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Lakhdar Brahimi (Algerian pronunciation: ; ; ; born 1 January 1934) is an Algerian United Nations diplomat who served as the United Nations and Arab League Special Envoy to Syria until 14 May 2014. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria from 1991 to 1993. He served as chairman of the United Nations Panel on Uni... | {"Name": "Lakhdar Brahimi", "Birth date": "1934 1 1 y", "Birth place": "El Azizia, French Algeria", "Alma mater": "University of Algiers", "Term start": "5 June 1991", "Term end": "3 February 1993"} |
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1964) is a semi-autobiographical novel by Joanne Greenberg, written under the pen name of Hannah Green. It served as the basis for a film in 1977 and a play in 2004.
Inspiration
The character of Dr. Fried is based closely on Greenberg's real doctor Frieda Fromm-Reichmann, and the ho... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Holt, Rinehart & Winston", "Pages": "291", "ISBN": "0-03-043725-3"} |
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The tarte Tatin (), named after the Tatin sisters who invented it and served it in their hotel as its signature dish, is a pastry in which the fruit (usually apples) is caramelized in butter and sugar before the tart is baked. It originated in France but has spread to other countries... | {"Name of food": "Tarte Tatin", "Width of image": "300px", "Place of origin": "France", "Region of origin": "Centre-Val de Loire", "Creator": "Tatin sisters", "Type of dish": "Tart", "Main ingredient": "Apples or other fruits"} |
Korea Train eXpress (), often known as KTX (), is South Korea's high-speed rail system, operated by Korail. Construction began on the high-speed line from Seoul to Busan in 1992. KTX services were launched on April 1, 2004.
From Seoul Station the KTX lines radiate with stops at Seoul Station, Yongsan station towards B... | {"Service type": "Inter-city high-speed rail", "Status": "Operating", "Locale": "South Korea", "Class(es)": "First class Standard class", "Disabled access": "Fully accessible", "Catering facilities": "Yes", "Entertainment facilities": "Yes", "Baggage facilities": "Yes", "Operating speed": "Up to 305 kph mph on"} |
fortune is a program that displays a pseudorandom message from a database of quotations that first appeared in Version 7 Unix. The most common version on modern systems is the BSD fortune, originally written by Ken Arnold. Distributions of fortune are usually bundled with a collection of themed files, containing saying... | {"Original author(s)": "Ken Arnold", "Initial release": "1979", "Written in": "C", "Type": "Command", "License": "Plan 9: MIT License"} |
Dafydd Wynne Wigley, Baron Wigley, (born David Wigley; 1 April 1943) is a Welsh politician who served as the leader of Plaid Cymru from 1981 to 1984 and again from 1991 to 2000. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Caernarfon from 1974 to 2001 and as the Member of the Welsh Assembly for Caernarfon from 1999 ... | {"Name": "The Lord Wigley", "Office 2": "Member of Parliamentfor Caernarfon", "Predecessor 2": "Goronwy Roberts", "Successor 2": "Hywel Williams", "Term start": "24 January 2011Life Peerage", "Birth date": "1943 04 1 yes", "Birth place": "Derby, England", "Birth name": "David Wigley", "Spouse(s)": "Elinor Bennett", "Al... |
Henry Baird McLeish (born 15 June 1948) is a Scottish politician, author, academic and former professional footballer who served as First Minister of Scotland from 2000 to 2001. With a term of just 1 year and 12 days, he is the shortest serving holder of that office. He served as the Leader of the Labour Party in Scotl... | {"Name": "Henry McLeish", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2000", "Term start": "27 October 2000", "Term end": "8 November 2001", "Birth name": "Henry Baird McLeish", "Birth date": "1948 6 15 y", "Birth place": "Methil, Fife, Scotland", "Spouse(s)": "Margaret Drysdale 1968 1995Julie Fulton 1998 2011Caryn Nicolson 2... |
Rancho Cucamonga was a Mexican land grant in present-day San Bernardino County, California, given in 1839 to the dedicated soldier, smuggler and politician Tiburcio Tapia by Mexican governor Juan Bautista Alvarado. The grant formed parts of present-day California cities Rancho Cucamonga and Upland. It extended easterl... | {"Location": "Rancho Cucamonga, California", "Coordinates": "34.106683 -117.6107 dms region:US-CA_type:landmark_dim:10000 inline,title", "Area": "13045 acre km2", "Built": "1839"} |
Catherine Margaret Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, (born 20 March 1956) is a British Labour politician who served as the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and First Vice President of the European Commission in the Barroso Commission from 2009 to 2014.
Her political career ... | {"Name": "The Baroness Ashtonof Upholland", "Image caption": "Ashton in 2009", "Term start": "1 January 2017", "Office 2": "High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy", "Predecessor 2": "Javier Solana (Common Foreign and Security Policy)", "Successor 2": "Federica Mogherini", "Birth name":... |
Clifford Forsythe (24 August 1929 - 27 April 2000) was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Antrim from 1983 until his death in 2000.
Early life
He was a footballer with Derry City and Linfield Football Clubs. He won several footballing medals, and was desc... | {"Name": "Clifford Forsythe", "Image size": "150px", "Term start": "9 June 1983", "Term end": "27 April 2000", "Birth date": "1929 08 24 yes", "Death date": "2000 04 27 1929 08 24 yes", "Nationality": "British"} |
David Maxim Triesman, Baron Triesman (born 30 October 1943) is a British politician, merchant banker and former trade union leader.
Triesman is a Labour member of the House of Lords. Triesman previously sat as a Labour peer until resigning the whip in July 2019, then having previously been a minister in the Departmen... | {"Name": "The Lord Triesman", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2020", "Term start": "29 June 2007", "Term end": "25 January 2008", "Birth name": "David Maxim Triesman", "Birth date": "1943 10 30 yes", "Birth place": "Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Lucy Hooberman", "... |
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama was founded by Elsie Fogerty in 1906, as The Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students. It became a constituent college of the University of London in 2005 and is a member of Co... | {"Type": "Drama school and public university conservatoire", "Affiliation": "Conservatoires UK\nFederation of Drama Schools", "Budget": "£19.4m (2016/17)https://www.cssd.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Where%20Our%20Money%20Comes%20From%20-%20FE%20OCT%2017%20-%20Appendix%20D3_CSSD.pdf Where Our Money Comes From Royal Central... |
William Ross (born 4 February 1936) is a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland who is the President of the Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV). He served as the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Londonderry (later East Londonderry) from February 1974 until 2001. He was one of the UUP members oppo... | {"Name": "William Ross", "Term start": "28 February 1974", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Birth date": "1936 02 4 yes", "Birth place": "Derry, Northern Ireland", "Nationality": "British", "Other political party": "Ulster Unionist Party (until 2007)", "Spouse(s)": "Christina Ross", "Residence": "Dungiven"} |
William Douglas Cullen, Baron Cullen of Whitekirk, (born 18 November 1935) is a former senior member of the Scottish judiciary. He formerly served as Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session, and was an additional Lord of Appeal in the House of Lords prior to the transfer of its judicial functio... | {"Name": "The Lord Cullen of Whitekirk", "Image caption": "Cullen in 2015", "Term start": "2002", "Term end": "2005", "Office 2": "Lord Justice Clerk", "Predecessor 2": "Lord Ross", "Successor 2": "Lord Gill", "Birth date": "1935 11 18 yes", "Birth name": "William Douglas Cullen", "Nationality": "Scottish", "Spouse(s)"... |
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John David Home Robertson (born 5 December 1948) is a retired Labour politician in Scotland. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Berwick and East Lothian and East Lothian from 1978 to 2001 and a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for East Lothian from 1999 until 2007.
