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(; ) is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. is based in the capital city of Madrid and it is owned by the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA.
It is the second-most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . is the most read newspaper in Spanish online and one of the Madrid dail... | {"Type": "Daily newspaper", "Format": "Compact", "Owner(s)": "PRISA", "Founder(s)": "José Ortega Spottorno Jesús de Polanco Juan Luis Cebrián", "Publisher": "Ediciones El País, S.L.", "Editor-in-chief": "Pepa Bueno", "Associate editor": "Joaquín Estefanía", "Political alignment": "Center-leftGalluzzi Anna Libraries and... |
(acronym TVE, branded tve, "Spanish Television") is Spain's national state-owned public television broadcaster and the oldest regular television service in the country. It was also the first regular television service in Equatorial Guinea.
TVE began as a standalone company dependent on the Ministry of Information and... | {"Country": "Spain", "Type": "Broadcast television network", "Availability": "Spain\n Worldwide (international channels and online)", "Parent": "Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE)", "Headquarters": "Prado del Rey, Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid) Spain."} |
Nackawic is a former town in New Brunswick, Canada. It held town status prior to 2023 and is now part of the rural community of Nackawic-Millville. It is approximately 65 km west of the city of Fredericton on the east bank of the Saint John River.
Nackawic, from the Malecite Nelgwaweegek, "straight stream", possibly i... | {"Land": "7.68", "Density": "125.2", "DST": "-3", "Website": "nackawic.com"} |
Verano azul () is a Spanish television drama series directed by Antonio Mercero. It was first broadcast on La Primera Cadena of Televisión Española from October 11, 1981 to February 14, 1982.
The series tells the adventures of a group of youngsters between ages 9 and 17, while on summer vacation in a small coastal tow... | {"Genre": "Comedy drama\n Teen drama", "Created by": "Antonio Mercero", "Starring": "Antonio Ferrandis\n :es:Miguel Joven\n :es:Pilar Torres\n Juan José Artero\n es:José Luis Fernández\n :es:Miguel Ángel Valero\n :es:Gerardo Garrido\n :es:Cristina Torres\n :es:María Garralón", "Country of origin": "Spain", "Running tim... |
Christiane Vera Felscherinow (born 20 May 1962) is a German actress and musician who is best known for her contribution to the 1978 autobiographical book Christiane F. (original title: ), and the film and television miniseries based on the book, in which her teenage drug use is documented.
Early life
Felscherinow was ... | {"Birth name": "Christiane Vera Felscherinow", "Birth date": "yes 1962 05 20", "Birth place": "Hamburg, West Germany", "Nationality": "German", "Occupation": "Actress and musician", "Known For": "Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo"} |
Pease Pottage is a village in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the southern edge of the Crawley built-up area, in the civil parish of Slaugham.
The village has a motorway service station, named after the village, which also serves as a local shop for the residents of the village (a footpath ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "District": "Mid Sussex", "Shire county": "West Sussex", "UK Parliament": "Horsham", "Postcode district": "RH", "Dialling code": "01293", "OS grid reference": "TQ255325"} |
is a business simulation video game for the Super NES and Mega Drive/Genesis game consoles, released in 1992 by Koei. It was also released for the FM Towns, PC-9801 and X68000 computer platforms in Japan.
As CEO of a budding international airline, the player has a limited amount of time to expand their business to bec... | {"Title": "Aerobiz", "Caption": "North American Super NES cover art", "Developer": "Koei", "Publisher": "Koei", "Composer": "Taku Iwasaki", "Series": "Koei Executive Series", "Released": "Super NES JP April 5, 1992 NA February 1993 Genesis NA 1992 JP November 1, 1992 X68000 JP November 20, 1992", "Genre": "Business sim... |
Woodstock is a town in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada on the Saint John River, 103 km (65 miles) upriver from Fredericton at the mouth of the Meduxnekeag River. It is near the Canada-United States border and Houlton, Maine and the intersection of Interstate 95 and the Trans-Canada Highway making it a transporta... | {"Type": "Council-manager government", "Land": "14.96", "Density": "371.1", "DST": "-3", "Website": "http://town.woodstock.nb.ca"} |
Michelle Gilliam Phillips (born Holly Michelle Gilliam; June 4, 1944) is an American singer and actress. She rose to fame as a vocalist in the musical quartet the Mamas and the Papas in the mid-1960s. Her voice was described by Time magazine as the "purest soprano in pop music". She later established a successful caree... | {"Caption": "Phillips in 1977", "Birth name": "Holly Michelle Gilliam", "Birth date": "1944 6 4", "Birth place": "Long Beach, California, U.S.", "Children": "Chynna Phillips, Aron Wilson, Austin Deveraux-Hines", "Spouse(s)": "John Phillips 1962 1969 divorced\n Dennis Hopper 1970 1970 divorced\n Robert Burch 1978 1979 d... |
Cassandra "Cassie" Jackman (born 22 December 1972 and competing in some years as Cassie Campion) is an English former squash player who won the World Open in 1999. She was England's leading player throughout much of the 1990s and early 21st century. She retired due to a recurring back injury in December 2004.
Jackman... | {"Residence": "Norwich, England", "Born": "North Walsham, England", "Turned Pro": "1990", "Retired": "2004", "Plays": "Right Handed", "Racquet used": "Prince", "Highest ranking": "January 2000"} |
Holstein-Gottorp or Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp () is the historiographical name, as well as contemporary shorthand name, for the parts of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, also known as Ducal Holstein, that were ruled by the dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, a side branch of the elder Danish line of the House o... | {"Country": "Russian Empire\nKingdom of Denmark\nKingdom of Sweden\nKingdom of Norway\n22px Grand Duchy of Oldenburg\n22px Duchy of Oldenburg\n22px Duchy of Schleswig\n22px Duchy of Holstein", "Etymology": "From Holstein region and Gottorf Castle, Schleswig", "Founded": "1544", "Founder": "Adolf of Denmark", "Current h... |
Name That Tune is an American television music game show. Originally created and produced by orchestra conductor Harry Salter and his wife Roberta Semple Salter, the series features contestants competing to correctly identify songs being played by an on-stage orchestra or band.
Name That Tune premiered on the NBC Radi... | {"Also known as": "The $100,000 Name That Tune (1976-81)\n Celebrity Name That Tune (2023)", "Created by": "Harry Salter", "Directed by": "Peter Ots (2021)\n Julian Smith (2022-)", "Presented by": "Red Benson\n Bill Cullen\n George DeWitt\n Richard Hayes\n Dennis James\n Tom Kennedy\n Jim Lange\n Jane Krakowski", "Narr... |
David William Davis (April 23, 1873 - August 5, 1959) was an American politician who served as the 12th governor of Idaho from 1919 to 1923. He later served briefly as commissioner of the United States Bureau of Reclamation in 1923 and 1925. He later became a special assistant to the United States Secretary of the Inte... | {"Name": "D. W. Davis", "Term start": "1923", "Term end": "1924", "Lieutenant governor 1": "Charles C. Moore", "Office 2": "Member of the Idaho Senate", "Birth date": "1873 04 23 y", "Birth place": "Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom", "Death date": "1959 08 05 1873 04 23", "Death place": "Boise, Idaho, U.S.", "Spouse(s)":... |
David J. Davis (November 22, 1870 - November 19, 1942) was an American politician and military officer who served as the 13th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania from 1923 to 1927. Davis was a member of the Republican Party.
