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Donald Allan Dunstan (21 September 1926 - 6 February 1999) was an Australian politician who served as the 35th premier of South Australia from 1967 to 1968, and again from 1970 to 1979. He was a member of the House of Assembly (MHA) for the division of Norwood from 1953 to 1979, and leader of the South Australian Bran... | {"Name": "Don Dunstan", "Image caption": "Dunstan in 1968", "Deputy 2": "Des Corcoran", "Monarch 2": "Elizabeth II", "Governor 2": "Sir Edric Bastyan", "Predecessor 2": "Frank Walsh", "Successor 2": "Steele Hall", "Birth date": "1926 09 21 y", "Birth place": "Suva, Colony of Fiji", "Nationality": "Australian", "Death d... |
Maxthon (, formerly named MyIE2) is a freeware web browser, created by JeffChen in Singapore. It is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and as Maxthon Mobile for Android, iOS, and Windows Phone 8. Since version 6, Maxthon is based on Chromium.
Overview
Maxthon is a Hong Kong company known mainly for producing web bro... | {"Developer(s)": "Maxthon limited Ltd", "Initial release": "2002", "Written in": "C++", "Size": "~39 MB", "Available in": "Translate MaxthonMarch 2020 InternetArchiveBot yes", "Type": "Web browser", "License": "Freeware", "Website": "http://www.maxthon.com/"} |
Charles Cameron Kingston (22 October 1850 - 11 May 1908) was an Australian politician. From 1893 to 1899 he was a radical liberal Premier of South Australia, occupying this office with the support of Labor, which in the House of Assembly was led by John McPherson from 1893, and by Lee Batchelor upon McPherson's death ... | {"Name": "Charles Kingston", "Birth name": "Charles Cameron Kingston", "Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Birth date": "1850 10 22 yes", "Birth place": "Adelaide, South Australia", "Death date": "1908 5 11 1850 10 22 yes", "Death place": "Adelaide, South Australia", "Spouse(s)": "Lucy May McCarthy", "Term sta... |
Averill Park is an urban park located in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California. It features barbecue pits, a gazebo and an artificial pond with a waterfall. There are numerous resident ducks, turtles, bees and various bird species
References
Category:Parks in Los Angeles County, California
Category:Parks in Los Angeles | {"Type": "Urban park", "Location": "San Pedro, Los Angeles (Los Angeles City Council District 15)", "Coordinates": "33.7326 -118.3106 dms type:landmark_region:US-CA inline,title", "Status": "Open"} |
Solange Piaget Knowles (; born June 24, 1986) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Expressing an interest in music from an early age, Knowles had several temporary stints as a backup dancer for Destiny's Child, which featured her elder sister, Beyoncé Knowles, among its members, before signing with her father... | {"Name": "Solange Knowles", "Caption": "Knowles in 2019", "Birth name": "Solange Piaget Knowles", "Birth date": "1986 6 24https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/22/solange-knowles-birthday-_n_1619787.html Solange' Birthday: As Star Turns 26, A Look At Fabulous Celebrity Sisters (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post June 24, 201... |
Texas Southern University (Texas Southern or TSU) is a public historically black university in Houston, Texas. The university is one of the largest and most comprehensive historically black college or universities in the United States with nearly 8,000 students enrolled and over 100 academic programs. The university i... | {"Motto": "Excellence in Achievement", "Type": "Public historically black university", "Endowment": "$78.4 million (2023)Texas Southern University - Profile, Rankings and Data US News Best Colleges 10 March 2016 https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/texas-southern-university-3642 6 August 2023", "President": "Lesia ... |
The 1st Army Tank Brigade was a formation of the British Army during the Second World War. A Tank Brigade was intended to support the Infantry and was mostly equipped with slow moving Infantry tanks, unlike an Armoured Brigade, which was equipped with faster cruiser tanks and later its own motorised infantry. Initially... | {"Branch": "United Kingdom", "Type": "Armoured formation", "Role": "Armoured warfare", "Size": "Brigade", "Part of": "BEF"} |
The Tugela River (; ) is the largest river in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. With a total length of , it is one of the most important rivers of the country.
The river originates in Mont-aux-Sources of the Drakensberg Mountains at an elevation of almost 11,000 feet This has a very detailed description of the riv... | {"Mouth": "Indian Ocean", "Coordinates": "29 13 26 S 31 30 0 E inline,title", "Basin size": "29100 km2", "Left": "Buffalo River", "Right": "Mooi River"} |
The Comrades Marathon is an ultramarathon of approximately which is run annually in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa between the cities of Durban and Pietermaritzburg. It is the world's largest and oldest ultramarathon race. The direction of the race alternates each year between the "up" run (87.6km) startin... | {"Date": "May/June", "Location": "Durban/Pietermaritzburg, South Africa", "Event type": "Road", "Distance": "Ultramarathon (90 km)", "Established": "1921", "Course records": "Down: Men: Tete Dijana 5:13:58 (2023) \n Women: Gerda Steyn 5:44:54 (2023) \n \n Up: Men: Leonid Shvetsov 5.24.39 (2008)\n Women... |
Erkki-Sven Tüür (born 16 October 1959) is an Estonian composer.
Life and career
Tüür () was born in Kärdla on the Estonian island of Hiiumaa. He studied flute and percussion at the Tallinn Music School from 1976 to 1980 and composition with Jaan Rääts at the Tallinn Academy of Music and privately with Lepo Sumera from... | {"Image": "Tüür, Erkki-Sven.IMG 0325.JPG", "Name": "Erkki-Sven Tüür", "Birth date": "yes 1959 10 16", "Birth place": "Kärdla, Hiiu County, Estonia", "Occupation": "Composer", "Years active": "1979-present"} |
The Western Schism, also known as the Papal Schism, the Great Occidental Schism, or the Schism of 1378 (), was a split within the Catholic Church lasting from 1378 to 1417 in which bishops residing in Rome and Avignon both claimed to be the true pope, and were joined by a third line of Pisan claimants in 1409. The schi... | {"Title": "Western Schism", "Part of": "the crisis of the late Middle Ages", "Image caption": "A 14th-century miniature symbolizing the schism", "Outcome": "Reunification of Catholic Church in 1415-1429"} |
thumb|KDE mascot Konqi and window manager.
KWin is a window manager for the X Window System and a Wayland compositor. It is released as a part of KDE Plasma 5, for which it is the default window manager. KWin can also be used on its own or with other desktop environments.
