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David Cunningham Garroway (July 13, 1913 - July 21, 1982) was an American television personality. He was the founding host and anchor of NBC's Today from 1952 to 1961. His easygoing and relaxing style belied a lifelong battle with depression. Garroway has been honored for his contributions to radio and television with ... | {"Name": "Dave Garroway", "Image": "Dave garroway publicity photo 1950s.JPG", "Caption": "Garroway circa 1970", "Other names": "The Roving Announcer", "Birth name": "David Cunningham Garroway", "Birth date": "1913 07 13 yes", "Birth place": "Schenectady, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1982 07 21 1913 07 13 yes", "Deat... |
The Mod Squad is an American crime drama series, originally broadcast for five seasons on ABC from September 24, 1968, to March 1, 1973. It starred Michael Cole as Peter "Pete" Cochran, Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes, Clarence Williams III as Lincoln "Linc" Hayes, and Tige Andrews as Captain Adam Greer. The executive pro... | {"Running time": "60 minutes", "Created by": "Bud \"Buddy\" Ruskin", "Genre": "Crime drama", "Developed by": "Tony BarrettHarve BennettSammy Hess", "Starring": "Michael ColeClarence Williams IIIPeggy LiptonTige Andrews", "Country of origin": "United States", "Original network": "ABC", "Original release": "1973 03 1"} |
The Greatest American Hero is an American comedy-drama superhero television series that aired on ABC. Created by producer Stephen J. Cannell, it premiered as a two-hour pilot movie on March 18, 1981, and ran until February 2, 1983. The series features William Katt as teacher Ralph Hinkley, Robert Culp as FBI agent Bill... | {"Genre": "Sci-fi\n Comedy drama\n Fantasy\n Superhero", "Created by": "Stephen J. Cannell", "Country of origin": "United States", "Starring": "William KattRobert Culp Connie SelleccaMichael ParéFaye Grant", "Opening theme": "\"Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not)\"Performed by Joey Scarbury", "Run... |
Williams Arena is an indoor arena located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the home arena for the University of Minnesota's men's and women's basketball teams. It also housed the men's hockey team until 1993, when it moved into its own building, 3M Arena at Mariucci. The building is popularly known as The Barn, and its... | {"Location": "1925 Southeast University AvenueMinneapolis, Minnesota 55455", "Coordinates": "44 58 37 N 93 13 42 W region:US-MN_type:landmark inline,title", "Broke ground": "May 10, 1927New $650,000 Field House of Tremendous Size http://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/53976/1/umaaMag-027_4.pdf Minnesota Alumni Weekly 27 ... |
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3M Arena at Mariucci ( ) is the home arena for the Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey team of the University of Minnesota. The arena is located on the Minneapolis campus and seats approximately 10,000 fans (9,600 in the main bowl plus club room and suite seating). The arena op... | {"Official name": "3M Arena at Mariucci", "Image caption": "November 2012 interior", "Location": "1901 4th St SE Minneapolis, MN 55455-2004", "Coordinates": "44 58 41 N 93 13 41 W inline,title region:US-MN_type:landmark_source:dewiki", "Date of opening": "1993", "Owner(s)": "University of Minnesota", "Operator(s)": "U... |
Iams () is an American brand of dog food and cat food manufactured by Spectrum Brands in Europe and Mars, Incorporated worldwide. The food is formulated for the puppy/kitten, adult and mature stages of life. Veterinary formulas for pets with special dietary requirements are also produced.
According to Iams, since 2006... | {"Product type": "Pet food", "Owner": "Mars, Incorporated(worldwide)\n Spectrum Brands(Europe only)", "Country": "United States", "Introduced": "1946", "Markets": "Worldwide", "Previous owners": "Procter & Gamble(1999-2014)", "Website": "http://www.iams.com/"} |
Memorial Stadium, also known as the "Brick House", was an outdoor athletic stadium in the north central United States, located on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. It was the home of the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team for 58 seasons, from 1924 through 1981. Prior to 1924, the Gophers pl... | {"Official name": "Memorial Stadium", "Nickname(s)": "\"The Brick House\"", "Image size": "220", "Image caption": "Original entrance, now insidethe McNamara Alumni Center", "Location": "University of MinnesotaMinneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.", "Map image": "yes yes center 250 15 point", "Coordinates": "44.975535 -93.229192... |
Budweiser Gardens is a sports-entertainment centre, in London, Ontario, Canada - the largest such centre in Southwestern Ontario. Until 2012, it was known as the John Labatt Centre.
The John Labatt Centre, which opened on October 11, 2002, was named after John Labatt, founder of the Labatt brewery in London. Labatt st... | {"Location": "London, Ontario, Canada", "Coordinates": "42 58 57 N 81 15 9 W type:landmark it", "Broke ground": "March 2001", "Opened": "October 11, 2002", "Owner": "London Civic Centre Corporation", "Operator": "Global Spectrum", "Surface": "200 x 85 ft", "Construction cost": "$42 million, plus $10 million for land", ... |
Murder Was the Case is a 1994 short film and soundtrack album starring and performed by Snoop Doggy Dogg. The 18 minute film was directed by Dr. Dre and Fab Five Freddy and chronicles the fictional death of Snoop Dogg and his resurrection after making a deal with the Devil. The film's title comes from Snoop's song of t... | {"Released": "October 18, 1994", "Recorded": "1994", "Studio": "Can-Am Studios (Tarzana, Los Angeles)", "Genre": "Gangsta rap\n Horrorcore G-funk West Coast hip hop R&B Soundtrack", "Label": "Death Row Interscope", "Producer": "Suge Knight (exec.) Dr. Dre (exec.) Dat Nigga Daz Ice Cube Soopafly DJ Quik DeVante Swing Bi... |
is a Japanese film director. His theatrical debut was the film Maria's Stomach in 1990. He won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for The Games Teachers Play in 1992. In 1995, School Ghost Stories was a big hit and made into popular series. Begging for Love in 1998 got many awards as International press a... | {"Name": "Hideyuki Hirayama", "Birth date": "1950 9 18", "Birth place": "Kitakyushu, Japan", "Occupation": "Film director"} |
The Flathead Tunnel is a railroad tunnel in the Rocky Mountains of northwest Montana near Trego, approximately west of Whitefish. Located on the BNSF Railway's Kootenai River Subdivision, it is the second-longest railroad tunnel in the United States after the Cascade Tunnel. It is ultimately named after the Bitterroo... | {"Line": "Kootenai River Subdivision (Northern Transcon)", "Location": "Lincoln County, Montana, USA", "Coordinates": "48.5508192 -114.9561739 region:US_type:landmark dms inline,title", "System": "BNSF", "Work begun": "May 12, 19662", "Owner": "BNSF Railway", "Traffic": "40 trains daily (2022 y)", "Constructed": "blast... |
James Thurston Nabors (June 12, 1930 - November 30, 2017) was an American actor, singer, and comedian, widely known for his signature character, Gomer Pyle.