Life and career
Davis was born and raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the Uni... | {"Name": "David J. Davis", "Term start": "January 20, 1923", "Term end": "January 18, 1927", "Birth date": "1870 11 22", "Birth place": "Scranton, Pennsylvania, US", "Death date": "1942 11 19 1870 11 22", "Death place": "Scranton, Pennsylvania"} |
MySQL AB was a Swedish software company founded in 1995. It was acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2008, Sun was in turn acquired by Oracle Corporation in 2010. MySQL AB is the creator of MySQL, a relational database management system, as well as related products such as MySQL Cluster. The company was dually headquartere... | {"Type": "Private company", "Genre": "Database software", "Fate": "Acquired by Sun Microsystems", "Founded": "1995", "Defunct": "2008", "Headquarters": "Uppsala, Sweden and Cupertino, California, U.S.", "Industry": "Computer software", "Products": "MySQL, MySQL Cluster", "Website": "www.mysql.com"} |
The Dears are a Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec. The band is led by the husband-and-wife duo of singer-guitarist Murray Lightburn and keyboardist Natalia Yanchak.
History
The band formed in 1995 and released their first album, End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story, in 2000. Their orchestral, dark pop sound a... | {"Origin": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Genres": "Indie rock, psychedelic rock", "Labels": "Pheromone, Grenadine, MapleMusic, Bella Union, Arts & Crafts, Dangerbird, Albert, Arts & Crafts México", "Website": "www.thedears.org", "Members": "Murray LightburnNatalia YanchakJeff Luciani"} |
Salute Your Shorts is an American television sitcom created by Steve Slavkin and produced by Propaganda Films, which aired on Nickelodeon from July 4, 1991, to September 12, 1992.
Focused around the life of young campers at the fictional Camp Anawanna, the show was based on Slavkin's 1986 book Salute Your Shorts: Life... | {"Genre": "Teen sitcom", "Created by": "Steve Slavkin", "Narrated by": "Steve Slavkin", "Starring": "Kirk Baily\n Megan Berwick\n Michael Bower\n Danny Cooksey\n Venus DeMilo\n Tim Eyster\n Heidi Lucas\n Erik MacArthur\n Blake Soper", "Country of origin": "United States", "Camera setup": "Single-camera", "Running time"... |
Arun Jaitley (28 December 1952 - 24 August 2019) was an Indian politician and attorney. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Jaitley served as the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of the Government of India from 2014 to 2019. Jaitley previously held the cabinet portfolios of Finance, Defence, Corporate Affa... | {"Name": "Arun Jaitley", "Image caption": "Official Portrait, 2014", "Alternative text": "Arun Jaitley", "Term start": "26 May 2014", "Term end": "30 May 2019", "Office 2": "Minister of Corporate Affairs", "Prime minister 2": "Narendra Modi", "Predecessor 2": "Sachin Pilot", "Successor 2": "Nirmala Sitharaman", "Birth ... |
John Charles Herries PC (November 1778 - 24 April 1855), known as J. C. Herries, was a British politician and financier and a frequent member of Tory and Conservative cabinets in the early to mid-19th century.
Background and education
Herries was the eldest son of Charles Herries, a London merchant, by his wife Mary A... | {"Name": "John Charles Herries", "Image size": "150px", "Order 2": "President of the Board of Trade", "Monarch 2": "George IV William IV", "Prime minister 2": "The Duke of Wellington", "Predecessor 2": "William Vesey-FitzGerald", "Successor 2": "The Lord Auckland", "Birth date": "November 1778", "Death date": "1855 04... |
Tigana is a 1990 fantasy novel by Canadian writer Guy Gavriel Kay. The novel is set in a region called the Peninsula of the Palm, which somewhat resembles Renaissance Italy as well as the Peloponnese in shape.
Setting
The world where Tigana takes place is a planet orbited by two moons. Kay notes that some of his reade... | {"Cover artist": "Mel Odom", "Country": "Canada", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Penguin Canada", "Media type": "Print", "Pages": "673 pp.", "ISBN": "0-451-45028-0"} |
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Auto Union AG, was an amalgamation of four German automobile manufacturers, founded in 1932 and established in 1936 in Chemnitz, Saxony. It is the immediate predecessor of Audi as it is known today.
As well as acting as an umbrella firm for its four constituent brands ... | {"Fate": "acquired by Volkswagen,merged with NSU to create modern day Audi company.", "Founded": "Auto Union AGChemnitz, Germany(yes 1932 06 29)History of Audi AG http://www.audi.com/com/brand/en/company/audi_history/personalities/august_horch.html 15 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20130114004911/http://www.a... |
On April 5-6, 1936, an outbreak of 14 (or more) tornadoes struck the Southeastern United States, killing at least 454 people (with 419 of those deaths caused by just two tornadoes) and injuring at least 2,500 others. Over 200 people died in Georgia alone, making it the deadliest disaster ever recorded in the state.
Al... | {"Name": "1936 Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak", "Type": "Tornado outbreak", "Duration": "April 5-6, 1936", "Tornadoes confirmed": "≥ 14", "Fujita scale / Enhanced Fujita scale": "F5", "Duration of tornado outbreak": "18 hours", "Fatalities": "≥ 454 fatalities, >2,498 injuries", "Damage": "≥ $15.9 million (1936 USD... |
Cleanth Brooks ( ; October 16, 1906 - May 10, 1994) was an American literary critic and professor. He is best known for his contributions to New Criticism in the mid-20th century and for revolutionizing the teaching of poetry in American higher education. His best-known works, The Well Wrought Urn: Studies in the Struc... | {"Name": "Cleanth Brooks", "Birth date": "October 16, 1906", "Birth place": "Murray, Kentucky, U.S.", "Death date": "May 10, 1994", "Education": "McTyeire SchoolVanderbilt UniversityTulane UniversityExeter College, Oxford", "Occupation": "Literary critic, academic", "Spouse(s)": "Edith Amy Blanchord"} |
"Stacy's Mom" is a song by American rock band Fountains of Wayne. It is the third track on their third studio album, Welcome Interstate Managers, and was released to radio as the album's first single on May 19, 2003, through S-Curve Records and Virgin Records. "Stacy's Mom" was written by bassist Adam Schlesinger and v... | {"B-side": "Trains and Boats and Planes", "Released": "2003 05 19 yes", "Studio": "Stratosphere Sound (New York)\n Q Division (Somerville, Massachusetts)\n Clubhouse Recording (Rhinebeck, New York)", "Genre": "Power pop\n pop-punk", "Label": "S-Curve\n Virgin", "Songwriter(s)": "Adam Schlesinger\n Chris Collingwood", "... |
News From Indian Country was a privately owned newspaper, published once a month in the United States, founded by the journalist Paul DeMain (Ojibwe/Oneida) in 1986, who served as a managing editor and an owner. It was the oldest continuing, nationally distributed publication that was not owned by a tribal government. ... | {"Type": "Weekly newspaper", "Owner(s)": "Indian Country Communications", "Founder(s)": "Paul DeMain", "Publisher": "Paul DeMain", "Language": "English", "City": "Lac Courte Oreilles Indian Reservation, Wisconsin", "Country": "United States", "ISSN": "1548-4939", "OCLC": "29807522", "Website": "https://www.indiancountr... |
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The DIAC (diode for alternating current) is a diode that conducts electrical current only after its breakover voltage, VBO, has been reached momentarily. Three, four, and five layer structures may be used. Behavior is similar to the voltage breakdown of a triac without a gate terminal.
Whe... | {"Name": "DIAC", "Caption": "DIAC", "Type": "Passive", "Circuit symbol": "100px", "Pins": "anode 1, anode 2"} |
Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky (; - September 27, 1944) was a Russian chemist and photographer. He is best known for his pioneering work in colour photography and his effort to document early 20th-century Russia.
