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7 World Trade Center (7 WTC, WTC-7, or Tower 7) refers to two buildings that have existed at the same location within the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan, New York City. The original structure, part of the original World Trade Center, was completed in 1987 and was destroyed in the September 11 attacks in 200... | {"Status": "complete", "Construction started": "May 7, 2002", "Location": "250 Greenwich StreetManhattan, New York City 10006, United States", "Coordinates": "40.7133 -74.0120 region:US-NY_type:landmark inline,title", "Type": "Office"} |
Josef Kammhuber (August 19, 1896 - January 25, 1986) was a career officer in the Luftwaffe and post-World War II German Air Force. During World War II, he was the first general of night fighters in the Luftwaffe.
Kammhuber created the night fighter defense system, the so-called Kammhuber Line, but the detailed knowled... | {"Born": "Tüßling, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire", "Died": "Munich, West Germany", "Allegiance": "German Empire \nWeimar Republic Nazi Germany \nWest Germany", "Awards": "Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross"} |
The Last Unicorn is a 1982 American animated fantasy film about a unicorn who, upon learning that she is the last of her species on Earth, goes on a quest to find out what has happened to others of her kind. Based on the 1968 novel The Last Unicorn written by Peter S. Beagle, who also wrote the film's screenplay, the f... | {"Directed by": "Arthur Rankin Jr. Jules Bass", "Produced by": "Arthur Rankin Jr. Jules Bass Masaki Iizuka", "Screenplay by": "Peter S. Beagle", "Based on": "The Last Unicorn Peter S. Beagle", "Starring": "Alan Arkin\n Jeff Bridges\n Mia Farrow\n Tammy Grimes\n Robert Klein\n Angela Lansbury\n Christopher Lee\n Keenan ... |
Experiments in the Revival of Organisms () is a 1940 motion picture, directed by David Yashin, that documents Soviet research into the resuscitation of clinically dead organisms. The operations in the film, as well as the design of the heart-lung machine demonstrated in it, the autojektor, were done by Sergei Brukhonen... | {"Directed by": "David Yashin", "Written by": "Sergei Brukhonenko", "Narrated by": "J. B. S. Haldane (English)", "Starring": "Sergei Brukhonenko", "Animation by": "Alexander Prozorov", "Cinematography": "Yekaterina Kashina", "Distributed by": "Brandon Films, Inc. (USA)"} |
Rheintochter was a German surface-to-air missile developed by Rheinmetall-Borsig during World War II. Its name comes from the mythical Rheintöchter (Rhinemaidens) of Richard Wagner's opera series Der Ring des Nibelungen.
The missile was a multi-stage solid fuelled rocket.Christopher, p.131. It had four small control s... | {"Place of origin": "Germany", "Type": "Surface-to-air missile", "Blast yield": "y", "Transport": "y", "Designed": "1942-1943", "Manufacturer": "Rheinmetall-Borsig", "Length": "6.3 m ftin on", "Propellant": "multi-stage solid fuel"} |
The Wasserfall Ferngelenkte FlaRakete (Waterfall Remote-Controlled A-A Rocket) was a German guided supersonic surface-to-air missile project of World War II. Development was not completed before the end of the war and it was not used operationally.
The system was based on many of the technologies developed for the V-2... | {"Type": "Surface-to-air missile", "Place of origin": "Nazi Germany", "Transport": "yes", "Manufacturer": "Flak-Versuchskommando Nord, EMW Peenemünde", "Unit cost": "7,000-10,000 yes", "Produced": "March 1943", "Mass": "3700 kg", "Length": "7.85 m", "Diameter": ".864 m", "Detonationmechanism": "Proximity", "Operational... |
Jerry Ray Lucas (born March 30, 1940) is an American former basketball player. He was a nationally awarded high school player, national college star at Ohio State, and 1960 gold medal Olympian and international player before later starring as a professional player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
As a col... | {"Listed height": "8", "Listed weight": "230", "Born": "Middletown, Ohio, U.S.", "High school": "Middletown (Middletown, Ohio)", "College": "Ohio State (1958-1962)"} |
The Treaty of Hubertusburg () was signed on 15 February 1763 at Hubertusburg Castle by Prussia, Austria and Saxony to end the Third Silesian War. Together with the Treaty of Paris, signed five days earlier, it marked the end of the Seven Years' War. The treaty ended the continental conflict with no significant changes ... | {"Name": "Treaty of Hubertusburg", "Image size": "300px", "Image caption": "Hubertusburg about 1763", "Treaty context": "End of the Third Silesian War (part of the Seven Years' War)", "Date signed": "yes 1763 2 15", "Location signed": "Electorate of Saxony Hubertusburg, Saxony", "Negotiators": "Prussia 1750 Ewald Fried... |
Lake Neuchâtel ( ; ; ) is a lake primarily in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. The lake lies mainly in the canton of Neuchâtel, but is also shared by the cantons of Vaud, Fribourg, and Bern. It comprises one of the lakes in the Three Lakes Region (French: Pays des Trois-Lacs, German: Drei-Seen-Land), a... | {"Native name": "fr Lac de Neuchâtel frp Lèc de Nôchâtél de Neuenburgersee", "Coordinates": "46 54 N 6 51 E region:CH_type:waterbody_scale:500000 inline,title", "Primary inflows": "L'Orbe (La Thielle), Le Bey, La Brine, L'Arnon, Ruisseau de la Vaux, Le Vivier, L'Areuse, Le Seyon; Canal Oriental, Le Buron, Ruisseau de... |
Silver Fox is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She works for the terrorist organization HYDRA and is also known as a former love interest for Wolverine.
The character has appeared in several X-Men animated series and video games, and was portrayed by Lynn Collins in t... | {"Species": "Human Mutant", "Publisher": "Marvel Comics", "Created by": "Chris Claremont (writer) John Buscema (artist)", "Team affiliations": "HYDRA Weapon X Team X", "Notable aliases": "Zorra de Plata", "Abilities": "Accelerated healing"} |
The Golestan Palace (, Kākh-e Golestān), also transliterated as the Gulistan Palace and sometimes translated as the Rose Garden Palace from Persian language, was built in the 16th century, renovated in the 18th century and finally rebuilt in 1865. It is the former official royal Qajar complex in Tehran.
One of the old... | {"Location": "Tehran, Iran", "Criteria": "Cultural: ii, iii, iv", "Reference": "1422", "Inscription": "2013"} |
Samuel Prescott Bush (October 4, 1863 - February 8, 1948) was an American businessman and industrialist. Bush was the patriarch of the Bush political family. He was the father of U.S. Senator Prescott Bush, the paternal grandfather of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush, and the paternal great-grandfather of form... | {"Name": "Samuel P. Bush", "Birth date": "1863 10 4 y", "Birth place": "Orange, New Jersey, U.S.", "Birth name": "Samuel Prescott Bush", "Death date": "1948 2 8 1863 10 4 y", "Death place": "Columbus, Ohio, U.S.", "Resting place": "Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.", "Occupation": "Businessman and industrialist... |
The Tennessean (known until 1972
as The Nashville Tennessean) is a daily newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee. Its circulation area covers 39 counties in Middle Tennessee and eight counties in southern Kentucky. It is owned by Gannett, which also owns several smaller community newspapers in Middle Tennessee, including T... | {"Type": "Daily newspaper", "Format": "Broadsheet", "Owner(s)": "Gannett", "Headquarters": "1801 West End AveNashville, Tennessee 37203", "Editor": "Maria De Varenne", "Circulation": "https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000157968423000014/gci-20221231.htm Form 10-K Gannett Securities & Exchange Co... |
Pauline Kael (; June 19, 1919 - September 3, 2001) was an American film critic who wrote for The New Yorker from 1968 to 1991. Known for her "witty, biting, highly opinionated and sharply focused" reviews, Kael's opinions often ran contrary to those of her contemporaries.