KWin can be configured by scripting using QML ... | {"Developer(s)": "KDE (Martin Grässlin, et al.)", "Written in": "C++ (Qt)", "Type": "X window manager Wayland compositor", "License": "GNU General Public License", "Website": "https://userbase.kde.org/KWin"} |
The Holmes Show is a Canadian television sketch comedy series that premiered on CTV on September 24, 2002. The 22-episode series stars Jessica Holmes, Roman Danylo and Kurt Smeaton. Filming took place at the CTV studios in June and August 2002. Each scene was shot twice with the second scene usually involving more impr... | {"Genre": "Sketch comedy", "Starring": "Jessica HolmesRoman DanyloKurt Smeaton", "Country of origin": "Canada", "Running time": "23 minutes", "Original network": "CTV", "Original release": "2003 1 1"} |
McGarry is an incorporated township in Timiskaming District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It includes the communities of Virginiatown, North Virginiatown, and Kearns. The township borders with Quebec to the east, along Highway 66 between Kirkland Lake and Rouyn-Noranda. The northern border of the township forms part... | {"Type": "Township", "Land": "86.67", "Density": "17.5", "DST": "-4"} |
Samuel Holmes Sheppard, D.O. ( - ) was an American neurosurgeon. He was exonerated in 1966, having been convicted of the 1954 murder of his pregnant wife, Marilyn Reese Sheppard. The case was controversial from the beginning, with extensive and prolonged nationwide media coverage.
In 1966, in Sheppard v. Maxwell, the ... | {"Name": "Sam Sheppard", "Birth name": "Samuel Holmes Sheppard", "Birth date": "1923 12 29 yes", "Birth place": "Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.", "Death date": "1970 4 6 1923 12 29 yes", "Honorific suffix": "DO"} |
Sarlat-la-Canéda (; ), commonly known as Sarlat, is a commune in the southwestern French department of Dordogne, a part of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Sarlat and La Canéda were distinct towns until merged into one commune in 1965.Commune de Sarlat-la-Canéda (24520), INSEE
Geography
The town of Sarlat is in a region known in F... | {"Name": "Sarlat-la-Canéda", "Commune Status": "Subprefecture and commune", "Caption": "An aerial view of Sarlat-la-Canéda", "Arrondissement": "Sarlat-la-Canéda", "Canton": "Sarlat-la-Canéda", "Postal code": "24200", "Mayor": "Jean-Jacques De PerettiRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/d... |
The Mari (; ) are a Finnic people, who have traditionally lived along the Volga and Kama rivers in Russia. Almost half of Maris today live in the Mari El republic, with significant populations in the Bashkortostan and Tatarstan republics. In the past, the Mari have also been known as the Cheremisa or the Cheremis peopl... | {"Name": "Mariмаримарийцы", "Image": "260px", "Image caption": "Mari people in Yoshkar-Ola", "Population": "600,000", "Languages": "Mari, Russian", "Religions": "Majority: 15px Russian Orthodox Christianity Minority: 15px Mari Native Religion", "Related ethnic groups": "Other Finnic peoples"} |
Ocean Terminal is a shopping centre in the Leith area of Edinburgh, Scotland, designed by Sir Terence Conran.
History
thumb|left|Royal Yacht Britannia
It is built on former industrial docklands on the north side of the city, at the edge of the boundary between formerly separate ports of Newhaven and Leith. The land w... | {"Location": "Edinburgh, Scotland, UK", "Address": "Ocean Drive", "Coordinates": "55 58 53 N 3 10 37 W region:GB_type:landmark inline,title", "Opening date": "2001", "Developer": "Forth Ports", "Owner": "Resolution Property", "Architect": "Terence Conran", "No. of stores and services": "85", "Anchor tenants": "0", "Par... |
The Indian Act (, long name An Act to amend and consolidate the laws respecting Indians) is a Canadian act of Parliament that concerns registered Indians, their bands, and the system of Indian reserves. First passed in 1876 and still in force with amendments, it is the primary document that defines how the Government o... | {"Short title": "Indian Act", "Long title": "An Act to amend and consolidate the laws respecting Indianshttp://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_08051_5_1/213?r=0&s=1 Acts of the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada ... third session of the third Parliament, begun and holden at Ottawa, on the tenth day of February, and c... |
Arthur Seymour John Tessimond (19 July 1902 in Birkenhead - 13 May 1962 in Chelsea, London) was an English poet.
He went to Birkenhead School until the age of 14, before being sent to Charterhouse School, but ran away at age 16.Collected Poems, p. xiv. From 1922 to 1926 he attended the University of Liverpool, where h... | {"Born": "19 July 1902", "Died": "1962 05 13 1902 07 19 y", "Occupation": "Poet", "Nationality": "British", "Education": "Birkenhead SchoolCharterhouse School", "Alma mater": "University of Liverpool"} |
thumb|Former Kellogg's Café, Union Square (Manhattan)
The Kellogg Company, doing business as Kellogg's, is an American multinational food manufacturing company headquartered in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States. Kellogg's produces cereal and convenience foods, including crackers and toaster pastries, and markets t... | {"Type": "Public", "Industry": "Food processing", "Founded": "1906 02 19 (as Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company) inBattle Creek, Michigan, U.S.", "Headquarters": "U.S.", "Products": "Cereals Crackers Toaster pastries Cereal bars Fruit-flavored snacks Frozen waffles Vegetarian foods", "Brands": "Eggo Gardenb... |
Roland Rat is a British television puppet character. He was created, operated and voiced by David Claridge, who had previously designed and operated Mooncat, a puppet in the Children's ITV television programme Get Up and Go!. Claridge worked for Jim Henson, then the second series of The Young Ones. Claridge would later... | {"First appearance": "1983 TV-am", "Created by": "David Claridge", "Gender": "Male", "Title": "Sir", "Family": "Iris (mother) \nFreddy (father) \nLittle Reggie (brother)", "Nationality": "British"} |
Richard Alan Clarke (born October 27, 1950) is an American national security expert, novelist, and former government official. He served as the Counterterrorism Czar as the National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-Terrorism for the United States between 1998 and 2003.
Clarke worked for... | {"Name": "Dick Clarke", "Term start": "August 8, 1989", "Term end": "July 10, 1992", "Birth name": "Richard Alan Clarke", "Birth date": "1950 10 27", "Birth place": "Dorchester, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Education": "University of Pennsylvania (BA)Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MSM)", "Official website": "richarda... |
The Gibraltar Premier Division was a football league established by the Gibraltar Football Association (GFA) in 1905, and the top tier of football in Gibraltar. It originally contained eight member clubs, but it has grown over the years. In 1909 the league was split into two divisions between which clubs can be promote... | {"Confederation": "UEFA", "Founded": "1905", "Folded": "2019", "Relegation": "Gibraltar Second Division", "Number of teams": "10", "Domestic cup(s)": "Rock Cup", "International cup(s)": "UEFA Champions LeagueUEFA Europa League", "Most championships": "Lincoln Red Imps(24 titles)", "Website": "Gibraltar FA"} |
Evian ( , ; , stylized as evian) is a French brand that bottles mineral water from several sources near Évian-les-Bains, on the south shore of Lake Geneva.