Nabors was discovered by Andy Griffith while working at a Santa Monica nightclub, and he later joined The Andy Griffith Show, where he played the good-natured, un... | {"Name": "Jim Nabors", "Image": "Jim Nabors 1968.JPG", "Alt": "Nabors in a publicity still 1968", "Caption": "Nabors in a publicity still (detail) for Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., 1968", "Birth name": "James Thurston Nabors", "Birth date": "1930 6 12", "Birth place": "Sylacauga, Alabama, U.S.", "Death date": "2017 11 30 1930 ... |
Poison Ivy is a 1992 American erotic thriller film directed by Katt Shea. It stars Drew Barrymore, Sara Gilbert, Tom Skerritt and Cheryl Ladd. The original music score is composed by David Michael Frank. The film was shot in Los Angeles.
It was nominated for the 1992 Grand Jury prize of Best Film at the Sundance Festi... | {"Directed by": "Katt Shea", "Produced by": "Andy Ruben", "Screenplay by": "Andy Ruben\n Katt Shea", "Story by": "Melissa Goddard", "Starring": "Tom Skerritt\n Sara Gilbert\n Cheryl Ladd\n Drew Barrymore", "Music by": "David Michael Frank", "Cinematography": "Phedon Papamichael", "Edited by": "Gina Mittelman", "Distrib... |
The Cascade Tunnel refers to two railroad tunnels, its original tunnel and its replacement, in the northwest United States, east of the Seattle metropolitan area in the Cascade Range of Washington, at Stevens Pass. It is approximately east of Everett, with both portals adjacent to Both single-track tunnels were const... | {"Line": "BNSF Scenic Subdivision (formerly Burlington Northern and Great Northern)", "Location": "Stevens Pass, Washington, U.S.", "Coordinates": "47 44 33 N 121 04 10 W type:railwaystation it", "Status": "Active", "Crosses": "Cascade Range, near Stevens Pass", "Traffic": "Railroad", "Character": "Primarily freight se... |
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA; ) is a regulatory agency that is dedicated to the safeguarding of food, plants, and animals (FPA) in Canada, thus enhancing the health and well-being of Canada's people, environment and economy. The agency is responsible to the Minister of Health.Organizational structure
The ... | {"Motto": "Fides Publica - Integritas - Scientia", "Formed": "April 1997", "Jurisdiction": "Government of Canada", "Employees": "7,000+", "Website": "https://inspection.canada.ca"} |
The British Basketball League (BBL) is a men's professional basketball league in Great Britain and represents the highest level of play in the countries. The league is contested by 10 teams from England and Scotland. There are no clubs from Wales or Northern Ireland.A single club from Northern Ireland, Belfast Star, pl... | {"Confederation": "FIBA Europe", "Founded": "1987", "First season": "1987-88", "Number of teams": "10", "Domestic cup(s)": "BBL Trophy", "International cup(s)": "Basketball Champions LeagueEurope Cup", "Most championships": "Newcastle Eagles(7 titles)", "TV partners": "Sky SportsBBC SportYouTube", "Website": "BBL.org.u... |
90125 is the eleventh studio album by the English progressive rock band Yes, released on 11 November 1983 by Atco Records. After Yes disbanded in 1981, following the Drama (1980) tour, bassist Chris Squire and drummer Alan White formed Cinema, and began recording an album with guitarist and singer-songwriter Trevor Rab... | {"Released": "1983 11 11 yhttps://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Yes#search_section RIAA Recording Industry Association of America https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/ BRIT Certified BPI 6 August 2023", "Recorded": "November 1982 - July 1983", "Studio": "SARM and AIR Studios(London, England)",... |
Petty officer first class (PO1) is a rank found in some navies and maritime organizations.
Canada
Petty officer, 1st class, PO1, is a Naval non-commissioned member rank of the Canadian Forces. It is senior to the rank of petty officer 2nd-class and its equivalents, and junior to chief petty officer 2nd-class and its... | {"Country": "United States", "Service branch": "United StatesUnited States", "Abbreviation": "PO1", "Rank group": "Non-commissioned officer", "Rank": "Petty officer", "Rank code": "OR-6", "Pay grade": "E-6", "Next higher rank": "Chief petty officer", "Next lower rank": "Petty officer second class", "Equivalent ranks": ... |
BASIC A+ was developed by Optimized Systems Software of Cupertino, California, United States, to provide the Atari 8-bit family with an extended BASIC compatible with the simpler ROM-based Atari BASIC. This interpreter was developed by the same team that developed Atari BASIC. While Atari BASIC came on an 8 KB ROM cart... | {"Developer(s)": "Optimized Systems Software", "Initial release": "1983", "Type": "BASIC", "License": "Copyright © 1983 Optimized Systems Software Proprietary"} |
The Yadkin River is one of the longest rivers in the US state of North Carolina, flowing . It rises in the northwestern portion of the state near the Blue Ridge Parkway's Thunder Hill Overlook. Several parts of the river are impounded by dams for water, power, and flood control. The river becomes the Pee Dee River at... | {"Mouth": "Confluence with the Uwharrie River, forming the Pee Dee River", "Location": "4 mi km southeast of Badin", "Coordinates": "35.380697 -80.059775 inline", "Progression": "Yadkin River → Pee Dee River → Atlantic Ocean", "Waterbodies": "W. Kerr Scott Reservoir, High Rock Lake, Tuckertown Reservoir, Badin Lake, Fa... |
Joseph Martin (September 24, 1852 - March 2, 1923) was a lawyer and politician in Manitoba, British Columbia and the United Kingdom often referred to as "Fighting Joe".
Early life
Born in Milton, Canada West, the son of Edward Martin, a former Reeve, and Mary Ann Fleming, Martin was educated at the Milton public schoo... | {"Name": "Joseph Martin", "Image caption": "\"Fighting\" Joe Martin", "Term start": "February 28, 1900", "Term end": "June 14, 1900", "Lieutenant governor": "Thomas Robert McInnes", "Riding 2": "Winnipeg", "Predecessor 2": "Hugh John Macdonald", "Successor 2": "Hugh John Macdonald", "Birth date": "1852 9 24", "Birth pl... |
Chelmsford 123 is a British television situation comedy produced for Channel 4 by Hat Trick Productions. Chelmsford ran for two series, of six and seven episodes respectively, in 1988 and 1990.
The series was set in the British town of Chelmsford in the year AD 123 and concerned the power struggle between Roman govern... | {"Genre": "Comedy", "Created by": "Rory McGrathJimmy Mulville", "Written by": "Rory McGrathJimmy Mulville", "Starring": "Jimmy MulvilleRory McGrathPhilip PopeNeil Pearson", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Running time": "24 minutes", "Original network": "Channel 4", "Original release": "1990 02 20 y"} |
The National Centre for Popular Music was a museum in Sheffield, England, for pop and rock music and contemporary culture generally, a £15 million project largely funded with contributions from the National Lottery, which opened on 1 March 1999, and closed in June 2000. However, the plan for the centre was devised in ... | {"Former names": "National Centre for Popular Music", "Alternative names": "The HUBs", "Type": "Museum (former), student union", "Architectural style": "Avant-garde", "Location": "Sheffield, South Yorkshire", "Address": "Paternoster Row", "Current tenants": "Sheffield Hallam University Students' Union", "Coordinates": ... |
Handsacre is a village in the English county of Staffordshire, England.OS Explorer Map 244: Cannock Chase & Chasewater: (1:25 000) :Map Details retrieved 11 April 2013 Population details taken at the 2011 census can be found under Armitage with Handsacre
Location
The village lies east of the larger village of Armita... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "District": "Lichfield", "Shire county": "Staffordshire", "UK Parliament": "Lichfield", "Postcode district": "WS", "OS grid reference": "SK0916"} |
William Pugsley (September 27, 1850 - March 3, 1925) was a politician and lawyer in New Brunswick, Canada.
