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The Fiat Croma name was used for two distinct large family car by Fiat, one a five door liftback manufactured and marketed from 1985 to 1996, and after a nine-year hiatus, a crossover station wagon manufactured and marketed from 2005 to 2010.
First generation (1985-1996)
left|thumb|1987 Fiat Croma CHT
The original... | {"Production": "1985-19962005-2010", "Manufacturer": "Fiat", "Class": "Large family car (D)", "Layout": "Front-engine, front-wheel-drive", "Predecessor": "Fiat Argenta (as sedan)", "Successor": "Fiat Freemont"} |
The Suwannee River (also spelled Suwanee River) is a river that runs through south Georgia southward into Florida in the Southern United States. It is a wild blackwater river, about long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 18, 2011 The Su... | {"Mouth": "0 ft on", "Location": "Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, Suwannee, Florida", "Coordinates": "29 17 18 N 83 9 57 W inline,title", "Left": "Santa Fe River", "Right": "Alapaha River, Withlacoochee River"} |
The Honda CB750 is an air-cooled, transverse, in-line-four-cylinder-engine motorcycle made by Honda over several generations for year models 1969-2003, plus 2007, with an upright, or standard, riding posture. It is often called the original Universal Japanese Motorcycle (UJM).
The CR750 is the associated works racer.
... | {"Also called": "Honda Dream CB750 Four", "Manufacturer": "Honda", "Production": "1969-20032007", "Assembly": "Wakō, Saitama, JapanHamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, JapanSuzuka, Mie, Japan", "Successor": "CB900F", "Class": "Sport bike or standard", "Engine": "736 cc on SOHC air-cooled straight four (1969-1978)DOHC air-co... |
Kerry Jayne Elizabeth Katona (born 6 September 1980) is an English television personality and former singer. She was an original member of the pop girl group Atomic Kitten (1998-2001), before the group's success. Katona has appeared on various reality television shows, including I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here (20... | {"Name": "Kerry Katona", "Caption": "Katona in 2005", "Birth name": "Kerry Jayne Elizabeth Katona", "Birth date": "1980 09 6 yesEverett Charlotte Kerry Katona says she never thought she would make 42 as she celebrates birthday https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/kerry-katona-says-never-thought-27917658 8 Oc... |
The Moon and Sixpence is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham, first published on 15 April 1919. It is told in episodic form by a first-person narrator providing a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character, Charles Strickland, a middle-aged English stockbroker, who abandons his wife and children abru... | {"Original title": "en", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "William Heinemann", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "263 pp", "Preceded by": "Of Human Bondage", "Followed by": "The Painted Veil"} |
Fantasia Monique Barrino-Taylor (born June 30, 1984), known professionally by her mononym Fantasia, is an American R&B singer. She rose to prominence in 2004 for her performance of the Porgy and Bess standard "Summertime" during the third season of American Idol, and eventually became that season's winner. Following he... | {"Name": "Fantasia Barrino", "Caption": "Barrino in The American Idol Experience motorcade at Walt Disney World in 2009", "Birth name": "Fantasia Monique Barrino", "Birth date": "yes 1984 6 30", "Birth place": "High Point, North Carolina, U.S.", "Occupation": "Singer\n actress", "Relatives": "Ricco Barrino (brother) \n... |
Diana Nicole DeGarmo (born June 16, 1987) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She rose to fame in 2004 as the runner-up of the third season of American Idol, releasing her debut studio album, Blue Skies, later that year. The following year, DeGarmo ventured into a career in musical theatre. She has starred in... | {"Born": "Birmingham, Alabama", "Genres": "Country, pop", "Origin": "Snellville, Georgia, U.S.", "Labels": "RCA, Mailboathttp://www.mailboatrecords.com/news.html News Mailboat Records November 19, 2012 November 27, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121127064126/http://www.mailboatrecords.com/news.html dead", "Sp... |
Chatteris () is a market town and civil parish in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England, situated in The Fens between Huntingdon, March and Ely. The town is in the North East Cambridgeshire parliamentary constituency.
The parish of Chatteris is large, covering 6,099 hectares, and for much of its history was ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021)", "District": "Fenland", "Shire county": "Cambridgeshire", "UK Parliament": "North East Cambridgeshire", "Postcode district": "PE", "Dialling code": "01354", "OS grid reference": "TL396862"} |
Rampart is a 1990 video game released by Atari Games and Midway Games that combines the shoot 'em up, strategy, and puzzle genres. It debuted as an arcade game with trackball controls, and was ported to home systems. It had a limited US release in October 1990, and a wide release in early 1991. It was distributed in Ja... | {"Title": "Rampart", "Caption": "Arcade flyer", "Developer": "Atari Games", "Publisher": "NA/EU \"CVG114\"/> JP \"MAD\">Rampart https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M731938 Media Arts Database Agency for Cultural Affairs ja 31 July 2021", "Designer": "John SalwitzDave Ralston", "Programmer": "John Salwitz (main pro... |
Thessaloniki Airport , officially Thessaloniki Airport "Makedonia" () and formerly Mikra Airport, is an international airport serving Thessaloniki, the second-largest city in Greece. It is located southeast of the city, in Thermi.
The airport is the third-largest airport in the country after Athens International Airp... | {"Airport type": "Public / military", "Serves": "Thessaloniki", "Location": "Mikra, Macedonia, Greece", "Hub": "Aegean Airlines\n Olympic Air\n Ryanair", "AMSL": "22", "Coordinates": "40 31 11 N 22 58 15 E inline,title", "Website": "skg-airport.gr"} |
Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky (; - 12 June 1937), nicknamed the Red Napoleon, was a Soviet general who was prominent between 1918 and 1937 as a military officer and theoretician. He was later executed during the show trials of 1936-38.
