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"Who's That Girl" is a song by American singer Madonna from the soundtrack of the 1987 film Who's That Girl. Written and produced by Madonna and Patrick Leonard, it was released in Europe as the soundtrack's lead single on June 29, 1987; in the United States, a release was issued the following day. In 2009, it was incl... | {"Language": "English, Spanish", "B-side": "White Heat", "Released": "June 29, 1987", "Genre": "Dance-pop", "Label": "Sire\n Warner Bros.", "Songwriter(s)": "Madonna\n Patrick Leonard", "Producer(s)": "Madonna\n Patrick Leonard"} |
The Hughes Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace and defense contractor founded on February 14, 1934 by Howard Hughes in Glendale, California, as a division of Hughes Tool Company. The company was known for producing, among other products, the Hughes H-4 Hercules aircraft, the atmospheric entry probe carried ... | {"Fate": "Sold to Raytheon", "Founded": "1934 y in Glendale, California", "Defunct": "1997 y", "Headquarters": "United States", "Industry": "Aerospace and defense(Defense and Communications Electronics)", "Revenue": "$11B peak, 1986", "Parent": "Hughes Tool Company (1934)Howard Hughes Medical Institute (1953)General Mo... |
Paul Darrow (born Paul Valentine Birkby; 2 May 1941 - 3 June 2019) was an English actor. He became best known for playing Kerr Avon in the BBC science fiction television series Blake's 7 between 1978 and 1981. His many television roles included two appearances in another BBC science fiction series, Doctor Who, playing ... | {"Name": "Paul Darrow", "Image": "Paul Darrow.JPG", "Caption": "Darrow in 2007", "Birth name": "Paul Valentine Birkby", "Birth date": "1941 05 02 y", "Birth place": "Chessington, Surrey, England", "Death date": "2019 06 03 1941 05 02 y", "Alma mater": "Royal Academy of Dramatic Art", "Education": "Haberdashers' Aske's ... |
William Steig (;
November 14, 1907 - October 3, 2003) was an American cartoonist, illustrator and writer of children's books, best known for the picture book Shrek!, which inspired the film series of the same name, as well as others that included Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Abel's Island, and Doctor De Soto. He wa... | {"Name": "William Steig", "Image caption": "Steig in 1944", "Birth date": "1907 11 14", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S", "Death date": "2003 10 3 1907 11 14", "Death place": "Boston, Massachusetts, U.S", "Occupation": "Illustrator, writer", "Period": "1930-2003", "Notable works": "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble\n D... |
Sveriges Television AB ("Sweden's Television Stock Company"), shortened to SVT (), is the Swedish national public television broadcaster, funded by a public service tax on personal income set by the Riksdag (national parliament). Prior to 2019, SVT was funded by a television licence fee payable by all owners of televis... | {"Type": "Public television broadcaster", "Country": "Sweden", "Availability": "National", "Founded": "Sveriges Radio", "Parent": "Foundation Management for SR, SVT, and UR", "Affiliates": "European Broadcasting Union", "Language": "Swedish"} |
"If—" is a poem by English writer and poet Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), written circa 1895 as a tribute to Leander Starr Jameson. It is a literary example of Victorian-era stoicism. The poem, first published in Rewards and Fairies (1910) following the story "Brother Square-Toes", is written in the form of paternal advi... | {"Name": "\"If—\"", "Image caption": "A Doubleday, Page & Co. edition from 1910", "First published in": "Rewards and Fairies", "Author": "Rudyard Kipling", "Date of publication": "1910 yes", "Publisher": "Doubleday, Page & Company"} |
John Alston Maxton, Baron Maxton (born 5 May 1936) is a Scottish Labour Party politician. From 1979 to 2001 he was a backbencher Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons.
Early life
He is a nephew of the former Independent Labour Party leader and World War I conscientious objector, James Maxton. His father, ... | {"Name": "The Lord Maxton", "Term start": "3 May 1979", "Term end": "14 May 2001", "Birth date": "1936 05 5 yes", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "University College, Oxford"} |
Tracey Thorn (born 26 September 1962) is a British singer and songwriter. She is best known as a member of the duo Everything but the Girl, active from 1982 to 1999, and again from 2022. She was in the band Marine Girls from 1980 to 1983. Since 2007 she has been active as a solo artist; and as a writer of books and ess... | {"Name": "Tracey Thorn", "Caption": "Tracey Thorn in 2012", "Birth date": "1962 9 26 yes", "Birth place": "Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire, England", "Occupation": "Singer songwriter", "Years active": "1979-present", "Spouse(s)": "Ben Watt 2009https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0861305/", "Children": "3", "Module": "yes\n \nV... |
Cala Gonone is an Italian seaside town and a civil parish (frazione) of the municipality (comune) of Dorgali, Province of Nuoro, in the region of Sardinia. In 2007 it had 1,279 inhabitants.
History
The area around Cala Gonone was inhabited in the Nuragic Era. The remains of a Nuragic settlement can be seen at Nuraghe ... | {"Name": "Cala Gonone", "Image Caption": "Cala Gonone from the pier", "Coordinates": "40 16 57 N 9 37 55 E type:city inline,title", "Region": "Sardinia", "Province": "Nuoro (NU)", "Comune": "Dorgali", "Elevation (m)": "20", "Total Population": "1,278", "Population as of ____": "2007", "Gentilic": "Gononesi", "Postal Co... |
Santa Maria Navarrese is a coastal and tourist town, frazione ('district') of the municipality of Baunei, in the province of Nuoro, Sardinia. It is located at about 150 km north of Cagliari and 160 km south of Olbia, in the middle of the Gulf of Arbatax.
History
Santa Maria Navarrese, founded in the 1950s by Baunese... | {"Name": "Santa Maria Navarrese", "Coordinates": "39 59 20 N 9 41 20 E type:city inline,title", "Region": "Sardinia", "Province": "Nuoro", "Comune": "Baunei", "Elevation (m)": "9", "Total Population": "1450", "Population as of ____": "2001", "Gentilic": "Navarrese or Santamariese", "Day of Patron Saint": "15 August", "... |
Thomas Joseph Sestak (March 9, 1936 - April 3, 1987) was an American football defensive lineman who played for the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League (AFL).
