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Rock 'n' Roll is the sixth studio album by English musician John Lennon. Released in February 1975, it is an album of late 1950s and early 1960s songs as covered by Lennon. Recording the album was problematic and spanned an entire year: Phil Spector produced sessions in October 1973 at A&M Studios, and Lennon produced ... | {"Released": "1975 2 17 yes", "Recorded": "October 1973; 21-25 October 1974", "Studio": "A&M, Hollywood\nRecord Plant, New York City", "Genre": "Rock 'n' roll", "Label": "Apple", "Producer": "John Lennon, Phil Spector"} |
Cormac McCarthy (born Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr.; July 20, 1933 - June 13, 2023) was an American writer who authored twelve novels, two plays, five screenplays, and three short stories, spanning the Western and postapocalyptic genres. He was known for his graphic depictions of violence and his unique writing style, re... | {"Born": "1933 7 20 y", "Died": "2023 6 13 1933 7 20", "Occupation": "Novelist playwright screenwriter", "Children": "2", "Alma mater": "University of Tennessee (no degree)"} |
Adalberto Javier Ramones Martínez (born 3 December 1961) is a Mexican television presenter and comedian who is known for his comments on Mexican and international social life. Ramones was the host of a popular Mexican television show, Otro Rollo, which was produced by Televisa and televised in 53 other countries, inclu... | {"Name": "Adal Ramones", "Birth date": "1961 12 3 y", "Birth place": "Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico", "Birth name": "Adalberto Javier Ramones Martínez", "Occupation": "Actor", "Spouse(s)": "Gaby Valencia (1998-2013)", "Website": "http://adalramones.net/"} |
James Morris Lawson Jr. (born September 22, 1928) is an American activist and university professor. He was a leading theoretician and tactician of nonviolence within the Civil Rights Movement. During the 1960s, he served as a mentor to the Nashville Student Movement and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. He... | {"Name": "James Lawson", "Caption": "James Lawson speaking at a community meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2005", "Birth name": "James Morris Lawson Jr.", "Birth date": "1928 9 22", "Birth place": "Uniontown, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "Education": "Baldwin Wallace CollegeOberlin CollegeVanderbi... |
My Cousin Vinny is a 1992 American comedy film directed by Jonathan Lynn, written by Dale Launer, and produced by Launer and Paul Schiff. It stars Joe Pesci, Ralph Macchio, Marisa Tomei, Mitchell Whitfield, Lane Smith, Bruce McGill, and the final film appearance of Fred Gwynne. The film was distributed by 20th Century ... | {"Directed by": "Jonathan Lynn", "Written by": "Dale Launer", "Produced by": "Dale Launer Paul Schiff", "Starring": "Joe Pesci\n Ralph Macchio\n Marisa Tomei\n Mitchell Whitfield\n Fred Gwynne", "Cinematography": "Peter Deming", "Edited by": "Stephen E. Rivkin", "Music by": "Randy Edelman", "Distributed by": "20th Cent... |
The History of United States Naval Operations in World War II is a 15-volume account of the United States Navy in World War II, written by Samuel Eliot Morison and published by Little, Brown and Company between 1947 and 1962.
Background
Immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Morison, already convinced of the va... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Little, Brown and Company", "Published": "1947-1962", "Media type": "Print"} |
Fabiana Gisela Vallejos (born 30 July 1985) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Boca Juniors as a midfielder.
International career
Vallejos became a member of the Argentine national team during a historic period for the team: She helped the team qualify for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States. It... | {"Name": "Fabiana Vallejos", "Picture caption": "Vallejos in 2014", "Full name": "Fabiana Gisela Vallejos", "Birth date": "1985 7 30 y", "Birth place": "San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina", "Height": "1.55 m", "Position": "Midfielder, forward", "Current club": "Boca Juniors", "Club 1": "Boca Juniors", "Club 2": "River... |
Fátima Leyva Morán (born 14 February 1980) is a Mexican retired footballer who played for the Mexico women's national football team. She played as a midfielder for the Michigan Chill SC of the WPSL .
Playing career
During her international career, Leyva participated at numerous tournaments, namely the CONCACAF (1998),... | {"Name": "Fátima Leyva", "Full name": "Fátima Leyva Morán", "Birth date": "y 1980 2 14", "Birth place": "Mexico City, Mexico", "Height": "1.75 m 0 on", "Position": "Midfielder", "Current club": "Mexico U-17 (women) (assistant)", "Club 1 years": "1999-2005", "Club 2 years": "2005-2009", "Club 3 years": "2010", "Club 4 y... |
thumb|A CGT banner during a 2005 demonstration in Paris
The General Confederation of Labour (, CGT) is a national trade union center, founded in 1895 in the city of Limoges. It is the first of the five major French confederations of trade unions.
It is the largest in terms of votes (32.1% at the 2002 professional elec... | {"Name": "Confédération Générale du Travail", "Location country": "France", "Membership": "640,000https://www.wsj.com/articles/french-union-cuts-power-to-pressure-macron-on-pensions-11674815439", "Leader title": "General Secretary", "Leader name": "Sophie Binet (since 2023)", "Full name": "General Confederation of Labo... |
The General Confederation of Labor - Workers' Force (, or simply , FO), is one of the five major union confederations in France. In terms of following, it is the third behind the CGT and the CFDT.
Force Ouvrière was founded in 1948 by former members of the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) who denounced the dominan... | {"Name": "CGT-FO", "Location country": "France", "Membership": "300,000", "Full name": "General Confederation of Labor - Workers' Force", "Native name": "Confédération Générale du Travail - Force Ouvrière", "Native name language": "fr", "Formation": "1948", "Headquarters": "Paris, France", "Key people": "Frédéric Souil... |
The French Confederation of Christian Workers (; CFTC) is one of the five major French confederation of trade unions, belonging to the social Christian tradition.
It was founded in 1919 as the Trade Union of Employees of Industry and Commerce under the inspiration of Exupérien Mas with the goal of safeguarding the mat... | {"Name": "CFTC", "Location country": "France", "Membership": "160,000", "Full name": "French Confederation of Christian Workers", "Image": "frameless", "Formation": "1964", "Headquarters": "Paris, France", "Key people": "Philippe Louis, president Bernard Sagez, secretary general"} |
Charles Henry Mosley III (December 26, 1959 - November 9, 2017) was an American musician, singer and songwriter, who was the frontman for Faith No More from 1984 to 1988. During his tenure with the band, they released two albums, We Care a Lot and Introduce Yourself.
