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Metromedia (also often MetroMedia) was an American media company that owned radio and television stations in the United States from 1956 to 1986 and controlled Orion Pictures from 1988 to 1997. Metromedia was established in 1956 after the DuMont Television Network ceased operations and its owned-and-operated stations w... | {"Type": "Public", "Industry": "Media", "Fate": "Sold off. Corporate name continues as owner of MetroMedia Technologies.http://www.mmt.com/about_us.php About Us MetroMedia Technologies https://web.archive.org/web/20110605071915/http://www.mmt.com/about_us.php June 5, 2011 October 3, 2018", "Founded": "1931 as Alle... |
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Edith Head (October 28, 1897 - October 24, 1981) was an American costume designer who won a record eight Academy Awards for Best Costume Design between 1949 and 1973, making her the most awarded woman in the Academy's history. Head is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential ... | {"Name": "Edith Head", "Caption": "Edith Head in 1976", "Birth name": "Edith Claire Posener", "Birth date": "1897 10 28", "Birth place": "San Bernardino, California,Anne Commire Deborah Klezmer Women in World History: Harr-I https://books.google.com/books?id=gDsOAQAAMAAJ 2000 Yorkin Publications 978-0-7876-4066-8 U.S."... |
Xu Zhimo (, , Mandarin: , 15 January 1897 - 19 November 1931) was a Chinese romantic poet and writer of modern Chinese poetry who strove to loosen Chinese poetry from its traditional forms and to reshape it under the influences of Western poetry and the vernacular Chinese language. He died in a plane crash.
Biography
... | {"Birth date": "1897 1 15 y", "Birth place": "Haining, Zhejiang, Qing China", "Death date": "1931 11 19 1897 1 15 y", "Death place": "Jinan, Shandong, Republic of China", "Relatives": "Jin Yong (cousin)", "Spouse(s)": "Zhang Youyi 1915 1922 Lu Xiaoman 1926", "Alma mater": "University of Shanghai\nPeiyang University\nPe... |
Locke, also known as Locke Historic District, is an unincorporated community in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta of California, United States. The was first developed between 1893 and 1915 approximately one mile north of the town of Walnut Grove in Sacramento County.
Locke is a primarily agricultural community... | {"Location": "Bounded on the W by the Sacramento River, on the N by Locke Rd., on the E by Alley St., and on the S by Levee St., Locke, California", "Built": "1915", "Architectural style": "Woodcutter’s Gothic vernacular similar to other gold rush towns in the region. [HABS 1986]. Five of the approximately 36 remaining... |
Vlatko Vuković Kosača (; died ) was a 14th-century Bosnian nobleman who held the titles of the Duke of Hum and Grand Duke of Bosnia. He distinguished himself as one of the best military commanders of King Tvrtko I in battles against the Ottoman Empire.
Biography
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Black Majesty is an Australian power metal band formed in 2001 as Kymera. The band was founded by guitarist Steve Janevski (ex-Cyclone Tracy) and bassist Cory Betts (ex-Pegazus). After the release of a three track sampler album, they signed a five-album contract with German-based label, LMP Records. The group released ... | {"Origin": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Genres": "Power metalHeavy metal", "Labels": "Limb", "Website": "blackmajesty.com", "Members": "John 'Gio' CavaliereSteve JanevskiHanny MohamedEvan HarrisBen Wignall"} |
Periclase is a magnesium mineral that occurs naturally in contact metamorphic rocks and is a major component of most basic refractory bricks. It is a cubic form of magnesium oxide (MgO). In nature it usually forms a solid solution with wüstite (FeO) and is then referred to as ferropericlase or magnesiowüstite.
It was ... | {"Category": "Oxide minerals", "IMA symbol": "PerWarr L.N. 2021 IMA-CNMNC approved mineral symbols https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mineralogical-magazine/article/imacnmnc-approved-mineral-symbols/62311F45ED37831D78603C6E6B25EE0A Mineralogical Magazine 85 3 291-320 10.1180/mgm.2021.43 2021MinM...85..291W 23572... |
John Wesley Hardin (May 26, 1853 - August 19, 1895) was an American Old West outlaw, gunfighter, and controversial folk icon. Hardin often got into trouble with the law from an early age. He killed his first man at the age of 15, claiming he did so in self-defense.
Pursued by lawmen for most of his life, in 1877 at th... | {"Name": "John Wesley Hardin", "Image": "John Wesley Hardin.gif", "Caption": "This ferrotype photograph is a mirror image of Hardin.", "Birth date": "1853 05 26", "Birth place": "Bonham, Texas, U.S.", "Death date": "1895 08 19 1853 05 26", "Death place": "El Paso, Texas, U.S.", "Death cause": "Gunshot wound", "Parent(s... |
Harry Corwin Nixon (April 1, 1891 - October 22, 1961) was a Canadian politician and briefly the 13th premier of Ontario in 1943. He is both the longest-serving member in the history of the Ontario legislature and the shortest-serving premier of Ontario.
Life and career
Nixon was born on a farm near St. George, Ontario... | {"Term start": "May 18, 1943", "Term end": "August 17, 1943", "Lieutenant governor": "Albert E. Matthews", "Riding 1": "BrantBrant North 1919-1926Brant County 1926-1934", "Birth name": "Harry Corwin Nixon", "Birth date": "1891 4 1 y", "Birth place": "St. George, Ontario", "Death date": "1961 10 22 1891 04 01", "Death p... |
Hi-NRG (pronounced "high energy") is a genre of uptempo disco or electronic dance music (EDM) that originated in the United States during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
As a music genre, typified by fast tempo, staccato hi-hat rhythms (and the four-on-the-floor pattern), reverberated "intense" vocals and "pulsating" ... | {"Name": "Hi-NRG", "Stylistic origins": "Electronic\n disco", "Cultural origins": "Late 1970s - early 1980s, United States", "Derivative forms": "Eurobeat\n Eurodance\n Italo disco\n hard house\n hard NRG\n new beat", "Regional scenes": "London\n New York\n San Francisco", "Other genre topics": "List of artists and son... |
The massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia (; ) were carried out in German-occupied Poland by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) with the support of parts of the local Ukrainian population against the Polish minority in Volhynia, Eastern Galicia, parts of Polesia and Lublin region from 1943 to 1945. The pea... | {"Title": "Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia", "Subheader": "Part of the Eastern Front of World War II", "Image": "320px", "Caption": "Polish victims of a massacre committed by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army in the village of Lipniki, Wołyń (Volhynia), 1943", "Location": "VolhyniaEastern GaliciaPolesieLu... |
Stephen I Kotromanić () (1242-1314) was a Bosnian Ban from 1287 to 1290 jointly with Ban Prijezda II and 1290-1314 alone as a vassal of the Kingdom of Hungary.
Origin
His ancestry is not known precisely. It is believed that he was the son of a German nobleman Gotfrid, founder of the family he belonged to Kelad went to... | {"Father": "Prijezda I", "Mother": "Elizabeth of Slavonia", "Born": "Bosnia", "Died": "Bosnia", "Burial": "Mile, near Visoko"} |
Faith Susan Alberta Watson (March 6, 1955 - March 21, 2015), better known as Alberta Watson, was a Canadian film and television actress.Alberta Watson profile, filmreference.com; accessed March 23, 2015.
