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thumb|Otto Frank (father of Anne Frank) and Miep Gies, Achterhuis, Anne Frankhuis, Amsterdam, 9 May 1958.
thumb|Miep and her husband Jan Gies at the book presentation of Miep Gies: Herinneringen aan Anne Frank (the Dutch version of the book Anne Frank remembered : the story of the woman who helped to hide the Frank fam... | {"Name": "Miep Gies", "Caption": "Gies in 1987", "Birth name": "Hermine Santruschitz", "Birth date": "15 February 1909", "Birth place": "Vienna, Austria-Hungary", "Death date": "2010 01 11 1909 2 15 y", "Death place": "Hoorn, Netherlands", "Known For": "Hiding Dutch Jews, including Anne Frank and her family, from the N... |
The Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male or Female was an award presented at the 32nd Annual Grammy Awards in 1990 for quality soul gospel performances. The Grammy Awards, an annual ceremony that was established in 1958, and originally called the Gramophone Awards, are presented by the National Academy o... | {"Awarded for": "Quality soul gospel performances", "Presented by": "National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1990", "Last awarded": "1990", "Website": "grammy.com"} |
Boynton v. Virginia, 364 U.S. 454 (1960), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court.. The case overturned a judgment convicting an African American law student for trespassing by being in a restaurant in a bus terminal which was "whites only". It held that racial segregation in public transportation was illega... | {"Date argued": "October 12", "Year argued": "1960", "Date decided": "December 5", "Year decided": "1960", "Full case name": "Boynton v. Virginia", "United States Reports volume number": "364", "United States Reports page number": "454", "Parallel citations": "81 S. Ct. 182; 5 L. Ed. 2d 206; 1960 U.S. LEXIS 1889", "Maj... |
Alexander Charles Carlile, Baron Carlile of Berriew, (born 12 February 1948) is a British barrister and crossbench member of the House of Lords. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Montgomeryshire from 1983 to 1997.
Early life and career
Alex Carlile, the son of Polish Jewish immigrants,Mosley, Charlestown and, ... | {"Name": "The Lord Carlile of Berriew", "Term start": "12 October 1999 Life Peerage", "Office 2": "Member of Parliamentfor Montgomeryshire", "Predecessor 2": "Delwyn Williams", "Successor 2": "Lembit Öpik", "Birth name": "Alexander Charles Carlile", "Birth date": "1948 02 12 yes", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)":... |
Lila Diane Sawyer (; born December 22, 1945) is an American television broadcast journalist known for anchoring major programs on two networks including ABC World News Tonight, Good Morning America, 20/20, and Primetime newsmagazine while at ABC News. During her tenure at CBS News she hosted CBS Morning and was the fir... | {"Name": "Diane Sawyer", "Caption": "Sawyer in May 2014", "Birth name": "Lila Diane Sawyer", "Birth date": "1945 12 22", "Birth place": "Glasgow, Kentucky, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Wellesley College (BA)", "Occupation": "Television journalist", "Known For": "Broadcast anchor of Good Morning America and ABC World News Toni... |
David Patrick Paul Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool, (born 15 March 1951) is a British politician.
He is a former Liberal Party and later Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament who has sat as a crossbench member of the House of Lords since 1997 when he was made a life peer. Alton is also known for his human rights work... | {"Name": "The Lord Alton of Liverpool", "Term start": "1985", "Term end": "11 June 1987", "Birth name": "David Patrick Paul Alton", "Birth date": "yes 1951 3 15", "Birth place": "London, England", "Other political party": "Liberal (1972-1988)\n Liberal Democrat (1988-1997)", "Alma mater": "Liverpool Hope University"... |
Peter Kingsley Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell, (20 November 1926 - 14 June 2012), was a British lawyer and Labour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1966 until 1992, when he became a life peer. Between 1974 and 1979 he was Solicitor General for England and Wales.
Early life and education
Archer wa... | {"Name": "The Lord Archer of Sandwell", "Image caption": "Archer in 2011", "Term start": "7 March 1974", "Term end": "4 May 1979", "Birth name": "Peter Kingsley Archer", "Birth date": "1926 11 20 y", "Birth place": "Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England", "Death date": "2012 6 14 1926 11 20 y", "Nationality": "British", "... |
Jack Ashley, Baron Ashley of Stoke, (6 December 1922 - 20 April 2012) was a British politician. He was a Labour Member of Parliament in the House of Commons for Stoke-on-Trent South for 26 years, from 1966 to 1992, and subsequently sat in the House of Lords. He was a long-time campaigner for disabled people.
Early l... | {"Name": "The Lord Ashley of Stoke", "Image caption": "Ashley in 2010", "Term start": "10 July 1992", "Term end": "20 April 2012 Life Peerage", "Birth date": "1922 12 06 y", "Birth place": "Widnes, Lancashire, England", "Death date": "2012 04 20 1922 12 06 y", "Alma mater": "Ruskin CollegeGonville and Caius College, Ca... |
Floris is a 1969 Dutch action television series starring Rutger Hauer and Jos Bergman, written by Gerard Soeteman, and directed by Paul Verhoeven.
Concept
The success of television series like the British Ivanhoe, the French Thierry La Fronde and the Flemish Johan en de Alverman inspired , manager of NTS (forerunner o... | {"Running time": "27 minuteshttp://wiseoldgoat.com/papers/ned_floris.html Floris van Rosemondt, ridder uit de jaren 1500 wiseoldgoat.com November 25, 2019", "Created by": "Gerard SoetemanPaul Verhoeven", "Directed by": "Paul Verhoeven", "Starring": "Rutger HauerJos BergmanHans Boskamp", "Country of origin": "Netherland... |
Eric Reginald Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury (29 September 1928 - 14 February 2016), was an English politician and human rights campaigner. He served as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Orpington from 1962 to 1970. He then served in the House of Lords, having inherited the title of Baron Avebury in 1971, until his deat... | {"Name": "The Lord Avebury", "Image caption": "Lord Avebury in 2006", "Term start": "1963", "Term end": "18 June 1970", "Office 2": "Member of the House of Lords", "Predecessor 2": "The 3rd Baron Avebury", "Successor 2": "Seat abolished", "Birth name": "Eric Reginald Lubbock", "Birth date": "1928 9 29 y", "Birth place"... |
Anthony Perrinott Lysberg Barber, Baron Barber, (4 July 1920 - 16 December 2005) was a British Conservative politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1970 to 1974.
After serving in both the Territorial Army and the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, Barber studied at Oxford and became a barr... | {"Name": "The Lord Barber", "Image caption": "Barber in the 1970s", "Term start": "25 July 1970", "Term end": "4 March 1974", "Office 2": "Chairman of the Conservative Party", "Leader 2": "Edward Heath", "Predecessor 2": "Edward du Cann", "Successor 2": "Peter Thomas", "Birth name": "Anthony Perrinott Lysberg Barber", ... |
Joel Barnett, Baron Barnett, (14 October 1923 - 1 November 2014) was a Labour Party politician. As Chief Secretary to the Treasury in the late 1970s, he devised the Barnett Formula that allocates public spending in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.Lord Barnett, creator of formula for UK spending allocations, dies,... | {"Name": "The Lord Barnett", "Image caption": "Barnett's last appearance at House of Lords questions.", "Term start": "July 1979", "Term end": "9 June 1983", "Office 2": "Chief Secretary to the Treasury", "Prime minister 2": "Harold WilsonJames Callaghan", "Predecessor 2": "Tom Boardman", "Successor 2": "John Biffen", ... |
The Best of the Pink Floyd, also issued as Masters of Rock, is a compilation album of early Pink Floyd music, concentrating on singles and album tracks from 1967 to 1968.
