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Adrian Mark Sanders (born 25 April 1959) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Torbay in Devon from 1997 until his defeat in the 2015 general election.
Early life
Sanders is the son of the late John and Helen Sanders, an insurance official and nurse respectiv... | {"Name": "Adrian Sanders", "Image caption": "Sanders in 2009", "Birth date": "1959 4 25 y", "Birth place": "Paignton, Devon, England", "Nationality": "English", "Spouse(s)": "Alison SandersThe Register of Members' Financial Interests: Part 2 As at 24 January 2011 UK Parliament", "Residence": "Torbay", "Official website... |
Malcolm Kemp Savidge (born 9 May 1946 in Surrey, England) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberdeen North, in Scotland, from the 1997 general election until he stood down at the 2005 general election.
Early life
Educated at Wallington County Grammar School and t... | {"Name": "Malcolm Savidge", "Term start": "2 May 1997", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth date": "1946 05 9 yes", "Birth place": "Surrey, England", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "Aberdeen University"} |
Jonathan Sayeed (born 20 March 1948) is an Anglo-Indian British politician who was a Conservative Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1992 and from 1997 to 2005.
He was the only member of the Conservative front bench who consistently, openly and publicly opposed the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Though... | {"Name": "Jonathan Sayeed", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Predecessor 2": "Constituency established", "Successor 2": "Jean Corston", "Birth date": "1948 03 20 yes", "Nationality": "British"} |
Brian Charles John Sedgemore (17 March 1937 - 29 April 2015) was a British politician who served as a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) from 1974 to 1979, and again from 1983 to 2005. He defected to the Liberal Democrats shortly after standing down from Parliament just before the 2005 general election.
Early life
Brian... | {"Term start": "9 June 1983", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Predecessor 2": "Constituency established", "Successor 2": "John Carlisle", "Birth name": "Brian Charles John Sedgemore", "Birth date": "1937 03 17 y", "Birth place": "Exmouth, England", "Death date": "2015 04 29 1937 03 17 yes", "Death place": "North London, ... |
Andrew Edmund Armstrong Selous (; born 27 April 1962) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Bedfordshire since the 2001 general election. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Minister of State for Prisons from 2014 to 2016 in the government of Prime Minister ... | {"Name": "Andrew Selous", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2019", "Term start": "10 January 2020", "Office 2": "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice", "Prime minister 2": "David Cameron", "Predecessor 2": "Jeremy Wright", "Successor 2": "Sam Gyimah", "Birth date": "1962 04 27 yes", "Birth place": "Mar... |
Jonathan Rowland Shaw (born 3 June 1966) is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Chatham and Aylesford from 1997 to 2010. He also served in the Government as the Minister for Disabled People from 2008 to 2010. He was the CEO of Policy Connect and currently serves on the board. He... | {"Name": "Jonathan Shaw", "Image caption": "Shaw in 2007", "Term start": "28 June 2007", "Term end": "11 May 2010", "Office 2": "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Marine, Landscape and Rural Affairs", "Prime minister 2": "Gordon Brown", "Predecessor 2": "Barry Gardiner", "Successor 2": "Huw Irranca-Davies", "B... |
Barry John Sheerman (born 17 August 1940) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Huddersfield, previously Huddersfield East, since 1979. He is also Labour's longest continuously serving MP and the oldest Labour MP in the current parliament; only Margaret Beck... | {"Name": "Barry Sheerman", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2020", "Image size": "220px", "Term start": "16 July 2001", "Term end": "19 June 2010", "Office 2": "Shadow Minister for Home Affairs", "Leader 2": "Neil Kinnock", "Predecessor 2": "Clive Soley", "Successor 2": "Joan Ruddock", "Birth date": "1940 08 17 y",... |
Sir Richard Charles Scrimgeour Shepherd (6 December 1942 - 19 February 2022) was a British politician who was Member of Parliament for Aldridge-Brownhills from 1979 to 2015. A Eurosceptic, Shepherd was one of the Maastricht Rebels that had the whip withdrawn over opposition to Prime Minister John Major's legislation on... | {"Name": "Richard Shepherd", "Image caption": "At Silver Street Methodist Church in Brownhills, 2007", "Term start": "3 May 1979", "Term end": "30 March 2015", "Birth name": "Richard Charles Scrimgeour Shepherd", "Birth date": "yes 1942 12 06", "Birth place": "Aberdeen, Scotland", "Death date": "2022 02 19 1942 12 06 y... |
Debra Ann Shipley (born 22 June 1957) is a politician in the United Kingdom. She was Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Stourbridge from 1997 until the 2005 general election, when she stood down for reasons of ill health. She was succeeded by Lynda Waltho, also from the Labour Party.
Shipley was the first woma... | {"Name": "Debra Shipley", "Term start": "2 May 1997", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth date": "1957 06 22 yes", "Nationality": "British"} |
Mark Jonathon Mortlock Simmonds (born 12 April 1964) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Boston and Skegness in Lincolnshire, and was first elected in 2001, succeeding Sir Richard Body. He was re-elected in 2005 with a greatly increased majority before his... | {"Name": "Mark Simmonds", "Image caption": "Simmonds in 2014", "Term start": "5 September 2012", "Term end": "11 August 2014", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Boston and Skegness", "Predecessor 2": "Sir Richard Body", "Successor 2": "Matt Warman", "Birth date": "1964 04 12 yes", "Birth place": "Worksop, Nottingh... |
Siôn Llewelyn Simon (born 23 December 1968) is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Erdington from 2001 to 2010 and as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the West Midlands from 2014 to 2019.
Simon was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Furt... | {"Name": "Siôn Simon", "Birth name": "Siôn Llewelyn Simon", "Birth date": "1968 12 23 yes", "Birth place": "Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, England", "Nationality": "British", "Term start": "1 July 2014", "Term end": "1 July 2019", "Office 2": "Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Further Education", "Predecessor 2":... |
The NBA G League, or simply the G League, is the official minor league organization of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The league was known as the National Basketball Development League (NBDL) from 2001 to 2005, and the NBA Development League (NBA D-League) from 2005 until 2017. The league started with eight... | {"Title": "NBA G League", "Current season": "2023-24 NBA G League season", "Map size": "105", "Sport": "Basketball", "Former": "NBA D-League", "Founded": "2001", "Inaugural season": "2001-02", "Teams": "31", "Countries": "United States (29 teams)Canada (1 team)Mexico (1 team)", "Continents": "North America", "Continent... |
Keith Robert Simpson, (born 29 March 1949) is a British Conservative Party politician and military historian who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Broadland from 2010 to 2019, having previously served as the MP for Mid Norfolk from 1997 to 2010.