Early life
Watson was born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1955.Rita Zekas. "Alberta's Feeling At Home On Deranged" , Toron... | {"Caption": "Alberta Watson on 24", "Name": "Alberta Watson", "Birth name": "Faith Susan Alberta Watson", "Birth date": "1955 3 6", "Birth place": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Death date": "2015 03 21 1955 03 06", "Death place": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Spouse(s)": "Ken Sedgwick", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years ac... |
Spanking the Monkey is a 1994 American black comedy film written and directed by David O. Russell. It was filmed in Pawling, New York.
Plot
Ray Aibelli has finished his first year of college at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He plans to spend his summer taking advantage of the prestigious medical internshi... | {"Directed by": "David O. Russell", "Produced by": "Dean Silvers", "Written by": "David O. Russell", "Starring": "Jeremy Davies\n Alberta Watson\n Carla Gallo\n Benjamin Hendrickson", "Music by": "David Carbonara", "Cinematography": "Michael Mayers", "Edited by": "Pamela Martin", "Distributed by": "Fine Line Features",... |
Changi Naval Base (CNB), officially known as the RSS Singapura - Changi Naval Base, is a naval base of the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and United States Navy (USN). Located about 1.5 kilometres east of Changi Air Base (East) and 3.5 kilometres east of Singapore Changi Airport, the base was built on 1.28 km² (0.50 ... | {"Type": "Naval base", "Coordinates": "1 19 16 N 104 01 33 E inline,title region:SG_type:landmark", "Owner": "SingaporeUnited States", "Operator": "Republic of Singapore NavyUnited States Navy", "Controlled by": "SingaporeUnited States", "Open tothe public": "Limited", "Area": "86 ha km2 on", "Built": "2004", "Website"... |
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Stroke order is the order in which the strokes of a Chinese character (or Chinese derivative character) are written. A stroke is a movement of ... | {"Name in simplified characters": "笔顺", "Name in traditional characters": "筆順", "Pinyin transcription": "bǐshùn", "Yale Romanization (Cantonese)": "bāt seuhn", "Jyutping": "bat1 seon6", "Japanese name in Kanji": "筆順", "Japanese Hepburn romanization": "hitsujun", "Korean name in Korean characters": "필순", "Korean name in... |
Hugh Sykes Davies (17 August 1909 - 6 June 1984)'The Eagle', vol. LXX, no. 293 (Easter 1985), pp. 61-4. joh.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2021. was an English poet, novelist and communist, who was one of a small group of 1930s British surrealists.
Biography
Davies was born in Prescot, Merseyside (then in Lancashire... | {"Born": "1909 8 17 y", "Died": "1984 6 6 1909 8 17 y", "Occupation": "Poet, novelist and critic", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "St John's College, Cambridge"} |
Batemans Bay is a town on the South Coast region of the state of New South Wales, Australia. Batemans Bay is administered by the Eurobodalla Shire council. The town is situated on the shores of an estuary formed where the Clyde River meets the southern Pacific Ocean.
Batemans Bay is located on the Princes Highway (Hig... | {"Type": "town", "Name": "Batemans Bay", "State Abbreviation": "nsw", "Caption": "Looking towards the former Batemans Bay Bridge from the banks of the Clyde River which flows into the bay.", "Coordinates": "35 42 29 S 150 10 28 E inline,title", "Population": "17,519", "Population Year": "2021", "Population Footnotes": ... |
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Rheydt () is a borough of the German city Mönchengladbach, located in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 1918 and then again from 1933 (due to a split from Mönchengladbach arranged by Joseph Goebbels, who was born there) through 1975 it was an independent city.
Af... | {"Image caption": "Schloss Rheydt", "Lageplanbeschreibung or plantext": "Location of Rheydt in Mönchengladbach", "Bundesland or state": "North Rhine-Westphalia", "Regierungsbezirk or region": "Düsseldorf", "Kreis / Landkreis or district": "urban", "City or Town or Municipality": "Mönchengladbach", "Fläche or area": "1.... |
Blue1 Oy was a Finnish airline owned by CityJet. It was a subsidiary of the SAS Group and flew to around 28 destinations in Europe, mainly from its base at Helsinki Airport. It carried over 1.7 million passengers in 2011.Annual Report 2011 sasannualreport2011.com Retrieved 22 August 2013. The airline was a member of S... | {"Airline name": "Blue1", "Image size (px)": "150", "IATA Designator": "KF", "ICAO Designator": "BLF", "Callsign": "BLUEFINN", "Parent Company": "CityJet", "Founded": "1987", "Ceased operations": "2016 (merged into CityJet)", "Headquarters": "Vantaa, Finland", "Airline Alliance": "Star Alliance (affiliate)Regional memb... |
Volodymyr Petrovych Kuts (, , 7 February 1927 - 16 August 1975) was a Soviet long-distance runner. He won the 5000 and 10000 m races at the 1956 Olympics, setting Olympic records in both events.
Biography
Kuts was born in Oleksyne, Ukrainian SSR, USSR.Vladimir Kuts (Soviet athlete). Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved ... | {"Name": "Vladimir Kuts Volodymyr Kuts", "Image caption": "Kuts winning the 5000 m Olympic final in 1956.", "Birth date": "7 February 1927", "Place of birth": "Oleksyne, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union", "Death date": "16 August 1975 (aged 48)", "Place of death": "Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union", "Height": "1.72 m fti... |
Eric Roberts Laithwaite (14 June 1921 – 27 November 1997) was a British electrical engineer, known as the "Father of Maglev" for his development of the linear induction motor and maglev rail system.
