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Newton Wesley Rowell, (November 1, 1867 – November 22, 1941) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, judge, and lay leader in the Methodist Church. Rowell led the Ontario Liberal Party from 1911 to 1917 and put forward a platform advocating temperance. Rowell's Liberals failed to oppose the Whitney government's passage of ... | {"Name": "Newton Rowell", "Term start": "1936", "Term end": "1938", "Office 2": "Ontario MPP", "Predecessor 2": "Andrew MacKay", "Successor 2": "John Alexander Calder", "Birth name": "Newton Wesley Rowell", "Birth date": "1867 11 1", "Birth place": "London Township, Ontario", "Death date": "1941 11 22 1867 11 1", "Deat... |
Andrew Ernest Joseph Thompson (14 December 1924 - 3 February 2016) was a Canadian politician. Thompson was leader of the Ontario Liberal Party and later served as a Senator. He was elected as the Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for the west-end Toronto Dovercourt electoral district in 1959. He was elected the On... | {"Name": "Andy Thompson", "Office 2": "Ontario MPP", "Predecessor 2": "David Kerr", "Successor 2": "Dante De Monte", "Birth name": "Andrew Ernest Joseph Thompson", "Birth date": "yes 1924 12 14", "Birth place": "Belfast, Northern Ireland", "Death date": "yes 2016 2 3 1924 12 14", "Death place": "Canada", "Spouse(s)": "... |
The FN P90 is a submachine gun chambered for the 5.7×28mm cartridge, also classified as a personal defense weapon, designed and manufactured by FN Herstal in Belgium. Created in response to NATO requests for a replacement for 9×19mm Parabellum firearms, the P90 was designed as a compact but powerful firearm for vehicle... | {"Place of origin": "Belgium", "Type": "Submachine gunPersonal defense weapon", "Sights": "Tritium-illuminated reflex sight, back-up iron sights", "In service": "1990-present", "Used by": "See Users", "Wars": "Internal conflict in Peru \n War in Afghanistan\n Iraq War\n Mexican Drug Warhttp://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nac... |
The Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance was awarded between 1969 and 2011.
In 1969 it was awarded as Best Contemporary-Pop Performance, Instrumental
From 1970 to 1971 it was awarded as Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance
In 1972 it was awarded as Best Pop Instrumental Performance
In 1973 it was... | {"Awarded for": "quality instrumental pop performances", "Presented by": "National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1969", "Last awarded": "2011", "Website": "grammy.com"} |
(, "the Islamic Group"; also transliterated El Gama'a El Islamiyya; also called "Islamic Groups" and transliterated Gamaat Islamiya, al Jamaat al Islamiya, is an Egyptian Sunni Islamist movement, and is considered a terrorist organization by the United Kingdom and the European Union. El Gama'a El Islamiyya was remove... | {"Headquarters": "Cairo, Egypt", "Active regions": "Egypt", "Ideology": "Sunni IslamismIslamic extremismJihadism", "Notable attacks": "Assassination of Farag FodaHosni Mubarak 1995 assassination attempt1995 Rijeka bombing1996 Cairo shootingLuxor massacre", "Status": "Considered a terrorist organization by Canada, Israe... |
Robert Bruce Avakian (born March 7, 1943) is an American political activist who is the founder and chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA (RCP). Coming out of the New Left of the 1960s and influenced strongly by Maoism, Avakian developed the RCP's theoretical framework, "the New Synthesis" or "New Communism... | {"Name": "Bob Avakian", "Birth name": "Robert Bruce Avakian", "Birth date": "1943 3 7", "Birth place": "Washington D.C.", "Other political party": "Peace and Freedom Party (1960s)"} |
Lawrence Sheldon "Larry" Grossman, (December 2, 1943 – June 22, 1997) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly as a Progressive Conservative from 1975 to 1987, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Bill Davis and Frank Miller. Grossman was leader of the Ontario Progressiv... | {"Name": "Larry Grossman", "Office 2": "Leader of theOntario PC Party", "Predecessor 2": "Frank Miller", "Successor 2": "Mike HarrisAndy Brandt was interim leader 1987-1989.", "Birth name": "Lawrence Sheldon Grossman", "Birth date": "1943 12 2", "Birth place": "Toronto, Ontario", "Death date": "1997 06 22 1943 12 2", "... |
Andrew S. Brandt (born June 11, 1938) is a former politician and public administrator who has served in a number of roles in the province of Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Progressive Conservative from 1981 to 1990, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Bill Davis and... | {"Name": "Andy Brandt", "Office 2": "Interim Leader of theOntario PC Party", "Predecessor 2": "Larry Grossman", "Successor 2": "Mike Harris", "Birth date": "1938 6 11", "Birth place": "London, Ontario, Canada", "Alma mater": "University of Waterloo"} |
thumb|DDR4 RDIMM featuring both Micron logo (far left) and Crucial logo (centre right).
thumb|right|Crucial-branded 525GB solid state drive.
thumb|Lexar SDXC UHS-II memory card (front and back) manufactured while the company was owned by Micron.
thumb|Crucial-branded SD memory cards from 2007.
Micron Technology, Inc. ... | {"Type": "Public", "Industry": "Semiconductors", "Founded": "1978 10 5 yes", "Headquarters": "Boise, Idaho, U.S.", "Products": "DRAM Flash memory SSDs", "Brands": "Ballistix Gaming Crucial SpecTek", "Revenue": "30.76 billion yes (2022)"} |
Action 52 is an unlicensed, multicart video game compilation developed by Active Enterprises for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and by FarSight Technologies for the Sega Genesis. The NES version was released in 1991, followed by the Genesis version in 1993. The multicart consists of 52 games in a variety of genres,... | {"Title": "Action 52", "Caption": "NES cover art", "Developer": "Active Enterprises (NES)FarSight Technologies (Genesis)", "Publisher": "Active Enterprises", "Director": "Vince PerriJay Obernolte (Genesis)", "Producer": "Vince PerriRaul GomilaJay Obernolte (Genesis)", "Designer": "Mario González (NES)", "Programmer": "... |
The Toronto-Dominion Centre, or TD Centre, is an office complex of five skyscrapers in the Financial District of downtown Toronto owned by Cadillac Fairview. It serves as the global headquarters for its anchor tenant, the Toronto-Dominion Bank, and provides office and retail space for many other businesses. The complex... | {"Location": "King and Bay Street", "Town or city": "Toronto", "Coordinates": "43.6479 -79.3808 region:CA-ON inline,title", "Construction started": "1964", "Type": "Commercial offices"} |
The GOST block cipher (Magma), defined in the standard GOST 28147-89 (RFC 5830), is a Soviet and Russian government standard symmetric key block cipher with a block size of 64 bits. The original standard, published in 1989, did not give the cipher any name, but the most recent revision of the standard, GOST R 34.12-201... | {"Designers": "USSR, KGB, 8th Department", "First published": "1994-05-23 (declassified)", "Successors": "GOST hash function, Kuznyechik", "Certification": "GOST standard", "Block size": "64 bits", "Structure": "Feistel network", "Rounds": "32"} |
Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke (August 7, 1884 - May 14, 1970) was an American actress who was famous on Broadway and radio, and in silent and sound films. She is best known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie musical The Wizard of Oz (1939).