Later release
Later editions titled Masters of Rock were released in 1974 in France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands, to capitalise on the succe... | {"Released": "1970", "Recorded": "1967-1968", "Language": "English", "Label": "Columbia (EMI)", "Producer": "Norman Smith and Joe Boyd"} |
William John Biffen, Baron Biffen, (3 November 1930 - 14 August 2007), was a British Conservative Party politician. A member of the House of Lords, he was previously a Member of Parliament for over 35 years, and served in Margaret Thatcher's cabinet.
Early life and education
The son of Victor William Biffen, a tenant... | {"Name": "The Lord Biffen", "Image caption": "Portrait by Walter Bird, 1965", "Term start": "11 June 1983", "Term end": "13 June 1987", "Office 2": "Lord President of the Council", "Prime minister 2": "Margaret Thatcher", "Predecessor 2": "Francis Pym", "Successor 2": "William Whitelaw", "Birth name": "William John Bif... |
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Viscount Goschen, of Hawkhurst in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1900 for the politician George Goschen.
History
The Goschen family descended from prominent publisher and printer Georg Joachim Göschen of L... | {"Creation date": "18 December 1900 Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood Burke’s Peerage & Gentry Mosley, Charles 107 2003 1607-1608 Burke 0-9711966-2-1", "Created by": "Queen Victoria", "Peerage": "Peerage of the United Kingdom", "First holder": "George Goschen", "Heir apparent": "Hon. Alexander Goschen", ... |
King Khalid International Airport ( , ) is an international airport located about north of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, designed by the architectural firm HOK, and Arabian Bechtel Company Limited served as the construction manager on behalf of the Saudi government.
This airport consists of five passenger terminals (only thr... | {"Airport type": "Public", "Serves": "Riyadh", "Location": "Riyadh, Saudi Arabia", "Hub": "Saudia\nFlynas \nRiyadh Air (planned)", "AMSL": "625", "Website": "https://kkia.sa", "Coordinates": "24 57 28 N 046 41 56 E region:SA inline,title", "Opened": "1983 11 16 y n n"} |
The Pick Operating System, also known as the Pick System or simply Pick, is a demand-paged, multi-user, virtual memory, time-sharing computer operating system based around a MultiValue database. Pick is used primarily for business data processing. It is named after one of its developers, Dick Pick.
The term "Pick syst... | {"Developer": "Don NelsonDick PickTRW", "Kernel": "Monolithic (or none for operating environment implementations)", "Platforms": "Solaris, Linux, AIX, Windows Server (2000 and up)", "Defaultuser interface": "Text-based", "Initial release": "1965 (GIRLS), 1973 (Reality Operating System)", "Marketing target": "Business d... |
Donald Grant Devine, SOM (born July 5, 1944) is a Canadian politician who served as the 11th premier of Saskatchewan from 1982 to 1991. He was the last Saskatchewan premier from the Progressive Conservative Party.
Early life
Born in Regina, Saskatchewan on July 5, 1944, Devine was raised on his grandfather's farm n... | {"Birth name": "Donald Grant Devine", "Lieutenant governor 1": "Irwin McIntoshFrederick JohnsonSylvia Fedoruk", "Office 2": "Saskatchewan Leader of the Opposition", "Predecessor 2": "Roy Romanow", "Successor 2": "Richard Swenson", "Birth date": "1944 07 05", "Birth place": "Regina, Saskatchewan"} |
Sayyid Mostafa Tajzadeh () is an Iranian reformist politician and a senior member of Islamic Iran Participation Front, as well as Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization.
He was imprisoned at Evin Prison from 2009 until 2016.
Tajzadeh was briefly Acting Minister of Interior under administration of Pr... | {"Name": "Mostafa Tajzadeh", "Term start": "21 June 1998", "Term end": "22 July 1998", "Office 2": "Advisor to the President of Iran", "President 2": "Mohammad Khatami", "Birth name": "Seyyed Mostafa Tajzadeh", "Birth date": "1956 11 22 y", "Birth place": "Tehran, Iran", "Nationality": "Iranian", "Alma mater": "Univers... |
The Free City of Danzig (; ) was a city-state under the protection of the League of Nations between 1920 and 1939, consisting of the Baltic Sea port of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) and nearly 200 other small localities in the surrounding areas. The polity was created on 15 November 1920 in accordance with the terms of A... | {"Conventional long name": "Free City of Danzig", "Native name": "de Freie Stadt Danzigpl Wolne Miasto Gdańsk", "National motto": "\"la Nec Temere, Nec Timide\"\"Neither rashly nor timidly\"", "National anthem": "de Für Danzig y / pl Gdańsku y", "Capital": "Danzig", "Common languages": "German, Polish", "Religions": "\... |
Silverlock is a novel by John Myers Myers published in 1949. The novel's settings and characters, aside from the protagonist, are all drawn from history, mythology, and other works of literature.
In 1981, The Moon's Fire-Eating Daughter was published. Thematically related to Silverlock, it was billed as a "sequel to S... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "E. P. Dutton", "Media type": "Print (Hardback & Paperback)", "Pages": "349"} |
thumb|Ronald McDonald House in Essen, Germany, designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser
thumb|Ronald McDonald House in Salzburg, Austria
thumb|Ronald McDonald House in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
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Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) is an independent American... | {"Type": "Health care, charity, social welfare", "Headquarters": "Oak Brook, Illinois, US", "Location": "7,128 worldwide", "Website": "rmhc.org"} |
Michael Vincenzo Gazzo (April 5, 1923 - February 14, 1995) was an American playwright who later in life became a film and television actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in The Godfather Part II (1974).
Biography
Gazzo was born on April 5, 1923. He was of Italian-American descent. Gazzo served in ... | {"Name": "Michael V. Gazzo", "Caption": "Michael V. Gazzo on 1975", "Birth name": "Michael Vincenzo Gazzo", "Birth date": "1923 4 5 yes", "Birth place": "Hillside, New Jersey, U.S.", "Death date": "1995 2 14 1923 4 5 yes", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Resting place": "Westwood Memorial Park", "Occup... |
A Nice Pair is a compilation album by Pink Floyd, re-issuing their first two albums—The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and A Saucerful of Secrets—in a new gatefold sleeve. The album was released in December 1973 by Harvest and Capitol in the United States and the following month in the United Kingdom by Harvest and EMI. It... | {"Released": "5 December 1973", "Recorded": "1967-1968", "Genre": "Psychedelic rock, progressive rock", "Language": "English", "Label": "Harvest/Capitol", "Producer": "Norman Smith"} |
Leigh William Steinberg (born March 27, 1949) is an American sports agent, philanthropist, and author. During his 41-year career, Steinberg has represented over 300 professional athletes in football, baseball, basketball, boxing, and Olympic sports. He has represented the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft a record ei... | {"Name": "Leigh Steinberg", "Caption": "Steinberg speaking at UC Berkeley", "Birth name": "Leigh William Steinberg", "Birth date": "1949 3 27 y", "Birth place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.", "Alma mater": "University of California, Berkeley (B.A., J.D)", "Occupation": "Sports agent, Lawyer", "Years active": "1974-... |
The Earth Observing System (EOS) is a program of NASA comprising a series of artificial satellite missions and scientific instruments in Earth orbit designed for long-term global observations of the land surface, biosphere, atmosphere, and oceans. Since the early 1970s, NASA has been developing its Earth Observing Syst... | {"Name": "Earth Observing System", "Country": "United States", "Organization": "NASA", "Purpose": "Observe Earth to improve understanding of climate, weather, land and atmosphere", "Status": "Active", "Cost": "$33 Billion USD", "Uncrewed vehicle": "All"} |
Boston College Law School (BC Law) is the law school of Boston College. It is situated on a campus in Newton, Massachusetts, about from the university's main campus in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
With approximately 800 students and 60 full-time faculty members distinguished for scholarly research, the school's sma... | {"Established": "1929", "School type": "Private", "Parent endowment": "$3.8 billion (2021)As of June 30, 2021. https://www.bcheights.com/2021/10/08/bc-endowment-increases-by-1-2-billion-in-past-year/ BC Endowment Increases By $1.2 Billion In Past Year The Heights October 8, 2021 October 8, 2021", "Dean": "Odette Li... |
thumb|right|300px|South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone at a 2007 appearance.
