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Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is a first- and third-person shooter video game developed by Raven Software and published by LucasArts for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Xbox in 2003. Vicarious Visions was responsible for the development of the Xbox version. The game is a sequel to 2002's Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jed... | {"Title": "Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy", "Caption": "North American Windows cover art", "Developer": "Raven SoftwareVicarious Visions developed the Xbox version, while Aspyr developed the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 versions.", "Publisher": "NA LucasArts WW ActivisionAspyr published the Mac OS X, Nintendo... |
L'Avventura () is a 1960 Italian drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Developed from a story by Antonioni with co-writers Elio Bartolini and Tonino Guerra, the film is about the disappearance of a young woman (Lea Massari) during a boating trip in the Mediterranean, and the subsequent search for her by her lo... | {"Directed by": "Michelangelo Antonioni", "Produced by": "Amato Pennasilico", "Screenplay by": "Michelangelo AntonioniElio BartoliniTonino Guerra", "Story by": "Michelangelo Antonioni", "Starring": "Gabriele FerzettiMonica VittiLea Massari", "Music by": "Giovanni Fusco", "Cinematography": "Aldo Scavarda", "Edited by": ... |
George McAfee "Mac" McCune (; June 16, 1908 – November 5, 1948) was an American scholar of Korea who developed the McCune-Reischauer romanization system of Korean with Edwin O. Reischauer. He taught Korean history and language at Occidental College and the University of California, Berkeley.
Early life and education
B... | {"Name": "George McAfee McCune", "Birth date": "1908 06 16", "Birth place": "Pyongyang, Korean Empire", "Death date": "1948 11 05 1908 06 16", "Death place": "Berkeley, California, United States", "Nationality": "American", "Education": "University of California, Berkeley (PhD)\n Occidental College (Bachelors, Masters)... |
American McGee's Alice is a 2000 third-person action-adventure video game developed by Rogue Entertainment under the direction of designer American McGee and published by Electronic Arts under the EA Games banner. The game was originally released for Windows and Mac OS. Although a planned PlayStation 2 port was cancel... | {"Title": "American McGee's Alice", "Caption": "North American cover art", "Developer": "Rogue EntertainmentMac>https://www.macworld.com/article/162084/alice.html Aspyr ships American McGee's Alice for Mac Macworld July 12, 2001 January 7, 2022", "Publisher": "Electronic ArtsMac/>", "Director": "American McGee", "P... |
The State is an American sketch comedy television series, originally broadcast on MTV from 1994 to 1995. The show combined bizarre characters and scenarios to present sketches that won the favor of its target teenaged audience. The cast consisted of comedy troupe The State, who were 11 comedians who created, acted, wro... | {"Genre": "Sketch comedy", "Running time": "approx. 30 minutes per episode", "Starring": "Kevin AllisonMichael Ian BlackRobert Ben GarantTodd HoloubekMichael Patrick JannKerri Kenney-SilverThomas LennonJoe Lo TruglioKen MarinoMichael ShowalterDavid Wain", "Opening theme": "\"Boys and Girls - Action\" by Craig Wedren", ... |
The Subaru BRAT (acronym for “Bi-drive Recreational All-terrain Transporter”) was a light-duty, four-wheel drive coupé utility, version of the Subaru Leone originally introduced in 1977. The BRAT was developed directly from the company's four-wheel drive station wagon model and was first introduced as a 1978 model - fo... | {"Also called": "Subaru 1400Subaru 1600", "Production": "1978-1994", "Body style": "2-door pickup truck", "Layout": "front-wheel driveall-wheel drive optional", "Transmission": "4-speed manual3-speed automatic", "Length": "3995 mm in 1 on", "Width": "1500 mm in 1 on", "Height": "1385 mm in 1 on"} |
GMC (formerly the General Motors Truck Company (1911-1943), or the GMC Truck & Coach Division (1943-1998)) is a division of American automotive manufacturer General Motors (GM) for trucks and utility vehicles. GMC currently makes SUVs, pickup trucks, vans, and light-duty trucks. In the past, GMC also produced fire truc... | {"Formerly": "General Motors Truck Company", "Type": "Division (1911-present)", "Founded": "1911Meyer Donald E. March 2009 The First Century of GMC Truck History https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/docs/gm-heritage-archive/historical-brochures/GMC/100_YR_GMC_HISTORY_MAR09.pdf General Motors Heritage Center", "Headqua... |
Enheduanna (, also transliterated as , , or variants) was the entu (high) priestess of the moon god Nanna (Sīn) in the Sumerian city-state of Ur in the reign of her father, Sargon of Akkad (). She was likely appointed by her father as the leader of the religious cult at Ur to cement ties between the Akkadian religion o... | {"Occupation": "EN priestess", "Language": "Old Sumerian", "Nationality": "Akkadian Empire", "Relatives": "Sargon of Akkad (father)"} |
Karl Hess (born Carl Hess III; May 25, 1923 - April 22, 1994) was an American speechwriter and author. He was also a political philosopher, editor, welder, motorcycle racer, tax resister, and libertarian activist. His career included stints on the Republican right and the New Left before embracing a mix of left-libert... | {"Name": "Karl Hess", "Caption": "Karl Hess (undated)", "Birth name": "Carl Hess III", "Birth date": "May 25, 1923", "Birth place": "Washington, D.C.", "Death date": "1994 04 22 1923 05 25", "Death place": "Charlottesville, VA", "Nationality": "American", "Occupation": "Speechwriter\n author\n welder", "Years active": ... |
Kenule Beeson "Ken" Saro-Wiwa (10 October 1941 - 10 November 1995) was a Nigerian writer, television producer, and environmental activist. Ken Saro-Wiwa was a member of the Ogoni people, an ethnic minority in Nigeria whose homeland, Ogoniland, in the Niger Delta, has been targeted for crude oil extraction since the 195... | {"Name": "Ken Saro-Wiwa", "Birth name": "Kenule Beeson Wiwa", "Birth date": "yes 1941 10 10", "Birth place": "Bori, Colonial Nigeria", "Death date": "yes 1995 11 10 1941 10 10", "Death place": "Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria", "Death cause": "Execution by hanging", "Occupation": "Writer television producer enviro... |
The tau (), also called the tau lepton, tau particle, tauon or tau electron, is an elementary particle similar to the electron, with negative electric charge and a spin of . Like the electron, the muon, and the three neutrinos, the tau is a lepton, and like all elementary particles with half-integer spin, the tau has ... | {"Composition": "Elementary particle", "Statistics": "Fermionic", "Family": "Lepton", "Generation": "Third", "Interaction": "Gravity, electromagnetic, weak", "Discovered": "Martin Lewis Perl et al. (1975)\n Okun, L.B. \n Kisin, V.I. \n 1980\n Leptons and Quarks\n 103\n North-Holland Publishi... |
William Griffith Wilson (November 26, 1895 - January 24, 1971), also known as Bill Wilson or Bill W., was the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA).