One of the most influential American film crit... | {"Born": "1919 6 19", "Died": "yes 2001 9 3 1919 6 19", "Occupation": "Film critic", "Period": "1951-1991", "Alma mater": "University of California, Berkeley", "Children": "1"} |
The Hopewell tradition, also called the Hopewell culture and Hopewellian exchange, describes a network of precontact Native American cultures that flourished in settlements along rivers in the northeastern and midwestern Eastern Woodlands from 100 BCE to 500 CE, in the Middle Woodland period. The Hopewell tradition was... | {"Culture name": "Hopewell tradition", "Geographical range": "Midwestern United States", "The period of the culture": "Middle Woodland period", "The absolute date range of the culture": "100 BCE to 500 CE", "Major sites": "Newark Earthworks", "Preceded by": "Adena culture", "Followed by": "Fort Ancient, Mississippian c... |
thumb|Portrait of Mahendra in Royal Dress
Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (; 11 June 1920 - 31 January 1972) was King of Nepal from 13 March 1955 until his death in 1972, which was due to heart attack as told in an interview by his personal physician Dr. Mrigendra Raj Pandey. Following the 1960 coup d'état, he established... | {"Father": "Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah", "Mother": "Kanti Rajya Lakshmi Devi", "Occupation": "Author", "Born": "Narayanhity Royal Palace Kathmandu, Kingdom of Nepal", "Died": "Diyalo Bangala, Bharatpur, Nepalhttps://www.nytimes.com/1972/01/31/archives/king-mahendra-of-nepal-dead-hindu-on-throne-for-15-years-king.html K... |
The Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building is the third U.S. Senate office building, and is located on 2nd Street NE between Constitution Avenue NE and C Street NE in Washington, D.C., in the United States. Construction began in January 1975, and it was first occupied in November 1982. Rapidly rising construction costs ... | {"Status": "Complete", "Type": "Offices", "Location": "United States Capitol Complex", "Town or city": "Washington, D.C.", "Coordinates": "38 53 35 N 77 0 15 W region:US-DC inline,title"} |
Sidmouth () is a town on the English Channel in Devon, South West England, southeast of Exeter. With a population of 12,569 in 2011, it is a tourist resort and a gateway to the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. A large part of the town has been designated a conservation area.
History
thumb|left|Sidmouth beach in 1... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "12,569", "Shire county": "Devon", "District": "East Devon", "Postcode district": "EX", "Dialling code": "01395", "UK Parliament": "East Devon", "OS grid reference": "SY124874", "Website": "visitdevon.co.uk/sidmouth"} |
Maharajadhiraj Prithvi Narayan Shah (1723-1775) () was the last ruler of the Gorkha Kingdom and first monarch of the Kingdom of Nepal (also called the Kingdom of Gorkha). Prithvi Narayan Shah started the unification of Nepal.
Prithvi Narayan Shah is considered the Father of the Nation in Nepal.
Early years
Prithv... | {"Father": "Nara Bhupal Shah", "Mother": "Kaushalyavati Devi", "Religion": "Hinduism", "Born": "Gorkha Palace, Gorkha Kingdom (present-day Gorkha District, Nepal)", "Died": "Devighat, Kingdom of Nepal"} |
Zapp Mobile was the first CDMA 450 MHz mobile phone operator in Romania, now part of Telekom Romania Mobile. In 2006 Zapp got a UMTS 2100 MHz license.
Zapp Mobile was a company of Telemobil S.A. România, which was a spin-off of Telefónica Romania, the first Romanian mobile service provider (now defunct). Telefónica Ro... | {"Founded": "April 1993 as Telefonica Romania", "Defunct": "1 December 2017", "Headquarters": "Baloteşti, Ilfov County, Romania", "Industry": "Mobile telecommunications", "Fate": "Acquired by OTE, and slowly dissolved from 2011 to 2018", "Website": "www.zapp.ro", "Type": "Private"} |
The American Expeditionary Forces (A. E. F.) was a formation of the United States Armed Forces on the Western Front during World War I. The A. E. F. was established on July 5, 1917, in France under the command of then-Major General John J. Pershing. It fought alongside French Army, British Army, Canadian Army, British ... | {"Disbanded": "August 31, 1920", "Branch": "United States Army", "Role": "Command and control", "Size": "2,057,675 men (1918)", "Nickname(s)": "A. E. F."} |
Michael Anthony Powell (born November 10, 1963) is an American former track and field athlete, and the holder of the long jump world record. He is a two-time world champion and two-time Olympic silver medalist in this event. His world record of has stood since 1991.
Biography
Background
Powell was born in Philadelph... | {"Name": "Mike Powell", "Image": "Long Jumper Mike Powell Announces Attempt At Another World Record.PNG", "Image caption": "Powell announces at a press conference that he will attempt to break the World Masters record", "Full name": "Michael Anthony PowellMike Powell https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/... |
Stack is a tool to build Haskell projects and manage their dependencies. It uses the Cabal library but with a curated version of the Hackage repository called Stackage.