He served as an officer in World War I of 1914-1917 and in the Russian Civil W... | {"Birth name": "Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevskyru Михаил Николаевич Тухачевский", "Nickname(s)": "Red Napoleon", "Born": "Alexandrovskoye, Dorogobuzhsky Uyezd, Smolensk Governorate, Russian Empire", "Died": "Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union", "Allegiance": "Russian Empire 1914 (1914-1917)Russian SFSR 1918 (1918-192... |
The Kawasaki KLR650 is a dual-sport motorcycle intended for both on-road and off-road riding. It was a long-standing model in Kawasaki's lineup, having been introduced in 1987 to replace the 1984-1986 Kawasaki KLR600, and remaining almost unchanged through the 2007 model. The 2008 model was the first significant rede... | {"Manufacturer": "Kawasaki", "Production": "1987-2007", "Assembly": "Japan (1987-2001)Rayong, Thailand (2001-2007)", "Engine": "652 cc single, liquid-cooled, 4-stroke, DOHC, 4-valves", "Bore": "100.0 × 83 mm 1 on", "Power": "36.5 hp on @ 6,100 rpm", "Ignition type": "Electric start", "Transmission": "wet, 5 speed", "Su... |
Glacier Peak or Dakobed (known in the Sauk-Suiattle dialect of the Lushootseed language as "Tda-ko-buh-ba" or "Takobia") is the most isolated of the five major stratovolcanoes (composite volcanoes) of the Cascade Volcanic Arc in the U.S state of Washington. Located in the Glacier Peak Wilderness in Mount Baker-Snoqual... | {"Location": "Snohomish County, Washington, U.S.", "Elevation": "1972 Glacier Peak, Washington October 17, 2012", "Prominence": "7498", "Coordinates": "TQ0506 Glacier Peak December 20, 2008"} |
Zelimkhan Abdulmuslimovich Yandarbiyev (, romanized: Yandarbin Abdulmusliman-khant Zelimxan; , also spelled Yandarbiev; 12 September 1952 - 13 February 2004) was a writer and politician from Chechnya, who served as acting president of the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria between 1996 and 1997. Yandarbiyev was dee... | {"Name": "Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev", "Native name": "Яндарбин Зелимхан", "Native name language": "ce", "Image size": "225px", "Image caption": "Yandarbiyev in 2000", "Term start": "21 April 1996", "Term end": "12 February 1997", "Birth date": "1952 9 12 yes", "Birth place": "Vydrika, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Kazakhst... |
Against Interpretation is a 1966 collection of essays by Susan Sontag. It includes some of Sontag's best-known works, including "On Style," and the eponymous essay "Against Interpretation." In the latter, Sontag argues that the new approach to criticism and aesthetics neglects the sensuous impact and novelty of art, i... | {"Cover artist": "Ellen Raskin", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Farrar, Straus and Giroux", "Media type": "Print", "ISBN": "0-312-28086-6"} |
Illness as Metaphor is a 1978 work of critical theory by Susan Sontag, in which she challenged the victim-blaming in the language that is often used to describe diseases and the people affected by them.
Teasing out the similarities between public perspectives on cancer (the paradigmatic disease of the 20th century bef... | {"Language": "English", "Country": "United States", "Publisher": "Farrar, Straus & Giroux", "ISBN": "978-0-374-17443-9", "Pages": "87", "Followed by": "AIDS and Its Metaphors"} |
The TC Energy Center is a highrise that represents one of the first significant examples of postmodern architecture construction in downtown Houston, Texas. The building has been formerly known as the RepublicBank Center, the NCNB Center, the NationsBank Center, and the Bank of America Center. The building was complete... | {"Alternative names": "RepublicBank CenterNCNB CenterNationsBank Center", "Location": "700 Louisiana StreetHouston, Texas", "Coordinates": "29.7605 -95.3666 region:US-TX inline,title", "Type": "Commercial office", "Architectural style": "Postmodern"} |
The Wells Fargo Plaza, formerly the Allied Bank Plaza and First Interstate Bank Plaza, is a skyscraper located at 1000 Louisiana Street in Downtown Houston, Texas in the United States.
This building is currently the 20th-tallest Building in the United States, the second tallest building in Texas and Houston, after Hou... | {"Location": "1000 Louisiana StreetHouston, Texas, United States", "Coordinates": "29.7584396 -95.3682630 region:US inline,title", "Status": "Complete", "Type": "Office"} |
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii is a 1972 concert film directed by Adrian Maben and featuring the English rock group Pink Floyd performing at the ancient Roman amphitheatre in Pompeii, Italy. The band performs a typical live set from the era, but there is no audience beyond the basic film crew. The main footage in and arou... | {"Directed by": "Adrian Maben", "Starring": "Pink Floyd", "Music by": "Pink Floyd", "Cinematography": "Willy Kurant\n Gábor Pogány", "Edited by": "José Pinheiro", "Distributed by": "PolyGram Music Video (1983-1999)Universal Pictures (1999-present)"} |
Mansion House is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London. It is a Grade I listed building. Designed by George Dance in the Palladian style, it was built primarily in the 1740s.
The Mansion House is used for some of the City of London's most formal official functions, including two annual white tie dinners.... | {"Town or city": "London, EC4", "Coordinates": "United Kingdom", "Current tenants": "Lord Mayor of London", "Construction started": "1739", "Architectural style": "Palladian"} |
William King (1 May 1650 - 8 May 1729) was an Anglican divine in the Church of Ireland, who was Archbishop of Dublin from 1703 to 1729. He was an author and supported the Glorious Revolution. He had considerable political influence in Ireland, including an effective veto on judicial appointments.
Early life
King was b... | {"Church": "Church of Ireland", "See": "Dublin", "Predecessor": "Narcissus Marsh", "Successor": "John Hoadly", "Ordination": "John Parker", "Consecration": "Francis Marsh", "Born": "Antrim, County Antrim, Kingdom of Ireland", "Died": "Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland", "Nationality": "Irish", "Denomination": "Anglican"} |
Samuel P. Spiegel (November 11, 1901December 31, 1985) was an American independent film producer born in the Galician area of Austria-Hungary. Financially responsible for some of the most critically acclaimed motion pictures of the 20th century, Spiegel produced films that won the Academy Award for Best Picture three t... | {"Name": "Sam Spiegel", "Caption": "Spiegel in 1963", "Birth name": "Samuel P. Spiegel", "Birth date": "November 11, 1901", "Birth place": "Jarosław, Austrian Poland", "Death date": "1985 12 31 1901 11 11", "Death place": "Saint MartinKrebs Albin Sam Spiegel, Producer, Is Dead at 84 https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/0... |
Unreal Tournament 2003 is a first-person arena shooter video game developed by Epic Games and Digital Extremes, and published by Infogrames under the Atari brand name. The game is part of the Unreal franchise, and is a sequel to 1999's Unreal Tournament. Like its predecessor, the game is designed mainly for multiplayer... | {"Title": "Unreal Tournament 2003", "Developer": "Epic GamesDigital Extremes", "Publisher": "InfogramesReleased under the Atari brand name (Windows/Linux)MacSoft (OS X)", "Designer": "Cliff BleszinskiJames SchmaltzShane Caudle", "Programmer": "Steve Polge", "Composer": "Kevin RieplStarsky Partridge", "Series": "Unreal"... |
Margaret Dumont (born Daisy Juliette Baker; October 20, 1882 - March 6, 1965)International Genealogical Index records, derived from Brooklyn birth certificates, 1866-1909 Department of Health was an American stage and film actress. She is best remembered as the comic foil to the Marx Brothers in seven of their films; G... | {"Name": "Margaret Dumont", "Caption": "Dumont as Mrs. Claypool in A Night at the Opera (1935)", "Birth name": "Daisy Juliette Baker", "Birth date": "1882 10 20 yes", "Birth place": "Brooklyn, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1965 03 06 1882 10 20 yes", "Death place": "Hollywood, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actres... |
William King (17 April 1786 - 19 October 1865) was a British physician and philanthropist from Brighton. He is best known as an early supporter of the co-operative movement through the paper he founded, The Co-operator.
William King was the son of Rev. John King, a master at Ipswich School, and Elizabeth Sarah (née Bi... | {"Name": "William King", "Birth date": "1786 04 17 y", "Birth place": "Ipswich, Suffolk, England", "Death date": "1865 10 19 1786 04 17 y", "Death place": "Brighton, Sussex, England", "Education": "Westminster School", "Alma mater": "University of Cambridge (BA, MA, MD)", "Occupation": "Physician", "Movement": "Co-oper... |
Idol is a television show on the Polish television network Polsat, based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in Poland. It is hosted by Maciej Rock.