Using a railway-car darkroom provided by Tsar Nicholas II, Prokudin-Gorsky travelled the Russian Emp... | {"Name": "Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky", "Alt": "Prokudin-Gorsky seated on a rock holding a walking cane", "Caption": "Prokudin-Gorsky in 1912", "Birth date": "August 30 1863 August 18", "Birth place": "Funikova Gora, Pokrovsky Uyezd, Vladimir Governorate, Russian Empire", "Death date": "1944 9 27 1863 8 30", "Death place": ... |
Alexei Grigoryevich Stakhanov (, Alekséy Grigór'yevich Stachánov; 3 January 1906 - 5 November 1977) was a Soviet and Russian miner, Hero of Socialist Labour (1970), and a member of the CPSU (1936).
He became a celebrity in 1935 as part of what became known as the Stakhanovite movement—a campaign intended to increase w... | {"Name": "Alexei Stakhanov", "Image": "Stakhanov.JPG", "Alt": "Alexei Stakhanov and another man at work in a Soviet coal mine. Stakhanov, while holding a drill, is seated at the coal face, his head turned to speak to his colleague.", "Caption": "Stakhanov (right) in a Soviet coal mine", "Birth name": "Alexei Grigorevic... |
Seabiscuit is a 2003 American sports film co-produced, written and directed by Gary Ross and based on the best-selling 1999 non-fiction book Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand. The film is loosely based on the life and racing career of Seabiscuit, an undersized and overlooked Thoroughbred race horse, w... | {"Directed by": "Gary Ross", "Produced by": "Kathleen Kennedy \nFrank Marshall\nGary Ross\nJane Sindell", "Screenplay by": "Gary Ross", "Based on": "Seabiscuit: An American Legend Laura Hillenbrand", "Starring": "Tobey Maguire\nJeff Bridges\nChris Cooper\nElizabeth Banks\nGary Stevens\nWilliam H. Macy", "Narrated by": ... |
Dennis Gerrard Stephen Doherty (November 29, 1940 - January 19, 2007) was a Canadian musician. He was a founding member of the 1960s musical group the Mamas & the Papas for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.
Early life and career
Denny Doherty was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the young... | {"Name": "Denny Doherty", "Caption": "Doherty in a publicity photo, c. 1967", "Birth name": "Dennis Gerrard Stephen Doherty", "Birth date": "1940 11 29", "Birth place": "Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada", "Resting place": "Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada", "Death date": "2007 1 19 1940 11 29",... |
The Olympic Oval in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is North America's first covered speed skating oval; it was built for the 1988 Winter Olympics and opened on September 27, 1987.1988 Winter Olympics official report. Part 1. pp. 144-51. Located on the University of Calgary campus, it is the official designated training cen... | {"Location": "Calgary, Alberta, Canada", "Coordinates": "51.077 N 114.136 W type:landmark_region:CA it Olympic Oval", "Broke ground": "1985", "Opened": "September 27, 1987", "Owner": "University of Calgary", "Operator": "University of Calgary,Faculty of Kinesiology", "Construction cost": "CAD$38.9 Million", "Architect"... |
The franc (; , ; sign: F or Fr), also commonly distinguished as the (FF), was a currency of France. Between 1360 and 1641, it was the name of coins worth 1 livre tournois and it remained in common parlance as a term for this amount of money. It was reintroduced (in decimal form) in 1795. After two centuries of inflati... | {"ISO 4217 code": "FRF", "ISO 4217 comment": "(1960-2002)", "Pegged by": "KMF, XAF & XOF, XPF, ADF, MCF", "Unit": "franc", "Subunit": "1 100", "Nickname": "balles (1 F);E. & J. de Goncourt Charles Demailly 1860 107 .n Always used in the plural and originally in reference to the old franc, so that new francs were kn... |
Sargon I (also transcribed as Šarru-kīn I and Sharru-ken I) was the king (Išši’ak Aššur, "Steward of Assur") during the Old Assyrian period from 1920 BC to 1881 BC. On the Assyrian King List, Sargon appears as the son and successor of Ikunum, and the father and predecessor of Puzur-Ashur II.
The name “Sargon” means “... | {"Name": "Sargon I", "Title": "Issi'ak Assur", "Caption": "Line-drawing of a seal of Sargon I from Kültepe. The seated figure is believed to be the god Ashur, with Sargon being the figure furthest to the left being led towards him.Eppihimer Melissa 2013 Representing Ashur: The Old Assyrian Rulers' Seals and Their Ur II... |
Thomas Clarkson (28 March 1760 - 26 September 1846) was an English abolitionist, and a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire. He helped found the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade (also known as the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade) and helped achieve passage ... | {"Name": "Thomas Clarkson", "Caption": "Thomas Clarkson by Carl Frederik von Breda, painting in the National Portrait Gallery", "Birth date": "y 1760 03 28", "Birth place": "Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England", "Death date": "y 1846 09 26 1760 03 28", "Death place": "Playford, Suffolk, England", "Nationality... |
Otto Ernst Lindemann (28 March 1894 - 27 May 1941) was a German Kapitän zur See (naval captain). He was the only commander of the battleship during its eight months of service in World War II.
Lindemann joined the German Imperial Navy () in 1913, and after his basic military training, served on a number of warships d... | {"Born": "Altenkirchen, German Empire", "Died": "North Atlantic", "Allegiance": "German Empire (1913-18) Weimar Republic (1918-33) Nazi Germany (1933-41)", "Commands held": "1st Artillery Company, FreidrichsortShip Construction Dept, OKMNaval Gunnery SchoolGerman battleship Bismarck 2", "Awards": "Knight's Cross of the... |
Miklós "Miki" Fehér (; 20 July 1979 - 25 January 2004) was a Hungarian professional footballer who played as a striker.
He spent most of his nine-year career in Portugal, representing four clubs and amassing Primeira Liga totals of 80 games and 27 goals. On 25 January 2004, he died of a cardiac arrest during a match b... | {"Name": "Miklós Fehér", "Picture caption": "Fehér with Benfica in 2003", "Full name": "Miklós Fehérhttps://www.eurosport.com/football/miklos-feher_prs195069/person.shtml Miklós Fehér Eurosport 17 April 2020", "Birth date": "1979 7 20 yes", "Birth place": "Tatabánya, Hungary", "Date of death": "2004 1 25 1979 7 20 yes"... |
Exotica is a 1994 Canadian film written and directed by Atom Egoyan, and starring Bruce Greenwood, Mia Kirshner, Don McKellar, Arsinée Khanjian, and Elias Koteas. Set primarily in the fictional Exotica strip club in Toronto, the film concerns a father grieving over the loss of a child and obsessed with a young stripper... | {"Directed by": "Atom Egoyan", "Written by": "Atom Egoyan", "Produced by": "Atom Egoyan\n Camelia Frieberg", "Starring": "Bruce Greenwood\n Mia Kirshner\n Don McKellar\n Arsinée Khanjian\n Elias Koteas", "Cinematography": "Paul Sarossy", "Edited by": "Susan Shipton", "Music by": "Mychael Danna", "Distributed by": "Alli... |
Bachata is a genre of music that originated in the Dominican Republic in the 20th century. It contains elements of European (mainly Spanish music), indigenous Taino and African musical elements, representing the cultural diversity of the Dominican population.
