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thumb|upright|Statue of Hodge in the courtyard outside Dr. Johnson's House, 17 Gough Square, London
Hodge (fl. c.1769) was one of Samuel Johnson's cats, immortalised in a characteristically whimsical passage in James Boswell's 1791 book Life of Johnson.
Although there is little known about Hodge, such as his life, his... | {"Subject": "Hodge the cat", "Medium": "Bronze sculpture", "Location": "Gough Square, City of London", "Coordinates": "51.5150 -0.1077 type:landmark_region:GB-LND_scale:500 inline"} |
Gongmin of Goryeo (23 May 1330 - 27 October 1374, also known by his Mongolian name, Bayan Temür), was 31st ruler of Goryeo from 1351 to 1374. He was the second son of King Chungsuk.
Biography
Early life
Goryeo had been a semi-autonomous vassal state under the overlordship of the Mongol Yuan dynasty since the Mongol ... | {"Father": "Chungsuk of Goryeo", "Mother": "Queen Gongwon", "Born": "23 May 1330", "Died": "27 October 1374 23 May 1330", "Burial": "Hyeolleung tomb", "Religion": "Buddhism"} |
St. Mary's Church, Walthamstow, is a Church of England parish church in Walthamstow Village, a conservation area in Walthamstow, East London. It was founded in the 12th century and is still a working church. It retains over one hundred and fifty brasses and monuments, the oldest dating from 1436, though all that now re... | {"OS grid reference": "St. Mary's Church, Walthamstow", "Denomination": "Church of England", "Status": "Active", "Functional status": "Parish church", "Heritage designation": "Grade II* listed", "Designated": "19 October 1951", "Location": "Walthamstow Village, London", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Website": "https://... |
Francisco Solano López Carrillo (24 July 1826- 1 March 1870) was a Paraguayan military officer, politician and statesman who served as President of Paraguay between 1862 and 1870, of which he served mostly during the Paraguayan War (1864-1870). He succeeded his father Carlos Antonio López as the second president of Par... | {"Name": "Francisco Solano López", "Honorific prefix": "Marshal of Paraguay", "Vice president": "Domingo Francisco Sánchez", "Birth date": "1826 07 24 y", "Birth place": "Asunción, Paraguay", "Death date": "1870 03 01 1826 07 24 y", "Death place": "Cerro Corá, Paraguay", "Spouse(s)": "Eliza Alicia Lynch", "Awards": "te... |
John Doe is an American science fiction drama television series that aired on Fox during the 2002-2003 TV season.
Synopsis
In the opening scene of the series' pilot episode, a mysterious man awakens on an island off the coast of Seattle, Washington, naked, with absolutely no memory of who he is or how he got there. H... | {"Genre": "Drama\nScience fiction", "Created by": "Brandon Camp\nMike Thompson", "Starring": "Dominic Purcell\nJohn Marshall Jones\nJayne Brook\nSprague Grayden\nWilliam Forsythe", "Country of origin": "United States", "Running time": "44 minutes", "Original network": "Fox", "Original release": "2003 4 25"} |
was a Japanese mountaineer, author, and teacher. She was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest and the first woman to ascend the Seven Summits, climbing the highest peak on every continent.
Tabei wrote seven books, organized environmental projects to clean up rubbish left behind by climbers on Everest, ... | {"Name": "Junko Tabei", "Native name": "ja 田部井 淳子", "Caption": "Tabei in 1985 at Communism Peak", "Birth name": "Junko Ishibashi", "Birth date": "yes 1939 9 22", "Birth place": "Miharu, Fukushima, Empire of Japan", "Death date": "2016 10 20 1939 09 22 yes", "Death place": "Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan", "Occupation": "Mount... |
The Bakers, Food and Allied Workers' Union (BFAWU) is a trade union in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1847 in Manchester, it represents workers in the food industry.
History
The union dates its origin to 1847. The Manchester Friendly Association of Operative Bakers was established in 1849, and by 1854 it was led by T... | {"Name": "BFAWU", "Location country": "United Kingdom", "Membership": "14,259 (2022)BAKERS, FOOD & ALLIED WORKERS Form AR21 for year ended 31 December 2022 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1165641/55T_2022.pdf GOV.UK 26 July 2023", "Full name": "Bakers, ... |
The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) is the oldest teachers' trade union in the world, having been founded in 1847 when dominies became concerned about the effect of changes to the system of education in Scotland on their professional status. The EIS is the largest teaching union in Scotland, representing 80... | {"Name": "EIS", "Location country": "Scotland", "Membership": "56,342 (2022)https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1155221/5035T_2022.pdf 18 July 2023 publishing.service.gov.uk Annual Return for a Trade Union", "Full name": "Educational Institute of Scotland", "... |
Boogie Nights is a 1997 American period comedy-drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It is set in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley and focuses on a young nightclub dishwasher who becomes a popular star of pornographic films, chronicling his rise in the Golden Age of Porn of the 1970s through his fal... | {"Directed by": "Paul Thomas Anderson", "Produced by": "Lloyd Levin\n John Lyons\n Paul Thomas Anderson\n JoAnne Sellar", "Written by": "Paul Thomas Anderson", "Starring": "Mark Wahlberg\n Julianne Moore\n Burt Reynolds\n Don Cheadle\n John C. Reilly\n William H. Macy\n Heather Graham\n Nicole Parker\n Philip Seymour H... |
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) is a trade union in the United Kingdom for wholetime firefighters (including officers up to chief fire officer / firemaster), retained firefighters and emergency control room staff.
History
The first recorded instance of trade union organisation of firefighters was when the Municipal Empl... | {"Name": "Fire Brigades Union", "Location country": "United Kingdom", "Membership": "33,743 (2022)https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1167755/332T_2022.pdf FBU: annual returns GOV.UK", "Formation": "1918", "Headquarters": "Kingston upon Thames", "Key people":... |
Peacehaven is a town and civil parish in the Lewes district of East Sussex, England. It is located above the chalk cliffs of the South Downs approximately six miles () east of Brighton city centre, on the A259 road. Its site coincides with the point where the Greenwich meridian crosses the English south coast. Peacehav... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(Parish-2011)http://www.escis.org.uk/Entry/view/Population:_Peacehaven/12001 Population: Peacehaven 12 March 2013 East Sussex County Council Library and Information Services dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071121130430/http://www.escis.org.uk/Entry/View/Population%3... |
Terry Biddlecombe (2 February 1941 - 5 January 2014) was an English National Hunt racing jockey in the 1960s and 1970s. He was Champion Jockey in 1965, 1966 and 1969.
