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(,"The Fair Maid of the Mill", Op. 25, D. 795), is a song cycle by Franz Schubert from 1823 based on 20 poems by Wilhelm Müller. It is the first of Schubert's two seminal cycles (preceding Winterreise), and a pinnacle of Lied repertoire.
Die schöne Müllerin is performed by a pianist and a solo singer. The vocal part f... | {"Catalogue": "D. 795", "Opus": "25", "Text": "poems by Wilhelm Müller", "Movements": "20", "Composed": "1823", "Scoring": "tenor piano", "Published": "1824"} |
The Blue River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map , accessed March 18, 2011 in the U.S. state of Colorado.
It rises in southern Summit County, on the western side of the continental divide in the... | {"Mouth": "7342 ft on", "Location": "Kremmling, Grand County", "Coordinates": "40 02 33 N 106 23 48 W inline,title", "Basin size": "680 sqmi onhttp://blueriverwatershed.org/overview/fast-facts/ Blue River Watershed Fast Facts Blue River Watershed Group 2013-07-16 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110810095133/http://w... |
CBS Television Quiz is a televised game show, running from July 2, 1941, to January 7, 1943, on the CBS television station in New York, WCBW Channel 2 (the forerunner of WCBS-TV). It was the first game show to be broadcast regularly on television. It was an in-house production and broadcast in black and white. The hos... | {"Genre": "Game show", "Created by": "Gil Fates", "Developed by": "Gil Fates", "Running time": "60 minutes (1941)55 minutes (January/April-May 1942)50 minutes (February-March/June 1942-January 1943)", "Presented by": "Gil Fateswith Frances Buss", "Country of origin": "United States", "Original network": "WCBW (CBS)", "... |
The president of the Republic of Malawi () is the head of state and head of government of Malawi. The president leads the executive branch of the Government of Malawi and is the commander-in-chief of the Malawian Defence Force.
Executive branch
Under the 1995 constitution, the president, who is both head of state and... | {"Post": "President", "Body": "theRepublic of Malawi", "Native name": "Mtsogoleri wa Dziko la Malawi ny", "Flag size": "125px", "Flag border": "yes", "Flag caption": "Presidential Standard", "Image size": "150px", "Incumbent": "Lazarus Chakwera", "Incumbent since": "28 June 2020", "Department": "Executive branch of the... |
The President of the Republic of Namibia is the head of state and the head of government of Namibia. The president directs the executive branch of the Government of Namibia, as chair of the Cabinet and is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, according to the Constitution of Namibia.
Term limits
As of 2021, ther... | {"Post": "President", "Body": "theRepublic of Namibia", "Insignia image": "Flag of the President of Namibia.svgborder", "Insignia size": "125px", "Insignia caption": "Presidential Standard", "Image size": "165px", "Incumbent": "Hage Geingob", "Incumbent since": "21 March 2015", "Residence": "State House of Namibia", "T... |
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The president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is the head of state and head of government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces.
The offic... | {"Post": "President", "Body": "theFederal Republic of Nigeria", "Insignia size": "100", "Insignia caption": "Seal of the president", "Flag size": "150", "Flag border": "yes", "Flag caption": "Presidential flag", "Incumbent": "Bola Ahmed Tinubu", "Incumbent since": "29 May 2023", "Department": "Executive Branch of the F... |
The president of Portugal, officially the president of the Portuguese Republic (, ), is the head of state and highest office of Portugal.
The powers, functions and duties of prior presidential offices, and their relation with the prime minister and cabinets have over time differed with the various Portuguese constitut... | {"Post": "President", "Body": "the Portuguese Republic", "Native name": "pt Presidente da República Portuguesa", "Insignia size": "100px", "Insignia caption": "Coat of arms of Portugal", "Flag size": "125px", "Flag caption": "Presidential Standard", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "The President of Portugal in ... |
The president of Somalia () is the head of state of Somalia. The president is also commander-in-chief of the Somali Armed Forces. The president represents the Federal Republic of Somalia, and the unity of the Somali nation, as well as ensuring the implementation of the Constitution of Somalia and the organised and harm... | {"Post": "President", "Body": "theFederal Republic of Somalia", "Native name": "so Madaxaweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliyeed", "Insignia caption": "Presidential Seal", "Flag border": "yes", "Flag caption": "Flag of Somalia", "Incumbent": "Hassan Sheikh Mohamud", "Incumbent since": "23 May 2022Somalia's new pr... |
The president of Somaliland (; ) is the head of state and head of government of Somaliland. The president is also commander-in-chief of the Somaliland Armed Forces. The president represents the Government of Somaliland.
The first president of Somaliland was Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur. The current office-holder is the ... | {"Post": "President", "Body": "theRepublic of Somaliland", "Native name": "so Madaxweynaha Somaliland", "Insignia caption": "Presidential seal", "Flag border": "Presidential flag", "Incumbent": "Muse Bihi Abdi", "Incumbent since": "2017 12 13 yes", "Style": "His ExcellencyMr. President", "Type": "Head of state\nHead of... |
The president of Syria (), officially the president of the Syrian Arab Republic (), is the head of state of the Syrian Arab Republic. They are vested with sweeping powers that may be delegated, at their sole discretion to their vice presidents. They appoint and dismiss the prime minister and other members of the Counci... | {"Post": "President of the Syrian Arab Republic رئيس الجمهورية العربية السورية", "Style": "Mr President(informal)His Excellency(diplomatic)", "Insignia size": "120px", "Insignia caption": "Seal of the president of Syria", "Flag size": "140px", "Flag border": "yes", "Flag caption": "Presidential standard", "Image": "Fi... |
The president of the United Republic of Tanzania () is the head of state and head of government of the United Republic of Tanzania. The president leads the executive branch of the Government of Tanzania and is the commander-in-chief of the Tanzania People's Defence Force.