The first recorded compositions of bachata was done by José... | {"Name": "Bachata", "Image": "280px|center|border", "Image caption": "Dominican folk bachata musicians - Amargue Bachata Quintet", "Cultural origins": "Dominican Republic", "Subgenres": "Traditional bachata bachatón", "Regional scenes": "Dominican Republic Cuba Puerto Rico United States Mexico Curaçao Panama Chile Colo... |
The Redhead from Wyoming is a 1953 American Western film produced by Leonard Goldstein and directed by Lee Sholem. It stars Maureen O'Hara as a saloon proprietress who becomes embroiled in a range war and Alex Nicol as the sheriff who tries to prevent it. The supporting cast includes William Bishop as a politician who ... | {"Directed by": "Lee Sholem", "Produced by": "Leonard Goldstein", "Written by": "Polly James\n Herb Meadow", "Starring": "Maureen O'Hara\n Alex Nicol", "Cinematography": "Winton Hoch", "Edited by": "Milton Carruth", "Color process": "Technicolor", "Distributed by": "Universal Pictures", "Box office": "$1.1 million (US)... |
El Chapulín Colorado (English: The Red Grasshopper) is a Mexican television comedy series that ran from 1973 to 1979 and parodied superhero shows. It was created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños (Chespirito), who also played the main character. It was first aired by Televisa in 1973 in Mexico, and then was aired across Latin A... | {"Genre": "Adventure\n Comedy\n Slapstick\n Superhero", "Running time": "30 minutes", "Created by": "Roberto Gómez Bolaños", "Starring": "Roberto Gómez BolañosCarlos VillagránRamón ValdésFlorinda MezaRubén Aguirre (1973-1978)Angelines FernándezÉdgar VivarMaría Antonieta de las Nieves (1973-1975; 1975-1979)Horacio Gómez... |
Lon Leonard Chapman (October 1, 1920 – October 12, 2007) was an American actor best known for his numerous guest star appearances on television drama series.
Early years
Chapman was the son of Elmer and Eunice Chapman, He was born on October 1, 1920, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but lived thereafter in Joplin, Missouri. He gr... | {"Name": "Lonny Chapman", "Caption": "Chapman in 1961", "Birth name": "Lon Leonard Chapman", "Birth date": "1920 10 1", "Birth place": "Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.", "Death date": "2007 10 12 1920 10 1", "Death place": "North Hollywood, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor, playwright", "Years active": "1951–2001", "Alma ... |
Mia Kirshner (born January 25, 1975) is a Canadian actress, writer, and social activist. She is known for television roles as Mandy in 24 (2001-2005), as Jenny Schecter in The L Word (2004-2009), as Amanda Grayson in Star Trek: Discovery (2017-2019) and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2023), and as Isobel Flemming in Th... | {"Name": "Mia Kirshner", "Caption": "Kirshner at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con", "Birth date": "1975 01 25", "Birth place": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Occupation": "Actress activist writer", "Years active": "1989-present", "Partner(s)": "Sam Shepard (2014-15)"} |
The 25th Infantry Division (nicknamed "Tropic Lightning") is a United States Army division based at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii. The division, which was activated on 1 October 1941 in Hawaii, conducts military operations primarily in the Asia-Pacific region. Its present deployment is composed of light infantry and avi... | {"Branch": "United States", "Type": "Light infantry", "Role": "Jungle warfare", "Size": "Division", "Part of": "Flag of the United States Army I Corps.svg 23px I Corps", "Nickname(s)": "\"Tropic Lightning\" (Special Designation)", "Motto(s)": "\"America’s Pacific Division\"", "Notablecommanders": "General J. Lawton Col... |
Fiore Furlano de Cividale d'Austria, delli Liberi da Premariacco (Fiore dei Liberi, Fiore Furlano, Fiore de Cividale d'Austria; born ca. 1350; died after 1409) was a late 14th century knight, diplomat, and itinerant fencing master.
He is the earliest Italian master from whom an martial arts manual has survived. His F... | {"Born": "c. 1350", "Died": "after 1409", "Occupation": "Diplomat, Fencing master, Mercenary", "Language": "Friulian, Italian, Renaissance Latin", "Nationality": "Italian\nyes \n Gian Galeazzo Visconti (?)\n Niccolò III d'Este (?)", "Relatives": "Benedetto de'i Liberi (father)"} |
Centennial is a 12-episode American television miniseries that aired on NBC from October 1978 to February 1979. The miniseries follows the fictional history of Centennial, Colorado, from 1795 to the 1970s. It was based on the 1974 novel of the same name by James A. Michener, was produced by John Wilder.
It was one of ... | {"Written by": "James A. Michener (Novel)\n Charles Larson\n (Part 5, 7, 9 & 11)\n John Wilder\n (Part 2, 6 & 12)\n Jerry Ziegman\n (Part 3, 4 & 11)", "Directed by": "Harry Falk\n (Part 8, 9 & 10)\n Paul Krasny\n (Part 3, 4 & 5)\n Bernard McEveety (Part 11)\n Virgil W. Vogel\n (Part 1, 2, 6, 7 & 12)", "Starring": "Mich... |
Joseph Blaine Johnson (August 29, 1893 - October 25, 1986) was an American politician who served as the 70th governor of Vermont from 1955 to 1959.
Biography
Born in Helsingborg, Sweden, Johnson moved with his family from Sweden to Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont, in 1902 and became a naturalized U.S. citizen. He... | {"Name": "Joseph Blaine Johnson", "Lieutenant 1": "Consuelo N. BaileyRobert T. Stafford", "Order 2": "65th", "Office 2": "Lieutenant Governor of Vermont", "Governor 2": "Lee E. Emerson", "Predecessor 2": "Harold J. Arthur", "Successor 2": "Consuelo N. Bailey", "Birth date": "1893 8 29 y", "Birth place": "Helsingborg, S... |
Centennial is a novel by American author James A. Michener, published in 1974. It traces the history of the plains of north-east Colorado from prehistory until the mid-1970s. Geographic details about the fictional town of Centennial and its surroundings indicate that the region is in modern Weld County.
Centennial was... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Random House", "Media type": "print", "Pages": "909pp.", "ISBN": "0-394-47970-X"} |
Andrew Fordham (2 February 1962 - 15 July 2021) was an English professional darts player, commonly known as The Viking. He won the 2004 BDO World Darts Championship and the 1999 Winmau World Masters.
Darts career
Fordham made his first appearance on the stage at Lakeside in the 1995 BDO World Darts Championship and ... | {"Full name": "Andrew Fordham", "Nickname": "\"The Viking\"", "Born": "Erith, England", "Died": "Woolwich, London, England", "Playing darts since": "1982", "Darts": "21g Winmau 'Viking Raiders'", "Walk-on music": "\"I'm Too Sexy\" by Right Said Fred", "BDO": "1990-2009, 2013-2018", "PDC": "2009-2011", "World Ch'ship": ... |
Arsinée Khanjian (Western Armenian: Արսինէ Խանճեան, Eastern Armenian: Արսինե Խանջյան; born 6 September 1958) is a Canadian actress and activist. She is widely known for her collaborations with her husband, filmmaker Atom Egoyan. She won the 2003 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for her r... | {"Name": "Arsinée Khanjian", "Caption": "Khanjian at the Third Golden Apricot Film Festival at Yerevan, Armenia.", "Native name": "Արսինե Խանջյան", "Native name language": "hy", "Birth date": "1958 9 6 y", "Birth place": "Beirut, Lebanon", "Education": "Concordia University University of Toronto", "Occupation": "Actres... |
John Hugo Aronson (September 1, 1891 - February 25, 1978) was an American businessman and politician from the Republican Party and the 14th Governor of the State of Montana.