Biddlecombe was born in Hartpury, Gloucester on 2 February 1941. He rode 114 winners in the 1964/1965 season, and followed that with 102 the next season... | {"Occupation": "Jockey", "Born": "2 February 1941", "Died": "5 January 2014 (aged 72)", "Career wins": "905"} |
Kathy Ann Najimy ( ; ; born February 6, 1957) is an American actress and activist. She was first nationally known for her feminist play The Kathy and Mo Show, which she wrote and performed with Mo Gaffney. On film, she is best known for her roles in Soapdish (1991), Sister Act (1992) and its sequel (1993), Hocus Pocus ... | {"Name": "Kathy Najimy", "Caption": "Najimy at the Bel-Air Film 2011 Festival Red Carpet Opening Night", "Birth name": "Kathy Ann Najimy", "Birth date": "yes 1957 2 6", "Birth place": "San Diego, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress activist", "Years active": "1981-present", "Spouse(s)": "Dan Finnerty 1998", "Chil... |
Charles Marie de La Condamine (28 January 1701 - 4 February 1774) was a French explorer, geographer, and mathematician. He spent ten years in territory which is now Ecuador, measuring the length of a degree of latitude at the equator and preparing the first map of the Amazon region based on astro-geodetic observations.... | {"Birth date": "28 January 1701", "Birth place": "Paris, France", "Death date": "4 February 1774 (aged 73)", "Death place": "Paris, France", "Nationality": "French", "Caption": "La Condamine by Charles-Nicolas Cochin (1768) Pierre-Philippe Choffard (1759)"} |
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Burntwood is a former mining town and civil parish in the Lichfield District in Staffordshire, England, approximately west of Lichfield and north east of Brownhills. The town had a population of 26,049 and forms part of Lichfield district. The town forms one of the largest urbanised par... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2020) http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=799437&c=burntwood&d=16&e=15&g=485193&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1254340757440&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 2001 Census: Parish headcounts Office for National Statistics 28 April 2004 30 Septembe... |
Draperstown ()Toner, Gregory. Place-Names of Northern Ireland, p. 85. Queen's University of Belfast, 1996; is a village in the Sperrin Mountains in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Ballinascreen and is part of Mid-Ulster district. It is also part of the Church of Ireland pari... | {"Population": "(2011 Census)", "District": "Mid-Ulster", "County": "County Londonderry", "NI Assembly": "Mid Ulster", "Sovereign state": "Northern Ireland", "Postcode district": "BT", "Dialling code": "028"} |
King's College Hospital is a major teaching hospital and major trauma centre in Denmark Hill, Camberwell in the London Borough of Lambeth, referred to locally and by staff simply as "King's" or abbreviated internally to "KCH". It is managed by King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. It serves an inner city popula... | {"Location": "Denmark Hill, Camberwell, London SE5 9RS, England", "Care system": "National Health Service", "Type": "Teaching", "Affiliated university": "King's College London", "Beds": "950http://www.nursingnetuk.com/employerdetails/64 NursingNetUK: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 4 November 2008", "Opene... |
Isaac Beverly Lake Jr. (January 30, 1934 - September 12, 2019) was an American jurist and politician, who served as chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Early life
I. Beverly Lake Jr. was born on January 30, 1934, in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States to I. Beverly Lake Sr. and Gertrude Bell. He atte... | {"Name": "I. Beverly Lake", "Image caption": "Lake in 2015", "Term start": "2001", "Term end": "2006", "Alma mater": "Wake Forest University (BS, JD)", "Birth name": "Isaac Beverly Lake Jr.", "Birth date": "1934 1 30", "Birth place": "Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.", "Death date": "2019 9 12 1934 1 30", "Death place": "... |
Quiet storm is a radio format and genre of R&B, performed in a smooth, romantic, jazz-influenced style. It was named after the title song on Smokey Robinson's 1975 album A Quiet Storm.
The radio format was pioneered in 1976 by Melvin Lindsey, while he was an intern at the Washington, D.C. radio station WHUR-FM. It eve... | {"Name": "Quiet storm", "Stylistic origins": "R&B smooth soul smooth jazz jazz fusion pop soft rock", "Cultural origins": "Mid-1970s, United States", "Other genre topics": "List of quiet storm songs"} |
Sarah Parker (born August 23, 1942) is an American judge who served as the chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from February 2006 until August 2014.
Education and career
Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Parker attended Meredith College, graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill wit... | {"Term start": "2006", "Term end": "2014", "Birth date": "1942 08 23", "Birth place": "Charlotte, North Carolina", "Alma mater": "Meredith College (BA)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (JD)"} |
Robert F. "Bob" Orr (born October 11, 1946) is an American attorney, jurist, and politician who served as an associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1995 to 2004. Orr was a Republican candidate for governor of North Carolina in 2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election.
Early life and education
O... | {"Name": "Bob Orr", "Term start": "January 1, 1995", "Term end": "July 31, 2004", "Birth date": "1946 10 11", "Birth place": "Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.", "Education": "University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA, JD)"} |
Morris Markin () (July 15, 1893 - July 8, 1970) was a Russian-born American businessman who founded the Checker Cab Manufacturing Company (which would later become the Checker Motors Corporation).
Early years
Born in to a Jewish familyTime Magazine: "Business: Checkered Yellow" September 22, 1930 in Smolensk, a city ... | {"Name": "Morris Markin", "Birth date": "July 15, 1893", "Birth place": "Smolensk, Russian Empire", "Birth name": "Zalman Tamarkin", "Death date": "1970 07 08 1893 07 15", "Nationality": "American", "Known For": "founder of Checker Motors Corporation"} |
Mark D. Martin (born April 29, 1963) is an American jurist who served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina from 2014 through 2019. He was appointed by North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory to become Chief Justice on September 1, 2014 upon the retirement of Sarah Parker. Martin was already running ... | {"Name": "Mark Martin", "Image caption": "Martin in 2015", "Term start": "September 1, 2014", "Term end": "March 1, 2019", "Birth date": "1963 4 29", "Birth place": "Brussels, Belgium", "Education": "Western Carolina University (BA)University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (JD)University of Virginia (LLM)"} |
George L. Wainwright Jr. (born December 10, 1943) is a former Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Born in Wilson County, North Carolina, Wainwright earned a degree in political science as a Morehead Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before working in agribusiness and real e... | {"Name": "George L. Wainwright Jr.", "Birth date": "1943 12 10", "Nationality": "American", "Occupation": "Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court"} |
Robert Holt Edmunds Jr. (born April 17, 1949) is an American lawyer, formerly an associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Early life and education
Born in Danville, Virginia, Edmunds moved to Greensboro, North Carolina at the age of 8. He attended Woodberry Forest School and Williams College before gradu... | {"Name": "Robert H. Edmunds Jr.", "Term start": "2001", "Term end": "2017", "Office 2": "United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina", "President 2": "Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton", "Predecessor 2": "Kenneth W. McAllister", "Successor 2": "Benjamin H. White Jr.", "Birth name": "Robe... |
Edward Thomas Brady (born November 1, 1943) is an American trial attorney and former associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. He was elected in November 2002 as a Republican, defeating incumbent G. K. Butterfield. His term expired in January 2011 and he did not seek re-election in 2010. He was the last se... | {"Name": "Edward Brady", "Birth name": "Edward Thomas Brady", "Birth date": "November 1, 1943", "Birth place": "Brooklyn, New York, U.S.", "Term start": "2002", "Term end": "2010", "Battles fought": "Vietnam War", "Education": "University of Nebraska at Omaha (BS)John Jay College of Criminal Justice (MS)California West... |
thumb|Condor Legion marching during the Spanish Civil War
The Condor Legion () was a unit of military personnel from the air force and army of Nazi Germany, which served with the Nationalist faction during the Spanish Civil War. The Condor Legion developed methods of strategic bombing that were used widely during the S... | {"Allegiance": "Nationalist Spain 1938", "Notablecommanders": "Hugo SperrleWilhelm Ritter von ThomaWolfram Freiherr von Richthofen", "Decorations": "Spanish Cross", "Attack": "Henschel Hs 123 Junkers Ju 87", "Fighter": "Heinkel He 51 Heinkel He 112 Messerschmitt Bf 109", "Reconnaissance": "Heinkel He 70", "Transp... |
James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn, (6 February 1762 – 18 January 1837), known as Sir James Erskine, Bt, between 1765 and 1789 and as Sir James St Clair-Erskine, Bt, between 1789 and 1805, was a Scottish soldier, politician, slave holder, and Acting Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, on behalf of Ki... | {"Name": "The Earl of Rosslyn", "Image": "Rosslyn2.JPG", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "The Earl of Rosslyn by James Sayers, 1788.", "Order 2": "Lord President of the Council", "Monarch 2": "William IV", "Prime minister 2": "Sir Robert Peel, Bt", "Predecessor 2": "The Marquess of Lansdowne", "Successor 2": "T... |
Derek John Fatchett (22 August 1945 - 9 May 1999) was a British politician. He became Member of Parliament for Leeds Central in 1983 and was a member of the Labour Party. He was Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from 1997 to 1999.