Biography
Eric Roberts Laithwaite was born in Atherton, Lancashire, on 14 June 1921, raised in the Fylde, Lancashire a... | {"Honorific prefix": "Professor", "Name": "Eric Roberts Laithwaite", "Birth date": "1921 06 14 y", "Death date": "1997 11 27 1921 06 14 y", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Sheila Gooddie", "Occupation": "Electrical engineer", "Known For": "pioneering work in Maglev technology"} |
Johann Georg Elser (; 4 January 1903 - 9 April 1945) was a German worker who planned and carried out an elaborate assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler and other high-ranking Nazi leaders on 8 November 1939 at the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich (known as the Bürgerbräukeller Bombing). Elser constructed and placed a bomb ne... | {"Name": "Georg Elser", "Caption": "Bust of Elser in Berlin", "Birth name": "Johann Georg Elser", "Birth date": "1903 1 4 yes", "Birth place": "Hermaringen, Württemberg, German Empire", "Death date": "1945 04 09 1903 01 04 yes", "Death place": "Dachau concentration camp, Dachau, Nazi Germany", "Death cause": "Execution... |
The Specials is the debut album by British ska revival band the Specials. Released on 19 October 1979 on Jerry Dammers' 2 Tone label, the album is seen by some as the defining moment in the UK ska scene. Produced by Elvis Costello, the album captures the disaffection and anger felt by the youth of the UK's "concrete ju... | {"Released": "1979 10 19 yes", "Recorded": "Summer 1979", "Studio": "TW Studios, Fulham, London", "Genre": "Ska \n reggae\n 2 Tone\n punk rock\n new wavehttps://www.allmusic.com/blog/post/thirteen-new-wave-album-classics Thirteen New Wave Album Classics AllMusic May 7, 2023 de Visé Daniel", "Label": "2 Tone", "Pro... |
Edmund Brisco "Henry" Ford (23 April 1901 - 2 January 1988) was a British ecological geneticist. He was a leader among those British biologists who investigated the role of natural selection in nature. As a schoolboy Ford became interested in lepidoptera, the group of insects which includes butterflies and moths. He w... | {"Fields": "Ecological genetics", "Institutions": "University of Oxford", "Influences": "H.D. Ford, Julian Huxley, F. A. Dixey, R. A. Fisher, G. D. Hale Carpenter", "Influenced": "Philip MacDonald Sheppard, E. R. Creed, L.M.Cook, J. R. G. Turner, K. G. McWhirter, Bernard Kettlewell"} |
Theresa (Portuguese: Teresa; Galician-Portuguese: Tareja or Tareixa; Latin: Tarasia) ( 1080 - 11 November 1130) was Countess of Portugal, and for a time claimant to be its independent Queen. She rebelled against her half-sister Queen Urraca of León. She was recognised as Queen by Pope Paschal II in 1116, but was captur... | {"Born": "1080", "Died": "Monastery of Montederramo, Galicia", "Burial": "Braga Cathedral, Braga, Portugal", "Father": "Alfonso VI of León", "Mother": "Jimena Muñoz"} |
thumb|250px|Glubb Pasha in Amman in 1940
Lieutenant-General Sir John Bagot Glubb, KCB, CMG, DSO, OBE, MC, KStJ, KPM (16 April 1897 - 17 March 1986), known as Glubb Pasha () and Abu Hunaik () by the Jordanians, was a British soldier, scholar, and author, who led and trained Transjordan's Arab Legion between 1939 and 19... | {"Born": "Preston, Lancashire, England", "Died": "Mayfield, East Sussex, England", "Nickname(s)": "Glubb Pasha", "Allegiance": "Jordan", "Commands held": "Royal EngineersArab Legion", "Awards": "Knight Commander of the Order of the BathCompanion of the Order of St Michael and St GeorgeDistinguished Service OrderOfficer... |
Anthony David McPartlin (born 18 November 1975) is an English television presenter, former singer, rapper and actor. He is best known for working alongside Dec Donnelly as part of the presenting duo Ant & Dec.
McPartlin came to prominence, alongside Donnelly, in the children's drama series Byker Grove, with both of t... | {"Name": "Ant McPartlin", "Post-nominals": "GBR 100% OBE", "Caption": "McPartlin in 2014", "Birth name": "Anthony David McPartlin", "Birth date": "y 1975 11 18", "Birth place": "Newcastle upon Tyne, England", "Spouse(s)": "Lisa \nArmstrong 2006 2018 divorced Anne-Marie Corbett 2021", "Occupation": "Television presenter... |
Ant & Dec are a British television presenting duo consisting of Anthony McPartlin (born 18 November 1975) and Declan Donnelly (born 25 September 1975) from Newcastle upon Tyne. Formed after their meeting as child actors on CBBC's drama Byker Grove, they performed together as pop musicians PJ & Duncan, the names of thei... | {"Name": "Ant & Dec", "Caption": "Anthony \"Ant\" McPartlin and Declan \"Dec\" Donnelly in 2014", "Birth date": "Anthony David McPartlin1975 11 18 yNewcastle upon Tyne, EnglandDeclan Joseph Oliver Donnelly1975 9 25 y", "Birth place": "Newcastle upon Tyne, England", "Occupation": "Television presenters\n actors\n comedi... |
The Fifteenth United States Army, commonly known as Fifteenth Army, was a field army of the United States in the European Theater of World War II. It was the last United States field army to see service in northwestern Europe during the war and was commanded by General George S. Patton until his death in December 1945.... | {"Disbanded": "January 31, 1946", "Branch": "United States Army", "Role": "Headquarters", "Size": "Field army", "Notablecommanders": "General George S. Patton"} |
Declan Joseph Oliver Donnelly (born 25 September 1975) is a British television presenter, television producer, former singer, rapper, comedian and actor from Newcastle upon Tyne, England. He is best known for working alongside Ant McPartlin as part of the presenting duo Ant & Dec.
Donnelly came to prominence, alongsi... | {"Name": "Declan Donnelly", "Post-nominals": "GBR 100% OBE", "Caption": "Donnelly in 2014", "Children": "2", "Birth name": "Declan Joseph Oliver Donnelly", "Birth date": "1975 9 25 yes", "Birth place": "Newcastle upon Tyne, England", "Occupation": "Television presenter television producer former singer comedian actor r... |
Historic Crew Stadium, previously known as Columbus Crew Stadium and Mapfre Stadium, is a soccer-specific stadium in Columbus, Ohio, United States. It primarily served as the home stadium of the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer from 1999 until 2021, when the team moved to Lower.com Field. The Historic Crew Stadium ... | {"Location": "Columbus, Ohio", "Coordinates": "40 0 34 N 82 59 28 W inline,title dms type:landmark_scale:3000", "Broke ground": "August 14, 1998Columbus Crew Media Guide https://web.archive.org/web/20120425080107/http://mlsdigitalpr.drupalgardens.com/sites/mlsdigitalpr.drupalgardens.com/files/2011%20Columbus%20Crew%20M... |
Yiyang () is a prefecture-level city on the Zi River in Hunan province, China, straddling Lake Dongting and bordering Hubei to the north. According to the 2010 Census, Yiyang has a population of 4,313,084 inhabitants residing in an area of . The previous census was in 2000 when it was recorded there were 4,309,143 inha... | {"Urban density": "666600", "Density": "auto", "ISO 3166 code": "CN-HN-09", "Website": "www.yiyang.gov.cn/yiyang/index.htm"} |
Miracle is a 2004 American sports film about the United States men's ice hockey team, led by head coach Herb Brooks, portrayed by Kurt Russell, who won the gold medal in the 1980 Winter Olympics. The American team's victory over the heavily favored Soviet professionals in the medal round was dubbed the "Miracle on Ice"... | {"Directed by": "Gavin O'Connor", "Produced by": "Mark Ciardi Gordon Gray Ross Greenburg Justis Greene Jon Mone Greg O'Connor", "Written by": "Eric Guggenheim Mike Rich", "Starring": "Kurt Russell Patricia Clarkson Noah Emmerich", "Music by": "Mark Isham", "Cinematography": "Dan Stoloff", "Edited by": "John Gilroy Dari... |
Nanyang is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Henan province, China. The city with the largest administrative area in Henan, Nanyang borders Xinyang to the southeast, Zhumadian to the east, Pingdingshan to the northeast, Luoyang to the north, Sanmenxia to the northwest, the province of Shaanxi to the west, and... | {"Length": "263", "Width": "168", "Rank": "72.2", "Density": "auto", "Urban density": "auto", "Rural density": "auto", "Metro density": "auto", "ISO 3166 code": "CN-HA-13", "Website": "http://www.nanyang.gov.cn"} |
Joseph Bologna (December 30, 1934 - August 13, 2017) was an American actor, playwright and screenwriter notable for his roles in the comedy films My Favorite Year, Blame It on Rio, and Transylvania 6-5000.