Biography
Early life
Mosley was born in Hollywood, ... | {"Born": "Hollywood, California, U.S.", "Died": "Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.", "Genres": "Funk metal\n alternative metal\n alternative rock\n hardcore punk", "Labels": "Dutch East India Trading\n Rough Trade\n Slash/Warner Bros.\n Reversed Image Unlimited", "Formerly of": "Bad Brains\n Cement\n Faith No More\n VUA\n Indoria\... |
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, (14 September 1864 - 24 November 1958), known as Lord Robert Cecil from 1868 to 1923,As the younger son of a Marquess, Cecil held the courtesy title of "Lord". However, he was not a peer in his own right until he was made a Viscount in 1923 and so w... | {"Name": "The Viscount Cecil of Chelwood", "Monarch 2": "George V", "Office 2": "Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal", "Predecessor 2": "Austen Chamberlain", "Prime minister 2": "Stanley Baldwin", "Successor 2": "John Robert Clynes", "Birth date": "1864 9 14 y", "Birth place": "Cavendish Square, London, England", "Death date... |
The French Democratic Confederation of Labour (, CFDT) is a national trade union center, one of the five major French confederations of trade unions, led since 2023 by . It is the largest French trade union confederation by number of members (875,000) but comes only second after the General Confederation of Labour in v... | {"Name": "CFDT", "Location country": "France", "Membership": "875,000", "Full name": "French Democratic Confederation of Labour", "Image": "2010 bruxelles CFDT 2841.JPG", "Image caption": "A demonstration by the CFDT in Brussels in 2010 against austerity policies", "Formation": "1964", "Headquarters": "Paris, France", ... |
The French Confederation of Management - General Confederation of Executives (, CFE-CGC) is one of the five major French confederations of trade unions.
It only organizes unions for professional employees, with higher education and/or in management or executive positions. It originated from several former unions of en... | {"Name": "CFE-CGC", "Location country": "France", "Membership": "140,000", "Full name": "French Confederation of Management - General Confederation of Executives", "Image": "150px", "Formation": "October 15, 1944", "Headquarters": "Paris, France", "Key people": "François Hommeril, president Gérard Mardiné, secretary g... |
The Mouvement des entreprises de France (MEDEF), or the Movement of the Enterprises of France, is the largest employer federation in France. Established in 1998, it replaced the Conseil national du patronat français (CNPF), or the "National Council of the French Employers", which was founded in 1946.
Operations
MEDEF ... | {"Type": "Employer federation", "Headquarters": "55 avenue Bosquet, 75007 Paris", "Location": "Paris, France", "Website": "www.medef.fr"} |
Pierre Paul François Camille Savorgnan de Brazza (born Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà; 26 January 1852 - 14 September 1905) was an Italian-French explorer. With his family's financial help, he explored the Ogooué region of Central Africa, and later with the backing of the Société de Géographie de Paris, he reached fa... | {"Name": "Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza", "Caption": "Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza photographed by Paul Nadar", "Birth name": "Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà", "Birth date": "1852 1 26 y", "Birth place": "Rome, Papal States", "Death date": "1905 9 14 1852 1 26 y", "Death place": "Dakar, Upper Senegal and Niger, French Wes... |
300px|thumb|Location of Fort William Henry at the southern end of Lake George
thumb|right|300px|A plan of the fort, published in 1765
Fort William Henry was a British fort at the southern end of Lake George, in the province of New York. The fort's construction was ordered by Sir William Johnson in September 1755, dur... | {"Type": "Fort", "Built": "1755", "In use": "1755-1757", "Controlled by": "Kingdom of Great BritainNew France", "Battles/wars": "French and Indian War"} |
Voyager Point is a small suburb, in South Western Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Voyager Point is located 25 kilometres (35 min) south of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool. The only adjacent suburbs are Sandy Point, Holsworthy and Pleasure Po... | {"Type": "suburb", "Name": "Voyager Point", "City": "Sydney", "State Abbreviation": "nsw", "Image": "Voyager Point 1.JPG", "Caption": "The Sanctuary, Voyager Point", "Local Map Enabled": "yes", "Local Map Zoom Level": "13", "Postcode": "2172", "Population": "1668", "Population Year": "2016", "Population Footnotes": "SS... |
The Bulletin was an Australian weekly magazine first published in Sydney on 31 January 1880. The publication's focus was politics and business, with some literary content, and editions were often accompanied by cartoons and other illustrations. The views promoted by the magazine varied across different editors and owne... | {"Company": "Australian Consolidated Press", "Frequency": "Weekly", "Language": "English", "Categories": "News magazine", "Founded": "1880", "Country": "Australia", "Based in": "Sydney", "ISSN": "1440-7485"} |
In Star Trek a replicator is a machine that can create (and recycle) things. Replicators were originally seen to simply synthesize meals on demand, but in later series much larger non-food items appear. The technical aspects of replicated versus "real" things is sometimes a plot element.
Origins and limitations
600px... | {"Created by": "Gene Roddenberry", "Type": "Matter converter", "Genre": "Science fiction", "Function": "Synthesis of organic and inorganic materials via rearrangement of subatomic particles", "Affiliation": "Starfleet"} |
Raphael Vincent "Ray" Taliaferro (February 7, 1939 - November or December 2018) was an American radio host and liberal political commentator. He joined KGO News Talk AM 810 (San Francisco) in 1977. In 1986, his talk show moved to the 1 to 5 a.m. early-morning time slot (Monday through Friday) and continued until Decemb... | {"Name": "Ray Taliaferro", "Birth name": "Raphael Vincent Taliaferro", "Birth date": "1939 2 7", "Birth place": "Queens, New York", "Death date": "2018 12 2 1939 2 7", "Death place": "Paducah, Kentucky", "Occupation": "Radio host, Talk show"} |
The Socialist Left Party (, , SV) is a democratic socialist political party in Norway. Positioned on the left-wing of the political spectrum,. it is opposed to European Union and the European Economic Area membership. SV supports a strong public sector, stronger social welfare programs, environmentalism, and republican... | {"Abbreviation": "SV", "Leader": "Kirsti Bergstø", "Founded": "16 March 1975", "Preceded by": "Socialist Electoral League", "Headquarters": "Hagegata 22, Oslo", "Ideology": "nowrap Democratic socialism Eco-socialism Feminism", "Political position": "Left-wing", "European affiliation": "Nordic Green Left Alliance", "Slo... |
William Hayward Wakefield (1801 - 19 September 1848) was an English colonel, the leader of the first colonising expedition to New Zealand and one of the founders of Wellington. As a leader, he attracted much controversy.
Early life
William Wakefield was born just outside London in 1801,Temple and a number of British s... | {"Born": "London, United Kingdom", "Birth name": "William Hayward Wakefield", "Died": "Wellington, New Zealand", "Allegiance": "Kingdom of Portugal\nEmpire of Brazil\nKingdom of Spain (Cristinos)\nBritish Empire\nNew Zealand", "Spouse(s)": "Emily Sidney", "Relations": "Edward Wakefield (father) \nSusanna Wakefield (mot... |
In differential geometry, the Atiyah-Singer index theorem, proved by Michael Atiyah and Isadore Singer (1963), states that for an elliptic differential operator on a compact manifold, the analytical index (related to the dimension of the space of solutions) is equal to the topological index (defined in terms of some to... | {"Name": "Atiyah-Singer index theorem", "Field": "Differential geometry", "First proof by": "Michael Atiyah and Isadore Singer", "First proof in": "1963", "Consequences": "Chern-Gauss-Bonnet theoremGrothendieck-Riemann-Roch theoremHirzebruch signature theoremRokhlin's theorem"} |
thumb|200px|right|President Halonen and Pentti Arajärvi with US President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama on 2009 in New York.
