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The Premier Automotive Group (PAG) was an organizational division within the Ford Motor Company formed in 1999 to oversee the business operations of Ford's high-end automotive marques. The PAG was gradually dismantled from 2006 to 2011 with the divestiture of its constituent brands.
History
The Premier Automotive Grou... | {"Type": "Division", "Founded": "1999", "Defunct": "2011 8 1", "Headquarters": "United States", "Industry": "Automotive", "Products": "Automobiles", "Parent": "Ford Motor Company", "Subsidiaries": "Aston Martin\n Lincoln Motor Company\n Jaguar Cars\n Land Rover\n Volvo Cars"} |
Municipalities (, or ; ; ; ) are the lowest level of administrative division in Switzerland. Each municipality is part of one of the Swiss cantons, which form the Swiss Confederation. In most cantons, municipalities are also part of districts or other sub-cantonal administrative divisions.
There are 2,136 municipalit... | {"Category": "Municipality", "Location": "Switzerland", "Found in": "Canton or District", "Number": "2023", "Populations": "32-376 990", "Areas": "0.32-439 km²"} |
Shadow Ops: Red Mercury is a 2004 first-person shooter video game developed by Zombie Studios and published by Atari. It was released on the Xbox for the United States on June 15, 2004, and on June 18, 2004, for parts of the world using the PAL system. It was later released for Microsoft Windows in the United States on... | {"Title": "Shadow Ops: Red Mercury", "Caption": "North American Xbox cover art", "Developer": "Zombie Studios", "Publisher": "Atari", "Engine": "Unreal Engine 2", "Platforms": "Xbox, Microsoft Windows", "Released": "XboxNA June 15, 2004 PAL June 18, 2004Microsoft WindowsNA September 21, 2004 PAL October 1, 2004", "Genr... |
Peter von Zahn (29 January 1913 – 26 July 2001) was a German author, film maker, and journalist.
Born in Chemnitz as a son of an officer, he grew up in Dresden and studied law, history, and philosophy. He was drafted at the beginning of World War II. After the war, he was one of the founders of the Nordwestdeutscher R... | {"Birth date": "1913 1 29 y", "Birth place": "Chemnitz, Germany", "Occupation": "Author", "Death date": "2001 7 26 1913 1 29 y", "Death place": "Hamburg, Germany"} |
Cream cheese is a soft, usually mild-tasting fresh cheese made from milk and cream.Oxford English Dictionary Stabilizers such as carob bean gum and carrageenan are often added in industrial production.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration defines cream cheese as containing at least 33% milk fat with a moisture conten... | {"Country of origin": "United States of America", "Pasteurized": "Yes", "Texture": "Soft", "Aging time": "None"} |
Cristobalite () is a mineral polymorph of silica that is formed at very high temperatures. It has the same chemical formula as quartz, SiO2, but a distinct crystal structure. Both quartz and cristobalite are polymorphs with all the members of the quartz group, which also include coesite, tridymite and stishovite. It is... | {"Category": "Oxide mineral, quartz group", "IMA symbol": "CrsWarr L. N. 2021 IMA-CNMNC approved mineral symbols Mineralogical Magazine 85 3 291-320 10.1180/mgm.2021.43 2021MinM...85..291W 235729616 free", "Strunz classification": "4.DA.15", "Dana classification": "75.1.1.1", "Unit cell": "a = 4.9709(1) Å, c ... |
Police Academy is a series of American comedy films, the first six of which were made in the 1980s and the seventh in 1994. The series opened with Police Academy (1984), which started with the premise that a new mayor had announced a policy requiring the police department to accept all willing recruits. The film follow... | {"Years": "1984-1994", "Original work": "Police Academy", "Owner": "Warner Bros.", "Film(s)": "Police Academy (1984)\n Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)\n Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)\n Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)\n Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988)\n Police Ac... |
MirrorMask is a 2005 dark fantasy film designed and directed by Dave McKean and written by Neil Gaiman from a story they developed together. The film stars Stephanie Leonidas, Jason Barry, Rob Brydon, and Gina McKee.
The music used in the film was composed by Iain Ballamy. It was produced by The Jim Henson Company. Ga... | {"Directed by": "Dave McKean", "Produced by": "Simon Moorhead", "Story by": "Neil Gaiman \n Dave McKean", "Screenplay by": "Neil Gaiman", "Starring": "Stephanie Leonidas \n Jason Barry \n Rob Brydon \n Gina McKee", "Music by": "Iain Ballamy", "Cinematography": "Tony Shearn", "Edited by": "Nicolas Gaster", "Distributed ... |
William Wayne Blanks (born September 1, 1955) is an American actor, martial artist and fitness personality. He was a nationally-ranked competitor in semi-contact and point karate during the 1980s, winning a Bronze medal at the 1981 World Games, before creating the Tae Bo exercise program.
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Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948) is an American musician best known as the co-founder, lead singer, co-songwriter, and keyboardist of the band Steely Dan, formed in the early 1970s with musical partner Walter Becker. In addition to his work with Steely Dan, Fagen has released four solo albums, beginning with Th... | {"Born": "Passaic, New Jersey, U.S.", "Genres": "Jazz rock\n rhythm and blues\n blue-eyed soulDukes of September Donald Fagen, Boz Scaggs Soultracks.com. Retrieved 8 February 2023", "Labels": "ABC MCA Giant Reprise Warner Bros.", "Member of": "Steely Dan", "Formerly of": "The Dukes of September", "Website": "https://ww... |
Walter Carl Becker (February 20, 1950 - September 3, 2017) was an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was the co-founder, guitarist, bassist, and co-songwriter of the jazz rock band Steely Dan.Russonello, Giovanni, "Listen to 13 Essential Walter Becker Songs." New York Times, 2017-09-04. Accessed 201... | {"Born": "Queens, New York, U.S.", "Died": "Manhattan, New York, U.S.", "Genres": "Jazz rock", "Labels": "ABC MCA Giant Reprise Warner Bros.", "Formerly of": "Steely Dan China Crisis", "Website": "walterbecker.com"} |
Kamehameha Schools, formerly called Kamehameha Schools Bishop Estate (KSBE), is a private school system in Hawaii established by the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate, under the terms of the will of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, who was a formal member of the House of Kamehameha. Bishop's will established a trust called t... | {"Coordinates": "21 20 24 N 157 51 27 W scale:10000_region:US-HI inline,title", "Religious affiliation(s)": "Nondenominational Protestanthttp://www.ksbe.edu/admissions/admissions.php#religious About Kamehameha Schools: Religious Affiliation Kamehameha Schools 15 July 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/200909182... |
Microsoft XNA (a recursive acronym for XNA's not acronymed) is a freeware set of tools with a managed runtime environment that Microsoft developed to facilitate video game development. XNA is based on .NET Framework, with versions that run on Windows and Xbox 360. XNA Game Studio can help develop XNA games. The XNA too... | {"Target platform(s)": "Xbox 360, Windows, Windows Phone", "Developer(s)": "Microsoft", "Editor software": "XNA Game Studio", "Player software": "XNA Runtime", "Format(s)": "XNB", "Programming language(s)": "C# and Visual Basic .NEThttps://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh477142.aspx XNA Game Studio 4.0 Refresh (of... |
The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, designated the Hawaii State Museum of Natural and Cultural History, is a museum of history and science in the historic Kalihi district of Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu. Founded in 1889, it is the largest museum in Hawaiʻi and has the world's largest collection of Polynesian ... | {"Location": "1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawaii", "Built": "1889", "Architect": "William F. Smith", "Architectural style": "Richardsonian Romanesque", "Website": "http://www.bishopmuseum.org/"} |
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania (LHU) is a public university in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. The main campus consists of and the branch campus covers .LHU Campus Map . It offers 69 undergraduate programs and 4 graduate programs.