Life and career
Bologna was born in the Parkville section of Brooklyn, New York to an Italian-American family. H... | {"Name": "Joseph Bologna", "Image": "Joseph Bologna 1974.JPG", "Caption": "Bologna in 1974", "Birth date": "1934 12 30", "Birth place": "Brooklyn, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "2017 08 13 1934 12 30", "Death place": "Duarte, California, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Brown University", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "... |
Federal Hall is a historic building at 26 Wall Street in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City. The current Greek Revival-style building, completed in 1842 as the Custom House, is operated by the National Park Service as a national memorial called the Federal Hall National Memorial. The memorial is named... | {"Part of": "07000063", "Location": "26 Wall Street, Financial District, Manhattan, New York City", "Area": "0.45 acre ha", "Architect": "Town and Davis; John Frazee (Interior Rotunda)", "Architectural style": "Greek Revival", "Built": "May 26, 1842", "Visitation": "2004", "Website": "Federal Hall National Memorial"} |
Elk Cloner is one of the first known microcomputer viruses that spread "in the wild", i.e., outside the computer system or laboratory in which it was written. It attached itself to the Apple II operating system and spread by floppy disk. It was written around 1982 by programmer and entrepreneur Rich Skrenta as a 15-yea... | {"Common name": "Elk Cloner", "Classification": "Computer virus", "Type": "Apple II series", "Subtype": "Boot sector virus", "Isolation": "1982", "Point of isolation": "Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States", "Point of origin": "Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States", "Author(s)": "Rich Skrenta"} |
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Mary Kay Ash (born Mary Kathlyn Wagner; May 12, 1918, - November 22, 2001) was an American businesswoman and founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc. At her death, she had a fortune of $98 million, and her company had more than $1.2 billion in sales with a sales force of more than 800,000 in at least three dozen countries... | {"Name": "Mary Kay Ash", "Caption": "Mary Kay Ash", "Alt": "Photograph of woman with curly white hair wearing a black garment and a gem as a necklace", "Birth name": "Mary Kathlyn Wagner", "Birth date": "1918 5 12", "Birth place": "Hot Wells, Texas, U.S.", "Death date": "2001 11 22 1918 5 12", "Death place": "Dallas, T... |
The 1957 Canadian federal election was held June 10, 1957, to select the 265 members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 23rd Parliament of Canada. In one of the greatest upsets in Canadian political history, the Progressive Conservative Party (also known as "PCs" or "Tories"), led by John Diefenbaker, brought an ... | {"Name": "1957 Canadian federal election", "Country": "Canada", "Flag year": "1957", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1953 Canadian federal election", "Previous year": "1953", "Next election": "1958 Canadian federal election", "Next ... |
Clayton Rawson (August 15, 1906 - March 1, 1971) was an American mystery writer, editor, and amateur magician. His four novels frequently invoke his great knowledge of stage magic and feature as their fictional detective The Great Merlini, a professional magician who runs a shop selling magic supplies. He also wrote f... | {"Born": "1906 8 15", "Alma mater": "Ohio State University", "Died": "1971 3 1 1906 8 15", "Occupation": "Author", "Children": "Hugh Rawson (1936-2013), 3 others"} |
Death from a Top Hat (1938) is a locked-room mystery novel written by Clayton Rawson. It is the first of four mysteries featuring The Great Merlini, a stage magician and Rawson's favorite protagonist.
In a poll of 17 detective story writers and reviewers, this novel was voted as the seventh best locked room mystery o... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "The Great Merlini", "Publisher": "G.P. Putnam's Sons", "Media type": "Print (Hardback & Paperback)", "Pages": "240 pp (in Dell edition shown)", "Followed by": "The Footprints on the Ceiling"} |
Pachuca (; ), formally known as Pachuca de Soto, is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Hidalgo. It is located in the south-central part of the state. Pachuca de Soto is also the name of the municipality of which the city serves as municipal seat. Pachuca is located about from Mexico City via Mexican ... | {"Type": "Ayuntamiento", "Density": "277,375", "DST": "-5", "Website": "www.pachuca.gob.mx"} |
Molybdenite is a mineral of molybdenum disulfide, MoS2. Similar in appearance and feel to graphite, molybdenite has a lubricating effect that is a consequence of its layered structure. The atomic structure consists of a sheet of molybdenum atoms sandwiched between sheets of sulfur atoms. The Mo-S bonds are strong, bu... | {"Category": "Sulfide mineral", "IMA symbol": "MolWarr L.N. 2021 IMA-CNMNC approved mineral symbols Mineralogical Magazine 85 3 291-320 10.1180/mgm.2021.43 2021MinM...85..291W 235729616 free", "Strunz classification": "2.EA.30", "Unit cell": "2H polytype: a = 3.16 Å, c = 12.3 Å; Z = 2 3R polytype: a = 3.16 Å, c = 18.33... |
Francisco de Bobadilla (c. 1448 - 1 July 1502) was an official under the Crown of Castile and a knight of the Order of Calatrava. He was also the nephew of Beatriz de Bobadilla, marchioness and of Peñalosa, a patron of Christopher Columbus and close friend to Queen Isabella. He was sent to the island of Hispaniola as ... | {"Name": "Francisco de Bobadilla", "Image": "Francisco de Bobadilla y Cristóbal Colón.gif", "Image caption": "Francisco de Bobadilla arresting Columbus", "Term start": "May 21, 1499", "Term end": "July 1, 1502", "Birth date": "c. 1448", "Birth place": "Kingdom of Castille", "Death date": "1 July 1502 (aged 54)", "Death... |
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The nose flute is a musical instrument often played in Polynesia and the Pacific Rim countries. Other versions are found in Africa.
Hawaii
In the North Pacific, in the Hawaiian islands the nose flute was a common courting instrument. In Hawaiian, it is ... | {"Name": "Nose flute", "Caption": "Fijian girl playing nose flute.", "Background": "woodwind", "Classification": "Woodwind", "Hornbostel-Sachs": "421.111.12", "Hornbostel-Sachs Description": "The player creates a ribbon-shaped stream of air (in this case with nose) through a tube with fingerholes.", "Developed": "Unkno... |
Helen Alice Kinnear, (May 6, 1894 - April 25, 1970) was a Canadian lawyer and judge. She was the first woman in the British Commonwealth to be made a King's Counsel, the first female lawyer to argue before the Supreme Court of Canada, and the first woman appointed as a judge by the Government of Canada.
