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The 4th Golden Raspberry Awards were held on April 8, 1984, at Third Street Elementary School in Los Angeles, California, to recognize the worst the movie industry had to offer in 1983.
Amy Irving, nominated for worst supporting actress for her performance in Yentl, also received a nomination for the Academy Award for... | {"Date": "April 8, 1984", "Site": "Third Street Elementary School, Los Angeles, California", "Most awards": "The Lonely Lady (6)", "Most nominations": "The Lonely Lady (11)"} |
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Martin-Leake, (4 April 1874 - 22 June 1953) was a British physician, officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps and a double recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Martin-Leake was the... | {"Born": "Standon, Hertfordshire, England", "Died": "High Cross, Hertfordshire, England", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Commands held": "46th Field Ambulance", "Awards": "Victoria Cross & BarMentioned in DespatchesColonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration"} |
Tides Foundation is an American public charity and fiscal sponsor working to advance progressive causes and policy initiatives in areas such as the environment, health care, labor issues, immigrant rights, LGBTQ+ rights, women's rights and human rights. It was founded in San Francisco in 1976. Through donor advised fun... | {"Type": "Public charity", "Location": "San Francisco, CaliforniaNew York City, New YorkContact Us http://www.tides.org/about/contact-us/ Tides 22 February 2015", "Services": "Donor-advised fund Fiscal sponsorships Management services Collaborative spaceshttps://www.tides.org/fileadmin/user/pdf/2015_Annual_Report_web.p... |
Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as VfL Bochum () or simply Bochum, is a German professional association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has spent 35 seasons in the Bundesliga.
History
Founding to World War II
VfL Bochum is one o... | {"Full name": "Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft e. V.", "Nickname(s)": "Die Unabsteigbaren (The Undescendables)Die Blauen (The Blues)", "Founded": "1848 7 26 yes", "Capacity": "27,599", "League": "Bochum", "Website": "http://www.vfl-bochum.de"} |
James Henry Thomas (3 October 1874 - 21 January 1949) was a Welsh trade unionist and Labour (later National Labour) politician. He was involved in a political scandal involving budget leaks.
Early career and trade union activities
Thomas was born in Newport, Monmouthshire, the son of a young unmarried mother. He was ... | {"Name": "James Henry Thomas", "Monarch 2": "George V", "Prime minister 2": "Ramsay MacDonald", "Predecessor 2": "The Lord Passfield", "Successor 2": "Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister", "Birth date": "yes 1874 10 3", "Birth place": "Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales", "Death date": "yes 1949 01 21 1874 10 3", "Death place": "Lon... |
King Jama kaNdaba (c. 1727-1781), the son of Ndaba kaMageba, was king of the Zulu Kingdom from 1763 to 1781. It is alleged he prophesied the birth of King Shaka. His grandfather was King Mageba kaGumede.
Biography
His name is derived from the Zulu word meaning "he of the stern countenance".
Marriage
He married, ... | {"Name": "Jama", "Birth date": "1727", "Death place": "1781", "Spouse(s)": "Mthaniya Sibisi", "Children": "Senzangakhona kaJamaMkabayi kaJama Phalo ka Jama, Nobhongoza kaJama, Mfolozi kaJama, Mamma kaJama, Nokhokhela kaJama", "Parent(s)": "Ndaba kaMageba", "Relatives": "Mageba (grandfather)Shaka (grandson)"} |
The Borough of Kettering was a local government district and borough in Northamptonshire, England, from 1974 to 2021. It was named after its main town, Kettering, where the council was based. It bordered onto the district of Harborough in the neighbouring county of Leicestershire, the borough of Corby, the district of ... | {"Type": "Kettering Borough Council", "Rank": "Ranked E07000153", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+1", "Website": "kettering.gov.uk"} |
Selby District was a local government district of North Yorkshire, England, from 1974 to 2023. Its council was based in the town of Selby. The district had a population of 83,449 at the 2011 Census. The southernmost district of North Yorkshire, it bordered the City of York unitary authority, the Borough of Harrogate in... | {"Type": "Selby District Council", "Rank": "Ranked E07000169", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+1", "Website": "selby.gov.uk"} |
José Montoya (May 28, 1932 - September 25, 2013) was a poet and an artist from Sacramento, California. He was one of the most influential Chicano bilingual poets. He has published many well-known poems in anthologies and magazines, and served as Sacramento's poet laureate.
Biography
He was born in Albuquerque, New M... | {"Birth place": "Albuquerque, New Mexico", "Birth date": "28 May 1932", "Death date": "25 September 2013", "Citizenship": "United States", "Genre": "Chicano poetry", "Occupation": "Professor", "Language": "English and Spanish", "Death place": "Sacramento, California"} |
The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is an artistic and cultural centre on The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square. Located within Nash House, part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps and Admiralty Arch, the ICA contains galleries, a theatre, two cinemas, a bookshop and a bar.
History
The ... | {"Established": "1946", "Location": "The Mall, London(offices in Carlton House Terrace)", "Coordinates": "51.506608 -0.13061 type:landmark_region:GB inline,title", "Director": "Bengi Unsal", "Public transit access": "london underground Charing Crossgb Rail Charing Cross", "Website": "www.ica.art"} |
Battlefleet Gothic is a naval miniature wargame that was produced by Games Workshop from 1999 to 2013 with Andy Chambers as the primary developer. A spin-off of the science-fantasy setting of Warhammer 40,000, the game has players command fleets of large spaceships belonging to one of several spaceborne factions. Altho... | {"Name": "Battlefleet Gothic", "Image": "Battlefleet-gothic-logo.png\n \n 300\n transparent\n 0", "Image size": "300px", "Manufacturer(s)": "Games Workshop", "Years active": "1999-2013", "Players": "2+", "Random chance": "dice rolls"} |
thumb|upright=1.2|The Senate chamber seen from the gallery
The Wisconsin Senate is the upper house of the Wisconsin State Legislature. Together with the larger Wisconsin State Assembly they constitute the legislative branch of the state of Wisconsin. The powers of the Wisconsin Senate are modeled after those of the U.S... | {"Type": "Upper house", "Authority": "Article IV, Wisconsin Constitution", "Salary": "$50,950/year + $153 per diem", "Seats": "33"} |
Romeo James Beckham (born 1 September 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Brentford B. He is the son of former footballer David Beckham and fashion designer and Spice Girls member Victoria Beckham.
