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The Shannon hydroelectric Scheme was a major development by the Irish Free State in the 1920s to harness the power of the River Shannon. Its product, the Ardnacrusha power plant, is a hydroelectric power station which is still producing power today and is located near Ardnacrusha within County Clare approximately from... | {"Official name": "Ardnacrusha Power Station", "Country": "Ireland", "Location": "County Clare", "Status": "Operational", "Construction began": "1925", "Opening date": "1929", "Owner(s)": "ESB Group", "Width (crest)": "100m", "Coordinates": "52 42 20 N 8 36 46 W type:landmark", "Turbines": "4", "Installed capacity": "8... |
Animal Liberation: A New Ethics for Our Treatment of Animals is a 1975 book by Australian philosopher Peter Singer. It is widely considered within the animal liberation movement to be the founding philosophical statement of its ideas. Singer himself rejected the use of the theoretical framework of rights when it comes ... | {"Language": "English", "Country": "United States", "Publisher": "HarperCollins", "ISBN": "(2009 edition)", "Media type": "Print (Hardcover and Paperback) and eBook", "Pages": "311 (2009 edition)"} |
Bridge to Terabithia is a children's novel written by Katherine Paterson, about two children named Leslie and Jesse who create a magical forest kingdom in their imaginations. The book was originally published in 1977 by Thomas Crowell, and in 1978, it won the Newbery Medal. Paterson drew inspiration for the novel from ... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Thomas Y. Crowell Co.", "ISBN": "(hardback edition)"} |
Duke of Suffolk is a title that has been created three times in the peerage of England.
The dukedom was first created for William de la Pole, who had already been elevated to the ranks of earl and marquess, and was a powerful figure under Henry VI.
thumb|Wingfield Castle in Suffolk in 1827. It was the seat of Sir Joh... | {"Creation date": "1448 5 12 y", "Creation": "first Creation (1448)second Creation (1514)third Creation (1551)", "Created by": "Henry VI", "Peerage": "Peerage of England", "First holder": "William de la Pole", "Heir apparent": "none", "Remainder to": "the 1st Duke's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten", "Extinctio... |
Sir Richard Stafford Cripps (24 April 1889 - 21 April 1952) was a British Labour Party politician, barrister, and diplomat.
A wealthy lawyer by background, he first entered Parliament at a by-election in 1931, and was one of a handful of Labour frontbenchers to retain his seat at the general election that autumn. He ... | {"Birth name": "Richard Stafford Cripps", "Order 2": "Minister for Economic Affairs", "Prime minister 2": "Clement Attlee", "Predecessor 2": "New creation", "Successor 2": "Post abolished (Trial post)", "Birth date": "1889 4 24 y", "Death date": "1952 4 21 1889 4 24 y", "Birth place": "Chelsea London, England", "Death ... |
János József Kádár (; ; 26 May 1912 - 6 July 1989), born János József Czermanik, was a Hungarian Communist leader and the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, a position he held for 32 years. Declining health led to his retirement in 1988, and he died in 1989 after being hospitalized for pneumon... | {"Name": "János Kádár", "Image caption": "Kádár in 1977", "Term start": "25 October 1956", "Term end": "22 May 1988", "Order 2": "Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary", "Predecessor 2": "Ferenc Münnich", "Successor 2": "Gyula Kállai", "Birth name": "János József Czermanik", "Birth da... |
The Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales') (or simply "Staffords" for short) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales' Division. The regiment was formed in 1959 by the amalgamation of the South Staffordshire Regiment and the North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales'), and in 200... | {"Branch": "United Kingdom", "Type": "Infantry", "Role": "Armoured Infantry", "Size": "One Battalion", "Part of": "Prince of Wales' Division", "Nickname(s)": "The Staffords", "March": "Quick - The Staffordshire RegimentSlow - God Bless the Prince of Wales", "Mascot(s)": "Staffordshire Bull Terrier, each successive masc... |
AstraZeneca plc () is a British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company with its headquarters at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus in Cambridge, England. It has a portfolio of products for major diseases in areas including oncology, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, infection, neuroscience, respir... | {"Type": "Public limited company", "ISIN": "n y GB0009895292", "Founded": "yes 1999 4 6", "Headquarters": "Cambridge, England, UK", "Products": "Pharmaceutical products", "Industry": "PharmaceuticalBiotechnology", "Revenue": "US$44.351 billion (2022)Annual Results 2022 https://www.astrazeneca.com/content/dam/az/PDF/20... |
Two major bombings took place in residential compounds in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2003. On 12 May 2003, 39 people were killed, and over 160 wounded when bombs went off at three compounds in Riyadh—Dorrat Al Jadawel, Al Hamra Oasis Village, and the Vinnell Corporation Compound. On 8 November, a bomb was detonated outsid... | {"Title": "Riyadh compound bombings", "Part of": "Terrorism in Saudi Arabia", "Caption": "The Compounds aftermath of the Bombings", "Location": "Riyadh, Saudi Arabia", "Target": "Three compounds frequented by Westerners", "Date": "2003 05 12 yes", "Type of attack": "suicide attack", "Fatalities": "39", "Injuries": "160... |
The 24th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the United States Army that was inactivated in October 1996. Formed during World War II from the disbanding Hawaiian Division, the division saw action throughout the Pacific theater, first fighting in New Guinea before landing on the Philippine islands of Leyte and... | {"Branch": "United States", "Type": "Infantry", "Role": "Mechanized infantry", "Size": "Division(12500-14500) Mobilization(35000-50000)", "Nickname(s)": "\"Taro Division\", \"Victory Division\" (special designation)Wilson 1999 287", "Motto(s)": "First to Fight", "Notablecommanders": "Complete list"} |
The Biblioteca Ambrosiana is a historic library in Milan, Italy, also housing the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, the Ambrosian art gallery. Named after Ambrose, the patron saint of Milan, it was founded in 1609 by Cardinal Federico Borromeo, whose agents scoured Western Europe and even Greece and Syria for books and manuscript... | {"Coordinates": "45.4631 9.1854 type:landmark_region:IT it", "Established": "1609", "Location": "Piazza Pio XI 2, 20123, Milan, Italy", "Director": "Alberto Rocca", "Website": "http://www.ambrosiana.it"} |
The 11th Airborne Division ("Arctic Angels") is a United States Army airborne formation based in Alaska.