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Jeordie Osbourne White (born June 20, 1971), better known Twiggy Ramirez or simply Twiggy, is an American musician, mostly known as the former bassist and guitarist of the rock band Marilyn Manson. Previously, he was the bassist for A Perfect Circle and a touring member of Nine Inch Nails, and is currently the vocalist... | {"Born": "1971 6 20", "Origin": "Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.", "Genres": "Alternative metal\nindustrial metal", "Member of": "Goon Moon", "Formerly of": "Marilyn Manson\nNine Inch Nails\nA Perfect Circle\nAmboog-a-Lard\nSatan on Fire\nMrs. Scabtree\nThe Desert Sessions", "Website": "basetendencies.com"} |
Sir Thomas Kerry Burke (born 24 March 1942) is a former New Zealand politician and Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives. He was a Member of Parliament for the Labour Party from 1972 to 1975 and again from 1978 to 1990, and later served twelve years on Canterbury Regional Council (Environment Canterbury) ... | {"Name": "Sir Kerry Burke", "Nationality": "New Zealand", "Term start": "16 September 1987", "Term end": "28 November 1990", "Order 2": "8th Minister of Employment", "Prime minister 2": "David Lange", "Predecessor 2": "Office not in use", "Successor 2": "Phil Goff", "Birth date": "yes 1942 03 24", "Birth place": "Chris... |
Évian-les-Bains (), or simply Évian (, , or ), is a commune in Eastern France, by the border with Switzerland. It is located in the northern part of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. In 2018, it had a population of 9,100.
A high-market holiday resort and spa town on the shores of Lake Ge... | {"Name": "Évian-les-Bains", "Native Name": "frp Èvian", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "A view of Lake Geneva from Évian-les-Bains", "Arrondissement": "Thonon-les-Bains", "Canton": "Évian-les-Bains", "Postal code": "74500", "Mayor": "Josiane LeiRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/... |
Ivo of Kermartin, TOSF (17 October 1253 - 19 May 1303), also known Yvo, Yves, or Ives (and in Breton as Erwan, Iwan, Youenn or Eozenn, depending on the region, and known as Yves Hélory (also Helori or Heloury) in French), was a parish priest among the poor of Louannec, the only one of his station to be canonized in the... | {"Born": "Kermartin, Duchy of Brittany", "Died": "Louannec, Duchy of Brittany", "Feast": "19 May", "Canonized": "Pope Clement VI", "Attributes": "Purse in his hand, scroll, between a rich man and a poor one"} |
Olympic Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Montreal, Canada, located at Olympic Park in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of the city. Built in the mid-1970s as the main venue for the 1976 Summer Olympics, it is nicknamed "The Big O", a reference to both its name and to the doughnut-shape of the permanent compon... | {"Public transit": "montreal metro montreal metro 1 Pie-IX, Viau", "Location": "Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Coordinates": "45.558 N 73.552 W type:landmark_scale:4000 it", "Broke ground": "April 28, 1973", "Opened": "July 17, 1976April 15, 1977 (baseball)", "Surface": "Grass (1976 and June 2, 2010)AstroTurf (1977-2001, ... |
Brian Blessed (; born 9 October 1936) is an English actor. He is known for his trademark beard and his loud, booming voice. He portrayed PC "Fancy" Smith in Z-Cars, Augustus in the 1976 BBC television production of I, Claudius, King Richard IV in the first series of Blackadder, Prince Vultan in Flash Gordon, Bustopher... | {"Name": "Brian Blessed", "Post-nominals": "GBR OBE 100%", "Caption": "Blessed in 2013", "Birth date": "1936 10 9 y", "Birth place": "Mexborough, West Riding of Yorkshire, England", "Alma mater": "Bristol Old Vic Theatre School", "Occupation": "Actor\n presenter\n writer\n Explorer", "Years active": "1962-present", "No... |
Aulus Atilius Caiatinus (or Calatinus; 258-241 BC) was a Roman general and statesman who achieved prominence for his military activities during the First Punic War against Carthage. As consul in 258 BC, he enjoyed several successes in Sicily, for which he later celebrated a triumph. He undertook further campaigning in... | {"Name": "Aulus Atilius Caiatinus", "Resting place": "Near the Porta Capena", "Nationality": "Roman", "Years active": "258-241 BC", "Title": "Consul (258, 254 BC)Praetor (257 BC)Dictator (249 BC)Censor (247 BC)", "Module": "yes\n \n First Punic War\n ... |
Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, Baron Gascoyne-Cecil, (born 30 September 1946), is a British Conservative politician. From 1979 to 1987 he represented South Dorset in the House of Commons, and in the 1990s he was Leader of the House of Lords under his courtesy title of Viscount Cranborn... | {"Name": "The Marquess of Salisbury", "Image caption": "Lord Salisbury in 2013", "Term start": "7 October 2005", "Office 2": "Leader of the House of LordsLord Keeper of the Privy Seal", "Prime minister 2": "John Major", "Predecessor 2": "The Lord Wakeham", "Successor 2": "The Lord Richard", "Birth date": "1946 9 30 y",... |
Shimla (; ; also known as Simla, the official name until 1972) is the capital and the largest city of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. In 1864, Shimla was declared as the summer capital of British India. After independence, the city became the capital of East Punjab and was later made the capital city of ... | {"Named for": "Sri Shyamala Devihttp://hpshimla.nic.in/sml_tourism.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20051129005604/http://hpshimla.nic.in/sml_tourism.htm dead 29 November 2005 Home: District WebSite Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India", "Type": "Municipal Corporation", "Body": "Shimla Municipal Corporation", "Density": "aut... |
Xtort (stylized as XTOЯT) is the ninth studio album by German industrial band KMFDM, released on June 25, 1996, by Wax Trax! Records. It was recorded from the end of 1995 through early 1996, shortly after the death of Wax Trax! co-founder and band friend Jim Nash. Xtort features a variety of guest artists from the indu... | {"Released": "yes 1996 6 25", "Recorded": "1995-96", "Studio": "CRC (Chicago)\n Hole in the Wall (Seattle)", "Genre": "Industrial metal\n industrial rock", "Label": "Wax Trax!", "Producer": "Sascha Konietzko\n Günter Schulz\n Chris Shepard"} |
, also written as Wild ARMs, is a media franchise developed by Media.Vision and owned by Sony Computer Entertainment. The franchise consists of several role-playing video games and related media. Since the launch of the original Wild Arms title in 1996, the series has gone on to encompass several media, including toys,... | {"Title": "Wild Arms", "Genre": "Role-playingTactical role-playing", "Developer": "Media.VisionContrail ForwardWorks", "Publisher": "Sony Computer EntertainmentUbisoftAgetecXseed Games505 Games", "Platforms": "PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Classic, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4", "Firs... |
Franco Alfano (8 March 1875 - 27 October 1954) was an Italian composer and pianist, best known today for his opera Risurrezione (1904) and for having completed Puccini's opera Turandot in 1926. He had considerable success with several of his own works during his lifetime.