... | {"Name": "John Home Robertson", "Image caption": "Robertson as MSP", "Term start": "6 May 1999", "Term end": "2 April 2007", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for East LothianBerwick and East Lothian (1978-1983)", "Predecessor 2": "John Mackintosh", "Successor 2": "Anne Picking", "Birth date": "1948 12 5 yes", "Birth ... |
Admiral of the Fleet Michael Cecil Boyce, Baron Boyce, (2 April 1943 - 6 November 2022) was a British Royal Navy officer who also sat as a crossbench member of the House of Lords until his death in November 2022.
Boyce commanded three submarines and then a frigate before achieving higher command in the Navy and servi... | {"Born": "Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa", "Died": "2022 11 06 1943 04 02 y", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Commands held": "Chief of the Defence Staff (2001-2003) First Sea Lord (1998-2001) Commander-in-Chief Fleet (1997-1998) Naval Home Command (1995-1997) Flag Officer, Surface Flotilla (1992-1994) Flag Of... |
Sir John Robert Madejski, (; born Robert John Hurst; 28 April 1941) is an English businessman, with commercial interests spanning property, broadcast media, hotels, restaurants, publishing and football.
Madejski is the founder of the magazine which became Auto Trader and was chairman of Reading F.C., Chancellor of th... | {"Honorific prefix": "Sir", "Name": "John Madejski", "Post-nominals": "OBE, DL", "Birth name": "Robert John Hurst", "Birth date": "1941 4 28 yes", "Birth place": "Stoke-on-Trent, England", "Occupation": "Company director, football club chairman"} |
Richard Thomas James Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton, (born 11 October 1942) is a crossbench member of the British House of Lords and former Cabinet Secretary.
Career
Richard Wilson was born in Glamorgan. He was educated at Radley CollegeOld Radleian 2006 (1956-60 and where he much later chaired the College Council (... | {"Name": "The Lord Wilson of Dinton", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2019", "Term start": "1998", "Term end": "2002", "Birth date": "11 October 1942", "Education": "Radley College", "Alma mater": "Clare College, Cambridge"} |
Calligra Stage (formerly KPresenter) is a free presentation program that is part of the Calligra Suite, an integrated office suite developed by KDE.
Calligra Stage's native export format is OpenDocument. Stage is able to load presentation documents from Microsoft PowerPoint, LibreOffice Impress and OpenOffice Impress.... | {"Developer(s)": "KDE", "Type": "Presentation Program", "License": "GNU Lesser General Public License", "Website": "calligra.org/stage/"} |
Thomas Erskine May, 1st Baron Farnborough, (8 February 1815 - 17 May 1886) was a British constitutional theorist and Clerk of the House of Commons.
His seminal work, A Treatise upon the Law, Privileges, Proceedings and Usage of Parliament (first published in 1844) has become known as Erskine May: Parliamentary Pract... | {"Name": "The Lord Farnborough", "Term start": "16 February 1871", "Term end": "17 April 1886", "Birth date": "8 February 1815", "Birth place": "Highgate, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom", "Death date": "yes 1886 05 17 1815 02 8", "Death place": "St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom", "Birth ... |
John Ernest Townend (12 June 1934 - 18 August 2018) was a British politician who was a Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party.
Early years
The son of Charles Hope and Dorothy Townend, he was born on 12 June 1934 in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, and educated at Hymers College in Hull. He studied accountancy f... | {"Name": "John Townend", "Term start": "3 May 1979", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Birth date": "1934 06 12 yes", "Birth place": "Kingston upon Hull, England", "Death date": "2018 8 18 1934 06 12 yes", "Nationality": "British"} |
Donald Cameron Easterbrook Gorrie OBE (2 April 1933 - 25 August 2012) was a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician. He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Central Scotland region from 1999 to 2007. He also sat in the British House of Commons from 1997 to 2001 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinbu... | {"Birth name": "Donald Cameron Easterbrook Gorrie", "Name": "Donald Gorrie", "Term start": "6 May 1999", "Term end": "2 April 2007", "Predecessor 2": "Lord James Douglas-Hamilton", "Successor 2": "John Barrett", "Birth date": "yes 1933 04 2", "Birth place": "India", "Death date": "yes 2012 08 25 1933 04 2", "Death plac... |
Andrew John Bernard Rowe (11 September 1935 - 21 November 2008) was a politician in the United Kingdom. He was born in London. He served as Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Mid Kent from 1983 to 1997 and its successor constituency Faversham and Mid Kent from 1997 until he stepped down in 2001. He was replac... | {"Name": "Andrew Rowe", "Term start": "9 June 1983", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Birth name": "Andrew John Bernard Rowe", "Birth date": "1935 9 11 yes", "Death date": "2008 11 21 1935 9 11 yes", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "Merton College, Oxford"} |
Alasdair Neil Morgan (born 21 April 1945) is a former Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He was Deputy Leader of the Scottish National Party from 1990 to 1991 and served in the House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale from 1997 to 2001. He was elected in 1999 as a Member of t... | {"Name": "Alasdair Morgan", "Term start": "10 May 2007", "Term end": "22 March 2011", "Birth date": "1945 04 21 yes", "Birth place": "Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland", "Spouse(s)": "Anne Gilfillan", "Alma mater": "University of Glasgow Open University"} |
Catherine Maria Fyfe (née O'Neill; 25 November 1938 - 3 December 2020), known as Maria Fyfe, was a Scottish politician and educator who served as Member of Parliament for Glasgow Maryhill from 1987 to 2001. She was Deputy Shadow Minister for Women from 1988 to 1991, Convener of the Scottish Group of Labour MPs from 199... | {"Name": "Maria Fyfe", "Birth name": "Maria O'Neill", "Term start": "11 June 1987", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Birth date": "yes 1938 11 25", "Birth place": "Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland", "Death date": "yes 2020 12 03 1938 11 25", "Nationality": "Scottish", "Spouse(s)": "James Joseph Fyfe 1964 1986 d", "Alma mater": "U... |
Abdullah Mohamed Omar (26 May 1934 - 13 March 2004), better known as Dullah Omar, was a South African anti-Apartheid activist, lawyer, and a minister in the South African cabinet from 1994 until his death.