Dr. Pentti Ilkka Olavi Arajärvi (born 2 June 1948, Helsinki) is a Finnish Doctor of Law, Professor Emeritus and Docent of the University of Helsinki, a former civil service official and a Socia... | {"Name": "Pentti Arajärvi", "Term start": "1 March 2000", "Term end": "1 March 2012", "Birth date": "1948 6 2 y", "Birth place": "Helsinki, Finland", "Spouse(s)": "Tarja Halonen 2000", "Alma mater": "University of Helsinki"} |
The River Wye is a limestone river in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England. It is 22 miles long (widely but incorrectly attributed as 15 miles/24 km, which refers to the section within the National Park), and is one of the major tributaries of the River Derwent, which flows into the River Trent, and ultimately int... | {"Mouth": "Confluence with the Derwent", "Location": "Rowsley, Derbyshire", "Coordinates": "53 11 08 N 01 36 46 W inline,title", "Basin size": "277 km2 on", "Right": "River Lathkill"} |
The River Noe is a tributary of the River Derwent in Derbyshire, England. It flows approximately 12 miles (19 km) from its source, the confluence of two streams running off Kinder Scout in the Peak District, east through Edale and then southeast through the village of Hope.
The river's source is at Edale Head from whe... | {"Location": "Bamford, Derbyshire", "Coordinates": "53.33929 -1.69424 inline,title", "Basin size": "73 km2 onhttp://data.gov.uk/dataset/wfd-surface-water-classification-status-and-objectives WFD Surface Water Classification Status and Objectives 2012 csv files Environment-agency.gov.uk 20 February 2013 20 February 2013... |
The River Ashop is a river in the Derbyshire Peak District, England. Its source is on the eastern slopes of Mill Hill, three miles south east of Glossop and just north of Kinder Scout.
The river flows approximately ten kilometres east, following the Sheffield to Manchester Snake Pass road through remote countryside, b... | {"Etymology": "Old English ang æsc-hop, \"Ash Valley\"http://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/Derbyshire/Hope+Woodlands/53284cccb47fc4095c000c97-Ashop+Fm Ashop Fm :: Survey of English Place-Names epns.nottingham.ac.uk", "Location": "Ladybower Reservoir, Derbyshire", "Coordinates": "53.372985 -1.710658 inline,title", "Basin... |
Edale is a village and civil parish in the Peak District, Derbyshire, England, whose population was 353 at the 2011 Census. Edale, with an
area of ,
is in the Borough of High Peak.
Edale is best known to walkers as the start, or southern end, of the Pennine Way and, to less ambitious walkers, as a starting point for ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census) http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=793399&c=Edale&d=16&e=15&g=434882&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Neighbourhood Statistics, Parish Headcounts: Edale CP 31 January 2007 Office for National Statistics", "O... |
The River Dearne South Yorkshire, England flows roughly east for more than , from its source just inside West Yorkshire. It flows through Denby Dale, Clayton West, Darton, Barnsley, Darfield, Wath upon Dearne, Bolton on Dearne, Adwick upon Dearne and Mexborough to its confluence with the River Don at Denaby Main. Its m... | {"Location": "River Don near Conisbrough", "Coordinates": "53 29 39 N 1 14 34 W inline,title", "Basin size": "310.8 km2 sqmi", "Mouth": "17 m ft"} |
Henrietta Lacks (born Loretta Pleasant; August 1, 1920 - October 4, 1951) Note: Some sources report her birthday as August 2, 1920, vs. August 1, 1920. was an African-American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line and one of the most important cell lines i... | {"Name": "Henrietta Lacks", "Alt": "A black-and-white photo of Lacks smiling", "Image upright": "0.5", "Caption": "Henrietta Lacks 1945-1951", "Birth date": "1920 8 1", "Birth place": "Roanoke, Virginia, U.S.", "Death date": "1951 10 4 1920 8 1", "Death cause": "Cervical cancer", "Death place": "Baltimore, Maryland, U.... |
Lerwick (; ; ) is the main town and port of the Shetland archipelago, Scotland. Shetland's only burgh, Lerwick had a population of about 7,000 residents in 2010.
Centred off the north coast of the Scottish mainland and on the east coast of the Shetland Mainland, Lerwick lies north-by-northeast of Aberdeen; west of ... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "OS grid reference": "HU474414", "Postcode district": "ZE1", "Dialling code": "01595", "UK Parliament": "Orkney and Shetland", "Council area": "Shetland", "Lieutenancy area": "Shetland", "Scottish Parliament": "Shetland"} |
Frederick John Nile (born 15 September 1934) is an Australian politician and ordained Christian minister. Nile was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1981-2023, except for a period in 2004. Nile was re-elected at the 1991, 1999, 2007, and 2015 state elections and served as the Assistant President ... | {"Name": "Fred Nile", "Office 2": "Leader of the Call to Australia Partyfn1 Official title was Federal President.", "Predecessor 2": "Party established", "Successor 2": "Party abolished", "Birth name": "Frederick John Nile", "Birth date": "yes 1934 9 15", "Birth place": "Kings Cross, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"... |
Éric de Montgolfier (born 11 August 1946) is a French attorney and state prosecutor (procureur de la République).
When head prosecutor in Valenciennes, he became famous for prosecuting the businessman-cum-politician Bernard Tapie for rigging the match between his football club Olympique de Marseille and the local club... | {"Name": "Éric de Montgolfier", "Birth date": "1946 08 11 yes", "Birth place": "Lyon, France", "Nationality": "French", "Education": "Panthéon-Assas UniversityFrench National School for the Judiciary", "Occupation": "Magistrate"} |
Bernard Roger Tapie (; 26 January 1943 - 3 October 2021) was a French businessman, politician and occasional actor, singer, and TV host. He was Minister of City Affairs in the government of Pierre Bérégovoy.
Life and career
Tapie was born in Paris. He was a businessman who specialized in recovering bankrupt companies... | {"Name": "Bernard Tapie", "Image caption": "Tapie in 2011", "Image size": "220px", "President 2": "François Mitterrand", "Prime minister 2": "Pierre Bérégovoy", "Predecessor 2": "André Laignel", "Successor 2": "François Loncle", "Birth name": "Bernard Roger Tapie", "Birth date": "1943 1 26 yes", "Birth place": "Paris, ... |
Margaret Anne Ewing (née McAdam, formerly Bain; 1 September 1945 - 21 March 2006) was a Scottish politician and journalist. She served as a Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of Parliament for East Dunbartonshire from 1974 to 1979 and Moray from 1987 to 2001, and was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Mo... | {"Name": "Margaret Ewing", "Term start": "6 May 1999", "Term end": "21 March 2006", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Moray", "Predecessor 2": "Alexander Pollock", "Successor 2": "Angus Robertson", "Birth date": "1945 09 1 yes", "Birth place": "Lanark, Scotland", "Death date": "2006 03 21 1945 09 1 yes", "Death pla... |
United States v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000), is a U.S. Supreme Court decision that held that parts of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 were unconstitutional because they exceeded the powers granted to the US Congress under the Commerce Clause and the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause. Along with U... | {"Date argued": "January 11", "Year argued": "2000", "Date decided": "May 15", "Year decided": "2000", "Full case name": "United States v. Antonio J. Morrison et al. and Christy Brzonkala v. Antonio J. Morrison et al.", "United States Reports volume number": "529", "United States Reports page number": "598", "Parallel ... |
Zanussi () is an Italian producer of home appliances that was bought by Electrolux in 1984. Zanussi has been exporting products from Italy since 1946.