First activated on 25 February 1943, during World War II, it was held in reserve in the United States until June 1944 when it was transferred to the Pacific Theater where it saw combat in the Philippines. On 30 Aug... | {"Branch": "United States", "Type": "Airborne and Air Assault", "Role": "Arctic Warfare", "Size": "Division", "Nickname(s)": "\"Arctic Angels\"Babb Carla Army Resurrects WWII-Era Airborne Division in Alaska https://www.voanews.com/a/army-resurrects-wwii-era-airborne-division-in-alaska-/6606224.html 15 June 2022 VO... |
A Fistful of Dollars ( titled on-screen as Fistful of Dollars) is a 1964 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood in his first leading role, alongside Gian Maria Volonté, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy, Sieghardt Rupp, José Calvo, Antonio Prieto, and Joseph Egger.Variety film review;... | {"Directed by": "Sergio Leone", "Produced by": "Arrigo ColomboGiorgio Papi", "Based on": "Yojimboby Akira KurosawaRyūzō Kikushima(both uncredited)", "Starring": "Clint Eastwood\nMarianne Koch\nJosef Egger\nWolfgang Lukschy\nGian Maria Volonté\nDaniel Martín\nBruno Carotenuto\nBenito Stefanelli", "Music by": "Ennio Morr... |
Philip Bennett (24 October 1948 - 12 June 2022) was a Welsh rugby union player who played as a fly-half for Llanelli RFC and the Wales national team. He began his career in 1966, and a year later he had taken over from Barry John as Llanelli's first-choice fly-half. He made 414 appearances for the Scarlets over the co... | {"Name": "Phil BennettGBR OBE", "Full birth name": "Philip Bennett", "Birth date": "1948 10 24 yes", "Birth place": "Felinfoel, Carmarthenshire, Wales", "Death date": "2022 6 12 1948 10 24 y", "Death place": "Felinfoel, Carmarthenshire, Wales", "Height": "170 cm ftin on", "Weight": "72 kg stlb on", "Rugby union positio... |
Aliki Stamatina Vougiouklaki (Greek: Αλίκη Σταματίνα Βουγιουκλάκη Greek pronunciation: [aˈlici stamaˈtina vuʝuˈklaci]; 20 July 1934 - 23 July 1996) was a Greek cinema and theater actress, singer and theatrical producer. She is one of the most popular actresses in Greece, and was given the title of the National Star of ... | {"Name": "Aliki Vougiouklaki", "Native name": "Αλίκη Βουγιουκλάκη", "Alt": "Pitt smiling", "Caption": "Vougiouklaki signing an autograph. Israel, 1964", "Birth date": "1934 07 20 y", "Birth place": "Marousi, Athens, Greece.", "Death date": "1996 07 23 1934 07 20 y", "Death place": "Athens, Greece", "Resting place": "Fi... |
James Robert Glass (born 1 August 1973) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He is chiefly remembered for scoring the last-minute goal which kept Carlisle United in the Football League in 1999, while on loan from Swindon Town. The drama of Glass's late goal, which came in one of onl... | {"Name": "Jimmy Glass", "Full name": "James Robert Glass7326 14 May 2019", "Birth date": "1973 8 1 y", "Birth place": "Epsom, Surrey, England", "Height": "1.93", "Position": "Goalkeeper", "Youth club 1 years": "1987-1988", "Youth club 1": "Chelsea", "Club 1 years": "1989-1996", "Club 1": "Crystal Palace", "Club 1 appea... |
Kota Bharu (Kelantanese: Koto Baru; Jawi: كوتبهارو), colloquially referred to as KB, is a town in Malaysia that serves as the state capital and royal seat of Kelantan. It is situated in the northeastern part of Peninsular Malaysia and lies near the mouth of the Kelantan River.
The town is home to many religious buildi... | {"Founded by": "Sultan Muhammad II", "Type": "Municipal council", "Body": "Kota Bharu Municipal Council", "Density": "auto", "DST": "Not observed", "Website": "https://mpkbbri.kelantan.gov.my/"} |
Francisco Álvarez-Cascos Fernández (born 1 October 1947) is a Spanish politician. He was Secretary-General of the ruling Partido Popular from 1989 to 1999 and the President of the Principality of Asturias from 2011 to 2012.
He studied civil engineering, and after working in an architect office and then for an architec... | {"Name": "Francisco Álvarez-Cascos", "Order 2": "7th", "Office 2": "President of the Principality of Asturias", "Term start": "6 May 1996", "Term end": "27 April 2000", "Monarch 2": "Juan Carlos I", "Predecessor 2": "Vicente Álvarez Areces", "Successor 2": "Javier Fernández Fernández", "Birth date": "1947 10 01 y", "Bi... |
Plasticine is a putty-like modelling material made from calcium salts, petroleum jelly and aliphatic acids. Though originally a brand name for the British version of the product, it is now applied generically in English as a product category to other formulations.
Plasticine is used for children's play and as a model... | {"Type": "Modelling clay", "Inventor(s)": "William Harbutt", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Company": "Harbutt", "Availability": "1900"} |
The Atlas of Middle-earth by Karen Wynn Fonstad is an atlas of J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional realm of Middle-earth. It was published in 1981, following Tolkien's major works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. It provides many maps at different levels of detail, from whole lands to cities and indivi... | {"Cover artist": "Alan Lee (Second edition)", "Country": "United States", "Publisher": "Houghton Mifflin", "Media type": "Hardcover", "Pages": "190 (210 with notes)", "ISBN": "0-395-53516-6"} |
Carl Gustaf Oscar Fredrik Christian, Prince Bernadotte (10 January 1911 - 27 June 2003), originally Prince Carl, Duke of Östergötland, was the youngest child and only son of Prince Carl of Sweden and Princess Ingeborg of Denmark and eventually a prince of the Belgian nobility. To distinguish himself from his father, he... | {"Born": "Stockholm, Sweden", "Died": "Málaga, Spain", "Father": "Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland", "Mother": "Princess Ingeborg of Denmark"} |
Cherry Beach (originally Clarke Beach Park) is a lakeside beach park located at the foot of Cherry Street just south of Unwin Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is on Toronto's outer harbour just east of the Eastern Gap. It was once connected with Toronto Islands as part of the former peninsula before 1852 and late... | {"Type": "Public beach", "Location": "Toronto, Ontario", "Coordinates": "43 38 13 N 79 20 40 W region:CA-ON_type:landmark inline,title", "Website": "CLARKE BEACH PARK\nCHERRY BEACH SPORTS FIELDS"} |
René Angélil (; - ) was a Canadian musical producer, talent manager and singer. He was latterly the manager and husband of singer Celine Dion.
Early life
Angélil was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to a father of Syrian descent and a mother of Lebanese origin. His father, Joseph Angélil, was born in Montreal to ... | {"Name": "René Angélil", "Post-nominals": "100% CAN CM OQ", "Alt": "Photograph of René Angélil. Depicting his head an upper torso, the man has a bald head, tanned skin, and grey goatee beard and moustache. He is wearing spectacles, white shirt with purple necktie, and a pinstriped suit jacket.", "Caption": "Angélil i... |
Europe Day is a day celebrating "peace and unity in Europe" celebrated on 5 May by the Council of Europe and on 9 May by the European Union.
The first recognition of Europe Day was by the Council of Europe, introduced in 1964. The European Union later started to celebrate its own European DayNicole Scicluna, European ... | {"Significance": "European integration", "Observed by": "Council of EuropeEuropean Union", "Type": "Pan-European; cultural and historical", "Next time": "5 and 9 May"} |
Edward Chace Tolman (April 14, 1886 - November 19, 1959) was an American psychologist and a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. Through Tolman's theories and works, he founded what is now a branch of psychology known as purposive behaviorism. Tolman also promoted the concept known as late... | {"Fields": "Psychology", "Institutions": "University of California, BerkeleyNorthwestern University", "Doctoral students": "Murray Jarvik", "Influences": "Kurt Lewin, Kurt Koffka"} |
Mogens Lykketoft (; born 9 January 1946) is a Danish politician who served as Leader of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) from 2002 to 2005.
He succeeded Poul Nyrup Rasmussen as party leader. After losing the 2005 parliamentary election, he resigned his office. In the Cabinets of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I, II, II... | {"Name": "Mogens Lykketoft", "Term start": "16 September 2015", "Term end": "13 September 2016", "Office 2": "Leader of the Social Democrats", "Predecessor 2": "Poul Nyrup Rasmussen", "Successor 2": "Helle Thorning-Schmidt", "Birth date": "1946 1 9 y", "Birth place": "Copenhagen, Denmark", "Spouse(s)": "Aase Toft (1967... |
Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat, (born Mary Elizabeth Donaldson; 5 February 1972) is an Australian-born member of the Danish royal family. She is married to Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, the heir apparent to the Danish throne, making Crown Princess Mary the likely next Queen consort of Denm... | {"Born": "Queen Alexandra Hospital, Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia", "Father": "John Dalgleish Donaldson", "Mother": "Henrietta Clark Horne", "Religion": "Church of Denmark (Lutheran) prev. Presbyterian"} |
Jehoiakim, also sometimes spelled Jehoikim was the eighteenth and antepenultimate King of Judah from 609 to 598 BC. He was the second son of King Josiah () and Zebidah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. His birth name was Eliakim.