Early life
Born in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Fatchett was the son of a painter and deco... | {"Name": "Derek Fatchett", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Leeds Central", "Predecessor 2": "Constituency established", "Successor 2": "Hilary Benn", "Birth date": "1945 08 22 yes", "Birth place": "Lincoln, Lincolnshire", "Death date": "1999 05 9 1945 08 22 yes", "Death place": "Wakefield, West Yorkshire", "Nati... |
Sir Julian Michael Shersby (17 February 1933 - 8 May 1997) was a British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Uxbridge from 1972 until his death.
Early life
Shersby was born to William and Elinor Shersby (Nora, née Fuller) at their home 9 Court Road, Ickenham (a Greater London area later ... | {"Name": "Sir Michael Shersby", "Term start": "7 December 1972", "Term end": "8 May 1997", "Birth date": "1933 02 17 yes", "Birth place": "Ickenham, Middlesex, England", "Death date": "1997 05 8 1933 02 17 yes", "Death place": "London, England", "Birth name": "Julian Michael Shersby", "Spouse(s)": "Barbara Barrow 1958"... |
Roger Stott, (7 August 1943 - 9 August 1999) was a British Labour Party politician.
Biography
Stott was born in Rochdale, the first child of Richard and Edith Stott. He was of Scottish descent. He went to school in Rochdale and when he was 15 he joined the Merchant Navy. He then worked as an engineer for the Post Of... | {"Name": "Roger Stott", "Term start": "9 June 1983", "Term end": "9 August 1999", "Office 2": "Member of Parliamentfor Westhoughton", "Predecessor 2": "Tom Price", "Successor 2": "Constituency abolished", "Birth date": "1943 8 7 y", "Birth place": "Rochdale, Lancashire, England", "Death date": "1999 8 9 1943 8 7 y", "D... |
Vice Admiral Richard Bell Davies (19 May 1886 - 26 February 1966), also known as Richard Bell-Davies, was a senior Royal Navy commander, naval aviator, and a First World War recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.... | {"Born": "Kensington, London", "Died": "RNH Haslar, Portsmouth", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Commands held": "Pretoria Castle F61 6 (1943-44)Dasher D37 6 (1942)Rear Admiral, Naval Air Stations (1939-41)Cornwall 56 6 (1933-35)London 69 6 (1929-30)No. 3 Squadron RNAS (1915)", "Awards": "Victoria CrossCompanion of th... |
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Fritz Julius Kuhn (May 15, 1896 - December 14, 1951) was a German Nazi activist who served as elected lea... | {"Name": "Fritz Julius Kuhn", "Caption": "Kuhn in 1938", "Birth date": "1896 5 15", "Birth place": "Munich, German Empire", "Death date": "1951 12 14 1896 8 15", "Death place": "Munich, West Germany", "Nationality": "German", "Citizenship": "United States (1934-1943; revoked)", "Alma mater": "Technical University of Mu... |
Sally Rand (born Helen Gould Beck; April 3, 1904 – August 31, 1979)Born April 3, 1904, per SSDI under the name Helen Beck; SS#349-10-3000. According to the 1920 U.S. census, her parents were William F. and Lillie Beck, and she had a younger brother, Harold; the family was then residing in Jackson County, Missouri, not ... | {"Name": "Sally Rand", "Caption": "Rand in 1937", "Birth name": "Helen Gould Beck", "Birth date": "1904 04 03", "Birth place": "Elkton, Missouri, U.S.Shteir Rachel Striptease: The Untold History of the Girlie Show https://archive.org/details/stripteaseuntold0000shte registration 1 November 2004 Oxford University Press,... |
, better known by her stage name , is a Japanese actress. She is also a model and has participated in several commercials.
Career
In 1995, Asō made her film debut in Bad Guy Beach. With her role in the 1998 film Dr. Akagi, she received several major awards, including a Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actress.
... | {"Name": "Kumiko Asō", "Native name": "麻生 久美子", "Native name language": "ja", "Birth name": "Kumiko Hiramaru 平丸 久美子", "Birth date": "yes 1978 06 17", "Birth place": "Sanmu, Chiba, Japan", "Spouse(s)": "Daisuke Iga 2007", "Children": "2", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1995-present", "Known For": "Dr. Akagi P... |
Peter Brand (born 16 May 1947) is a British retired general practitioner and former Liberal Democrat politician.
Early life
Brand studied at Thornbury Grammar School and the University of Birmingham Medical School.BBC Politics 97 http://bbc.adactio.com/politics97/mps/92.shtml
Political career
Brand was elected to the... | {"Name": "Peter Brand", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Birth date": "1947 5 16 yeshttp://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U8545/ Brand, Dr Peter, (Born 16 May 1947), General Practitioner, Brading, Isle of Wight, 1977-2006", "Nationality": "British"} |
Christine Margaret Butler (née Smith; 14 December 1943 - 19 September 2017) was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament for Castle Point, representing the Labour Party, between 1997 and 2001.
Early life
She attended Nelson Grammar School (became Walton High School in 1972) on Oxford Road in Nelson, the... | {"Name": "Christine Butler", "Birth date": "14 December 1943", "Birth place": "Nelson, Lancashire, England, UK", "Death date": "19 September 2017 (aged 73)", "Death place": "Suffolk, England, UK", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Spouse(s)": "Robert Butler 1964", "Nationality": "British"} |
Ian Cameron Bruce (born 14 March 1947) is a British Conservative party politician, who represented South Dorset in parliament from 1987 to 2001.