AA is an international mutual aid fellowship with about two million members worldwide belonging to AA groups, associations, organizations, cooperatives, and fellowship... | {"Name": "Bill W.", "Alt": "Bill Wilson", "Caption": "Bill Wilson, Alcoholics Anonymous", "Birth name": "William Griffith Wilson", "Birth date": "1895 11 26", "Birth place": "East Dorset, Vermont, U.S.", "Death date": "1971 01 24 1895 11 26", "Death place": "Miami, Florida, U.S.", "Resting place": "East Dorset Cemetery... |
Getty Images Holdings, Inc. is an American visual media company and supplier of stock images, editorial photography, video, and music for business and consumers, with a library of over 477 million assets. It targets three markets—creative professionals (advertising and graphic design), the media (print and online publi... | {"Type": "Public company", "Industry": "Publishing media web design", "Genre": "Stock photography", "Products": "Digital images audio video", "Services": "Rights-managed and royalty-free images, audio, and video", "Parent": "Getty family (36.7%)https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001898496/000110465922075506/tm222... |
William Cuthbertson Wolfe (22 February 1924 - 18 March 2010) was a Scottish accountant, manufacturer and Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He was the National Convenor (leader) of the SNP from 1969 to 1979, playing a central role in the transformation of the SNP into a modern, progressive political movement, an... | {"Name": "Billy Wolfe", "Office 2": "Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party", "Leader 2": "Arthur Donaldson", "Predecessor 2": "Sandy Milne", "Successor 2": "George Leslie", "Birth name": "William Cuthbertson Wolfe", "Birth date": "1924 2 22 y", "Birth place": "Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland", "Death date": "ye... |
George Lester Jackson (September 23, 1941 - August 21, 1971) was an American author, activist and convicted felon. While serving an indeterminate sentence for stealing $70 from a gas station in 1961, Jackson became involved in revolutionary activity and co-founded the prison gang Black Guerrilla Family.
In 1970, he wa... | {"Name": "George Jackson", "Birth name": "George Lester Jackson", "Birth date": "1941 09 23", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Death date": "1971 8 21 1941 9 23 y", "Death place": "San Quentin, California, U.S.", "Death cause": "Shooting", "Nationality": "American", "Known For": "Prison activistMurrin John Pa... |
Sir David Kim Hempleman-Adams, (born 10 October 1956) is an English industrialist and adventurer.
He is the first person to complete the Explorer's Grand Slam, by reaching the Geographic and Magnetic North and South Poles as well as climbing the highest peaks in all seven continents, the first person to fly to the No... | {"Honorific prefix": "Sir", "Name": "David Hempleman-Adams", "Post-nominals": "GBR 100% KCVO OBE KStJ DL", "Caption": "Hempleman-Adams in 2018", "Birth date": "1956 10 10 yes", "Birth place": "Swindon, Wiltshire, England"} |
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) is a bridge-tunnel system consisting of a series of three cable-stayed bridges, an undersea tunnel, and four artificial islands. It is both the longest sea crossing and the longest open-sea fixed link in the world. The HZMB spans the Lingding and Jiuzhou channels, connecting Ho... | {"Carries": "6 lanes of the 27px G94 Pearl River Delta Ring Expressway", "Crosses": "Pearl River Estuary\n Lingding Channel\n Jiuzhou Channel", "Locale": "Pearl River Delta", "Official name": "Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge", "Other name(s)": "HZMB, HZM Bridge", "Maintained by": "National Immigration Administration (mai... |
Nicholas David Kershaw (born 1 March 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer.
Kershaw came to prominence in 1984 as a solo artist. He released eight singles that entered the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart during the decade, including "Wouldn't It Be Good", "Dancing Girls", "I Won't Let the... | {"Born": "Bristol, England", "Origin": "Ipswich, Suffolk, England", "Genres": "Pop Stephen Thomas Erlewine Stephen Thomas Erlewine Nik Kershaw - Artist Biography AllMusic https://www.allmusic.com/artist/nik-kershaw-mn0000407524/biography 27 April 2016 synth-pop Pat Blashill The \"French\" Prince Spin ... |
Jason Morgan Ritter (born February 17, 1980) is an American actor. He is known for his work on television series such as Joan of Arcadia (2003-2005), Gravity Falls (2012-2016), Another Period (2015-2018), and Raising Dion (2019-2022). He also played Mark Cyr on NBC's Parenthood (2010-2014), for which he received an Emm... | {"Name": "Jason Ritter", "Caption": "Ritter in 2015", "Birth name": "Jason Morgan Ritter", "Birth date": "1980 2 17", "Birth place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Alma mater": "New York University", "Occupation": "Actor\n producer", "Years active": "1989-present", "Father": "John Ritter", "Mother": "Nancy Morgan", ... |
Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, (9 December 1902 - 8 March 1982), also known as R. A. Butler and familiarly known from his initials as Rab, was a prominent British Conservative Party politician. His obituary in The Times called him "the creator of the modern educational system, the key-figure in... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Name": "The Lord Butler of Saffron Walden", "Honorific suffix": "GBR 100% KG CH PC DL", "Image caption": "Rab Butler in 1963", "Office 2": "First Secretary of State", "Prime minister 2": "Harold Macmillan", "Predecessor 2": "Office established", "Successor 2": "George Brown... |
Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923. United are nicknamed The Terrors or The Tangerines and the supporters are known as Arabs.
The club have played in tangerine kit... | {"Nickname(s)": "The Terrors, The Tangerines", "Capacity": "dundeeu", "Full name": "Dundee United Football Club", "Founded": "y 1909 5 24(as Dundee Hibernian)", "League": "DundeeUn", "Website": "https://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/"} |
Sir Henry Irving (6 February 1838 - 13 October 1905), christened John Henry Brodribb, sometimes known as J. H. Irving, was an English stage actor in the Victorian era, known as an actor-manager because he took complete responsibility (supervision of sets, lighting, direction, casting, as well as playing the leading rol... | {"Honorific prefix": "Sir", "Name": "Henry Irving", "Caption": "Portrait of Irving in 1878", "Birth name": "John Brodribbmiddle name \"Henry\" added at his christening", "Birth date": "1838 02 06 yes", "Birth place": "Keinton Mandeville, Somerset, England", "Death date": "1905 10 13 1838 02 06 yes", "Death place": "Bra... |
Alexander John Gosse Downer (born 9 September 1951) is an Australian former politician and diplomat who was leader of the Liberal Party from 1994 to 1995, Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 2007, and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2018.
Downer was born in Adelaide, the son of Sir Alick Do... | {"Name": "Alexander Downer", "Term start": "23 May 1994", "Term end": "30 January 1995", "Office 2": "Minister for Foreign Affairs", "Prime minister 2": "John Howard", "Predecessor 2": "Gareth Evans", "Successor 2": "Stephen Smith", "Birth name": "Alexander John Gosse Downer", "Birth date": "1951 9 9 y", "Birth place":... |
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Matryoshka dolls ( ; ), also known as stacking dolls, nesting dolls, Russian tea dolls, or Russian dolls,Russian doll. (n.d.). Collins English Dictionary Complete & Unabridged 10th ... | {"Other names": "Russian doll", "Inventor(s)": "Vasily Zvyozdochkin (manufacturer), Sergey Malyutin (design)", "Country": "Russia", "Availability": "present"} |
The Saab 9-5 is an executive car that was produced by the Swedish automobile maker Saab from 1997 to 2012.