Today, Evian is owned by Danone, a French multinational corporation. In addition to the mineral water, Danone Group uses the Evian name for a line of organic skin ... | {"Type": "Private (1829-1970)", "Industry": "Beverage", "Founded": "1829 as \"Societe des Eaux Minerales\"Gaines Melinda https://www.leaf.tv/articles/facts-about-evian-water/ Facts about Evian Leaf.tv", "Fate": "Acquired by BSN Group in 1970", "Headquarters": "France", "Products": "Bottled water", "Parent": "Danone", "... |
"Walk This Way" is a song by the American rock band Aerosmith. Written by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, the song was originally released as the second single from the album Toys in the Attic (1975). It peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1977, part of a string of successful hit singles for the band in t... | {"B-side": "\"Round and Round\"Toys in the Attic 1993 Remastered Liner Notes \"Uncle Salty\" (re-release)", "Released": "1975 08 28 (original) November 5, 1976 (re-release)", "Recorded": "January-February 1975", "Studio": "Record Plant, New York City", "Genre": "Hard rockYasui Todd Allan September 17, 1987 Faster Pussy... |
Egerton, (pronounced "edgerton"), is a village in the northern part of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. Historically a part of Lancashire, it is situated three miles north of Bolton and 12 miles north west of Manchester city centre within the West Pennine Moors.
Egerton was originally p... | {"OS grid reference": "SD711143", "Metropolitan borough": "Bolton", "Metropolitan county": "Greater Manchester", "Sovereign state": "England", "Postcode district": "BL7", "Dialling code": "01204", "UK Parliament": "Bolton North East"} |
thumb|upright|Both Wanderer's Nightsongs by Goethe in Gabelsberger shorthand
Gabelsberger shorthand, named for its creator, is a form of shorthand previously common in Germany and Austria. Created c. 1817 by Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, it was first fully described in the 1834 textbook Anleitung zur deutschen Redezeichen... | {"Script type": "light", "Creator": "Franz Xaver Gabelsberger", "Created": "≈1817", "Published": "1834", "Languages": "German"} |
John Lovelady is an American puppeteer who worked with the Muppets, including on the PBS series Sesame Street. Lovelady is originally from Oxford, Mississippi. He was one of the puppeteer troupe in the first season of The Muppet Show (1976-77).
He later joined the syndicated children's series The Great Space Coaster, ... | {"Name": "John Lovelady", "Birth date": "1931 08 11 y", "Occupation": "Puppeteer", "Known For": "Working on The Muppet Show and Sesame Street", "Awards": "Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Creative Technical Crafts"} |
Spelsbury is a village and civil parish about north of Charlbury and about southeast of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. The village is on a narrow hill between the Coldron and Taston brooks overlooking the River Evenlode and the ancient Wychwood Forest to the south. Spelsbury parish includes the hamlets of Dean and Tas... | {"OS grid reference": "SP3421", "Population": "(parish, including Dean & Taston) (2011 Census)", "District": "West Oxfordshire", "Shire county": "Oxfordshire", "Sovereign state": "England", "Postcode district": "OX", "Dialling code": "01608", "UK Parliament": "Witney", "Website": "Spelsbury Parish Council"} |
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The IDS Center is an office skyscraper located at 80 South 8th Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Completed in 1973, it is the tallest building in Minneapolis, and the tallest building in the state at a height of . It originally stood , though a garage for window washing equipment was added betwe... | {"Location": "80 8th Street S.Minneapolis, Minnesota", "Coordinates": "44.9760 -93.2724 region:US-MN_type:landmark dms inline,title", "Status": "Complete", "Construction started": "1969"} |
Predrag Marković (; born 7 December 1955) is a Serbian politician, author, and historian who served as the president of the National Assembly of Serbia from 2004 to 2007 and as minister of culture, media and information society from 2011 to 2012. A former member of G17 Plus, he also briefly served as acting president o... | {"Name": "Predrag Marković", "Image caption": "Marković in July 2011", "Term start": "14 March 2011", "Term end": "27 July 2012", "Order 2": "President of Serbia", "Prime minister 2": "Vojislav Koštunica", "Predecessor 2": "Vojislav Mihailović (acting)", "Successor 2": "Boris Tadić", "Birth date": "1955 12 7 y", "Birt... |
Charlbury () is a town and civil parish in the Evenlode valley, about north of Witney in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England. It is on the edge of Wychwood Forest and the Cotswolds. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 2,830.
Place name
Toponymic evidence suggests that Charlbury was a... | {"OS grid reference": "SP3519", "Population": "(2011 Census)", "District": "West Oxfordshire", "Shire county": "Oxfordshire", "Sovereign state": "England", "Postcode district": "OX", "Dialling code": "01608", "UK Parliament": "Witney", "Website": "Charlbury Town Council"} |
Stoke Heath is an area in the south of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England.
Originally a small village near Bromsgrove, it has been absorbed into Bromsgrove by new housing developments since the 1980s. These developments hold many of the commuters that have made Bromsgrove into a dormitory town; it is within commutin... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "District": "Bromsgrove", "Shire county": "Worcestershire", "UK Parliament": "Bromsgrove", "Postcode district": "B", "Dialling code": "01527", "OS grid reference": "SO950688"} |
Boris Tadić (, ; born 15 January 1958) is a Serbian politician who served as the president of Serbia from 2004 to 2012.
Born in Sarajevo, he graduated from the University of Belgrade with a degree in psychology. He later worked as a journalist, military psychologist, and teacher at the First Belgrade Gymnasium. Tadić ... | {"Name": "Boris Tadić", "Native name": "Борис Тадић", "Native name language": "sr-Cyrl", "Image caption": "Tadić in 2012", "Term start": "11 July 2004", "Term end": "5 April 2012", "Office 2": "Minister of Telecommunications of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia", "President 2": "Vojislav Koštunica", "Prime minister 2"... |
Saint-Hubert ( , , ) is a borough in the city of Longueuil, located in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. It had been a separate city prior to January 1, 2002, when it along with several other neighbouring south shore municipalities were merged into Longueuil. Saint-Hubert had a population of 78,336 in 2006. The ... | {"Type": "Borough", "Land": "65.98", "Density": "1167.5", "DST": "-4", "Website": "Webpage"} |
Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings is an open-air museum of rescued buildings which have been relocated to its site in Stoke Heath, a district of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England. Founded in 1963 and opened in 1967, the museum was conceived following the dismantling of a 15th-century timber-framed house in Brom... | {"Coordinates": "52.314 -2.072 inline,title region:GB", "Established": "1963", "Location": "Stoke Heath, Bromsgrove, England", "Type": "Local independent museum", "Website": "http://www.avoncroft.org.uk/"} |
Fiona Elizabeth Bruce (born 25 April 1964) is a British journalist, newsreader, and television presenter. She joined the BBC as a researcher for Panorama in 1989, and became the first female newsreader on the BBC News at Ten, as well as presenting many flagship programmes for the corporation, including BBC News at Six,... | {"Name": "Fiona Bruce", "Caption": "Bruce filming an episode of Antiques Roadshow in 2013", "Birth name": "Fiona Elizabeth Bruce", "Birth date": "y 1964 4 25 https://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/fiona-bruce Fiona Bruce - Biography Hello! en 10 April 2020 live https://web.archive.org/web/20191025030856/https://www.hel... |
Taston is a hamlet in Spelsbury civil parish, about north of Charlbury and southeast of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.