Life and career
He attended Chelmsford Technical High School and studied Electronics at the University of Bradford, then completed an HNC in Electronics at Mid-Essex Technica... | {"Name": "Ian Bruce", "Term start": "11 June 1987", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Birth date": "1947 03 14 yes", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Hazel Bruce", "Alma mater": "University of Bradford"} |
Wayland's Smithy is an Early Neolithic chambered long barrow located near the village of Ashbury in the south-central English county of Oxfordshire. The barrow is believed to have been constructed about 3600 BC by pastoral communities shortly after the introduction of agriculture to the British Isles from continental E... | {"Location": "Near Ashbury", "Region": "Oxfordshire England", "Coordinates": "51.5667811 -1.5961466 dms type:landmark it", "Type": "long barrow and chamber tomb", "Periods": "Neolithic", "Public access": "Yes", "Condition": "Restored", "Excavation dates": "1962-63", "Archaeologists": "Stuart Piggott", "Website": "Engli... |
Dale Norman Campbell-Savours, Baron Campbell-Savours (born 23 August 1943) is a British Labour Party politician. The Member of Parliament (MP) for Workington from 1979 to 2001, he now sits in the House of Lords.
Early life
Campbell-Savours was educated at Keswick School and at The Sorbonne, Paris, and became Managing ... | {"Name": "The Lord Campbell-Savours", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2018", "Term start": "3 May 1979", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Birth date": "1943 08 23 yes", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Gudrun Kristin Runolfsdottir"} |
Malcolm George Richardson Chisholm (born 7 March 1949) is a Scottish politician who served as Minister for Health and Community Care from 2001 to 2004 and Minister for Communities from 2004 to 2006. A member of the Scottish Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh North and Leith, formerly Edinburgh... | {"Name": "Malcolm Chisholm", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2003", "Term start": "6 May 1997", "Term end": "10 December 1997", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Edinburgh North and LeithEdinburgh Leith (1992-1997)", "Predecessor 2": "Ron Brown", "Successor 2": "Mark Lazarowicz", "Birth date": "1949 03 7 yes"... |
David George Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere PC DL (born 19 October 1939) is a British Labour Party politician, former cabinet minister and author.
Education and early career
Clark was born in Castle Douglas, Scotland. He attended Bowness Elementary School and Windermere Grammar School in Cumbria. After leaving schoo... | {"Name": "The Lord Clark of Windermere", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2019", "Term start": "2 May 1997", "Term end": "27 July 1998", "Office 2": "Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food", "Leader 2": "Neil Kinnock", "Predecessor 2": "Roger Freeman", "Successor 2": "Jack Cunningham", "Birth date": "ye... |
Dr Michael Clark (born 8 August 1935) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Early life
He was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, East Retford and King's College London, where he graduated with a BSc (1st class Hons) in Chemistry in 1956, and subsequently studied at the University of Minneso... | {"Name": "Michael Clark", "Term start": "9 June 1983", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Birth date": "1935 08 8 yes", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "King's College LondonUniversity of MinnesotaSt John's College, Cambridge"} |
M. Butterfly is a 1993 American romantic drama film directed by David Cronenberg. The screenplay was written by David Henry Hwang based on his play of the same name. The film stars Jeremy Irons and John Lone, with Ian Richardson, Barbara Sukowa, and Annabel Leventon. The story is loosely based on true events which invo... | {"Directed by": "David Cronenberg", "Produced by": "Gabriella Martinelli", "Screenplay by": "David Henry Hwang", "Based on": "M. Butterfly David Henry Hwang", "Starring": "Jeremy Irons\n John Lone\n Barbara Sukowa\n Ian Richardson", "Music by": "Howard Shore", "Cinematography": "Peter Suschitzky", "Edited by": "Ronald ... |
Eric Lionel Clarke (born 9 April 1933) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He served as Labour Member of Parliament for Midlothian from 1992 until he stepped down at the 2001 general election.
He had been an opposition whip from 1994 to 1997. He served as General Secretary of the Scottish National Union of Minework... | {"Name": "Eric Clarke", "Term start": "9 April 1992", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Birth date": "1933 04 9 yes", "Nationality": "British"} |
Market Rasen ( ) is a market town and civil parish within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The River Rase runs through it east to west, approximately north-east from Lincoln, east from Gainsborough, west of Louth, and south-west from Grimsby. It lies on the main road between Lincoln and Grimsby,... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)", "District": "West Lindsey", "Shire county": "Lincolnshire", "UK Parliament": "Gainsborough", "Postcode district": "LN", "Dialling code": "01673", "OS grid reference": "TF108891"} |
Poulton-le-Fylde (), commonly shortened to Poulton, is a market town in Lancashire, England, situated on the coastal plain called the Fylde. In the 2021 United Kingdom census, it had a population of 18,115.
There is evidence of human habitation in the area from 12,000 years ago, and several archaeological finds from ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021 Census)http://ukcensusdata.com Data from the 2011 census in England and Wales - UK Census Data 2011 UK Census Data 10 May 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20160112230146/http://ukcensusdata.com/ 12 January 2016 dead", "District": "Wyre", "Shire county": "Lancashire", ... |
The Territory of Utah was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850, until January 4, 1896, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Utah, the 45th state. At its creation, the Territory of Utah included all of the present-day St... | {"Conventional long name": "Territory of Utah", "Common name": "Utah Territory", "Year founded": "1850", "Year dissolved": "1896", "Capital": "Fillmore (1851-1856)\nSalt Lake City", "Government type": "Organized incorporated territory", "Legislature": "Utah Territorial Assembly"} |
Saltash (Cornish: Essa) is a town and civil parish in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It had a population of 16,184 in 2011 census. Saltash faces the city of Plymouth over the River Tamar and is popularly known as "the Gateway to Cornwall". Saltash’s landmarks include the Tamar Bridge which connects Plymouth t... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)", "Unitary authority": "Cornwall", "Ceremonial county": "Cornwall", "UK Parliament": "South East Cornwall", "Postcode district": "PL", "Dialling code": "01752", "OS grid reference": "SX4257"} |
Presidential elections were held in Russia on 14 March 2004.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1642 Incumbent President Vladimir Putin was seeking a second full four-year term. It was a landslide victory for Putin, who was re-elected with 71.9% of the vote.