Early life
Ki... | {"Name": "Helen Kinnear", "Image caption": "Kinnear (ca. 1943)", "Birth date": "1894 05 06", "Birth place": "Cayuga, Ontario", "Death date": "1970 04 25 1894 05 06", "Death place": "Port Colborne, Ontario", "Nationality": "Canadian", "Education": "Osgoode Hall Law School", "Awards": "<!-- For civilian awards - appears ... |
Longnor is a village in the Staffordshire Peak District, England. The settlement dates from early times, the first recorded church building being in the Middle Ages. The village was named Longenalre in the Domesday Book. Located on a major crossroads, Longnor was a significant market town in the 18th century. It lies ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126081&c=Longnor&d=16&e=62&g=6465205&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1449746971958&enc=1 Civil Parish population 2011 10 December 2015", "District": "Staffordshire Moorlands", "Shire co... |
Adelaide Sophia Hoodless (née Addie Hunter; February 27, 1858 - February 26, 1910) was a Canadian educational reformer who founded the international women's organization known as the Women's Institute. She was the second president of the Hamilton, Ontario Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), holding the position... | {"Birth date": "February 27, 1858", "Birth place": "St George, Canada West", "Death date": "1910 2 26 1858 2 27", "Death place": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Occupation": "education reformer, administrator"} |
Zongzi (; ), rouzong (), or simply zong (Cantonese Jyutping: zung2) is a traditional Chinese rice dish made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo leaves (generally of the species Indocalamus tessellatus), or sometimes with reed or other large flat leaves. They are cooked by steaming or... | {"Name of food": "Zongzi", "Image caption": "Zongzi both ready to eat (left) and still wrapped in a bamboo leaf (right)", "Alternate name": "bakcang, bacang, machang, zang, nom asom, pya htote, chimaki, joong, doong", "Place of origin": "China", "Region of origin": "Chinese-speaking areas East Asia", "Main ingredient":... |
Kenneth Christopher McKinstry (February 12, 1967 - January 23, 2006) was a researcher in artificial intelligence. He led the development of the MISTIC project which was launched in May 1996. He founded the Mindpixel project in July 2000, and closed it in December 2005. McKinstry's AI work and similar early death dovet... | {"Name": "Chris McKinstry", "Birth name": "Kenneth Christopher McKinstry", "Birth date": "1967 2 12", "Birth place": "Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada", "Death date": "2006 1 23 1967 2 12", "Death place": "Santiago, Chile", "Occupation": "Artificial intelligence researcher"} |
Jehoash (; ; ), also known as Joash (in King James Version), Joas (in Douay-Rheims) or Joás (), was the eighth king of Judah, and the sole surviving son of Ahaziah after the massacre of the royal family ordered by his grandmother, Athaliah. His mother was Zibiah of Beersheba. Jehoash was 7 years old when his reign bega... | {"Father": "Ahaziah, King of Judah", "Mother": "Zibiah of Beersheba", "Born": "Jerusalem, Kingdom of Judah", "Died": "Millo, Jerusalem", "Burial": "City of David"} |
The 2004 election to the post of Mayor of London took place on 10 June 2004. It was being held on the same day as other local elections and the UK part of the 2004 European Parliament elections, so Londoners had a total of five votes on three ballot papers. Polling opened at 07:00 local time, and closed at 22:00. See: ... | {"Name": "2004 London mayoral election", "Type": "presidential", "Turnout": "36.95% 2.55 pp", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "2000 London mayoral election", "Previous year": "2000", "Next election": "2008 London mayoral election", "Next year": "2008", "Election date": "10 June 2004", "1 blank": "First round v... |
Sidney George Francis Guy Skinner (191211 October 1941) was a friend, collaborator, and lover of the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Biography
Francis Skinner was born in 1912 in Kensington, London, England. Both his father and mother were academically distinguished: his father Sidney Skinner, was a Cambri... | {"Name": "Francis Skinner", "Caption": "Francis Skinner (left) and Ludwig Wittgenstein (right) walking with one another in Cambridge", "Birth name": "Sidney George Francis Guy Skinner", "Birth date": "1912", "Birth place": "Kensington, London, England", "Death date": "1941 10 11 1912 yesGibson, Arthur (2010). \"The Wit... |
, better known by his stage name , was a Japanese actor.
Life
Ogata was born in Tokyo, Japan. Ogata is well known for his roles in Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book, Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters and Shohei Imamura's The Ballad of Narayama. He won the award for best actor at the 26th Blue Ribbon Awa... | {"Name": "Ken Ogata", "Native name": "緒形 拳", "Native name language": "ja", "Birth name": "緒形 明伸 (Akinobu Ogata)", "Birth date": "1937 7 20", "Birth place": "Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan", "Death date": "2008 10 5 1937 7 20", "Death place": "Mibu, Tochigi, Japan", "Nationality": "Japanese", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years activ... |
Marija Petković, also known as "The Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified Petković"; (Croatian: Marija od Propetoga Isusa Petković, Italian Maria Di Gesù Crocifisso), (10 December 1892 - 9 July 1966) was the founder of the Catholic Congregation of the Daughters of Mercy. She was recognized by the Roman Catholic Church as a... | {"Died": "Rome, Italy", "Feast day": "July 9", "Venerated in": "Roman Catholic Church", "Title as Saint": "Foundress", "Born": "Blato, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary", "Beatified": "Pope John Paul II"} |
The Peruvian Navy (, abbreviated MGP) is the branch of the Peruvian Armed Forces tasked with surveillance, patrol and defense on lakes, rivers and the Pacific Ocean up to from the Peruvian littoral. Additional missions include assistance in safeguarding internal security, conducting disaster relief operations and part... | {"Branch": "Navy", "Size": "25,988 active personnel\n51 ships, 43 aircraft", "Patron": "Miguel Grau Seminario", "Anniversaries": "October 8 - Navy's Foundation Day and Anniversary of the Battle of Angamos"} |
Mount Mazama (Tum-sum-ne in the Native American language Klamathhttps://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/historical-records/crater-lake-and-the-klamath/) is a complex volcano in the western U.S. state of Oregon, in a segment of the Cascade Volcanic Arc and Cascade Range. Most of the mountain collapsed following a ... | {"Language of name": "kla Tum-sum-nehttps://www.craterlakeinstitute.com/smith-chronological-history-of-crater-lake/sources-and-articles-of-interest/orgin-stories-of-the-lake/", "Elevation": "322160 Crater Lake May 9, 2018", "Location": "Klamath County, Oregon, U.S.", "Coordinates": "1163671 Mount Mazama May 24, 201... |
The Cathedral () is a 2002 animated science fiction short film directed by Tomasz Bagiński. It is based on the short story of the same name by Jacek Dukaj, winner of the Janusz A. Zajdel Award in 2000. The film was nominated in 2002 for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for the 75th Academy Awards. The fil... | {"Directed by": "Tomasz Bagiński", "Music by": "Adam Rosiak", "Written by": "Jacek Dukaj", "Produced by": "Jarosław SawkoPiotr Sikora", "Distributed by": "Vision"} |
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Polcon is the oldest Polish speculative fiction convention, organized each year in a different place by the local speculative fiction club. The Janusz A. Zajdel Award is awarded during the convention. The first Polcon was held in 1985 in Błażejewko near Poznań.
List of Polcons
Pol... | {"Event name": "Polcon", "Image": "220px", "Image caption": "Polcon 2011", "Status": "Active", "Genre": "science fiction", "Country": "Poland", "First event date": "1985", "Official website": "http://www.polcon.fandom.art.pl"} |
WIZO () is a German punk rock band from Sindelfingen, that formed in 1985.