Early life
Simpson was born in Norwich, the son of Harry Simpson... | {"Name": "Keith Simpson", "Office 2": "Member of Parliamentfor Mid Norfolk", "Predecessor 2": "Richard Ryder", "Successor 2": "George Freeman", "Birth date": "yes 1949 3 29", "Birth place": "Norwich, Norfolk, England", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "University of Hull King's College London", "Official websit... |
Genaro Hernández (May 10, 1966 - June 7, 2011) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 1998. He was a two-time super featherweight world champion, having held the WBA title from 1991 to 1995, and the WBC and lineal titles from 1997 to 1998. Additionally, he challenged for the WBO lightweight title ... | {"Nickname(s)": "Chicanito", "Weight(s)": "Super featherweight\nLightweight", "Height": "5 ft 11 in", "Reach": "72 in", "Nationality": "American", "Born": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Died": "Mission Viejo, California, U.S.", "Stance": "Orthodox", "Total fights": "41", "Wins": "38", "Wins by KO": "17", "Losses": "... |
The Maratha caste is composed of 96 clans, originally formed in the earlier centuries from the amalgamation of families from the peasant (Kunbi), shepherd (Dhangar), blacksmith (Lohar), carpenter (Sutar), Bhandari, Thakar and Koli castes in Maharashtra. Many of them took to military service in the 16th century for the ... | {"Country": "India", "Region": "Western IndiaCentral India", "Populated states": "Majority:MaharashtraMinority:Goa,Karnataka,Telangana,Madhya PradeshGujarat", "Languages": "Marathi Konkani", "Religions": "Hinduism"} |
New Right (Dutch: Nieuw Rechts, abbr. NR) was a nationalist Dutch political party, founded by Michiel Smit in February 2003 and dissolved in December 2007.
History
thumb|185px|left|Michiel Smit (2003)
Michiel Smit was secretary of Pim Fortuyn's local Leefbaar Rotterdam party. He was elected into the Rotterdam city co... | {"Founded": "2003", "Ideology": "Dutch nationalism", "Split from": "Leefbaar Rotterdam", "European affiliation": "Vlaams Belang, Euronat", "Headquarters": "Rotterdam, The Netherlands", "Newspaper": "Nieuws uit Rotterdam(News from Rotterdam)"} |
The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) is an eingetragener Verein (registered voluntary association) incorporated under German law. It was founded in 2001 to support all aspects of the free software movement in Europe, with registered chapters in several European countries. It is the European sister organization of... | {"Abbreviation": "FSFE", "Type": "Charitable organization", "Legal status": "German registered association (eingetragener Verein)", "Location": "Hamburg, GermanyImprint https://fsfe.org/about/legal/imprint.en.html fsfe.org Free Software Foundation Europe e.V. (FSFE) 15 June 2015 Hamburg is the registered address of th... |
Marsha Singh (11 October 1954 - 17 July 2012) was a British Labour Party politician, and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford West from 1997 to 2012. Singh stood down due to ill health.
Singh had a degree in Languages, Politics and Economics of Modern Europe from Loughborough University. He was part of the Direc... | {"Name": "Marsha Singh", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "2 March 2012", "Birth date": "1954 10 11 yes", "Birth place": "Punjab, India", "Death date": "2012 7 17 1954 10 11 y", "Death place": "Dominican Republic", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "Loughborough University"} |
Angela Evans Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon, (born 7 January 1959)House of Lords Business — 8 July 2010 UK Parliament is a British politician and life peer serving as Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords since 2015. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Bas... | {"Name": "The Baroness Smith of Basildon", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2020", "Term start": "27 May 2015", "Birth name": "Angela Evans", "Birth date": "yes 1959 1 7", "Birth place": "London, England", "Spouse(s)": "Nigel Smith", "Alma mater": "Leicester Polytechnic (BA)"} |
(, ; lit. Latest News) is an Israeli daily newspaper published in Tel Aviv. Founded in 1939, when Tel Aviv was in British Mandatory Palestine, is Israel's largest paid newspaper by sales and circulation.The Israeli Press Jewish Virtual Library
The newspaper is published in tabloid format, and according to one author,... | {"Type": "Daily newspaper", "Format": "Tabloid", "Owner(s)": "Yedioth Ahronoth Group", "Founder(s)": "Gershom Komarov", "Publisher": "Arnon Mozes", "Editor": "Neta Livne", "Language": "Hebrew", "Political alignment": "centre-left", "Headquarters": "138 Begin Rd.,Tel Aviv, Israel", "Circulation": "http://www.pressrefere... |
Maria Geraldine Smith (born 29 August 1961) is a former British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Morecambe and Lunesdale from 1997 to 2010.
Early life
She was educated at Morecambe High School and Lancaster and Morecambe College, where she gained a Diploma in Business Studies. Her first ca... | {"Name": "Geraldine Smith", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth name": "Maria Geraldine Smith", "Birth date": "yes 1961 08 29", "Birth place": "Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom", "Nationality": "British"} |
Jacqueline Jill Smith (born 3 November 1962) is a British broadcaster, political commentator and former Labour Party politician. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Redditch from 1997 to 2010. She served as Home Secretary under Gordon Brown from 2007 to 2009 and was the first woman to hold the position.
Smith was bo... | {"Name": "Jacqui Smith", "Image caption": "Smith in 2007", "Term start": "28 June 2007", "Term end": "5 June 2009", "Office 2": "Minister of State for Schools and Learners", "Prime minister 2": "Tony Blair", "Predecessor 2": "Stephen Twigg", "Successor 2": "Jim Knight", "Birth name": "Jacqueline Jill Smith", "Birth dat... |
Clive Stafford Soley, Baron Soley (born 7 May 1939) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1979 to 2005, and later as a Member of the House of Lords until 2023.
Early life
He went to Downshall Secondary Modern School (eventually ended up as Seven Kings High S... | {"Name": "The Lord Soley", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2019", "Office 2": "Member of the House of LordsLord Temporal", "Birth date": "1939 05 7 yes", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "University of Southampton, University of Strathclyde"} |
Helen Mary Southworth (born 13 November 1956) is a former Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom who is the Chief Executive of Age Concern Isle of Man. She is the former Member of Parliament (MP) for Warrington South, and was first elected at the 1997 general election. She retained the Warrington South seat at t... | {"Name": "Helen Southworth", "Term start": "2 May 1997", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "yes 1956 11 13", "Birth place": "Preston, England, UK", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Edmund Southworth", "Alma mater": "Lancaster University"} |
John Francis Spellar (born 5 August 1947) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Warley, formerly Warley West, since 1992. A member of the Labour Party, he previously represented Birmingham Northfield from 1982 to 1983. He served as a minister in numerous departments between 1997 and 20... | {"Name": "John Spellar", "Term start": "8 October 2010", "Term end": "18 September 2015", "Office 2": "Minister of State for Northern Ireland", "Prime minister 2": "Tony Blair", "Predecessor 2": "Des Browne", "Successor 2": "David Hanson", "Birth date": "yes 1947 8 5", "Birth place": "Bromley, Kent, England", "Alma mat... |
Robert Michael Spink (born 1 August 1948, in Haworth, Worth Valley, Yorkshire) is a former member of parliament (MP) for Castle Point in Essex (1992 to 1997, and 2001 to 2010) who was convicted of electoral fraud in 2017.