Candidates
Registe... | {"Country": "Russia", "Type": "presidential", "Previous election": "2000 Russian presidential election", "Previous year": "2000", "Next election": "2008 Russian presidential election", "Next year": "2008", "Election date": "14 March 2004", "Turnout": "64.32% (4.32pp)", "Nominee 1": "Vladimir Putin", "Party 1": "Indepen... |
Somerton ( ) is a town and civil parish in the English county of Somerset. It gave its name to the county and was briefly, around the start of the 14th century, the county town, and around 900 was possibly the capital of Wessex. It has held a weekly market since the Middle Ages, and the main square with its market cros... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "4,697", "Unitary authority": "Somerset", "Ceremonial county": "Somerset", "UK Parliament": "Somerton and Frome", "Postcode district": "TA", "Dialling code": "01458 (Glastonbury)", "OS grid reference": "ST485285", "Website": "www.somerton.co.uk"} |
Harrow () is a large town in Greater London, England, and serves as the principal settlement of the London Borough of Harrow. Lying about north-west of Charing Cross and south of Watford, the entire town including its localitiesHarrow on the Hill, Harrow Weald, Headstone, North Harrow, Kenton, Rayners Lane, South Har... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)Harrow consists of 13 wards in the London Borough of Harrow: Greenhill, Harrow on the Hill, Harrow Weald, Headstone North, Headstone South, Kenton East, Kenton West, Marlborough, Rayners Lane, Roxbourne, Roxeth, Wealdstone, and West Harrow. http://data.london.g... |
Marianne Bruus Jelved (née Hirsbro, born 5 September 1943 in Aarhus) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Danish Social Liberal Party. She was elected into parliament in the 1994 Danish general election and had previously sat in parliament from 1987 to 1993. She is a former Minister of Econo... | {"Term start": "25 January 1993", "Term end": "27 September 1994", "Office 2": "Minister for Culture and Ecclesiastical Affairs", "Prime minister 2": "Helle Thorning-Schmidt", "Birth date": "1943 9 5 y", "Birth place": "Charlottenlund, Denmark"} |
Faversham is a market town in Kent, England, from Sittingbourne, from London and from Canterbury, next to the Swale, a strip of sea separating mainland Kent from the Isle of Sheppey in the Thames Estuary. It is close to the A2, which follows an ancient British trackway which was used by the Romans and the Anglo-Sax... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)https://shareweb.kent.gov.uk/Documents/facts-and-figures/Population-and-Census/2011%20Census/2011-census-ward-level-population.pdf 2011 census, ward level population Kent County Council 23 November 2012 11 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20170630080029/ht... |
Walton-on-the-Naze is a seaside town on the North Sea coast. It is part of the parish of Frinton and Walton, in the Tendring district in Essex, England. The town is located north of Clacton and south of the port of Harwich; Frinton-on-Sea lies to the south of the town. The town has a population of 12,054, according to ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "12054", "District": "Tendring", "Shire county": "Essex", "UK Parliament": "Clacton", "Postcode district": "CO", "Dialling code": "01255", "OS grid reference": "TM246214"} |
Sheerness () is a port town and civil parish beside the mouth of the River Medway on the north-west corner of the Isle of Sheppey in north Kent, England. With a population of 11,938, it is the second largest town on the island after the nearby town of Minster which has a population of 21,319.
Sheerness began as a fort... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 census)citypopulation.de http://www.citypopulation.de/php/uk-england-southeastengland.php?cityid=E34001491 UNITED KINGDOM: South East England 11 January 2022 23 September 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160923072835/http://www.citypopulation.de/php/uk-england-south... |
Percival Proctor Baxter (November 22, 1876 - June 12, 1969) was an American politician and philanthropist from Maine. The son of canning magnate and Portland, Maine mayor James Phinney Baxter, he served as the 53rd Governor of the U.S. state of Maine from 1921 to 1925. A noted philanthropist, he donated several pieces ... | {"Name": "Percival Proctor Baxter", "Office 2": "Member of the Maine House of Representatives", "Term 2": "1916-1919", "Birth date": "November 22, 1876", "Birth place": "Portland, Maine, U.S.", "Death date": "1969 6 12 1876 11 22", "Death place": "Portland, Maine, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Bowdoin CollegeHarvard Law School... |
Dragon Quest Monsters is a spin-off series of the Dragon Quest games. Primarily developed by Tose and published by Square Enix (formerly Enix), it sets the player in a medieval/fantasy world filled with magic, monsters and knights. Unlike the original Dragon Quest games, the player's character does not do any of the fi... | {"Title": "Dragon Quest Monsters", "Creator": "Yuji Horii", "Artist": "Akira Toriyama", "Composer": "Koichi Sugiyama", "Developer": "Tose", "Publisher": "Square Enix (formerly Enix)", "Platforms": "Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation, Nintendo 3DS", "Genre": "Role-playing", "First release version... |
Walter G. Bright is an American computer programmer who created the D programming language, the Zortech C++ compiler, and the Empire computer game.
Early life and education
Bright is the son of the United States Air Force pilot Charles D. Bright. He taught himself computer programming from the type-in programs in BASI... | {"Name": "Walter Bright", "Caption": "Bright at ACCU 2009", "Birth date": "1957", "Education": "Caltech (BS, 1979)", "Known For": "D (programming language)Empire", "Spouse(s)": "Trish BrightBengel Erick Museum of Whimsy Shares Its Treasures 2016-06-30 The Daily Astorian 1 https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83008376/... |
is an anime series (1981) that updates the Greek mythology of Odysseus (known as "Ulixes" or "Ulysses" in Latin) to the 31st century. The show comprises 26 half-hour episodes as a co-production between DIC Audiovisuel and TMS Entertainment.
Plot
The series (made by the French Jean Chalopin) follows the struggles of U... | {"Genre": "Science fictionFantasy", "Running time": "25 min NTSC24 min PAL", "Created by": "Nina Wolmark and Jean Chalopininspired by Homer's Odyssey", "Written by": "Nina WolmarkJean Chalopin", "Voices of": "Matt BirmanAdrian KnightAnick FarisKelly RicardHoward RyshpanVlasta Vrána", "Country of origin": "FranceJapan",... |
thumb|Dianchi Lake (2005)
thumb|Chinese sailing junks on Lake Dian, circa 1940s
Dianchi Lake (), also known as Lake Dian and Kunming Lake (), is a large lake located on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau close to Kunming, Yunnan, China. Its nickname is the "Sparkling Pearl Embedded in a Highland" () and it was the model for th... | {"Location": "Kunming, Yunnan", "Coordinates": "24 48 02 N 102 40 17 E region:CN-53_type:waterbody it", "Primary outflows": "Pudu River", "Basin": "China", "Max. length": "39 km mi on", "Average depth": "4.4 m ft on", "Surface elevation": "1886.5 m ft on"} |
Samurai Jack is an American animated action-adventure dystopian television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network and Adult Swim. The show is produced by Cartoon Network Studios. Tartakovsky conceived Samurai Jack after finishing his work on his first Cartoon Network original series, Dexter's Laborato... | {"Genre": "\"TVGuide\">Samurai Jack https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/samurai-jack/1000101950/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20210321103506/https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/samurai-jack/1000101950/ March 21, 2021 March 21, 2021 TV Guide\n Adventure\n Comedy dramaSamurai Jack Wins the Award for World's Best Anime ... |
Alvaro Pascual-Leone (born 7 August 1961 in Valencia, Spain) is a Spanish-American Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, with which he has been affiliated since 1997. He is currently a Senior Scientist at the Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research at Hebrew SeniorLife. He was previously the Di... | {"Name": "Alvaro Pascual-Leone", "Birth date": "1961 08 07", "Birth place": "Valencia, Spain", "Nationality": "Spanish", "Occupation": "Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School", "Known For": "Director of the Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation"} |
DikuMUD is a multiplayer text-based role-playing game, which is a type of multi-user domain (MUD). It was written in 1990 and 1991 by Sebastian Hammer, Tom Madsen, Katja Nyboe, Michael Seifert, and Hans Henrik Stærfeldt at DIKU (Datalogisk Institut Københavns Universitet)—the department of computer science at the Unive... | {"Developer": "Sebastian Hammer, Michael Seifert, Hans Henrik Stærfeldt, Tom Madsen, Katja Nyboe", "Platforms": "Unix-like", "Released": "WW 1 March 1991", "Genre": "MUD", "Modes": "Multiplayer"} |
Varalaru: History Of Godfather, or simply known as Varalaru (), is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language action-drama film written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar, and produced by S. S. Chakravarthy under the banner NIC Arts. The film stars Ajith Kumar in a triple role as a father and his twin sons alongside Asin, Ramesh Khan... | {"Directed by": "K. S. Ravikumar", "Produced by": "S. S. Chakravarthy", "Written by": "K. S. Ravikumar", "Screenplay by": "K. S. Ravikumar", "Story by": "R. K. Celluloids Unit", "Starring": "Ajith Kumar AsinKaniha", "Music by": "A. R. Rahman", "Cinematography": "P.C. SreeramPriyanArthur A. WilsonS. MurthyK. Prasad", "E... |
William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey, (24 July 1783 - 11 May 1843) was an Anglo-Irish statesman. A Tory, he served in the governments of Lord Wellington and Robert Peel, but is best known for his defeat in the 1828 Clare by-election, hastening Catholic Emancipation across Britain and Ireland.