History
The Zanussi Company began as the small workshop of Antonio Zanussi in 1916. The 26-year-old son of a blacksmith in Pordenone in Northeastern Italy began the bus... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Founded": "Pordenone, Italy, 1916", "Headquarters": "Italy", "Industry": "Electronics", "Products": "Major and small appliances", "Parent": "Electrolux (home appliances)\n Electrolux Professional (professional appliances)", "Website": "https://www.zanussi.comhttps://www.zanussiprofessional.com/"... |
The RK 62 (from Finnish , 'assault rifle 62'), officially 7.62 RK 62 and commercially M62, is an assault rifle manufactured by Valmet and Sako. It is the standard issue infantry weapon of the Finnish Defence Forces.
The RK 62 was designed in 1962 and is based on the Polish licensed version of the Soviet AK-47 design. ... | {"Place of origin": "Finland", "Type": "Assault rifle", "Sights": "Aperture rear sight on a sliding tangent with flip tritium night sight, forward hooded post, 470 mm sight radius", "In service": "1965-present", "Used by": "Finnish Defence Forceshttp://www.puolustusvoimat.fi/wcm/07dcd3004cbfe4a19ff7bf71ede40db3/Kevytas... |
The Supernaturals are a five piece guitar-based indie rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. Fronted by singer-songwriter James McColl, they signed to Parlophone in 1996, and had a string of singles which were taken from their three albums and four EPs. Other members included Mark Guthrie, Derek McManus, Gavin Crawford and ... | {"Origin": "Glasgow, Scotland", "Genres": "Indie rock, Britpop, power pop", "Labels": "Parlophone, Food, Koch", "Members": "James McCollMark GuthrieGavin CrawfordDavid Currie\nJoseph Greatorex"} |
William Dudley "Big Bill" Haywood (February 4, 1869 - May 18, 1928) was an American labor organizer and founding member and leader of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and a member of the executive committee of the Socialist Party of America. During the first two decades of the 20th century, Haywood was involve... | {"Birth name": "William Richard Haywood", "Birth date": "1869 2 4 y", "Birth place": "Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, U.S.", "Death date": "1928 5 18 1869 2 4 y", "Death place": "Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union", "Resting place": "Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow", "Term start": "February 1918", "Term end": "December... |
thumb|upright=1.2|1900 NEC members
The Social Democratic Party of America (SDP) was a short-lived political party in the United States established in 1898.
The group was formed out of elements of the Social Democracy of America (SDA) and was a predecessor to the Socialist Party of America which was established in 1901... | {"Founded": "1898 6 11", "Preceded by": "Social Democracy of America", "Succeeded by": "Socialist Party of America", "Ideology": "Democratic socialism", "Political position": "Left-wing"} |
thumb|upright|Boys Club of New York, Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City, New York
thumb|Boys & Girls Club of Parkersburg, West Virginia
Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) is a national organization of local chapters which provide voluntary after-school programs for young people. The organization, which hold... | {"Type": "Youth organization", "Legal status": "Non-profit organization", "Headquarters": "Atlanta, Georgia", "Website": "bgca.org"} |
Krabi-Krabong (, ) is a weapon-based martial art from Thailand. It is closely related to other Southeast Asian fighting styles such as Pencak Silat Indonesia, Burmese banshay and Cambodian kbach kun boran. The royal bodyguard corps of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) were said to be highly trained in krabi-kr... | {"Focus": "Weaponry", "Country of origin": "Thailand Thailand", "Olympic sport": "No", "Meaning": "Sword-staff"} |
Muay Boran (, , , lit. "ancient boxing") or originally Toi Muay () is an umbrella term for the ancient unarmed martial arts of Thailand prior to the introduction of modern equipment and rules in the 1930s.
Contemporary history
In the early 20th century, one of King Chulalongkorn's sons died. He commanded his offic... | {"Famous practitioners": "Tony Jaa", "Country of origin": "Thailand", "Descendant arts": "Muay Thai, Muay Lao", "Olympic sport": "No"} |
Full contact karate is any format of karate where competitors spar (also called Kumite) full-contact and allow a knockout as winning criterion.
History
Full contact karate competition comes in several different formats developed for the art of karate at different times in different places. Some developed independently... | {"Focus": "Striking", "Country of origin": "Japan", "Olympic sport": "Yes", "Creator": "Varies depending on subtype.", "Parenthood": "Varies depending on subtype.", "Famous practitioners": "American Rules: Joe Lewis, Bill Wallace, Don Wilson, Olivier Gruner, Branko Cikatić, Michael Kuhr, Troy Dorsey\n Knockdown: Teruto... |
Mr. Bungle is an American experimental rock band formed in Eureka, California, in 1985. Having gone through many incarnations throughout its career, the band is best known for music created during its most experimental era. During this time, it developed a highly eclectic style, cycling through several musical genres, ... | {"Origin": "Eureka, California, U.S.", "Genres": "Experimental rock avant-garde metal alternative metal funk metal thrash metal", "Labels": "Warner Bros.\n Ipecac", "Website": "www.mrbungle.com", "Members": "Mike Patton\n Trey Spruance\n Trevor Dunn\n Scott Ian\n Dave Lombardo"} |
General Sir Charles James Napier, (;"Napier". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. 10 August 178229 August 1853) was an officer and veteran of the British Army's Peninsular and 1812 campaigns, and later a Major General of the Bombay Army, during which period he led the British military conquest of Sindh, befo... | {"Name": "Sir Charles Napier", "Image size": "250px", "Term start": "1843", "Term end": "1847", "Birth date": "1782 8 10 yes", "Death date": "1853 8 29 1782 8 10 yes", "Birth place": "London, England", "Death place": "Portsmouth, England", "Battles fought": "Peninsular WarWar of 1812Conquest of Scinde", "Awards": "20px... |
thumb|French andouille from Guémené-sur-Scorff, France
Andouille ( , ; ; from Latin induco) is a smoked sausage made using pork, originating in France.
France
In France, particularly Brittany and Normandy, the traditional ingredients of andouille are primarily pig chitterlings, tripe, onions, wine, and seasoning. I... | {"Name of food": "Andouille", "Image caption": "Cajun andouille", "Course served": "Sausage", "Main ingredient": "Pork, garlic, pepper, onions, wine, pork chitterlings, tripe"} |
John Hutchyns Tyndall (14 July 193419 July 2005) was a British fascist political activist. A leading member of various small neo-Nazi groups during the late 1950s and 1960s, he was chairman of the National Front (NF) from 1972 to 1974 and again from 1975 to 1980, and then chairman of the British National Party (BNP) fr... | {"Name": "John Tyndall", "Image caption": "Tyndall addressing a Nationalist Alliance meeting in 2005", "Birth name": "John Hutchyns Tyndall", "Birth date": "1934 7 14 y", "Birth place": "Exeter, Devon, England", "Death date": "2005 7 19 1934 7 14 y", "Death place": "Hove, East Sussex, England", "Term start": "7 April 1... |
Admiral Sir Charles Edmund Kingsmill, (7 July 1855 - 15 July 1935) was a Canadian-born naval officer and the first director of the Department of the Naval Service of Canada. After retiring from a career in the Royal Navy, he played a prominent role in the establishment of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) in 1910. Along w... | {"Born": "Guelph, Canada West (now Ontario)", "Died": "Portland, Ontario, Canada", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom (1870-1908)Canada (1909-1921)", "Commands held": "Cormorant 1877 6Goldfinch 1889 6Blenheim 1890 6Archer 1885 6Mildura 1889 6Scylla 1891 6Majestic 1895 6Dominion 1903 6Repulse 1892 6", "Awards": "Knight Bache... |
Henryk Szeryng (usually pronounced HEN-r-ik SHEH-r-in-g) (22 September 19183 March 1988) was a Polish-Mexican violinist.