Background
After Josiah's death, Jehoiakim's younger brother Jehoahaz (also known as Sha... | {"Name": "Jehoiakim", "Caption": "Jehoiakim from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum, 1553", "Succession": "King of Judah", "Reign": "609-598 BC", "Predecessor": "Jehoahaz", "Successor": "Jehoiachin", "Spouse": "Nehushta", "Issue": "JehoiachinZedekiah1 Chronicles 3:16", "Father": "Josiah", "Mother": "Zeb... |
The USSR State Prize () was the Soviet Union's state honor. It was established on 9 September 1966. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the prize was followed up by the State Prize of the Russian Federation.
The State Stalin Prize (Государственная Сталинская премия, Gosudarstvennaya Stalinskaya premiya), usuall... | {"Country": "Soviet Union", "Formerly called": "State Stalin Prize", "First awarded": "1941 (as Stalin Prize) 1967 (as State Prize)", "Last awarded": "1991", "Reward(s)": "5000 Soviet rubles (in 1967)", "Next (higher)": "Lenin Prize", "Next (lower)": "Lenin Komsomol Prize", "Equivalent": "State Prize of the Russian Fed... |
Limehouse Town Hall is a former town hall building on Commercial Road, in Limehouse, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is a Grade II listed building.
History
thumb|left|The building entrance
The building was commissioned by the Limehouse Board of Works as a vestry hall for the benefit of the Parish of St Anne... | {"Coordinates": "51 30 43.56 N 0 1 53.22 W type:landmark_region:GB inline,title", "Location": "Commercial Road, Limehouse", "Built": "1881", "Architectural style(s)": "Palazzo style"} |
The Jersey Shore (known by locals simply as the Shore) is the coastal region of the U.S. state of New Jersey. Geographically, the term encompasses about of oceanfront bordering the Atlantic Ocean, from Perth Amboy in the north to Cape May Point in the south. The region includes Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Atlantic, an... | {"Continent": "North America", "Region": "Northeastern United States", "Coordinates": "39.7632 N 74.1064 W scale:1000000000000000000 inline", "Coastline": "141", "Exclusive economic zone": "Atlantic City", "Highest point": "Mount Mitchill", "Lowest point": "Atlantic Ocean", "Longest river": "Raritan River", "Largest la... |
Blackwall is an area of Poplar, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London. The neighbourhood includes Leamouth and the Coldharbour conservation area.
The area takes its name from a historic stretch of riverside wall built along an outside curve of the Thames, to protect the area from flooding. While mostly r... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census. Blackwall and Cubitt Town Ward)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689082&c=Blackwall+and+Cubitt+Town&d=14&e=62&g=6337948&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1476633662413&enc=1 Tower Hamlets Ward population 201... |
Hambleton was a local government district in North Yorkshire, England. The administrative centre was Northallerton, and the district included the outlying towns and villages of Bedale, Thirsk, Great Ayton, Stokesley, and Easingwold.
The district was formed by the Local Government Act 1972 on 1 April 1974, as a merger... | {"Type": "Hambleton District Council", "Rank": "Ranked E07000164", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+1", "Website": "https://www.hambleton.gov.uk/"} |
Ryedale was a non-metropolitan district in North Yorkshire, England. It was in the Vale of Pickering, a low-lying flat area of land drained by the River Derwent. The Vale's landscape is rural with scattered villages and towns. It has been inhabited continuously from the Mesolithic period. The economy was largely agricu... | {"Type": "Ryedale District Council", "Rank": "Ranked E07000167", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+1", "Website": "ryedale.gov.uk"} |
Major General Sir Edward Michael Pakenham, (19 March 1778 - 8 January 1815), was an Anglo-Irish Army officer and politician. He was the son of the Baron Longford and the brother-in-law of the Duke of Wellington, with whom he served in the Peninsular War. During the War of 1812, he was commander of British forces in No... | {"Name": "Sir Edward Pakenham", "Term start": "1799", "Term end": "1800", "Birth name": "Edward Michael Pakenham", "Birth date": "yes 1778 03 19", "Death date": "yes 1815 01 08 1778 03 19", "Birth place": "Pakenham Hall, County Westmeath, Ireland", "Death place": "St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, U.S.", "Resting place": ... |
Steve Rune Lundin (born October 7, 1959), known by his pseudonym Steven Erikson, is a Canadian novelist who was educated and trained as both an archaeologist and anthropologist.
He is best known for his ten-volume spanning epic fantasy series Malazan Book of the Fallen, which began with the publication of Gardens of t... | {"Pen name": "Steven Erikson", "Born": "1959 10 07", "Occupation": "Author", "Language": "English", "Nationality": "Canadian", "Citizenship": "Canadian", "Period": "Since 1991", "Children": "1", "Years active": "1991-present"} |
The Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA), officially the Delaware River Port Authority of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, is a bi-state agency instrumentality created by a congressionally approved interstate compact between the state governments of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The authority is principally charged to maint... | {"Abbreviation": "DRPA", "Type": "Bi-state authority Congressionally-approved interstate compact entity", "Headquarters": "One Port CenterCamden, New Jersey, U.S.", "Website": "https://drpa.org"} |
The is a satellite modem peripheral produced by Nintendo for the Super Famicom in 1995. Containing 1 megabyte of ROM space and an additional 512 kB of RAM, Satellaview allowed players to download games, magazines, and other media through satellite broadcasts provided by Japanese company St.GIGA. Its heavy third-party ... | {"Image caption": "Satellaview and Super Famicom", "Manufacturer": "Nintendo", "Generation": "Fourth generation", "Release date": "JP April 23, 1995", "Discontinuation date": "JP June 30, 2000", "Storage device": "Game Pak, 8M Memory Pak", "Predecessor": "Famicom Disk System", "Successor": "64DD"} |
Sonic Blast is a 1996 side-scrolling platform video game known for its use of pre-rendered visuals. To stop Doctor Robotnik from using Chaos Emerald shards to fortify his base, the player controls Sonic the Hedgehog and Knuckles the Echidna through 15 levels. As a Sonic the Hedgehog series platformer, the characters ru... | {"Title": "Sonic Blast", "Caption": "North American Game Gear cover art", "Developer": "Aspect Co.", "Publisher": "Sega", "Director": "Ryushin Hamada", "Producer": "Hiroshi Aso", "Composer": "Kojiro Mikusa", "Programmer": "Toshiaki ArakiYoshiaki Makishima", "Designer": "Fumikazu SugawaraTaro Murayama", "Series": "Sonic... |
Robert Baumle Meyner (July 3, 1908 - May 27, 1990) was an American Democratic Party politician and attorney who served as the 44th governor of New Jersey from 1954 to 1962. Before being elected governor, Meyner represented Warren County in the New Jersey Senate from 1948 to 1951.