The first generation 9-5 was introduced in 1997 for the 1998 model year, as the replacement to the Saab 9000. At the time, the car represented a significant development for the manufacturer. In the United States,... | {"Manufacturer": "Saab Automobile", "Production": "1997-2012", "Layout": "Transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive (1997-2012) Transverse front-engine, four-wheel drive (2010-2012)", "Predecessor": "Saab 9000", "Assembly": "Sweden: Trollhättan (Trollhättan Assembly)", "Class": "Executive car (E)"} |
The Saab 95 is a seven-seater, two-door station wagon which was produced by Saab from 1959 to 1978.
Initially it was based on the Saab 93 sedan, but the model's development throughout the years followed closely that of the Saab 96 after the 93 was taken off the market in 1960. It was introduced in 1959, but because on... | {"Manufacturer": "SaabSaab-Valmet", "Production": "1959-1978", "Class": "Compact", "Predecessor": "Saab 93", "Layout": "FF layout", "Related": "Saab 93Saab 96", "Body style": "3-door station wagon3-door sedan delivery van", "Length": "4300 mm in 1 on (1969-1978)", "Transmission": "4-speed manual", "Designer": "Sixten S... |
Stjepan "Stipe" Mesić (; born 24 December 1934) is a Croatian lawyer and politician who served as President of Croatia from 2000 to 2010. Before serving two five-year terms as president, he was prime minister of SR Croatia (1990) after the first multi-party elections, the last president of the Presidency of Yugoslavia ... | {"Name": "Stjepan Mesić", "Image caption": "Mesić in 2012", "Term start": "19 February 2000", "Term end": "18 February 2010", "Office 2": "President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia", "Prime minister 2": "Ante Marković", "Deputy 2": "Branko Kostić", "Predecessor 2": "Borisav JovićSejdo Bajramović (Acting)", "Successor 2... |
Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974) is an English actor. Known for his versatility and physical transformations for his roles, he has been a leading man in films of several genres. He has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. Forbes magazine ranked him as o... | {"Name": "Christian Bale", "Caption": "Bale in 2019", "Alt": "A headshot of Bale smiling on the red carpet at the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival", "Birth name": "Christian Charles Philip Bale", "Birth date": "yes 1974 1 30", "Birth place": "Haverfordwest, Wales", "Citizenship": "United Kingdom United States", ... |
Évariste Régis Huc, C.M., also known as the Abbé Huc. (1813-1860), was a French Catholic priest, Lazarite missionary, and traveller. He became famous for his accounts of Qing-era China, Mongolia (then known as "Tartary"), and especially the then-almost-unknown Tibet in his book Remembrances of a Journey in Tartary, Tib... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Reverend", "Name": "Évariste Régis Huc", "Post-nominals": "CM", "Caption": "The Abbé Huc, C.M.", "Birth date": "1813 08 01 y", "Birth place": "Caylus, France", "Death date": "1860 03 31 1813 08 01 y", "Death place": "Paris, France"} |
During his lifetime, English singer-songwriter David Bowie (1947-2016) released 26 studio albums, 9 live albums, 2 soundtrack albums, 26 compilation albums, 8 extended plays, 128 singles and 6 box sets. Since his passing, 1 further studio album, 13 live albums, 1 soundtrack album, 1 compilation album, 4 extended plays ... | {"Studio albums": "26", "Live albums": "9", "Compilation albums": "26", "EPs": "8", "Singles": "128", "Video albums": "28", "Music videos": "72", "Soundtrack albums": "2"} |
The Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (, abbreviated as Fretilin) is a centre-left political party in East Timor. It presently holds 23 of 65 seats in the National Parliament. Fretilin formed the government in East Timor until its independence in 2002. It obtained the presidency in 2017 under Francisco ... | {"Abbreviation": "FRETILIN", "President": "Francisco \"Lu Olo\" Guterres", "Founded": "1974 05 20 y (ASDT) 11 September 1974 (Fretilin)", "Headquarters": "Avenida Martires da Patria, Comoro, Dili, East Timor", "Ideology": "Democratic socialismLeft-wing nationalismHistorical:Marxism-Leninism", "Political position": "Cen... |
Beignet ( , also ,"beignet" (US) and ; ) is a type of fritter, or deep-fried pastry, possibly made from pâte à choux and called pets-de-nonne, which means "nun's fart" in French, but may also be made from other types of dough, including yeast dough. In France there are at least 20 different versions. They can vary in... | {"Name of food": "Beignet", "Image caption": "Flour Beignets from Louisiana", "Place of origin": "France", "Type of dish": "Fritter", "Main ingredient": "Dough, powdered sugar", "Variations": "Sourdough"} |
League of Communists of Croatia (, SKH) was the Croatian branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ). It came into power in 1945. Until 1952, it was known as Communist Party of Croatia (, KPH). In the early 1990s, it underwent several renames and lost power.
History
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The party was ... | {"Leader": "President of the League of Communists of Croatia", "Founded": "1 August 1937", "Preceded by": "Provincial Committee KPJ of Croatia and Slavonia", "Succeeded by": "Social Democratic Party", "Headquarters": "Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia", "Ideology": "CommunismTitoism (after 1948)", "Political position": "L... |
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Eamonn Christopher Coghlan (born 21 November 1952) is an Irish former track and field athlete who specialised in middle distance track events and the 5,000 metres. He is a three-time Olympian, held the world indoor mile record and was world champion in the 5,000 m. Coghlan served as a senator from 2011 to 2016.
Born i... | {"Name": "Eamonn Coghlan", "Nationality": "Irish", "Image size": "300px", "Term start": "May 2011", "Term end": "April 2016", "Birth date": "yes 1952 11 21", "Birth place": "Drimnagh, Dublin, Ireland", "Spouse(s)": "Yvonne", "Alma mater": "Villanova University"} |
Pharamond, also spelled Faramund, is a legendary early king of the Franks, first referred to in the anonymous 8th-century Liber Historiae Francorum, which depicts him as the first king of the Franks.
Historical sources and scholarship
Pharamond firstThough Pharamond is mentioned in some copies of Prosper Tiro's chron... | {"Name": "Pharamond", "Title": "A King of Franks", "Caption": "An 18th-century depiction of Pharamond", "Full name": "Pharamond"} |
Asiana Airlines Inc. ( ) is a South Korean airline headquartered in Seoul."Home ." Asiana Airlines. Retrieved 13 September 2010. "Address : Asiana Town, P.O. Box 98 47 Osoe-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, Korea." Address in Korean : "." Map in Korean , Direct image link to map In 2019, it accounted for 25% of South Korea's i... | {"Airline name": "Asiana Airlinesko 아시아나航空", "IATA Designator": "OZ", "ICAO Designator": "AAR", "Callsign": "ASIANA", "Major hubs": "Seoul-Gimpo\n Seoul-Incheon", "Focus Cities": "Busan\n Jeju", "Frequent Flyer Program": "Asiana Club", "Airline Alliance": "Star Alliance", "Current Fleet Size": "78", "Number of Destinat... |
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British European Airways (BEA), formally British European Airways Corporation, was a British airline which existed from 1946 until 1974.