Name
Name history
Survey of English Place-Names:
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Thorstan 1278-9.
Thorstane 1316.
Torstone 1492.
Taston 1608-9.
The original Old Danish name might have been:
Þórr steinn.
Toponym ( Thorst... | {"OS grid reference": "SP3621", "District": "West Oxfordshire", "Shire county": "Oxfordshire", "Sovereign state": "England", "UK Parliament": "Witney", "Postcode district": "OX", "Dialling code": "01608", "Website": "Spelsbury Parish Council"} |
thumb|right|Nicollet Mall (as it looked prior to the renovation in 2016-2017) on a Saturday morning
thumb|View of Nicollet Mall (as it looked from 1991 to 2016) from the skyway.|alt= View of Nicollet Mall from the skyway. Street banners in view made by Banner Creations, Inc.
Nicollet Mall ( ) is a twelve-block portion... | {"Name": "Nicollet Mall", "Former name(s)": "Nicollet Avenue (pre-1967)", "Part of": "Nicollet Avenue", "Namesake": "Joseph Nicollet", "Type": "Transit mall/Pedestrian mall", "Owner": "City of Minneapolis", "Length": "1", "Width": "80 ft m", "Area": "Downtown Minneapolis", "Designer": "Lawrence Halprin and Associates (... |
Droylsden is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, east of Manchester city centre and west of Ashton-under-Lyne, with a population at the 2011 Census of 22,689.
Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, in the mid-19th century Droylsden grew as a mill town on the Ashton canal. Beginning ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)", "Metropolitan borough": "Tameside", "Metropolitan county": "Greater Manchester", "UK Parliament": "Ashton-under-Lyne", "Postcode district": "M", "Dialling code": "0161", "OS grid reference": "SJ8998"} |
Diss is a market town and electoral ward in South Norfolk, England, near the boundary with Suffolk, with a population of 7,572 in 2011. Diss railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line between London and Norwich. It lies in the valley of the River Waveney, round a mere covering and up to deep, although there is... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021 census)", "District": "South Norfolk", "Shire county": "Norfolk", "UK Parliament": "South Norfolk", "Postcode district": "IP", "Dialling code": "01379", "OS grid reference": "TM1180"} |
Driffield, also known as Great Driffield, is a market town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The civil parish is formed by the town of Driffield and the village of Little Driffield. By road, it is north-east of Leeds, east of York and north of Hull.
Driffield is named The Capital of the Wo... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 census)", "Unitary authority": "East Riding of Yorkshire", "Ceremonial county": "East Riding of Yorkshire", "UK Parliament": "East Yorkshire", "Postcode district": "YO", "Dialling code": "01377", "OS grid reference": "TA023577"} |
Francis David Langhorne Astor, CH (5 March 1912 - 7 December 2001) was an English newspaper publisher, editor of The Observer at the height of its circulation and influence, and member of the Astor family, "the landlords of New York".
Early life
David Astor was born in London, England, the third child of American-bor... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Honourable", "Honorific suffix": "CH", "Name": "David Astor", "Birth name": "Francis David Langhorne Astor", "Birth date": "yes 1912 3 5", "Birth place": "London, England", "Death date": "yes 2001 12 7 1912 3 5", "Death place": "London, England", "Resting place": "Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire... |
Downham Market, sometimes simply referred to as Downham, is a market town and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It lies on the edge of the Fens, on the River Great Ouse, approximately 11 miles south of King's Lynn, 39 miles west of Norwich and 30 miles north of Cambridge.Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 236 - Ki... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122796&c=Downham+Market&d=16&e=62&g=6449109&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1440609817916&enc=1 Town population 2011 26 August 2015", "District": "King's Lynn and West Norfolk", ... |
thumb|256px|The ward of Downham (red) shown within the London Borough of Lewisham (yellow)
Downham is a district of south-east London, England, within the London Borough of Lewisham. It borders the London Borough of Bromley, and is located north of Bromley and south of Catford.
Downham was named in honour of Lord Down... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "London Assembly": "Lewisham", "UK Parliament": "Lewisham East", "Postcode district": "BR", "Post town": "BROMLEY", "Dialling code": "020", "OS grid reference": "TQ395715", "Population": "(2011 Census. Lewisham Ward)Lewisham Ward population 2011 http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk... |
Lieutenant-Colonel John Jacob Astor V, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, DL (20 May 1886 - 19 July 1971) was an American-born English newspaper proprietor, politician, sportsman, military officer, and a member of the Astor family.
Biography
Astor was born in Manhattan, New York City, in 1886, the fourth child of William Waldo... | {"Name": "The Lord Astor of Hever", "Image caption": "John Jacob Astor V, 1st Baron Astor of Hever", "Birth date": "1886 5 20 y", "Birth place": "Manhattan, New York City, U.S.", "Death date": "1971 7 19 1886 5 20 y", "Death place": "Cannes, France", "Alma mater": "Eton CollegeNew College, Oxford", "Spouse(s)": "Lady V... |
The special territories of members of the European Economic Area (EEA) are the 32 special territories of EU member states and EFTA member states which, for historical, geographical, or political reasons, enjoy special status within or outside the European Union and the European Free Trade Association.
The special terr... | {"Geopolitical organisation name": "Special territories of members of the European Economic Area", "Flag caption": "Flag of the European Union", "Map caption": "Location of the European Union and the special territories", "Largest settlement": "Las Palmas, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Willemstad, Saint-Denis, Funchal, Noumé... |
The Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical is an honor presented to record producers for quality non-classical music at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the Nationa... | {"Awarded for": "outstanding record producers of non-classical music", "Presented by": "National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences", "Country": "United States", "First awarded": "1975 4 13", "Last awarded": "2023", "Website": "grammy.com"} |
Speak is a 2004 American independent coming-of-age teen drama film based on the award-winning 1999 novel of the same name by Laurie Halse Anderson. It stars Kristen Stewart as Melinda Sordino, a high school freshman who practically stops talking after a senior student rapes her. The film’s story is told through Melinda... | {"Directed by": "Jessica Sharzer", "Produced by": "Fred Berner\n Matthew Myers\n Annie Young Frisbie\n Jessica Sharzer", "Written by": "Jessica Sharzer\n Annie Young Frisbie", "Based on": "Speak Laurie Halse Anderson", "Starring": "Kristen Stewart\n Michael Angarano\n Robert John Burke\n Eric Lively\n Elizabeth Perkins... |
Hampton Comes Alive is a six-disc live album by the American rock band Phish, released on November 23, 1999, by Elektra Records. It is the band's third live album and the first time complete live Phish concerts were released in their entirety (though fan recordings of most Phish shows are widely circulated). Hampton Co... | {"Released": "1999 11 23 (U.S.)", "Recorded": "November 20-21, 1998", "Genre": "Jam rock, alternative rock", "Label": "Elektra", "Producer": "Bryce Goggin"} |
Roy Herbert Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, (5 June 1894 - 4 August 1976) was a Canadian-born British newspaper proprietor who became one of the moguls of Fleet Street in London.