Spink was elected as the Conservative Party MP for Castle Point in 1992, lost his seat in 1997, b... | {"Name": "Bob Spink", "Term start": "7 June 2001", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Predecessor 2": "Sir Bernard Braine", "Successor 2": "Christine Butler", "Birth date": "y 1948 8 1", "Birth place": "Haworth, West Riding of Yorkshire, England", "Nationality": "British", "Other political party": "Conservative (until 2008)... |
Richard John Grenville Spring, Baron Risby (born 24 September 1946) is a former Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bury St Edmunds from 1992 to 1997, and for West Suffolk from 1997 to 2010. He joined the House of Lords in 2010 and is currently the Prime Minis... | {"Name": "The Lord Risby", "Term start": "November 2012", "Predecessor 2": "new constituency", "Successor 2": "Matt Hancock", "Birth date": "yes 1946 09 24", "Birth place": "Cape Town, Union of South Africa", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Jane Henniker-Major", "Alma mater": "University of Cape Town, Magdalene... |
thumb|right|300px|The fraction of the population of the Sydney metropolitan area that stated their religious affiliation as Anglican in the 2011 census, divided geographically by statistical area level 1
The Diocese of Sydney is a diocese in Sydney, within the Province of New South Wales of the Anglican Church of Aust... | {"Country": "Australia", "Territory": "Sydney Metropolitan Blue Mountains Southern Highlands South Coast Illawarra Lord Howe Island Norfolk Island", "Metropolitan": "Archbishop of Sydney", "Coordinates": "33 52 26 S 151 12 22 E source:kolossus-plwiki title,inline", "Churches": "400+", "Denomination": "Anglican", "Rite"... |
Rachel Anne Squire (13 July 1954 - 5 January 2006) was a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dunfermline West in Scotland from 1992 general election to 2005, and then for Dunfermline and West Fife from 2005 until her death after a long series of illnesses.
Background
Squire was born i... | {"Term start": "9 April 1992", "Term end": "5 January 2006", "Birth name": "Rachel Anne Squire", "Birth date": "1954 07 13 yes", "Birth place": "Carshalton, Surrey, England", "Death date": "2006 01 5 1954 07 13 yes", "Death place": "Saline, Fife, Scotland", "Nationality": "British", "Education": "Godolphin and Latymer ... |
Phyllis Margaret Starkey (née Williams; born 4 January 1947) is a British Labour party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Milton Keynes South West from 1997 to 2010. She had previously served as Leader of Oxford City Council.
Early life
She was the daughter of Dr John Williams, a food chemist, and C... | {"Name": "Phyllis Starkey", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "1947 01 4 yes", "Birth place": "Ipswich, England, UK", "Nationality": "English", "Spouse(s)": "Hugh Walton Starkey", "Alma mater": "Lady Margaret Hall, OxfordClare Hall, Cambridge"} |
James Claude Wright Jr. (December 22, 1922 - May 6, 2015) was an American politician who served as the 48th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1989. He represented Texas' 12th congressional district as a Democrat from 1955 to 1989.
Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Wright won election to the T... | {"Name": "Jim Wright", "Term start": "January 6, 1987", "Term end": "June 6, 1989", "Office 2": "House Majority Leader", "Deputy 2": "John BrademasTom Foley", "Predecessor 2": "Tip O'Neill", "Successor 2": "Tom Foley", "Birth name": "James Claude Wright Jr.", "Birth date": "1922 12 22", "Birth place": "Fort Worth, Texa... |
Anthony David Steen CBE (born 22 July 1939) is a former British Conservative Party politician and barrister. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1974 to 2010, and the Chairman of the Human Trafficking Foundation. Having represented Totnes in Devon since 1997, he was previously MP for South Hams from 1983, and had a... | {"Name": "Anthony Steen", "Term start": "9 June 1983", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "yes 1939 07 22", "Birth place": "Marylebone, London", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Carolyn Padfield", "Alma mater": "University College, London"} |
Gerald Neil Steinberg (20 April 1945 - 19 August 2015) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament for the City of Durham from 1987 until his retirement at the 2005 general election.
Early life
The son of Jewish parents Harry and Esther Steinberg, Gerry Steinberg attended St Marg... | {"Name": "Gerry Steinberg", "Term start": "12 June 1987", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth date": "1945 04 20 yes", "Birth place": "Durham, England, UK", "Death date": "19 August 2015 (aged 70)", "Birth name": "Gerald Neil Steinberg", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Margaret Thornton (1969-2015; his death)",... |
David John Stewart (born 5 May 1956) is a Scottish politician who served as convener of the Public Petitions Committee from 2011 to 2016. A member of the Scottish Labour Party and Co-operative Party, he was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Highlands and Islands region from 2007 to 2021 and was Member o... | {"Name": "David Stewart", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2010", "Term start": "14 June 2011", "Term end": "17 May 2016", "Birth date": "1956 05 5 yes", "Birth place": "Inverness, Scotland", "Birth name": "David John Stewart", "Spouse(s)": "Linda Stewart"} |
Paul David Stinchcombe KC (born 25 April 1962) is an English barrister and Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Early life
Stinchcombe went to the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe. At Trinity College, Cambridge, he studied law, gaining a double first MA. Stinchcombe went to Harvard Law School in Cambridge,... | {"Name": "Paul Stinchcombe", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "11 April 2005", "Birth date": "1962 04 25 yes", "Birth place": "Haslemere, Surrey, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Suzanne Gardiner", "Residence": "London, UK", "Alma mater": "Trinity College, Cambridge, Harvard Law School"} |
Howard Geoffrey Alvan Stoate (born 14 April 1954) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Dartford constituency in Kent from 1997 to 2010.
Early life
He studied at the independent Kingston Grammar School and later at King's College London, earning an MSc and Diploma of the RC... | {"Name": "Howard Stoate", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Birth date": "1954 04 14 yes", "Birth place": "Weymouth, Dorset, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Deborah Dunkerley", "Alma mater": "King's College London"} |
Sir Gary Nicholas Streeter (born 2 October 1955) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. Since 1997 he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Devon, previously holding the nearby seat of Plymouth Sutton between 1992 and 1997. Since the convening of the Fifty-fifth Parliament, Streeter h... | {"Name": "Gary Streeter", "Office 2": "Parliamentary Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Department", "Prime minister 2": "John Major", "Predecessor 2": "Jonathan Evans", "Successor 2": "Geoff Hoon", "Birth date": "yes 1955 10 2", "Birth place": "Gosport, England", "Spouse(s)": "Janet Stevens 1978", "Alma mater": "King... |
Graham Eric Stringer (born 17 February 1950) is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament for Blackley and Broughton, previously Manchester Blackley, since 1997. A member of the Labour Party, he was Leader of Manchester City Council from 1984 to 1996 and also served as chair of Manchester Airport from 1996 t... | {"Image": "Graham Stringer MP (cropped).JPG", "Image caption": "Stringer in 2007", "Name": "Graham Stringer", "Term start": "12 June 2001", "Term end": "29 May 2002", "Office 2": "Member of Parliamentfor Blackley and BroughtonManchester Blackley (1997-2010)", "Majority 2": "14,402 (37.3%)", "Predecessor 2": "Kenneth Ea... |
Pierre Werner (29 December 1913 - 24 June 2002) was a Luxembourgish politician in the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) who was the 18th Prime Minister from 1959 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1984.
