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Major James William Coldwell (December 2, 1888 - August 25, 1974), usually known as M. J. Coldwell, was a Canadian democratic socialist politician, and leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) party from 1942 to 1960.
Born in England, he immigrated to Canada in 1910. Prior to his political career, he ... | {"Name": "M. J. Coldwell", "Term start": "July 29, 1942", "Term end": "August 10, 1960", "Office 2": "2nd National Chairman of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation", "Predecessor 2": "J. S. Woodsworth", "Successor 2": "F. R. Scott", "Birth name": "Major James William Coldwell", "Birth date": "1888 12 2 y", "Birth p... |
Rhona Natasha Mitra (born 9 August 1976) is a British actress.
Mitra is known for her roles as Sonja in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009); as Major Rachel Dalton on the second and third seasons of Strike Back (2012-2013); as Rachel Scott in the first two seasons of The Last Ship (2014-2015); Holly Marie Begins on ... | {"Caption": "Mitra in 2009", "Birth name": "Rhona Natasha Mitra", "Birth date": "y 1976 8 9", "Birth place": "Paddington, London, England", "Occupation": "Actress model singer", "Years active": "1995-present"} |
Kiama () is a coastal country town 120 kilometres south of Sydney in the Illawarra. One of the main tourist attractions is the Kiama Blowhole. Kiama features several popular surfing beaches and caravan parks, and numerous alfresco cafes and restaurants. Its proximity to the south of Sydney makes it an attractive destin... | {"Type": "town", "Name": "Kiama", "State Abbreviation": "NSW", "Caption": "Panorama of the town", "Local Government Area (LGA)": "Municipality of Kiama", "County": "Camden", "Parish": "Kiama", "Coordinates": "34 40 15 S 150 51 15 E inline,title", "Area": "13.9", "Postcode": "2533", "Population": "7700", "Population Yea... |
William Jessop (23 January 1745 - 18 November 1814) was an English civil engineer, best known for his work on canals, harbours and early railways in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Early life
Jessop was born in Devonport, Devon, the son of Josias Jessop, a foreman shipwright in the Naval Dockyard. Josias Jesso... | {"Name": "William Jessop", "Birth date": "23 January 1745", "Birth place": "Devonport, Plymouth, United Kingdom", "Death date": "1814 11 8 1745 1 23 y", "Death place": "Butterley Hall, Ripley, Derbyshire, United Kingdom", "Occupation": "Civil Engineer", "Known For": "His Work on Canals, Cromford Canal, West India Docks... |
Vairocana (also Mahāvairocana, ) is a cosmic buddha from Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism. Vairocana is often interpreted, in texts like the Avatamsaka Sutra, as the dharmakāya佛光大辭典增訂版隨身碟,中英佛學辭典 - "三身" (Fo Guang Great Dictionary Updated USB Version, Chinese-English Dictionary of Buddhist Studies - "Trikāya" entry) of th... | {"Burmese": "ဗုဒ္ဓဘုရားရှင်", "Chinese": "大日如来\n(Pinyin: Dàrì Rúlái)毘盧遮那佛(Pinyin: Pílúzhēnà Fó)", "Japanese": "大日如来 だいにちにょらい(romaji: Dainichi Nyorai)毘盧遮那仏 びるしゃなぶつ(romaji: Birushana Butsu)", "Tibetan": "རྣམ་པར་སྣང་མཛད་Wylie: rnam par snang mdzadTHL: Nampar Nangdze", "Korean": "대일여래大日如来(RR: Daeil Yeorae)비로자나불毘盧遮那仏(RR: Bi... |
Sebadoh () is an American indie rock band formed in 1986 in Northampton, Massachusetts, by Eric Gaffney and Lou Barlow, with multi-instrumentalist Jason Loewenstein completing the line-up in 1989. Barlow co-created Sebadoh as an outlet for his songwriting when J. Mascis gradually took over creative control of Dinosaur ... | {"Origin": "Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Genres": "Indie rock\nslacker rock", "Labels": "Joyful Noise\n Dangerbird\n Domino\n Sub Pop\n Homestead\n City Slang\n Siltbreeze\n Vertical", "Website": "sebadoh.com", "Members": "Lou Barlow\n Jason Loewenstein\n Bob D'Amico"} |
The three independent Baltic countries - Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania - were invaded and occupied in June 1940 by the Soviet Union, under the leadership of Stalin and auspices of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact that had been signed between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in August 1939, immediately before the outbreak ... | {"Title": "Occupation of the Baltic states", "Part of": "World War II and the Cold War", "Image caption": "A protest sign from the 1970s calling on the United Nations to abolish Soviet colonialism in the Baltic states", "Outcome": "Soviet occupation and annexation of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (1940)\n German occup... |
The National Party of Canada was a short-lived Canadian political party that contested the 1993 federal election. The party is not related to the earlier National Party that was founded in 1979.
Formation
Founded and led by Edmonton, Alberta, publisher Mel Hurtig (best known as publisher of The Canadian Encyclopedia)... | {"Leader": "Paul Reid", "President": "William Stephenson", "Founded": "1993", "Ideology": "Canadian nationalism Progressivism Anti-privatizationLeft-wing nationalismAndrew Potter: Mel Hurtig was a nation-builder, despite himself https://nationalpost.com/opinion/andrew-potter-mel-hurtig-was-a-nation-builder-despite-h... |
The Scottish Covenant Association was a non-partisan political organisation in Scotland in the 1940s and 1950s seeking to establish a devolved Scottish Assembly. It was formed by John MacCormick who had left the Scottish National Party in 1942 when they decided to support all-out independence for Scotland rather than d... | {"Name": "Scottish Covenant Association", "Image size": "150px", "Formation": "1942", "Dissolved": "1950s", "Key people": "John MacCormick", "Purpose": "Scottish CovenantScottish devolution"} |
The Scots National League (SNL) was a political organisation which campaigned for Scottish independence in the 1920s. It amalgamated with other Scottish nationalist bodies in 1928 to form the National Party of Scotland.
The Scots National League was formed in London in 1921, out of the Highland Land League and the Nat... | {"Predecessor": "Highland Land League and the National Committee", "Successor": "National Party of Scotland", "Founded at": "London", "Type": "Political organisation"} |
The Scots Independent is a monthly Scottish political newspaper that is in favour of Scottish independence. It was formed in 1926 with William Gillies as editor, by the Scots National League (SNL) and switched its allegiance to the National Party of Scotland (NPS) when the SNL joined with them in 1928.
When the NPS m... | {"Type": "political newspaper", "Format": "digital and print", "Owner(s)": "-->", "Founder(s)": "-->", "Editor": "Jim Lynch", "Political alignment": "Scottish independenceScottish National Party", "Language": "EnglishScotsGaelic", "City": "Stirling", "Country": "Scotland", "Sister newspapers": "Flag in the Wind (weekly... |
Daniel Craig McCallum (January 21, 1815 - December 27, 1878) was a Scottish-born American railroad engineer, general manager of the New York and Erie Railroad and Union Brevet Major General of the United States Military Railroads during the American Civil War, known as one of the early pioneers of management. He set do... | {"Born": "Johnstone, Scotland", "Died": "Brooklyn, New York", "Allegiance": "United States of AmericaUnion", "Commands held": "U.S. Military Railroads", "Other work": "railroad engineer, civil engineer, architect"} |
Truganini (also known as Lallah Rookh; c. 1812 - 8 May 1876) was an Aboriginal Tasmanian woman. She was one of the last native speakers of the Tasmanian languages and one of the last individuals solely of Aboriginal Tasmanian descent.
