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Sir Dawda Kairaba JawaraSir Dawda Kairaba Jawara knighted by Queen Elizabeth II on 9 March 1966 [in] The London Gazette, Honours and Awards, 11 March 1966 (16 May 1924 - 27 August 2019Profile of Dawda Kairaba Jawara) was a Gambian politician who served as Prime Minister from 1962-70, and then as the first President o... | {"Honorific prefix": "Sir", "Name": "Dawda Jawara", "Honorific suffix": "GBR GCMG 100%", "Image caption": "Jawara in 1979", "Term start": "24 April 1970", "Term end": "22 July 1994", "Vice president": "Sheriff Mustapha Dibba Assan Musa Camara Alhajie Alieu Badara Njie Bakary Bunja Darbo Saihou Sabally", "Office 2":... |
The Windy City ThunderBolts are a professional baseball team based in the Chicago suburb of Crestwood, Illinois, in the United States. The ThunderBolts are a member of the Frontier League, which is a partner league of Major League Baseball. Since 1999, the ThunderBolts have played their home games at Ozinga Field.
Win... | {"League": "Frontier League (1999-present)", "Former leagues": "Heartland League (1996-1998)\n North Central League (1995)", "Former names": "Cook County Cheetahs (1997-2003)\n Will County Cheetahs (1996-1997)\n Will County Claws (1995)", "League championship seasons": "3 (1998, 2007, 2008)", "Division championship sea... |
Antonio Segni (; 2 February 1891 - 1 December 1972) was an Italian politician and statesman who served as the president of Italy from May 1962 to December 1964, and as the prime minister of Italy in two distinct terms between 1955 and 1960.
A member of the Christian Democracy party, Segni held numerous prominent offic... | {"Name": "Antonio Segni", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 1962", "Term start": "11 May 1962", "Term end": "6 December 1964", "President 2": "Giovanni Gronchi", "Deputy 2": "Giuseppe Saragat", "Predecessor 2": "Mario Scelba", "Successor 2": "Adone Zoli", "Birth date": "1891 2 2 y", "Birth place": "Sassari, Kingdom ... |
John Frank Stevens (April 25, 1853 – June 2, 1943) was an American civil engineer who built the Great Northern Railway in the United States and was chief engineer on the Panama Canal between 1905 and 1907.
Biography
Stevens was born in rural Maine, near West Gardiner to John Stevens, a tanner and farmer, and Harriet... | {"Name": "John Frank Stevens", "Birth date": "1853 4 25", "Birth place": "West Gardiner, Maine, United States", "Death date": "1943 6 2 1853 4 25", "Death place": "Southern Pines, North Carolina, United States", "Nationality": "American", "Known For": "Great Northern Railway, Panama Canal", "Awards": "John Fritz Medal ... |
Strike Anywhere is an American punk rock band from Richmond, Virginia. Formed in 1999 after the demise of frontman Thomas Barnett's previous band, Inquisition, they took their name from the Inquisition song "Strike Anywhere". Their music is characterized by fast tempos, catchy melodies, and emotionally charged vocals d... | {"Origin": "Richmond, Virginia, United States", "Genres": "Melodic hardcore,Strike Anywhere: The Evolution of Punk Rock Angst: An Interview by Greg Barbera https://razorcake.org/archive-strike-anywhere-the-evolution-of-punk-rock-angst-an-interview-by-greg-barbera/ 23 May 2020Paul Aubin Exclusive: Strike Anywhere si... |
Bob and Margaret is an adult animated television series created by David Fine and Alison Snowden and produced by Nelvana. The series was based on the Academy Award-winning short film Bob's Birthday, featuring the same main characters, which won the Best Animated Short Film Oscar in 1994. In Canada, it was the highest-r... | {"Running time": "22 minutes", "Created by": "David Fine Alison Snowden", "Starring": "Andy Hamilton (S1-2) Brian George (S3-4) Alison Snowden", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom (seasons 1-2)CanadaPhilippines (seasons 3-4)", "Original network": "Global (Canada)Channel 4 (United Kingdom)Comedy Central (United States... |
Ralph Julian Canine (November 9, 1895 - March 8, 1969) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army and the first director of the National Security Agency.
Early life and education
Canine was born in 1895 in Flora, Indiana, one of two children of the local superintendent of schools. When he left home, he was in... | {"Born": "Flora, Indiana, US", "Died": "Washington, D.C., US", "Allegiance": "United States", "Commands held": "National Security AgencyArmed Forces Security Agency1st Infantry Division", "Awards": "Army Distinguished Service Medal (2)Silver StarLegion of Merit"} |
First Meetings (2002) is a collection of science fiction short stories by American writer Orson Scott Card, belonging to his Ender's Game series. Tor Books republished the book in 2003 under the titles First Meetings in the Enderverse and First Meetings in Ender's Universe and included the more recent "Teacher's Pest... | {"Cover artist": "Gail Cross", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "Ender's Game series", "Publisher": "Subterranean Press", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "149", "ISBN": "1-931081-69-7"} |
Elizebeth Smith Friedman (August 26, 1892 - October 31, 1980) was an American cryptanalyst and author who deciphered enemy codes in both World Wars and helped to solve international smuggling cases during Prohibition. Over the course of her career, she worked for the United States Treasury, Coast Guard, Navy and Army, ... | {"Name": "Elizebeth Smith Friedman", "Alt": "Elizebeth Smith Friedman", "Birth name": "Elizebeth Smith", "Birth date": "1892 08 26", "Birth place": "Huntington, Indiana U.S.", "Death date": "1980 10 31 1892 08 26", "Death place": "Plainfield, New Jersey U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "Occupation": "Cryptanalyst", "Y... |
Enrica Bianchi Colombatto (born 23 July 1942), usually known by her stagename of Erika Blanc, is an Italian actress.
Career
Her most notable role was as the first fictional character Emmanuelle in Io, Emmanuelle (1969). Blanc starred in several cult European horror films, including The Third Eye (1966), Kill, Baby, K... | {"Name": "Erika Blanc", "Caption": "Erika Blanc in The Devil's Nightmare (1971)", "Birth name": "Enrica Bianchi Colombatto", "Birth date": "1942 7 23 y", "Birth place": "Brescia, Lombardy"} |
Marayat Rollet-Andriane, formerly Marayat Krasaesin () or her birthname Marayat Bibidh (; ; born 19 January 1932 - 12 June 2005), known by the pen name Emmanuelle Arsan, was a Thai-French novelist, best known for the novel featuring the fictional character Emmanuelle, a woman who sets out on a voyage of sexual self-dis... | {"Pen name": "Marayat, Marayata, Marayat Andriane, Marajat, Kramsaseddinsh, Krasaesundh, Krassaesibor, Virajjakkam, Virajjakam, Virajjakari", "Born": "1932 01 19 y", "Died": "2005 06 12 1932 01 19 yes", "Occupation": "Writer, novelist, actress", "Years active": "1966-1976"} |
Escort is a British men's adult magazine which contains softcore pornography and erotica.Adam Briggs, Paul Cobley, "The media: an introduction", Pearson Education, 2002, , p.477 It is published by Paul Raymond Publications.Lisa Z. Sigel, "International exposure: perspectives on modern European pornography, 1800-2000", ... | {"Frequency": "4 weekly", "Categories": "Pornographic magazine", "Publisher": "City Magazines (1958-1971)Paul Raymond Publications (1971-present)", "Company": "Blue Active Media Ltd", "First issue": "1980 (1980)", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "ISSN": "0952-6706", "OCLC": "60832552"} |
Taejon Expo '93 was a three-month international exposition held between Saturday, August 7, 1993 and Sunday, November 7, 1993 in the central South Korean city of Daejeon (at the time spelled "Taejŏn").
