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Lianne Audrey Dalziel (; born 7 June 1960) is a New Zealand politician and former Mayor of Christchurch. Prior to this position, she was a member of the New Zealand Parliament for 23 years, serving as Minister of Immigration, Commerce, Minister of Food Safety and Associate Minister of Justice in the Fifth Labour Gover... | {"Name": "Lianne Dalziel", "Image caption": "Dalziel in September 2017", "Term start": "24 October 2013", "Term end": "8 October 2022", "Birth date": "yes 1960 6 7", "Birth place": "Christchurch, New Zealand", "Nationality": "New Zealander", "Spouse(s)": "Rob Davidson 2000 2020 d."} |
Gaius Flaminius (c. 275 BC217 BC) was a leading Roman politician in the third century BC. Flaminius served as consul twice, in 223 and 217. He is notable for the Lex Flaminia, a land reform passed in 232, the construction of the Circus Flaminius in 221, the construction of the Via Flaminia, and his death at the hands ... | {"Name": "Gaius Flaminius", "Image upright": "1.1", "Alt": "Painting", "Caption": "Ducarius decapitates Flaminius at the Battle of Lake Trasimene, by Joseph-Noël Sylvestre. Béziers (Languedoc-Roussillon), Musée des beaux-Arts.", "Birth date": "c. 275 BC", "Death date": "24 June 217 BC, April on the Julian calendar", "D... |
Hello, I Must Be Going! is the second solo studio album by English drummer and singer-songwriter Phil Collins. It was released on 5 November 1982 on Virgin Records in the United Kingdom and on Atlantic Records in North America, and named after the Marx Brothers' song of the same name. After Genesis took a break in acti... | {"Released": "1982 11 5 y", "Recorded": "May-June 1982", "Studio": "Old Croft (Shalford, Surrey)\n Fisher Lane Farm (Chiddingfold, Surrey)\n The Town House (Goldhawk Road, London)\n CBS Studios (London)", "Genre": "Pop rock\nart rock", "Label": "Virgin\n Atlantic", "Producer": "Phil Collins\n Hugh Padgham"} |
I Spy is an American secret-agent adventure television series that ran for three seasons on NBC from September 15, 1965, to April 15, 1968, and teamed US intelligence agents Kelly Robinson (Robert Culp) and Alexander "Scotty" Scott (Bill Cosby), traveling undercover as international "tennis bums." Robinson poses as an ... | {"Genre": "AdventureActionComedy drama", "Running time": "50-51 minutes", "Developed by": "David FriedkinMorton Fine", "Starring": "Robert Culp Bill Cosby", "Country of origin": "United States", "Original network": "NBC", "Original release": "1968 4 15"} |
Annette Louise Greenfield Strauss (January 26, 1924 - December 14, 1998) was an American philanthropist and politician who served as the 55th mayor of Dallas. The Annette Strauss Artist Square in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas is named in honor of her. She was the second female mayor and the second Jewish ... | {"Name": "Annette Strauss", "Term start": "May 4, 1987", "Term end": "May 6, 1991", "Birth name": "Annette Louise Greenfield", "Birth date": "1924 01 26", "Birth place": "Houston, Texas, U.S.", "Death date": "1998 12 14 1924 1 26", "Resting place": "Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery", "Alma mater": "University ... |
Better Business Bureau (BBB) is a private, 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization founded in 1912. BBB's self-described mission is to focus on advancing marketplace trust, consisting of 97 independently incorporated local BBB organizations in the United States and Canada, coordinated under the International Association of Be... | {"Type": "501(c)(6) non-profit organization", "Location": "4250 N Fairfax Drive, Suite 600 Arlington, Virginia U.S. 22203", "Services": "Rating site", "Subsidiaries": "BBB Wise Giving Alliancehttp://www.bbb.org/us/Storage/16/Documents/BBB-WGA-2011-IRS-Form-990.pdf Archived copy October 17, 2013 April 3, 2013 https:... |
Old-time music is a genre of North American folk music. It developed along with various North American folk dances, such as square dancing, clogging, and buck dancing. It is played on acoustic instruments, generally centering on a combination of fiddle and plucked string instruments, most often the banjo, guitar, and m... | {"Name": "Old-time music", "Image caption": "Old-time country band The Lotus Eaters perform at the Our Community Place plant sale.", "Stylistic origins": "North American folk music, Appalachian music", "Cultural origins": "English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, French, German, Spanish, \nAfrican, Native American", "Derivativ... |
Uncle Nino is a 2003 American film directed by Robert Shallcross, produced by David James, and starring Joe Mantegna, Anne Archer, Pierrino Mascarino, Trevor Morgan, and Gia Mantegna.
The film deals with a dysfunctional family, who have lost their way, and a distant relative played by Pierrino Mascarino intends to bri... | {"Directed by": "Robert Shallcross", "Produced by": "David James", "Written by": "Robert Shallcross", "Starring": "Joe MantegnaAnne ArcherPierrino MascarinoTrevor MorganGia Mantegna", "Music by": "Larry Pecorella", "Cinematography": "Hugo Cortina", "Edited by": "Dan Schalk", "Distributed by": "Lange Film Releasing"} |
Fresh Cream is the debut studio album by the British rock band Cream, consisting of bassist Jack Bruce, guitarist Eric Clapton and drummer Ginger Baker. The album was released in the UK on 9 December 1966, as the first LP on the Reaction Records label, owned by producer Robert Stigwood. It was released in both mono and... | {"Released": "1966 12 09 yes", "Recorded": "July-November 1966", "Studio": "Rayrik & Ryemuse (London)", "Genre": "Blues rock https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-top-30-british-blues-rock-albums-of-all-time The Top 30 British Blues Rock Albums of All Time 23 March 2007 Classic Rock Future plc 1 September 2018"... |
iPlanet was a product brand that was used jointly by Sun Microsystems and Netscape Communications Corporation when delivering software and services as part of a non-exclusive cross marketing deal that was also known as "A Sun|Netscape Alliance".
History
After AOL merged with Netscape, technology analysts speculated th... | {"Owner": "Oracle Corporation", "Introduced": "1996 01", "Markets": "E-commerce", "Previous owners": "I-Planet, Inc.\nSun Microsystems", "Website": "www.iplanet.com"} |
The governor of Tasmania is the representative in the Australian state of Tasmania of the Monarch of Australia, currently King Charles III. The incumbent governor is Barbara Baker, who was appointed in June 2021. The official residence of the governor is Government House located at the Queens DomainSo spelt. in Hobart.... | {"Post": "Governor", "Body": "Tasmania", "Flag size": "150px", "Flag caption": "Flag of the Governor", "Insignia size": "100px", "Insignia caption": "Badge of the Governor", "Image size": "150px", "Incumbent": "Barbara Baker", "Incumbent since": "16 June 2021", "Department": "Viceregal", "Style": "Her Excellency 100% H... |
The Little Missouri River is a tributary of the Missouri River, long, in the northern Great Plains of the United States. Rising in northeastern Wyoming, in western Crook County about west of Devils Tower, it flows northeastward, across a corner of southeastern Montana, and into South Dakota. In South Dakota, it flows... | {"Mouth": "1860 ft on", "Location": "Lake Sakakawea, near Killdeer, Dunn County, North Dakota", "Coordinates": "47 36 38 N 102 52 24 W inline,title Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey February 13, 1980 1034981 Little Missouri River April 26, 2011", "Basin size": "8310 sqmi on USG... |
Richard William Prebble (born 7 February 1948) is a former member of the New Zealand Parliament. Initially a member of the Labour Party, he joined the newly formed ACT New Zealand party under Roger Douglas in 1996, becoming its leader from 1996 to 2004.
