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Jennifer O'Neill (born February 20, 1948) is a Brazilian-born American actress, model, author, and activist. She first came to prominence as a teenage model, as well as for her spokesperson work for CoverGirl cosmetics, which began in 1963 and spanned three decades. She made her feature film debut in the comedy film Fo... | {"Name": "Jennifer O'Neill", "Caption": "O'Neill circa 1982", "Birth date": "1948 02 20", "Birth place": "Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "Education": "Dalton School", "Occupation": "Actress model writer speaker horse trainer", "Height": "5 ft 8 in mhttps://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune/126043288/ The Tampa Tri... |
Gabriel Tarde (; in full Jean-Gabriel De Tarde;"Gabriel Tarde". Encyclopædia Britannica. 12 March 1843 - 13 May 1904) was a French sociologist, criminologist and social psychologist who conceived sociology as based on small psychological interactions among individuals (much as if it were chemistry), the fundamental for... | {"Fields": "Sociologist, criminologist and social psychologist", "Institutions": "Collège de France", "Influences": "Antoine Augustin Cournot, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz\"It is in Leibniz that Tarde finds the main conditions for the metaphysics of possession.He sees in Monadology (1714) the beginning of a movement of d... |
The SeaBus is a passenger-only ferry service in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It crosses Burrard Inlet to connect the cities of Vancouver (at Waterfront station) and North Vancouver (at Lonsdale Quay). Owned by TransLink and operated by the Coast Mountain Bus Company, the SeaBus forms an important part of ... | {"Locale": "Metro Vancouver, British Columbia", "Transit type": "Passenger ferry", "Began operation": "1977 06 17", "System length": "3.24 km nmi mi on", "No. of lines": "1", "No. of vessels": "4", "No. of terminals": "2", "Daily ridership": "BC Vancouver FB daily (dailydate)dailycitation", "Yearly ridership": "BC Vanc... |
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Sweet Charity is a musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon. It was directed and choreographed for Broadway by Bob Fosse starring his wife and muse Gwen Verdon alongside John McMartin. It is based on the screenplay for the 1957 Italian film Nights of Cabiria. However, whereas Fe... | {"Name": "Sweet Charity", "Image": "Sweet_charity_1966_a.JPG", "Caption": "Original Broadway cast recording cover (1966)", "Composer(s)": "Cy Coleman", "Lyricist(s)": "Dorothy Fields", "Book-writer": "Neil Simon", "Based on?": "Nights of Cabiria by Federico Fellini Ennio Flaiano Tullio Pinelli Pier Paolo Pasolini", ... |
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Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and north-northwest of Man... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "120,500", "Unitary authority": "Blackburn with Darwen", "Ceremonial county": "Lancashire", "UK Parliament": "Blackburn", "Postcode district": "BB", "Dialling code": "01254", "OS grid reference": "SD685277"} |
Blackburn with Darwen is a borough and unitary authority area in Lancashire, North West England. It consists of the towns of Blackburn and Darwen but covers a wider area which includes the villages of Lower Darwen, Feniscowles, Brownhill and Hoddlesden.
Formation
It was founded in 1974 as the Lancashire borough of Bla... | {"Type": "Unitary authority", "Body": "Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council", "Rank": "E06000008", "Density": "E06000008", "DST": "+1", "Website": "blackburn.gov.uk"} |
Nain Singh (21 October 18301 February 1882), also known as Nain Singh Rawat, was one of the first Indian explorers (dubbed "pundits") employed by the British to explore the Himalayas and Central Asia. He came from the Johar Valley in Kumaon. He surveyed the trade route through Ladakh to Tibet, determined the location a... | {"Name": "Nain Singh", "Image": "NainSingh.gif", "Caption": "Nain Singh", "Birth date": "21 October 1830", "Birth place": "Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India", "Death date": "1882 2 1 1830 10 21 y", "Death place": "Moradabad", "Occupation": "Asian explorer"} |
Rai Bahadur Kishen Singh or Krishna (1850-1921) was a native Indian explorer, termed a pundit by the British, who was employed by the Survey of India.
His code-name was 'A.K.' and his accomplishments would rival those of his famous cousin Nain Singh (code-named 'The Pundit').
Early life
He was born to a trader named ... | {"Birth date": "1850", "Birth place": "Milam, India", "Death date": "1921 1850 y", "Death place": "Moradabad", "Nationality": "Indian", "Occupation": "Asian explorer"} |
Manius Curius Dentatus (died 270 BC) was a Roman general and statesman noted for ending the Samnite War and for his military exploits during the Pyrrhic War. According to Pliny, he was born with teeth, thus earning the surname Dentatus, "toothed."Pliny, Natural History 7.68, LacusCurtius edition.
Dentatus was a tribun... | {"Name": "Manius Curius Dentatus", "Caption": "Curius Dentatus refusing wealth in favour of a turnip, as depicted by Jacopo Amigoni", "Death date": "270 BC", "Occupation": "Roman general, statesman"} |
Jules François Archibald, known as J. F. Archibald, baptised John Feltham Archibald, (14 January 1856 - 10 September 1919), Australian journalist and publisher, was co-owner and editor of The Bulletin during the days of its greatest influence in Australian politics and literary life. He was also the founder and namesa... | {"Name": "J. F. Archibald", "Alt": "J. F. Archibald", "Birth name": "John Feltham Archibald", "Birth date": "1856 01 14 y", "Birth place": "Kildare, Victoria, Australia", "Death date": "1919 09 10 1856 01 14 y", "Death place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Resting place": "Waverley Cemetery", "Monuments": "Arc... |
Washington Monthly is a bimonthly, nonprofit magazine of United States politics and government that is based in Washington, D.C. The magazine is known for its annual ranking of American colleges and universities, which serves as an alternative to the Forbes and U.S. News & World Report rankings.
History
The magazine w... | {"Frequency": "Monthly (1969-2008), bimonthly (2008-present)", "Circulation": "10,630", "Founder": "Charles Peters", "First issue": "February 19, 1969", "Country": "United States", "Based in": "Washington, D.C.", "Website": "https://washingtonmonthly.com", "ISSN": "0043-0633"} |
Hartlepool () is a seaside and port town in County Durham, England. It is governed by a unitary authority borough named after the town. The borough is part of the devolved Tees Valley area. With an estimated population of 87,995, it is the second-largest settlement (after Darlington) in County Durham.
The old town was... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "87,995", "Unitary authority": "Hartlepool", "Ceremonial county": "County Durham", "UK Parliament": "Hartlepool", "Postcode district": "TS", "Dialling code": "01429", "OS grid reference": "NZ508331"} |
María Antonia Abad Fernández MML (10 March 1928 - 8 April 2013), known professionally as Sara Montiel, also Sarita Montiel, was a Spanish actress and singer. She began her career in the 1940s and became the most internationally popular and highest paid star of Spanish cinema in the 1960s. She appeared in nearly fifty f... | {"Name": "Sara Montiel", "Post-nominals": "MML", "Caption": "Montiel in 1955", "Birth name": "María Antonia Alejandra Vicenta Elpidia Isidora Abad Fernández", "Birth date": "1928 03 10 y", "Birth place": "Campo de Criptana (Ciudad Real), Spain", "Death date": "2013 04 8 1928 03 10 y", "Death place": "Madrid, Spain", "N... |
Hester Grenville, 1st Countess Temple, 2nd Viscountess Cobham (née Temple; –1752) was an English noblewoman. She was the mother and grandmother of the Prime Ministers George Grenville and William Grenville.
