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Åge Fridtjof Hareide (born 23 September 1953) is a Norwegian football manager and player, currently managing the Iceland national team. In his playing career, he played for Hødd and Molde in Norway as well as Manchester City and Norwich City in England. Hareide was capped 50 times playing for Norway.
As a coach, Harei... | {"Name": "Åge Hareide", "Picture caption": "Hareide as Malmö manager in 2015", "Full name": "Åge Fridtjof Hareidehttps://www.fotball.no/fotballdata/person/profil/?fiksId=3646923 Åge Fridtjof Hareide Football Association of Norway 12 October 2019 no", "Birth date": "1953 9 23 y", "Birth place": "Hareid, Norway", "Po... |
The University of Wrocław (, UWr; ) is a public research university in Wrocław, Poland. It is the largest institution of higher learning in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, with over 100,000 graduates since 1945, including some 1,900 researchers, among whom many have received the highest awards for their contributions to th... | {"Type": "Public", "President": "Robert Olkiewicz", "Students": "23,297https://bip.uni.wroc.pl/183/informacje-ogolne.html Informacje ogólne - Uniwersytet Wrocławski", "Campus": "Urban", "Website": "uwr.edu.pl"} |
Wrocław Medical University (Polish: Uniwersytet Medyczny we Wrocławiu, Latin: Universitas Medicus Vratislaviensis) is an institution of higher medical education in Wrocław, Poland.
It consists of five faculties: Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Public Health and Postgraduate Education. The total number of chairs and cli... | {"Type": "Public", "Rector": "Prof. Dr. Hab. Piotr Ponikowski", "Students": "5915", "Website": "http://www.am.wroc.pl/en/"} |
Dorothy Fields (July 15, 1904The Dorothy Fields Website - March 28, 1974) was an American librettist and lyricist. She wrote over 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films. Her best-known pieces include "The Way You Look Tonight" (1936), "A Fine Romance" (1936), "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (1930), "Don't Blame Me... | {"Name": "Dorothy Fields", "Caption": "Dorothy Fields working with Arthur Schwartz on A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1951)", "Birth date": "1904 7 15", "Birth place": "Allenhurst, New Jersey, U.S.", "Death date": "1974 3 28 1904 7 15", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Occupation": "Lyricist", "Parent(s)": "Lew Fields"... |
The Temple of Hephaestus or Hephaisteion (also "Hephesteum" or "Hephaesteum"; , , and formerly called in error the Theseion or "Theseum"; , ), is a well-preserved Greek temple dedicated to Hephaestus; it remains standing largely intact today. It is a Doric peripteral temple, and is located at the north-west side of the... | {"Name": "Temple of Hephaestus/Theseion", "Native name": "Ναός Ηφαίστου/Θησείο", "Image": "Hephaistos Temple.JPG", "Caption": "Temple of Hephaestus, Athens", "Map_type": "Greece Athens central", "Coordinates": "37 58 32.22 N 23 43 17.01 E type:landmark_region:GR_scale:2000 inline", "Location_town or location_city": "At... |
Irene Jai Narayan (23 February 1932 - 29 July 2011) was an Indian-born teacher and politician, who had a significant influence on politics in Fiji. She came to Fiji in 1959 after marrying Jai Narayan, a well known school Principal in Suva, and began her career as a teacher. She taught in DAV Girls School and MGM High S... | {"Name": "Irene Jai Narayan", "Term start": "1966", "Term end": "1972", "Title 2": "Member of House of Representatives (Fiji) Suva City Indian Communal Constituency", "Birth date": "1932 2 23 y", "Birth place": "Lucknow, British India", "Death date": "2011 7 29 1932 2 23 y", "Death place": "Suva, Fiji", "Residence": "... |
Jonathan Thomas "John" Squire (born 24 November 1962)Larkin, Colin (ed.) (1998) The Virgin Encyclopedia of Indie & New Wave, Virgin Books, is an English musician, songwriter and painter. He was the guitarist for the Stone Roses, a rock band in which he formed a songwriting partnership with lead singer Ian Brown. After... | {"Born": "Altrincham, Cheshire, England", "Genres": "Alternative rock, Madchester, psychedelic rock, blues rock", "Labels": "Silvertone, Geffen", "Website": "Johnsquire.com"} |
is a book by Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami about the 1995 Aum Shinrikyo sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway. The book is made up of a series of interviews with individuals who were affected by the attacks, and the English translation also includes interviews with members of Aum, the religious cult responsible for ... | {"Original title": "アンダーグラウンドAndāguraundo", "Country": "Japan", "Language": "Japanese, English", "Published": "20 March 1997 (Kodansha) (JP)\n 1 June 2000 (The Harvill Press) (UK)\n 1 June 2000 (Vintage International) (US)", "Media type": "Print (Hardcover)", "Pages": "366 (US)309 (UK)", "ISBN": "0-375-72580-6"} |
Henry Shakespear Stephens Salt (; 20 September 1851 - 19 April 1939) was an English writer and campaigner for social reform in the fields of prisons, schools, economic institutions, and the treatment of animals. He was a noted ethical vegetarian, anti-vivisectionist, socialist, and pacifist, and was well known as a lit... | {"Name": "Henry Stephens Salt", "Birth name": "Henry Shakespear Stephens Salt", "Birth date": "1851 9 20 y", "Birth place": "Naini Tal, British India", "Death date": "1939 4 19 1851 9 20 y", "Death place": "Brighton, England", "Nationality": "British", "Known For": "Animal rights advocacy\n Founding the Humanitarian Le... |
Les Portes du Soleil (literally "The Doors of the Sun") is a major skisports destination in the Alps, encompassing thirteen resorts between Mont Blanc in France and Lake Geneva in Switzerland. With more than 650 km of marked pistes (claimed by the lift companies; an independent expert measured about 426 km ) and about ... | {"Name": "Portes du Soleil", "Location": "France and Switzerland", "Nearest City": "Monthey and Aigle", "Coordinates": "46.193676 N 6.773329 E source:frwiki_region:FR_type:mountain dms title, inline", "Top elevation": "2466 m ft on", "Base elevation": "930 m ft on", "Skiable area": "650 km mi on of runs", "Runs": "300 ... |
Electro (or electro-funk)Rap meets Techno, with a short history of Electro. Globaldarkness.com. Retrieved on July 18, 2011. is a genre of electronic music and early hip hop directly influenced by the use of the Roland TR-808 drum machinesGavin Weale (2001) The Future Sound Of Electro. ElectroEmpire.com and funk.Electro... | {"Name": "Electro", "Stylistic origins": "Electronic synth-pop funk boogie hip hop chiptune", "Cultural origins": "Late 1970s Europe, Japan, U.S. (New York City, Detroit)", "Derivative forms": "Miami bass funk carioca freestyle househttps://books.google.com/books?id=Tb-FBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA289 Funk: The Music, the People, a... |
Gregory Dyke (born 20 May 1947) is a British media executive, football administrator, journalist, and broadcaster. Since the 1960s, Dyke has had a long career in the UK in print and then broadcast journalism. He is credited with introducing 'tabloid' television to British broadcasting, and reviving the ratings of TV-am... | {"Name": "Greg Dyke", "Image caption": "Greg Dyke (2011)", "Term start": "2000", "Term end": "2004", "Office 2": "Chairman of Brentford Football Club", "Birth name": "Gregory Dyke", "Birth date": "1947 5 20 y", "Birth place": "Hayes, Middlesex, England", "Alma mater": "University of York", "Spouse(s)": "Susan Howes"} |