Biography
John Hugo Aronson was born in Gällstad, Älvsborg County, Sweden. He was one of five children born to Aron Johanson (1856-1927) and R... | {"Name": "J. Hugo Aronson", "Term start": "January 4, 1953", "Term end": "January 4, 1961", "Office 2": "Member of the Montana Senate", "Term 2": "1944", "Birth date": "1891 9 1 yes", "Birth place": "Gällstad, Västergötland, Sweden", "Death date": "1978 2 25 1891 9 1 yes", "Death place": "Columbia Falls, Montana, Unite... |
Old Fort Erie, also known as Fort Erie, or the Fort Erie National Historic Site of Canada, was the first British fort to be constructed as part of a network developed after the Seven Years' War (known as "the French and Indian War" in the colonies) was concluded by the Treaty of Paris (1763), at which time France ceded... | {"Coordinates": "42 53 35.70 N 78 55 25.74 W region:CA-ON_type:landmark_scale:10000 title, inline", "Location": "350 Lakeshore RoadFort Erie, Ontario, CanadaL2A 1B1", "Built": "1764 (original fort)1805-1808 (present fort)", "Original use": "Military fort", "Current use": "Living museum", "Governing body": "Niagara Park... |
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that premiered on CBS on September 13, 1969. The show ran for one season with a total of 17 half-hour episodes, the last first-run episode airing on January 17, 1970. Repeats aired on CBS until September 4, 19... | {"Genre": "Comedy", "Running time": "21 minutes", "Created by": "William Hanna\n Joseph Barbera", "Written by": "Joe Ruby\n Ken Spears\n Michael Maltese", "Directed by": "William Hanna\n Joseph Barbera", "Original network": "CBS", "Starring": "Mel Blanc\n Paul Lynde (uncredited)\n Don Messick\n Janet Waldo\n Paul Winch... |
The .45 Reising submachine gun was manufactured by Harrington & Richardson (H&R) Arms Company in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, and was designed and patented by Eugene Reising in 1940. The three versions of the weapon were the Model 50, the folding stock Model 55, and the semiautomatic Model 60 rifle.Robert C. Ankony, ... | {"Place of origin": "United States", "Type": "Submachine gun", "Sights": "Front blade, rear notch", "In service": "1941-1975", "Used by": "See Users", "Wars": "World War IIHukbalahap RebellionMalayan EmergencyCosta Rican Civil WarVietnam WarDockery Kevin Weapons of the Navy SEALs December 2004 Berkley Publishing Group ... |
Mount Katahdin ( ) is the highest mountain in the U.S. state of Maine at . Named Katahdin, which means "Great Mountain", by the Penobscot Native Americans, it is within Northeast Piscataquis, Piscataquis County, and is the centerpiece of Baxter State Park. It is a steep, tall massif formed from a granite intrusion weat... | {"Location": "Northeast Piscataquis, Piscataquis County, Maine, U.S.", "Coordinates": "QG1451 Katahdin 2 2011-01-01", "Elevation": "5269", "Prominence": "6820 Katahdin, Maine 2012-11-08"} |
"Stranger on the Shore" is a piece for clarinet written by Acker Bilk for his young daughter and originally named "Jenny" after her. The tune was written on a single scrap of paper by Bilk and handed over to Leon Young (1916-1991) who crafted the string arrangement, including the characteristic harmonic shifts at the v... | {"B-side": "\"Take My Lips\" (UK)\"Cielito Lindo\" (US)", "Released": "October 1961", "Genre": "Jazz Tom Breihan The Number Ones: Mr. Acker Bilk's \"Stranger On The Shore\" Stereogum April 24, 2018 https://www.stereogum.com/1992890/the-number-ones-mr-acker-bilks-stranger-on-the-shore/columns/the-number-ones/ ... |
Henry Lane Wilson (November 3, 1857 – December 22, 1932) was an American attorney, journalist, and diplomat who served successively as United States Minister to Chile (1897-1904), Minister to Belgium (1905-09), and Ambassador to Mexico (1909-13). He is best known to history for his involvement in the February 1913 coup... | {"Name": "Henry Lane Wilson", "Ambassador from": "United States", "Term start": "1909 12 21", "Term end": "1913 07 17", "Office 2": "United States Minister to Chile", "Predecessor 2": "Edward H. Strobel", "Successor 2": "John Hicks", "President 2": "William McKinley", "Birth date": "1857 11 03", "Birth place": "Crawfor... |
RoboCop is a 1987 American science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner. The film stars Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Daniel O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, and Miguel Ferrer. Set in a crime-ridden Detroit in the near future, RoboCop centers on police office... | {"Directed by": "Paul Verhoeven", "Produced by": "Arne Schmidt", "Written by": "Edward Neumeier\n Michael Miner", "Starring": "Peter Weller\n Nancy Allen\n Daniel O'Herlihy\n Ronny Cox\n Kurtwood Smith\n Miguel Ferrer", "Music by": "Basil Poledouris", "Cinematography": "Jost Vacano", "Edited by": "Frank J. Urioste", "D... |
Acajete Municipality is a municipality located in the central zone in the Mexican state of Veracruz, about 20 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 90.48 km2. It is located at . In the middle of 1586 this village was formed, on one of the adjoining old men of Tlacolulan's dominion. The decree N ° 64 of Nove... | {"Rank": "10171", "Density": "83.53", "DST": "-5", "Website": "http://www.acajete.gob.mx/"} |
James Hamilton Peabody (August 21, 1852 - November 23, 1917) was the 13th and 15th Governor of Colorado, and is noted by some for his public service in Cañon City and by others for his brutality in crushing the miners' strike in Cripple Creek in 1903-04.
Family background
James was the youngest of 17 children. He was ... | {"Name": "James Hamilton Peabody", "Lieutenant 1": "Warren A. Haggott", "Birth date": "1852 8 21 y", "Birth place": "Topsham, Orange County, Vermont", "Death date": "1917 11 23 1852 8 21", "Death place": "Cañon City, Colorado", "Spouse(s)": "Frances Lillian Clelland", "Nationality": "American"} |
is a fighting game in Capcom's Street Fighter series, originally released as a coin-operated arcade game in 1997. The game's name as it appears on the cabinet is Three: A New Generation of Street Fighters. Street Fighter III was produced for the CD-ROM-based CP System III hardware, which allowed for more elaborate 2D g... | {"Title": "Street Fighter III", "Caption": "European arcade flyer", "Developer": "Capcom", "Publisher": "Arcade Capcom Dreamcast JP / NA CapcomPAL Virgin Interactive", "Producer": "Tomoshi Sadamoto Noritaka Funamizu (general producer) Yoshiki Okamoto (general producer)", "Designer": "Yasuhiro Seto Tomonori Ohmura ... |
Pokémon Channel, released in Japan as , is a 2003 video game in the Pokémon series for the GameCube, developed by Ambrella, published by The Pokémon Company and distributed by Nintendo. The player's goal is to help Professor Oak refine and promote his TV network through watching broadcasts with the mouse-like Pikachu. ... | {"Title": "Pokémon Channel", "Caption": "North American cover art, featuring the Pokémon (from left to right) Pikachu, Torchic, Treecko, and Mudkip", "Developer": "Ambrella", "Publisher": "NintendoThe Pokémon Company", "Director": "Muneaki Ozawa Norio Matsumura", "Producer": "Tatsuya Hishida Kunimi Kawamura", "Designer... |
Gillette Stadium is a football stadium located in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts, which is southwest of downtown Boston and 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Providence, Rhode Island. It serves as the home stadium and administrative offices for both the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL) and... | {"Location": "Foxborough, Massachusetts", "Record attendance": "71,723 (Concert; Ed Sheeran, July 1, 2023)", "Field size": "American football:120 yd × 53 1/3 ydNational Football League Rules Digest http://www.nfl.com/rulebook/field NFL 17 January 2017Soccer: 116 yd × 75 yd", "Public transit": "boston rail franklinbosto... |
The 13th Airborne Division was an airborne forces formation of division-size of the United States Army that was active during World War II. The division was commanded for most of its existence by Major General Elbridge G. Chapman.Flanagan, p. 289 It was officially activated in the United States in August 1943 at Fort B... | {"Branch": "United States", "Type": "Airborne forces", "Size": "Division", "Nickname(s)": "\"Golden Unicorns\"", "Notablecommanders": "Elbridge G. Chapman"} |
The 17th Airborne Division, "The Golden Talons", was an airborne infantry division of the United States Army during World War II, commanded by Major General William M. Miley.