Life and family
She was the daughter (and eventual co-heir) of Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Bt. (1634–1697), of Stow... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Name": "The Countess Temple", "Birth name": "Hester Temple", "Birth date": "1690", "Death date": "1752", "Term start": "1749", "Term end": "1752", "Spouse(s)": "Richard Grenville 1710 1727 d"} |
The Guard Jaeger Regiment (, ) is a Finnish Army unit located in Santahamina, an island district of Helsinki. The regiment trains Guard jaegers for fighting military operations in urban terrain (MOUT). The primary function of wartime units formed from the reservists trained by the regiment would be the defence of the c... | {"Branch": "Army", "Type": "Foot Guards", "Role": "Guard Battalion - Urban Warfare/Public DutiesUusimaa Jaeger Battalion - Urban Warfare", "Size": "2 battalionsVarusmiehiä kouluttavat joukko-osastot 2008. Reserviläinen 1/2008, p.38. ISSN 0557-8477 fi", "Part of": "Southern Finland Military Province", "Anniversaries": "... |
The Nyland Brigade, officially Nylands Brigad (NylBr) in Swedish, (UudPr), is a brigade-level marine-type unit of the Finnish Navy stationed in Dragsvik in Raseborg in the province of Uusimaa. The Brigade trains Coastal Jaegers and other troops for combat in coastal environments. It is the only unit of the Finnish Def... | {"Branch": "Naval Jack of Finland.svg 23px Finnish Navy", "Type": "Naval infantry", "Size": "Wartime size unknownApproximately 1,500 soldiers trained each year", "Part of": "Finnish Navy", "Motto(s)": "Militärt kunnande, sammanhållning, framåtanda (roughly: Know-how, cohesion, drive)", "March": "Nylänningarnas marsch"... |
Mary Jo Kopechne (; July 26, 1940 - July 18 or 19, 1969) was an American secretary, and one of the campaign workers for U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign, a close team known as the "Boiler Room Girls". In 1969, she asphyxiated when a car driven by U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy left a narrow road on... | {"Caption": "1962 college yearbook portrait", "Birth date": "1940 7 26 y", "Birth place": "Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Death date": "July 18 or 19, 1969 (aged 28)", "Death place": "Poucha Pond, Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Death cause": "SuffocationLegal ruling, but there was no autopsy. Fire r... |
Panzerschreck (lit. "tank fright", "tank's fright" or "tank's bane") was the popular name for the Raketenpanzerbüchse 54 ("Rocket Anti-armor Rifle Model 54", abbreviated to RPzB 54), an 88 mm reusable anti-tank rocket launcher developed by Nazi Germany in World War II. Another earlier, official name was Ofenrohr ("stov... | {"Place of origin": "Nazi Germany", "Type": "Anti-tank rocket launcher", "Sights": "yes", "In service": "1943-1945 (Nazi Germany)Rottman, 2014 p39", "Used by": "See Users", "Wars": "World War II", "Unit cost": "70 yes", "Variants": "RPzB 54,RPzB 54/1", "Mass": "11 kg lb on empty (RPzB 54) with shield", "Length": "164 c... |
Life on Earth: A Natural History by David Attenborough is a British television natural history series made by the BBC in association with Warner Bros. Television and Reiner Moritz Productions. It was transmitted in the UK from 16 January 1979.
During the course of the series presenter David Attenborough, following the... | {"Genre": "Nature documentary", "Presented by": "David Attenborough", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Running time": "55 minutes", "Original network": "BBC Two", "Original release": "1979 4 10 yes"} |
Sir Henry Urmston Willink, 1st Baronet, (7 March 1894 - 20 July 1973) was a British politician and public servant. A Conservative Member of Parliament from 1940, he became Minister of Health in 1943. During his time in power he was appointed Special Commissioner for those made homeless by the London Blitz and was invo... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Birth name": "Henry Willink", "Name": "Sir Henry Willink", "Image caption": "Willink in 1948", "Birth date": "yes 1894 3 7", "Birth place": "Liverpool, Lancashire", "Death date": "yes 1973 7 20 1894 3 7", "Term start": "1943", "Term end": "1945", "Office 2": "Member of Parl... |
A Tori Amos Collection: Tales of a Librarian is the first retrospective compilation album by American singer-songwriter Tori Amos. Given the option to be involved in the project, Amos elected to take a central role in the production of the collection, released in 2003 on her former label Atlantic Records.
Amos describ... | {"Released": "November 17, 2003", "Recorded": "1990 - Summer 2003", "Label": "Atlantic", "Producer": "Tori Amos Eric Rosse"} |
The Caribe Hilton is located in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and is owned by Park Hotels & Resorts and managed by Hilton Worldwide.
History
In early 1946, as part of the Puerto Rican industrialization effort known as Operation Bootstrap, the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Co. decided to erect a modern luxury hotel. The... | {"Name": "Caribe Hilton", "Image": "Caribe Hilton seen from Condado.JPG", "Caption": "Caribe Hilton Hotel as seen from Condado.", "Location": "San Juan, Puerto Rico", "Address": "1 San Geronimo Street, San Juan, PR 00901", "Opened_date": "December 9, 1949", "Architect": "Toro Ferrer", "Landlord": "Hilton Worldwide", "O... |
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Trellech (occasionally spelt Trelech, Treleck or Trelleck; ) is a village and parish in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales. Located south of Monmouth and north-north-west of Tintern, Trellech lies on a plateau above the Wye Valley on the southern fringes of of woodland in an Area ... | {"Sovereign state": "Wales", "Community": "Trellech United", "Principal area": "Monmouthshire", "Preserved county": "Gwent", "UK Parliament": "Monmouth", "Postcode district": "NP25", "Dialling code": "01600", "OS grid reference": "SO500054"} |
Bobbio (Bobbiese: ; ; ) is a small town and comune in the province of Piacenza in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. It is located in the Trebbia River valley southwest of the town Piacenza. There is also an abbey and a diocese of the same name. Bobbio is the administrative center of the Unione Montana Valli Trebbia e Lur... | {"Name": "Bobbio", "Official name": "Comune di Bobbio", "Image caption": "View of Bobbio", "Coordinates": "44 46 N 9 23 E inline,title", "Region": "Emilia-Romagna", "Province": "Piacenza (PC)", "Frazioni": "Cassolo, Ceci, Dezza, Mezzano Scotti, Santa Maria, San Cristoforo, San Salvatore, Vaccarezza", "Mayor": "Roberto ... |
Century Media Records is a heavy metal record label with offices in the United States, Germany and London. In August 2015, Century Media was acquired by Sony Music for US$17 million.
Background
Century Media was founded by Robert Kampf and Oliver Withöft in Dortmund, Germany, in 1988 and has gone on to launch or furth... | {"Parent company": "Sony Music Entertainment", "Founded": "1988", "Founder": "Robert Kampf Oliver Withöft", "Distributor(s)": "Self-distributed (Germany) The Orchard (US) Sony Music (International)", "Status": "Active", "Genre": "Heavy metal, thrash metal, death metal, deathcore, extreme metal, hard rock, hardcore punk... |
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Beka Records was a record label based in Germany, active from about 1903 to 1925. Before World War I, Beka also made gramophone records for the United Kingdom market under the Beka-Grand Records label. The company became a subsidiary of the Carl Lindström Company which was sold to the Co... | {"Type": "Incentive", "Industry": "record label", "Founded": "1903Germany", "Headquarters": "Germany", "Defunct": "1925", "Fate": "Tax DormitoryGoogle shows no meaningful results for \"tax dormitory\". It may be a poor translation or neologism for \"bankruptcy\" June 2020\nSold to Carl Lindström Company\nReincorporated... |
Sir Henry Tate, 1st Baronet (11 March 18195 December 1899), was an English sugar merchant and philanthropist, noted for establishing the Tate Gallery in London.