"What Would Brian Boitano Do?" is a song from the 1999 film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut written by South Park co-creator Trey Parker and composer Marc Shaiman. In the song, Olympic and professional figure skater Brian Boitano... | {"Language": "English", "Released": "1999", "Genre": "Absurdist, comedy", "Label": "Atlantic", "Composer(s)": "Marc Shaiman", "Lyricist(s)": "Trey Parker", "Producer(s)": "Darren Higman"} |
Aqua is the graphical user interface, design language and visual theme of Apple's macOS operating system. It was originally based on the theme of water, with droplet-like components and a liberal use of reflection effects and translucency. Its goal is to "incorporate color, depth, translucence, and complex textures int... | {"Developer(s)": "Apple Inc.", "Initial release": "2000 1 6", "Written in": "C++http://www.lextrait.com/Vincent/implementations.html The Programming Languages Beacon, v10.0 Vincent Lextrait January 2010 March 14, 2010 dead https://archive.today/20120530/http://www.lextrait.com/Vincent/implementations.html May 3... |
The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Greater Western Sydney suburb of Penrith that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL). The team is based west of the centre of Sydney, at the foot of the Blue Mountains. Penrith are the current reigning NRL Premiers, having... | {"Full name": "Penrith Panthers\n Rugby League Football Club", "Nickname(s)": "Panthers, The Mountain Men, The Riff, Chocolate Soldiers, Liquorice Allsorts, The Pennies, Penrith.", "Colours": "black Blackred RedYellow Yellowgreen Green", "Founded": "4 July 1966", "Ground(s)": "22,500", "Chairman": "Peter Graham", "CEO"... |
Viscount Ridley is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1900 for the Conservative politician Sir Matthew White Ridley, 5th Baronet, Home Secretary from 1895 to 1900. He was made Baron Wensleydale, of Blagdon and Blyth in the County of Northumberland, at the same time, also in the Peerage of t... | {"Creation date": "17 December 1900", "Created by": "Queen Victoria", "Peerage": "Peerage of the United Kingdom", "First holder": "Sir Matthew White Ridley, 5th Baronet", "Heir apparent": "Hon. Matthew White Ridley", "Remainder to": "Heirs male of the body", "Seat(s)": "Blagdon Hall", "Motto": "Constans Fidei (\"Consta... |
Ephraim (; ʾEp̄rayīm, in pausa: ʾEp̄rāyīm) was, according to the Book of Genesis, the second son of Joseph ben Jacob and Asenath. Asenath was an Ancient Egyptian woman whom Pharaoh gave to Joseph as wife, and the daughter of Potipherah, a priest of ʾĀwen. Ephraim was born in Egypt before the arrival of the Israelites... | {"Caption": "Ephraim, son of Joseph (1843) by Francesco Hayez", "Name": "Ephraim", "Native name": "אֶפְרַיִם", "Birth date": "2200 AM (1560 BC)", "Birth place": "Avaris, Second Intermediate Period of Egypt(present-day Sharqia, Egypt)", "Death place": "unknown", "Father": "Joseph", "Mother": "Asenath", "Relatives": "Man... |
Ara Gaya, also known as Ana Gaya, Asiryangguk (아시량국, 阿尸良國)), and Anra, Alla (안라, 安羅), was a city-state kingdom in the part of Gaya confederacy, in modern-day Haman County of South Korea. As the confrontational foreign policy of Daegaya failed, Ara Gaya and its less confrontational policy gained support in the 540s AD.... | {"Hangul name": "아라가야 or 안라가야", "Hanja": "阿羅伽倻", "Revised Romanization": "Ara Gaya or Ana Gaya", "McCune-Reischauer": "Ara Kaya or Ana Kaya"} |
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai is a 1999 crime drama film written, produced and directed by Jim Jarmusch. Forest Whitaker stars as the title character, the mysterious "Ghost Dog", a hitman in the employ of the Mafia, who follows the ancient code of the samurai as outlined in the book of Yamamoto Tsunetomo's recorded... | {"Directed by": "Jim Jarmusch", "Produced by": "Richard GuayJim Jarmusch", "Written by": "Jim Jarmusch", "Starring": "Forest Whitaker\n Cliff Gorman\n Henry Silva\n Isaach De Bankolé\n Tricia Vessey\n Victor Argo", "Music by": "RZA", "Cinematography": "Robby Müller", "Edited by": "Jay Rabinowitz", "Distributed by": "Ar... |
Ali Abu al-Ragheb () (born 1946) was the 33rd Prime Minister of Jordan from 19 June 2000 until 25 October 2003. He resigned and was replaced by Faisal al-Fayez.
Prime Minister Ali Abu Ragheb was born in Amman, Jordan in 1946. He obtained his BSc in Civil Engineering in 1967 from the University of Tennessee in the Unit... | {"Name": "Ali Abu al-Ragheb", "Term start": "19 June 2000", "Term end": "25 October 2003", "Birth date": "1946", "Birth place": "Amman", "Alma mater": "University of Tennessee"} |
The People's Redemption Council (PRC) was a governmental body that ruled Liberia during the early 1980s. It was established after the 1980 Liberian coup d'état wherein Samuel Doe seized power on 12 April 1980. The Council, with Doe as its chairman, promised a complete overhaul of Liberia's society, economy, and politic... | {"Conventional long name": "Republic of Liberia", "Leader's title": "President", "Leader 1": "Samuel Doe", "Leader 1 years": "1980-1984", "Capital": "Monrovia"} |
An American Werewolf in London is a 1981 comedy horror film written and directed by John Landis. An international co-production of the United Kingdom and the United States, the film stars David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne and John Woodvine. The title is a cross between An American in Paris and Werewolf of Lo... | {"Directed by": "John Landis", "Produced by": "George Folsey Jr.", "Written by": "John Landis", "Starring": "David Naughton\n Jenny Agutter\n Griffin Dunne\n John Woodvine", "Music by": "Elmer Bernstein", "Cinematography": "Robert Paynter", "Edited by": "Malcolm Campbell", "Distributed by": "bbfc/>\n Producers Sales Or... |
thumb|Er, from Alexandre Benois' 1904 alphabet book
Er (Р р; italics: Р р) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.