Biography
He was born in Sussex, New Brunswick, the son of William Pugsley, of United Empire Loyalist descent, and Frances Jane Hayward. He was educated at the University of New Brunswick. He studied mathematics... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Honourable", "Name": "William Pugsley", "Honorific suffix": "CAN PC KC 100%", "Image caption": "Hon. William Pugsley", "Term start": "March 6, 1907", "Term end": "May 31, 1907", "Lieutenant governor": "Lemuel J. Tweedie", "Office 2": "MLA for Kings", "Predecessor 2": "Edwin Arnold Vail", "Succ... |
Bad Manners are an English two-tone and ska band led by frontman Buster Bloodvessel. Early appearances included Top of the Pops and the live film documentary Dance Craze (1981).
They were at their most popular during the early 1980s, during a period when other ska revival bands such as Madness, the Specials and the Se... | {"Origin": "London, England, United Kingdom", "Genres": "Ska two-tone", "Labels": "Magnet Portrait Blue Beat Pork Pie Moon Ska World Bad", "Members": "Buster Bloodvessel\n Simon Cuell\n Lee Thompson\n Richie Downs\n Matt Goodwin\n Matt Bane\n Colin Graham\n David Turner\n Russell Wynn"} |
Dennis Lynn Rader (born March 9, 1945), also known as BTK (an abbreviation he gave himself, for "bind, torture, kill"), is an American serial killer who murdered at least ten people in Wichita and Park City, Kansas, between 1974 and 1991. Although Rader occasionally killed or attempted to kill men and children, he typi... | {"Victims": "10-12+", "Country": "United States", "Motive": "Sexual sadism", "Imprisoned at": "El Dorado Correctional Facility"} |
The lilangeni (plural: emalangeni, ISO 4217 code: SZL) is the currency of Eswatini and is subdivided into 100 cents. It is issued by the Central Bank of Eswatini (in swazi Umntsholi Wemaswati) and is authorised by the king and his family. The South African rand is also accepted in Eswatini. Similar to the Lesotho loti,... | {"ISO 4217 code": "SZL", "Pegged with": "South African rand at par", "Subunit": "1 100", "Symbol": "L or E (pl.)", "Plural": "emalangeni"} |
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Nokia 9500 Communicator is a smartphone produced by Nokia, introduced on 24 February 2004Nokia launches new enterprise-class Communicator Nokia. 23 February, 2004. Cannes. and released in November 2004. It runs on the Symbian-based Series 80 platform.
The 9500 is equipped with a 150 MHz ... | {"Name": "Nokia 9500 Communicator", "Manufacturer": "Nokia", "Memory card": "MultiMediaCard", "Compatible networks": "GPRS, EDGE", "Predecessor": "Nokia 9210 Communicator", "Successor": "Nokia E90 Communicator", "Related": "Nokia 9300", "Connectivity": "Bluetooth, IrDA, 802.11b", "Central Processing Unit (CPU)": "TI OM... |
Alexander S. MacMillan (October 31, 1870 - August 7, 1955) was a Nova Scotia politician and businessman, the 13th premier of Nova Scotia, from 1940 to 1945.
MacMillan was born in Upper South River in Antigonish County. He made his fortune in lumbering and construction before being made chairman of the Nova Scotia High... | {"Name": "Alexander Stirling MacMillan", "Image caption": "A.S. MacMillan (4th to the left)", "Birth date": "1870 10 31", "Birth place": "Upper South River, Nova Scotia", "Death date": "1955 8 7 1871 10 31", "Death place": "Halifax, Nova Scotia", "Term start": "July 10, 1940", "Term end": "September 8, 1945", "Lieutena... |
thumb|260px|Big Ten logo in Minnesota's colors
The Minnesota Golden Gophers (commonly shortened to Gophers) are the college sports teams of the University of Minnesota. The university fields a total of 21 (9 men's, 12 women's) teams in both men's and women's sports and competes in the Big Ten Conference.
The Gophers w... | {"Division": "Division I (FBS)", "Athletic director": "Mark Coyle", "Number of sports": "21", "Football stadium": "Huntington Bank Stadium", "Basketball arena": "Williams Arena", "Ice hockey arena": "3M Arena at Mariucci (men)Ridder Arena (women)", "Baseball field": "Siebert FieldU.S. Bank Stadium (February and March, ... |
WITN-TV (channel 7) is a television station licensed to Washington, North Carolina, United States, serving Eastern North Carolina as an affiliate of NBC and MyNetworkTV. Owned by Gray Television, the station has primary studio facilities on East Arlington Boulevard in Greenville, with an additional studio in New Bern. ... | {"City": "Washington, North Carolina", "Branding": "WITN (general)WITN News (newscasts)MyTV WITN 2 (DT2)MeTV Eastern Carolina (DT3)", "Channel": "7", "Affiliations": "7.1: NBC 7.2: MyNetworkTV for others, see Subchannels", "Owner": "Gray Television Licensee, LLC", "ERP": "1,000 kW", "HAAT": "591.9 m ft 0 on", "Transmit... |
The Audi TT is a series of 2-door production sports cars and convertibles, made by Audi from 1998 to 2023. The first two generations were assembled by Audi's Hungarian subsidiary, one of the world's biggest engine making plants, using bodyshells manufactured and painted at Audi's Ingolstadt plant and parts made entirel... | {"Manufacturer": "Audi AG", "Production": "October 1998 - present", "Assembly": "Győr, Hungary (engines and final assembly)", "Class": "Sports car (S)", "Body style": "2-door coupé which is also a hatchback/ 2-door roadster", "Layout": "Front-engine, front-wheel-drive\n Front-engine, all-wheel-drive (quattro)", "Pla... |
Robert Peapo "Peabo" BrysonPeabo Bryson - Biography @AllMusic. Retrieved 2 July 2022. (born April 13, 1951) is an American singer and songwriter. He is known for singing soul ballads (often as a duet with female singers) including the hit singles "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" with Roberta Flack, "A Whole New World wi... | {"Name": "Peabo Bryson", "Caption": "Bryson in 2000.", "Birth name": "Peabo Bryson", "Birth date": "yes 1951 4 13", "Birth place": "Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.", "Occupation": "Musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, composer", "Years active": "1965-present", "Spouse(s)": "Tanya Boniface 2010", "C... |
Aldfrith (Early Modern Irish: Flann Fína mac Ossu; Latin: Aldfrid, Aldfridus; died 14 December 704 or 705) was king of Northumbria from 685 until his death. He is described by early writers such as Bede, Alcuin and Stephen of Ripon as a man of great learning. Some of his works and some letters written to him survive.... | {"Consort": "Cuthburh", "Father": "Oswiu", "Mother": "Fín", "Died": "Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire"} |
Odilo Lothar Ludwig Globocnik (21 April 1904 - 31 May 1945) was an Austrian Nazi and a perpetrator of the Holocaust. He was an official of the Nazi Party and later a high-ranking leader of the SS. Globocnik had a leading role in Operation Reinhard, the organized murder of around one and a half million Jews, of mostly P... | {"Birth name": "Odilo Lothar Ludwig Globocnik,Vollständiger Name nach Michael Wedekind: Nationalsozialistische Besatzungs- und Annexionspolitik in Norditalien 1943 bis 1945. München 2003, p. 446. also seen as Globočnik, and Germanised as Globotschnig(g)http://www.oei-dokumente.de/JGO/Rez/Friedrich_SR_Olesiuk_Kranz_Weis... |
In Caucasian folklore, an almas, alma or almasty, is a cryptid, folk creature said to inhabit the Caucasus, Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains of Central Asia and the Altai Mountains of western Mongolia.