Early life
Beckham was born in Portland Hospital in the City of Westminster, London. H... | {"Name": "Romeo Beckham", "Full name": "Romeo James Beckham", "Birth date": "2002 9 1 y", "Birth place": "Westminster, London, England", "Height": "1.85 m", "Position": "Forward", "Current club": "Brentford B", "Youth club 1 years": "2014-2015", "Youth club 1": "Arsenal", "Youth club 2 years": "2021-2023", "Youth club ... |
No. 42 Squadron is an active transport squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF). It was formed at Rongotai Airport (Wellington) in December 1943 to provide a communications service around New Zealand, initially using impressed civilian types. It was briefly officially disbanded in 1946, but its aircraft cont... | {"Branch": "23px Royal New Zealand Air Force", "Role": "VIP transport, aircrew training, general transport", "Part of": "CO Flying Training Wing", "Motto(s)": "Māori - \"Tara Ki Uta, Tara Ki Tai\"English - \"We span the land, from coast to coast\"", "Mascot(s)": "Kererū (New Zealand pigeon)"} |
Mittelbau-Dora (also Dora-Mittelbau and Nordhausen-Dora) was a Nazi concentration camp located near Nordhausen in Thuringia, Germany. It was established in late summer 1943 as a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp, supplying slave labour from many Eastern countries occupied by Germany (including evacuated survivor... | {"Coordinates": "51 32 7.8 N 10 44 54.8 E type:landmark it", "Other names": "Nordhausen-Dora", "Location": "Nordhausen, Germany", "Operated by": "SS", "Commandant": "Otto Förschner (October 1944 - January 1945) Richard Baer (February 1945 - April 1945)", "Original use": "Subterranean fuel depot (tunnels)", "Operational... |
Pangnirtung (or Pang, also Pangniqtuuq, in syllabics: ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ ) is an Inuit hamlet, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut, located on Baffin Island. The community is located about south of the Arctic Circle, and about from the North Pole. Pangnirtung is situated on a coastal plain at the coas... | {"Type": "Hamlet Council", "Land": "7.98", "Density": "190.6", "DST": "-04:00", "Website": "http://www.pangnirtung.ca/"} |
The Vicar of Dibley is a British sitcom which originally ran on BBC One from 10 November 1994 to 1 January 2007. It is set in the fictional Oxfordshire village of Dibley, which is assigned a female vicar following the 1993 changes in the Church of England that permitted the ordination of women. Dawn French plays the le... | {"Genre": "Sitcom", "Written by": "Richard Curtis\nPaul Mayhew-Archer", "Directed by": "Dewi Humphreys (series 1-2)\nGareth Carrivick (series 3)\nBarbara Wiltshire(lockdown episodes)", "Starring": "Dawn French\nEmma Chambers\nTrevor Peacock\nGary Waldhorn\nJames Fleet\nJohn Bluthal\nLiz Smith\nRoger Lloyd-Pack", "Openi... |
MARC (Maryland Area Rail Commuter) is a commuter rail system in the Washington-Baltimore area. MARC is administered by the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) and operated under contract by Alstom and Amtrak on track owned by CSX Transportation (CSXT) and Amtrak. In , the system had a ridership of , or about per we... | {"Name": "Maryland Area Rail Commuter", "Size of first image": "200 px", "Second image caption": "A MARC HHP-8 leads an express train into Odenton station in Odenton, Maryland", "Locale": "Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area", "Owner(s)": "Maryland Transit Administration", "Transit type(s)": "Commuter rail", "Openin... |
The 1878 Treaty of San Stefano (; Peace of San-Stefano, ; Peace treaty of San-Stefano, or ) was a treaty between the Russian and Ottoman empires at the conclusion of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878. It was signed at San Stefano, then a village west of Constantinople (present-day Istanbul), on by Count Nicholas Pav... | {"Name": "Treaty of San Stefano", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "The signing of the treaty of San Stefano", "Treaty type": "Bilateral treaty", "Date signed": "yes 1878 3 3", "Location signed": "San Stefano, Ottoman Empire", "Original signatories": "Ottoman Empire\n Russian Empire Russia"} |
PowerQuest was a software company that produced utility software. It was acquired by Symantec in 2003. PowerQuest's market focus was on management of computer data storage, especially file systems and disk partitions. Their products included PartitionMagic, DriveCopy, Drive Image, and ServerMagic.
PowerQuest was s... | {"Type": "Public", "Fate": "Acquired by Symantec Corporation", "Industry": "Software", "Products": "PartitionMagic DriveCopy ServerMagic Drive Image V2i Protector V2i Builder Lost & Found Search & Rescue DeployCenter DeltaDeploy", "Founded": "Orem, Utah, U.S.", "Website": "Powerquest.com"} |
(IPA: , VOS Spelling: tjanting, ) is a pen-like tool used to apply liquid hot wax ( ) in the batik-making process in Indonesia, more precisely batik tulis (lit. "written batik"). Traditional Tjanting consists of copper wax-container with small pipe spout and bamboo handle. Traditional tjanting is made of copper, bronze... | {"Types": "jv Rengreng, Isen, Cecek, Klowong, Tembokan, Cecekan, Loron, Telon, Prapatan, Liman, Byok, Galaran", "Used with": "Wax, Batik", "Inventor": "Javanese Tirta Iwan Steen Gareth L. Urso Deborah M. Alisjahbana Mario 1996 Batik: A Play of Lights and Shades https://books.google.com/books?id=MZAiSAAACAAJ G... |
Alydar (March 23, 1975 – November 15, 1990) was an American Thoroughbred race horse and sire. A chestnut colt, he was most famous for finishing a close second to Affirmed in all three races of the 1978 Triple Crown. With each successive race, Alydar narrowed Affirmed's margin of victory; Affirmed won by 1.5 lengths in ... | {"Sire": "Raise a Native", "Grandsire": "Native Dancer", "Dam": "Sweet Tooth", "Damsire": "On-and-On", "Sex": "Stallion", "Foaled": "1975", "Country": "USA", "Breeder": "Calumet Farm", "Owner": "Calumet Farm", "Trainer": "John M. Veitch", "Record": "26:14-9-1", "Earnings": "$957,195Alydar's five-generation pedigree and... |
Watseka or Watchekee (c. 1810–1878) was a Potawatomi Native American woman, born in Illinois, and named for the heroine of a Potawatomi legend. Her uncle was Tamin, the chief of the Kankakee Potawatomi Indians.
She was also known by the name of Josette (or Zozette) Bergeron.
Early life
Watseka was born around 1810 at... | {"Name": "Watseka", "Caption": "Photograph of Watseka Bergeron (also known as Watchekee)", "Birth name": "Watch-e-kee Wa-che-ke Waatchki", "Birth date": "c. 1810", "Birth place": "Buncombe, Illinois", "Death date": "1878", "Death place": "Council Bluffs", "Nationality": "Potawatomi, Native American", "Other names": "W... |
Hoylake is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. It is at the north west of the Wirral Peninsula, near West Kirby and where the River Dee meets the Irish Sea. Historically part of Cheshire, the Domesday Book of 1086 recorded it within the Hundred of Wilaveston.
At the 2001 census, ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2001 census)", "Metropolitan borough": "Wirral", "Metropolitan county": "Merseyside", "UK Parliament": "Wirral West", "Postcode district": "CH", "Dialling code": "0151", "OS grid reference": "SJ215888", "ISO 3166": "GB-WRL"} |
Hyde is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 34,003 in 2011.