Early and personal life
Prebble was born in Kent, England, to K... | {"Name": "Richard Prebble", "Image caption": "Prebble in 1999", "Term start": "26 March 1996", "Term end": "13 June 2004", "Office 2": "1st Minister for State Owned Enterprises", "Prime minister 2": "Geoffrey PalmerMike Moore", "Predecessor 2": "Stan Rodger", "Successor 2": "Doug Kidd", "Birth date": "1948 2 07 yes", "... |
"Svefn-g-englar" is a song by the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós, from their second album, Ágætis byrjun.
Overview
"Svefn-g-englar" was released as a single in 1999, with two studio recordings — "Svefn-g-englar" (an Icelandic pun mixing "sleepwalkers" and "sleep angels") and "Viðrar vel til loftárása" ("good weath... | {"Released": "1999 09 27 yes (UK)http://fat-cat.co.uk/fatcat/release.php?id=35 FatCat Records web site \"Svefn-g-englar\" single page 2009-03-06", "Genre": "Post-rock\nambient\ndream pop\nshoegaze", "Label": "Fat Cat\nSmekkleysa\nPIAS", "Producer(s)": "Ken Thomas"} |
William Francis Sutton Jr. (June 30, 1901 – November 2, 1980) was an American bank robber. During his forty-year robbery career he stole an estimated $2 million, and he eventually spent more than half of his adult life in prison and escaped three times. For his talent at executing robberies in disguises, he gained two ... | {"Charges": "Bank robbery", "Born": "Brooklyn, New York", "Died": "Spring Hill, Florida", "Added": "March 20, 1950", "Number": "11"} |
Applied Materials, Inc. is an American corporation that supplies equipment, services and software for the manufacture of semiconductor (integrated circuit) chips for electronics, flat panel displays for computers, smartphones, televisions, and solar products. Integral to the growth of Silicon Valley, the company also s... | {"Type": "Public", "Founded": "1967 11 10", "Headquarters": "Santa Clara, California, U.S.", "Industry": "Semiconductors", "Revenue": "25.79 billion yes (2022)", "Website": "www.appliedmaterials.com"} |
Sheila Jackson Lee (born January 12, 1950) is an American lawyer and politician who is the U.S. representative for , having served since 1995. The district includes most of central Houston. She is a member of the Democratic Party, and served as an at-large member of the Houston City Council before being elected to the ... | {"Name": "Sheila Jackson Lee", "Term start": "January 3, 1995", "Birth name": "Sheila Jackson", "Birth date": "1950 1 12", "Birth place": "Queens, New York City, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Elwyn Lee", "Education": "Yale University (BA)University of Virginia (JD)", "Official website": "jacksonlee.house.gov House website"} |
Blade II is a 2002 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Blade, directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by David S. Goyer. A sequel to Blade (1998), it is the second installment in the Blade franchise, followed by Blade: Trinity. The film follows the human-vampire hybrid Blade in his continuin... | {"Directed by": "Guillermo del Toro", "Produced by": "Peter Frankfurt\n Wesley Snipes\n Patrick Palmer", "Written by": "David S. Goyer", "Based on": "Blade Marv Wolfman Gene Colan", "Starring": "Wesley Snipes\n Kris Kristofferson\n Ron Perlman\n Leonor Varela\n Norman Reedus\n Luke Goss", "Music by": "Marco Beltrami", ... |
The Shins is an American indie rock band formed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1996. The band is the project of singer-songwriter James Mercer, who has served as the band's sole constant member throughout numerous line-up changes. The band's current line-up consists of Mercer, alongside Yuuki Matthews (bass, keyboards)... | {"Origin": "Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.", "Genres": "Indie rock", "Labels": "Columbia\nWarner Bros.\nSub Pop\nTransgressive\nCargo Music", "Website": "http://www.theshins.com", "Members": "James MercerYuuki MatthewsMark WatrousJon SortlandPatti King"} |
The 2004 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 2004. The general election was between the Democratic incumbent Mike Easley and the Republican nominee Patrick J. Ballantine. Easley won by 56% to 43%, winning his second term as governor. This is the last time a Democrat was elected governor of No... | {"Name": "2004 North Carolina gubernatorial election", "Country": "North Carolina", "Type": "presidential", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "2000 North Carolina gubernatorial election", "Previous year": "2000", "Next election": "2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election", "Next year": "2008", "Election date": "... |
Charles Erwin Wilson (July 18, 1890 - September 26, 1961) was an American engineer and businessman who served as United States Secretary of Defense from 1953 to 1957 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Known as "Engine Charlie","10 Best Quotes", Car and Driver, 1/88, p. 49. he was previously the president and chief e... | {"Name": "Charles Wilson", "Term start": "January 28, 1953", "Term end": "October 8, 1957", "Birth date": "1890 7 18", "Birth place": "Minerva, Ohio, U.S.", "Death date": "1961 9 26 1890 7 18", "Death place": "Norwood, Louisiana, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Jessie Curtis", "Education": "Carnegie Mellon University (BS)"} |
Max, also known as Max/MSP/Jitter, is a visual programming language for music and multimedia developed and maintained by San Francisco-based software company Cycling '74. Over its more than thirty-year history, it has been used by composers, performers, software designers, researchers, and artists to create recordings,... | {"Developer(s)": "Cycling '74", "Written in": "C, C++ (on JUCE platform)", "Type": "Music and multimedia development", "License": "Proprietary", "Website": "//cycling74.com/products/max/"} |
Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It starred Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, a middle-aged London barrister who defended a broad variety of clients, often underdogs. The TV series led to the stories being presented in other media, i... | {"Genre": "Courtroom drama", "Created by": "John Mortimer", "Starring": "Leo McKern", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Running time": "c. 50-minute episodes", "Original network": "BBC 1 (play)\n ITV (series)", "Original release": "1992 12 3 y"} |
A chicken nugget is a food product consisting of a small piece of deboned chicken meat that is breaded or battered, then deep-fried or baked. Invented in the 1950s, chicken nuggets have become a very popular fast food restaurant item, as well as widely sold frozen for home use.