Etymology
The term "almas" and numerous variants thereof appear in Mongolian, Turkic languages and Iranian languages.
W... | {"Folklore": "Turkic mythology", "Similar entities": "Yeti, Bigfoot, Skunk Ape", "Other name(s)": "Almasty", "Region": "Caucasus Region, Northern Asia, Central Asia and portions of Eastern Asia"} |
Amazonas State (, ) is one of the 23 states into which Venezuela is divided. It covers nearly a fifth of the area of Venezuela, but has less than 1% of Venezuela's population.
thumb|Leopoldo Lake, Amazonas
The state capital is Puerto Ayacucho. The capital until the early 1900s was San Fernando de Atabapo. Although name... | {"Body": "Legislative Council", "Rank": "24th", "Density": "146480", "ISO 3166 code": "VE-Z", "Website": "https://web.archive.org/web/20051119152035/http://www.amazonas.gob.ve/"} |
The C38 class (occasionally known as the 38 class and nicknamed "Pacifics" by some railwaymen) was a class of steam locomotive built for the New South Wales Government Railways in Australia.
Constructed between January 1943 and November 1949, the 30 locomotives in the class were designed to haul express passenger serv... | {"Power type": "Steam", "Manufacturer": "Clyde Engineering (5)Eveleigh Railway Workshops (13)Cardiff Locomotive Workshops (12)", "Build date": "January 1943 - November 1949", "Whyte type": "4-6-2", "Gauge": "impsg on", "Driver diameter": "5 ft 9 in mm 0 on", "Wheelbase": "65 ft 7+1/8 in m 2 on", "Length": "76 ft 5 in m... |
Robin Hood: Men in Tights is a 1993 adventure comedy film and a parody of the Robin Hood story. The film was produced and directed by Mel Brooks, co-written by Brooks, Evan Chandler, and J. David Shapiro based on a story by Chandler and Shapiro, and stars Cary Elwes, Richard Lewis, and Dave Chappelle in his film debut.... | {"Directed by": "Mel Brooks Brooks Plans 'Robin Hood: Men In Tights Chicago Tribune 1992-10-01 http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-10-01/features/9203290474_1_tights-kevin-costner-robin-hood-sherwood-forest 2010-10-02 Bpi Communications", "Produced by": "Mel Brooks", "Screenplay by": "Mel Brooks\n Evan Chandler\n... |
Apure State (, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. Its territory formed part of the provinces of Mérida, Maracaibo, and Barinas, in accordance with successive territorial ordinations pronounced by the colonial authorities. In 1824 the Department of Apure was created, under jurisdiction of Barinas, which laid the... | {"Body": "Legislative Council", "Rank": "19th", "Density": "459025", "ISO 3166 code": "VE-C", "Website": "http://www.apure.gob.ve"} |
Barinas State (, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Barinas.
Barinas State covers a total surface area of and had an estimated population of 970,689 in 2015.
Toponymy
The toponym "Barinas" is a variant of "varinas" (the name of an indigenous ethnic group that inhabited the Piedemonte before... | {"Body": "Legislative Council", "Rank": "15th", "Density": "816264", "ISO 3166 code": "VE-E", "Website": "http://www.barinas.net.ve"} |
Bolívar (, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital city is Ciudad Bolívar, but the largest city is Ciudad Guayana. Bolívar State covers a total surface area of and as of the 2011 census, had a population of 1,410,964. The state contains Angel Falls.
History
thumb|right|Ciudad Bolívar is its capital... | {"Body": "Legislative Council", "Rank": "7th", "Density": "1720000", "ISO 3166 code": "VE-F", "Website": "http://www.e-bolivar.gob.ve"} |
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Cojedes State (, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is San Carlos.
Cojedes State covers a total surface area of and, in 2011, had a census population of 323,165.
Etymology
The name Cojedes, has its origin in the Cariban languages, which means: people of ceramics or p... | {"Body": "Legislative Council", "Rank": "22nd", "Density": "323165", "ISO 3166 code": "VE-H", "Website": "http://www.cojedes.gob.ve"} |
Delta Amacuro State (, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela, and is the location of the Orinoco Delta. The Paria Gulf and the Atlantic Ocean are found to the north, Bolívar State is found to the south, the Atlantic Ocean and Guyana are found to the east, and Monagas State is found to the west. The state capital city ... | {"Body": "Legislative Council", "Rank": "23rd", "Density": "171413", "ISO 3166 code": "VE-Y"} |
Falcón State (, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Coro.
The state was named after Juan Crisóstomo Falcón.
History
Early history
Present day Falcón State was first explored in 1499 by Juan de la Cosa and Américo Vespucio, as part of an expedition supervised by Alonso de Ojeda. In 1527, th... | {"Body": "Legislative Council", "Rank": "11th", "Density": "902847", "ISO 3166 code": "VE-I", "Website": "http://www.falcon.gob.ve"} |
Guárico State (, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is San Juan de Los Morros. Guárico State covers a total surface area of and, in 2011, had a census population of 747,739. It is named for the Guárico River.
thumb|Map of the province of Caracas that included all the territory of the current sta... | {"Body": "Legislative Council", "Rank": "16th", "Density": "747739", "ISO 3166 code": "VE-J", "Website": "http://www.guarico.gob.ve"} |
Lara State (, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. Lara is located in the Central-Western Region, Venezuela. The state capital is Barquisimeto.
Lara State covers a total surface area of and, in 2015, had a census population of 2,019,211.
Toponymy
The state is named after a notable hero of Venezuela's independen... | {"Body": "Legislative Council", "Rank": "5th", "Density": "2019211", "ISO 3166 code": "VE-K", "Website": "http://www.lara.gob.ve"} |
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The State of Mérida commonly known simply as Mérida (, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Mérida, in the Libertador Municipality.
Located in the Western Andean Region, Mérida State covers a total surface area of , making it the fifteenth-largest in Venez... | {"Body": "Legislative Council", "Rank": "14th", "Density": "auto", "ISO 3166 code": "VE-L", "Website": "http://www.merida.gob.ve"} |
Miranda State (, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela and the second most populous after Zulia State. As of the 2011 census, it had a population of 2,675,165 residents. It also has the greatest Human Development Index in Venezuela, according to the Venezuelan National Institute of Statistics (Instituto Nacional de Es... | {"Body": "Legislative Council", "Rank": "2nd", "Density": "auto", "ISO 3166 code": "VE-M", "Website": "http://www.miranda.gob.ve"} |
Monagas State (, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela.
thumb|Rural landscape in Monagas
Monagas State covers a total surface area of and, as of the 2011 census, had a population of 905,443.
