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Westcombe Park station is in Greenwich, London, and is situated on the Greenwich Line connecting suburbs (e.g.: Deptford, Greenwich, Charlton, Woolwich, to Dartford, Kent) along the south side of the River Thames with central London stations (London Bridge, Cannon Street and Charing Cross).
It is down the line from .... | {"Managed by": "Southeastern", "Fare zone": "3", "Location": "Westcombe Park", "Local authority": "Greenwich", "Number of platforms": "2", "External links": "rail", "2015-16": "0.979", "2016-17": "0.786 -->", "2017-18": "0.734", "2018-19": "0.987", "2019-20": "1.063", "2020-21": "0.231", "2021-22": "0.611", "Accessible... |
The Northern League is a men's football league in north east England. Having been founded in 1889, it is the second-oldest football league in the world still in existence after the English Football League.
It contains two divisions; Division One and Division Two. Division One sits on the ninth tier of the English foot... | {"Founded": "1889", "Promotion": "Northern Premier LeagueDivision One East or West", "Relegation": "Northern Football Alliance Premier DivisionWearside League First DivisionNorth Riding League Premier Division", "Number of teams": "42", "Domestic cup(s)": "Northern League Challenge CupErnest Armstrong Memorial CupJ. R.... |
The Blackwall Tunnel is a pair of road tunnels underneath the River Thames in east London, England, linking the London Borough of Tower Hamlets with the Royal Borough of Greenwich, and part of the A102 road. The northern portal lies just south of the East India Dock Road (A13) in Blackwall; the southern entrances are j... | {"Route": "GBR A 102 road", "Length": "1350 m ft on (western bore)1174 m ft on (eastern bore)http://www.rtoa.org.uk/Participants.html The Road Tunnel Operator Association - Participants The Road Tunnel Operator Association 29 November 2011", "Location": "Blackwall / Greenwich", "Coordinates": "51 30 16 N 00 00 11 W i... |
The Greenwich Foot Tunnel crosses beneath the River Thames in East London, linking Greenwich (Royal Borough of Greenwich) on the south bank with Millwall (London Borough of Tower Hamlets) on the north. Approximately 4,000 people use the tunnel each day. It opened in 1902.
Design and construction
left|thumb|Southern en... | {"Official name": "Greenwich Foot Tunnel", "Location": "Greenwich/Millwall", "Crosses": "River Thames", "Start": "Royal Borough of Greenwich", "End": "London Borough of Tower Hamlets", "Owner": "Jointly owned, along with Woolwich tunnel, by Royal Borough of Greenwich, London Borough of Tower Hamlets and London Borough ... |
Greenwich Park is a former hunting park in Greenwich and one of the largest single green spaces in south-east London. One of the Royal Parks of London, and the first to be enclosed (in 1433), it covers , and is part of the Greenwich World Heritage Site. It commands views over the River Thames, the Isle of Dogs and the ... | {"Type": "Public park", "Location": "London, SE 10", "Coordinates": "51.4773 N 0.0000 E dms type:landmark_region:GB inline, title", "Area": "74.5 ha acre", "Website": "Official website"} |
The Saab Granturismo (also Monte Carlo and Sport) was a series of up-powered sedans sold by Saab Automobile AB from 1958 to 1968. They were powered by three-cylinder, two-stroke engines until the 1967 model year. Most variants were distinguished from the standard model by twin metal stripes along the rocker panels.
Sa... | {"Manufacturer": "Saab Automobile", "Also called": "Saab GT750 Saab GT850 Saab Sport Saab Monte Carlo", "Production": "1958-1968", "Assembly": "Sweden: Trollhättan Assembly", "Class": "Compact", "Body style": "2-door coupe", "Related": "Saab 93Saab 96", "Layout": "Front-engine, front-wheel-drive", "Transmission": "3... |
Pirates (also known as Pirates XXX) is a 2005 American pornographic action-adventure film written, produced, and directed by Joone, and produced by Digital Playground and Adam & Eve. The film, starring Jesse Jane, Carmen Luvana, Janine Lindemulder, Devon, Jenaveve Jolie, Teagan Presley, and Evan Stone, features many re... | {"Directed by": "Joone", "Produced by": "Joone\n Samantha Lewis", "Written by": "Josey Short (story)Max Massimo (screenplay)", "Starring": "Jesse Jane\n Carmen Luvana\n Janine\n Teagan Presley\n Devon\n Jenaveve Jolie\n Evan Stone", "Cinematography": "Joone", "Music by": "Mr. AndersonSteven BerlinChristopher Hart", "Ed... |
The Woolwich Ferry is a free vehicle and pedestrian ferry across the River Thames in East London, connecting Woolwich on the south bank with North Woolwich on the north. It is licensed and financed by London River Services, the maritime arm of Transport for London (TfL). Around two million passengers use the ferry each... | {"Locale": "Woolwich, London", "Transit type": "Passenger and vehicle ferry", "Owner": "London River Services", "Operator": "London River Services", "Began operation": "1889 03 23 yes 1", "No. of lines": "1", "No. of vessels": "2", "No. of terminals": "2", "Daily ridership": "7,100", "Website": "https://tfl.gov.uk/mode... |
The National Maritime Museum (NMM) is a maritime museum in Greenwich, London. It is part of Royal Museums Greenwich, a network of museums in the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site. Like other publicly funded national museums in the United Kingdom, it has no general admission charge; there are admission charges for ... | {"Coordinates": "51.481111 -0.005556 region:GB dms inline,title", "Established": "1937 yes", "Collection size": "2 million+ objects", "Location": "GreenwichLondon, SE 10United Kingdom", "Visitors": "2,367,904 (2009)http://www.alva.org.uk/visitor_statistics/ Visits made in 2009 to visitor attractions in membership with ... |
Crieff (; , meaning "tree") is a Scottish market town in Perth and Kinross on the A85 road between Perth and Crianlarich, and the A822 between Greenloaning and Aberfeldy. The A822 joins the A823 to Dunfermline. Crieff has become a hub for tourism, famous for whisky and its history of cattle droving. Attractions include... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "OS grid reference": "NN863219", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "Council area": "Perth and Kinross", "Lieutenancy area": "Perth and Kinross", "Postcode district": "PH", "Dialling code": "01764", "UK Parliament": "Ochil and South Perthshire", "Scottish Parliament": "Perthshire South an... |
Westcombe Park is a largely residential area in Blackheath in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, South East London, England. It is bounded by the main London-Dartford railway line to the north, the Blackwall Tunnel southern approach to the east, the Blackheath common to the south and a road, Vanbrugh Hill, to the west (na... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Postcode district": "SE3", "Dialling code": "020", "OS grid reference": "TQ402780", "London Assembly": "Greenwich"} |
The Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick is a dormant British order of chivalry associated with Ireland. The Order was created in 1783 by King George III at the request of the then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, The 3rd Earl Temple (later created Marquess of Buckingham). The regular creation of knights of the Order las... | {"Type": "Order of chivalry", "Motto": "Quis separabit?", "Status": "Last appointment in 1936Dormant order since 1974", "Next (higher)": "Order of the Thistle", "Next (lower)": "Order of the Bath"} |
thumb|right|De Blauwe Aanslag in 1987
De Blauwe Aanslag was a squat and self-managed social centre in the Dutch city of The Hague. The oldest part of the building was built in 1886. The large building formerly housed tax offices and was occupied in 1980. When the local council took over the ownership of the building, i... | {"Location": "The Hague", "Coordinates": "52.07111 4.30111", "Type": "Social centre", "Built": "1886", "Opened": "1980", "Closed": "2003", "Demolished": "2003"} |
Ernest Dale Tubb (February 9, 1914 - September 6, 1984), nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, "Walking the Floor Over You" (1941), marked the rise of the honky tonk style of music.