BEA operated to Europe, North Africa and the Middle East from airports around the United Kingdom.C... | {"Airline name": "British European Airways", "IATA Designator": "BE", "ICAO Designator": "BEA", "Callsign": "BEALINE", "Founded": "1946 01 01 y", "Ceased operations": "1974 03 31 y(merged with British Overseas Airways Corporation to form British Airways)", "Major hubs": "London-Heathrow\n London-Northolt (until 1954)",... |
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, also known as the Hart-Celler Act and more recently as the 1965 Immigration Act, is a landmark federal law passed by the 89th United States Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The law abolished the National Origins Formula, which had been the basis o... | {"Long title": "An Act to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act", "Nicknames": "Hart-Celler", "Effective": "1965 12 01 yes1968 07 01 yes", "Enacted by": "89th", "Public law": "89 236", "Acts amended": "Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952", "Titles amended": "8 U.S.C.: Aliens and Nationality", "U.S.C. sections a... |
Ernest Louis Octave Courtot de Cissey (; 1810-1882) was a French general and Prime Minister.
de Cissey was born in Paris, educated at the Prytanée National Militaire and, after passing through St Cyr, entered the army in 1832, becoming captain in 1839.
He saw active service in Algeria, and became chef d'escadron in 18... | {"Name": "Ernest Courtot de Cissey", "Term start": "22 May 1874", "Term end": "10 March 1875", "Birth date": "12 September 1810", "Birth place": "Paris , French Imperial", "Death date": "yes 1882 6 15 1810 9 12", "Death place": "Paris , Third Republic of France"} |
François Achille Bazaine (13 February 181123 September 1888) was an officer of the French army. Rising from the ranks, during four decades of distinguished service (including 35 years on campaign) under Louis-Philippe and then Napoleon III, he held every rank in the army from fusilier to Marshal of France, the latter i... | {"Nickname(s)": "Achille", "Born": "Versailles, Seine-et-Oise, France", "Died": "Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain", "Allegiance": "July Monarchy July MonarchyFrench Second RepublicSecond French Empire", "Commands held": "Governor of Tlemcen, Algeria 18481st Regiment, 1st Foreign Legion1er R.E.L.E 1851Foreign Legion B... |
John Frederick Milius (; born April 11, 1944) is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer. He was a writer for the first two Dirty Harry films, received an Academy Award nomination as screenwriter of Apocalypse Now (1979), and wrote and directed The Wind and the Lion (1975), Conan the Barbarian (1982), and... | {"Name": "John Milius", "Birth name": "John Frederick Milius", "Birth date": "1944 4 11", "Birth place": "St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.", "Alma mater": "USC School of Cinema-Television", "Occupation": "Screenwriter director producer", "Years active": "1966-present", "Spouse(s)": "Renee Fabri January 7, 1967 January 20, 197... |
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Pegasus Bridge, originally called the Bénouville Bridge after the neighbouring village, is a road crossing over the Caen Canal, between Caen and Ouistreham in Normandy. The original bridge, built in 1934, is now a war memorial and is the centrepiece of the Memori... | {"Crosses": "Caen Canal", "Locale": "Bénouville", "Design": "Bascule bridge", "Coordinates": "49 14 32 N 0 16 28 W region:FR_type:landmark_source:dewiki inline,title"} |
Jerome Alan West (born May 28, 1938) is an American basketball executive and former player. He played professionally for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His nicknames included "the Logo", in reference to his silhouette being the basis for the NBA logo; "Mr. Clutch", for his ability ... | {"Conference": "NBA", "Position": "Executive board member", "Listed height": "Listed by the NBA at 6 ft 3 in m,https://stats.nba.com/player/78497/career/ Jerry West National Basketball Association October 23, 2020 West has stated that he is 6 ft 4.5 in m. Jerry West Reveals His Actual Height YouTube https://www.youtub... |
Johnnie Lee Cochran Jr.Adam Bernstein,"Showy, Tenacious Lawyer Rode Simpson Murder Trial to Fame", The Washington Post, March 30, 2005; retrieved April 17, 2006. ( ; October 2, 1937 - March 29, 2005) was an American attorney best known for his leading role in the defense and criminal acquittal of O.J. Simpson for the m... | {"Name": "Johnnie Cochran", "Caption": "Cochran in 2001", "Birth date": "1937 10 2", "Birth name": "Johnnie Lee Cochran Jr.", "Birth place": "Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.", "Death date": "2005 3 29 1937 10 2", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Barbara Berry 1960 1977 Sylvia Dale 1985 2005", "... |
The 2003 Prince Edward Island general election was held on September 29, 2003 to elect the 27 members of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. The election was called on September 2 by Premier Pat Binns, who enjoyed a high level of popularity among voters.
Polling took place on September 29, despite a blac... | {"Name": "2003 Prince Edward Island general election", "Country": "Prince Edward Island", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "2000 Prince Edward Island general election", "Previous year": "2000", "Election date": "2003 9 29", "Next elec... |
The National Centre Party, initially known as the National Farmers and Ratepayers League, was a short-lived political party in the Irish Free State. It was founded on 15 September 1932 in the Mansion House, Dublin,The Irish Times (Saturday, September 17, 1932), page 7. with the support of several sitting TDs, including... | {"Founded": "15 September 1932", "Ideology": "AgrarianismConservatismChristian democracy", "Political position": "Centre-right", "Merged into": "Fine Gael"} |
Thomas "Old Tom" Parr ( (reputedly) - 13 November 1635) was an Englishman who was said to have lived for 152 years. A portrait of Parr hangs at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, with an inscription which reads "Thomas Parr died at the age of 152 years 19 days [sic]" "The old very old man or Thomas Parr, son of John Pa... | {"Name": "Old Tom Parr", "Birth name": "Thomas Parr", "Birth date": "October 1482/1483 (reputedly)", "Birth place": "Parish of Alberbury, Shropshire", "Death date": "1635 11 13 y (claimed aged 152)", "Death place": "London", "Burial place": "Westminster Abbey, London", "Nationality": "English", "Occupation": "Farm serv... |
Killarney is a municipality located on the northern shore of Georgian Bay in the Sudbury District of Ontario, Canada. Killarney is commonly associated with Killarney Provincial Park, which is a large wilderness park located to the east of the townsite which occupies much of the municipality's expanded boundary. In addi... | {"Type": "Municipality", "Land": "1653.32", "Density": "0.2", "DST": "-4", "Website": "Municipality of Killarney", "Founded by": "Etienne De La Morandiere and his wife Josephte Sai-Sai-Go-No-Kwe"} |
Malcolm Scott Carpenter (May 1, 1925 - October 10, 2013) was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, astronaut, and aquanaut. He was one of the Mercury Seven astronauts selected for NASA's Project Mercury in April 1959. Carpenter was the second American (after John Glenn) to orbit the... | {"Rank": "Commander, USN", "Selection": "1959 NASA Group 1", "Missions": "Mercury-Atlas 7", "Retirement": "August 10, 1967"} |
Jat Airways (stylized as JatAirways; ) was the national flag carrier and largest airline of Yugoslavia and later Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia. Founded in 1927 as Aeroput, the airline ceased operations during World War II. After resuming flights in 1947, the airline was renamed Jugoslovenski Aerotransport (abbreviat... | {"Airline name": "Jat Airways", "Image size (px)": "200", "IATA Designator": "JU", "ICAO Designator": "JAT", "Callsign": "JAT", "Founded": "yes 1927 06 17 (as Aeroput)The company that is today known as Jat Airways was founded as JAT Yugoslav Airlines in January 1947. It sees itself in the tradition of Aeroput, the Yugo... |
Melodifestivalen (; ) is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959. In the early 2000s, the competition was the most p... | {"Also known as": "Melfest\n Mello", "Genre": "Song contest", "Presented by": "List of presenters", "Country of origin": "Sweden", "Running time": "1 hour 30 minutes (heats and second chance round)\n 2 hours (final)", "Original release": "present"} |
Albert Clifton Ammons (March 1, 1907 - December 2, 1949) was an American pianist and player of boogie-woogie, a blues style popular from the late 1930s to the mid-1940s.