The River Maun is a river in Nottinghamshire, England. Its source lies in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, and from there it flows north east through Mansfield (which takes its name from the river), Edwinstowe and Ollerton, these being the heart of the Sherwood Forest area. It becomes known as Whitewater near the village of Walesb... | {"Mouth": "River Idle", "Location": "Markham Moor", "Left": "River Meden", "Right": "Cauldwell Water, Vicar Water, Rainworth Water"} |
The River Meden is a river in Nottinghamshire, England. Its source lies just north of Huthwaite, near the Derbyshire border, and from there it flows north east through Pleasley and Warsop before merging temporarily with the River Maun near Bothamsall. The rivers divide after a short distance and go on separately to a... | {"Mouth": "River Idle", "Location": "Markham Moor", "Coordinates": "53 16 6 N 0 56 52 W inline,title", "Left": "Sookholme Brook", "Right": "The Bottoms"} |
The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom. It was the first election held in the United Kingdom in which more than a million votes wer... | {"Name": "1868 United Kingdom general election", "Country": "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1865 United Kingdom general election", "Previous year": "1865", "Next election": "1874 United Kingdom general election", "Next year": "1874", "Seats... |
The Border Security Force (BSF) is India's border guarding organisation at its borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh. It is one of the seven Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) of India, and was raised in the wake of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 "for ensuring the security of the borders of India and for related matters... | {"Uniformed as": "Border Security Force", "Common name": "Border security force", "Abbreviation": "BSF", "Formed": "1 December", "Annual budget": "22718.45 c (2022-23)Rs 1.85 lakh crore allocation to MHA in budget The Economic Times https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/rs-1-85-lakh-crore-allocation-to-mha-in... |
The 1865 United Kingdom general election saw the Liberals, led by Lord Palmerston, increase their large majority over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives to 80. The Whig Party changed its name to the Liberal Party between the previous election and this one.
Palmerston died in October the same year and was succeeded by L... | {"Name": "1865 United Kingdom general election", "Country": "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1859 United Kingdom general election", "Previous year": "1859", "Next election": "1868 United Kingdom general election", "Next year": "1868", "Seats... |
Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg PC FRS (26 October 1778 - 23 April 1866) was a Scottish politician and colonial administrator who served as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
Background and education
Grant was born in Kidderpore, Bengal Presidency, Company Raj, the eldest son of Charles Grant, chairman of th... | {"Name": "The Lord Glenelg", "Image caption": "1837 portrait by Henry Perronet Briggs", "Monarch 2": "William IV Victoria", "Order 2": "Secretary of State for War and the Colonies", "Predecessor 2": "The Earl of Aberdeen", "Prime minister 2": "The Viscount Melbourne", "Successor 2": "The Marquess of Normanby", "Birth ... |
In the 1859 United Kingdom general election returned no party to a majority of seats in the House of Commons. The Earl of Derby's Conservatives formed a minority government, but despite making overall gains, Derby's government was defeated in a confidence vote by an alliance of Palmerston's Whigs together with Peelite... | {"Name": "1859 United Kingdom general election", "Country": "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1857 United Kingdom general election", "Previous year": "1857", "Next election": "1865 United Kingdom general election", "Next year": "1865", "Seats... |
Michael Northburgh, otherwise Michael de Northburgh (Northborough), was the Bishop of London between 1354 and his death in 1361. He was the nephew of Roger Northburgh, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.
Northburgh's uncle's influence enabled him to be appointed Archdeacon of Chester in 1341 (until forced to resign in 1... | {"Denomination": "Roman Catholic", "Predecessor": "Ralph Stratford", "Successor": "Simon Sudbury", "Consecration": "12 July 1355", "Died": "9 September 1361"} |
In the 1857 United Kingdom general election, the Whigs, led by Lord Palmerston, won a majority in the House of Commons as the Conservative vote fell significantly. The election had been provoked by a vote of censure in Palmerston's government over his approach to the Arrow affair which led to the Second Opium War.
T... | {"Name": "1857 United Kingdom general election", "Country": "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1852 United Kingdom general election", "Previous year": "1852", "Next election": "1859 United Kingdom general election", "Next year": "1859", "Seats... |
Azay-le-Rideau () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in the Centre-Val de Loire region in central-west France.
Château
thumb|left|The Château
The château of Azay-le-Rideau was built from 1515 to 1527, one of the earliest French Renaissance châteaux. Built on an island in the river Indre, its foundations ri... | {"Name": "Azay-le-Rideau", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Arrondissement": "Tours", "Canton": "Chinon", "Intercommunality": "CC Touraine Vallée Indre", "Mayor": "Sylvia GaurierRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouv... |
The 1852 United Kingdom general election was a watershed in the formation of the modern political parties of Britain. Following 1852, the Tory/Conservative party became, more completely, the party of the rural aristocracy, while the Whig/Liberal party became the party of the rising urban bourgeoisie in Britain. The res... | {"Name": "1852 United Kingdom general election", "Country": "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1847 United Kingdom general election", "Previous year": "1847", "Next election": "1857 United Kingdom general election", "Next year": "1857", "Seats... |
Macaroni and cheese (also called mac and cheese in Canada and the United States and macaroni cheese in the United KingdomBBC, Recipes, Macaroni Cheese) is a dish of cooked macaroni pasta and a cheese sauce, most commonly cheddar sauce.
Its origins trace back to cheese and pasta casseroles dating to the 14th century i... | {"Name of food": "Macaroni and cheese", "Alternate name": "Mac and cheese, macaroni cheese", "Place of origin": "England, United KingdomRaffald Elizabeth The experienced English housekeeper Manchester : J. Harrop for the author, etc. 1769 261", "Region of origin": "Widespread across the United Kingdom, United States, a... |
Dogg Food is the debut studio album by American hip hop duo Tha Dogg Pound, released on October 31, 1995. The album features guest appearances from Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Michel'le, The Lady of Rage, Tray Deee, and Mr. Malik. Two singles were released from the album: "Let's Play House" (featuring Michel'le and Nate Dog... | {"Released": "1995 10 31", "Recorded": "December 1994 - April 1995", "Studio": "Can-Am Studios (Tarzana, Los Angeles) Dre's Crib (Los Angeles)", "Genre": "West Coast hip hop gangsta rap G-funk", "Label": "Death Row Interscope Priorityhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YHbGPb8QBJU&t=1581s https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/y... |
Tha Dogg Pound is an American hip hop duo made up of rappers Kurupt and Daz Dillinger. They were signed to Death Row Records in their early careers and were key to the label's success.