Early life
Sestak was born in Gonzales, Texas. He had mixed European heritage, with his grandparents on his father's side being from Czechoslovakia whi... | {"Born:": "Gonzales, Texas, U.S.", "Died:": "Buffalo, New York, U.S.", "Height:": "5", "Weight:": "267", "College:": "McNeese State", "NFL Draft:": "220", "AFL Draft:": "132"} |
China Construction Bank Corporation (CCB) is one of the "big four" banks in China. In 2015, CCB was the 2nd largest bank in the world by market capitalization and 6th largest company in the world. The bank has approximately 13,629 domestic branches. In addition, it maintains overseas branches in London, Barcelona, Fran... | {"Type": "Public", "ISIN": "n y CNE100000742 n y CNE1000002H1", "Founded": "yes 1954 10 1", "Headquarters": "China", "Industry": "Financial services", "Products": "Finance and insurance, consumer banking, corporate banking, investment banking, investment management, global wealth management, private equity, mortgages, ... |
Audacity is a free and open-source digital audio editor and recording application software, available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and other Unix-like operating systems.
As of December 6, 2022, Audacity is the most popular download at FossHub, with over 114.2 million downloads since March 2015. It was previously served... | {"Developer(s)": "The Audacity Team", "Initial release": "2000 05 28", "Written in": "C, C++ (using the wxWidgets toolkit) http://sourceforge.net/potm/potm-2004-07.php\n Project of the Month July 2004 - Audacity\n November 27, 2008\n SourceForge\n July 2004\n https://web.archive.org/web/20081223141544/http://s... |
Chorizo (, from Spanish ; Portuguese ) is a type of pork sausage originating from the Iberian Peninsula. It is made in many national and regional varieties in several countries on different continents. Some of these varieties are quite different from each other, occasionally leading to confusion or disagreements over ... | {"Name of food": "Chorizo", "Image caption": "Curing chorizos", "Place of origin": "Spainhttp://europepmc.org/article/med/22055940 Europe PMC Meat Science 1987 22055940 Lois A. L. Gutiérrez L. M. Zumalacárregui J. M. López A. 19 3 169-77 10.1016/0309-1740(87)90054-4 and Portugal", "Region of origin": "Iberian Peninsula... |
Cleopatra V (; died or ) was a Ptolemaic Queen of Egypt. She is the only surely attested wife of Ptolemy XII. Her only known child is Berenice IV, but she was also probably the mother of Cleopatra VII. It is unclear if she died around the time of Cleopatra VII's birth in 69 BC, or if it was her or a daughter named Cle... | {"Reign": "79-69 BC with Ptolemy XII (as Cleopatra V) 58-57 with Berenice IV (possibly as Cleopatra VI)", "Predecessor": "Ptolemy XII", "Successor": "Berenice IV", "Children": "Known:Berenice IVProbably:Cleopatra VIIPossibly:Cleopatra Tryphaena IIArsinoe IVPtolemy XIIIPtolemy XIV", "Father": "Uncertain:Ptolemy IX or Pt... |
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Mary Shakespeare (née Arden; c. 1537 — September 1608) was the mother of William Shakespeare.
Biography
Mary was born about 1536 in Wilmcote, the daughter of Robert Arden, a gentleman farmer and junior descendant of the Arden family,Burke's Landed Gentry, 18th ed., vol. 2, 1969, e... | {"Name": "Mary Shakespeare", "Caption": "Postcard depicting the Arden cottage, Mary and young William", "Birth name": "Mary Arden", "Birth date": "1536-1538https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/shakespedia/william-shakespeare/william-shakespeares-family/mary-arden/ Mary Arden Shakespeare Birthplace Trust",... |
Joseph Freinademetz, S.V.D., () (April 15, 1852 - January 28, 1908) was a Ladin Roman Catholic priest and missionary in China. He has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church.Joseph Freinademetz (1852-1908)CANONIZATION OF THREE BLESSEDS
Early life
Freinademetz was born the fourth among the 13 children of Giovanmat... | {"Born": "Badia, County of Tyrol,Austrian Empire", "Died": "Daijiazhuang, Jining, South Shandong,Chinese Empire", "Feast": "January 29 http://mabuhay.catholic.org.hk/node/1465 Celebrating the feast of St. Joseph Freinademetz 2020-01-29 2020-01-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20200129090454/http://mabuhay.catholic.or... |
The Archdiocese of San Francisco (Latin: Archdiœcesis Sancti Francisci; Spanish: Archidiócesis de San Francisco) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the northern California region of the United States. The Archdiocese of San Francisco was erected on July 29, 1853, by Pope Piu... | {"Country": "United States", "Territory": "Counties of San Francisco, San Mateo, Marin", "Area": "6,023", "Denomination": "Catholic", "Rite": "Roman Rite", "Established": "1853 07 29 y", "Cathedral": "Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption", "Co-cathedral": "Old Saint Mary's Cathedral", "Bishops emeritus": "Ignatius... |
The M3 Stuart/Light Tank M3, was an American light tank of World War II. An improved version of the tank entered service as the M5 in 1942 to be supplied to British and other Commonwealth forces under lend-lease prior to the entry of the U.S. into the war. Afterwards, it was used by U.S. and Allied forces until the end... | {"Place of origin": "United States", "Type": "Light tank", "Steeringsystem": "yes", "Designer": "U.S. Army Ordnance Department", "Manufacturer": "American Car and Foundry Company\nCadillac division of General Motors\nGeneral Motors\nMassey-Harris", "Unit cost": "$32,915 (M3A1), $27,057 (M5)https://books.google.com/book... |
The M22 Locust, officially Light Tank (Airborne), M22, was an American-designed airborne light tank which was produced during World War II. The Locust began development in 1941 after the British War Office requested that the American government design a purpose-built airborne light tank which could be transported by gl... | {"Place of origin": "United States", "Type": "Airborne light tank", "Steeringsystem": "yes", "Wars": "World War II\n 1948 Arab-Israeli War", "Designer": "Marmon-Herrington", "Manufacturer": "Marmon-Herrington", "Produced": "1942-1945", "Mass": "7.4 tonnes (16,400 lb)", "Length": "12 ft 11 in mChamberlain; Ellis, p. ... |
The M24 Chaffee (officially Light Tank, M24) was an American light tank used during the later part of World War II; it was also used in post-World War II conflicts including the Korean War, and by the French in the War in Algeria and the First Indochina War. In British service it was given the service name Chaffee afte... | {"Place of origin": "United States", "Type": "Light tank", "Steeringsystem": "yes", "In service": "1944-1953 (U.S. Army)", "Used by": "United States and 28 others; see Operators", "Wars": "World War II Korean War First Indochina War Ifni War 1964 Ethiopian-Somali War Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Laotian Civil War Si... |
Lauda Air Luftfahrt GmbH, branded as Lauda Air, was an Austrian charter airline headquartered at Vienna International Airport in Schwechat. It was owned by Niki Lauda (1949-2019) during much of its existence, later becoming a charter airline subsidiary for leisure operations of Austrian Airlines. On 6 April 2013, Laud... | {"Airline name": "Lauda Air", "Image size (px)": "250", "IATA Designator": "NG", "ICAO Designator": "LDA", "Callsign": "LAUDA", "Parent Company": "Austrian Airlines Group", "Founded": "1979 04 y", "Commenced operations": "1985 y", "Headquarters": "Schwechat, Austria", "Key People": "Jaan Albrecht (CEO)\n Karsten Ben... |
The M3 Lee, officially Medium Tank, M3, was an American medium tank used during World War II. The turret was produced in two forms, one for US needs and one modified to British requirements to place the radio next to the commander. In British Commonwealth service, the tank was called by two names: tanks employing US p... | {"Place of origin": "United States", "Type": "Medium tank", "Steeringsystem": "Controlled differential", "In service": "1941-1955", "Wars": "World War II", "Manufacturer": "Detroit Tank Arsenal\n American Locomotive Company \n Pullman Standard \n Pressed Steel Car Company\n Baldwin Locomotive Works", "Unit cost": "$55,... |
Czech Airlines (abbreviation: ČSA, ) is the flag carrier of the Czech Republic. Its head office is located in the Vokovice area of Prague's 6th district and its hub is Václav Havel Airport Prague. The company mainly operates scheduled flights,Flight International 3 April 2007 serving three destinations as of 2023.