It commonly represents the alveolar trill , like the "rolled" sound in the Scottish pronunciation of in "curd".
History
The Cyrillic letter Er was derived from the Greek letter Rho (Ρ ρ). It has no connecti... | {"Phonetic usage:": "[r]", "Numeric value": "100", "Name:": "Cyrs рьци", "Derived from:": "Greek letter Rho (Ρ ρ)"} |
The Soft Bulletin is the ninth studio album by American rock band the Flaming Lips, released by Warner Bros. Records on May 17, 1999, in the United Kingdom, and on June 22, 1999, in the United States. The album was released to widespread acclaim, and was hailed by critics as a departure from their previous guitar-heavy... | {"Released": "May 17, 1999", "Recorded": "April 1997 - February 1999", "Studio": "Tarbox Road Studios, Cassadaga, New York", "Genre": "\"allmusic review\"/>\nsymphonic rock Pitchfork Staff The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s Pitchfork September 28, 2022 https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-best-albu... |
Harry George Hawker, MBE, AFC (22 January 1889 – 12 July 1921) was an Australian aviation pioneer. He was the chief test pilot for Sopwith and was also involved in the design of many of their aircraft. After the First World War, he co-founded Hawker Aircraft, the firm that would later be responsible for a long series o... | {"Name": "Harry George Hawker", "Caption": "Hawker in May 1919", "Birth date": "yes 1889 01 22", "Birth place": "Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia", "Death date": "yes 1921 7 12 1889 1 22", "Death place": "Hendon Aerodrome, North London", "Death cause": "Aircraft crash", "Resting place": "St Pauls' Church, Chessington, Su... |
The Celebes Sea ( ; ; ; ) or Sulawesi Sea of the western Pacific Ocean is bordered on the north by the Sulu Archipelago and Sulu Sea and Mindanao Island of the Philippines, on the east by the Sangihe Islands chain, on the south by Sulawesi's Minahasa Peninsula, and on the west by northern Kalimantan in Indonesia. It ex... | {"Location": "Southeast Asia", "Coordinates": "3 N 122 E", "Part of": "Pacific Ocean", "Basin": "Indonesia, Malaysia, and Philippines", "Max. length": "420 ft m", "Max. width": "520 ft m", "Max. depth": "20300 ft m", "Settlements": "Cotabato City General Santos Manado Pagadian Tahuna Tarakan Tawau Sandakan Nunukan Zamb... |
Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 was a scheduled flight along the West Coast of the United States, from Los Angeles, California, to San Francisco. On December 7, 1987, the British Aerospace 146-200A, registration N350PS, crashed in San Luis Obispo County near Cayucos, after being hijacked by a passenger.
All 43 ... | {"Date": "December 7, 1987", "Summary": "Mass murder, murder-suicide, aircraft hijacking, spree killing", "Site": "35 31 20 N 120 51 25 W region:US-CA_type:landmark inline,title", "Occupants": "43http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19871207-0 ASN Aircraft accident British Aerospace BAe-146-200 N350PS Paso... |
thumb|275px|Population density map of Alberta census divisions (people/km²)
Statistics Canada divides the province of Alberta into nineteen census divisions. Unlike in some other provinces, census divisions do not reflect the organization of local government in Alberta. These areas exist solely for the purposes of sta... | {"Category": "Census division", "Location": "Alberta", "Number": "19", "Populations": "9,573 (Division No. 4) - 1,498,778 (Division No. 6)", "Subdivisions": "Cities, towns, villages, summer villages, specialized municipalities, municipal districts, special areas, improvement districts, Indian reserves, Indian settlemen... |
Philip Bruce Goff (born 22 June 1953) is a New Zealand politician and diplomat. He currently serves as High Commissioner of New Zealand to the United Kingdom since 2023. He was a member of the New Zealand Parliament from 1981 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 2016. He served as leader of the Labour Party and leader of th... | {"Name": "Phil Goff", "Image caption": "Goff in 2018", "Term start": "January 2023", "Office 2": "32nd Leader of the Opposition", "Prime minister 2": "John Key", "Deputy 2": "Annette King", "Predecessor 2": "John Key", "Successor 2": "David Shearer", "Birth name": "Philip Bruce Goff", "Birth date": "yes 1953 06 22", "B... |
Kabul University (KU; ; ) is one of the major and oldest institutions of higher education in Afghanistan. It is in the 3rd District of the capital Kabul, near the Ministry of Higher Education. It was founded in 1931 by King Mohammed Nadir Shah, whose prime minister at the time was his younger brother, Sardar Mohammad H... | {"Motto": "Excellence in Service to Afghanistan", "Chancellor": "Osama AzizQazi Shereena Who replaced the Taliban-appointed head of Kabul University? Who replaced the Taliban-appointed head of Kabul University? 2021-11-04 https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/who-replaced-the-taliban-appointed-head-of-kabul-university... |
The Klamath River (Karuk: Ishkêesh, Klamath: Koke,McArthur, p. 542 Yurok: Hehlkeek 'We-Roy) flows through Oregon and northern California in the United States, emptying into the Pacific Ocean. By average discharge, the Klamath is the second largest river in California after the Sacramento River. It drains an extensive ... | {"Native name": "kyh Ishkêesh", "Etymology": "For the Indigenous tribe called \"Klamath\" by early 19th-century white travelersMcArthur, pp. 541-542", "Mouth": "0 ft on", "Location": "Requa, California", "Coordinates": "41 32 49 N 124 5 0 W inline,title", "Basin size": "15689 sqmi on", "Left": "Shasta River, Scott Riv... |
Li Hongzhi (; born 1951 or 1952) is a Chinese religious leader. He is the founder and leader of Falun Gong, or Falun Dafa, a United States-based new religious movement. Li began his public teachings of Falun Gong on 13 May 1992 in Changchun, and subsequently gave lectures and taught Falun Gong exercises across China.
... | {"Name": "Li Hongzhi", "Caption": "Li in 1997", "Alt": "Li in a suit", "Birth name": "Li Lai", "Birth date": "yes 1952 7 7James R. Lewis James R. Lewis (scholar) https://books.google.com/books?id=typyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA37 Falun Gong: Spiritual Warfare and Martyrdom 2018 Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-69876-4 (of... |
Melioidosis is an infectious disease caused by a gram-negative bacterium called Burkholderia pseudomallei. Most people exposed to B. pseudomallei experience no symptoms; however, those who do experience symptoms have signs and symptoms that range from mild, such as fever and skin changes, to severe with pneumonia, abs... | {"Symptoms": "None, fever, pneumonia, multiple abscesses", "Complications": "Encephalomyelitis, septic shock, acute pyelonephritis, septic arthritis, osteomyelitis", "Causes": "Burkholderia pseudomallei spread by contact to soil or water", "Diagnostic method": "Growing the bacteria in culture mediums", "Prevention": "P... |
Robert Swan Mueller III (; born August 7, 1944) is an American lawyer who served as the sixth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 2001 to 2013.