Life and career
Ammons was born in Chicago, Illinois. His parents were pianists, and he had learned to play by the age of ten. His interest in boogie... | {"Born": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Died": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Genres": "Jazz, blues, boogie-woogie", "Labels": "Blue Note, Delmark, Mercury, Vocalion, Solo Art, Victor, Decca, V-Disc, Commodore"} |
Donald Kent "Deke" Slayton (March 1, 1924 - June 13, 1993) was a United States Air Force pilot, aeronautical engineer, and test pilot who was selected as one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts. He went on to become NASA's first Chief of the Astronaut Office and Director of Flight Crew Operations, responsib... | {"Rank": "Major, USAF", "Selection": "1959 NASA Group 1", "Missions": "Apollo-Soyuz Test Project", "Retirement": "February 27, 1982"} |
Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (13 November 1504 - 31 March 1567), nicknamed (), was a German nobleman and champion of the Protestant Reformation, notable for being one of the most important of the early Protestant rulers in Germany.
Biography
Early life and embracing of Protestantism
Philip was the son of Landgrave W... | {"Father": "William II, Landgrave of Hesse", "Mother": "Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin", "Born": "Marburg, Landgraviate of Hesse, Holy Roman Empire", "Died": "Kassel, Landgraviate of Hesse, Holy Roman Empire", "Religion": "Lutheran (since 1524)Roman Catholic (until 1524)"} |
A Bowie knife ( ) is a pattern of fixed-blade fighting knife created by Rezin Bowie in the early 19th century for his brother Jim Bowie, who had become famous for his use of a large knife at a duel known as the Sandbar Fight.
Since the first incarnation, the Bowie knife has come to incorporate several recognizable and... | {"Place of origin": "Arkansas, U.S.http://www.historicwashingtonstatepark.com/tour-the-town/details/?id=10 Blacksmith Shop www.historicwashingtonstatepark.com 29 April 2018 live https://web.archive.org/web/20170831092909/http://www.historicwashingtonstatepark.com/tour-the-town/details/?id=10 31 August 2017", "Type": "F... |
Walter Marty Schirra Jr. (, March 12, 1923 - May 3, 2007) was an American naval aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. In 1959, he became one of the original seven astronauts chosen for Project Mercury, which was the United States' first effort to put human beings into space. On October 3, 1962, he flew the six-orbit... | {"Rank": "Captain, United States Navy", "Selection": "1959 NASA Group 1", "Missions": "Mercury-Atlas 8 Gemini 6A Apollo 7", "Retirement": "July 1, 1969"} |
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GenOn Energy, Inc., based in Houston, Texas, United States, is energy company that provides electricity to wholesale customers in the United States. The company is one of the largest independent power producers in the nation with more than 7,000 megawatts of power ge... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Founded": "2001", "Headquarters": "United States", "Industry": "Electric Utilities", "Website": "genon.com"} |
The Dazz Band is an American R&B/funk band most popular in the early 1980s. Emerging from Cleveland, Ohio, the group's biggest hit songs include "Let It Whip" (1982), "Joystick" (1983), and "Let It All Blow" (1984). The name of the band is a portmanteau of the description "danceable jazz".
History
The Dazz Band formed... | {"Origin": "Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.", "Genres": "Funk\n soul\n R&B", "Labels": "Motown\n Geffen\n Intersound", "Members": "Bobby Harris\nSennie \"Skip\" Martin\nDonny Sykes\nMarlon McClain\nRaymond Calhoun\nKeith Harrison\nAlvin Frazier"} |
The Bicentennial Man is a novelette in the Robot series by American writer Isaac Asimov. According to the foreword in Robot Visions, Asimov was approached to write a story, along with a number of other authors who would do the same, for a science fiction collection to be published in honor of the United States Bicenten... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "Robot series", "Genre(s)": "Science fiction", "Published in": "Stellar-2", "Publisher": "Ballantine Books", "Media type": "Book", "Publication date": "February 1976"} |
Anita Jane Bryant (born March 25, 1940) is an American singer and political activist, known for anti-gay activism. She had three Top 20 hits in the United States in the early 1960s. She was the 1958 Miss Oklahoma beauty pageant winner, and a brand ambassador from 1969 to 1980 for the Florida Citrus Commission.