Theme
The theme of the exposition was "The Challenge of a New Road of Development", with various other sub-themes aro... | {"Category": "Specialized", "Name": "Taejŏn Expo '93", "Motto": "The Challenge of a New Road of Development", "Building(s)": "Hanbit Tower", "Visitors": "14,005,808", "Mascot": "Kumdori", "Countries": "108 nations", "Organizations": "33 int'l", "City": "Daejeon", "Venue": "Taedok Science Town", "Coordinates": "36.377 1... |
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The Ibero-American Exposition of 1929 (Spanish: Exposición iberoamericana de 1929) was a world's fair held in Seville, Spain, from 9 May 1929 until 21 June 1930. Countries in attendance of the exposition included: Portugal, the United States, Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Chile, th... | {"Category": "0", "Name": "Exposición General de España (section:Exposición Ibero-Americana)", "Area": "69 ha acre off", "Countries": "18", "Country": "Spain", "City": "Seville", "Venue": "Maria Luisa Park", "Opening": "1929 05 09 y", "Closure": "1930 06 21 y", "Previous": "San Francisco", "Next": "Chicago", "Universal... |
Samuel Knox Skinner (born June 10, 1938) is an American politician, lawyer, and businessman. Skinner served as U.S. Secretary of Transportation and White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush. Prior to the Bush administration, Skinner served as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Il... | {"Name": "Samuel K. Skinner", "Image": "160 px", "Image caption": "Official portrait", "Term start": "December 16, 1991", "Term end": "August 23, 1992", "Office 2": "United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois", "President 2": "Gerald Ford", "Predecessor 2": "James R. Thompson", "Successor 2": "Thomas ... |
Sylvia Maria Kristel (28 September 1952 17 October 2012) was a Dutch actress and model who appeared in over 50 films. She is best remembered as the eponymous character in five of the seven Emmanuelle films, including originating the role with Emmanuelle (1974).
Early life
Kristel was born in Utrecht, the Netherlands; ... | {"Name": "Sylvia Kristel", "Caption": "Kristel in 2007", "Birth name": "Sylvia Maria Kristel", "Birth date": "1952 9 28 y", "Birth place": "Utrecht, Netherlands", "Death date": "2012 10 17 1952 9 28 yhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19990457 Sylvia Kristel, star of Emmanuelle, dies BBC News 18 October 2012... |
The Indian Army during World War II, a British force also referred to as the British Indian Army, began the war, in 1939, numbering just under 200,000 men.Sumner, p.25 By the end of the war, it had become the largest volunteer army in history, rising to over 2.5 million men in August 1945. Serving in divisions of infan... | {"Allegiance": "British Empire", "Type": "Army", "Size": "2.5 million men", "Notablecommanders": "Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl WavellClaude Auchinleck"} |
The Almanac of American Politics is a reference work published biennially by Columbia Books & Information Services. It aims to provide a detailed look at the politics of the United States through an approach of profiling individual leaders and areas of the country. The first edition of the Almanac was published in 1972... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Published": "Biennially from 1972 through 2020; most recently in 2020", "Publisher": "Ballotpedia", "ISBN": "978-1938518294", "Website": "http://www.thealmanacofamericanpolitics.com"} |
Kaa is a fictional character from The Jungle Book stories written by Rudyard Kipling. He is a giant snake who is 30 feet long.
In the books and many of the screen adaptations, Kaa is an ally of main protagonist Mowgli, acting as a friend and trusted mentor or father figure alongside Bagheera and Baloo. However, Disney... | {"First appearance": "\"Kaa's Hunting\"", "Last appearance": "\"The Spring Running\"", "Created by": "Rudyard Kipling", "Gender": "Male"} |
Oliver (c. 1957 - 2 June 2012) was a former "performing" chimpanzee once promoted as a missing link or "humanzee" due to his somewhat human-like appearance and a tendency to walk upright. Despite his somewhat unusual appearance and behavior, scientists found that Oliver was not a human-chimpanzee hybrid.
Early life
S... | {"Sex": "Male", "Born": "Democratic Republic of the Congo", "Died": "San Antonio, Texas, U.S.", "Mate(s)": "Raisin", "Known for": "Rumors of being a missing link or humanzee"} |
The Jackson Generals were a professional baseball team located in Jackson, Tennessee. From 1998 to 2020, they were a part of Minor League Baseball's Southern League (SL) as the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs (1998-2006), Seattle Mariners (2007-2016), and Arizona Diamondbacks (2017-2020). Known as the West Tenn ... | {"Class": "Double-A (1998-2020)", "League": "Southern League (1998-2020)", "Name": "Jackson Generals (2011-2020)\nWest Tenn Diamond Jaxx (1998-2010)", "Colors": "Green, black, white, tan#00703c #231f20 #FFFFFF #cfab7a", "Ballpark": "The Ballpark at Jackson (1998-2020)"} |
Can't Hardly Wait is a 1998 American teen romantic comedy film written and directed by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont. It stars an ensemble cast including Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo, Lauren Ambrose, Peter Facinelli, Seth Green, and Jennifer Love Hewitt, and is notable for a number of "before-they-were-famous" appeara... | {"Directed by": "Deborah Kaplan\n Harry Elfont", "Produced by": "Jenno Topping\n Betty Thomas", "Written by": "Deborah Kaplan\n Harry Elfont", "Starring": "Ethan Embry\n Charlie Korsmo\n Lauren Ambrose\n Peter Facinelli\n Seth Green\n Jennifer Love Hewitt", "Music by": "David Kitay\n Matthew Sweet", "Cinematography": "... |
"Werewolves of London" is a rock song performed by American singer-songwriter Warren Zevon. It was composed by Zevon, LeRoy Marinell and Waddy Wachtel and was included on Excitable Boy (1978), Zevon's third solo album. The track featured Fleetwood Mac's Mick Fleetwood and John McVie on drums and bass respectively. The ... | {"B-side": "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner", "Released": "January 18, 1978May 2021", "Recorded": "1977", "Genre": "Rock comedy rock", "Label": "Asylum", "Songwriter(s)": "LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, Warren Zevon", "Producer(s)": "Jackson Browne, Waddy Wachtel"} |
Viktor Felixovich Vekselberg (, ; born April 14, 1957) is a Ukrainian-born Russian-Israeli-Cypriot oligarch, billionaire, and businessman. He is the owner and president of Renova Group, a Russian conglomerate. According to Forbes, as of November 2021, his fortune is estimated at $9.3 billion, making him the 262nd riche... | {"Name": "Viktor VekselbergВиктор Вексельберг", "Alt": "Viktor Vekselberg", "Caption": "Vekselberg in 2008", "Birth date": "1957 4 14", "Birth place": "Drohobych, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union(present-day Drohobych, Ukraine)", "Citizenship": "Russia CyprusFarolfi Sara https://www.occrp.org/en/28-ccwatch/cc-watch-indept... |
Burton Lorne Cummings (born December 31, 1947) is a Canadian musician. He is best known for leading The Guess Who during that band's most successful period from 1965 to 1975, and for a lengthy solo career.