History
The chicken nugget was invente... | {"Name of food": "Chicken nugget", "Creator": "Robert C. Baker", "Year": "1950s", "Serving temperature": "Hot", "Main ingredient": "Chicken meat or plant-based ingredients", "Minor ingredients": "Breadcrumbs or batter", "Similar dishes": "Fried chicken\nChicken fingers"} |
The Ramesseum is the memorial temple (or mortuary temple) of Pharaoh Ramesses II ("Ramesses the Great", also spelled "Ramses" and "Rameses"). It is located in the Theban Necropolis in Upper Egypt, on the west of the River Nile, across from the modern city of Luxor. The name - or at least its French form Rhamesséion - w... | {"Coordinates": "25 43 40 N 32 36 38 E inline,title", "Location": "Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt", "Region": "Upper Egypt", "Type": "Sanctuary", "Part of": "Theban Necropolis", "Builder": "Ramesses II", "Founded": "13th century BC"} |
Peter Bowles (16 October 1936 - 17 March 2022) was an English screen and stage actor. He gained prominence for television dramas such as Callan: A Magnum for Schneider and I, Claudius. He is however, best remembered for his roles in sitcoms and television comedy dramas, including: Rumpole of the Bailey, Only When I Lau... | {"Name": "Peter Bowles", "Birth date": "1936 10 16 yes", "Birth place": "London, England", "Death date": "2022 3 17 1936 10 16 yes", "Years active": "1956-2021", "Occupation": "Actor", "Spouse(s)": "Susan Bennett 1961", "Children": "3"} |
The Big Thompson River is a tributary of the South Platte River, approximately long, in the U.S. state of Colorado. Originating in Forest Canyon in Rocky Mountain National Park, the river flows into Lake Estes in the town of Estes Park and then through Big Thompson Canyon. It includes four crossings/bridges which are ... | {"Mouth": "4670 ft on", "Location": "Near Greeley", "Coordinates": "40 21 16 N 104 45 37 W inline,title", "Left": "North Fork Big Thompson River", "Right": "Little Thompson River"} |
The Liberal-Conservative Party () was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, and again from 1922 to 1938, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives before 1873. In many of Canada's early elections, ... | {"Preceded by": "Parti bleu", "Merged into": "Conservative Party of Canada (historical)", "Founded": "1867", "Ideology": "Conservatism", "Political position": "Centre-right to right-wing"} |
Frederica of Baden (Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina; 12 March 1781 - 25 September 1826) was Queen of Sweden from 1797 to 1809 as the consort of King Gustav IV Adolf.
Life
Early life
Frederica of Baden was born in Karlsruhe in the Grand Duchy of Baden on 12 March 1781, as the daughter of Karl Ludwig of Baden and Amalie o... | {"Father": "Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden", "Mother": "Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt", "Born": "Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden", "Died": "Lausanne, Switzerland", "Burial": "Schloss and Stiftskirche in Pforzheim"} |
The Land Institute is an American nonprofit research, education, and policy organization dedicated to sustainable agriculture, based in Salina, Kansas. Their goal is to develop an agricultural system based on perennial crops that "has the ecological stability of the prairie and a grain yield comparable to that from ann... | {"Type": "Nonprofit organization", "Headquarters": "Salina, Kansas", "Location": "2440 E. Water Well Road, Salina, Kansas 67401http://landinstitute.org/about-us/contact-us/ The Land Institute Official Website: Contact Us 30 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141231053113/http://landinstitute.org/about-us/con... |
Caffè corretto (), an Italian caffeinated alcoholic drink, consists of a shot of espresso with a small amount of liquor, usually grappa, and sometimes sambuca or brandy. It is also known (outside Italy) as an "espresso corretto". It is ordered as "un caffè corretto alla grappa", "... alla sambuca", "... al cognac", or ... | {"Name of food": "Caffè corretto", "Width of image": "250px", "Image caption": "Espresso corretto", "Type of dish": "Beverage", "Main ingredient": "Espresso, liquor"} |
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy is a 1996 Canadian comedy film written by and starring the Canadian comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall. Directed by Kelly Makin and filmed in Toronto, it followed the five-season run of their television series The Kids in the Hall, which had been successful in both Canada and the United St... | {"Directed by": "Kelly Makin", "Produced by": "Lorne Michaels", "Written by": "Norm HiscockBruce McCullochKevin McDonaldMark McKinneyScott Thompson", "Starring": "Dave Foley\n Bruce McCulloch\n Kevin McDonald\n Mark McKinney\n Scott Thompson", "Music by": "Craig Northey", "Edited by": "Christopher Cooper", "Cinematogra... |
Muthuvel Karunanidhi (3 June 1924 - 7 August 2018) was an Indian writer and politician who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for almost two decades over five terms between 1969 and 2011. He is popularly referred to as Kalaignar (Artist) and Mutthamizh Arignar (Tamil Scholar) for his contributions to Tamil literatu... | {"Name": "M. Karunanidhi", "Image caption": "Official portrait of Karunanidhi", "Term start": "13 May 2006", "Term end": "15 May 2011", "Governor 2": "P. C. Alexander (until 1990) Surjit Singh Barnala (from 1990)", "Predecessor 2": "President's rule", "Successor 2": "President's rule", "Birth name": "Muthuvel Karunani... |
GeoCities, later Yahoo! GeoCities, was a web hosting service that allowed users to create and publish websites for free and to browse user-created websites by their theme or interest. GeoCities was started in November 1994 by David Bohnett and John Rezner, and was named Beverly Hills Internet briefly before being renam... | {"Commercial": "Yes", "Registration": "Yes", "Created by": "David Bohnett and John Rezner", "Launched": "1994 11", "Current status": "Inactive since 2009(Japanese version inactive since 2019)"} |
Frank Stuart Miller (May 14, 1927 - July 21, 2000) was a Canadian politician who served as the 19th premier of Ontario for four months in 1985. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1971 as a Progressive Conservative member of the central Ontario riding of Muskoka. He served in the cabinet of Premie... | {"Name": "Frank Miller", "Image size": "180px", "Image caption": "The Hon. Frank Stuart Miller", "Term start": "February 8, 1985", "Term end": "June 26, 1985", "Lieutenant governor": "John Black Aird", "Office 2": "Leader of theOntario PC Party", "Predecessor 2": "Bill Davis", "Successor 2": "Larry Grossman", "Birth na... |
Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada y Corral (; 24 April 1823 - 21 April 1889) was a Mexican liberal politician and jurist who served as the 27th president of Mexico from 1872 to 1876.