Early years
He was born in Warsaw, Poland on 22 September 1918 into a wealthy Jewish family. The surname "Szeryng" is a Polish transliteration of his Yiddish surname, which nowadays would be spell... | {"Name": "Henryk Szeryng", "Caption": "Henryk Szeryng, 1964", "Birth date": "1918 9 22 y", "Birth place": "Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland", "Death date": "1988 3 3 1918 9 22 y", "Death place": "Kassel, West Germany", "Nationality": "Polish", "Citizenship": "Poland, Mexico", "Occupation": "Violinist"} |
The Civil Guard (; ) is the oldest law enforcement agency in Spain and is one of two national police forces. As a national gendarmerie force, it is military in nature and is responsible for civil policing under the authority of both the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Defence. The role of the Ministry of D... | {"Uniformed as": "Civil Guard", "Abbreviation": "GC", "Formed": "1844", "Employees": "85,426 total (2020) and 77,223 active (2020)", "Multinational agency": "Spain", "General nature": "yes", "Headquarters": "Calle de Guzmán el Bueno, 110, 28003 Madrid, Spain", "Parent agency": "Directorate-General of the Civil Guard"} |
George Elroy Boyd (June 30, 1952 - July 7, 2020) was a playwright and a former co-host of the CBC Morning News. He was the first black national news anchor in Canada, working as an original anchor of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Newsworld, which launched in 1989.
Biography
One of a family of nine, of seven... | {"Name": "George Boyd", "Birth date": "30 June 1952", "Birth place": "Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada", "Death date": "7 July 2020", "Death place": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Occupation": "Playwright, news anchor"} |
Sir John Soane's Museum is a house museum, located next to Lincoln's Inn Fields in Holborn, London, which was formerly the home of neo-classical architect John Soane. It holds many drawings and architectural models of Soane's projects and a large collection of paintings, sculptures, drawings, and antiquities that he ac... | {"Established": "1837 yes", "Collection size": "45,000 objects, approx. 30,000 architectural drawingshttps://www.soane.org/collections Collections 14 July 2015 www.soane.org", "Location": "Lincoln's Inn FieldsLondon, WC 2United Kingdom", "Coordinates": "51.516998 -0.117402 region:GB dms inline,title", "Visitors": "107,... |
Sir John Soane (; né Soan; 10 September 1753 - 20 January 1837) was an English architect who specialised in the Neo-Classical style. The son of a bricklayer, he rose to the top of his profession, becoming professor of architecture at the Royal Academy and an official architect to the Office of Works. He received a kni... | {"Name": "John Soane", "Portrait": "Thomas Lawrence John Soane.JPG", "Portrait caption": "Portrait painted by Thomas Lawrence", "Significant buildings": "Bank of England Dulwich Picture Gallery Pitzhanger Manor 12-14 Lincoln's Inn Fields (now Sir John Soane's Museum)"} |
British Transport Police (BTP; ) is a national special police force that polices the railway network of England, Wales and Scotland. The force polices more than 10,000 miles of track and more than 3,000 stations and depots.
BTP also polices the London Underground, Docklands Light Railway, the West Midlands Metro, Tra... | {"Uniformed as": "British Transport PoliceHeddlu Trafnidiaeth Prydeinig", "Abbreviation": "BTP", "Formed": "1949 01 01 y", "Annual budget": "£328.1 million (2021/22)British Transport Police Authority 2022 BTPA Strategic Plan 2018-22 https://btpa.police.uk/?news-article=btpa-launches-refreshed-strategic-plan-201... |
Mount Greylock in northwest Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,489 feet (1,063 meters). The peak played a role in early American literature, and is part of the Taconic Mountains, which are geologically distinct from the nearby Berkshires and Green Mountains. Expansive views and a small area of sub-alp... | {"Location": "USA Massachusetts", "Elevation": "MZ1957 Greylock RM 1 Reset", "Prominence": "7065 Mount Greylock, Massachusetts", "Coordinates": "42.63704 N 73.16593 W type:mountain_region:US-MA_scale:100000 dms inline,title"} |
Charles Lincoln Van Doren (February 12, 1926 - April 9, 2019) was an American writer and editor who was involved in a television quiz show scandal in the 1950s. In 1959 he testified before the U.S. Congress that he had been given the correct answers by the producers of the NBC quiz show Twenty-One. Terminated by NBC, h... | {"Caption": "Van Doren in 1959", "Birth name": "Charles Lincoln Van Doren", "Birth date": "1926 02 12", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Death date": "2019 04 09 1926 02 12", "Death place": "Canaan, Connecticut, U.S.", "Alma mater": "St. John's College\n Columbia University", "Occupation": "Writer editor", "Kno... |
Jennifer Maria Capriati (born March 29, 1976) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. A member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, she won three singles Grand Slam titles and was the gold medalist at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Capriati set a number of youngest-ever records at the start of her career. Sh... | {"Full name": "Jennifer Maria Capriati", "Residence": "Wesley Chapel, Florida, U.S.", "Born": "New York City, New York", "Height": "5 7Jennifer Capriati wtatennis.com September 7, 2015 http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/1325", "Turned pro": "March 1990", "Retired": "2004", "Plays": "Right-handed (two-handed bac... |
The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico () is the controlling government document of Puerto Rico. It is composed of nine articles detailing the structure of the government as well as the function of several of its institutions. The document also contains an extensive and specific bill of rights. It was rati... | {"Original title": "Constitución del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico", "Ratified": "1952 07 25", "Location": "Capitol of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico", "Author(s)": "92 delegates from three parties", "Purpose": "Create a commonwealth in union with the United States"} |
Reeve Aleutian Airways was an airline headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. It ceased operations on December 5, 2000.