Cummings has been inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fa... | {"Born": "Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada", "Genres": "Rock soft rockStephen Thomas Erlewine http://www.allmusic.com/album/above-the-ground-mw0000809406 Above the Ground - Burton Cummings | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards AllMusic November 4, 2008 2014-03-12Artist Biography by John Bush http://www.allmusic.com/artis... |
The Statement is a 2003 drama film directed by Norman Jewison and starring Michael Caine, Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Northam, Alan Bates, William Hutt, John Neville and Charlotte Rampling.
Based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Brian Moore, the screenplay by Ronald Harwood is inspired by the true story of Paul Touvier... | {"Directed by": "Norman Jewison", "Produced by": "Norman Jewison\n Robert Lantos", "Based on": "The Statement Brian Moore", "Screenplay by": "Ronald Harwood", "Starring": "Michael Caine\n Tilda Swinton\n Jeremy Northam\n Alan Bates\n William Hutt\n John Neville\n Charlotte Rampling", "Music by": "Normand Corbeil", "Cin... |
Acornsoft was the software arm of Acorn Computers, and a major publisher of software for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron. As well as games, it also produced a large number of educational titles, extra computer languages and business and utility packages - these included word processor VIEW and the spreadsheet ViewShee... | {"Type": "Privately held company", "Founded": "1980", "Defunct": "2013", "Headquarters": "Cambridge, England", "Industry": "Software industry", "Products": "Application software\nEducational software\nVideo games", "Parent": "Acorn Network Computer", "Website": "www.acornsoft.com"} |
The NAACP Image Awards is an annual awards ceremony presented by the U.S.-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to honor outstanding performances in film, television, theatre, music, and literature. The over 40 categories of the Image Awards are voted on by the NAACP members. Honorary... | {"Awarded for": "Excellence in film, television, theatre, music, and literature", "Presented by": "NAACP", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1967 8 13"} |
Dee Ward Hock (March 21, 1929 - July 16, 2022) was the founder and CEO of the Visa credit card association.
Career
Hock was born in North Ogden, Utah, in 1929 and attended Weber State University where he graduated in 1949. In 1968, Hock was a vice president of National Bank of Commerce, a local Seattle, Washington, ... | {"Name": "Dee Hock", "Birth name": "Dee Ward Hock", "Birth date": "March 21, 1929", "Birth place": "North Ogden, Utah, U.S.", "Death date": "2022 7 16 1929 3 21", "Death place": "Olympia, Washington, U.S.", "Education": "Weber State University", "Children": "3", "Spouse(s)": "Ferol Cragun 2018 d.", "Occupation": "Entre... |
Hurley is a village and rural civil parish in Berkshire, England. Its riverside is agricultural, except for Hurley Priory, as are the outskirts of the village. The Olde Bell Inn adjoining the priory is believed to date from 1135.
Topography
Hurley is a linear development perpendicular to and adjoining the Upper Thames... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2001) 1,923 (2011 Census)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124921&c=Hurley&d=16&e=62&g=6398485&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1480529341146&enc=1 Civil Parish population 2011 30 November 2016 Office for National Statistic... |
Katherine Matilda Swinton (born 5 November 1960) is a British actress. Known for her roles in independent films and blockbusters, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award, in addition to nominations for three Golden Globe Awards. In 2020, The New York Times ranked ... | {"Name": "Tilda Swinton", "Caption": "Swinton in 2018", "Birth name": "Katherine Matilda Swinton", "Birth date": "yes 1960 11 5", "Birth place": "London, England", "Occupation": "Actress", "Education": "New Hall, Cambridge (BA)", "Years active": "1984-present", "Notable works": "Full list", "Partner(s)": "John Byrne (1... |
The prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago is the head of the executive branch of government in Trinidad and Tobago.
The incumbent prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago is Keith Rowley who won the 2015 general election and was sworn in on 9 September 2015 by President Anthony Carmona as the seventh prime minister of Tr... | {"Post": "Prime Minister", "Body": "theRepublic of Trinidad and Tobago", "Flag size": "125px", "Flag caption": "Prime Minister's Standard", "Flag border": "yes", "Precursor": "Premier of Trinidad and Tobago\n Chief Minister of Trinidad and Tobago", "Incumbent": "Keith Rowley", "Image size": "165px", "Incumbent since": ... |
The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature, the upper house being the California State Senate. The Assembly convenes, along with the State Senate, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento.
The Assembly consists of 80 members, with each member representing at least 465,000... | {"Type": "California State Legislature", "Authority": "Article 4, California Constitution", "Salary": "$114,877/year + $211 per diem", "Seats": "80", "Redistricting": "California Citizens Redistricting Commission"} |
The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature, the lower house being the California State Assembly. The State Senate convenes, along with the State Assembly, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento.
Due to a combination of the state's large population and a legislature that h... | {"Type": "California State Legislature", "Authority": "Article 4, California Constitution", "Salary": "$114,877/year + $211 per diem", "Seats": "40", "Redistricting": "California Citizens Redistricting Commission"} |
Susan Kare ( "care"; born February 5, 1954) is an American artist and graphic designer, who contributed interface elements and typefaces for the first Apple Macintosh personal computer from 1983 to 1986. She was employee #10 and Creative Director at NeXT, the company formed by Steve Jobs after he left Apple in 1985. Sh... | {"Name": "Susan Kare", "Caption": "Kare in 2019", "Birth date": "1954 2 5", "Birth place": "Ithaca, New York, U.S.", "Education": "Mount Holyoke College (BA) New York University (MA, PhD)", "Known For": "Contemporary American design", "Occupation": "Graphic designer", "Notable works": "GUI design language and product l... |
Windsor is a community located in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is a service centre for the western part of the county and is situated on Highway 101.
The community has a history dating back to its use by the Mi'kmaq Nation for several millennia prior to European colonization. When the Acadians lived in the ... | {"Density": "400.6", "Urban density": "500", "Rank": "32", "Website": "windsor.ns.ca"} |
This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series. Not to be confused with the Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special. Currently, Della Reese holds the record for most wins in the category with seven.
Winners an... | {"Awarded for": "Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series", "Presented by": "NAACP", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1970", "Website": "naacpimageawards.net"} |
Tessa Charlotte Rampling (born 5 February 1946) is an English actress known for her work in European arthouse films in English, French, and Italian."Charlotte Rampling, fashion icon" , harpersbazaar.com; accessed 18 January 2016.Charlotte Rampling interview , out.com; accessed 1 March 2016. An icon of the Swinging Six... | {"Name": "Charlotte Rampling", "Post-nominals": "GBR OBE 100%", "Caption": "Rampling at the premiere of the movie \"45 Years\", 2015.", "Birth name": "Tessa Charlotte Rampling", "Birth date": "1946 02 05 yes", "Birth place": "Sturmer, Essex, England", "Occupation": "Actress, model, singer", "Years active": "1963-presen... |
This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series. The award was first given in 1972. Not to be confused with the Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special. Currently, LL Cool J holds the record for most wins in the cat... | {"Awarded for": "Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series", "Presented by": "NAACP", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1972", "Website": "naacpimageawards.net"} |
This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series. It was known as the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series until 2000. Currently, Tracee Ellis Ross holds the record for most wins in this category, having won nine times.