WIZO's music is characterized by a combination of humorous and political lyrics with a fast, melodic punk rock sound. They are considered to be part of the German movement known as Fun-Punk (also punk pathetique or 'pret-punk'). Their lyrics a... | {"Origin": "Sindelfingen, Germany", "Genres": "Punk rock, hardcore punk, anarchopunk", "Labels": "Hulk Räckorz, Fat Wreck Chordshttps://fatwreck.com/collections/wizo?view=artist Wizo Fat Wreck Chords 12 July 2019", "Website": "wizo.de", "Members": "Axel KurthRalf DietelAlex Stinson"} |
Ralph Campbell Jr. (December 7, 1946 - January 11, 2011) was an American politician and auditor who served as the North Carolina State Auditor from 1993 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American to hold statewide elected executive office in North Carolina. Campbell was born in Raleigh... | {"Name": "Ralph Campbell Jr.", "Image size": "220px", "Alternative text": "Cropped photograph of Ralph Campbell Jr.", "Image caption": "Ralph Campbell Jr., date unknown", "Term start": "January 9, 1993", "Term end": "January 15, 2005", "Birth name": "Ralph Campbell Jr.", "Birth date": "1946 12 7", "Birth place": "Ralei... |
Henry Ernest Dudeney (10 April 1857 - 23 April 1930) was an English author and mathematician who specialised in logic puzzles and mathematical games. He is known as one of the country's foremost creators of mathematical puzzles..
Early life
Dudeney was born in the village of Mayfield, East Sussex, England, one of six... | {"Name": "Henry Dudeney", "Caption": "Dudeney 1910", "Birth name": "Henry Ernest Dudeney", "Birth date": "1857 04 10 y", "Birth place": "Mayfield, East Sussex, England", "Death date": "1930 04 24 1857 04 10 y", "Death place": "Lewes, Sussex, England", "Nationality": "English", "Known For": "Puzzles, mathematical games... |
The domain name int is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet. Its name is derived from the word international, characterizing its use for international organizations and treaty-related purposes. The first use of this domain was by NATO, which had previously been assigned the top-... | {"Introduced": "1988 11 3", "TLD": "Sponsored top-level domain", "Status": "Active", "Registry": "IANA", "Sponsor": "IANA", "Intended use": "United Nations International treaty-based organisations", "Actual use": "Intergovernmental organizations and organizations with United Nations observer status", "Registration rest... |
The Russian apartment bombings were a series of explosions that hit four apartment blocks in the Russian cities of Buynaksk, Moscow, and Volgodonsk in September 1999, killing more than 300, injuring more than 1,000, and spreading a wave of fear across the country. The bombings, together with the Invasion of Dagestan, t... | {"Title": "Russian apartment bombings", "Part of": "Terrorism in Russia and the spillovers of the War in Dagestan and the Second Chechen War", "Location": "Buynaksk, Moscow, and Volgodonsk", "Target": "Residential apartment buildings in Russia", "Date": "4-16 September 1999", "Type of attack": "Timed bombs, car bomb, ... |
St. Paul's School (also known as St. Paul's or SPS) is a college-preparatory, coeducational boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire, affiliated with the Episcopal Church. The school's , or 3.125 square mile, campus currently serves 539 students, who come from 40 states and 18 countries.
Established in 1856 to educat... | {"Religious affiliation(s)": "Episcopal", "CEEB code": "300110", "Rector": "Kathleen Carroll Giles", "Faculty": "118 totalQuick Facts https://www.sps.edu/about/welcome https://web.archive.org/web/20200416020702/https://www.sps.edu/about/welcome dead 16 April 2020 St. Paul's School 16 April 2020", "International s... |
Timothy Pickering (July 17, 1745January 29, 1829) was the third United States Secretary of State under Presidents George Washington and John Adams. He also represented Massachusetts in both houses of Congress as a member of the Federalist Party. In 1795, he was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society.
B... | {"Image caption": "Portrait by Charles Willson Peale, 1792", "Alternative text": "Portrait of Timothy Pickering in his late 40s", "Term start": "December 10, 1795", "Term end": "May 12, 1800 Ad interim: August 20 - December 10, 1795", "Office 2": "5th United States Postmaster General", "President 2": "George Washington... |
Joseph James Guillaume Paul Martin (June 23, 1903 – September 14, 1992), often referred to as Paul Martin Sr., was a noted Canadian politician and diplomat. He was the father of Paul Martin, who served as 21st prime minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006.
Early life
Martin was born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of Lumi... | {"Name": "Paul Martin", "Birth name": "Joseph James Guillaume Paul Martin", "Image caption": "Martin Sr. in 1943", "Office 2": "Secretary of State for External Affairs", "Prime minister 2": "Lester Pearson", "Predecessor 2": "Howard Charles Green", "Successor 2": "Mitchell Sharp", "Birth date": "1903 6 23", "Birth plac... |
The 1968 Canadian federal election was held on June 25, 1968, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 28th Parliament of Canada.
In April 1968, Prime Minister Lester Pearson of the Liberal Party resigned as party leader as a result of declining health and failing to win a majority government in two a... | {"Name": "1968 Canadian federal election", "Country": "Canada", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1965 Canadian federal election", "Previous year": "1965", "Election date": "June 25, 1968", "Next election": "1972 Canadian federal elec... |
is a fighting video game trilogy that were released for the Neo Geo platform in the early 1990s. It was the second fighting game franchise created by SNK, following the Fatal Fury series and is set in the same fictional universe as a prequel to the Fatal Fury series. The original Art of Fighting was released in 1992, f... | {"Title": "Art of Fighting", "Caption": "North American Neo Geo AES cover art for Art of Fighting", "Developer": "SNK", "Publisher": "SNK", "Creator": "Hiroshi Matsumoto", "Genre": "Fighting", "Platforms": "Arcade, Neo Geo AES, Neo-Geo CD, SNES, Mega Drive/Genesis, PC Engine CD, PlayStation 2, Wii (Virtual Console)", "... |
Bagheera ( / Baghīrā) is a fictional character in Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories in The Jungle Book (coll. 1894) and The Second Jungle Book (coll. 1895). He is a black panther (melanistic Indian leopard) who serves as friend, protector and mentor to the "man-cub" Mowgli. The word bagheera is Hindi for panther or leo... | {"First appearance": "\"Mowgli's Brothers\"", "Last appearance": "\"The Spring Running\"", "Gender": "Male", "Relatives": "Yusaf (ex-owner), Ameena (friend) and Ghargisht", "Created by": "Rudyard Kipling"} |
Tenoch (or Tenuch, ) was a ruler of the Mexicas (Aztecas) during the fourteenth century during the Aztec travels from Aztlán to Tenochtitlan. Tenoch's father was Iztac Mixcoatl, who had a total of seven sons with two wives. The Tenochtitlan people were originally referred to as Tenochca, then the Mexica.
He was a resp... | {"Born": "1299", "Died": "1350, 1367 or 1375", "Father": "Iztac-Mixcoatl", "Mother": "Ilancueitl"} |
Reader's Digest is an American general-interest family magazine, published ten times a year. Formerly based in Chappaqua, New York, it is now headquartered in midtown Manhattan. The magazine was founded in 1922 by DeWitt Wallace and his wife Lila Bell Wallace. For many years, Reader's Digest was the best-selling consum... | {"Format": "Digest", "Founder": "DeWitt Wallace Lila Bell Wallace", "First issue": "1922 2 5", "Company": "Trusted Media Brands, Inc.", "Country": "United States", "Based in": "Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.", "Website": "rd.com", "ISSN": "0034-0375"} |
The Prince of Egypt is a 1998 American animated musical drama film produced by DreamWorks Animation and released by DreamWorks Pictures. The first feature film from DreamWorks to be traditionally animated and their second overall, it is an adaptation of the first fourteen chapters of the Book of Exodus and follows the ... | {"Directed by": "Brenda Chapman\n Steve Hickner\n Simon Wells", "Produced by": "Jeffrey Katzenberg\n Penney Finkelman Cox\n Sandra Rabins", "Written by": "Philip LaZebnikhttps://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/going-out/stephen-schwartz-prince-egypt-we-21569727 Stephen Schwartz on The Prince of Egypt: 'We didn't want to do ... |
John Langdon (June 26, 1741September 18, 1819) was an American politician and Founding Father from New Hampshire. He served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, signed the United States Constitution, and was one of the first two United States senators from New Hampshire.