In 1948, he was the first singer t... | {"Born": "Crisp, Texas, U.S.", "Died": "Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.", "Genres": "Country", "Labels": "Bluebird, Decca, First Generation"} |
Royal Air Force Woodvale or more simply RAF Woodvale is a Royal Air Force Station located next to the towns of Formby and Ainsdale in an area called Woodvale which is located to the south of Southport, Merseyside. Woodvale was constructed as an all-weather night fighter airfield for the defence of Liverpool. However,... | {"Coordinates": "53 34 54 N 003 03 20 W region:GB_type:airport inline,title", "Type": "Royal Air Force station", "Owner": "Ministry of Defence", "Operator": "Royal Air Force", "Controlled by": "No. 22 Group (Training)", "Area": "173 hectares", "Built": "1941", "In use": "1941-present", "Currentcommander": "Wing Command... |
St Alfege Church is an Anglican church in the centre of Greenwich, part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London. It is of medieval origin and was rebuilt in 1712-1714 to the designs of Nicholas Hawksmoor.
Early history
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The church is dedicated to Alfege (also spelt "Alphe... | {"OS grid reference": "St Alfege Church", "Denomination": "Church of England", "Heritage designation": "Grade I", "Years built": "1714 (present)", "Dedicated": "1718", "Vicar(s)": "Revd Simon Winn", "Director of music": "Benjamin Newlove", "Reader(s)": "David McEvoy", "Curate(s)": "Revd Tati Gutteridge", "Location": "L... |
Underdog is an American Saturday morning animated television series that ran from October 3, 1964, to March 4, 1967 starting on the NBC network until 1966, with the rest of the run on CBS, under the primary sponsorship of General Mills, for a run of 62 episodes. It is one of the early Saturday morning cartoons. The sho... | {"Genre": "Action\n Adventure\n Comedy\n Comic science fiction\n Superhero\n Satire", "Created by": "W. Watts BiggersChet StoverJoe Harris", "Running time": "30 minutes", "Starring": "Wally Cox\n Norma MacMillan\n Allen Swift", "Narrated by": "George S. Irving", "Original network": "NBC\n CBS", "Original release": "196... |
Claire Antonia Forlani (born December 1971) is an English actress. She became known in the mid-1990s for her leading role in the film Mallrats, and in the Jean-Michel Basquiat 1996 biopic, Basquiat. In 1998, she achieved wide recognition for starring in the fantasy romance film Meet Joe Black. Other notable films inclu... | {"Name": "Claire Forlani", "Caption": "Forlani in 2015", "Birth name": "Claire Antonia Forlani", "Birth date": "1971 12", "Birth place": "Twickenham, London, England", "Other names": "Clair Forlani", "Education": "Arts Educational Schools, London", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1991-present", "Spouse(s)": "... |
George Herbert Mead (February 27, 1863 - April 26, 1931) was an American philosopher, sociologist, and psychologist, primarily affiliated with the University of Chicago. He was one of the key figures in the development of pragmatism. He is regarded as one of the founders of symbolic interactionism, and was an important... | {"Region": "Western philosophy", "Era": "20th-century philosophy", "School": "Pragmatism", "Institutions": "University of Michigan University of Chicago"} |
Frank Dyson (14 March 1931 - 31 October 1979), also known by the nickname of "Spanky", was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and coached in the 1960s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and Yorkshire, and at club level for Huddersfield and Oldham, as a p... | {"Born": "Huddersfield, England", "Died": "1979 10 31 1931 3 14 y", "Height": "9", "Weight": "13 st 4 lb kg lb on", "Position": "yes"} |
ISO/IEC 8859-8, Information technology — 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets — Part 8: Latin/Hebrew alphabet, is part of the ISO/IEC 8859 series of ASCII-based standard character encodings. ISO/IEC 8859-8:1999 from 1999 represents its second and current revision, preceded by the first edition ISO/IEC 8859-8:... | {"Language(s)": "Hebrew, English", "MIME / IANA": "ISO-8859-8", "Alias(es)": "iso-ir-138, hebrew, csISOLatinHebrewCharacter Sets https://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets/character-sets.xhtml Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) 2018-12-12", "Standard": "ISO/IEC 8859-8, ECMA-121, SI 1311", "Based on": "DEC ... |
Hersheypark (known as Hershey Park until 1970) is a family theme park in the eastern United States in Hershey, Pennsylvania, about east of Harrisburg, and west of Philadelphia. The park was founded in 1906, by Milton S. Hershey as a leisure park for the employees of the Hershey Chocolate Company. It is wholly and pr... | {"Park Name": "Hersheypark", "Park Photo Caption": "Hersheypark (2021)", "Park Location (City)": "Hershey, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Park Coordinates": "40 17 17 N 76 39 25 W region:US-PA_type:landmark inline,title", "Park Theme": "Hershey's Chocolate, Pennsylvania's heritagePA Travelers Staying At Home The Evening Times ... |
The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright-Hays Program, is one of several United States Cultural Exchange Programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of the United States and other countries through the exchange of persons, knowle... | {"Website": "https://www.fulbrightprogram.org/", "Established": "1946", "Sponsored by": "Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs", "Awarded for": "Graduate education for international students wanting to study in the United States. Fellowships for U.S. graduating college seniors, graduate students, young professiona... |
Joseph Jenkins Roberts (March 15, 1809 - February 24, 1876) was an African-American merchant who emigrated to Liberia in 1829, where he became a politician. Elected as the first (1848-1856) and seventh (1872-1876) president of Liberia after independence, he was the first man of African descent to govern the country, se... | {"Name": "Joseph Jenkins Roberts", "Vice president 2": "Anthony W. Gardiner", "Successor 2": "James Spriggs Payne", "Term start": "January 3, 1848", "Term end": "January 7, 1856", "Vice president": "Nathaniel BranderAnthony D. WilliamsStephen Allen Benson", "Birth date": "1809 3 15 y", "Birth place": "Norfolk, Virginia... |
Ralph Louis Engelstad (January 28, 1930 - November 26, 2002) was an American businessman who owned the Imperial Palace casino-hotels in Las Vegas and in Biloxi, Mississippi. He also owned the Kona Kai motel in Las Vegas, which later became the Klondike Hotel and Casino. He was also the donor for the construction of the... | {"Name": "Ralph Engelstad", "Birth name": "Ralph Louis Engelstad", "Birth date": "1930 1 28", "Birth place": "Thief River Falls, Minnesota, US", "Death date": "2002 11 26 1930 1 28", "Death place": "Las Vegas, Nevada, US", "Known For": "Owner of the Imperial Palace hotel-casino"} |
The Royal Albert Bridge is a railway bridge which spans the River Tamar in England between Plymouth, Devon and Saltash, Cornwall. Its unique design consists of two lenticular iron trusses above the water, with conventional plate-girder approach spans. This gives it a total length of . It carries the Cornish Main Line... | {"Carries": "Railway", "Crosses": "River Tamar", "Locale": "Between Plymouth and Saltash,United Kingdom", "Maintained by": "Network Rail", "Designer": "I K Brunel", "Design": "Lenticular truss", "Material": "Iron", "Piers in water": "3", "Longest span": "2 of 455 ft m 1", "Total length": "2187.5 ft m", "Width": "16.83 ... |
James William Fulbright (April 9, 1905 - February 9, 1995) was an American politician, academic, and statesman who represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1945 until his resignation in 1974. , Fulbright is the longest serving chairman in the history of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relatio... | {"Birth name": "James William Fulbright", "Nationality": "American", "Image caption": "Fulbright in 1960", "Image size": "220px", "Term start": "January 3, 1945", "Term end": "December 31, 1974", "District 2": "3rd", "Preceded 2": "Clyde T. Ellis", "Succeeded 2": "James William Trimble", "Birth date": "1905 4 9 y", "Bi... |
An administrative county was a first-level administrative division in England and Wales from 1888 to 1974, and in Ireland from 1899 until either 1973 (in Northern Ireland) or 2002 (in the Republic of Ireland). They are now abolished, although most Northern Ireland lieutenancy areas and Republic of Ireland counties have... | {"Category": "County", "Location": "England and Wales and Ireland", "Created": "Ireland 1899", "Created by": "Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898", "Abolished by": "Local Government Act 2001", "Abolished": "Republic of Ireland 2002", "Government": "County council", "Subdivisions": "Municipal borough"} |
The Master and Margarita () is a novel by Soviet writer Mikhail Bulgakov, written in the Soviet Union between 1928 and 1940 during Stalin's regime. A censored version, with several chapters cut by editors, was published in Moscow magazine in 1966-1967, after the writer's death, by his widow Elena Bulgakova (Russian: Ел... | {"Original title": "Мастер и Маргарита", "Country": "Soviet Union", "Language": "Russian", "Publisher": "YMCA Press", "Media type": "Print (hard & paperback)", "ISBN": "(Penguin paperback)"} |
was an old province of Japan on Tsushima Island which occupied the area corresponding to modern-day Tsushima, Nagasaki.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in . It was sometimes called .