Early life and education
Born in Observatory, Cape Town, to immigrant parents from Gujarat in western India. Oma... | {"Name": "Dullah Omar", "Term start": "1999", "Term end": "2004", "Office 2": "Minister of Justice", "President 2": "Nelson Mandela", "Predecessor 2": "Kobie Coetsee", "Successor 2": "Penuell Maduna", "Birth date": "yes 1934 05 26", "Birth place": "Observatory, Cape Town, Cape Province, Union of South Africa", "Death d... |
David William McLetchie CBE (6 August 1952 - 12 August 2013) was a Scottish politician who served as Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 1999 to 2005. He was Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Edinburgh Pentlands constituency from 2003 to 2011 and the Lothian region from 1999 to 2003 and 2011 to... | {"Name": "David McLetchie", "Image": "DavidMcLetchieMSP20110509.JPG", "Image size": "220px", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2011", "Term start": "6 May 1999", "Term end": "31 October 2005", "Birth date": "yes 1952 8 6", "Birth place": "Edinburgh, Scotland", "Death date": "yes 2013 8 12 1952 8 6", "Death place": "... |
Robert McCredie May, Baron May of Oxford, HonFAIB (8 January 1936 - 28 April 2020) was an Australian scientist who was Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government, President of the Royal Society, and a professor at the University of Sydney and Princeton University. He held joint professorships at the University of O... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Name": "The Lord May of Oxford", "Honorific suffix": "AUS OM AC FRS FAA FTSE FRSN FAIB FREng 100%", "Image caption": "May in 2009", "Term start": "2000", "Term end": "2005", "Birth date": "yes 1936 01 08MAY OF OXFORD U27082 2017 online Oxford University Press Oxford",... |
The Texas Senate is the upper house of the Texas Legislature, with the Texas House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, they compose the state legislature of the state of Texas.
There are 31 members of the Senate, representing single-member districts across the U.S. state of Texas, with populations of a... | {"Type": "Texas Legislature", "Authority": "Article 3, Texas Constitution", "Salary": "$7,200/year + per diem", "Seats": "31", "Redistricting": "Legislative Control"} |
Hanoi Rocks were a Finnish rock band formed in 1979. They were the first Finnish band to chart in the UK and they were also popular in Japan. By 1984, the band was considered to be on the verge of an international breakthrough when they released their first major label album for CBS and headed for their first US tour. ... | {"Origin": "Helsinki, Finland", "Genres": "Hard rockhttps://books.google.com/books?id=GJ2P1hu6nToC&pg=PA119 Hanoi Rocks Nordilie Tom April 1990 Spin SPIN Media LLC 119\n glam rockhttps://books.google.com/books?id=9eEPAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA365 The Tombstone Tourist: Musicians Stanton Scott 2003 Simon & Schuster 978... |
Dato' Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak (, ; born 23 July 1953) is a Malaysian politician who served as the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2009 to 2018. In 2020, he was convicted of corruption in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal, one of the largest money-laundering and embezzlement scandal... | {"Name": "Najib Razak", "Native name": "ms Arab نجيب رزاق", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2009", "Term start": "3 April 2009", "Term end": "9 May 2018", "Office 2": "9th Youth Chief of the United Malays National Organisation", "President 2": "Mahathir Mohamad", "Predecessor 2": "Anwar Ibrahim", "Successor 2": "R... |
Giles Heneage Radice, Baron Radice, (4 October 1936 - 25 August 2022) was a British Labour politician and author. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1973 to 2001, representing part of County Durham, and then as a life peer in the House of Lords from 2001 until shortly before his death in 2022.
Early life
R... | {"Name": "The Lord Radice", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2018", "Term start": "17 July 1997", "Term end": "7 June 2001", "Office 2": "Member of the House of LordsLord Temporal", "Birth date": "1936 10 4 yes", "Birth place": "London, England", "Death date": "2022 8 25 1936 10 4 yes", "Birth name": "Giles Heneage... |
The Île d'Orléans Bridge, known locally as the Pont de l'Île, is a suspension bridge that spans the Saint Lawrence River between the Beauport borough of Quebec City and Île d'Orléans (Orléans Island) in the Canadian province of Quebec. It is part of Quebec Route 368 and connects to Autoroute 40 on the north side.
The ... | {"Carries": "Quebec Route 368", "Crosses": "St. Lawrence River", "Locale": "Quebec City and Île d'Orléans", "Designer": "Philip Louis Pratley", "Design": "Suspension bridge/Truss bridge", "Longest span": "323 m ft onhttp://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0007231 Orleans Island Bridge (1935) Structurae.... |
Llinos Golding, Baroness Golding (born 21 March 1933) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom who currently sits in the House of Lords. She qualified as a radiographer and worked in the NHS, and is currently the Patron of the Society of Radiographers.
The daughter of MP Ness Edwards, Golding was the Member ... | {"Name": "The Baroness Golding", "Term start": "17 July 1986", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Birth date": "1933 03 21 yes", "Nationality": "British"} |
Brown Album is the fifth studio album by American rock band Primus. It was released on July 8, 1997, by Prawn Song and Interscope Records. It was the band's first album with new drummer Brain, who replaced former drummer Tim Alexander. The album has received a mixed reception from critics and fans.
Background
Brown A... | {"Released": "July 8, 1997", "Recorded": "December 1996 - April 1997", "Studio": "Rancho Relaxo, Sebastopol, California", "Genre": "Funk metal progressive rock jazz rockBrown Album AllMusic Stephen Thomas Erlewine Stephen Thomas Erlewine http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-brown-album-mw0000023938", "Label": "Interscope ... |
, Buddhist monastic name Yamamoto Jōchō (June 11, 1659 – November 30, 1719), was a samurai of the Saga Domain in Hizen Province under his lord Nabeshima Mitsushige. He became a Zen Buddhist priest and relayed his experiences, memories, lessons, ideas, and aphorisms to the samurai , who compiled them under the title Hag... | {"Name": "Yamamoto Tsunetomo", "Native name": "山本 常朝", "Birth date": "June 11, 1659", "Birth place": "Japan", "Death date": "1719 11 30 1659 6 11", "Nationality": "Japanese", "Occupation": "Samurai, philosopher, writer"} |
Ali Kemal Sunal (11 November 1944 – 3 July 2000) was a Turkish actor and comedian. With Hababam Sınıfı, Kapıcılar Kralı and Davaro, Sunal gained large popularity amongst Turkish cinema goers and was famed for his character "Şaban", a role he frequently played.