Burke was nomi... | {"Name": "Billie Burke", "Image": "Studio publicity Billie Burke.JPG", "Alt": "Black and white portrait photograph of Billie Burke in 1933", "Caption": "Burke in 1933", "Birth name": "Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke", "Birth date": "1884 8 7", "Birth place": "Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Death date": "1970 5 14 1884... |
The 16th (Irish) Division was an infantry division of the British Army, raised for service during World War I. The division was a voluntary 'Service' formation of Lord Kitchener's New Armies, created in Ireland from the 'National Volunteers',Grayson, Dr. Richard S.: Belfast Boys - How Unionists and Nationalists fought ... | {"Branch": "United Kingdom", "Type": "Infantry", "Size": "Division", "Notablecommanders": "Major-General William Hickie"} |
Oakes Ames (January 10, 1804 - May 8, 1873) was an American businessman, investor, and politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. As a congressman, he is credited by many historians as being the single most important influence in the building of the Union Pacific port... | {"Name": "Oakes Ames", "Term start": "March 4, 1863", "Term end": "March 3, 1873", "Birth date": "1804 1 10", "Birth place": "Easton, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Death date": "1873 5 8 1804 1 10", "Death place": "Easton, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Evelina Orville Gilmore"} |
The Mystery of the Yellow Room (in French Le mystère de la chambre jaune) is a mystery novel written by French author Gaston Leroux. One of the first locked-room mystery novels, it was first published serially in France in the periodical L'Illustration from September 1907 to November 1907, then in its own right in 1908... | {"Original title": "Le mystère de la chambre jaune", "Country": "France", "Language": "French", "Series": "Joseph Rouletabille", "Publisher": "L'Illustration (in serial)Editions Pierre Lafitte (book)", "Media type": "Print (Hardcover and Paperback), Audiobook", "Pages": "236 (1998 paperback)", "ISBN": "(1998 paperback)... |
Dr Gideon Fell is a fictional character created by John Dickson Carr.appraisal of all the Dr. Fell books He is the protagonist of 23 mystery novels from 1933 through 1967, as well as a few short stories. Carr was an American who lived most of his adult life in England; Dr. Fell is an Englishman who lives in the Lond... | {"First appearance": "Hag's Nook (1933)", "Last appearance": "Fell and Foul Play", "Created by": "John Dickson Carr", "Portrayed by": "Finlay Currie\nDonald Sinden", "Gender": "Male", "Nationality": "British"} |
The Case of the Constant Suicides, first published in 1941, is a detective story by John Dickson Carr. Like much of Dickson Carr's work, this novel is a locked room mystery, in addition to being a whodunnit. Unlike most of the other Dr. Fell novels, this story has a high humour level, reminiscent of the Henry Merrival... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Series": "Gideon Fell", "Publisher": "Hamish Hamilton (UK) & Harper (USA)", "Media type": "Print (Hardback & Paperback)", "Pages": "192 pp", "Preceded by": "The Man Who Could Not Shudder (1940)", "Followed by": "Death Turns the Tables (1941)"} |
Barrett Firearms Manufacturing is an Australian-owned, American manufacturer of firearms and ammunition located in Christiana, Tennessee. It was founded in 1982 by Ronnie G. Barrett for the purpose of building semi-automatic rifles chambered for the .50 BMG (12.7×99mm NATO) ammunition, originally developed for and used... | {"Type": "Private", "Industry": "Firearms", "Founded": "1982http://www.barrettrifles.com/about_history.aspx Barrett Rifles 2008-06-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20080702061136/http://www.barrettrifles.com/about_history.aspx 2 July 2008 live", "Headquarters": "U.S.https://tnbear.tn.gov/Ecommerce/FilingDetail.aspx?... |
The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC; ) is a Crown corporation and national development bank wholly owned by the Government of Canada, mandated to help create and develop Canadian businesses through financing, growth and transition capital, venture capital and advisory services, with a focus on small and medium... | {"Type": "Crown corporation", "Industry": "Development banking Consulting", "Founded": "1944 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Headquarters": "Place Ville MarieMontreal, Quebec, Canada", "Website": "www.bdc.ca"} |
The Province of Maryland was an English and later British colony in North America that existed from 1632 until 1776, when it joined the other twelve of the Thirteen Colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the U.S. state of Maryland. Its first settlement and capital was St. Mary's City, in the southern en... | {"Conventional long name": "Province of Maryland", "Type of government": "Proprietary colony", "Starting event": "Charter granted", "Event ending the country": "Independence", "End date": "July 4,", "Capital": "St. Mary's City (1632-1695)Annapolis (from 1695)", "Common languages": "English, Susquehannock, Nanticoke, Pi... |
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, commonly known as RFK Stadium and originally known as District of Columbia Stadium, is a defunct multi-purpose stadium in Washington, D.C. It is located about due east of the U.S. Capitol building, near the west bank of the Anacostia River and next to the D.C. Armory. Opened in 1961... | {"Location": "Washington, D.C.", "Coordinates": "38.890 N 76.972 W type:landmark_scale:2000 it", "Broke ground": "July 8, 1960Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium http://www.ballparktour.com/RFK_Stadium.html Ballpark Tour March 11, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20130406051839/http://www.ballparktour.com/RFK_Stadium.ht... |
The State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs ( / ; ) was a political entity that was constituted in October 1918, at the end of World War I, by Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (Prečani) residing in what were the southernmost parts of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Although internationally unrecognised, this was the first incarnati... | {"Conventional long name": "State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs", "Native name": "sl Država Slovencev, Hrvatov in Srbov hr Država Slovenaca, Hrvata i Srba sr Држава Словенаца, Хрвата и Срба", "Starting event": "Proclaimed secession", "Date established": "29 October", "Event ending the country": "Joined Kingdom of Serbs... |
Howdy Doody is an American children's television program (with circus and Western frontier themes) that was created and produced by Victor F. Campbell"Victor F Campbell", The New York Times, Dec 1 1973. Retrieved August 21, 2021 and E. Roger Muir.Hevesi, Dennis. "E. Roger Muir, 89, Dies; Backed Howdy Doody", The New Yo... | {"Genre": "Children's television series", "Running time": "60 minutes (1947-1948, 1960)\n 30 Minutes (1948-1960)", "Created by": "E. Roger Muir", "Presented by": "Buffalo Bob Smith\n Howdy Doody", "Starring": "Bob Keeshan\n Lew Anderson\n Bobby Nicholson", "Country of origin": "United States", "Original network": "NBC"... |
Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, 1st Earl of Ilay, (June 1682 - 15 April 1761) was a Scottish nobleman, politician, lawyer, businessman, and soldier. He was known as Lord Archibald Campbell from 1703 to 1706, and as the Earl of Ilay from 1706 until 1743, when he succeeded to the dukedom. He was the dominant po... | {"Name": "The Duke of Argyll", "Term start": "1733", "Term end": "1761", "Birth date": "June 1682", "Birth place": "Ham House, England", "Death date": "15 April 1761 (aged 79)", "Death place": "London, England", "Resting place": "Kilmun, Argyll", "Education": "Eton College", "Alma mater": "University of Glasgow"} |
Doe v. Chao, 540 U.S. 614 (2004), is a decision by the United States Supreme Court. that interpreted the statutory damages provision of the Privacy Act of 1974..
