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Major General Frederick Gerard Peake, (12 June 1886 - 30 March 1970), known as Peake Pasha, was a British Army and police officer and creator of the Arab Legion.
Military career
The son of Lieutenant Colonel Walter Peake, of Melton Mowbray, Peake was born at Epsom on 12 June 1886. He attended Stubbington House School... | {"Nickname(s)": "Peake Pasha", "Born": "Epsom, England", "Died": "Kelso, Scotland", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Commands held": "Arab Legion", "Awards": "Companion of the Order of St Michael and St GeorgeCommander of the Order of the British EmpireCommander of the Venerable Order of Saint JohnOfficer of the Order ... |
The Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism (, also known as the Bi and Bi Commission and the Laurendeau-Dunton Commission) was a Canadian royal commission established on 19 July 1963, by the government of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson to "inquire into and report upon the existing state of bilingualism an... | {"Title": "Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism", "Also known as": "Laurendeau-Dunton Commission Bi and Bi Commission", "First blank label": "Commissioners", "First blank data": "Arnold Davidson Dunton (Co-Chair) André Laurendeau (Co-Chair) Clément Cormier Royce Frith Jean-Louis Gagnon Gertrude M. Laing P... |
The president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam () is the head of state of Vietnam, elected by the Vietnam National Assembly from delegates of the National Assembly. Since Vietnam is a single-party state, the president is generally considered to hold the second highest position in the political system, formally afte... | {"Post": "President", "Body": "theSocialist Republic of Vietnam", "Native name": "Chủ tịch nước Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam", "Incumbent": "Võ Văn Thưởng", "Insignia size": "100px", "Insignia caption": "Emblem of Vietnam", "Incumbent since": "2 March 2023", "Type": "Head of state", "Style": "Mr President (inform... |
Farquhar Robert Oliver (March 6, 1904 – January 22, 1989) was a politician in Ontario, Canada.
Oliver was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a United Farmers of Ontario Member of the Legislative Assembly in the 1926 provincial election at the age of 22.
Oliver was re-elected as a UFO MLA in the 1929 el... | {"Name": "Farquhar Robert Oliver", "Image": "Farquhar Oliver.JPG", "Image caption": "Farquhar Oliver, 1948", "Term start": "October 1963", "Term end": "September 1964", "Predecessor 2": "John Wintermeyer", "Successor 2": "Andy Thompson", "Birth date": "1904 03 06", "Birth place": "Priceville, Ontario", "Death date": "1... |
Judge Judy is an American arbitration-based reality court show presided over by former Manhattan Family Court Judge Judith Sheindlin. The show featured Sheindlin as she adjudicated real-life small-claims disputes within a simulated courtroom set. Prior to the proceedings, all involved parties signed arbitration contrac... | {"Genre": "Arbitration-based reality court show", "Created by": "Kaye SwitzerSandi Spreckman", "Directed by": "Randy Douthit Judge Judy Sheindlin, Host of Daytime's #1 Rated Show \"Judge Judy,\" Signs Multiyear Deal Through 2017\n http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2013/04/08/judge-judy-sheindlin-host-of-daytimes-... |
Nguyễn Hữu Thọ (10 July 1910 - 24 December 1996) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and Chairman of Consultative Council of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam from 6 June 1969 to 2 July 1976, and the Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam from 4 July 1981 to 18 June 1987.
Nguyễn Hữu Thọ began his politic... | {"Name": "Nguyễn Hữu Thọ", "Image caption": "Nguyễn Hữu Thọ in 1970", "Term start": "30 March 1980", "Term end": "4 July 1981", "Office 2": "Chairman of the Consultative Council of Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam", "Predecessor 2": "Position established", "Successor 2": "Tôn Đức Th... |
Unreal Tournament is a first-person arena shooter video game developed by Epic Games and Digital Extremes. The second installment in the Unreal series, it was first published by GT Interactive in 1999 for Windows, and later released on the PlayStation 2 and Dreamcast by Infogrames in 2000 and 2001, respectively. Player... | {"Title": "Unreal Tournament", "Developer": "Epic GamesPorted to Sega Dreamcast by Secret LevelDigital Extremes", "Publisher": "GT Interactive (Win)Epic Games (Linux)MacSoft (Mac OS)Infogrames (PS2/Dreamcast)", "Designer": "Cliff Bleszinski James Schmalz", "Programmer": "Tim Sweeney Steve Polge Erik de Neve Jac... |
David Weiss Halivni (; September 27, 1927 - June 28, 2022) was a European-born American-Israeli rabbi, scholar in the domain of Jewish sciences, and Professor of Talmud. He served as Reish Metivta of the Union for Traditional Judaism's rabbinical school.
Biography
David Weiss was born on September 27, 1927, in Kobylet... | {"Name": "David Weiss Halivni", "Caption": "Halivni in 2016", "Birth name": "David Weiss", "Birth date": "1927 09 27", "Birth place": "Kobyletska Poliana, Czechoslovakia", "Death date": "2022 06 28 1927 09 27", "Death place": "Jerusalem, Israel", "Occupation": "Rabbi, scholar, talmudist", "Alma mater": "Jewish Theologi... |
The is an aquarium located in the ward of Minato in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, near Osaka Bay. When it first opened, it was the largest public aquarium in the world. It is a member of the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
The aquarium is about a five-minute walk from Osakako Station on the Osaka Munici... | {"Zoo name": "Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan", "Image": "Kaiyukan.JPG", "Location": "Osaka, Japan", "Date opened": "May 1990", "Coordinates": "34 39 16.1 N 135 25 44.0 E region:JP_scale:10000 inline,title", "Total area": "26570 m2 on", "Number of species": "420", "Number of animals": "29,000", "Largest tank volume": "5400000 ... |
Avianca Flight 203 was a Colombian domestic passenger flight from El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá to Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport in Cali, Colombia. It was destroyed by a bomb over the municipality of Soacha on November 27, 1989. All 107 people on board as well as three people on the ground we... | {"Date": "November 27, 1989", "Summary": "Bombing", "Site": "4 33 30 N 74 15 45 W type:event_region:CO inline,title", "Total fatalities": "110", "Ground fatalities": "3", "Operator": "Avianca", "Registration": "HK-1803", "Flight origin": "El Dorado Int'l Airport", "Destination": "Alfonso Bonilla Aragón Int'l Airport", ... |
Spectres is the fifth studio album by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released in November 1977 by Columbia Records. The album features one of the band's biggest hits, concert staple "Godzilla," and was certified gold by the RIAA on January 19, 1978.
Record World called the single "Goin' Through the Motions," whi... | {"Released": "1977 11Dave Swanson https://ultimateclassicrock.com/blue-oyster-cult-spectres-released/ How Blue Oyster Cult Searched for Identity on 'Spectres' Ultimate Classic Rock November 17, 2013 Pressured for a follow-up, Blue Oyster Cult then issued the somewhat unbalanced, but still striking, Spectres in Nov... |
The City of Boroondara () is a local government area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It was formed in June 1994 from the amalgamation of the Cities of Kew, Camberwell and Hawthorn.