Early life
Meyner was born on July 3, ... | {"Birth name": "Robert Baumle Meyner", "Office 2": "Member of the New Jersey Senatefrom Warren County", "Term 2": "1948-1952", "Successor 2": "Wayne Dumont", "Birth date": "1908 7 3 y", "Birth place": "Easton, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Death date": "1990 5 27 1908 7 3", "Death place": "Captiva, Florida, U.S.", "Spouse(s)":... |
Richard Joseph Hughes (August 10, 1909December 7, 1992) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge. A Democrat, he served as the 45th governor of New Jersey from 1962 to 1970, and as Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1973 to 1979. Hughes is the only person to have served New Jersey as both governor ... | {"Name": "Richard J. Hughes", "Term start": "December 18, 1973", "Term end": "August 10, 1979", "Order 2": "45th Governor of New Jersey", "Predecessor 2": "Robert B. Meyner", "Successor 2": "William T. Cahill", "Birth name": "Richard Joseph Hughes", "Birth date": "1909 8 10", "Birth place": "Florence Township, New Jers... |
Brendan Thomas Byrne (April 1, 1924 - January 4, 2018) was an American attorney and Democratic Party politician who served as the 47th Governor of New Jersey from 1974 to 1982.
Byrne began his career as a private attorney in Newark and East Orange. In 1959, Governor Robert B. Meyner appointed Byrne to serve as Essex C... | {"Name": "Brendan Thomas Byrne", "Image caption": "Byrne, 1974", "Term start": "January 15, 1974", "Term end": "January 19, 1982", "Birth name": "Brendan Thomas Byrne", "Birth date": "1924 4 1", "Birth place": "West Orange, New Jersey, U.S.", "Death date": "2018 1 4 1924 4 1", "Death place": "Livingston, New Jersey, U.... |
Thomas Howard Kean ( ; born April 21, 1935) is an American businessman, academic administrator, and politician who served as the 48th governor of New Jersey from 1982 to 1990 and as president of Drew University from 1990 until 2005.
Following the September 11 attacks, Kean was appointed by President George W. Bush as ... | {"Name": "Thomas Kean", "Image caption": "Kean in 2018", "Term start": "April 15, 2021", "Term end": "January 2023Served with Janet L. Robinson", "Office 2": "10th President of Drew University", "Predecessor 2": "Paul Hardin III", "Successor 2": "Robert Weisbuch", "Birth name": "Thomas Howard Kean", "Birth date": "1935... |
James Joseph Florio (August 29, 1937 - September 25, 2022) was an American politician who served as the 49th governor of New Jersey from 1990 to 1994. He was previously the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 1st congressional district from 1975 to 1990 and served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1970 to 1975. ... | {"Name": "James Florio", "Term start": "January 16, 1990", "Term end": "January 18, 1994", "Office 2": "Member of the New Jersey General Assembly", "Alongside 2": "John J. Horn (1970-1974), Ernest F. Schuck (1974-1975)", "Predecessor 2": "Lee B. Laskin", "Successor 2": "Ronald Casella", "Birth name": "James Joseph Flor... |
Donald Thomas DiFrancesco (born November 20, 1944) is a retired American politician who served as the 51st governor of New Jersey from 2001 to 2002. He succeeded Christine Todd Whitman after her resignation to become Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. A member of the Republican Party, DiFrancesco pre... | {"Name": "Donald DiFrancesco", "Office 2": "110th President of the New Jersey Senate", "Predecessor 2": "John A. Lynch Jr.", "Successor 2": "Robert E. Littell (acting)", "Birth date": "1944 11 20 y", "Birth place": "Scotch Plains, New Jersey, U.S.", "Birth name": "Donald Thomas DiFrancesco", "Spouse(s)": "Diane DiFranc... |
For a Few Dollars More () is a 1965 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone. It stars Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef as bounty hunters and Gian Maria Volonté as the primary villain.Variety film review; 16 February 1966, p. 6. German actor Klaus Kinski plays a supporting role as a secondary villain. The film w... | {"Directed by": "Sergio Leone", "Produced by": "Alberto Grimaldi", "Screenplay by": "Luciano VincenzoniSergio Leone Sergio Donati (uncredited)", "Story by": "Sergio Leone\nFulvio Morsella", "Starring": "Clint Eastwood\nLee Van Cleef\nGian Maria Volonté\nMara Krup\nLuigi Pistilli\nKlaus Kinski\nJosef Egger\nPanos Papado... |
Walter Evans Edge (November 20, 1873October 29, 1956) was an American diplomat and Republican politician who served as the 36th governor of New Jersey, from 1917 to 1919 and again from 1944 to 1947, during both World War I and World War II. Edge also served as United States Senator representing New Jersey from 1919 to ... | {"Name": "Walter E. Edge", "Image caption": "Edge 1915", "Predecessor 2": "James Fairman Fielder", "Successor 2": "William Nelson Runyon (acting)", "Spouse(s)": "Lady Lee PhillipsCamilla Loyal Ashe Sewall", "Birth date": "1873 11 20", "Birth place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania", "Death date": "1956 10 29 1873 11 20", "... |
Once Upon a Time in America () is a 1984 epic crime film co-written and directed by Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone, and starring Robert De Niro and James Woods. The film is an Italian-American venture produced by The Ladd Company, Embassy International Pictures, PSO Enterprises and Rafran Cinematografica, and distribut... | {"Directed by": "Sergio Leone", "Screenplay by": "Leonardo Benvenuti\n Piero De Bernardi\n Enrico Medioli\n Franco Arcalli\n Franco Ferrini\n Sergio Leone", "Based on": "The Hoods Harry Grey", "Produced by": "Arnon Milchan", "Starring": "Robert De Niro\n James Woods\n Elizabeth McGovern\n Joe Pesci\n Burt Young\n Tuesd... |
Galahad and the Holy Grail is an action-adventure game for the Atari 8-bit family designed and programmed by Douglas Crockford and published by the Atari Program Exchange in 1982. Influenced by Adventure for the Atari VCS and Arthurian legend, it contains almost 100 rooms-according to the manual-which are switched betw... | {"Title": "Galahad and the Holy Grail", "Released": "1982", "Designer": "Douglas Crockford", "Publisher": "Atari Program ExchangeAntic Software", "Platforms": "Atari 8-bit", "Genre": "Action-adventure"} |
Arthur Harry Moore (July 3, 1877 - November 18, 1952) was an American attorney and politician of the Democratic Party who served three nonconsecutive three-year terms as governor of New Jersey (1926-1929, 1932-1935, and 1938-1941). He is the longest-served modern governor of New Jersey and the only one elected to three... | {"Name": "Arthur Harry Moore", "Image caption": "Moore, 1937", "Term start": "January 19, 1926", "Term end": "January 15, 1929", "Predecessor 2": "Harold G. Hoffman", "Successor 2": "Charles Edison", "Birth date": "July 3, 1877", "Birth place": "Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.", "Death date": "1952 11 18 1877 07 3", "Dea... |
The God's Word Translation (GW) is an English translation of the Bible. God's Word to the Nations Mission Society managed and funded the translation.