Career
Kemal Sunal graduated from Vefa Lisesi (Vefa High... | {"Name": "Kemal Sunal", "Birth name": "Ali Kemal Sunal", "Birth date": "1944 11 11 y", "Birth place": "Istanbul, Turkey", "Death date": "2000 7 3 1944 11 11 y", "Death place": "Istanbul, Turkey", "Resting place": "Zincirlikuyu Cemetery, Şişli, Istanbul", "Education": "Marmara University", "Occupation": "Actor", "Years ... |
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The Montmorency Falls () is a large waterfall on the Montmorency River in Quebec, Canada. highest in the province of Quebec
Location
The falls are located on the boundary between the borough of Beauport, and Boischatel, about from the heart of old Quebec City. The area surrounding the falls is protected within the ... | {"Location": "Quebec City, Quebec, Canada", "Coordinates": "46 53 27 N 71 8 51 W type:waterbody_scale:50000 dms inline,title", "Type": "Cataract", "Total height": "84 m ft on", "Number of drops": "2", "Watercourse": "Montmorency River", "Averageflow rate": "130 m3/s ft3/s onhttp://pde.rivieremontmorency.com/101.htm Le... |
Richard Bellingham (c. 1592 - 7 December 1672) was a colonial magistrate, lawyer, and several-time governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the last surviving signatory of the colonial charter at his death. A wealthy lawyer in Lincolnshire prior to his departure for the New World in 1634, he was a liberal politica... | {"Term start": "1641", "Term end": "1642", "Monarch 2": "The Protectorate", "Predecessor 2": "John Endecott", "Successor 2": "John Endecott", "Birth date": "1592", "Birth place": "Boston, Lincolnshire, England", "Death date": "7 1672 1592 12", "Death place": "Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony"} |
James A. Johnson (December 24, 1943October 18, 2020) was an American businessman, Democratic Party political figure, and chairman and chief executive officer of Fannie Mae. He was the campaign chairman for Walter Mondale's unsuccessful 1984 presidential bid and chaired the vice presidential selection committee for the ... | {"Name": "Jim Johnson", "Birth date": "1943 12 24", "Birth place": "Benson, Minnesota, U.S.", "Death date": "2020 10 18 1943 12 24", "Death place": "Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Party": "Democratic", "Education": "University of Minnesota, TwinCities (BA)Princeton University (MPA)", "Website": "jamesajohnson.com Official w... |
Charles Bianconi (24 September 1786 - 22 September 1875) was an Italo-Irish entrepreneur. Sometimes described as the "man who put Ireland on wheels", he developed a network of horse-drawn coaches that became Ireland's "first regular public transport" system. He eventually became known for his innovations in transport a... | {"Name": "Charles Bianconi", "Birth date": "1786 9 24 y", "Birth place": "Tregolo, Costa Masnaga (near Como), Italy", "Death date": "1875 9 22 1786 9 24 y", "Death place": "Longfield House, Boherlahan, County Tipperary, Ireland", "Spouse(s)": "Eliza Hayes"} |
The Beograđanka (; , lit. "Belgrade Lady"), officially Belgrade Palace (, ) is a modern high-rise building in the Belgrade downtown area.
A tall structure, it is one of the symbols of the city and representative of the "golden age" in the development of Belgrade during the 1965-1974 mayoral term of Branko Pešić.
Lo... | {"Type": "Office and retail", "Location": "Belgrade, Serbia", "Coordinates": "44.80736 20.46338 region:RS inline,title", "Construction started": "1969"} |
The Sum of All Fears is a political thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on August 14, 1991, as the sequel to Clear and Present Danger (1989). Main character Jack Ryan, who is now the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, tries to stop a crisis concerning the Middle East peace process wherein Palestini... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "Jack Ryan", "Publisher": "G.P. Putnam's Sons", "Media type": "Print (Hardcover, Paperback)", "Pages": "798", "ISBN": "0399136150", "Preceded by": "Clear and Present Danger", "Followed by": "Without Remorse"} |
is a name shared by two railway stations in the Namba district of Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. One is owned by Nankai Electric Railway, while the other is by the Osaka Metro. The names of both stations are written in hiragana on signage within the stations, because the kanji "難波" can be also read "Naniwa". However, the name ... | {"Name": "Namba Station", "Native name": "難波駅", "Native name language": "ja", "Address": "Osaka, Osaka", "Country": "Japan", "Connections": "Bus stopTaxi standŌsaka Namba StationJR Namba Station", "Date opened": "1935"} |
Anne Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon (8 November 167623 January 1753) was the daughter of Henri Jules de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, and Anne Henriette of Bavaria. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, she was a princesse du sang. Forced to marry the Duke of Maine, legitimised son of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan... | {"Born": "Hôtel de Condé, Paris, France", "Died": "Hôtel du Maine, Paris, France", "Father": "Henri Jules de Bourbon-Condé", "Mother": "Anne Henriette of Bavaria", "Burial": "Church of Saint Jean Baptiste", "Religion": "Roman Catholicism"} |
The Pat Metheny Group was an American jazz band founded in 1977 by guitarist and composer Pat Metheny, along with his core collaborating member, keyboardist and composer Lyle Mays. Other long-standing members included bassist and producer Steve Rodby, from 1981 to 2010, and drummer Antonio Sanchez, from 2002 to 2010. V... | {"Origin": "Lee's Summit, Missouri, United States", "Genres": "Jazz\nFusion", "Labels": "ECM, Geffen, Warner Bros., Nonesuch", "Website": "www.patmetheny.com"} |
A mashup (also mesh, mash up, mash-up, blend, bastard pop or bootleg) is a creative work, usually a song, created by blending two or more pre-recorded songs, typically by superimposing the vocal track of one song seamlessly over the instrumental track of another and changing the tempo and key where necessary.Geoghegan,... | {"Name": "Mashup", "Other names": "Mesh, mash up, mash-up, blend, bootleg, bastard pop", "Stylistic origins": "Pop rock electronic", "Cultural origins": "Late 1990s, 2000s; Europe, North America", "Derivative forms": "Sampling sound collage remix", "Regional scenes": "United Kingdom United States Germany France Austral... |
A , literally translating into "small or short tachi (sword)", is one of the traditionally made Japanese swords (nihontō) used by the samurai class of feudal Japan. Kodachi are from the early Kamakura period (1185-1333) and are in the shape of a tachi. Kodachi are mounted in tachi style, but with a length of less than ... | {"Type": "Small sword", "Used by": "Samurai, Onna-musha", "Sheath": "Lacquered wood", "Place of origin": "Japan", "Haft": "yes", "Produced": "Early Kamakura period (1185-1333) until present.", "Mass": "circa 280 gram or more"} |
Get a Grip is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Aerosmith, released in April 1993 by Geffen Records. Get a Grip was the band's last studio album to be released by Geffen before they returned to Columbia Records.