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National Australia Bank (abbreviated NAB, branded nab) is one of the four largest financial institutions in Australia (colloquially referred to as "The Big Four") in terms of market capitalisation, earnings and customers. NAB was ranked the world's 21st-largest bank measured by market capitalisation and 52nd-largest ba... | {"Type": "Public", "Industry": "Banking, financial services", "Products": "Business bankingConsumer bankingWholesale bankingWealth managementInsurancehttps://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyProfile?symbol=NAB.AX National Australia Bank Ltd (NAB.AX) Company Profile Reuters 3 April 2015 5 February 2017 https:/... |
Naïve is the fifth studio album by German industrial band KMFDM, released on November 15, 1990, by Wax Trax! Records. It was recorded following KMFDM's return from their first visit to the United States and subsequent tour with Ministry. It was also the first record they released after signing directly to Wax Trax! Rec... | {"Released": "yes 1990 11 15", "Recorded": "1989-90", "Genre": "\"allmusic\"/>\n industrial danceChuck Eddy https://books.google.com/books?id=_hQxGHrtDC0C&pg=PT74 KMFDM, Money, Wax Trax! Spins Spin Magazine 8 4 July 1992 71 21 August 2018 Google Books", "Label": "Wax Trax!", "Producer": "KMFDM"} |
The Sudanese Air Force () is the air force operated by the Republic of the Sudan. As such it is part of the Sudanese Armed Forces.
History
The Sudanese Air Force was founded immediately after Sudan gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1956. The British assisted in the Air Force's establishment, providing equ... | {"Type": "Air force", "Role": "Aerial warfare", "Size": "13,000 personnel", "Part of": "Sudanese Armed Forces", "Attack": "Su-24, Su-25, Nanchang Q-5", "Fighter": "MiG-29, MiG-23, MiG-21, Chengdu J-7, Shenyang J-6", "Trainer": "Hongdu JL-8, Guizhou JL-9", "Transport": "Il-76, An-12, An-26, An-30, An-32, C-130, DHC-5"} |
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is a statutory authority of the Australian Government and the prudential regulator of the Australian financial services industry. APRA was established on 1 July 1998 in response to the recommendations of the Wallis Inquiry. APRA's authority and scope is determined p... | {"Formed": "1998 07 01 y", "Dissolved": "Australian Prudential Regulation Commission", "Jurisdiction": "Commonwealth of Australia", "Headquarters": "1 Martin Place, Sydney, New South Wales", "Employees": "(2022 2021-2022)https://www.apra.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-10/APRA%202021-22%20Annual%20Report_2.pdf APRA Ann... |
Valkeakoski (; lit. "white rapids") is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located south of Tampere, north of Hämeenlinna and north of Helsinki in the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of
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The Torres Strait Islands are an archipelago of at least 274 small islands in the Torres Strait, a waterway separating far northern continental Australia's Cape York Peninsula and the island of New Guinea. They span an area of , but their total land area is .
The Islands have been inhabited by the indigenous Torres St... | {"Conventional long name": "Torres Strait Islands", "Flag caption": "Flag", "Map caption": "Location of the Torres Strait Islands, between Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia and Papua New Guinea.", "Coordinates": "-10.579 142.220 region:AU_type:isle inline,title", "Anthem": "Advance Australia Fair", "Official l... |
Beer is a seaside village and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England. The village faces Lyme Bay and is a little over west of the town of Seaton. It is situated on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site and its picturesque cliffs, including Beer Head, form part of the South West Coast Path.
At the ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)", "OS grid reference": "SY2289", "District": "East Devon", "Shire county": "Devon", "UK Parliament": "Tiverton and Honiton", "Postcode district": "EX", "Dialling code": "01297"} |
Jason Loewenstein (born July 20, 1971) is an American alternative rock singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and a member of the indie-rock bands Sebadoh, The Fiery Furnaces, and Circle of Buzzards. He grew up in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he attended Northampton High School, and now resides in Br... | {"Origin": "Boston, Massachusetts", "Born": "1971 7 20", "Genres": "Indie rock, lo-fi", "Labels": "Sub Pop, Vertical Records, Joyful Noise Recordings", "Website": "Official website"} |
Overcast! is the debut studio album by Minneapolis hip hop group Atmosphere, released on August 5, 1997 on Rhymesayers Entertainment. It is the only Atmosphere album to feature MC Spawn trading verses with Slug. Before the album's release, Spawn left the group due to conflicting motives.
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ENSAE Paris (officially École nationale de la statistique et de l'administration économique Paris) is a university in France, known as Grandes Ecoles and a member of IP Paris (Institut Polytechnique de Paris). ENSAE Paris is known as the specialization school of École polytechnique for economics, finance, applied mathe... | {"Type": "Grande Ecole", "President": "Pierre Biscourp", "Students": "581Key figures (2015)", "Campus": "Paris-Saclay", "Motto": "Compter pour savoir, comprendre pour prévoir", "Website": "www.ensae.fr/en"} |
Stanisław Franciszek Sosabowski (; 8 May 1892 - 25 September 1967) was a Polish general in World War II.Sosabowski Stanisław at Encyclopedia PWN. He fought in the Polish Campaign of 1939 and at the Battle of Arnhem (Netherlands), as a part of Operation Market Garden, in 1944 as commander of the Polish 1st Independent ... | {"Born": "Stanislau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary(now Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine)", "Died": "Hillingdon, London, England", "Allegiance": "2em Austria-Hungary Austro-Hungarian Empire (1913-1918) Poland Second Polish Republic (1918-1946)", "Commands held": "21st Infantry Regiment 1st Independent Parachute Brigade", "Awards": "... |
Leæther Strip is a Danish musical project founded on 13 January 1988 by Claus Larsen. Its influence has been most felt in the electronic body music and electro-industrial"Claus Larsen fronts one of Europe's leading Electro-Industrial bands." Mick Mercer, The Hex Files: The Goth Bible, Woodstock: The Overlook Press, 199... | {"Origin": "Denmark", "Genres": "Electro-industrial, EBM", "Labels": "Zoth Ommog CleopatraJohn Bush \"Artist Biography\", AllMusic.com, Retrieved 25 October 2017 Metropolis Bloodline Alfa Matrix Re-Constriction Ras Dva", "Spinoffs": "Klutæ", "Members": "Claus Larsen"} |
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Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari (; 25 February 1925 - 28 December 2018) was a Nigerian politician who was the first democratically elected president of Nigeria, after the transfer of power by military head of state General Olusegun Obasanjo in 1979 giving rise to the Second Nigerian Republic.