Kurupt and Daz went on to release solo albums starting in 1998. They eventually left the crumbling Death Row Records in 1999. Daz left... | {"Genres": "Hip hop gangsta rap", "Labels": "Death Row Interscope Doggy Style", "Spinoffs": "D.P.G.C.", "Members": "Kurupt\nDaz Dillinger"} |
The 1847 United Kingdom general election was conducted between 29 July 1847 and 26 August 1847 and resulted in the Whigs in control of government despite candidates calling themselves Conservatives winning the most seats. The Conservatives were divided between Protectionists, led by Lord Stanley, and a minority of free... | {"Name": "1847 United Kingdom general election", "Country": "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1841 United Kingdom general election", "Previous year": "1841", "Next election": "1852 United Kingdom general election", "Next year": "1852", "Seats... |
In the 1841 United Kingdom general election, there was a big swing as Sir Robert Peel's Conservatives took control of the House of Commons. Melbourne's Whigs had seen their support in the Commons erode over the previous years. Whilst Melbourne enjoyed the firm support of the young Queen Victoria, his ministry had seen... | {"Name": "1841 United Kingdom general election", "Country": "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1837 United Kingdom general election", "Previous year": "1837", "Next election": "1847 United Kingdom general election", "Next year": "1847", "Seats... |
The 1837 United Kingdom general election was triggered by the death of King William IV and produced the first Parliament of the reign of his successor, Queen Victoria. It saw Robert Peel's Conservatives close further on the position of the Whigs, who won their fourth election of the decade.
The election marked the las... | {"Name": "1837 United Kingdom general election", "Country": "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1835 United Kingdom general election", "Previous year": "1835", "Next election": "1841 United Kingdom general election", "Next year": "1841", "Seats... |
The 1835 United Kingdom general election was called when Parliament was dissolved on 29 December 1834. Polling took place between 6 January and 6 February 1835, and the results saw Robert Peel's Conservatives make large gains from their low of the 1832 election, but the Whigs maintained a large majority.
Under the te... | {"Name": "1835 United Kingdom general election", "Country": "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1832 United Kingdom general election", "Previous year": "1832", "Next election": "1837 United Kingdom general election", "Next year": "1837", "Seats... |
Brierley Hill is a town and electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England, 3 miles south of Dudley and 1 mile north of Stourbridge. Part of the Black Country and in a heavily industrialised area, it has a population of 13,935 at the 2011 census. It is best known for glass and steel manuf... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011.Ward)Brierley Hill (Ward) - Population Density http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6500162&c=Brierley+Hill&d=14&e=13&g=6365045&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1361464834582&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2491 Neighbourhood Statistics ONS 21 Fe... |
The 1832 United Kingdom general election, the first after the Reform Act, saw the Whigs win a large majority, with the Tories winning less than 30% of the vote.
Political situation
The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since November 1830. He headed the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of All... | {"Name": "1832 United Kingdom general election", "Country": "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1831 United Kingdom general election", "Previous year": "1831", "Next election": "1835 United Kingdom general election", "Next year": "1835", "Seats... |
George Fielden MacLeod, Baron MacLeod of Fuinary, (17 June 1895 – 27 June 1991) was a Scottish soldier and clergyman; he was one of the best known, most influential and unconventional Church of Scotland ministers of the 20th century. He was the founder of the Iona Community on the island of Iona and served as Moderato... | {"Church": "Church of Scotland", "Predecessor": "Robert Scott", "Successor": "John Fraser", "Other post(s)": "Leader of the Iona Community (1938-1967)", "Ordination": "1924", "Born": "George Fielden MacLeod", "Died": "1991 6 27 1895 6 17 y", "Nationality": "Scottish", "Denomination": "Presbyterianism", "Education": "Wi... |
Brownhills is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England. A few miles south of Cannock Chase and close to the large Chasewater reservoir, it is northeast of Walsall, a similar distance southwest of Lichfield and miles north-northwest of Birmingham. It is part of the Aldridg... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census.Ward)", "Metropolitan borough": "Walsall", "Shire county": "Staffordshire", "Metropolitan county": "West Midlands", "UK Parliament": "Aldridge-Brownhills", "Postcode district": "WS", "Dialling code": "01543", "OS grid reference": "SK045055"} |
Buntingford is a market town and civil parish in the district of East Hertfordshire and county of Hertfordshire in England. It lies next to the River Rib and is located on the historic Roman road, Ermine Street. As a result of its location, it grew mainly as a staging post with many coaching inns and has an 18th-centur... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021 Census)https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastofengland/hertfordshire/E63004029__buntingford/", "District": "East Hertfordshire", "Shire county": "Hertfordshire", "UK Parliament": "North East Hertfordshire", "Postcode district": "SG", "Dialling code": "01763", "OS gr... |
Huevos motuleños () is a breakfast food which originated in the town of Motul (Yucatán). The dish is made with eggs on tortillas with black beans and cheese, often with other ingredients such as ham, peas, plantains, and hot sauce. In addition to being served in many restaurants in Yucatán, Quintana Roo and Oaxaca, thi... | {"Name of food": "Huevos motuleños", "Width of image": "250px", "Region of origin": "Motul, Yucatán", "Course served": "Breakfast", "Main ingredient": "Tortillas, eggs, black beans, cheese"} |
Gillingham ( ) is a large town in the unitary authority area of Medway in the ceremonial county of Kent, England. The town forms a conurbation with neighbouring towns Chatham, Rochester, Strood and Rainham. It is also the largest town in the borough of Medway.
Etymology
Gillingham's name is Old English in origin and m... | {"Unitary authority": "Medway", "Ceremonial county": "Kent", "Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2020 ONS) Population figures for all major UK towns and cities https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/transparencyandgovernance/freedomofinformationfoi/populationfiguresforallmajoruktownsandcities", "UK Parliament": "Gill... |
Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (, 1921 - , 2014) was an American journalist who served as managing editor and later as executive editor of The Washington Post, from 1965 to 1991. He became a public figure when the Post joined The New York Times in publishing the Pentagon Papers and gave the go-ahead for the paper's ext... | {"Name": "Ben Bradlee", "Caption": "Bradlee in 1999", "Birth name": "Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee", "Birth date": "1921 08 26", "Birth place": "Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Death date": "2014 10 21 1921 08 26", "Death place": "Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Resting place": "Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C., U.S.", "K... |
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Frank Oz and starring Steve Martin, Michael Caine and Glenne Headly. The screenplay was written by Dale Launer, Stanley Shapiro, and Paul Henning. It is a remake of the 1964 Marlon Brando/David Niven film Bedtime Story, also written by Shapiro and Henni... | {"Directed by": "Frank Oz", "Produced by": "Bernard Williams", "Screenplay by": "Dale Launer Stanley Shapiro Paul Henning", "Based on": "Bedtime Story Stanley ShapiroPaul Henning", "Starring": "Steve Martin\n Michael Caine\n Glenne Headly\n Anton Rodgers\n Barbara Harris", "Music by": "Miles Goodman", "Cinematography":... |
Kasaï-Occidental (French for "Western Kasai"; ) was one of the eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1966 and 2015, when it was split into the Kasaï-Central and the Kasaï provinces.