Back... | {"Name": "The Lord FitzGerald and Vesey", "Order 2": "President of the Board of Control", "Monarch 2": "Victoria", "Prime minister 2": "Sir Robert Peel, Bt", "Predecessor 2": "The Lord Ellenborough", "Successor 2": "The Earl of Ripon", "Birth date": "yes 1783 07 24", "Death date": "yes 1843 05 11 1783 07 24", "Death pl... |
Goat Fell (marked as Goatfell by the Ordnance Survey; Scottish Gaelic: Gaoda Bheinn) is the highest point on the Isle of Arran. At 874 metres (2,867 ft), it is one of four Corbetts on the island. The mountain, along with nearby Brodick Castle, is now owned by the National Trust for Scotland.
The name is believed to me... | {"Elevation": "874", "Prominence": "Ranked 16th in British Isles", "Pronunciation": "ˈkɯːt̪əveɲ lang", "Location": "Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire, Scotland", "Coordinates": "55 37 33.5 N 5 11 26 W type:mountain_scale:100000 dms inline,title"} |
Cerdon () is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
It is known for its pink sparkling wine, and for its copper factory, the only one of its kind in France. The 'Cuiverie' (copper factory) closed in 2010.
Population
Sights
The Copper factory
The caves (Grottes du Cerdon)
Monument to the Maquis of Ai... | {"Name": "Cerdon", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Cerdon Ain 03.JPG", "Arrondissement": "Nantua", "Canton": "Pont-d'Ain", "Postal code": "01450", "Mayor": "Marc ChaventRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ou... |
Shadow of the Giant (2005) is a science fiction novel by American writer Orson Scott Card, the fourth novel in his Ender's Shadow series, also called the Bean Quartet.
Plot summary
A belief is spreading in conquered China that the government has lost the Mandate of Heaven. Han Tzu meets up with Mazer Rackham, who pas... | {"Cover artist": "Bob Warner", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "Ender's Game series", "Publisher": "Tor Books", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "368", "ISBN": "0-312-85758-6", "Preceded by": "Shadow Puppets", "Followed by": "Ender in ExileShadows in Flight"} |
thumb|Kuchipudi dancer performing a tarangam
thumb|A Kuchipudi hasta (mudra).
Kuchipudi () (Telugu: ) is one of the eight major Indian classical dances. It originates from a village named Kuchipudi in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Kuchipudi is a dance-drama performance, with its roots in the ancient Hindu Sanskr... | {"Name": "Kuchipudi", "Image caption": "Kuchipudi dancer", "Native name": "te కూచిపూడి నృత్యం", "Genre": "Indian classical dance", "Instruments": "Mridangam \nCymbals \nVeena\nFlute\nTambura", "Place of origin": "Kuchipudi, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh"} |
Asher Karni (; born 1954) is a South African and Israeli businessman known for his financial involvement and support for both the Pakistani and Israeli nuclear programs.
Biography
Asher Karni was born in Hungary. He moved to Cape Town, South Africa in the mid-1980s to work for Bnei Akiva, a Jewish Zionist youth move... | {"Name": "Asher Karni", "Birth date": "1954", "Birth place": "Hungary", "Nationality": "Israeli", "Known For": "Pakistan and Israeli nuclear program", "Occupation": "Businessman"} |
Barranquilla () is the capital district of Atlántico Department in Colombia. It is located near the Caribbean Sea and is the largest city and third porthttps://www.supertransporte.gov.co/documentos/2020/Febrero/Puertos_07/BOLETIN-TRAFICO-PORTUARIO-2019.pdf in the Caribbean Coast region; as of 2018 it had a population... | {"Density": "8,618", "Rank": "ranked 4th", "Urban density": "1,326,588", "Metro density": "2,370,753", "Website": "http://www.barranquilla.gov.co/ es"} |
André Robert Raimbourg (; 27 July 1917 - 23 September 1970), better known as André Bourvil (), and mononymously as Bourvil, was a French actor and singer best known for his roles in comedy films, most notably in his collaboration with Louis de Funès in the films Le Corniaud (1965) and La Grande Vadrouille (1966). For h... | {"Name": "André Bourvil", "Caption": "Bourvil in 1967", "Birth name": "André Robert Raimbourg", "Birth date": "y 1917 7 27,", "Birth place": "Prétot-Vicquemare, France", "Death date": "y 1970 9 23 1917 7 27,", "Death place": "Paris, France", "Occupation": "Actor singer", "Years active": "1941-1970", "Children": "Philip... |
Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past is a 2000 Japanese role-playing video game developed by Heartbeat and ArtePiazza, and published by Enix for the PlayStation. It was released in North America in 2001 under the title Dragon Warrior VII. The game received a remake on the Nintendo 3DS in Japan in 2013, rel... | {"Title": "Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past", "Caption": "Box art of the original North American PlayStation release, titled Dragon Warrior VII", "Developer": "HeartbeatArtePiazza (3DS, iOS, Android)", "Publisher": "WW Enix (PlayStation) JP Square Enix (3DS, iOS, Android) WW Nintendo (3DS)", "Series": ... |
Leon Botstein (born December 14, 1946 in Zürich, Switzerland) is a Swiss-American conductor, educator, and scholar serving as the President of Bard College.Profile: Leon Botstein, Hadassah Magazine, "Botstein is a proud secular Jew not ambivalent or defensive about his identity. In I Am Jewish: Personal Reflections Ins... | {"Name": "Leon Botstein", "Term start": "1975", "Birth date": "December 14, 1946", "Birth place": "Zürich, Switzerland", "Spouse(s)": "Barbara Haskell", "Education": "University of Chicago (BA)Harvard University (MA, PhD)", "Official website": "www.leonbotstein.com"} |
The Latrobe Valley is an inland geographical district and urban area of the Gippsland region in the state of Victoria, Australia. The traditional owners are the Brayakaulung of the Gunai nation. The district lies east of Melbourne and nestled between the Strzelecki Ranges to the south and the Baw Baw Ranges, part of th... | {"Type": "region", "Name": "Latrobe Valley", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Caption": "A view of part of the Latrobe Valley, from Tyers lookout, 2013.", "Image 2 Caption": "Approximate Latrobe Valley area, comprising the Baw Baw Shire and City of Latrobe local government areas.", "Locator Map Set to Relief Map": "yes", ... |
Broadcasting House (BH) is a current affairs programme produced by BBC News for BBC Radio 4, presented by Paddy O'Connell, with Jonny Dymond regularly appearing as a relief presenter. It was launched on 19 April 1998 and is broadcast every Sunday between 9am and 10am.BBC Genome Project - BBC Radio 4 listings 19 April 1... | {"Other names": "BH", "Genre": "Current affairs", "Running time": "54 minutes", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Language(s)": "English", "Home station": "BBC Radio 4", "Hosted by": "Eddie Mair 1998-2003Fi Glover 2004-2006Paddy O'Connell 2006-present", "Edited by": "Joanna Carr", "Original release": "1998 4 19 y... |
The Canadian Citizenship Act () was a statute passed by the Parliament of Canada in 1946 which created the legal status of Canadian citizenship. The Act defined who were Canadian citizens, separate and independent from the status of the British subject and repealed earlier Canadian legislation relating to Canadian nat... | {"Short title": "Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946", "Image size": "250 px", "Long title": "An Act Respecting Citizenship, Naturalization and the Status of Aliens", "Citation": "SC 1946, c. 15", "Enacted by": "Parliament of Canada", "Date assented to": "27 June 1946", "Date commenced": "1 January 1947", "Date repealed": "... |
thumb|Depiction of Pachacuti worshipping Inti (god Sun) at Coricancha, in the 17th century second chronicles of Martín de Murúa.