An experienced politician, he ... | {"Name": "Shehu Shagari", "Honorific prefix": "Alhaji", "Honorific suffix": "GCFR", "Image caption": "Shagari in 1980", "Term start": "1 October 1979", "Term end": "31 December 1983", "Vice president": "Alex Ekwueme", "Office 2": "Federal Commissioner for Finance", "President 2": "Yakubu Gowon", "Predecessor 2": "Obafe... |
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Pawlu "Paul" Xuereb (21 July 1923 – 6 September 1994) was an Maltese politician who served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta from July 1986 to February 1987 and the acting president of Malta from February 1987 to April 1989.
He was educated at the Regent Stre... | {"Name": "Paul Xuereb", "Nationality": "Maltese", "Term start": "16 February 1987", "Term end": "4 April 1989", "Birth name": "Pawlu Xuereb", "Birth date": "21 July 1923", "Birth place": "Rabat, MaltaThe Presidents’ Gardener", "Death date": "y 1994 9 6 1923 7 21", "Death place": "Malta"} |
Alfred Bathini Xuma, OLG, commonly referred to by his initials as AB Xuma (8 March 1893 - 27 January 1962),Steven Gish, Alfred B. Xuma: African, American, South African (NYU Press, 2000) p9, p203 was the first black South African to become a medical doctor, as well as a leader, activist and president-general of the Afr... | {"Name": "Alfred Bathini Xuma", "Birth date": "8 March 1893", "Birth place": "Manzana Village, Transkei", "Death date": "1962 1 27 1893 3 8 y", "Nationality": "South African"} |
Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel ( ; ; born Maria da Graça Meneghel, 27 March 1963) is a Brazilian presenter, actress, singer and businesswoman. Known as the "Queen of Little Ones", Xuxa built the largest Latin and Southern American children's entertainment empire. In the early 1990s, she presented television programs in B... | {"Name": "Xuxa", "Caption": "Xuxa in 2020", "Birth name": "Maria da Graça Meneghel", "Birth date": "y 1963 3 27", "Birth place": "Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil", "Other names": "Queen of Little Ones", "Occupation": "TV host\n singer\n actress\n model\n businesswoman", "Years active": "1982-present", "Citizenshi... |
Muhammadu Buhari (; born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. A retired Nigerian army major general, he served as the country's military head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985, after taking power from the Shehu Shagari civilian government i... | {"Honorific prefix": "His ExcellencyMajor General", "Honorific suffix": "GCFR", "Image size": "230px", "Alternative text": "Official portrait of Muhammadu Buhari as president of Nigeria", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2015", "Term start": "29 May 2015", "Term end": "29 May 2023", "Vice president": "Yemi Osinbajo... |
James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury, (23 October 1861 - 4 April 1947), known as Viscount Cranborne from 1868 to 1903, was a British statesman.
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Born in London, Salisbury was the eldest son of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, who served as British Pri... | {"Name": "The Marquess of Salisbury", "Term start": "27 April 1925", "Term end": "4 June 1929", "Monarch 2": "Edward VII", "Prime minister 2": "The Marquess of Salisbury (his father) Arthur Balfour", "Predecessor 2": "Arthur Balfour", "Successor 2": "The Marquess of Ripon", "Birth date": "1861 10 23 y", "Birth place": ... |
Paul Louis Adrien Henri Hymans (23 March 1865 - 8 March 1941), was a Belgian politician associated with the Liberal Party. He was the second president of the League of Nations and served again as its president in 1932-1933.
Life
Hymans was the son of the Belgian writer and historian Louis Hymans, himself the son of a ... | {"Name": "Paul Hymans", "Alt": "Paul Hymans", "Caption": "Paul Hymans", "Birth name": "Paul Louis Adrien Henri Hymans", "Birth date": "yes 1865 3 23", "Birth place": "Ixelles/Elsene, Belgium", "Death date": "yes 1941 3 8 1865 3 23", "Death place": "Nice, France", "Nationality": "Belgian", "Occupation": "politician"} |
John Bernard Hynes (September 22, 1897 - January 6, 1970), was an American politician who served as the mayor of Boston from 1950 to 1960.
Career
Hynes began his career at city hall in 1920 as a clerk in the health department. He later transferred to the auditing department and was chief clerk in the Mayor's office du... | {"Name": "John Hynes", "Image caption": "Hynes circa 1965", "Term start": "January 2, 1950http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston-sub/doc/840582677.html Hynes Becomes Boston Mayor Today The Boston Globe 1 Lewis William January 2, 1950 March 16, 2018 limited pqarchiver.com", "Term end": "January 4, 1960http://pqasb.... |
Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury, (27 August 1893 - 23 February 1972), known as Viscount Cranborne from 1903 to 1947, was a British Conservative politician.
Background
Nicknamed "Bobbety", Salisbury was the eldest son of James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury, by his wife Lady Ci... | {"Name": "The Marquess of Salisbury", "Image caption": "The then Viscount Cranborne in 1927\nyes Ministerial offices", "Order 2": "Lord President of the Council", "Monarch 2": "Elizabeth II", "Prime minister 2": "Winston Churchill Anthony Eden", "Predecessor 2": "The Lord Woolton", "Successor 2": "The Earl of Home", "T... |
Spyros Achilleos Kyprianou (; 28 October 1932 - 12 March 2002) was a Cypriot barrister and politician, who served as President of Cyprus from 1977 to 1988. He also served as President of the Cypriot House of Representatives from 1976 to 1977 and then again from 1996 to 2001, as well as being President of the Democratic... | {"Name": "Spyros KyprianouΣπύρος Κυπριανού", "Image caption": "Kyprianou in 1978", "Term start": "3 August 1977", "Term end": "28 February 1988 Acting until 28 February 1978", "Order 2": "3rd and 8th President of the House of Representatives", "Predecessor 2": "Alexis Galanos", "Successor 2": "Demetris Christofias", "B... |
Luis Kutner (June 9, 1908 - March 1, 1993), was a US human rights activist, FBI informant and lawyer who was on the National Advisory Council of the US branch of Amnesty International during its early years and created the concept of a living will.Kutner, L. "Due Process Of Euthanasia: The Living Will, a proposal". Ind... | {"Name": "Luis Kutner", "Birth date": "1908 6 9", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois", "Death date": "yes 1993 3 1 1908 6 9", "Death place": "Chicago, Illinois", "Nationality": "American", "Alma mater": "University of Chicago Law School, 1927", "Occupation": "Lawyer, Author", "Known For": "Snitching on Fred Hampton and ... |
The Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) or The Office of the Board of Investment is an agency of the Government of Thailand. Its mission is to promote foreign investment in Thailand by providing information, services, and incentives to interested foreign investors. The office operates under the aegis of the Prime Minis... | {"Formed": "1966 07 21", "Jurisdiction": "Kingdom of Thailand", "Headquarters": "Bangkok, Thailand", "Website": "www.boi.go.th"} |
The Phoenix is an Irish political and current affairs magazine, established in 1983 by John Mulcahy. Inspired by the British magazine Private Eye "Directory of N. Ireland Political Peridocials", Fortnight magazine, 18 November 1985. (p.14) Since 1984, the magazine has been edited by Paddy Prendeville. The publication i... | {"Type": "Magazine", "Format": "Current affairs Satire", "Editor": "Paddy Prendeville", "Founder(s)": "John Mulcahy", "Owner(s)": "Penfield Enterprises Ltd.", "Headquarters": "44 Lower Baggot Street Dublin 2 Ireland", "Website": "https://www.thephoenix.ie/"} |
GTV is a commercial television station in Melbourne, Australia, owned by the Nine Network. The station is currently based at studios at 717 Bourke Street, Docklands.