Stack competes against Cabal's binary cabal-install and has been created as a result of the overall criticism about dependency problems. It does not... | {"Initial release": "2015 06 23 stack 0.1 released https://www.fpcomplete.com/blog/2015/06/stack-0-1-release FP Complete 13 January 2016", "Written in": "Haskell", "Size": "60 megabytes", "Available in": "English", "License": "BSD", "Website": "http://www.haskellstack.org"} |
Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (; 27 June 1971 - 4 June 2001) was the King of Nepal for three days from 1 to 4 June 2001. For the duration of his three day reign he was in a coma after he shot his father, King Birendra, his mother, Queen Aishwarya, his younger brother and sister, and other members of the royal family bef... | {"Father": "Birendra Bir Bikram Shah", "Mother": "Aishwarya Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah", "Born": "Kathmandu, Nepal", "Died": "Kathmandu, Nepal", "Religion": "Hinduism"} |
Kula is a district and census-designated place (CDP) of Maui, Hawaii, that stretches across the "up-country", the western-facing slopes of Haleakalā, from Makawao to Kanaio. Most of the residential areas lie between about in elevation. The district has traditionally been where full-time residents prefer to live, as di... | {"Land": "34.54", "Water": "0.0", "Density": "201.0", "DST": "-9"} |
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. ( ; July 18, 1886 - June 18, 1945) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army during World War II who served in the Pacific Theater. As commanding general of Alaska Defense Command, Buckner commanded American-Canadian forces in the Aleutian Islands campaign, including the Battle of A... | {"Born": "Munfordville, Kentucky, United States", "Died": "Okinawa, Japan", "Allegiance": "United States", "Commands held": "Tenth United States ArmyAlaska Defense Command22nd Infantry Regiment", "Awards": "Distinguished Service CrossArmy Distinguished Service MedalNavy Distinguished Service MedalPurple Heart", "Spouse... |
Sir Richard Arkwright (23 December 1732 - 3 August 1792) was an English inventor and a leading entrepreneur during the early Industrial Revolution. He is credited as the driving force behind the development of the spinning frame, known as the water frame after it was adapted to use water power; and he patented a rotary... | {"Name": "Richard Arkwright", "Image": "Sir Richard Arkwright by Mather Brown 1790.jpeg", "Caption": "Sir Richard Arkwright, oil on canvas, by Mather Brown, 1790. New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut.", "Birth date": "1732 12 23 y", "Birth place": "Preston, Lancashire, England", "Death date": "1792 8 3 1732 ... |
Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (; 28 December 1945 - 1 June 2001) was King of Nepal from 1972 until his assassination in 2001. He was the eldest son of King Mahendra.
Early life and education
Birendra was born at the Narayanhiti Royal Palace in Kathmandu as the eldest son of the then Crown Prince Mahendra Bir Bikram ... | {"Father": "Mahendra", "Mother": "Indra Rajya Lakshmi Devi", "Born": "Narayanhiti Royal Palace, Kathmandu, Nepal", "Died": "Narayanhiti Royal Palace, Kathmandu, Nepal", "Religion": "Hinduism"} |
Michael Sean Redmond (マイケル・レドモンド, born May 25, 1963) is an American-born professional Go player. He is one of only a few such players, as Go is not as widespread or developed outside of China, South Korea and Japan. He is the only Westerner to reach the highest grade of 9-dan.
Biography
Michael Redmond was born in 1... | {"Full name": "Michael Sean Redmond", "Born": "Santa Barbara, CA, United States", "Residence": "Japan Tokyo, Japan", "Teacher": "Yusuke Oeda", "Rank": "9 dan", "Affiliation": "Nihon Ki-in"} |
Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (; born 7 July 1947) is a former monarch who was the last King of Nepal, reigning from 2001 to 2008. As a child, he was briefly king from 1950 to 1951, when his grandfather, Tribhuvan, took political exile in India with the rest of his family. His second reign began after the 2001 Nepalese... | {"Born": "Narayanhiti Royal Palace, Kathmandu, Nepal", "Father": "Mahendra", "Mother": "Indra", "Religion": "Hinduism"} |
Vazgen Zaveni SargsyanAlso spelled Sarkissian, Sarkisian, Sarkisyan, Sargisian. (, ; 5 March 1959 - 27 October 1999) was an Armenian military commander and politician. He was the first Defence Minister of Armenia from 1991 to 1992 and then from 1995 to 1999. He served as Armenia's Prime Minister from 11 June 1999 unti... | {"Name": "Vazgen Sargsyan", "Alternative text": "Vazgen Sargsyan", "Term start": "11 June 1999", "Term end": "27 October 1999", "President 2": "Levon Ter-Petrosyan", "Predecessor 2": "Drastamat Kanayan (1920)", "Successor 2": "Vazgen Manukyan", "Birth date": "y 1959 03 05", "Birth place": "Ararat, Armenian SSR, Soviet ... |
The Henschel Hs 117 Schmetterling (German for Butterfly) was a radio-guided German surface-to-air missile project developed during World War II. There was also an air-to-air version, the Hs 117H.
The operators used a telescopic sight and a joystick to guide the missile by radio control, which was detonated by acoustic... | {"Place of origin": "Germany", "Type": "Surface-to-air (SAM) / Air-to-air (AAM) missile", "Blast yield": "y", "Transport": "y", "Designer": "Professor Herbert A. Wagner", "Designed": "1942-1943", "Manufacturer": "Henschel Flugzeugwerke", "Variants": "Hs 117M (air-to-air missile variant)", "Mass": "450 kg lb on,Christop... |
Robert Sedraki Kocharyan ( ; born 31 August 1954) is an Armenian politician. He served as the President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic from 1994 to 1997 and Prime Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh from 1992 to 1994. He served as the second President of Armenia between 1998 and 2008 and as Prime Minister of Armenia from 19... | {"Name": "Robert Kocharyan", "Native name": "hy Ռոբերտ Քոչարյան", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 1998", "Term start": "9 April 1998", "Term end": "9 April 2008Acting: 4 February - 9 April 1998", "Office 2": "6th Prime Minister of Armenia", "President 2": "Levon Ter-Petrosyan", "Predecessor 2": "Armen Sargsyan", "... |
Lee Chang-ho (; born 29 July 1975 in Jeonju, North Jeolla) is a South Korean professional Go player of 9-dan rank. He is regarded by many as the best Go player of the late 1990s and early 2000s. He was a student of Cho Hun-hyun 9-dan. He is the second youngest (11 years 1 month) to become a professional Go player in So... | {"Full name": "Lee Chang-ho", "Revised Romanization": "I Chang-ho", "Born": "Jeonju, North Jeolla, South Korea", "Residence": "South Korea South Korea", "Teacher": "Cho Hunhyun", "Turned pro": "1986", "Rank": "9 dan", "Affiliation": "Hanguk Kiwon"} |
The Sparrow (1996) is the first novel by author Mary Doria Russell.
It won the Arthur C. Clarke Award, James Tiptree Jr. Award, Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis and the British Science Fiction Association Award. It was followed by a sequel, Children of God, in 1998. The title refers to Gospel of Matthew 10:29-31, which relates that ... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Villard", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "408 pp", "ISBN": "0-679-45150-1", "Followed by": "Children of God"} |
Peters Ice Cream is an Australian ice cream brand, now a subsidiary of European food firm Froneri. It was originally developed by an expatriate American, Frederick (Fred) Augustus Bolles Peters in 1907, using his mother's recipe.
History
The company was established in 1907 at Paddington, New South Wales as the Peter... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Founded": "1907", "Headquarters": "Victoria, Australia", "Parent": "Froneri"} |
George Ashley Wilkes is a fictional character in Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel Gone with the Wind and the 1939 film of the same name. The character also appears in the 1991 book Scarlett, a sequel to Gone with the Wind written by Alexandra Ripley, and in Rhett Butler's People (2007) by Donald McCaig.