History
The province of Kasaï-Occidental was established in 1966 by regrouping the provinces of Luluabourg a... | {"Rank": "8th", "Body": "Government of Kasaï-Occidental", "Density": "auto", "Website": "kasaioccidental.com"} |
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Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland of Holland, and 3rd Baron Holland of Foxley PC (21 November 1773 - 22 October 1840), was an English politician and... | {"Name": "The Lord Holland", "Image caption": "Portrait of Lord Holland by Sir George Hayter, 1820. National Portrait Gallery, London.", "Order 2": "Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster", "Monarch 2": "William IV", "Prime minister 2": "The Earl Grey The Viscount Melbourne", "Predecessor 2": "Charles Arbuthnot", "Succe... |
thumb|Manyema Village in 1876
thumb|Miners and their children in Kailo Territory, 2007
Maniema Province (Jimbo la Maniema, in Swahili) is one of 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Its capital is Kindu.
Toponymy
Henry Morton Stanley explored the area, calling it Manyema.Stanley, H.M., 1899, Through... | {"Rank": "18th", "Type": "Provincial assembly", "Body": "Provincial Assembly of Maniema", "Density": "auto"} |
South Kivu (; ) is one of 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Its capital is Bukavu.
Situated within the Great Rift Valley, South Kivu is bordered by Lake Kivu, Burundi, and Tanzania to the east; Maniema Province to the west; North Kivu Province to the north; and Tanganyika Province to the sou... | {"Type": "Provincial assembly", "Body": "Provincial Assembly of South Kivu", "Rank": "3rd", "Density": "auto", "Named for": "Lake Kivu"} |
American James McGee (born December 13, 1972)Birth record for American James McGee - Dallas, Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997 - Ancestry.com is a retired American video game designer. He is best known as the designer of American McGee's Alice, its sequel Alice: Madness Returns, and his works on various video games from i... | {"Name": "American McGee", "Caption": "American McGee in 2004", "Birth name": "American James McGee", "Birth date": "December 13, 1972", "Birth place": "Dallas, Texas, U.S.", "Known For": "Doom II The Ultimate Doom Quake Quake II American McGee's Alice Bad Day L.A. Alice: Madness Returns", "Occupation": "Video game des... |
thumb|right|Several Toronto City Councillors taking part in the 2006 Pride Parade.
thumb|right|Two men dressed in faux Royal Canadian Mounted Police costumes celebrate their wedding.
thumb|right|CANFAR float in the 2006 parade
thumb|right|2012 Thai-Canadian float at Pride Parade.
Pride Toronto is an annual event held ... | {"Type": "festival organization based in Toronto, Ontario", "Legal status": "active", "Headquarters": "Toronto", "Website": "Pride Toronto"} |
Moussa Ali Hojeij (; born 6 August 1974) is a Lebanese football manager and former player who is the head coach of club Safa.
Hojeij was the best player in the Al-Manar Football Festival several times, and was captain of the national team. He is also a match analyst for Lebanese national team matches on beIN Sports.
... | {"Name": "Moussa Hojeij", "Picture caption": "Hojeij with Nejmeh in 2020", "Full name": "Moussa Ali Hojeij", "Birth date": "1974 08 06 y", "Birth place": "Chyah, Lebanonmoussa-hjeij/253834 2020-11-15", "Height": "1.74 m", "Position": "Attacking midfielder", "Current club": "Safa (head coach)", "Youth club 1 years": "19... |
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| motto = Katleho ka kopano(Success through unity)
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| motto = Sa ǁa ǃaĩsi 'uĩsi (Strive for a better life)
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| motto = Kagiso le Tswelelopele (Peace and Prosperity)
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| map... | {"Zulu": "iNyakatho-Ntshonalanga", "Xhosa": "iMntla-Ntshona", "Afrikaans": "Noord-Wes", "Sepedi": "Leboa-Bodikela", "Sesotho": "Leboya Bophirimela", "Setswana": "Bokone Bophirima", "Venda": "Devhula-Vhukovhela"} |
Appian of Alexandria (; Appianòs Alexandreús; ; ) was a Greek historian with Roman citizenship who prospered during the reigns of Emperors of Rome Trajan, Hadrian, and Antoninus Pius.
He was born c. 95 in Alexandria. After holding the senior offices in the province of Aegyptus (Egypt), he went to Rome c. 120, where ... | {"Name": "Appian", "Birth name": "Appianus Alexandrinus", "Birth date": "no 95", "Birth place": "Alexandria, Aegyptus", "Death date": "no 165 (aged around 70)", "Death place": "Rome", "Occupation": "Historian"} |
Viet D. Dinh (; born February 22, 1968) is a Vietnamese-born American legal scholar who is on the board of Strategic Education. He is also the Chief Legal and Policy Officer of Fox Corporation where he leads all legal, government and regulatory and government affairs. He served as an Assistant Attorney General of the ... | {"Name": "Viet Dinh", "Term start": "May 31, 2001", "Term end": "May 31, 2003", "Birth name": "Đinh Đồng Phụng Việt", "Birth date": "1968 2 22", "Birth place": "Saigon, South Vietnam (now Vietnam)", "Education": "Harvard University (AB, JD)"} |
Sir James Robert George Graham, 2nd Baronet (1 June 1792 - 25 October 1861) was a British statesman, who notably served as Home Secretary and First Lord of the Admiralty. He was the eldest son of Sir James Graham, 1st Baronet, by Lady Catherine, eldest daughter of the 7th Earl of Galloway.
In 1819, he married Fanny ... | {"Name": "Sir James Graham", "Order 2": "First Lord of the Admiralty", "Monarch 2": "William IV", "Prime minister 2": "The Earl Grey", "Predecessor 2": "The Viscount Melville", "Successor 2": "The Lord Auckland", "Birth date": "yes 1792 6 1", "Birth place": "Naworth, Cumberland", "Death date": "yes 1861 10 25 1792 6 1"... |
Psi Upsilon (), commonly known as Psi U, is a North American fraternity,Psi Upsilon Tablet founded at Union College on November 24, 1833. The fraternity reports 50 chapters at colleges and universities throughout North America, some of which are inactive.