Prior to the case, lower federal courts had split over whether plaintiffs whose rights were violated were automatically entitled to the statutory minimum dam... | {"Date argued": "December 3", "Year argued": "2003", "Date decided": "February 24", "Year decided": "2004", "Full case name": "Buck Doe v. Elaine L. Chao, Secretary of Labor", "Docket number": "02-1377", "United States Reports volume number": "540", "United States Reports page number": "614", "Parallel citations": "124... |
Kabul International Airport (known as Hamid Karzai International Airport from 2014 to 2021; ), is located about from the center of Kabul in Afghanistan. It is owned by the Government of Afghanistan and operated by UAE-based GAAC Holding on behalf of the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation. It serves as one of the... | {"Airport type": "Public", "Built": "y 1960 y", "Serves": "Kabul and nearby provinces", "Location": "Kabul, Afghanistan", "Hub": "Ariana Afghan Airlines\n Kam Air", "AMSL": "5877", "Coordinates": "34 33 57 N 069 12 47 E region:AF inline,title"} |
Innovia Metro is an automated rapid transit system manufactured by Alstom. Innovia Metro systems run on conventional metal rails and pull power from a third rail but are powered by a linear induction motor that provides traction by using magnetic force to pull on a "fourth rail" (a flat aluminum slab) placed between th... | {"Name": "Innovia Metro", "Image Alt": "Train 176 approaching Lembah Subang station", "Image Caption": "An Innovia Metro 300 train of Rapid KL, Kuala Lumpur", "Interior Image Alt": "Interior car looking toward the centre", "Interior Caption": "Interior of Innovia Metro 300 train of Vancouver SkyTrain", "Year(s) of Serv... |
Hong Kong Supermarket is an Asian American supermarket chain started in the San Gabriel Valley region of Southern California. It operates mainly in the newer suburban overseas Chinese communities, particularly in the Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and New York City areas. Hong Kong Supermarket specializes mainly in impo... | {"Type": "Private", "Founded": "1981 (Los Angeles, California)", "Headquarters": "Los Angeles, California", "Industry": "Retail", "Products": "Bakery, dairy, deli, frozen foods, grocery, meat, produce, seafood, snacks, liquor"} |
The Army of the Tennessee was a Union army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, named for the Tennessee River.
It appears that the term "Army of the Tennessee" was first used within the Union Army in March 1862, to describe Union forces perhaps more properly described as the "Army of West Tennessee"; thes... | {"Branch": "U.S. Army (Union Army)", "Type": "Field army", "Part of": "District of Cairo (1861-1862)District of West Tennessee (1862)Department of the Tennessee (1862-1863)Military Division of the Mississippi (1863-1865)", "Nickname(s)": "\"The Whip-lash\"", "Notablecommanders": "Ulysses S. GrantWilliam Tecumseh Sherma... |
Marge Piercy (born March 31, 1936) is an American progressive activist, feminist, and writer. Her work includes Woman on the Edge of Time; He, She and It, which won the 1993 Arthur C. Clarke Award; and Gone to Soldiers, a New York Times Best Seller and a sweeping historical novel set during World War II. Piercy's work ... | {"Name": "Marge Piercy", "Caption": "Piercy in 2012", "Birth date": "1936 3 31", "Birth place": "Detroit, Michigan, U.S.", "Education": "[University of Michigan]] (BA)Northwestern University (MA)", "Occupation": "Writer", "Spouse(s)": "Ira Wood 1982", "Website": "margepiercy.com"} |
The Plymouth Reliant and Dodge Aries are mid size cars introduced for model year 1981 as the first "K-cars" manufactured and marketed by the Chrysler Corporation. The Reliant and Aries were the smallest cars to have the traditional 6 passenger 2 bench seat with column shifter seating arrangement favored by customers i... | {"Manufacturer": "Chrysler Corporation", "Production": "October 1980 - December 1988", "Assembly": "Newark, Delaware (Newark Assembly), United States (sedans and wagons)Detroit, Michigan (Jefferson Avenue Assembly),Vehicles built at Jefferson Avenue Assembly United States Fenton, Missouri (Saint Louis Assembly), United... |
thumb|The average monthly discharge of the Mislinja at Otiški Vrh (1971-2000)
The Mislinja () is a river in the northern part of Slovenia. It is long. It flows through Mislinja and Slovenj Gradec and empties from the right into the Meža River north of the village of Otiški Vrh near Dravograd, only a couple hundred me... | {"Location": "Meža", "Coordinates": "46.5766 15.0252 region:SI_type:landmark_scale:5000 it", "Progression": "Meža→", "Basin size": "238 km2 sqmi on SI SURS"} |
thumb|260px|The Sandow Trocadero Vaudevilles (poster), produced by Ziegfeld, (1894)
Florenz Edward Ziegfeld Jr. (; March 21, 1867 - July 22, 1932) was an American Broadway impresario, notable for his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies (1907-1931), inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris. He also produce... | {"Name": "Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.", "Caption": "Ziegfeld in 1928", "Birth name": "Florenz Edward Ziegfeld Jr.", "Birth date": "1867 3 21", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois U.S.", "Death date": "1932 7 22 1867 3 21", "Death place": "Hollywood, California U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Billie Burke 1914", "Children": "Patricia Ziegf... |
Franklin Wendell Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American voice actor. He began his career in the 1960s, and holds over 860 film, television, and video game credits as of 2023, making him one of the most prolific voice actors of all time. With a total worldwide box-office gross of $17.4 billion, he is also the third... | {"Name": "Frank Welker", "Caption": "Welker at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2023", "Birth name": "Franklin Wendell Welker", "Birth date": "1946 3 12", "Birth place": "Denver, Colorado, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Santa Monica College", "Occupation": "Voice actor", "Years active": "1967-present", "Notable works": "Full list", "Websit... |
Netscape 6 is a discontinued Internet suite developed by Netscape Communications Corporation, and was the sixth major release of the Netscape series of browsers. It superseded Netscape Communicator (4.x), as the release of Netscape Communicator 5 was scrapped. Netscape 6 was the first browser of the Netscape line to be... | {"Developer(s)": "Netscape Communications CorporationAOL", "Initial release": "2000 11 14", "Predecessor": "Netscape Communicator", "Successor": "Netscape 7", "Type": "Internet suite", "License": "Proprietary EULA", "Website": "archive.netscape.com"} |
Music Has the Right to Children is the debut studio album by Scottish electronic music duo Boards of Canada, released on 20 April 1998 in the United Kingdom by Warp and Skam Records and in the United States by Matador. The album was produced at Hexagon Sun, the duo's personal recording studio in Pentland Hills, and con... | {"Released": "1998 04 20 yes", "Recorded": "1995-1997", "Studio": "Hexagon Sun (Pentland Hills, Scotland)", "Genre": "Electronic\n downtempohttps://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/rxwx/ Boards of Canada Music Has the Right to Children Review Diver Mike 1 February 2013 BBC Music 1 June 2017 dead https://web.archive.... |
Fo Guang Shan Hsi Lai Temple () is a mountain monastery in the northern Puente Hills, Hacienda Heights, Los Angeles County, California. The name Hsi Lai means "coming west".