Fictional biogr... | {"First appearance": "Gone with the Wind", "Last appearance": "Rhett Butler's People", "Created by": "Margaret Mitchell", "Portrayed by": "Leslie HowardStephen Collins", "Gender": "Male", "Children": "Beau Wilkes (son, with Melanie)Unborn child (second child with Melanie; deceased)", "Relatives": "John Wilkes (father; ... |
Cho Hunhyun (; born 10 March 1953) is a South Korean professional Go player and politician. Considered one of the greatest players of all time, Cho reached professional level in Korea in 1962. Since then, Cho has amassed 150 professional titles, more than any player in the world. He thrice held all of the open tourname... | {"Full name": "Cho Hunhyun", "Nickname": "The God of Warhttp://gobase.org/studying/articles/LeeHongYeol/?episode=1 Episode 1: Pro's Nicknames gobase.org Lee Hongreal 16 June 2011", "Revised Romanization": "Jo Hun-hyeon", "Born": "Mokpo, South Jeolla, South Korea", "Residence": "Seoul, South Korea", "Teacher": "Kens... |
Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (; 4 February 1811 - 13 October 1899) was a French organ builder. He has the reputation of being the most distinguished organ builder of the 19th century. He pioneered innovations in the art and science of organ building that permeated the profession and influenced the course of organ building, c... | {"Name": "Aristide Cavaillé-Coll", "Birth date": "1811 2 4 y", "Birth place": "Montpellier, France", "Death date": "1899 10 13 1811 2 4 y", "Death place": "Paris, France"} |
The Arthur C. Clarke Award is a British award given for the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during the previous year. It is named after British author Arthur C. Clarke, who gave a grant to establish the award in 1987. The book is chosen by a panel of judges from the British Science Fict... | {"Awarded for": "The best science fiction novel published in the United Kingdom in the prior calendar year", "Presented by": "British Science Fiction Association, Science Fiction Foundation, Sci-Fi-London", "Country": "United Kingdom", "First awarded": "1987", "Website": "www.clarkeaward.com"} |
Rhett Butler (Born in 1828) is a fictional character in the 1936 novel Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell and in the 1939 film adaptation of the same name. It is one of Clark Gable's most recognizable and significant roles.
Role
Rhett's personality is that of a cynical, charming, and mocking philanderer. He frequ... | {"First appearance": "Gone with the Wind", "Last appearance": "Rhett Butler's People", "Created by": "Margaret Mitchell", "Portrayed by": "Clark Gable\n Timothy Dalton", "Gender": "Male", "Family": "Steven Butler (father, named in Scarlett; deceased)Eleanor Butler (mother, named in Scarlett)Rosemary Butler (sister)Ro... |
Autodesk 3ds Max, formerly 3D Studio and 3D Studio Max, is a professional 3D computer graphics program for making 3D animations, models, games and images. It is developed and produced by Autodesk Media and Entertainment."Autodesk | 3D Design, Engineering & Entertainment Software"' November 21, 2013 It has modeling capa... | {"Developer(s)": "Autodesk", "Initial release": "1996 4Toolbox Next Generation 35 Imagine Media November 1997 27 (as 3D Studio MAX)", "Predecessor": "3D Studio", "Available in": "English, German, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Korean", "Written in": "C, C++, and Python", "Type": "3D computer graphic... |
thumb|300px|Raiffeisen branch in Bucharest
Raiffeisen Bank is a universal bank on the Romanian market, providing a complete range of products and services to private individuals, SMEs and large corporations via multiple distribution channels: banking outlets (more than 350 throughout the country), ATM and EPOS network... | {"Type": "Bank", "Founded": "1998", "Headquarters": "Bucharest, Romania", "Industry": "Finance", "Products": "Financial Services, Retail Banking", "Parent": "Raiffeisen Bank International", "Website": "http://www.raiffeisen.ro"} |
The BSFA Awards are literary awards presented annually since 1970 by the British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) to honour works in the genre of science fiction. Nominees and winners are chosen based on a vote of BSFA members. More recently, members of the Eastercon convention have also been eligible to vote.
BSFA ... | {"Awarded for": "Awarded each year to the best Novel, Short fiction, Artwork and work of Non-Fiction published in the previous calendar year as voted for by the members of the British Science Fiction Association.", "Presented by": "British Science Fiction Association", "Country": "UK", "First awarded": "1970", "Website... |
The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was a treaty which was signed on September 27, 1830, and proclaimed on February 24, 1831, between the Choctaw American Indian tribe and the United States Government. This treaty was the first removal treaty which was carried into effect under the Indian Removal Act. The treaty ceded a... | {"Image caption": "The approximate area that the treaty defined shaded in blue in relation to the future U.S. state of Mississippi", "Date signed": "1830 09 27 y", "Location signed": "Dancing Rabbit Creek", "Date effective": "1831 02 24 y", "Parties": "United States 1822\n Choctaw Nation", "Citations": "7 333"} |
John Henry Eaton (June 18, 1790November 17, 1856) was an American politician and ambassador from Tennessee who served as U.S. Senator and as U.S. Secretary of War in the administration of Andrew Jackson. He was 28 years, 4 months, and 29 days old when he entered the Senate, making him the youngest U.S. Senator in histo... | {"Name": "John Eaton", "Term start": "March 16, 1836", "Term end": "May 1, 1840", "Office 2": "13th United States Secretary of War", "President 2": "Andrew Jackson", "Predecessor 2": "Peter Buell Porter", "Successor 2": "Roger B. Taney (acting)Lewis Cass", "Birth name": "John Henry Eaton", "Birth date": "1790 6 18", "B... |
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is the newspaper of record in the U.S. state of Arkansas,History of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette printed in Little Rock with a northwest edition published in Lowell. It is distributed for sale in all 75 of Arkansas' counties.
By virtue of one of its predecessors, the Arkansas Gazette (fo... | {"Type": "Daily newspaper", "Format": "Broadsheet", "Owner(s)": "WEHCO Media, Inc.", "Headquarters": "121 East Capitol AvenueLittle Rock, Arkansas 72201US", "Editor": "Eliza Hussman Gaines, managing editor", "Circulation": "192,212 Daily284,494 Sunday2008 Top 100 Daily Newspapers (in the U.S. by Circulation) Burrelles... |
The Tar River is a river that is approximately long, in northeast North Carolina flowing generally southeast to an estuary of Pamlico Sound. The Tar River becomes the tidal Pamlico River once it underpasses the U.S. Highway 17 Bridge in Washington, North Carolina.