Truganini grew up in the region around the D'Entrecasteaux Channel and Bruny Island.... | {"Name": "Truganini", "Caption": "by Charles A. Woolley", "Birth date": "c. 1812", "Birth place": "Bruny Island, Van Diemen's Land", "Death date": "8 May 1876 1812", "Death place": "Hobart, Tasmania, Australia", "Other names": "Truganini, Trucanini, Trucaninny, and Lallah Rookh \"Trugernanner\"", "Known For": "Being a ... |
Georgina McKee is an English actress. She won the 1997 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for Our Friends in the North (1996), and earned subsequent nominations for The Lost Prince (2003) and The Street (2007). She also starred on television in The Forsyte Saga (2002) and as Caterina Sforza in The Borgias (2011). Her fil... | {"Name": "Gina McKee", "Birth name": "Georgina McKee", "Birth date": "1964https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/jan/30/theatre3 'I had nothing to lose' The Guardian Harriet Lane 30 January 2008 30 March 2023 She was born in 1964. Her father was a coal miner, and she grew up in the north-east, in County Durham -... |
Fettuccine Alfredo ()"fettuccine" at Collins Dictionary, accessed 2016-11-22 (archive) or fettuccine al burro ("fettuccine with butter") is an Italian pasta dish of fresh fettuccine tossed with butter and parmesan (). As the cheese melts, it emulsifies the liquids to form a smooth and rich cheese sauce coating the past... | {"Name of food": "Fettuccine Alfredo", "Place of origin": "Italy", "Region of origin": "Lazio", "Cuisine": "United States", "Creator": "Alfredo di Lelio I (1882-1959)", "Course served": "Primo (Italian pasta course)", "Main ingredient": "Fettuccine, butter, parmesan", "Variations": "In the US - adding broccoli, cream, ... |
Ronnie Gaylord (born Ronald Fredianelli; June 12, 1930, Detroit—January 25, 2004, Las Vegas) was an Italian-American musician, songwriter, pantomimer, and comedian best known as a member of the band The Gaylords and the music/comedy duo Gaylord and Holiday. Among their many hits are "Tell Me You're Mine", "From the Vin... | {"Name": "Ronnie Gaylord", "Image": "The Gaylords 1960.JPG", "Alt": "Two men in suits and bowties smile and pose, with Ronnie Gaylord leaning above Burt Holiday. There is a small yellow box in the bottom corner identifying them as The Gaylords.", "Caption": "Gaylord (top) and partner Burt Holiday in 1960", "Birth name"... |
Samuel "Sholem" Schwarzbard (, Samuil Isaakovich Shvartsburd, , ; 18 August 1886 - 3 March 1938) was a Russian-French Yiddish poet. He served in the French and Soviet military, was a communist and anarchist, and is known for organising Jewish community defense against pogroms in pre-First World War era and Russian Civi... | {"Name": "Sholem Schwarzbard", "Native name": "שלום שװאַרצבאָרד", "Native name language": "yi", "Alt": "Portrait photograph of Sholem Schwarzbard", "Birth name": "Shulem Itskovich Shvartsburd", "Birth date": "1886 8 18 y", "Birth place": "Izmail, Bessarabia, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)", "Death date": "1938 3 3 1886 8... |
Betsy Struthers (born 1951) is a Canadian poet and novelist who lives in Peterborough, Ontario. She was co-editor (with Sarah Klassen) and contributor to Poets in the Classroom, an anthology of essays about teaching poetry workshops written by members of the League of Canadian Poets. She was president of the League fro... | {"Birth place": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Birth date": "1951", "Occupation": "poet, novelist", "Nationality": "Canadian"} |
Spadina Museum (), also known as Spadina House, is a historic mansion at 285 Spadina Road in Toronto, Ontario, which is now a historic house museum operated by the City of Toronto's Economic Development & Culture division. The museum preserves the house much as it existed and developed historically. The art, decor and ... | {"Type": "Mansion", "Location": "285 Spadina RoadToronto, Ontario, Canada", "Current tenants": "Historic house museum(since 1984)", "Coordinates": "43.679023 N 79.40815 W region:CA-ON_type:landmark inline,title", "Construction started": "1866"} |
The Eighth Army is a U.S. field army which commands all United States Army forces in South Korea."Enter the Dragon: Eighth Army unveils new emblem" (15 April 2013)
Task Force Smith, July 1950, Battle of Osan, memorialized It is headquartered at the Camp Humphreys in the Anjeong-ri of Pyeongtaek, South Korea.Yongsan ga... | {"Branch": "United States", "Part of": "25px USARPAC", "Type": "Field army", "Role": "Headquarters", "Motto(s)": "Pacific Victors", "Website": "https://8tharmy.korea.army.mil/site/", "Notablecommanders": "LTG Robert EichelbergerLTG Walton H. WalkerLTG Matthew RidgwayLTG James Van FleetLTG Maxwell D. Taylor"} |
The Honda Magna is a cruiser motorcycle made from 1982 to 1988 and 1994 to 2003 and was the second Honda to use their new V4 engine shared with the VF750S Sabre and a few years later a related engine was fitted to the VF750F 'Interceptor', the later models used a retuned engine from the VFR750F with fins added to the o... | {"Manufacturer": "Honda", "Class": "Cruiser", "Engine": "DOHC 4-valve 90° V-4", "Related": "Honda Sabre V4, Honda Interceptor"} |
Agnodice or Agnodike ( Agnodikē, c. 4th century BCE) is a legendary figure credited as the first female midwife or physician in ancient Athens. Her story is told by the Roman author Gaius Julius Hyginus in his Fabulae. Agnodice is not generally believed to be a historical figure, but her story has been frequently dep... | {"Name": "Agnodice", "Caption": "Agnodice in her disguise as a male physician, imagined here not as lifting her tunic to reveal her true sex, but as opening her outer garment to show that she has breasts.", "Birth date": "4th Century Athens, Greece", "Nationality": "Greek", "Occupation": "Physician", "Era": "Classical... |
Patricia Penn Anne Kemp (born 1944), better known simply as Penn Kemp, is a Canadian poet, novelist, playwright, and sound poet who lives in London, Ontario. Kemp has been publishing her writing since 1972 and was London's first poet laureate, serving since 2010 to 2013.
Early life and education
Kemp was born on Aug... | {"Born": "1944", "Occupation": "Poet and playwright", "Education": "University of Western Ontario\nUniversity of Toronto (MEd)", "Years active": "1972—pres."} |
Arnold Rothstein (January 17, 1882 - November 6, 1928), nicknamed "The Brain", was an American racketeer, crime boss, businessman, and gambler who became a kingpin of the Jewish mob in New York City. Rothstein was widely reputed to have organized corruption in professional athletics, including conspiring to fix the 191... | {"Name": "Arnold Rothstein", "Caption": "Rothstein 1920", "Birth date": "1882 1 17", "Birth place": "Manhattan, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1928 11 6 1882 1 17", "Death place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Death cause": "Gunshot wounds", "Other names": "The Brain, Mr. Big, The Fixer, The Man Uptown, The Big Ba... |
Youlgreave or Youlgrave is a village and civil parish in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England, on the River Bradford south of Bakewell. The name possibly derives from "yellow grove", the ore mined locally being yellow in colour.