It has an area of . In June 2018 the City had a population of 181,289. Estimated resident popul... | {"Type": "lga", "Name": "City of Boroondara", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Image": "MelbLGA-Boroondara.gif", "Caption": "Map of Melbourne with the City of Boroondara highlighted in dark green", "Population Rank": "31st", "Established": "1994", "Area": "60", "Mayor": "Cr Felicity Sinfield", "Local Government Area (LGA)... |
Claire Denis (; born 21 April 1946) is a French film director and screenwriter. This site uses Denis' birth certificate as its source of information. Her feature film Beau Travail (1999) has been called one of the greatest films of the 1990s and of all time. Other acclaimed works include Trouble Every Day (2001), 35 Sh... | {"Name": "Claire Denis", "Landscape": "yes", "Caption": "Denis in 2022", "Birth date": "1946 4 21 y", "Birth place": "Paris, France", "Alma mater": "IDHEC", "Occupation": "Director, writer, professor"} |
The City of Yarra is a local government area (LGA) in Victoria, Australia in the inner eastern and northern suburbs of Melbourne. It is the second smallest LGA in the state with an area of , and in June 2021 it had a population of 91,543, making it the second most densely populated LGA, with around 4,695 people per squ... | {"Type": "lga", "Name": "City of Yarra", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Image": "MelbLGA-Yarra.gif", "Population": "91,543", "Population Year": "2021", "Population Footnotes": "Estimated resident population, Local Government Areas (ASGS2021), Australia, 2001 to 2021 https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/r... |
The City of Monash is a local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne with an area of 81.5 square kilometres and a population of 200,077 people in 2016.
Demographics
Monash has a diverse population, with 45% of its residents born overseas (compared to 29.0% across Me... | {"Type": "lga", "Name": "City of Monash", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Image": "MelbLGA-Monash.gif", "Caption": "Location of Monash within the Melbourne metropolitan area.", "Population": "200077", "Population Year": "2018", "Population Footnotes": "3218.0 - Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population E... |
Forest Hill is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District,Postcode for Forest Hill, Victoria (near Melbourne) - Postcodes Australia located within the City of Whitehorse local government area. Forest Hill recorded a population of 10,780 at the 2021 census.
Forest Hi... | {"Type": "suburb", "Name": "Forest Hill", "City": "Melbourne", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Image": "Forest Hill Chase 3 Level View.JPG", "Caption": "The three levels of Forest Hill Chase Shopping Centre", "Local Government Area (LGA)": "City of Whitehorse", "Locator Map Alternative Map File": "Australia Victoria metr... |
Blackburn is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Whitehorse local government area. Blackburn recorded a population of 14,478 at the 2021 census.
The origin of the name Blackburn is not certain, but may have been after an early settler o... | {"Type": "suburb", "Name": "Blackburn", "City": "Melbourne", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Image": "BlackburnLakeVicAU.JPG", "Caption": "Blackburn Lake Sanctuary", "Local Government Area (LGA)": "City of Whitehorse", "Locator Map Alternative Map File": "Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne", "Coordinates": "37.826... |
The City of Knox is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of and in 2020, Knox had a population of 165,147. This municipality is one of only a handful that survived the widespread municipal amalgamations that occurred in Victoria in the early 1990s.
Histor... | {"Type": "lga", "Name": "City of Knox", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Image": "MelbLGA-Knox.gif", "Caption": "Map of Melbourne showing City of Knox", "Population": "165,147", "Population Year": "2020", "Population Footnotes": "3218.0 - Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Govern... |
The City of Maroondah is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Maroondah had a population of 115,043 in August 2021.
The City of Maroondah was created through the amalgamation the former Cities of Ringwood and Croydon on 15 December 1994. The name 'Maroondah' was taken fro... | {"Type": "lga", "Name": "City of Maroondah", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Image": "MelbLGA-Maroondah.gif", "Caption": "Map of Melbourne showing Maroondah City Council", "Coordinates": "-37.8067925 145.2632003 dms region:AU-VIC_type:adm2nd inline, title", "Population": "115,043", "Population Year": "2021", "Population ... |
"Heartbeats" is a song by Swedish electronic music duo the Knife. It was released in Sweden on 27 December 2002 as the lead single from their second studio album Deep Cuts (2003) and re-released on 4 October 2004.
The song was listed at number 15 on Pitchfork Media's top 500 songs of the 2000s and at number 87 on Roll... | {"Released": "27 December 2002 (original release)\n 4 October 2004 (re-release)New Releases: Singles Music Week 33 2 October 2004", "Recorded": "2002", "Genre": "Synthpop\n electropop\n alternative dance\n techno Mark Pytlik The Knife: Silent Shout Album Review Pitchfork February 13, 2006 https://pitchfork.com/re... |
Skaneateles Lake ( , ) is one of the Finger Lakes in central New York in the United States. The name Skaneateles means long lake in one of the local Iroquoian languages. The lake is sometimes referred to as "The Roof Garden of the Lakes" because its altitude () is higher than the other Finger Lakes.iFingerLakes.com It... | {"Location": "Onondaga / Cayuga / Cortland counties, New York, United States", "Group": "Finger Lakes", "Coordinates": "42 51 45 N 76 22 22 W region:US-NY_type:waterbody title,inline", "Primary outflows": "Skaneateles Creek", "Basin": "United States", "Max. length": "16 mi", "Max. width": "1.5 mi (at Edgewater Park)", ... |
The Arab Legion () was the police force, then regular army of the Emirate of Transjordan, a British protectorate, in the early part of the 20th century, and then of independent Jordan, with a final Arabization of its command taking place in 1956, when British senior officers were replaced by Jordanian ones.
Creation
I... | {"Allegiance": "Flag of the Emirate of Transjordan.svg Emirate of Transjordan(1920-1946)Jordan Kingdom of Jordan(1946-1956)", "Branch": "Army", "Type": "Infantry", "Size": "150 (1920) 12,000 (1949) 22,000 (1956)", "Patron": "Monarch", "Anniversaries": "10 June 1917: Arab Revolt 22 October 1920: Establishment of the A... |
Bücker-Flugzeugbau GmbH was a German aircraft manufacturer founded in 1932. It was most notable for Its highly regarded sports planes which went on to be used as trainers by the Luftwaffe during World War II.
History
The company was founded by , who had served as an officer in the Imperial German Navy during World War... | {"Fate": "Ceased trading", "Founded": "1932", "Defunct": "1945", "Headquarters": "Rangsdorf, Brandenburg, Germany", "Products": "Aircraft"} |
The City of Kingston is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, its northern boundary lying approximately 15 km from the Melbourne city centre along the north-eastern shorelines of Port Phillip. It covers an area of 91 km² and has an estimated population of 163,431 peop... | {"Type": "lga", "Name": "City of Kingston", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Image": "MelbLGA-Kingston.gif", "Population": "163431", "Population Year": "2018", "Population Footnotes": "3218.0 - Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018 http://w... |
Hurricane Hazel was the deadliest, second-costliest, and most intense hurricane of the 1954 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm killed at least 469 people in Haiti before it struck the United States near the border between North and South Carolina as a Category 4 hurricane. After causing 95 fatalities in the US, Hazel... | {"Name": "Hurricane Hazel", "Image": "Hazel.gif", "Caption": "Surface weather map of Hazel near landfall in North Carolina on October 15", "Formed": "October 5, 1954", "Extratropical": "October 18, 1954"} |
The is an autonomous Eastern Orthodox church within the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate.