Get a Grip featured guests including Don Henley, who sang backup on "Amazing", and Lenny Krav... | {"Released": "April 20, 1993Huxley 2015 eBook ,\"Get a Grip, Geffen, April 1993\".", "Recorded": "January-February, September-November 1992", "Studio": "A&M, Los Angeles\nLittle Mountain Sound, Vancouver, CanadaBig Ones Aerosmith 1994 CD insert Geffen Records GEFD-24716", "Genre": "Hard rock \nglam metalFebruary 2... |
Welcome to the Monkey House is a collection of 25 short stories written by Kurt Vonnegut, published by Delacorte in August 1968. The stories range from wartime epics to futuristic thrillers, given with satire and Vonnegut's unique edge. The stories are often intertwined and convey the same underlying messages on human ... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Delacorte Press", "Media type": "Print", "Pages": "352 pp", "ISBN": "0-385-33350-1"} |
The slip knot is a stopper knot which is easily undone by pulling the tail (working end). The slip knot is related to the running knot, which will release when the standing end is pulled. Both knots are identical and are composed of a slipped overhand knot, where a bight allows the knot to be released by pulling on an ... | {"Names": "Slipped overhand knot", "Category": "stopper", "Related": "overhand knot, noose knot, running knot", "Releasing": "non-jamming", "Typical use": "temporary stopper knot, knitting, animal snares", "ABoK": "52987"} |
He, She and It (retitled Body of Glass in the United Kingdom) is a 1991 cyberpunk novel by Marge Piercy. It won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 1993.Arthur C. Clarke Award 1990-1999"Marge Piercy Wins Arthur C. Clarke Award", Locus v.30, n.5, p.8 (May 1993). The novel's setting is post-apoca... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Published": "1991", "Publisher": "Fawcett", "Media type": "Print", "Pages": "448", "ISBN": "978-0-449-22060-3"} |
The Jacques Cartier Bridge () is a steel truss cantilever bridge crossing the Saint Lawrence River from Montreal Island, Montreal, Quebec, to the south shore at Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. The bridge crosses Saint Helen's Island in the centre of the river, where offramps allow access to the Parc Jean-Drapeau and La Rond... | {"Other name(s)": "Montreal Harbour Bridge (1930-1934)", "Carries": "5 lanes of Route 134", "Crosses": "St. Lawrence River", "Locale": "Longueuil and Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Owner": "The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Inc.", "Maintained by": "The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Inc.", "Website": "http:... |
Charles Bulfinch (August 8, 1763 - April 15, 1844) was an early American architect, and has been regarded by many as the first American-born professional architect to practice.Baltzell, Edward Digby. Puritan Boston & Quaker Philadelphia. Transaction Publishers (1996), p. 322-24. .
Life
Bulfinch split his career betwee... | {"Name": "Charles Bulfinch", "Term start": "January 6, 1818", "Term end": "June 25, 1829", "Birth date": "1763 8 8 y", "Birth place": "Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony", "Death date": "yes 1844 4 15 1763 6 15", "Death place": "Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Nationality": "American"} |
Works is a compilation album of songs by British progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released in 1983. It features a variety of material, including two of the band's early singles, "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play," alternative mixes of tracks from The Dark Side of the Moon and the studio outtake "Embryo."
Release and... | {"Released": "June 1983", "Recorded": "1967-1973", "Genre": "Progressive rock\npsychedelic rock", "Language": "English", "Label": "Capitol", "Producer": "Joe Boyd\n Pink Floyd\n Norman Smith"} |
Jin Au-Yeung (; born June 4, 1982), known professionally as MC Jin, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor and comedian of Chinese descent. Jin is notable for being the first Asian American solo rapper to be signed to a major record label in the United States. APAmusic (September 11, 2001). Retrieved on November 25, ... | {"Name": "MC Jin", "Caption": "MC Jin in 2006", "Native name": "歐陽靖", "Native name language": "zh", "Birth name": "Jin Au-Yeung", "Birth date": "1982 6 4", "Birth place": "Miami, Florida, U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "Occupation": "Rapper songwriter actor comedian", "Years active": "2001-present", "Spouse(s)": "Ca... |
Estonian Air was the flag carrier airline of Estonia between 1991 and 2015. Headquartered in Tallinn it operated scheduled services from Tallinn Airport. Prior to its closure, the airline flew from Tallinn to 11 destinations in Europe.
From 1991 to 1996, and since 2010, Estonian Air was owned by the Estonian governmen... | {"Airline name": "Estonian Air", "Image size (px)": "300", "IATA Designator": "OV", "ICAO Designator": "ELL", "Callsign": "ESTONIAN", "Founded": "1991 yAbout the company Estonian Air http://estonian-air.ee/en/info/about-the-company/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140823204114/http://estonian-air.ee/en/info/abou... |
Goodison Park is a football stadium in the Walton area of Liverpool, England, 2 miles (3 km) north of the city centre. It has been the home of Premier League club Everton since 1892 and has an all-seated capacity of 39,414.
Goodison Park has hosted more top-flight games than any other stadium in England. It has also b... | {"Location": "Goodison RoadWalton, Liverpool, England", "Opened": "1892 08 24 130", "Closed": "2024", "Demolished": "2025 (expected)", "Owner": "Everton", "Operator": "Everton", "Surface": "Desso GrassMaster", "Architect": "Kelly BrothersHenry HartleyArchibald Leitch", "Field size": "100.49 x 68 m yd 1", "Record attend... |
General Edmund Kirby Smith (May 16, 1824March 28, 1893) was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded the Trans-Mississippi Department (comprising Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, western Louisiana, Arizona Territory and the Indian Territory) from 1863 to 1865. Before the American Civil War, Smith served ... | {"Born": "St. Augustine, Florida, U.S.", "Died": "Sewanee, Tennessee, U.S.", "Nickname(s)": "\"Ted\", \"Seminole\"", "Allegiance": "United States Confederate States", "Commands held": "3d Corps, Army of Tennessee Trans-Mississippi Department"} |
Liberty Media Corporation (commonly referred to as Liberty Media or just Liberty) is an American mass media company founded by John C. Malone in 1991. The company has three divisions, reflecting its ownership stakes in Formula One, SiriusXM, and the Atlanta Braves Major League Baseball team.
History
1991—1999
Lib... | {"Type": "Public", "ISIN": "n y US0477261046n y US0477263026n y US5312298137n y US5312295083n y US5312297899\nn y US5312297972n y US5312298707n y US5312298541n y US5312297717n y US5312297550", "Founded": "1991", "Headquarters": "United StatesThe postal designation of Englewood, a city in neighboring Arapahoe County, is... |
Ronald Cyril Fearn, Baron Fearn, (6 February 1931 - 24 January 2022) was a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was born and died in Southport.
Early life
Fearn was born in 1931 in Southport, the son of James (a master decorator) and Martha Ellen ( Hodge) Fearn. His birth was registered without his middle name in ... | {"Name": "The Lord Fearn", "Image": "Ronnie_Fearn.jpeg", "Image caption": "Fearn in 1987", "Term start": "11 July 2001", "Term end": "11 July 2018 Life Peerage", "Predecessor 2": "Ian Percival", "Successor 2": "Matthew Banks", "Birth date": "1931 02 6 yes", "Birth place": "Southport, Lancashire, England", "Death date":... |
Louis-Marie Stanislas Fréron (17 August 1754 - 15 July 1802) was a French politician, journalist, representative to the National Assembly, and a representative on mission during the French Revolution.