Hsi Lai Temple is a branch of Fo Guang Shan, a Buddhist organization from Taiwan. It is the order's first overseas branch temple and serves as t... | {"Location": "3456 South Glenmark Drive, Hacienda Heights, CA 91745", "Geographic coordinates": "33.9757 -117.9679 type:landmark_source:enwiki-googlemaplink inline,title", "Affiliation": "Buddhism", "Country": "United States", "Completed": "1988"} |
Abu Dhabi International Airport () is an international airport in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
The airport, located east of Abu Dhabi city, is the second largest in the UAE after Dubai International Airport, serving around 20 million passengers in 2014. It has three operational ... | {"Airport type": "Public", "Serves": "Abu Dhabi", "Opened": "1982 01 02 yes yes yes", "Hub": "Air Arabia Abu Dhabi\n Etihad Airways\n Etihad Cargo\n Wizz Air Abu Dhabi", "AMSL": "88", "Coordinates": "24 25 59 N 054 39 04 E region:AE-AZ it", "Website": "abudhabiairport.ae"} |
Al Ain International Airport ; ; transliterated: Maṭār Al-ʿAyn Ad-Duwalī) is an airport located west or northwest (login required) of Al Ain in the Eastern Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. It was opened on 31 March 1994. It is the fifth busiest airport in the UAE.
Airlines and destination... | {"Airport type": "Public", "Serves": "Al Ain", "Opened": "31 March 1994", "AMSL": "866", "Coordinates": "24 15 42 N 055 36 33 E region:AE-AZ inline,title"} |
Trinity is a fictional character in the Matrix franchise. She is portrayed by Carrie-Anne Moss in the films. In the gameplay segments of Path of Neo, she is voiced by Jennifer Hale. Trinity first appears in the 1999 film The Matrix.
Character overview
Like the series' other main characters, Trinity is a computer progr... | {"First appearance": "The Matrix (1999)", "Last appearance": "The Matrix Resurrections (2021)", "Created by": "The Wachowskis", "Portrayed by": "Carrie-Anne Moss", "Voiced by": "Carrie-Anne Moss (Enter the Matrix, The Animatrix)\n Jennifer Hale (The Matrix: Path of Neo)", "Gender": "Female", "Title": "First Mate of the... |
The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987.
Network
Railways
As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 prefectures of Japan. This figure expanded to in 1981 (excluding Shinkansen), ... | {"Type": "Statutory corporation", "Industry": "Transportation", "Fate": "Broken up and gradually privatized", "Founded": "1949 6 1", "Defunct": "1987 3 31", "Headquarters": "Japan", "Products": "railway services, bus services, etc", "Parent": "Government of Japan"} |
Mbaqanga () is a style of South African music with rural Zulu roots that continues to influence musicians worldwide today. The style originated in the early 1960s, and blends traditional African vocal styles and melodies with instruments from European and American popular music.
History
Historically, laws such as the ... | {"Name": "Mbaqanga", "Stylistic origins": "Marabi, kwela", "Cultural origins": "Early 1960s, South Africa", "Derivative forms": "Township Jive"} |
Azem Shpend Hajdari (, March 11, 1963 - September 12, 1998) was the leader of the student movement in 1990-1991 that led to the fall of communism in Albania. He then became a politician of the Democratic Party of Albania (DP). He symbolizes the start of the democratic era in Albania. He was a member of the Albanian p... | {"Name": "Azem Hajdari", "Term start": "1991", "Term end": "1998", "Office 2": "Chairman of the Defense Parliamentary Commission", "Prime minister 2": "Aleksandër Meksi", "Birth date": "1963 03 11 yes", "Birth place": "Bajram Curri, Tropojë, Albania", "Death date": "1998 09 12 1963 03 11 yes", "Death place": "Tirana, A... |
Pingali Venkayya (2 August 1876/8 - 4 July 1963) was an Indian freedom fighter and a Gandhian. He was the designer of the flag on which the Indian National Flag was based. He was also a lecturer, author, geologist, educationalist, agriculturist, and a polyglot.
At the age of 19, Venkayya had enrolled in the British In... | {"Name": "Pingali Venkayya", "Caption": "Venkayya on a 2009 stamp of India", "Birth date": "2 August 1876/8", "Birth place": "Bhatlapenumarru, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Andhra Pradesh, India)", "Death date": "4 July 1963 (aged 84 or 86)", "Death place": "India", "Other names": "Diamond VenkayyaPatti Ven... |
Louis McLane (May 28, 1786 - October 7, 1857) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware, and Baltimore, Maryland. He was a veteran of the War of 1812, a member of the Federalist Party and later the Democratic Party. He served as the U.S. representative from Delaware, U.S. sen... | {"Name": "Louis McLane", "Term start": "August 8, 1845", "Term end": "August 18, 1846", "Office 2": "12th United States Secretary of State", "President 2": "Andrew Jackson", "Predecessor 2": "Edward Livingston", "Successor 2": "John Forsyth", "Birth date": "1786 05 28", "Birth place": "Smyrna, Delaware", "Death date": ... |
The 17th (Northern) Division was an infantry division of the British Army, a Kitchener's Army formation raised during the Great War.
Formation history
thumb|left|Officers of the 7th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers), York and Lancaster Regiment, in a ruined building in Arras, 30 April 1917.
The 17th (Northern) Division ... | {"Branch": "United Kingdom", "Type": "Infantry", "Size": "Division", "Notablecommanders": "Sir Philip Robertson"} |
ACES (Spanish acronym: Aerolíneas Centrales de Colombia) was an airline with its headquarters in the Torre del Café in Medellín, Colombia"World Airline Directory." Flight International. March 17-23, 1999. 40. "Calle 49, No 50-21, Piso 34, Edificio del Cafe, Medellin, Antioquia, AA 6503, Colombia" and founded on August ... | {"Airline name": "ACES(Aerolíneas Centrales de Colombia)", "IATA Designator": "VX", "ICAO Designator": "AES", "Callsign": "ACES", "Founded": "August 30, 1971", "Commenced operations": "February 22, 1972", "Ceased operations": "August 20, 2003", "Major hubs": "José María Córdova International Airport\nOlaya Herrera Airp... |
What's with Andy? (Sacré Andy ! in French) is an animated children's television series loosely based on the semi-autobiographical Just! book series by Australian author Andy Griffiths. The series is produced by CinéGroupe and aired on Teletoon, with various Disney-affiliated foreign studios and networks involved throug... | {"Also known as": "Sacré Andy !http://www.teletoon.com/cgi-local/programFR.cgi?value=Sacr%E9+Andy+!&type=title&match=exact www.teletoon.com https://web.archive.org/web/20011120022039/http://www.teletoon.com/cgi-local/programFR.cgi?value=Sacr%E9+Andy+!&type=title&match=exact 2001-11-20", "Genre": "Cringe comedyPhysical ... |
Thelma Houston ( Jackson; born May 7, 1946) Retrieved . is an American singer. Beginning her recording career in the late 1960s, Houston scored a number-one hit record in 1977 with her recording of "Don't Leave Me This Way", which won the Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.