thumb|Part of the ruins of Pachacuti's palace in Cusco.
Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui also called Pachacutec () was the ninth Sapa Inca (before 14381471) of the Kingdom of Cusco which he transform... | {"Born": "before 1438 \"The Life of Pachacuti Inca Yupangui\". Bilingual Review, Bilingual Review Press, 1 May 2001", "Died": "1471", "Consort": "Mama Anawarkhi or Quya Anawarkhi", "Father": "Viracocha Inca", "Mother": "Mama Runtu"} |
Carpatho-Ukraine or Carpathian Ukraine (, ) was an autonomous region within the Second Czechoslovak Republic, created in December 1938 by renaming Subcarpathian Rus' whose full administrative and political autonomy was confirmed by the Constitutional law of 22 November 1938. 20 years earlier, the region which had histo... | {"Conventional long name": "Carpatho-Ukraine", "Native name": "uk Карпатська Україна\n hu Kárpát-Ukrajna", "Starting event": "Proclaimed as Carpathian Ukraine", "Date established": "30 December", "Event 1": "Proclamation of Independence", "Event 1 date": "15 March 1939", "Event ending the country": "Abolished", "End da... |
Joan Peters (née Friedman; April 29, 1936 - January 5, 2015), later Caro, was an American journalist and broadcaster. She wrote the 1984 book From Time Immemorial, a controversial account of the origins of the Palestinians.
Life
Peters was born in Chicago. She studied at the University of Illinois without earning a ... | {"Name": "Joan Peters", "Birth date": "April 29, 1936", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Birth name": "Joan Friedman", "Other names": "Joan Caro", "Death date": "2015 1 5 1936 4 29", "Death place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Gary Peters Stanley Kaplan (d. 1991) NYTimes/>", "Notable works": "From... |
Antigo ( )Webster's New Geographical Dictionary (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1972), p. 57. is a city in and the county seat of Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 8,100 at the 2020 census. Antigo is the center of a farming and lumbering district, and its manufactures consist principally of lumber, ch... | {"Land": "6.46", "Water": "0.91", "Density": "1203.25", "DST": "-5", "Website": "www.antigo-city.org"} |
Attack Squadron 176 (VA-176), known as the "Thunderbolts", was a United States Navy carrier-based medium attack squadron that saw combat service in the Vietnam War and later in 1983 in both Grenada and Lebanon.
History
VA-176 was established on 4 June 1955 and equipped with the Douglas AD-6 Skyraider and assigned to t... | {"Branch": "United States Navy", "Type": "Attack", "Role": "Close air supportAir interdictionAerial reconnaissance", "Part of": "Inactive", "Nickname(s)": "\"Thunderbolts\""} |
Manawatū-Whanganui (; spelled Manawatu-Wanganui prior to 2019) is a region in the lower half of the North Island of New Zealand, whose main population centres are the cities of Palmerston North and Whanganui. It is administered by the Manawatū-Whanganui Regional Council, which operates under the name Horizons Regional ... | {"Land": "22220.67", "Rank": "0", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+13:00", "Website": "https://www.horizons.govt.nz", "ISO 3166 code": "NZ-MWT"} |
John Billingsley (, born May 20, 1960) is an American actor best known for his role as Doctor Phlox on the television series Star Trek: Enterprise.
Early life and education
Billingsley was born in Media, Pennsylvania, and subsequently lived in Huntsville, Alabama and Slidell, Louisiana before his family settled in Wes... | {"Name": "John Billingsley", "Caption": "Billingsley at the 2009 Big Apple Convention", "Birth date": "1960 5 20", "Birth place": "Media, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Bennington College", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1991-present", "Spouse(s)": "Bonita Friedericy"} |
Stephan Micus (; born 19 January 1953) is a German musician and composer, whose musical style is heavily influenced by his study of traditional instruments and musical techniques from Japan, India, South America, and other countries. With the exception of his album The Music of Stones (1989), he plays all the instrumen... | {"Born": "Stuttgart, Germany", "Genres": "Avant-garde, New-age", "Labels": "ECM", "Website": "www.stephanmicus.com"} |
Anthony Dwayne Montgomery (born June 2, 1971) is an American film and television actor, as well as graphic novelist. He is best known for his portrayal of Ensign Travis Mayweather on the UPN science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise (the fifth live-action series in the Star Trek franchise). Montgomery pla... | {"Name": "Anthony Montgomery", "Caption": "Montgomery in 2004", "Birth name": "Anthony Dwayne Montgomery", "Birth date": "1971 6 2", "Birth place": "Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.", "Height": "5 10.25", "Years active": "1995-present", "Children": "2", "Spouse(s)": "Adrienne Montgomery(m. married 2007; div. divorced 20??)"... |
The Territory of Montana was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 26, 1864, until November 8, 1889, when it was admitted as the 41st state in the Union as the state of Montana.