A successor to Benito Juárez, who died in office in July 1872, Lerdo de Tejada was elected to his own presidential term in November 1872. Previo... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Most Excellent", "Name": "Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada", "Nationality": "Mexican", "Term start": "19 July 1872", "Term end": "31 October 1876", "Birth name": "Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada y Corral", "Birth date": "1823 4 24 y", "Birth place": "Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico", "Death date": "1889 4 21 1823... |
Alcoa Corporation (an acronym for "Aluminum Company of America") is a Pittsburgh-based industrial corporation. It is the world's eighth-largest producer of aluminum. Alcoa conducts operations in 10 countries. Alcoa is a major producer of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum, and alumina combined, through its active an... | {"Type": "Public company", "ISIN": "n y US0138721065", "Founded": "1888", "Headquarters": "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Industry": "Metals", "Products": "Bauxite\n Alumina\n Aluminum", "Revenue": "US$12.152 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021) Alcoa Corporation 2021 Current Reports https://d18rn0p25nwr6d... |
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The Satanic Verses is the fourth novel of British-Indian writer Salman Rushdie. First published in September 1988, the book was inspired by the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. As with his previous books, Rushdie used magical realism and relied on contemporary events and people to create... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Viking Penguin", "Published": "September 26, 1988", "Media type": "Print (Hardcover and Paperback)", "Pages": "546 (first edition)", "ISBN": "0-670-82537-9", "Preceded by": "Shame", "Followed by": "Haroun and the Sea of Stories"} |
Prince Antoni Henryk Radziwiłł (; 13 June 1775 – 7 April 1833) was a Polish and Prussian noble, aristocrat, musician, and politician. Initially a hereditary Duke of Nieśwież and Ołyka, as a scion of the Radziwiłł family he also held the honorific title of a Reichsfürst of the Holy Roman Empire. Between 1815 and 1831 he... | {"Name": "Antoni Henryk Radziwiłł", "Image caption": "Lithograph after a sketch by Wilhelm Hensel, about 1810", "Term start": "1815", "Term end": "1830", "Birth date": "1775 6 13 y", "Birth place": "Vilnius, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth", "Death date": "1833 4 7 1775 6 13 y", "Death place": "Berlin, Kingdom of Prussi... |
Sandvik AB is a Swedish multinational engineering company specializing in products and services for mining, rock excavation, rock drilling, rock processing (crushing and screening), metal cutting and machining. The company was founded in Gävleborg County, Sweden, in 1862. In 2022, it had approximately 40,500 employees ... | {"Type": "Publicly traded aktiebolag", "Founded": "1862", "Headquarters": "Stockholm, Sweden", "Products": "Equipment and systems for mining, excavation, drilling, rock processing, metal cutting and machining", "Website": "home.sandvik", "Industry": "Engineering", "Revenue": "2022"} |
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The Arizona Biltmore Hotel is a resort located in Phoenix near 24th Street and Camelback Road. Designed by Albert Chase McArthur, it opened on February 23, 1929 as part of the Biltmore Hotel chain. Actors Clark Gable and Carole Lombard often stayed t... | {"Name": "Arizona Biltmore Hotel", "Image": "Phoenix-Arizona Biltmore Hotel-1929.JPG", "Location": "2400 E Missouri Ave., Phoenix, Arizona, US, 85016", "Opened_date": "February 23, 1929", "Architect": "Albert Chase McArthur", "Main_contractor": "S. M. Benet & Company", "Landlord": "Hilton Worldwide", "Owner": "Blacksto... |
The 26th of July Movement (; M-26-7) was a Cuban vanguard revolutionary organization and later a political party led by Fidel Castro. The movement's name commemorates the failed 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba, part of an attempt to overthrow the dictator Fulgencio Batista.
M-26-7 is considered... | {"Name": "26 July Movement", "Native name": "Movimiento 26 de julio", "Native name language": "es", "Logo caption": "A modern impression of one of the flags of the 26th of July Movement"} |
The Mandrake (Italian: La Mandragola ) is a satirical play by Italian Renaissance philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli. Although the five-act comedy was published in 1524 and first performed in the carnival season of 1526, Machiavelli likely wrote The Mandrake in 1518 as a distraction from his bitterness at having been excl... | {"Written by": "Niccolò Machiavelli", "Characters": "Callimaco\n Siro\n Messer Nicia\n Ligurio\n Sostrata\n Friar Timoteo\n A woman\n Lucrezia", "Setting": "The Florentine Republic, 1504", "Date premiered": "Carnival season, 1526", "Place premiered": "Florence, Italy", "Original language": "Italian", "Genre": "Comedy"} |
Cabo Rojo () is a city and municipality situated on the southwest coast of Puerto Rico and forms part of the San Germán-Cabo Rojo metropolitan area as well as the larger Mayagüez-San Germán-Cabo Rojo Combined Statistical Area.
History
The area near Las Salinas (salt flats) has been inhabited since 30 BC and AD 120 acc... | {"Land": "70.35", "Water": "107.05", "Density": "auto", "Metro density": "136,212", "Website": "www.caborojopr.net/", "Rank": "15th in Puerto Rico"} |
The Republic of Liberia is divided into fifteen counties. Each is administered by a superintendent appointed by the President.
Counties
Map # County Capital Population(2008 Census) Area(mi2) Number ofDistricts DateCreated 1 BomiTubmanburg82,03641984 2 BongGbarnga328,919121964 3 GbarpoluBopolu83,758 62001 4 Gr... | {"Category": "Unitary state", "Location": "Republic of Liberia", "Number": "20 counties", "Populations": "57,913 (Grand Kru) - 1,118,241 (Montserrado)", "Areas": "1553 sqmi km2 flip on (Montserrado) - 4460 sqmi km2 flip on (Nimba)", "Government": "County Government", "Subdivisions": "District"} |
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Andrew Matthew William Faulds (1 March 1923 - 31 May 2000) was a British actor and Labour Party politician. After a successful acting career on stage, on radio and in films, he was a Member of Parliament from 1966 to 1997.
Early life
Faulds was born to Church of Scotland missionary parents in Isoko, Tanganyika. Due to... | {"Name": "Andrew Faulds", "Image caption": "photographed by Godfrey Argent, 1970", "Term start": "31 March 1966", "Term end": "8 April 1997", "Birth name": "Andrew Matthew William Faulds", "Birth date": "yes 1923 03 01", "Birth place": "Isoko, Tanganyika", "Death date": "yes 2000 05 31 1923 03 01", "Death place": "Stra... |
The Advertiser is a daily tabloid format newspaper based in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. First published as a broadsheet named The South Australian Advertiser on 12 July 1858,The South Australian Advertiser, published 1858-1889 , National Library of Australia, digital newspaper library. it is currently a tabl... | {"Type": "Daily newspaper", "Format": "Tabloid(since November 1997)", "Owner(s)": "Advertiser Newspapers (News Corp Australia)", "Founder(s)": "Rev John Henry Barrow", "Editor": "Gemma Jones", "Headquarters": "31 Waymouth Street,Adelaide, SA, Australia", "Website": "http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/"} |
William John Charles (27 December 1931 - 21 February 2004) was a Welsh footballer who played as a centre-forward or as a centre-back. Best known for his first stint at Leeds United and Juventus, he was rated by many as the greatest all-round footballer ever to come from Wales. Charles is sometimes considered to be one... | {"Name": "John CharlesCBE", "Picture caption": "Charles with Wales in 1954", "Full name": "William John Charles", "Birth date": "yes 1931 12 27Charles 2009 26", "Birth place": "Swansea, Wales", "Date of death": "yes 2004 2 21 1931 12 27", "Place of death": "Wakefield, England", "Height": "1.88 m flip", "Position": "Cen... |
Jai Ram Reddy, CF (12 May 1937 - 29 August 2022) was an Indo-Fijian politician, who had a distinguished career in both the legislative and judicial branches of the Fijian government. In 1998, he received Fiji's highest honour, the Companion of the Order of Fiji, in recognition of his services to his country.