History
thumb|left|GTV-9 former premises, Television City in Richmond
GTV-9 was amongst the first television stations to begin regular transmission in A... | {"Branding": "Nine", "Channel": "9", "Affiliations": "Nine (O&O)", "Owner": "General Television Corporation Pty Ltd", "ERP": "200 kW (analog)50 kW (digital)", "Transmitter coordinates": "37 49 42 S 145 21 12 E type:landmark_scale:2000", "Website": "https://www.9now.com.au"} |
The Adventure Game Interpreter (AGI) is a game engine developed by Sierra On-Line. The company originally developed the engine for King's Quest (1984), an adventure game which Sierra and IBM wished to market in order to attract consumers to IBM's lower-cost home computer, the IBM PCjr.
AGI was capable of running anima... | {"Original author(s)": "Unknown", "Developer(s)": "Sierra On-Line", "Initial release": "1984 05 y", "Platform": "Intel 8088, x86, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Macintosh, Amiga, Atari ST, TRS-80 Color Computer", "Available in": "English", "Type": "Game engine", "License": "Proprietary software"} |
The National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) is an agency of the government of Thailand which supports research in science and technology and its application in the Thai economy.
See also
NSTDA affiliated institutions
Research centers
National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BI... | {"Formed": "30 December 1991", "Jurisdiction": "Government of Thailand", "Headquarters": "Thailand Science Park, Khlong Neung, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani, Thailand", "Parent department": "Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation", "Website": "https://www.nstda.or.th"} |
Vasili Vasilyevich Kuznetsov (; 5 June 1990) was a Russian Soviet politician who acted as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union from 1982 to 1983 (after the death of Brezhnev), for a second time in 1984 (after the death of Andropov), and for a third time in 1985 (after the death of Chernen... | {"Image caption": "Kuznetsov in 1963", "Name": "Vasili Vasilyevich Kuznetsov", "Native name": "Василий Васильевич Кузнецов", "Native name language": "ru", "Birth date": "1901 2 13 y", "Birth place": "Sofilovka, Varnavinsky Uyezd, Kostroma Governorate, Russian Empire", "Death date": "1990 6 5 1901 2 13 y", "Nationality"... |
British Thomson-Houston (BTH) was a British engineering and heavy industrial company, based at Rugby, Warwickshire, England. Originally founded to sell products from the Thomson-Houston Electric Company, it soon became a manufacturer using licences from the American company. They were known primarily for their electric... | {"Industry": "Heavy industrial", "Founded": "1886 as Laing, Wharton and Down", "Headquarters": "Rugby, Warwickshire", "Parent": "General Electric"} |
The former Central Police Station of Hong Kong, located at the eastern end of Hollywood Road, in Central, Hong Kong has been redeveloped into a cultural and shopping destination generally called Tai Kwun (). Tai Kwun is composed of three declared monuments: the former Central Police Station, former Central Magistracy a... | {"Location": "10 Hollywood Road, Central, Hong Kong", "Type": "Police Station", "Completion date": "1864", "Restored date": "2011 - 2018", "Website": "Official Website"} |
Magic 1278 (official callsign: 3EE) is a commercial radio station in Melbourne, Australia owned by Nine Entertainment Co, and run under a lease agreement by Ace Radio.
History
1935-1991: 3XY
thumb|260px|left|Postcard portraying the Princess Theatre in 1922. 13 years later, 3XY was to take over the ballroom at the t... | {"Broadcast area": "Melbourne RA1", "Branding": "Melbourne's Classic Hits", "Language(s)": "English", "Format": "Oldies", "Network": "Ace Radio", "Owner": "Radio 1278 Melbourne Pty Ltd", "Operator": "Ace Radio", "Power": "5,000 watts", "Website": "https://www.magic1278.com.au/"} |
Bretislav I (; 1002/1005 - 10 January 1055), known as the "Bohemian Achilles", of the Přemyslid dynasty, was Duke of Bohemia from 1034 until his death.
Youth
Bretislav was the son of Duke Oldřich and his low-born concubine Božena. As an illegitimate son who could not obtain a desirable wife by conventional means, he c... | {"Father": "Oldřich of Bohemia", "Mother": "Božena", "Born": "between 1002 and 1005", "Died": "Chrudim"} |
TEN is Network 10's flagship station in Sydney. It was originally owned and operated by United Telecasters Sydney Limited (UTSL), and began transmission on 5 April 1965 with the highlight of the opening night being the variety special TV Spells Magic. It also serves as the Australian headquarters of Paramount.
History... | {"City": "Sydney", "Branding": "10", "Channel": "10", "Affiliations": "10 (O&O)", "Owner": "Network TEN (Sydney) Pty Ltd", "ERP": "200 kW (analog)50 kW (digital)", "HAAT": "249 m (analog)251 m (digital)HAAT estimated from http://www.itu.int/SRTM3/ using EHAAT.", "Transmitter coordinates": "33 48 20 S 151 10 51 E type:l... |
"Windy" is a pop music song written by Ruthann Friedman and recorded by the Association. The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1967, becoming the group's second U.S. No. 1 hit following "Cherish" in 1966. Billboard ranked the record as the No. 4 song for 1967. The lead vocals were sung primarily by gu... | {"B-side": "Sometime", "Released": "May 1, 1967Record Details http://www.45cat.com/record/7041us 45cat November 11, 2017", "Recorded": "March 28, April 11 and 13, 1967Stanley Steve Insight Out Insight Out The Association 2011 Liner notes Now Sounds CRNOW 29", "Genre": "Psychedelic popBreihan Tom October 15, 20... |
Zé Arigó (pseudonym of José Pedro de Freitas 18 October 1921 - 11 January 1971) was a faith healer and proponent of psychic surgery. He claimed to have performed psychic surgery with his hands or with simple kitchen utensils while in a mediumistic trance, therefore he was also known as the Surgeon of the Rusty Knife. D... | {"Name": "Zé Arigó", "Birth name": "José Pedro de Freitas", "Birth date": "1921 10 18 y", "Birth place": "Congonhas, Minas Gerais, Brazil", "Death date": "1971 1 11 1921 10 18 y", "Known For": "Popular medium Spiritist movement", "Nationality": "Brazilian"} |
Tuckerman Ravine is a glacial cirque sloping eastward on the southeast face of Mt. Washington, in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Although it draws hikers throughout the year, and skiers throughout the winter, it is best known for the many "spring skiers" who ascend it on foot and ski down the steep slope from e... | {"Floor elevation": "4430", "Location": "New Hampshire, United States", "Mountain range": "White Mountains", "Coordinates": "44 15 45 N 71 17 54 W type:mountain inline,title"} |
Lieutenant Alfred Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton and 10th Duke of Brandon TD, DL (6 March 1862 - 16 March 1940) was a Scottish nobleman and sailor.