Samia Suluhu Hassan, sworn in on 19 March 202... | {"Post": "President", "Body": "the United Republic of Tanzania", "Native name": "sw Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania", "Insignia size": "100", "Insignia caption": "Coat of arms of Tanzania", "Flag size": "125", "Flag border": "yes", "Flag caption": "Presidential Standard", "Image size": "200", "Incumbent": "Sami... |
The president of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is the head of state of Trinidad and Tobago and the commander-in-chief of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force. The office was established when the country became a republic in 1976, before which the head of state was the Queen of Trinidad and Tobago, Elizabeth II. ... | {"Post": "President", "Body": "theRepublic of Trinidad and Tobago", "Flag size": "125px", "Flag border": "yes", "Flag caption": "Presidential election standard", "Insignia size": "125px", "Insignia caption": "Coat of arms of Trinidad and Tobago", "Image size": "220px", "Incumbent": "Christine Kangaloo", "Incumbent sinc... |
Hans Hermann Wilhelm Groër OSB (13 October 1919 - 24 March 2003) was an Austrian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Vienna from 1986 to 1995, and became a cardinal in 1988. Pope John Paul II replaced him as archbishop after multiple allegations of sexual abuse of children, and at John Pau... | {"See": "Vienna", "Archdiocese": "Vienna", "Predecessor": "Franz König", "Successor": "Christoph Schönborn", "Other post(s)": "Cardinal-Priest of Santi Gioacchino ed Anna al Tuscolano Ordinary for the Austrian Ordinariate for the Faithful of Eastern Rites", "Ordination": "Theodor Innitzer", "Consecration": "Franz König... |
The president of Tunisia, officially the president of the Republic of Tunisia (), is the head of state of Tunisia. Tunisia is a presidential republic, whereby the president is the head of state and head of government. Under Article 77 of the Constitution of Tunisia, the president is also the commander-in-chief of the T... | {"Post": "President", "Body": "the Republic of Tunisia", "Native name": "ar رئيس الجمهورية التونسية", "Insignia size": "100px", "Insignia caption": "Presidential seal", "Flag image": "Standard of the President of Tunisia.svgborder", "Flag size": "125px", "Flag caption": "President standard", "Department": "Executive br... |
The Rootes Group or Rootes Motors Limited was a British automobile manufacturer and, separately, a major motor distributors and dealers business. Run from London's West End, the manufacturer was based in the Midlands and the distribution and dealers business in the south of England. In the decade beginning 1928 the Roo... | {"Type": "Limited", "Fate": "Acquired by Chrysler in 1967, then dissolved", "Industry": "Automotive", "Founded": "1913", "Defunct": "1971", "Headquarters": "United Kingdom", "Products": "Automobiles, commercial vehicles", "Parent": "Chrysler Europe (1967-71)", "Subsidiaries": "Humber (60%, 1931-67)\n Commer (1931-67)\n... |
The Fraser River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map , accessed March 18, 2011 in north central Colorado in the United States. It drains a large portion of the Middle Park basin in Grand County in... | {"Location": "Confluence with Colorado", "Coordinates": "40 06 01 N 105 58 27 W inline,title", "Progression": "Colorado", "Mouth": "7841 ft m on"} |
Air India Flight 855 was a scheduled passenger flight from Bombay (now Mumbai), India, to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. On 1 January 1978, the Boeing 747 operating the flight crashed about off the coast of Bandra, less than two minutes after take-off. All 213 passengers and crew on board died. An investigation into the... | {"Date": "1978 01 01 y", "Summary": "Crashed following loss of control at night", "Site": "18.975 N 72.1592 E type:event inline,title", "Operator": "Air India", "Call sign": "AIR INDIA 855", "Registration": "VT-EBD", "Flight origin": "Santacruz AirportBombay, India", "Destination": "Dubai International AirportDubai, Un... |
The Williams Fork is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 18, 2011 tributary of the Yampa River, in north central Colorado in the United States.
See also
List of rivers of Colorado
List of tributaries of the Colorado River
References
... | {"Location": "Confluence with Yampa River", "Coordinates": "40 26 26 N 107 39 17 W inline,title", "Progression": "Yampa—Green—Colorado", "Mouth": "6122 ft m on"} |
Crypto.com Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Downtown Los Angeles. The main attraction of the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street. The arena opened on October 17, 1999; it was previously known as Staples Center until December 2021 when Cry... | {"Former names": "Staples Center (1999-2021)", "Location": "Los Angeles, California", "Coordinates": "34 02 35 N 118 16 02 W region:US-CA_type:landmark it", "Broke ground": "1997 3 31", "Opened": "1999 10 17", "Owner": "Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG)", "Construction cost": "375 million yes(US$US 375000000 1999 in U... |
Sadler's Wells Theatre is a London performing arts venue, located in Rosebery Avenue, Islington. The present-day theatre is the sixth on the site. Sadler's Wells grew out of a late 17th-century pleasure garden and was opened as a theatre building in the 1680s.
Lacking the requisite licence to perform straight drama, ... | {"Official name": "Sadler's Wells Theatre", "Image caption": "Sadler's Wells, 2015", "Coordinates": "51.529444 -0.106111 type:landmark inline,title dms", "Owner(s)": "Sadlers Wells Trust", "Max. legal occupancy": "1,500 on three levels200 Lilian Baylis Studio", "Date of opening": "c. 1683"} |
Mason Locke Weems (October 11, 1759 - May 23, 1825), usually referred to as Parson Weems, was an American minister, evangelical bookseller and author who wrote (and rewrote and republished) the first biography of George Washington immediately after his death. Some of the popular apocryphal stories about Washington can ... | {"Name": "Parson Weems", "Image": "Portrait of Mason Locke Weems.gif", "Birth date": "1759 10 11", "Birth place": "Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Province of Maryland", "Death date": "1825 04 23 1759 10 11", "Death place": "Beaufort, South Carolina, US", "Resting place": "Bel-Air", "Other names": "Mason L. Weems", "Occ... |
Willow Creek is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 18, 2011 in north central Colorado in the United States.
It rises in northwestern Grand County, in the Arapaho National Forest sout... | {"Location": "Confluence with Colorado River", "Coordinates": "40 07 08 N 105 55 14 W inline,title", "Progression": "Colorado", "Mouth": "7936 ft m on"} |
thumb|The Makgadikgadi Salt Pans in Botswana mark the remnants of the lake today. They are one of the most important breeding sites in Southern Africa for lesser and greater flamingos
Lake Makgadikgadi (, ) was a paleolake that existed in what is now the Kalahari Desert in Botswana from 2,000,000 years BP to 10,000 yea... | {"Name": "Lake Makgadikgadi", "Image caption": "The extent of the former Lake Makgadikgadi.", "Location": "Kalahari Desert in Botswana", "Coordinates": "20 43 0 S 24 57 3 E inline,title", "Basin Countries": "Botswana", "Depth": "30 m"} |
Westward Ho! is a seaside village near Bideford in Devon, England. The A39 road provides access from the towns of Barnstaple, Bideford, and Bude. It lies at the south end of Northam Burrows and faces westward into Bideford Bay, opposite Saunton Sands and Braunton Burrows. There is an electoral ward with the same name. ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "2,112", "District": "Torridge", "Shire county": "Devon", "Postcode district": "EX", "Dialling code": "01237", "OS grid reference": "SS426291", "UK Parliament": "Torridge and West Devon"} |
Myron Waldman (April 23, 1908 – February 4, 2006) was an American animator, best known for his work at Fleischer Studios.