Background
The son of Elie-Catherine Fréron, he was born in Paris to a wealthy family. His father was a prominent jour... | {"Name": "Louis Fréron", "Term start": "20 September 1792", "Term end": "2 November 1795", "Birth name": "Louis-Marie Stanislas Fréron", "Birth date": "1754 8 17 y", "Birth place": "Paris, France", "Death date": "1802 7 15 1754 8 17 y", "Death place": "Saint-Domingue, now Haiti", "Nationality": "French", "Education": "... |
Sherrill Milnes (born January 10, 1935) is an American dramatic baritone most famous for his Verdi roles. From 1965 until 1997 he was associated with the Metropolitan Opera. His voice is a high dramatic baritone, combining good legato with an incisive rhythmic style.
By 1965, aged 30, he had made his debut at the Metr... | {"Name": "Sherrill Milnes", "Caption": "Sherrill Milnes (right) as Scarpia in Tosca (Festival Puccini, 1997)", "Birth date": "1935 1 10", "Birth place": "Downers Grove, Illinois", "Occupation": "Baritone"} |
Deutsche Bank AG (), sometimes referred to simply as Deutsche, is a German multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, and dual-listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. Founded in 1870, the bank grew through multiple acquisitions, inc... | {"Type": "Public (Aktiengesellschaft)", "ISIN": "n y DE0005140008", "Founded": "1870 03 10 y", "Headquarters": "Deutsche Bank Twin TowersFrankfurt, Germany", "Industry": "Banking\nFinancial services", "Revenue": "€27.2 billion (2022)https://investor-relations.db.com/files/documents/annual-reports/2023/Annual-Report-202... |
The Champlain Bridge () was a steel truss cantilever bridge with approach viaducts constructed of prestressed concrete beams supporting a prestressed concrete deck paved with asphalt. The bridge crossed the Saint Lawrence River, connecting the Island of Montreal to its South Shore suburbs.
Opened in 1962, the structur... | {"Carries": "Six lanes of Autoroute 10, 15, 20", "Crosses": "St. Lawrence River andSaint Lawrence Seaway", "Locale": "Brossard and Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Owner": "The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Inc.", "Maintained by": "The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Inc.", "Website": "jacquescartierchamplain.... |
Thomas Pendry, Baron Pendry, (10 June 1934 - 26 February 2023) was a British Labour politician and member of the House of Lords. He was previously the Labour member of parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde from 1970 to 2001. In 2000, prior to his retirement as an MP he was made a member of the Privy Council on the recom... | {"Name": "The Lord Pendry", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2020", "Office 2": "Lord Commissioner of the Treasury", "Prime minister 2": "Harold Wilson James Callaghan", "Predecessor 2": "Marcus Fox", "Successor 2": "Tom Cox", "Birth date": "1934 06 10 yes", "Birth place": "Broadstairs, Kent, England", "Death date"... |
Teresa Jane Kingham (born 4 May 1963) is a British Labour Party politician. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Gloucester from 1997 to 2001.
Kingham was educated at Dartford Grammar School for Girls, and gained a BA from Royal Holloway, University of London, a PGCE from the University of East Anglia and a master's ... | {"Name": "Tess Kingham", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Birth date": "1963 05 04 yes", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Mark Luetchford", "Alma mater": "Royal Holloway, University of LondonUniversity of East AngliaUniversity College London"} |
Norman Anthony Godman (19 April 1937 - 20 June 2018)Norman "bowie" Godman was a Scottish Labour Party politician.
Early life
Godman was one of nine children born to a trawler skipper man and a mother who worked in fish processing. After leaving Westbourne Street Boys' School at 15, he worked as a shipwright before und... | {"Name": "Norman Godman", "Term start": "9 June 1983", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Birth date": "1937 04 19 y", "Death date": "2018 06 20 1937 04 19 y", "Birth name": "Norman Anthony Godman", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Trish Godman (wife; born Patricia Leonard)"} |
Gramsbergen (Dutch Low Saxon: Grambarge) is a small Dutch city on the Vechte, located in the municipality of Hardenberg and the province of Overijssel. The town is located on corridors of different transportation modes: The N34 (Zwolle - Emmen), the Zwolle - Emmen railway and the Almelo - de Haandrik canal.
History
Gr... | {"Density": "auto", "Urban density": "auto", "DST": "+2", "Website": "gramsbergen.nl"} |
Georges Auguste Couthon (, 22 December 1755 - 28 July 1794) was a French politician and lawyer known for his service as a deputy in the Legislative Assembly during the French Revolution. Couthon was elected to the Committee of Public Safety on 30 May 1793. Along with his close associates, Maximilien Robespierre and Lou... | {"Name": "Georges Couthon", "Image caption": "Presumed portrait of Georges Auguste Couthon by Bonneville, Musée Carnavalet, Paris", "Term start": "10 July 1793", "Term end": "28 July 1794", "Office 2": "32nd President of the National Convention", "Predecessor 2": "Jean-Henri Voulland", "Successor 2": "Jacques Louis Dav... |
Nicholas Francis St Aubyn (born 19 November 1955) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Early life
St Aubyn is the younger son of the Hon. Piers St Aubyn MC by his marriage to Mary Bailey-Southwell, and a grandson of Baron St Levan. He went to Eton College, and Trinity College, Oxford, where he was... | {"Name": "Nick St Aubyn", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Birth date": "1955 11 19 yes", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "Trinity College, Oxford"} |
Francis Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen, (8 August 1926 – 28 May 2016) was a British barrister and a crossbench member of the House of Lords.
Early life and education
A son of Sir Thomas Neill, Patrick Neill was educated at Highgate School and Magdalen College, Oxford.
Legal career
He became a barrister in 1951... | {"Name": "The Lord Neill of Bladen", "Image caption": "Neill in 2012", "Term start": "1985", "Term end": "1989", "Office 2": "Warden of All Souls College, Oxford", "Predecessor 2": "John Hanbury Angus Sparrow", "Successor 2": "John Davis", "Birth name": "Francis Patrick Neill", "Birth date": "1926 8 8 y", "Death date":... |
Petrie Bowen Wells (born 4 August 1935), known as Bowen Wells, is a retired British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hertford and Stevenage then Hertford and Stortford from 1979 until 2001. He was also Chair of the International Development Select Committee from 1997 until 2001.... | {"Name": "Bowen Wells", "Term start": "17 July 1997", "Term end": "18 July 2001", "Birth date": "1935 08 4 yes", "Nationality": "British", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Hertford and StortfordHertford and Stevenage (1979-1983)", "Predecessor 2": "Shirley Williams", "Successor 2": "Mark Prisk"} |
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Operation Castle was a United States series of high-yield (high-energy) nuclear tests by Joint Task Force 7 (JTF-7) at Bikini Atoll beginning in March 1954. It followed Operation Upshot-Knothole and preceded Operation Teapot.