Monagas State is surrounded by Sucre State in the north, Anzoátegui State in the west and south, Bolívar State in the south, D... | {"Body": "Legislative Council", "Rank": "9th", "Density": "1,460,000https://venezuela.justia.com/estados/monagas/ Sub-national population - Area Database - Global Data Lab venezuela.justia.com 2021-07-31", "ISO 3166 code": "VE-N", "Website": "http://www.monagas.gob.ve"} |
The Nueva Esparta State (in Spanish: Estado Nueva Esparta, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. It comprises Margarita Island, Coche, and the largely uninhabited Cubagua.
The state has the smallest area, and is located off the northeast Caribbean coast of Venezuela. It is the only insular state of Venezuela (not in... | {"Body": "Legislative Council", "Rank": "19th", "Density": "427.5", "ISO 3166 code": "VE-O"} |
Portuguesa State (, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. Located in the west of the Republic, it is often considered the "breadbasket of Venezuela" for the large amount of agricultural products produced there. The state is bordered by the state of Lara to the north, to the east by Cojedes, to the west by Trujillo an... | {"Body": "Legislative Council", "Rank": "12th", "Density": "876,496", "ISO 3166 code": "VE-P", "Website": "http://www.portuguesa.gob.ve"} |
The Sucre State (, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Cumaná city. Sucre State covers a total surface area of and, as of the 2011 census, had a population of 896,921. The most important river in the state is the Manzanares River.
History
thumb|San Antonio de la Eminencia Castle, built betwe... | {"Body": "Legislative Council", "Rank": "10th", "Density": "896921", "ISO 3166 code": "VE-R", "Website": "http://www.edosucre.gov.ve/"} |
Táchira State (, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is San Cristóbal.
thumb|Typical rural house in the Prairies of Táchira State
Táchira State covers a total surface area of and as of the 2011 census, had a population of 1,168,908. At the end of the 19th century, Táchira State was where oil was ... | {"Body": "Legislative Council", "Rank": "9th", "Density": "1168908", "ISO 3166 code": "VE-S", "Website": "http://www.tachira.gob.ve"} |
thumb|Old sugar plantation in Trujillo
Trujillo State (, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. Its capital is Trujillo but the largest city is Valera. The state is divided into 20 municipalities and 93 parishes. Trujillo State covers a total surface area of and, has a 2011 census population of 686,367.
History
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300px|thumb|Simón Bolívar International Airport, La Guaira State
La Guaira State (, ), officially La Guaira, and known until 2019 as Vargas State is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. Formerly named after Venezuela's first civilian president, José María Vargas, Vargas comprises a coastal region in the north of Venezuel... | {"Body": "Legislative Council", "Rank": "21st", "Density": "352920", "ISO 3166 code": "VE-X", "Website": "http://www.estadovargas.gob.ve"} |
Yaracuy (, ;) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. Yaracuy is located in the Central-Western Region, Venezuela. It is bordered by Falcón in the north, in the west by Lara, in the south by Portuguesa and Cojedes and in the east by Cojedes and Carabobo.
Its geography is mountainous: the Andes range ends there, and the... | {"Body": "Legislative Council", "Rank": "18th", "Density": "600852", "ISO 3166 code": "VE-U", "Website": "http://www.yaracuy.gob.ve"} |
EE Times (Electronic Engineering Times)Electronic Engineering Times Magazine Website with name on browser title. is an electronics industry magazine published in the United States since 1972. EE Times is currently owned by AspenCore, a division of Arrow Electronics"Arrow: From Top Distributor to Enabler of All Thing... | {"Categories": "Electronics", "Founded": "1972", "Founder": "Gerard G. Leeds", "Company": "AspenCore Media", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Based in": "San Francisco, California, United States", "OCLC": "56085045", "Circulation": "599,349", "Website": "eetimes.com", "ISSN": "0192-1541"} |
Hill Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force (USAF) base located in Davis County, Utah, just south of the city of Ogden, and bordering the Cities of Layton, Clearfield, Riverdale, Roy, and Sunset with its largest border immediately adjacent to Clearfield and Layton. It is about north of Salt Lake City. The base was ... | {"Type": "US Air Force Base", "Coordinates": "41 07 26 N 111 58 22 W inline,title", "Owner": "Department of Defense", "Operator": "US Air Force", "Controlled by": "Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)", "Built": "1939 - 1940", "In use": "1940 - present", "Currentcommander": "Colonel Jeffrey Hollandhttps://www.hill.af.mil/... |
Rift Valley Academy (RVA) is a Christian boarding school located in Kijabe, Kenya run by the African Inland Mission. It was founded in 1906 by Charles Hurlburt.
It was ranked 2nd out of the top 100 best high schools in Africa by Africa Almanac in 2003, based upon quality of education, student engagement, strength and ... | {"Faculty": "53", "Coordinates": "-1.304395 36.809053 type:edu dms inline,title", "Campus type": "Rural", "Athletics": "Football, Tennis, Basketball, Field Hockey, Rugby", "Mascot": "Cape Buffalo", "Yearbook": "Kiambogo", "Website": "http://www.rva.org"} |
Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey, (circa 23 October 1729 - 14 November 1807) was a British Army general in the 18th century and a scion of the noble House of Grey. He was a distinguished soldier in a generation of exceptionally capable military personnel, serving crucially in the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), the American ... | {"Born": "Northumberland, Great Britain", "Died": "1807 11 14 1729 10 23 y", "Nickname(s)": "No-flint Grey", "Allegiance": "Great Britain", "Awards": "KCB", "Relations": "Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (son)George Grey, 1st Baronet (son)", "Other work": "Governor of Guernsey"} |
Joey Yung (, ; born 16 June 1980) is a Hong Kong singer and Cantopop diva signed to Emperor Entertainment Group.
Since her debut in 1996, Yung has won numerous awards, including the JSG Most Popular Female Singer and Ultimate Best Female Singer - Gold awards a record-breaking nine times. She was ranked 63rd on the 201... | {"Name": "Joey Yung", "Caption": "Yung at Pretty Crazy Concert 2019", "Birth date": "yes 1980 6 16", "Birth place": "Tsuen Wan, British Hong Kong", "Education": "Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education, Diploma in Tourism", "Occupation": "Singer actress", "Years active": "1996-present", "Awards": "MTV Asia Awards F... |
This article lists the presidents of the Senate of France (; official translation: Speaker of the Senate) and assimilated chambers.