Political history
The origin of Tsushima Province is unclear. It is possible that Tsushima was recognized ... | {"Native name": "ja 対馬国", "Conventional long name": "Tsushima Province", "Common name": "Tsushima Province", "Capital": "Shimoagata District", "Today part of": "Tsushima, Nagasaki", "Year founded": "7th century", "Year dissolved": "1871"} |
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) is a labor union in the United States and Canada. Formed in 1903 by the merger of the Team Drivers International Union and the Teamsters National Union, the union now represents a diverse membership of blue-collar and professional workers in both the public and private s... | {"Abbreviation": "IBT", "Merger of": "Team Drivers International Union Teamsters National Union", "Type": "Trade union", "Headquarters": "Washington, DC, US", "Location": "Canada United States", "Affiliations": "IndustriALL Global Union International Transport Workers' Federation North America's Building Trades... |
Michael Saul Medved (born October 3, 1948) is an American radio show host, author, political commentator, and film critic. His talk show, The Michael Medved Show, is syndicated from his home station KTTH in Seattle. It is syndicated via Genesis Communications Network.
Early life and education
Michael Medved was born o... | {"Name": "Michael Medved", "Caption": "Medved in 2016", "Birth date": "1948 10 3", "Birth place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Yale University (BA)San Francisco State University (MFA)", "Occupation": "Author, political commentator, radio show host, film critic", "Relatives": "David Medved (father)... |
Howard George Hampton (born May 17, 1952) is a politician who was a member of Provincial Parliament for the province of Ontario. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada, from 1987 to 1999 in the electoral district of Rainy River, and from 1999 to 2011 in the redistributed electoral district of Kenora—R... | {"Name": "Howard Hampton", "Image caption": "Hampton in 2009", "Office 2": "Ontario MPP", "Predecessor 2": "Riding established", "Successor 2": "Sarah Campbell", "Birth name": "Howard George Hampton", "Birth date": "1952 5 17 y", "Birth place": "Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada", "Residence": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "... |
The Brookings Institution, often stylized as Brookings, is an American think tank that conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics (and tax policy), metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, global economy, and economic development.
Brookings has five research programs: Econo... | {"Abbreviation": "Brookings", "Type": "Public policy think tank", "Headquarters": "1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.", "Location": "Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Coordinates": "38 54 33 N 77 02 27 W inline,title"} |
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The Diocese of Brooklyn (}) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the U.S. state of New York. It is headquartered in Brooklyn and its territory encompasses the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. The Diocese o... | {"Country": "United States", "Territory": "Brooklyn and Queens", "Headquarters": "310 Prospect Park WestBrooklyn, New York, 11215", "Area": "179", "Parishes": "188", "Schools": "99", "Denomination": "Catholic", "Rite": "Roman Rite", "Established": "1853 07 29 y", "Cathedral": "Cathedral Basilica of St. James", "Co-cath... |
Idriss Déby Itno (18 June 1952 - 20 April 2021) was a Chadian politician and military officer who was the president of Chad from 1990 until his death in 2021 during the Northern Chad offensive. His term of office of more than 30 years makes him Chad's longest-serving president.
Déby was a member of the Bidayat clan of... | {"Native name": "إدريس ديبي", "Native name language": "ar", "Image caption": "Déby in 2015", "Vice president": "Bada Abbas Maldoum (1990-1991)https://books.google.com/books?id=UmNCDgAAQBAJ&q=Bada+Abbas+Maldoum&pg=PA273 Political Handbook of the World 2016-2017 Tom Lansford 2017 CQ Press 9781506327150 22 November 2017 G... |
Kenneth Lewis Roberts (December 8, 1885 - July 21, 1957) was an American writer of historical novels. He worked first as a journalist, becoming nationally known for his work with the Saturday Evening Post from 1919 to 1928, and then as a popular novelist. Born in Kennebunk, Maine, Roberts specialized in regionalist his... | {"Born": "December 8, 1885", "Died": "1957 7 21 1885 12 8", "Occupation": "Writer", "Alma mater": "Cornell University", "Period": "1929-1957", "Notable awards": "Pulitzer Prize Special Citation"} |
Adrian Johann Frutiger (; 24 May 1928 - 10 September 2015) was a Swiss typeface designer who influenced the direction of type design in the second half of the 20th century. His career spanned the hot metal, phototypesetting and digital typesetting eras. Until his death, he lived in Bremgarten bei Bern.
Frutiger's most... | {"Name": "Adrian Frutiger", "Caption": "Frutiger in 2002", "Birth date": "1928 5 24 y", "Birth place": "Unterseen, Switzerland", "Death date": "2015 9 10 1928 5 24 y", "Death place": "Bremgarten bei Bern, Switzerland", "Spouse(s)": "Paulette Flückiger 1952 1954 d.\n Simone Bickel 1955", "Children": "3", "Alma mater": "... |
Reason is an American libertarian monthly magazine published by the Reason Foundation, with the tagline "Free Minds and Free Markets". The magazine aims to produce independent journalism that is "outside of the left/right echo chamber." The magazine has a circulation of around 50,000.