History
The God's Word Translation of the Bible was produced by the God's Word to the Nations Bible Mission Society in Cleveland, Ohio, which relocated in April 2005 to ... | {"Online as": "God's Word Translation", "Full name": "God's Word Translation", "Abbreviation": "GW", "Textual basis": "NT: Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament 27th edition. OT: Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia.", "Translation type": "Closest Natural Equivalence", "Publisher": "God's Word to the Nations Mission Society", "Co... |
is a 2001 platform game developed by Dimps for the Game Boy Advance (GBA). It was the first Sonic the Hedgehog game released on a Nintendo console with Sonic Adventure 2: Battle on the GameCube, and was produced in commemoration of the series' tenth anniversary. The story follows Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy as the... | {"Title": "Sonic Advance", "Developer": "DimpsSonic Team", "Publisher": "JP/EU Sega NA THQ", "Series": "Sonic the Hedgehog", "Platforms": "Game Boy Advance, N-Gage, Android, mobile phone", "Released": "Game Boy AdvanceJP December 20, 2001 NA February 4, 2002 PAL March 8, 2002N-GageWW October 7, 2003AndroidJP November 2... |
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in Kokurakita-ku is the main railway station in Kitakyushu, Japan. It is part of the JR Kyushu network and the San'yō Shinkansen stops here. It is the second largest station in Kyushu with 120,000 users daily. In the late 1990s, the Kokura station area was expanded and remodelled.
JR lines
Ka... | {"Name": "JA 28 JA 51 JF 01 JI 01 Kokura Station", "Native name": "小倉駅", "Native name language": "ja", "Image": "Kyushu Railway - Kokura Station - 01.JPG", "Address": "Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū", "Administrative subdivision": "Fukuoka Prefecture", "Country": "Japan Fukuoka Prefecture#Japan", "Structure": "Elevated", "... |
Mask is a 1985 American biographical drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Cher, Sam Elliott, and Eric Stoltz with supporting roles played by Dennis Burkley, Laura Dern, Estelle Getty, and Richard Dysart. Cher received the 1985 Cannes Film Festival award for Best Actress. The film is based on the life and ... | {"Directed by": "Peter Bogdanovich", "Produced by": "Martin Starger", "Written by": "Anna Hamilton Phelan", "Starring": "Cher\n Sam Elliott\n Eric Stoltz\n Laura Dern", "Music by": "Dennis Ricotta", "Cinematography": "László Kovács", "Edited by": "Barbara Ford", "Distributed by": "Universal Pictures", "Box office": "$4... |
Cavan Monaghan (known as Cavan-Millbrook-North Monaghan until 2007) is a township in Peterborough County in central-eastern Ontario, Canada, southwest of the city of Peterborough.
History
The original townships of Cavan and Monaghan were surveyed by John Deyell in 1817, and were named after County Cavan and County Mo... | {"Type": "Township", "Land": "306.33", "Density": "28.8", "DST": "-4"} |
United States v. Cruikshank, 92 U.S. 542 (1876), was a major decision of the United States Supreme Court ruling that the U.S. Bill of Rights did not limit the power of private actors or state governments despite the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment. It reversed the federal criminal convictions for the civil rights ... | {"Year argued": "1875", "Date decided": "March 27", "Year decided": "1876", "Full case name": "United States v. Cruikshank, et al.", "United States Reports volume number": "92", "United States Reports page number": "542", "Parallel citations": "2 Otto 542; 23 L. Ed. 588; 1875 U.S. LEXIS 1794", "Majority opinion by": "W... |
Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? (simply known as Robot Jones or WHTRJ?) is an American animated television series created by Greg Miller for Cartoon Network. It follows Robot Jones, a teenage robot who attends the fictional suburban Polyneux Middle School in a retrofuturistic 1980s world. Episodes follow Robot Jon... | {"Genre": "Animated comedy\n Slice of life\n Science fiction", "Created by": "Greg Miller", "Developed by": "Mike Stern\n Greg Miller", "Voices of": "Multiple Text-to-speech voices\n Bobby Block (Season Two)\n Grey DeLisle\n Gary LeRoi Gray\n Myles Jeffrey\n Kyle Sullivan\n Jeff Bennett", "Directed by": "Greg Miller (p... |
Pekka Antero Vasala (born 17 April 1948) is a retired Finnish middle-distance athlete who won an Olympic gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City he failed to advance from the first round of heats in the 1500 m.
In Munich he won the 1500 m race in a time of 3 minute... | {"Image caption": "Pekka Vasala in 1972", "Birth date": "17 April 1948", "Place of birth": "Riihimäki, Finland", "Height": "1.84 m ftin on", "Weight": "63-65 kg", "Sport": "Athletics", "Event": "1500 m, 800 m", "Club": "Riihimäen Kisko Mäntsälän Urheilijat", "Personal best(s)": "1500 - 3:36.33 (1972)\n800 - 1:44,5 (197... |
Robert Woodward Barnwell (August 10, 1801 - November 5, 1882) was an American slave owner, planter, lawyer, and educator from South Carolina who served as a Senator in both the United States Senate and that of the Confederate States of America. Barnwell was a public defender of slavery and secession; he personally owne... | {"Name": "Robert Woodward Barnwell", "Appointer 2": "Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook", "Predecessor 2": "Franklin Elmore", "Successor 2": "Robert Rhett", "Birth date": "1801 8 10", "Birth place": "Beaufort, South Carolina", "Death date": "1882 11 5 1801 8 10", "Death place": "Columbia, South Carolina", "Nationality": "Ame... |
is a 2002 side-scrolling platform video game developed by Dimps for the Game Boy Advance. It is an installment in the Sonic the Hedgehog series and the sequel to 2001's Sonic Advance. The story follows Sonic as he sets out to save his friends and retrieve the seven magical Chaos Emeralds from Dr. Eggman. Gameplay consi... | {"Title": "Sonic Advance 2", "Developer": "DimpsSonic Team", "Publisher": "JP/EU Sega NA THQ", "Series": "Sonic the Hedgehog", "Platforms": "Game Boy Advance", "Released": "JP December 19, 2002 NA March 10, 2003 PAL March 21, 2003", "Genre": "Platform, action", "Modes": "Single player, multiplayer", "Director": "Akinor... |
The Local Government Board (LGB) was a British Government supervisory body overseeing local administration in England and Wales from 1871 to 1919.
The LGB was created by the Local Government Board Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 70) and took over the public health and local government responsibilities of the Home Secretary... | {"Short title": "Local Government Board Act 1871", "Type": "Act", "Parliament": "Parliament of the United Kingdom", "Long title": "An Act for constituting a Local Government Board, and vesting therein certain functions of the Secretary of State and Privy Council concerning the Public Health and Local Government, togeth... |
Berkeley ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Stroud District in Gloucestershire, England. It lies in the Vale of Berkeley between the east bank of the River Severn and the M5 motorway. The town is noted for Berkeley Castle, where the imprisoned King Edward II is believed to have been murdered, as well as the b... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021 Census)BERKELEY https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/southwestengland/admin/stroud/E04004339__berkeley/ City population 25 October 2022", "District": "Stroud", "Shire county": "Gloucestershire", "UK Parliament": "Stroud", "Postcode district": "GL", "Dialling code": ... |
The Province of Ontario has 51 first-level administrative divisions, which collectively cover the whole province. With two exceptions, their areas match the 49 census divisions Statistics Canada has for Ontario.