History
Founding
In February 1946, Bob Reeve received a call informing him that some ex USAAF C-47s and Douglas DC-3s were for sale (the C-47 being the military version of the DC-3). Reeve... | {"Airline name": "Reeve Aleutian Airways", "Image size (px)": "250px", "IATA Designator": "RV", "ICAO Designator": "RVV", "Callsign": "REEVE", "Founded": "March 24, 1947", "Ceased operations": "December 5, 2000", "Key People": "Robert C Reeve (founder & 1st President)Richard D Reeve (2nd President)", "Major hubs": "Anc... |
Carlsberg A/S (; ) is a Danish multinational brewer. Founded in 1847 by J. C. Jacobsen, the company's headquarters is in Copenhagen, Denmark. Since Jacobsen's death in 1887, the majority owner of the company has been the Carlsberg Foundation. The company's flagship brand is Carlsberg (named after Jacobsen's son Carl). ... | {"Type": "Aktieselskab", "Industry": "Beverages", "Products": "Beers, ciders, soft drinks, bottled water", "Brands": "Carlsberg, Tuborg, Kronenbourg 1664, Grimbergen, Somersby, Holsten, Khyrdalan", "Revenue": "DKK 58.541 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2020)Carlsberg A/S 2020 Annual Report https://www.carlsbe... |
The Government of the 15th Dáil or the 7th Government of Ireland (2 June 1954 - 20 March 1957) was the government of Ireland formed after the general election held on 18 May 1954. Commonly known as the Second Inter-Party Government, it was a minority government of Fine Gael, the Labour Party and Clann na Talmhan. Clann... | {"Date formed": "2 June 1954", "Date dissolved": "20 March 1957", "Status in legislature": "Coalition", "Election(s)": "1954 general election", "Legislature term(s)": "15th Dáil 8th Seanad", "Predecessor": "6th Government", "Successor": "8th Government"} |
Cyril James Cusack (26 November 1910 - 7 October 1993) was an Irish stage and screen actor with a career that spanned more than 70 years. During his lifetime, he was considered one of Ireland’s finest thespians, and was renowned for his interpretations of both classical and contemporary theatre, including Shakespearean... | {"Name": "Cyril Cusack", "Caption": "Cusack in The Italian Connection (1972)", "Birth name": "Cyril James Cusack", "Birth date": "1910 11 26 yes", "Birth place": "Durban, Natal, South Africa", "Death date": "1993 10 7 1910 11 26 yes", "Death place": "Chiswick, London, U.K.", "Years active": "1918-1993", "Occupation": "... |
The Saxon Motor Car CompanyRon McGown, "1915 Saxon," Australian Classic Car, pages 26-29 (April 2008). Available on-line at: . was located in Detroit, Michigan, from 1914 to 1922. In 1917, 28,000 cars were made, making it the seventh largest car maker in the United States.
History
Hugh Chalmers of Chalmers Motor... | {"Fate": "Bankruptcy", "Founded": "1913", "Defunct": "1922", "Headquarters": "Detroit, Michigan later Ypsilanti, Michigan", "Products": "Automobiles", "Brands": "Saxon, Saxon Duplex"} |
9 Tales of Space and Time is an anthology of original science fiction stories edited by Raymond J. Healy, published in hardcover by Henry Holt in 1954. A British edition appeared in 1955, with the title rendered Nine Tales of Space and Time. No paperback editions are reported.ISFDB bibliography
Contents
"The Idealist... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Henry Holt", "Media type": "Print (hardback)", "Pages": "307"} |
was the eighth shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, ruling from 1716 until his abdication in 1745. He was the son of Tokugawa Mitsusada, the grandson of Tokugawa Yorinobu, and the great-grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Lineage
Yoshimune was not the son of any former shōgun. Rather, he was a member of a cadet branch ... | {"Name": "Tokugawa Yoshimune", "Term start": "1716", "Term end": "1745", "Birth date": "27 November 1684", "Birth place": "Kii Province, Tokugawa shogunate(now Japan)", "Death date": "12 July 1751 (aged 66)", "Death place": "Edo, Tokugawa shogunate(now Tokyo, Japan)", "Spouse(s)": "Masako-Joō"} |
The Capitol Limited is a daily Amtrak train between Washington, D.C., and Chicago, running via Pittsburgh and Cleveland. Service began in 1981 and was named after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Capitol Limited which ended in 1971 upon the formation of Amtrak. It carries the Amtrak train numbers 29 and 30, which wer... | {"Service type": "Inter-city rail", "Locale": "Eastern United States", "Predecessor": "Shenandoah", "First service": "October 1, 1981", "Annual ridership": "Capitol Limited", "Termini": "Chicago, Illinois", "Stops": "14", "Distance travelled": "780 mi", "Average journey time": "17 hours, 30 minutesAmtrak Timetable Resu... |
was the fifth shōgun of the Tokugawa dynasty of Japan. He was the younger brother of Tokugawa Ietsuna, as well as the son of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the grandson of Tokugawa Hidetada, and the great-grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tokugawa, Tsunayoshi" in ; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of L... | {"Name": "Tokugawa Tsunayoshi", "Image caption": "Tokugawa Tsunayoshi", "Birth date": "1646 2 23 y", "Birth place": "Edo, Tokugawa shogunate(now Tokyo, Japan)", "Death date": "1709 02 19 1646 02 23 y", "Death place": "Edo, Tokugawa shogunate"} |
The Paus family () is a Norwegian family that first appeared as members of the elite of 16th-century Oslo and that for centuries belonged to Norway's "aristocracy of officials" as priests of the state church, judges and other higher government officials, especially in Upper Telemark. Family members later became involve... | {"Current region": "Norway, Sweden, Denmark, United Kingdom, Switzerland", "Earlier spellings": "Pausius (Latinized), de Paus (internationally), von Paus (Austria only)", "Place of origin": "Known in Oslo, Norway since the 16th century", "Etymology": "from Middle Saxon/Middle Dutch paus, paues, pauwes, \"pope\", perhap... |
Tokugawa Nariaki (徳川 斉昭, April 4, 1800 - September 29, 1860) was a prominent Japanese daimyō who ruled the Mito Domain (now Ibaraki Prefecture) and contributed to the rise of nationalism and the Meiji Restoration.