Psi Upsilon's foundation provides scholarships and other financ... | {"Motto": "Unto us has befallen a mighty friendship.", "Mission statement": "United in friendship, Psi Upsilon members aspire to moral, intellectual and social excellence in themselves as they seek to inspire these values in society", "Founded": "Union College", "Affiliation": "NIC", "Type": "Social", "Scope": "CanadaU... |
The Wages of Fear () is a 1953 thriller film directed and co-written by Henri-Georges Clouzot, and starring Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck and Véra Clouzot. The film centers on a group of four down-their-luck European men who are hired by an American oil company to drive two trucks over mountain dirt roads... | {"Directed by": "Henri-Georges Clouzot", "Produced by": "Raymond Borderie", "Screenplay by": "Henri-Georges ClouzotJérome Geronimi", "Based on": "Le Salaire de la peur(1950 novel) Georges Arnaud", "Starring": "Yves Montand\n Charles Vanel\n Folco Lulli\n Peter Van Eyck\n Véra Clouzot", "Music by": "Georges Auric", "Cin... |
Sampford Courtenay is a village and civil parish in West Devon in England, most famous for being the place where the Western Rebellion, otherwise known as the Prayerbook rebellion, first started, and where the rebels made their final stand. It has a population of around 600.
The Church of St Andrew is mainly built of ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2019)", "District": "West Devon", "Shire county": "Devon", "UK Parliament": "Torridge and West Devon", "Postcode district": "EX", "Dialling code": "01837", "OS grid reference": "SS6301"} |
Bernd Rosemeyer (14 October 1909 - 28 January 1938) was a German racing driver and speed record holder. He is considered one of the greatest racing drivers of all time. Though he was not a member of the Nazi Party, he was made a member of the SS for propaganda purposes and held the rank of Hauptsturmführer. Christoph F... | {"Born": "Lingen, German Empire", "Died": "Frankfurt-Darmstadt Autobahn, Nazi Germany", "Years active": "1935-1937", "Teams": "Auto Union (1935-1937)", "Starts": "13", "Wins": "3"} |
Luke Martin McCormick (born 15 August 1983) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, most notably for Plymouth Argyle.Luke's Homecoming
Starting his career at Plymouth Argyle, McCormick was jailed for causing death by dangerous driving in 2008 after he killed two children. He was releas... | {"Name": "Luke McCormick", "Picture caption": "McCormick with Plymouth Argyle in 2017", "Full name": "Luke Martin McCormickhttps://www.efl.com/siteassets/efl-documents/202021/efl-squad-numbering-11.09.2020.pdf Notification of shirt numbers: Plymouth Argyle English Football League 53 24 September 2020", "Birth date"... |
Sorcerer is a 1977 American thriller film directed and produced by William Friedkin and starring Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, and Amidou. The second adaptation of Georges Arnaud's 1950 French novel Le Salaire de la peur, it has been widely considered a remake of the 1953 film The Wages of Fear, although... | {"Directed by": "William Friedkin", "Produced by": "William Friedkin", "Screenplay by": "Walon Green", "Based on": "Le Salaire de la peur Georges Arnaud", "Starring": "Roy Scheider\n Bruno Cremer\n Francisco Rabal\n Amidou\n Ramon Bieri", "Music by": "Tangerine Dream", "Cinematography": "John M. Stephens\n Dick Bush", ... |
Udmurtia, officially the Udmurt Republic, is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is administratively part of the Volga Federal District. Its capital is the city of Izhevsk.
Name
The name Udmurt comes from ('meadow people'), where the first part represents the Permic root or ('meadow, glade, turf, gre... | {"English name": "Udmurt Republic", "Russian name": "Удмуртская Республика", "Local name 1": "Удмурт Республика", "Local language 1": "Udmurt", "Coat of arms caption": "Coat of arms", "Flag caption": "Flag", "Type of polity": "Republic", "Type of polity article": "Republics of Russia", "Area in sq. km": "42061", "Area ... |
Lars-Olof Mikael Jansson (born 4 September 1965) is a Swedish politician who was Leader of the Sweden Democrats (SD) from 1995 to 2005. He served as defence spokesman for the Sweden Democrats in the Riksdag from 2010 to 2018. Jansson is currently the Deputy Chairman of Alternative for Sweden.
Political career
In 19... | {"Name": "Mikael Jansson", "Image caption": "Jansson in 2013", "Term start": "28 November 2020", "Office 2": "Leader of the Sweden Democrats", "Predecessor 2": "Anders Klarström", "Successor 2": "Jimmie Åkesson", "Birth name": "Lars-Olof Mikael Jansson", "Birth date": "1965 9 4 yes", "Birth place": "Umeå, Sweden", "Oth... |
Chocky is a science fiction novel by British writer John Wyndham. It was first published as a novelette in the March 1963 issue of Amazing Stories and later developed into a novel in 1968, published by Michael Joseph. The BBC produced a radio adaption by John Tydeman in 1967. In 1984 a children's television drama base... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Michael Joseph", "Media type": "Print (Hardback & Paperback)", "Pages": "160Amazon, \"Chocky: Amazon.ca\", Amazon", "ISBN": "0-7451-0059-7", "Preceded by": "Trouble with Lichen"} |
Samson and Delilah is a 1949 American romantic biblical drama film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and released by Paramount Pictures. It depicts the biblical story of Samson, a strongman whose secret lies in his uncut hair, and his love for Delilah, the woman who seduces him, discovers his secret, and then b... | {"Directed by": "Cecil B. DeMille", "Produced by": "Cecil B. DeMille", "Screenplay by": "Jesse L. Lasky Jr. Fredric M. Frank Harold Lamb", "Based on": "Judge and Fool, a novel Vladimir Jabotinsky\n Holy Bible (Book of Judges)", "Starring": "Hedy Lamarr Victor Mature George Sanders Angela Lansbury Henry Wilcoxon", "Musi... |
Animation:Master is a 3D character animation application offered by Hash, Inc. that includes tools for modeling, rigging, animating, texturing, lighting and rendering. Although Animation:Master was developed for and is targeted towards independent artists, with a workflow optimized to enable one artist to create a rend... | {"Developer(s)": "Hash, Inc.", "Type": "3D computer graphics", "License": "Proprietary", "Website": "www.hash.com"} |
John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough, PC (31 August 1781 - 16 May 1847), known as Viscount Duncannon from 1793 to 1844, was a British Whig politician. He was notably Home Secretary in 1834 and served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between 1846 and 1847, the first years of the Great Famine.