Life and career
Born in White Coppice, a hamlet near Chorley, Lancashire, Tate was the son of a Unitarian clergyman, the Reverend William Tate, and his wife A... | {"Name": "Sir Henry Tate", "Image": "HenryTate.jpeg", "Birth date": "1819 3 11 yes", "Birth place": "Chorley, Lancashire, England", "Death date": "1899 12 5 1819 3 11 yes", "Death place": "Streatham, London, England", "Burial place": "West Norwood Cemetery, West Norwood, London, England", "Occupation": "Sugar merchant ... |
WWVB is a time signal radio station near Fort Collins, Colorado and is operated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Most radio-controlled clocks in North America use WWVB's transmissions to set the correct time. The 70 kW ERP signal transmitted from WWVB is a continuous 60 kHz carrier wave, th... | {"Name": "NIST Time & Frequency Service", "Logo size": "300px", "Logo caption": "WWVB antenna and support towers", "Country": "United States", "Type": "Time station", "Availability": "Canada, United States, Mexico", "Owner": "National Institute of Standards and Technology", "Launch date": "July 1956 (under experimental... |
The leader of the House of Lords is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Lords. The post is also the leader of the governing party in the House of Lords who acts as the government party chairperson in the house. The role is always held in com... | {"Post": "Leader", "Body": "the House of Lords", "Insignia size": "240px", "Department": "Office of the Leader of the House", "Incumbent": "The Lord True", "Incumbent since": "6 September 2022", "Status": "Party Branch chief", "Type": "House Leader", "Nominator": "Prime Minister", "Appointer": "The Monarch", "Deputy": ... |
thumb|Shield of arms, displayed in the House of Lords (also see the arms borne by his sister, Baroness Butler-Sloss).
Robert Michael Oldfield Havers, Baron Havers, (10 March 1923 - 1 April 1992), was a British barrister and Conservative politician. He was knighted in 1972 and appointed a life peer in 1987.
Early lif... | {"Name": "The Lord Havers", "Term start": "13 June 1987", "Term end": "26 October 1987", "Office 2": "Shadow Attorney General", "Leader 2": "Margaret Thatcher", "Successor 2": "Samuel Silkin", "Birth name": "Robert Michael Oldfield Havers", "Birth date": "1923 3 10 y", "Death date": "1992 4 1 1923 3 10 y", "Death place... |
Gold Star Records is an American independent record label, which was founded in 1941.
Gold Star Recording Company and Gold Star Sound Services
left|thumb|250px|Bill Quinn in Houston, Texas, 1960s
Gold Star Recording Company originated as a recording studio in Houston, Texas, and was founded in October 1941 by Bill Qu... | {"Parent company": "Quinn Recording Company", "Founded": "1941", "Genre": "Cajun, country, blues, rock, R&B, hip hop", "Country of origin": "United States", "Location": "Houston, Texas, United States"} |
Jacques Laffitte (24 October 1767 - 26 May 1844) was a leading French banker, governor of the Bank of France (1814-1820) and liberal member of the Chamber of Deputies during the Bourbon Restoration and July Monarchy. He was an important figure in the development of new banking techniques during the early stages of indu... | {"Name": "Jacques Laffitte", "Term start": "2 March 1839", "Term end": "26 May 1844", "Office 2": "Prime Minister of France", "Monarch 2": "Louis Philippe I", "Predecessor 2": "Jules de Polignac", "Successor 2": "Casimir Perier", "Birth date": "y 1767 10 24", "Birth place": "Bayonne, Lower Navarre, France", "Death date... |
The Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (commonly known as The Tlatelolco Treaty) is an international treaty that establishes the denuclearization of Latin America and the Caribbean. It was proposed by Adolfo López Mateos, the President of Mexico, and promoted by the Mexican... | {"Name": "Treaty of Tlatelolco", "Long name": "Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean", "Image caption": "Zone of Application as delineated in Article 4 of the Treaty of Tlatelolco", "Date signed": "14 February 1967", "Location signed": "Mexico City", "Date effective": "22 Apri... |
Hercules George Robert Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead, (19 December 1824 - 28 October 1897), was a British colonial administrator who became the 5th Governor of Hong Kong and subsequently, the 14th Governor of New South Wales, the first Governor of Fiji, and the 8th Governor of New Zealand. From June 1859 until August 18... | {"Name": "The Lord Rosmead", "Term start": "14 February 1854", "Term end": "1855", "Order 2": "5th", "Office 2": "Governor of Hong Kong", "Monarch 2": "Victoria", "Predecessor 2": "Sir John Bowring", "Successor 2": "Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell"} |
Nova (stylized as NOVΛ) is an American popular science television program produced by WGBH in Boston, Massachusetts, since 1974. It is broadcast on PBS in the United States, and in more than 100 other countries. The program has won many major television awards.
Nova often includes interviews with scientists doing rese... | {"Running time": "60 minutes", "Created by": "Michael Ambrosino", "Developed by": "Michael Ambrosino", "Country of origin": "United States", "Original network": "PBS", "Original release": "present"} |
No Angel is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Dido. Originally released on 1 June 1999 in the United States, the album found a mass audience when it was released worldwide in February 2001. By 2003, the album had sold more than 15 million copies worldwide, and was the second best-selling album of the ... | {"Released": "1 June 1999", "Studio": "Swanyard Studios The Church Studios Sarm West Studios Olympic Studios Eden Angel Recording Studios", "Genre": "Folktronica Rob Brunner Documenting Dido Entertainment Weekly 23 December 2000 3 October 2016 http://www.ew.com/article/2000/12/23/documenting-dido RS/>", "La... |
Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf (11 February 18303 November 1913) was a classical musician and composer who studied under Franz Liszt.
Biography
Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf (also called Hans von Bronsart)Music Web International was born into a Prussian military family, and educated at Berlin University. He studied p... | {"Name": "Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff", "Caption": "Portrait of Bronsart von Schellendorf from a book of 1893", "Birth date": "11 February 1830", "Death date": "3 November 1913 11 February 1830", "Occupation": "Classical musician and composer"} |
Airfix is a British brand and former manufacturing company which produced injection-moulded plastic scale model kits. In the UK, the name 'Airfix' has become practically synonymous with plastic models of this type, often simply referred to as "an airfix kit" even if made by another manufacturer.