Biography
Early life and career
Ho... | {"Born": "Leland, Mississippi, U.S.", "Genres": "R&B soul disco gospel", "Labels": "ABC Dunhill Motown RCA MCA Reprise Shout Factory", "Website": "thelmahouston.com"} |
Welcome to the Film awards task force of WikiProject Film! We are a task force dedicated to building a comprehensive and detailed guide on Wikipedia about notable film awards.
Goals:
To standardize the awards articles in Wikipedia.
To improve Wikipedia coverage of film awards by adding, expanding and improving relevan... | {"Date": "Sunday, March 5, 2006", "Site": "Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California", "Produced by": "Gil Cates", "Directed by": "Louis J. Horvitz", "Network": "ABC", "Duration": "3 hours, 33 minutes"} |
Robert Fletcher Nixon (born July 17, 1928) is a Canadian retired politician in the province of Ontario, Canada. The son of former Premier of Ontario Harry Nixon, he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in a 1962 by-election following his father's death. The younger Nixon was elected leader of the O... | {"Name": "Robert Nixon", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "Nixon 1971", "Office 2": "Treasurer of Ontario", "Predecessor 2": "Bette Stephenson", "Successor 2": "Floyd Laughren", "Birth name": "Robert Fletcher Nixon", "Birth date": "1928 7 17", "Birth place": "St. George, Ontario, Canada", "Nationality": "Canadi... |
Axiom is a free, general-purpose computer algebra system. It consists of an interpreter environment, a compiler and a library, which defines a strongly typed hierarchy.
History
Two computer algebra systems named Scratchpad were developed by IBM. The first one was started in 1965 by James Griesmer at the request of ... | {"Developer(s)": "Independent group of people", "Repository": "https://sourceforge.net/p/axiom/code/", "Type": "Computer algebra system", "License": "Modified BSD License", "Website": "http://www.axiom-developer.org", "Written in": "Lisp"} |
Tracy Darrell Adkins (born January 13, 1962) is an American country music singer and actor. Adkins made his debut in 1996 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since then, he has released ten more studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations. In addition, Adkins has charted more t... | {"Born": "Sarepta, Louisiana, U.S.", "Origin": "Springhill, Louisiana, U.S.", "Genres": "Country", "Labels": "Capitol Nashville Show Dog-Universal Wheelhouse Verge Records", "Website": "traceadkins.com"} |
Marcia Ball (born March 20, 1949, Orange, Texas, United States) is an American blues singer and pianist raised in Vinton, Louisiana.
Ball was described in USA Today as "a sensation, saucy singer and superb pianist... where Texas stomp-rock and Louisiana blues-swamp meet."Gundersen, Edna. USA Today, February 5, 2006. T... | {"Born": "Orange, Texas, U.S.", "Origin": "Vinton, Louisiana, U.S.", "Genres": "New Orleans blues\nNew Orleans R&B\nswamp blues\nLouisiana blues\nTexas blues\nboogie-woogie\nswamp rock", "Website": "http://www.marciaball.com/"} |
The III Corps () was a corps of the Finnish Army during the Continuation War, where Finland fought alongside Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union. Formed from the peacetime V Corps and subordinated to the German Army High Command Norway, III Corps fought initially in northern Finland on the flank of the German XXXVI C... | {"Disbanded": "Re-designated 1st Division on 5 December 1944", "Notablecommanders": "Hjalmar Siilasvuo", "Branch": "Army", "Type": "Corps"} |
Vajiravudh (, , 1 January 188126 November 1925) was the sixth monarch of Siam under the Chakri dynasty as Rama VI. He ruled from 23 October 1910 until his death in 1925. King Vajiravudh is best known for his efforts to create and promote Siamese nationalism. His reign was characterized by Siam's movement further toward... | {"Father": "Chulalongkorn (Rama V)", "Mother": "Saovabha Phongsri", "Born": "Grand Palace, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok, Siam (now Phra Nakhon, Bangkok, Thailand)", "Died": "Chakraphat Phiman Hall, Grand Palace, Bangkok, Krung Thep, Siam (now Phra Nakhon, Bangkok, Thailand)", "Religion": "Theravada"} |
Patrick Murray (born 1956 or 1957) is an English actor who had roles in ITV Playhouse (1977), Scum and Quadrophenia (1979), Breaking Glass (1980), Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), Bergerac (1983), Dempsey and Makepeace (1986), The Firm (1989). He was most notable for his role as Mickey Pearce in 20 episodes of Only Fo... | {"Birth date": "66 2023 01 13 yes", "Occupation": "Actor", "Nationality": "English", "Years active": "1973-2003, 2013-present"} |
Eagle-Eye Lanoo Cherry (born 7 May 1968) is a Swedish singer and stage performer. His 1997 single "Save Tonight" achieved commercial success in Ireland, the United States and the United Kingdom, and was voted song of the year in New Zealand. Cherry is the son of American jazz artist Don Cherry and Swedish artist and de... | {"Born": "yes 1968 5 7https://www.birthday.se/Lanoo-Eagle-Eye-Cherry/Stockholm/1968/cac888abaa Lanoo Eagle-Eye Cherry Birthday.se", "Origin": "Stockholm, Sweden", "Genres": "Rock, post-grunge, alternative rock, acoustic", "Labels": "MCA, Diesel, Sony Music", "Website": "eagleeyecherry.com"} |
Alderac Entertainment Group, or AEG, is a publisher of role-playing game, board game, and collectible card game products. AEG was formed by Jolly Blackburn in 1993 and is based in the city of Ontario, California. Prior to getting into their current markets, AEG was involved in hobby gaming magazines, with their first... | {"Type": "Privately held company", "Founded": "1993", "Headquarters": "Henderson, Nevada", "Industry": "Role-playing games Collectible card games Board games", "Products": "Smash Up! Tiny Towns Space Base Cubitos Cat Lady Cascadia", "Website": "http://www.alderac.com/"} |
Underwater hockey (UWH), (also known as Octopush in the United Kingdom) is a globally played limited-contact sport in which two teams compete to manoeuvre a puck across the bottom of a swimming pool into the opposing team's goal by propelling it with a hockey stick (or pusher).
A key challenge of the game is that pla... | {"Governing body": "CMAS", "Nicknames": "UWH, Octopush", "Contact": "Limited", "Team members": "up to 10 (6 in play)", "Mixed-sex": "Yes", "Type": "Aquatic", "Equipment": "Diving mask\n snorkel\n swimfins\n water polo cap\n stick or pusher\n protective glove\n exterior mouth guard\n underwater puck", "Venue": "Swimming... |
Donald Cameron MacDonald (December 7, 1913 – March 8, 2008) was a Canadian politician. Referred to in the media as the "best premier Ontario never had," he represented the provincial riding of York South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1955 to 1982. From 1953 to 1970 he was the leader of the social democr... | {"Name": "Donald C. MacDonald", "Image caption": "MacDonald at Paul Ferreira's York South—Weston victory party, February 8, 2007", "Term start": "1953", "Term end": "1970", "Office 2": "Member of Provincial Parliament", "Predecessor 2": "William Beech (Progressive Conservative)", "Successor 2": "Bob Rae (NDP)", "Birth ... |
, nicknamed , is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist and pianist. Generally the writer of both the lyrics and the music in her songs, she is renowned for her idiosyncratic voice and live performances, and is one of the most prominent figures in the history of Japanese popular music.