Early life
Waldman was born in Brooklyn, New York on April 23, 1908. He was a graduate of the Pratt Institute, where he majored in Art.
Career
Waldman started his first work in 1930 at Fleischer ... | {"Name": "Myron Waldman", "Birth date": "1908 4 23 y", "Birth place": "Brooklyn, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "2006 2 6 1908 04 23", "Death place": "Bethpage, New York, U.S"} |
The prime minister of Dominica is the head of government in the Commonwealth of Dominica. Nominally, the position was created on November 3, 1978, when Dominica gained independence from the United Kingdom. Hitherto, the position existed de facto as Premier.
Roosevelt Skerrit is the incumbent prime minister. He took off... | {"Post": "Prime Minister", "Body": "theCommonwealth of Dominica", "Insignia size": "150", "Incumbent": "Roosevelt Skerrit", "Incumbent since": "8 January 2004", "Residence": "Financial Centre, Kennedy Avenue, Roseauhttp://www.opm.gov.dm/ Website Development Notice - Office of the Prime Minister www.opm.gov.dm", "Date o... |
I. A. L. Diamond (born Ițec (Itzek) Domnici; June 27, 1920 - April 21, 1988) was a Romanian-American screenwriter, best known for his collaborations with Billy Wilder.
Life and career
Diamond was born in Ungheni, Iași County, Bessarabia, Romania, i.e. present day Moldova. He emigrated with his mother and sister, follo... | {"Name": "I. A. L. Diamond", "Birth name": "Ițec Domnici", "Birth date": "June 27, 1920", "Birth place": "Ungheni, Romania (now Moldova)", "Death date": "1988 4 21 1920 6 27", "Death place": "Beverly Hills, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Screenwriter", "Years active": "1941-1981", "Spouse(s)": "Barbara Ann Bentley 1... |
Muddy Creek is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 18, 2011 in north central Colorado in the United States.
It rises in northwestern Grand County, in the Routt National Forest west of... | {"Location": "Confluence with Colorado River", "Coordinates": "40 02 35 N 106 23 52 W inline,title", "Progression": "Colorado", "Mouth": "7338 ft m on"} |
The 1956 Quebec general election was held on June 20, 1956, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Union Nationale, led by Maurice Duplessis, won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Georges-Émile Lapalme.
This was the fifth and final time (and the fourth in ... | {"Name": "1956 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1952 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1952", "Next election": "1960 Quebec general election", "Next year": "1960", "Elected mem... |
The 1952 Quebec general election was held on July 16, 1952, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Union Nationale, led by Maurice Duplessis, won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Georges-Émile Lapalme.
This was the fourth time (and the thir... | {"Name": "1952 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1948 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1948", "Next election": "1956 Quebec general election", "Next year": "1956", "Elected mem... |
WWIII is KMFDM's thirteenth studio album, released on September 23, 2003. It follows the common KMFDM practice of naming albums with five-letter words. This is KMFDM's only release on Sanctuary Records. Lyrically, the album is very political. The songs primarily attack George W. Bush's presidency, various US wars in th... | {"Released": "September 23, 2003", "Recorded": "2003", "Genre": "Industrial metal, industrial rock, electro-industrial nu metal", "Label": "Sanctuary, Metropolis", "Producer": "KMFDM"} |
The Eagle River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map , accessed March 18, 2011 in west central Colorado in the United States.
It rises in southeastern Eagle County, at the continental divide, and ... | {"Location": "Confluence with Colorado River", "Coordinates": "39 38 47 N 107 03 26 W inline,title", "Progression": "Colorado", "Mouth": "6122 ft m on", "Basin size": "945 mi2 km2 on"} |
Attak is the twelfth studio album by German industrial band KMFDM, released on March 19, 2002 by Metropolis Records. The band's first album following a three-year hiatus, it was the first to feature member Lucia Cifarelli and the last to feature member Tim Sköld.
History
The album was originally going to be titled Att... | {"Released": "yes 2002 3 19", "Recorded": "2001", "Studio": "Moscozzi Studios, Seattle", "Genre": "Nu metalJune 2023\n industrial metalJune 2023", "Label": "Metropolis", "Producer": "Sascha Konietzko\n Tim Skold\n Bill Rieflin"} |
The 1948 Quebec general election was held on July 28, 1948, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Union Nationale, led by Maurice Duplessis, won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Adélard Godbout.
This was the third time (and the second in a ... | {"Name": "1948 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1944 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1944", "Next election": "1952 Quebec general election", "Next year": "1952", "Elected mem... |
Rockingham Motor Speedway is a former racing motorsport venue in Rockingham, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, near the town of Corby. It hosted professional and club races, as well as testing, track days, driver training, exhibitions and conferences. It claimed to be Europe's fastest racing circuit, and was t... | {"Location": "Rockingham, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom", "Time zone": "GMT (UTC+0)BST (April-October, UTC+1)", "Coordinates": "52 30 54 N 0 39 27 W region:GB_type:landmark inline,title", "Broke ground": "1999", "Opened": "yes 2001 01 15", "Closed": "yes 2018 11 24", "Major events": "Former:CARTRockingham 5... |
Adios is the eleventh studio album released by German industrial band KMFDM. The album was originally conceived as the group's parting shot to its longtime record label, Wax Trax! Records, but it ended up also signaling the break-up of KMFDM itself until the band reformed in 2002. Recorded in Seattle, Washington, this ... | {"Released": "April 20, 1999", "Recorded": "1998", "Genre": "Electro-industrial, club, industrial metal", "Label": "Wax Trax!/TVT", "Producer": "Sascha Konietzko, Tim Skold, Chris Shepard"} |
3-2-1 Contact is an American science educational television show produced by the Children's Television Workshop (CTW, now known as Sesame Workshop). It aired on PBS from 1980 to 1988 and later ran on Noggin (a joint venture between the CTW and Nickelodeon) from 1999 to 2002. The show teaches scientific principles and t... | {"Running time": "30 minutes", "Created by": "Samuel Y. Gibbon Jr.", "Starring": "Varied, see article", "Country of origin": "United States", "Original network": "PBS", "Original release": "1988 11 18"} |
The 1944 Quebec general election was held on August 8, 1944 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The Union Nationale, led by former premier Maurice Duplessis, defeated the incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Adélard Godbout. This was the first Quebec provincial election i... | {"Name": "1944 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1939 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1939", "Next election": "1948 Quebec general election", "Next year": "1948", "Elected mem... |
The 1939 Quebec general election was held on October 25, 1939, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The Quebec Liberal Party, led by former premier Adélard Godbout, defeated the incumbent Union Nationale, led by Maurice Duplessis.