History
Early Orthodox Christianity
The first purpose-built Orthodox Christian church to open in Japan was the wooden Russian Consulate chapel of the Resurrection of Christ, in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, consecrated in October 1... | {"Established": "10 April 1970 by the Moscow Patriarchate", "Denomination": "Eastern Orthodox", "Headquarters": "Tokyo, Japan", "Territory": "Japan", "Language": "Classical Japanese"} |
The City of Wyndham is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the outer south-western suburbs of Melbourne, within the Melbourne Metropolitan Area, between Melbourne and the regional city of Geelong. It has an area of . The city had a population of 255,322 in June 2018. For the year to 2018 the City of Wyndh... | {"Type": "lga", "Name": "City of Wyndham", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Image": "MelbLGA-Wyndham.gif", "Caption": "Location of City of Wyndham within Melbourne.", "Population": "255322", "Population Year": "2018", "Population Footnotes": "3218.0 - Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by... |
The governor-general of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is the representative of the Vincentian monarch, in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The office of the governor-general was created in 1979 when the islands gained independence as a Commonwealth realm.
List of governors-general of Saint Vincent and the Grenadi... | {"Post": "Governor-General", "Body": "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines", "Flag size": "150px", "Flag caption": "Flag of the governor-general", "Flag border": "yes", "Insignia size": "100px", "Insignia caption": "Coat of arms of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines", "Incumbent": "Susan Dougan", "Incumbent since": "1 August... |
This article contains a list of prime ministers of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
List of officeholders
Chief ministers of Saint Vincent (1960-1969)
PortraitNameElectionTerm of officePolitical partyTook officeLeft officeTime in office 160pxEbenezer Joshua196119669 January 196030 May 1967People's Political Part... | {"Post": "Prime Minister", "Body": "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines", "Insignia caption": "Coat of arms of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines", "Incumbent": "Ralph Gonsalves", "Incumbent since": "29 March 2001", "Style": "The Right Honourable", "Residence": "Prime Minister's Official Residence, Kingstown", "Term length"... |
Simeon Stylites or Symeon the Stylite , Koine Greek , (Greek: Συμεών ό Στυλίτης; ; 2 September 459) was a Syrian Christian ascetic, who achieved notability by living 37 years on a small platform on top of a pillar near Aleppo (in modern Syria). Several other stylites later followed his model (the Greek word style m... | {"Born": "Sis, Adana Province, Turkey", "Died": "Qalaat Semaan, Byzantine Syria (between Aleppo and Antioch)", "Feast": "1 September (Eastern Orthodox Church)\n 29 Pashons (Coptic Orthodox Church)\n 5 January (Western Christianity)\n 27 July (Syriac Orthodox Church)\n Monday after second Sunday of the Exaltation of the... |
The City of Manningham is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne and is divided into 12 suburbs, with the largest being Doncaster and Doncaster East. It comprises an area of 113 square kilometres and had a population of 125,508 in June 2018.
The district spans a roughl... | {"Type": "lga", "Name": "City of Manningham", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Image": "MelbLGA-Manningham.gif", "Caption": "Balance of City and Country", "Population": "125508", "Population Year": "2018", "Population Footnotes": "3218.0 - Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Gover... |
Mel and Kim (stylized as MӗL & KIM) were an English pop duo, consisting of sisters Melanie and Kim Appleby. Originally managed by Alan Whitehead, they achieved success between 1986 and 1988, before Melanie died of cancer in January 1990 at the age of 23.
The duo reached number one in the UK Singles Chart with their 19... | {"Origin": "London, England", "Genres": "Dance-pop", "Labels": "Supreme (1986-89) Parlophone (1989-1990) Dancing Nation (2018-)", "Website": "MelandKim.com"} |
Severe Tire Damage is a primarily live album by They Might Be Giants, released in 1998. It also features a few studio tracks, including a new single ("Doctor Worm").
The live cuts, some recorded at soundchecks without any audience, feature at least one track from every album since their debut, which include a few old... | {"Released": "August 11, 1998", "Recorded": "1994-1998", "Genre": "Alternative rock", "Label": "Restless (U.S.)Cooking Vinyl (U.K.)"} |
Programming Perl, best known as the Camel Book among programmers, is a book about writing programs using the Perl programming language, revised as several editions (1991-2012) to reflect major language changes since Perl version 4. Editions have been co-written by the creator of Perl, Larry Wall, along with Randal L. S... | {"Publisher": "O'Reilly Media", "Media type": "Print, Ebook", "Pages": "1184", "ISBN": "(print), 978-1-4493-9890-3 (ebook)"} |
The Federal Minister of the Interior () is the head of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and a member of the Cabinet of Germany.
The current Federal Minister of the Interior is Nancy Faeser, since 8 December 2021.
List of officeholders
Secretaries of State for the Interior, 1879-1919
Political Party:
Name Portrai... | {"Post": "Federal Minister", "Body": "the Interior", "Native name": "Bundesminister des Innern", "Insignia size": "120", "Insignia caption": "Coat of arms", "Flag size": "130", "Flag caption": "State flag", "Incumbent": "Nancy Faeser", "Incumbent since": "8 December 2021", "Department": "Federal Ministry of the Interio... |
The Minister of Finance of Germany () is the head of the Federal Ministry of Finance and a member of the Federal Cabinet.
State Secretaries for Finance of the German Empire (1880-1918)
Adolf Heinrich Wilhelm Scholz 1880-1882
Franz Emil Emanuel von Burchard 1882-1886
Karl Rudolf Jacobi 1886-1888
Baron Helmuth von... | {"Post": "Minister", "Body": "Finance", "Native name": "Finanzminister", "Insignia caption": "Coat of arms of the German Government", "Flag caption": "State flag of Germany", "Incumbent": "Christian Lindner", "Incumbent since": "8 December 2021", "Department": "Federal Ministry of Finance", "Member of": "Federal Cabine... |
Learning Perl, also known as the llama book, is a tutorial book for the Perl programming language, and is published by O'Reilly Media. The first edition (1993) was authored solely by Randal L. Schwartz, and covered Perl 4. All subsequent editions have covered Perl 5. The second (1997) edition was coauthored with Tom Ch... | {"Publisher": "O'Reilly Media", "Media type": "Print, Ebook", "Pages": "394", "ISBN": "(print), 978-1-4919-5426-3 (ebook)"} |
This page lists Colonial Ministers of Imperial Germany. With the loss of Germany's colonies in the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, the office was abolished.
Directors of the Colonial Department in the Foreign Secretariat (1890-1907)
State Secretaries for the Colonies (1907-1918)
Ministers for the Colonies (1918-1919)... | {"Post": "State Secretary for the Imperial Colonial Office", "Native name": "de Staatssekretär des Reichskolonialamtes", "Flag border": "yes", "Flag caption": "Service flag of the Colonial Office", "Image caption": "Longest servingWilhelm Solf(20 December 1911 - 13 December 1918)", "Department": "Imperial Colonial Offi... |
This page lists German naval ministers.