The population in 1991 was 1,256; it is one of the largest villages in the Peak Distr... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastmidlands/derbyshire/E34001385__youlgreave/ Youlgreave (Derbyshire, East Midlands, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information 23 January 2022 23 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/... |
Mystic River is a novel by Dennis Lehane that was published in 2001. It won the 2002 Dilys Award and was made into an Academy Award-winning film in 2003.
Plot summary
The novel revolves around three boys who grow up as friends in Boston — Dave Boyle, Sean Devine, and Jimmy Marcus. When the story opens, Dave is abducte... | {"Cover artist": "Chip Kidd (designer)", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "William Morrow", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "416 p. (hardback edition)", "ISBN": "(hardback edition)"} |
Norman Thelwell (3 May 1923 - 7 February 2004) was an English cartoonist well known for his humorous illustrations of ponies and horses. He was also active as a comic artist, drawing the series Penelope and Kipper.
Life and career
Born in Birkenhead, Thelwell spent the Second World War in the East Yorkshire Regiment,... | {"Name": "Norman Thelwell", "Birth date": "1923 05 23 y", "Birth place": "Birkenhead, England", "Death date": "2004 02 07 1923 05 23 y", "Nationality": "English", "Other names": "Thelwell", "Occupation": "Cartoonist, comic artist", "Notable works": "Penelope and Kipper"} |
The Qutb Minar complex are monuments and buildings from the Delhi Sultanate at Mehrauli in Delhi, India.. Construction of the Qutub Minar "victory tower" in the complex, named after the religious figure Sufi Saint Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki, was begun by Qutb-ud-din Aibak, who later became the first Sultan of Delhi... | {"Location": "Mehrauli, India", "Criteria": "Cultural: iv", "Reference": "233", "Inscription": "1993"} |
Stephen II () was the Bosnian Ban from 1314, but in reality from 1322 to 1353 together with his brother, Vladislav Kotromanić in 1326-1353. He was the son of Bosnian Ban Stephen I Kotromanić and Elizabeth, sister of King Stefan Vladislav II. Throughout his reign in the fourteenth century, Stephen ruled the lands from S... | {"Father": "Stephen I, Ban of Bosnia", "Mother": "Elizabeth of Serbia", "Born": "Bosnia", "Died": "Bosnia", "Burial": "Mile, near Visoko", "Religion": "krstjanin,Fine 1994 281 from 1347 \n Roman CatholicFine 1994 281"} |
Captain Henry Lockhart St John Fancourt (1 April 1900 – 8 January 2004) was a British pioneering naval aviator, and held important aviation commands with the Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War. When Fancourt died at the age of 103, he was one of the last, if not the last, survivor who had actively been involved... | {"Born": "Birmingham, UK", "Died": "yes 2004 01 08 1900 04 01", "Commands held": "822 SquadronHMS Sparrowhawk4th Destroyer FlotillaHMS ArgusUnicorn I72 6", "Awards": "DSOMentioned in despatches (1918; May 1941)"} |
Saskatchewan Polytechnic (formerly the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology or SIAST) is Saskatchewan's primary public institution for post-secondary technical education and skills training, recognized nationally and internationally for its expertise and innovation. Through program and course regist... | {"Motto": "Tomorrow in the making", "Type": "Polytechnic institution", "President": "Dr. Larry S. Rosia", "Students": "14,176 full load equivalent (2018)\nSaskatoon campus: 7,956; Regina campus: 4,444; Moose Jaw campus: 3,192; Prince Albert campus: 2,883Saskatchewan Polytechnic quick facts https://saskpolytech.ca/abou... |
thumb|200px|Arms of Trevelyan: Gules, a demi-horse argent hoofed and maned or issuing out of water in base properDebrett's Peerage, 1968, p. 798.
Sir George Otto Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet, (20 July 1838 - 17 August 1928) was a British statesman and author. In a ministerial career stretching almost 30 years, he was most n... | {"Name": "George Trevelyan", "Image caption": "Sir George Trevelyan, Bt", "Order 2": "Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster", "Monarch 2": "Victoria", "Prime minister 2": "William Ewart Gladstone", "Predecessor 2": "John George Dodson", "Successor 2": "Henry Chaplin", "Birth date": "20 July 1838", "Birth place": "Rothle... |
Admiral Sir Graham Moore (1764 - 25 November 1843) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he took part in the Great Siege of Gibraltar during the American Revolutionary War. As captain of the frigate , he took part in the Battle of Tory Island in October 1798, capturing the two days later, during the French Re... | {"Born": "Glasgow, Scotland", "Died": "Cobham, Surrey", "Allegiance": "Kingdom of Great BritainUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", "Commands held": "Bonetta 1779 6\n Syren 1782 6\n Melampus 1785 6\n Indefatigable 1784 6\n Marlborough 1807 6\n Chatham 1812 6\n Fame 1805 6\n Mediterranean Fleet\n Commander-in-C... |
Peter Charles Newman (born Peta Karel Neumann; May 10, 1929 - September 7, 2023) was a Canadian journalist, editor and author. He interviewed and wrote about every Canadian prime minister from Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957) to Paul Martin (2003-2006). His three-volume series on The Canadian Establishment helped set new... | {"Born": "1929 05 10", "Died": "2023 09 07 1929 05 10", "Occupation": "Journalist editor", "Education": "Upper Canada College", "Alma mater": "University of Toronto (BA)"} |
Bullfrog Productions Limited was a British video game developer based in Guildford, England. Founded in 1987 by Peter Molyneux and Les Edgar, the company gained recognition in 1989 for their third release, Populous, and is also well known for titles such as Theme Park, Magic Carpet, Syndicate and Dungeon Keeper. Bullfr... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Industry": "Video games", "Fate": "Merged into EA UK", "Founded": "yes 1987", "Defunct": "yes 2001", "Headquarters": "England", "Products": "Populous series Syndicate series Magic Carpet series Theme series Dungeon Keeper series", "Parent": "Electronic Arts (1995-2001)", "Website": "https://web.... |
Richard Wayne Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an American actor, entertainer, and comedian. His award-winning career has spanned seven decades in film, television, and stage. Van Dyke is the recipient of multiple awards, including a Golden Globe, Tony, Grammy, a Daytime Emmy, and four Primetime Emmys. He was induc... | {"Caption": "Van Dyke in 2021", "Birth name": "Richard Wayne Van Dyke", "Birth date": "1925 12 13", "Birth place": "West Plains, Missouri, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor comedian singer dancer writer", "Years active": "1947-present", "Spouse(s)": "Margie Willett February 12, 1948 1984 div Arlene Silver February 29, 2012",... |
Jason Frederick Kidd (born March 23, 1973) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely regarded as one of the greatest point guards and passers of all time, Kidd was a 10-time NBA All-Star, a five-time... | {"Conference": "NBA", "Position": "Head coach", "Born": "San Francisco, California, U.S.", "Listed height": "4", "Listed weight": "210", "High school": "St. Joseph Notre Dame(Alameda, California)", "College": "California (1992-1994)"} |
Week Ending was a satirical radio current affairs sketch show broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 1970 and 1998. It was devised by writer-producers Simon Brett and David Hatch and was originally hosted by Nationwide presenter Michael Barratt.