As a member of the Continental Congr... | {"Name": "John Langdon", "Term start": "June 5, 1810 as Governor", "Term end": "June 5, 1812", "Predecessor 2": "John Sullivan", "Successor 2": "John Sullivan", "Birth date": "1741 6 26", "Birth place": "Portsmouth, New Hampshire, British America", "Death date": "1819 9 18 1741 6 26", "Death place": "Portsmouth, New Ha... |
Ely Samuel Parker (1828 – August 31, 1895), born Hasanoanda (Tonawanda Seneca), later known as Donehogawa, was a U.S. Army officer, engineer, and tribal diplomat. He was bilingual, speaking both Seneca and English, and became friends with Lewis Henry Morgan, who became a student of the Iroquois in Upstate New York. Par... | {"Birth name": "Ely Samuel Parker", "Native name": "Hasanoanda", "Birth date": "1828", "Birth place": "Indian Falls, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "August 31, 1895 1828", "Death place": "Fairfield, Connecticut, U.S.", "Resting place": "Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York, U.S.", "Battles fought": "American Civil W... |
David Roy Akers (; born December 9, 1974) is an American former professional football player who was a placekicker in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons, primarily with the Philadelphia Eagles. He began his career in 1998 with the Washington Redskins after not making the main roster of the Atlanta Falcon... | {"Born:": "Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.", "Height:": "10", "Weight:": "200", "High school:": "Tates Creek (Lexington)", "College:": "Louisville", "Undrafted:": "1997"} |
Geogaddi is the second studio album by Scottish electronic music duo Boards of Canada. It was released on 13 February 2002 in Japan, then five days later in Europe, by Warp. The album is darker in tone than their previous studio album Music Has the Right to Children (1998), and it has subsequently been praised as a sta... | {"Released": "2002 02 13 yes", "Recorded": "1999-2001", "Studio": "Hexagon Sun (Pentland Hills, Scotland)", "Genre": "Electronic\n IDM\n downtempoBreihan Tom Geogaddi Turns 20 https://www.stereogum.com/2175272/boards-of-canada-geogaddi-turns-20/reviews/the-anniversary/amp/ Stereogum 11 February 2022 18 February 2... |
The Mercedes-Benz E-Class is a range of executive cars manufactured by German automaker Mercedes-Benz in various engine and body configurations. Produced since 1953, the E-Class falls midrange in the Mercedes line-up, and has been marketed worldwide across five generations.
Before 1993, the E in Mercedes-Benz nomencla... | {"Manufacturer": "Daimler-Benz (1993-1998)\n DaimlerChrysler (1998-2007)\n Daimler AG (2007-2022)\n Mercedes-Benz Group(2022-present)", "Production": "1953-present (E-Class nomenclature adopted since 1993)", "Class": "Executive car (E)", "Layout": "Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive or all-wheel-drive", "Predecess... |
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Gerhard Fieseler (15 April 1896 - 1 September 1987) was a German World War I flying ace, aerobatics champion, and aircraft designer and manufacturer.
From birth to the 1918 armistice
Born in Glesch (near Cologne), Fieseler joined the Air Service of the Imperial G... | {"Born": "Glesch", "Died": "Kassel", "Allegiance": "Germany", "Awards": "Military Merit Cross", "Other work": "Flying ace, aerobatics champion, and aircraft designer and manufacturer"} |
Andrew Hamilton (died 1703) was the colonial governor of East and West New Jersey from 1692 to 1697 and again from 1699 to 1703. He also served as Deputy Governor of the neighboring Province of Pennsylvania.
Biography
Hamilton was born in Scotland. Originally a merchant in Edinburgh, he was sent to East Jersey to act... | {"Name": "Andrew Hamilton", "Order 2": "6th Governor of East & West New Jersey", "Preceded 2": "Jeremiah Basse", "Succeeded 2": "Office abolished", "Birth place": "Scotland", "Death date": "20 April 1703", "Death place": "New Jersey", "Spouse(s)": "Marie Chalmers"} |
The Mittelland Canal, also known as the Midland Canal, (, ) is a major canal in central Germany. It forms an important link in the waterway network of that country, providing the principal east-west inland waterway connection. Its significance goes beyond Germany as it links France, Switzerland and the Benelux countrie... | {"Length": "325.7 km mi 0 on", "Construction began": "1906", "Date completed": "1938", "Start point": "Dortmund-Ems Canal at Hörstel (near Rheine, Germany", "End point": "Elbe River and Elbe-Havel Canal near Magdeburg, Germany", "Coordinates": "52 14 46 N 11 44 49 E region:DE inline"} |
The State University of New York at Buffalo, commonly called the University at Buffalo (UB) and sometimes called SUNY Buffalo, is a public research university with campuses in Buffalo and Amherst, New York, United States. The university was founded in 1846 as a private medical college and merged with the State Universi... | {"Motto": "la Mens sana in corpore sano (Latin)", "Type": "Public research university center", "Endowment": "$1.0 billion (2021)As of June 30, 2021. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/research/2021-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--REVISED-February-18-2022.ashx U.S. and Canadian Institutions Li... |
The prime minister of Lithuania (; "Minister-Chairman") is the head of the government of Lithuania. The prime minister is Lithuania's head of government and is appointed by the president with the assent of the Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas. The modern office of prime minister was established in 1990, when Lithuani... | {"Post": "Prime Minister", "Body": "Lithuania", "Insignia size": "100px", "Insignia caption": "Coat of arms of Lithuania", "Incumbent": "Ingrida Šimonytė", "Incumbent since": "11 December\n 2020", "Type": "Head of government", "Department": "Government of Lithuania", "Style": "Mister/Madam Prime Minister (informal)His/... |
Claudia Livia (Classical Latin: CLAVDIA•LIVIA; c. 13 BC – AD 31) was the only daughter of Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia Minor and sister to Roman Emperor Claudius and general Germanicus, and thus paternal aunt of emperor Caligula and maternal great-aunt of emperor Nero, as well as the niece and daughter-in-law of Ti... | {"Born": "Lugdunum, Gaul", "Died": "AD 31 (aged c. 43)", "Father": "Nero Claudius Drusus", "Mother": "Antonia Minor"} |
Cardiff Central railway station () is a major station on the South Wales Main Line, located in the capital of Wales, Cardiff, from London Paddington (via Stroud). It is one of the city's two urban rail network hubs, along with Cardiff Queen Street. Opened in 1850 as Cardiff station, it was renamed Cardiff General in 1... | {"Name": "Cardiff Central", "Native name": "Caerdydd Canolog", "Symbol Location": "gb", "Symbol": "rail", "Caption": "1930s frontage of Cardiff Central station (northern entrance)", "Administrative subdivision": "Cardiff, City and County of Cardiff", "Country": "Wales", "Coordinates": "51.4755 -3.1780 type:railwaystati... |
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The State University of New York Buffalo State University (colloquially referred to as Buffalo State University, SUNY Buffalo State, Buffalo State, or simply Buff State) is a public university in Buffalo, New York. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) ... | {"Motto": "Dedicated to Excellence", "Type": "Public university", "Endowment": "$52.9 million (2019)https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/buffalo-state-2842 SUNY Buffalo State - Profile, Rankings and Data US News Best Colleges U.S. News & World Report usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20210526170426/https://www.u... |
200 Clarendon Street, previously John Hancock Tower and colloquially known as The Hancock, is a 60-story, skyscraper in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston. It is the tallest building in New England. The tower was designed by Henry N. Cobb of the firm I. M. Pei & Partners and was completed in 1976.