North Carolina was originally a naval stores colony—... | {"Mouth": "-13 ft on", "Location": "Lowland, North Carolina, United States", "Coordinates": "35 20 08 N 76 28 20 W inline,title", "Basin size": "15,920 km2 on"} |
Mute Records is a British independent record label owned and founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller. It has featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Depeche Mode, Erasure, Einstürzende Neubauten, Fad Gadget, Goldfrapp, Grinderman, Inspiral Carpets, Moby, New Order, Laibach, Nitzer Ebb, Yann Tiersen, Wire... | {"Parent company": "Mute Artists Ltd.: Independent (2010-present) \nMute Records Ltd.: Independent (1978-2002) EMI Group Limited (2002-2012) Universal Music Group (2012) BMG Rights Management (2013-present)", "Founded": "1978", "Founder": "Daniel Miller", "Distributor(s)": "Mute Artists Ltd.: PIAS Cooperative (worl... |
thumb|Portrait of Hiraga Gennai by Nakamaru Seijuro was a Japanese polymath and rōnin of the Edo period. Gennai was a pharmacologist, student of Rangaku, physician, author, painter and inventor well known for his Erekiteru (electrostatic generator), Kandankei (thermometer), and Kakanpu (asbestos cloth). Gennai also com... | {"Name": "Hiraga Gennai", "Native name": "平賀 源内", "Native name language": "ja", "Caption": "1845 A Portrait of Kyūkei Hiraga (1729-80) by Momuō Kimura", "Alt": "Hiraga Gennai", "Birth date": "1729", "Birth place": "Sanuki, Sanuki Province, Japan", "Death date": "January 24, 1780 (aged 51-52)", "Other names": "Kyūkei 鳩渓... |
The Arkansas Gazette was a newspaper in Little Rock, Arkansas, that was published from 1819 to 1991. It was known as the oldest newspaper west of the Mississippi River. It was located from 1908 until its closing at the now historic Gazette Building. For many years it was the newspaper of record for Little Rock and the ... | {"Type": "Newspaper", "Format": "Broadsheet", "Founder(s)": "William E. Woodruff", "Language": "English", "Headquarters": "The Gazette Building112 West Third StreetLittle Rock, Arkansas72201-2702", "Country": "United States", "OCLC": "8794697"} |
was a Japanese critic and author, also known under the pseudonym .
Biography
Fukuchi Gen'ichirō was born in Nagasaki, Japan. He traveled Europe as a translator, and in 1874, became a main writer for the Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun newspaper. In 1882, he formed the Constitutional Imperial Rule Party.
References
Further... | {"Name": "Fukuchi Gen'ichirō", "Caption": "Fukuchi Gen'ichirō", "Native name": "福地 源一郎", "Native name language": "ja", "Birth date": "1841 05 13", "Birth place": "Nagasaki, Japan", "Death date": "1906 01 04 1841 05 13", "Nationality": "Japanese", "Other names": "Fukuchi Ōchi"} |
was a Japanese educator, philosopher, writer, entrepreneur and samurai who founded Keio University, the newspaper Jiji-Shinpō, and the Institute for Study of Infectious Diseases.
Fukuzawa was an early advocate for reform in Japan. His ideas about the organization of government and the structure of social institutions... | {"Name": "Fukuzawa Yukichi福澤諭吉", "Caption": "Fukuzawa in 1891", "Birth date": "1835 01 10", "Death date": "1901 02 03 1835 01 10", "Birth place": "Dojima Shinchi 5-chome, Settsu Province, Tokugawa shogunate", "Death place": "Shiba, Tokyo, Empire of Japan", "Other names": "Shi-I (子圍)Sanjyū-ikkoku-jin (三十一谷人)", "Spouse(s... |
Luís Fróis (1532 - 8 July 1597) was a Portuguese missionary who worked in Asia during the second half of the 16th century.
Biography
Fróis was born in Lisbon in 1532. He was educated at the court of King João III of Portugal, where a close relative served as a scribe. At an early age, he started working for the Roya... | {"Name": "Luís Fróis", "Caption": "Luís Fróis", "Birth date": "1532", "Birth place": "Lisbon, Portugal", "Death date": "1597 7 8 1532", "Death place": "Nagasaki, Japan", "Nationality": "Portuguese", "Occupation": "Portuguese Missionary, writer"} |
The was a Japanese samurai family who controlled the hereditary title of shikken (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate between 1203 and 1333. Despite the title, in practice the family wielded actual political power in Japan during this period compared to both the Kamakura shoguns, or the Imperial Court in Kyoto, whose au... | {"Home province": "Izu\n Sagami", "Parent house": "Taira clan", "Titles": "Shikken\n Various others", "Founder": "Hōjō Tokimasa", "Final ruler": "Hōjō Takatoki", "Founding year": "12th century", "Dissolution": "1333", "Ruled until": "1333"} |
Howard Barton Unruh (January 21, 1921 - October 19, 2009) was an American mass murderer who shot and killed thirteen people during a twelve-minute walk through his neighborhood in Camden, New Jersey, on September 6, 1949
in an incident that became known as the Walk of Death. Unruh was found to be criminally insane and... | {"Name": "Howard Unruh", "Birth name": "Howard Barton Unruh", "Birth date": "1921 1 21 y", "Birth place": "East Camden, New Jersey, U.S.", "Death date": "2009 10 19 1921 1 21 y"} |
The is a Japanese Samurai kin group or clan.細川氏 at Nihon jinmei daijiten; retrieved 2013-5-29.
Ancestors
Emperor Jimmu
Emperor Suizei
Emperor Annei
Emperor Itoku
Emperor Kōshō
Emperor Kōan
Emperor Kōrei
Emperor Kōgen
Emperor Kaika
Emperor Sujin
Emperor Suinin
Emperor Keikō
Yamato Takeru
Emperor Chūai
E... | {"Home province": "Various", "Parent house": "25px Minamoto clan15px Ashikaga clan", "Titles": "Various", "Founder": "Ashikaga Yoshisue", "Current head": "Morihiro Hosokawa", "Dissolution": "still extant", "Ruled until": "1947, Constitution of Japan renders titles obsolete", "Cadet branches": "Nagaoka clanKumamotoKumam... |
Zviad Konstantines dze GamsakhurdiaParticularly in Soviet-era sources, his patronymic is sometimes given as Konstantinovich in the Russian style. (; ; 31 March 1939 - 31 December 1993) was a Georgian politician, dissident, scholar, and writer who became the first democratically elected President of Georgia in the post-... | {"Name": "Zviad Gamsakhurdia", "Native name": "ka ზვიად გამსახურდია", "Nationality": "Georgian", "Term start": "26 May 1991", "Term end": "6 January 1992", "Office 2": "Chairman of the Supreme Council of Georgia", "Predecessor 2": "Irakli Abashidze", "Successor 2": "Himself as the Head of state;Akaki Asatiani as the Ch... |
The Dark Ride is the ninth studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 2000. The album's style was quite different from Better Than Raw as it had a much darker sound, drop-tuned guitars, and gruffer vocals. The album was produced by Roy Z and Charlie Bauerfeind. It is the last studio album to feature... | {"Released": "30 October 2000", "Recorded": "2000", "Studio": "Mi Sueño Studio, Tenerife, Spain", "Genre": "Power metal", "Label": "Nuclear Blast", "Producer": "Roy Z and Charlie Bauerfeind"} |
The Institute of International Law (French: Institut de Droit International) is an organization devoted to the study and development of international law, whose membership comprises the world's leading public international lawyers. The organization is generally considered the most authoritative world academy of interna... | {"Abbreviation": "IIL, IDI", "Named after": "Justitia et Pace", "Founded at": "Ghent, Belgium", "Type": "NGO, IGO, Society", "Legal status": "Institute", "Headquarters": "Geneva, Switzerland", "Coordinates": "46.220722 6.143681 inline, title", "Affiliations": "Consultant - ECOSOC Consultant - HCCH", "Website": "www.id... |
is the name of several arts. The word kenpō is a Japanese translation of the Chinese word "quánfǎ". This term is often informally transliterated as "kempo", as a result of applying Traditional Hepburn romanization,Hepburn romanization provides for use of the letter "m" when ん precedes a labial consonant such as "p" but... | {"Also known as": "Kempo, Kenpo", "Focus": "Hybrid", "Country of origin": "Japan Japan", "Creator": "Unknown"} |
The Arkansas Post () (Spanish: Puesto de Arkansas), formally the Arkansas Post National Memorial, was the first European settlement in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain and present-day U.S. state of Arkansas. In 1686, Henri de Tonti established it on behalf of Louis XIV of France for the purpose of trading with the Quapaw... | {"Nearest city": "Gillett, Arkansas, U.S.", "Coordinates": "34 01 00 N 91 20 43 W region:US-AR_type:landmark inline,title", "Area": "757.51 acre ha", "Elevation": "174 ft", "Built": "1686 1", "Built for": "Louis XIV of France", "Restored": "1929 02 27 1 1", "Restored by": "Arkansas General Assembly", "Visitors": "2019-... |
General Sir Duncan Alexander Cameron, (20 May 18088 June 1888) was a British Army officer who fought in the Crimean War and part of the New Zealand Wars. He was later a governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Born into a family with a military tradition, Cameron joined the British Army in 1825. Commissione... | {"Born": "Thorncliffe, Hampshire", "Died": "Kidbrook, Kent", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Commands held": "Royal Military College, SandhurstBritish forces in New ZealandCommander-in-Chief, ScotlandHighland Brigade42nd Regiment of Foot", "Awards": "Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the BathOfficer of the Legion of ... |
Hassan Nasrallah ( ; born 31 August 1960) is a Lebanese cleric and political leader who has served as the 3rd secretary-general of Hezbollah since his predecessor, Abbas al-Musawi, was assassinated by the Israel Defense Forces in February 1992.