In the show, people first audition but eventually the performers are narrowed down to 10 finalists, with each c... | {"Also known as": "Idol Poland", "Created by": "Polsat", "Starring": "Maciej RockKuba WojewódzkiElżbieta Zapendowska", "Country of origin": "Poland", "Original network": "Polsat", "Original release": "2017 5 17 y"} |
Ronan Patrick John Keating (born 3 March 1977) is an Irish singer, songwriter, television and radio presenter. He debuted in 1993 alongside Keith Duffy, Michael Graham, Shane Lynch, and Stephen Gately, as the co-lead singer (with Gately) of Irish pop group Boyzone. His solo career started in 1999 and he has recorded el... | {"Name": "Ronan Keating", "Caption": "Keating in 2012", "Birth name": "Ronan Patrick John Keating", "Birth date": "yes 1977 3 3", "Birth place": "Dublin, Ireland", "Occupation": "Singer songwriter television presenter radio presenter", "Years active": "1993-present", "Spouse(s)": "Yvonne Connolly 1998 divorced 2015 Sto... |
is a Japanese video game designer and director best known for being the creator of the Pokémon franchise and one of the founders, and president of video game developer Game Freak. A fan of arcade games, Tajiri wrote for and edited his own video gaming fanzine Game Freak with Ken Sugimori, before evolving it into a deve... | {"Name": "Satoshi Tajiri", "Native name": "田尻 智", "Native name language": "ja", "Birth date": "August 28, 1965", "Birth place": "Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan", "Alma mater": "Tokyo National College of Technology", "Occupation": "President of Game Freak, game designer", "Notable works": "Pokémon", "Years active": "1989-presen... |
Hiram Leong Fong (born Yau Leong Fong; October 15, 1906 - August 18, 2004) was an American businessman, lawyer, and politician from Hawaii. Born to a Cantonese immigrant sugar plantation worker, Fong became the first Chinese-American and first Asian-American United States Senator, serving from 1959 to 1977.
At the 196... | {"Name": "Hiram Fong", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 1964", "Term start": "August 21, 1959", "Term end": "January 3, 1977", "State house 2": "Hawaii", "District 2": "5th", "Birth name": "Yau Leong Fong", "Birth date": "1906 10 15", "Birth place": "Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, U.S.", "Death date": "2004 8 18 19... |
Hendrik Egnatius 'Naas' Botha (born 27 February 1958) is a South African former rugby union player, who played for Northern Transvaal and South Africa (the Springboks).
He was voted Rugby Player of the Year in 1979, 1981, 1985 and 1987. Botha mostly played in the fly-half position and is now a rugby commentator for th... | {"Name": "Naas Botha", "Full birth name": "Hendrik Egnatius Botha", "Birth date": "1958 2 27 yes", "Birth place": "Breyten, Transvaal, South Africa", "Rugby union position": "Fly-half", "School": "Hoërskool Hendrik Verwoerd", "University": "University of Pretoria"} |
Idol - Jakten på en superstjerne is a television show on the Norwegian television channel TV 2, based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show describes itself as a "Search For A SuperStar". The contestants are first narrowed down to 100 contestants, and then down to 24-50 through several auditions and tests by ... | {"Created by": "Simon Fuller", "Presented by": "Solveig KloppenKåre Magnus Bergh and others", "Judges": "Jan Fredrik KarlsenTone-Lise SkagefossOle Evenrudand others", "Country of origin": "Norway", "Original release": "present"} |
Memoirs v. Massachusetts, 383 U.S. 413 (1966), was the United States Supreme Court decision that attempted to clarify a holding regarding obscenity made a decade earlier in Roth v. United States (1957).
Since the Roth ruling, to be declared obscene a work of literature had to be proven by censors to: 1) appeal to prur... | {"Year argued": "1965", "Date decided": "March 21", "Year decided": "1966", "Full case name": "A Book Named \"John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure\", et al. v. Attorney General of Massachusetts", "United States Reports volume number": "383", "United States Reports page number": "413", "Parallel citations": "86... |
Korean Air Flight 858 was a scheduled international passenger flight between Baghdad, Iraq, and Seoul, South Korea. On 29 November 1987, the aircraft flying that route exploded in mid-air upon the detonation of a bomb planted inside an overhead storage bin in the airplane's passenger cabin by two North Korean agents.
... | {"Date": "1987 11 29 y", "Summary": "In-flight breakup due to terrorist bombing", "Site": "14.55 N 97.38 E type:country inline, title", "Operator": "Korean Air", "IATA flight No.": "KE858", "ICAO flight No.": "KAL858", "Call sign": "KOREAN AIR 858", "Registration": "HL7406", "Flight origin": "Saddam International Airpo... |
thumb|Ann Frazier King (1782-1857), portrait by Gilbert Stuart
William King (February 9, 1768June 17, 1852) was an American merchant, shipbuilder, army officer, and statesman from Bath, Maine. A proponent of statehood for Maine, he became its first governor when it separated from Massachusetts in 1820. He was the half-... | {"Name": "William King", "Image caption": "portrait by Gilbert Stuart, 1806", "Office 2": "Member of the Massachusetts Senate", "Term 2": "1807-18111816-1820", "Birth date": "1768 2 9", "Birth place": "Scarborough, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America", "Death date": "1852 6 17 1768 2 9", "Death place": "Bath... |
The Dungeon Master's Guide (DMG or DM's Guide; in some printings, the Dungeon Masters Guide or Dungeon Master Guide) is a book of rules for the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. The Dungeon Master's Guide contains rules concerning the arbitration and administration of a game, and is intended for use by the ... | {"Publisher": "TSR", "ISBN": "0935696024", "Pages": "238", "Cover artist": "David C. Sutherland III"} |
The Saudi riyal ( ) is the currency of Saudi Arabia. It is abbreviated as
SAR, or SR (Saudi Arabian Riyal/Saudi Riyal). It is subdivided into 100 halalas ( ). The currency is pegged to the US dollar at a constant rate of exchange.