Historically in Cheshire, it is northeast of Stockport, west of Glossop and east of Manchester.
History
Early history
Newton Hall was present in the thirteenth century. The area formed a township of the parish of St... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)", "Metropolitan borough": "Tameside", "Metropolitan county": "Greater Manchester", "UK Parliament": "Stalybridge and Hyde", "Postcode district": "SK", "Dialling code": "0161", "OS grid reference": "SJ945945"} |
Hamilton College is a private liberal arts college located in Clinton, New York. It was originally established as the Hamilton-Oneida Academy in 1793 and later received its charter as Hamilton College in 1812, in honor of Alexander Hamilton, one of its inaugural trustees, following a proposal made after his death in 18... | {"Motto": "grc-Grek Γνῶθι Σεαυτόν no (Ancient Greek)", "Type": "Private liberal arts college", "Endowment": "$1.27 billion (2022)NTS Public Tables", "Accreditation": "MSCHE", "President": "David Wippman", "Undergraduates": "2,000 (2022)https://www.hamilton.edu/about/facts Just The Facts Hamilton College March 19, 20... |
The is a converged device and fourth-generation home video game console capable of playing LaserDiscs, Compact Discs, console games, and LD-G karaoke discs. It was released by Pioneer Corporation in 1993. In addition to LaserActive games, separately sold add-on modules (called "PACs" by Pioneer) accept Mega Drive/Gene... | {"Image caption": "LaserActive CLD-A100 with the Sega Genesis module", "Manufacturer": "Pioneer Corporation", "Family": "LaserDisc", "Generation": "Fourth", "Release date": "JP August 20, 1993 NA September 13, 1993", "Lifespan": "1993-1996", "Base price": "¥89,800$970.00", "Discontinuation date": "1996", "Units sold": ... |
George William Penrose, Lord Penrose, PC (born 2 June 1938), is a Scottish judge (from 1990) and member of the Privy Council (from 2000) who sat in the Court of Session, the supreme civil court.
He is best known for heading The Penrose Report into the near-collapse of the mutual life assurance company Equitable Life. ... | {"Name": "Lord Penrose", "Birth date": "yes 1938 06 02", "Birth place": "Port Glasgow", "Birth name": "George William Penrose", "Nationality": "British"} |
Beginner (formerly Absolute Beginner) is a German rap group from Hamburg, consisting of Jan Delay (aka Eizi Eiz/Eißfeldt), Denyo and DJ Mad. Their fourth album, Advanced Chemistry, was released in August 2016.
Band history
thumb|The group in 1998
thumb|Beginner in 2013
The group was founded as Absolute Beginner in 1... | {"Origin": "Hamburg, Germany", "Genres": "German hip hop", "Labels": "Buback, Universal", "Website": "beginner.de", "Members": "Jan Delay (aka Eizi Eiz/Eißfeldt)DenyoDJ Mad"} |
Charles Edward Merrill (October 19, 1885 - October 6, 1956)"Charles Merrill, Broker, Dies; Founder of Merrill Lynch Firm". The New York Times, October 7, 1956. was an American philanthropist, stockbroker, and co-founder, with Edmund C. Lynch, of Merrill Lynch (previously called Charles E. Merrill & Co.).
Early years
... | {"Birth name": "Charles Edward Merrill", "Birth date": "1885 10 19", "Birth place": "Green Cove Springs, Florida, U.S.", "Death date": "1956 10 6 1885 10 19", "Death place": "Southampton, New York, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Amherst CollegeUniversity of Michigan Law School", "Occupation": "Banker", "Known For": "Founder of ... |
The Quebec Bridge () is a road, rail, and pedestrian bridge across the lower Saint Lawrence River between Sainte-Foy (a former suburb that in 2002 became a western area of Quebec City) and Lévis, in Quebec, Canada. The project failed twice during its construction, in 1907 and 1916, at the cost of 88 lives and additiona... | {"Carries": "Route 175 20pxCanadian National Railway and Via Rail1 pedestrian walkway", "Crosses": "St. Lawrence River", "Locale": "Quebec City, and Lévis, Quebec", "Owner": "Canadian National Railway", "Maintained by": "Canadian National Railway", "Design": "Cantilever bridge", "Longest span": "549 m ft on", "Total le... |
Worcester Academy is a private school in Worcester, Massachusetts. It is the oldest educational institution founded in Worcester, Massachusetts, and one of the oldest day-boarding schools in the United States. A coeducational preparatory school, it belongs to the National Association of Independent Schools.
Demograph... | {"Faculty": "80", "Student to teacher ratio": "8:1", "Athletics": "24 Interscholastic sports54 Interscholastic teams", "Athletics conference": "NEPSAC", "Mascot": "Oskee", "Team name": "Hilltoppers", "Newspaper": "Vigornia", "Yearbook": "The Towers", "Campus type": "Urban", "Campus size": "71 acre m2", "Average class s... |
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KF (, "Co-operative Union") is a federation of consumer co-operatives in Sweden and a retail group, with groceries as its core business.
History
KF was founded in 1899 by 41 local consumer co-operatives in order to support them with information and education of store managers and board members. Soon KF also became r... | {"Type": "Cooperative Federation", "Founded": "1899", "Headquarters": "Sweden", "Industry": "Retail", "Members": "3.2 million"} |
John of Austria (, ; 24 February 1547 - 1 October 1578) was the illegitimate son of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Charles V met his son only once, recognizing him in a codicil to his will. John became a military leader in the service of his half-brother, King Philip II of Spain, Charles V's heir, and is best known for... | {"Name": "John of Austria", "Image": "File:Don Juan d'Austria 1.JPG", "Caption": "Oil in canvas, 2nd half of the 16th century, probably by Juan Pantoja de la Cruz.Museo del Prado, Madrid.", "Birth date": "24 February 1547", "Birth place": "Regensburg", "Death date": "1578 10 1 1547 2 24 y", "Death place": "Bouge, near ... |
thumb|The Firth of Clyde at Kilcreggan, with PS Waverley approaching across Loch Long
Kilcreggan (Scottish Gaelic: Cille Chreagain) is a village on the Rosneath peninsula in Argyll and Bute, West of Scotland.
It developed on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde at a time when Clyde steamers brought it within easy re... | {"Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "Council area": "Argyll and Bute", "Lieutenancy area": "Argyll and Bute", "UK Parliament": "Argyll and Bute", "Scottish Parliament": "Dumbarton", "Sovereign state": "Scotland", "OS grid reference": "NS 23800 80500", "Postcode district": "G84", "Dialling code": "01436"} |
Belgarion (also called Garion) is a fictional character and the chief protagonist in The Belgariad and The Malloreon, two fantasy epics written by David Eddings.