Early life and education
Hasan Nasrallah was born the ninth of ten childre... | {"Name": "Hassan Nasrallah", "Native name": "حسن نصر الله", "Native name language": "ar", "Nationality": "Lebanese", "Image caption": "Nasrallah in 2019", "Term start": "16 February 1992", "Birth date": "yes 1960 08 31", "Birth place": "Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon", "Spouse(s)": "Fatimah Yasin", "Other political party": "Am... |
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Attis (; , also , , )
was the consort of Cybele, in Phrygian and Greek mythology.
His priests were eunuchs, the Galli, as explained by origin myths pertaining to Attis castrating himself. Attis was also a Phrygian vegetation deity. H... | {"Name": "Attis", "Caption": "Statue of Attis from Roman Hierapolis", "Death cause": "Castrated/Emasculated himself and died", "Known For": "Phrygian vegetation deity; his self-mutilation, death, and resurrection represents the fruits of the earth, which die in winter only to rise again in the spring", "Title": "The an... |
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The Battle of Manners Street refers to a riot involving American servicemen and New Zealand servicemen and civilians outside the Allied Services Club in Manners Street, Te Aro, Wellington in 1943. The club was a social... | {"Date": "3 April 1943", "Location": "-41.2904 174.7757 region:NZ_type:event", "Caused by": "U.S. Army soldiers refusal to allow entrance of New Zealand Army Māori soldiers to the Allied Services Club", "Methods": "Rioting, race riots, protests, looting, attacks", "Death(s)": "0 confirmed, 2 possible Americans", "Injur... |
Vidhana Soudha () in Bangalore, India, is the seat of the state legislature of Karnataka. It is constructed in a style described as Neo-Dravidian, and incorporates elements of various Dravidian styles. Construction was started in 1952 and completed in 1956.
Information
The two houses of legislature of the princely st... | {"Type": "Legislative building", "Architectural style": "Neo-Dravidian", "Location": "Bangalore, Karnataka", "Coordinates": "12.9796 77.5906 region:IN-KA inline,title", "Construction started": "1952"} |
, abbreviated to , or YNU, is a national university located in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Founded in 1876, it became a national university in 1949, and currently comprises five graduate schools and four undergraduate faculties.
The university has been evaluated highly from the business world and was ranked... | {"Motto": "グローバルな学術の共創", "Type": "National", "President": "Izuru Umehara", "Undergraduates": "7,298 as of 1 May 2020", "Postgraduates": "2,302 as of 1 May 2020", "Website": "https://www.ynu.ac.jp"} |
Roberto Vigoreaux Lorenzana (born January 12, 1956, in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican producer, TV show host, actor, singer, and former Senator. He is the son of TV producer Luis Vigoreaux, and the younger brother of Luisito Vigoreaux.
Early years and studies
Roberto Vigoreaux was born on January 12, 1956, ... | {"Name": "Roberto Vigoreaux Lorenzana", "State senate": "Puerto Rico", "Term start": "January 2, 2001", "Term end": "January 1, 2005", "Office 2": "Member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives", "Term 2": "January 2, 1997 - January 1, 2001", "Other political party": "Popular Democratic Party", "Birth date": "1956... |
Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an American actress. She won five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for her portrayal of the title character on the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown (1988-1998, 2018). She is also known for her role as Shirley Schmidt on the ABC drama Boston Legal (2005-2008). In fil... | {"Name": "Candice Bergen", "Caption": "Bergen at the 2006 Peabody Awards", "Birth name": "Candice Patricia Bergen", "Birth date": "1946 5 9", "Birth place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Alma mater": "University of Pennsylvania", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1958-present", "Spouse(s)": "Louis Malle Sep... |
Barbara Bach, Lady Starkey (born Barbara Goldbach; August 27, 1946 or 1947) is an American actress and former model. She played the Bond girl Anya Amasova in The Spy Who Loved Me. She is married to former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr.
Early life
Bach is a native of Jackson Heights, Queens and was raised Roman Catholi... | {"Name": "Barbara Bach", "Caption": "Bach in 1978", "Birth name": "Barbara Goldbach", "Birth date": "1946 8 27 or 1947 8 27", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress, model", "Years active": "1965-present", "Spouse(s)": "Augusto Gregorini 1966 1975 divorced\n Ringo Starr April 27, 1981", "Children... |
Karl Gerhart "Gert" Fröbe (; 25 February 1913 - 5 September 1988) was a German actor. He was best known in English-speaking countries for his work as Auric Goldfinger in the James Bond film Goldfinger, as Peachum in The Threepenny Opera, as Baron Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, as Hotzenplotz in Der Räuber Hotzenp... | {"Name": "Gert Fröbe", "Caption": "Fröbe at the premiere of Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines in 1965", "Birth name": "Karl Gerhart Fröbe", "Birth date": "1913 2 25 y", "Birth place": "Oberplanitz (near Zwickau), Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire", "Death date": "1988 09 05 1913 02 25 y", "Death place": "Mu... |
The Hadassah convoy massacre took place on April 13, 1948, when a convoy, escorted by Haganah militia, bringing medical and military supplies and personnel to Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, was ambushed by Arab forces. Seventy-eight Jewish doctors, nurses, students, patients, faculty members and Haganah... | {"Title": "Hadassah convoy massacre", "Part of": "1947-48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine", "Image size": "240px", "Caption": "Aftermath of attack on convoy. Dr Chaim Yassky died in the ambulance on left.", "Location": "Mount Scopus, Jerusalem", "Target": "Mixed military and medical convoy", "Date": "1948 4 13", "Fata... |
John Welsh (7 November 1914 - 21 April 1985) was an Irish actor.