He first came to prominence when he was selling radios in Ontario, and to give his customers more programmes to listen to, decided to ... | {"Name": "The Lord Thomson of Fleet", "Birth name": "Roy Herbert Thomson", "Birth date": "yes 1894 6 5", "Birth place": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Death date": "yes 1976 8 4 1894 6 5", "Death place": "London, England", "Resting place": "Torontohttps://www.nytimes.com/1976/08/05/archives/lord-thomson-dies-built-press-... |
Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet (September 1, 1923 - June 12, 2006), known in Canada as Ken Thomson, was a Canadian/British businessman and art collector. At the time of his death, he was listed by Forbes as the richest person in Canada and the ninth richest person in the world, with a net worth of app... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Name": "The Lord Thomson of Fleet", "Birth date": "1923 9 1 y", "Birth place": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Death date": "2006 6 12 1923 9 1", "Death place": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Occupation": "Chairman, Woodbridge Co. Ltd.Thomson.com. Management. Accessed March 23, ... |
Rory Underwood, (born 19 June 1963) is an English former rugby union player, he is 's record international try scorer with 49 tries in 85 internationals between 1984 and 1996. Underwood's principal position was wing and he played 236 games for Leicester Tigers between 1983 and 1997, he also played for Middlesbrough, B... | {"Name": "Rory Underwood", "Full birth name": "Rory Underwood", "Birth date": "1963 6 19 y", "Birth place": "Middlesbrough, England", "Height": "5 8", "Weight": "13 st 8 lbs (86 kg)", "Rugby union position": "Wing", "Occupation": "RAF aviator, management consultant", "Relatives": "Tony Underwood (brother)", "School": "... |
Tintin and the Picaros () is the twenty-third volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The final instalment in the series to be completed by Hergé, it was serialized in Tintin magazine from September 1975 to April 1976 before being published in a collected volume by Casterman i... | {"Publisher": "Methuen", "Date": "1976", "Series": "The Adventures of Tintin", "Language": "French", "Published in": "Tintin magazine", "Preceded by": "1968", "Followed by": "1986"} |
Kenneth Max Copeland is an American televangelist associated with the charismatic movement. He is the founder of Eagle Mountain International Church Inc. (EMIC), which is based in Tarrant County, Texas. Copeland has also written several books and resources.
He preaches prosperity theology and is part of the Word of Fa... | {"Name": "Kenneth Copeland", "Caption": "Copeland on the Believer's Voice of Victory television broadcast in 2011", "Birth name": "Kenneth Max Copeland", "Birth place": "Lubbock, Texas, U.S.", "Occupation": "Author speaker prosperity gospel preacher televangelist", "Years active": "1967-present", "Movement": "Word of F... |
James Stewart Edwards (born August 31, 1936) is a former Canadian politician from Alberta.
Early life
James Stewart Edwards was born on August 31, 1936, in Edmonton, Alberta to Donald Stewart Edwards and Verna May Armstrong. Edwards attended the University of Alberta attaining a Bachelor of Arts. He married Sheila Ma... | {"Name": "Jim Edwards", "Birth date": "1936 8 31", "Birth place": "Edmonton, Alberta, Canada", "Birth name": "James Stewart Edwards", "Alma mater": "University of Alberta"} |
Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder is a 1998 book by the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, in which the author discusses the relationship between science and the arts from the perspective of a scientist.
Dawkins addresses the misperception that science and art are at odds. Drive... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Houghton Mifflin", "Media type": "Print", "Pages": "336 pp.", "ISBN": "0-618-05673-4", "Preceded by": "Climbing Mount Improbable", "Followed by": "A Devil's Chaplain"} |
Lillian Marie Disney ( Bounds; February 15, 1899December 16, 1997) was an American ink artist at the Disney Studios and the wife of Walt Disney from 1925 until his death in 1966. Born in Spalding, Idaho, Disney graduated from high school in Lapwai before moving to Lewiston to attend college. She left Idaho in 1923 to m... | {"Name": "Lillian Disney", "Caption": "Disney in 1951", "Birth name": "Lillian Marie Bounds", "Birth date": "1899 2 15", "Birth place": "Spalding, Idaho, U.S.", "Death date": "1997 12 16 1899 2 15", "Death place": "West Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Burial place": "Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, U.... |
William Woodbridge (August 20, 1780October 20, 1861) was a U.S. statesman in the states of Ohio and Michigan and in the Michigan Territory prior to statehood. He served as the second governor of Michigan and a United States Senator from Michigan.
Early life in Connecticut and politics in Ohio
Woodbridge was born in No... | {"Name": "William Woodbridge", "Order 2": "2nd", "Office 2": "Governor of Michigan", "Predecessor 2": "Stevens T. Mason", "Successor 2": "J. Wright Gordon", "Birth date": "1780 8 20", "Birth place": "Norwich, Connecticut, U.S.", "Death date": "1861 10 20 1780 8 20", "Death place": "Detroit, Michigan, U.S.", "Spouse(s)"... |
John Garth Turner (born March 14, 1949) is a Canadian business journalist, author, entrepreneur, broadcaster, financial advisor, and politician, twice elected as a Member of the House of Commons, former Minister of National Revenue and leadership candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. After servi... | {"Name": "Garth Turner", "Image caption": "Turner in Oakville, 2008", "Birth name": "John Garth Turner", "Birth date": "1949 03 14", "Birth place": "Woodstock, Ontario, Canada", "Other political party": "Conservative (2005-6)Progressive Conservative (1988-1993)", "Spouse(s)": "Dorothy Turner", "Residence": "Caledon, On... |
The Seven Crystal Balls () is the thirteenth volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised daily in , Belgium's leading francophone newspaper, from December 1943 amidst the German occupation of Belgium during World War II. The story was cancelled abruptly fo... | {"Publisher": "Methuen", "Date": "1962", "Series": "The Adventures of Tintin", "Language": "French", "Published in": "fr Le Soir, then\n Tintin magazine", "Preceded by": "1944", "Followed by": "1949"} |
Samhain was an American rock band formed by singer Glenn Danzig in 1983, immediately following his departure from Misfits. Glenn Danzig originally planned Samhain as a side project with Eerie Von. After the Misfits' contentious 1983 dissolution, Samhain became Danzig's full-time band.