The show's title was always announced as "Week Ending..." followed by the broad... | {"Genre": "Satirical sketch comedy", "Running time": "25 mins", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Language(s)": "English", "Home station": "BBC Radio 4", "Created by": "Simon Brett David Hatch", "Original release": "1998 04 03 yWeek Ending 1998-03-26 Radio Times https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c5c96f893578423eaf75a... |
First Army is the oldest and longest-established field army of the United States Army. It served as a theater army, having seen service in both World War I and World War II, and supplied the US army with soldiers and equipment during the Korean War and the Vietnam War under some of the most famous and distinguished off... | {"Branch": "United States", "Type": "Security operations", "Role": "Training support", "Size": "Theater Army", "Part of": "United States Army Forces Command", "Website": "http://www.first.army.mil/ first.army.milhttps://www.first.army.mil/People/Leadership/ Leadership", "Nickname(s)": "Doughboys", "Motto(s)": "First in... |
Alas Smith and Jones is a British comedy sketch television series starring comedy duo and namesake Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones that originally ran for four series and two Christmas specials on BBC2 from 1984 to 1988, and later as Smith and Jones for six series on BBC1 until 1998. A spin-off from Not the Nine O'Clock... | {"Also known as": "Smith and Jones", "Genre": "Sketch comedy", "Starring": "Mel Smith\n Griff Rhys Jones\n Chris Langham\n Rowan Atkinson (Episode 1, Season 1 and Episode 4, Season 10) (Guest)", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Running time": "30 minutes\n per normal episode", "Original network": "BBC2 (1984-88)... |
The Vatican Apostolic Library (, ), more commonly known as the Vatican Library or informally as the Vat, is the library of the Holy See, located in Vatican City, and is the city-state's national library. It was formally established in 1475, although it is much older—it is one of the oldest libraries in the world and co... | {"Location": "Vatican City", "Type": "Research library", "Established": "yes 1475 yes", "Size": "75,000 codices\n 1.1 million printed books", "Director": "Angelo Vincenzo Zani", "Website": "www.vaticanlibrary.va"} |
The 101st United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from January 3, 1989, to January 3, 1991, during the final weeks of Ronald Reagan's presidenc... | {"Senate President": "George H. W. Bush (R)(until January 20, 1989)\"VP switch\" U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush's term as President of the Senate ended at noon on January 20, 1989, when Dan Quayle's term began.Dan Quayle (R)(from January 20, 1989)", "House Speaker": "Jim Wright (D)(until June 6, 1989)Tom Foley... |
The Lost Prince is a British television drama about the life of Prince John - youngest child of Britain's King George V and Queen Mary - who died at the age of 13 in 1919. John had epileptic seizures and an autism-like developmental disorder, and the Royal Family tried to shelter him from public view; the script did no... | {"Created by": "Stephen Poliakoff", "Written by": "Stephen Poliakoff", "Starring": "Matthew James ThomasMiranda RichardsonTom HollanderBill Nighy", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Original network": "BBC One", "Original release": "2003 1 26 y"} |
Never Mind the Horrocks was a one-off television show built around the talents of British television comedian Jane Horrocks. It was broadcast on Channel 4 on Thursday 19 September 1996 at 10:00pm and also starred Martin Clunes, Mel Giedroyc, Rebecca Front, David Haig, Alexander Armstrong, and Philip Pope, with a specia... | {"Written by": "Ian Brown\n Mark Burton\n John O'Farrell\n Andy Hamilton\n Graham Linehan\n Arthur Mathews\n Georgia Pritchett\n Steve Punt\n Pete Sinclair", "Directed by": "John Birkin", "Starring": "Jane Horrocks\n Martin Clunes\n Rebecca Front\n Mel Giedroyc\n David Haig\n Philip Pope\n Alexander Armstrong\n Angela ... |
Audrey Wise (née Brown; 4 January 1932Wise gave her age as thirty-nine when nominated for the Coventry parliamentary seat, though she had just turned forty-two when she was elected in February 1974. Her date of birth was routinely reported as 1935 after this date, which often caused her "enormous difficulty" when asked... | {"Term start": "11 June 1987", "Term end": "2 September 2000", "Predecessor 2": "Constituency created", "Successor 2": "John Butcher", "Birth name": "Audrey Brown", "Birth date": "yes 1932 01 04", "Birth place": "Newcastle upon Tyne, England", "Death date": "2000 09 02 1932 01 04 yes", "Spouse(s)": "John Wise 1953"} |
Gina Bari Kolata (born February 25, 1948) is an American science journalist, writing for The New York Times.
Life and career
Kolata was born Gina Bari in Baltimore, Maryland. Her mother, mathematician Ruth Aaronson Bari (1917-2005), was of Jewish descent. Her father, Arthur Bari (1913-2006), was a diamond setter of It... | {"Name": "Gina Kolata", "Birth name": "Gina Bari", "Birth date": "1948 02 25", "Birth place": "Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "Occupation": "Science journalist", "Known For": "Writing for The New York Times", "Notable works": "Clone: The Road to Dolly, and the Path Ahead, Flu: The Story of the G... |
Nousiainen (; ) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southwest Finland region, from Turku along Highway 8 (E8).Opaskartta - Turun karttapalvelu The Finnish-speaking municipality has a population of
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which
is water. The population density is
.
There are two Natura 2000 sites... | {"Land": "area_land_km2 Nousiainen", "Water": "area_water_km2 Nousiainen", "Rank": "population_rank Nousiainen", "Density": "population_density_km2 Nousiainen", "DST": "+03:00", "Website": "www.nousiainen.fi"} |
Alexander Martin Clunes OBE DL (born 28 November 1961) is an English actor, comedian, director and television presenter. He is best known for portraying Martin Ellingham in the ITV comedy-drama series Doc Martin and Gary Strang in Men Behaving Badly. Clunes has narrated a number of documentaries for ITV, the first of w... | {"Post-nominals": "OBE DL", "Name": "Martin Clunes", "Caption": "Clunes on location in Dolphin Street, Port Isaac, for Doc Martin in 2019", "Birth name": "Alexander Martin Clunes", "Birth date": "1961 11 28 y", "Birth place": "Wimbledon, Surrey, England", "Education": "Royal Russell SchoolArts Educational Schools", "O... |
Andrey Yanuaryevich Vyshinsky (; ) ( – 22 November 1954) was a Soviet politician, jurist and diplomat.
He is best known as a state prosecutor of Joseph Stalin's Moscow Trials and in the Nuremberg trials. He was the Soviet Foreign Minister from 1949 to 1953, after having served as Deputy Foreign Minister under Vyachesl... | {"Name": "Andrey Vyshinsky", "Native name": "Андрей Вышинский", "Birth name": "Andrey Yanuaryevich Vyshinsky", "Image caption": "Vyshinsky in 1940", "Nationality": "Soviet", "Term start": "3 March 1935", "Term end": "31 May 1939", "Office 2": "Procurator General of the Russian SFSR", "Premier 2": "Vyacheslav Molotov", ... |
Derek Anthony Hatton (born 17 January 1948) is a British former politician, later a broadcaster, property developer and businessman. He gained national prominence as deputy leader of Liverpool City Council in the 1980s and was a member of the Trotskyist Militant group.