Conducted as a joint venture between the Atomic Energy C... | {"Country": "United States", "Test site": "Ebiriru (Ruby), Enewetak Atoll\nElugelab (Flora), Enewetak Atoll\nEninmen (Tare), Bikini Atoll\nNamu (Charlie), Bikini Atoll\nYurochi aka Irioj (Dog), Bikini Atoll", "Period": "1954", "Number of tests": "6", "Test type": "barge, dry surface", "Max. yield": "15 MtTNT in"} |
Lawrence Cunliffe (born 25 March 1929) is a retired British Labour Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leigh from 1979 to 2001.
Early life
Cunliffe was born in Walkden, Lancashire, in 1929. He was a National Coal Board engineer, and became involved in the National Union of Mineworkers.
Parliame... | {"Name": "Lawrence Cunliffe", "Term start": "3 May 1979", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Birth date": "1929 03 25 yes", "Birth place": "Walkden, Lancashire, England", "Nationality": "British"} |
Eberhard Weber (born 22 January 1940, in Stuttgart, Germany) is a German double bassist and composer. As a bass player, he is known for his highly distinctive tone and phrasing. Weber's compositions blend chamber jazz, European classical music, minimalism and ambient music, and are regarded as characteristic examples o... | {"Born": "Stuttgart, Germany", "Genres": "Jazz", "Labels": "ECM", "Website": "Eberhard Weber on ECM"} |
Richard Andrew Ryder, Baron Ryder of Wensum, (born 4 February 1949) is a British Conservative Party politician. A former Member of Parliament (MP) and government minister, he was made a life peer in 1997 and was a member of the House of Lords from 1997 to 2021.
Early life
He was educated at Radley College and Magdale... | {"Name": "The Lord Ryder of Wensum", "Term start": "28 November 1990", "Term end": "20 July 1995", "Office 2": "Paymaster General", "Prime minister 2": "Margaret Thatcher", "Predecessor 2": "The Earl of Caithness", "Successor 2": "The Lord Belstead", "Birth date": "1949 2 4 y", "Alma mater": "Magdalene College, Cambrid... |
The Hunt Museum () is a museum in the city of Limerick, Ireland. The Hunt Museum holds a personal collection donated by the Hunt family, it was originally situated in the University of Limerick, before being moved to its present location in Limerick's Georgian custom house in 1997. The Custom House is situated on Rutla... | {"Established": "1978 yes", "Location": "The Custom House, Rutland Street, Limerick, Republic of Ireland", "Collection size": "approx. 2,500 objects http://www.huntmuseum.com/collection.aspx collection the hunt museum", "Type": "Art museum, Historic site, Antiquities, Fine Art, Private Collection", "Public transit acce... |
Christopher John Fred Gill RD (born 28 October 1936) is a British politician, and a former member of the National Executive Committee of the UK Independence Party (UKIP). He is the president of The Freedom Association (TFA). A former Conservative Party Member of Parliament, he was one of the Maastricht Rebels of the mi... | {"Name": "Christopher Gill", "Image caption": "Gill in 2010", "Term start": "11 June 1987", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Birth name": "Christopher John Freddy Gill", "Birth date": "1936 10 28 y", "Birth place": "Wolverhampton, England", "Nationality": "British"} |
Christopher S. Axworthy, (March 10, 1947 - August 11, 2023) was a Canadian politician and academic.
Law professor
After teaching law at the University of New Brunswick and Dalhousie Law School, Chris Axworthy came to Saskatoon in 1984 as the founding executive director of the Centre for the Study of Co-operatives a... | {"Name": "Chris Axworthy", "Birth date": "1947 03 10", "Birth place": "Plymouth, England", "Death date": "2023 08 11 1947 03 10", "Death place": "Ottawa, Ontario, Canada"} |
Christopher James Fraser, OBE (born 25 October 1962) is a former British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Dorset and North Poole from the 1997 general election to 2001 and South West Norfolk from 2005 to 2010.
Early life
He was born in Hertfordshire and educated at the Univer... | {"Name": "Christopher Fraser", "Term start": "5 May 2005", "Term end": "12 April 2010", "Predecessor 2": "new constituency", "Successor 2": "Annette Brooke", "Birth date": "yes 1962 10 25", "Birth place": "Bushey, Hertfordshire, England", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Lisa Norman", "Alma mater": "University o... |
The British Columbia Party was a right-wing political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia, founded in 1998 as a populist party by John Motiuk, a North Vancouver lawyer.
The party did not nominate candidates in the 2001 provincial election. It nominated two candidates for the 2005 provincial election: D... | {"Leader": "Vacant", "President": "Graham Gifford", "Founded": "1998", "Ideology": "Traditional conservatismSocial conservatismPopulism", "Headquarters": "7665 Sapperton Ave.Burnaby, British ColumbiaV3N 4C9"} |
Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just (; 25 August 17679 Thermidor, Year II [28 July 1794]), was a French revolutionary, political philosopher, member and president of the French National Convention, a Jacobin club leader, and a major figure of the French Revolution. He was a close friend of Maximilien Robespierre and serve... | {"Name": "Louis Antoine de Saint-Just", "Alternative text": "A portrait painting of Saint-Just", "Image caption": "Saint-Just by Prud'hon, 1793 (Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon)", "Term start": "20 September 1792", "Term end": "27 July 1794", "Office 2": "36th President of the National Convention", "Predecessor 2": "Joseph... |
William John Gunnell (1 October 1933 - 28 January 2008) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Early life
He was born in Birmingham, and educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham. He gained a BSc in General Studies in 1955, and a PGCE in 1958 from the University of Leeds. As a conscientious objector d... | {"Name": "John Gunnell", "Term start": "9 April 1992", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Office 2": "Leeds City Councillorfor Hunslet Ward", "Predecessor 2": "Trevor Park", "Successor 2": "Geoffrey Driver", "Birth date": "1933 10 1 yes", "Birth place": "Birmingham", "Death date": "2008 01 28 1933 10 1 yes", "Death place": "W... |
Michael Goodall Watson, Baron Watson of Invergowrie (born 1 May 1949), is a British Labour Party politician. He has served in two legislatures in the United Kingdom and served as Minister for Culture and Sport in the Scottish Executive Cabinet.