A graduate of Princeton University and New York University, Mueller served as a Marine Corps officer during the Vietnam War, receiving a Bronze Star for... | {"Name": "Robert Mueller", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2011", "Term start": "May 17, 2017", "Term end": "May 29, 2019", "Office 2": "Acting United States Deputy Attorney General", "President 2": "George W. Bush", "Predecessor 2": "Eric Holder", "Successor 2": "Larry Thompson", "Birth name": "Robert Swan Muelle... |
thumb|alt=Sunrise over the Merced River as seen from Swinging Bridge in June 2023.|Sunrise over the Merced River as seen from Swinging Bridge in June 2023. Upper Yosemite Falls is visible on the left-hand side of the image. Demonstrated in this photo is the particularly high water level of the Merced River in 2023 as a... | {"Etymology": "Spanish El Río de Nuestra Señora de la Merced (\"River of our Lady of Mercy\") given to the river by Spanish explorer Gabriel Moraga", "Mouth": "56 ft on", "Location": "Hills Ferry, Stanislaus County", "Coordinates": "37 20 57 N 120 58 32 W inline,title", "Basin size": "1726 sqmi on", "Left": "Red Peak F... |
Charles Bowers Momsen (June 21, 1896 - May 25, 1967), nicknamed "Swede", was born in Flushing, New York. He was an American pioneer in submarine rescue for the United States Navy, and he invented the underwater escape device later called the "Momsen lung", for which he received the Navy Distinguished Service Medal in 1... | {"Born": "Flushing, New York", "Died": "St. Petersburg, Florida", "Nickname(s)": "\"Swede\"", "Allegiance": "United States 1912", "Commands held": "O-15 SS-76 3S-1 SS-105 3South Dakota BB-57 2", "Awards": "35 px Navy Cross\n 35 px Navy Distinguished Service Medal\n 35 px Legion of Merit"} |
Fouad Abdallah Chehab ( / ; 19 March 1902 - 25 April 1973) was a Lebanese general and statesman who served as President of Lebanon from 1958 to 1964. He is considered to be the founder of the Lebanese Army after Lebanon gained independence from France, and became its first commander in 1946.
Born in Ghazir to a family... | {"Name": "Fouad Chehab", "Native name": "فؤاد شهاب", "Native name language": "ar", "Awards": "OM, ONC", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "Chehab in 1961", "Term start": "23 September 1958", "Term end": "22 September 1964", "Office 2": "9th Prime Minister of Lebanon", "President 2": "Bechara El KhouryHimself (Act... |
The Rogue River (, ) in southwestern Oregon in the United States flows about in a generally westward direction from the Cascade Range to the Pacific Ocean. Known for its salmon runs, whitewater rafting, and rugged scenery, it was one of the original eight rivers named in the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968. Beginni... | {"Etymology": "Coquins (rogues), used by early French visitors to the region to describe the local Native Americans (Indians)McArthur McArthur 2003 822", "Mouth": "0 ft on", "Location": "Gold Beach, Curry County, Oregon", "Coordinates": "42 25 21 N 124 25 45 W inline,title", "Basin size": "5156 sqmi onCrown Meyers Tuga... |
The Rogue River is a river in the U.S. state of Michigan, running through Kent and Newaygo counties and through the Rogue River State Game Area. It is longU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 19, 2011 and has a drainage basin of .Rogue River... | {"Mouth": "663 ft on", "Location": "Plainfield Township, MI", "Coordinates": "43.06158 -85.58573 inline,title", "Basin size": "234 sqmi on"} |
Eorcenberht of Kent (also Ærconberht, Earconberht, or Earconbert) (died 14 July 664) was king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Kent from 640 until his death, succeeding his father Eadbald.
The Kentish Royal Legend (also known as the Mildrith legendD. W. Rollason, The Mildrith Legend: A Study in Early Medieval Hagiography... | {"Father": "Eadbald", "Mother": "Emma", "Died": "14 July 664", "Burial": "Church of St Mary, Canterbury", "Religion": "Chalcedonian Christianity"} |
Quetzal is a standardised file format for the saved state of Z-machine games, invented by Martin Frost. Prior to the introduction of Quetzal, each Z-machine interpreter saved games in its own format; Quetzal enabled players to save a game using one interpreter and restore it with another. Use of the format is strongly ... | {"Name": "Quetzal", "No code style in extension": "on", "Extension": ".sav, .glksave", "No code style in MIME": "on", "MIME type": "application/x-glksave", "Magic number": "IFZS", "Developed by": "Martin Frost", "Latest release version": "1.4", "Latest release date": "1997 11 13", "Type of format": "Z-machine save game... |
Glulx is a 32-bit portable virtual machine intended for writing and playing interactive fiction. It was designed by Andrew Plotkin to relieve some of the restrictions in the venerable Z-machine format. For example, the Z-machine provides native support for 16-bit integers, while Glulx natively supports 32-bit integers.... | {"Designer": "Andrew Plotkin", "Bits": "32", "Introduced": "1999", "Version": "3.1.2 (2010)", "Design": "CISC", "Open": "Yes"} |
The D River is a river in Lincoln City, Oregon, United States. The once-nameless river was at one time the "shortest river in the world"- - in the Guinness World Records at .
World record dispute
The world's shortest title was lost in 1989 when Guinness named the Roe River in Montana as the world's shortest. Attempt... | {"Etymology": "Winning entry in a 1940 naming contest", "Mouth": "7 ft on", "Location": "Lincoln City", "Coordinates": "44 58 02 N 124 01 06 W inline,title"} |
thumb|Missouri Territory, formerly Louisiana, 1814 map
The Territory of Missouri was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 4, 1812, until August 10, 1821. In 1819, the Territory of Arkansas was created from a portion of its southern area. In 1821, a southeastern portion of t... | {"Conventional long name": "Territory of Missouri", "Common name": "Missouri", "Year founded": "1812", "Year dissolved": "1821", "Flag type": "Flag of the United States", "Capital": "St. Louis", "Government type": "Organized incorporated territory"} |
Blade is a 1998 American superhero film directed by Stephen Norrington and written by David S. Goyer. Based on the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name, it is the first installment of the Blade franchise. The film stars Wesley Snipes as the titular character with Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson and N'Bushe Wright... | {"Directed by": "Stephen Norrington", "Produced by": "Peter Frankfurt\n Wesley Snipes\n Robert Engelman", "Written by": "David S. Goyer", "Based on": "Blade Marv Wolfman Gene Colan", "Starring": "Wesley Snipes\n Stephen Dorff\n Kris Kristofferson\n N'Bushe Wright\n Donal Logue", "Music by": "Mark Isham", "Cinematograph... |
The Tuolumne River (Yokutsan: Tawalimnu) flows for through Central California, from the high Sierra Nevada to join the San Joaquin River in the Central Valley. Originating at over above sea level in Yosemite National Park, the Tuolumne drains a rugged watershed of , carving a series of canyons through the western sl... | {"Mouth": "26 ft on", "Location": "Grayson, Stanislaus County", "Coordinates": "37 36 21 N 121 10 25 W inline,title", "Basin size": "1958 sqmi onhttp://www.sf-planning.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=7941\n Chapter 5.3 Tuolumne River System and Downstream Water Bodies\n City & County of San Francisco Planning ... |
Boogie Boy is a 1998 film written and directed by Craig Hamann and produced by Braddon Mendelson. It stars Traci Lords,Rotten Tomatoes as well as Mark Dacascos, Emily Lloyd, Jaimz Woolvett, Frederic Forrest, Joan Jett, Robert Bauer, and Linnea Quigley. The film features music by Michael Knott.IMDb
Premise
A man who ha... | {"Directed by": "Craig Hamann", "Produced by": "Braddon MendelsonRoger Avary", "Written by": "Craig Hamann", "Starring": "Mark DacascosEmily LloydTraci LordsJaimz Woolvett", "Music by": "Tim Truman", "Cinematography": "Adam Kane", "Edited by": "Glenn Garland"} |
Astraea () (minor planet designation: 5 Astraea) is an asteroid in the asteroid belt. Its surface is highly reflective and its composition is probably a mixture of nickel-iron with silicates of magnesium and iron. It is an S-type asteroid in the Tholen classification system.