Her recording career has been com... | {"Born": "1954 1 19 y Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan", "Origin": "Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan", "Genres": "Pop rock, jazz fusion, folk rock, kayōkyoku, adult contemporary", "Labels": "Alfa (publishing company, 1972-76 [also re-released the first 4 LPs 1977-94])EMI Music Japan/Toshiba-EMI (1972-present):- Liberty (1972)- Express (19... |
Susan Ivanova () is a fictional character in the science fiction television series Babylon 5, Played by Claudia Christian.
Character overview
Susan Ivanova holds the rank of lieutenant commander during the first season and is promoted to the rank of commander in the second season. From the first through the fourth sea... | {"First appearance": "Babylon 5: In the Beginning (chronological)\n\"Midnight on the Firing Line\" (airdate)", "Last appearance": "\"Babylon 5: the Road Home\"", "Portrayed by": "Claudia Christian", "Voiced by": "Claudia Christian"} |
Edward Bigelow JolliffeSmith, p. 195 (March 2, 1909 – March 18, 1998) was a Canadian social democratic politician and lawyer from Ontario. He was the first leader of the Ontario section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and leader of the Official Opposition in the Ontario Legislature during the 1940s a... | {"Honorific suffix": "CAN QC 100%", "Image caption": "Ted Jolliffe in 1943, MPP York South", "Term start": "1942", "Term end": "1953", "Office 2": "Member of Provincial Parliament", "Predecessor 2": "Leopold Macaulay", "Successor 2": "Howard Julian Sale", "Birth name": "Edward Bigelow Jolliffe", "Birth date": "March 2,... |
Galilee is a novel by British writer Clive Barker, published in 1998 by HarperCollins Publishers. It chronicles the rise and fall of two very different, but equally powerful dynasties. The first dynasty, the Gearys, are a glamorous and rich family, similar to the Kennedys, who have been a power in America since the Rec... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "HarperCollins", "Media type": "Print", "Pages": "582 p.", "ISBN": "9780060179472"} |
Michael Morris Cassidy (born May 10, 1937) is a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1984, and in the House of Commons of Canada from 1984 to 1988. Cassidy was the leader of the New Democratic Party of Ontario from 1978 to 1982.
Background
Cassidy was born in Victoria, Bri... | {"Image size": "180px", "Image caption": "Cassidy speaks at a federal NDP rally in 2006", "Term start": "1978", "Term end": "1982", "Office 2": "Ontario MPP", "Predecessor 2": "Harold MacKenzie", "Successor 2": "Evelyn Gigantes", "Birth name": "Michael Morris Cassidy", "Birth date": "1937 05 10", "Birth place": "Victor... |
SMRT Corporation is a multi-modal public transport operator in Singapore operating bus and rail services. A subsidiary of the Government of Singapore's Temasek Holdings, it was established on 6 August 1987 and listed on the Singapore Exchange from 26 July 2000 until 31 October 2016. It is one of the two major operators... | {"Founded": "y 1987 08 06SBS to be offered up to 25% of MRT company http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19870807-1.2.47.3 9 September 2019 The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB) 7 August 1987", "Headquarters": "2 Tanjong Katong Road, #08-01, Paya Lebar Quarter (PLQ 3), Singapore 43... |
Miner 2049er is a platform game developed for the Atari 8-bit family of home computers by Bill Hogue and released by his company, Big Five Software, in 1982. The player controls Bounty Bob through multiple levels of a mine, with the goal of traversing all of the platforms while avoiding or defeating enemy mutants. At a... | {"Title": "Miner 2049er", "Caption": "Atari 8-bit cover", "Developer": "Big Five Software", "Publisher": "Big Five Software", "Platforms": "Atari 8-bit, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Colecovision, Super Cassette Vision, Commodore 64,Buchanan 2007 TI-99/4A, IBM PC, Apple II, VIC-20", "Released": "December 1982: Atari 8-bit\n ... |
The Floralia was a festival in ancient Roman religious practice in honor of the goddess Flora, held on 27 April during the Republican era, or 28 April in the Julian calendar. The festival included Ludi Florae, the "Games of Flora", which lasted for six days under the empire.H.H. Scullard, Festivals and Ceremonies of th... | {"Type": "Classical Roman religion", "Observed by": "Roman Republic, Roman Empire", "Next time": "28 April - 3 MayRobert Turcan, The Gods of Ancient Rome (Routledge, 2001; originally published in French 1998), p. 69.", "Celebrations": "nude dancing, gladiator contests, theatrical performances, circus events", "Observan... |
Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd, operating as Jetstar, is an Australian low-cost airline (self-described as "value-based") headquartered in Melbourne."Terms of use ." Jetstar. Retrieved on 25 December 2010. "Licensed Address: 473 Bourke St, Melbourne Vic 3000" It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Qantas, created in response to t... | {"Airline name": "Jetstar Airways", "Image size (px)": "250", "Current Fleet Size": "79", "Number of Destinations": "38", "IATA Designator": "JQ", "ICAO Designator": "JST", "Callsign": "JETSTAR", "Parent Company": "Qantas (100%)", "Founded": "2003 y", "Headquarters": "Melbourne, Australia", "Key People": "Stephanie Tul... |
thumb|262px|Maia Morgenstern in concert, singing Jewish songs. Timișoara, Romania, May 25, 2010.