Airfix manufactured a ... | {"Type": "Private (1939-86)", "Fate": "Acquired by Humbrol in 1986, until its closure in 2006, becoming a brand", "Founded": "1939", "Defunct": "2006", "Headquarters": "U.K.", "Products": "Scale model cars, aircraft, ships, commercial vehicles, military vehicles, railways", "Parent": "Humbrol (1986-2006)", "Brands": "K... |
The JPMorgan Chase Tower, formerly Texas Commerce Tower, is a , , 75-story skyscraper at 600 Travis Street in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. It is currently the tallest building in Texas and the South Central region of the United States, the tallest five-sided building in the world, the 29th-tallest building i... | {"Former names": "Texas Commerce Tower in United Energy PlazaTexas Commerce Tower", "Alternative names": "Chase Tower", "Location": "600 Travis StreetHouston, Texas, U.S.", "Coordinates": "29.760556 -95.363889 region:US-TX inline,title", "Status": "completed", "Construction started": "1981", "Type": "Commercial offices... |
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Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, PC (28 September 1705 - 1 July 1774) was an English peer and Whig politician who served as the Secretary at War from 1746 to 175... | {"Name": "The Lord Holland", "Term start": "26 May 1762", "Term end": "16 April 1763", "Order 2": "Paymaster of the Forces", "Prime minister 2": "The Duke of NewcastleThe Earl of ButeGeorge Grenville", "Monarch 2": "George IIGeorge III", "Predecessor 2": "Viscount DupplinThomas Potter", "Successor 2": "Charles Townshen... |
is a fictional monster, or kaiju, which first appeared in Godzilla Raids Again (1955), the second film in the Godzilla franchise. Anguirus is the first monster to be shown engaging in combat with Godzilla in a film. Since then, the character has appeared conversely as an enemy and an ally of Godzilla in numerous films ... | {"First appearance": "Godzilla Raids Again (1955)", "Last appearance": "Godzilla Singular Point (2021)", "Created by": "Motoyoshi Oda", "Portrayed by": "Shōwa series:\n Katsumi Tezuka\n Hiroshi Sekita\n Koetsu Omiya\n Tadaaki Watanabe\n Kin'ichi Kusumi\n Millennium series:\n Toshihiro Ogura"} |
The Stryker is a family of eight-wheeled armored fighting vehicles derived from the Canadian LAV III. Stryker vehicles are produced by General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada (GDLS-C) for the United States Army in a plant in London, Ontario. It has four-wheel drive (8×4) and can be switched to all-wheel drive (8×8).
The ... | {"Type": "Armored personnel carrier-infantry fighting vehicle hybridhttp://www.inetres.com/gp/military/cv/inf/M1126.html M1126 Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle 18 May 2010 8 February 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190208171146/http://www.inetres.com/gp/military/cv/inf/M1126.html live", "Steeringsystem": "yes",... |
Upper Canada College (UCC) is an independent day and boarding school for boys in Toronto, Ontario, operating under the International Baccalaureate program. The college is widely described as Canada's most prestigious preparatory school, and has produced many notable graduates. With around 1,200 students, UCC is highly ... | {"Faculty": "140", "Campus": "Deer Park/Forest Hill (38.5 acre km2 sqbr, urban) Norval (450 acre km2 sqbr, rural)", "Endowment": "CA$107,000,000", "Website": "ucc.on.ca"} |
The Ouachita Mountains (), simply referred to as the Ouachitas, are a mountain range in western Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma. They are formed by a thick succession of highly deformed Paleozoic strata constituting the Ouachita Fold and Thrust Belt, one of the important orogenic belts of North America. The Ouachita... | {"Location": "Level III ecoregions in the region, with the Ouachita Mountains ecoregion marked as (36) (full map)", "Elevation": "2753 ft m on", "Coordinates": "35.167016203 N 93.644725919 W type:mountain_region:US-AR_scale:100000_source:ngs dms inline,title", "Length": "E-W"} |
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This is a list of assets currently or formerly owned by the Walt Disney Company, unless otherwise indicated.
As of August 2023, Disney is organized into three main segments: Disney Entertainment which includes the company's film and TV assets as well as streaming; ESPN... | {"Type": "Division", "Founded": "y 1954", "Headquarters": "United Kingdom", "Parent": "The Walt Disney Company", "Website": "https://thewaltdisneycompany.eu"} |
is a fictional monster, or kaiju, which first appeared in Ishirō Honda's 1964 film Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster. The monster was initially created by Tomoyuki Tanaka, Eiji Tsuburaya and Shinichi Sekizawa as an homage to the eight-headed mythological Japanese dragon Yamata no Orochi. Although the name of the chara... | {"First appearance": "Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)", "Created by": "Tomoyuki TanakaArchived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: CHO Japan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLGd5Nnl_Uw&list=UUU03keCaesfRWZPYV1FUxXw 1970's Godzilla FX Director - PART I - ７０年代のゴジラの特技監督 (SciFi Japan TV #06) YouTube 2012... |
Roberto Alagna (; born 7 June 1963) is a French operatic tenor. He obtained French citizenship in 1981, while also retaining his previous Italian citizenship.R. Alagna, Je ne suis pas le fruit du hasard, Paris, Grasset, 2007, Chapter "Canonnier Alagna !", .
Early years
Alagna was born in Clichy-sous-Bois, outside the ... | {"Name": "Roberto Alagna", "Caption": "Roberto Alagna in 2004", "Birth date": "yes 1963 6 7\"Roberto Alagna\" by Amanda E. Fuller, Encyclopædia Britannica", "Birth place": "Clichy-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France", "Citizenship": "Italian French", "Years active": "1988-present", "Occupation": "Opera singer (tenor)"... |
Angela Gheorghiu (; ; born 7 September 1965) is a Romanian soprano,John Warrack and Ewan West, 'Gheorghiu, Angela', The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera, Oxford University Press, 1996; Nicolas Slonimsky and Laura Diane Kuhn, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, 2001, p. 1264; David M. Cummings, "... | {"Name": "Angela Gheorghiu", "Caption": "Gheorghiu as Floria Tosca at San Francisco Opera, November 2012", "Birth name": "Angela Burlacu", "Birth date": "1965 9 7 yes", "Birth place": "Adjud, Romania", "Education": "National University of Music Bucharest", "Occupation": "Operatic soprano", "Years active": "1990-present... |
Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury. Mercury Records released rock, funk, R&B, doo wop, soul music, blues, pop, rock and roll, and jazz rec... | {"Parent company": "Universal Music Group", "Founded": "1945", "Founder": "Irving Green Berle Adams Arthur Talmadge Ray Greenberg", "Status": "Active", "Location": "Chicago (1945-1980)New York City (1980-present)", "Distributor(s)": "Republic (United States) EMI (United Kingdom, Japan) Island Def Jam/Barclay (France) I... |
Jeanne Louise Calment (; 21 February 1875 - 4 August 1997) was a French supercentenarian and the oldest verified human, with a documented lifespan of 122 years and 164 days. Her longevity attracted media attention and medical studies of her health and lifestyle. She is the only person verified to have reached the age o... | {"Name": "Jeanne Calment", "Caption": "Calment at age 40 in 1915", "Birth name": "Jeanne Louise Calment", "Birth date": "1875 02 21 yes", "Birth place": "Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France", "Death date": "1997 08 04 yes(aged 1875 02 21 1997 08 04)", "Death place": "Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France", "Spouse(s)": "Fernand ... |
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Furthur is a 1939 International Harvester school bus purchased by author Ken Kesey in 1964 to carry his "Merry Band of Pranksters" cross-country, filming their counterculture adventures as they went. The bus featured prominently in Tom Wolfe's 1968 book The Electric Koo... | {"Production": "1939", "Manufacturer": "International Harvester", "Type": "School bus", "Assembly": "United States"} |
The Pearl River, also known by its Chinese name Zhujiang or Zhu Jiang in Mandarin pinyin or Chu Kiang and formerly often known as the , is an extensive river system in southern China. The name "Pearl River" is also often used as a catch-all for the watersheds of the Xi ("West"), Bei ("North"), and Dong ("East") rivers... | {"Native name": "zh 珠江", "Mouth": "South China Sea", "Location": "and Guangdong", "Basin size": "453700 km2 onhttp://www.pearlwater.gov.cn/zjgk/ 珠江概况 珠江水利网 2013-03-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20130122165238/http://www.pearlwater.gov.cn/zjgk/# 2013-01-22 live"} |
Wah Yan College Kowloon (WYK; ; demonym: Wahyanite, pl.: Wahyanites) is a Catholic secondary school for boys run by the Chinese Province of the Society of Jesus. It is located in Kowloon, Hong Kong and is a grant-in-aid secondary school using English as the primary medium of instruction. The total land area of its camp... | {"Coordinates": "22.314577 114.17351 inline", "Religious affiliation(s)": "Roman Catholic (Jesuits)", "Status": "Active", "Authority": "Society of Jesus", "School code": "WYK", "President": "Fr. Clement TSUI, S.J. (Supervisor)", "Campus type": "Urban", "Campus size": "41,000 m2 ha", "Sports": "Athletics baseball basket... |
Wyrd Sisters is Terry Pratchett's sixth Discworld novel, published in 1988. It re-introduces Granny Weatherwax of Equal Rites.