History
Reason was founded in 1... | {"Frequency": "11 issues annually", "Circulation": "50,000", "Categories": "General interest, public policy", "Company": "Reason Foundation", "First issue": "1968 5", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Website": "https://reason.com/\n<!-- oclc WorldCat takes this to another publication", "ISSN": "0048-... |
Character () is a 1997 Dutch-Belgian film, based on the best-selling novel by Ferdinand Bordewijk and directed by Mike van Diem. The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards. The film stars Fedja van Huêt, Jan Decleir, and Betty Schuurman.
Plot
In the Netherlands of the 1920... | {"Directed by": "Mike van Diem", "Produced by": "Laurens Geels", "Written by": "Mike van Diem", "Based on": "Karakter Ferdinand Bordewijk", "Starring": "Jan Decleir\n Fedja van Huêt\n Betty Schuurman\n Tamar van den Dop\n Victor Löw\n Hans Kesting", "Music by": "Paleis van Boem", "Cinematography": "Rogier Stoffers", "E... |
William Cowper Brann (January 4, 1855 - April 2, 1898) was an American journalist also known as Brann the Iconoclast. During his life, he gained a reputation as a "brilliant though vitriolic editorialist."
Early life
The son of Presbyterian minister Noble J. Brann, he was born in Humboldt, Illinois. When his mother ... | {"Name": "William Cowper Brann", "Birth date": "1855 01 04", "Birth place": "Humboldt, Illinois, US", "Death date": "1898 04 02 1855 01 04", "Death place": "Waco, Texas, US", "Occupation": "Journalist", "Spouse(s)": "Carrie Belle Martin", "Children": "3"} |
Carlos Roberto Reina Idiáquez (13 March 1926 - 19 August 2003) was a Honduran politician, lawyer and diplomat who served as the President of Honduras from 1994 to 1998. He was a member of the Honduran Liberal Party.
Background
He was born in the city of Comayagüela, Honduras. His wife, Bessie Watson, was an American c... | {"Name": "Carlos Roberto Reina", "Term start": "27 January 1994", "Term end": "27 January 1998", "Vice president": "Walter López Reyes", "Birth name": "Carlos Roberto Reina Idiáquez", "Birth date": "1926 03 13 y", "Birth place": "Comayagüela, Francisco Morazán Department, Honduras", "Death date": "2003 8 19 1926 03 13 ... |
William Barton Rogers (December 7, 1804 - May 30, 1882) was an American geologist, physicist, and educator at the College of William & Mary from 1828 to 1835 and at the University of Virginia from 1835 to 1853. In 1861, Rogers founded the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Rogers, William B., Chairman, The Committee... | {"Name": "William Barton Rogers", "Term start": "1879", "Term end": "1883", "Predecessor 2": "office established", "Successor 2": "John Daniel Runkle", "Birth date": "1804 12 7 y", "Birth place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA", "Death date": "1882 5 30 1804 12 7 y", "Death place": "Boston, Massachusetts, USA", "Nati... |
, also known as or , was a semi-legendary regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan who served under Empress Suiko. He was the son of Emperor Yōmei and his consort, Princess Anahobe no Hashihito, who was also Yōmei's younger half-sister. But later, he was adopted by Prince Shōtoken. His parents were relativ... | {"Born": "February 7, 574", "Died": "622 4 8 574 2 7 y", "Father": "Emperor Yōmei", "Mother": "Anahobe no Hashihito"} |
Diane Silvers Ravitch (born July 1, 1938) is a historian of education, an educational policy analyst, and a research professor at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Previously, she was a U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education. In 2010, she became "an activist on behalf ... | {"Name": "Diane Ravitch", "Caption": "Ravitch in 2011", "Birth name": "Diane Silvers", "Birth date": "1938 7 1", "Birth place": "Houston, Texas, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Richard Ravitch 1960 1986 divorced", "Partner(s)": "Mary Butz (1988 - present)", "Party": "Democratic", "Alma mater": "Wellesley CollegeColumbia Universit... |
The premier of British Columbia is the first minister and head of government for the Canadian province of British Columbia. Until the early 1970s, the title prime minister of British Columbia was often used. The word premier is derived from the French word of the same spelling, meaning "first"; and ultimately from the ... | {"Post": "Premier", "Body": "British Columbia", "Native name": "fr Premier ministre de la Colombie-Britannique", "Insignia size": "120px", "Insignia caption": "Coat of arms of British Columbia", "Flag size": "120px", "Flag caption": "Flag of British Columbia", "Incumbent": "David Eby", "Incumbent since": "November 18, ... |
Lu Xun (183 - 19 March 245), courtesy name Boyan, also sometimes referred to as Lu Yi, was a Chinese military general and politician of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He started his career as an official under the warlord Sun Quan in the 200s during the late Eastern Han dynasty and s... | {"Name": "Lu Xun", "Native name": "陸遜", "Image size": "140px", "Image caption": "A Qing dynasty illustration of Lu Xun", "Term start": "January or February 244chancellorship", "Term end": "19 March 245death", "Office 2": "Right Protector-General (右都護)", "Monarch 2": "Sun Quan", "Birth date": "183lifespan \"SGZ birth an... |
Shelley Dawn Marie Martel (born April 8, 1963) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 2007. She represented the ridings of Sudbury East and Nickel Belt. She was a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae.
Background
Martel was... | {"Predecessor 2": "Elie Martel", "Successor 2": "Riding abolished", "Birth name": "Shelley Dawn Marie Martel", "Birth date": "1963 04 08", "Birth place": "Sudbury, Ontario", "Residence": "Toronto, Ontario", "Spouse(s)": "Howard Hampton"} |
San Jacinto College () is a public community college in the Greater Houston with its campuses in Pasadena and Houston, Texas. Established in 1961, San Jacinto College originally consisted of the independent school districts (ISD) of Channelview, Deer Park, Galena Park, La Porte, and Pasadena.
The college now also serv... | {"Motto": "Your Goals. Your College.", "Type": "Public community college", "Chancellor": "Brenda Hellyer", "Students": "30,000http://www.sanjac.edu/sacs/ SACS - San Jacinto College 2009-08-25 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100123220756/http://www.sanjac.edu/sacs/ 2010-01-23", "Campus": "Urban", "Website": "www... |
Nickel Belt is one of two federal electoral districts serving the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953.
Geography
It consists of:
the part of the Territorial District of Timiskaming lying west of the townships of Fallon and Cleaver;
the Terri... | {"First contested": "1953", "MP": "Liberal", "District webpage": "35069", "District created": "1952", "Last contested": "2021"} |
Koufu (口父; Kǒufù) (died c.1126 BCE) was an ancient Chinese nobleman, a Zhou leader honoured by the Shang king Wǔ Yǐ.
Wǔ Yǐ rewarded Koufu with a city called Qiyi (岐邑).Bamboo AnnalsHistorically, the site was also known as Qishan (岐山).
Koufu died in the 21st year of the reign of Wǔ Yǐ.
Notes
Category:12th-century BC... | {"Infobox title": "Koufu", "Collapse infobox?": "No", "Name in Chinese": "口父", "Pinyin transcription": "Kǒufù", "Mandarin IPA": "Kʰɔufu"} |
Helen Gurley Brown ( Helen Marie Gurley; February 18, 1922 - August 13, 2012) was an American author, publisher, and businesswoman. She was the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine for 32 years.Garner 2009.
