death date": "1990 10 21 1934 08 26 y", "Death place": "Beirut, Lebanon"} |
Chadderton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, on the River Irk and Rochdale Canal. It is located in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Oldham, south of Rochdale and north-east of Manchester.
Historically part of Lancashire, Chadderton's early history is marked by its s... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)", "Metropolitan borough": "Oldham", "Metropolitan county": "Greater Manchester", "UK Parliament": "Oldham West and Royton", "Postcode district": "OL", "Dialling code": "0161", "OS grid reference": "SD905055"} |
The Free County of Burgundy (; ) was a medieval feudal state ruled by a count from 982 to 1678. It was also known as Franche-Comté, from meaning 'free count', and was located in the modern region of Franche-Comté. It bordered the Duchy of Burgundy to the west, which was part of France from 843.
The territory had prev... | {"Native name": "fr Franche Comté de Bourgognede Freigrafschaft Burgund", "Conventional long name": "Free County of Burgundy", "Type of government": "Feudal monarchy (County)", "Starting event": "Otto-William, Count of Burgundy", "Event 1": "Emperor Conrad II, King of Burgundy (Arelat)", "Event 1 date": "1033", "Event ... |
The Duchy of Burgundy (; ; , ) emerged in the 9th century as one of the successors of the ancient Kingdom of the Burgundians, which after its conquest in 532 had formed a constituent part of the Frankish Empire. Upon the 9th-century partitions, the French remnants of the Burgundian kingdom were reduced to a ducal rank ... | {"Native name": "fr Duché de Bourgognela Ducatus Burgundiae", "Conventional long name": "Duchy of Burgundy", "Demonym": "Burgundian", "Type of government": "Feudal monarchy", "Starting event": "Established", "Event ending the country": "Duchy absorbed into French royal domain", "Event 1": "Succession Crisis", "Event 1 ... |
St Matthias Old Church is the modern name given to the Poplar Chapel built by the East India Company in 1654, in Poplar in the East End of London. The church is designated a Grade II* listed building.
St Matthias Old Church is one of the very few extant churches built under the Commonwealth (others include those at ... | {"OS grid reference": "St Matthias Old Church", "Denomination": "Church of England", "Architect(s)": "Robert Shirley William Milford Teulon", "Location": "Poplar High Street, Poplar, London", "Country": "United Kingdom"} |
Diamond-Star Motors (DSM) was an automobile-manufacturing joint venture between the Chrysler Corporation and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC)."Mixing Cultures On the Assembly Line", John Holusha, The New York Times, June 5, 1988 The name came from the parent companies' respective logos: three diamonds (Mitsubishi) a... | {"Type": "Division", "Founded": "October 1985", "Defunct": "November 2015", "Headquarters": "100 N. Mitsubishi Motorway, Normal, Illinois 61761, United States", "Industry": "Automobile manufacturing", "Parent": "Mitsubishi Motors North America", "Website": "MitsubishiManufacturing.com"} |
Frances Elena Farmer (September 19, 1913August 1, 1970) was an American actress and television host. She appeared in over a dozen feature films over the course of her career, though she garnered notoriety for sensationalized accounts of her life, especially her involuntary commitment to psychiatric hospitals and subseq... | {"Name": "Frances Farmer", "Caption": "Farmer in 1938", "Birth name": "Frances Elena Farmer", "Birth date": "1913 09 19 yes", "Birth place": "Seattle, Washington, U.S.", "Death date": "1970 08 01 1913 09 19 yes", "Death place": "Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.", "Resting place": "Oaklawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Fishers,... |
The Georgia Straight is a free Canadian weekly news and entertainment newspaper published in Vancouver, British Columbia, by Overstory Media Group. Often known simply as The Straight, it is delivered to newsboxes, post-secondary schools, public libraries and a large variety of other locations.
As surveyed by VAC its p... | {"Frequency": "Weekly", "Categories": "Alternative weekly newspaper", "Company": "Overstory Media Group", "First issue": "1967", "Country": "Canada", "Based in": "Vancouver, British Columbia", "Language": "English", "ISSN": "1485-1318"} |
Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale (; born Jarnail Singh Brar; 2 June 1947- 6 June 1984) was an Indian militant. He was the leading figure of the Khalistan movement, although he did not personally advocate for a separate Sikh nation.
He was the fourteenth jathedar or leader, of the prominent orthodox Sikh religious institutio... | {"Name": "Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale", "Birth name": "Jarnail Singh Brar", "Birth date": "1947 06 02 yes", "Birth place": "Rode, Moga, Punjab Province, British India(present-day Punjab, India)", "Death place": "Akal Takht, Amritsar, Punjab, India", "Death cause": "Killed in gunfight during Operation Blue Star", "Death ... |
Saint-Cyr-l'École () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris.
It used to host the training school for officers of the French army, the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr (ESM), which was relocated to Coëtquidan in 1945.
The old buildings of the ESM are now used ... | {"Name": "Saint-Cyr-l'École", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Arrondissement": "Versailles", "Canton": "Saint-Cyr-l'École", "Postal code": "78210", "Mayor": "Sonia BrauRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des ... |
The École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr (ESM, literally the "Special Military School of Saint-Cyr") is a French military academy, and is often referred to as Saint-Cyr (). It is located in Coëtquidan in Guer, Morbihan, Brittany. Its motto is Ils s'instruisent pour vaincre, literally meaning "They study to vanquish" o... | {"Name (in English)": "École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr", "Image size": "100px", "Motto": "Ils s'instruisent pour vaincre (French)", "Motto (in English)": "They study to vanquish", "Date established": "1802 5 1 y yhttps://www.education.gouv.fr/cid101148/loi-generale-sur-l-instruction-publique-du-1er-mai-1802-11-fl... |
The Grand Canal () is the southernmost of a pair of canals that connect Dublin, in the east of Ireland, with the River Shannon in the west, via Tullamore and a number of other villages and towns, the two canals nearly encircling Dublin's inner city. Its sister canal on the Northside of Dublin is the Royal Canal. The la... | {"Construction began": "1756", "Date completed": "1804", "Start point": "Shannon Harbour", "End point": "Grand Canal Dock", "Connects to": "River Shannon", "Length": "132", "Original number of locks": "43", "Status": "Open", "Navigation authority": "Waterways Ireland"} |
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