Winners and nominees
Winners... | {"Awarded for": "Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series", "Presented by": "NAACP", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1982", "Website": "naacpimageawards.net"} |
This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series. It was known as the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series until 2000. Currently Anthony Anderson holds the record for most wins in this category with eight.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first ... | {"Awarded for": "Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series", "Presented by": "NAACP", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1972", "Website": "naacpimageawards.net"} |
Daurene Elaine Lewis, (September 9, 1943 - January 26, 2013), was a Canadian politician and educator. She was the first Black female mayor in Canada.
Early life and education
Born in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia in 1943, Lewis was a descendant of freed Loyalist African Americans who settled in Annapolis Royal in 1783... | {"Name": "Daurene Lewis", "Term start": "1984", "Term end": "1988", "Birth name": "Daurene Elaine Lewis", "Birth date": "1943 9 9", "Birth place": "Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia", "Death date": "2013 1 26 1943 9 9", "Death place": "Halifax, Nova Scotia"} |
Ohrdruf was a German forced labor and concentration camp located near Ohrdruf, south of Gotha, in Thuringia, Germany. It was part of the Buchenwald concentration camp network.
Operation
Created in November 1944 near the town of Ohrdruf, south of Gotha, in Thuringia, Germany, Ohrdruf was initially a separate forced la... | {"Coordinates": "50 50 1 N 10 45 17 E region:DE-NI_type:landmark inline,title", "Location": "Thuringia, Germany", "Operated by": "German Army, later Schutzstaffel (SS)", "Original use": "Prisoner of war camp", "Operational": "1944-1945", "Number of gas chambers": "none", "Liberated by": "US Army, April 4, 1945"} |
Apple Developer (formerly Apple Developer Connection) is Apple Inc.'s website for software development tools, application programming interfaces (APIs), and technical resources. It contains resources to help software developers write software for the macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS platforms.
The applications a... | {"Name": "Apple Developer", "Logo size": "180px", "Type": "Software development website", "Owner(s)": "Apple Inc.", "Website": "https://developer.apple.com", "Registration": "Optional", "Current status": "Active"} |
Janet Norton Lee Auchincloss, previously Bouvier, (December 3, 1907 - July 22, 1989) was an American socialite. She was the mother of the former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and Princess Lee Radziwill.
Early life
Janet Norton Lee was born on December 3, 1907, in Manhattan, New York City. She was the middle daughter o... | {"Name": "Janet Lee Auchincloss", "Birth name": "Janet Norton Lee", "Birth date": "1907 12 3 yes", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Death date": "1989 7 22 1907 12 3 yes", "Death place": "Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.", "Resting place": "Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery", "Other names": "Janet Bouvier, Jan... |
was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. As commander of IJN 2nd Fleet, the Navy's principal detached force for independent operations, Kondō was regarded as second in importance only to Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto.
Biography
Early life and career
Kondō was a native of Osaka. He graduated at the... | {"Native name": "近藤 信竹", "Born": "Osaka, Kansai, Empire of Japan", "Died": "Tokyo, Japan", "Allegiance": "Empire of Japan", "Commands held": "Japanese cruiser Kako 2, Japanese battleship Kongō 2, Naval Operations Bureau, 5th Fleet, Vice-chief of Navy General Staff, 2nd Fleet, Naval Councillor, China Area Fleethttp://na... |
The Singapore dollar (sign: S$; code: SGD) is the official currency of the Republic of Singapore. It is divided into 100 cents. It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or S$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) issues the banknotes and coins of... | {"ISO 4217 code": "SGD", "Date of introduction": "yes 1967 6 12", "Replaced": "Malaya and British Borneo dollar", "Pegged by": "Brunei dollar at par", "Subunit": "100", "Plural": "cents", "Symbol": "$, S$", "Nickname": "sing-dollar, sing", "Mint": "Singapore Mint"} |
Luísa Dias Diogo (born 11 April 1958) is a Mozambican politician who served as Prime Minister of Mozambique from February 2004 to January 2010. She replaced Pascoal Mocumbi, who had been Prime Minister for the previous nine years. Before becoming Prime Minister, she was Minister of Planning and Finance, and she continu... | {"Name": "Luísa Diogo", "Office 2": "Minister of Economy and Finance", "Predecessor 2": "Tomaz Salomão", "Successor 2": "Manuel Chang", "Birth date": "1958 4 11 y", "Birth place": "Magoé, Mozambique", "Alma mater": "Eduardo Mondlane UniversityUniversity of London"} |
Wild On! was a travel show that was produced from 1997 until 2003 by E!. Each episode followed a celebrity host as they experienced the food, culture, and nightlife of a certain region.
Overview
Sometimes referred to as Wild on E! The series featured exciting travel destinations including Rio de Janeiro, Cancun, Las V... | {"Presented by": "Jules Asner (1997-1999)\n Brooke Burke (1999-2002)\n Cindy Taylor (2002-2003)", "Country of origin": "United States", "Running time": "60 minutes", "Original network": "E!", "Original release": "2003"} |
The Odd Couple is a play by Neil Simon. Following its premiere on Broadway in 1965, the characters were revived in a successful 1968 film and 1970s television series, as well as several other derivative works and spin-offs. The plot concerns two mismatched roommates: the neat, uptight Felix Ungar and the slovenly, eas... | {"Written by": "Neil Simon", "Date premiered": "1965", "Original language": "English", "Place premiered": "United States", "Genre": "Comedy", "Setting": "An apartment on Riverside Drive, New York City."} |
Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri CBE (23 November 1897 - 1 August 1999) was an Indian writer.
In 1990, Oxford University awarded Chaudhuri, by then a long-time resident of the city of Oxford, an Honorary Degree in Letters. In 1992, he was made an honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
Biography
Chaudhur... | {"Pen name": "Balahak Nandi, Sonibarer Cithi, Outsider, Now", "Born": "yes 1897 11 23", "Died": "yes 1999 8 1 1897 11 23", "Occupation": "writer and commentator on culture", "Nationality": "Indian", "Period": "1925-1999"} |
CalTrain was a short-lived commuter rail system in the Los Angeles area which operated between 1982–1983. It connected downtown Los Angeles's Union Station with Oxnard in Ventura County, using the tracks of the Southern Pacific Railroad. It was the first local rail service in Los Angeles since 1961 and was a forerunner... | {"Service type": "Commuter rail", "Status": "Discontinued", "First service": "October 18, 1982", "Last service": "March 1, 1983", "Successor": "Ventura County Line", "Termini": "Oxnard", "Stops": "6", "Average journey time": "1 hour 40 minutes", "Service frequency": "Two weekday round-trips", "Line(s) used": "Coast Lin... |
Bernard Leon Schwartz (born December 13, 1925) is the former Chairman of the Board and CEO of Loral Space & Communications, a position he held for 34 years. He also served as Chairman and CEO of K&F Industries, Inc., and president and CEO of Globalstar Telecommunications. He retired from Loral and his positions at its ... | {"Birth name": "Bernard Leon Schwartz", "Birth date": "1925 12 13", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Education": "City University of New York (BA)", "Occupation": "Businessman", "Known For": "Chairman and CEO, Loral Space & Communications", "Children": "2", "Spouse(s)": "Irene Zanderer\n Denise Jansen"} |
Steven Hillel Paikin (born June 9, 1960) is a Canadian journalist, author, and documentary producer. Paikin has primarily worked for TVOntario (TVO), Ontario's public broadcaster, and is anchor of TVO's flagship current affairs program The Agenda with Steve Paikin.