Training and early activities
Pierre Werner was born in Saint-André-lez-Lille, Nord, France to parents from Luxembourg. H... | {"Name": "Pierre Werner", "Monarch 2": "Charlotte Jean", "Predecessor 2": "Pierre Frieden", "Successor 2": "Gaston Thorn", "Birth date": "1913 12 29 y", "Birth place": "Saint-André-lez-Lille, France", "Death date": "2002 6 24 1913 12 29 y", "Death place": "Luxembourg, Luxembourg"} |
thumb|right|80px| Insignia of a Knight Bachelor
Robert Andrew Stunell, Baron Stunell, (born 24 November 1942) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom.
Stunell was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hazel Grove, from the 1997 general election until he stood down at the 2015 general election. From 2010 t... | {"Name": "The Lord Stunell", "Term start": "13 May 2010", "Term end": "4 September 2012", "Office 2": "Member of the House of LordsLord Temporal", "Birth date": "yes 1942 11 24", "Birth place": "London, UK", "Alma mater": "Victoria University of ManchesterLiverpool John Moores University"} |
Gerard Sutcliffe (born 13 May 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford South from 1994 to 2015. He was the Minister for Sport and Tourism in the Brown Government.
Biography
Born in Salford, Sutcliffe was educated in Bradford at Cardinal Hinsley Grammar School, but le... | {"Name": "Gerry Sutcliffe", "Image caption": "Sutcliffe as Minister for Sport", "Term start": "29 June 2007", "Term end": "11 May 2010", "Office 2": "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Consumer and Competition Policy", "Predecessor 2": "Melanie Johnson", "Successor 2": "Position abolished", "Birth date": "yes 1... |
Sir Desmond Angus Swayne (born 20 August 1956) is a British Conservative politician serving as the Member of Parliament for the constituency of New Forest West since 1997.
Before going into politics, Swayne was a teacher, and then a manager at the Royal Bank of Scotland. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Davi... | {"Name": "Desmond Swayne", "Term start": "14 July 2014", "Term end": "17 July 2016", "Office 2": "Lord Commissioner of the Treasury", "Prime minister 2": "David Cameron", "Predecessor 2": "Michael Fabricant", "Successor 2": "Sam Gyimah", "Birth date": "yes 1956 8 20http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2122146.stm Des... |
Hugo George William Swire, Baron Swire, (born 30 November 1959) is a British politician. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Devon from 2001 until 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he has had several ministerial roles, most recently as Minister of State for Europe and the Americas, a role he he... | {"Name": "The Lord Swire", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2023", "Term start": "4 September 2012", "Term end": "15 July 2016", "Office 2": "Member of the House of LordsLord Temporal", "Birth date": "1959 11 30 yes", "Birth place": "Marylebone, London, England", "Spouse(s)": "Sasha Nott December 1996", "Education"... |
Sir Robert Andrew Raymond Syms (born 15 August 1956) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Poole in Dorset since 1997. He was granted a knighthood in 2017.
Early life
Syms was born in Chippenham, Wiltshire, in 1956 and educated at Colston's School, Bri... | {"Name": "Sir Robert Syms", "Term start": "17 July 2016", "Term end": "15 June 2017", "Birth date": "1956 08 15 yes", "Birth place": "Chippenham, Wiltshire, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Nicola Guy 1991 1999 divFiona Mellersh 2000 2016 div"} |
The statue of Laocoön and His Sons, also called the Laocoön Group (), has been one of the most famous ancient sculptures since it was excavated in Rome in 1506 and put on public display in the Vatican Museums,Beard, 209 where it remains today. The statue is very likely the same one that was praised in the highest terms... | {"Medium": "Marble", "Dimensions": "Digital Sculpture Project: Laocoön, \"Catalogue Entry: Laocoon Group\"", "Location": "Vatican Museums", "Coordinates": "dms it"} |
The Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) is a college-level athletic conference. The UMAC is a conference of NCAA Division III since the 2008-09 season. Corey Borchardt is the current commissioner of the UMAC, and was appointed to the position in 2008. The UMAC was started in 1972 as the Twin Rivers Conference, an... | {"Logo size": "250", "Founded": "1972", "Association": "NCAA", "Division": "Division III", "Teams": "8 full, 3 associate", "Sports fielded": "9", "Region": "Upper Midwest", "Former": "Twin Rivers Conference", "Headquarters": "Saint Paul, Minnesota", "Commissioner": "2008", "Official website": "umacathletics.com", "Map ... |
KINY (800 AM) is a full service formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Juneau, Alaska, serving Alaska Panhandle. KINY is owned and operated by Cliff Dumas, through licensee BTC USA Holdings Management Inc..
History
KINY began broadcasting on May 31, 1935, at 7:30 PM. It was located in the Goldstein Building un... | {"Broadcast area": "Alaska Panhandle", "Branding": "\"Hometown Radio 800 and 94.9 KINY\"", "Format": "Full service", "Power": "10,000 watts day7,600 watts night", "Class": "B", "Owner": "BTC USA Holdings Management Inc.", "Website": "KINY Online", "Affiliations": "ABC Radio NewsSeattle MarinersSeattle Seahawks"} |
Arpajon () is a commune in the Essonne department in the Île-de-France region of northern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arpajonnais or Arpajonnaises.Inhabitants of Essonne
The commune has been awarded three flowers by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cit... | {"Name": "Arpajon", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "MairieArpajon.JPG", "Caption": "The city hall", "Coordinates": "48.59010 2.2476 dms inline,title", "Postal code": "91290", "Arrondissement": "Palaiseau", "Canton": "Arpajon", "Intercommunality": "CA Cœur Essonne Agglomération", "Mayor": "Christian BéraudRéperto... |
KJNO (630 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk/sports format. Licensed to Juneau, Alaska, United States, the station serves the Alaska Panhandle area. The station's studios are at the Juneau Radio Center, which is home to KINY, KTKU - TAKU 105, KSUP - MIX 106 and KXXJ - 1330/KXJ.
The station is owned by A... | {"Broadcast area": "Alaska Panhandle area", "Translator(s)": "97.5 MHz K248DQ Juneau", "Format": "News/Talk, Sports", "Power": "5,000 watts day1,000 watts night", "Class": "B", "Affiliations": "CBS News Radio, ESPN Radio", "Owner": "Alaska Broadcast Communications", "Website": "kjnoradio.com"} |
Christopher Hülsbeck (born 2 March 1968), known internationally as Chris Huelsbeck, is a German video game music composer. He gained popularity for his work on game soundtracks for The Great Giana Sisters and the Turrican series.
Career
Huelsbeck's music career started at age 17, when he entered a music competition... | {"Born": "1968 3 2 y", "Origin": "Kassel, West Germany", "Genres": "Electronica, video game music", "Website": "http://www.huelsbeck.com Official website"} |
James Wright (8 May 1716 - 20 November 1785) was a colonial lawyer and jurist who was the last British Royal Governor of the Province of Georgia. He was the only Royal Governor of the Thirteen Colonies to regain control of his colony during the American Revolutionary War.
Biography
James Wright was born in London t... | {"Name": "James Wright", "Image caption": "Portrait by Andrea Soldi", "Term start": "1760", "Term end": "1776", "Birth date": "8 May 1716", "Birth place": "London, England", "Death date": "20 November 1785 (aged 69)", "Death place": "London, England", "Spouse(s)": "Sarah Maidman (died 1774)"} |
Athis-Mons () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.