The Senate is the upper house of the French Parliament. It is presided over by a president. Although there had been Senates in both the First and Second Empires, these had not technically... | {"Post": "President", "Body": "the French Senate", "Native name": "fr Président du Sénat français", "Insignia caption": "Logo of the French Senate", "Incumbent": "Gérard Larcher", "Incumbent since": "1 October 2014", "Department": "Senate of France", "Type": "Presiding officer", "Member of": "French Parliament", "Resid... |
Chukwuemeka Ndubuisi "Emeka" Okafor (born September 28, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. Okafor attended Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Texas and the University of Connecticut, where in 2004 he won a national championship. In his first season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) i... | {"Position": "Center / power forward", "Listed height": "10", "Listed weight": "255", "Born": "Houston, Texas, U.S.", "High school": "Bellaire (Bellaire, Texas)", "College": "UConn (2001-2004)"} |
The Cullasaja River () Talk Like A Tarheel , from the North Carolina Collection's website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2013-02-08. is a short river located entirely in Macon County, North Carolina. It is a tributary of the Little Tennessee River into which it flows near the county seat ... | {"Mouth": "2,060 ft on", "Location": "Franklin, North CarolinaBlack River Topo Map, Pender County NC (Leland Area) https://www.topozone.com/north-carolina/pender-nc/stream/black-river-30/ TopoZone Locality, LLC 24 July 2019 en", "Coordinates": "35 10 30 N 083 22 11 W inline,titleGNIS Detail - Cullasaja River http... |
Laurent Patrick Fignon (; 12 August 1960 - 31 August 2010) was a French professional road bicycle racer who won the Tour de France in 1983 and 1984 and the Giro d'Italia in 1989. He is former FICP World No. 1 in 1989. He nearly captured the Tour de France for a third time in 1989 before being edged by Greg LeMond by 8 ... | {"Name": "Laurent Fignon", "Image alt-text": "A man with glasses and a cap.", "Image caption": "Fignon at the 1993 Tour de France", "Full name": "Laurent Patrick Fignon", "Nickname": "Le Professeur (The Professor)", "Birth date": "1960 08 12 y", "Birth place": "Paris, France", "Death date": "2010 08 31 1960 08 12 y", "... |
thumb|right|Until 1963 there was a railway station which had been opened a hundred years before by the London and North Western Railway.
; ; ; ) is a market town, community and electoral ward in Blaenau Gwent, Wales. The town, sometimes cited as the highest town in Wales, is situated at above sea level at the head of... | {"Sovereign state": "Wales", "Senedd Cymru - Welsh Parliament": "Blaenau Gwent", "Principal area": "Blaenau Gwent", "Preserved county": "Gwent", "UK Parliament": "Blaenau Gwent", "Postcode district": "NP", "Dialling code": "01495", "OS grid reference": "SO185115", "Population": "(2011)http://www.neighbourhood.statistic... |
Benjamin Ashenafi Gordon (born April 4, 1983) is a British-American former professional basketball player. Gordon played for 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and he played college basketball for the University of Connecticut, where he won a national championship in 2004.
He is the only player t... | {"Position": "Shooting guard", "Listed height": "1", "Listed weight": "200", "Nationality": "British / American", "Born": "London, England", "High school": "Mount Vernon(Mount Vernon, New York)", "College": "UConn (2001-2004)"} |
thumb|Former Headquarters of the Maytag Corporation, Newton, Iowa
thumb|Antique Maytag washing machine.
thumbnail|1928 Maytag Model 90 Wringer Washer completely restored
thumbnail|1935 Maytag Model 30 Wringer Washer
The Maytag Corporation is an American home and commercial appliance company owned by Whirlpool Corporat... | {"Type": "Subsidiary of Whirlpool Corporation", "Founded": "1893 (as Maytag Washing Machine Company)Newton, Iowa, U.S.", "Products": "Appliances", "Revenue": "US$4.7 billion", "Subsidiaries": "Admiral, Amana, JennAir, Magic Chef, etc.", "Parent": "Whirlpool Corporation", "Website": "www.maytag.com"} |
thumb|Thévenet in Montreal in 1974
Bernard Thévenet (; born 10 January 1948) is a retired professional cyclist. His sporting career began with ACBB Paris. He is a two-time winner of the Tour de France and known for ending the reign of five-time Tour champion Eddy Merckx, though both feats are tarnished by Thévenet's l... | {"Name": "Bernard Thévenet", "Image caption": "Thévenet at the Six Days of Grenoble 2011", "Full name": "Bernard Thévenet", "Nickname": "Nanard", "Birth date": "1948 1 10 y", "Birth place": "Saint-Julien-de-Civry, France", "Current team": "Retired", "Discipline": "Road", "Role": "Rider", "Rider type": "All Rounder", "P... |
Whernside is a mountain in the Yorkshire Dales in Northern England. It is the highest of the Yorkshire Three Peaks, the other two being Ingleborough and Pen-y-ghent. It is the highest point in the ceremonial county of North YorkshireMickle Fell in southern Teesdale is the highest point within the boundaries of the hist... | {"Elevation": "Bathurst David 2012 Walking the county high points of England Chichester Summersdale 978-1-84-953239-6 250-255", "Prominence": "408", "Location": "United Kingdom Yorkshire Dales", "Coordinates": "54.22764 N 2.40338 W type:mountain_region:GB_scale:100000 dms inline,title"} |
Ingleborough () is the second-highest mountain in the Yorkshire Dales, England. It is one of the Yorkshire Three Peaks (the other two being Whernside and Pen-y-ghent), and is frequently climbed as part of the Three Peaks walk. A large part of Ingleborough is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest and Nati... | {"Elevation": "723", "Prominence": "c. 427 m", "Location": "United Kingdom Yorkshire Dales", "Coordinates": "54 09 59 N 2 23 52 W type:mountain_region:GB_scale:100000 dms inline,title"} |
Pen-y-ghent or Penyghent is a fell in the Yorkshire Dales, England. It is the lowest of Yorkshire's Three Peaks at ; the other two being Ingleborough and Whernside. It lies east of Horton in Ribblesdale. It has a number of interesting geological features, such as Hunt Pot, and further down, Hull Pot. The waters that f... | {"Elevation": "694", "Prominence": "c. 306 m. (1,004 ft)", "English translation": "Hill on the border", "Language of name": "Cumbric", "Pronunciation": "ˈ p ɛ n ᵻ ɡ ɛ n t", "Location": "Location of Pen-y-ghent in theYorkshire Dales National Park", "Coordinates": "54 09 19 N 2 14 59 W type:mountain_region:GB_scale:10000... |
Allan Jones (October 14, 1907 – June 27, 1992) was an American actor and tenor.
Jones is best remembered as the male romantic lead actor in the first two films the Marx Brothers starred in for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, A Night at the Opera (1935) and A Day at the Races (1937), as well as the film musicals Show Boat (1936) ... | {"Name": "Allan Jones", "Image": "Allan Jones 1945.JPG", "Caption": "Jones in 1945.", "Birth name": "Theodore Allen Jones", "Birth date": "1907 10 14 y", "Birth place": "Old Forge, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Death date": "1992 6 27 1907 10 14 y", "Death place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Occupation": "Singer, actor",... |
Irene Hervey (born Beulah Irene Herwick; July 11, 1909December 20, 1998) was an American film, stage, and television actress who appeared in over fifty films and numerous television series spanning her five-decade career.