History
The riyal has been the currency of Saudi Arabia since the country came into be... | {"ISO 4217 code": "SAR", "Pegged with": "U.S. dollar (USD) $1 USD = 3.75 SAR", "Subunit": "1 100", "Symbol": "SAR, SR, ar ر.س"} |
Jürgen Flimm (; 17 July 1941 - 4 February 2023) was a German theatre and opera director, theatre manager, and academic teacher. Flimm was first active in drama, and made the Thalia Theater in Hamburg one of the most successful German theatres when he managed it from 1985 to 2000. He was general manager of the Salzburg ... | {"Name": "Jürgen Flimm", "Caption": "Flimm in rehearsal, 1966", "Birth date": "1941 07 17 y", "Birth place": "Gießen, Hesse, German Reich", "Death date": "2023 02 04 1941 07 17 y", "Death place": "Hamelwörden, Lower Saxony, Germany", "Occupation": "Theatre director\n theatre manager\n academic teacher", "Organization":... |
Gulf Air Flight 771 was a flight from Karachi, Pakistan, to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. On 23 September 1983, while the Boeing 737-2P6 was on approach to Abu Dhabi International Airport, a bomb planted by Palestinian nationalist militant group, Abu Nidal Organization, exploded in the baggage compartment. The plane... | {"Date": "23 September 1983", "Summary": "Terrorist bombing inspired by Palestinian Nationalism", "Site": "Jebel Ali (near Abu Dhabi International Airport), United Arab Emirates", "Operator": "Gulf Air", "Registration": "A4O-BK", "Flight origin": "Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan", "Destination": "Abu Dh... |
The Bavarian People's Party (German: ; BVP) was a Catholic political party in Bavaria during the Weimar Republic. After the collapse of the German Empire in 1918, it split away from the national-level Catholic Centre Party and formed the BVP in order to pursue a more conservative and particularist Bavarian course. It c... | {"Founded": "November 1918", "Split from": "Centre Party", "Succeeded by": "Christian Social Union in Bavaria, Bavaria Party(not legal successors)", "Headquarters": "Munich, Germany", "Ideology": "Political CatholicismBavarian regionalismChristian democracyConservatism (Germany)Matthew Stibbe Germany, 1914-1933: Politi... |
Gaya (, ) was a Korean confederacy of territorial polities in the Nakdong River basin of southern Korea,(2001). Kaya. In The Penguin Archaeology Guide, edited by Paul Bahn, pp. 228-229. Penguin, London. growing out of the Byeonhan confederacy of the Samhan period.
The traditional period used by historians for Gaya chr... | {"Native name": "가야 (加倻)", "Conventional long name": "Gaya confederacy", "Type of government": "Monarchy", "Starting event": "Establishment", "Event ending the country": "Submission to Silla", "Common languages": "Gaya", "Religions": "Buddhism, Shamanism", "Leader 1": "Suro(first, Geumgwan)", "Leader 1 years": "42-199"... |
James Donald "Wxb" Wetherbee (born November 27, 1952) (Capt, USN, Ret.), is a retired United States Navy officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, and NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of six Space Shuttle missions and is the only American to have commanded five spaceflight missions.
Early life and education
... | {"Rank": "25px Captain, USN", "Selection": "1984 NASA Group 10", "Missions": "STS-32, STS-52, STS-63, STS-86, STS-102, STS-113", "Retirement": "January 3, 2005"} |
Santo & Johnny were an American rock and roll instrumental duo of Italian descentCsida, J. (1980). The Music/Record Career Handbook. New York: Billboard Publications. from Brooklyn, New York, composed of brothers Santo Farina (born October 24, 1937) and Johnny Farina (born April 30, 1941).
They are known best for thei... | {"Origin": "Brooklyn, New York, U.S.", "Genres": "Rock and roll, surf rock, instrumental rock", "Labels": "Canadian-American Records", "Website": "santoandjohnny.com/", "Members": "Santo Farina - steel guitarJohnny Farina - rhythm guitar"} |
Kathleen Sue Spielberg (née Nail; born November 3, 1953), known professionally as Kate Capshaw, is a retired American actress and painter. She is best known for her portrayal of Willie Scott, an American nightclub singer and performer in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), directed by her eventual husband Stev... | {"Name": "Kate Capshaw", "Caption": "Capshaw in January 1984", "Birth name": "Kathleen Sue Nail", "Birth date": "1953 11 3", "Birth place": "Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.", "Alma mater": "University of Missouri", "Occupation": "Actress\n producer\n painter", "Years active": "1981-2001", "Spouse(s)": "Robert Capshaw 1976 1980... |
Michael López-Alegría (born Miguel Eladio López Alegría on May 30, 1958) is an astronaut, test pilot and commercial astronaut with dual nationality, American and Spanish; a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions and one International Space Station mission. He is known for having performed ten spacewalks so far in his ... | {"Rank": "23px Captain United States Navy 23px", "Selection": "1992 NASA Group", "Missions": "STS-73 STS-92 STS-113 Soyuz TMA-9 (Expedition 14) Axiom Mission 1 Axiom Mission 3", "Retirement": "March 12, 2012http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum38/HTML/001480.html Astronaut M. Lopez-Alegria's post-NASA career - collect... |
Timothy Wentworth Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (22 November 1928 - 8 April 2008) was a British politician and an Anglican priest. He was politically active, successively, in the Liberal Party, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party of England and Wales. A life peer since 1967, in 1999 he became the first memb... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Reverend and Right Honourable", "Name": "The Lord Beaumont of Whitley", "Image caption": "Beaumont in 2002", "Term start": "6 December 1967", "Term end": "8 April 2008 Life Peerage", "Birth name": "Timothy Wentworth Beaumont", "Birth date": "22 November 1928", "Death date": "2008 4 8 1928 11 2... |
William Henry King (June 3, 1863November 27, 1949) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist from Salt Lake City, Utah. As a Democrat, King represented Utah in the United States Senate from 1917 until 1941.
Life
King was born in Fillmore, Utah Territory to Josephine (née Henry) and William King.
He graduated fro... | {"Name": "William King", "Term start": "November 19, 1940", "Term end": "January 3, 1941", "Predecessor 2": "George Sutherland", "Successor 2": "Abe Murdock", "Birth name": "William Henry King", "Birth date": "1863 6 3", "Birth place": "Fillmore, Utah Territory, U.S.", "Death date": "1949 11 27 1863 6 3", "Death place"... |
William Smith King (December 16, 1828 – February 24, 1900) was a Republican U.S. Representative for Minnesota from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1877. He was a journalist and businessman. He is best known for allegations of political corruption during this congressional term. The House of Representatives did not specify h... | {"Name": "William Smith King", "Image size": "175px", "Term start": "March 4, 1875", "Term end": "March 3, 1877", "Birth name": "William Smith King", "Birth date": "1828 12 16", "Birth place": "Malone, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1900 02 24 1828 12 16", "Death place": "Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.", "Resting place"... |
Nissan Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Owned by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, it is primarily used for football and is the home field of the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL) and the Tigers of Tennessee State University. The... | {"Location": "Nashville, Tennessee", "Coordinates": "36 9 59 N 86 46 17 W type:landmark_scale:2000 inline,title", "Broke ground": "May 3, 1997Ground Is Broken for Nashville Stadium http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MWSB&p_theme=mwsb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB82AA70... |
Big Bone Lick State Park is located at Big Bone in Boone County, Kentucky. The name of the park comes from the Pleistocene megafauna fossils found there. Mammoths are believed to have been drawn to this location by a salt lick deposited around the sulfur springs. Other animals including forms of bison, caribou, deer, ... | {"Type": "Kentucky state park", "Location": "Boone County, Kentucky", "Coordinates": "38 53 13 N 84 44 52 W dms inline,title", "Area": "525 acre", "Elevation": "469 ft487084 Big Bone Lick State Park", "Open": "Year-round"} |
Daegaya was a city-state in the Gaya confederacy during the Korean Three Kingdoms period. Daegaya was located in present-day Goryeong County, in North Gyeongsang Province of South Korea. (It should not be confused with Goryeong Gaya, which was located around present-day Sangju.)