Maia Emilia Ninel Morgenstern (; born 1 May 1962) is a Romanian film and stage actress, Gabriela Dumba, Pur și SIMPLU, Maia Morgenstern , ("Pure and simple, Maia Morgenstern", but with a pun, because Simplu is a Romanian m... | {"Name": "Maia Morgenstern", "Caption": "Morgenstern in November 2018", "Birth name": "Maia Emilia Ninel Morgenstern", "Birth date": "1962 5 1 y", "Birth place": "Bucharest, Romania", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1980-present", "Known For": "The Blessed Virgin Mary in The Passion of the Christ", "Televisio... |
Twix is a caramel shortbread chocolate bar made by Mars, Inc., consisting of a biscuit applied with other confectionery toppings and coatings (most frequently caramel and milk chocolate).The biscuit is typically topped with caramel and then coated with milk chocolate. There is also an additional thin layer of chocolate... | {"Product type": "Confectionery", "Owner": "Mars, Incorporated", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Introduced": "1967", "Markets": "Worldwide", "Website": "twix.com"} |
Dwain Anthony Chambers (born 5 April 1978) is a British track sprinter. He has won international medals at World and European levels and is one of the fastest European sprinters in the history of athletics. His primary event is the 100 metres, with a best of 9.97 seconds, which ranks him fifth on the British all-time l... | {"Name": "Dwain Chambers", "Image caption": "Chambers in 2002", "Nationality": "British", "Sport": "Men's athletics", "Event": "100 metres, 60 metres", "Club": "Belgrave Harriers", "Birth date": "1978 4 5 yes", "Place of birth": "London, England", "Height": "5 ft 11 in mDwain Chambers https://www.sports-reference.com/o... |
Henry Calthorpe Blofeld, OBE (born 23 September 1939)Blofeld (2013), p.3 nicknamed Blowers by Brian Johnston, is an English retired sports journalist, broadcaster and amateur ornithologist best known as a cricket commentator for Test Match Special on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra. He has established a r... | {"Full name": "Henry Calthorpe Blofeld", "Nickname": "Blowers, Tycoon, Typhoon", "Born": "Hoveton Home Farm, Hoveton, Norfolk, England", "Batting": "Right-handed", "Role": "Wicket-keeper, commentator"} |
The Household Division forms a part of the British Army's London District and is made up of five regiments of foot guards and two Household Cavalry regiments. The division is responsible for performing public duties and state ceremonies in London and Windsor. Such functions include the State Opening of Parliament, Troo... | {"Branch": "British Army", "Type": "Regular", "Role": "Major General Commanding The Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District", "Part of": "London District", "Motto(s)": "Septem juncta in uno Seven joined in one", "Website": "https://www.householddivision.org.uk/"} |
944 Hidalgo is a centaur and unusual object on an eccentric, cometary-like orbit between the asteroid belt and the outer Solar System, approximately in diameter. Discovered by German astronomer Walter Baade in 1920, it is the first member of the dynamical class of centaurs ever to be discovered. The dark D-type objec... | {"Name of planet": "944 Hidalgo", "Symbol": "24px (astrological)", "Background": "C7FF8F", "Image": "Hidalgoanimation2003.gif", "Caption": "Animation of 944 Hidalgo's movement over 5 minutes in 2003, taken by the Very Large Telescope.", "Discoverer": "W. Baade", "Discovery site": "Bergedorf Obs.", "Discovered": "31 Oct... |
Moving Pictures are an Australian rock music band formed in 1980. Their debut album, Days of Innocence, was issued in October 1981 and eventually peaked at No. 1 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart in February the following year. In January 1982, they released their single, "What About Me", which reached No. 1 on the... | {"Origin": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Genres": "Pop rock", "Labels": "Network, Epic, Elektra", "Website": "moving-pictures-band.com", "Members": "Garry FrostIan LeesAlex SmithMark MeyerScott Simpkins"} |
George Augustus Robinson (22 March 1791 – 18 October 1866) was a British-born colonial official and self-trained preacher in colonial Australia. In 1824, Robinson travelled to Hobart, Van Diemen’s Land, where he attempted to negotiate a peace between European settlers and Aboriginal Tasmanians prior to the outbreak of ... | {"Name": "George Augustus Robinson", "Caption": "Robinson in 1853", "Birth date": "y 1791 3 22", "Birth place": "London, England", "Death date": "1866 10 18 1791 3 22 y", "Death place": "Bath, Somerset, England", "Spouse(s)": "Maria Evans 1814 1848 died\n Rose Pyne 1853", "Occupation": "Builder", "Known For": "Protecto... |
George Peabody (February 18, 1795 - November 4, 1869) was an American financier and philanthropist. He is oft-considered the father of modern philanthropy.
Born into a poor family in Massachusetts, Peabody went into business in dry goods and later into banking. In 1837 he moved to London (which was then the capital of... | {"Name": "George Peabody", "Caption": "Peabody in 1850", "Birth date": "1795 2 18 y", "Birth place": "Danvers, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Death date": "1869 11 4 1795 2 18 y", "Death place": "No. 80 Eaton Square, London, England", "Resting place": "Westminster Abbey, London (1869-1870)\n Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass... |
Francis "Frank" C. Buckley, (April 8, 1921 - February 1, 2016) was president and spokesperson for the Buckley's company, founded by his adoptive father W.K. Buckley, in 1920. In 2005, the company was sold to Novartis.
In 2003, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada for being "an inspiring example of how one can ... | {"Name": "Frank Buckley", "Birth date": "1921 4 08", "Birth place": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Death date": "2016 2 01 1921 4 08", "Death place": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Known For": "President and spokesperson, Buckley's", "Awards": "Order of Canada (2003)", "Alma mater": "University of Toronto"} |
Henry Bernard Davis Kettlewell (24 February 1907 - 11 May 1979) was a British geneticist, lepidopterist and medical doctor, who performed research on the influence of industrial melanism on peppered moth (Biston betularia) coloration, showing why moths are darker in polluted areas. This experiment is cited as a classic... | {"Fields": "Medicine, zoology", "Institutions": "St Bartholomew's HospitalSt. Luke's HospitalWoking War HospitalCape Town UniversityOxford University", "Influences": "Michael MajerusBruce Grant", "Influenced": "Michael MajerusBruce Grant"} |
An Arctic roll is a British ice cream cake made of vanilla ice cream wrapped in a thin layer of sponge cake to form a roll, with a layer of raspberry flavoured sauce between the sponge and the ice cream.
History
The dessert was invented in the 1950s by Dr. Ernest Velden, an immigrant from then Czechoslovakia. He set ... | {"Name of food": "Arctic roll", "Image caption": "A couple of slices of Arctic roll, with strawberries", "Course served": "Dessert", "Main ingredient": "Sponge cake, vanilla ice cream, raspberry sauce"} |
The Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China () is the cabinet-level executive department of the State Council of China which administers macroeconomic policies and the annual budget. It also handles fiscal policy, economic regulations and government expenditure for the state.
The ministry also records an... | {"Formed": "yes 1949", "Jurisdiction": "Government of China", "Headquarters": "Beijing", "Website": "www.mof.gov.cn"} |
Standard diving dress, also known as hard-hat or copper hat equipment, deep sea diving suit or heavy gear, is a type of diving suit that was formerly used for all relatively deep underwater work that required more than breath-hold duration, which included marine salvage, civil engineering, pearl shell diving and other ... | {"Other names": "Heavy diving gear, deep sea diving suit", "Uses": "Personal protective equipment with surface supplied breathing air for underwater diving", "Inventor": "Deane brothers and Augustus Siebe", "Manufacturer": "Various, see Manufacturers"} |
One Perfect Day is an Australian film released in 2004.
Plot
The central character of the film is Tommy Matisse; his name combines the title of The Who's 1969 rock opera Tommy and the last name of twentieth century French painter Henri Matisse.
Tommy is a Melbourne boy studying at the Royal Academy of Music in London... | {"Directed by": "Paul Currie", "Produced by": "Paul CurriePhil Gregory", "Written by": "Paul CurrieChip Richards", "Starring": "Dan SpielmanLeeanna WalsmanNathan PhillipsDawn Klingberg", "Music by": "Josh G. AbrahamsDavid HobsonPaul van DykMatt Old-z", "Cinematography": "Gary Ravenscroft", "Edited by": "Amelia FordGary... |
Stuart Lyon Smith (May 7, 1938 - June 10, 2020) was a politician, psychiatrist, academic and public servant in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1982, and led the Ontario Liberal Party for most of this period.