Early life
Helen Marie Gurley was born February 18, 1922, in Green Forest, Arkansas,Scanlon 2009, p. 1. th... | {"Name": "Helen Gurley Brown", "Birth name": "Helen Marie Gurley", "Caption": "Brown in 1996", "Birth date": "1922 2 18 y", "Birth place": "Green Forest, Arkansas, U.S.", "Death date": "2012 8 13 1922 2 18 yes", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Occupation": "International Editor, Cosmopolitan", "Title": "Internat... |
"The Gold-Bug" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe published in 1843. The plot follows William Legrand, who becomes fixated on an unusual gold-colored bug he has discovered. His servant Jupiter fears that Legrand is going insane and goes to Legrand's friend, an unnamed narrator, who agrees to visit his ... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Genre(s)": "Short story", "Published in": "Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper", "Media type": "Print (Periodical)", "Publication date": "June 21, 1843"} |
The Rose Bowl Game is an annual American college football bowl game, usually played on January 1 (New Year's Day) at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. When New Year's Day falls on a Sunday, the game is played on Monday, January 2. Nicknamed "The Granddaddy of Them All" by broadcaster Keith Jackson, it was the fir... | {"Stadium": "Rose Bowl", "Location": "Pasadena, California", "Previous stadiums": "Tournament Park(1902, 1916-1922)", "Temporary venue": "Duke Stadium, Durham, North Carolina (1942)NC The 1942 game was played in Duke Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, because of a restriction on crowds allowed on the West Coast after t... |
In supersymmetry, the neutralino is a hypothetical particle. In the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM), a popular model of realization of supersymmetry at a low energy, there are four neutralinos that are fermions and are electrically neutral, the lightest of which is stable in an R-parity conserved scenario ... | {"Types": "4", "Status": "Hypothetical", "Symbol": "Neutralino 1, Neutralino 2, Neutralino 3, Neutralino 4", "Mass": "> 300 GeV", "Spin": "2", "R parity": "−1"} |
The Ontario New Democratic Party (; abbr. ONDP or NDP) is a social-democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. The party currently forms the Official Opposition in Ontario following the 2018 general election. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961 from the Co-op... | {"Leader": "Marit Stiles", "President": "Janelle Brady", "Founded": "1932 (as Ontario CCF) 1961 (as Ontario NDP)", "Headquarters": "2069 Lake Shore Boulevard West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Ideology": "Social democracy", "Political position": "Centre-leftNergis Canefe Home in Exile: Politics of Refugeehood in the Ca... |
As Told by Ginger (also known as As Told by Ginger Foutley)Beck, Jerry, Not Just Cartoons: Nicktoons! is an American animated comedy-drama television series aimed at preteens, produced by Klasky Csupo (which also produced Rugrats), and aired on Nickelodeon. The series focuses on a junior high school (later high school)... | {"Genre": "Animated Comedy drama Teenhttp://www.tv.com/shows/as-told-by-ginger/ As Told By Ginger - TV.com TV.com 2020-02-14", "Created by": "Emily KapnekVillarreal Yvonne Creative Minds: Emily Kapnek, mayor of 'Suburgatory' http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2012/02/creative-minds-emily-kapnek-mayor-of-sub... |
Yahtzee is a dice game made by Milton Bradley (a company that has since been acquired and assimilated by Hasbro). It was first marketed under the name of Yahtzee by game entrepreneur Edwin S. Lowe in 1956. The game is a development of earlier dice games such as Poker Dice, Yacht and Generala. It is also similar to Yatz... | {"Italic title": "no", "Players": "1+", "Playing time": "30 minutes", "Publishers": "Hasbro Winning Moves Games USA", "Random chance": "High", "Age range": "8+", "Skills required": "luck probability strategy"} |
Mammoth Mountain Ski Area is a large ski resort in the western United States, located in eastern California along the east side of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the Inyo National Forest.
Mammoth has more than of skiable terrain, serviced by 28 lifts. The area has of vertical, rising to an elevation of , and en... | {"Name": "Mammoth Mountain", "Location": "Mammoth MountainSierra NevadaMono & Madera Counties, California", "Nearest City": "Mammoth Lakes, California", "Coordinates": "37 37 50 N 119 01 57 W type:landmark_region:US-CA_scale:50000 inline,titleHR2739 706 702 2=MAMMOTH", "Status": "Operating", "Owner": "Alterra Mountain ... |
Wimbledon Championships is an annual British tennis tournament created in 1877 and played on outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) in the Wimbledon suburb of London, United Kingdom. The Gentlemen's Singles was the first event contested in 1877.
History
The Wimbledon Championships... | {"Location": "United Kingdom", "Venue": "AELTC", "Governing body": "AELTC", "Created": "1877", "Editions": "134 events (2021) 53 events (Open Era)", "Surface": "Grass (since 1877)", "Prize money": "£2,350,000 (2023)", "Trophy": "Gentleman's Singles Trophy", "Amateur era": "6: William Renshaw(challenge round)3: Fred Per... |
Wimbledon Championships, is an annual tennis tournament first contested in 1877 and played on outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) in the Wimbledon suburb of London, United Kingdom. The ladies' singles was started in 1884.
History
Wimbledon has historically been played in the la... | {"Location": "United Kingdom", "Venue": "AELTC", "Governing body": "AELTC / LTA", "Created": "1884", "Editions": "129 events (2023) 55 events (Open Era)", "Surface": "Grass (1884-Present)", "Prize money": "£ 2,350,000 (2023)", "Trophy": "Venus Rosewater Dish", "Amateur era": "3: Lottie DodSuzanne Lenglen(challenge roun... |
Boris Pavlovich Belousov (; 19 February 1893 - 12 June 1970) was a Soviet chemist and biophysicist who discovered the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction (BZ reaction) in the early 1950s. His work initiated the field of modern nonlinear chemical dynamics.
The Belousov family had strong anti-Tsarist sympathies and, after the... | {"Institutions": "Zürich, Military laboratory of the USSR, Ministry of Health of the USSR", "Fields": "Toxicology, oscillating chemical reactions", "Influences": "Simon El'evich Shnoll", "Influenced": "Anatol Zhabotinsky"} |
Simon Vengai Muzenda (28 October 1922 - 20 September 2003) was a Zimbabwean politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister from 1980 to 1987 and as Vice-President of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2003 under President Robert Mugabe.
Early life and education
Muzenda was born in October 1922 in Gutu District of the Victoria Pr... | {"Name": "Simon Muzenda", "Term start": "31 December 1987", "Term end": "20 September 2003", "Office 2": "Minister of Foreign Affairs", "Governor 2": "Christopher Soames, Baron Soames (11 December 1979 - 18 April 1980)", "Predecessor 2": "Office established", "Successor 2": "Arthur Mutambara and Thokozani Khuphe", "Bir... |
The Wetterhorn (3,692 m) is a peak in the Swiss Alps towering above the village of Grindelwald. Formerly known as Hasle Jungfrau, it is one of three summits on a mountain named the "Wetterhörner", the highest of which is the Mittelhorn (3,704 m) and the lowest and most distant the Rosenhorn (3,689 m). The latter peaks ... | {"Elevation": "3692", "Prominence": "Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps and Google Earth. The key col is located near the Wettersattel at 3,490 metres.", "Location": "Bern, Switzerland", "Coordinates": "46 38 19.5 N 8 6 55.9 E type:mountain_region:CH-BE_scale:100000 dms inline,title"} |
Mago Barca (, ; 243-203BC) was a Barcid Carthaginian who played an important role in the Second Punic War, leading forces of Carthage against the Roman Republic in Iberia and northern and central Italy. Mago was the third son of Hamilcar Barca, was the brother of Hannibal and Hasdrubal, and was the brother-in-law of Ha... | {"Native name": "xpu", "Born": "243 BC", "Died": "203 BC (aged 40)", "Allegiance": "Carthage", "Relations": "Hamilcar Barca\nHannibal Barca\nHasdrubal Barca"} |
thumb|Kircher's fanciful method of translation is displayed in this attempt to produce a panegyric to his patron Ferdinand III in Egyptian. In Kircher's reading, the Eye of Horus and a glyph depicting a chessboard (the syllable mn) are interpreted as "instrument of divine providence, eye of the political universe". (d... | {"Original title": "Oedipus Aegyptiacus: hoc est, Universalis hieroglyphicæ veterum doctrinæ temporum iniuria abolitæ instauratio", "Country": "Italy", "Language": "Latin", "Publisher": "Vitale Mascardi"} |
Madikeri is a hill station town in Madikeri taluk and headquarters of Kodagu district in Karnataka, India.