Discovery and name
Astraea was the fifth as... | {"Name of planet": "5 Astraea", "Symbol": "24px|The historic planetary symbol for 5 Astraea (historical astronomical), 24px|The modern astrological symbol for 5 Astraea (modern astrological)", "Background": "D6D6D6", "Image size": "265", "Caption": "Lightcurve-based 3D-model of Astraea", "Discoverer": "K. L. Hencke", "... |
Kimberley John Hughes (born 26 January 1954) is a former cricketer who played for Western Australia, Natal and Australia. He captained Australia in 28 Test matches between 1979 and 1984 before captaining a rebel Australian team in a tour of South Africa, a country which at the time was subject to a sporting boycott opp... | {"Full name": "Kimberley John Hughes", "Nickname": "Claggy", "Born": "Margaret River, Western Australia", "Height": "182 cm", "Batting": "Right-handed", "Bowling": "Right-arm medium", "Role": "Batsman", "Relations": "Glenn Hughes (brother)"} |
Vladislaus Henry (; – 12 August 1222), a member of the Přemyslid dynasty, was elected Duke of Bohemia (as "Vladislaus III") in 1197 and Margrave of Moravia from 1197 until his death. He only served as duke during the year 1197 and was indeed the last ruler of Bohemia to hold that title. It was his brother Ottokar I, w... | {"Father": "Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia", "Mother": "Judith of Thuringia", "Born": "1160", "Died": "Znojmo, Moravia", "Burial": "Velehrad Abbey", "Religion": "Roman Catholicism"} |
Steven Maharey (born 3 February 1953) is a New Zealand academic and former politician of the Labour Party. Elected to Parliament for the first time in 1990 , he was Minister of Social Development and Employment from 1999 to 2005 and Minister of Education from 2005 to 2007. He retired from Parliament at the 2008 genera... | {"Name": "Steve Maharey", "Term start": "19 October 2005", "Term end": "31 October 2007", "Order 2": "22nd Minister for Social Development", "Prime minister 2": "Helen Clark", "Predecessor 2": "Roger Sowry", "Successor 2": "David Benson-Pope", "Birth date": "1953 2 3 yes", "Birth place": "Palmerston North, New Zealand"... |
Eugène Bellemare (April 6, 1932 — July 6, 2018) was a Canadian politician.
Bellemare was a former Member of Parliament of the Liberal Party of Canada in the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Ottawa—Orléans between 2000 and 2004 and previously Carleton—Gloucester from 1988 to 2000. Bellemare was a ... | {"Birth place": "Ottawa, Ontario, Canada", "Term start": "1988", "Term end": "2004", "Birth date": "April 6, 1932", "Death date": "July 6, 2018 (aged 86)", "Death place": "Ottawa, Ontario, Canada", "Nationality": "Canadian", "Spouse(s)": "Roberte Gauthier"} |
Stéphane Bergeron (born January 28, 1965 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian politician. He currently serves as a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada since 2019, he had previously served in that aspect from 1993 to 2005, and a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 2005 to 20... | {"Name": "Stéphane Bergeron", "Birth date": "1965 01 28", "Birth place": "Montreal, Quebec", "Residence": "Varennes, Quebechttps://www.elections.ca/res/rep/off/ovr2019app/51/table12E.html Official Voting Results Elections Canada January 23, 2021", "Term start": "October 21, 2019", "Successor 2": "Luc Malo", "Spouse(s)"... |
Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran (17 January 1917 - 24 December 1987), also popularly known by his acronym M.G.R., was an Indian actor, politician, and philanthropist who served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from 1977 until his death in 1987. He was the founder and first general secretary of the All India Anna Drav... | {"Name": "M. G. Ramachandran", "Image caption": "M. G. Ramachandran on a 2017 commemorative stamp", "Term start": "9 June 1980", "Term end": "24 December 1987", "Governor 2": "Prabhudas Patwari", "Predecessor 2": "President's rule", "Successor 2": "President's rule", "Birth name": "Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran", "Birt... |
Lionel Charles Robbins, Baron Robbins, (22 November 1898 - 15 May 1984) was a British economist, and prominent member of the economics department at the London School of Economics (LSE). He is known for his leadership at LSE, his proposed definition of economics, and for his instrumental efforts in shifting Anglo-Saxo... | {"School ortradition": "Neoclassical economics", "Alma mater": "University College London, London School of Economics", "Doctoraladvisor": "Edwin Cannan", "Doctoralstudents": "Nicholas KaldorAmiya Kumar DasguptaAbba P. LernerWilliam BaumolFrank Hahn", "Influences": "William Stanley Jevons, Philip Wicksteed, Ludwig von ... |
Abdul Ahad Momand (; born 1959) is an Afghan-German and former Afghan Air Force aviator who became the first, and currently only, Afghan citizen to journey to outer space. When he spoke to his mother on the phone from space, Pashto became the fourth language to be officially spoken in space.
He became one of Soyuz TM-... | {"Name": "Abdul Ahad Momand", "Native name": "عبدالاحد مومند", "Native name language": "ps", "Birth name": "Abdul Ahad Momand", "Birth date": "1959", "Birth place": "Sardeh Band, Andar, Ghazni, Kingdom of Afghanistan", "Nationality": "Afghan (1959-2003)German (2003-present, naturalised)", "Alma mater": "Kabul Polytechn... |
Camberwell is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Boroondara local government area. Camberwell recorded a population of 21,965 at the 2021 census.
The western, southern and eastern boundaries of the suburb generally follow Burke Ro... | {"Name": "Camberwell", "Caption": "Burke Road, Camberwell in November 2014", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Type": "suburb", "Local Government Area (LGA)": "City of Boroondara", "Locator Map Alternative Map File": "Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne", "Coordinates": "37.835 S 145.071 E inline,title", "Elevation":... |
thumb|Aerial panorama of the Docklands from Ron Barassi Sr Park
Docklands, also known as Melbourne Docklands, is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne local government area. Docklands recorded a population of 15,495 a... | {"Name": "Docklands", "Caption": "View toward Docklands, including Docklands Stadium, 2017", "State Abbreviation": "VIC", "State Government": "Albert Park", "State Government 2": "Melbourne", "Population": "15,495", "Population Year": "2021", "Population Footnotes": "SAL20766 Docklands (Suburbs and Localities) 18 J... |
Alhurra ( ,The pronunciation differs depending on the variety of Arabic, for example, . "the Free One") is a U.S. government-owned Arabic-language satellite TV channel that broadcasts news and current affairs programming to audiences in the Middle East and North Africa. Alhurra is funded by the U.S. government and is ... | {"Type": "Satellite television network", "Country": "United States (external consumption only)", "Headquarters": "Newington, Virginia(Springfield mailing address)", "Language(s)": "Literary Arabic (mainly),Arabic dialects,English (subtitled in Literary Arabic)", "Owner": "Middle East Broadcasting Networks(Funded by the... |
Muhammad Ismail Agha is an Afghan national who was among some 15-21 juveniles held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camps. He is believed to be 13 or 14 years old when arrested by Afghan soldiers. Detained without charge, he was released on January 29, 2004, and returned home.