Inhabitants are called Athégiens.
A small part of Orly International Airport lies on the territory of the commune of Athis-Mons."Plans, cartes et vue aérienne." Athis-Mons. Retrieved on 6 October 2009.
Histo... | {"Name": "Athis-Mons", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "An aerial view of Athis-Mons", "Coordinates": "48.7074 2.3889 dms inline,title", "Arrondissement": "Palaiseau", "Canton": "Athis-Mons", "Postal code": "91200", "Mayor": "Jean-Jacques GrousseauRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.f... |
Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) is a conservative youth activism organization that was founded in 1960 as a coalition between traditional conservatives and libertarians on American college campuses. It is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and the chapter affiliate of Young America's Foundation. The purposes of YAF a... | {"Abbreviation": "YAF", "Type": "Youth organization", "Legal status": "501(c)(3) organization", "Named after": "Passing on the Torch of Freedom", "Affiliations": "Young America's Foundation National Journalism Center The Reagan Ranch", "Website": "https://students.yaf.org/young-americans-for-freedom/"} |
Boutigny-sur-Essonne (, literally Boutigny on Essonne) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.
The nearby villages are La Ferté-Alais (aerodrome of Cerny - Jean Baptiste Salis: Annual international meeting) and Milly-la-Forêt (house of Jean Cocteau, historical village).
To see in B... | {"Name": "Boutigny-sur-Essonne", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "The town hall of Boutigny-sur-Essonne", "Coordinates": "48.4375 2.3808 dms inline,title", "Arrondissement": "Étampes", "Canton": "Mennecy", "Postal code": "91820", "Mayor": "Patricia BergdoltRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.da... |
Peter William Ham (27 April 1947 - 24 April 1975) was a Welsh singer, songwriter and guitarist best known as a lead vocalist of and composer for the 1970s rock band Badfinger, whose hit songs include "No Matter What", "Day After Day" and "Baby Blue". He also co-wrote the ballad "Without You", a worldwide number-one hit... | {"Born": "Swansea, Wales", "Died": "Weybridge, Surrey, England", "Partner(s)": "Anne Herriot", "Genres": "Rock power pop pop", "Labels": "Apple Warner Bros. Records Rykodisc", "Website": "http://www.badfingersite.com/badfinger-bios/pete-ham/"} |
thumb|Rib Mountain from the ridge north of Wausau Hospital
thumb|The highest point on Rib Mountain
Rib Mountain, also known as Rib Hill, is a glacially-eroded monadnock in central Wisconsin, located in the Town of Rib Mountain in Marathon County. Composed of quartzite covered with a softer syenite sheath, it was intrud... | {"Location": "Marathon County, Wisconsin, U.S.", "Coordinates": "44.920796725 N 89.695204669 W type:mountain_region:US-WI_scale:100000_source:NGS dms inline,title", "Elevation": "PN1159 Rib 2011-04-05", "Prominence": "6419 Rib Mountain, Wisconsin 2011-04-05"} |
Pleasantville is a 1998 American teen fantasy comedy-drama film written, co-produced, and directed by Gary Ross. It stars Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, J. T. Walsh, and Reese Witherspoon, with Don Knotts, Paul Walker, Marley Shelton and Jane Kaczmarek in supporting roles. The story centers o... | {"Directed by": "Gary Ross", "Produced by": "Gary Ross\n Jon Kilik\n Robert J. Degus\n Steven Soderbergh", "Written by": "Gary Ross", "Starring": "Tobey Maguire\n Reese Witherspoon\n Jeff Daniels\n Joan Allen\n William H. Macy\n J. T. Walsh\n Don Knotts", "Music by": "Randy Newman", "Cinematography": "John Lindley", "E... |
Wojciech Fibak (; popularly Wojtek Fibak ; born 30 August 1952) is a Polish former professional tennis player, entrepreneur and art collector. Fibak is best known for his doubles success with Dutch pro Tom Okker and Australian Kim Warwick, although he also reached the Top 10 in singles.
Biography and personal life
Bor... | {"ITF name": "Wojtek Fibak", "Country (sports)": "Poland", "Residence": "Poznań, Poland", "Born": "Poznań, Poland", "Height": "1.82 0", "Plays": "Right-handed (one-handed backhand)", "Prize money": "$2,725,403http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Fi/W/Wojtek-Fibak.aspx Tennis - ATP World Tour - Tennis Players - W... |
Épinay-sur-Orge (, literally Épinay on Orge) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.
It is situated near Orly Airport some south of Paris on the A6 motorway. Épinay is served by two stations on different branches of line C of the RER suburban railway system: Épinay-sur-Orge and Pet... | {"Name": "Épinay-sur-Orge", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "Town hall", "Coordinates": "48.6726 2.3239 dms inline,title", "Arrondissement": "Palaiseau", "Canton": "Longjumeau", "Postal code": "91360", "Mayor": "Muriel DorlandRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a3... |
Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) was a Canadian railway locomotive manufacturer which existed under several names from 1883 to 1985, producing both steam and diesel locomotives. For a number of years it was a subsidiary of the American Locomotive Company. MLW's headquarters and manufacturing facilities were in Montreal,... | {"Formerly": "Locomotive and Machine Company of Montreal Limited", "Fate": "Sold to Bombardier Transportation in 1988 - locomotive production ended and plant sold to GE Transportation (closed in 1993)", "Founded": "1883 in Montreal, Quebec", "Defunct": "1985", "Headquarters": "Quebec, Canada", "Parent": "-->"} |
thumb|Headquarters of Chunichi Shimbun in Nagoya.
The is a Japanese daily "broadsheet" newspaper published in mostly Aichi Prefecture and neighboring regions by Based in Nagoya, one of Japanese three major metropolitan areas, it boasts the third circulation after the group newspaper Total Yomiuri Shimbun and The Asah... | {"Type": "Daily newspaper", "Format": "Blanket (54.6 cm x 40.65 cm)", "Political alignment": "Centre-left to left-wingSocial democracyLiberalismProgressivism", "Owner(s)": "Chunichi Shimbun Co., Ltd.", "Publisher": "Uichirō Ohshima", "Language": "Japanese", "Circulation": "Morning edition: 2,047,850 Evening edition: 2... |
20000 Varuna, provisional designation , is a large trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper belt. It was discovered in November 2000 by American astronomer Robert McMillan during a Spacewatch survey at the Kitt Peak National Observatory. It is named after the Hindu deity Varuna, one of the oldest deities mentioned in the V... | {"Background": "C2E0FF", "Name of planet": "20000 Varuna", "Symbol": "24px (astrological)", "Image size": "250", "Caption": "Hubble Space Telescope image of Varuna, taken in 2005", "Discoverer": "Spacewatch(Robert McMillan)", "Discovered": "28 November 2000", "Earliest_precovery_date": "24 November 1954", "Pronounced":... |
The Farmers Insurance Open is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, played in the San Diego, California, area in the early part of the season known as the "West Coast Swing".