Biography
Clan leader
Nariaki was the 3rd son of Tokugawa Harutoshi, the seventh-generation daimyō o... | {"Name": "Tokugawa Nariaki", "Term start": "1829", "Term end": "1844", "Birth date": "1800 4 4 y", "Death date": "1860 9 29 1800 4 4 y", "Nationality": "Japanese", "Spouse(s)": "Arisugawa Yoshiko (1804-1893)"} |
Domodossola (; Lombard: Dòm) is a city and comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in the region of Piedmont, northern Italy. It was also known as Oscela, Oscella, Oscella dei Leponzi, Ossolo, Ossola Lepontiorum, and Domo d'Ossola (due to its position in the Ossola valley). The Peruvian aviation pioneer, Jorg... | {"Name": "Domodossola", "Official name": "Città di Domodossola", "Coordinates": "46 07 N 8 17 E inline", "Region": "Piedmont", "Province": "Verbano Cusio Ossola (VB)", "Frazioni": "Campoccio, Cisore, Crosiggia, Domodossola-Oltrebogna, Monte Ossolano, Prata, Quartero, Rogoledo, Trontana", "Mayor": "Fortunato Lucio Pizzi... |
, also known as , was a Japanese daimyo who was known for his influence in the politics of the early Edo period. He was the third son of Tokugawa Yorifusa (who in turn was the eleventh son of Tokugawa Ieyasu) and succeeded him, becoming the second daimyo of the Mito Domain.Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Sovereign and... | {"Name": "Tokugawa Mitsukuni", "Birth date": "yes 1628 7 11", "Birth place": "Mito Domain, Hitachi Province, Japan", "Death date": "yes 1701 1 14 1628 7 11", "Term start": "1661", "Term end": "1690"} |
The Elder Scrolls is a series of action role-playing video games primarily developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The series focuses on free-form gameplay in an open world. Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim all won Game of the Year awards from multiple outlets. The series has sold more tha... | {"Title": "The Elder Scrolls", "Developer": "Primary Bethesda Softworks (1994-1998) Bethesda Game Studios (2002-present) Other Vir2L Studios (2003-2004) TKO Software (2004) ZeniMax Online Studios (2014) Dire Wolf Digital (2017)", "Publisher": "Primary Bethesda Softworks (1994-present) Other Vir2L Studios (2003-2004) No... |
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Alexander Gordon Jump (April 1, 1932 - September 22, 2003) was an American actor. He was best known for playing Arthur "Big Guy" Carlson in the series WKRP in Cincinnati (1978-1982), which he reprised in its spin-off The New WKRP in Cincinnati (1991-1993). He also played Chief Tinkler in the sitcom Soap (1977-1978) and... | {"Name": "Gordon Jump", "Caption": "Jump in 1979", "Birth name": "Alexander Gordon Jump", "Birth date": "1932 4 1 y", "Birth place": "Dayton, Ohio, U.S.", "Death date": "2003 9 22 1932 4 1 y", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1959-2003", "Spouse(s)": "Olinda D. Kan... |
Franklin Roy Bruno, (born 16 November 1961) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1982 to 1996. He had a highly publicised and eventful career, both in and out of the ring. The pinnacle of Bruno's boxing career was winning the WBC heavyweight title from Oliver McCall at a packed Wembley Stadium in 1... | {"Real name": "Franklin Roy Bruno", "Nickname(s)": "True Brit12 November 2013 British Beef #3 - Lennox Lewis v Frank Bruno https://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/29803/9027810/british-beef-3-lennox-lewis-v-frank-bruno 7 January 2021 Sky Sports en", "Weight(s)": "Heavyweight", "Height": "6 ft 3 inShowtime Championship Bo... |
Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, comedian, and singer. He received acclaim for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the film Ray (2004), winning the Academy Award, BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. That same year, he... | {"Name": "Jamie Foxx", "Caption": "Foxx at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival", "Birth name": "Eric Marlon Bishop", "Birth date": "yes 1967 12 13", "Birth place": "Terrell, Texas, U.S.", "Alma mater": "United States International University (BA)", "Occupation": "Actor\n comedian\n singer\n songwriter\n record... |
The Little Shop of Horrors is a 1960 American horror comedy film directed by Roger Corman. Written by Charles B. Griffith, the film is a farce about a florist's assistant who cultivates a plant that feeds on human blood. The film's concept may have been inspired by "Green Thoughts", a 1932 story by John Collier about a... | {"Directed by": "Roger Corman", "Produced by": "Roger Corman", "Screenplay by": "Charles B. Griffith", "Starring": "Jonathan Haze\n Jackie Joseph\n Mel Welles\n Dick Miller\n Myrtle Vail\n Jack Nicholson", "Narrated by": "Wally Campo", "Music by": "Fred Katz\n Uncredited:\n Ronald Stein", "Cinematography": "Archie R. D... |
AA Limited, trading as The AA (formerly The Automobile Association), is a British motoring association.
Founded in 1905, it provides vehicle insurance, driving lessons, breakdown cover, loans, motoring advice, road maps and other services. The association demutualised in 1999, to become a private limited company, and ... | {"Type": "Private limited company", "Industry": "Automotive services", "Founded": "1905", "Headquarters": "Fanum House, Basingstoke, England", "Revenue": "£995 million (2020) https://www.theaaplc.com/~/media/Files/A/AA-Plc-V2/results-presentations/2020/annual-report-and-accounts-2020.pdf Annual Report 2020 The Automobi... |
Hugh Malcolm Downs (February 14, 1921July 1, 2020) was an American radio and television broadcaster, announcer and programmer; television host; news anchor; TV producer; author; game show host; talk show sidekick; and music composer. A regular television presence from the mid 1940s until the late 1990s, he had several ... | {"Name": "Hugh Downs", "Image": "Hugh Downs 1972.JPG", "Caption": "Downs in 1972", "Birth date": "1921 2 14", "Birth place": "Akron, Ohio, U.S.", "Death date": "2020 7 1 1921 2 14", "Death place": "Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.", "Education": "Bluffton UniversityWayne State UniversityColumbia University (BA)Hunter College ... |
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The 1666 census of New France was the first census conducted in Canada (and also North America). It was organized by Jean Talon, the first Intendant of New France, between 1665 and 1666.
Talon and the French Minister of the Marine Jean-B... | {"Name of the census": "First Census of New France", "Country": "New France", "Census date": "1665-1666", "Population recorded": "3,215", "Region type": "settlement", "Most populous region": "Montreal (625)", "Least populous region": "Seigneurie de Lauzon Lauzon fr (13)"} |
Glen Anthony Rice Sr. (born May 28, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a small forward, Rice was a three-time NBA All-Star and made 1,559 three-point field goals during his 15-year career. Rice won both an NCAA championship and NBA cham... | {"Listed height": "8", "Listed weight": "228", "Born": "Jacksonville, Arkansas, U.S.", "High school": "Flint Northwestern (Flint, Michigan)", "College": "Michigan (1985-1989)"} |
Mount Magazine, officially named Magazine Mountain, is the highest point of the U.S. Interior Highlands and the U.S. state of Arkansas, and is the site of Mount Magazine State Park. It is a flat-topped mountain or mesa capped by hard rock and rimmed by precipitous cliffs. There are two summits atop the mountain: Signa... | {"Elevation": "FG1888 MAG 2008-12-16", "Prominence": "6606 Magazine Mountain, Arkansas 2012-10-17", "Location": "Logan County, Arkansas, U.S.", "Coordinates": "35.167016203 N 93.644725919 W type:mountain_region:US-AR_scale:100000_source:ngs dms inline,title"} |
Alex Kozinski (; born July 23, 1950) is a Romanian-American jurist and lawyer who was a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1985 to 2017. He was a prominent and influential judge, and many of his law clerks went on to clerk for U.S. Supreme Court justices.
Kozinski's judicial career ended in ... | {"Name": "Alex Kozinski", "Image caption": "Kozinski in 2010", "Term start": "December 1, 2007", "Term end": "December 1, 2014", "Office 2": "Judge of the United States Claims Court", "Appointer 2": "Ronald Reagan", "Predecessor 2": "seat established", "Successor 2": "Marian Blank Horn", "Birth date": "1950 07 23", "Bi... |
Stax Records is an American record company, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the label changed its name to Stax Records in 1961. It also shared its operations with sister label Volt Records.