He was recaptured in May 2004 during an e... | {"Born": "Nawzad, Afghanistan", "Arrested": "Afghan soldiers", "Released": "Bagram", "Citizenship": "Afghanistan", "ISN": "930", "Status": "Released, then recaptured", "Parents": "Hayatullah (father)"} |
The Ming tombs are a collection of mausoleums built by the emperors of the Ming dynasty of China. The first Ming emperor's tomb is located near his capital Nanjing. However, the majority of the Ming tombs are located in a cluster near Beijing and collectively known as the Thirteen Tombs of the Ming dynasty (). They are... | {"Location": "Beijing and Nanjing, China", "Criteria": "i, ii, iii, iv, vi", "Reference": "1004", "Inscription": "24th"} |
The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS or SIS; ) is New Zealand's primary national intelligence agency. It is responsible for providing information and advising on matters including national security (including counterterrorism and counterintelligence) and foreign intelligence. It is headquartered in Well... | {"Headquarters": "Pipitea House, 1-15 Pipitea Street, Wellington, New Zealand", "Formed": "1956Michael King, Penguin History of New Zealand, p.429.", "Employees": "300", "Annual budget": "Total budget for 2021/22https://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications/summary-tables/summary-tables-estimates-appropriations-2021-22 Tot... |
The Colt Canada C7 is a Canadian family of military rifles, manufactured by Colt Canada (formerly Diemaco prior to 2005), having similar design and function to the Colt M16A3.
The C7 and its variants have been adopted as the standard issue rifle by the militaries of Canada, Norway (special forces only), Denmark and th... | {"Type": "Assault rifle", "In service": "1984-present", "Wars": "UNAMIRUNPROFOROperation DeliveranceBritish military intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil WarCertain Death in Sierra Leone: The SAS and Operation Barras 2000 Raid 10 Osprey Publishing Will Fowler 10 Apr 2010 9781846038501 24-25War in AfghanistanIraq Wa... |
The Conservative Party of British Columbia is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. In the early half of the 20th century, the Conservatives competed with the British Columbia Liberal Party for power in the province. Since the 1950s however, the party has had only a minor presence. In February 2023,... | {"Leader": "John Rustad", "President": "Aisha Estey", "Founded": "1903", "Ideology": "nowrap Conservatism Right-wing populism", "Headquarters": "1434 Ironwood StreetUnit 327Campbell River, British ColumbiaV9W 5T5", "Political position": "Centre-right to right-wing", "Slogan": "\"Fight for BC!\""} |
was a Japanese filmmaker who worked on over 100 films in a career spanning over five decades. He is one of the most successful and critically acclaimed filmmakers in the history of Japanese cinema, having directed several jidaigeki epics such as the 1954 Academy Award-winning film Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto, and its t... | {"Name": "Hiroshi Inagaki", "Caption": "Inagaki 1930s", "Birth date": "yes 1905 12 30", "Birth place": "Tokyo, Japan", "Death date": "yes 1980 05 21 1905 12 30", "Death place": "Tokyo, Japan", "Years active": "1923-1979", "Occupation": "director, screenwriter, producer, actor", "Awards": "Academy Honorary Award1956 Mi... |
Whitnash is a town and civil parish located southeast of, and contiguous with Leamington Spa and Warwick in Warwickshire, England. In 2001, it had a population of 7,760 which increased to 9,129 in the 2011 census, increasing again to 10,489 in the 2021 census.
History
Whitnash was mentioned in the Domesday Book as Wit... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021 census)", "District": "Warwick", "Shire county": "Warwickshire", "UK Parliament": "Warwick and Leamington", "Postcode district": "CV", "Dialling code": "01926"} |
Snopes , formerly known as the Urban Legends Reference Pages, is a fact-checking website. It has been described as a "well-regarded reference for sorting out myths and rumors" on the Internet. (image 3).Same article: (image 7). The site has also been seen as a source for both validating and debunking urban legends and... | {"URL": "www.snopes.com snopes.com", "Commercial": "Yes", "Registration": "Required only on forums", "Created by": "Barbara MikkelsonDavid P. Mikkelsonhttp://webbyawards.com/lists/how-the-truth-set-snopes-free Webby Awards How the Truth Set Snopes Free December 10, 2018 December 17, 2016 https://web.archive.org/we... |
Newcastle Falcons is a rugby union team that play in Premiership Rugby, England's highest division of rugby union.
The club was established in 1877 as the Gosforth Football Club. Around 1882 the club merged with the Northumberland Football Club and briefly assumed their name until 1887. In 1990, the name was changed t... | {"Union": "Northumberland RFU", "Location": "Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England", "Founded": "yes 1877", "Chairman": "Semore Kurdi", "CEO": "Mick Hogan (MD)"} |
António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres (, ; born 30 April 1949) is a Portuguese politician and diplomat. Since 2017, he has served as secretary-general of the United Nations, the ninth person to hold this title.
A member of the Portuguese Socialist Party, Guterres served as prime minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002.... | {"Honorific prefix": "His Excellency", "Name": "António Guterres", "Honorific suffix": "100% GCC GCL", "Image caption": "Guterres in 2023", "Term start": "1 January 2017", "Office 2": "Prime Minister of Portugal", "President 2": "Mário Soares Jorge Sampaio", "Predecessor 2": "Aníbal Cavaco Silva", "Successor 2": "José ... |
is a Japanese gay lifestyle brand, and formerly a monthly magazine.
History
Gay magazines in Japan, along with much gay culture, are segregated by 'type' (e.g., muscular men, older men, specific occupations); G-men was founded in 1995 to cater to gay men who preferred "macho fantasy", as opposed to the sleeker, yaoi-i... | {"Frequency": "Monthly", "Categories": "Gay lifestyle", "Publisher": "Furukawa Shobu", "Founded": "April 1995", "Country": "Japan", "Language": "Japanese", "Website": "G-Men Official SiteG-men at Furukawa Shobu"} |
Joseph Blair McGuire, (born June 20, 1944) is a Canadian retired politician. A native of in Morell, Prince Edward Island, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Egmont from 1988 to 2008. A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, was first elected to the House of Commons in 1988 and reelected in 19... | {"Name": "Joseph Blair McGuire", "Term start": "November 21, 1988", "Term end": "October 14, 2008", "Birth date": "1944 6 20", "Birth place": "Morell, Prince Edward Island, Canada", "Residence": "Summerside, Prince Edward Island", "Spouse(s)": "Mary McGuire"} |
The Best of The Waterboys 81-90 is a compilation album by The Waterboys, released on 29 April 1991.
Background
The Best of The Waterboys 81-90 is made up of 12 tracks which were personally selected by the band's lead singer, musician and songwriter Mike Scott. The album, along with a re-issue of the single "The Whole ... | {"Released": "April 1991", "Recorded": "May 1982 - February 1990", "Genre": "Rock", "Label": "Chrysalis"} |
Badi, stylized as Bʌ́di (), was a monthly Japanese magazine for gay men. Established in November 1994 by Terra Publications, the first edition was released in January 1995. The title comes from the Japanese pronunciation of "buddy".