Original boundaries
The Montana Territory was organized out of the existing Idaho Territory by Act ... | {"Conventional long name": "Territory of Montana", "Common name": "Montana Territory", "Year founded": "1864", "Year dissolved": "1889", "Capital": "Bannack (May 28, 1864-February 6, 1865)Virginia City (February 7, 1865-1875)Helena (1875-1889)", "Government type": "Organized incorporated territory"} |
Athos is a 1994 album by Stephan Micus that was released on ECM.
Based on a three-day visit to Mount Athos, Micus tries to capture his experiences with the Greek Orthodox liturgy he experienced in the monasteries there, framing it with pieces that evoke his emotions at going to and leaving the isolated peninsula. Betw... | {"Released": "1994", "Genre": "World fusion", "Label": "ECM/Universal Classics", "Producer": "Stephan Micus"} |
Robert Michael O'Hare Jr. (May 6, 1952 - September 28, 2012) was an American actor who performed on stage and television. He was best known for playing the lead role of space station Commander Jeffrey Sinclair in the science fiction television series Babylon 5, a role he left after the first season due to serious menta... | {"Name": "Michael O'Hare", "Caption": "O'Hare as Jeffrey Sinclair in Babylon 5", "Birth name": "Robert Michael O'Hare Jr.", "Birth date": "1952 05 06 y", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Death date": "2012 09 28 1952 05 06 y", "Death place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Education": "Harvard University\n ... |
thumb|Mural monument to Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond, Chichester Cathedral
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond (né Lennox; 3 August 179121 October 1860), of Goodwood House near Chichester in West Sussex, was a British peer, soldier and prominent Conservative politician.
Origins
He was born "Cha... | {"Name": "The Duke of Richmond and Lennox", "Image caption": "The Duke of Richmond, 1824.", "Office 2": "Member of the House of LordsLord Temporal", "Predecessor 2": "The 4th Duke of Richmond", "Successor 2": "The 6th Duke of Richmond", "Birth date": "3 August 1791", "Birth place": "Richmond House, Whitehall Gardens, L... |
Arimaa () is a two-player strategy board game that was designed to be playable with a standard chess set and difficult for computers while still being easy to learn and fun to play for humans. It was invented between 1997 and 2002 by Omar Syed, an Indian-American computer engineer trained in artificial intelligence. S... | {"Name": "Arimaa", "Image caption": "An Arimaa elephant", "Designers": "Omar Syed and Aamir Syed", "Publishers": "Z-Man Games", "Years active": "2002 - present", "Genres": "Board game Abstract strategy game", "Players": "2", "Setup time": "< 1 minute", "Playing time": "15 minutes - 2 hours", "Random chance": "None", "S... |
79 Park Avenue, also known as Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue, is an American drama television miniseries developed and co-written by Richard De Roy, based on the 1955 novel of the same name by Harold Robbins. The miniseries stars Lesley Ann Warren as Marja Fludjicki, a poor but beautiful girl who is forced into prostit... | {"Developed by": "Richard De Roy", "Written by": "Richard De Roy\n Jack Guss\n Lionel E. Siegel", "Directed by": "Paul Wendkos", "Starring": "Lesley Ann Warren\n Marc Singer\n David Dukes", "Country of origin": "United States", "Cinematography": "Enzo A. Martinelli", "Original network": "NBC", "Original release": "1977... |
Nebbiolo (,"Nebbiolo" (US) and ; ) is an Italian red wine grape variety predominantly associated with its native Piedmont region, where it makes the Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita (DOCG) wines of Barolo, Barbaresco, Roero, Gattinara, Carema and Ghemme. Nebbiolo is thought to derive its name from the... | {"Species": "Vitis vinifera", "Also called": "Nebieul", "Origin": "Piedmont, Italy", "Notable regions": "Piedmont", "Notable wines": "Barolo, Barbaresco, Roero, Gattinara, Ghemme", "VIVC": "8417"} |
Joseph Howe (December 13, 1804 - June 1, 1873) was a Nova Scotian journalist, politician, public servant, and poet. Howe is often ranked as one of Nova Scotia's most admired politicians and his considerable skills as a journalist and writer have made him a provincial legend.
He was born the son of John Howe and Mary ... | {"Name": "Joseph Howe", "Image caption": "Howe, PC, MP, MLA by William Notman", "Order 2": "Premier of the Colony of Nova Scotia", "Predecessor 2": "William Young", "Successor 2": "James W. Johnston", "Birth date": "December 13, 1804", "Birth place": "Halifax, Nova Scotia", "Death date": "June 1, 1873 (aged 68)", "Deat... |
Joseph Andrew Green (January 14, 1881 – October 27, 1963) was a United States Army officer with the rank of major general, who is most noted as a Chief of the Coast Artillery Corps during the years 1940-1942.
Biography
Green was born on January 14, 1881, in Cherokee, Iowa. He graduated from the United States Military ... | {"Born": "Cherokee, Iowa, U.S.", "Died": "San Antonio, Texas, U.S.", "Allegiance": "United States", "Commands held": "61st Coast Artillery Regiment"} |
Frederic William Goudy ( ; March 8, 1865 - May 11, 1947) was an American printer, artist and type designer whose typefaces include Copperplate Gothic, Goudy Old Style and Kennerley. He was one of the most prolific of American type designers and his self-named type continues to be one of the most popular in America.
B... | {"Name": "Frederic Goudy", "Caption": "Goudy in 1924", "Birth name": "Frederic William Goudy", "Birth date": "1865 3 8", "Birth place": "Bloomington, Illinois, U.S.", "Death date": "1947 5 11 1865 3 8", "Death place": "Marlborough, New York, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Bertha Matilda Sprinks 1897 1935 d.Hannan Caryn Illinoi... |
The Territory of Nebraska was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, until March 1, 1867, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Nebraska. The Nebraska Territory was created by the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. The territorial c... | {"Conventional long name": "Territory of Nebraska", "Common name": "Nebraska Territory", "Year founded": "1854", "Year dissolved": "1867", "Capital": "Omaha", "Government type": "Organized incorporated territory"} |
Nibbles, also known by the source code's file name NIBBLES.BAS, is a variant of the snake video game concept used to demonstrate the QBasic programming language. Nibbles was written in QBasic by Rick Raddatz, who later went on to create small businesses such as Xiosoft and Bizpad.
Gameplay
thumb|GNOME Nibbles, a clone... | {"Title": "Nibbles", "Publisher": "Microsoft", "Programmer": "Rick Raddatz", "Released": "1991", "Genre": "Action", "Modes": "Single-player, multiplayer", "Platforms": "MS-DOS"} |
The Dome at America's Center is a multi-purpose stadium used for concerts, major conventions, and sporting events in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Previously known as the Trans World Dome from 1995 to 2001 and the Edward Jones Dome from 2002 to 2016, it was constructed largely to lure a National Football... | {"Location": "701 Convention PlazaSt. Louis, Missouri, United States 63101", "Coordinates": "38 37 58 N 90 11 19 W type:landmark_scale:2000 inline,title", "Broke ground": "July 13, 1992Mark S. Rosentraub Major League Losers: The Real Cost Of Sports And Who's Paying For It https://books.google.com/books?id=pO8_caM0kVgC&... |
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