Samhain catalogs a transitional p... | {"Genres": "*Death rock\nhorror punk\nheavy metal\ngothic rock", "Labels": "Plan 9 Caroline", "Spinoffs": "Danzig", "Spinoff of": "Misfits"} |
Brian William Pallister (born July 6, 1954) is a Canadian politician who served as the 22nd premier of Manitoba from 2016 until 2021. He served as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba from 2012 to 2021. He was previously a cabinet minister in the provincial government of Gary Filmon and a member of ... | {"Name": "Brian Pallister", "Lieutenant governor": "Janice Filmon", "Term start": "May 3, 2016", "Term end": "September 1, 2021", "Deputy 2": "Heather StefansonKelvin Goertzen", "Office 2": "Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba", "Predecessor 2": "Hugh McFadyen", "Successor 2": "Kelvin Goertzen (int... |
Sinclair McKnight Stevens, (February 11, 1927 - November 30, 2016) was a Canadian lawyer, businessman and cabinet minister.
Early life
He was born in Esquesing Township (today part of Halton Hills, Ontario), the third child of Northern Irish immigrants Robert Murray Stevens and Anna Bailey McKnight. The family later ... | {"Name": "Sinclair Stevens", "Image size": "250px", "Image caption": "Stevens in 2013", "Office 2": "President of the Treasury Board", "Prime minister 2": "Joe Clark", "Predecessor 2": "Judd Buchanan", "Successor 2": "Donald Johnston", "Birth name": "Sinclair McKnight Stevens", "Birth date": "1927 02 11", "Birth place"... |
Coogan's Run is a 1995 UK TV series featuring Steve Coogan as a series of odd characters living in the fictional town of Ottle. It was written by various people including Coogan, Patrick Marber, David Tyler, Graham Linehan, Arthur Mathews, Geoffrey Perkins and Henry Normal. The series consists of six self-contained st... | {"Genre": "Comedy", "Written by": "Steve CooganPatrick MarberDavid TylerGraham LinehanArthur MathewsGeoffrey PerkinsHenry Normal", "Starring": "Steve Coogan", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Running time": "27-30 minutes", "Original network": "BBC2", "Original release": "1995 12 22 y"} |
William III (913 – 3 April 963), called Towhead (, ) from the colour of his hair, was the "Count of the Duchy of Aquitaine" from 959 and Duke of Aquitaine from 962 to his death. He was also the Count of Poitou (as William I) from 935 and Count of Auvergne from 950. The primary sources for his reign are Ademar of Chaban... | {"Born": "Poitiers", "Died": "Saint-Maixent-l'École", "Burial": "Abbaye Saint-Cyprien de Poitiers", "Father": "Ebalus, Duke of Aquitaine", "Mother": "Emilienne"} |
William IV (937 – 3 February 994Nouvelle Biographie Générale. The date of 5 February 995 probably comes from Owen.), called Fierebras or Fierebrace (meaning "Proud Arm", from the French Fier-à-bras or Fièrebrace, in turn from the Latin Ferox brachium), was the Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitou from 963 to his retir... | {"Born": "Poitiers", "Died": "3 February 994", "Burial": "Maillezais Cathedral", "Father": "William III, Duke of Aquitaine", "Mother": "Gerloc of Normandy"} |
William the Great (; 969 - 31 January 1030) was duke of Aquitaine (as ) and count of Poitou (as or III) from 990 until his death. Upon the death of the emperor Henry II, he was offered the kingdom of Italy but declined to contest the title against Conrad II.
Life
He was the son and successor of William IV by his wi... | {"Born": "Poitiers", "Died": "Maillezais Cathedral", "Burial": "Maillezais Cathedral", "Father": "William IV, Duke of Aquitaine", "Mother": "Emma of Blois"} |
William VII (born Peter, Pierre-Guillaume) (1023 - autumn 1058), called the Eagle (Aigret) or the Bold (le Hardi), was the duke of Aquitaine and count of Poitou (as William V) between 1039 and his death, following his half-brother Odo.
William was the third son of William V of Aquitaine, the eldest by his third wife, ... | {"Born": "1023", "Died": "Saumur", "Father": "William V, Duke of Aquitaine", "Mother": "Agnes of Burgundy"} |
William VIII ( - 25 September 1086), born Guy-Geoffrey (Gui-Geoffroi), was duke of Gascony (1052-1086), and then duke of Aquitaine and count of Poitiers (as William VI) between 1058 and 1086, succeeding his brother William VII (Pierre-Guillaume).
Life
Guy-Geoffroy was the youngest son of William V of Aquitaine by his ... | {"Born": "Poitiers", "Died": "Chizé", "Father": "William V, Duke of Aquitaine", "Mother": "Agnes of Burgundy"} |
William IX (; Guilhem de Poitou ) (22 October 1071 - 10 February 1126), called the Troubadour, was the Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitou (as William VII) between 1086 and his death. He was also one of the leaders of the Crusade of 1101. Though his political and military achievements have a certain histo... | {"Born": "22 October 1071", "Died": "10 February 1126 (aged 54)", "Father": "William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine", "Mother": "Hildegarde of Burgundy"} |
William X (Occitan: Guillém X; 1099 - 9 April 1137), called the Saint, was Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, and Count of Poitou (as William VIII) from 1126 to 1137.
Early life
William was the son of William IX by his second wife Philippa of Toulouse. He was born in Toulouse during the brief period when his parents ... | {"Father": "William IX, Duke of Aquitaine", "Mother": "Philippa of Toulouse", "Birth date": "1098", "Birth place": "Toulouse", "Death date": "1137 4 9 1099 y", "Death place": "Santiago de Compostela, Spain"} |
John Allen Fraser (born December 15, 1931) is a Canadian retired parliamentarian and former Speaker of the House of Commons.
Fraser was born in Yokohama, Japan, where his father was working as a lumber salesman. His parents returned to British Columbia when Fraser was four years old. He grew up and was educated there... | {"Name": "John Allen Fraser", "Term start": "September 30, 1986", "Term end": "January 16, 1994", "Office 2": "Minister of the Environment", "Prime minister 2": "Joe Clark", "Predecessor 2": "Leonard Marchand", "Successor 2": "John Roberts", "Birth date": "1931 12 15", "Birth place": "Yokohama, Empire of Japan"} |
Joseph Pierre Albert Sévigny, PC, OC, CD, VM, ED (September 12, 1917 – March 20, 2004) was a Canadian soldier, author, politician, and academic. He is best known for his involvement in the Munsinger Affair.