As leader... | {"Name": "Jai Ram Reddy", "Image": "Jai Ram Reddy.jpeg", "Term start": "1977", "Term end": "1983", "Order 2": "26th", "Office 2": "Attorney General of Fiji", "Monarch 2": "Elizabeth II", "Prime minister 2": "Timoci Bavadra", "Predecessor 2": "Qoriniasi Bale", "Successor 2": "Alipate Qetaki", "Birth date": "yes 1937 05 ... |
Liam Lawlor (19 October 1944 - 22 October 2005) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He resigned from the Fianna Fáil in 2000 following a finding by a party standards committee that he had failed to co-operate with its investigation into planning irregularities, and subsequently came into conflict with the Mahon Tribun... | {"Nationality": "Irish", "Term start": "February 1987", "Term end": "May 2002", "Birth date": "1944 10 19 y", "Birth place": "Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland", "Death date": "2005 10 22 1944 10 19 y", "Death place": "Moscow, Russia", "Spouse(s)": "Hazel Barber"} |
Sir Clive William John Granger (; 4 September 1934 - 27 May 2009) was a British econometrician known for his contributions to nonlinear time series analysis. He taught in Britain, at the University of Nottingham and in the United States, at the University of California, San Diego. Granger was awarded the Nobel Memorial... | {"Field": "Financial economicsEconometrics", "Alma mater": "University of Nottingham", "Doctoraladvisor": "Harry Pitt", "Doctoralstudents": "Mark WatsonTim Bollerslev", "Influences": "David HendryNorbert WienerJohn Denis SarganAlok Bhargava", "Contributions": "CointegrationGranger causalityAutoregressive fractionally i... |
Little Britain is a British sketch comedy series that began as a radio show in 2000 and ran as a television series between 2003 and 2006. It was written and performed by David Walliams and Matt Lucas. Financed by the BBC, the radio series was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4, with the initial two television series premie... | {"Running time": "30 minutes", "Genre": "Sketch comedy", "Created by": "David WalliamsMatt Lucas", "Written by": "David WalliamsMatt Lucas", "Narrated by": "Tom Baker", "Starring": "David WalliamsMatt LucasAnthony HeadRuth JonesCharu Bala ChokshiStirling GallacherJoann CondonPaul PutnerSally Rogers", "Country of origin... |
In Step is the fourth studio album by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble released in 1989. The title In Step can be seen as referring to Vaughan's new-found sobriety, following the years of drug and alcohol use that eventually led Vaughan into rehabilitation. It was also Vaughan's final album with Double Trouble an... | {"Released": "June 6, 1989", "Recorded": "January 25 - March 13, 1989", "Studio": "Kiva Studios, Memphis, Tennessee; Sound Castle and Summa Studios, Los Angeles, CA", "Genre": "Blues rock\njazz blues", "Label": "Epic", "Producer": "Double Trouble, Jim Gaines"} |
Sir Michael John Hopkins (7 May 1935 - 17 June 2023) was an English architect.
The RIBA Royal Gold Medal-winning architect founded Hopkins Architects with his wife Patty and was widely regarded as among the greatest of contemporary British architectural figures. Michael, alongside Patty, was part of a select group of... | {"Honorific prefix": "Sir", "Name": "Michael Hopkins", "Post-nominals": "GBR 100% CBE RA", "Caption": "Hopkins (right) with his wife, Patty", "Birth name": "Michael John Hopkins", "Birth date": "yes 1935 05 07", "Birth place": "Poole, Dorset, England", "Death date": "yes 2023 06 17 1935 05 07", "Education": "Sherborne ... |
Sutton Bonington () is a village and civil parish lying along the valley of the River Soar in the Borough of Rushcliffe, south-west Nottinghamshire, England. The University of Nottingham has a site just to the north of the village: Sutton Bonington Campus.
The parish covers some Sutton Bonington Local History Society... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "District": "Rushcliffe", "Shire county": "Nottinghamshire", "Population": "(2011)", "OS grid reference": "SK 50469 25017", "Postcode district": "LE12", "Dialling code": "01509", "UK Parliament": "Rushcliffe"} |
Miranda () is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The suburb is known as a commercial centre for the southern suburbs. Miranda is 24 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, in the Sutherland Shire.
History
Thomas Holt (1811-88) owned the land that stretched from S... | {"Type": "suburb", "Name": "Miranda", "City": "Sydney", "State Abbreviation": "nsw", "Image": "Mirandawestfield.JPG", "Caption": "Westfield shopping centre prior to renovations, Miranda", "Local Map Enabled": "yes", "Local Map Zoom Level": "13", "Local Government Area (LGA)": "Sutherland Shire", "Postcode": "2228", "Po... |
thumb|200px|right|Myer's national flagship store in Melbourne's Bourke Street Mall
thumb|200px|Myer Emporium on Lonsdale Street in the Melbourne city centre.
thumb|200px|right|Myer Lonsdale Street, including Lonsdale House (former head office building until 1980s & again between 2006 and 2010). Built in 1934, Myer succ... | {"Type": "Public", "Founded": "1900 yes", "Headquarters": "1000 La Trobe Street Docklands, Victoria, Australia", "Industry": "Retail", "Products": "Womenswear, Menswear, Beauty, Homewares, Electrical, Toys, and General Merchandise", "Revenue": "A$2.989 billion (2022)", "Website": "myer.com.au/"} |
Cunigunde of Luxembourg, OSB () ( 975 - 3 March 1033), also called Cunegundes, Cunegunda, and Cunegonda and, in Latin, CunegundisMartyrologium Romanum, 3 March, #8 (2005) or Kinigundis, was Empress of the Holy Roman Empire by marriage to Holy Roman Emperor Henry II. She ruled as interim regent after the death of her s... | {"Born": "c. 975", "Died": "3 March 1033", "Feast": "3 March", "Canonized": "Pope Innocent III", "Attributes": "An empress in imperial robes, sometimes holding a church.", "Patronage": "Patroness of Luxembourg, and the Archdiocese of Bamberg, Germany"} |
Peter of Sebaste (Greek: Πέτρος; ca. 340 - 391) was a bishop, taking his usual name from the city of his bishopric, Sebaste in Lesser Armenia. He was the younger brother of Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, the famous Christian jurist Naucratius, and Macrina the Younger.
He is also known as Peter of Sebasteia.
Lif... | {"Born": "Caesarea, Cappadocia(modern-day Kayseri, Turkey)", "Died": "Sebaste, Lesser Armenia(modern-day Sivas, Turkey)", "Canonized": "Pre-congregation", "Feast": "9 January"} |
67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (abbreviated as 67P or 67P/C-G) is a Jupiter-family comet, originally from the Kuiper belt, with a current orbital period of 6.45 years, a rotation period of approximately 12.4 hours and a maximum velocity of . Churyumov-Gerasimenko is approximately at its longest and widest dimensions. It wa... | {"Name of planet": "67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko", "Image size": "300px", "Caption": "Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in true colour, as seen by ESA's Rosetta Spacecraft on December 2014.", "Discoverer": "Klim Ivanovich Churyumov Svetlana Ivanovna Gerasimenko", "Discovered": "20 September 1969", "Discovery site": "Almaty... |
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James Birdseye McPherson (November 14, 1828 – July 22, 1864) was a career United States Army officer who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. McPherson was on the general staff of Henry Halleck and later of Ulysses S. Grant and was with Grant at the Battle of Shiloh... | {"Born": "Clyde, Ohio", "Died": "Atlanta, Georgia", "Allegiance": "United StatesUnion", "Commands held": "XVII CorpsArmy of the Tennessee"} |
Peter Boardman (25 December 1950 - 17 May 1982) was an English mountaineer and author. He is best known for a series of bold and lightweight expeditions to the Himalayas, often in partnership with Joe Tasker, and for his contribution to mountain literature. Boardman and Tasker died on the North East Ridge of Mount Ever... | {"Name": "Peter Boardman", "Birth date": "yes 1950 12 25", "Birth place": "Stockport, Cheshire, England", "Death date": "yes 1982 5 17 1950 12 25", "Death place": "North East Ridge, Mount Everest, Tibet", "Occupation": "Mountaineer"} |
David Jones Pty Ltd, trading as David Jones (colloquially DJs), is an Australian luxury department store, the store was owned from 2014 to 2023 by the South African retail group Woolworths South Africa. In December 2022, David Jones was sold to private equity firm Anchorage Capital Partners for around $100m.