Early life and education
A native of Hamilton, Ontar... | {"Name": "Steve Paikin", "Honorific suffix": "OC OOnt", "Term start": "October 26, 2013", "Term end": "April 12, 2021", "Image caption": "Paikin in 2012", "Birth name": "Steven Hillel Paikin", "Birth date": "1960 6 9", "Birth place": "Hamilton, Ontario, Canada", "Alma mater": "Victoria College, Toronto (BA)Boston Unive... |
David Frank Paich (born June 25, 1954) is an American keyboardist, singer and songwriter, best known as the co-founder, principal songwriter, keyboardist and secondary vocalist of the rock band Toto since 1977. He wrote or co-wrote much of Toto's original material, including the band's three most popular songs: "Hold t... | {"Born": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Genres": "Rock pop jazz fusion", "Member of": "Toto", "Spouse(s)": "Lorraine Paich 1984"} |
Steven Lee Lukather (born October 21, 1957) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer, best known as the sole continuous founding member of the rock band Toto. His reputation as a skilled guitarist led to a steady flow of session work beginning in the 1970s that has since established hi... | {"Name": "Steve Lukather", "Caption": "Lukather performing in 2017", "Birth name": "Steven Lee Lukather", "Birth date": "1957 10 21", "Birth place": "San Fernando Valley, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Musician\nsongwriter\nsinger\nrecord producer", "Years active": "1974-present", "Module": "yes\n solo_singer\n \n... |
Sir George Newlands Reid (born 4 June 1939) is a Scottish politician and journalist who served as Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament from 2003 to 2007. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Mid Scotland and Fife region from 1999 to 2003 and th... | {"Image caption": "Official portrait, 2003", "Term start": "7 May 2003", "Term end": "14 May 2007", "Birth date": "y 1939 6 4", "Birth place": "Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, Scotland", "Alma mater": "University of St Andrews Union College", "Birth name": "George Newlands Reid", "Nationality": "Scottish", "Spouse(s)": "... |
Tiān () is one of the oldest Chinese terms for heaven and a key concept in Chinese mythology, philosophy, and religion. During the Shang dynasty (17th―11th century BCE), the Chinese referred to their supreme god as Shàngdì (, "Lord on High") or Dì (, "Lord"). During the following Zhou dynasty, Tiān became synonymous wi... | {"Infobox title": "Tian", "Picture caption": "Chinese Bronze script character for tiān.", "Picture size": "200px", "Name in Chinese": "天", "Literal meaning": "heaven(s)", "Pinyin transcription": "tiān", "Wade-Giles": "t'ien1", "Jyutping": "tin1", "Gan romanization": "tien1", "Peh-oe-ji": "thiⁿ", "Wu Romanization": "thi... |
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is Hong Kong's central banking institution. It is a government authority founded on 1 April 1993 when the Office of the Exchange Fund and the Office of the Commissioner of Banking merged. The organisation reports directly to the Financial Secretary.{{cite web|url=http://www.info.... | {"Bank name in local language": "香港金融管理局", "Image title 1": "Logo of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority", "Established": "yes 1993 04 01", "Headquarters": "International Finance Centre, Central, Hong Kong", "Leader": "Eddie Yue", "Leader title": "Chief Executive", "Bank of": "Hong Kong", "Currency": "Hong Kong dollar", "... |
HârnMaster is a fantasy role-playing game based in the fantasy world of Hârn. The system, like the world, was designed primarily by N. Robin Crossby.
History
Hârnmaster, the Hârn RPG, was published by Columbia Games in 1986. All Hârn supplements were system independent but based on reader interest, Columbia decided to... | {"Name": "HârnMaster", "Image caption": "Cover of 3rd edition", "Designers": "N. Robin Crossby", "Publishers": "Columbia Games, Kelestia Productions", "Publication": "1986 (1st edition) 1996 (2nd edition) 2002 (3rd edition)", "Genres": "Fantasy"} |
Lucy Terry Prince, often credited as simply Lucy Terry (1733-1821), was an American settler and poet. Kidnapped in Africa and enslaved, she was taken to Rhode Island, America. Her future husband purchased her freedom before their marriage in 1756. She composed a ballad poem, "Bars Fight", about a 1746 incident. It was ... | {"Name": "Lucy Terry", "Birth date": "1733", "Birth place": "Africa", "Death date": "1821", "Death place": "Sunderland, Vermont", "Children": "6", "Spouse(s)": "Abijah Prince 1756 1794 died"} |
Ernst Ferdinand Sauerbruch (; 3 July 1875 – 2 July 1951) was a German surgeon. His major work was on the use of negative-pressure chambers for surgery.
Biography
Sauerbruch was born in Barmen (now a district of Wuppertal), Germany. He studied medicine at the Philipps University of Marburg, the University of Greifsw... | {"Birth name": "Ernst Ferdinand Sauerbruch", "Birth date": "1875 7 03 y", "Birth place": "Barmen, German Empire", "Death date": "1951 7 02 1875 7 03 y", "Death place": "Berlin, East Germany", "Known For": "Sauerbruch chamber", "Awards": "German National Prize for Art and Science 1937"} |
Ahmose was an Ancient Egyptian queen in the Eighteenth Dynasty. She was the Great Royal Wife of the dynasty's third pharaoh, Thutmose I, and the mother of the queen and pharaoh Hatshepsut. Her name means "Born of the Moon".
Family
thumb|220px|Prince Sipair, unknown royal lady, Queen Ahmose, Queen Tures and Queen Henu... | {"Name": "Ahmose", "Title": "Queen consort of Egypt, Great Royal Wife", "Caption": "Queen Ahmose, her husband Thutmose I, and oldest daughter", "Birth place": "Thebes?", "Death place": "Thebes", "Burial place": "Deir el-Bahari", "Spouse": "Thutmose I", "Issue": "HatshepsutNeferubity", "Religion": "Ancient Egyptian reli... |
MirOS BSD (originally called MirBSD) is a free and open source operating system which started as a fork of OpenBSD 3.1 in August 2002.Birthing point for MirOS It was intended to maintain the security of OpenBSD with better support for European localisation. Since then it has also incorporated code from other free BSD d... | {"Developer": "Thorsten Glaser, Benny Siegert, Ádám Hóka, others", "OS family": "Unix, BSD", "Source model": "Open source", "Initial release": "OpenBSD-current-mirabilos #0History of MirOS, eMail to Éric Lévénez (2002 10 11)", "Kernel": "Monolithic", "Defaultuser interface": "mksh, IceWM, evilwm", "License": "Mostly BS... |
Wimbledon is a National Rail, London Underground, and Tramlink station located on Wimbledon Bridge, Wimbledon in London, and is the only station in London that provides an interchange between the London Underground and Tramlink. The station serves as a junction for services from the Underground's District line and Nati... | {"External links": "WIM", "Managed by": "South Western Railway", "Fare zone": "3\n<!--", "2004-05": "12.092", "2005-06": "11.800", "2006-07": "15.93", "2007-08": "15.78", "2008-09": "15.17", "2009-10": "2.243", "2010-11": "2.294", "2011-12": "18.24", "2012-13": "18.902", "2013-14": "19.302", "2014-15": "19.527", "2015-... |
West Green is one of the 14 residential neighbourhoods in Crawley, a town and borough in West Sussex, England. Crawley was planned and laid out as a New Town after the Second World War, based on the principle of self-contained neighbourhoods surrounding a town centre of civic and commercial buildings. West Green was t... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "4,404", "District": "Crawley", "Shire county": "West Sussex", "UK Parliament": "Crawley", "Postcode district": "RH", "Dialling code": "01293", "OS grid reference": "TQ265375"} |
200px|thumb|right|An Alfa Laval decanter centrifuge used in olive oil production in Greece
thumb|250px|Old ALFA-LAVAL logo to be put on farms where their equipment was used.