Plot
Wyrd Sisters features three witches: Granny Weatherwax; Nanny Ogg, matriarch of a large tribe of Oggs and owner of the most evil cat in the world; and Magrat Garlick, the junior witch, ... | {"Cover artist": "Josh Kirby", "Language": "English", "Series": "Discworld 6th novel - 2nd Witches story", "Published": "1988 11 10 y Victor Gollancz Ltd", "ISBN": "0-575-04363-6", "Preceded by": "Sourcery", "Followed by": "Pyramids"} |
Joseph Raoul Cédras (born July 9, 1949) is a Haitian former military officer who was the de facto ruler of Haiti from 1991 to 1994.
Background
A mulatto, Cédras was educated in the United States and was a member of the U.S.-trained Leopard Corps.Whitney, Kathleen Marie (1996), "Sin, Fraph, and the CIA: U.S. Covert Act... | {"Name": "Raoul Cédras", "Image caption": "Raoul Cédras, with Philippe Biamby in the background", "Term start": "September 30, 1991", "Term end": "October 8, 1991", "Office 2": "Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Haiti", "President 2": "Jean-Bertrand Aristide Joseph Nérette Émile Jonassaint", "Predecessor 2": ... |
The ashiko is a drum, shaped like a tapered cylinder (or truncated cone) with the head on the wide end, and the narrow end open. It is made of hardwood and generally has a calfskin hide. Nowadays, goatskin is sometimes used, in imitation of the high sound of the popular djembe drum. It is played with the hands, and tu... | {"Background": "percussion", "Classification": "Membranophone", "Hornbostel-Sachs": "211.251.1", "Hornbostel-Sachs Description": "Open ended conical drum", "Developed": "Yoruba"} |
A djembe or jembe ( ; from Malinke jembe , N'Ko: ) is a rope-tuned skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands, originally from West Africa.
According to the Bambara people in Mali, the name of the djembe comes from the saying "Anke djé, anke bé" which translates to "everyone gather together in peace" and defines t... | {"Name": "Djembe", "Background": "percussion", "Image": "Lenke djembe from Mali.jpegalt=Brown goblet-shaped wood and leather drum with blue rope on an alabaster background", "Caption": "Lenke wood djembe from Mali", "Classification": "Membranophone", "Hornbostel-Sachs": "211.261.1", "Hornbostel-Sachs Description": "Dir... |
Swallow is a small village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, on the A46 road north-east from Caistor. The population (including Cabourne and Cuxwold) taken at the 2011 census was 289.
History
Etymology
The name Swallow has been variously written as Sualan (Domesday Book), Suaw... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)", "District": "West Lindsey", "Shire county": "Lincolnshire", "UK Parliament": "Gainsborough", "Postcode district": "LN", "OS grid reference": "TA177030"} |
Meghalaya (, or , meaning "abode of clouds"; from Sanskrit , "cloud" + , "abode") is a state in northeast India. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the state of Assam: (a) the United Khasi Hills and Jaintia Hills and (b) the Garo Hills.History of Meghalaya State Government of Ind... | {"Name": "Meghalaya", "Settlement Type": "State", "Etymology": "Abode of the clouds", "Image": "Noakalikai falls 1480244029215.jpg\n Khrangsuri waterfall, Meghalaya 01.jpg\n Tawny-Breasted Wren-Babbler (Spelaeornis longicaudatus).jpg\n Dawki River, Meghalaya, India.jpg\n 280\n 1\n centre\n 0\n black", "Caption": ... |
Results May Vary is the fourth studio album by American rap rock band Limp Bizkit, released on September 23, 2003, through Flip and Interscope Records. It is the band's only release under the sole-leadership of vocalist Fred Durst after the temporary departure of guitarist Wes Borland, who left in 2001. Guitarist Mike ... | {"Released": "2003 9 23", "Recorded": "May-June 2003", "Studio": "Record Plant (Hollywood)\n Interscope (Santa Monica)\n NRG Recording Studios (Hollywood)", "Genre": "Nu metal\n rap metal\n rap rock\n alternative rock", "Label": "Flip\n Interscope", "Producer": "Terry Date\n Fred Durst\n Rick Rubin"} |
The goblet drum (also chalice drum, tarabuka, tarabaki, darbuka, darabuka, derbake, debuka, doumbek, dumbec, dumbeg, dumbelek, toumperleki, tumbak, or zerbaghali; / Romanized: ) is a single-head membranophone with a goblet-shaped body. It is most commonly used in the traditional music of Egypt, where it is considered... | {"Name": "Goblet drum", "Names": "chalice drum, tarabuka (tarambuka), tarabaki, darbuka, derbake, debuka, doumbek, dumbec, dumbeg, dumbelek, toumperleki (tumberleki), tumbak, zerbaghali", "Background": "percussion", "Classification": "hand percussion, Membranophone", "Hornbostel-Sachs": "211.26", "Developed": "Egypt"} |
The dholak is a two-headed hand drum, a folk percussion instrument. The dholak is most commonly recognised in countries such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, but can also be found amongst the Indo-Diaspora in countries such as Guyana, Suriname, Fiji, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa and Mauritius. ... | {"Name": "Dholak", "Image size": "250", "Image alt text": "Dholak drum", "Caption": "Dholak drum", "Background": "percussion", "Classification": "percussion", "Hornbostel-Sachs": "211.22.2 Barrel drums", "Hornbostel-Sachs Description": "Instruments in which the body is barrel-shaped, which have two usable membranes", "... |
Lakshmi Sahgal () (born Lakshmi Swaminathan; 24 October 1914 - 23 July 2012) was a revolutionary of the Indian independence movement, an officer of the Indian National Army, and the Minister of Women's Affairs in the Azad Hind government. Lakshmi is commonly referred to in India as Captain Lakshmi, a reference to her r... | {"Name": "Lakshmi Sahgal", "Caption": "Sahgal at the 18th congress of Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Delhi, 2005", "Birth name": "Lakshmi Swaminathan", "Birth date": "yes 1914 10 24", "Birth place": "Anakkara, Ponnani taluk, Malabar District, British India(present-day Palakkad, Kerala, India)", "Death date": "ye... |
Thant (; ; January 22, 1909 - November 25, 1974), known honorifically as U Thant (), was a Burmese diplomat and the third secretary-general of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971, the first non-Scandinavian to hold the position. He held the office for a record 10 years and one month.