The Province has four types of first-level division: single-tier municipalities, regional municipalities, c... | {"Location": "Province of Ontario", "Number": "51", "Populations": "13,255 (Manitoulin District) - 2,731,571 (City of Toronto)", "Areas": "630.20 km2 (City of Toronto) - 407,268.65 km2 (Kenora District)"} |
The Ho-Am Prize (호암상, 湖岩賞, literally lake and rock award) is a Korean annual award presented to "domestic/abroad ethnic Korean who have made outstanding contributions to the development of science and culture and enhancement of the welfare of mankind". 31 May 2013 Starting in 1991, it is funded by Samsung and named af... | {"Hangul name": "호 암 상", "Hanja": "湖 岩 賞", "Revised Romanization": "Hoamsang", "McCune-Reischauer": "Hoamsang"} |
Lars Mattias Winnerbäck (born 19 October 1975 in Stockholm) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. He was born in Stockholm but spent his childhood in Vidingsjö, Linköping, where he attended Katedralskolan. He moved back to Stockholm in 1996, the same year he released his first album, Dans med svåra steg. He is now one of... | {"Born": "yes 1975 10 19", "Origin": "Stockholm, Sweden", "Genres": "Pop, Rock, Folk, Acoustic", "Labels": "Universal", "Website": "Official Facebook page"} |
The Anglo-Irish Agreement was a 1985 treaty between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland which aimed to help bring an end to the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The treaty gave the Irish government an advisory role in Northern Ireland's government while confirming that there would be no change in the constituti... | {"Name": "Anglo-Irish Agreement", "Date signed": "15 November 1985", "Location signed": "Hillsborough Castle, Northern Ireland", "Original signatories": "Margaret Thatcher Garret FitzGerald", "Parties": "Republic of Ireland United Kingdom", "Language": "English"} |
Orkut was a social networking service owned and operated by Google. The service was designed to help users meet new and old friends and maintain existing relationships. The website was named after its creator, Google employee Orkut Büyükkökten.
Orkut was one of the most visited websites in India and Brazil in 2008. I... | {"Type of business": "Private", "Founded": "2004 01 24", "Area served": "Worldwide", "Founder(s)": "Orkut Büyükkökten", "Dissolved": "2014 09 30", "Industry": "Internet", "URL": "www.orkut.com", "Commercial": "Yes", "Advertising": "AdSense", "Registration": "Required", "Available in": "Multilingual (45)"} |
Kevin A. Sorenson (born November 3, 1958) is a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Battle River-Crowfoot (known as Crowfoot from 2000 to 2015) in the House of Commons of Canada from 2000 to 2019, first as a member of the Canadian Alliance (2000-2003) and then as a member of the Conservative Party of Cana... | {"Name": "Kevin A. Sorenson", "Image caption": "Sorenson in 2014", "Birth date": "1958 11 3", "Birth place": "Killam, Alberta, Canada", "Residence": "Camrose, Alberta, Canada", "Riding 1": "Battle River-Crowfoot Crowfoot (2000-2015)", "Spouse(s)": "Darlene Sorenson"} |
Peter Goldring (born December 12, 1944) is a former Canadian federal politician.
Early life and career
Goldring was born in Toronto in 1944. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, from 1962 to 1965, as a military police officer.
After living in Ontario and Quebec he settled in Edmonton, in 1972.
Federal politic... | {"Name": "Peter Goldring", "Term start": "June 2, 1997", "Term end": "October 19, 2015", "Birth date": "1944 12 12", "Birth place": "Toronto, Ontario", "Residence": "Edmonton, Alberta", "Spouse(s)": "Lorraine Goldring"} |
The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjuna, one of the characters of the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata of ancient India. In Hind... | {"Awarded for": "Sports honour in India", "Sponsored by": "Government of India", "First awarded": "1961", "Last awarded": "2022", "Reward(s)": "₹15,00,000", "Next (higher)": "Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna"} |
Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the third largest state by population, the 12th largest by area, and the 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Bengal to the east, and Jharkhand to the south. The Bihar plain is split by the river... | {"Name": "Bihar", "Official Name": "State of Bihar", "Settlement Type": "State", "Etymology": "\"Monastery\"", "Image": "Mahabodhi Temple - Bodh Gaya.jpg\n Ruins Of Nalanda University.jpg\n Patna Museum - General View (9221515542).jpg\n Photonkar-016.jpg\n Ruins of Patliputra at Kumhrar.JPG\n Sher Shah Suri Tomb.j... |
Jackboot Mutiny (, literally It Happened on 20 July) is a 1955 West German film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst about the 20 July Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. It features Bernhard Wicki as Stauffenberg.
Cast
Bernhard Wicki as Oberst Graf Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg
Karl Ludwig Diehl as Generaloberst a.D. Ludw... | {"Directed by": "Georg Wilhelm Pabst", "Produced by": "Jochen GenzowFranz Seitz", "Written by": "Hans W. HagenGustav MachatýJochen WilkeWerner P. Zibaso", "Starring": "Bernhard Wicki", "Cinematography": "Kurt Hasse", "Edited by": "Herbert Taschner"} |
David William Kilgour (February 18, 1941 - April 5, 2022) was a Canadian human rights activist, author, lawyer, and politician. He was also a Senior Fellow to the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights.
Kilgour graduated from the University of Manitoba in economics in 1962 and the University of Toronto law school i... | {"Name": "David Kilgour", "Image caption": "Kilgour in 2008", "Term start": "January 15, 2002", "Term end": "December 12, 2003", "Office 2": "Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons of CanadaChairman of Committees of the Whole", "Predecessor 2": "Andrée Champagne (1993)", "Successor 2": "Peter Milliken", "Birth name": "... |
James Rajotte (born August 19, 1970) is a Canadian politician who currently serves as Alberta's senior representative to the United States. He served as a Member of Parliament from 2004 to 2015.
As a member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the House of Commons of Canada, Rajotte was chair of Parliament's Standin... | {"Name": "James Rajotte", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "Rajotte in 2022", "Term start": "November 27, 2000", "Term end": "August 4, 2015", "Birth date": "1970 8 19", "Birth place": "Edmonton, Alberta, Canada", "Other political party": "Canadian Alliance (2000-2003)", "Spouse(s)": "single", "Residence": "Edmo... |
Teresa Heinz (born Maria Teresa Thierstein Simões-Ferreira; October 5, 1938), also known as Teresa Heinz Kerry, is an American businesswoman and philanthropist. Heinz is the widow of former U.S. Senator John Heinz and the current wife of United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, longtime U.S. Senator, and 2... | {"Caption": "Heinz in 2013", "Birth name": "Maria Teresa Thierstein Simões-Ferreira", "Birth date": "1938 10 5", "Birth place": "Lourenço Marques, Portuguese East Africa(today Maputo, Mozambique)", "Nationality": "AmericanPortuguese", "Education": "University of the Witwatersrand (BA)\n University of Geneva, School of ... |
Wario Land II is a 1998 platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy.Wario Land II for GBC - Wario Land II Game Boy Color - Wario Land It was later re-released and optimised for the Game Boy Color. In the game, Wario has to recover his treasure from Captain Syrup. The Game Boy Color version ... | {"Title": "Wario Land II", "Caption": "North American Game Boy Color box art", "Developer": "Nintendo R&D1", "Publisher": "Nintendo", "Director": "Takehiko Hosokawa", "Producer": "Takehiro Izushi", "Designer": "Masani Ueda", "Programmer": "Masaru YamanakaKatsuya YamanoNobuhiro Ozaki", "Artist": "Hiroji Kiyotake", "Comp... |
Wario Land 3 is a platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Color. In the game, Mario's archrival Wario must free a mysterious figure who is trapped inside a music box. It was followed by Wario Land 4 in 2001. It was also released for the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console in 2013, and as part of the... | {"Caption": "North American box art", "Developer": "Nintendo R&D1", "Publisher": "Nintendo", "Director": "Takehiko Hosokawa", "Producer": "Takehiro Izushi", "Designer": "Hiroji KiyotakeMasahiko MashimoMasani UedaIsao HiranoShinya Sano", "Programmer": "Masaru YamanakaKatsuya YamanoNobuhiro OzakiYoshinori Katsuki", "Comp... |
Wario Land 4 is a 2001 platform game developed by Nintendo and released for the Game Boy Advance. Wario has to gather four treasures to unlock a pyramid and save Princess Shokora from the Golden Diva.