According to "Geographies" in the Samgu... | {"Hangul name": "대가야", "Hanja": "大伽倻", "Revised Romanization": "Daegaya", "McCune-Reischauer": "Taegaya"} |
Geumgwan Gaya (43-532), also known as Bon-Gaya (본가야, 本伽倻, "original Gaya") or Garakguk (가락국, "Garak State"), was the ruling city-state of the Gaya confederacy during the Three Kingdoms Period in Korea. It is believed to have been located around the modern-day city of Gimhae, Southern Gyeongsang province, near the mouth... | {"Hangul name": "금관가야", "Hanja": "金官伽倻", "Revised Romanization": "Geumgwan Gaya", "McCune-Reischauer": "Kŭmgwan Kaya"} |
Runrig was a Scottish Celtic rock band formed on the Isle of Skye in 1973. From its inception, the band's line-up included brothers and songwriters Rory Macdonald (bass, vocals) and Calum Macdonald (percussion). The line-up during most of the 1980s and 1990s (the band's most successful period) also included Donnie Munr... | {"Origin": "Isle of Skye, Scotland", "Genres": "Celtic rock, folk rock", "Labels": "Ridge Records, Chrysalis", "Website": "www.runrig.co.uk/"} |
Fading Suns is a science fiction space opera role-playing game published by Holistic Design. The setting was also used for a PC game (Emperor of the Fading Suns), a live action role-playing game (Passion Play), and for a space combat miniature game (Noble Armada).
History
After the computer game Machiavelli the Prince... | {"Name": "Fading Suns", "Image caption": "Fading Suns (2nd edition) cover", "Designers": "Bill Bridges, Andrew Greenberg", "Publishers": "Holistic Design, Inc.", "Publication": "1996 (1st edition)1999 (2nd edition)2001 (d20 edition)2007 (2nd edition Revised Rulebook)2012 (Revised edition - Player's Guide)2013 (Revised ... |
Oxisols are a soil order in USDA soil taxonomy, best known for their occurrence in tropical rain forest within 25 degrees north and south of the Equator. In the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB), they belong mainly to the ferralsols, but some are plinthosols or nitisols. Some oxisols have been previously cl... | {"Used in": "USDA soil taxonomy", "Profile": "OABC", "Key process": "leaching, weathering", "Climate": "tropical"} |
Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, (30 May 1823 - 8 January 1914), known before his elevation to the peerage as R. A. Cross, was a British Conservative politician. He was Home Secretary from 1874 to 1880, and from 1885 to 1886.
Background and education
Cross was born in Red Scar, near Preston, Lancashire, th... | {"Name": "The Viscount Cross", "Image size": "200px", "Term start": "29 June 1895", "Term end": "12 November 1900", "Birth date": "yes 1823 05 30", "Birth place": "Red Scar, Lancashire", "Death date": "yes 1914 01 08 1823 05 30", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "University of Cambridge", "Spouse(s)": "Georgiana... |
thumb|right|200px|Admiral of the Fleet John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe
Earl Jellicoe is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created, along with the subsidiary title Viscount Brocas, of Southampton in the County of Southampton, on 29 June 1925 for Admiral of the Fleet John Jellicoe, 1st Viscount Jelli... | {"Creation date": "29 June 192533063 3 July 1925 4448", "Created by": "King George V", "Peerage": "Peerage of the United Kingdom", "First holder": "John Jellicoe, 1st Viscount Jellicoe", "Heir presumptive": "The Hon. Nicholas Charles Joseph Jellicoe", "Remainder to": "The 1st Earl's heirs male of the body lawfully be... |
The 1996 Australian federal election was held to determine the members of the 38th Parliament of Australia. It was held on 2 March 1996. All 148 seats of the House of Representatives and 40 seats of the 76-seat Senate were up for election. The centre-right Liberal/National Coalition led by Opposition Leader John Howard... | {"Name": "1996 Australian federal election", "Country": "Australia", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "Results of the 1993 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)", "Previous year": "1993", "Next election": "Results of the 1998 Australian federal election (House of Represen... |
In bioinformatics and biochemistry, the FASTA format is a text-based format for representing either nucleotide sequences or amino acid (protein) sequences, in which nucleotides or amino acids are represented using single-letter codes.
The format allows for sequence names and comments to precede the sequences. It origi... | {"Name": "FASTA format", "Extensions": ".fasta, .fna, .ffn, .faa, .frn, .fa", "MIME type": "text/x-fasta", "Uniform Type Identifier (UTI)": "no", "Developed by": "David J. LipmanWilliam R. Pearson Lipman DJ, Pearson WR Rapid and sensitive protein similarity searches Science 227 4693 1435-41 March 1985 298... |
Pamela Ann Melroy (born September 17, 1961) is an American retired United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut serving as the deputy administrator of NASA. She served as pilot on Space Shuttle missions STS-92 and STS-112 and commanded mission STS-120 before leaving the agency in August 2009. After serving as dep... | {"Name": "Pamela Melroy", "Image caption": "Melroy at JSC in 2022", "Term start": "June 21, 2021", "Birth name": "Pamela Ann Melroy", "Birth date": "1961 9 17", "Birth place": "Palo Alto, California, U.S.", "Education": "Wellesley College (BA)Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS)"} |
Jeffrey Shears Ashby (born June 16, 1954) is an American mechanical engineer, and former naval officer and aviator, test pilot and NASA astronaut, a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions. He is a retired Captain in the U.S. Navy. He currently works for Blue Origin as chief of mission assurance.
Personal data
Jeff As... | {"Rank": "Captain, USN", "Selection": "1994 NASA Group 15", "Missions": "STS-93, STS-100, STS-112", "Retirement": "June 2008"} |
Gary Bruce Bettman (born June 2, 1952) is an American sports executive who serves as the commissioner of the National Hockey League (NHL), a post he has held since February 1, 1993. Previously, Bettman was a senior vice president and general counsel to the National Basketball Association (NBA). Bettman is a graduate of... | {"Name": "Gary Bettman", "Image caption": "Bettman in November 2016", "Term start": "February 1, 1993", "Birth name": "Gary Bruce Bettman", "Birth date": "1952 6 2", "Birth place": "Queens, New York, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Shelli Bettman", "Alma mater": "Cornell University (BA)\n New York University (JD)", "Awards": "Hoc... |
Box Hill is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, east of the city's Central Business District (CBD), located within the City of Whitehorse local government area. Box Hill recorded a population of 14,353 at the 2021 census.
Founded as a township in the 1850s, Box Hill grew over the following century into a smal... | {"Type": "suburb", "Name": "Box Hill", "City": "Melbourne", "State Abbreviation": "Vic", "Caption": "Station Street, Box Hill", "Locator Map Alternative Map File": "Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne", "Coordinates": "37.8215 S 145.126 E inline,title", "Local Government Area (LGA)": "City of Whitehorse", "Postco... |
The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) is an American nonprofit organization of more than 200,000 motorcyclists that organizes numerous motorcycling activities and campaigns for motorcyclists' legal rights. Its mission statement is "to promote the motorcycling lifestyle and protect the future of motorcycling." The... | {"Name": "American Motorcyclist Association", "Abbreviation": "AMA", "Sport": "Motorsport", "Founded": "1924", "International affiliation": "Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme", "Regional affiliation": "FIM North America", "Jurisdiction": "USA", "Closure date": "Motorcyclist magazine, August 1995 issue page 35",... |
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is an inter-governmental organization headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana.