It was officially activated as an airborne division in April 1943 but was not immediately sent to a combat theater, remaining in the United Stat... | {"Branch": "United States", "Type": "Airborne", "Size": "Division", "Nickname(s)": "\"Golden Talons\"", "Motto(s)": "Thunder From Heaven", "Notablecommanders": "William M. Miley"} |
António Agostinho Neto (17 September 1922 - 10 September 1979) was an Angolan politician and poet. He served as the first president of Angola from 1975 to 1979, having led the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in the war for independence (1961-1974). Until his death, he led the MPLA in the civil war ... | {"Image caption": "Neto in 1975", "Office 2": "Chairman of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola", "Predecessor 2": "Office established", "Successor 2": "José Eduardo dos Santos", "Birth name": "António Agostinho Neto", "Birth date": "1922 9 17 y", "Birth place": "Ícolo e Bengo, Portuguese Angola", "Death ... |
The White Star Line was a British shipping line. Founded out of the remains of a defunct packet company, it gradually rose up to become one of the most prominent shipping companies in the world, providing passenger and cargo services between the British Empire and the United States. While many other shipping lines focu... | {"Type": "Partnership", "Founded": "1845 in Liverpool, England", "Fate": "Merged Cunard Line", "Defunct": "1934", "Industry": "Shipping, transport", "Parent": "Ismay, Imrie and Co."} |
Stacie Joy Orrico (born March 3, 1986) is an American singer. After signing to ForeFront Records, Orrico recorded her first album, Genuine (2000), which sold 13,000 units in its first week of release.
After her first album, she signed to a new record label, Virgin Records, and started to record her self-titled album S... | {"Born": "Seattle, Washington, U.S.", "Genres": "Pop, CCM, R&Bhttp://www.musicomh.com/albums/stacie-orrico.htm Stacie Orrico - Stacie Orrico musicOMH October 13, 2003 July 1, 2013", "Labels": "ForeFront, Virgin", "Website": "stacieorrico.com"} |
Ivan "Ico" Hitrec (13 April 1911 - 11 October 1946) was a Croatian football player.
He was the first technical officer and in his office in the Zagreb power-works in Gundulićeva Street, the best players from Građanski met and discussed forming a new club with blue shirts which later became Dinamo Zagreb.
Club career
... | {"Name": "Ivan Ico Hitrec", "Full name": "Ivan Hitrec", "Birth date": "1911 04 13 yes", "Birth place": "Zagreb, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary", "Date of death": "1946 10 11 1911 04 13 yes", "Place of death": "Zagreb, FPR Yugoslavia", "Position": "Striker", "Youth club 1 years": "1924-1927", "Youth club 1... |
The Landover Baptist Church is the website of a parody fundamentalist Baptist church. The church lampoons fundamentalist, Independent Baptist churches and Biblical literalism, and originated as a satire of Liberty University.
Origin
The site was created by Chris Harper, who obtained his master's degree in English lite... | {"URL": "http://www.landoverbaptist.org", "Registration": "Optional", "Created by": "Chris Harper/Paul A. Bradley", "Launched": "1998", "Commercial": "No", "Current status": "Active"} |
Trompe le Monde is the fourth studio album by the American alternative rock band Pixies, released on September 23, 1991 on 4AD in the United Kingdom and on September 24, 1991, on Elektra Records in the United States. Recorded in Burbank, California, Paris and London, the album was produced by Gil Norton, and was Pixie... | {"Released": "September 23, 1991", "Recorded": "1991", "Studio": "Master Control, Burbank Pacifique, Burbank Studio des dames, Paris Blackwing, London", "Genre": "Alternative rock", "Label": "4AD", "Producer": "Gil Norton"} |
SNK vs. Capcom, or alternately Capcom vs. SNK, is a series of crossover video games by either Capcom or SNK featuring characters that appear in games created by either company. Most of these are fighting game, and take on a similar format to Capcom's own Marvel vs. Capcom series, in which the players create teams of fi... | {"Title": "SNK vs. Capcom", "Platforms": "Arcade, Dreamcast, Windows, Neo-Geo, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Nintendo DS, GameCube, Switch, PlayStationPlayStation 2, Xbox", "Developer": "Capcom Production Studio 1DimpsSNK", "Publisher": "CapcomSNKSNK Playmore", "Genre": "Collectible card gameFighting", "First release version":... |
StepMania is a cross-platform rhythm video game and engine. It was originally developed as a clone of Konami's arcade game series Dance Dance Revolution, and has since evolved into an extensible rhythm game engine capable of supporting a variety of rhythm-based game types. Released under the MIT License, StepMania is o... | {"Original author(s)": "Chris Danford", "Initial release": "2001", "Written in": "C++, Assembly, Lua", "Type": "Rhythm video game", "License": "MIT", "Website": "https://www.stepmania.com"} |
Cantarell Field or Cantarell Complex is a supergiant offshore oil field in Mexico. It was discovered in 1976 after oil stains were noticed by a fisherman, Rudesindo Cantarell Jimenez, in 1972. It was placed on nitrogen injection in 2000, and production peaked at in 2004. In terms of cumulative production to date, it w... | {"Region": "North America", "Country": "Mexico", "Offshore/onshore": "Offshore", "Discovery": "1976", "Start of production": "1979PEMEX: SEC Filing: Form 20-F, Annual Report 1994, Production, p. 10", "Peak of production": "2004", "Current production of oil": "PEMEX: Annual Report 2018, FORM 20-F, Crude Oil Production, ... |
Draper Laboratory is an American non-profit research and development organization, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts; its official name is The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc (sometimes abbreviated as CSDL).
The laboratory specializes in the design, development, and deployment of advanced technology solut... | {"Type": "Independent, non-profit corporation", "Industry": "Defense Space Biomedical Energy", "Founded": "MIT Confidential Instrument Development Laboratory (1932)\n The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.—History Funding Universe http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/the-charles-stark-draper-laborat... |
Oksana Serhiyivna Baiul-Farina (; born 16 November 1977) is a Ukrainian retired competitive figure skater. She is the 1993 world champion and the 1994 Olympic champion in ladies' singles.