Early life
Hamilton was born at Shanklin, Isle of Wight, in 1862, the son of Captain Charles Douglas-Hamilton (1808-1873). His grandfather, Augustus Hamil... | {"Birth date": "1862 3 6 y", "Birth place": "Shanklin, Isle of Wight, England", "Death date": "1940 3 16 1862 3 6 y", "Death place": "Ferne House, Dorset, England", "Other titles": "10th Duke of Brandon9th Earl of Selkirk"} |
Nina Mary Benita Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton (née Nina Mary Benita Poore; 13 May 1878 - 12 January 1951) was an English peeress and animal rights activist.
Early life
thumb|upright|The Duchess of Hamilton with her second daughter, Margaret
Douglas-Hamilton was born on 13 May 1878 in Nether Wallop, Hampshire.... | {"Honorific prefix": "Her Grace", "Name": "The Duchess of Hamilton", "Caption": "Photograph of the Duchess of Hamilton from the Library of Congress", "Birth name": "Nina Mary Benita Poore", "Birth date": "1878 5 13 y", "Birth place": "Nether Wallop, Hampshire, England", "Death date": "1951 1 12 1878 5 13 y", "Spouse(s)... |
The Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower, or colloquially Old Joe, is a clock tower and campanile located in Chancellor's court at the University of Birmingham, in the suburb of Edgbaston. It is the tallest free-standing clock tower in the world, although its actual height is the subject of some confusion. The unive... | {"Status": "Listed Grade II*", "Construction started": "1900", "Type": "Campanile", "Preceded by": "St Martin in the Bull Ring", "Surpassed by": "BT Tower", "Location": "University of Birmingham", "Town or city": "Birmingham", "Coordinates": "52.4499 -1.9307 title,inline region:GB-BIR_type:landmark"} |
The Saturn IB (also known as the uprated Saturn I) was an American launch vehicle commissioned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the Apollo program. It uprated the Saturn I by replacing the S-IV second stage (, 43,380,000 lb-sec total impulse), with the S-IVB (, 96,000,000 lb-sec total imp... | {"Function": "Apollo spacecraft development;S-IVB stage development in support of Saturn V;Skylab crew launcher", "Stages": "2", "Status": "Retired", "Launch sites": "LC-37 and LC-34, Cape CanaveralLC-39B, Kennedy Space Center", "Total launches": "9", "Success(es)": "9", "Failure(s)": "0", "First flight": "February 26,... |
The R4 was a New York City Subway car model built from 1932 to 1933 by the American Car and Foundry Company in Berwick, Pennsylvania. These subway cars were purchased for the IND Division. A total of 500 R4s were built, numbered 400-899, and arranged as single units. They were practically identical to the R1s, which pr... | {"Name": "R4", "Image Size": "250px", "Image Caption": "An R4 subway car on display at the Seashore Trolley Museum", "Interior Caption": "Interior of R4 car 484", "Manufacturer": "American Car and Foundry", "Family": "Arnines", "Year(s) of Construction": "1932-1933", "Year(s) when Scrapped": "1968-1977", "Number Built"... |
The Volkswagen Corrado is a compact four passenger (2+2), three door, front-engine, front-wheel-drive liftback coupe marketed by Volkswagen from 1988 until 1995, and manufactured by Karmann in Osnabrück, Germany.
Designed by Herbert Schäfer, the Corrado overlapped and eventually superseded Volkswagen's Scirocco model.... | {"Manufacturer": "Volkswagen", "Production": "1988-1995", "Assembly": "Germany: Osnabrück (Karmann)", "Class": "Sport compact", "Body style": "3-door 2+2 coupé", "Layout": "Front-engine, front-wheel-drive", "Platform": "Volkswagen Group A2 platform", "Transmission": "5-speed manual4-speed automatic", "Length": "159.4 i... |
Edington is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about east-northeast of Westbury. The village lies under the north slope of Salisbury Plain and the parish extends south onto the Plain. Its Grade I listed parish church was built for Edington Priory in the 14th century.
Tinhead is the former name of the e... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(in 2011)Wiltshire Community History - Census https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Census?communityId=91 Wiltshire Council 19 November 2015", "Unitary authority": "Wiltshire", "Ceremonial county": "Wiltshire", "UK Parliament": "South West Wiltshire", "Postcode dis... |
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Fendt is a German agricultural machinery manufacturer founded in 1930 by Xaver Fendt in Marktoberdorf, Allgäu region, Germany. Fendt manufactures tractors, combine harvesters, balers, telescopic handlers and row crop planters. It was purchased by AGCO Corporation in 1997.