This was Godbout's second non-consecutive ter... | {"Name": "1939 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1936 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1936", "Next election": "1944 Quebec general election", "Next year": "1944", "Elected mem... |
The Municipal Stadium of Braga () is an all-seater football stadium located in Braga, Portugal, and the current home of Sporting Clube de Braga. It has a capacity of 30,286 spectators, making it the seventh largest football stadium in Portugal. The stadium was designed by Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura wh... | {"Full name": "Estádio Municipal de Braga", "Location": "Braga, Portugal", "Coordinates": "41 33 45.1 N 8 25 47.6 W type:landmark_region:PT-03", "Built": "2003", "Opened": "2003 12 30 y", "Owner": "Câmara Municipal de Braga", "Surface": "Grass", "Construction cost": "108.1 million", "Architect": "Eduardo Souto de Moura... |
Philip Livingston (July 9, 1686 – February 11, 1749) was an American merchant, slave trader and politician in colonial New York. The son of Robert Livingston the Elder and elder brother of Robert of Clermont, Philip was the second lord of Livingston Manor.
Early life
175px|thumb|left|Coat of Arms of Philip Livingston... | {"Name": "Philip Livingston", "Birth date": "1686 7 9", "Birth place": "Albany, New York, English America", "Death date": "1749 2 11 1686 7 9", "Death place": "New York, British America", "Spouse(s)": "Catherine Van Brugh 1708"} |
Post Office Limited is a retail post office company in the United Kingdom that provides a wide range of products including postage stamps and banking to the public through its nationwide network of post office branches. It directly manages almost 200 of the more than 10,000 post office branches.
History
Post Office b... | {"Type": "State-owned private company limited by shares", "Founded": "1987", "Headquarters": "England", "Industry": "Postal service", "Revenue": "2021", "Website": "https://postoffice.co.uk"} |
Hillman was a British automobile marque created by the Hillman-Coatalen Company, founded in 1907, renamed the Hillman Motor Car Company in 1910. The company was based in Ryton-on-Dunsmore, near Coventry, England. Before 1907 the company had built bicycles. Newly under the control of the Rootes brothers, the Hillman c... | {"Formerly": "Hillman-Coatalen Company (1907-10)", "Fate": "Company merged to Rootes Group, which kept the brand active", "Founded": "1907", "Defunct": "1931", "Headquarters": "Ryton-on-Dunsmore, England", "Industry": "Automotive", "Products": "Automobiles", "Parent": "Humber (1929-31)"} |
The 1936 Quebec general election was held on August 17, 1936, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The Union Nationale, led by Maurice Duplessis, defeated the incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Adélard Godbout.
This marked the end of slightly more than 39 consecutive year... | {"Name": "1936 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1935 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1935", "Next election": "1939 Quebec general election", "Next year": "1939", "Elected mem... |
Robert Joseph Pastorelli (June 21, 1954 - March 8, 2004) was an American actor.
After he acquired a reputation as a skilled character actor in the 1980s and 1990s, Pastorelli's career went into decline after the death of his girlfriend under mysterious circumstances at his home in 1999. He died of a narcotic overdose ... | {"Name": "Robert Pastorelli", "Birth name": "Robert Joseph Pastorelli", "Birth date": "1954 06 21", "Birth place": "New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.", "Death date": "2004 03 08 1954 06 21", "Death place": "Hollywood Hills, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years active": "1982-2004", "Partner(s)": "Charemon Jon... |
Silvio Manfred Dante is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos, portrayed by Steven Van Zandt. He is the consigliere and right-hand man to Tony Soprano in the DiMeo crime family. John Magaro portrays a young Silvio Dante in the 2021 prequel film, The Many Saints of Newark.
Character biography
Accordin... | {"First appearance": "\"The Sopranos\" (1999)", "Last appearance": "The Many Saints of Newark (2021)", "Created by": "David Chase", "Portrayed by": "Steven Van ZandtJohn Magaro (The Many Saints of Newark)", "Full name": "Silvio Manfred Dante", "Title": "Soldier (Unknown - season 1)Consigliere (seasons 2-6b)Acting boss ... |
Captain Holly Short is a character in the Artemis Fowl novel series by Eoin Colfer.
Character outline
Holly Short is an unusual and spunky elf with an auburn crew cut (although she later grows a fringe) and 1 hazel and 1 blue eye, as well as the pointy ears typical of her species and nut-brown skin of a coffee complex... | {"First appearance": "Artemis Fowl", "Last appearance": "The Fowl Twins", "Created by": "Eoin Colfer", "Portrayed by": "Lara McDonnell", "Gender": "Female", "Family": "Coral Short (mother)\n Julius Root (surrogate father)\n Beachwood Short (father, film)", "Children": "NANNI (artificial intelligence)"} |
The 1935 Quebec general election was held on November 25, 1935, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party led by Louis-Alexandre Taschereau was re-elected, defeating the Action libérale nationale, led by Paul Gouin, and the Quebec Conservative Par... | {"Name": "1935 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1931 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1931", "Next election": "1936 Quebec general election", "Next year": "1936", "Elected mem... |
The Nazca Plate or Nasca Plate, named after the Nazca region of southern Peru, is an oceanic tectonic plate in the eastern Pacific Ocean basin off the west coast of South America. The ongoing subduction, along the Peru-Chile Trench, of the Nazca Plate under the South American Plate is largely responsible for the Andean... | {"Type": "Minor", "Approximate area": "15,600,000 km2http://geology.about.com/library/bl/blplate_size_table.htm Sizes of Tectonic or Lithospheric Plates About.com Geology 4 January 2016", "Movement1": "north-east", "Speed1": "40-53 mm/year", "Features": "Pacific Ocean"} |
The 1931 Quebec general election was held on August 24, 1931, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Camillien Houde.
It was the third general... | {"Name": "1931 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1927 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1927", "Next election": "1935 Quebec general election", "Next year": "1935", "Elected mem... |
The 1927 Quebec general election was held on May 16, 1927, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Arthur Sauvé.
It was the second general elect... | {"Name": "1927 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1923 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1923", "Next election": "1931 Quebec general election", "Next year": "1931", "Elected mem... |
The 1923 Quebec general election was held on February 5, 1923, to elect members of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Arthur Sauvé.