It is recognised as one of the world's eight "hottest hotspots" of biological diversity and also one of UNSECO World Heritage.Siteshttps://www.smh.com.au/traveller/inspiration/india-western-ghats-coorg-villas-and... | {"Founded by": "Mudduraja", "Type": "City Council", "Body": "City Municipal Council", "Density": "auto", "Rural density": "113202", "Website": "www.madikericity.mrc.gov.in/en"} |
William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate, (10 May 1877 - 17 November 1960) was a British Liberal politician who later joined the Labour Party. A decorated Royal Air Force officer, he was Secretary of State for India between 1929 and 1931 and Secretary of State for Air between 1945 and 1946. He was the father of T... | {"Name": "The Viscount Stansgate", "Order 2": "Secretary of State for Air", "Monarch 2": "George VI", "Prime minister 2": "Clement Attlee", "Predecessor 2": "Harold Macmillan", "Successor 2": "Philip Noel-Baker\nyes Parliamentary offices\n border:1px dashed lightgrey;yes\n Member of the House of LordsLord Temporal\n... |
TV 2 (TV to) is a Danish government-owned broadcast and subscription television station in Denmark based in Odense, Funen.
History
Since 1949, Danmarks Radio had been the sole provider of television in Denmark. Wanting to end the monopoly, the Danish Parliament voted on 30 May 1986, to create TV2, as a second choice f... | {"Type": "broadcast and Subscription TV network through terrestrial television", "Country": "Kingdom of Denmark", "Headquarters": "Kvægtorvet, Odense", "Owner": "TV 2 Denmark (Danish Ministry of Culture)", "Sister channels": "TV 2 EchoTV 2 CharlieTV 2 FriTV 2 NewsTV 2 SportTV 2 Sport X", "Key people": "Anne Engdal Stig... |
Joseph Reinach (30 September 1856 - 18 April 1921) was a French author and politician.
Biography
He was born in Paris. His two brothers Salomon Reinach and Théodore Reinach would later be known in the field of archaeology. After studying at Lycée Condorcet, he was called to the bar in 1887. He attracted the attention ... | {"Name": "Joseph Reinach", "Birth date": "1856 9 30 y", "Birth place": "Paris, France", "Death date": "1921 4 21 1856 9 30 y", "Death place": "Paris, France", "Nationality": "French", "Spouse(s)": "Henriette-Clémentine Reinach", "Parent(s)": "Hermann-Joseph Reinach and Julie Büding", "Family": "Adolphe Reinach (son)Sal... |
Henry Charles Lea (September 19, 1825 - October 24, 1909) was an American publisher, civic activist, philanthropist and historian from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He took over the family publishing business from his father, Isaac Lea, and implemented several medical and scientific publications. The business operated u... | {"Name": "Henry Charles Lea", "Caption": "Lea, 1870", "Birth date": "1825 9 19", "Birth place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Death date": "1909 10 24 1825 9 19", "Death place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Resting place": "Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Anna Carol... |
Théodore Reinach (3 July 186028 October 1928) was a French archaeologist, mathematician, lawyer, papyrologist, philologist, epigrapher, historian, numismatist, musicologist, professor, and politician.
Academic career
Educated at the Lycée Condorcet, Ecole des Hautes Etudes, Ecole des Sciences Politiques, Reinach had ... | {"Name": "Théodore Reinach", "Caption": "Reinach in 1913", "Birth date": "1860 7 3 y", "Birth place": "St.-Germain-en-Laye, France", "Death date": "1928 10 28 1860 7 3 y", "Death place": "Paris, France", "Education": "Lycée Condorcet, Ecole des Hautes Etudes, Ecole des Sciences Politiques", "Occupation": "Archaeologist... |
Riven: The Sequel to Myst is a puzzle adventure video game, the second in the Myst series of games. Developed by Cyan Worlds, it was initially published by Red Orb Entertainment, a division of Broderbund. Riven was distributed on five compact discs and released for Mac and Windows personal computers on October 31, 1997... | {"Title": "Riven", "Caption": "The PC box art for Riven showcases Richard Vander Wende's concept of what players would first see on the Age of Tay.", "Developer": "Cyan", "Publisher": "font-weight:normal;font-size:13px;background:transparent;text-align:left Red OrbEntertainment Red Orb Entertainment (PC, Mac)NA Acclaim... |
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Idiazabal is a pressed cheese made from unpasteurized sheep milk, usually from Latxa and Carranzana sheep in the Basque Country and Navarre. It has a somewhat smokey flavor, but is usually un-smoked.
The cheese is handmade and covered in a hard, dark brown, inedible rind. It is aged for a f... | {"Other names": "Idiazababal gazta", "Region": "Basque Country", "Source of milk": "Ewes", "Texture": "Hard", "Certification": "D.O. 1987"} |
Kishore Kumar (born Abhas Kumar Ganguly; ; 4 August 1929 - 13 October 1987) was an Indian playback singer, musician and actor. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest, most influential and dynamic singers in the history of Indian music. Kumar was one of the most popular singers in the Indian subcontinent, notable ... | {"Name": "Kishore Kumar", "Other names": "Kishore Da\n King of Playback Singing", "Birth name": "Abhas Kumar Ganguly", "Birth date": "y 1929 08 04", "Birth place": "Khandwa, Central Provinces, British India(present-day Madhya Pradesh, India)", "Death date": "y 1987 10 13 1929 08 04", "Death place": "Bombay, Maharashtra... |
John Little McClellan (February 25, 1896 – November 28, 1977) was an American lawyer and a segregationist politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1935-1939) and a U.S. Senator (1943-1977) from Arkansas.
At the time of his death, he was the second most senior member of the Sena... | {"Image caption": "McClellan in 1970", "Term start": "January 3, 1943", "Term end": "November 28, 1977", "District 2": "6th", "Preceded 2": "David D. Glover", "Succeeded 2": "William F. Norrell", "Birth name": "John Little McClellan", "Birth date": "February 25, 1896", "Birth place": "Sheridan, Arkansas, U.S.", "Death ... |
Alexandria City High School (formerly named T. C. Williams High School) is a public high school in the City of Alexandria, Virginia, United States, just outside of Washington, D.C. The school has an enrollment of over 4,100 students. The high school is located near the geographic center of Alexandria and is referred to... | {"Coordinates": "38.824 -77.085 inline,title", "Website": "acps.k12.va.us/achs", "School district": "Alexandria City Public Schools", "Language": "English", "Campus type": "Suburban", "Nickname": "Titans", "Newspaper": "Theogony", "Yearbook": "Cerberus", "Student to teacher ratio": "16.75", "Teaching staff": "347.7 (FT... |
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thumb|The grave of John Tulloch, Eastern Cemetery, St Andrews
John Tulloch (1 June 1823 - 13 February 1886) was a Scottish theologian.The Times, Monday, 15 February 1886; p. 6; Issue 31683; col A Death Of Principal Tulloch.