Whe... | {"Airline name": "ČSA-Czech Airlines ČSA-České Aerolinie", "IATA Designator": "OK", "ICAO Designator": "CSA", "Callsign": "CSA-LINES", "Major hubs": "Václav Havel Airport Prague", "Frequent Flyer Program": "OK Plus", "Airline Alliance": "SkyTeam", "Current Fleet Size": "2", "Number of Destinations": "3", "Parent Compa... |
The National-Democratic Party of Germany (, ) was an East German political party that served as a satellite party to the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) from 1948 to 1989, representing former members of the Nazi Party, the Wehrmacht and middle classes. It should not be confused with the far-right National Democr... | {"Founded": "25 May 1948", "Merged into": "Free Democratic Party", "Ideology": "National liberalismGünter Bannas Eckart Lohse Karl Feldmeyer Albert Schäffer Peter Carstens Johannes Leithäuser Stephan Löwenstein https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/mitgliederbewegungen-volksparteien-verlieren-parteivolk-1134365-p3... |
Leon Štukelj (; 12 November 1898 - 8 November 1999) was a Slovene professional gymnast. He was an Olympic gold medalist and athlete who represented Yugoslavia at the Olympics.
He is a noted figure in Slovenian sporting history. Štukelj is one of the first Slovene athletes to have risen to the very top of his sport, wh... | {"Country represented": "Kingdom of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia", "Discipline": "MAG", "Born": "Novo Mesto, Carniola, Austria-Hungary(now Slovenia)", "Died": "Maribor, Slovenia"} |
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles (, ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. The archdiocese's cathedra is in Los Angeles, the archdiocese comprises the California counties of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Ventura.... | {"Country": "United States", "Territory": "Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties", "Area": "14,019", "Parishes": "287", "Denomination": "Catholic", "Rite": "Roman Rite", "Established": "1922 06 01 y(As Diocese of Los Angeles-San Diego)1936 07 11 y(As Archdiocese of Los Angeles)", "Cathedral": "Cathedral of O... |
The Trevi Fountain () is an 18th-century fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini in 1762 and several others. Standing high and wide, it is the largest Baroque fountain in the city and one of the most famous fountains in the world.
Hi... | {"Location": "Rome, Italy", "Design": "Nicola Salvi", "Height": "26.3 m", "Length": "49 m", "Construction": "1732-1762", "Surface": "Travertine stone", "Coordinates": "41 54 3 N 12 28 59 E dms type:landmark_region:IT it"} |
Milford Sound (, officially gazetted as Milford Sound/Piopiotahi) is a fiord in the south west of New Zealand's South Island within Fiordland National Park, Piopiotahi (Milford Sound) Marine Reserve, and the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage site. It has been judged the world's top travel destination in an international su... | {"Native name": "mi Piopiotahi", "Location": "Fiordland, New Zealand", "Coordinates": "44 38 53 S 167 54 20 E region:NZ_type:waterbody inline,title", "Part of": "Tasman Sea", "River sources": "Cleddau River, Arthur River, Harrison River", "Max. length": "15.1 kmPhD Dykstra Jesse L. 2012 The Post-LGM Evolution of Mil... |
The , sometimes shortened to the Inland Sea, is the body of water separating Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, three of the four main islands of Japan. It serves as a waterway connecting the Pacific Ocean to the Sea of Japan. It connects to Osaka Bay and provides a sea transport link to industrial centers in the Kansai regi... | {"Location": "Pacific Ocean", "Coordinates": "34 10 N 133 20 E region:JP_type:waterbody_scale:1300000 inline,title", "Basin": "Japan", "Average depth": "38 m ft 0 on"} |
The Gator Bowl is an annual college football bowl game held in Jacksonville, Florida, operated by Gator Bowl Sports. It has been held continuously since 1946, making it the sixth oldest college bowl, as well as the first one ever televised nationally. The game was originally played at Gator Bowl Stadium through the Dec... | {"Stadium": "TIAA Bank Field", "Previous stadiums": "Gator Bowl Stadium (1946-1993)", "Location": "Jacksonville, Florida", "Temporary venue": "Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, Florida (1994)", "Operated": "1946-present", "Championship affiliation": "Bowl Coalition (1992-1994)", "Conference tie-ins": "SEC, Big Ten... |
The French Revolution of 1830, also known as the July Revolution (), Second French Revolution, or ("Three Glorious [Days]"), was a second French Revolution after the first in 1789. It led to the overthrow of King Charles X, the French Bourbon monarch, and the ascent of his cousin Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans. After... | {"Title": "fr Trois Glorieuses", "Part of": "the Bourbon Restoration andthe Revolutions of 1830", "Image caption": "Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix: an allegorical painting of the July Revolution.", "Also known as": "The July Revolution"} |
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Ruthin ( ; ) is a market town and community in Denbighshire, Wales, in the south of the Vale of Clwyd. It is Denbighshire's county town. The town, castle and St Peter's Square lie on a hill, skirted by villages such as Pwllglas and Rhewl. The name comes from the Welsh rhudd (red) and din... | {"Sovereign state": "Wales", "Senedd Cymru - Welsh Parliament": "Clwyd West", "Community": "Ruthin", "Principal area": "Denbighshire", "Preserved county": "Clwyd", "UK Parliament": "Clwyd West", "Postcode district": "LL", "Dialling code": "01824", "OS grid reference": "https://gridreferencefinder.com/ Grid Reference Fi... |