It was the first of four election vict... | {"Name": "1923 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1919 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1919", "Next election": "1927 Quebec general election", "Next year": "1927", "Elected mem... |
Corrado John "Junior" Soprano Jr., portrayed by Dominic Chianese, is a fictional character from the HBO TV series The Sopranos. Usually referred to as "Junior" or "Uncle June," he is the official boss of the DiMeo crime family for most of the series. A younger Corrado sometimes appears in flashbacks and is played by R... | {"First appearance": "\"The Sopranos\" (1999)", "Last appearance": "The Many Saints of Newark (2021)", "Created by": "David Chase", "Portrayed by": "Dominic ChianeseRocco Sisto (flashbacks)Corey Stoll (The Many Saints of Newark)", "Full name": "Corrado John Soprano Jr.", "Title": "Soldier (unknown)Capo (unknown - seaso... |
The 1919 Quebec general election was held on June 23, 1919, to elect members of the 15th Legislative Assembly of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Lomer Gouin, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Arthur Sauvé.
Gouin, who had held office since 1905, resigned precise... | {"Name": "1919 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1916 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1916", "Next election": "1923 Quebec general election", "Next year": "1923", "Elected mem... |
The 1916 Quebec general election was held on May 22, 1916, to elect members of the 14th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Lomer Gouin, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Philémon Cousineau.
Results
PartyParty leader# ofcand... | {"Name": "1916 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1912 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1912", "Next election": "1919 Quebec general election", "Next year": "1919", "Elected mem... |
The 1912 Quebec general election was held on May 15, 1912, to elect members of the 13th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Lomer Gouin, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Joseph-Mathias Tellier.
Redistribution of ridings
thum... | {"Name": "1912 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1908 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1908", "Next election": "1916 Quebec general election", "Next year": "1916", "Elected mem... |
The 1908 Quebec general election was held on June 8, 1908, to elect members of the 12th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Lomer Gouin, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Pierre-Évariste Leblanc.
Results
PartyParty leader# of... | {"Name": "1908 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1904 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1904", "Next election": "1912 Quebec general election", "Next year": "1912", "Elected mem... |
The 1904 Quebec general election was held on November 25, 1904, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Simon-Napoléon Parent, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Edmund James Flynn.
It was Parent's final e... | {"Name": "1904 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1900 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1900", "Next election": "1908 Quebec general election", "Next year": "1908", "Elected mem... |
Adriana La Cerva is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos, portrayed by Drea de Matteo. She is the long-time girlfriend and, later, fiancée of Tony Soprano's protégé, Christopher Moltisanti. For her performance, de Matteo won the 2004 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
C... | {"First appearance": "\"The Sopranos\" (1999)", "Last appearance": "\"Cold Stones\" (2006)", "Created by": "David Chase", "Portrayed by": "Drea de Matteo", "Family": "Liz La Cerva (mother)", "Relatives": "Richie Aprile (maternal uncle)Jackie Aprile Sr. (maternal uncle)Jackie Aprile Jr. (maternal cousin)Kelli Aprile (ma... |
The 1900 Quebec general election was held on December 7, 1900, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Simon-Napoléon Parent, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Edmund James Flynn.
Results
PartyParty leade... | {"Name": "1900 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1897 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1897", "Next election": "1904 Quebec general election", "Next year": "1904", "Elected mem... |
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is the day before the beginning of spring in the old calendar in Japan. The name literally means 'seasonal division', referring to the day just before the first day of spring in the traditional calendar, known as ; though previously r... | {"Type": "Religious, cultural", "Also called": "Bean-throwing festival, Bean-throwing ceremony", "Observed by": "Japanese people", "Significance": "Day before the beginning of spring", "Next time": "Between 2 and 4 February"} |
From the Earth to the Moon is a twelve-part 1998 HBO television miniseries co-produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Tom Hanks and Michael Bostick. In docudrama format, it tells the story of the Apollo program during the 1960s and early 1970s. Largely based on Andrew Chaikin's 1994 book, A Man on the Moon, the series is... | {"Genre": "Docudrama", "Running time": "60 minutes", "Country of origin": "United States", "Original network": "HBO", "Original release": "1998 5 10"} |
The 1897 Quebec general election was held on May 11, 1897, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The Quebec Liberal Party, led by Félix-Gabriel Marchand, defeated the incumbent Quebec Conservative Party, led by Edmund James Flynn.
This marked the start of over 39 consecutive y... | {"Name": "1897 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1892 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1892", "Next election": "1900 Quebec general election", "Next year": "1900", "Elected mem... |
Janice Soprano Baccalieri is a fictional character on the HBO television drama series The Sopranos and in the film The Many Saints of Newark. In The Sopranos, Janice is portrayed by Aida Turturro who’s the eldest sibling of the show's protagonist, Tony Soprano. On the show, a young Janice appears in flashbacks portraye... | {"First appearance": "\"Down Neck\" (1999, appeared as a child)", "Last appearance": "The Many Saints of Newark (2021)", "Created by": "David Chase", "Portrayed by": "Aida TurturroMadeline Blue (as a child)Juliet Fox (as a child)Alexandra Intrator (The Many Saints of Newark)Mattea Conforti (The Many Saints of Newark, y... |
The Return of the King (also known as The Return of the King: A Story of the Hobbits) is a 1980 animated musical fantasy television film created by Rankin/Bass and Topcraft. It is an adaptation of part of J. R. R. Tolkien 1955 high fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. It takes its name from The Return of the King, the ... | {"Written by": "Romeo Muller", "Directed by": "Jules Bass\n Arthur Rankin Jr.", "Starring": "Orson Bean\n John Huston\n William Conrad\n Roddy McDowall\n Theodore Bikel", "Country of origin": "United States\n Japan", "Running time": "98 minutes", "Original network": "ABC", "Original release": "TV 1980 05 11"} |
Louisville Male Traditional High School is a public co-ed secondary school serving students in grades 9 through 12 in the southside of Louisville, Kentucky, USA. It is part of the Jefferson County Public School District.