A native of Pantanaw, Thant was e... | {"Honorific prefix": "U", "Name": "Thant", "Native name": "သန့်", "Native name language": "my", "Image caption": "U Thant in July 1963", "Alternative text": "Official portrait of U Thant with a UN flag in the background.", "Term start": "November 30, 1961", "Term end": "December 31, 1971", "Birth date": "1909 1 22", "B... |
Empresas Polar is a Venezuelan corporation that started as a brewery, founded in 1941 by Lorenzo Alejandro Mendoza Fleury, Juan Simon Mendoza, Rafael Lujan and Karl Eggers in Antímano "La Planta de Antimano", Caracas. It is the largest and best known brewery in Venezuela, but has since long diversified to an array of i... | {"Type": "Private", "Founded": "1941", "Headquarters": "Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela", "Industry": "Conglomerates", "Products": "Beer", "Subsidiaries": "Alimentos PolarCervecería PolarPepsi Cola Venezuela", "Website": "Empresas Polar"} |
Ferdinand Édouard Buisson (20 December 1841 - 16 February 1932) was a French academic, educational bureaucrat, pacifist and Radical-Socialist (left liberal) politician. He presided over the League of Education from 1902 to 1906 and the Human Rights League (LDH) from 1914 to 1926. In 1927, the Nobel Peace Prize was awar... | {"Name": "Ferdinand Édouard Buisson", "Caption": "Buisson in 1932", "Birth date": "yes 1841 12 20", "Birth place": "Paris, FranceFerdinand Buisson. nobelprize.org", "Death date": "yes 1932 2 16 1841 12 20", "Death place": "Thieuloy-Saint-Antoine, France", "Occupation": "politician", "Nationality": "French", "Known For"... |
Javier Felipe Ricardo Pérez de Cuéllar de la Guerra ( , ; 19 January 1920 - 4 March 2020) was a Peruvian diplomat and politician who served as the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1982 to 1991. He later served as Prime Minister of Peru from 2000 to 2001.
Pérez de Cuéllar was a member of the Club of M... | {"Image caption": "Pérez de Cuéllar in 1982", "Term start": "1 January 1982", "Term end": "31 December 1991", "Office 2": "Prime Minister of Peru", "President 2": "Valentín Paniagua", "Predecessor 2": "Federico Salas", "Successor 2": "Roberto Dañino", "Birth name": "Javier Felipe Ricardo Pérez de Cuéllar y de la Guerra... |
Ashton-Tate Corporation was a US-based software company best known for developing the popular dBASE database application and later acquiring Framework from the Forefront Corporation and MultiMate from Multimate International. It grew from a small garage-based company to become a multinational corporation. Once one of ... | {"Fate": "Acquired", "Founded": "1980 08", "Defunct": "1991 10", "Headquarters": "US", "Industry": "Software", "Products": "dBASE, Framework, MultiMate, InterBase, RapidFile, and more"} |
Karl Hjalmar Branting (; 23 November 1860 - 24 February 1925) was a Swedish politician who was the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP) from 1907 until his death in 1925, and three times Prime Minister of Sweden. When Branting came to power in 1920, he was the first Social Democratic Prime Minister of Sw... | {"Name": "Hjalmar Branting", "Monarch 2": "Gustaf V", "Predecessor 2": "Oscar von Sydow", "Successor 2": "Ernst Trygger", "Birth name": "Karl Hjalmar Branting", "Birth date": "1860 11 23 y", "Birth place": "Stockholm, Sweden", "Death date": "1925 2 24 1860 11 23 y", "Death place": "Stockholm, Sweden", "Spouse(s)": "Ann... |
Framework, launched in 1984, was an office suite to run on the (x86) IBM PC and compatibles with the MS-DOS operating system.
Unlike other integrated products, Framework was not created as "plug-in" modules with a similar look and feel, but as a single windowing workspace representing a desktop metaphor that could man... | {"Original author(s)": "Forefront Corporation(bought by Ashton-Tate in 1985)", "Developer(s)": "Robert Carr", "Initial release": "1984", "Written in": "Assembly language, C", "Available in": "18 languages", "Type": "Office suite", "License": "Proprietary", "Website": "www.framework.com"} |
Windows 7 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009, and became generally available on October 22, 2009. It is the successor to Windows Vista, released nearly three years earlier. Windows 7's server counterpart, Windows Server 2008 R2... | {"Developer": "Microsoft", "Source model": "Closed-source\n Source-available (through Shared Source Initiative)", "License": "Proprietary commercial software", "Marketing target": "Consumer and business", "Platforms": "IA-32 and x86-64", "Kernel": "Hybrid", "Userland": "Windows API, NTVDM, SUA", "Update method": "Wi... |
Irma Vep is a 1996 French comedy-drama film written and directed by Olivier Assayas. Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung plays a fictionalised version of herself, as disasters result when an unstable French film director (played by Jean-Pierre Léaud) attempts to remake Louis Feuillade's classic silent film serial Les Vampi... | {"Directed by": "Olivier Assayas", "Written by": "Olivier Assayas", "Produced by": "Georges Benayoun", "Starring": "Maggie Cheung\n Jean-Pierre Léaud\n Nathalie Richard\n Bulle Ogier\n Lou Castel\n Arsinée Khanjian\n Antoine Basler\n Nathalie Boutefeu\n Alex Descas\n Dominique Faysse\n Bernard Nissile\n Olivier Torres"... |
Stepan "Stepa" Stepanović (, ; - 29 April 1929) was a Serbian military commander who fought in the Serbo-Turkish War, the Serbo-Bulgarian War, the First Balkan War, the Second Balkan War and World War I. Having joined the Serbian military in 1874, he fought against the forces of the Ottoman Empire in 1876. Over the f... | {"Birth name": "Stepan Stepanović", "Name": "Stepa Stepanović", "Term start": "24 February 1911", "Term end": "22 May 1912", "Prime minister 2": "Nikola PašićPetar Velimirović", "Predecessor 2": "Radomir Putnik", "Successor 2": "Mihailo Živković", "Birth date": "yes 1856 3 12", "Birth place": "Kumodraž, Principality of... |
Živojin Mišić (; 19 July 1855 - 20 January 1921) was a Field Marshal who participated in all of Serbia's wars from 1876 to 1918. He directly commanded the First Serbian army in the Battle of Kolubara and in breach of the Thessaloniki Front was the Chief of the Supreme Command. He is the most decorated Serbian military... | {"Name": "Živojin Mišić", "Image": "252px", "Term start": "5 May 1920", "Term end": "20 January 1921", "Office 2": "Chief of Staff of the Supreme Command of the Royal Yugoslav Army", "Monarch 2": "Peter I", "Predecessor 2": "Himself", "Successor 2": "Himself", "Birth date": "1855 6 19 y", "Birth place": "Struganik, Mio... |
Nikolaj Velimirović (Serbian Cyrillic: Николај Велимировић; - ) was bishop of the eparchies of Ohrid and Žiča (1920-1956) in the Serbian Orthodox Church. An influential theological writer and a highly gifted orator, he was often referred to as the new John Chrysostom and historian Slobodan G. Markovich calls him "one ... | {"Born": "Lelić, Serbia", "Died": "South Canaan, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Feast": "3 May (O.S. 20 May)The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p.22.https://www.crkvenikalendar.com/datumen-2... |