David Jon... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Industry": "Retail", "Products": "Cosmetics, Fashion, Homewares, Furniture, Electrical, Food", "Revenue": "A$2.2 billion (2016)Sales report Preliminary Group Results announcement http://www.woolworthsholdings.co.za/investor/final_results/whl_gr_2015/downloads/whl_group_results_2015.pdf 27 August... |
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The Aster 15 and Aster 30 are a Franco-Italian family of all-weather, vertical launch surface-to-air missiles.Eurosam: Naval Systems - Aster 15 & 30/PAAMS (Official Eurosam website), Retrieved February 2014. "Up to 120 km range" The name "Aster" stands for "Aérospatiale Terminale", with ... | {"Transport": "yes", "Place of origin": "France/Italy", "Type": "Surface-to-air/anti-ballistic missile", "Used by": "See Operators", "Manufacturer": "Eurosam", "In service": "2001-present", "Mass": "Aster 15: 310 kgAster 30: 450 kg", "Length": "Aster 15: 4.2 mAster 30: 4.9 m", "Diameter": "Aster 15 & 30: 180 mm in on"... |
The Sydney Harbour Tunnel is a twin-tube road tunnel in Sydney, Australia. The tunnel was completed and opened to traffic in August 1992 to provide a second vehicular crossing of Sydney Harbour to alleviate congestion on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It is one of two transportation tunnels under the harbour, the other bei... | {"Location": "Port Jackson", "Coordinates": "33.85260 S 151.21187 E source:placeopedia", "Route": "NSW M1 30px", "Status": "Active", "Start": "NSW M1 Warringah Freeway", "End": "NSW M1 Cahill Expressway", "Work begun": "February 1988", "Owner": "Transport for NSW", "Operator": "Ventia", "Traffic": "Automotive", "Toll":... |
The South African Air Force (SAAF) is the air warfare branch of South African National Defence Force, with its headquarters in Pretoria. The South African Air Force was established on 1 February 1920. The Air Force saw service in World War II and the Korean War. From 1966, the SAAF was involved in providing infantry su... | {"Type": "Air force", "Role": "Aerial warfare Aerial defence Air supremacy", "Size": "12,815 active personnel 1000 reserve personnel 230 aircraft", "Part of": "South African National Defence Force", "Motto(s)": "Per aspera ad astra \"Through hardships to the stars\"South African Air Force http://www.af.mil.za/corp... |
(; ; from Korean bul-gogi ), literally "fire meat") is a gui (Korean-style grilled or roasted dish) made of thin, marinated slices of meat, most commonly beef, grilled on a barbecue or on a stove-top griddle. It is also often stir-fried in a pan in home cooking. Sirloin, rib eye or brisket are frequently used cuts of ... | {"Name of food": "Bulgogi", "Place of origin": "North Korea", "Region of origin": "East Asia", "Cuisine": "Korean cuisine", "Type of dish": "Gui", "Main ingredient": "Beef", "Serving size": "4", "Calories per serving": "150", "Calories reference": "http://www.hansik.org/kr/board.do?cmd=view&bbs_id=021&menu=PKR2020100⟨=... |
The Queen's Medical Centre (popularly known as QMC, Queen's Med or Queen's) is a teaching hospital situated in Nottingham, England. Until February 2012, when it was surpassed by the Royal London Hospital, it was the largest hospital in the United Kingdom, though its remains the largest major trauma centre in England. I... | {"Coordinates": "52 56 36 N 1 11 08 W inline,title", "Location": "Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH", "Lists": "England", "Care system": "NHS", "Funding": "Government", "Type": "Teaching", "Affiliated university": "University of Nottingham", "Beds": "1300", "Opened": "1977", "Website": "http://www.nuh.nhs.uk"} |
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Gordon Randall Phillip David GarrettGarrett, Randall in The Encyclopedia of Fantasy; edited by John Clute and John Grant; published 1997 (December 16, 1927 - December 31, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantas... | {"Born": "1927 12 16", "Died": "1987 12 31 1927 12 16", "Occupation": "Writer", "Pen name": "David Gordon, John Gordon, Darrel T. Langart, Alexander Blade, Richard Greer, Ivar Jorgensen, Clyde Mitchell, Leonard G. Spencer, S. M. Tenneshaw, Gerald Vance", "Notable awards": "Sidewise Award for Alternate History Special A... |
Sir Thomas Wyse (24 December 1791 - 16 April 1862), an Irish politician and diplomat, belonged to a family claiming descent from a Devon squire, Andrew Wyse, who is said to have crossed over to Ireland during the reign of Henry II and obtained lands near Waterford, of which city thirty-three members of the family are ... | {"Image": "Portrait of Thomas Wyse .PNG", "Term start": "1830", "Term end": "1832", "Office 2": "British Minister to Greece"} |
Comet Encke , or Encke's Comet (official designation: 2P/Encke), is a periodic comet that completes an orbit of the Sun once every 3.3 years. (This is the shortest period of a reasonably bright comet; the faint main-belt comet 311P/PanSTARRS has a period of 3.2 years.) Encke was first recorded by Pierre Méchain on 17 J... | {"Discovered by": "Pierre Méchain;Johann Franz Encke (recognition of periodicity)", "Discovery date": "17 January 1786", "Epoch": "2023 September 13", "Perihelion": "0.33960 AU", "Aphelion": "4.098 AU", "Eccentricity": "0.8469", "Inclination": "11.34°", "Argument ofperiapsis": "187.3°", "TJupiter": "3.025", "MOID": "0.... |
The European Green Party (EGP), also referred to as European Greens, is the European political party that represents national parties from across Europe who share Green values. The European Greens works closely with the Greens-European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) parliamentary group in the European parliament which is f... | {"President": "Mélanie Vogel and Thomas Waitz", "Founded": "y 2004 2 21", "Preceded by": "European Federation of Green Parties", "Headquarters": "Rue du Taciturne 34, 1000 Brussels, Belgium", "Ideology": "Green politicshttp://www.parties-and-elections.eu/eu.html European Union Parties and Elections in Europe Nordsieck ... |
The Basel Boys Choir (Knabenkantorei Basel [KKB]) is a boys' choir based in Basel, Switzerland; it grew out of the boys' choir of the Protestant Church of Basel-City, founded by Hermann Ulbrich in 1927. Today the choir is non-denominational. They sing both sacred and secular works. The choir has been under the leadersh... | {"Artistic Director": "Oliver Rudin", "Website": "www.knabenkantorei.ch", "Founded": "1927", "Origin": ", Basel"} |
SWV (Sisters with Voices) is an American R&B vocal trio from New York City whose members are Cheryl (Coko) Gamble, Tamara (Taj) Johnson, and Leanne (Lelee) Lyons. Formed in 1988 as a gospel group, SWV became one of the most successful R&B groups of the 1990s. They had a series of hits, including "Weak", "Right Here (Hu... | {"Origin": "New York City, U.S.", "Genres": "R&B new jack swing soul hip hop hip hop soul", "Labels": "RCA Mass Appeal Entertainment/E1 Music", "Website": "https://www.swvmusic.com", "Members": "Cheryl \"Coko\" GambleTamara \"Taj\" GeorgeLeanne \"Lelee\" Lyons"} |