Gameplay
thumb|left|240px|Wario jumps between platforms on the Monsoon Jungle level of the Emerald Passage. Ahead of... | {"Caption": "North American box art", "Developer": "Nintendo R&D1", "Publisher": "Nintendo", "Director": "Hirofumi Matsuokahttps://www.polygon.com/wario/22698796/wario-game-list-history-retrospective Three decades of Wario all started with a name Polygon Mirachion Darron September 30, 2021 July 4, 2023 April 20,... |
Wario World is a platform video game developed by Treasure and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. Part of the Wario series, it was released in Europe, North America and Australia in 2003 and Japan in 2004. The game's plot centers on Wario and his quest to regain his treasure and his castle from the evil gem, Black... | {"Caption": "North American box art", "Developer": "Treasure", "Publisher": "Nintendo", "Series": "Wario", "Platforms": "GameCube", "Released": "EU June 20, 2003NA June 23, 2003 AUS July 10, 2003http://nintendo.com.au/nintendo/news/index.php Nintendo's Wario Gets Greedy in 3D! Nintendo Australia June 26, 2003 August 9,... |
Alexander Kartveli, born Aleksandre Kartvelishvili, () (September 9, 1896 - July 20, 1974) was a Georgian aeronautical engineer and an aviation pioneer in the United States. Kartveli achieved important breakthroughs in military aviation in the time of turbojet fighters. (June 30, 2002). Retrieved on October 17, 2011.
... | {"Name": "Alexander Kartveli ალექსანდრე ქართველი", "Birth date": "1896 9 9 yes", "Birth place": "Tiflis, Russian Empire (now Tbilisi, Georgia)", "Death date": "1974 07 20 1896 9 9 yes", "Death place": "Huntington, New York, U.S.", "Nationality": "Georgian, French", "Citizenship": "United Stateshttps://georgiaembassyusa... |
Charlie Chester MBE (26 April 1914 - 26 June 1997) was an English comedian, radio and television presenter and writer, broadcasting almost continuously from the 1940s to the 1990s. His style was similar to that of Max Miller.
Life and career
Chester was born Cecil Victor Manser in Eastbourne, Sussex. His first job ... | {"Name": "Charlie Chester", "Post-nominals": "GBR 100% MBE", "Birth name": "Cecil Victor Manser", "Birth date": "1914 04 26 y", "Birth place": "Eastbourne, Sussex, England", "Death date": "1997 6 26 1914 04 26 y", "Death place": "Twickenham, London, England", "Spouse(s)": "Dorita Langley 1939 1992 her death\n Joan Jarv... |
Fulwar Skipwith (February 21, 1765 - January 7, 1839) was an American soldier, diplomat, politician and farmer. A veteran of the American Revolutionary War, he served as a U.S. Consul in Martinique, and later as the U.S. Consul-General in France. He was instrumental in negotiating the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 was the... | {"Name": "Fulwar Skipwith", "Vice president": "Thomas B. Robertson", "Term start": "September 27, 1810", "Term end": "December 10, 1810", "Birth date": "1765 2 21", "Birth place": "Dinwiddie County, Virginia, U.S.", "Death date": "1839 1 7 1765 2 21", "Death place": "Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S."} |
Marvin Kenneth Epp (May 11, 1939 - February 20, 2022) was a Canadian politician.
Epp was a member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Edmonton—Sherwood Park since its creation in June 2004. He was previously the MP for Elk Island from 1993 to 2004. He has a... | {"Name": "Ken Epp", "Term start": "October 25, 1993", "Term end": "October 14, 2008", "Birth name": "Marvin Kenneth Epp", "Birth date": "1939 05 11", "Birth place": "Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada", "Death date": "2022 02 20 1939 05 11", "Other political party": "Reform (1993-2000)Canadian Alliance (2000-2003)", "... |
Leon Earl Benoit (born July 7, 1950) is a Canadian politician.
Career
Benoit was a Conservative Party of Canada Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Vegreville—Wainwright from 2004 to 2015, Lakeland from 1997 to 2004 and Vegreville from 1993 to 1997. He has also been a ... | {"Name": "Leon Earl Benoit", "Riding 1": "Vegreville—WainwrightLakeland (1997-2004)Vegreville (1993-1997)", "Birth date": "1950 7 7", "Birth place": "Lloydminster, Saskatchewan", "Residence": "Sherwood Park, Alberta", "Spouse(s)": "Linda Benoit"} |
Yoshi's Safari is a 1993 light gun shooter developed and published by Nintendo for its Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). It is the only Mario franchise game to feature first-person shooter gameplay and requires the SNES's Super Scope light gun. As Mario and his pet dinosaur Yoshi, the player embarks on a ques... | {"Title": "Yoshi's Safari", "Caption": "European cover art", "Developer": "Nintendo R&D1", "Publisher": "Nintendo", "Series": "Yoshi, Mario", "Released": "JP July 14, 1993 NA September 17, 1993 PAL November 19, 1993", "Genre": "Light gun shooter", "Modes": "Single-player, multiplayer", "Platforms": "Super NES"} |
Johnny Speight (2 June 1920 - 5 July 1998) was an English television scriptwriter of many classic British sitcoms.
Speight emerged in the mid-1950s, writing for radio comics Frankie Howerd, Vic Oliver, Arthur Askey, and Cyril Fletcher. For television he wrote for Morecambe & Wise, Peter Sellers and The Arthur Haynes S... | {"Born": "yes 1920 6 2", "Died": "yes 1998 7 5 1920 6 2", "Children": "3", "Occupation": "Radio scriptwriter, TV screenwriter", "Period": "1955-98"} |
Quincy, M.E. (also called Quincy) is an American mystery medical drama television series from Universal Studios that aired on NBC from October 3, 1976, to May 11, 1983. Jack Klugman starred in the title role as a Los Angeles County medical examiner who routinely engages in police investigations.
Inspired by the book W... | {"Genre": "Medical drama mystery forensic pathology procedural", "Created by": "Glen A. Larson\n Lou Shaw", "Starring": "Jack Klugman\n Garry Walberg\n John S. Ragin\n Val Bisoglio\n Robert Ito\n Joseph Roman\n Eddie Garrett\n Marc Scott Taylor (seasons 4-7)", "Opening theme": "Original \"Untitled\" Score", "Country of... |
After the Fox () is a 1966 heist comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica and starring Peter Sellers, Victor Mature and Britt Ekland. The English-language screenplay was written by Neil Simon and De Sica's longtime collaborator Cesare Zavattini.
Despite its notable credits, the film was poorly received when it was rel... | {"Directed by": "Vittorio De Sica", "Produced by": "John Bryan", "Screenplay by": "Neil Simon (screenplay)Cesare Zavattini", "Starring": "Peter SellersBritt EklandLydia BrazziPaolo StoppaVictor MatureTino BuazzelliVittorio De Sica", "Music by": "Burt BacharachPiero Piccioni", "Cinematography": "Leonida Barboni", "Edite... |
Victor John Mature (January 29, 1913 - August 4, 1999) was an American stage, film, and television actor who was a leading man in Hollywood during the 1940s and 1950s. His best known film roles include One Million B.C. (1940), My Darling Clementine (1946), Kiss of Death (1947), Samson and Delilah (1949), and The Robe (... | {"Name": "Victor Mature", "Image": "Victor Mature - publicity.JPG", "Caption": "Mature 1940s", "Birth name": "Victor John Mature", "Birth date": "1913 01 29 y", "Birth place": "Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.", "Death date": "1999 08 04 1913 01 29 y", "Death place": "Rancho Santa Fe, California, U.S.", "Resting place": "St... |
Richard L. Casson (born December 30, 1948 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian politician. Casson was a member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Lethbridge from 1997 to 2011.