Life
Tulloch was born at Dron, south of Bridge of Earn, Perthshire, one of twin sons... | {"Honorific prefix": "Reverend", "Name": "James Tulloch", "Image caption": "John Tulloch, 1880 portrait by Robert Herdman", "Term start": "1859", "Term end": "1886", "Birth date": "y 1812 06 01", "Birth place": "Bridge of Earn, Perthshire, Scotland", "Death date": "yes 1886 02 13 1812 06 01", "Death place": "Torquay, D... |
Eric Dwayne Collins (born October 8, 1967) better known by his stage name RBX (standing for "Reality Born Unknown"), is an American rapper from Long Beach, California.
Early life and education
Contrary to popular belief, Collins is not related to funk legend Bootsy Collins, although the two are close friends.
Career
... | {"Name": "RBX", "Birth name": "Eric Dwayne Collins", "Birth date": "yes 1967 10 08", "Birth place": "Long Beach, California, U.S.", "Other names": "The Narrator", "Education": "University of Nevada, Las VegasArchived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: https://youtube.com/watch?v=JoimgR62Smo&t=66s RBX Recalls Meet... |
thumb|250px|William Drummond of Hawthornden as appearing on the Scott Monument
William Drummond (13 December 15854 December 1649), called "of Hawthornden", was a Scottish poet.
Life
Drummond was born at Hawthornden Castle, Midlothian, to John Drummond, the first laird of Hawthornden, and Susannah Fowler, sister of the... | {"Born": "yes 1585 12 13", "Died": "yes 1649 12 4 1585 12 13", "Nationality": "Scottish", "Alma mater": "University of Edinburgh"} |
Romeo and Juliet is a 1936 American film adapted from the play by William Shakespeare, directed by George Cukor from a screenplay by Talbot Jennings. The film stars Leslie Howard as Romeo and Norma Shearer as Juliet,Variety film review; August 26, 1936, page 20.Harrison's Reports film review; September 19, 1936, page 1... | {"Directed by": "George Cukor", "Produced by": "Irving Thalberg", "Written by": "Talbot Jennings William Shakespeare (play)", "Starring": "Norma Shearer Leslie Howard John Barrymore Basil Rathbone Andy Devine", "Music by": "Herbert Stothart", "Cinematography": "William H. Daniels", "Based on": "Romeo and Juliet1597 pla... |
Rachael Leigh Cook (born October 4, 1979) is an American actress and model. She has starred in the films The Baby-Sitters Club (1995), She's All That (1999), and Josie and the Pussycats (2001), and in the television series Into the West and Perception. She is also the voice behind various characters in Robot Chicken an... | {"Name": "Rachael Leigh Cook", "Caption": "Cook in 2019", "Birth date": "1979 10 4Gustafson Paul Change of heart gives teacher a new lease on life https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108017076/the-minneapolis-star/ The Minneapolis Star January 1, 1981 59 August 21, 2022", "Birth place": "Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.... |
Jayaprakash Narayan (; 11 October 1902 - 8 October 1979), popularly referred to as JP or Lok Nayak (Hindi for "People's leader"), was an Indian independence activist, theorist, socialist and political leader. He is remembered for leading the mid-1970s opposition against Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, for whose overthro... | {"Name": "Jayaprakash Narayan", "Birth name": "Jayaprakash Narayan Srivastava", "Caption": "Lok Nayak Jayprakash Narayan", "Birth date": "yes 1902 10 11", "Death date": "yes 1979 10 08 1902 10 11", "Birth place": "Sitab Diara, Saran district, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh,... |
General Sir George Wentworth Alexander Higginson, (21 June 1826 - 1 February 1927) was a British Army officer and veteran of the Crimean War who served more than 30 years in the Grenadier Guards.
Early life
Higginson was born in 1826 in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England. He was the son of General George Powell Higgins... | {"Born": "1826 6 21 y", "Died": "1927 2 1 1826 6 21 y", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Commands held": "Home District (1879-84)", "Awards": "Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the BathKnight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian OrderLegion of Honour (France)Order of the Medjidie (Ottoman Empire)"} |
Blanche Lambert Lincoln (born Blanche Meyers Lambert; September 30, 1960) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 1999 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, she was first elected to the Senate in 1998; she was the first woman elected to the Senate from Arkansas since Hatt... | {"Name": "Blanche Lincoln", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2007", "Term start": "January 3, 1999", "Term end": "January 3, 2011", "District 2": "AR 1 1st", "Predecessor 2": "William Alexander", "Successor 2": "Marion Berry", "Birth name": "Blanche Meyers Lambert", "Birth date": "1960 9 30", "Birth place": "Helena... |
Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (29 February 1896 - 10 April 1995) was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as the 4th Prime Minister of India between 1977 and 1979 leading the government formed by the Janata Party. During his long career in politics, he held many important posts in government such as Chi... | {"Name": "Morarji Desai", "Birth name": "Morarji Ranchhodji Desai", "Image caption": "Desai in 1978", "Alternative text": "Morarji Desai", "Vice president": "B. D. Jatti", "Term start": "1977 03 24 yes", "Term end": "1979 07 28 yes", "Office 2": "Minister of Home Affairs", "Predecessor 2": "Charan Singh", "Successor 2"... |
Garnet Hercules Mackley (9 December 1883 – 24 April 1986) was a New Zealand businessman, railways manager and politician.
Career
Mackley was born in Port Chalmers. He became general manager of New Zealand Railways in 1933. During his tenure, Mackley worked hard to improve the standard and range of services provided b... | {"Name": "Garnet Mackley", "Post-nominals": "NZL CMG 100%", "Birth name": "Garnet Hercules Mackley", "Birth date": "yes 1883 12 9", "Birth place": "Port Chalmers, New Zealand", "Death date": "yes 1986 4 24 1883 12 9", "Occupation": "Businessman, railways manager, politician"} |
Victor Frederick "Vic" Snyder (born September 27, 1947) is an American physician, lawyer, and politician who was the U.S. representative for from 1997 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He served in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War at the rank of corporal.
Early life, education and ... | {"Name": "Vic Snyder", "Term start": "January 3, 1997", "Term end": "January 3, 2011", "Birth name": "Victor Frederick Snyder", "Birth date": "1947 9 27", "Birth place": "Medford, Oregon, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Betsy Singleton Snyder", "Residence": "Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.", "Education": "Willamette University (BA)Or... |
thumb|Wishart preaching against Mariolatry
thumb|George Wishart's last communion
thumb|George Wishart last communion
thumb|Blue Plaque to George Wishart 1513-1546
thumb|The Martyrs' Monument, St Andrews, which commemorates Wishart and three other martyrs: Patrick Hamilton, Henry Forrest, and Walter Mill
thumb|Wishart m... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Reverend", "Name": "George Wishart", "Birth date": "c. 1513", "Birth place": "Kincardineshire, Scotland", "Death date": "1 March 1546 1513", "Death place": "St Andrews, Scotland", "Alma mater": "University of Aberdeen University of Leuven Corpus Christi College, Cambridge", "Occupation": "Pre... |
The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (), commonly shortened to ERT (), is the state-owned public radio and television broadcaster of Greece.