List
Reich Minister of the Navy in the Provisional Central Authority (1848-1849)
Chief of the Imperial Admiralty (1872-1889)
State Secretaries to the Imperial Navy Office of the German Empire (1889-1919)
Naval
Category:Naval ministers
Category:Naval history of Germany | {"Post": "State Secretary", "Body": "the Naval Office", "Native name": "Staatssekretäre im Reichsmarineamt des Deutschen Kaiserreiches", "Flag border": "yes", "Image caption": "Longest servingAlfred von Tirpitz(15 June 1897 - 12 March 1916)", "Department": "Reichsdienstflagge der Kaiserlichen Marine 1893-1918.svg Germa... |
The Federal Minister of Defence () is the head of the Federal Ministry of Defence and a member of the Federal Cabinet.
According to Article 65a of the German Constitution (), the Federal Minister of Defence is commander-in-chief () of the German armed forces, the Bundeswehr, in peacetime. Conversely, when a state of d... | {"Post": "Federal Minister", "Body": "Defence", "Native name": "Bundesminister der Verteidigung", "Insignia size": "110px", "Insignia caption": "Coat of arms", "Flag size": "110px", "Flag caption": "State flag", "Incumbent": "Boris Pistorius", "Incumbent since": "19 January 2023", "Department": "Federal Ministry of Def... |
Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin (19 July 1894 - 22 October 1964) was a Pakistani politician and statesman who served as the second governor-general of Pakistan from 1948 to 1951 and later as the second prime minister of Pakistan from 1951 to 1953. He was one of the leading founding fathers of Pakistan and the first Bengali to h... | {"Name": "Khawaja Nazimuddin", "Native name": "খাজা নাজিমুদ্দিন", "Image caption": "Nazimuddin in 1948", "Term start": "14 September 1948", "Term end": "17 October 1951", "Office 2": "2nd Prime Minister of Pakistan", "Monarch 2": "George VIElizabeth II", "Predecessor 2": "Liaquat Ali Khan", "Successor 2": "Mohammad Ali... |
Pinklon Thomas (born February 10, 1958) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1978 to 1993. He was boxing's first 'Centennial Champion' (1886-1986) and held the WBC heavyweight title from 1984 to 1986. He is often regarded as One of the Best Boxers of His Generation. He Scored Notable Victories Ove... | {"Nickname(s)": "Pink", "Weight(s)": "Heavyweight", "Height": "6 ft 3 in", "Reach": "77 in", "Nationality": "American", "Born": "Pontiac, Michigan, U.S.", "Stance": "Orthodox", "Total fights": "51", "Wins": "43", "Wins by KO": "34", "Losses": "7", "Draws": "1"} |
Mad About You is an American television sitcom starring Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt as a married couple in New York City. It initially aired on NBC from September 23, 1992, to May 24, 1999, winning numerous awards including four Golden Globe Awards and twelve Primetime Emmy Awards. On March 6, 2019, a limited season 8 r... | {"Genre": "Sitcom", "Created by": "Paul Reiser Danny Jacobson", "Developed by": "Peter Tolan (2019 revival)", "Starring": "Paul Reiser Helen Hunt Anne Ramsay Leila Kenzle John Pankow Richard Kind Cynthia Harris Louis Zorich Abby Quinn", "Opening theme": "\"Final Frontier\"", "Country of origin": "United States", "Camer... |
Nok Air (, , derived from nok (นก), the Thai word for bird), is a low-cost airline in Thailand operating mostly domestic services out of Bangkok's Don Mueang International Airport. Thai Airways International owns the fourth-largest stake in the airline.
History
Nok Air was established in February 2004 as Sky Asia C... | {"Airline name": "Nok Air นกแอร์", "IATA Designator": "DD", "ICAO Designator": "NOK", "Callsign": "NOK AIR", "Major hubs": "Don Mueang International Airport", "Frequent Flyer Program": "Nok Fan Club", "Airline Alliance": "Value Alliance", "Current Fleet Size": "22", "Number of Destinations": "26", "Parent Company": "N... |
Klee (German for "clover") is a German pop band from Cologne. Named after German painter Paul Klee, the band was formed in 2002 by singer Suzie Kerstgens and musicians Sten Servaes and Tom Deininger. Klee's brand of pop music incorporates electronic as well as acoustic sounds and, in more recent years, the band has emb... | {"Origin": "Cologne, Germany", "Genres": "Rock", "Labels": "modernsoul (Ministry of Sound), Island (Universal), Warner Music", "Website": "http://www.kleemusik.de de", "Members": "Suzie KerstgensSten Servaes"} |
Black Canadians (), also known as Afro-Canadians (French: Afro-Canadiens), are people of full or partial sub-Saharan African descent who are citizens or permanent residents of Canada. The majority of Black Canadians are of Caribbean and African immigrant origin, though the Black Canadian population also consists of Af... | {"Name": "Black CanadiansCanadiens Noirs (French)", "Image caption": "<div style=\"text-align: center>Black Canadians as percent of population by province/territory", "Population": "1,547,870 (total, 2021)4.26% of total Canadian populationGovernment of Canada Statistics Canada Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Cens... |
Mirzā Ghulām Aḥmad (13 February 1835 - 26 May 1908) was an Indian religious leader and the founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam. He claimed to have been divinely appointed as the promised Messiah and Mahdī—which is the metaphorical second-coming of Jesus (mathīl-iʿIsā),Yohanan Friedmann. Prophecy Continuous: Aspe... | {"Religion": "Islam", "Children": "font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left; Mirza Sultan Ahmad Mirza Fazal Ahmad Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad Mirza Bashir Ahmad Mirza Sharif Ahmad Mirza Mubarak Ahmad Mubarika Begum Amatul Naseer Begum Amatul Hafeez Begum", "Born": "Qadian, Gurdaspur, Sikh Emp... |
Bangkok Airways Public Company Limited () is a regional airline based in Bangkok, Thailand."Contact Us ." Bangkok Airways. Retrieved on 12 May 2010. It operates scheduled services to destinations in Thailand, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Laos, Maldives, Myanmar, Singapore, and Vietnam. Its main base is Suvarnabhumi Airport.
... | {"Airline name": "Bangkok Airways บางกอกแอร์เวย์ส", "Image size (px)": "170px", "IATA Designator": "PG", "ICAO Designator": "BKP", "Callsign": "BANGKOK AIR", "Founded": "1968 yes(as Sahakol Air)", "Commenced operations": "1989 yes(as Bangkok Airways)", "Air Carrier Operator's Certificate # (AOC)": "AOC.0001https://www.... |
Discs of Tron is the second arcade video game based on the 1982 Disney film Tron. While the first Tron is a collection of four minigames, Discs of Tron is a single game inspired by Trons disc-battles. It is set in an arena similar to the one in the jai alai-style sequence.