Carlo Bergonzi (13 July 1924 - 25 July 2014) was an Italian operatic tenor. Although he performed and recorded some bel canto and verismo roles, he was above all associated with the operas of Giuseppe Verdi, including many of the composer's lesser known works he helped revive. He sang more than forty other roles throu... | {"Name": "Carlo Bergonzi", "Caption": "Bergonzi in front of Carnegie Hall in New York, 1994", "Birth date": "1924 07 13 y", "Birth place": "Polesine Parmense, Italy", "Death date": "2014 07 25 1924 07 13 y", "Death place": "Milan, Italy", "Nationality": "Italian", "Occupation": "Opera singer", "Children": "2", "Spouse(... |
Intel's i960 (or 80960) was a RISC-based microprocessor design that became popular during the early 1990s as an embedded microcontroller. It became a best-selling CPU in that segment, along with the competing AMD 29000. In spite of its success, Intel stopped marketing the i960 in the late 1990s, as a result of a settle... | {"Launched": "1984It's unclear what 1984 refers to, since the chips weren't announced until around 1988 April 2023", "Discontinued": "2007Smith Tony Intel cashes in ancient chips https://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/18/intel_cans_386_486_960_cpus/ May 18, 2006 The Register January 24, 2020", "CPU": "MHz", "Commo... |
46P/Wirtanen is a small short-period comet with a current orbital period of 5.4 years. It was the original target for close investigation by the Rosetta spacecraft, planned by the European Space Agency, but an inability to meet the launch window caused Rosetta to be sent to 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko instead. It belongs... | {"Discovered by": "Carl A. Wirtanen", "Discovery date": "January 17, 1948", "Epoch": "September 3, 2002 (JDT 2452520.5)", "MOID": "0.068 AU km on", "Perihelion": "1.0587602 AU", "Aphelion": "5.129946 AU", "Eccentricity": "0.6578412", "Inclination": "11.73813°", "Dimensions": "1.4 kmhttps://uanews.arizona.edu/story/ua-r... |
Pure Data (Pd) is a visual programming language developed by Miller Puckette in the 1990s for creating interactive computer music and multimedia works. While Puckette is the main author of the program, Pd is an open-source project with a large developer base working on new extensions. It is released under BSD-3-Clause.... | {"Original author(s)": "Miller Puckette", "Type": "Visual programming language", "License": "BSD-3-Clause", "Website": "puredata.info"} |
Gloria Rodríguez (1970 - November 6, 2022), better known by her stage name Hurricane G, was an American rapper of Puerto Rican descent. Her 1997 single release "Somebody Else" charted at #10 by Billboard Magazine on Hot Rap Singles, and at #54 on their Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart.
Biography
Rodríguez was... | {"Born": "Brooklyn, New York, U.S.", "Died": "2022 11 6 52", "Genres": "Hip hop", "Labels": "H.O.L.A. Recordings"} |
BiiN Corporation was a company created out of a joint research project by Intel and Siemens to develop fault tolerant high-performance multi-processor computers build on custom microprocessor designs. BiiN was an outgrowth of the Intel iAPX 432 multiprocessor project, ancestor of iPSC and nCUBE.
The company was close... | {"Type": "Private", "Industry": "Computers", "Founded": "1982", "Defunct": "1990", "Fate": "Liquidation", "Headquarters": "United States", "Parent": "Intel and Siemens"} |
Tegui Calderón Rosario (born February 1, 1972) is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer and actor. He began his musical career in 1996 (as Tego Tec) and was supported by the famous Puerto Rican rapper Eddie Dee, who invited him on his second studio album, El Terrorista de la Lírica, released in 2000. Calderón reached internati... | {"Born": "Santurce, Puerto Rico", "Origin": "Río Grande, Puerto Rico", "Genres": "Hip hop\n reggaeton", "Labels": "White Lion BMG U.S. Latin Jiggiri Atlantic Warner Latina Siente Universal Latino Paz y Esperanza", "Website": "tegocalderon.com"} |
The Fox River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map , accessed May 13, 2011 tributary of the Illinois River, flowing from southeastern Wisconsin to Ottawa, Illinois in the United States. The Wisconsin section was known as the Pishtaka River in the 19th... | {"Location": "Illinois River at Ottawa, Illinois", "Coordinates": "41 20 37 N 88 50 26 W region:US-IL inline,title", "Progression": "Fox River → Illinois → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico", "Mouth": "460.28 ft m on", "Left": "Poplar Creek, Morgan Creek", "Right": "Nippersink Creek, Tyler Creek, Ferson Creek, Big Rock Cree... |
Iraqi Airways Flight 163 was a Boeing 737-270C, registered YI-AGJ, that was hijacked in 1986. On 25 December 1986, en route from Baghdad's Saddam International Airport to Amman, Jordan, Flight 163 was hijacked by four men. Iraqi Airways security personnel tried to stop the hijackers, but a hand grenade was detonated in... | {"Date": "25 December 1986", "Summary": "Hijacking, explosion in cockpit leading to crash", "Site": "Arar Domestic Airport, Arar, Saudi Arabia", "Injuries": "unknown", "Passengers": "91", "Crew": "15", "Fatalities": "63", "Survivors": "43", "Operator": "Iraqi Airways", "Registration": "YI-AGJ", "Flight origin": "Saddam... |
thumb|right|Looking west toward Buffalo Lake in Montello
thumb|right|Looking east at the Upper Fox River in Montello
thumb|right|The Upper Fox River emptying into Lake Winnebago at Oshkosh
thumb|right|The Interstate 41 bridge over the Lake Butte Des Morts just north of the river's entry into Lake Winnebago
thumb|right|... | {"Mouth": "577 ft on", "Coordinates": "44.54 -88.005 inline,title", "Basin size": "6429 sqmi on", "Left": "Wolf River"} |
The Jordan River, in the state of Utah, United States, is a river about long. Regulated by pumps at its headwaters at Utah Lake, it flows northward through the Salt Lake Valley and empties into the Great Salt Lake. Four of Utah's six largest cities border the river: Salt Lake City, West Valley City, West Jordan, and S... | {"Etymology": "Named after the Jordan River", "Mouth": "4200 ft on(historical average)http://ut.water.usgs.gov/greatsaltlake Great Salt Lake, Utah Utah Water Science Center United States Geological Survey 25 Mar 2010 6 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100506153724/http://ut.water.usgs.gov/greatsaltlake/ li... |
The Jordan River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map , accessed November 21, 2011 stream in the northwestern part of the lower peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the largest tributary of Lake Charlevoix. The Jordan's headwaters rise fro... | {"Mouth": "590 ft m", "Location": "East Jordan", "Coordinates": "45 09 13 N 85 07 48 W inline,title", "Basin size": "100000 acre sqkm usJordan River Natural River Plan, Revised 2002, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, accessed 09 May, 2010", "Left": "Green River", "Right": "Deer Creek"} |
Odissi (), also referred to as Orissi in old literature, is a major ancient Indian classical dance that originated in the temples of Odisha - an eastern coastal state of India.Odissi Encyclopædia Britannica (2013) Odissi, in its history, was performed predominantly by women, and expressed religious stories and spiritua... | {"Name": "Odissi", "Image caption": "Odissi classical dance", "Native name": "or ଓଡ଼ିଶୀ", "Genre": "Indian classical dance", "Place of origin": "Odisha, India"} |
32P/Comas Solà is a periodic comet with a current orbital period of 8.8 years.