Meagan Monique Good (born August 8, 1981) is an American actress and model. She first gained critical attention for her role in the film Eve's Bayou (1997); prior to landing the role of Nina in the Nickelodeon sitcom Cousin Skeeter (1998-2001). Good received further prominence after starring in the films Deliver Us fro... | {"Name": "Meagan Good", "Caption": "Good in 2012", "Birth name": "Meagan Monique Good", "Birth date": "1981 8 8", "Birth place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress, model", "Years active": "1994-present", "Spouse(s)": "DeVon Franklin 2012 2022 divorced", "Relatives": "La'Myia Good (sister)", "Websi... |
The Disney Afternoon (later known internally as the Disney-Kellogg Alliance when unbranded), sometimes abbreviated as TDA, was a created-for-syndication two-hour programming block of animated television series. It was produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and distributed through its syndication affiliate Buena V... | {"Formerly known as": "The Disney Afternoon", "Launched": "1990 9 10", "Closed": "1997 8 29 (as The Disney Afternoon)\n1999 8 (without on-air branding)", "Network": "Syndication", "Country of origin": "US", "Owner": "Buena Vista Television", "Sister network": "Disney's One Saturday Morning & Disney's One Too", "Format"... |
The Peach Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played in Atlanta, Georgia, since December 1968. Since 1997, it has been sponsored by Chick-fil-A and is officially known as the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. From 2006 to 2013, it was officially referred to as simply the Chick-fil-A Bowl. The winner of the bowl game is ... | {"Stadium": "Mercedes-Benz Stadium", "Previous stadiums": "Grant Field (1968-1970)Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (1971-1992)Georgia Dome (1993-2016)", "Location": "Atlanta, Georgia", "Operated": "1968-present", "Championship affiliation": "CFP (2014-present)", "Previous conference tie-ins": "SEC, ACC", "Payout": "3,967,... |
The ReliaQuest Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played in Tampa, Florida. The event was known as the Hall of Fame Bowl from 1986 to 1995 and the Outback Bowl from 1996 to 2022. It was held at Tampa Stadium from 1986 until 1999, when it moved to then-new Raymond James Stadium. The bowl is played on New Years... | {"Stadium": "Raymond James Stadium", "Previous stadiums": "Tampa Stadium (1986-1998)", "Location": "Tampa, Florida", "Operated": "1986-present", "Conference tie-ins": "Big Ten, SEC", "Payout": "6.4 million (2019 season)http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/bowl-schedule/2019/ 2019 Bowl Schedule collegefootballpoll.com ... |
Joseph Francis Tribbiani Jr. (born 1968/1969)”https://screenrant.com/friends-character-ages-change-wrong-explained/” Screenrant, Friends: The Characters' Ages (& How They Get It Wrong) is a fictional character, serving as one of the primary characters of the NBC sitcom Friends and the protagonist of its spin-off Joey. ... | {"First appearance": "Friends:\"The Pilot\" (1994)", "Last appearance": "Joey:\"Joey and the Wedding\" (2006)", "Created by": "David CraneMarta KauffmanKevin S. Bright", "Portrayed by": "Matt LeBlanc", "Family": "Gloria Tribbiani (mother)Joseph Tribbiani Sr. (father)Gina Tribbiani (sister)Dina Tribbiani (sister)Mary An... |
Rachel Karen Green is a fictional character, one of the six main characters who appeared in the American sitcom Friends. Portrayed by Jennifer Aniston, the character was created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, and appeared in all of the show's 236 episodes during its decade-long run, from its premiere on September 2... | {"First appearance": "\"The Pilot\" (1994)", "Last appearance": "\"The Last One\" (2004)", "Portrayed by": "Jennifer Aniston", "Created by": "David CraneMarta Kauffman", "Gender": "Female", "Family": "Dr. Leonard Green (father)Sandra Green (mother)Jill Green (sister)Amy Green (sister)Ida Green (grandmother)", "Children... |
Gérard Paul Francis Houllier (; 3 September 194714 December 2020) was a French professional football manager and player. Clubs he managed include Paris Saint-Germain, Lens and Liverpool, where he won the FA Cup, League Cup, FA Charity Shield, UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup in 2001. He then guided Lyon to two French title... | {"Name": "Gérard HoullierGBR OBE", "Picture caption": "Houllier in 2009", "Full name": "Gérard Paul Francis Houllierhttp://entreprises.lefigaro.fr/gh-consulting-92/entreprise-750873804 Entreprise GH Consulting à Boulogne-Billancourt (92100) Company GH Consulting in Boulogne-Billancourt (92100) Figaro Entreprises So... |
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia ()is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in southeastern Pennsylvania - in the United States. It covers Philadelphia, the nation's sixth-most populous city, and five Pennsylvania counties: Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philad... | {"Country": "United States", "Territory": "Philadelphia and the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia", "Headquarters": "222 North 17th St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Area": "2,183", "Parishes": "214", "Denomination": "Catholic", "Rite": "Roman Rite", "Established": "1808 04 08 y", "Ca... |
Deborah Ann Greer "Debbie" Stabenow (born April 29, 1950) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Michigan, a seat she has held since 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, she became the state's first female U.S. senator after defeating Republican incumbent Spencer Abraham in the 20... | {"Name": "Debbie Stabenow", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2019", "Term start": "January 3, 2001", "Office 2": "Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee", "Predecessor 2": "Pat Roberts", "Birth name": "Deborah Ann Greer", "Birth date": "1950 4 29", "Birth place": "Gladwin, Michigan, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Dennis S... |
Carl Milton Levin (June 28, 1934 - July 29, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee from 2001 to 2003 and again from 2007 to 2015.