Biography
Welsh was born in Wexford. After an early stage career in Dublin, he moved into British film and television in the 1950s. His roles included James Forsyte in the 1967 BBC dramatisation of John Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga and Sir Pitt Crawley ... | {"Name": "John Welsh", "Birth date": "1914 11 7 yeshttp://www.allmovie.com/artist/john-welsh-p75496 John Welsh - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie Hal Erickson AllMovie", "Birth place": "Wexford, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland", "Death date": "1985 4 21 1914 11 7 yes", "Death place": "London, Engla... |
John Welsh (-1622) was a Scottish Presbyterian leader. He was born in Dumfriesshire and attended the University of Edinburgh to obtain his MA in 1588. He became a minister in Selkirk and married Elizabeth Knox, a daughter of John and Margaret Knox, before leaving Selkirk. Welsh later ministered at Kirkcudbright and Ayr... | {"Quashed": "<!-- or", "Retired": "-->", "Born": "Dunscore", "Died": "London", "Nationality": "Scottish", "Denomination": "Presbyterian"} |
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200px|thumb|An old crooked and crowded telephone pole in the city of Nesher in Israel
Bezeq () is an Israeli telecommunications company. Bezeq and its subsidiaries offer a range of telecom services, including fixed-line, mobile telephony,... | {"Type": "Public", "Founded": "1984", "Headquarters": "Israel", "Industry": "Telecommunications", "Products": "Fixed line, Mobile telephony, Internet, Cable television", "Revenue": "₪9.98 billion (2015)http://maya.tase.co.il/bursa/CompanyDetails.asp?CompanyCd=230 דף הבית - מאיה - מערכת אינטרנט להודעות - הבורסה לניירות ... |
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Charles Albert Gobat (; 21 May 1843 – 16 March 1914) was a Swiss lawyer, educational administrator, and politician who jointly received the Nobel Peace Prize with Élie Ducommun in 1902 for their leadership of the Permanent International Peace Bureau.
Birth and education
Gobat was born on 21 May 1843 at... | {"Name": "Charles Albert Gobat", "Birth date": "1843 5 21 y", "Birth place": "Tramelan, Switzerland", "Death date": "1914 3 16 1843 5 21 y", "Death place": "Bern, Switzerland", "Awards": "Nobel Peace Prize, 1902"} |
Princess Beatrice (Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore; 14 April 1857 - 26 October 1944), later Princess Henry of Battenberg, was the fifth daughter and youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Beatrice was also the last of Queen Victoria's children to die, nearly 66 years after the first, her elder sister Alice... | {"Father": "Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha", "Mother": "Queen Victoria", "Born": "Buckingham Palace, London, England", "Died": "Brantridge Park, Sussex, England", "Burial": "St George's Chapel, Windsor 27 August 1945St. Mildred's Church, Whippingham"} |
Ramiro de León Carpio (12 January 1942 – 16 April 2002) was the President of Guatemala from 6 June 1993 until 14 January 1996.
Career
De León studied law at the University of San Carlos and then at the Rafael Landívar University, where he ran the Sol Bolivariano ("Bolivarian Sun") newspaper. After graduating he became... | {"Name": "Ramiro de León Carpio", "Vice president": "Arturo Herbruger", "Term start": "6 June 1993", "Term end": "14 January 1996", "Birth date": "1942 01 12 y", "Birth place": "Guatemala City, Guatemala", "Death date": "2002 04 16 1942 01 12 y", "Death place": "Miami, United States", "Spouse(s)": "Mayra Duque, Maria E... |
Presidential elections were held in Croatia for the first time on 2 August 1992 alongside simultaneous parliamentary elections.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p410 The result was a victory for incumbent Franjo Tuđman of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), who received 57.8% ... | {"Country": "Croatia", "Type": "presidential", "Next election": "1997 Croatian presidential election", "Next year": "1997", "Election date": "2 August 1992", "Turnout": "74.90%", "Image 1": "FranjoTudman.JPG", "Nominee 1": "Franjo Tuđman", "Party 1": "Croatian Democratic Union", "Popular vote 1": "1,519,100", "Percenta... |
Presidential elections were held in Croatia on 15 June 1997.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p410 They were the second presidential elections held since independence in 1991. The result was a victory for incumbent president Franjo Tuđman, the leader of the Croatian Democratic ... | {"Name": "1997 Croatian presidential election", "Country": "Croatia", "Type": "presidential", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1992 Croatian presidential election", "Previous year": "1992", "Next election": "2000 Croatian presidential election", "Next year": "2000", "Election date": "15 June 1997", "Turnout": "5... |
Gustavo Adolfo Espina Salguero (born 26 November 1946) was Vice President of Guatemala for President Jorge Serrano from 1991 to 1993, and President from June 1-5, 1993.
Presidency
Serrano attempted a self-coup on May 25, 1993, but was forced to flee into exile on June 1.Jorge Serrano Elias CIDOB.org. (accessed January... | {"Name": "Gustavo Espina", "Term start": "1 June 1993", "Term end": "5 June 1993", "Vice president": "None", "Order 2": "Vice President of Guatemala", "President 2": "Jorge Serrano", "Predecessor 2": "Roberto Carpio", "Successor 2": "Arturo Herbruger", "Birth date": "1946 11 26 y", "Birth place": "Horcones, Jutiapa Dep... |
Presidential elections were held in Croatia in January 2000,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p410 the third since independence in 1991. They were also the first early presidential elections, as they were held due to the death of incumbent president Franjo Tuđman on 10 December... | {"Name": "2000 Croatian presidential election", "Country": "Croatia", "Type": "presidential", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1997 Croatian presidential election", "Previous year": "1997", "Next election": "2005 Croatian presidential election", "Next year": "2005", "Election date": "24 January 2000 (first round... |
Álvaro Enrique Arzú Irigoyen (; 14 March 1946 - 27 April 2018) was a Guatemalan politician and businessman who served as the 32nd President of Guatemala from 14 January 1996 until 14 January 2000. He was elected Mayor of Guatemala City on six occasions: in 1982, when he declined taking office because of a coup d'état;... | {"Name": "Álvaro Arzú", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 1996", "Office 2": "Mayor of Guatemala City", "Deputy 2": "Ricardo Quiñónez Lemus", "Predecessor 2": "Fritz García Gallont", "Successor 2": "Ricardo Quiñónez Lemus", "Birth name": "Álvaro Enrique Arzú Irigoyen", "Birth date": "1946 03 14 y", "Birth place": "G... |
The Western Cape ( ; ) is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country. It is the fourth largest of the nine provinces with an area of , and the third most populous, with an estimated 7 million inhabitants in 2020.Statistics South Africa, 2020. Mid- year population estimates. Available... | {"Type": "Parliamentary system", "Rank": "2325", "Density": "auto", "ISO 3166 code": "ZA-WC", "Website": "http://www.westerncape.gov.za/"} |
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Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke (April 24, 1941 - December 13, 2010) was an American diplomat and author. He was the only person to have held the position of Assistant Secretary of State for two different regions of the world (Asia from 1977 to 1981 and Europe from 1994 to 1996).