Life and career
Born in Quebec City, Quebec, the son of Albert Sévigny, the Speaker of the House of Commons of C... | {"Name": "Pierre Sévigny", "Birth name": "Joseph Pierre Albert Sévigny", "Birth date": "1917 9 12", "Birth place": "Quebec City, Quebec, Canada", "Death date": "2004 3 20 1917 9 12", "Death place": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Term start": "1957", "Term end": "1963", "Other political party": "Les Démocrates"} |
Jeannette Theresa Dubois (August 5 - February 17, 2020), known professionally as Ja'Net DuBois, Ja'net DuBois, and Ja'Net Du Bois (), was an American actress and singer. She was best known for her portrayal of Willona Woods, the neighborhood gossip maven and a friend of the Evans family on the CBS sitcom Good Times, wh... | {"Name": "Ja'Net DuBois", "Image": "Ja'net DuBois, Good Times 1976.JPG", "Caption": "DuBois as Willona Woods on the television series Good Times, c. 1976", "Birth name": "Jeannette Theresa Dubois", "Birth date": "August 5", "Birth place": "Brooklyn, New York, U.S.or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Death date": "202... |
Anna (or Onna; killed 653 or 654) was king of East Anglia from the early 640s until his death. He was a member of the Wuffingas family, the ruling dynasty of the East Angles, and one of the three sons of Eni who ruled the kingdom of East Anglia, succeeding some time after Ecgric was killed in battle by Penda of Mercia.... | {"Father": "Eni", "Died": "Battle of Bulcamp", "Burial": "probably Blythburgh, Suffolk, now lost", "Religion": "Christian"} |
The Basketball Diaries is a 1978 memoir written by author and musician Jim Carroll. It is an edited collection of the diaries he kept between the ages of twelve and sixteen. Set in New York City, they detail his daily life, sexual experiences, high school basketball career, poetry compositions, the counterculture move... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Tombouctou Press (Bolinas, CA)", "Media type": "Print (Paperback)", "Pages": "224 (Penguin, 1987)", "ISBN": "0-14-010018-0"} |
Pedigree Petfoods is a subsidiary of the American group Mars, Incorporated specializing in pet food, with factories in England at Melton Mowbray and Birstall, Leeds; and offices at McLean, Virginia.
History
In 1934, Mars Limited, a division of the large American confectionery company, that had been based in Slough sin... | {"Founded": "1957 (as Chappy)Leicestershire, England, U.K.", "Headquarters": "U.S.", "Parent": "Mars, Incorporated", "Industry": "Animal food manufacturing", "Website": "Pedigree Petfoods"} |
"Comfortably Numb" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd from their eleventh album, The Wall (1979). It was released as a single in 1980, with "Hey You" as the B-side.
The music was composed by the guitarist, David Gilmour. The lyrics were written by the bassist, Roger Waters, based on his experience of being... | {"B-side": "Hey You", "Released": "1980 6 23 yPink Floyd - \"Comfortably Numb\" http://www.discogs.com/Pink-Floyd-Comfortably-Numb/master/44264 Pink Floyd Discography 1980 Discogs 9 May 2013 2 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150602192041/http://www.discogs.com/Pink-Floyd-Comfortably-Numb/master/44264 livePink ... |
Ferdinand Schörner (12 June 1892 - 2 July 1973) was a German military commander who held the rank of Generalfeldmarschall in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He commanded several army groups and was the last Commander-in-chief of the German Army.
Schörner is commonly represented in historical literat... | {"Honorific prefix": "Generalfeldmarschall", "Name": "Ferdinand Schörner", "Image caption": "Schörner in 1941", "Term start": "30 April 1945", "Term end": "8 May 1945", "Birth date": "1892 6 12 y", "Birth place": "Munich, German Empire", "Death date": "1973 7 2 1892 6 12 y", "Death place": "Munich, West Germany", "Awar... |
Empty Glass is the second solo studio album by English rock musician Pete Townshend, and his first composed of original material, released on 21 April 1980 by Atco Records.
The album deals with issues that Townshend was struggling with at the time, including alcoholism, drug abuse, marital problems and deceased friend... | {"Released": "1980 4 21 yes", "Recorded": "November 1979 - February 1980https://petetownshend.net/news/celebrating-the-40th-anniversary-of-empty-glass Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Empty Glass 21 April 2020 Pete Townshend", "Studio": "Wessex, with additional recording at Eel Pie and AIR, London", "Genre": "Rock\n... |
The League Against Cruel Sports, formerly known as the League for the Prohibition of Cruel Sports, is a UK-based animal welfare charity which campaigns to stop blood sports such as fox hunting, hare and deer hunting; game bird shooting; and animal fighting. The charity helped bring about the Hunting Act 2004 and Protec... | {"Named after": "Investigate, Educate, ProtectAugust 2021 Not even found on their website", "Type": "Charity", "Registration no.": "1095234https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/3985752 The League Against Cruel Sports - Charity 1095234 Charity Commission for England and ... |
Vale Canada Limited (formerly Vale Inco, CVRD Inco and Inco Limited; for corporate branding purposes simply known as "Vale" and pronounced in English) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Brazilian mining company Vale. Vale's nickel mining and metals division is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It produces ... | {"Type": "Wholly owned subsidiary", "Founded": "1902", "Headquarters": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Industry": "Mining", "Products": "Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, PGMs", "Revenue": "US$ 8.3 billion (2012)", "Parent": "Vale", "Subsidiaries": "Vale Indonesia", "Website": "nickel.vale.com"} |
thumb|Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan arriving at the first Knessia Gedolah of Agudas Yisroel in Vienna, 1923
Yisrael Meir ha-Kohen Kagan (January 26, 1838 - September 15, 1933), known popularly as the Chofetz Chaim, after his book on lashon hara, who was also well known for the Mishna Berurah, his book on ritual law, was an ... | {"Honorific Prefix": "Rabbi", "Name": "Yisrael Meir Kagan", "Title": "The Chofetz Chaim", "Caption": "Age 91, on his visit to the Polish Prime Minister"} |
The Cannon River a tributary of the Mississippi River flows from Shields Lakehttps://crwp.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Cannon-River-Watershed-Overview-by-St-Olaf-Class-2004.pdf near Shieldsville to Red Wing in the U.S. state of Minnesota, where it joins the Mississippi River. It drains a watershed approximately 14... | {"Mouth": "Mississippi River", "Location": "Goodhue County, near Red Wing, Minnesota, United States", "Coordinates": "44.602583 -92.589771 inline,title", "Basin size": "1460 sqmi on", "Left": "Trout Brook", "Right": "Little Cannon River, Straight River, Little Cannon River (Sabre Lake) (near Kilkenny), Belle Creek)"} |
The National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) was a women's ice hockey league established in Canada in service from 1999 to 2007. In its final season the league was run by the Ontario Women's Hockey Association.
History
The NWHL superseded the old Central Ontario Women's Hockey League in 1998-99. After the old COWHL dropp... | {"Map size": "120", "Sport": "Ice hockey", "Founded": "1999", "Folded": "2007", "Countries": "CanadaUnited States"} |
MetaFilter, known as MeFi to its members, is a general-interest community weblog, founded in 1999 and based in the United States, featuring links to content that users have discovered on the web. Since 2003, it has included the popular question-and-answer subsite Ask MetaFilter. The site has eight paid staff members as... | {"Registration": "Required to contribute", "Created by": "Matthew HaugheyDewey Caitlin Metafilter's downfall is the perfect metaphor for the way we Internet now https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/05/22/metafilters-downfall-is-the-perfect-metaphor-for-the-way-we-internet-now/ The Washington Po... |
Hugh Segal (October 13, 1950 - August 9, 2023) was a Canadian political strategist, author, commentator, academic, and senator. He served as chief of staff to Ontario Premier Bill Davis and later to Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Segal resigned from the Senate of Canada on June 15, 2014, as a result of his ap... | {"Name": "Hugh Segal", "Image": "Hugh Segal, Master of Massey College.JPG", "Term start": "July 1, 2014", "Term end": "June 30, 2019", "Office 2": "Canadian Senator for Kingston—Frontenac—Leeds, Ontario", "Birth date": "1950 10 13", "Birth place": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Death date": "2023 08 09 1950 10 13", "Deat... |
David Gainey Clarke (30 August 1908 - 18 April 2004) was an American Broadway and motion picture actor.