Born in Detroit, Levi... | {"Name": "Carl Levin", "Term start": "January 3, 1979", "Term end": "January 3, 2015", "Predecessor 2": "John Warner", "Successor 2": "John Warner", "Birth name": "Carl Milton Levin", "Birth date": "1934 6 28", "Birth place": "Detroit, Michigan, U.S.", "Death date": "2021 7 29 1934 6 28", "Death place": "Detroit, Michi... |
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The Robert J. Collier Trophy is an annual aviation award administered by the U.S. National Aeronautic Association (NAA), presented to those who have made "the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in A... | {"Awarded for": "\"the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America, with respect to improving the performance, efficiency, and safety of air or space vehicles, the value of which has been thoroughly demonstrated by actual use during the preceding year.\"", "Presented by": "National Aeronautic Associa... |
Crossing Jordan is an American crime drama television series created by Tim Kring, that aired on NBC from September 24, 2001, to May 16, 2007. It stars Jill Hennessy as Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh, a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. In addition to Jordan, t... | {"Genre": "Crime drama", "Created by": "Tim Kring", "Starring": "Jill Hennessy\n Miguel Ferrer\n Ravi Kapoor\n Mahershala Ali\n Ken Howard\n Kathryn Hahn\n Steve Valentine\n Lorraine Toussaint\n Ivan Sergei\n Jerry O'Connell\n Leslie Bibb", "Country of origin": "United States", "Running time": "42-44 minutes", "Origina... |
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The Volvo Sport (also known as P1900) is a Swedish fiberglass-bodied roadster of which sixty-eight units were built, first 19 by Glasspar Company in California, between 1956 and 1957 by Volvo Cars.
Assar Gabrielsson, Volvo's president and founder, go... | {"Manufacturer": "Volvo Personvagnar", "Also called": "Volvo P1900", "Production": "1956–1957 68 produced", "Successor": "Volvo P1800", "Class": "Sports car (S)", "Body style": "Roadster", "Layout": "Front-engine, rear-wheel drive", "Transmission": "3-speed manual", "Designer": "William Tritt (body only)"} |
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baltimore () is the premier (or first) see of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the United States. The archdiocese comprises the City of Baltimore and nine of Maryland's 23 counties in the central and western portions of the state: Allegany - Anne Arundel - Baltimore - Carroll, ... | {"Country": "United States", "Territory": "The City of Baltimore and nine counties across central and western Maryland", "Area": "12,340", "Parishes": "144", "Denomination": "Catholic", "Rite": "Roman Rite", "Established": "1789 11 06 y", "Cathedral": "Cathedral of Mary Our Queen", "Co-cathedral": "Basilica of the Nati... |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of London () is a Latin rite suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toronto in Ontario, southeastern Canada.
The present episcopal see of the Diocese, St. Peter's Cathedral, was built in a French Gothic Revival style from 1880 to 1885. It was raised to the status of a minor basilica by... | {"Country": "Canada", "Metropolitan": "Archdiocese of Toronto", "Deaneries": "7", "Area": "The territory comprises the following counties of Ontario: Middlesex, Elgin, Norfolk, Perth, Huron, Lambton, Kent, & Essex.", "Parishes": "131", "Denomination": "Catholic", "Rite": "Roman Rite", "Established": "1856 02 21 y", "Ca... |
The Diocese of San José in California () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in Santa Clara County in California in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Francisco.
The mother church of the Diocese of San José in California is the... | {"Country": "United States", "Territory": "County of Santa Clara", "Headquarters": "1150 N. First St., San Jose CA 95112", "Parishes": "52 (including missions)", "Denomination": "Catholic", "Rite": "Roman Rite", "Established": "January 27, 1981", "Cathedral": "Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph", "Co-cathedral": "Saint P... |
Felecity Willis (born October 31, 1978) is an American basketball referee and former player. She was a two-sport athlete for University of Arizona, playing college basketball and college softball for the Arizona Wildcats. She later played professional basketball for several years and was a member of the Puerto Rico nat... | {"Born": "1978 10 31", "Nationality": "American / Puerto Rican", "Listed height": "7", "High school": "Apple Valley(Apple Valley, California)", "College": "Arizona (1996-2000)"} |
Koreans are an East Asian ethnic group native to Korea. The majority of Koreans live in the two Korean nation states of North and South Korea, which are collectively referred to as Korea. As of 2021, an estimated 7.3 million ethnic Koreans resided outside of Korea. Koreans are also an officially recognized ethnic minor... | {"Name": "Koreans", "Native name": "ko 한민족ko 조선민족", "Population": "80+ million\ncenter|frameless|260x260px", "Languages": "Korean,korJeju and Korean Sign Language minorities", "Religions": "Predominantly irreligious Significant Korean shamanic, Christian and Buddhist minorities", "Related ethnic groups": "Jeju, Manchus... |
P. D. Q. Bach is a fictional composer invented by the American musical satirist Peter Schickele, who developed a five-decade-long career performing the "discovered" works of the "only forgotten son" of the Bach family. Schickele's music combines parodies of musicological scholarship, the conventions of Baroque and Cla... | {"Created by": "Peter Schickele", "Portrayed by": "Peter Schickele", "Family": "Johann Sebastian Bach (father)\n Anna Magdalena Bach (mother)\n Johann Christian Bach (brother)\n Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (brother)\n Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (brother)", "Nationality": "German"} |
Horn & Hardart was a food services company in the United States noted for operating the first food service automats in Philadelphia, New York City, and Baltimore.
Philadelphia's Joseph Horn (1861-1941) and German-born, New Orleans-raised Frank Hardart (1850-1918) opened their first restaurant in Philadelphia, on Decem... | {"Type": "Privately held company", "Founded": "1888 (partnership) 1902 (first automat)", "Industry": "Restaurants", "Revenue": "USD"} |
Messier 5 or M5 (also designated NGC 5904) is a globular cluster in the constellation Serpens. It was discovered by Gottfried Kirch in 1702.