Garion is the distant nephew of Polgara the Sorceress and the distant grandson of Belgarath the Sorcerer, though in truth his lineage is many times removed f... | {"Born": "Annath, Sendaria", "Father": "Geran", "Mother": "Ildera", "Religion": "A disciple of Aldur"} |
Gregory "Pappy" Boyington (December 4, 1912 - January 11, 1988) was an American combat pilot who was a United States Marine Corps fighter ace during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. A Marine aviator with the Pacific fleet in 1941, Boyington joined the "Flying Tigers" (1st American Volunt... | {"Nickname(s)": "\"Pappy\", \"Gramps\"", "Birth name": "Gregory Boyington", "Other name(s)": "Gregory Hallenbeck", "Born": "Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, United States", "Died": "Fresno, California, United States", "Allegiance": "United States\n China", "Commands held": "VMF-122\n VMF-112\n VMF-214", "Awards": "35 px Medal of ... |
Autodesk Alias (formerly known as Alias StudioTools) is a family of computer-aided industrial design (CAID) software predominantly used in automotive design and industrial design for generating class A surfaces using Bézier surface and non-uniform rational B-spline (NURBS) modeling method.
The product is sold specif... | {"Developer(s)": "Autodesk", "Type": "CAID software", "License": "Proprietary software", "Website": "http://usa.autodesk.com/alias/"} |
The State University of Campinas (), commonly called Unicamp, is a public research university in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Unicamp is consistently ranked among the top universities in Brazil and Latin America.
Established in 1962, Unicamp was designed from scratch as an integrated research center unlike other to... | {"Type": "Public research university", "Affiliation": "Washington University in St. Louis McDonnell International Scholars Academyhttps://global.wustl.edu/mcdonnell-academy/ McDonnell International Scholars Academy", "Budget": "R$2.954 billion2016 Budget Proposal http://www.aeplan.unicamp.br/proposta_orcamentaria/unica... |
thumb|Kavango river view at Hakusembe river lodge
The Okavango River (formerly spelled Okovango or Okovanggo), also known as the Cubango River, is a river in southwest Africa. It is the fourth-longest river system in southern Africa, running southeastward for . It begins at an elevation of in the sandy highlands of A... | {"Mouth": "978 m ft on", "Location": "Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana", "Coordinates": "-18.988 22.576 dms region:BW it", "Basin size": "530000 km2 on"} |
thumb|Satellite image (SeaWiFS) of Okavango Delta, with national borders added
thumb|Typical region in the Okavango Delta, with free canals and lakes, swamps and islands
The Okavango Delta (or Okavango Grassland; formerly spelled "Okovango" or "Okovanggo") in Botswana is a vast inland delta formed where the Okavango R... | {"Location": "Botswana", "Criteria": "Natural: vii, ix, x", "Reference": "1432", "Inscription": "2014"} |
Hull Kingston Rovers are a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, that competes in the Super League, the top tier of British rugby league. The club has won five league championships, and one Challenge Cup.
Formed in 1882, the club joined the Northern Rugby Football Union in 189... | {"Full name": "Hull Kingston Rovers Rugby Football Club", "Nickname(s)": "The RobinsRoversKR", "Short name": "Hull KR", "Founded": "yes 1882 (as Kingston Amateurs)", "Colours": "Red and white", "Website": "https://hullkr.co.uk/ hullkr.co.uk", "Ground(s)": "12,225", "Chairman": "Paul Sewell", "Coach": "ENG Willie Peters... |
Caroline Mary Aherne (24 December 1963 - 2 July 2016) was an English actress, comedian, writer, producer and director. She was best known for performing as the acerbic chat show host Mrs Merton, in various roles in The Fast Show, and as Denise in The Royle Family (1998-2012), a series which she co-wrote. She won BAFTA ... | {"Name": "Caroline Aherne", "Caption": "Aherne in 2001", "Birth name": "Caroline Mary Aherne", "Birth date": "1963 12 24 y", "Birth place": "Ealing, Middlesex, England", "Death date": "2016 7 2 1963 12 24 y", "Death place": "Timperley, Greater Manchester, England", "Alma mater": "Liverpool Polytechnic", "Occupation": "... |
Die Fantastischen Vier (, "The Fantastic Four"), often shortened to Fanta 4, is a German hip hop band from Stuttgart. The members are Michael Schmidt (Smudo), Andreas Rieke, Thomas Dürr, and Michi Beck. They were, together with Advanced Chemistry, one of the earlier German-language rap groups.Brown, Timothy S. "'Keepin... | {"Origin": "Stuttgart, Germany", "Genres": "German hip hop, pop rap", "Labels": "Four Music, Sony BMG", "Website": "diefantastischenvier.de", "Members": "Michael \"Michi\" BeckThomas Dürr (\"Thomas D\")Michael \"Smudo\" SchmidtAndreas \"And.Ypsilon\" Rieke"} |
The Pierre Laporte Bridge (French: Pont Pierre-Laporte) is the longest main span suspension bridge in Canada.Although Île d'Orléans Bridge is over 4 km in total length, its longest suspended span is 323 m and its total suspended length is 677 m, less than Pierre Laporte's 1,041 meters full length. It crosses the Saint ... | {"Official name": "Pont Pierre-Laporte", "Carries": "QC A 73", "Crosses": "St. Lawrence River", "Locale": "Quebec City and Lévis, Quebec", "Designer": "Demers, Vaudry, Gronquist Parsons Transportation Group", "Design": "Suspension bridge", "Longest span": "667.5 m ft 4 on on", "Total length": "1041 m ft 4 on", "Daily ... |
Michael Thomas Hall (born 20 September 1952) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Weaver Vale from 1997 to 2010.
Early life
Mike Hall was born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, and educated at St Mary's RC Primary School and St Damian's Catholic Secondary Modern School there. ... | {"Name": "Mike Hall", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Warrington South", "Predecessor 2": "Chris Butler", "Successor 2": "Helen Southworth", "Birth date": "1952 09 20 yes", "Birth place": "Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England", "Nationality": "British", ... |
The Citizen Lab is an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, Canada. It was founded by Ronald Deibert in 2001. The laboratory studies information controls that impact the openness and security of the Internet and that pose threats to human rights. The organ... | {"Type": "Research Laboratory", "Headquarters": "University of Toronto", "Location": "Toronto, Ontario", "Website": "https://citizenlab.ca"} |
"Alice's Restaurant Massacree", commonly known as "Alice's Restaurant", is a satirical talking blues song by singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie, released as the title track to his 1967 debut album Alice's Restaurant. The song is a deadpan protest against the Vietnam War draft, in the form of a comically exaggerated but lar... | {"Released": "October 1967", "Recorded": "1967", "Genre": "Talking blueshttps://books.google.com/books?id=ZKbvAAAAMAAJ Colloquy 1970 United Church Press 3 44 folk rockhttps://www.allmusic.com/song/alices-restaurant-massacree-mt0007980809 Alice's Restaurant Massacree - Arlo Guthrie Song Info Mason Stewart AllMusic Nove... |
Theophilus was the 23rd Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the Seat of Saint Mark. He became pope at a time of conflict between the newly dominant Christians and the pagan establishment in Alexandria, each of which was supported by a segment of the Alexandrian populace.