Stax was influential in the creation of Southern soul and Memphis soul music. Stax ... | {"Parent company": "Concord", "Founded": "1957", "Founder": "Jim Stewart, Estelle Axton", "Location": "Memphis, Tennessee", "Distributor(s)": "Concord Records (in the United States) Universal Music Group (distribution) Craft Recordings (reissues)\nAtlantic Records Rhino Entertainment (Pre-1968 catalog)", "Genre": "Soul... |
The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited (KMB) is a bus company operating franchised services in Hong Kong. It is the largest bus company in Hong Kong by fleet size and number of bus routes, with over 4000 buses and 420 routes. It is a subsidiary of Transport International.
Its slogan is Heartbeat of the City (Chi... | {"Parent": "Transport International", "Founded": "yes 1933 4 13", "Headquarters": "Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong KongKowloon Motor Bus Co 1993 Ltd/The https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/7815977Z:HK Bloomberg 22 May 2022", "Service area": "Hong Kong", "Service type": "Bus services", "Alliance": "Long Win Bus", "R... |
Gill Sans is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Eric Gill and released by the British branch of Monotype from 1928 onwards.
Gill Sans is based on Edward Johnston's 1916 "Underground Alphabet", the corporate font of London Underground. As a young artist, Gill had assisted Johnston in its early development stage... | {"Name": "Gill Sans", "Category": "Sans-serif", "Classification": "Humanist", "Designer(s)": "Eric Gill", "Foundry": "Monotype", "Date created": "1926", "Date released": "1928 (Monotype)", "Design based on": "Johnston", "Variations": "Gill Kayo"} |
Veracruz is a state in central eastern Mexico that is divided into 212 municipalities. According to the 2020 Mexican Census, it is the fourth most populated state with inhabitants and the 11th largest by land area spanning .
Municipalities in Veracruz are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115... | {"Category": "Second-level administrative divisions", "Location": "State of Veracruz", "Found in": "Mexico", "Created": "5 February 1917", "Abolished": "5 February 1917", "Created by": "Constitution of 1917", "Abolished by": "Constitution of 1917", "Number": "212", "Populations": "1543-607,209 (Landero y Coss-Veracruz)... |
General Sir Michael David Jackson, (born 21 March 1944) is a retired British Army officer and one of its most high-profile generals since the Second World War. Originally commissioned into the Intelligence Corps in 1963, he transferred to the Parachute Regiment in 1970, with which he served two of his three tours of d... | {"Born": "Sheffield, England", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Commands held": "Chief of the General StaffLand CommandAllied Rapid Reaction Corps3rd Mechanised Division39th Infantry Brigade1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment", "Awards": "Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the BathCommander of the Order of the British Em... |
Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real (translated: Woman, Real Life Cases) is an anthology telenovela produced by Mexican television network Televisa for Canal de las Estrellas. Developed as a response to the Mexican earthquake of 1985, the program initially consisted of reenactments of real-life situations, or "cases", related... | {"Presented by": "Silvia Pinal", "Country of origin": "Mexico", "Running time": "60 minutes", "Original network": "Canal de las Estrellas", "Original release": "2007 11 30"} |
Huang Zhong (, ) (died 220), courtesy name Hansheng, was a Chinese military general serving under the warlord Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He is best known for his victory at the Battle of Mount Dingjun in 219, in which his force routed that of an enemy general, Xiahou Yuan, who was killed in a... | {"Name": "Huang Zhong", "Native name": "黃忠", "Image caption": "A Qing dynasty illustration of Huang Zhong", "Term start": "219", "Term end": "220", "Office 2": "General Who Attacks Barbarians (討虜將軍)(under Liu Bei)", "Monarch 2": "Emperor Xian of Han", "Birth date": "Unknown", "Birth place": "Nanyang, Henan", "Death dat... |
James Parkinson (11 April 175521 December 1824) was an English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, palaeontologist and political activist. He is best known for his 1817 work An Essay on the Shaking Palsy, in which he was the first to describe "paralysis agitans", a condition that would later be renamed Parkinson's disease... | {"Post-nominals": "GBR 100% FGS", "Birth date": "yes 1755 04 11", "Birth place": "Shoreditch, London, England", "Death date": "yes 1824 12 21 1755 04 11", "Death place": "Shoreditch, London, England", "Resting place": "St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch", "Alma mater": "The London Hospital", "Occupation": "Surgeon geologi... |
Margaret Colin (born May 26, 1958) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Margo Hughes on As the World Turns and as Eleanor Waldorf-Rose on Gossip Girl.
Early life
Margaret Colin was born in Brooklyn, New York City, and was raised in Baldwin, New York, on Long Island. She is of Irish descent and was rai... | {"Name": "Margaret Colin", "Caption": "Colin at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival", "Birth date": "yes 1958 5 26", "Birth place": "Brooklyn, New York, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1976-present", "Spouse(s)": "Justin Deas 1988", "Children": "2"} |
Harry Kewell (born 22 September 1978) is an Australian association football coach, manager and former player. His most recent role as a club manager was at English National League side Barnet, and he is currently a first team coach at Celtic.
As a player, Kewell represented Leeds United, Liverpool, Galatasaray, Melbo... | {"Name": "Harry Kewell", "Picture caption": "Kewell in 2008", "Full name": "Harry Kewell", "Birth date": "1978 9 22 yHarry Kewell: Overview https://www.premierleague.com/players/1049/Harry-Kewell/overview Premier League 18 August 2022", "Birth place": "Sydney, AustraliaHarry Kewell http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/sq... |
Randy Randall Rudy Quaid (born October 1, 1950) is an American actor known for his roles in both serious drama and light comedy.
He was nominated for an Academy Award, BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award for his role in The Last Detail in 1973. In 1978 he co-starred as a prisoner in Midnight Express. Quaid also won a... | {"Caption": "Quaid in 2008", "Birth name": "Randy Randall Rudy QuaidKim, Susanna https://abcnews.go.com/Business/MindMoodNews/quaid-financials/story?id=12023257 Randy and Evi Quaid Forfeit $1Million in Bail ABC News November 17, 2010 ... the Quaids, listed in their 2000 Los Angeles bankruptcy filing as Randall R. Quaid... |
The Centre Party (, Sp; ), formerly the Farmer's Party (, Bp), is an agrarian political party in Norway.
Ideologically, the Centre Party is positioned in the centre on the political spectrum, it advocates for economic nationalist and protectionist policy to protect Norwegian farmers with toll tariffs, and it supports ... | {"Abbreviation": "Sp", "Leader": "Trygve Slagsvold Vedum", "Founded": "1920 05 19 yes", "Headquarters": "Akersgata 35, Oslo", "Ideology": "nowrap \n Agrarianism (Nordic)\n Economic nationalism\n Populism", "Political position": "Centre", "Slogan": "\"Nær folk\"(\"Close to people\")"} |
Citizen Smith is a British television sitcom written by John Sullivan, first broadcast from 1977 to 1980.
It starred Robert Lindsay as Walter Henry "Wolfie" Smith, a young Marxist "urban guerrilla" in Tooting, south London, who is attempting to emulate his hero Che Guevara. Wolfie is a reference to the Irish revolutio... | {"Running time": "30 minutes", "Created by": "John Sullivan", "Starring": "Robert LindsayMike GradyCheryl HallHilda BraidPeter VaughanTony SteedmanTony MillanGeorge SweeneyStephen GreifDavid Garfield", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Original network": "BBC1", "Original release": "1980 12 31 y"} |
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