The primary demographic of Badi was younger men (and admirers of younger men). The m... | {"Frequency": "Monthly", "Categories": "Gay lifestyle", "Publisher": "Terra Publications", "Founded": "November 1994", "First issue": "January 1995", "Country": "Japan", "Language": "Japanese", "Website": "Badi Official Site"} |
The president of Fiji is the head of state of the Republic of Fiji. The president is appointed by the Parliament for a three-year term under the terms of the 2013 Constitution. Although not entirely a figurehead, the role of president in the government is largely ceremonial, but there are important reserve powers that ... | {"Post": "President", "Body": "the Republic of Fiji", "Native name": "fj Peresitedi ni Vitihif फिजी के राष्ट्रपति", "Flag size": "125px", "Flag border": "yes", "Flag caption": "Presidential Standard", "Image size": "200px", "Incumbent": "Wiliame Katonivere", "Incumbent since": "12 November 2021", "Style": "His Excellen... |
Contessa Entellina () is a small comune in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, in Sicily, southern Italy.
Is located in the "Valle del Belìce" at above sea level in the mountains called Brinjat, is situated 80 km from Palermo. The country, along with Piana degli Albanesi and Santa Cristina Gela, is among the three e... | {"Name": "Contessa Entellina", "Official name": "Comune di Contessa EntellinaBashkia e Kuntisës", "Image caption": "Landscape of Contessa Entellina", "Shield image": "ContessaEntellina-Stemma.gif", "Coordinates": "37 44 N 13 11 E region:IT_type:city(1981) inline,title", "Region": "Sicily", "Metropolitan city": "Palermo... |
The prime minister of Fiji is the head of government of the Republic of Fiji. The prime minister is appointed under the terms of the 2013 Constitution. The prime minister is the head of the Cabinet and appoints and dismisses ministers.
Description of the office
As a former British colony, Fiji has largely adopted Brit... | {"Post": "Prime Minister", "Body": "the Republic of Fiji", "Native name": "fj Paraiminisita ni Vitihif फिजी के प्रधानमंत्री", "Insignia size": "100px", "Insignia caption": "Coat of arms of Fiji", "Flag size": "125px", "Flag border": "yes", "Flag caption": "Flag of Fiji", "Image size": "200px", "Incumbent": "Sitiveni Ra... |
is a rhythm game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. The game was released in arcades in December 1999, and for the Dreamcast video game console in 2000. A port for the Wii was also developed by Gearbox Software and Escalation Studios and released in 2008. Samba de Amigo draws on Latin American culture and i... | {"Title": "Samba de Amigo", "Developer": "Sonic Team", "Publisher": "Sega", "Director": "Shun Nakamura", "Producer": "Yuji Naka", "Artist": "Yuji Uekawa", "Composer": "Masaru Setsumaru", "Released": "December 21, 1999 \nArcadeJP December 21, 1999 NA March 29, 2000Ver. 2000JP December 14, 2000\nDreamcastJP April 27, 200... |
Dextroamphetamine is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant and enantiomer of amphetamine that is prescribed for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy. It is also used as an athletic performance and cognitive enhancer, and recreationally as an aphrodisiac and euphoriant.
The... | {"Pronunciation": "ˌ d ɛ k s t r əʊ æ m ˈ f ɛ t ə m iː n", "Trade name": "Dexedrine, Dextrostat, Xelstrym, Zenzedi, others", "AHFS": "monograph dextroamphetamine", "Pregnancycategory": "B3", "Dependenceliability": "Moderate Vitiello B Understanding the risk of using medications for attention deficit hyperactivity dis... |
The governor-general of Fiji was the representative of the Fijian monarch in the Dominion of Fiji from the country's independence in 1970 until the monarchy's deposition in 1987.
History
Fiji became a sovereign state and adopted an independent monarch in the Commonwealth of Nations on 10 October 1970, with Queen Eliz... | {"Post": "Governor-General", "Body": "Fiji", "Flag size": "150px", "Flag caption": "Flag of the governor-general", "Insignia size": "100px", "Insignia caption": "Coat of arms of Fiji", "Status": "Abolished", "Style": "His Excellency", "Residence": "Government House, Suva", "Appointer": "Monarch of Fiji", "Date of forma... |
Sir Colin Murray Campbell (26 December 1944 - 20 May 2022) was a Scottish academic lawyer who was vice-chancellor of the University of Nottingham from 1988 to 2008.Lucy Hodges, "The academic globetrotter", The Independent, 17 June 2004. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
Education and early career
Campbell studied law at the Uni... | {"Name": "Colin Campbell", "Caption": "Campbell in June 2005", "Birth date": "1944 12 26 y", "Death date": "2022 5 20 1944 12 26 y", "Nationality": "British", "Education": "University of Aberdeen", "Occupation": "Academic lawyer, vice-chancellor of the University of Nottingham"} |
The V&A Waterfront is a mixed-use destination located in the oldest working harbour in the Southern Hemisphere. With Table Mountain as its backdrop, the 123-hectare neighbourhood is located within the Cape Town, South Africa, where millions of people visit each year. It contains art, entrepreneurs, and sustainable desi... | {"Location": "Cape Town, Western Cape", "Coordinates": "33 54 11 S 18 25 22 E type:landmark it", "Ocean/sea sources": "Table Bay Harbour of the Atlantic Ocean", "Basin": "South Africa", "Website": "http://www.waterfront.co.za/"} |
Anthony Francis Martin (born 10 June 1964) is a New Zealand comedian, writer and actor, who has had a successful TV, radio, stand-up and film career in Australia.
Career
1980s
A former stand-up comedian and commercial voice-over-man, Tony Martin moved to Brisbane, Australia, from New Zealand when he was 21 to work ... | {"Birth name": "Anthony Francis Martin", "Born": "Te Kuiti, New Zealand", "Spouse": "Annie Maver (divorced)", "Nationality": "New Zealand", "Years active": "1976-present", "Genres": "Comedy, Satire, Improvisation, Music Comedy", "Partner(s)": "Sarina Rowell", "Notable works and roles": "The D-Generation, Martin/Molloy,... |
The Surinamese dollar (ISO 4217 code SRD) has been the currency of Suriname since 2004. It is divided into 100 cent. The Surinamese dollar is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or alternatively Sr$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies. In spoken Surinamese Dutch, it is widely referred to... | {"ISO 4217 code": "SRD", "Subunit": "100", "Symbol": "$, Sur$", "Plural": "cent"} |
Pink Triangle Press is an independent, Canadian media organization specializing in LGBTQ2S+ journalism, television and online interactive media. Founded in 1971, Pink Triangle Press is one of the longest-publishing LGBTQ2S+ media groups in the world. Today, Pink Triangle Press publishes Xtra, an online magazine and com... | {"Founded": "October 1971", "Headquarters": "Toronto, Ontario", "Industry": "Newspaper", "Products": "Newspapers, Website, Television", "Subsidiaries": "Xtra!, Squirt.org, GuySpy", "Website": "pinktrianglepress.com"} |
Xtra Magazine (formerly DailyXtra and Xtra!) is an LGBTQ-focused digital publication and former print newspaper published by Pink Triangle Press in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Matthew Hays, "How Xtra magazine came to the end of the rainbow: Venerable newspaper serving Canada's LGBTQ community was undone by decline in pri... | {"Type": "Digital Publication", "Format": "Online, former print", "Owner(s)": "Pink Triangle Press", "Headquarters": "Toronto, Ontario", "Editor-in-chief": "Jennifer McGuire", "Editor": "Gordon Bowness", "ISSN": "0829-3384", "Website": "https://xtramagazine.com/"} |
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