Background and educ... | {"Name": "The Earl of Bessborough", "Image": "Bessborough4.JPG", "Image size": "150px", "Order 2": "Lord Lieutenant of Ireland", "Monarch 2": "Victoria", "Prime minister 2": "Lord John Russell", "Predecessor 2": "The Lord Heytesbury", "Successor 2": "The Earl of Clarendon", "Birth name": "John William Ponsonby", "Birth... |
The Icicle Thief (, ) is a 1989 Italian comedy film directed by Maurizio Nichetti, titled in imitation of Vittorio De Sica's 1948 classic Italian neorealist film The Bicycle Thief (Italian: Ladri di biciclette). Some feel The Icicle Thief was created as a spoof of neorealism, which predominated Italian cinema after Wor... | {"Directed by": "Maurizio Nichetti", "Produced by": "Ernesto Di Sabro", "Written by": "Mauro MontiMaurizio Nichetti", "Story by": "Maurizio Nichetti", "Starring": "Maurizio Nichetti", "Music by": "Manuel De Sica", "Cinematography": "Mario Battistoni", "Edited by": "Rita Rossi", "Distributed by": "Bambú, Reteitalia", "B... |
David Michael Collenette, PC (born 24 June 1946) is a former Canadian politician. From 1974, until his retirement from politics in 2004, he was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. A graduate from York University's Glendon College in 1969, he subsequently received his MA, in 2004 and LL.D for education in 2015 from... | {"Name": "David Michael Collenette", "Office 2": "Minister of National Defence", "Prime minister 2": "Jean Chrétien", "Predecessor 2": "Tom Siddon", "Successor 2": "Doug Young", "Birth date": "yes 1946 06 24", "Birth place": "London, England, UK", "Residence": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Education": "Glendon College, ... |
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William Clifford (christened 14 December 1811 - 5 September 1841) was an English cricketer who played for Kent county teams between 1834 and 1841. He was a right-handed batsman and a slow bowler who often fielded as a wicket-keeper.William Clifford, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
Clifford was christened at... | {"Full name": "William Clifford", "Born": "Bearsted, Kent", "Died": "Gravesend, Kent", "Batting": "Right-handed", "Bowling": "Right-arm slow", "Role": "Wicket-keeper", "Relations": "Robert Clifford (grandfather) Francis Clifford (brother)"} |
Studio 2 was a daily (weeknights) current affairs newsmagazine on TVOntario in Ontario, Canada. The show won several Gemini Awards, and was hosted by Steve Paikin and Paula Todd (who replaced original co-host Mary Hynes in the show's third season), and first aired in 1994."Paikin, Hynes named co-hosts of TVO current-af... | {"Presented by": "Steve Paikin and Paula Todd", "Country of origin": "Canada", "Original network": "TVOntario", "Original release": "2006 6"} |
From Dusk till Dawn is a 1996 American action horror film directed by Robert Rodriguez and written by Quentin Tarantino from a concept and story by Robert Kurtzman. Starring Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Ernest Liu, and Juliette Lewis, the plot follows a pair of American criminal brothers (Clooney a... | {"Directed by": "Robert Rodriguez", "Produced by": "Gianni Nunnari\n Meir Teper", "Screenplay by": "Quentin Tarantino", "Story by": "Robert Kurtzman", "Starring": "Harvey Keitel\n George Clooney\n Quentin Tarantino\n Juliette Lewis", "Music by": "Graeme Revell", "Cinematography": "Guillermo Navarro", "Edited by": "Robe... |
The surname Marin is of Spanish language origin. In Spanish, it is spelled Marín, with an acute accent on the í.
Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marin (born July 13, 1946) is an American comedian, actor, musician, and activist. He gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech & Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s wi... | {"Birth name": "Richard Anthony Marin", "Born": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Medium": "Film, stand-up, televisionMarin Richard October 19, 2019 https://themoth.org/radio-hour/the-call The Call The Moth", "Genres": "Character comedy, musical comedy, political satire, sketch comedy, stoner comedy", "Years act... |
Arpachshad ( - ʾArpaḵšaḏ, in pausa - ʾArpaḵšāḏ; - Arphaxád), alternatively spelled Arphaxad or Arphacsad, is one of the postdiluvian men in the ShemTerah genealogy. The name is recorded in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament of Christian Bible) and subsequently copied in different biblical books... | {"Name": "Arpachshad", "Caption": "Arpachshad, Son of Shem", "Birth date": "1656 AM", "Birth place": "Ur, Sumer(present-day Southern Iraq)", "Death date": "2094 AM (aged 438)", "Parent(s)": "Shem", "Children": "Selah, and other sons and daughters"} |
The Twin City Rapid Transit Company (TCRT), also known as Twin City Lines (TCL), was a transportation company that operated streetcars and buses in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Other types of transportation were tested including taxicabs and steamboats, along with the opera... | {"Fate": "Streetcar system dismantled completely in 1954, sold in 1970", "Founded": "1875", "Defunct": "1970", "Headquarters": "Minneapolis-St. Paul", "Industry": "Public transport", "Products": "streetcars, horse-drawn buggies, buses", "Parent": "Twin City Lines", "Subsidiaries": "Minneapolis Street Railway Company, S... |
Einojuhani Rautavaara (; 9 October 1928 - 27 July 2016) was a Finnish composer of classical music. Among the most notable Finnish composers since Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), Rautavaara wrote a great number of works spanning various styles. These include eight symphonies, nine operas and twelve concertos, as well as nume... | {"Name": "Einojuhani Rautavaara", "Caption": "Rautavaara, 2000", "Birth date": "yes 1928 10 9", "Birth place": "Helsinki, Finland", "Death date": "yes 2016 07 27 1928 10 9", "Death place": "Helsinki, Finland", "Notable works": "Piano Concerto No. 1Cantus ArcticusSymphony No. 7 (Angel of Light)List of compositions", "Sp... |
is a 1995 tactical role-playing game developed and published by Quest Corporation for the Super Famicom. It was later ported to the Sega Saturn (1996) and the PlayStation (1997), the latter released in North America in 1998 by Atlus USA. The second entry in the Ogre Battle series, the story takes place in the war-torn ... | {"Title": "Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together", "Caption": "Super Famicom box art featuring lead characters Denim and Kachua Powell.", "Developer": "Quest Corporation\"SaturnRiver\"/> PlayStation port developed by Kuusou Kagaku.", "Publisher": "Super FamicomJP Quest CorporationSega SaturnJP RiverhillsoftPlayStationJP ... |
(IIDX) is a series of rhythm video games, that was first released by Konami in Japan on the 26th of February 1999. Beatmania IIDX has since spawned 31 arcade releases and 14 console releases on the Sony PlayStation 2. It is the sequel to the beatmania game series, and is part of the Bemani line of music games.
Initial... | {"Caption": "A LIGHTNING MODEL cabinet running beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE. This cabinet was introduced with IIDX 27.", "Developer": "Bemani", "Publisher": "Konami", "Genre": "Music", "First release version": "Beatmania IIDX", "First release date": "JP February 26, 1999", "Latest release version": "Beatmania IIDX 30... |
The Bates method is an ineffective and potentially dangerous alternative therapy aimed at improving eyesight. Eye-care physician William Horatio Bates (1860-1931) held the erroneous belief that the extraocular muscles effected changes in focus and that "mental strain" caused abnormal action of these muscles; hence he b... | {"Caption": "William Bates and his assistant", "Claims": "The need for eyeglasses can be reversed by relaxation.", "Related fields": "Ophthalmology, optometry", "Original year": "1891", "Original proponents": "William Horatio BatesBernarr Macfadden"} |
Signing Off is the debut album by British reggae band UB40, released in the UK on 29 August 1980 by Dudley-based independent label Graduate Records. It was an immediate success in their home country, reaching number 2 on the UK albums chart, and made UB40 one of the many popular reggae bands in Britain, several years b... | {"Released": "29 August 1980", "Recorded": "21-24 December 1979, 31 March-10 April 1980, 16 June-1 July 1980, 18-20 July 1980", "Studio": "Bob Lamb's \"Home of the Hits\", Moseley, BirminghamThe Music Centre", "Genre": "Reggae, dub", "Label": "Graduate Records", "Producer": "Bob Lamb, Ray \"Pablo\" Falconer, UB40"} |
, better known by his mononymous stage name Gackt (stylized in all caps), is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor.