Alfa Laval AB is a Swedish company, founded in 1883 by Gustaf de Laval and Oscar Lamm. The company, which started in providing centrifugal separat... | {"Type": "Publicly traded Aktiebolag", "ISIN": "n y SE0000695876http://www.nasdaqomxnordic.com/aktier/microsite?Instrument=SSE18634 Alfa, Alfa Laval, (SE0000695876) Nasdaqomxnordic.com 3 Sep 2022", "Founded": "1883The rise of Swedish multinational companies https://www.worldcat.org/title/9193831 The rise of Swedish m... |
A KLM Lockheed L-049 Constellation airliner (named Nijmegen and registered PH-TEN) crashed into high ground near Glasgow Prestwick Airport, Scotland, on 20 October 1948; all 40 aboard died. A subsequent inquiry found that the accident was likely caused by the crew's reliance on a combination of erroneous charts and inc... | {"Date": "20 October 1948", "Summary": "Controlled flight into terrain", "Site": "55.5084 -4.5044 region:GB-SAY_type:event inline,title", "Occupants": "40", "Passengers": "30", "Crew": "10", "Fatalities": "40", "Survivors": "0", "Operator": "KLM", "Registration": "PH-TEN", "Flight origin": "Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam"... |
The Reverend John Galbraith Graham MBE (16 February 1921 - 26 November 2013) was a British crossword compiler, best known as Araucaria of The Guardian. He was also, like his father Eric Graham,Who's Who 1949, Adam & Charles Black, London a Church of England priest.
Career
Graham was born in Oxford, where his father, ... | {"Name": "John Graham", "Caption": "John Graham in 2013", "Other names": "AraucariaCinephile", "Father": "Eric Graham", "Mother": "Phyllis Norton Buckle", "Birth date": "yes 1921 02 16", "Death date": "yes 2013 11 26 1921 02 16", "Occupation": "Crossword setter priest"} |
The Tobol (, Tobyl) is a river in Western Siberia (in Kazakhstan and Russia) and the main (left) tributary of the Irtysh. Its length is , and the area of its drainage basin is .
History
The Tobol River was one of the four important rivers of the Siberia Khanate. In 1428 the khan was killed in a battle with the force... | {"Mouth": "32 m ft on", "Location": "Tobolsk, Russia", "Coordinates": "58.1539 N 68.2153 E dms source:kolossus-ruwiki it", "Basin size": "426000 km2 mi2 on"} |
Tyumen Oblast () is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is located in Western Siberia, and is administratively part of the Urals Federal District. The oblast has administrative jurisdiction over two autonomous okrugs: Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Tyumen Oblast, including its... | {"English name": "Tyumen Oblast", "Russian name": "Тюменская область", "Coat of arms image": "100px", "Coat of arms caption": "Coat of arms", "Flag caption": "Flag", "Type of polity": "Oblast", "Type of polity article": "Oblasts of Russia", "Area in sq. km": "1464173", "Area rank": "3rd", "ISO 3166-2:RU code": "RU-TYU"... |
Abbécourt () is a commune in the Aisne department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.
The inhabitants of Abbécourt are called Abbécourtois or Abbecourtoises.Inhabitants of Aisne
Geography
The commune is located some 3 kilometres south-west of the city of Chauny and is part of the Canton of Chauny.
Acc... | {"Name": "Abbécourt", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "Town hall", "Arrondissement": "Laon", "Canton": "Chauny", "Postal code": "02300", "Mayor": "René PârisRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des d... |
Vilhelm Friman Koren Bjerknes ( , ; 14 March 1862 - 9 April 1951) was a Norwegian physicist and meteorologist who did much to found the modern practice of weather forecasting. He formulated the primitive equations that are still in use in numerical weather prediction and climate modeling, and he developed the so-calle... | {"Fields": "Physics and Meteorology", "Institutions": "University of StockholmUniversity of LeipzigUniversity of Oslo", "Doctoral students": "Harald Sverdrup", "Influences": "Heinrich HertzHenri PoincaréCarl Anton Bjerknes"} |
Jason Andrew Dawe (born 4 May 1967) is an English journalist and television presenter. Brought up in Cornwall, Dawe worked at car dealerships and as a motoring industry trainer; he had been a long-time columnist of the motoring section of The Sunday Times. He also presented the first series of the rebootedTop Gear on B... | {"Name": "Jason Dawe", "Caption": "Dawe in 2011", "Birth name": "Jason Andrew Dawe", "Birth date": "1967 05 04 yes", "Birth place": "Camelford, Cornwall, England", "Occupation": "JournalistTelevision presenter", "Television": "Top GearUsed Car Roadshow"} |
The SEAT Ibiza is a supermini car that has been manufactured by Spanish car manufacturer SEAT since 1984. It is SEAT's best-selling car. The Ibiza is named after the Spanish island of Ibiza and was the second SEAT model to be named after a Spanish location, after the SEAT Málaga. It was introduced at the 1984 Paris Mot... | {"Manufacturer": "SEAT", "Production": "1984-presenthttp://www.seat.com/carworlds/new-ibiza/overview.html New SEAT Ibiza SEAT 19 February 2017", "Class": "Supermini (B)", "Layout": "Front-engine, front-wheel-drive", "Predecessor": "SEAT Fura"} |
Ali Jawdat al-Ayoubi (Arabic: علي جودت الأيوبي; November 11, 1886 - March 3, 1969) was Prime Minister of Iraq from 1934–1935, 1949–1950, and in the latter half of 1957. His father was of Kurdish origin and his mother of Arab origin.
Ali Jawdat Al-Ayoubi was born in Mosul in 1886 while Iraq was under Ottoman rule. His ... | {"Name": "Ali Jawdat al-Ayoubi", "Term start": "27 August 1934", "Term end": "4 March 1935", "Monarch 2": "Faisal IIPrince Abdullah (Regent)", "Predecessor 2": "Nuri al-Said", "Successor 2": "Tawfiq al-Suwaidi", "Birth date": "1886 11 11 y", "Birth place": "Mosul, Ottoman Empire", "Death date": "1969 3 3 1886 11 11 y",... |
Pskov Oblast () is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the west of the country. Its administrative center is the city of Pskov. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 599,084.