Background
In 391, Theophilus (according to Ruf... | {"Type": "Pope", "Name": "Theophilus of Alexandria", "Title": "Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark", "Image Size": "150", "Image Caption": "Theophilus atop the Serapeum, depiction from the Alexandrian World Chronicle", "Enthroned": "384", "Reign End Date": "15 October 412", "Predecessor": "Timothy... |
Paul Joseph Weitz (July 25, 1932 - October 22, 2017) was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who flew into space twice. He was a member of the three-man crew who flew on Skylab 2, the first crewed Skylab mission. He was also commander of the STS-6 mission, the m... | {"Rank": "25px Captain, USN", "Selection": "1966 NASA Group 5", "Missions": "Skylab 2, STS-6", "Retirement": "May 1994"} |
Betty Ann Ong (, Taishanese Ang4 ngut4 mi3; February 5, 1956 - September 11, 2001) was an American flight attendant who worked for American Airlines and boarded Flight 11, the first airplane hijacked during the September 11 attacks. Ong was the first person to alert authorities to the hijackings taking place that day. ... | {"Name": "Betty Ong", "Native name": "鄧月薇", "Native name language": "zh-Hant", "Caption": "Betty Ann Ong", "Birth date": "1956 02 05", "Birth place": "San Francisco, California, U.S.", "Birth name": "Betty Ann Ong", "Death date": "2001 09 11 1956 02 05", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Death cause": "Plane crash... |
Donald Herod Peterson (October 22, 1933 - May 27, 2018) was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. Peterson was originally selected for the Air Force Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) program, but, when that was canceled, he became a NASA astronaut in September 1969. He was a mission specialist on STS-6 o... | {"Rank": "25px Colonel, USAF", "Selection": "1967 USAF MOL Group 31969 NASA Group 7", "Missions": "STS-6", "Retirement": "November 1984"} |
The MKM Stadium (also known as the Hull City Stadium due to UEFA sponsorship regulations) is a multi-purpose facility in the city of Kingston upon Hull, England. The stadium was previously called the KC Stadium, but was renamed the KCOM Stadium as part of a major rebrand by the stadium's sponsor KCOM, on 4 April 2016. ... | {"Former names": "KC Stadium (2002-2016) KCOM Stadium (2016-2021)", "Location": "The Circle, Walton Street, Anlaby Road, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, HU3 6HU", "Coordinates": "53 44 46 N 0 22 4 W type:landmark_scale:2000_region:GB inline,title", "Broke ground": "December 2001", "Opened": "October 2002", "Ow... |
Ibrox Stadium is a football stadium on the south side of the River Clyde in the Ibrox area of Glasgow, Scotland. The home of Rangers Football Club, Ibrox is the third largest football stadium in Scotland, with an all-seated capacity of .
Opened as Ibrox Park in 1899, it suffered a disaster in 1902 when a wooden terrac... | {"Location": "150 Edmiston DriveGlasgow G51 2XD", "Coordinates": "55 51 11 N 4 18 33 W type:landmark_region:GB-GLG inline,title", "Broke ground": "1899", "Opened": "30 December 1899", "Renovated": "1928 (Main Stand)1978-1981 (Copland Stand, Broomloan Stand and Govan Stand)1990-1991 (Main Stand club deck)", "Owner": "R... |
Freundeskreis (meaning "Circle of Friends") also known as FK, were a German hip hop group from Stuttgart. They performed songs in German, English, French and Esperanto. The members were Max Herre, Don Philippe and DJ Friction.
They were a socially conscious German rap group that released three top twenty albums.
His... | {"Origin": "Stuttgart, Germany", "Genres": "German hip hopHip hopRap", "Labels": "Four Music", "Website": "Official website"} |
Norman Earl Thagard (born July 3, 1943; Capt, USMC, Ret.), is an American scientist and former U.S. Marine Corps officer and naval aviator and NASA astronaut. He is the first American to ride to space on board a Russian vehicle, and can be considered the first American cosmonaut. He did this on March 14, 1995, in the ... | {"Rank": "20px Captain, USMC", "Selection": "1978 NASA Group 8", "Missions": "STS-7, STS-51-B, STS-30, STS-42, Soyuz TM-21, Mir EO-18, STS-71", "Retirement": "January 3, 1996"} |
The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
Representatives are elected for two-year terms, elected during the fall elections. If a vacancy occurs in an Assembly seat ... | {"Type": "Lower house", "Authority": "Article IV, Wisconsin Constitution", "Salary": "$50,950/year + $153 per diem", "Seats": "99", "Redistricting": "Legislative control"} |
Paul James O'Grady (14 June 1955 - 28 March 2023) was an English comedian, broadcaster, drag queen, actor, and writer. He achieved notability in the London gay scene during the 1980s with his drag persona Lily Savage, through which he gained wider popularity in the 1990s. O'Grady subsequently dropped the character and... | {"Name": "Paul O'Grady", "Post-nominals": "GBR 100% MBE DL", "Caption": "O'Grady in 2009", "Birth name": "Paul James O'Grady", "Birth date": "yes 1955 6 14", "Birth place": "Tranmere, Cheshire, England", "Death date": "2023 3 28 1955 6 14 yes", "Death place": "Aldington, Kent, England", "Burial place": "Church of St Ru... |
Russell W. "Russ" Howard, CM, ONL (born February 19, 1956 in Midland, Ontario) is a Canadian curler and Olympic champion, based in Regina, Saskatchewan, but originally from Midland, Ontario. He lived in Moncton, New Brunswick from 2000 to 2019. Known for his gravelly voice, Howard has been to the Brier 14 times (8 as O... | {"Born": "Midland, Ontario, Canada", "Member Association": "(1979-1998) (1998-2010) (2020)https://curlsask.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2020-SaskTel-Mens-Provincial-Team-List.pdf March 2022", "Brier": "14 (1980, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009)", "CTRS ranking": "12th (... |
Norbiton Railway Station is a railway station located in Norbiton, a suburb in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, in southwest London. It is on the Kingston Loop Line, down the line from . The station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway. It is in Travelcard Zone 5 and is a short wal... | {"External links": "NBT", "Managed by": "South Western Railway", "Fare zone": "5", "Location": "Norbiton", "Local authority": "Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames", "Number of platforms": "2\n<!--", "2004-05": "1.250", "2005-06": "1.211", "2006-07": "2.071", "2007-08": "2.307", "2008-09": "2.243", "2009-10": "2.208",... |
Add Insult to Injury is the fourth studio album by British electronic musicians Add N to (X). It was released on 16 October 2000 by Mute Records. The album is essentially two mini-albums fused together, as half was written and performed by Ann Shenton and Steve Claydon, while the other half was written and performed b... | {"Released": "16 October 2000", "Genre": "Electroclash", "Label": "Mute", "Producer": "Add N to (X)"} |
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The 2003 Quebec general election was held on April 14, 2003, to elect members of the National Assembly of Quebec (Canada). The Parti libéral du Québec (PLQ), led by Jean Charest, defeated the incumbent Parti Québécois, led by Premier Bernard Landry, in a landslide.