The tournament was noted for having singer-actor Andy Williams as a celebrity host from 1968 through 1988. It originated as the San Di... | {"Location": "San Diego, California", "Established": "1952Media Guide Book p. 20September 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes", "Course(s)": "Torrey Pines Golf Course(South Course)(North Course)", "Par": "72", "Length": "7765 yd m (S)7258 yd m (N)", "Tour(s)": "PGA Tour", "Format": "Stroke play", "Prize fund": "8,400,000 USD... |
200px|thumb|right|Seal of the Idaho Territory, 1863-1866
The Territory of Idaho was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 3, 1863, until July 3, 1890, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as Idaho.
History
1860s
The territory was officially organi... | {"Conventional long name": "Territory of Idaho", "Common name": "Idaho Territory", "Year founded": "1863", "Year dissolved": "1890", "Capital": "Lewiston (1863-1866)Boise (1866-1890)", "Government type": "Organized incorporated territory"} |
Devizes () is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It developed around Devizes Castle, an 11th-century Norman castle,Devizes Heritage: The Green and Crammer and received a charter in 1141. The castle was besieged during the Anarchy, a 12th-century civil war between Stephen of England and Empress Matil... | {"OS grid reference": "SU0061", "Population": "(2021 Census) Devizes (Parish) (E04012689) https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/southwestengland/admin/wiltshire/E04012689__devizes/ citypopulation.de 29 October 2022", "Unitary authority": "Wiltshire", "Ceremonial county": "Wiltshire", "Sovereign state": "England",... |
Reddish is an area in Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. south-east of Manchester city centre. At the 2011 Census, the population was 28,052. Historically part of Lancashire, Reddish grew rapidly in the Industrial Revolution and still retains landmarks from that period, such as Houldsworth... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)", "OS grid reference": "SJ893935", "Postcode district": "SK4, SK5", "Dialling code": "0161", "UK Parliament": "Denton and Reddish", "Metropolitan borough": "Stockport", "Metropolitan county": "Greater Manchester"} |
DNA Lounge is an all-ages nightclub and restaurant/cafe in the SoMa district of San Francisco owned by Jamie Zawinski, a former Netscape programmer and open-source software hacker. The club features DJ dancing, live music, burlesque performances, and occasionally conferences, private parties, and film premieres.
DNA L... | {"Location": "SoMa, San Francisco", "Coordinates": "inline,title 37 46 15.63 N 122 24 45.70 W type:landmark_region:US-CA", "Public transit": "MUNI stop 13238DNA Lounge: Directions https://www.dnalounge.com/directions/", "Type": "Nightclub, Restaurant, Cafe", "Genre(s)": "Various", "Opened": "1985 11 22", "Renovated": ... |
Kingswood is a suburban town in the South Gloucestershire district of Gloucestershire, England. The suburb is situated east-northeast of Bristol city centre and west of London.
Broadly speaking, Kingswood spans the area from John Cabot Academy in the west to the A4174 ring road in the east. Some areas which are in c... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021 Census)", "OS grid reference": "ST649736", "Unitary authority": "South Gloucestershire", "Ceremonial county": "Gloucestershire", "UK Parliament": "Kingswood", "Postcode district": "BS", "Dialling code": "0117"} |
Moritz Albrecht Franz Friedrich Fedor von Bock (3 December 1880 - 4 May 1945) was a German who served in the German Army during the Second World War. Bock served as the commander of Army Group North during the Invasion of Poland in 1939, commander of Army Group B during the Invasion of France in 1940, and later as the... | {"Birth name": "Moritz Albrecht Franz Friedrich Fedor von Bock", "Nickname(s)": "Holy Fire of Küstrin de Der SterberTurney 1971", "Born": "Cüstrin, Prussia, German Empire(now Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Poland)", "Died": "Oldenburg in Holstein, Nazi Germany", "Allegiance": "German Empire (1898-1918)\n Kingdom of Prussia\n Weima... |
Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski (; 7 May 1763 - 19 October 1813) was a Polish general, minister of war and army chief, who became a Marshal of the French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.
A nephew of king Stanislaus Augustus of Poland (), Poniatowski began his military career in 1780 in the Austrian army, where he at... | {"Born": "Palais Kinsky, Vienna, Habsburg Monarchy", "Died": "White Elster River, Kingdom of Saxony", "Nickname(s)": "The Polish Bayard", "Spouse(s)": "Zelia Sitańska", "Allegiance": "Habsburg Monarchy Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1764 First French Empire Poland Duchy of Warsaw", "Awards": "40px|Order of Saint Sta... |
The University of Michigan-Flint (UM-Flint) is a public university in Flint, Michigan. It is one of the two regional universities operating under the policies of the University of Michigan Board of Regents, the other being the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
UM-Flint is one of the five doctoral/professional universit... | {"Motto": "Artes, Scientia, Veritas", "Endowment": "US$113.1 millionhttp://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/flint-mi/michigan-flint-2327 University of Michigan-Flint - Best College - Education - US News 2019 September 27, 2019", "Type": "Public", "President": "Santa Ono", "Chancellor": "Donna Fry ... |
Loudoun () is a parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland and lies between five and ten miles east of Kilmarnock. The parish roughly encompasses the northern half of the Upper-Irvine Valley and borders Galston Parish (which encompasses the remainder of The Valley) at the River Irvine.
Loudoun is a parish, which shares borders... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(Census 2001)", "OS grid reference": "NS533372", "UK Parliament": "Kilmarnock and Loudoun", "Scottish Parliament": "Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley", "Council area": "East Ayrshire", "Lieutenancy area": "Ayrshire and Arran"} |
Tiverton ( ) is a town and civil parish in Devon, England, and the commercial and administrative centre of the Mid Devon district. The population in 2019 was 20,587.City Population site. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
History
Early history
left|thumb|View from the bridge over the Exe which looks towards the historic St P... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Shire county": "Devon", "District": "Mid Devon", "Population": "(2021 Census)Tiverton https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/southwestengland/admin/mid_devon/E04003055__tiverton/ City population 25 October 2022", "OS grid reference": "SS955125", "Postcode district": "EX16", "Dialling cod... |
Honiton () is a market town and civil parish in East Devon, situated close to the River Otter, north east of Exeter in the county of Devon. Honiton has a population estimated at 11,822 (based on mid-year estimates for the two Honiton Wards in 2009).
History
The town grew along the line of the Fosse Way, the ancient... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2009)http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=13893 Ward mid-year population estimates for England and Wales (experimental) Office for National Statistics 1 2010-11-06 24 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110824130119/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/stat... |
thumb|Theatre of Pergamon, one of the steepest theatres in the world, has a capacity of 10,000 people and was constructed in the 3rd century BC.
thumb|left|Ruins of the ancient city of Pergamon
The Kingdom of Pergamon, Pergamene Kingdom, or Attalid kingdom was a Greek state during the Hellenistic period that ruled muc... | {"Conventional long name": "Kingdom of Pergamon", "Type of government": "Monarchy", "Starting event": "Philetaerus takes control of the city of Pergamon", "Event ending the country": "Incorporated into Roman province of Asia after the defeat of Eumenes III Aristonicus", "Event 1": "Attalus III bequeathed the kingdom to... |
WRAL-TV (channel 5) is a television station licensed to Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, serving as the NBC affiliate for the Research Triangle area. It is the flagship station of the locally based Capitol Broadcasting Company, which has owned the station since its inception.