Discovery and visibility
M5 is, under extremely good conditions, just visible to the naked eye as a faint "star" 0.37 of a degree (22' (arcmin)) north-west of star 5 Serpentis. B... | {"Class": "V", "Distance": "24.5 kly kpc on on", "Apparent dimensions (V)": "23′.0", "Mass": "8.57 5", "Radius": "80 ly", "Estimated age": "10.62 Gyr", "Other designations": "NGC 5904, GCl 34"} |
The Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) is the national metrology institute of the Federal Republic of Germany, with scientific and technical service tasks. It is a higher federal authority and a public-law institution directly under federal government control, without legal capacity, under the auspices of the ... | {"Type": "Higher federal institute", "Jurisdiction": "Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy", "Formed": "1887", "Headquarters": "Braunschweig", "Employees": "1900Employees", "Website": "ptb.de"} |
Messier 107 or M107, also known as NGC 6171, is a very loose globular cluster in a very mildly southern part of the sky close to the equator in Ophiuchus, and is the last such object in the Messier Catalogue.
Observational history, namings and guide
It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in April 1782, then independentl... | {"Class": "X", "Distance": "20.9 kly kpc on on", "Apparent dimensions (V)": "10 arcminute", "Mass": "1.82 5", "Radius": "30 lyFrom trigonometry: distance × sin( diameter_angle / 2 ) = 39.5 ly. radius", "Estimated age": "13.95 Gyr", "Other designations": "C 1629-129, GCl 44, M 107, NGC 6171"} |
Bo Hi Pak (August 18, 1930 - January 12, 2019 in Korea. Korean: 박보희/朴普熙) was a prominent member of the Unification Church. During the 1970s and 1980s, he was a major leader in the church movement, leading projects such as newspapers (notably The Washington Times), schools, performing arts projects, political projects s... | {"Hangul name": "박보희", "Hanja": "朴普熙", "Revised Romanization": "Bak Bohui", "McCune-Reischauer": "Pak Pohŭi"} |
thumb|200px|An ichnography of USAG Yongsan. The yellow area at the top is Camp Coiner.
Yongsan Garrison (; Hanja: ), meaning "dragon hill garrison", is an area located in the Yongsan District of central Seoul, South Korea. The site served as the headquarters for U.S. military forces stationed in South Korea, known as ... | {"Nickname(s)": "\"The Army's Home in Korea\"", "Branch": "Flag of the United States Army (unofficial proportions).svg 23px United States Army", "Type": "Army garrison", "Part of": "Eighth United States Army\nInstallation Management Command", "Motto(s)": "\"Sustain, Support, Defend!\", \"We are The Army's Home in Korea... |
The Treaty establishing the European Defence Community, also known as the Treaty of Paris, is an unratified treaty signed on 27 May 1952 by the six 'inner' countries of European integration: the Benelux countries, France, Italy, and West Germany. The treaty would have created a European Defence Community (EDC), with a ... | {"Name": "Treaty establishing the European Defence Community", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "Ratification statuses in signatory states:green Ratifiedyellow Abortedred Rejected", "Treaty type": "Military pact", "Treaty context": "Cold war, European integration", "Date drafted": "24 October 1950", "Location si... |
Kerrang! is a British music webzine and quarterly magazine that primarily covers rock, punk and heavy metal music. Since 2017, the magazine has been published by Wasted Talent Ltd (the same company that owns electronic music publication Mixmag). The magazine was named onomatopoeically after the sound of a "guitar being... | {"Staff writers": "Nick Ruskell, David McLaughlin, Emily Carter, Tom Shepherd, Ethan Fixell, Christopher Krovatin, Cat Jones", "Frequency": "Monthly (1981-1982)\n Fortnightly (1982-1987)\n Weekly (1987-2020)\n Quarterly (2021-present)", "Publisher": "Wasted Talent Ltd", "Founder": "Alan Lewis", "First issue": "y 1981 6... |
The Fast Carrier Task Force (TF 38 when assigned to Third Fleet, TF 58 when assigned to Fifth Fleet), was the main striking force of the United States Navy in the Pacific War from January 1944 through the end of the war in August 1945. The task force was made up of several separate task groups, each typically built aro... | {"Branch": "United States Navy 1864", "Type": "Fleet", "Size": "17 carriers, 6 battleships, 13 cruisers, 58 destroyers, 1,100 aircraft (December 1944);The Encyclopedia of Codenames of World War II Christopher Chant Routledge 2013 103 978-1134647873 https://books.google.com/books?id=eTaMAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA103 increased for... |
Dent v. West Virginia, 129 U.S. 114 (1889), was an important United States Supreme Court case involving the reputable practice of physicians and state laws in the late 19th century. It was a direct challenge to West Virginia having passed "the nation's first genuinely restrictive physician licensing law in the early 1... | {"Date argued": "December 11", "Year argued": "1888", "Date decided": "January 14", "Year decided": "1889", "Full case name": "Dent v. State of West Virginia", "United States Reports volume number": "129", "United States Reports page number": "114", "Parallel citations": "9 S. Ct. 231; 32 L. Ed. 623; 1889 U.S. LEXIS 16... |
Jean Omer Marie Gabriel Monnet (; 9 November 1888 - 16 March 1979) was a French civil servant, entrepreneur, diplomat, financier, administrator, and political visionary.Alden Whitman, "Jean Monnet, 90, Architect of European Unity, Dies", New York Times, 17 March 1979 An influential supporter of European unity, he is co... | {"Name": "Jean Monnet", "Image caption": "Monnet in 1952", "Term start": "10 August 1952", "Term end": "3 June 1955", "Office 2": "Deputy Secretary-General of the League of Nations", "Predecessor 2": "Office created", "Successor 2": "Joseph Avenol", "Birth name": "Jean Omer Marie Gabriel Monnet", "Birth date": "1888 11... |
alt=Coligny being thrown from his window down to where a group of men wait with swords below.|thumb|The murder of Admiral Coligny, Guise stands below in the red plumed hat.
Henry I, Prince of Joinville, Duke of Guise, Count of Eu (31 December 1550 - 23 December 1588), sometimes called ('Scarface'), was the eldest son ... | {"Born": "31 December 1550", "Died": "Château de Blois, Blois, France", "Religion": "Roman Catholicism", "Father": "Francis, Duke of Guise", "Mother": "Anna d'Este"} |
Abu Simbel is a historic site comprising two massive rock-cut temples in the village of Abu Simbel (), Aswan Governorate, Upper Egypt, near the border with Sudan. It is situated on the western bank of Lake Nasser, about southwest of Aswan (about by road). The twin temples were originally carved out of the mountainsid... | {"Coordinates": "22 20 13 N 31 37 32 E inline,title", "Location": "Aswan Governorate, Egypt", "Region": "Nubia", "Type": "Temple", "Builder": "Ramesses II", "Founded": "Approximately 1264 BC", "Periods": "New Kingdom of Egypt"} |
Denis Clifford Quilley, OBE (26 December 1927 - 5 October 2003) was an English actor and singer.