... | {"Type": "GmbH", "Founded": "1930", "Headquarters": "Germany", "Products": "TractorsCombine harvestersBalersTelescopic handlersPlanters", "Parent": "AGCO", "Industry": "Agricultural machinery", "Website": "www.fendt.com"} |
James McBride (1788–1859) was a prominent pioneer statesman in Butler County, Ohio. He was Hamilton's first Mayor, and a prominent State Representative associated with the canals, archaeologist who supplied a considerable number of sketches of earthworks for early texts on the Mississippi Valley, Ohio's leading pioneer... | {"Name": "James McBride", "State house": "Ohio", "Term start": "December 2, 1822", "Term end": "November 30, 1823", "Birth date": "1788 11 02", "Birth place": "Franklin County, Pennsylvania", "Death date": "1859 10 3 1788 11 02", "Death place": "Hamilton, Ohio", "Spouse(s)": "Hannah Lytle"} |
Angus McKinnon Young (born 31 March 1955) is an Australian musician, best known as the co-founder, lead guitarist, songwriter, and only remaining original member of the hard rock band AC/DC. He is known for his energetic performances, schoolboy-uniform stage outfits and his own version of Chuck Berry's duckwalk. Young ... | {"Born": "Glasgow, Scotland", "Origin": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Genres": "Hard rock\n blues rock\n rock and roll", "Labels": "EMI\n Epic\n Atlantic\n Albert\n Columbia", "Member of": "AC/DC", "Formerly of": "Marcus Hook Roll Band", "Website": "acdc.com"} |
James Robert Thompson Jr. (May 8, 1936 - August 14, 2020) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 37th governor of Illinois from 1977 to 1991. A moderate Republican who sometimes took more liberal stances on issues, he was Illinois's longest-serving governor, having been elected to four consecutive te... | {"Image caption": "Thompson in 1987", "Term start": "February 26, 1990", "Term end": "January 20, 1993", "Office 2": "Chair of the National Governors Association", "Predecessor 2": "Scott Matheson", "Successor 2": "John Carlin", "Lieutenant 1": "Dave O'NealGeorge Ryan", "Birth name": "James Robert Thompson Jr.", "Birth... |
Born Free is a 1966 British drama film starring the real-life couple Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy and George Adamson, another real-life couple, who raised Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned lion cub, to adulthood and released her into the wilderness of Kenya. The film was produced by Open Road Films Ltd. and Col... | {"Directed by": "James Hill", "Produced by": "Sam JaffePaul Radin", "Screenplay by": "Gerald L.C. Copley", "Based on": "Born Free Joy Adamson", "Starring": "Virginia McKennaBill Travers", "Music by": "John Barry", "Cinematography": "Kenneth Talbot", "Edited by": "Don Deacon", "Distributed by": "Columbia Pictures", "Bud... |
James Thomas Tague (October 17, 1936 - February 28, 2014) was a car salesman who received minor injuries during the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. Tague received a minor wound to his right cheek caused by tiny pieces of concrete debris from a street cur... | {"Birth name": "James Thomas Tague", "Birth date": "1936 10 17", "Birth place": "Plainfield, Indiana", "Occupation": "Car salesman", "Known For": "Witness of John F. Kennedy's assassination", "Alma mater": "United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine", "Death date": "2014 2 28 1936 10 17", "Death place": "Bonh... |
Pee-wee Herman is a comedy character created and portrayed by the American comedian Paul Reubens. He starred in films and television series during the 1980s. The childlike Pee-wee Herman character developed as a stage act that quickly led to an HBO special in 1981. As the stage performance gained further popularity, Re... | {"First appearance": "Live performance: The Groundlings (1977)Screen:Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980)", "Last appearance": "Pee-wee's Big Holiday (2016)", "Gender": "Male", "Family": "Herman Herman (father, deceased) Honny Herman (mother) Hermione Herman (sister)", "Portrayed by": "Paul Reubens", "Created by": "P... |
The Gospel of John is a 2003 epic biblical drama film that recounts the life of Jesus according to the Gospel of John.John F. A. SawyerThe Blackwell Companion to the Bible and Culture 2012 "Overshadowed by The Passion is British director Philip Saville's The Gospel of John (2003) a film whose text is the Gospel of Joh... | {"Directed by": "Philip Saville", "Produced by": "Garth H. Drabinsky\n Chris Chrisafis", "Screenplay by": "John Goldsmith", "Starring": "Henry Ian Cusick\n Christopher Plummer", "Music by": "Jeff Danna", "Cinematography": "Mirosław Baszak", "Edited by": "Michel Arcand", "Distributed by": "ThinkFilm", "Budget": "$10-11 ... |
William John Bowser (Rexton, New Brunswick December 3, 1867 – October 25, 1933 Vancouver) was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. He served as the 17th premier of British Columbia from 1915 to 1916.
The son of William Bowser and Margaret Gordon, Bowser was educated at Mount Allison University and Dalhousie Unive... | {"Name": "William John Bowser", "Image caption": "Hon. William John Bowser", "Term start": "December 15, 1915", "Term end": "November 23, 1916", "Lieutenant governor": "Francis Stillman Barnard", "Birth date": "1867 12 3 y", "Birth place": "Rexton, New Brunswick, Canada", "Death date": "yes 1933 10 25 1867 12 3", "Deat... |
David Carradine ( ; born John Arthur Carradine Jr.; December 8, 1936 - June 3, 2009) was an American actor, director, and musician, whose career included over 200 major and minor roles in film, television and on stage, spanning more than six decades. He was widely known to television audiences as the star of the 1970s ... | {"Name": "David Carradine", "Caption": "Carradine in 2008", "Birth name": "John Arthur Carradine Jr.", "Birth date": "1936 12 8", "Birth place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Death date": "2009 6 3 1936 12 8", "Death place": "Bangkok, Thailand", "Body discovered": "Swissôtel Nai Lert Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand",... |
The Gothenburg opera house () is an opera house at Lilla Bommen in Gothenburg, Sweden. The Artistic Director for opera is Henning Ruhe since 2019, while Katrín Hall leads the ballet and dance company.
History
The Gothenburg opera house is relatively new: construction started in September 1989 after significant local... | {"Type": "Arts complex", "Architectural style": "Post-modernist", "Address": "Christina Nilssons gata", "Town or city": "Gothenburg", "Coordinates": "Sweden"} |
Piers McDonald, OC (born August 4, 1955) is a Yukon politician and businessman.
Born in Kingston, Ontario, McDonald, originally a miner by profession, is a long-time MLA, Cabinet minister, and the fifth premier of Yukon. He was leader of the Yukon New Democratic Party from 1995 to 2000.
Post-politics, McDonald became... | {"Name": "Piers McDonald", "Birth date": "1955 8 4", "Birth place": "Kingston, Ontario", "Residence": "Whitehorse, Yukon", "Term start": "October 19, 1996", "Term end": "May 6, 2000", "Office 2": "MLA for McIntyre-Takhini", "Predecessor 2": "first member", "Successor 2": "Wayne Jim"} |
Naim Süleymanoğlu (; 23 January 1967 – 18 November 2017) was a Bulgarian-born Turkish Olympic weightlifter. He was a seven-time World Weightlifting champion and a three-time Olympic gold medalist who set 46 world records. At 147 cm in height, Süleymanoğlu's short stature and great strength led to him being nicknamed "P... | {"Name": "Naim Süleymanoğlu", "Alternative text": "A man in a blue leotard lifting weights.", "Image caption": "Süleymanoğlu in 1996", "Nickname": "The Pocket Hercules", "Nationality": "Turkish", "Citizenship": "Bulgaria & Turkey", "Birth name": "Naim Syuleimanov", "Birth date": "1967 1 23 yAugust 2022", "Place of birt... |
Black Books is a British sitcom created by Dylan Moran and Graham Linehan, and written by Moran, Kevin Cecil, Andy Riley, Linehan and Arthur Mathews. It was broadcast on Channel 4, running for three series from 2000 to 2004. Starring Moran, Bill Bailey and Tamsin Greig, the series is set in the eponymous London booksho... | {"Genre": "SitcomSurrealism", "Created by": "Dylan MoranGraham Linehan", "Written by": "Dylan MoranKevin CecilAndy RileyGraham LinehanArthur Mathews", "Starring": "Dylan MoranBill BaileyTamsin Greig", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Camera setup": "Multi-camera", "Running time": "25 minutes", "Original network"... |
Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) (LdSH[RC]) is a regular armoured regiment of the Canadian Army and is Canada’s only tank regiment. Currently based in Edmonton, Alberta, the regiment is part of 3rd Canadian Division's 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group. Members of the regiment are commonly called Strathconas ... | {"Branch": "Canadian Army", "Type": "Armoured", "Role": "Heavy Armour", "Size": "Regiment:regimental headquarters three heavy tank squadrons", "Part of": "1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group", "Nickname(s)": "Strathcona's, Strats, Straths (WWII era)", "Motto(s)": "Perseverance", "March": "\"Soldiers of the King\"", "No... |
The Ume River (Swedish: Ume älv or Umeälven) is one of the main rivers in northern Sweden. It is around long, and flows in a south-eastern direction from its source, the lake Överuman by the Norwegian border within the Scandinavian mountain range. For large parts, the European route E12, also known as Blå Vägen (Blue ... | {"Native name": "sv Ume älv", "Mouth": "0 m on", "Location": "Umeå, Västerbotten, Sweden", "Coordinates": "63 43 N 20 20 E inline,title", "Basin size": "26814.8 km2 onLän och huvudavrinningsområden i Sverige http://www.smhi.se/sgn0102/n0205/lan_haro_huvud.pdf sv Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute 11 July... |
The Workers' Socialist Federation was a socialist political party in the United Kingdom, led by Sylvia Pankhurst. Under many different names, it gradually broadened its politics from a focus on women's suffrage to eventually become a left communist grouping.