History
Overview
ERT began broadcasting in 1938 as the Radio Broadcasting Service or YRE ().
Following a government decision, the original company was abolished on 11 June 2013... | {"Type": "Radio, Public broadcasting network", "Branding": "ERT (English)EPT (Greek)", "Country": "Greece", "Founded": "1938 (as YRE)", "TV stations": "ERT1, ERT2, ERT3, ERT Sports, ERT News, ERT World", "Headquarters": "Zappeion (1938-1968) Mourouzi Studio (1968-1974)Broadcasting House/House of Radio/Radiomegaron (197... |
William Lewis Morton (13 December 1908 - 7 December 1980) was a Canadian historian who specialized in the development of the Canadian west. Along with Arthur R. M. Lower and Donald Creighton he is regarded as one of the dominant Canadian historians of his generation.Kelly Boyd, ed., Encyclopedia of Historians and Hist... | {"Name": "W. L. Morton", "Post-nominals": "CAN OC FRHistS FRSC 100%", "Birth date": "1908 12 13 yes", "Birth place": "Gladstone, Manitoba, Canada", "Death date": "1980 12 07 1908 12 13 yes", "Death place": "Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada", "Party": "Progressive Conservative", "Parent(s)": "William Morton", "Module": "ye... |
David Beaton (also Beton or Bethune; 29 May 1546) was Archbishop of St Andrews and the last Scottish cardinal prior to the Reformation.
Career
Cardinal Beaton was the sixth and youngest son of eleven children of John Beaton (Bethune) of Balfour in the county of Fife, and his wife Mary, daughter of Sir David Boswell of... | {"Archdiocese": "St Andrews", "Other post(s)": "Cardinal-priest of S. Stefano in Monte Celio", "Predecessor": "James Beaton", "Successor": "John Hamilton", "Consecration": "between 26 July and 13 August 1538", "Created cardinal": "Pope Paul III", "Rank": "Cardinal-priest", "Born": "(probably Balfour), Fife, Scotland", ... |
Henry Wardlaw (died 6 April 1440) was a Scottish church leader, Bishop of St Andrews and founder of the University of St Andrews.
Ancestors
He was descended from an ancient Saxon family which came to Scotland with Edgar Atheling, and was hospitably received by Malcolm Canmore. His grandfather, Sir H. Wardlaw of Torry,... | {"Church": "Roman Catholic Church", "See": "St Andrews", "Predecessor": "Gilbert de Greenlaw", "Successor": "James Kennedy", "Consecration": "1404", "Died": "9 April 1440"} |
Schlitterbahn is an American brand of water parks and resorts owned by Cedar Fair. It was previously a company family-owned-and-operated by the Henry family that was based in New Braunfels, Texas. Schlitterbahn opened its first location, Schlitterbahn Waterpark Resort, in 1979. At its peak, the company consisted of fiv... | {"Product type": "Water park", "Owner": "Cedar Fair", "Country": "United States", "Introduced": "1979", "Markets": "Texas", "Previous owners": "The Henry familyHollandsworth Skip Schlitterbahn's Tragic Slide https://www.texasmonthly.com/news/jeff-henry-verruckt-schlitterbahns-tragic-slide/ Texas Monthly July 20, 2... |
The Volvo PV is a series of two-door, four-passenger car models — the PV444 and the PV544 — made by Volvo from 1947 to 1965. During World War II's early stages, Volvo decided that a new, smaller car that could deliver good fuel economy would assure the company's future. A raw materials shortage during the war drove hom... | {"Manufacturer": "Volvo Personvagnar", "Production": "1944-1965", "Successor": "Volvo Amazon", "Body style": "2-door fastback", "Designer": "Helmer Petterson"} |
Bernardo Accolti (September 11, 1465March 1, 1536) was an Italian poet.
He was born at Arezzo, the son of Benedetto Accolti.
Known in his own day as l'Unico Aretino, he acquired great fame as a reciter of impromptu verse. He was listened to by large crowds, composed of the most learned men and the most distinguished ... | {"Name": "Bernardo Accolti", "Birth date": "September 14, 1465", "Birth place": "Arezzo", "Death date": "1536 03 01 1465 09 14", "Nationality": "Italian", "Other names": "l'Unico Aretino", "Occupation": "Poet", "Known For": "Reciter of impromptu verse", "Parent(s)": "Benedetto Accolti"} |
thumb|Patrick Hamilton Plaque, St Duthus Memorial Church, Tain
thumb|The Martyrs' Monument, St Andrews, which commemorates Hamilton and three other martyrs: Henry Forrest, George Wishart And Walter Mill
thumb|Patrick Hamilton initials plaque, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Patrick Hamilton (1504 - 29 February 1528) was a ... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Reverend", "Name": "Patrick Hamilton", "Caption": "Patrick Hamilton by John Scougal, c. 1645-1730. This is the only known portrait of the martyr.", "Birth date": "c. 1504", "Death date": "29 February 1528", "Occupation": "Churchman and Reformer"} |
Sir Alfred Fernandez Yarrow, 1st Baronet, (13 January 1842 - 24 January 1932) was a British shipbuilder who started a shipbuilding dynasty, Yarrow Shipbuilders.
Origins
Yarrow was born of humble origins in East London, the son of Esther (Lindo) and Edgar William Yarrow.Alfred Fernandez Yarrow Grace's Guide. Accessed... | {"Honorific prefix": "Sir", "Name": "Alfred Yarrow", "Post-nominals": "Bt", "Nationality": "British", "Citizenship": "British", "Birth name": "Alfred Fernandez Yarrow", "Birth date": "13 January 1842", "Birth place": "East London, London, United Kingdom", "Death date": "24 January 1932 (aged 90)", "Death place": "Stran... |
Alexander Ales or Alexander Alesius (; 23 April 150017 March 1565) was a Scottish theologian who emigrated to Germany and became a Lutheran supporter of the Augsburg Confession.
Life
Originally Alexander Alane, he was born at Edinburgh. He studied at St Andrews in the newly founded college of St Leonard's, where he g... | {"Name": "Alexander Ales", "Birth date": "23 April 1500", "Birth place": "Edinburgh, Scotland", "Birth name": "Alexander Alane", "Death date": "17 March 1565 (aged 64)", "Death place": "Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony", "Occupation": "Theologian"} |
Volvo's first overhead valve passenger car engine was the inline-four B4B of 1944 and its descendants, the B14A and B16. These were cast iron engines, and used just three main bearings.
B4B
Introduced in 1944, the B4B displaced and powered the Volvo PV444. It was a departure for Volvo who had not produced an automob... | {"Name": "Volvo B4B, B14, B16", "Manufacturer": "Volvo Personvagnar", "Configuration": "Inline-4", "Production": "1944-1962", "Successor": "Volvo B18", "Bore": "75 mm in 2 on (1.4 L) 79.4 mm in 2 on (1.6 L)", "Piston stroke": "80 mm in 2 on", "Displacement": "1414 cc L cuin 1 on 1583 cc L cuin 1 on", "Cylinder block":... |
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