In Champlain there was a tie between PQ c... | {"Name": "2003 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1998 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1998", "Next election": "2007 Quebec general election", "Next year": "2007", "Seats for e... |
Huell Burnley Howser (October 18, 1945 - January 7, 2013) was an American television personality, actor, producer, writer, singer, and voice artist, best known for hosting, producing, and writing California's Gold and his human interest show Visiting... with Huell Howser, produced by KCET in Los Angeles for California ... | {"Name": "Huell Howser", "Caption": "Howser at the Nisei Week Grand Parade in Los Angeles, California, 2007", "Birth name": "Huell Burnley Howser", "Birth date": "1945 10 18", "Birth place": "Gallatin, Tennessee, U.S.", "Death date": "2013 1 7 1945 10 18", "Death place": "Palm Springs, California, U.S.", "Resting place... |
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Champion was a supermarket chain that operated in France and owned by the international retailer Carrefour. There were also Champion supermarkets in Belgium, Spain, Poland, Greece, Turkey, Argentina and Brazil.
History
In 1993, Champion became the main sponsor of the ... | {"Founded": "1969", "Defunct": "2010", "Type": "Société par actions simplifiée", "Headquarters": "Mondeville (Calvados)", "Products": "Supermarkets", "Parent": "Carrefour", "Website": "champion.fr"} |
The Eleventh Hour is a Canadian television drama series which aired weekly on CTV from 2002 to 2005.
The show revolves around the reporters and producers at a fictional television news magazine series, The Eleventh Hour. Unhappy with the newsmagazine's shrinking audience, the network has brought in a new executive pro... | {"Also known as": "Bury the Lead (U.S.)", "Running time": "60 min.", "Genre": "Drama", "Created by": "Semi Chellas Ilana Frank", "Written by": "Semi Chellas\nEsta Spalding\nTassie Cameron\nFrank Borg\nSean Reycraft\nPeter Wellington\nKaren Walton\nMorwyn Brebner", "Directed by": "David Wellington\nKelly Makin\nPhilip ... |
thumb|300px|uClibc is a wrapper around the system calls of the Linux kernel and/or μClinux.
μClinux is a variation of the Linux kernel, previously maintained as a fork, that targets microcontrollers without a memory management unit (MMU). It was integrated into the mainline kernel as of 2.5.46; the project continues t... | {"Official website": "https://web.archive.org/web/20181113230737/http://www.uclinux.org/ uclinux.org", "OS family": "Embedded Linux", "Source model": "Open source", "Kernel": "Linux kernel-fork", "Userland": "uClinux-dist, uClibc, BusyBox", "Working state": "Current", "Platforms": "See below"} |
The Equality Party () was a political party in Quebec, Canada, that promoted the use of English in Quebec on an equal basis with French. Four Equality Party members were elected to Quebec's National Assembly in 1989, as part of an anglophone reaction to changes made by the governing Liberals to Quebec's language law. ... | {"Founded": "1989 04 07", "Headquarters": "Montreal West, Quebec, Canada", "Ideology": "Quebec federalismCanadian nationalismAnglophone interests", "Political position": "Big tent"} |
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The 1998 Quebec general election was held on November 30, 1998, to elect members of the National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Parti Québécois, led by Premier Lucien Bouchard, won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Jean Charest.
After the narrow defeat of th... | {"Name": "1998 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1994 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1994", "Next election": "2003 Quebec general election", "Next year": "2003", "Seats for e... |
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The 1994 Quebec general election was held on September 12, 1994, to elect members of the National Assembly of Quebec. The Parti Québécois, led by Jacques Parizeau, defeated the incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Premier Daniel Johnson Jr.
Johnson had succeeded Robert Bourassa as Liberal leader and Prem... | {"Name": "1994 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1989 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1989", "Next election": "1998 Quebec general election", "Next year": "1998", "Seats for e... |
The 1989 Quebec general election was held on September 25, 1989, to elect members of the National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Premier Robert Bourassa, won re-election, defeating the Parti Québécois, led by Jacques Parizeau.
This election was notable for the ar... | {"Name": "1989 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1985 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1985", "Next election": "1994 Quebec general election", "Next year": "1994", "Seats for e... |
The 1985 Quebec general election was held on December 2, 1985, to elect members of the National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The Quebec Liberal Party, led by former premier Robert Bourassa, defeated the incumbent Parti Québécois, led by Premier Pierre-Marc Johnson.
This election marked the comeback of R... | {"Name": "1985 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1981 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1981", "Next election": "1989 Quebec general election", "Next year": "1989", "Seats for e... |
The 1981 Quebec general election was held on April 13, 1981, to elect members of the National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Parti Québécois, led by Premier René Lévesque, won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Claude Ryan.
The PQ won re-election despite having lost the ... | {"Name": "1981 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1976 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1976", "Next election": "1985 Quebec general election", "Next year": "1985", "Seats for e... |
Frederick Winston Furneaux Smith, 2nd Earl of Birkenhead (7 December 1907 - 10 June 1975) was a British biographer and Member of the House of Lords. He is best known for writing a biography of Rudyard Kipling that was suppressed by the Kipling family for many years, and which he never lived to see in print.
Biography
... | {"Name": "The Earl of Birkenhead", "Monarch 2": "George VI", "Prime minister 2": "Neville Chamberlain", "Predecessor 2": "The Earl of Munster", "Successor 2": "The Viscount Clifden", "Birth name": "Frederick Winston Furneaux Smith", "Birth date": "1907 12 07 yes", "Death date": "yes 1975 06 10 1907 12 07 yes", "Educati... |
İsmail Enver (; ; 22 November 1881 - 4 August 1922), better known as Enver Pasha, was an Ottoman military officer, revolutionary, and convicted war criminal who formed one-third of the dictatorial triumvirate known as the "Three Pashas" (along with Talaat Pasha and Cemal Pasha) in the Ottoman Empire.