Goals
The SADC's goal is to further regional socio-economic cooperation and integration as well as political and security cooperation among 16 countries in southern Africa. Although its prim... | {"Conventional long name": "Southern African Development Community", "Geopolitical organisation name": "background:transparent;text-align:left;padding-left:2.5em;font-size:85%;\n 4 other official names: \n text-align:center;font-size:95%;font-weight:normal;\n fr Communauté de développement d'Afrique australe \... |
Blackburn South is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Whitehorse local government area. Blackburn South recorded a population of 10,939 at the 2021 census.
Blackburn South is bordered by Canterbury Road, Middleborough Road, Eley R... | {"Type": "suburb", "Name": "Blackburn South", "City": "Melbourne", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Local Government Area (LGA)": "City of Whitehorse", "Locator Map Alternative Map File": "Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne", "Coordinates": "37.838 S 145.144 E inline,title", "Postcode": "3130", "Area": "3.5", "Stat... |
The holiday of Mardi Gras is celebrated in southern Louisiana, including the city of New Orleans. Celebrations are concentrated for about two weeks before and through Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday (the start of lent in the Western Christian tradition). Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday, but the season... | {"Status": "Active", "Frequency": "Annual", "Country": "United States", "Location(s)": "New Orleans, Louisiana"} |
Ronald Jack Mix (born March 10, 1938) is an American former professional football offensive tackle. He is a member of the American Football League All-Time Team, and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1979. Mix played college football for the USC Trojans, where he was named to the All American team. He... | {"Born:": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Height:": "4", "Weight:": "250", "High school:": "Hawthorne (Hawthorne, California)", "College:": "USC", "NFL Draft:": "10", "AFL Draft:": "First selections"} |
Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby (16 January 183126 March 1900), known as Viscount Sandon from 1847 to 1882, was a British peer and politician.
Life
He was the second son and eventual heir of Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby, and Lady Frances Stuart, fourth daughter of John Stuart, 1st Marquess of ... | {"Name": "The Earl of Harrowby", "Birth date": "yes 1831 1 16", "Birth place": "Brighton, England", "Death date": "yes 1900 3 26 1831 1 16", "Death place": "Sandon Hall, Staffordshire, England", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "Christ Church, Oxford", "Spouse(s)": "Lady Mary Cecil 1861"} |
Marvin Camel (born December 24, 1951) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1974 to 1990. He was the first cruiserweight world champion, having held the WBC title in 1980 and the IBF title from 1983 to 1984.
Professional boxing career
Camel fought Mate Parlov in Yugoslavia to a draw in the first e... | {"Weight(s)": "Light heavyweight\nCruiserweight", "Height": "6 ft. 2 in. (188 cm.)", "Reach": "79 in. (201 cm.)", "Born": "Ronan, Montana, U.S.", "Stance": "Southpaw", "Total fights": "62", "Wins": "45", "Wins by KO": "21", "Losses": "13", "Draws": "4"} |
The Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) is a graphical widget toolkit for use with the Java platform. It was originally developed by Stephen Northover at IBM and is now maintained by the Eclipse Foundation in tandem with the Eclipse IDE. It is an alternative to the Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) and Swing Java graphical user ... | {"Original author(s)": "Stephen Northover", "Developer(s)": "Eclipse Foundation", "Initial release": "2003 04", "Written in": "Java", "Platform": "Java platform", "Available in": "Multilingual", "Type": "Widget toolkit for Java platform", "License": "Eclipse Public", "Website": "www.eclipse.org/swt"} |
Adolph Schayes ( ; May 19, 1928 - December 10, 2015) was an American professional basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A top scorer and rebounder, he was a 12-time NBA All-Star and a 12-time All-NBA selection. Schayes won an NBA championship with the Syracuse Nationals in 1955. He w... | {"Listed height": "8", "Listed weight": "195", "Born": "The Bronx, New York, U.S.", "Died": "Syracuse, New York, U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "High school": "DeWitt Clinton(The Bronx, New York)", "College": "NYU (1944-1948)"} |
Keuka College is a private college in Keuka Park, New York. Founded in 1890, the college emphasizes experiential learning as well as career and pre-professional education. It is classified among "Master's Colleges and Universities (small)" Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Web. 18 May 2013. and is ... | {"Type": "Private college", "President": "Amy Storey", "Campus": "Rural, 288 acre km2Education Colleges: Keuka College U.S. News & World Report. N.p., 2011. Web. 2 Dec 2011.", "Website": "http://www.keuka.edu"} |
The Department of Human Resources Development, also referred to as Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), was a department of the Government of Canada with the responsibility over a wide portfolio of social services.
HRDC was based at a government office facility at Place du Portage IV in Gatineau (formerly downto... | {"Type": "Department responsible for Employment Skills Training Workplace Equality Social Security", "Jurisdiction": "Canada", "Formed": "1993", "Dissolved": "2003"} |
Jane Stewart, (born April 25, 1955) is a former Canadian politician who was the Minister of Human Resources Development from 1999 to 2003. She joined International Labour Organization in May 2004 and was the Special Representative and Director of the International Labour Organization's office to the United Nations unt... | {"Name": "Jane Stewart", "Term start": "October 25, 1993", "Term end": "June 28, 2004", "Birth date": "1955 04 25", "Birth place": "Brantford, Ontario"} |
Philadelphia is a 1993 American legal drama film written by Ron Nyswaner, directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington. Filmed on location in its namesake city, it tells the story of Attorney Andrew Beckett (Hanks) who comes to ask a personal injury attorney, Joe Miller (Washington), to help... | {"Directed by": "Jonathan Demme", "Produced by": "Jonathan Demme\n Edward Saxon", "Written by": "Ron Nyswaner", "Starring": "Tom Hanks\n Denzel Washington\n Jason Robards\n Mary Steenburgen\n Antonio Banderas", "Music by": "Howard Shore", "Cinematography": "Tak Fujimoto", "Edited by": "Craig McKay", "Distributed by": "... |
Gwadar (Balochi, , ) is a port city located on the southwestern coast of the Pakistani province of Balochistan and serves as the capital of the South Balochistan region. The city is located on the shores of the Arabian Sea, opposite to Oman and has a population of over 90,000 according to the 2017 census. It was an ove... | {"Density": "auto", "Website": "www.gda.gov.pk", "Type": "Municipal Corporation", "Body": "Gwadar Development Authority"} |
Denez Prigent (; born 17 February 1966 in Santec, Finistère) is a Breton folk singer-songwriter of the gwerz and kan ha diskan styles of Breton music. From his debut at the age of 16, he was known for singing traditional songs a cappella, and has moved on to singing his own songs with techno music accompaniments. He ha... | {"Genres": "Kan ha diskan, gwerz", "Born": "Santec, Bretagne, France", "Labels": "Barclay", "Website": "www.denezprigent.com/"} |
Li Dazhao or Li Ta-chao (October 29, 1889 - April 28, 1927) was a Chinese intellectual and revolutionary who participated in the New Cultural Movement in the early years of the Republic of China, established in 1912. He co-founded the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) with Chen Duxiu in July 1921. He helped build a united ... | {"Name": "Li Dazhao", "Native name": "李大釗", "Nationality": "Han Chinese", "Birth date": "1889 10 29 y", "Birth place": "Laoting, Zhili, Qing China", "Death date": "1927 4 28 1889 10 29 y", "Death place": "Peking, Republic of China", "Alma mater": "Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan; Beiyang College of Law and Politics, T... |
Samantha Jane Morton (born 13 May 1977) is an English actress and director. Known for her work in independent cinema, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Mo... | {"Name": "Samantha Morton", "Birth name": "Samantha Jane Morton", "Caption": "Morton at the 2008 Edinburgh International Film Festival", "Birth date": "1977 5 13 yes", "Birth place": "Nottingham, England", "Occupation": "Actress • director", "Years active": "1991-present", "Children": "3, including Esmé Creed-Miles"} |
Bartholomew Thomas Stupak (; born February 29, 1952) is an American politician and lobbyist. A member of the Democratic Party, Stupak served as the U.S. representative from from 1993 to 2011.