Baiul is the first and only skater representing Ukraine to win gold at the Winter Olympics. She is also the first Olympic champion ... | {"Country represented": "Ukraine 1992", "Full name": "Оксана Сергіївна Баюл; Oksana Serhiyivna Baiul", "Alternative names": "Oksana Baiul-Farina", "Born": "Dnipro, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union", "Height": "1.60", "Former coach": "Galina Zmievskaya Valentyn Nikolayev Stanislav Koritek", "Former choreographer": "Sarah K... |
Jake Christopher Delhomme (; born January 10, 1975) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). Delhomme played college football at Louisiana, then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana, before being signed by the New Orleans Saints as an u... | {"Born:": "Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, U.S.", "Height:": "2", "Weight:": "215", "High school:": "Teurlings Catholic (Lafayette, Louisiana)", "College:": "Southwestern Louisiana (1993-1996)", "Undrafted:": "1997"} |
Felicity is an American drama television series created by J. J. Abrams and Matt Reeves and produced by Touchstone Television and Imagine Television for The WB. Brian Grazer and Ron Howard were executive producers through Imagine Entertainment.
The series revolves around the college experiences of the title character,... | {"Genre": "College drama", "Created by": "J. J. Abrams\nMatt Reeves", "Starring": "Keri Russell\nScott Speedman\nAmy Jo Johnson\nTangi Miller\nScott Foley\nGreg Grunberg\nAmanda Foreman\nIan Gomez", "Narrated by": "Janeane Garofalo\nKeri Russell", "Opening theme": "\"Felicity Theme\" (seasons 1-2)\n \"New Version of Yo... |
thumb|Chapters, the big box bookstore banner is owned by Indigo.
Chapters Inc. is a Canadian big box bookstore banner owned by Indigo Books and Music. Formerly a separate company competing with Indigo, the combined company has continued to operate both banners since their merger in 2001. As of July 2017, it operated 89... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Parent": "Indigo Books and Music(2001-present)", "Founded": "1995, Toronto, Ontario", "Headquarters": "Toronto, Ontario", "Industry": "Retail", "Products": "Books, music, DVDs, gifts", "Website": "www.chapters.indigo.ca"} |
Augustus Freeman Hawkins (August 31, 1907 - November 10, 2007) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served in the California State Assembly from 1935 to 1963 and the U.S. House Of Representatives from 1963 to 1991. Over the course of his career, Hawkins authored more than 300 state and federal laws, t... | {"Term start": "January 3, 1963", "Term end": "January 3, 1991", "Birth name": "Augustus Freeman Hawkins", "Birth date": "1907 8 31", "Birth place": "Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.", "Death date": "2007 11 10 1907 8 31", "Death place": "Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Pegga Smith (1945-1966)Elsie Hawkins (1977-20... |
The Al Murrah () (singular 'Al Marri') is an Arab tribe descended from the well-known Banu Yam tribe. They reside in countries such as Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain and Wadi Amad of Yemen. Historically, Al Murrah was a tribe of camel-herding nomads, who controlled and travelled through a va... | {"Ethnicity": "Arab", "Location": "Arabian PeninsulaSaudi ArabiaQatarUnited Arab EmiratesKuwaitBahrainYemenEgypt", "Language": "Arabic", "Religion": "Islam"} |
Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore; February 29, 1916 - February 24, 1994) was an American singer, actress, and television personality, and the top-charting female vocalist of the 1940s. She rose to prominence as a recording artist during the Big Band era. She achieved even greater success a decade later in televisio... | {"Name": "Dinah Shore", "Caption": "Publicity photo, 1951", "Birth name": "Frances Rose Shore", "Birth date": "February 29, 1916", "Birth place": "Winchester, Tennessee, U.S.", "Death date": "1994 2 24 1916 2 29", "Death place": "Beverly Hills, California, U.S.", "Education": "Hume-Fogg High School", "Known For": "The ... |
No Control is the fourth album by American punk rock band Bad Religion, released on November 2, 1989, through Epitaph Records. Bad Religion began work on the album while touring in support of their previous album, Suffer (1988). No Control is stylistically faster than its predecessor, owing more to hardcore punk. Addit... | {"Released": "November 2, 1989", "Recorded": "June 1989", "Studio": "Westbeach Recorders, Hollywood, California", "Genre": "\"amg\"/>https://www.popmatters.com/badreligion-nocontrol-2495839290.html Bad Religion: No Control / Suffer, PopMatters May 6, 2004 \n melodic hardcorehttps://www.altpress.com/features/best-punk... |
Kansas City Southern (KCS) was a pure transportation holding company with railroad investments in the United States, Mexico, and Panama. The KCS rail network included about of track in the U.S. and Mexico.https://www.kcsouthern.com/pdf/community/kcs-sustainability-data-2021.pdf?language_id=1
thumb|upright=1.1|KCS ne... | {"Type": "Public", "Founded": "1887", "Defunct": "2023 4 14", "Fate": "Acquired by Canadian Pacific Railway, merged into Canadian Pacific Kansas City", "Headquarters": "U.S.", "Revenue": "2022", "Subsidiaries": "Kansas City Southern Railway\n Kansas City Southern de Mexico\n Texas Mexican Railway\n Meridian... |
Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott (9 July 1946 - 19 February 1980) was an Australian singer and songwriter. He was the lead vocalist and lyricist of the hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980.
Born in Forfar in Angus, Scotland, Scott spent his early years in Kirriemuir. He moved to Australia with his family i... | {"Born": "Forfar, Angus, Scotland", "Died": "East Dulwich, London, England", "Genres": "Rock and roll\n blues rock\n hard rock", "Spouse(s)": "Irene Thornton 1972 1977 divorced", "Formerly of": "AC/DC\n Fraternity\n The Valentines\n The Spektors", "Website": "bonscottofficial.com"} |
The Daqing Oil Field (), formerly romanized as "Taching",China today New China's first quarter-century (1975) is the largest oil field in the People's Republic of China, located between the Songhua river and Nen River in Heilongjiang province. When the Chinese government began to use pinyin for romanization, the field... | {"Coordinates": "46.60 N 124.90 E type:landmark inline,title", "Country": "China", "Region": "Heilongjiang province", "Offshore/onshore": "Onshore", "Discovery": "1959", "Start of production": "1960", "Peak year": "2008", "Peak of production (oil)": "800000", "Current production of oil": "600000", "Year of current prod... |
Janusz Żurakowski (12 September 1914 - 9 February 2004) was a Polish fighter and test pilot. At various times in his life he lived and worked in Poland, the United Kingdom, and Canada.
Early life
Żurakowski was born in 1914 to Polish parents in Ryżawka near Uman,Sutherland 1978, p. 248. which had been a village in the... | {"Name": "Janusz Żurakowski", "Caption": "Żurakowski c. 2003", "Birth date": "1914 9 12 y", "Birth place": "Ryżawka, Russian Empire", "Death date": "2004 2 9 1914 9 12 y", "Death place": "Barry's Bay, Ontario", "Occupation": "AviatorLodge owner", "Spouse(s)": "Anna Żurakowska", "Parent(s)": "Adam Żurakowski and Maria A... |
The 24th Golden Raspberry Awards, or Razzies, were held on February 28, 2004, at the Sheraton Hotel in Santa Monica, California, to honor the worst films the film industry had to offer in 2003.
Late summer box office flop Gigli led the pack, receiving nine nominations and becoming the first film to sweep the six major... | {"Date": "February 28, 2004", "Site": "Sheraton Hotel, Santa Monica, California", "Most awards": "Gigli (6)", "Most nominations": "From Justin to Kelly / Gigli (9)"} |
Khasekhemwy (ca. 2690 BC; , also rendered Kha-sekhemui) was the last Pharaoh of the Second Dynasty of Egypt. Little is known about him, other than that he led several significant military campaigns and built the mudbrick fort known as Shunet El Zebib.