Veljko Petrović (, ; c. 1780 - 1813), known simply as Hajduk Veljko (Хајдук Вељко, [xǎjduːk v̞ɛ̌ːʎkɔ]), was one of the vojvodas (military commanders) of the Serbian Revolutionary forces in the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire, in charge of the Negotin area. He was one of the most prominent leaders of t... | {"Nickname(s)": "Hajduk VeljkoХајдук Вељко", "Born": "Lenovac, near Zaječar, Ottoman Empire (present-day Serbia)", "Died": "Negotin, Revolutionary Serbia", "Allegiance": "Flag of Revolutionary Serbia.svg Revolutionary Serbia"} |
Diebold Nixdorf is an American multinational financial and retail technology company that specializes in the sale, manufacture, installation and service of self-service transaction systems (such as ATMs and currency processing systems), point-of-sale terminals, physical security products, and software and related servi... | {"Type": "Public", "ISIN": "n y US2536511031", "Industry": "Technology Banking & Retail", "Founded": "1859 (as Diebold Bahmann Safe Company)Cincinnati, Ohio, US", "Headquarters": "US", "Products": "Automated teller machines, banking-industry services and software, point-of-sale technology, retail industry services and ... |
Skull Tower (, ) is a stone structure embedded with human skulls located in Niš, Serbia. It was constructed by the Ottoman Empire following the Battle of Čegar of May 1809, during the First Serbian Uprising. During the battle, Serbian rebels under the command of Stevan Sinđelić were surrounded by the Ottomans on Čegar ... | {"Location": "Niš, Serbia", "Built": "1809", "Coordinates": "43.3122 21.9238 inline,title", "Visitors": "2009"} |
"" (, , "God of Justice") is the national anthem of Serbia, as defined by the Article 7 of the Constitution of Serbia.Constitution of Serbia at the site of the Government of Serbia "Bože pravde" was the state anthem of the Kingdom of Serbia until 1919 when Serbia became a part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slove... | {"Music": "1872", "Lyrics": "1872", "Adopted": "6 March 1882Pojavila se retka verzija himne \"Bože pravde\" koja će vas oduševiti, a evo kako je nastala 27 December 2018 https://www.telegraf.rs/zanimljivosti/svastara/3019198-pojavila-se-retka-verzija-himne-boze-pravde-koja-ce-vas-oduseviti-a-evo-kako-je-nastala-video ... |
Francis Claud Cockburn ( ; 12 April 1904 – 15 December 1981) was a British journalist. His saying "believe nothing until it has been officially denied" is widely quoted in journalistic studies,Article in wikiquotes but he did not claim credit for originating it.In his autobiography In Time of Trouble, he refers to the ... | {"Name": "Claud Cockburn", "Image": "Claud Cockburn.jpg 600 160 200 105 100 center", "Birth name": "Francis Claud Cockburn", "Birth date": "1904 4 12 y", "Birth place": "Peking, Qing Empire(now Beijing, China)", "Death date": "1981 12 15 1904 04 12 y", "Death place": "Cork, County Cork, Ireland", "Spouse(s)": "Ho... |
Albert Ross Eckler (May 22, 1901 - March 14, 1991) served as Deputy Director of the United States Census Bureau from 1949 to 1965, and its Director from 1965 until 1969. He was the first career employee ever to become director of the agency.
Career
Eckler was born in Van Hornesville, New York in 1901 and lived on a fa... | {"Name": "A. Ross Eckler", "Birth name": "Albert Ross Eckler", "Birth date": "May 22, 1901", "Birth place": "Van Hornesville, New York, US", "Death date": "1991 3 14 1901 5 22", "Death place": "Maryland, US"} |
thumb|Memorial plaque of Isaac Pitman in Bath Abbey
thumbnail|right|Stamp issued to mark the centenary of Pitman's birth.
Sir Isaac Pitman (4 January 1813 - 22 January 1897)"Pitman, Sir Isaac (1813-1897)" by Tony D. Triggs in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, online edition. Retrieved 12... | {"Honorific prefix": "Sir", "Name": "Isaac Pitman", "Birth date": "y 1813 1 4", "Birth place": "Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England", "Death date": "y 1897 1 22 1813 1 4", "Nationality": "British", "Known For": "Pitman shorthand", "Children": "2", "Relatives": "Benjamin Pitman (brother)"} |
Susan Augusta Fenimore Cooper (April 17, 1813 December 31, 1894) was an American writer and amateur naturalist. She founded an orphanage in Cooperstown, New York and made it a successful charity. The daughter of writer James Fenimore Cooper, she served as his secretary and amanuensis late in his life.
Early life, educ... | {"Born": "1813 4 17", "Died": "1894 12 31 1813 4 17", "Occupation": "Writer, founder of orphanage", "Language": "English", "Period": "19th century", "Relatives": "James Fenimore Cooper (father)\nWilliam Cooper (grandfather)"} |
Funimation is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service primarily operated by its parent company Crunchyroll, LLC as of 2022. Launched in 2016, the service is one of the leading distributors of anime and other foreign entertainment properties in North America. It has streamed popular serie... | {"Type of business": "Subsidiary", "Available in": "English (American, Canadian, British and Irish) Spanish (Latin American) Portuguese (Brazilian)", "Headquarters": "Coppell, Texas, United States", "Area served": "Worldwide\"Help\">https://help.funimation.com/hc/en-us/articles/360047208731-Where-is-Funimation-availabl... |
Olivier Assayas (born 25 January 1955) is a French film director, screenwriter and film critic. Assayas is known for his slow-burning period pieces, psychological thrillers, neo-noirs and French comedies. He has frequently collaborated with Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart. The son of filmmaker Jacques Rémy, Assaya... | {"Name": "Olivier Assayas", "Caption": "Assayas in 2010", "Birth date": "yes 1955 1 25", "Birth place": "Paris, France", "Occupation": "Film director, screenwriter, film critic", "Years active": "1977-present", "Spouse(s)": "Maggie Cheung 1998 2001 div", "Partner(s)": "Mia Hansen-Løve (2002-2017)", "Children": "1"} |
thumb|right|London Recordings logo for Classical releases. This logo has a similarity to Decca Records's classical label.
London Recordings (or London Records and London Music Stream) is a British record label that marketed records in the United States, Canada, and Latin America for Decca Records from 1947 to 1980 befo... | {"Parent company": "Universal Music Group (pre-1980 catalogue, London USA, trademark rights for \"London Records\" and \"London Recordings\" names and logos, and distribution of Because Music)Because Music (label and most of post-1980 catalogues, also licenses trademarks from UMG)Warner Music Group (New Order catalogue... |
is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer. She has provided the music for several popular anime series, such as Sword Art Online, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Fate/Zero, The Garden of Sinners, Pandora Hearts and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.