Background and early career
Smith was born in Montreal, Quebec,... | {"Term start": "1976", "Term end": "1982", "Office 2": "Leader of the Opposition", "Predecessor 2": "Stephen Lewis", "Successor 2": "Robert Nixon", "Birth date": "1938 05 07", "Birth place": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Death date": "2020 6 10 1938 05 07", "Spouse(s)": "Patricia (Paddy) Springate"} |
Robert Langdon is a fictional character created by author Dan Brown for his Robert Langdon book series: Angels & Demons (2000), The Da Vinci Code (2003), The Lost Symbol (2009), Inferno (2013) and Origin (2017). He is a Harvard University professor of history of art and "symbology" (a fictional field related to the stu... | {"First appearance": "Angels & Demons (2000)", "Last appearance": "Origin (2017)", "Created by": "Dan Brown", "Portrayed by": "Tom Hanks (film series)\n Ashley Zukerman (The Lost Symbol)", "Voiced by": "Robert Clotworthy", "Gender": "Male", "Title": "Professor", "Family": "Unnamed father (deceased)", "Relatives": "Howa... |
Nazanin Afshin-Jam (, Nāzanin Afŝin Jam, born April 11, 1979) is an Iranian-Canadian human rights activist, author, and public speaker and a former Miss World Canada. She is also president and co-founder of Stop Child Executions, as well as the founder of The Nazanin Foundation. She immigrated to Canada with her famil... | {"Name": "Nazanin Afshin-Jam", "Native name": "fa نازنین افشین جم", "Birth date": "1979 4 11", "Birth place": "Tehran, Iran", "Title": "Miss World Canada 2003", "Alma mater": "University of British Columbia (B.A.)", "Awards": "Miss World Canada 2003 (winner)Miss World 2003(1st runner-up)", "Caption": "Afshin-Jam-MacKay... |
CBS Records was a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists: rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J. Olsson.
The label relies primarily on digital ... | {"Parent company": "Paramount Global", "Founded": "2006", "Founder": "Les Moonves", "Defunct": "2017", "Distributor(s)": "RED Distribution(Sony Music Entertainment)", "Genre": "Various", "Country of origin": "United States", "Location": "Los Angeles, CaliforniaCBS Television City"} |
John Joseph Wintermeyer (December 4, 1916 – December 20, 1993) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1955 to 1963 who represented the riding of Waterloo North. From 1958 to 1963 he served as leader of the Liberal party.
Background
Wintermeyer was born ... | {"Name": "John Wintermeyer", "Office 2": "Ontario MPP", "Predecessor 2": "Stanley Francis Leavine", "Successor 2": "Keith Butler", "Birth date": "1916 12 4", "Birth place": "Kitchener, Ontario", "Death date": "1993 12 20 1916 12 4", "Death place": "Kitchener, Ontario", "Spouse(s)": "Helen Delaney (m. 1944-1972)Elizabet... |
Susan Lawley (born 14 July 1946) is a retired English television and radio broadcaster. Her main broadcasting background involved television news and current affairs. From 1988-2006, Lawley was the presenter of Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4.
Early life and education
Sue Lawley was born at Sedgley, near Dudley, ... | {"Name": "Sue Lawley", "Post-nominals": "OBE", "Caption": "Lawley in 2010", "Birth name": "Susan Lawley", "Birth date": "1946 7 14 y", "Birth place": "Sedgley, Staffordshire, England", "Alma mater": "University of Bristol", "Occupation": "News presenter, television presenters", "Spouse(s)": "David Ashby\n Hugh Williams... |
Walter Cunningham Thomson (December 21, 1895 - April 27, 1964) was a politician, lawyer and rancher in Ontario, Canada. Thomson first ran for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party in 1943 but came in fourth place losing to Harry Nixon. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1949 federal ele... | {"Name": "Walter Cunningham Thomson", "Term start": "1949", "Term end": "1951", "Birth date": "1895 12 21", "Birth place": "Hastings County, Ontario, Canada", "Death date": "1964 04 27 1895 12 21"} |
The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level (second-level pre-1993) military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and formerly awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries.
The MC is granted in recognition of "an act or acts of exemplary gallantry during active... | {"Presented by": "United Kingdom and Commonwealth", "Type": "Military decoration", "Eligibility": "British, (and formerly) Commonwealth and allied forces", "Awarded for": "... gallantry during active operations against the enemy.http://www.operations.mod.uk/honours/honours.htm Defence FactSheet: Military Honours and A... |
Andy Hollis is an American video game designer, programmer and producer, mainly known for his flight simulators. He was one of the founding members of MicroProse.
Video game development
He began his career at MicroProse Software, where he was responsible for games such as Kennedy Approach, Gunship, F-15 Strike Eagle I... | {"Name": "Andy Hollis", "Occupation": "Video game designer, programmer, producer", "Years active": "1983-1999", "Employer": "MicroProseElectronic Arts", "Known For": "Flight simulators"} |
William Edmund Newton Sinclair (June 28, 1873 - November 26, 1947), known as W. E. N. Sinclair, was a Canadian barrister, solicitor and interim leader of the Ontario Liberal Party.
Background
Sinclair was born in Whitby Township, Ontario, the son of John Sinclair, and was educated at Toronto University, receiving a ba... | {"Name": "W.E.N. Sinclair", "Term start": "1945", "Term end": "1947", "Predecessor 2": "Charles Calder", "Successor 2": "Riding abolished", "Birth date": "1873 6 28", "Birth place": "Whitby Township, Ontario", "Death date": "1947 11 26 1873 6 28", "Death place": "Ottawa, Ontario", "Spouse(s)": "Ella Montgomery (1907-19... |
Francis Wellington Hay (November 17, 1864 - April 1, 1932) was a grain merchant and Canadian politician.
Hay was born in Listowel, Canada West, the son of William G. Hay. He worked for the Federal Bank for three years before entering the family grain business. He was mayor of Listowel from 1903 to 1904. Hay was defeat... | {"Name": "Wellington Hay", "Riding 1": "Perth North", "Office 2": "Ontario MPP", "Predecessor 2": "John Brown", "Successor 2": "Joseph Monteith", "Birth date": "1864 11 17", "Birth place": "Listowel, Canada West", "Death date": "1932 4 1 1864 11 17", "Death place": "Stratford, Ontario"} |
Điện Biên () (literally called Electricity Border) is a province in the Northwest region of Vietnam. It is bordered by Lai Châu to the northeast, Sơn La to the southeast, Pu'er City, Yunnan, China, to the northwest, and Phongsaly province in Laos to the west. The province covers an area of 9,541 square kilometres and a... | {"Type": "Province", "Body": "Điện Biên Provincial People's Council", "Density": "auto", "Urban density": "90,300", "ISO 3166 code": "VN-71", "Website": "http://www.dienbien.gov.vn"} |
The Lusatian culture existed in the later Bronze Age and early Iron Age (1300-500 ) in most of what is now Poland and parts of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, eastern Germany and western Ukraine. It covers the Periods Montelius III (early Lusatian culture) to V of the Northern European chronological scheme. It has been a... | {"Culture name": "Lusatian culture", "Alternative names": "Lausitz culture", "Geographical range": "Central Europe", "The period of the culture": "Late Bronze Age to early Iron Age", "The absolute date range of the culture": "1200-500 BCE", "Preceded by": "Trzciniec culture, Tumulus culture, Nordic Bronze Age, Urnfield... |
The 1872 Canadian federal election was held from July 20 to October 12, 1872, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 2nd Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservative Party remained in power, defeating the Liberals. However, the Liberals increased their parliamentary rep... | {"Name": "1872 Canadian federal election", "Country": "Canada", "Flag year": "1868", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1867 Canadian federal election", "Previous year": "1867", "Next election": "1874 Canadian federal election", "Next ... |
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