WRAL-TV is a sister station to Fox ... | {"City": "Raleigh, North Carolina", "Branding": "WRAL-TV 5; WRAL News", "Channel": "5", "Affiliations": "5.1: NBC for others, see Subchannels", "Owner": "Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.", "ERP": "833.7 kW", "HAAT": "625 m ft 0 on", "Transmitter coordinates": "35 40 29 N 78 31 39 W type:landmark_scale:2000", "Website... |
Elmet (), sometimes Elmed or Elmete, was an independent Brittonic Celtic
Cumbric speaking kingdom between about the 4th century and mid 7th century.
The people of Elmet survived as a distinctly recognized Brittonic Celtic group for centuries afterwards in what later became the smaller area of the West Riding of Yorks... | {"Conventional long name": "Kingdom of Elmet", "Type of government": "Monarchy", "Event ending the country": "Yorkshire Genocide Harrying of the North", "End date": "Winter of 1069-1070", "Event 1": "Initially Conquered", "Event 1 date": "616", "Capital": "Loidis (Leeds) and/or Cambodunom (probably Slack, near Huddersf... |
Étienne Maurice Gérard, 1st Comte Gérard (4 April 177317 April 1852) was a French general, statesman and Marshal of France. He served under a succession of French governments including the ancien regime monarchy, the Revolutionary governments, the Restorations, the July Monarchy, the First and Second Republics, and the... | {"Image caption": "Portrait by Jacques-Louis David, 1816", "Term start": "18 July 1834", "Term end": "10 November 1834", "Birth date": "yes 1773 4 4", "Birth place": "Damvillers, Kingdom of France(modern-day France)", "Death date": "yes 1852 4 17 1773 4 4", "Death place": "Paris, French Empire"} |
Millwall is a district on the western and southern side of the Isle of Dogs, in east London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It lies to the immediate south of Canary Wharf and Limehouse, north of Greenwich and Deptford, east of Rotherhithe, west of Cubitt Town, and has a long shoreline along London's T... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "London Assembly": "Tower Hamlets", "OS grid reference": "TQ375785", "UK Parliament": "Poplar and Limehouse", "Postcode district": "E14", "Dialling code": "020"} |
St Osyth is an English village and civil parish in the Tendring District of north-east Essex, about west of Clacton-on-Sea and south-east of Colchester. It lies on the B1027, Colchester-Clacton road. The village is named after Osgyth, a 7th-century saint and princess. Locally, the name is sometimes pronounced "Toosey... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128904&c=CO7+8QZ&d=16&e=62&g=6426213&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1443192044881&enc=1 Ward/Civil Parish population 2011 25 September 2015", "District": "Tendring", "Shire county": ... |
John Patrick Riley (also known as John Patrick O'Riley) (Irish: Seán Pádraig Ó Raghallaigh) (8 February 1817 - 10 October 1850) was an Irish soldier in the British Army who emigrated to the United States and subsequently enlisted in the United States Army. During the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848, Riley led a numbe... | {"Born": "Clifden, Ireland", "Died": "Veracruz, Mexico", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandUnited States 1846Mexico 1846 Mexico", "Commands held": "Batallón de San Patricio"} |
Adolphe Édouard Casimir Joseph Mortier, Duke of Treviso (; 13 February 176828 July 1835), was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire under Napoleon I, who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He served as Minister of War and Prime Minister of France from 1834 to 1835. He w... | {"Honorific prefix": "Marshal", "Name": "Édouard Mortier", "Honorific suffix": "Duke of Treviso", "Image caption": "Portrait by Édouard Dubufe, 1844", "Term start": "18 November 1834", "Term end": "12 March 1835", "Birth date": "yes 1768 2 13", "Death date": "yes 1835 7 28 1768 2 13", "Death place": "Paris, France", "R... |
Giuseppe Marco Fieschi (13 December 1790 - 19 February 1836) was a Corsican mass murderer, and the chief conspirator in an attempted assassination of King Louis-Philippe of France on 28 July 1835. The attack on the King and his entourage, which made use of a unique volley gun known as the "infernal machine," killed 18 ... | {"Name": "Giuseppe Marco Fieschi", "Birth date": "1790 12 13 yes", "Birth place": "Bocognano, Corsica, France", "Death date": "1836 2 19 1790 12 13 y"} |
thumb|right|Scene on residential street in Woonsocket, Rhode Island
The Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978 was a catastrophic, historic nor'easter that struck New England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the New York metropolitan area. The Blizzard of '78 formed on Sunday, February 5, 1978, and broke up on Febru... | {"Image caption": "Boston City Hall", "Type": "BlizzardExtratropical cycloneIce stormWinter storm", "Formed": "1978 02 05", "Dissipated": "1978 02 07", "Fatalities": "Around 100 fatalities; 4,500 injured", "Damage": "US$520 million(US$US 520000000 1978 in US dollars)", "Areas affected": "Northeastern United States", "R... |
Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy (; 23 October 176629 May 1847) was a French military leader who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was the last Marshal of the Empire to be created by Napoleon, and is best known for his actions during the Waterloo campaign.
Early life
Grouch... | {"Born": "Paris, France", "Died": "Saint-Étienne, France", "Allegiance": "Kingdom of FranceKingdom of the FrenchFrench First RepublicFirst French EmpireFrance 1814 Bourbon Restoration (1814-1815)July Monarchy", "Awards": "Grand Eagle of the Legion of HonourKnight of the Order of the Iron CrownGrand Cross of the Milita... |
Leigh is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, on low-lying land northwest of Chat Moss.
Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, Leigh was originally the centre of a large ecclesiastical parish covering six vills or townships. When the three townships of Penningt... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Docs/PDF/Council/Council-statistics-and-demographics/Census2011PopulationandHouseholdEstimatesforWards.pdf Census 2011: Population and Household Estimates for Wards leigh Council 19 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160611044130/https://www... |
WTVD (channel 11) is a television station licensed to Durham, North Carolina, United States, serving as the ABC outlet for the Research Triangle area. Owned and operated by the network's ABC Owned Television Stations division, it maintains primary studios on Liberty Street in downtown Durham, with additional studios an... | {"City": "Durham, North Carolina", "Branding": "ABC 11 (general)ABC 11 Eyewitness News (newscasts)", "Channel": "11", "Affiliations": "11.1: ABC for others, see Subchannels", "Owner": "WTVD Television, LLC", "Founded": "December 1953Grant Proposed for Houston TV Co. http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business... |
Coatbridge (, ; ) is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, about east of Glasgow city centre, set in the central Lowlands. Along with neighbouring town Airdrie, Coatbridge forms the area known as the Monklands (population approximately 90,000 including outlying settlements), often considered to be part of the Greater... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "OS grid reference": "NS730651", "Postcode district": "ML5", "Dialling code": "01236", "UK Parliament": "Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill", "Council area": "North Lanarkshire", "Lieutenancy area": "Lanarkshire", "Scottish Parliament": "Coatbridge and C... |
The Tyne Bridge is a through arch bridge over the River Tyne in North East England, linking Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead. The bridge was designed by the engineering firm Mott, Hay and Anderson, who later designed the Forth Road Bridge, and was built by Dorman Long and Co. of Middlesbrough. The bridge was officiall... | {"Coordinates": "54.9680 -1.6060 region:GB-NET_type:landmark inline,title", "OS grid reference": "NZ253637", "Other name(s)": "New Tyne Bridge", "Locale": "Tyneside", "Carries": "A167 725", "Crosses": "River Tyne", "Owner": "Newcastle City Council Gateshead Council", "Maintained by": "NewcastleGateshead Bridges Joint C... |
Point Clear is a village in the civil parish of St Osyth, south-west of the village of St Osyth and on the other side of St Osyth Creek, a branch of the Colne Estuary in the Tendring district, in the county of Essex, England. In 2018 it had an estimated population of 1674.