From a family with no theatrical connections, Quilley was determined from an early age to become an actor. He was taken on by the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in his teens, and after a break for compulsory military service ... | {"Name": "Denis Quilley", "Post-nominals": "OBE", "Caption": "Quilley c. 1960", "Birth name": "Denis Clifford Quilley", "Birth date": "1927 12 26 y", "Birth place": "Islington, London, England", "Death date": "2003 10 5 1927 12 26 y", "Death place": "London, England", "Years active": "Actor", "Spouse(s)": "Stella Chapm... |
The National Religious Party (, Miflaga Datit Leumit, commonly known in Israel by its Hebrew acronym Mafdal, ) was a political party in Israel representing the religious Zionist movement.
Formed in 1956, at the time of its dissolution in 2008, it was the second-oldest surviving party in the country after Agudat Yisrae... | {"Leader": "Haim-Moshe ShapiraYosef BurgZevulun HammerYitzhak LevyEffi EitamZevulun Orlev", "Ideology": "Religious ZionismReligious nationalismReligious conservatismSocial conservatismOrthodox interestsSettler interestsGreater IsraelYishai, Yael. “Israeli Annexation of East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights: Factors and ... |
Moses Wilhelm Shapira (; 1830 - March 9, 1884) was a Jerusalem antiquities dealer and purveyor of both authentic and forged Semitic antiquities, including some allegedly Biblical artifacts, the most high profile of which was the probably fake Shapira Scroll. The shame brought about by accusations that he was involved i... | {"Name": "Moses Wilhelm Shapira", "Birth date": "1830", "Birth place": "Kamenets-Podolski, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)", "Death date": "1884 03 09 1830", "Death place": "Hotel Willemsbrug in Rotterdam, Netherlands", "Citizenship": "RussianPrussian", "Occupation": "Antiquities dealer", "Known For": "His role in the pos... |
is a Japanese archaeologist who claimed he had found a large number of stone artifacts dating back to the Lower Paleolithic and Middle Paleolithic periods. These objects were later revealed to be forgeries.
Success
Fujimura was born in Kami, Miyagi, in 1950. After graduating from a high school in Sendai, he obtained a... | {"Birth date": "1950 5 4", "Birth place": "Kami, Miyagi, Japan", "Occupation": "Archaeologist", "Known For": "Claiming to find Lower Paleolithic and Middle Paleolithic artifacts"} |
The Setesdal Line () was a railway between Kristiansand and Byglandsfjord in southern Norway, long. It was built with a narrow gauge of , and opened to Hægeland 26 November 1895, and to Byglandsfjord 27 November 1896. Stations along the line included Mosby, Vennesla, Grovene (Grovane), Iveland and Hægeland.
Today, on... | {"Terminus": "Grovane Røyknes", "Built by": "Norwegian State Railways", "Opened": "26 November 1895", "Original gauge": "1067mm on", "Electrification": "None", "Owned by": "Setesdal Line", "Operated by": "Setesdal Line", "Stations": "Kristiansand Station - Byglandsfjord Station (original)Grovane Station - Røyknes Stati... |
Countess Andrée Eugénie Adrienne de Jongh (30 November 1916 - 13 October 2007), called Dédée and Postman, was a member of the Belgian Resistance during the Second World War. She organised and led the Comet Line (Le Réseau Comète) to assist Allied soldiers and airmen to escape from Nazi-occupied Belgium. The airmen wer... | {"Name": "Andrée de Jongh", "Caption": "Andrée de Jongh after visiting Buckingham Palace to receive the George Medal in February 1946", "Birth name": "Andrée Eugénie Adrienne de Jongh", "Birth date": "1916 11 30 y", "Birth place": "Schaerbeek, Belgium", "Death date": "2007 10 13 1916 11 30 y", "Death place": "Brussels,... |
Phantly Roy Bean Jr. (c. 1825 - March 16, 1903) was an American saloon-keeper and Justice of the Peace in Val Verde County, Texas, who called himself "The Only Law West of the Pecos". According to legend, he held court in his saloon along the Rio Grande on a desolate stretch of the Chihuahuan Desert of southwest Texas.... | {"Name": "Judge Roy Bean", "Birth name": "Phantly Roy Bean Jr.", "Birth date": "1825", "Birth place": "Mason County, Kentucky, U.S.", "Death date": "March 16, 1903 1825", "Death place": "Langtry, Texas, U.S.", "Burial place": "Whitehead Memorial MuseumDel Rio, Texas", "Burial place coordinates": "29.3517 N 100.8980 W t... |
was a Japanese naval aviator and flying ace ("Gekitsui-O", ) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Sakai had 28-64 aerial victories, including shared ones, according to official Japanese records,Sakai saburo research book, pp.277. but his autobiography, Samurai!, which was co-written by Martin Caidin and F... | {"Native name": "坂井 三郎", "Born": "Saga, Japan", "Died": "Atsugi Naval Air Station, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan", "Nickname(s)": "Sky Samurai", "Allegiance": "Empire of Japan", "Spouse(s)": "Hatsuyo (1944-1947)Haru (1952-2000)", "Children": "3"} |
Ivan Logginovich Goremykin (; 8 November 183924 December 1917) was a Russian politician who served as the prime minister of the Russian Empire in 1906 and again from 1914 to 1916, during World War I. He was the last person to have the civil rank of Active Privy Councillor, 1st class. During his time in government, Gore... | {"Name": "Ivan Goremykin", "Native name": "Иван Горемыкин", "Image caption": "Ivan Goremykin, 1906", "Term start": "5 May 1906", "Term end": "21 July 1906", "Monarch 2": "Nicholas II", "Predecessor 2": "Vladimir Kokovtsov", "Successor 2": "Boris Stürmer", "Birth name": "Ivan Logginovich Goremykin", "Birth date": "1839 ... |
Hetty Green (November 21, 1834 - July 3, 1916), was an American businesswoman and financier known as "the richest woman in America" during the Gilded Age. Those who knew her well referred to her admiringly as the Queen of Wall Street due to her willingness to lend freely and at reasonable interest rates to financiers a... | {"Caption": "Green in 1897", "Birth name": "Henrietta Howland Robinson", "Birth date": "1834 11 21", "Birth place": "New Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Death date": "1916 7 3 1834 11 21", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Resting place": "Immanuel Cemetery, Bellows Falls, Vermont, U.S.", "Education": "Eliza Wing ... |