History
Ninth and Chestnut (1856-1897)
Founded in 1856, Louisville Male High School became one o... | {"Teaching staff": "98.10", "Student to teacher ratio": "20.18", "Coordinates": "38.185 -85.721 inline,title scale:10000", "School district": "Jefferson County Public Schools", "Mascot": "Bulldogs", "Yearbook": "Bulldog", "Website": "Louisville Male HS"} |
The Hobbit is a 1977 American animated musical television special created by Rankin/Bass and animated by Topcraft. The film is an adaptation of the 1937 book of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien; it was first broadcast on NBC in the United States on Sunday, November 27, 1977. The teleplay won a Peabody Award. The Tolki... | {"Genre": "Fantasy", "Written by": "Romeo Muller", "Directed by": "Arthur Rankin Jr.\n Jules Bass", "Starring": "Orson Bean\n Richard Boone\n Hans Conried\n John Huston\n Otto Preminger\n Cyril Ritchard\n Theodore", "Country of origin": "United States\n Japan", "Original release": "1977 11 27 y", "Running time": "78 mi... |
Robert Baccalieri Jr., portrayed by Steve Schirripa, is a fictional character on the HBO series The Sopranos. He is nicknamed "Bobby Bacala". A mobster, Bobby is first shown as a soldier and then later top aide to Corrado "Junior" Soprano. Throughout the series, he rises through the ranks of the organized crime organiz... | {"First appearance": "\"Do Not Resuscitate\" (2000)", "Last appearance": "\"The Blue Comet\" (2007)", "Created by": "David Chase", "Portrayed by": "Steve Schirripa", "Full name": "Robert Baccalieri, Jr.", "Title": "Soldier (seasons 2-4) Captain (seasons 4-6a) Underboss (season 6b)", "Family": "Bobby Baccalieri, Sr. (... |
In the 1892 Quebec general election on March 8, 1892, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Conservative Party, led by Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville, defeated the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Félix-Gabriel Marchand.
Mercier had been accused of cor... | {"Name": "1892 Quebec general election", "Country": "Quebec", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Show party colours?": "no", "Link to parties?": "no", "Previous election": "1890 Quebec general election", "Previous year": "1890", "Next election": "1897 Quebec general election", "Next year": "1897", "Elected mem... |
Timothy James Bloodworth (1736August 24, 1814) was a slave owner, ardent patriot in the American Revolution, member of the Confederation Congress, vigorous anti-Federalist, U.S. congressman and senator, and collector of customs for the Port of Wilmington, North Carolina.
Early life and career
He was born 1736 in North... | {"Name": "Timothy Bloodworth", "Office 2": "Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 3rd district", "Predecessor 2": "District created", "Successor 2": "John B. Ashe", "Birth date": "1736", "Birth place": "New Hanover County, Province of North Carolina, British America", "Death date": "1814 08 ... |
Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co., Ltd. (HDEC; ) is a major construction company in South Korea. The company was founded by Chung Ju-yung in 1947 as the Hyundai Civil Works Company and was a major component of the Hyundai Group. Hyundai Construction and Hyundai Engineering merged in 1999.
Hyundai Construction ... | {"Type": "Public", "Founded": "1947", "Headquarters": "South Korea", "Industry": "Construction", "Parent": "Hyundai Motor Company", "Website": "https://www.hdec.kr/en/main.aspx https://www.hdec.kr"} |
Francis Locke Jr. (October 31, 1766 - January 8, 1823) was a U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina.
Family
Francis Locke was the son of Francis Locke Sr. (1722-1796) (a Revolutionary War participant) and Anne Brandon (b.abt. 1737). All are buried at Thyatira Cemetery in Rowan County, North Carolina.
Career
A ... | {"Name": "Francis Locke", "Term start": "December 1814", "Term end": "December 5, 1815", "Birth date": "1766 10 31", "Birth place": "Rowan County, North Carolina", "Death date": "1823 1 8 1766 10 31", "Death place": "Rowan County, North Carolina"} |
Willie Person Mangum (; May 10, 1792September 7, 1861) was an American politician and planter who served as U.S. Senator from the state of North Carolina between 1831 and 1836 and between 1840 and 1853. He was one of the founders and leading members of the Whig party, and was a candidate for president in 1836 as part o... | {"Name": "Willie P. Mangum", "Image caption": "1844 portrait by James Lambdin", "Term start": "May 31, 1842", "Term end": "March 3, 1845", "Predecessor 2": "James Iredell Jr.", "Successor 2": "Robert Strange", "Birth date": "1792 5 10", "Birth place": "Orange County, North Carolina, United States (now Durham County)", ... |
Robert Strange (September 20, 1796February 19, 1854) was a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1836 and 1840.
Strange was born in Manchester, Virginia. He attended New Oxford Academy and Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) in Lexington, Virginia. He graduated from Hampde... | {"Name": "Robert Strange", "Office 2": "Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives", "Term 2": "1821-18231826", "Birth date": "1796 9 20", "Birth place": "Manchester, Virginia", "Death date": "1854 2 19 1796 9 20", "Death place": "Fayetteville, North Carolina"} |
William Henry Haywood Jr. (October 23, 1801October 7, 1852) was a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1843 and 1846.
Born in Raleigh, North Carolina to a prominent family,Notable Southern families, Volume 2: Haywood was the nephew of State Treasurer John Haywood. Note that he is here liste... | {"Name": "William Henry Haywood Jr.", "Office 2": "Member of the North Carolina House of Commons", "Term 2": "18311834-1836", "Birth date": "1801 10 23", "Birth place": "Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.", "Death date": "1852 10 7 1801 10 23", "Death place": "Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.", "Resting place": "Old City Cemet... |
In 1981, BBC Radio 4 produced a dramatisation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in 26 half-hour stereo instalments. The novel had previously been adapted as a 12-part BBC Radio adaptation in 1955 and 1956 (of which no recordings are known to have survived), and a 1979 production by The Mind's Eye for National... | {"Genre": "Radio drama", "Running time": "30 minutes per episode", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Language(s)": "English", "Home station": "BBC Radio 4", "Starring": "Ian HolmMichael HordernRobert StephensBill NighyJames GroutSimon CadellJohn Le MesurierJack MayPeter Vaughan", "Created by": "J. R. R. Tolkien",... |
Chung Ju-yung or Jung Joo-young (; 25 November 1915 - 21 March 2001), was a South Korean entrepreneur, businessman and the founder of Hyundai Groups, one of the largest chaebols in South Korea. Raised as the eldest son of a poor Korean farmer, he became the richest man in South Korea. Chung was an integral part to the ... | {"Name": "Chung Ju-yung", "Native name": "정주영", "Alt": "Chung Ju-yung", "Caption": "Chung during an interview at Panmunjom in October 1998.", "Birth date": "1915 11 25 y", "Birth place": "Tsūsen, Kōgen-dō, Japanese Korea(today Tongchon, Kangwon Province, North Korea)", "Death date": "2001 03 21 1915 11 25 y", "Death pl... |
thumb|260px|Portrait of George Edmund Badger, by James Bogle, c. 1853
George Edmund Badger (April 17, 1795May 11, 1866) was an American politician who served as a Whig U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina.