Geography
Pskov Oblast is the westernmost federal subject of contiguous Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast, while located further to... | {"English name": "Pskov Oblast", "Russian name": "Псковская область", "Coat of arms caption": "Coat of arms", "Type of polity": "Oblast", "Type of polity article": "Oblasts of Russia", "Area in sq. km": "55399", "Area rank": "49th", "ISO 3166-2:RU code": "RU-PSK", "Leader title": "Governor", "Leader title reference": "... |
Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a public research university in Nottingham, England. Its roots go back to 1843 with the establishment of the Nottingham Government School of Design, which still exists within the university today. It is the sixth largest university in the UK (out of ) with students split over five ... | {"Type": "Public", "Endowment": "£4.67 million (2022)", "Budget": "£393.5 million (2021-22)https://www.ntu.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0037/1895194/ntu-financial-statements-2021-22.pdf Consolidated and University Financial Statements as at 31 July 2022 Nottingham Trent University 2 February 2023", "Chancellor": "Sir J... |
Goan vindaloo or vindalho is an Indian curry dish, which is originally from Goa, based on the Portuguese dish carne de vinha d'alhos. It is known globally in its British Indian form as a staple of curry house and Indian restaurant menus and is often regarded as a fiery, spicy dish. The traditional recipe uses pork, but... | {"Name of food": "Goan vindaloo", "Width of image": "250px", "Image caption": "Pork vindaloo, served in a Goan-style Indian restaurant", "Alternate name": "Vindalho", "Region of origin": "Goa", "Course served": "Main course", "Type of dish": "Curry", "Main ingredient": "Pork, vinegar, spices, chili peppers"} |
The University of Reading is a public research university in Reading, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1892 as University College, Reading, a University of Oxford extension college. The institution received the power to grant its own degrees in 1926 by royal charter from King George V and was the only university t... | {"Type": "Public", "Endowment": "£102.8 million (2022) https://www.reading.ac.uk/finance/-/media/project/functions/finance/documents/tas-document/financial-statements/b28843-financial-statement-2021-22.pdf Annual Report and Financial Statements 2021-2022 24 January 2023 University of Reading 66", "Budget": "£302.3... |
Bryansk Oblast (), also known as Bryanshchina (, ), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Bryansk. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 1,169,161.
Geography
Bryansk Oblast lies in western European Russia in the central to western parts of the East European Plain, on ... | {"English name": "Bryansk Oblast", "Russian name": "Брянская область", "Coat of arms caption": "Coat of arms", "Flag caption": "Flag", "Anthem reference": "Law #47-Z", "Type of polity": "Oblast", "Type of polity article": "Oblasts of Russia", "Area in sq. km": "34857", "Area rank": "62nd", "ISO 3166-2:RU code": "RU-BRY... |
Jackson Volney Scholz (March 15, 1897 - October 26, 1986) was an American sprint runner. In the 1920s, he became the first person to appear in an Olympic sprint final in three different Olympic Games. After his athletic career, he also gained fame as a writer.https://www.biblio.com/jackson-scholz/author/87166 [access d... | {"Name": "Jackson Scholz", "Image caption": "Scholz at the 1928 Olympics", "Full name": "Jackson Volney Scholz", "Nationality": "American", "Birth date": "1897 3 15", "Place of birth": "Buchanan, Michigan, U.S.", "Death date": "1986 10 26 1897 3 15", "Place of death": "Delray Beach, Florida, U.S.", "Height": "5 ft 7+3/... |
Crackin' Up! was Ray Stevens' twenty-fourth studio album and his fourth for MCA Records, released in 1987. Three singles were lifted from the album: "Would Jesus Wear a Rolex", "Three-Legged Man" and "Sex Symbols", the last two of which did not chart.
Chuck Donkers of AllMusic rated the album four stars out of five, s... | {"Released": "June 1987", "Genre": "Country, novelty, comedy", "Label": "MCA Nashville #42020", "Producer": "Ray Stevens"} |
The Nepalese rupee (; symbol: रु॰; code: NPR) is the official currency of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. The Nepalese rupee is subdivided into 100 paisa. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Nepal Rastra Bank, the central bank of Nepal. The Nepalese rupee was introduced in 1932 when it replaced ... | {"ISO 4217 code": "NPR", "Date of introduction": "1932", "Subunit": "1 100", "Symbol": "रु", "Pegged with": "India Indian rupee (₹)Nepal Rastra Bank http://nrb.org.np/fxmexchangerate.php?YY=&&MM=&ⅅ= nrb.org.np 13 June 2016₹1 = रु1.60 (buy) ₹1 = रु1.6015 (sell)"} |
Rodolphe Töpffer ( , ; 31 January 1799 - 8 June 1846) was a Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist. He is best known for his illustrated books (littérature en estampes, "graphic literature"),M. Keith Booker (ed.), Comics through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas, Santa Barbara, Californi... | {"Name": "Rodolphe Töpffer", "Caption": "Self-portrait of Rodolphe Töpffer (1840)", "Alt": "Black-and-white drawing of a middle-aged man, facing down left.", "Birth date": "1799 1 31 y", "Birth place": "Geneva, Léman, France (now Switzerland)", "Death date": "1846 6 8 1799 1 31 y", "Death place": "Geneva, Restored Swis... |
The Iranian parliamentary elections of February 20 and May 7, 2004 were a victory for Islamic conservatives over the reformist parties. Assisting the conservative victory was the disqualification of about 2500 reformist candidates earlier in January.
Background
The first round of the 2004 elections to the Iranian Parl... | {"Name": "2004 Iranian legislative election", "Country": "Iran", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "2000 Iranian parliamentary elections", "Previous year": "2000", "Next election": "2008 Iranian legislative election", "Next year": "2008", "Seats for election": "All 290 seats to the Islamic... |
Shargh () is one of the most popular Reformist newspapers in Iran.
the owner is Mehdi Rahmanian , The editor in chief of the newspaper is Ali Dehghan and the editor in chief of online is Sina Rahimpour
History and profile
Shargh was founded in 2003. The daily is managed by Mehdi Rahmanian. Its chief editor was Moham... | {"Type": "Daily newspaper Online", "Format": "Broadsheet", "Owner(s)": "Mehdi Rahmanian", "Political alignment": "Reformist", "Publisher": "Golriz Institute", "Editor": "Ali Dehghan (newspaper) Sina Rahimpour (online)", "Circulation": "30,000 Daily (2015) تیراژ واقعی روزنامهها چقدر است؟", "Headq... |
Yas-e No () was a reformist newspaper in Iran, unofficially an outlet of the Islamic Iran Participation Front. The paper was in circulation between 2002 and 2009 with long interruptions.
History and profile
Yas-e No was launched in March 2002. On 19 February 2004, the Iranian judiciary banned the newspaper, perhaps te... | {"Political alignment": "Reformist", "Language": "Persian", "Headquarters": "Tehran", "Country": "Iran"} |
Discover is a credit card brand issued primarily in the United States. It was introduced by Sears in 1985. When launched, Discover did not charge an annual fee and offered a higher-than-normal credit limit. A subsequent innovation was "Cashback Bonus" on purchases.Vasquez, Jose. “History of Discover Card”. January 8, 2... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Genre": "Credit card", "Founded": "1985", "Headquarters": "United States", "Industry": "Financial services", "Products": "Credit card, Finance, Payment Loans", "Services": "Credit card\nFinance", "Parent": "Dean Witter Reynolds(1985-1997)Morgan Stanley (1997-2007)Discover Financial(2007-present)... |
Ilkley Roman Fort is a Roman fort on the south bank of the River Wharfe, at the centre of the modern town of Ilkley, a Victorian spa town in West Yorkshire, England.