Stupak chose not to seek re-election in 2010. He departed Congress in January 2011, and was succeeded by Dan Benishek, a Repub... | {"Name": "Bart Stupak", "Term start": "January 3, 1993", "Term end": "January 3, 2011", "Birth name": "Bartholomew Thomas Stupak", "Birth date": "1952 2 29", "Birth place": "Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Laurie Stupak", "Education": "Northwestern Michigan CollegeSaginaw Valley State University (BS)Western ... |
Cornelis Piet "Pete" Hoekstra (; born October 30, 1953)INTERVIEW; Pete Hoekstra baalt van valse start: "Wie wil er nu zo beginnen?" on YouTube. is a Dutch-American politician who served as the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands from January 10, 2018, to January 17, 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he pr... | {"Name": "Pete Hoekstra", "Ambassador from": "United States", "Term start": "January 10, 2018", "Term end": "January 17, 2021", "Office 2": "Chair of the House Intelligence Committee", "Predecessor 2": "Porter Goss", "Successor 2": "Silver Reyes", "Birth name": "Cornelis Pieter Hoekstra", "Birth date": "1953 10 30", "B... |
Vernon James Ehlers (February 6, 1934 - August 15, 2017) was an American physicist and politician who represented Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 until his retirement in 2011. A Republican, he also served eight years in the Michigan Senate and two in the Michigan House of Representatives.
Ehler... | {"Name": "Vern Ehlers", "Term start": "December 7, 1993", "Term end": "January 3, 2011", "State house 2": "Michigan", "District 2": "93rd", "Term 2": "1983-1985", "Predecessor 2": "John Otterbacher", "Successor 2": "Richard Bandstra", "Birth name": "Vernon James Ehlers", "Birth date": "1934 02 06", "Birth place": "Pipe... |
In America is a 2002 drama film directed by Jim Sheridan. The semi-autobiographical screenplay by Jim Sheridan and his daughters, Naomi and Kirsten, focuses on an immigrant Irish family's struggle to start a new life in New York City, as seen through the eyes of the elder daughter.
The film was an Irish, American and ... | {"Directed by": "Jim Sheridan", "Produced by": "Jim Sheridan Arthur Lappin", "Written by": "Jim Sheridan \nNaomi Sheridan Kirsten Sheridan", "Starring": "Samantha Morton Paddy Considine Sarah Bolger Emma Bolger Djimon Hounsou", "Music by": "Gavin Friday Maurice Seezer", "Cinematography": "Declan Quinn", "Edited by": "... |
The Christic Institute was a public interest law firm founded in 1980 by Daniel Sheehan, his wife Sara Nelson, and their partner, William J. Davis, a Jesuit priest, after the successful conclusion of their work on the Silkwood case. Based on the ecumenical teachings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and on the lessons the... | {"Founder(s)": "Daniel Sheehan, Sara Nelson, Father Bill Davis", "Established": "1980", "Location": "Washington, D.C.", "Website": "Christic Institute Archives", "Dissolved": "1991"} |
Djimon Gaston Hounsou (, ; ; born April 24, 1964) is a Beninese-born actor and model. He began his career appearing in music videos. He made his film debut in Without You I'm Nothing (1990) and earned widespread recognition for his role as Cinqué in the Steven Spielberg film Amistad (1997). He gained further recognitio... | {"Name": "Djimon Hounsou", "Caption": "Hounsou at the 2016 WonderCon", "Birth name": "Djimon Gaston Hounsou", "Birth date": "1964 04 24", "Birth place": "Cotonou, Dahomey (present-day Cotonou, Benin)", "Citizenship": "France United States", "Occupation": "Actor model", "Years active": "1986-present", "Partner(s)": "Kim... |
Demetrios Ypsilantis (alternatively spelled Demetrius Ypsilanti; , ; , ; 179316 August 1832) was a Greek army officer who served in both the Hellenic Army and the Imperial Russian Army. Ypsilantis played an important role in the Greek War of Independence, leading several key battles. He was also member of the Filiki E... | {"Native name": "el Δημήτριος Υψηλάντηςro Dumitru Ipsilantiru Дмитрий Константинович Ипсиланти", "Born": "Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey)", "Died": "Nafplion, First Hellenic Republic", "Allegiance": "Russian EmpireFirst Hellenic Republic", "Commands held": "General of the First Hellenic Republic",... |
21 Grams is a 2003 American psychological drama film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu from a screenplay by Guillermo Arriaga, based on a story by Arriaga and Iñárritu. The film stars Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Danny Huston and Benicio Del Toro. The second part of Arriaga's and Iñárritu's "Tril... | {"Directed by": "Alejandro González Iñárritu", "Story by": "Guillermo ArriagaAlejandro González Iñárritu", "Produced by": "Alejandro González IñárrituRobert Salerno", "Screenplay by": "Guillermo Arriaga", "Starring": "Sean PennNaomi WattsBenicio del Toro Melissa LeoCharlotte Gainsbourg", "Music by": "Gustavo Santaolall... |
The Cooler is a 2003 American crime drama film directed by Wayne Kramer, from a screenplay by Frank Hannah and Kramer. The film stars William H. Macy, Maria Bello, Shawn Hatosy, Ron Livingston, Estella Warren, Paul Sorvino, and Alec Baldwin. It follows a casino "cooler" whose mere presence at the gambling tables usuall... | {"Directed by": "Wayne Kramer", "Written by": "Frank Hannah\n Wayne Kramer", "Produced by": "Sean Furst\n Michael A. Pierce", "Starring": "William H. Macy\n Maria Bello\n Shawn Hatosy\n Ron Livingston\n Estella Warren\n Paul Sorvino\n Alec Baldwin", "Cinematography": "James Whitaker", "Edited by": "Arthur Coburn", "Mus... |
Thirteen is a 2003 teen drama film directed by Catherine Hardwicke, written by Hardwicke and Nikki Reed, and starring Holly Hunter, Evan Rachel Wood and Reed with Jeremy Sisto, Brady Corbet, Deborah Kara Unger, Kip Pardue, Sarah Clarke, D. W. Moffett, Vanessa Anne Hudgens (in her film debut) and Janicka Carey in suppor... | {"Directed by": "Catherine Hardwicke", "Produced by": "Jeff Levy-HinteMichael London", "Written by": "Catherine HardwickeNikki Reed", "Starring": "Holly Hunter\nEvan Rachel Wood\nNikki Reed\nJeremy Sisto\nBrady Corbet\nDeborah Kara Unger\nKip Pardue\nSarah Clarke\nD. W. Moffett \nVanessa Anne Hudgens\nJanicka Carey", "... |
Pieces of April is a 2003 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Hedges. Marking Hedges' directorial debut, the film stars Katie Holmes, Derek Luke, Sean Hayes, Alison Pill, Oliver Platt and Patricia Clarkson. The film follows April (Holmes), as she attempts to prepare a Thanksgiving dinner for her ... | {"Directed by": "Peter Hedges", "Produced by": "Gary Winick", "Written by": "Peter Hedges", "Starring": "Katie Holmes Derek Luke Sean Hayes Alison Pill Oliver Platt Patricia Clarkson", "Music by": "Stephin Merritt", "Cinematography": "Tami Reiker", "Edited by": "Mark Livolsi", "Distributed by": "United Artists(MGM Dist... |