Life and career
A native of Chicago and graduate of Butler University, Clarke started his career as a stage actor during the 1930s. He made his first film Knockout (1941). The actor remains perhaps best known for ... | {"Name": "David Clarke", "Birth date": "1908 8 30", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Death date": "2004 4 18 1908 8 30", "Death place": "Arlington, Virginia, U.S.", "Occupation": "Broadway and Film actor", "Years active": "1930s-1989", "Spouse(s)": "Nora Dunfee (1946-1994, her death) (2 children)", "Children"... |
Sir William David Madel (born 6 August 1938) is a politician in the United Kingdom, who was a Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party.
Parliamentary career
Madel contested the London seat of Erith and Crayford in a 1965 by-election, and again in the general election the following year, but was beaten on each o... | {"Name": "Sir David Madel", "Term start": "18 June 1970", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Birth date": "1938 08 6 yes", "Nationality": "British"} |
Ismail I (, ; July 17, 1487 - May 23, 1524), also known as Shah Ismail (), was the founder of the Safavid dynasty of Iran, ruling as its King of Kings (Shahanshah) from 1501 to 1524. His reign is often considered the beginning of modern Iranian history, as well as one of the gunpowder empires.Streusand, Douglas E., Isl... | {"Born": "Ardabil, Aq Qoyunlu", "Died": "Near Tabriz, Safavid Iran", "Father": "Shaykh Haydar", "Mother": "Halima Begum", "Religion": "Twelver Shia Islam", "Burial": "Sheikh Safi Shrine Ensemble, Ardabil, Iran"} |
Patrick Charles Martyn Nicholls (born 14 December 1948) is a British solicitor and politician who served as a Conservative MP for Teignbridge between 1983 and 2001.
A solicitor by profession and formerly an East Devon District Councillor, Nicholls was first elected to the House of Commons in 1983 at the age of 34, win... | {"Name": "Patrick Nicholls", "Term start": "9 June 1983", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Birth date": "1948 11 14 yes", "Nationality": "British"} |
John Patrick Nowlan (10 November 1931 - 25 April 2020) was a Canadian politician from Nova Scotia. Nowlan served as a Progressive Conservative backbench Member of Parliament for the riding of Annapolis Valley—Hants from 1965 to 1993.
Early life
Born in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Nowlan was the son of Diefenbaker-era Mini... | {"Name": "Pat Nowlan", "Birth name": "John Patrick Nowlan", "Birth date": "yes 1931 11 10", "Birth place": "Wolfville, Nova Scotia", "Death date": "yes 2020 04 25 1931 11 10", "Death place": "California, United States", "Spouse(s)": "Cynthia Cornish Nowlan", "Term start": "November 8, 1965", "Term end": "October 25, 19... |
Bruce Joseph Grocott, Baron Grocott PC (born 1 November 1940) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Early life
Grocott was born in Kings Langley near Watford, and was educated at the University of Leicester. He obtained an MA from Manchester University after conducting research on Local Government. He wa... | {"Name": "The Lord Grocott", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2022", "Term start": "29 May 2002", "Term end": "24 January 2008", "Office 2": "Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister", "Leader 2": "Tony Blair", "Alongside 2": "Ann Coffey", "Predecessor 2": "John Devereux Ward", "Successor 2": "David Ha... |
David DeCoteau (born January 5, 1962) is an American film director and producer.
Biography
Early life
David DeCoteau was born on January 5, 1962, in Portland, Oregon, where he was raised. DeCoteau was an only child and was adopted at birth. His father was of Native American heritage. DeCoteau's mother died of cancer... | {"Name": "David DeCoteau", "Birth date": "1962 1 5", "Birth place": "Portland, Oregon, U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "Occupation": "Film director film producer"} |
Keith Ernest Darvill (born 28 May 1948) is a Labour politician in the United Kingdom. He is a councillor in the London Borough of Havering.
Darvill started his working life in the Port of London Authority as a dock messenger and was active in the Transport and General Workers Union. He was educated Norlington School ... | {"Name": "Keith Darvill", "Term start": "1 May 1997", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Birth date": "1948 05 28 yes", "Birth place": "London, Englandhttp://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/d/18141/ Debretts - Test 14 July 2011 11 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120911093138/http://www.debretts.com... |
Publix Super Markets, Inc., commonly known as Publix, is an employee-owned American supermarket chain headquartered in Lakeland, Florida. Founded in 1930 by George W. Jenkins, Publix is a private corporation that is wholly owned by present and past employees and members of the Jenkins family. Publix operates throughout... | {"Type": "Private, employee-owned", "Industry": "Retail", "Founded": "1930 09 06Winter Haven, Florida, U.S.", "Headquarters": "Lakeland, Florida, U.S.", "Brands": "Aprons GreenWise (products) GreenWise Market (stores) PIX Presto! Publix Sabor", "Services": "Event planning Money services Online shopping and home deliver... |
Sir Geoffrey Johnson-Smith, (16 April 1924 - 11 August 2010) was a British Conservative politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1959 to 2001, with only a brief interruption in the 1960s. He was also a television presenter.
Early life and career
The son of an electrical engineer, he joined the Royal Artil... | {"Name": "Sir Geoffrey Johnson-Smith", "Term start": "5 February 1965", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Predecessor 2": "Lena Jeger", "Successor 2": "Lena Jeger", "Birth date": "1924 04 16 yes", "Birth place": "Glasgow, Scotland", "Death date": "2010 08 11 1924 04 16 yes", "Death place": "Sussex, England", "Spouse(s)": "Je... |
William Heward Grafftey, (August 5, 1928 - February 11, 2010) was a Canadian politician and businessman.
Early life
Born in Montreal, Quebec, to a wealthy family, he was a nephew of artist Prudence Heward of the Beaver Hall Group, and wrote a chapter on her in the 1996 book Portraits of a Life.
His father, Major Art... | {"Name": "Heward Grafftey", "Birth name": "William Heward Grafftey", "Birth date": "1928 8 5", "Birth place": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Death date": "2010 2 11 1928 8 5", "Death place": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Term start": "October 30, 1972", "Term end": "February 17, 1980", "Spouse(s)": "Alida Grace Visser"} |
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