History
It first appeared on a map in 1880.... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "District": "Tendring", "Shire county": "Essex", "Population": "(2018 estimate)"} |
Lobsang Rampa was the pen name of Cyril Henry Hoskin (8 April 1910 - 25 January 1981), an author who wrote books with paranormal and occult themes. His best known work is The Third Eye, published in Britain in 1956.
Following the publication of the book, newspapers reported that Rampa had been born Cyril Henry Hoskin,... | {"Name": "Lobsang Rampa", "Caption": "Lobsang Rampa, born as Cyril Hoskin (1910-1981)", "Birth name": "Cyril Henry Hoskin", "Birth date": "yes 1910 04 08", "Birth place": "Plympton, Devon, United Kingdom", "Death date": "yes 1981 01 25 1910 04 08", "Death place": "Calgary, Alberta, Canada", "Nationality": "British", "C... |
Robert Johnson (1682 - 1735) served as the governor of South Carolina from 1717 to 1719 and from 1729 to 1735. Johnson ordered Colonel William Rhett to engage the notorious pirate Stede Bonnet's sloops in the Battle of Cape Fear River with the Charleston Militia on sea in 1718. His grandson was South Carolina Senator R... | {"Name": "Robert Johnson", "Monarch 2": "George II", "Preceded 2": "Arthur Middleton", "Succeeded 2": "Thomas Broughton", "Birth date": "1682", "Birth place": "Province of South Carolina", "Death date": "1735 1682", "Death place": "Charlestown, Province of South Carolina"} |
WRAZ (channel 50), branded on-air as Fox 50, is a television station licensed to Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for the Research Triangle area. It is locally owned by the Capitol Broadcasting Company alongside NBC affiliate and company flagship WRAL-TV (channel 5, also licensed to ... | {"City": "Raleigh, North Carolina", "Branding": "Fox 50; WRAL NewsMeTV 50.2 (on DT2)", "Channel": "50", "Affiliations": "50.1: Foxfor others, see Subchannels", "Founded": "June 3, 1993", "Owner": "WRAZ-TV, Inc.", "ERP": "805.4 kW", "HAAT": "607 m ft 0 on", "Transmitter coordinates": "35 40 29 N 78 31 39 W type:landmark... |
Radio Netherlands (RNW; ) was a public radio and television network based in Hilversum, producing and transmitting programmes for international audiences outside the Netherlands from 1947 to 2012.
Its services in Dutch ended on 10 May 2012. English and Indonesian language services ceased on 29 June 2012 due to steep b... | {"Country": "Netherlands", "Type": "International public broadcaster", "Availability": "International", "Dissolved": "31 December 2012", "Replaced": "PCJ/PHI (Philips Radio)", "Replaced by": "RNW Media"} |
WUVC-DT (channel 40) is a television station licensed to Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language Univision network to the Research Triangle region. It is owned and operated by TelevisaUnivision alongside Raleigh-licensed low-power UniMás owned-and-operated station WTNC-LD (channel... | {"City": "Fayetteville, North Carolina", "Branding": "Univision 40 North Carolina (general)Noticias 40 (newscasts)UniMás Raleigh (on DT2)", "Channel": "40", "Translator(s)": "WTNC-LD 26.2 (11.2 VHF) Raleigh", "Affiliations": "40.1: Univision (2003-present)40.2: UniMás40.3: Bounce TV40.4: GetTV40.5: Laff40.6: Quest", "O... |
Archibald Gavin Hamilton, Baron Hamilton of Epsom, (born 30 December 1941) is a British Conservative Party politician. A member of the House of Lords, he served as Minister of State for the Armed Forces under John Major.
Background and education
Hamilton is the second son of the 3rd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell, a Lord-... | {"Name": "The Lord Hamilton of Epsom", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2020", "Term start": "25 July 1988", "Term end": "27 May 1993", "Birth date": "1941 12 30 yes", "Nationality": "British", "Office 2": "Member of the House of LordsLord Temporal", "Term start 2": "17 June 2005Life Peerage"} |
The Zeta Project is an American science fiction animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It first aired on Kids' WB in January 2001. It is a spin-off series based on the character Zeta from the Batman Beyond episode of the same name and the sixth series of the DC Animated Universe. The show was cr... | {"Running time": "30 minutes", "Genre": "Dramedy\n Science fiction\n Action\n Cyberpunk\n Superhero", "Created by": "Robert Goodman", "Written by": "Robert Goodman (seasons 1-2)\n Rich Fogel (season 1)\n Kevin Hopps (season 1)", "Starring": "Diedrich Bader\n Julie Nathanson\n Kurtwood Smith\n Dominique Jennings\n Eli M... |
Fiona Elizabeth Ann Jones (née Hamilton; 27 February 1957 - 28 January 2007) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. She was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Newark in Labour's landslide victory in the 1997 general election.
Jones was accused of fraudulently failing to declare the full amount of... | {"Name": "Fiona Jones", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Birth date": "1957 02 27 yes", "Birth place": "Liverpool, United Kingdom", "Death date": "2007 01 28 1957 02 27 yes", "Death place": "Saxilby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom", "Birth name": "Fiona Elizabeth Ann Hamilton", "Nationality": "Brit... |
Kenneth Wiggins Maginnis, Baron Maginnis of Drumglass (born 21 January 1938), is a Northern Irish politician and life peer. Since December 2020, he has been suspended from the House of Lords, where he formerly sat for the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). He was the Ulster Unionist Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Ferma... | {"Name": "The Lord Maginnis of Drumglass", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Fermanagh and South Tyrone", "Predecessor 2": "Owen Carron", "Successor 2": "Michelle Gildernew", "Birth date": "1938 1 21 yes", "Birth place": "Dungannon, Northern Ireland", "Nationality": "British", "Other political party": "Ulster Unio... |
Illuminati is a card game made by Steve Jackson Games (SJG), inspired by the 1975 book, The Illuminatus! Trilogy, by Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea. The game has ominous secret societies competing with each other to control the world through various means, including legal, illegal, and even mystical. It was desig... | {"Name": "Illuminati", "Image": "200px", "Image caption": "German Illuminati game components", "Designers": "Steve Jackson", "Publishers": "Steve Jackson Games", "Players": "2–8 (4–6 recommended)", "Setup time": "1–5 minutes", "Playing time": "1 to 6 hours", "Random chance": "Medium", "Skills required": "Strategic thou... |
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