Early life
Hatton attended the Liverpool Institut... | {"Name": "Derek Anthony Hatton", "Term start": "1983", "Term end": "1986", "Birth date": "1948 01 17 y", "Education": "Liverpool Institute for Boys"} |
Kelvin Calder MacKenzie (born 22 October 1946) is an English media executive and a former newspaper editor. He became editor of The Sun in 1981, by which time the publication was established as Britain's largest circulation newspaper. After leaving The Sun in 1994, he was appointed to executive roles in satellite telev... | {"Name": "Kelvin MacKenzie", "Birth name": "Kelvin Calder MacKenzie", "Birth date": "yes 1946 10 22", "Birth place": "Thanet, Kent, England", "Occupation": "Newspaper editor", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Jacqueline Holland 1968 2006 div\n Sarah McLean 2008 2017 div", "Children": "3"} |
Charlotte Maria Church (born Charlotte Maria Reed, 21 February 1986) is a Welsh singer-songwriter, actress, television presenter, and political activist from Cardiff.
Church rose to fame in childhood as a classical singer before branching into pop music in 2005. By 2007, she had sold more than 10 million records world... | {"Name": "Charlotte Church", "Caption": "Church performing at the FOCUS Wales Festival in 2013", "Birth name": "Charlotte Maria Reed", "Birth date": "1986 2 21 yes", "Birth place": "Cardiff, Wales", "Occupation": "Singer songwriter", "Years active": "1997-present", "Spouse(s)": "Jonathan Powell 2017", "Children": "3",... |
Janet Vera Street-Porter (née Bull; born 27 December 1946) is an English broadcaster, journalist, writer, and media personality. She began her career as a fashion writer and columnist at the Daily Mail and was later appointed fashion editor of the Evening Standard in 1971. In 1973, she co-presented a mid-morning radio... | {"Name": "Janet Street-Porter", "Post-nominals": "GBR 100% on CBE", "Caption": "Street-Porter in 2005", "Birth name": "Janet Vera Bull", "Birth date": "1946 12 27 yeshttps://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/nov/19/realitytv.broadcasting The Guardian profile: Janet Street-Porter Branigan Tania The Guardian 19 November... |
Matthew Francis Parris (born 7 August 1949) is a British political writer and broadcaster, formerly a Conservative Member of Parliament. He was born in South Africa to British parents.
Early life and family
Parris is the eldest of six children (three brothers and two sisters) and grew up in several British territories... | {"Name": "Matthew Parris", "Term start": "3 May 1979", "Term end": "8 May 1986", "Birth date": "y 1949 8 7", "Birth place": "Johannesburg, South Africa", "Partner(s)": "Julian Glover", "Education": "Clare College, Cambridge (BA) Yale University"} |
Weet-Bix is a whole-grain wheat breakfast cereal created and manufactured in Australia and New Zealand by the Sanitarium Health Food Company, and in South Africa by Bokomo.
History
left|thumb|An early Weet-Bix tin from the 1930s
Weet-Bix was developed by Bennison Osborne in Sydney, Australia in the mid-1920s. Osbor... | {"Website": "https://weetbix.com.au/ weetbix.com.au", "Markets": "Australia, New Zealand, South Africa", "Country": "Australia", "Produced by": "Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing Company (Australia and New Zealand)Bokomo (South Africa)", "Product type": "Breakfast cereal"} |
William Francis Deedes, Baron Deedes, (1 June 1913 - 17 August 2007) was a British Conservative politician, army officer and journalist. He was the first person in Britain to have been both a member of the Cabinet and the editor of a major daily newspaper, The Daily Telegraph.
Early life and career
Deedes was the sec... | {"Name": "The Lord Deedes", "Image caption": "Bill Deedes", "Term start": "13 July 1962", "Term end": "16 October 1964", "Office 2": "Member of the House of LordsLord Temporal", "Birth name": "William Francis Deedes", "Birth date": "1913 06 1 y", "Birth place": "Hampstead, London, England", "Death date": "2007 08 17 19... |
Anselm Leonard Strauss (December 18, 1916 - September 5, 1996) was an American sociologist professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) internationally known as a medical sociologist (especially for his pioneering attention to chronic illness and dying) and as the developer (with Barney Glaser) of gr... | {"Name": "Anselm Strauss", "Birth name": "Anselm Leonard Strauss", "Birth date": "1916 12 18", "Birth place": "New York City, New York, United States", "Death date": "1996 09 05 1916 12 18", "Death place": "United States", "Nationality": "American", "Occupation": "Sociologist, author"} |
Lubao, officially the Municipality of Lubao (; ), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 173,502 people.
It is noted for rice, sugar cane, fish, and sampaguita.
Etymology
The town's name derives from the indigenous term lubo which mea... | {"Type": "government_type", "Rank": "-6", "Density": "auto", "Website": "website"} |
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John Moore (1646-1714) was Bishop of Norwich (1691-1707) and Bishop of Ely (1707-1714) and was a famous bibliophi... | {"Diocese": "Diocese of Ely", "Predecessor": "William Lloyd", "Successor": "Charles Trimnell", "Other post(s)": "Bishop of Norwich (1691-1707)", "Born": "Market Harborough, Leicestershire", "Died": "Ely, Cambridgeshire", "Nationality": "British", "Denomination": "Anglican"} |
Sixth Army is a theater army of the United States Army. The Army service component command of United States Southern Command, its area of responsibility includes 31 countries and 15 areas of special sovereignty in Central and South America and the Caribbean. It is headquartered at Fort Sam Houston.
The Sixth Army saw... | {"Branch": "United States 23px", "Type": "Theater Army", "Role": "Component command", "Nickname(s)": "\"Alamo Force\"", "Motto(s)": "Born of War", "Notablecommanders": "Walter KruegerJoseph StilwellAlbert C. WedemeyerRobert M. CannonDavid E. Grange Jr.William Hardin Harrison"} |
David Shayler (; born 24 December 1965) is a former British MI5 officer and a conspiracy theorist. Shayler was prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act 1989 for passing secret documents to The Mail on Sunday in August 1997 that alleged that MI5 was paranoid about socialists, and that it had previously investigated Lab... | {"Name": "David Shayler", "Caption": "Shayler in 2005", "Birth date": "1965 12 24 y", "Birth place": "Middlesbrough, England", "Employer": "MI5", "Known For": "Whistleblower"} |
FICO (legal name: Fair Isaac Corporation), originally Fair, Isaac and Company, is a data analytics company based in Bozeman, Montana, focused on credit scoring services. It was founded by Bill Fair and Earl Isaac in 1956. Its FICO score, a measure of consumer credit risk, has become a fixture of consumer lending in the... | {"Type": "Public company", "Industry": "Computer", "Founded": "1956 (as Fair, Isaac, and Company)", "Headquarters": "Bozeman, Montana, U.S.", "Revenue": "1.295 billion yes (2020)", "Products": "FICO Score", "Services": "Computer software", "Website": "https://www.fico.com/"} |
Fame Academy was a British television talent competition to search for and educate new musical talents. The winner received a chance to become a successful music artist and part of the international franchise Star Academy known under various titles in various countries.