In the ... | {"Name": "Anita Bryant", "Caption": "From Billboard, January 1971", "Birth name": "Anita Jane Bryant", "Years active": "1956-present", "Occupation": "Singer anti-gay activist", "Birth date": "1940 3 25", "Birth place": "Barnsdall, Oklahoma, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Bob Green 1960 1980 divorced\n Charlie Hobson Dry 1990", ... |
Juan Emilio Bosch Gaviño (30 June 1909 - 1 November 2001) was a Dominican politician, historian, writer, essayist, educator, and the first democratically elected president of the Dominican Republic for a brief time in 1963. Previously, he had been the leader of the Dominican opposition in exile to the dictatorial regim... | {"Name": "Juan Bosch", "Image caption": "Juan Bosch in 1963", "Term start": "27 February 1963", "Term end": "25 September 1963", "Vice president": "Armando González Tamayo", "Birth date": "1909 06 30 y", "Birth place": "La Vega, Dominican Republic", "Death date": "2001 11 01 1909 06 30 y", "Death place": "Santo Domingo... |
North Battleford is a city in west-central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is the seventh largest city in the province and is directly across the North Saskatchewan River from the Town of Battleford. Together, the two communities are known as "The Battlefords". North Battleford borders the Rural Municipality of North Battlefo... | {"Land": "33.55", "Density": "414.0", "Metro density": "17.1", "Website": "City of North Battleford"} |
David Coverdale (born 22 September 1951) is an English singer who is best known as the lead vocalist of Whitesnake, a hard rock band he founded in 1978. Before Whitesnake, Coverdale was the lead singer of Deep Purple from 1973 to 1976, after which he established his solo career. A collaboration with ex-Led Zeppelin gui... | {"Born": "Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England", "Genres": "Hard rock\n blues rock\n glam metal\n heavy metal", "Labels": "Purple\n EMI\n United Artists", "Member of": "Whitesnake", "Formerly of": "Deep Purple\n Coverdale•Page", "Spouse(s)": "Julia Borkowski 1974 divorced Tawny Kitaen 1989 1991 divorced Cindy Coverdale 1997", ... |
Crocodile Dundee is a 1986 action comedy film set in the Australian Outback and in New York City. It stars Paul Hogan as the weathered Mick Dundee, and American actress Linda Kozlowski as reporter Sue Charlton. Inspired by the true-life exploits of Rod Ansell, the film was made on a budget of under $10 million as a del... | {"Directed by": "Peter Faiman", "Screenplay by": "Paul Hogan \n Ken Shadie \n John Cornell", "Story by": "Paul Hogan", "Produced by": "John Cornell", "Starring": "Paul Hogan\n Linda Kozlowski\n Mark Blum\n David Gulpilil\n Michael Lombard\n John Meillon", "Music by": "Peter Best", "Cinematography": "Russell Boyd", "Edi... |
Katherine Anne Couric ( ; born January 7, 1957) is an American journalist and presenter. She is founder of Katie Couric Media, a multimedia news and production company. She also publishes a daily newsletter, Wake Up Call. From 2013 to 2017, she was Yahoo's Global News Anchor. Couric has been a television host at all of... | {"Name": "Katie Couric", "Caption": "Couric in 2014", "Birth name": "Katherine Anne Couric", "Birth date": "1957 1 7", "Birth place": "Arlington, Virginia, U.S.", "Alma mater": "University of Virginia", "Occupation": "Journalist, presenter, author", "Years active": "1979-present", "Spouse(s)": "Jay Monahan 1989 1998 di... |
Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (28 August 1825 - 14 July 1895) was a German lawyer, jurist, journalist, and writer who is regarded today as a pioneer of sexologyHans-Martin Lohmann: Geschichte der Sexualität - Vom Widerspruch her gedacht (Buchbesprechung: Volkmar Sigusch, Geschichte der Sexualwissenschaft, Campus, 2008), Frankf... | {"Name": "Karl Heinrich Ulrichs", "Caption": "Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, engraving based on an undated portrait photograph", "Birth date": "1825 08 28 y", "Birth place": "Aurich, Kingdom of Hanover, German Confederation", "Death date": "1895 07 14 1825 08 28 y", "Death place": "L'Aquila, Kingdom of Italy", "Nationality": "... |
thumb|1889 reunion veterans of the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. General Joshua L. Chamberlain, the officer who commanded them in battle, is seated at center right, bracketed by the Maltese Cross banner of the V Corps (5th) and the unit's regimental flag. Left is a monument to the unit rec... | {"Allegiance": "Union/Federal/North", "Branch": "Infantry", "Type": "Regiment", "Notablecommanders": "40px BG. Adelbert Ames 40px BG. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain 40px LTC. Ellis Spear"} |
Ante Pavelić (; 14 July 1889 - 28 December 1959) was a Croatian politician who founded and headed the fascist ultranationalist organization known as the Ustaše in 1929 and served as dictator of the Independent State of Croatia (, NDH), a fascist puppet state built out of parts of occupied Yugoslavia by the authorities ... | {"Name": "Ante Pavelić", "Image caption": "Pavelić in Ustaše uniform in 1942", "Term start": "10 April 1941", "Term end": "8 May 1945", "Order 2": "2nd", "Office 2": "Minister of Armed Forces of the Independent State of Croatia", "Prime minister 2": "Himself", "Predecessor 2": "Slavko Kvaternik", "Successor 2": "Mirosl... |
Sir Donald Charles McKinnon (born 27 February 1939) is a New Zealand politician who served as the 12th deputy prime minister of New Zealand and the minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand. He was the secretary-general of the Commonwealth of Nations from 2000 until 2008.
Early life
McKinnon was born in Blackheath, ... | {"Image caption": "McKinnon in 2012", "Name": "Sir Don McKinnon", "Term start": "1 April 2000", "Term end": "31 March 2008", "Office 2": "12th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand", "Prime minister 2": "Jim Bolger", "Predecessor 2": "Helen Clark", "Successor 2": "Winston Peters", "Birth name": "Donald Charles McKinnon"... |
Chief Emeka Anyaoku, GCON GCVO, CFR, CON (born 18 January 1933)"Anyaoku, Eleazar Chukwuemeka", in Africa Who's Who, London: Africa Journal for Africa Books Ltd, 1981, p. 137. is a Nigerian diplomat of Igbo descent. He was the third Commonwealth Secretary-General. Born in Obosi, Anyaoku was educated at Merchants of Ligh... | {"Name": "Chief Emeka Anyaoku", "Term start": "1 July 1990", "Term end": "31 March 2000", "Office 2": "Deputy Secretary-General for Political Affairs", "Predecessor 2": "M.A. Husain", "Successor 2": "Vacancy", "Birth date": "1933 1 18 yes", "Birth place": "Obosi, Nigeria", "Spouse(s)": "Princess Bunmi Anyaoku 1962"} |
Sir Shridath Surendranath Ramphal (born 3 October 1928), often known as Sir Sonny Ramphal, is a Guyanese politician who was the second Commonwealth Secretary-General, holding the position from 1975 to 1990. He was also the foreign minister of Guyana from 1972 to 1975, and assistant attorney general of the West Indies ... | {"Image": "Shridath Ramphal.JPG", "Name": "Shridath Surendranath Ramphal", "Term start": "1 July 1975", "Term end": "30 June 1990", "Office 2": "Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guyana", "Prime minister 2": "Forbes Burnham", "Predecessor 2": "Forbes Burnham", "Successor 2": "Frederick Wills", "Birth date": "1928 10 3 yes... |
Arnold Cantwell Smith (January 18, 1915 – February 7, 1994) was a Canadian diplomat. He was the first Commonwealth Secretary-General, serving from 1965–1975.
A talented student, he won a Rhodes Scholarship to Christ Church, Oxford.
From 1958 to 1961, he was the Canadian Ambassador to Egypt. From 1961 to 1963, he was... | {"Name": "Arnold Cantwell Smith", "Term start": "1 July 1965", "Term end": "30 June 1975", "Birth date": "1915 1 18 y", "Birth place": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Death date": "1994 2 7 1915 1 18 yes", "Nationality": "Canadian"} |
Survivor is a British competition television series based on the international reality franchise of the same name. The series aired for two series on the ITV network in 2001 and 2002, before being revived in 2023 by the BBC. Following the premise of other versions of the format, the show features a group of contestants... | {"Genre": "Reality competition", "Created by": "Charlie Parsons", "Presented by": "Mark Austin\n Mark Nicholas\n Joel Dommett", "Starring": "John Leslie", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Running time": "60 minutes (inc. including adverts)", "Original network": "ITV (2001-02)BBC One (2023-)", "Original release":... |
Live Through This is the second studio album by the American alternative rock band Hole, released on April 12, 1994, by DGC Records. Recorded in late 1993, it departed from the band's unpolished hardcore aesthetics to more refined melodies and song structure. Frontwoman Courtney Love said that she wanted the record to ... | {"Released": "1994 04 12", "Recorded": "October 8-31, 1993", "Studio": "Triclops Sound (Marietta, Georgia)", "Genre": "AllMusic>Thomas Stephen http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-through-this-mw0000624149 Live Through This - Hole : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards AllMusic live https://web.archive.org/web/2013032406... |
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thumb|150px|On November 22nd, 1990, the first transaction bell of Chinese security market rang. This is the opening bell of the stock market.
The Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE; ) i... | {"Type": "Stock exchange", "Location": "China", "Coordinates": "22.54426 N 114.04883 E dms region:CN inline,title", "Founded": "1987 (unofficially) https://books.google.com/books?id=yEBmHuHCETYC&q=shenzhen+stock+market+1988&pg=PA11 The Evolution of the Stock Market in China's Transitional Economy Jianxun Chen Huici Shi... |
The Great Unity () is a Chinese utopian vision of the world in which everyone and everything is at peace. It is found in classical Chinese philosophy which has been invoked many times in the modern history of China.
History
The notion of the "Great Unity" appeared in the "Lǐyùn" (禮運) chapter of the Book of Rites, one ... | {"Name in Chinese": "大同", "Pinyin transcription": "dàtóng", "Tongyong pinyin": "dàtóng", "Wade-Giles": "ta4t'ung2", "Bopomofo (Zhuyin)": "ㄉㄚˋㄊㄨㄥˊ", "Peh-oe-ji": "tāi-tông", "Hakka Transliteration Scheme": "tai55 tung11", "Wu Romanization": "da去 don平", "Jyutping": "daai6 tung4", "Korean name in Korean characters": "대동",... |
Foundation and Empire is a science fiction novel by American writer Isaac Asimov originally published by Gnome Press in 1952. It is the second book in the Foundation series, and the fourth in the in-universe chronology. It takes place in two parts, originally published as separate novellas. The second part, "The Mule,"... | {"Cover artist": "Edd Cartier", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "Foundation series", "Publisher": "Gnome Press", "Media type": "Print (hardcover)", "Pages": "247", "Preceded by": "Foundation", "Followed by": "Second Foundation"} |
Michael Brant Shermer (born September 8, 1954) is an American science writer, historian of science, executive director of The Skeptics Society, and founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, a publication focused on investigating pseudoscientific and supernatural claims. The author of over a dozen books, Shermer is known ... | {"Name": "Michael Shermer", "Caption": "Shermer on the Skeptics Society Geology Tour on June 8, 2007", "Birth date": "1954 9 8", "Birth place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Education": "Pepperdine University (BA)California State University, Fullerton (MA)Claremont Graduate University (PhD)", "Occupation": "writer,... |
The Commonwealth secretary-general is the head of the Commonwealth Secretariat, the central body which has served the Commonwealth of Nations since its establishment in 1965, and responsible for representing the Commonwealth publicly. The Commonwealth secretary-general should not be confused with the head of the Common... | {"Post": "Secretary-General", "Body": "the Commonwealth of Nations", "Flag size": "175px", "Flag caption": "Flag", "Image size": "200px", "Incumbent": "Patricia Scotland KC", "Incumbent since": "1 April 2016", "Style": "Her Excellency", "Appointer": "Commonwealth Heads of Government", "Term length": "Four yearsrenewab... |
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Erasmus of Formia, also known as Saint Elmo (died ), was a Christian saint and martyr. He is venerated as the patron saint of sailors and abdominal pain. Erasmus or Elmo is also ... | {"Born": "3rd century", "Died": "Illyricum (present-day Croatia)", "Feast": "2 JuneMartyrologium Romanum, Libreria Editrice Vaticana (2001) 88-209-7210-7", "Attributes": "represented with his entrails wound on a windlass or as a vested bishop holding a winch or windlassSaint of the Day, June 2: Erasmus of Formia Saint... |
Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional football team, which plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football... | {"Full name": "Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund", "Nickname(s)": "Die Borussen (The Prussians)https://footnickname.wordpress.com/2020/05/23/84-bv-09-borussia-dortmund-borussen/ #84 - BV 09 Borussia Dortmund : Borussen 23 May 2020 fr Footnickname 19 February 2023 19 February 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20... |
San Simeon (Spanish: San Simeón, meaning "St. Simon") is a village and Census-designated place on the Pacific coast of San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. Its position along State Route 1 is about halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, each of those cities being roughly away. A key feature of th... | {"Land": "2.063", "Water": "0", "Density": "auto", "DST": "-7"} |
Károly Mária Kertbeny (born Karl Maria Benkert; 28 February 1824 - 23 January 1882) was a Hungarian journalist, translator, memoirist and human rights campaigner. Kertbeny coined the words heterosexual and homosexual as the German nouns and .
He translated works by Hungarian poets and writers Sándor Petőfi, János Ara... | {"Name": "Károly Mária Kertbeny", "Caption": "Karl Maria Kertbeny, ca. 1865", "Birth name": "Karl Maria Benkert", "Birth date": "1824 02 28 y", "Birth place": "Vienna, Austrian Empire", "Death date": "1882 01 23 1824 02 28 y", "Death place": "Budapest, Austria-Hungary", "Known For": "Campaigning for gay rights, coining... |
Knorkator is a German band from Berlin that combines heavy metal with comical elements. They proclaim themselves to be "Germany's band in the world" (), as the title "The best band in the world" was already taken by Die Ärzte. The name is a personification of , a dated adjective used in Berlin and the Ruhr basin mean... | {"Origin": "Berlin, Germany", "Genres": "Heavy metal, Neue Deutsche Härte, comedy rock", "Labels": "Tubareckorz, Nuclear Blast", "Website": "knorkator.de", "Members": "Stumpen (Gero Ivers)\n Alf Ator (Alexander Thomas)\n Buzz Dee (Sebastian Baur) (since 1996)\n Rajko Gohlke (since 2010)\n Philipp Schwab (since 2020)"} |
SchNEWS was a free weekly publication from Brighton, England, which ran from November 1994 until September 2014. The main focus was environmental and social issues/struggles in the UK - but also internationally - with an emphasis on direct action protest, and autonomous political struggles outside formalised political ... | {"Type": "Protest", "Format": "Weekly newsletter", "Publisher": "Justice?", "Editor": "Anonymous", "Language": "English", "Circulation": "2,000 per issue on paper, 11,000 by email", "Headquarters": "Brighton", "Website": "SchNEWS.org,\nSchNEWS at archive.org"} |
Equal Rites is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett. Published in 1987, it is the third novel in the Discworld series and the first in which the main character is not Rincewind. The title is wordplay on the phrase "Equal Rights".
The novel introduces the character of Granny Weatherwax, who reappears in several lat... | {"Cover artist": "Josh Kirby", "Language": "English", "Series": "Discworld 3rd novel – 1st Witches story", "Publisher": "Victor Gollancz Ltd in association with Colin Smythe", "ISBN": "0-575-03950-7", "Preceded by": "The Light Fantastic", "Followed by": "Mort"} |
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The National Indoor Football League (NIFL) was a professional indoor football league in the United States. For their first six years, the league had teams in markets not covered by either the Arena Football League or its developmental league, ... | {"Map size": "150px", "Caption": "National Indoor Football League logo", "Sport": "Indoor football", "Founded": "2001", "Folded": "2008", "Country": "USA", "Champion": "San Diego Shockwave", "Official website": "http://www.niflfootball.com"} |
Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper Jr. (March 6, 1927 - October 4, 2004) was an American aerospace engineer, test pilot, United States Air Force pilot, and the youngest of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury, the first human space program of the United States. Cooper learned to fly as a child, and after service i... | {"Rank": "Colonel, USAF", "Selection": "1959 NASA Group 1", "Missions": "Mercury-Atlas 9, Gemini 5", "Retirement": "July 31, 1970"} |
Howard William Cosell (; né Cohen; March 25, 1918 - April 23, 1995) was an American sports journalist, broadcaster and author. Cosell became prominent and influential during his tenure with ABC Sports from 1953 until 1985.