A native of Los Angeles, Hervey was trained in her youth by British stage and film actress Emma D... | {"Name": "Irene Hervey", "Image": "Irene Hervey 1937.JPG", "Caption": "Hervey in 1937", "Birth name": "Beulah Irene Herwick", "Birth date": "1909 07 11", "Birth place": "Venice, Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Death date": "1998 12 20 1909 07 11", "Death place": "Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Spouse... |
The Little Tennessee River (known locally as the Little T) is a tributary of the Tennessee River that flows through the Blue Ridge Mountains from Georgia, into North Carolina, and then into Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. It drains portions of three national forests— Chattahoochee, Nantahala, and Chero... | {"Mouth": "741 ft on", "Location": "Lenoir City, Tennessee", "Coordinates": "35 46 57 N 84 15 28 W inline,title", "Basin size": "2627 sqmi onU.S. Geological Survey, \"Introduction to the Upper Tennessee River Basin,\" 11 January 2013. Accessed: 31 May 2015.", "Left": "Nantahala River, Cheoah River, Citico Creek, Telli... |
California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) is a public university in Fresno, California, United States. It is part of the California State University system. The university had a fall 2020 enrollment of 25,341 students. It offers 60 bachelor's degree program, 45 master's degree programs, 3 doctoral degree prog... | {"Motto": "Lucem Accipe Ut Reddas (Latin)", "Type": "Public research university", "Accreditation": "WSCUC", "Endowment": "$170.8 million (2020)As of June 30, 2020. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx U.S. and Canadian Instituti... |
Ernest Howard Armstrong, (July 27, 1864 - February 15, 1946) was a Canadian politician and journalist who served as the ninth premier of Nova Scotia from 1923 to 1925.
Early life and career
Born in Kingston, Nova Scotia, the son of Edward and Sarah A. (Currell) Armstrong, Armstrong studied at Acadia University and Da... | {"Name": "Ernest Howard Armstrong", "Birth date": "1864 07 27", "Birth place": "Kingston, Nova Scotia", "Death date": "1946 02 15 1864 07 27", "Death place": "Bridgewater, Nova Scotia", "Lieutenant governor 1": "MacCallum GrantJames Robson Douglas", "Office 2": "MLA for Yarmouth County", "Predecessor 2": "George G. San... |
Kenneth Albert Arnold (March 29, 1915 - January 16, 1984) was an American aviator, businessman, and politician.
He is best known for making what is generally considered the first widely reported modern unidentified flying object sighting in the United States, after claiming to have seen nine unusual objects flying in ... | {"Name": "Kenneth Albert Arnold", "Birth date": "yes 1915 03 29", "Birth place": "Sebeka, Minnesota, US", "Alma mater": "University of Minnesota", "Death date": "yes 1984 01 16 1915 03 29", "Death place": "Bellevue, Washington, US", "Occupation": "Businessman, aviator"} |
Carson Wayne Newton (born April 3, 1942) is an American singer and actor. One of the most popular singers in the United States from the mid-to-late 20th century, Newton remains one of the best-known entertainers in Las Vegas and has performed there since 1963. He is known by the nicknames "The Midnight Idol", "Mr. Las ... | {"Name": "Wayne Newton", "Caption": "Newton performing in 2023", "Birth name": "Carson Wayne Newton", "Other names": "Mr. Las Vegas, The Midnight Idol, Mr. Entertainment", "Birth date": "1942 4 3", "Birth place": "Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.", "Children": "2", "Spouse(s)": "Elaine Okamura 1968 1985 divorced\n Kathleen McCr... |
Clone High is an adult animated science fiction sitcom created by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Bill Lawrence that premiered on Teletoon's late-night programming block The Detour On Teletoon on November 2, 2002. Set at a high school populated by the clones of well-known historical figures, the series follows its ce... | {"Also known as": "Clone High USA", "Genre": "Animated sitcom\n Comedy drama\n Satire\n Science fiction", "Created by": "Phil Lord\n Christopher Miller\n Bill Lawrence", "Voices of": "Will Forte\n Phil Lord\n Michael McDonald (season 1)\n Christa Miller\n Christopher Miller\n Nicole Sullivan\n Neil Casey\n Ayo Edebiri\... |
Hoppity Hooper is an American animated television series produced by Jay Ward, and sponsored by General Mills, originally broadcast on ABC from September 12, 1964, until 1967. The series was produced in Hollywood by Jay Ward and Bill Scott, with animation done in Mexico City by Gamma Productions.
Premise
The three ma... | {"Also known as": "Uncle Waldo's Cartoon Show", "Genre": "Children's program", "Created by": "Bill ScottChris Hayward", "Written by": "Chris JenkynsBill Scott", "Directed by": "Pete BurnessBill HurtzLew Keller", "Starring": "Waldo Wigglesworth, Fillmore Bear, and Hoppity Hooper", "Voices of": "Chris AllenHans ConriedPa... |
Lucius Bentinck Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland GCH, PC (5 November 1803 - 12 March 1884), styled Master of Falkland until 1809, was a British colonial administrator and Liberal politician.
Background
Falkland was the son of Charles John Cary, 9th Viscount Falkland, and his wife, Christiana. He succeeded as tenth Viscoun... | {"Name": "The Viscount Falkland", "Birth date": "1803 11 5 y", "Death date": "1884 3 12 1803 11 5 y", "Spouse(s)": "Lady Amelia FitzClarence 1830 1858 d."} |
thumb|300px|The region ruled by Altan Khan as of 1571 AD
Altan Khan of the Tümed (1507-1582; ; Chinese: 阿勒坦汗), whose given name was Anda (Mongolian: Алтан (Аньда);Алтан хан Mongoltoli.mn Chinese: 俺答), was the leader of the Tümed MongolsStein, R. A. (1972). Tibetan Civilization, pp. 81-82. Stanford University Press, Sta... | {"Father": "Bars Bolud Jinong", "Born": "1507", "Died": "1582 1507", "Religion": "Tibetan Buddhism"} |
Paul Pierre Lévy (15 September 1886 - 15 December 1971)
was a French mathematician who was active especially in probability theory, introducing fundamental concepts such as local time, stable distributions and characteristic functions. Lévy processes, Lévy flights, Lévy measures, Lévy's constant, the Lévy distribu... | {"Fields": "Mathematics", "Institutions": "École PolytechniqueÉcole des Mines", "Doctoral students": "Wolfgang DoeblinMichel LoèveBenoît MandelbrotGeorges Matheron", "Influenced": "Kiyosi Ito Benoit Mandelbrot Marc Yor"} |
Matthieu Prosper Avril (born December 12, 1937) is a Haitian political figure who was President of Haiti from 1988 to 1990. A trusted member of François Duvalier's Presidential Guard and adviser to Jean-Claude Duvalier, Lt. Gen. Avril led the September 1988 Haitian coup d'état against a transition military government i... | {"Name": "Prosper Avril", "Term start": "September 17, 1988", "Term end": "March 10, 1990MAJOR CHANGES IN HAITI'S RECENT HISTORY https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/11/world/major-changes-in-haiti-s-recent-history.html New York Times March 11, 1990 March 7, 2011", "Office 2": "Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Hait... |
Gail Berman (born August 17, 1956) is an American producer and television executive. She is co-owner and founding partner of The Jackal Group, a production entity formed in partnership with Fox Networks Group. The Jackal Group develops and produces scripted, unscripted and factual entertainment programming for FNG's ch... | {"Name": "Gail Berman", "Birth date": "1956 8 17", "Birth place": "Brooklyn, New York, U.S.", "Education": "University of Maryland", "Occupation": "Media executive", "Children": "2", "Spouse(s)": "Bill Masters"} |
Charles Elson "Buddy" Roemer III (October 4, 1943 - May 17, 2021) was an American politician, investor, and banker who served as the 52nd governor of Louisiana from 1988 to 1992, and as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1988. In March 1991, while serving as governor, Roemer switched af... | {"Name": "Buddy Roemer", "Term start": "March 14, 1988", "Term end": "January 13, 1992", "Birth name": "Charles Elson Roemer III", "Birth date": "October 4, 1943", "Birth place": "Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.", "Death date": "2021 5 17 1943 10 4", "Death place": "Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Cookie Demle... |
Gordon M. Bethune (born August 29, 1941) is a retired US airline executive. He was the CEO of Continental Airlines from 1994 until his retirement at the end of 2004. He formerly served on the boards of Honeywell and Prudential Financial.