In the UK version, the prize consisted of a £1m ... | {"Running time": "60-120 mins", "Genre": "Reality competition", "Presented by": "Patrick KieltyCat Deeley", "Judges": "Richard ParkCarrie GrantDavid GrantRobin Gibb", "Original network": "BBC OneBBC Three", "Original release": "2003 10 4 y", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom"} |
Liza Tarbuck ( ; born 21 November 1964) is an English actress, comedian, and television and radio presenter.
Early life
Liza Tarbuck was born in Liverpool and grew up near Kingston upon Thames. She is the daughter of comedian Jimmy Tarbuck and his wife Pauline, with an older sister, Cheryl, and a younger brother, Jame... | {"Name": "Liza Tarbuck", "Birth date": "yes 1964 11 21", "Birth place": "Liverpool, Lancashire, England", "Occupation": "Actress, television and radio presenter", "Years active": "1986-present", "Parent(s)": "Jimmy and Pauline Tarbuck"} |
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum is located at the Whitefish Point Light Station north of Paradise in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The light station property was transferred to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (GLSHS), the Michigan Audubon Society (MAS), and the United States Fish and Wil... | {"Location": "Whitefish Point Light", "Nearest city": "Shelldrake, Michigan", "Built": "1985", "Architectural style": "Iron pile lighthouse", "Area": "8.27 acre"} |
James Joseph Tarbuck (born 6 February 1940) is an English comedian, singer, actor, entertainer and game show host.
He was a host of Sunday Night at the London Palladium in the mid-1960s, and hosted numerous game shows and quiz shows on ITV during the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. He is also known for leading ITV's Li... | {"Name": "Jimmy Tarbuck", "Post-nominals": "GBR 100% OBE", "Birth date": "yes 1940 02 06", "Birth place": "Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire, England", "Other names": "Tarby", "Occupation": "Comedian, television presenter", "Years active": "1963-present", "Spouse(s)": "Pauline Carfoot 1959", "Children": "3, including Li... |
Baron Kerry is an ancient title in the Peerage of Ireland named after County Kerry. It was created circa 1223 for Thomas FitzMaurice, Lord OConnello, son of Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Llanstephan.
In 1325, Maurice FitzMaurice, 4th Baron Kerry, murdered Diarmaid Óg MacCarthy (son of Cormac Mór MacCarthy) in the courtr... | {"Creation date": "1723", "Created by": "George I of Great Britain", "Peerage": "Peerage of Ireland", "First holder": "Thomas Fitzmaurice, 21st Baron Kerry", "Heir apparent": "Simon Petty-Fitzmaurice", "Former seat(s)": "Convamore House", "Arms": "100px"} |
Newton Edward Daniels (6 April 1938 - 17 March 2016), known professionally as Paul Daniels, was an English magician and television presenter. He achieved international fame through his television series The Paul Daniels Magic Show, which ran on the BBC from 1979 to 1994.
Daniels was known for his catchphrase "You'll l... | {"Name": "Paul Daniels", "Image": "Paul Daniels.JPG", "Caption": "Daniels in August 2013", "Birth date": "1938 4 6 y", "Birth place": "South Bank, North Riding of Yorkshire, England", "Death date": "2016 03 17 1938 4 6 y", "Death place": "Wargrave, Berkshire, England", "Occupation": "Magician, presenter", "Years active... |
Timex Social Club is an American R&B group, formed in 1985 and best known for the 1986 hit single "Rumors".
History
Originally known as the Timex Crew, members included Marcus Thompson (founder), Gregory "Greg B" Thomas, Michael Marshall, Craig Samuel, and Darrien Cleage. By 1986, Samuel, Cleage, and Thomas had depart... | {"Origin": "Berkeley, California", "Genres": "Contemporary R&B, go-go, funk, urban contemporary, soul", "Labels": "Jay Records/ Danya/ Fantasy Records", "Members": "Marcus Thompson (DJ) Samuelle Prater (vocals)"} |
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Hythe () is a town in Hampshire, England. It is located by the shore of Southampton Water, and has a ferry service connecting it to Southampton. Hythe has a shopping area, a pier, and a marina for yachts.
History
The name Hythe means landing-place or haven.Hythe, Old Hampshire Gazettee... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124955&c=Hythe+and+Dibden&d=16&e=62&g=6430966&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1481653573312&enc=1 Civil Parish population 2011 13 December 2016 Office for National Statistics Neighbourh... |
Silas Stillman Soule (/ˈsoʊl/ [sole]) (July 26, 1838 – April 23, 1865) was an American abolitionist, military officer and 'conductor' on the Underground Railroad. As a Kansas Jayhawker, he supported and was a proponent of John Brown's movement in the time of strife leading up to the American Civil War.
During the war... | {"Birth name": "Silas Stillman Soule", "Born": "Bath, Maine, United States", "Died": "Denver, Colorado Territory, United States", "Spouse(s)": "Hersa A. Coberly 1865", "Allegiance": "United States", "Other work": "Provost marshal, Denver, Colorado Territory (1865)", "Commands held": "Company D, 1st Colorado Cavalry"} |
Madeline Gail Kahn (née Wolfson; September 29, 1942 - December 3, 1999) was an American actress, comedian, and singer. She is known for comedic roles in films directed by Peter Bogdanovich and Mel Brooks, including What's Up, Doc? (1972), Blazing Saddles (1974), Young Frankenstein (1974), High Anxiety (1977), History o... | {"Name": "Madeline Kahn", "Caption": "Kahn in 1983", "Birth name": "Madeline Gail Wolfson", "Birth date": "1942 9 29", "Birth place": "Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Death date": "1999 12 3 1942 9 29", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress comedian singer", "Years active": "1964-1999", "Education... |
The Subway Series is a series of Major League Baseball (MLB) rivalry games played between the two teams based in New York City, the Yankees and the Mets. Previously, this applied to the Giants and Dodgers as well, before they moved out of New York City. Every historic and current venue for such games has been accessibl... | {"Official name": "Subway Series", "Series image": "300px300px", "Image caption": "The view of Yankee Stadium (top) and Citi Field (bottom) from their adjacent New York City Subway stations at 161st Street-Yankee Stadium station and Mets-Willets Point station, respectively.", "Teams": "Brooklyn Dodgers", "First meeting... |
Edward Theodore Riley (born October 8, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer credited with the creation of the R&B-hip hop fusion genre new jack swing. He was the creator and lead singer of the musical groups Blackstreet and its precedessor, Guy. The genre gained popularity from artists who heavi... | {"Born": "New York City, U.S.", "Genres": "R&B \nhip hop\nnew jack swing", "Member of": "BLACKstreet\nGuy\nQDT", "Labels": "Interscope Uptown MCA Lil Man DreamWorks", "Website": "www.teddyriley.com"} |
The Second Coming is a two-part British television drama first screened on ITV in the United Kingdom in February 2003. It concerns the realisation of humble video store worker Steve Baxter (played by Christopher Eccleston) that he is in fact the Son of God, and has just a few days to find the human race's Third Testam... | {"Genre": "DramaSupernatural", "Written by": "Russell T Davies", "Directed by": "Adrian Shergold", "Starring": "Christopher EcclestonLesley SharpMark BentonKenny Doughty", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Running time": "145 min.", "Original network": "ITV", "Original release": "2003 02 10 yes"} |