The building is wi... | {"Location": "200 Clarendon StreetBoston, Massachusetts02116", "Coordinates": "42 20 57.4 N 71 04 29.2 W region:US-MA_scale:2000_type:landmark inline,title", "Construction started": "1968", "Type": "Office"} |
In Praise of Folly, also translated as The Praise of Folly ( or ), is an essay written in Latin in 1509 by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam and first printed in June 1511. Inspired by previous works of the Italian humanist De Triumpho Stultitiae, it is a satirical attack on superstitions, various traditions of European... | {"Original title": "la", "Publisher": "Gilles de Gourmont", "Country": "France", "Language": "Latin", "Media type": "Print: hardback", "Preceded by": "Handbook of a Christian Knight", "Followed by": "Copia: Foundations of the Abundant Style"} |
Karisma Kapoor (born 25 June 1974) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films. A member of the Kapoor family, she is the daughter of actors Randhir Kapoor and Babita, and the elder sister of actress Kareena Kapoor. Kapoor is the recipient of several accolades, including a National Film Award and four Filmf... | {"Name": "Karisma Kapoor", "Caption": "Kapoor in 2018", "Birth date": "yes 1974 06 25", "Birth place": "Bombay, Maharashtra, India", "Occupation": "Actress", "Spouse(s)": "Sunjay Kapur 2003 2016 divorced", "Children": "2", "Mother": "Babita", "Father": "Randhir Kapoor", "Relatives": "see Kapoor family", "Years active":... |
David Hyde Pierce (born David Pierce; April 3, 1959) is an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he found acclaim portraying psychiatrist Dr. Niles Crane on the NBC sitcom Frasier from 1993 to 2004, where he received four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series as we... | {"Name": "David Hyde Pierce", "Caption": "Pierce in New York City in 2010", "Birth name": "David Pierce", "Birth date": "1959 4 3", "Birth place": "Saratoga Springs, New York, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor", "Alma mater": "Yale University (BA)", "Years active": "1982-present", "Spouse(s)": "Brian Hargrove 2008"} |
Enzo Maiorca (21 June 1931 - 13 November 2016) was an Italian free diver who held several world freediving records. Born Vincenzo Maiorca on 21 June 1931 in Syracuse, Sicily, he died on 13 November 2016 in the same city.
Biography
Maiorca was born in Syracuse, Sicily, where he also died in 2016. Maiorca was a vegetari... | {"Image caption": "Maiorca in 1974.", "Nationality": "Italian", "Sport": "Freediving", "Birth date": "1931 06 21 yes", "Place of birth": "Syracuse, Italy", "Death date": "2016 11 13 1931 06 21 yes", "Place of death": "Syracuse, Italy"} |
Lowell Murray, (born 26 September 1936) is a former Canadian senator and long-time activist with the federal Progressive Conservative Party.
Education
Murray graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in 1955. He met 16-year-old Brian Mulroney there; the two became close friends and associates in the PC Party. He ... | {"Name": "Lowell Murray", "Term start": "June 30, 1986", "Term end": "November 3, 1993", "Birth date": "yes 1936 9 26", "Birth place": "New Waterford, Nova Scotia, Canada", "Spouse(s)": "Colleen Elaine MacDonald"} |
William Hing Cheung Hung (; born January 13, 1983) is a Hong Kong motivational speaker and former singer who gained fame in 2004 as a result of his unsuccessful audition singing Ricky Martin's hit song "She Bangs" on the third season of the television series American Idol.
At the time of his audition, Hung was a civi... | {"Name": "William Hung", "Native name": "孔慶翔", "Native name language": "zh-hant", "Caption": "Hung in St. Cloud, Minnesota in July 2008", "Birth date": "1983 1 13https://www.discogs.com/artist/280545-William-Hung William Hung | Discography Discogs.com 2020-03-31", "Birth place": "Sha Tin, British Hong Kong", "Occupa... |
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Rasmus Lerdorf (born 22 November 1968) is a Danish-Canadian programmer. He co-authored and inspired the PHP scripting language, authoring the first two versions of the language and participating in the development of later versio... | {"Name": "Rasmus Lerdorf", "Image": "Rasmus Lerdorf August 2014 (cropped).JPG", "Birth date": "1968 11 22 y", "Birth place": "Qeqertarsuaq (prev. Godhavn), Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark", "Occupation": "DistinguishedMay 2021 Engineer at Etsy", "Alma mater": "University of Waterloo"} |
The Housatonic River ( ) is a river, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map , accessed April 1, 2011 in western Massachusetts and western Connecticut in the United States. It flows south to southeast, and drains about of southwestern C... | {"Mouth": "0 ft on", "Location": "Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States", "Coordinates": "41 10 09 N 073 06 30 W inline,title", "Basin size": "1948 sqmi on", "Left": "East Branch Housatonic River, Konkapot River, Blackberry River, Shepaug River, Pomperaug River, Naugatuck River", "Right": "West Branch... |
John Dudley Ball Jr. (July 8, 1911 - October 15, 1988) was an American writer best known for mystery novels involving the African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs. Tibbs was introduced in the 1965 novel In the Heat of the Night, which won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel from the Mystery Writers of America an... | {"Name": "John Dudley Ball, Jr.", "Birth date": "1911 7 8 y", "Birth place": "Schenectady, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1988 10 15 1911 7 8", "Death place": "Encino, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "writer, police officer", "Education": "Carroll College"} |
Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy (; born 20 August 1946) is an Indian billionaire businessman. He is one of the seven co-founders of Infosys, and has previously served as the chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president, and chief mentor of the company before retiring and taking the title chairman emeritus. As of... | {"Name": "N. R. Narayana Murthy", "Image": "Narayana Murthy CIF (cropped).JPG", "Caption": "Murthy in 2014", "Birth name": "Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy", "Birth date": "yes 1946 8 20http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2006-05-22/news/27455768_1_nr-narayana-murthy-infosys-chairman-chief-mentor Narayana Mu... |
Affirmed (February 21, 1975 - January 12, 2001) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who is the eleventh winner of the American Triple Crown. Affirmed was well known for his famous rivalry with Alydar, whom he met ten times, including Alydar coming second in each of the three 1978 Triple Crown races. After Af... | {"Sire": "Exclusive Native", "Grandsire": "Raise a Native", "Dam": "Won't Tell You", "Damsire": "Crafty Admiral", "Sex": "Stallion", "Foaled": "1975", "Died": "2001 1 12 1975 2 21Officially, Affirmed was 26 years old at the time of his death as all Thoroughbreds foaled in the Northern Hemisphere are deemed to be born o... |
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