Dale Edward Kildee (September 16, 1929 – October 13, 2021) was an American politician who served as U.S. Representative of Michigan from 1977 to 2013. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
His district included Flint, Saginaw and Bay City. In July 2011, Kildee announced he would retire after his term was up in 2012... | {"Name": "Dale Kildee", "Term start": "January 3, 1977", "Term end": "January 3, 2013", "State house 2": "Michigan", "District 2": "81st", "Predecessor 2": "Constituency established", "Successor 2": "Mark Clodfelter", "Birth name": "Dale Edward Kildee", "Birth date": "1929 09 16", "Birth place": "Flint, Michigan, U.S."... |
Frederick Stephen Upton (born April 23, 1953) is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from Michigan from 1987 to 2023, representing the state's 6th congressional district since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party. His district, numbered as the 4th district from 1987 to 1993, is based in K... | {"Name": "Fred Upton", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2013", "Term start": "January 3, 1987", "Term end": "January 3, 2023", "Birth name": "Frederick Stephen Upton", "Birth date": "1953 4 23", "Birth place": "St. Joseph, Michigan, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Amey Rulon-Miller 1983", "Education": "University of Michigan ... |
Nicholas Hart Smith (born November 5, 1934) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan, who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 until 2005, representing from the 7th District of Michigan.
Life and career
Smith was born in Addison, Michigan, where he stil... | {"Name": "Nick Smith", "Birth date": "5 11 1934", "Birth place": "Addison, Michigan", "State senate2": "Michigan", "District 2": "19th", "Predecessor 2": "John S. Mowat, Jr.", "Successor 2": "Philip E. Hoffman", "Alma mater": "Michigan State University"} |
Patricia Davies Clarkson (born December 29, 1959) is an American actress. She has starred in numerous leading and supporting roles in a variety of films ranging from independent film features to major film studio productions. Her accolades include a Golden Globe Award and three Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nom... | {"Caption": "Clarkson in 2017", "Birth name": "Patricia Davies Clarkson", "Birth date": "1959 12 29", "Birth place": "New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.", "Education": "Louisiana State UniversityFordham University (BA)Yale University (MFA)", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1985-present", "Mother": "Jacquelyn Brecht... |
The Fort Wayne Children's Zoo is a zoo in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. Since opening in 1965, the 1,000-animal zoo has been located on in Fort Wayne's Franke Park. The Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo is operated by the non-profit Fort Wayne Zoological Society under a cooperative agreement with the Fort Wayne Parks a... | {"Zoo name": "Fort Wayne Children's Zoo", "Date opened": "July 3, 1965", "Location": "Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States", "Total area": "40 acre ha", "Coordinates": "41 6 23 N 85 9 16.25 W landmark_region:US-IN inline,title", "Director": "Rick Schuiteman", "Number of animals": "1,000Learn About Some of Our Animals. Re... |
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. (April 19, 1939 - September 10, 2013) was an American jurist and Republican politician who served as mayor of Fort Lauderdale and represented South Florida in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 until 2007. He was defeated for re-election by Ron Klein in 2006.
Early life, educatio... | {"Name": "Clay Shaw", "Birth name": "Eugene Clay Shaw Jr.", "Birth date": "1939 04 19 y", "Birth place": "Miami, Florida, U.S.", "Death date": "2013 9 10 1939 04 19 y", "Death place": "Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.", "Term start": "January 3, 1981", "Term end": "January 3, 2007", "Spouse(s)": "Emilie Shaw", "Alma mate... |
AT&T Mobility LLC, also known as AT&T Wireless and marketed as simply AT&T, is an American telecommunications company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T Inc. and provides wireless services in the United States. AT&T Mobility is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, with 217.4 million subscribers at t... | {"Formerly": "Cingular Wireless LLC (2000-2006)", "Type": "Subsidiary", "Founded": "2000 4 (as Cingular Wireless)2006 12 29 (as AT&T Mobility)", "Headquarters": "United States", "Industry": "Telecommunications", "Products": "Mobile telephonyWireless broadband", "Parent": "AT&T Communications", "Divisions": "Cricket Wir... |
Screaming for Vengeance is the eighth studio album by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, released in July 1982 by Columbia Records. Considered the band's commercial breakthrough, it has been certified double platinum in the United States and platinum in Canada. Screaming for Vengeance spawned the hit "You've Got An... | {"Released": "July 1982", "Recorded": "January-May 1982", "Studio": "Ibiza Sound Studios, Ibiza, Spain Beejay Studios, Orlando, Florida, US", "Genre": "Heavy metal", "Label": "Columbia", "Producer": "Tom Allom"} |
The Democratic Labor Party () was a progressive and nationalist political party in South Korea. It was founded in January 2000, in the effort to create a political wing for the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and was considered more left-wing and more independent of the two union federations in South Korea. Its pa... | {"Leader": "Kwon Young-ghil", "Founded": "2000 1 30 y", "Succeeded by": "Unified Progressive Party", "Headquarters": "Jongdo Building, 25-1 Mullaedong2-ga, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul", "Ideology": "nowrap\n Progressivism (South Korean)Sunhyuk Kim Civil society and democratization in Korea Korean Society Taylor & Fran... |
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! is an American franchise founded by Robert Ripley, which deals in bizarre events and items so strange and unusual that readers might question the claims. Originally a newspaper panel, the Believe It or Not feature proved popular and was later adapted in... | {"Author(s)": "Kieran Castaño (2021-present)", "Alternate name(s)": "Champs and Chumps (1918-1919)", "Launch date": "December 19, 1918 (1918 12 19 years ago)", "Syndicate(s)": "Associated Newspapers (1924-1929)\nKing Features Syndicate (1930-1989)Markstein, Don. \"Ripley's Believe It Or Not\", Toonpedia. Accessed Dece... |
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