Identification
The traditional view is that Olicana is the fort at Ilkley, but the identification is not settled.ILKLEY - The Romans in West Yorkshire -... | {"Known also as": "Olicana", "Founded during the reign of": "Titus", "Founded": "c. 80 AD", "Abandoned": "4th - 5th century AD", "Province": "Britannia", "Nearby water": "River Wharfe", "Coordinates": "53.927 -1.825 inline", "Town": "Ilkley", "County": "West Yorkshire", "Country": "England", "UK-OSNG": "SE115478", "Exc... |
Patricia Q. Stonesifer (born 1956) is the interim CEO of The Washington Post and serves on the corporate board of Amazon. She began her career in various executive roles at Microsoft before becoming the founding CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She previously served as the President and CEO of Martha's Tabl... | {"Name": "Patty Stonesifer", "Caption": "Stonesifer in 2015", "Birth date": "1956", "Birth place": "Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.", "Education": "Indiana University, Bloomington (BA)", "Occupation": "Interim CEO, The Washington Post; Board Member Amazon, Rockefeller Foundation, Co-Impact and TheDream.us", "Spouse(s)": "M... |
right|thumb|300px|Outer wall of Group B of Mixco Viejo (Jilotepeque Viejo)
right|thumb|300px|View of Group A of Mixco Viejo (Jilotepeque Viejo)
Mixco Viejo () ("Old Mixco"), occasionally spelt Mixcu Viejo, is an archaeological site in the north east of the Chimaltenango department of Guatemala, some to the north of ... | {"Location": "San Juan Sacatepéquez", "Region": "Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala", "Founded": "Postclassic Period", "Abandoned": "c.1521 AD", "Cultures": "Chajoma Maya", "Excavation dates": "1954-1967", "Archaeologists": "Henri Lehmann\nIDAEH, CNRS", "Architectural styles": "Postclassic Maya"} |
Southern Illinois University (SIU or SIUC) is a public research university in Carbondale, Illinois. Chartered in 1869, SIU is the oldest and flagship campus of the Southern Illinois University system. SIU enrolls students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries. Originally founded as a normal college, the univer... | {"Motto": "Deo Volente (\"God willing\")", "Type": "Public Research University", "Endowment": "$171,801,763 (FY2022)Imagine, SIU Foundation Annual Report https://siuf.org/about-siuf/financials/reports/2022-annual-report.php June 8, 2023", "Budget": "$943,353,000 (FY2023)https://irs.siu.edu/interactive-factbook/budget... |
The Libertarian Party of Canada () is a federal political party in Canada founded in 1973. The party subscribes to classical liberal tenets, and its mission is to reduce the size, scope, and cost of government. Party policies include ending drug prohibition, ending government censorship, lowering taxes, protecting gun ... | {"Leader": "Jacques Boudreaumoen_tim 1426963290337411073 15 August 2021 Meet the new Leader of the @LibertarianCDN party! He beat out 4 other quality candidates. Congrats Jacques Boudreau!", "President": "Brandon Kirbyhttp://www.libertarian.ca/ Libertarian Party of Canada Leadership https://web.archive.org/web/200403... |
Arthur Greenwood (8 February 1880 - 9 June 1954) was a British politician. A prominent member of the Labour Party from the 1920s until the late 1940s, Greenwood rose to prominence within the party as secretary of its research department from 1920 and served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health in the ... | {"Name": "Arthur Greenwood", "Image caption": "Greenwood in 1924", "Term start": "9 July 1946", "Term end": "5 March 1947", "Order 2": "Minister without Portfolio", "Prime minister 2": "Clement Attlee", "Predecessor 2": "A. V. Alexander", "Successor 2": "Geoffrey FitzClarence", "Birth date": "yes 1880 2 8", "Birth plac... |
The berimbau (, borrowed from Kimbundu mbirimbauhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/berimbau#Etymology_2) is a traditional Angolan musical bow that is commonly used in Brazil.
It consists of a single-stringed bow attached to a gourd resonator and is played with a stick and a coin or stone to create different tones and rhy... | {"Image size": "250px", "Caption": "Angola musical bow (1922), known as berimbau in Brazil.", "Name": "Berimbau", "Names": "urucungo, madimba lungungu", "Related": "Belembaotuyan, Benta, Bobre, Diddley bow, Kalumbu, Malunga, Quijongo, Uhadi, Washtub bass", "Classification": "percussion instrument and musical bow", "Sou... |
Celtic Pride is a 1996 American sports comedy film written by Judd Apatow and Colin Quinn, and directed by Tom DeCerchio. It stars Daniel Stern and Dan Aykroyd as Mike O'Hara and Jimmy Flaherty, two passionate Boston Celtics fans, and Damon Wayans as Lewis Scott, the Utah Jazz's All-Star shooting guard.
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Best frie... | {"Directed by": "Tom DeCerchio", "Screenplay by": "Judd Apatow", "Story by": "Judd ApatowColin Quinn", "Produced by": "Roger BirnbaumJudd Apatow", "Starring": "Damon Wayans\n Daniel Stern\n Dan Aykroyd\n Gail O'Grady\n Christopher McDonald", "Cinematography": "Oliver Wood", "Edited by": "Hubert De La Bouillerie", "Musi... |
Trujillo (; ) is a city in coastal northwestern Peru and the capital of the Department of La Libertad. It is the third most populous city and center of the third most populous metropolitan area of Peru. It is located on the banks of the Moche River, near its mouth at the Pacific Ocean, in the Moche Valley. This was a s... | {"Founded by": "Diego de Almagrohttp://laindustria.pe/trujillo/local/cieza-fundacion-de-trujillo-no-fue-el-5-de-marzo Napoleón Cieza Burga: Fundación de Trujillo no fue el 5 de marzo La Industria April 27, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120509105115/http://laindustria.pe/trujillo/local/cieza-fundacion-de-trujillo-n... |
Little Christmas (), also known as Old Christmas, Green Christmas, or Twelfth Night,Vance., Randolph, (2012). Ozark Magic and Folklore. Dover Publications. . . is one of the traditional names among Irish Christians and Amish Christians for 6 January, which is also known more widely as the Feast of the Epiphany, celebra... | {"Also called": "IrelandWomen's Christmas Women's Little Christmas ga Nollaig na mBan Scotland ga Là Challuinn ga Là na Bliadhna ÙireOtherOld ChristmasArmenian ChristmasGreen ChristmasTwelfth Night", "Observed by": "AmishChristians in Ireland and the Irish diaspora, particularly women Scottish HighlandersNewfoundland ... |
Lucky Strike is an American brand of cigarettes owned by the British American Tobacco group. Individual cigarettes of the brand are often referred to colloquially as "Luckies."
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Lucky Strike was introduced as a brand of chewing tobacco by American firm R.A. Patterson in 1871 and evolved into a cigarette by the e... | {"Owner": "British American Tobacco", "Produced by": "British American TobaccoJapan TobaccoR.J. Reynolds", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Introduced": "1871"} |
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