Early life
Badger was born on April 17, 1795, in New Bern, North Carolina. He attended Yale College (whe... | {"Name": "George Badger", "Office 2": "12th United States Secretary of the Navy", "President 2": "William Henry HarrisonJohn Tyler", "Predecessor 2": "James Paulding", "Successor 2": "Abel Upshur", "Birth date": "1795 4 17", "Birth place": "New Bern, North Carolina, U.S.", "Death date": "1866 5 11 1795 4 17", "Death pl... |
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The Museum of Flight is a private non-profit air and space museum in the Seattle metropolitan area. It is located at the southern end of King County International Airport (Boeing Field) in the city of Tukwila, immediately south of Seattle."Museum of Flight." Yahoo Travel Retrieved: ... | {"Coordinates": "47.518 -122.297 type:landmark_scale:2000_region:US inline", "Established": "1965", "Location": "King County International Airport (Boeing Field)9404 E. Marginal WaySeattle, Washington, U.S.", "Type": "Aviation museum", "Visitors": "500,000+ per year", "President": "Matthew B. Hayes\"Matt Hayes will suc... |
Asa Biggs (February 4, 1811 - March 6, 1878) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as a member of both chambers of the United States Congress and as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Albemarle, Cape Fear and Pamptico Districts of North Carolina.
Education ... | {"Name": "Asa Biggs", "Term start": "May 3, 1858", "Term end": "April 23, 1861", "District 2": "9th", "Predecessor 2": "Kenneth Rayner", "Successor 2": "David Outlaw", "Birth name": "Asa Biggs", "Birth date": "1811 02 04", "Birth place": "Williamston, North Carolina, U.S.", "Death date": "1878 03 06 1811 02 04", "Death... |
Thomas Lanier Clingman (July 27, 1812November 3, 1897), known as the "Prince of Politicians," was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845 and from 1847 to 1858, and U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1858 and 1861. During the Civil War he refused to resign ... | {"Name": "Thomas L. Clingman", "Image caption": "Clingman photographed by Mathew Brady, c. 1860-65", "Term start": "May 7, 1858", "Term end": "March 11, 1861", "Predecessor 2": "James Graham", "Successor 2": "Henry Shaw", "Birth name": "Thomas Lanier Clingham", "Birth date": "1812 7 27", "Birth place": "Huntsville, Nor... |
, often known as Alex, is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Brazil, he became a Japanese citizen and made 82 appearances for the Japan national team.
Club career
Santos was born in Maringá in Paraná and moved to Japan in 1994 at the age of sixteen. He enrolled in Meitoku Gijuku High ... | {"Name": "Alessandro Santos三都主 アレサンドロ", "Picture caption": "2019", "Full name": "Alessandro dos Santos", "Birth date": "1977 7 20 y", "Birth place": "Maringá, Paraná, Brazil", "Height": "1.78 m", "Position": "Midfielder", "Youth club 1 years": "1994-1996", "Youth club 1": "Meitoku Gijuku High School", "Club 1 years": "... |
Altera Corporation was a manufacturer of programmable logic devices (PLDs) headquartered in San Jose, California. It was founded in 1983 and acquired by Intel in 2015.
The main product lines from Altera were the flagship Stratix series, mid-range Arria series, and lower-cost Cyclone series system on a chip field-progr... | {"Industry": "Integrated circuits", "Fate": "Acquired by Intel", "Founded": "June 1983", "Defunct": "2015 12 28", "Headquarters": "San Jose, California, United States", "Products": "FPGAsCPLDsEmbedded systems ASICs", "Revenue": "$1.932 billion (2014)"} |
Joseph Carter Abbott (July 15, 1825October 8, 1881) was a Union Army colonel during the American Civil War who was awarded the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers and a Republican United States Senator from the state of North Carolina between 1868 and 1871. During his career in private life he was a lawyer,... | {"Name": "Joseph Carter Abbott", "Term start": "July 14, 1868", "Term end": "March 4, 1871", "Birth date": "1825 7 15", "Birth place": "Concord, New Hampshire", "Death date": "1881 10 8 1825 7 15", "Death place": "Wilmington, North Carolina", "Battles fought": "American Civil War\n Second Battle of Fort Wagner\n Battle... |
Matthew Whitaker Ransom (October 8, 1826October 8, 1904) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1872 and 1895.
Early life and antebellum career
Matt Ransom was born in Warren County, North Carolina, to Robert and... | {"Name": "Matt W. Ransom", "Term start": "January 7, 1895", "Term end": "January 10, 1895", "Office 2": "United States Senator from North Carolina", "Predecessor 2": "Joseph Carter Abbott", "Successor 2": "Marion Butler", "Birth date": "1826 10 8", "Death date": "1904 10 8 1826 10 8", "Birth place": "Warren County, Nor... |
Marion Butler (May 20, 1863June 3, 1938) was an American politician, farmer, and lawyer. He represented North Carolina in the United States Senate for one term, serving between 1895 and 1901. At the time, he was a leader of the North Carolina Populist Party, and also affiliated with the Democratic Party and the Republi... | {"Name": "Marion Butler", "Nationality": "American", "Other political party": "DemocraticRepublican", "State senate2": "North Carolina", "District 2": "14th", "Preceded 2": "Edwin W. Kerr", "Succeeded 2": "W. H. G. LucasF. R. Cooper", "Birth date": "1863 5 20", "Birth place": "Sampson County, North Carolina", "Death da... |
Furnifold McLendel Simmons (January 20, 1854April 30, 1940) was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1887, to March 4, 1889, and U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between March 4, 1901, and March 4, 1931. He served as chairman o... | {"Name": "F. M. Simmons", "Alternative text": "Simmons seated in a suit", "District 2": "2nd", "Term 2": "March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1889", "Preceded 2": "James E. O'Hara", "Succeeded 2": "Henry P. Cheatham", "Birth date": "1854 1 20", "Birth place": "Pollocksville, North Carolina", "Death date": "1940 4 30 1854 1 20", "... |
NBA Live was a series of basketball video games published by EA Sports. The series, which debuted in 1994, is the successor to the previous NBA Playoffs and NBA Showdown series.
Beginning in the late 2000s, NBA Live sales had dropped off compared to their main competitor, 2K's NBA 2K series. The last released installm... | {"Title": "NBA Live", "Caption": "NBA Live video game series logo", "Genre": "Sports", "Platforms": "Game BoyGameCubeNintendo 64Microsoft Windows (PC)PlayStationPlayStation 2PlayStation 3PlayStation 4PlayStation PortableSega GenesisSega SaturnSuper NESWiiXboxXbox 360Xbox One", "Developer": "EA Canada (1994-2010)EA Tibu... |
Daniel Charles Brandenstein (born January 17, 1943) is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of United Space Alliance. He is a former Naval Aviator, test pilot and NASA astronaut, who flew four Space Shuttle missions. He also served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1987 to 1992.