The Kfar Etzion massacre refers to a massacre of Jews that took place after a two-day battle in which Jewish Kibbutz residents and Haganah militia defended Kfar Etzion from a combined force of the Arab Legion and local Arab men on May 13, 1948, the day before the Israeli Declaration of Independence. Of the 127 Haganah ... | {"Title": "Kfar Etzion massacre", "Part of": "1947-48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine", "Image size": "240px", "Caption": "Casualties of the \"Convoy of 35\" being brought to burial. January 1948", "Location": "Kfar Etzion", "Date": "1948 5 13", "Fatalities": "127https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/a... |
Duklja (; ; ) was a medieval South Slavic state which roughly encompassed the territories of modern-day southeastern Montenegro, from the Bay of Kotor in the west to the Bojana River in the east, and to the sources of the Zeta and Morača rivers in the north. First mentioned in 10th- and 11th century Byzantine chronicle... | {"Native name": "ДукљаDuklja", "Conventional long name": "Principality/Kingdom of Duklja", "Starting event": "Established", "Event 1": "Elevated to the status of kingdom", "Event 1 date": "1077", "Event ending the country": "Conquered by Grand Principality of Serbia", "Capital": "BarShkodër", "Leader 1": "Petar (first ... |
The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) was a non-departmental public body of the Government of the United Kingdom which existed from 1 April 2006 until 7 October 2013. SOCA was a national law enforcement agency with Home Office sponsorship, established as a body corporate under Section 1 of the Serious Organised Cri... | {"Uniformed as": "Serious Organised Crime Agency", "Abbreviation": "SOCA", "Formed": "1 April 2006", "Dissolved": "7 October 2013", "Superseding agency": "National Crime Agency", "Employees": "4,200", "Annual budget": "£494M (2008/09)", "Multinational agency": "United Kingdom", "Size": "244821 km2 sqmi 0", "Population"... |
Alfred Abraham Knopf Sr. (September 12, 1892August 11, 1984) was an American publisher of the 20th century, and co-founder of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. His contemporaries included the likes of Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer, and (of the previous generation) Frank Nelson Doubleday, J. Henry Harper and Henry Holt. Knopf pai... | {"Caption": "Knopf in 1935, photograph by Carl van Vechten", "Birth name": "Alfred Abraham Knopf", "Birth date": "1892 9 12", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Death date": "1984 8 11 1892 9 12", "Death place": "Purchase, New York, U.S.", "Education": "Columbia University (1912)", "Spouse(s)": "Blanche Wolf Knopf ... |
The Schuylkill River ( ,Oxford Dictionary: definition of Schuylkill River (American English) ) is a river running northwest to southeast in eastern Pennsylvania. The river was improved by navigations into the Schuylkill Canal, and several of its tributaries drain major parts of Pennsylvania's Coal Region. It flows for... | {"Etymology": "\"hidden/skulking creek\" in Dutch", "Mouth": "0 ft on", "Location": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States", "Coordinates": "39 53 04 N 75 11 41 W inline,title", "Basin size": "2000 sqmi on", "Left": "Little Schuylkill River, Perkiomen Creek", "Right": "Tulpehocken Creek, French Creek"} |
The United Kingdom's entry into the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 was "Love Shine a Light" by Katrina and the Waves. The entry was chosen during the UK selection show, The Great British Song Contest, hosted by Dale Winton on 9 March, with the results announced six days later. The UK went on to win the song contest which... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Selection process": "The Great British Song Contest 1997", "Selection date(s)": "Semi-final7 February 1997Final9 March 1997", "Selected entrant": "Katrina and the Waves", "Selected song": "Love Shine a Light", "Selected songwriter(s)": "Kimberley Rew", "Final result": "1st, 227 points"} |
Dexter is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,803 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Bangor metropolitan statistical area. Dexter Regional High School, which serves Dexter as well as other nearby small towns, is located in the town.
History
Dexter was settled beginning in 1801 by... | {"Land": "35.13", "Water": "2.03", "Density": "41.8", "DST": "-4", "Website": "www.dextermaine.org"} |
Ballantine Books is a major American book publisher that is a subsidiary of German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. Ballantine was founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine with his wife, Betty Ballantine. Ballantine was acquired by Random House in 1973, which in turn was acquired by Bertelsmann in 1998 and remains part of that... | {"Founded": "1952", "Country of origin": "United States", "Headquarters location": "New York City, New York", "Official website": "http://randomhousebooks.com"} |
The Yukon Liberal Party () is a political party in the territory of Yukon, Canada. The party is not organizationally linked to the federal Liberal Party of Canada in any official manner.
History
After twenty years as a minor party, the Yukon Liberal Party won the 2000 general election and formed a government under Pre... | {"Leader": "Ranj Pillai", "President": "Carly Carruthers", "Founded": "1978", "Ideology": "Liberalism", "Headquarters": "108 Elliott StreetUnit 183Whitehorse, YukonY1A 6C4", "Political position": "Centre"} |
Oliver Wood (21 February 1942 - 13 February 2023) was a British cinematographer, best known for his work on blockbuster action and comedy films such as Die Hard 2, Face/Off, Freaky Friday, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, and the Bourne franchise. He collaborated with directors like Paul Greengrass, John Wo... | {"Name": "Oliver Wood", "Birth date": "1942 02 21 yes", "Birth place": "London, England", "Death date": "2023 02 13 1942 02 21 yes", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Cinematographer", "Years active": "1961-2023", "Known For": "Miami ViceThe Bourne TrilogyFace/Off"} |
The Albert Einstein Institution (AEI) is a non-profit organization specializing in the study of the methods of nonviolent resistance in conflict. It was founded by scholar Gene Sharp in 1983, and named after Albert Einstein.
Until 2000, the institute provided funding for Einstein Institution Fellowships for scholars, ... | {"Abbreviation": "AEI", "Type": "Non-profit", "Headquarters": "East Boston, Massachusetts, United States", "Website": "https://www.aeinstein.org/"} |
Hilary and Jackie is a 1998 British biographical film directed by Anand Tucker, starring Emily Watson and Rachel Griffiths as the British classical musician sisters Jacqueline du Pré (cello) and Hilary du Pré (flute). The film covers Jacqueline's meteoric rise to fame, her alleged affair with Hilary's husband Christoph... | {"Directed by": "Anand Tucker", "Produced by": "Nicolas KentAndy Paterson", "Screenplay by": "Frank Cottrell Boyce", "Starring": "Emily Watson\n Rachel Griffiths\n James Frain\n David Morrissey\n Charles Dance\n Celia Imrie", "Music by": "Barrington Pheloung", "Cinematography": "David Johnson", "Edited by": "Martin Wal... |
Run Lola Run (, lit. "Lola Runs") is a 1998 German experimental thriller film written and directed by Tom Tykwer. The story follows a woman named Lola (Franka Potente) who needs to obtain 100,000 Deutschmarks in twenty minutes to save the life of her boyfriend Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu).