Cosell was widely known for his blustery, confident personality. Cosell said of himself, "I've ... | {"Name": "Howard Cosell", "Caption": "Cosell in 1980", "Birth name": "Howard William Cohen", "Birth date": "1918 3 25 y", "Birth place": "Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.", "Death date": "1995 4 23 1918 3 25 y", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Occupation": "Journalist\n author\n radio personality\n columnist\... |
Selby is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England; it is located south of York on the River Ouse. In the 2021 UK Census, it had a population recorded at 19,760.
The town was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire; from 1974 until 2023, the town was the administrative centre of the Selby D... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021 Census)", "Unitary authority": "North Yorkshire", "Ceremonial county": "North Yorkshire", "UK Parliament": "Selby and Ainsty", "Postcode district": "YO", "Dialling code": "01757", "OS grid reference": "SE614323", "Website": "www.selbytowncouncil.gov.uk"} |
The University of Essex is a public research university in Essex, England. Established by royal charter in 1965, it is one of the original plate glass universities. The university shield consists of the ancient arms attributed to the Kingdom of Essex, and the motto, "Thought the harder, heart the keener", is adapted fr... | {"Motto": "Thought the harder, heart the keener", "Type": "Public research university", "Endowment": "£8.9 million (2021-22)Essex Financial Statements 2021-22 https://www.essex.ac.uk/-/media/documents/about/financial-statements/financial-statements-2021-22.pdf Essex Financial Statements Essex 15 February 2023", "Bu... |
Mahavir Janma Kalyanak is one of the most important religious festivals in Jainism. It celebrates the birth of Lord Mahavir, the twenty-fourth and last Tirthankara (supreme preacher) of present Avasarpiṇī. On the Gregorian calendar, the holiday occurs either in March or April.
Birth
According to Jain texts, Mahavir wa... | {"Official name": "Mahavir Janma Kalyanak", "Also called": "Translation: Birth Anniversary of Lord Mahavir;", "Observed by": "Jains", "Next time": "Chaitra Sud Triyodashi (teras) (Vira Nirvana Samvat)", "Observances": "Prayers, religious rituals", "Celebrations": "Going to the Jain Temple", "Type": "Religious, India (n... |
John Adrian Louis Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, (25 September 1860 - 29 February 1908) was a British aristocrat and statesman who served as the first governor-general of Australia, in office from 1901 to 1902. He was previously Governor of Victoria from 1889 to 1895.
Hopetoun was born into t... | {"Name": "The Marquess of Linlithgow", "Term start": "1 January 1901", "Term end": "17 July 1902", "Office 2": "Secretary for Scotland", "Prime minister 2": "Arthur Balfour", "Predecessor 2": "Andrew Murray", "Successor 2": "John Sinclair", "Birth date": "yes 1860 9 25", "Birth place": "South Queensferry, West Lothian,... |
Trick is a 1999 American gay-themed romantic comedy film directed by Jim Fall and starring Christian Campbell, John Paul Pitoc, Miss Coco Peru, and Tori Spelling. Independently produced by Eric d'Arbeloff, Ross Katz, and Fall, the film was written by Jason Schafer. Trick premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Janua... | {"Directed by": "Jim Fall", "Produced by": "Jim Fall\n Eric d'Arbeloff\n Ross Katz", "Written by": "Jason Schafer", "Starring": "Christian Campbell\n John Paul Pitoc\n Tori Spelling\n Lorri Bagley\n Brad Beyer\n Steve Hayes\n Clinton Leupp", "Music by": "David Friedman", "Cinematography": "Terry Stacey", "Edited by": "... |
Ferdinand Foch ( , ; 2 October 1851 - 20 March 1929) was a French general and military theorist who served as the Supreme Allied Commander during the First World War. An aggressive, even reckless commander at the First Marne, Flanders and Artois campaigns of 1914-1916, Foch became the Allied Commander-in-Chief in late ... | {"Honorific prefix": "Marshal", "Name": "Ferdinand Foch", "Image caption": "General Foch, 1914", "Office 2": "26th Chief of the Army Staff", "Predecessor 2": "Philippe Pétain", "Successor 2": "Henri Alby", "Birth date": "1851 10 02 y", "Death date": "1929 03 20 1851 10 02 y", "Birth place": "Tarbes, France", "Death pla... |
thumb|upright=1.2|A schematic diagram of Zhongnanhai. At the bottom (south) of the diagram is Xinhua Gate (1758). The island on the foreground lake is Yingtai Island (1421). To the northeast of Yingtai is Qinzheng Hall (1980) while to the northwest is Beneficence Garden (1722). Huairen Hall (1888) is in the center-west... | {"Name": "Zhongnanhaizh 中南海", "Image size": "250px", "Caption": "Xinhuamen, the \"Gate of New China\", built by Yuan Shikai, today the formal entrance to the Zhongnanhai compound", "Coordinates": "39.9113 N 116.3805 E region:CN-11 dms inline,title", "Address": "174 Chang'an Avenue, Xicheng District, BeijingZhongnanhai ... |
The Haunted is a Swedish heavy metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 1996. The original members were Anders and Jonas Björler, Peter Dolving, Adrian Erlandsson and Patrik Jensen. Both of the Björler brothers and Erlandsson were members of the seminal melodic death metal band At the Gates, a pioneering force in the Swed... | {"Origin": "Gothenburg, Sweden", "Genres": "Thrash metal, melodic death metal, groove metal", "Labels": "Century Media, Earache", "Website": "the-haunted.com", "Members": "Patrik Jensen\n Jonas Björler\n Adrian Erlandsson\n Marco Aro\n Ola Englund"} |
Bakewell is a market town and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, known for Bakewell pudding. It lies on the River Wye, 13 miles (21 km) south-west of Sheffield. At the 2011 census, the population of the civil parish was 3,949. It was estimated at 3,695 in 2019.City Population site. Re... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120316&c=Bakewell&d=16&e=62&g=6413586&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1407052188196&enc=1 Area: Bakewell (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics Neighbourhood Statistics Offi... |
Dore is a large village in South Yorkshire, England. The village lies on a hill above the River Sheaf which gave Sheffield its name and, until 1934, was part of Derbyshire but it is now a suburb of the city.
Dore and Totley was the only ward of the city which regularly elected a Conservative councillor; however, as of... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Metropolitan borough": "City of Sheffield", "Metropolitan county": "South Yorkshire", "Population": "Dore is made up of 18 output areas http://www.ukcensusdata.com/dore-and-totley-e05001048#sthash.PWwd7J2U.2Q6JUxf6.dpbs", "UK Parliament": "Sheffield Hallam", "Postcode district": "S", "Di... |
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