As a composer, Kajiura is known for her unique and distinctive musi... | {"Born": "1965 8 6 y", "Origin": "Tokyo, Japan", "Genres": "Anison, baroque pop, contemporary classical music, world music, electronic, folk music, orchestral, new-age music, ambient music, house music, electro-industrial, electronica, dark ambient, hardcore EDM, happy hardcore, techno music, trance music, progressive ... |
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is an action role-playing video game with platforming elements developed and published by Nintendo. It is the second installment in the Legend of Zelda series and was released in Japan for the Famicom Disk System on January 14, 1987—less than one year after the Japanese release and seven... | {"Title": "Zelda II: The Adventure of Link", "Caption": "North American box art", "Developer": "Nintendo R&D4", "Publisher": "Nintendo", "Director": "Tadashi SugiyamaYasuhisa Yamamura", "Producer": "Shigeru Miyamoto", "Designer": "Kazunobu Shimizu", "Writer": "Takashi Tezuka", "Composer": "Akito Nakatsuka", "Series": "... |
thumb|The first page of the first issue of
thumb|In a hand-written bill from the Stockholm riots during the Revolutions of 1848, support for the then-banned is coupled with a call for overturning the monarchy and instituting a republic.
thumb|s booth during Almedalen week 2014, Visby, Gotland, Sweden
thumb|s headqua... | {"Type": "Daily newspaper", "Format": "Tabloid", "Owner(s)": "LO (9%)Schibsted (91%)", "Founder(s)": "Lars Johan Hierta", "Publisher": "Lena K Samuelsson", "Editor-in-chief": "Lena K Samuelsson", "Political alignment": "Independent social-democrat", "Language": "Swedish", "Headquarters": "Västra Järnvägsgatan 21,Stockh... |
Adult Swim (stylized as [adult swim] since 2003 and also abbreviated as [as]) is a programming block broadcast by the American basic cable channel Cartoon Network during the evening, prime time, and late-night dayparts. The block features stylistically varied animated and live-action series targeting an adult audience,... | {"Launched": "2001 9 2", "Founder": "Mike Lazzo", "Picture format": "1080i HDTV(downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)", "Network": "Cartoon Network\n (Nightly: 5 p.m. - 6 a.m. ET/PT)", "Country": "United States", "Language(s)": "English\n Spanish (with SAP, a Spanish language simulcast of the channel is al... |
Robert Gérard Goulet (November 26, 1933 October 30, 2007) was an American and Canadian singer and actor of French-Canadian ancestry. Goulet was born and raised in Lawrence, Massachusetts until age 13, and then spent his formative years in Canada. Cast as Sir Lancelot and originating the role in the 1960 Broadway music... | {"Caption": "Goulet in 1988", "Birth name": "Robert Gérard Goulet", "Birth date": "1933 11 26", "Birth place": "Lawrence, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Death date": "2007 10 30 1933 11 26", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Education": "Victoria School of the Arts", "Alma mater": "The Royal Conservatory of Musi... |
Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure (; 27 February 17673 March 1855) was a French lawyer and statesman.
He is best known as the first head of state of the Second Republic, after the collapse of the July Monarchy as a result of the French Revolution of 1848.
Biography
Early career
Born in Le Neubourg, Normandy, he was ... | {"Name": "Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure", "Image caption": "Portrait by Ary Scheffer", "Term start": "26 February 1848", "Term end": "9 May 1848", "Birth date": "27 February 1767", "Birth place": "Le Neubourg, France", "Death date": "yes 1855 3 3 1767 2 27", "Death place": "Rouge-Perriers, France"} |
Sir John Bowring , or Phraya Siamanukulkij Siammitrmahayot (17 October 1792 - 23 November 1872) was a British political economist, traveller, writer, literary translator, polyglot and the fourth Governor of Hong Kong. He was appointed by Queen Victoria as emissary to Siam, later he was appointed by King Mongkut of Siam... | {"Name": "Sir John Bowring", "Honorific suffix": "GBR 100% KCB FRS FRGS", "Image caption": "John Bowring in 1826", "Term start": "13 April 1854", "Term end": "9 September 1859", "Office 2": "Member of Parliamentfor Kilmarnock Burghs", "Predecessor 2": "John Dunlop", "Successor 2": "John Campbell Colquhoun", "Birth date... |
Sir George Ferguson Bowen (; 2 November 1821 - 21 February 1899), was an Irish author and colonial administrator whose appointments included postings to the Ionian Islands, Queensland, New Zealand, Victoria, Mauritius and Hong Kong.R. B. Joyce, 'Bowen, Sir George Ferguson (1821-1899) ', Australian Dictionary of Biogra... | {"Name": "Sir George Bowen", "Term start": "10 December 1859", "Term end": "4 January 1868", "Order 2": "5th", "Office 2": "Governor-General of New Zealand", "Monarch 2": "Victoria", "Premier 2": "Edward StaffordWilliam FoxGeorge Waterhouse", "Predecessor 2": "Sir George Grey", "Successor 2": "Sir James Fergusson", "Bi... |
Mack Lobell (1984-2016) was a brown racing trotter by Mystic Park out of Matina Hanover by Speedy Count.
He won $3,917,594 during his career and was elected Harness Horse of the Year in 1987 and 1988. Among his many stakes victories were the Yonkers Trot, the Hambletonian, the Elitloppet (twice), the Breeders Crown ev... | {"Breed": "Standardbred", "Sire": "Mystic Park", "Grandsire": "Noble Gesture", "Dam": "Matina Hanover", "Damsire": "Speedy Count", "Sex": "Stallion", "Foaled": "1984", "Died": "February 2016", "Country": "United States", "Breeder": "Lana Lobell Farm (US)", "Owner": "Louis P. Guida", "Trainer": "Charles Sylvester", "Rec... |
Albert Hamilton Gordon (July 21, 1901 – May 1, 2009), was an American businessman who transformed the Wall Street firm of Kidder Peabody. He bought the firm in 1931 and remained its chairman until selling it to General Electric in 1986. He made cold calls to potential clients well into his 90s and continued to come to ... | {"Name": "Albert Hamilton Gordon", "Birth date": "July 21, 1901", "Birth place": "Scituate, Massachusetts, USA", "Death date": "2009 05 01 1901 07 21", "Death place": "New York, New York, USA", "Education": "Roxbury Latin School", "Alma mater": "Harvard University", "Occupation": "Wall Street entrepreneur"} |
Rafał Aleksander Ziemkiewicz (born 13 September 1964, in Piaseczno) is a Polish political and science fiction author and right-wing publicist. Winner of the Janusz A. Zajdel Award (1995, 1998 in novels category and 1996 for short stories).
Biography
Science-fiction writer
In 1984, during his studies at the University... | {"Born": "y 1964 09 13", "Occupation": "Writer", "Alma mater": "University of Warsaw", "Children": "2 (daughters)"} |
Frederick John Dealtry Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard (22 January 1858 - 11 April 1945), known as Sir Frederick Lugard between 1901 and 1928, was a British soldier, mercenary, explorer of Africa and a colonial administrator. He was Governor of Hong Kong (1907-1912), the last Governor of Southern Nigeria Protectorate (1912-1... | {"Name": "The Lord Lugard", "Office 2": "Governor of the Northern Nigeria Protectorate", "Predecessor 2": "Sir Charles Lindsay", "Successor 2": "Office abolished", "Birth date": "yes 1858 1 22", "Birth place": "Madras, British India", "Death date": "yes 1945 4 11 1858 1 22", "Death place": "Dorking, Surrey, England", "... |
(, "Duty") is a French-language newspaper published in Montreal and distributed in Quebec and throughout Canada. It was founded by journalist and politician Henri Bourassa in 1910.
is one of few independent large-circulation newspapers in Quebec (and one of the few in Canada) in a market dominated by the media conglo... | {"Type": "Daily newspaper", "Format": "Broadsheet", "Owner(s)": "Le Devoir Inc.", "Headquarters": "1265, rue BerriMontreal, QuebecH3A 3M9", "Political alignment": "Quebec nationalism, social democracy", "Circulation": "Audit Bureau of Circulations e-Circ data for the six months ending September 30, 2011. Retrieved Febr... |
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