In 2008, a port to the Xbox 360, via Xbox Liv... | {"Title": "Discs of Tron", "Caption": "North American arcade flyer", "Developer": "Bally MidwayPorted to Xbox 360 and developed by Backbone Entertainment.", "Publisher": "Bally MidwayPublished by Disney Interactive Studios on Xbox 360.", "Designer": "Robert Dinnerman", "Artist": "Brian Colin", "Genre": "Action", "Modes... |
Orient Thai Airlines Co., Ltd."." Orient Thai Airlines profile." was an airline with its head office in Khlong Toei, Bangkok, Thailand."Contact Us ." Orient Thai Airlines. Retrieved on 27 February 2012. "18 Ratchadapisek Road,Klongtoey, Bangkok 10110" - Thai : "เลขที่ 18 ถนนรัชดาภิเษก แขวงคลองเตย เขตคลองเตย กรุงเทพฯ 10... | {"Airline name": "Orient Thai Airlinesโอเรียนท์ ไทย แอร์ไลน์", "IATA Designator": "OX", "ICAO Designator": "OEA", "Callsign": "ORIENT THAI", "Founded": "1995 y", "Ceased operations": "2018 07 y(flight operations)\n 2018 10 09 y(liquidation)", "Headquarters": "Khlong Toei, Bangkok, Thailand", "Key People": "Kajit Hab... |
Eric Henry Liddell (; 16 January 1902 - 21 February 1945) was a Scottish sprinter, rugby player and Christian missionary. Born in Qing China to Scottish missionary parents, he attended boarding school near London, spending time when possible with his family in Edinburgh, and afterwards attended the University of Edinbu... | {"Name": "Eric Liddell", "Image size": "195px", "Image caption": "Liddell at the British Empire versus U.S.A. relays meet held at Stamford Bridge in July 1924John W Keddie, \"Running the Race - Eric Liddell, Olympic Champion and Missionary\" book.", "Full name": "Eric Henry Liddell", "Nationality": "Scottish", "Birth d... |
Idols is a television show on the South African television network Mzansi Magic, and previously on M-Net, based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in South Africa.
The general format of the show is that thousands of hopeful performers from across South Africa... | {"Created by": "Simon Fuller", "Directed by": "Mahle Buyelekhaya", "Presented by": "English series: \nProVerb (2010-present)\nLiezl van der Westhuizen (2009-10)\nColin Moss (2003-07)\nLetoya Makhene (2003)\nCandy Litchfield (2002)\nSami Sabiti (2002)\nMatt Stewardson (2002)Afrikaans series:Sean Else", "Judges": "Englis... |
Ashraf Choudhary (born 15 February 1949; Sialkot, Punjab) is a Pakistani-New Zealand scientist in agricultural engineering and formerly a member of the Parliament in New Zealand. He is a member of the Labour Party, and was New Zealand's first MP from South Asia and Pakistan.
Early life
Choudhary was born in the Pakis... | {"Name": "Ashraf Choudhary", "Term start": "2002", "Term end": "2011", "Birth date": "yes 1949 02 15", "Birth place": "Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan", "Nationality": "New Zealand", "Residence": "Auckland", "Alma mater": "University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF) Pakistan Massey University, New Zealand"} |
Al Anbar Governorate (; muḥāfaẓat al-’Anbār), or Anbar Province, is the largest governorate in Iraq by area. Encompassing much of the country's western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. The population is mostly Sunni Muslims. The provincial capital is Ramadi; other important cities incl... | {"Density": "auto", "Type": "Provincial Government", "Body": "Council of Anbar Province", "Length": "113", "Water": "2,350", "Rank": "7th", "Width": "125", "ISO 3166 code": "IQ-AN", "Website": "https://anbar.iq"} |
Epinions.com was a general consumer review site established in 1999. Epinions was acquired in 2003 by DealTime, later Shopping.com, which was acquired by eBay in 2005. Epinions users could access reviews about a variety of items. On 25 March 2014, all community features, and features for submitting and editing reviews,... | {"URL": "www.epinions.com", "Commercial": "yes", "Available in": "English", "Founder(s)": "Naval Ravikant, Nirav Tolia, Ramanathan Guha, Mike Speiser, Dion Lim", "Launched": "1999", "Current status": "defunct in 2018"} |
Catherine Baker (born 16 July 1947 in Lille) is a French journalist and unschooling essayist. She has also more recently written against the whole prison system, arguing for a complete abolition. Some of her books were later re-edited and their full text made freely available online.
Bibliography
1982 : Balade dans le... | {"Name": "Catherine Baker", "Occupation": "Journalist, essayist", "Birth date": "1947 y 7 16", "Birth place": "Lille, France"} |
The National Building Museum is a museum of architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning in Washington, D.C., United States. It was created by an Act of Congress in 1980, and is a private non-profit institution. Located at 401 F Street NW, it is adjacent to the National Law Enforcement Officers M... | {"Location": "401 F St. NW, Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Built": "1887", "Architect": "Montgomery C. Meigs", "Architectural style": "Renaissance Revival"} |
thumb|right|This PostShop in Wellesley Street, Auckland, New Zealand, also serves as a branch of Kiwibank.
Kiwibank Limited is a New Zealand state-owned bank and financial services provider. As of 2023, they are the fifth-largest bank in New Zealand by assets, and the largest New Zealand-owned bank, with a market share... | {"Type": "State-owned enterprise", "Founded": "May 2001", "Headquarters": "Auckland, New Zealand", "Products": "Banking and financial services", "Rating": "A (S&P)Kiwibank Limited https://bankdashboard.rbnz.govt.nz/orgs/KIWI live Reserve Bank of New Zealand Bank Financial Strength Dashboard"} |
Rufus C. Thomas, Jr. (March 26, 1917 - December 15, 2001) was an American rhythm-and-blues, funk, soul and blues singer, songwriter, dancer, DJ and comic entertainer from Memphis, Tennessee. He recorded for several labels, including Chess Records and Sun Records in the 1950s, before becoming established in the 1960s an... | {"Born": "Cayce, Mississippi, U.S.", "Died": "Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.", "Genres": "R&B\nsouthern soul\nnovelty\nblues\nfunk", "Labels": "Chess\nSun\nStax\nAVI"} |
Marion Walter Jacobs (May 1, 1930 - February 15, 1968), known as Little Walter, was an American blues musician, singer, and songwriter, whose revolutionary approach to the harmonica had a strong impact on succeeding generations, earning him comparisons to such seminal artists as Django Reinhardt, Charlie Parker and Jim... | {"Born": "Marksville, Louisiana, U.S.", "Died": "Chicago, Illinois", "Genres": "Blues Chicago blues rhythm and blues", "Labels": "Chess Checker", "Website": "littlewalterfoundation.org"} |
Swag is a crime novel by Elmore Leonard, first published in 1976 and since also released as an audio recording. The first paperback edition was published under the alternative title of Ryan's Rules.
Ernest Stickley, Jr. reappears in Stick.