Born in Okinawa, Japan, to a Ryukyuan family, Gackt learned the piano at a young age and was raised on classical music and enka before becoming interested in rock music while... | {"Born": "Okinawa, Japan", "Genres": "Rock pop", "Labels": "G&Lovers Gan-Shin Nippon Crown Avex Group", "Formerly of": "Malice Mizer\n S.K.I.N.\n Yellow Fried Chickenz", "Website": "gackt.com"} |
Jeffrey Zeldman is an American entrepreneur, web designer, author, podcaster and speaker on web design. He is the co-founder of A List Apart Magazine and the Web Standards Project. He also founded the design studios Happy Cog and studio.zeldman, and co-founded the A Book Apart imprint and the design conference An Event... | {"Name": "Jeffrey Zeldman", "Caption": "Zeldman at An Event Apart 2011", "Birth date": "yes 1955 01 12", "Known For": "A List Apart, Designing with Web Standards, Happy Cog, Web Standards Project, An Event Apart, A Book Apart", "Education": "MFA Fiction Writing University of Virginia, BA English Indiana University", "O... |
Eric A. Meyer is an American web design consultant and author. He is best known for his advocacy work on behalf of web standards, most notably CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), a technique for managing how HTML is displayed. Meyer has written a number of books and articles on CSS and given many presentations promoting its ... | {"Alt": "Eric Meyer at @Media2006 conference", "Caption": "Eric Meyer at @Media2006 conference", "Occupation": "Web design consultant Author", "Spouse(s)": "Kathryn Meyer", "Children": "3", "Website": "https://meyerweb.com/eric/", "Alma mater": "Case Western Reserve University (graduated in 1992)"} |
Give Up is the only studio album by American electronic duo The Postal Service, released on February 18, 2003, by Sub Pop Records. The Postal Service was a collaboration between singer-songwriter Ben Gibbard, best-known for his work with indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie, and musician Jimmy Tamborello, who also recor... | {"Released": "February 18, 2003", "Recorded": "December 2001 and 2002", "Studio": "Dying Songs (Los Angeles) Computerworld (Seattle)", "Genre": "Indietronica indie pop synth-pop", "Label": "Sub Pop", "Producer": "The Postal Service"} |
The North Carolina General Assembly of 2003-04 was the 145th session of the North Carolina General General Assembly. The assembly is a bicameral body including a House of Representatives and Senate. They both met in Raleigh, North Carolina in 2003 and 2004. Members of this North Carolina General Assembly were electe... | {"Legislative body": "North Carolina General Assembly", "Jurisdiction": "North Carolina", "Meeting place": "State Legislative Building in Raleigh", "Term": "2003-2004", "Website": "House Senate", "Members": "120 Representatives", "Party control": "Democratic-led power share"} |
The 1947 Glazier-Higgins-Woodward tornadoes were a series of related tornadoes spawned by a single supercell that swept through the U.S. states of Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas on Wednesday, April 9, 1947. Most of the damage and all the deaths are still blamed on one large F5 tornado, known as the Glazier-Higgins-Woodwar... | {"Name": "1947 Glazier-Higgins-Woodward tornado outbreak", "Type": "Tornado outbreak", "Duration": "April 9, 1947", "Tornadoes confirmed": "≥ 8-12", "Fujita scale / Enhanced Fujita scale": "F5", "Duration of tornado outbreak": "≥3-5? hours", "Fatalities": "≥ 181 fatalities, ≥ 980 injuries", "Damage": "+$10.5 million", ... |
HotJava (later called HotJava Browser to distinguish it from HotJava Views) was a modular, extensible web browser from Sun Microsystems implemented in Java. It was the first browser to support Java applets, and was Sun's demonstration platform for the then-new technology. It has since been discontinued and is no longer... | {"Developer(s)": "Sun Microsystems", "Initial release": "1997 03 24Rakitin Jason Review: Alternative Web browsers http://www.nwfusion.com/news/1997/1027browser2.html Network World Fusion August 16, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20011005005015/http://www.nwfusion.com/news/1997/1027browser2.html October 5, 2001... |
Amritsar (), historically also known as Rāmdāspur and colloquially as Ambarsar, is the second-largest city in the Indian state of Punjab, after Ludhiana. It is a major cultural, transportation and economic centre, located in the Majha region of Punjab. The city is the administrative headquarters of the Amritsar distric... | {"Founded by": "Guru Ram Das", "Type": "Municipality", "Body": "Amritsar Municipal Corporation", "Rank": "2nd in Punjab", "Density": "auto", "Metro density": "1993809", "Website": "https://www.amritsarcorp.com"} |
thumb|upright=1.3|U.S. Postage, 1958 issue, commemorating the Lincoln and Douglas debates
thumb|Abraham Lincoln, photo by William March, May 1860
thumb|Stephen A. Douglas, photo by Vannerson, 1859
The Lincoln-Douglas debates were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican Party candidate for the... | {"Name": "1859 United States Senate election in Illinois", "Country": "Illinois", "Type": "presidential", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1853 United States Senate election in Illinois", "Previous year": "1853", "Next election": "1861 United States Senate election in Illinois", "Next year": "1861", "Election da... |
Dennis Miller Live was an American weekly late night talk show on HBO, hosted by comedian Dennis Miller. The show ran 215 episodes from 1994 to 2002, and received five Emmy awards and 11 Emmy nominations. It was also nominated six times for the Writers Guild of America Award for "Best Writing For A Comedy/Variety Seri... | {"Running time": "30 minutes", "Presented by": "Dennis Miller", "Opening theme": "\"Everybody Wants to Rule the World\" by Tears for Fears", "Country of origin": "United States", "Original network": "HBO", "Original release": "2002 8 30"} |
The Sinulog-Santo Niño Festival is an annual cultural and religious festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City and is the centre of the Santo Niño Catholic Christian celebrations in the Philippines.