Before politics
Casson is a former manager of printing services. Casson was mayor... | {"Name": "Richard L. Casson", "Term start": "June 2, 1997", "Term end": "May 2, 2011", "Birth date": "1948 12 30", "Birth place": "Calgary, Alberta", "Residence": "Lethbridge, Alberta", "Spouse(s)": "Jeanene Casson"} |
is a party video game series featuring characters from the Mario franchise in which up to four local players or computer-controlled characters (called "CPUs") compete in a board game interspersed with minigames. The games are currently developed by NDcube and published by Nintendo, being previously developed by Hudson... | {"Title": "Mario Party", "Caption": "Logo since 2021", "Platforms": "Nintendo 64 GameCube Game Boy Advance Wii Nintendo DS Nintendo 3DS Wii U Nintendo Switch", "Developer": "Hudson Soft (1998-2007) Capcom (Arcade) NDcube (2012-present)", "Publisher": "Nintendo", "Genre": "Party", "Creator": "Kenji Kikuchi", "First rele... |
76 (formerly Union 76) is a chain of gas stations located within the United States. The 76 brand is owned by Phillips 66. Unocal, the original owner and creator of the 76 brand, merged with Chevron Corporation in 2005.
History
thumb|left|Union 76 station in Southern California, c. 1950s
thumb|Union 76 Gas, Santa Ana... | {"Tagline": "We're on the driver's sidehttps://twitter.com/76 76 Twitter page March 14, 2023", "Product type": "Service stations", "Introduced": "1932 (as Union 76)", "Owner": "Phillips 66 (since 2012)", "Previous owners": "Unocal (1932-1997)\nTosco (1997-2001)\nPhillips Petroleum (2001-2002)\nConocoPhillips (2002-201... |
(born April 1, 1967) is a Japanese video game designer best known for creating the Dead or Alive series and also reviving the Ninja Gaiden franchise in 2004. Joining Tecmo in 1992, Itagaki produced two video game franchises that were commercial successes and earned him several promotions; he headed Tecmo's development ... | {"Name": "Tomonobu Itagaki", "Native name": "板垣 伴信", "Native name language": "ja", "Caption": "Tomonobu Itagaki in 2004", "Birth date": "1967 4 1", "Birth place": "Tokyo, Japan", "Nationality": "Japanese", "Occupation": "Video game designer", "Alma mater": "Waseda University", "Years active": "1992-present"} |
Joseph Arthur (born September 28, 1971) is an American singer-songwriter and artist from Akron, Ohio. He is best known for his solo material, and as a member of Fistful of Mercy and RNDM. Arthur has built his reputation over the years through critically acclaimed releases and constant touring; his unique solo live perf... | {"Born": "yes 1971 09 28", "Genres": "Alternative rock folk rock indie folk world", "Labels": "Lonely Astronaut, Real World, Republic", "Member of": "The Lonely AstronautsFistful of MercyRNDM", "Website": "josepharthur.com"} |
Charles Peete Rose Jr. (born January 5, 1942) is an American former television journalist and talk show host. From 1991 to 2017, he was the host and executive producer of the talk show Charlie Rose on PBS and Bloomberg LP.
Rose also co-anchored CBS This Morning from 2012 to 2017 alongside Gayle King and Norah O'Donnel... | {"Name": "Charlie Rose", "Caption": "Rose in 2014", "Birth name": "Charles Peete Rose Jr.", "Birth date": "1942 1 5", "Birth place": "Henderson, North Carolina, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Duke University (BA, JD)", "Occupation": "Talk show host, journalist", "Years active": "1972-2017 2022-present", "Notable works": "Charli... |
thumb|Henrietta Street, looking south
thumb|King's Inns Law Library built 1824-1832 on the site of the Primate's house facing 9 and 10 Henrietta Street showing Pearce's No. 11 on the left of the picture
Henrietta Street () is a Dublin street, to the north of Bolton Street on the north side of the city, first laid out ... | {"Name": "Henrietta Street", "Native name": "ga Sráid Henrietta", "Namesake": "Henrietta, Duchess of Grafton (1690-1726); or Henrietta Paulet, Duchess of Bolton (1697-1730)", "Length": "160", "Width": "17 m", "Location": "Dublin, Ireland", "Coordinates": "53 21 09 N 6 16 12 W region:IE_type:landmark it", "Known for": "... |
Young Frankenstein is a 1974 American comedy horror film directed by Mel Brooks. The screenplay was co-written by Brooks and Gene Wilder. Wilder also starred in the lead role as the title character, a descendant of the infamous Dr. Victor Frankenstein. Peter Boyle portrayed the monster. The film co-stars Teri Garr, Clo... | {"Directed by": "Mel Brooks", "Produced by": "Michael Gruskoff", "Written by": "Gene Wilder\n Mel Brooks", "Based on": "Frankenstein Mary Shelley", "Starring": "Gene Wilder\n Peter Boyle\n Marty Feldman\n Cloris Leachman\n Teri Garr\n Kenneth Mars\n Madeline Kahn", "Music by": "John Morris", "Cinematography": "Gerald H... |
Harold Giles Hoffman (February 7, 1896 - June 4, 1954) was an American businessman and Republican Party politician who served as the 41st Governor of New Jersey from 1935 to 1938. His time in office was marked by controversy over his support for a sales tax and interference in the Lindbergh kidnapping case. He died whi... | {"Image caption": "Hoffman 1934", "Term start": "January 15, 1935", "Term end": "January 18, 1938", "District 2": "3rd", "Predecessor 2": "Stewart H. Appleby", "Successor 2": "William H. Sutphin", "Birth name": "Harold Giles Hoffman", "Birth date": "1896 2 7 y", "Birth place": "South Amboy, New Jersey, U.S.", "Death da... |
History of the World, Part I is a 1981 American comedy film written, produced, and directed by Mel Brooks. Brooks also stars in the film, playing five roles: Moses, Comicus the stand-up philosopher, Tomás de Torquemada, King Louis XVI, and Jacques, le garçon de pisse. The large ensemble cast also features Sid Caesar, ... | {"Directed by": "Mel Brooks", "Produced by": "Mel Brooks", "Written by": "Mel Brooks", "Starring": "Mel Brooks\n Dom DeLuise\n Madeline Kahn\n Harvey Korman\n Cloris Leachman\n Ron Carey\n Gregory Hines\n Pamela Stephenson\n Shecky Greene\n Sid Caesar\n Mary-Margaret Humes", "Narrated by": "Orson Welles", "Music by": "... |
Colonel Richard Ratsimandrava (March 21, 1931 – February 11, 1975) was a Malagasy politician and soldier who served as the head of state of Madagascar for six days in February 1975 before his assassination in office.
Biography
Military career
He was born in 1931 and was a Merina from a Merina family. A graduate of ... | {"Honorific prefix": "Colonel", "Name": "Richard Ratsimandrava", "Term start": "5", "Term end": "11 February 1975", "Birth date": "1931 3 21 y", "Birth place": "Antananarivo, French Madagascar", "Death date": "1975 2 11 1931 3 21 y", "Death place": "Antananarivo, Democratic Republic of Madagascar"} |
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