Run Lola Run screened at the Ve... | {"Directed by": "Tom Tykwer", "Produced by": "Stefan Arndt", "Written by": "Tom Tykwer", "Starring": "Franka Potente\n Moritz Bleibtreu\n Herbert Knaup\n Nina Petri\n Joachim Król\n Armin Rohde\n Heino Ferch\n Suzanne von Borsody\n Sebastian Schipper", "Narrated by": "Hans Paetsch", "Music by": "Tom Tykwer\n Johnny Kli... |
Chris Roberts (born May 27, 1968) is a British-American video game designer, programmer, film producer and film director. He created the Wing Commander series while at Origin Systems and since 2010 has been working on the crowdfunded space simulator Star Citizen.
Early life
Roberts was born in Redwood City, Californ... | {"Name": "Chris Roberts", "Caption": "Chris Roberts at GDC Online 2012", "Birth date": "1968 5 27", "Birth place": "Redwood City, California, U.S.", "Known For": "Wing CommanderFreelancerStar Citizen", "Occupation": "Game designer, filmmaker"} |
The Williams Tower (originally named the Transco Tower) is a 64-story, class A postmodern office tower located in the Uptown District of Houston, Texas. The building was designed by New York-based John Burgee Architects with Philip Johnson in association with Houston-based Morris-Aubry Architects (now known as Morris ... | {"Former names": "Transco Tower (1982-1998)", "Status": "Complete", "Elevation": "up", "Type": "Office tower", "Architectural style": "Postmodern", "Current tenants": "Williams CompaniesQuanta ServicesValaris Limited Cadence BancorpHines Interests Limited Partnership Consulate General of Denmark, Houston", "Address": ... |
The Lowland Clearances were one of the results of the Scottish Agricultural Revolution, which changed the traditional system of agriculture which had existed in Lowland Scotland in the seventeenth century. Thousands of cottars and tenant farmers from the southern counties (Lowlands) of Scotland migrated from farms and ... | {"Title": "Lowland Clearances", "Image caption": "A Scottish Lowland farm 1690", "Patrons": "-->", "Organizers": "-->", "Outcome": "Thousands of cottars and tenant farmers from the southern counties of Scotland migrated from farms and small holdings they had occupied to the new industrial centres", "First blank label":... |
Carla Bley (born Lovella May Borg; May 11, 1936) is an American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader. An important figure in the free jazz movement of the 1960s, she is perhaps best known for her jazz opera Escalator over the Hill (released as a triple LP set), as well as a book of compositions that have bee... | {"Born": "Oakland, California, U.S.", "Genres": "Jazz", "Labels": "WATT, ECM, Universal", "Website": "wattxtrawatt.com"} |
Aaron Brown (born November 10, 1948) is an American broadcast journalist most recognized for his coverage of the September 11 attacks on CNN. He was a longtime reporter for ABC, the founding host of ABC's World News Now, weekend anchor of World News Tonight and the host of CNN's flagship evening program NewsNight with ... | {"Name": "Aaron Brown", "Birth date": "1948 11 10", "Birth place": "Hopkins, Minnesota, U.S.", "Occupation": "Broadcast journalist", "Years active": "1976-present (in television)", "Spouse(s)": "Charlotte Raynor 1982", "Children": "1", "Notable works": "Wide Angle anchor (2008-2009)World News Saturday anchor (2006-2007... |
Stephen Tomašević or Stephen II (; died 25 May 1463) was the last sovereign from the Bosnian Kotromanić dynasty, reigning as Despot of Serbia briefly in 1459 and as King of Bosnia from 1461 until 1463.
Stephen's father, King Thomas, had great ambitions for him. An attempt to expand into Croatia by marrying Stephen to ... | {"Father": "Thomas, King of Bosnia", "Mother": "Vojača", "Died": "Carevo Polje, Jajce, Bosnia", "Burial": "Franciscan monastery of Saint Luke, Jajce (presumed)", "Religion": "Roman Catholic"} |
Thirsk is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England known for its racecourse; quirky yarnbomber displays, and depiction as local author James Herriot's fictional Darrowby.
History
thumb|left|St Mary's Church, Thirsk (August 2005)
Archeological finds indicate there was a settlement in Thirsk around 500... | {"OS grid reference": "SE429820", "Unitary authority": "North Yorkshire", "Ceremonial county": "North Yorkshire", "Sovereign state": "England", "UK Parliament": "Thirsk and Malton", "Postcode district": "YO7", "Dialling code": "01845", "Website": "thirsk-tc.gov.uk"} |
Christian Donald Laettner (, ; born August 17, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player. His college career for the Duke Blue Devils is widely regarded as one of the best in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) history. He was the star player on the back-to-back Duke National Championship t... | {"Born": "Angola, New York, U.S.", "Listed height": "11", "Listed weight": "235", "High school": "Nichols School (Buffalo, New York)", "College": "Duke (1988-1992)"} |
Juanita Craft (born Juanita Jewel Shanks; February 9, 1902 - August 6, 1985) was an American activist and politician. Craft was an activist in the civil rights movement and also served as a member of the Dallas City Council in Texas.Women In Texas History - Juanita Craft
Biography
Born in Round Rock, Texas, Craft was... | {"Name": "Juanita J. Craft", "Caption": "Craft during her tenure as a city council member in Dallas, Texas, 1976.", "Birth name": "Juanita Jewel Shanks", "Birth date": "1902 2 9", "Birth place": "Round Rock, Texas, U.S.", "Death date": "1985 8 6 1902 2 9NPS - Civil Rights - Juanita CraftDallas News - Decades after deat... |
The Central Bank bombing was one of the deadliest attacks carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during the separatist civil war in Sri Lanka between the government and the Tamil Tigers.
Incident
The attack took place on 31 January 1996, in the Sri Lankan city of Colombo. A lorry containing about 4... | {"Title": "Colombo Central Bank bombing", "Caption": "The Central Bank bombing was one of the most devastating and deadliest attacks that occurred in Sri Lanka during the civil war.", "Target": "Civilians", "Date": "31 January 1996", "Type of attack": "Bombing", "Fatalities": "91", "Injuries": "1400", "Perpetrators": "... |
The Radio Tisdas Sessions is a 2001 (see 2001 in music) album by the Malian group Tinariwen. The album was recorded at Kidal's local Tuareg station, Radio Tisdas, by producers Justin Adams and Lo'Jo. While Tinariwen had previously recorded several cassette-only albums for regional markets, The Radio Tisdas Sessions was... | {"Released": "6 August 2001 (UK)13 November 2001 (U.S.)", "Recorded": "January 2000 Radio Tisdas, Kidal", "Genre": "Blues\nrock\nfolk\nworld", "Label": "Wayward", "Producer": "Justin AdamsLo'Jo"} |
Stephen Poliakoff (born 1 December 1952) is a British playwright, director and screenwriter. In 2006 Gerard Gilbert of The Independent described him as the UK's "pre-eminent TV dramatist" who had "inherited Dennis Potter's crown".
Early life
Poliakoff was born in Holland Park, West London, to Ina (née Montagu) and Al... | {"Name": "Stephen Poliakoff", "Post-nominals": "GBR , CBE FRSL", "Caption": "Stephen Poliakoff, May 2008", "Birth date": "yes 1952 12 1", "Birth place": "Holland Park, London, England", "Spouse(s)": "Sandy Welch (m. 1983)", "Children": "2", "Parent(s)": "Alexander Poliakoff Ina Montagu", "Occupation": "Playwright, dire... |
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