Enver was a membe... | {"Name": "İsmail Enver", "Image caption": "Enver Bey in 1911", "Birth date": "y 1881 11 22", "Death date": "y 1922 8 4 1881 11 22", "Birth place": "Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present-day Istanbul, Turkey)", "Death place": "Bukharan People's Soviet Republic (present-day Tajikistan)", "Resting place": "41.06814 28... |
The 1976 Quebec general election was held on November 15, 1976 to elect members to National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. It was one of the most significant elections in Quebec history, rivalled only by the 1960 general election, and caused major repercussions in the rest of Canada. The Parti Québécois, ... | {"Name": "1976 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1973 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1973", "Next election": "1981 Quebec general election", "Next year": "1981", "Seats for e... |
The 1973 Quebec general election was held on October 29, 1973 to elect members to National Assembly of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Premier Robert Bourassa, won re-election, defeating the Parti Québécois, led by René Lévesque, and the Union Nationale (UN).
The Liberals won the largest ma... | {"Name": "1973 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1970 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1970", "Next election": "1976 Quebec general election", "Next year": "1976", "Seats for e... |
The 1970 Quebec general election was held on April 29, 1970, to elect members of the National Assembly of Quebec. The former Legislative Assembly had been renamed the "National Assembly" in 1968. The Quebec Liberal Party, led by Robert Bourassa, defeated the incumbent Union Nationale, led by Premier Jean-Jacques Bertra... | {"Name": "1970 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1966 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1966", "Next election": "1973 Quebec general election", "Next year": "1973", "Seats for e... |
The 1966 Quebec general election was held on June 5, 1966, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, Canada. The Union Nationale (UN), led by Daniel Johnson, Sr, defeated the incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Jean Lesage.
In terms of the number of seats won, the election was one of the closest in re... | {"Name": "1966 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1962 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1962", "Next election": "1970 Quebec general election", "Next year": "1970", "Elected mem... |
James E. "Jim" Kreuser (born May 20, 1961) is an American politician and former County Executive for Kenosha County, Wisconsin, serving from 2008 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented Kenosha in the Wisconsin State Assembly for 15 years (1993–2008) and was the Assembly Minority Leader fro... | {"Name": "James Kreuser", "Term start": "June 12, 2008", "Term end": "April 19, 2022", "State assembly2": "Wisconsin", "District 2": "64th", "Predecessor 2": "Peter W. Barca", "Successor 2": "Peter W. Barca", "Birth date": "1961 5 20", "Birth place": "Kenosha, Wisconsin", "Alma mater": "University of Wisconsin-Parkside... |
Édouard-Thomas de Burgues, comte de Missiessy (23 April 1756, Forcalquier, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence – 24 March 1837, Toulon) was a French naval officer and admiral. He joined the navy in April 1766, as a volunteer aboard his father's ship and spent most of his early service in the Mediterranean, in the frigates of the T... | {"Born": "Toulon", "Died": "Toulon", "Allegiance": "France", "Commands held": "Pygmée Censeur Belette Modeste Centaure", "Awards": "Count of the Empire Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour Knight Commander of the Holy Spirit", "Other work": "Maritime Prefect, Paris Maritime Prefect, Le Havre Maritime Prefect, Toulon"} |
The 1960 Quebec general election was held on June 22, 1960, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, Canada. It was one of the most significant elections in Quebec history, rivalled perhaps only by the 1976 general election. The incumbent Union Nationale, led by Antonio Barrette, was defeated by the Queb... | {"Name": "1960 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1956 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1956", "Next election": "1962 Quebec general election", "Next year": "1962", "Elected mem... |
The Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge spans the St. Marys River between the United States and Canada connecting the twin cities of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The bridge is operated by the International Bridge Administration under the direction of the Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Authority,... | {"Carries": "Two lanes of traffic (MI I 75 Tour LSCT Tour LHCT)", "Crosses": "St. Marys River", "Locale": "Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan - Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario", "Design": "truss arch bridge", "Longest span": "132 m", "Total length": "2.8 mi km", "Width": "28 ft m", "Clearance below": "124 ft m", "Daily traffic": "7... |
The Bubble Act 1720 (also Royal Exchange and London Assurance Corporation Act 1719)An Act for better securing certain Powers and Privileges intended to be granted by His Majesty by Two Charters for Assurance of Ships and Merchandizes at Sea, and for lending Money on Bottomry; and for restraining several extravagant and... | {"Parliament": "Parliament of Great Britain", "Long title": "An Act for better securing certain Powers and Privileges intended to be granted by His Majesty by Two Charters for Assurance of Ships and Merchandizes at Sea, and for lending Money on Bottomry; and for restraining several extravagant and unwarrantable Practic... |
Adela of Normandy, of Blois, or of England (c. 1067 - 8 March 1137),LoPrete, Kimberly. "Adela of Blois." Women and Gender in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia. Ed. Margaret Schaus. New York: Routledge, 2006. 6-7. also known as in Roman Catholicism, was a daughter of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders who lat... | {"Father": "William the Conqueror", "Mother": "Matilda of Flanders", "Born": "Normandy, France", "Died": "Marcigny-sur-Loire, France"} |
is a Japanese visual novel series by Cocktail Soft (a part of F&C, later F&C FC02). Anime and manga have been based on the games.
The games are all set around restaurants in the fictional "Pia Carrot" chain, and most of the female characters are waitresses at these restaurants. The individual restaurants in the chain ... | {"Title": "Welcome to Pia Carrot!!", "Genre": "Eroge, visual novel", "Developer": "Cocktail Soft (home computers)KID (Saturn)Stack", "Publisher": "Cocktail Soft (home computers)KID (Saturn)NEC Interchannel", "Platforms": "PC-9800 (MS-DOS), PC-FX, Windows, Saturn, Dreamcast, Game Boy Color, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Adva... |
The Lewiston-Queenston Bridge, also known as the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge, is an arch bridge that crosses the Niagara River gorge just south of the Niagara Escarpment. The bridge was officially opened on November 1, 1962. It is an international bridge between the United States and Canada. It connects Interstate 190 in... | {"Carries": "5 reversible lanes of ON ON 405 and NY I 190", "Crosses": "Niagara River", "Locale": "Queenston, Ontario and Lewiston, New York", "Maintained by": "Niagara Falls Bridge Commission", "Design": "Arch", "Longest span": "1000 ft m 0http://www.highestbridges.com/wiki/index.php?title=Lewiston-Queenston_Bridge L... |
The list of subcamps of Mittelbau identifies locations of Konzentrationslager () Mittelbau (Central Construction). The location of the KZ Mittelbau headquarters was originally only the Block 17/3 Buchenwald subcamp, but at the end of September 1944 the SS administration ordered the camp to become the center of a compl... | {"Location": "Nordhausen, Germany", "Opened": "November 1, 1944", "Closed": "May 1, 1945", "Managed by": "Schutzstaffel"} |
The Maine () is a river, a tributary of the Loire, long, in the Maine-et-Loire département in France.
It is formed by the confluence of the Mayenne and Sarthe rivers north of Angers. It flows through this city and joins the Loire southwest of Angers.