Plot summary
Frank Ryan is an almost honest used car salesman, who after delib... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Delacorte Press", "Media type": "Hard cover", "Pages": "229", "ISBN": "0-440-18424-X", "Followed by": "Stick"} |
{{Infobox writer
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| occupation = Novelist, literary critic
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Mission Earth is a ten-volume science fiction novel series by L. Ron Hubbard. Hubbard died three months after the publication of volume 1, and other volumes were published posthumously.
The series's initial publisher, Bridge Publications, coined the word dekalogy, meaning "a series of ten books", to describe and promo... | {"Name": "Mission Earth", "Books": "The Invaders Plan, Black Genesis, The Enemy Within, An Alien Affair, Fortune of Fear, Death Quest, Voyage of Vengeance, Disaster, Villainy Victorious, The Doomed Planet", "Author": "L. Ron Hubbard", "Image caption": "Cover of Mission Earth volume 1: The Invaders Plan by Gerry Grace",... |
The Java Sea (, ) is an extensive shallow sea on the Sunda Shelf, between the Indonesian islands of Borneo to the north, Java to the south, Sumatra to the west, and Sulawesi to the east. Karimata Strait to its northwest links it to the South China Sea. It is a part of the western Pacific Ocean.AirAsia flight QZ8501: 5 ... | {"Name": "Java Sea", "Image": "Locatie Javazee.PNG", "Image caption": "Location of the Java Sea", "Location": "Sunda Shelf", "Coordinates": "5 S 110 E type:waterbody_scale:10000000 inline,title", "Type": "Sea", "Inflow": "Barito, Bengawan Solo, Brantas, Ciliwung, Cimanuk, Citarum, Kahayan, Musi, Sampit River", "Basin C... |
The Glasgow Subway is an underground light metro system in Glasgow, Scotland. Opened on 14 December 1896, it is the third-oldest underground rail transit system in Europe after the London Underground and the Budapest Metro. It is also one of the very few railways in the world with a track running gauge of wide. Origin... | {"Size of first image": "138px", "Name": "Glasgow SubwayFo-thalamh Ghlaschu", "Locale": "Glasgow, Scotland", "Transit type(s)": "Light Metro", "Opening date (past)": "1896 12 14 yes", "System (route) length": "6+1/2 mi km 1 on", "Track gauge": "4ft on narrow gauge", "Number of lines/routes": "1", "Number of stations/st... |
The Unionist Party was a centre-right political party in Canada, composed primarily of former members of the Conservative party with some individual Liberal Members of Parliament. It was formed in 1917 by MPs who supported the "Union government" formed by Sir Robert Borden during the First World War, who formed the gov... | {"Leader": "Robert Borden,Arthur Meighen", "Founded": "1917 10 10", "Preceded by": "Conservative PartyLiberal-Unionist", "Merged into": "Conservative Party", "Headquarters": "Ottawa, Ontario", "Ideology": "British imperialismConservatismLiberalism", "Political position": "Centre to centre-right"} |
Sir Peter Wilfred Tapsell (21 January 1930 - 5 April 2012) was Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1993 to 1996. He was notable for being the first Māori Speaker, and for being the first Speaker since Bill Barnard in 1943 to hold office while not a member of the governing party.
He was an orthopa... | {"Name": "Sir Peter Tapsell", "Image caption": "Tapsell in 2011", "Birth date": "1930 1 21 y", "Birth place": "Rotorua, New Zealand", "Death date": "y 2012 4 5 1930 1 21http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/former-house-speaker-sir-peter-tapsell-passes-away-4820053 Former House speaker Sir Peter Tapsell passes away | NATION... |
The City of Moonee Valley is a local government area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It comprises the north-western suburbs between 3 and 13 kilometres from the Melbourne city centre, and in June 2018, the city had a population of 127,883.
History
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Moone... | {"Type": "lga", "Name": "City of Moonee Valley", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Image": "MelbLGA-MooneeValley.gif", "Caption": "Location within Melbourne metropolitan area", "Population": "127883", "Population Year": "2018", "Population Footnotes": "3218.0 - Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Est... |
Peng Ming-min (; 15 August 19238 April 2022) was a notable Taiwanese democracy activist, advocate of Taiwan independence, and politician. Arrested for sedition in 1964 for printing a manifesto advocating democracy in his native Taiwan, he escaped to Sweden, before taking a post as a university teacher in the United Sta... | {"Image caption": "Peng in 2017", "Name": "Peng Ming-min", "Nationality": "Taiwanese", "Term start": "20 May 2000", "Term end": "20 May 2008", "Birth date": "1923 8 15 yes", "Birth place": "Taikō Town, Taikō District, Taichū Prefecture, Taiwan, Japan (modern-day Dajia District, Taichung, Taiwan)", "Death date": "yes 20... |
The City of Greater Dandenong is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of just under 130 square kilometres (50 sq mi) and 166,094 residents in 2018. 29% of its land area forms part of the South East Green Wedge. It was formed in 1994 by the merger of par... | {"Type": "lga", "Name": "City of Greater Dandenong", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Image": "MelbLGA-GreaterDandenong.gif", "Caption": "The City of Greater Dandenong within metropolitan Melbourne", "Population": "166094", "Population Year": "2018", "Population Footnotes": "3218.0 - Regional Population Growth, Australia,... |
Charles Wood (15 June 1866 - 12 July 1926) was an Irish composer and teacher; his students included Ralph Vaughan Williams at Cambridge and Herbert Howells at the Royal College of Music. He is primarily remembered and performed as an Anglican church music composer, but he also wrote songs and chamber music, particularl... | {"Name": "Charles Wood", "Birth date": "1866 06 22 y", "Birth place": "Armagh, Ireland, UK", "Death date": "1926 07 12 1866 06 15 y", "Death place": "Cambridge, England, UK", "Occupation": "Organist Composer Academic teacher", "Spouse(s)": "Charlotte Wills-Sandford"} |
Hu Shuli (; born 1953) is the founder and publisher of Caixin Media. She is also the professor of the School of Journalism and Communication at Sun Yat-sen University and the adjunct professor of the School of Journalism and Communication at Renmin University of China.
The first issue of Century Weekly under the aegis... | {"Name": "Hu Shuli", "Caption": "Hu Shuli at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin, China 2012.", "Native name": "胡舒立", "Native name language": "zh", "Birth date": "1953 11 29", "Nationality": "Chinese", "Alma mater": "Renmin University (BA)Stanford University (MA)Fordham University (E... |
The Shire of Yarra Ranges, also known as Yarra Ranges Council, is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the outer eastern and northeastern suburbs of Melbourne extending into the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges. It has an area of , of which 3% is classified as urban. In June 2018, it had a popula... | {"Type": "lga", "Name": "Shire of Yarra Ranges", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Image Alt Text": "Location in Victoria", "Caption": "Location in Victoria", "Image 2": "MelbLGA-YarraRanges.gif", "Image 2 Alt Text": "Map of Melbourne with Yarra Ranges Highlighted", "Image 2 Caption": "Map of Melbourne with Yarra Ranges LG... |
The Dandenong Ranges (commonly just The Dandenongs) are a set of low mountain ranges in Victoria, Australia, approximately east of the state capital Melbourne. A minor branch of the Great Dividing Range, the Dandenongs consist mostly of rolling hills, rising to at Mount Dandenong, as well as steeply weathered valleys... | {"Length": "N-S", "Width": "E-W", "Coordinates": "37 49 38 S 145 21 10 E region:AU_type:mountain_source:vicnames_type:mountain inline", "Elevation": "633", "Location": "Location of the Dandenong Ranges in Victoria"} |
William Gillies (1865-1932) was a Scottish patriot and a socialist. He helped to form the Scots National League, which joined with other bodies to form the National Party of Scotland, which in turn evolved into the Scottish National Party (SNP).