The comet nucleus is estimated to be 8.4 kilometers in diameter.
History
32P/Comas Solà was discovered November 5, 1926, by Josep Comas Solà. As part of his work on asteroids for the Fabra Observatory (Barcelona), he was taking photographs... | {"Discovered by": "Josep Comas i Solà", "Discovery date": "November 5, 1926", "Epoch": "March 6, 2006", "Perihelion": "1.834 AU", "Aphelion": "6.692 AU", "Eccentricity": "0.5699", "Inclination": "12.9312°", "Last perihelion": "October 17, 2014April 1, 2005", "Next perihelion": "April 20, 2024"} |
The Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to artists, producers, and engineers for quality gospel music albums. Honors in several categories are presented at the ... | {"Awarded for": "Southern gospel, country, or bluegrass gospel albums", "Presented by": "National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1991", "Last awarded": "2011", "Website": "grammy.com"} |
Brian Brooke Claxton (23 August 1898 – 13 June 1960) was a Canadian veteran of World War I, federal Minister of National Health and Welfare and Minister of National Defence.
Early life
He was born in Montreal and received his early education at Lower Canada College. He was a gifted student and entered McGill Universi... | {"Image size": "220px", "Term start": "12 December 1946", "Term end": "30 June 1954", "Riding 2": "St. Lawrence--St. George", "Predecessor 2": "Charles Cahan", "Successor 2": "Claude Richardson", "Birth name": "Brian Brooke Claxton", "Birth date": "yes 1898 08 23", "Birth place": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Death date... |
James Alexander Watson (born July 30, 1961) is a Canadian politician who served as the 56th mayor of Ottawa from 2010 to 2022. Previously, he served as an Ottawa city councillor from 1991 to 1997, and as mayor from 1997 to 2000.
Watson subsequently represented the riding of Ottawa West—Nepean in the Legislative Assemb... | {"Name": "Jim Watson", "Image caption": "Watson in 2013", "Predecessor 2": "Jacquelin Holzman", "Successor 2": "Allan Higdon (interim)", "Birth name": "James Alexander Watson", "Birth date": "1961 7 30", "Birth place": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Other political party": "Ontario Liberal (2003-2010)", "Residence": "Woo... |
Southeast Airlines was established in 1993 as Sun Jet International and was founded by Tom Kolfenbach.
It was a low fare public charter airline in the United States, headquartered in Largo, Florida, operating regular service to various vacation/leisure destinations using eight McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 and two McDonnel... | {"Airline name": "Southeast Airlines", "IATA Designator": "SL", "ICAO Designator": "SNK", "Commenced operations": "1999", "Ceased operations": "2004 11 30", "Operating bases": "Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport", "Frequent Flyer Program": "Smile Miles", "Current Fleet Size": "10", "Number of Destinations": "13", "Head... |
Kathak is one of the eight major forms of Indian classical dance. It is the classical dance form from Uttar Pradesh. The origin of Kathak is traditionally attributed to the traveling bards in ancient northern India known as Kathakars or storytellers. The term Kathak is derived from the Sanskrit word which means "story... | {"Name": "Kathak", "Genre": "Indian classical dance", "Image caption": "Vidushi Saswati Sen Ji (S.N.A Awardee) showing the repertoire of Kathak performance", "Place of origin": "Uttar Pradesh"} |
Leopold Charles MauriceAt some stage in his youth, Amery began using the name Maurice in place of his previous name Moritz. He did this so consistently that almost all sources give his name as Maurice. Rubinstein, p. 181. Stennett Amery (22 November 1873 - 16 September 1955), also known as L. S. Amery, was a British C... | {"Office 2": "Secretary of State for the Colonies", "Monarch 2": "George V", "Prime minister 2": "Stanley Baldwin", "Predecessor 2": "J. H. Thomas", "Successor 2": "The Lord Passfield", "Birth name": "Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery", "Birth date": "1873 11 22 y", "Birth place": "Gorakhpur, North-Western Provinc... |
Galactic Pot-Healer is a science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in 1969. The novel deals with a number of philosophical and political issues such as repressive societies, fatalism, and the search for meaning in life.
Dick also wrote a children's book set in the same universe, Nick and... | {"Cover artist": "Sanford Kossin", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Berkley Books", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "144"} |
Sir Leslie Patrick Abercrombie ( ;G.M. Miller, BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (Oxford UP, 1971), p. 1. 6 June 1879 - 23 March 1957) was an English regional and town planner. Abercrombie was an academic during most of his career, and prepared one city plan and several regional studies prior to the Second W... | {"Name": "Sir Patrick Abercrombie", "Post-nominals": "GBR 100% FRIBA", "Birth name": "Leslie Patrick Abercrombie", "Birth date": "yes 1879 06 06", "Birth place": "Ashton upon Mersey, Cheshire, England", "Death date": "yes 1957 03 23 1879 06 06", "Death place": "Aston Tirrold, Berkshire, England", "Occupation": "City pl... |
Welshpool () is a market town and community in Powys, Wales, historically in the county of Montgomeryshire. The town is from the Wales-England border and low-lying on the River Severn; its Welsh language name Y Trallwng means "the marshy or sinking land". The community includes Cloddiau and Pool Quay.
In English it w... | {"Sovereign state": "Wales", "Principal area": "Powys", "Preserved county": "Powys", "Senedd Cymru - Welsh Parliament": "Montgomeryshire", "UK Parliament": "Montgomeryshire", "Postcode district": "SY21", "Dialling code": "01938", "OS grid reference": "SJ225075", "Population": "(Estimate)Town population 2011 https://ww... |
Lehigh Valley International Airport , formerly Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton International Airport, is a domestic airport located in Hanover Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Lehigh Valley International Airport is located in the center of the Lehigh Valley, roughly northeast of Allentown, northwest of Bethlehem, ... | {"Airport type": "Public", "Operating base for": "Allegiant Air", "Serves": "Lehigh Valley", "Location": "Hanover Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "AMSL": "393", "Coordinates": "40 39 08.4 N 075 26 25.7 W region:US_type:airport inline,title", "Website": "flyabe.com"} |
Unus the Untouchable (also known as Gunther Bain, born Angelo Unuscione) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Unus is a mutant, and is named for his ability to consciously project an invisible force field which protects him from harm.
Publication history
Unus first appeared ... | {"Species": "Human mutant", "Publisher": "Marvel Comics", "Created by": "Stan Lee (writer)Jack Kirby (artist)", "Team affiliations": "Factor ThreeBrotherhood of MutantsSecret Empire", "Abilities": "Force field generation"} |
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