His Horus name can be interpreted "The Two Powerful Ones Appear",... | {"Predecessor": "Sekhemib-Perenmaat or Seth-Peribsen", "Successor": "Djoser", "Monuments": "Shunet ez Zebib, fort of Nekhen,Khasekhemwy's forthttps://web.archive.org/web/20120903020644/http://www.hierakonpolis-online.org/site/fort.html 2012-09-03 Gisr el-Mudir ?", "Children": "DjoserHetephernebtiSekhemkhet ?Sanakht ?... |
The Limehouse Cut is a largely straight, broad canal in the East End of London which links the lower reaches of the Lee Navigation to the River Thames. Opening on 17 September 1770, and widened for two-way traffic by 1777, it is the oldest canal in the London area. Although short, it has a diverse social and industria... | {"Original owner": "Trustees of the Lee Navigation", "Principal engineer": "John Smeaton Thomas Yeoman", "Other engineer(s)": "James Meadows Rendel Nathaniel Beardmore", "Date of act": "1766", "Date of first use": "1769", "Start point": "Bow Locks", "End point": "Limehouse Basin", "Connects to": "(part of) Lee Navigati... |
Ralph Straus Regula (December 3, 1924 - July 19, 2017) was an American politician from Ohio. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Ohio House of Representatives, the Ohio State Senate and the United States House of Representatives. He represented Ohio's 16th congressional district for 18 terms from 1973 to... | {"Name": "Ralph Regula", "Term start": "January 3, 1973", "Term end": "January 3, 2009", "Birth name": "Ralph Straus Regula", "Birth date": "1924 12 3", "Birth place": "Beach City, Ohio, U.S.", "Death date": "2017 7 19 1924 12 3", "Death place": "Bethlehem Township, Ohio, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Mary Rogusky", "Education"... |
The 23rd Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 22, 2003 at the Sheraton Hotel in Santa Monica, California to recognize the worst the movie industry had to offer in 2002. Pinocchio became the first foreign language film to be nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture, and Madonna won Razzies for both... | {"Date": "March 22, 2003", "Site": "Sheraton Hotel, Santa Monica, California", "Most awards": "Swept Away (5)", "Most nominations": "Crossroads (8)"} |
Henri de Baillet-Latour, Count of Baillet-Latour (1 March 1876 - 6 January 1942) was a Belgian aristocrat and the third president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Early life
Henri de Baillet-Latour was born in Brussels, Belgium, on 1 March 1876. He was the oldest of three children. His father was Count ... | {"Name": "Henri de Baillet-Latour", "Image caption": "Henri de Baillet-Latour by the mid-1930s", "Term start": "1925", "Term end": "1942", "Birth date": "1876 3 1 yes", "Birth place": "Brussels, Belgium", "Death date": "1942 1 6 1876 3 1 yes", "Death place": "Brussels, Belgium", "Nationality": "Belgian"} |
Regent's Canal is a canal across an area just north of central London, England. It provides a link from the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal, north-west of Paddington Basin in the west, to the Limehouse Basin and the River Thames in east London. The canal is long.
History
thumb|left|Regent's Canal: Transfer... | {"Principal engineer": "James Morgan", "Date of act": "13 July 1812", "Construction began": "14 October 1812", "Date of first use": "1816", "Date completed": "1 August 1820", "Boat length": "0", "Boat beam": "6", "Start point": "Grand Union Canal", "End point": "Limehouse", "Branch(es)": "Hertford Union CanalLimehouse ... |
Carsington Water is a reservoir, operated by Severn Trent Water, between Wirksworth and Kniveton in Derbyshire, England. The reservoir takes water from the River Derwent at Ambergate during winter months, pumping up to the reservoir by long tunnels and aqueduct. Water is released back into the river during summer mont... | {"Location": "Derbyshire", "Coordinates": "53 3 30 N 1 37 50 W region:GB inline,title", "Primary inflows": "tunnel/aqueduct from River Derwent", "Primary outflows": "River Derwent", "Basin": "United Kingdom", "Managing agency": "Severn Trent Water", "Built": "1989", "First flooded": "1992", "Max. depth": "33 m on", "Su... |
The Territory South of the River Ohio, more commonly known as the Southwest Territory, was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 26, 1790, until June 1, 1796, when it was admitted to the United States as the State of Tennessee. The Southwest Territory was created by the Southwes... | {"Conventional long name": "Territory South of the River Ohio", "Common name": "Southwest Territory", "Year founded": "1790", "Year dissolved": "1796", "Capital": "Knoxville", "Government type": "Organized incorporated territory", "Legislature": "Territorial Assembly"} |
The Oldowan (or Mode I) was a widespread stone tool archaeological industry (style) in prehistory. These early tools were simple, usually made with one or a few flakes chipped off with another stone. Oldowan tools were used during the Lower Paleolithic period, 2.9 million years ago up until at least 1.7 million years... | {"Culture name": "Oldowan", "Geographical range": "Afro-Eurasia", "The period of the culture": "Lower Paleolithic", "The absolute date range of the culture": "2.9 million years BP - 1.7 million years", "Major sites": "Olduvai Gorge", "Preceded by": "Lomekwi 3The Oldowan is classically considered the oldest industry of ... |
Ras-I Alujah Bramble (born Livingstone Bramble on September 3, 1960) is the former WBA Lightweight boxing Champion of the World. Bramble was raised on Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. He became the first world champion from Saint Kitts and Nevis. Although his last recorded fight occurred on June 26, 2003, he has never... | {"Weight(s)": "Lightweight", "Height": "5 ft 8 in m 2 on", "Born": "Saint Kitts and Nevis", "Total fights": "69", "Wins": "40", "Wins by KO": "25", "Losses": "26", "Draws": "3"} |
The Campos Basin is one of 12 coastal sedimentary basins of Brazil. It spans both onshore and offshore parts of the South Atlantic with the onshore part located near Rio de Janeiro. The basin originated in Neocomian stage of the Cretaceous period 145-130 million years ago during the breakup of Gondwana. It has a total ... | {"Coordinates": "22 28 52 S 34 50 00 W type:waterbody_source:kolossus-dewiki inline,title", "Region": "Southeast", "State(s)": "Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo", "Cities": "Campos dos Goytacazes and Macaé", "On/Offshore": "Both, mostly offshore", "Boundaries": "Vitória, Cabo Frio Highs, Serra do Mar", "Part of": "Brazil... |
Le Rouge et le Noir (; meaning The Red and the Black) is a historical psychological novel in two volumes by Stendhal, published in 1830. It chronicles the attempts of a provincial young man to rise socially beyond his modest upbringing through a combination of talent, hard work, deception, and hypocrisy. He ultimately ... | {"Original title": "fr", "Country": "France", "Language": "French", "Publisher": "A. Levasseur", "Media type": "Print (hardback and paperback)", "Pages": "2 vols.", "ISBN": "(published before the ISBN system)"} |
Pitfall! is a video game developed by David Crane for the Atari Video Computer System (later renamed Atari 2600) and released in 1982 by Activision. The player controls Pitfall Harry, who is seeking treasure in a jungle with a 20 minute time limit. The game world is populated by enemies such as snakes and scorpions and... | {"Title": "Pitfall!", "Developer": "ActivisionMarriott", "Publisher": "ActivisionMarriott", "Series": "Pitfall!", "Platforms": "Atari 2600, Intellivision, Atari 5200, ColecoVision, Atari 800, Commodore 64, MSX", "Released": "September 1982\n Atari 2600\n September 1982\n Intellivision\n November 1982\n Colecovision\n F... |
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