Career
Milita... | {"Rank": "USNO6 25 Captain, USN", "Selection": "1978 NASA Group 8", "Missions": "STS-8, STS-51-G, STS-32, STS-49", "Retirement": "October 1992"} |
Josiah William Bailey (September 14, 1873 – December 15, 1946) was an American politician who served as a U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina from 1931 to 1946.
Early life and education
Born in Warrenton, North Carolina, he grew up in Raleigh and graduated from Wake Forest College (now Wake Forest University... | {"Term start": "March 4, 1931", "Term end": "December 15, 1946", "Birth name": "Josiah William Bailey", "Birth date": "1873 9 14 y", "Birth place": "Warrenton, North Carolina, U.S.", "Death date": "1946 12 15 1873 9 14", "Death place": "Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Wake Forest College"} |
Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka (; born 13 September 1948) is a Fijian politician who has served as Prime Minister of Fiji since 24 December 2022. He was the instigator of two military coups in 1987. He was democratically elected as Prime Minister of Fiji, serving from 1992 to 1999, and again in 2022, leading a three-party... | {"Name": "Sitiveni Rabuka", "Image caption": "Rabuka in 2020", "Term start": "24 December 2022", "Office 2": "Leader of the Opposition", "Predecessor 2": "Teimumu Kepa", "Successor 2": "Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu", "Prime minister 2": "Frank Bainimarama", "Birth date": "yes 1948 9 13", "Birth place": "Cakaudrove, Colony o... |
Frank Porter Graham (October 14, 1886 - February 16, 1972) was an American educator and political activist. A professor of history, he was elected President of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1930, and he later became the first President of the consolidated University of North Carolina system.
Graha... | {"Name": "Frank Porter Graham", "Term start": "March 29, 1949", "Term end": "November 26, 1950", "Birth date": "1886 10 14", "Birth place": "Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S.", "Death date": "1972 2 16 1886 10 14", "Death place": "Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Marian Drane", "Education": "Universit... |
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Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (or simply the Nassau Coliseum) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Uniondale, New York, east of New York City. The Long Island venue is approximately east of the eastern limits of the New York City Borough of Queens, and is also next to... | {"Location": "Uniondale, New York", "Coordinates": "40 43 22 N 73 35 26 W", "Broke ground": "1969 01 20Hirshon Nicholas NYCB Live Images of America 2010 Arcadia Publishing Charleston, South Carolina 978-0-7385-7357-1", "Built": "1969-1972", "Opened": "February 11, 1972", "Reopened": "March 31, 2017 (renovations)", "Ren... |
Willis Smith (December 19, 1887June 26, 1953) was an American attorney and Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1950 and 1953.
Early life and education
Born in Norfolk Virginia, he moved to North Carolina before age 2. After graduating from Trinity College (now the undergraduate liberal art... | {"Name": "Willis Smith", "Image": "Willissmith.JPG", "Image size": "171px", "Office 2": "Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives", "Term 2": "1927-1932", "Birth date": "1887 12 19", "Birth place": "Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.", "Death date": "1953 6 26 1887 12 19", "Death place": "Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.", "... |
Alton Asa Lennon (August 17, 1906December 28, 1986) was an American Democratic politician who represented North Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. He first served as an interim appointment to the Senate from 1953-54, unsuccessfully sought re-election, and later represented the Cape Fear region in... | {"Name": "Alton Asa Lennon", "Term start": "January 3, 1957", "Term end": "January 3, 1973", "Appointer 2": "William B. Umstead", "Predecessor 2": "Willis Smith", "Successor 2": "William Kerr Scott", "Birth date": "1906 8 17", "Death date": "1986 12 28", "Birth place": "Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S.", "Death place":... |
Pavle Ivić (, ; 1 December 1924 - 19 September 1999) was a Serbian South Slavic dialectologist and phonologist.
Biography
Both his field work and his synthesizing studies were extensive and authoritative. A few of his best-known publications are:
Die serbokroatischen Dialekte, ihre Struktur und Entwicklung, Gravenhag... | {"Image size": "125px", "Birth date": "December 1, 1924", "Place of birth": "Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes", "Death date": "1999 09 19 1924 12 01", "Death place": "Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia"} |
Benjamin Everett Jordan (September 8, 1896 - March 15, 1974) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States senator from North Carolina from 1958 to 1973.
Early life and education
The eldest of six children, B. Everett Jordan was born in Ramseur, North Caroli... | {"Name": "B. Everett Jordan", "Image caption": "Official U.S. Senate portrait", "Term start": "April 19, 1958", "Term end": "January 3, 1973", "Birth name": "Benjamin Everett Jordan", "Birth date": "1896 9 8 y", "Birth place": "Ramseur, North Carolina, U.S.", "Death date": "yes 1974 3 15 1896 9 8", "Death place": "Saxa... |
Juraj Jánošík (first name also Juro or Jurko, ; baptised 25 January 1688, died 17 March 1713) was a Slovak highwayman. Jánošík has been the main character of many Slovak novels, poems, and films. According to the legend, he robbed nobles and gave the loot to the poor, a deed often attributed to the famous Robin Hood. ... | {"Name": "Juraj Jánošík", "Caption": "Wood engraving by Władysław Skoczylas, which reads (in Polish), \"The name of Janosik will never perish\".", "Birth date": "January 1688", "Birth place": "Terchová, Slovakia", "Death date": "17 March 1713 (aged 25)", "Death place": "Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia", "Death cause": "Exe... |
The Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (later Corporation), most commonly known as MECC, was an organization founded in 1971 best known for developing the edutainment video game series The Oregon Trail and its spinoffs. The goal of the organization was to coordinate and provide computer services to schools in ... | {"Industry": "Educational software", "Fate": "Shut down by SoftKey", "Founded": "1971", "Defunct": "1999 10", "Headquarters": "United States", "Website": "mecc.com (Archive)", "Parent": "State of Minnesota"} |
Bedford Brown (June 6, 1795 - December 6, 1870) was a Democratic United States Senator from the State of North Carolina between 1829 and 1840.
Biography
Bedford Brown was born on June 6, 1795, in what now is Locust Hill Township, Caswell County, North Carolina. His parents were Jethro Brown and Lucy Williamson Brown. ... | {"Name": "Bedford Brown", "Office 2": "Member of the North Carolina Senate", "Term 2": "1828-18281858-1860", "Birth date": "1795 6 6", "Birth place": "Caswell County, North Carolina", "Death date": "1870 12 6 1795 6 6", "Death place": "Caswell County, North Carolina"} |
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