The festival is considered to be the biggest festival in the Philippines, with every celebration of the f... | {"Type": "Religious / Cultural", "Official name": "Sinulog-Santo Niño Festival", "Also called": "Sinulog", "Observed by": "Cebu City", "Next time": "Same day of the same week", "Date": "January"} |
The PCC (Presidents' Conference Committee) is a tram design that was first built in the United States in the 1930s. The design proved successful domestically, and after World War II it was licensed for use elsewhere in the world where PCC based cars were made. The PCC car has proved to be a long-lasting icon of streetc... | {"Name": "PCC streetcar", "Interior Caption": "Interior of a PCC car", "Image Caption": "Three PCCs on the San Francisco Municipal Railway's F-line. Pictured are an example of one double-ended streetcar and two single-ended cars.", "Year(s) of Service": "1936-present", "Manufacturer": "St Louis Car CompanyPullman Stand... |
Harold Edwin Ballard (born Edwin Harold Ballard, July 30, 1903 - April 11, 1990) was a Canadian businessman and sportsman. Ballard was an owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL) as well as their home arena, Maple Leaf Gardens. A member of the Leafs organization from 1940 and a senior execut... | {"Name": "Harold Ballard", "Position(s)": "Owner", "Birth date": "yes 1903 07 30", "Born:": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Death date": "yes 1990 04 11 1903 07 30", "Died:": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "CF Hall Of Fame": "harold-e-ballard"} |
William John Robert Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington (10 December 1917 - 9 September 1944) was a British politician and British Army officer. He was the elder son of Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire, and therefore the heir to the dukedom. He was killed in action in the Second World War during fighting in the ... | {"Name": "Marquess of Hartington", "Image caption": "Lord Hartington in 1944", "Birth name": "William John Robert Cavendish", "Birth date": "yes 1917 12 10", "Death date": "yes 1944 09 9 1917 12 10", "Birth place": "London, England", "Death place": "Heppen, Belgium", "Alma mater": "Trinity College, Cambridge", "Battles... |
William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, PC, FRS (20 June 1731 - 15 July 1801), styled as Viscount Lewisham from 1732 to 1750, was a British statesman who is most remembered as the namesake of Dartmouth College.
Background
Dartmouth was the son of George Legge, Viscount Lewisham, who died when Dartmouth was one year old.... | {"Name": "The Earl of Dartmouth", "Image caption": "The Earl of Dartmouth, by Nathaniel Hone", "Order 2": "Secretary of State for the Colonies and First Lord of Trade", "Monarch 2": "George III", "Prime minister 2": "Lord North", "Predecessor 2": "The Earl of Hillsborough", "Successor 2": "Lord George Germain", "Birth ... |
Richard Paul Astley (born 6 February 1966) is an English singer who has been active in music for several decades. He gained worldwide fame in the 1980s, having multiple hits, including his signature songs "Never Gonna Give You Up", "Together Forever" and "Whenever You Need Somebody". He returned to music full-time in t... | {"Name": "Rick Astley", "Caption": "Astley at Glastonbury Festival 2023", "Birth name": "Richard Paul Astley", "Birth date": "1966 2 6 yes", "Birth place": "Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, England", "Occupation": "Singer\n songwriter\n radio personality", "Years active": "1985-1993\n 2000-present", "Spouse(s)": "Lene Ba... |
The Territory of Kansas was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, until January 29, 1861, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the free state of Kansas.
The territory extended from the Missouri border west to the summit of the Rocky M... | {"Conventional long name": "Territory of Kansas", "Common name": "Kansas Territory", "Year founded": "1854", "Year dissolved": "1861", "Capital": "Pawnee (provisional; July 2-6, 1855)Fort Leavenworth (provisional)Lecompton (1855-61)Lawrence (de facto, 1858-1861)", "Government type": "Organized incorporated territory"} |
thumb|upright|Statue of Wen Tianxiang (Man Tin Cheung) in San Tin, Hong Kong
Wen Tianxiang (; June 6, 1236 - January 9, 1283), noble title Duke of Xin (), was a Chinese poet and politician in the last years of the Southern Song dynasty. For his resistance to Kublai Khan's invasion of the Southern Song dynasty, and for ... | {"Name": "Wen Tianxiang文天祥", "Term start": "1275", "Term end": "1278", "Birth name": "Wen Yunsun (zh-hant 文雲孫)", "Birth date": "6 June 1236", "Birth place": "Luling, Jiangnan West Circuit, Song China (present-day Ji'an, Jiangxi)", "Death date": "1283 1 9 1236 6 6 y", "Death place": "Dadu, Yuan China (present-day Beijin... |
Alice Lloyd College is a private work college in Pippa Passes, Kentucky. It was co-founded by the journalist Alice Spencer Geddes Lloyd (a native of Cambridge, Massachusetts) and June Buchanan (a native of New York) in 1923, at first under the name of Caney Junior College. Founded as an institution to educate leaders i... | {"Type": "Private college", "Endowment": "$43.0 million (2018)Alice Lloyd College http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/alice-lloyd-college-1951 U.S. News & World Report 14 May 2016", "President": "Jim Stepp", "Students": "558", "Campus": "Rural, 175 acres (0.71 km²)http://www.alc.edu/about/about_... |
James Michael Curley (November 20, 1874 - November 12, 1958) was an American Democratic politician from Boston, Massachusetts. He served four terms as mayor of Boston; from 1914 to 1955, he ran for mayor in every election for which he was legally qualified. He also served a single term as governor of Massachusetts, cha... | {"Name": "James Curley", "Term start": "January 3, 1935", "Term end": "January 7, 1937", "Predecessor 2": "Malcolm Nichols", "Successor 2": "Frederick Mansfield", "Birth date": "1874 11 20", "Birth place": "Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Death date": "1958 11 12 1874 11 20", "Death place": "Boston, Massachusetts, U.S."... |
Ernest Joseph King (23 November 1878 - 25 June 1956) was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy who served as Commander in Chief, United States Fleet (COMINCH) and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) during World War II. He directed the United States Navy's operations, planning, and administration and was a member of th... | {"Nickname(s)": "\"Ernie\"\"Rey\"", "Born": "Lorain, Ohio, U.S.", "Died": "Kittery, Maine, U.S.", "Commands held": "Chief of Naval OperationsUnited States FleetUnited States Atlantic FleetLexington CV-2 6Naval Station NorfolkWright AV-1 6Bridge AF-1 6Naval Postgraduate SchoolTerry DD-25 6", "Awards": "Navy Cross\n Navy... |
Robert Duncan McNeill (born November 9, 1964) is an American director, producer, and actor. As an actor, he is best known for his role as Lieutenant Tom Paris on the television series Star Trek: Voyager. He has also served as an executive producer and frequent director of the television series Chuck, Resident Alien, Th... | {"Caption": "McNeill at the Phoenix Comic Con in 2011", "Name": "Robert Duncan McNeill", "Birth date": "1964 11 9http://www.robertduncanmcneill.net/film.html Filmography Official Homepage of Robert Duncan McNeill 2007-03-10http://www.tv.com/robert-duncan-mcneill/person/14478/summary.html Robert Duncan McNeill biogr... |
Erkilet International Airport or Kayseri Erkilet Airport (, ) is a military airbase and public airport located north of Kayseri in the Kayseri Province of Turkey. The airport is a major hub for travel to Cappadocia.
Facilities
The prior capacity of the airport was 600,000 passengers per year. With the opening of the ... | {"Airport type": "Public / Military", "Location": "Kayseri, Turkey", "AMSL": "1,069", "Coordinates": "38 46 13 N 035 29 43 E region:TR inline,title"} |
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