From 1993 to 1994, he was U.S. Ambass... | {"Name": "Richard Holbrooke", "Term start": "January 22, 2009", "Term end": "December 13, 2010", "Office 2": "Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs", "President 2": "Bill Clinton", "Predecessor 2": "Stephen A. Oxman", "Successor 2": "John C. Kornblum", "Birth name": "Richard Charles Albert Holb... |
Durban ( ) (, from meaning 'the port' also called for the mountain range that terminates in the area), nicknamed Durbs,Ishani Chetty: City nicknames in SA and across the world Article on news24.com from 25 October 2017. Retrieved 2021-03-05.The names and the naming of Durban Website natalia.org.za (pdf). Retrieved 20... | {"Named for": "Benjamin D'Urban", "Type": "Metropolitan municipality", "Density": "auto", "Urban density": "838634", "Metro density": "auto", "Website": "http://www.durban.gov.za/"} |
The Bridgewater Canal connects Runcorn, Manchester and Leigh, in North West England. It was commissioned by Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, to transport coal from his mines in Worsley to Manchester. It was opened in 1761 from Worsley to Manchester, and later extended from Manchester to Runcorn, and then from ... | {"Principal engineer": "John Gilbert, James Brindley", "Date of act": "1759, 1760, 1762, 1766, 1795", "Date of first use": "1761", "Date completed": "1761", "Date extended": "1762", "Boat length": "0", "Boat beam": "9", "Start point": "Worsley", "End point": "See article", "Connects to": "Rochdale Canal, Trent and Mers... |
Tresco ()Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel . Cornish Language Partnership. is the second-biggest island of the Isles of Scilly. It is in area, measuring about by .
History
In early times one group of islands was in the possession of a confederacy o... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)", "Unitary authority": "Isles of Scilly", "Ceremonial county": "Cornwall", "UK Parliament": "St Ives", "Postcode district": "TR", "Dialling code": "01720", "OS grid reference": "SV893421"} |
Walton Harris Walker (December 3, 1889 - December 23, 1950) was a United States Army four-star general who served with distinction in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, where he commanded the Eighth United States Army before dying in a jeep accident. He received two Distinguished Service Crosses for extraor... | {"Nickname(s)": "\"Johnnie Walker\"", "Born": "Belton, Texas, United States", "Died": "Dobong, Seoul, South Korea", "Allegiance": "United States", "Commands held": "Eighth United States ArmyFifth United States ArmyEighth Service CommandXX Corps3rd Armored Division", "Awards": "Distinguished Service Cross (2)Army Distin... |
The Dinaric Alps (), also Dinarides, are a mountain range in Southern and Southcentral Europe, separating the continental Balkan Peninsula from the Adriatic Sea. They stretch from Italy in the northwest through Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, and Kosovo to Albania in the southeast.Profile... | {"Elevation": "2694", "Coordinates": "45 N 17 E type:mountain dms inline,title", "Area": "200,000", "Length": "NW-SE", "Location": "Topography and relief of the Dinarides"} |
, first called Jūbei from his clan and later from his title, was a Japanese samurai general of the Sengoku period best known as the assassin of Oda Nobunaga. Mitsuhide was a bodyguard of Ashikaga Yoshiaki and later a successful general under daimyō Nobunaga during his war of political unification in Japan.
thumb|The ... | {"Name": "Akechi Mitsuhide", "Term start": "1578", "Term end": "1582", "Spouse(s)": "Tsumaki Hiroko", "Battles fought": "Battle of NagaragawaBattle of Honkoku-jiSiege of KanegasakiSiege of Mount HieiKawachi CampaignBattle of NagashinoTanba CampaignIshiyama Hongan-ji WarBattle of TedorigawaSiege of ShigisanSiege of Yaka... |
SF Masterworks is a series of science fiction novel reprints published by UK-based company Orion Publishing Group, a subsidiary of Hachette UK. The series is intended for the United Kingdom and Australian markets, but many editions are distributed to the United States and Canada by Hachette Book Group. , there are 188 ... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Millennium\n Gollancz\n Gateway", "Published": "1999-present", "Media type": "Print (HardcoverPaperback) Ebook", "No. of books": "188 (186 in current publication)", "Website": "sfgateway.com"} |
The Statue of Freedom, also known as Armed Freedom or simply Freedom, is a bronze statue designed by Thomas Crawford that, since 1863, has crowned the United States Capitol dome. Originally named Freedom Triumphant in War and Peace, a U.S. government publication now states that the statue "is officially known as the St... | {"Dimensions": "ft", "Weight": "15,000 pounds (6,800 kg)", "Location": "Washington, D.C.", "Coordinates": "38 53 23.4 N 77 00 32.6 W type:landmark_region:US-DC inline,title"} |
WinGate is an integrated multi-protocol proxy server, email server and internet gateway from Qbik New Zealand Limited in Auckland. It was first released in October 1995, and began as a re-write of SocketSet, a product that had been previously released in prototype form by Adrien de Croy.
WinGate proved popular, and b... | {"Developer(s)": "Qbik New Zealand Limited", "Initial release": "1995 10 5 yes", "Platform": "x64", "Type": "Proxy serverRouterFirewallAntivirus programVPN ServerWeb cacheMail Server", "Available in": "English, Japanese, Russian", "License": "Proprietary commercial software, free for 10 users", "Website": "http://www.w... |
Paul Robin Krugman ( ; born February 28, 1953) is an American economist who is the Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and a columnist for The New York Times. In 2008, Krugman was the winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions... | {"Field": "International economics Macroeconomics", "School ortradition": "New Keynesian economics", "Alma mater": "Yale University (BA)\n Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA, PhD)", "Doctoraladvisor": "Rudi Dornbusch", "Doctoralstudents": "Tahir R. Andrabi Richard Baldwin Gordon Hanson Matthew J. Slaug... |
Joseph Ferdinand Leopold of Bavaria (28 October 1692 - 6 February 1699) was the son of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1679-1705, 1714-1726) and his first wife, Maria Antonia of Austria, daughter of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, maternal granddaughter of King Philip IV of Spain.
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Loblaw Companies Limited (Formerly National Grocers) is a Canadian retailer encompassing corporate and franchise supermarkets operating under 22 regional and market-segment banners (including Loblaws), as well as pharmacies, banking and apparel. Loblaw operates a private label program that includes grocery and househol... | {"Type": "Public subsidiary", "Industry": "Retail", "Products": "ApparelCash and carryDiscount storeHypermarketSupercentreSupermarketSuperstoreWarehouse club", "Revenue": "56.504 billion yes (2022)https://dis-prod.assetful.loblaw.ca/content/dam/loblaw-companies-limited/creative-assets/loblaw-ca/investor-relations-repor... |
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