Bethune was known for ensuring that he received some time as a pilot when taking d... | {"Name": "Gordon Bethune", "Birth date": "1941 8 29", "Birth place": "San Antonio, Texas", "Occupation": "Chief Executive Officer, Continental Airlines (1994-2004)Vice President, Boeing, (1988-1994)Vice President, Braniff, (1978-1982)Sr. Vice President, Piedmont Airlines, (1984-1988)", "Alma mater": "Abilene Christian ... |
Roberts Scott Blossom (March 25, 1924July 8, 2011) was an American poet and character actor of theatre, film, and television. He is best known for his roles as Old Man Marley in Home Alone (1990) and as Ezra Cobb in the horror film Deranged (1974). He is also remembered for his supporting roles in films such as The Gre... | {"Name": "Roberts Blossom", "Caption": "Blossom in 2010", "Birth name": "Roberts Scott Blossom", "Birth date": "1924 03 25", "Birth place": "New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.", "Death date": "2011 07 08 1924 03 25", "Death place": "Santa Monica, California, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Harvard University", "Occupation": "Actor, po... |
Joshua Brewster Bolten (born August 16, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician. Bolten served as the White House chief of staff to U.S. president George W. Bush, replacing Andrew Card on April 14, 2006. Previously, he served as the director of the Office of Management and Budget from 2003 to 2006.
Since 2017, he ... | {"Name": "Josh Bolten", "Term start": "April 14, 2006", "Term end": "January 20, 2009", "Office 2": "White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy", "President 2": "George W. Bush", "Predecessor 2": "Maria Echaveste", "Successor 2": "Harriet Miers", "Birth name": "Joshua Brewster Bolten", "Birth date": "1954 8 16", "Spo... |
Gata Kamsky (; ; born June 2, 1974) is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster, and a five-time U.S. champion.
Kamsky reached the final of the FIDE World Chess Championship 1996 at the age of 22, and reached a ranking of fourth in the world rankings in 1995. He played almost no FIDE-rated games between 1997 and late ... | {"Full name": "Gataulla Rustemovich Kamsky", "Country": "Soviet Union (until 1989) United States (since 1989)", "Born": "Novokuznetsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union", "Title": "Grandmaster (1990)", "Peak rating": "2763 (July 2013)", "Peak ranking": "No. 4 (July 1995)", "Rating": "2000024"} |
William Warren Bush (born November 7, 1935) is an American actor, usually credited as Billy Green Bush and sometimes as Billy Greenbush.
Typecast
Bush is a character actor, typically projecting in his screen appearances the good-ol'-boy image. He portrays mostly sheriffs and state troopers, although in his repertoire ... | {"Name": "Billy Green Bush", "Birth name": "William Warren Bush", "Birth date": "1935 11 7 yes", "Birth place": "Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.", "Other names": "Billy Greenbush", "Occupation": "Actor", "Children": "Clay, Lindsay, Sidney", "Spouse(s)": "Carole Kay"} |
Jacqueline "Jackie" Burroughs (2 February 1939 - 22 September 2010) was a British-born Canadian actress.
Early life
Born in Southport, Lancashire (now Merseyside), England, she emigrated to Canada on 26 August 1948 with her mother Edna, her father Harry and younger brother Gary.
Career
Burroughs started acting in l... | {"Name": "Jackie Burroughs", "Birth name": "Jacqueline West Burroughs", "Birth date": "1939 02 02 yes", "Birth place": "Southport, Lancashire, England", "Death date": "2010 9 22 1939 02 02 yes", "Death place": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Nationality": "British Canadian", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1966-... |
Michael David Capellas (born August 19, 1954) is an American executive in the computer and telecommunication industries. Capellas served as chairman and CEO of First Data Corporation, acting CEO of Serena Software, chairman and CEO of Compaq Computer Corporation until its merger with Hewlett-Packard where he became pre... | {"Name": "Michael David Capellas", "Birth date": "August 19, 1954", "Occupation": "Business executiveBoard member of Cisco", "Known For": "Chairman and CEO of VCECEO of First Data CorporationMCI CEO prior to Verizon acquisitionCompaq CEO prior to HP acquisition", "Alma mater": "Kent State University"} |
Pedro Francisco Carmona Estanga (born 6 July 1941) is a former Venezuelan business leader who was briefly installed as acting president of Venezuela in place of Hugo Chávez, following the attempted military coup in April 2002.Venezuelan coup leader given asylum - BBC News, 27 May 2002En imágenes: el "día negro" de Cháv... | {"Name": "Pedro Carmona", "Image caption": "Carmona in 2002.", "Term start": "12 April 2002", "Term end": "13 April 2002", "Birth date": "1941 7 6 y", "Birth place": "Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela", "Alma mater": "Universidad Católica Andrés Bello"} |
The Avalanches are an Australian electronic music group formed in Melbourne in 1997. They have released three studio albums Since I Left You (2000), Wildflower (2016), and We Will Always Love You (2020), and perform live and recorded DJ sets. The group currently consists of Robbie Chater and Tony Di Blasi.
The band i... | {"Origin": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Genres": "Sampledelia hip hop dance disco electronic", "Labels": "Modular Astralwerks XL Trifekta Wondergram Rex Sire Elektra", "Website": "theavalanches.com", "Members": "Robbie ChaterTony Di Blasi"} |
is a Japanese martial art, commonly known as the style practiced by several core members of the Shinsengumi.
Origins
The Tennen Rishin ryu is a traditional swordsmanship school, codified during the Kansei Era (1789-1801) by Kondō Kuranosuke Nagahiro (or Nagamichi). There is limited information in regards to him: he ... | {"Founder": "Kondō Kuranosuke Nagahiro", "Period founded": "Late Edo period(1603-1867)", "Date founded": "c. 1789", "Current headmaster": "Hirai Masato (Kondō lineage) / Ōtsuka Atsushi (Matsuzaki lineage)"} |
Lewis Minor Carson (August 12, 1941 - October 20, 2014) was an American actor, screenwriter, director and film producer.
Career
Carson first gained the notice of the film world when he starred in Jim McBride's mockumentary David Holzman's Diary in 1967 as the title character, a man so obsessed with filmmaking that he ... | {"Birth name": "Lewis Minor Carson", "Birth date": "1941 8 12 yes", "Birth place": "Irving, Texas, U.S.", "Death date": "2014 10 20 1941 8 12 yes", "Death place": "Dallas, Texas, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Karen Black 1975 1983\n Cynthia Hargrave 1990", "Children": "Hunter Carson", "Occupation": "Actor, screenwriter, directo... |
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