Biography
Gillies was born in the Galloway region of Scotland in 1865, b... | {"Born": "1865", "Died": "1932 1865", "Occupation": "Journalist playwright", "Nationality": "Scottish"} |
The City of Casey is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the outer south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Casey is Victoria's most populous municipality, with a June 2018 population of 340,419. It has an area of .
The city is named after Lord Casey, the 16th Governor-General of Australia, and was formed in ... | {"Type": "lga", "Name": "City of Casey", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Image": "MelbLGA-Casey.gif", "Caption": "Map of Melbourne showing City of Casey", "Population": "340419", "Population Year": "2018", "Population Footnotes": "3218.0 - Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Gove... |
The Shire of Nillumbik ( ) is a local government area in Victoria, Australia. It contains outer northern suburbs of Melbourne and rural localities beyond the urban area. It has an area of 432 square kilometres and at the 2021 census, the Shire had a population of 62,895. It was formed in 1994 from the merger of parts... | {"Type": "lga", "Name": "Shire of Nillumbik", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Image": "MelbLGA-Nillumbik.gif", "Caption": "Map of Melbourne showing Shire of Nillumbik", "Population": "62895", "Population Year": "2021", "Population Footnotes": "3218.0 - Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates ... |
Daniel Chapin Kinsey (January 22, 1902 – June 27, 1970) was an American hurdler and a scholar in physical education.
Born in St. Louis, Kinsey attended the University of Illinois, studying education. He won the gold medal in the 110-Metres Hurdles at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
He graduated in 1926 and continu... | {"Name": "Daniel Kinsey", "Image caption": "Dan Kinsey vainqueur du 110 mètres haies devant Sid Atkinson, aux JO de 1924.", "Full name": "Daniel Chapin Kinsey", "Birth date": "1902 01 22", "Place of birth": "St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.", "Death date": "1970 06 27 1902 01 22", "Place of death": "Richmond, Indiana, U.S.", ... |
The City of Port Phillip is a local government area of Victoria, Australia on the northern shores of Port Phillip, south of Melbourne's central business district. It has an area of 20.7 km² and had a population of 113,200 in June 2018.
Port Phillip contains a number of varied and substantial retail, entertainment and ... | {"Type": "lga", "Name": "City of Port Phillip", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Image": "MelbLGA-PortPhillip.gif", "Population": "113200", "Population Year": "2018", "Population Footnotes": "3218.0 - Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018 h... |
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The City of Merri-bek () is a local government area in metropolitan Melbourne, Australia. It comprises the inner northern suburbs between 4 and 11 kilometres from the Melbourne CBD. The Merri-bek local government area covers , and in June 2018, it had a population of 1... | {"Type": "lga", "Name": "City of Merri-bek", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Image": "MelbLGA-Merri-bek.gif", "Caption": "Location within Melbourne metropolitan area", "Population": "181725", "Population Year": "2018", "Population Footnotes": "3218.0 - Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates ... |
The City of Whittlesea is a local government area located in the outer northern suburbs of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covers an area of , and in June 2018, it had a population of 223,322.
History
What became the City of Whittlesea had its origins in two separate roads districts (an ... | {"Type": "lga", "Name": "City of Whittlesea", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Image": "MelbLGA-Whittlesea.gif", "Caption": "Map of Melbourne showing City of Whittlesea", "Population": "223322", "Population Year": "2018", "Population Footnotes": "3218.0 - Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimate... |
Frederick Morgan Taylor (April 17, 1903 – February 16, 1975) was an American hurdler and the first athlete to win three Olympic medals in the 400 m hurdles. He was the flag bearer for the United States at his last Olympics in 1932.
In 1924, Taylor won the 400 m Olympic trials with a world best time of 52.6 s, which wa... | {"Name": "Morgan Taylor", "Image caption": "Morgan Taylor at the 1928 Olympics", "Full name": "Frederick Morgan Taylor", "Birth date": "April 17, 1903", "Place of birth": "Sioux City, Iowa, United States", "Death date": "February 16, 1975 (aged 71)", "Place of death": "Rochester, New York, United States", "Height": "1.... |
The City of Stonnington is a local government area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Australia. It comprises the inner south-eastern suburbs, between , from the Melbourne CBD. The city covers an area of .
Within twenty years of the settlement of Melbourne in 1835, the Prahran Municipality (later City ... | {"Name": "City of Stonnington", "Type": "lga", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Image": "MelbLGA-Stonnington.gif", "Population": "104,703", "Population Year": "2021", "Population Footnotes": "3218.0 - Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018 h... |
Willie McRae (18 May 1923 - 7 April 1985) was a Scottish lawyer, orator, naval officer, politician and anti-nuclear campaigner. In the Second World War he served in the British Army and then the Royal Indian Navy. He supported the Indian independence movement and for much of his life was active in the Scottish National... | {"Name": "Willie McRae", "Birth date": "yes 1923 05 18", "Birth place": "Carron, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland", "Death date": "yes 1985 04 07 1923 05 18", "Death place": "Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, Scotland", "Nationality": "Scottish", "Alma mater": "University of Glasgow"} |
The City of Darebin is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of and in June 2018 Darebin had a population of 161,609. Municipal offices are located at 350 High Street, Preston.
Darebin was rated 386th of 590 Australian Local Government Areas in the BankWe... | {"Type": "lga", "Name": "City of Darebin", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Image": "MelbLGA-Darebin.gif", "Caption": "Map of Melbourne showing City of Darebin", "Population": "161609", "Population Year": "2018", "Population Footnotes": "3218.0 - Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Loca... |
Estella Dawn Warren (born December 23, 1978)"Estella Warren". Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. Vol. 69. Gale, 2006. Gale Biography In Context. Web. May 26, 2011. is a Canadian actress, fashion model and former synchronized swimmer. During her swimming career she was a member of the Canada national team and wo... | {"Name": "Estella Warren", "Caption": "Warren in Fredericton shooting Blue Seduction", "Birth date": "1978 12 23", "Birth place": "Peterborough, Ontario, Canada", "Occupation": "Actress\n model\n swimmer", "Education": "Silverthorn Collegiate Institute", "Height": "5 ft 9 in m 2 on", "Years active": "1990-2017"} |
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The City of Glen Eira is a local government area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of and has an estimated population of 153,858 (51.6% female and 48.4% male).
The local government area was formed in 1994 from the mer... | {"Type": "lga", "Name": "City of Glen Eira", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Image": "MelbLGA-GlenEira.gif", "Population": "153858", "Population Year": "2018", "Population Footnotes": "3218.0 - Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018 http://... |
The City of Frankston (officially known as Frankston City Council) is a local government area (LGA) in Victoria, Australia in the southern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 130 square kilometres, and in June 2018, the City of Frankston recorded a population of 141,845.