Watson was expelled from his party on 22 September 2005 following his conv... | {"Name": "The Lord Watson of Invergowrie", "Image caption": "Watson in 2020", "Term start": "18 September 2015", "Office 2": "Member of the House of LordsLord Temporal", "Birth date": "yes 1949 05 1", "Birth place": "Cambuslang, Scotland", "Alma mater": "Heriot-Watt University"} |
Cape Breton Regional Municipality (often referred to as simply "CBRM") is the Canadian province of Nova Scotia's second largest municipality and the economic heart of Cape Breton Island. As of 2021 the municipality has a population of 93,694. The municipality was created in 1995 through the amalgamation of eight munici... | {"Type": "Cape Breton Regional Council", "Land": "2430.06", "Density": "38.7", "DST": "-3", "Website": "cbrm.ns.ca"} |
CHFD-DT (channel 4) is a television station in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, affiliated with the Global Television Network. It is owned by locally based Dougall Media alongside CTV affiliate CKPR-DT (channel 2). Both stations share studios on Hill and Van Norman Streets in central Thunder Bay, while CHFD-DT's transmitt... | {"Branding": "Global Thunder BayGlobal News at Noon (newscast simulcast with CIII-DT)", "Channel": "4", "Affiliations": "Global", "Owner": "Thunder Bay Electronics Ltd.", "ERP": "1.2 kW", "HAAT": "366.2 m ft 0 on", "Transmitter coordinates": "48 31 25 N 89 6 55 W type:landmark", "Website": "http://globalthunderbay.tbtv... |
250px|thumb|Allocation of land to bantustans according to the Odendaal Plan. Kaokoland is in the north-west.
Kaokoland was an administrative unit and a bantustan in northern South West Africa (now Namibia). Established in 1980 during the apartheid era, it was intended to be a self-governing homeland of the Ovahimba, bu... | {"Conventional long name": "Kaokoland", "Map 2": "MapBantoustanKaokoland.PNG", "Capital": "Opuwo", "Starting event": "Established", "Event ending the country": "Re-integrated into Namibia", "End date": "May", "Currency": "South African rand"} |
Jean Bon Saint-André (; 25 February 174910 December 1813) was a French politician of the Revolutionary era.
Early career and role in the National Convention
He was born in Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne), the son of a fuller. Although his parents were Protestants, Saint-André was raised by the Jesuits at Marseille, and go... | {"Name": "Jeanbon Saint-André", "Image": "Jeanbon St. André 1795 portrait by Jacques-Louis David.jpeg", "Image caption": "Portrait by Jacques-Louis David", "Term start": "5 September 1792", "Term end": "26 October 1795", "Office 2": "22nd President of the National Convention", "Predecessor 2": "Jacques-Alexis Thuriot",... |
Kilchoan () is a village on the Scottish peninsula of Ardnamurchan, beside the Sound of Mull in Lochaber, Highland. It is the most westerly village in mainland Britain, although several tiny hamlets lie further west on the peninsula (of these, the most westerly is called Portuairk). The western linear, coastal parts of... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "150", "OS grid reference": "NM488637", "Council area": "Highland", "Scottish Parliament": "Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch", "Postcode district": "PH"} |
CKPR-DT (channel 2) is a television station in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, affiliated with CTV. It is owned by locally based Dougall Media alongside Global affiliate CHFD-DT (channel 4). Both stations share studios on Hill and Van Norman Streets in central Thunder Bay, while CKPR-DT's transmitter is located in Shunia... | {"Branding": "CKPR Thunder Bay", "Channel": "2", "Affiliations": "CTV", "Owner": "Thunder Bay Electronics Ltd.", "ERP": "1.2 kW", "HAAT": "366.2 m ft 0 on", "Transmitter coordinates": "48 31 25 N 89 6 55 W type:landmark", "Website": "http://www.ckprthunderbay.com/ ckprthunderbay.com"} |
George Turner (born 9 August 1940) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Early life
Turner attended Laxton Grammar School (now part of Oundle School) on North Street in Oundle. At Imperial College London he gained a BSc in Physics, then obtained a PhD in Physics from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge... | {"Name": "George Turner", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Birth date": "1940 8 9 yes", "Nationality": "British", "Spouse(s)": "Lesley Duggan", "Alma mater": "Imperial College London Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge"} |
Mabel Louise Smith (May 1, 1924 – January 23, 1972), known professionally as Big Maybelle, was an American R&B singer. Her 1956 hit single "Candy" received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999.
Childhood and musical background
Born in Jackson, Tennessee, on May 1, 1924, Big Maybelle sang gospel as a child; by her tee... | {"Born": "Jackson, Tennessee, U.S.", "Died": "Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.", "Genres": "R&B, blues, gospel", "Labels": "King Records, Okeh, Savoy, Epic, Brunswick, Scepter, Chess, Port, Rojac, Encore"} |
James Robert Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness, (born 25 August 1954) is a Scottish politician serving as a Liberal Democrat life peer in the British House of Lords since 2007 and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from 2021 to 2022. He served as the Deputy First Minister of Scotland from 1... | {"Name": "The Lord Wallace of Tankerness", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2019", "Term start": "8 November 2001", "Term end": "27 November 2001", "Office 2": "Deputy First Minister of Scotland", "First minister 2": "Donald Dewar Henry McLeish Jack McConnell", "Predecessor 2": "Office established", "Successor 2": ... |
Hector Seymour Peter Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm, AE, PC (4 October 1922 - 30 August 2006), was a Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Dumfriesshire for over 32 years, from 1964 to 1997, and then a life peer in the House of Lords.
After piloting flying boats in the Se... | {"Name": "The Lord Monro of Langholm", "Term start": "14 April 1992", "Term end": "6 July 1995", "Office 2": "Minister for Sport", "Prime minister 2": "Margaret Thatcher", "Predecessor 2": "Denis Howell", "Successor 2": "Neil Macfarlane", "Birth name": "Hector Seymour Peter Monro", "Birth date": "1922 10 4 y", "Birth p... |
Dougall Media is a Canadian media company which has several television, radio and publishing holdings in Northwestern Ontario.
Television
Dougall Media owns CKPR, a CTV affiliate (formerly a CBC affiliate until August 31, 2014), and CHFD, a Global affiliate, both in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The two stations are what is k... | {"Type": "Private company", "Headquarters": "Thunder Bay, Ontario", "Industry": "Media", "Products": "Broadcasting, television production", "Website": "www.dougallmedia.com"} |
Ken Boshcoff (born June 20, 1949) is a Canadian politician who has currently served as the mayor of Thunder Bay since October 2022. He previously served as mayor from 1997 to 2003 and again from 2004 to 2008. Boshcoff also served as a member of Parliament for Thunder Bay—Rainy River from 2004 to 2008.
Early life
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The Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland, formerly the Northumberland Fusiliers Museum, is a museum located within the Abbot's Tower of Alnwick Castle in Alnwick, Northumberland, England.
History
The museum was first established at Fenham Barracks in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1929 but moved to Alnwick Castle in 1970.
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George Simpson, Baron Simpson of Dunkeld (born Dundee, 2 July 1942) is a British businessman and former Labour - and later unaffiliated - member of the House of Lords. In the late 1980s and early 1990s Simpson gained a reputation for turning around struggling companies. However, as CEO of Marconi plc he presided over ... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Name": "The Lord Simpson of Dunkeld", "Term start": "5 November 1997", "Term end": "30 July 2015", "Birth name": "George Simpson", "Birth date": "y 2 July 1942", "Birth place": "Dundee", "Nationality": "British"} |
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