The river's name is derived from the ancient Meodena, and is unrel... | {"Native name": "fr La Maine", "Location": "Loire", "Coordinates": "47 24 39 N 0 36 53 W dms inline,title", "Basin size": "22194 km2 sqmi on"} |
Kang Sheng (; 4 November 1898 - 16 December 1975) was a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official, best known for having overseen the work of the CCP's internal security and intelligence apparatus during the early 1940s and again at the height of the Cultural Revolution in the late 1960s and early 1970s. A member of the C... | {"Name": "Kang Sheng", "Birth date": "4 November 1898", "Birth place": "Zhucheng, Weifang, Shandong, Qing dynasty", "Death date": "1975 12 16 1898 11 4 y", "Death place": "Beijing, People's Republic of China", "Spouse(s)": "Chen Yi (陳宜)Cao Yi'ou (曹軼歐)", "Term start": "9 October 1959", "Term end": "16 December 1975", "O... |
Chi Psi () is a fraternity consisting of active chapters at 33 American colleges and universities. Chi Psi was founded in 1841 at Union College in Schenectady, New York with the idea of emphasizing the fraternal and social principles by farmer Charles Bleke in 1839 with the cover up of Nathaniel Holmes' death of a brot... | {"Colors": "#5f3d9b Purple #b49759 Gold", "Flag": "150px", "Founded": "Union College Schenectady, New York, U.S.", "Affiliation": "NIC", "Type": "Social", "Scope": "National", "Headquarters": "USA", "Chapters": "33 active, 15 dormant", "Website": "http://www.chipsi.org"} |
Ahmed Rashid (Urdu:; born 1948 in Rawalpindi) is a Pakistani journalist and best-selling foreign policy author of several books about Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia.
Life and career
Rashid was born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He attended Malvern College, England, Government College Lahore, and Fitzwilliam Colleg... | {"Name": "Ahmed Rashid", "Caption": "Ahmed Rashid speaking at a Chatham House event in January 2014", "Birth date": "1948", "Birth place": "Rawalpindi, Pakistan", "Occupation": "Journalist, author"} |
Seinäjoki (; "Wall River"; , formerly ) is a city located in South Ostrobothnia, Finland; east of Vaasa, north of Tampere, west of Jyväskylä and southwest of Oulu. Seinäjoki originated around the Östermyra bruk iron and gunpowder factories founded in 1798. Seinäjoki became a municipality in 1868, market town in 19... | {"Land": "area_land_km2 Seinäjoki", "Water": "area_water_km2 Seinäjoki", "Rank": "population_rank Seinäjoki", "Density": "population_density_km2 Seinäjoki", "Urban density": "883.6", "DST": "+03:00", "Website": "www.seinajoki.fi"} |
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Woolworths Group Limited is an Australian multinational retail and finance company, primarily known for its operation of retail chain Woolworths Supermarkets across Australia and Woolworths (Previously known as Countdown) in New Zealand, as well department stores Big W and Masters. Headquarte... | {"Type": "Public", "Industry": "Retailing", "Revenue": "A$63.67 billion (2020)https://www.woolworthsgroup.com.au/icms_docs/195794_annual-report-2020.pdf March 2022", "Divisions": "Supermarkets (Woolworths, Metro Countdown)General Merchandise (Big W)Finance and loyalty (Everyday Rewards, Woolworths Financial)\n http://w... |
Paul Edward Begala (born May 12, 1961) is an American political consultant and political commentator, best known as the former advisor to President Bill Clinton.
Begala was a chief strategist for the 1992 Clinton-Gore campaign, which carried 33 states and made Clinton the first Democrat to occupy the White House in tw... | {"Name": "Paul Begala", "Image caption": "Begala in 2012", "Term start": "August 17, 1997", "Term end": "March 10, 1999", "Birth name": "Paul Edward Begala", "Birth date": "1961 5 12", "Birth place": "New Jersey, U.S.", "Residence": "Virginia, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Diane Friday", "Education": "University of Texas at Aus... |
Flagship Studios was an American video game developer founded by Bill Roper along with , , and David Brevik, former high level Blizzard North executives. The core personnel of Flagship Studios had been collaborating as a team since 1993 when they founded Condor Studios (later bought out and renamed Blizzard North) and ... | {"Type": "Private", "Founded": "2003", "Headquarters": "San Francisco, California, United States", "Industry": "Video games", "Defunct": "August 2008", "Fate": "Dissolved", "Products": "Hellgate: London \nMythos"} |
Warren Anderson Mathis (born March 6, 1977), better known by his stage name Bubba Sparxxx, is an American rapper. His singles include "Deliverance", "Ugly" (both featuring Timbaland), and "Ms. New Booty" (featuring Ying Yang Twins and Mr. Collipark), the latter of which peaked at number 7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.... | {"Born": "1977 3 6", "Origin": "LaGrange, Georgia, U.S.", "Genres": "Hip hop country rap", "Labels": "Slumerican New South E1 Average Joe's Backroad Koch Purple Ribbon Virgin Polydor EMI Interscope Beat Club 11th Hour Noncents So So Def", "Formerly of": "Dungeon Family\nPurple Ribbon All-Stars"} |
is a railway station on the Chūō Main Line in Nakano, Tokyo in Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro.
Lines
Nakano Station is served by the JR East Chuo Line (Rapid) and Chuo-Sobu Line, and the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line. There are no turnstiles between l... | {"Name": "JC 06 50 JB 07 50 T 01 50Nakano Station", "Native name": "中野駅", "Native name language": "ja", "Style template": "JR East", "Caption": "The north entrance to Nakano Station in July 2012", "Address": "5 Nakano, Nakano City, Tokyo", "Country": "Japan", "Connections": "bus Bus terminal", "Date opened": "1889 04 1... |
Elliott Roosevelt (September 23, 1910 - October 27, 1990) was an American aviation official and wartime officer in the United States Army Air Forces, reaching the rank of brigadier general. He was a son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
As a reconnaissance commander, Roosevelt pionee... | {"Name": "Elliott Roosevelt", "Image caption": "Roosevelt receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross in Algiers", "Term start": "June 1, 1965", "Term end": "June 6, 1967", "Birth date": "1910 9 23", "Death date": "1990 10 27 1910 9 23", "Birth place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Death place": "Scottsdale, Arizona, ... |
Robert Rutherford Beatty (19 October 1909 - 3 March 1992) was a Canadian actor who worked in film, television and radio for most of his career and was especially known in the UK.
Early years
Beatty was born in Hamilton, Ontario, the son of Charles Thompson Beatty and Blanch Sarah Rutherford. He attended Delta Collegia... | {"Name": "Robert Beatty", "Birth name": "Robert Rutherford Beatty", "Birth date": "1909 10 19 y", "Birth place": "Hamilton, Ontario, Canada", "Death date": "1992 03 03 1909 10 19 y https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0064235/ Robert Beatty | Actor IMDb September 2023", "Death place": "London, England", "Occupation": "Actor"... |
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