Despite its similar area and name, the City... | {"Type": "lga", "Name": "City of Frankston", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Image": "MelbLGA-Frankston.gif", "Population": "139281", "Population Year": "2021", "Population Footnotes": "3218.0 - Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018 http:/... |
The City of Hume is a local government area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It includes the outer north-western suburbs and a number of rural localities between 13 and 40 kilometres from the Melbourne city centre.
It has an area of 504 square kilometres, and in June 2018 it had ... | {"Type": "lga", "Name": "City of Hume", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Image": "MelbLGA-Hume.gif", "Caption": "Location within Melbourne metropolitan area", "Population": "243901", "Population Year": "2021", "Population Footnotes": "3218.0 - Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local G... |
Shabana Azmi (born 18 September 1950) is an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. Her career in the Hindi film industry has spanned over 160 films, mostly within independent and neorealist parallel cinema, though her work extended to mainstream films as well as a number of international projects. One of India... | {"Name": "Shabana Azmi", "Caption": "Azmi at the SFU in October 2009", "Birth date": "1950 9 18 y", "Birth place": "Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, India", "Spouse(s)": "Javed Akhtar 1984", "Father": "Kaifi Azmi", "Mother": "Shaukat Kaifi", "Occupation": "Actress social activist", "Awards": "Padma Bhushan (2012)", "Birth n... |
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The City of Bayside is a local government area in Victoria, Australia. It is within the southern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 36 square kilometres and in 2018 had a population of 105,718 people.
Histo... | {"Type": "lga", "Name": "City of Bayside", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Image": "MelbLGA-Bayside.gif", "Caption": "Map of Melbourne showing City of Bayside", "Coordinates": "37 56 00 S 145 01 00 E type:adm2nd_region:AU-VIC inline, title", "Population": "105718", "Population Year": "2018", "Population Footnotes": "3218... |
The City of Banyule is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It was created under the Local Government Act 1989 and established in 1994 as an amalgamation of former councils. It has an area of and lies between 7 and 21 km from central Melbourne. In 1994 it had a popu... | {"Type": "lga", "Name": "City of Banyule", "State Abbreviation": "VIC", "Image": "MelbLGA-Banyule.gif", "Caption": "Map of Melbourne showing Banyule", "Population": "130237", "Population Year": "2018", "Population Footnotes": "3218.0 - Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Govern... |
Hualālai (pronounced in Hawaiian) is an active volcano on the island of Hawaii in the Hawaiian Islands. It is the westernmost, third-youngest and the third-most active of the five volcanoes that form the island of Hawaii, following Kīlauea and the much larger Mauna Loa. Its peak stands above sea level. Hualālai is es... | {"Elevation": "8,271", "Location": "Hawaii, U.S.", "Prominence": "3,071", "Language of name": "Hawaiian language", "Pronunciation": "huəˈlaːlei Hawaiian:", "Coordinates": "19 41 32 N 155 52 02 W type:mountain_region:US-HI_scale:100000 dms inline,title"} |
Mount Katmai () is a large active stratovolcano (composite volcano) on the Alaska Peninsula in southern Alaska, located within Katmai National Park and Preserve. It is about in diameter with a central lake-filled caldera about in size, formed during the Novarupta eruption of 1912. The caldera rim reaches a maximum e... | {"Elevation": "Peakbagger.com, Mount Katmai, Alaska, Retrieved Jan. 6, 2023.", "Prominence": "2391", "Location": "Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, United States", "Coordinates": "58 16 43.0 N 154 57 24.9 W type:mountain_region:US"} |
Tivadar Puskás de Ditró (in older English technical literature: Theodore Puskás) (17 September 1844 – 16 March 1893) was a Hungarian inventor, telephone pioneer, and inventor of the telephone exchange.Biodata He was also the founder of Telefon Hírmondó.
Biography
The Puskás family from DitróMagyar nyelv, Volumes 38-3... | {"Name": "Tivadar Puskás", "Birth date": "1844 9 17 yes", "Birth name": "Tivadar Puskás de Ditró", "Birth place": "Pest, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire", "Death date": "1893 3 16 1844 9 17 yes", "Death place": "Budapest, Austria-Hungary", "Other names": "Theodore Puskás", "Nationality": "Hungarian", "Occupation": ... |
The City of Maribyrnong is a local government area within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Australia. It comprises the inner western suburbs between 5 and 10 kilometres from Melbourne city centre. It was formed in 1994 from the merger of the City of Footscray and parts of the City of Sunshine. In June 2018, Maribyr... | {"Type": "lga", "Name": "City of Maribyrnong", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Image": "MelbLGA-Maribyrnong.gif", "Caption": "Map of Melbourne showing location of City of Maribyrnong.", "Population": "91387", "Population Year": "2018", "Population Footnotes": "3218.0 - Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Popu... |
The City of Brimbank is a local government area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It comprises the western suburbs between 10 and 20 km west and northwest from the Melbourne city centre.
The City has an area of 123 km² and in June 2018, Brimbank had a population of 208,714.
Histo... | {"Type": "lga", "Name": "City of Brimbank", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Image": "MelbLGA-Brimbank.gif", "Caption": "Map of Melbourne showing City of Brimbank", "Population": "208714", "Population Year": "2018", "Population Footnotes": "3218.0 - Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by L... |
Melton is a suburb on the outskirts of Melbourne, Victoria. The suburb is located west of Melbourne's Central Business District on the city's western rural-urban fringe. It is the administrative centre of the City of Melton local government area. As of the 2021 Australian census, the suburb has a population of 7,953.... | {"Type": "suburb", "Name": "Melton", "City": "Melbourne", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Caption": "Aerial view of Melton", "Local Government Area (LGA)": "City of Melton", "Postcode": "3337", "Population": "7,953", "Population Year": "2021", "Population Footnotes": "https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quicks... |
Ruaraidh Erskine of Marr (15 January 1869 – 5 January 1960) (Scottish Gaelic: Ruaraidh Arascain is Mhàirr) was a Scottish nationalist political activist, writer and Scottish Gaelic language revival campaigner.
Early life
Ruaraidh Erskine was born The Honourable Stuart Richard Joseph Erskine at 1 Portland Place, Bright... | {"Native name": "gd", "Born": "1869 01 15 y", "Died": "1960 01 15 1869 01 15 y", "Occupation": "Political activist, writer and Scottish Gaelic language campaigner", "Language": "Scottish Gaelic", "Nationality": "Scottish", "Literary movement": "Scottish nationalism", "Relatives": "William Macnaghten Erskine and Carolin... |
The Player's Handbook (spelled Players Handbook in first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D)) is the name given to one of the core rulebooks in every edition of the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D). It does not contain the complete set of rules for the game, and only includes rules for use by p... | {"Cover artist": "David A. Trampier", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "TSR, Inc.", "Media type": "Print (Hardcover)", "Pages": "128", "ISBN": "0-935696-01-6"} |
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