East London Federation of the WSPU
It originated as the Eas... | {"Leader": "Sylvia Pankhurst", "Founded": "1914", "Ideology": "Left communismRevolutionary socialismIndustrial unionism (later)", "International affiliation": "Communist Workers International", "Split from": "Women's Social and Political Union", "Political position": "Far-left", "Newspaper": "Workers' Dreadnought"} |
The Communist Party (British Section of the Third International) was a Left Communist organisation established at an emergency conference held on 19-20 June 1920 at the International Socialist Club in London. It comprised about 600 people.
History
The emergency conference was called in preparation for the Communist Un... | {"Abbreviation": "-->", "Leader": "Sylvia Pankhurst", "Secretary": "E. T. Whitehead", "Founded": "1920 06 19", "Merger of": "Workers Socialist FederationLabour Abstentionist PartyVarious socialist and communist groups", "Merged into": "Communist Party of Great Britain", "Succeeded by": "Communist Workers' Party", "News... |
John Travers Cornwell VC (8 January 1900 - 2 June 1916), commonly known as Jack Cornwell or as Boy Cornwell, is remembered for his gallantry at the Battle of Jutland during World War I. Having died at the age of only 16, he was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the ... | {"Born": "Leyton, Essex, England", "Died": "Grimsby, England", "Nickname(s)": "\"Jack\"\"Boy\"", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Awards": "Victoria Cross"} |
Ronald Vernie Dellums (November 24, 1935 - July 30, 2018) was an American politician who served as Mayor of Oakland from 2007 to 2011. He had previously served thirteen terms as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 9th congressional district, in office from 1971 to 1998, after which he worked... | {"Term start": "January 8, 2007", "Term end": "January 3, 2011", "Office 2": "Chair of the House Armed Services Committee", "Predecessor 2": "Les Aspin", "Successor 2": "Floyd Spence", "Birth name": "Ronald Vernie Dellums", "Birth date": "1935 11 24", "Birth place": "Oakland, California, U.S.", "Death date": "2018 7 30... |
NCAA men's ice hockey championship refers to either of the two tournaments in men's ice hockey - one in Division I and one in Division III - contested by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) since 1971. The NCAA Division II Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, contested from 1978 to 1984 and from 1993 to 1999,... | {"Sport": "Ice hockey", "Founded": "1948", "Teams": "16", "Country": "United States", "Champion": "Division I - Quinnipiac Bobcats \n Division III - Adrian College", "TV partner(s)": "ESPN", "Official website": "NCAA.com", "Current season": "2023 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament2023 Divisi... |
The annual NCAA women's ice hockey tournament—officially known as the National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship—is a college ice hockey tournament held in the United States by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the top women's team in the NCAA. The 2020 championship was canceled due to ... | {"Sport": "College ice hockey", "Number of teams": "11", "Format": "Single-elimination tournament", "Current stadium": "AMSOIL Arena", "Current location": "Duluth, Minnesota", "Played": "2001-present", "Last contest": "2023", "Most championships": "Wisconsin Badgers (7)", "TV partner(s)": "ESPNU", "Official website": "... |
leJOS is a firmware replacement for Lego Mindstorms programmable bricks. Different variants of the software support the original Robotics Invention System, the NXT, and the EV3. It includes a Java virtual machine, which allows Lego Mindstorms robots to be programmed in the Java programming language. It also includes 'i... | {"Initial release": "2000 08 06 no", "Written in": "Java, C", "Platform": "Cross-platform", "License": "open-source (MPL)", "Website": "lejos.sourceforge.io"} |
Samuel Harsnett (or Harsnet) (June 1561 - May 1631), born Samuel Halsnoth, was an English writer on religion and Archbishop of York from 1629.
Early life
Born in St Botolph's parish, Colchester, Essex, the son of William Halsnoth, a baker, and his wife Agnes, Harsnett was probably educated at Colchester's free scho... | {"Province": "Province of York", "Diocese": "Diocese of York", "Predecessor": "George Montaigne", "Successor": "Richard Neile", "Ordination": "1583A History of Chigwell School Godfrey Stott 170-7 1960 W. S. Cowell Limited", "Other post(s)": "Bishop of Chichester (1609-1619)Bishop of Norwich (1619-1628)", "Born": "Colc... |
Rapid Fire is a 1992 American action film directed by Dwight H. Little and starring Brandon Lee, Powers Boothe and Nick Mancuso. The film was released in the United States on August 21, 1992.
Plot
The film opens in Thailand, with Antonio Serrano, a mafia drug distributor visiting long-time associate Kinman Tau, a dr... | {"Directed by": "Dwight H. Little", "Produced by": "Robert Lawrence", "Written by": "Alan McElroy", "Story by": "Cindy CirileAlan McElroy", "Starring": "Brandon Lee\n Powers Boothe\n Nick Mancuso\n Raymond J. Barry", "Music by": "Christopher Young", "Cinematography": "Ric Waite", "Edited by": "Gib Jaffe", "Distributed ... |
Edward Rudolph Bradley Jr. (June 22, 1941 - November 9, 2006) was an American broadcast journalist and news anchor. He was best known for his reporting on 60 Minutes and CBS News.
Bradley began his journalism career as a radio news reporter in Philadelphia, where his first major story was covering the 1964 Philadelphi... | {"Name": "Ed Bradley", "Caption": "Bradley in 2001", "Birth name": "Edward Rudolph Bradley Jr.", "Birth date": "1941 6 22 y", "Birth place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Death date": "2006 11 9 1941 6 22 y", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Education": "Cheyney University of Pennsylvania (BS)", "Occupatio... |
Paul Heyman (born September 11, 1965) is an American professional wrestling manager, former promoter, photographer, and executive. He is currently signed to WWE, where he is appearing on the SmackDown brand as the "special counsel" and the "wise man" for Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns.
Born in The Bron... | {"Birth name": "Paul Heyman", "Born": "The Bronx, New York, U.S.", "Ring name(s)": "Paul E. Dangerouslyhttp://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/bios/p/paul-heyman/ Paul Heyman Profile August 22, 2017 Online World of Wrestling October 7, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121007094211/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/... |
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