Brian Julian Warry Stonehouse MBE (29 August 1918 - 2 December 1998) was an English painter and Special Operations Executive agent during World War II. He was born in Torquay, England and had a brother, Dale. When his family moved to France, he went to school in Wimereux, Pas-de-Calais. Back in Britain in 1932, he stud... | {"Name": "Brian Stonehouse", "Post-nominals": "MBE", "Caption": "Concentration Camp Self-portrait drawn with a Mirror - hence the signature", "Birth name": "Brian Julian Warry Stonehouse", "Birth date": "1918 08 29 y", "Birth place": "Torquay, Devon, England", "Death date": "1998 12 02 1918 08 29 y", "Death place": "Lo... |
Ruby Macie Muhammad (née Grier) ( - died March 2, 2011) was an African American religious figure and centenarian known as the "Mother of the Nation of Islam." She was born on a farm in Sandersville, Georgia and grew up in Americus. No birth certificate exists to confirm her age, and it has been reported with significa... | {"Name": "Ruby Muhammad", "Birth name": "Ruby Macie Grier", "Birth date": "1907", "Birth place": "Sandersville, Georgia, U.S.", "Death date": "2011 3 2 1907", "Death place": "Sacramento, California, U.S.", "Other names": "Ruby Pittman", "Known For": "Mother of the Nation of Islam(1986-2011)"} |
Claude Du Vall (or Duval) (164321 January 1670) was a French highwayman in Restoration England. He came from a family of decayed nobility, and worked in the service of exiled royalists who returned to England under King Charles II. Little else is known of his history. According to popular legend, he abhorred violence, ... | {"Name": "Claude Deval (The Marquis)", "Caption": "William Powell Frith's 1860 painting, Claude Duvall", "Birth date": "1643", "Birth place": "Domfront, Orne, Normandy, France", "Death date": "yes 1670 1 21 1643", "Death place": "Tyburn Tree Gallows, Middlesex, London, England", "Resting place": "St Paul's, Covent Gard... |
Honoré Théodore Maxime Gazan de la Peyrière (; October 29, 1765 - April 9, 1845) was a French general who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
Gazan started his military career as a cannonier in the French Coast Guard. He was later appointed to the Royal Life Guards and, upon the beginning ... | {"Born": "Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes", "Died": "Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes", "Allegiance": "22px", "Awards": "Officer's Grand Cross, Legion of HonorPeer of France, 1831."} |
The Venlo incident, was a covert operation carried out by the German Nazi Party's (SD) on 9 November 1939, which resulted in the capture of two British Secret Intelligence Service agents from the German border, on the outskirts of the Dutch city of Venlo."The Scotsman", 25 November 1939, p. 13.
The incident was lat... | {"Title": "Venlo incident", "Image caption": "Reconstruction of the incident in 1948", "Coordinates": "51 22 54.74 N 6 13 1.21 E type:event_scale:1000_region:NL title", "Participants": "British Secret Intelligence Service and German Sicherheitsdienst", "Outcome": "British spy network in central and western Europe rende... |
Deborah Sampson Gannett, also known as Deborah Samson or Deborah Sampson, was born on December 17, 1760 in Plympton, Massachusetts. She disguised herself as a man, and served in the Continental Army under the name Robert Shirtliff - sometimes spelled Shurtleff or Shirtleff - and fought in the American Revolutionary War... | {"Born": "Plympton, Massachusetts", "Died": "Sharon, Massachusetts", "Allegiance": "United States", "Spouse(s)": "Benjamin Gannett (m. 1785)", "Children": "4", "Other work": "TeacherWeaverSoldierLecturerFarmer"} |
Elis Regina Carvalho Costa (March 17, 1945 - January 19, 1982), known professionally as Elis Regina (), was a Brazilian singer of MPB and jazz music. She is also the mother of the singers Maria Rita and Pedro Mariano.
She became nationally renowned in 1965 after singing "Arrastão" (composed by Edu Lobo and Vinícius de... | {"Name": "Elis Regina", "Caption": "Regina in 1964", "Other names": "Pimentinha, Furacão", "Birth name": "Elis Regina Carvalho Costa", "Birth date": "1945 3 17 y", "Birth place": "Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil", "Death date": "1982 1 19 1945 3 17 y", "Death place": "São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil", "Spouse(s)":... |
Caterina Irene Elena Maria Boyle, Lady Saunders (; 29 May 1926 - 20 March 2018), usually known as Katie Boyle, was an Italian-born British actress, writer, radio announcer, television personality and game-show panellist. She became best known for presenting the Eurovision Song Contest on a record four occasions: in , ,... | {"Name": "Katie Boyle", "Alt": "Katie Boyle", "Caption": "Boyle appearing on After Dark, July 1988", "Birth name": "Caterina Irene Elena Maria Imperiali dei Principi di Francavilla", "Birth date": "y 1926 5 29", "Birth place": "Florence, Tuscany, Italy", "Death date": "y 2018 3 20 1926 5 29", "Nationality": "British", ... |
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Provo William Parry Wallis, (12 April 1791 - 13 February 1892) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer, following the capture of USS Chesapeake by the frigate during the War of 1812, the wounding of HMS Shannons captain and the death of her first lieutenant in the action, he served as t... | {"Born": "Halifax, Nova Scotia", "Died": "Funtington, England", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Commands held": "Snipe 1801 6Niemen 1820 6Madagascar 1822 6Senior Naval Officer, GibraltarSouth East Coast of America Station", "Awards": "Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath"} |
The Palace of the Republic () was a building in Berlin that hosted the Volkskammer, the parliament of East Germany, from 1976 to 1990.
The Palace of the Republic, also known as the "People's Palace", was located across the Unter den Linden from Museum Island in the Mitte area of East Berlin, on the site of the former ... | {"Location": "Mitte, Berlin, Germany", "Coordinates": "52 31 03 N 13 24 10 E region:DE-BE_type:landmark inline,title", "Construction started": "1973", "Status": "demolished", "Type": "Cultural building, Parliamentary building", "Architectural style": "Modernist"} |
The 1st "Golani" Brigade () is an Israeli military infantry brigade that is subordinated to the 36th Division and traditionally associated with the Northern Command. It is one of the five infantry brigades of the regular Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the others being the Paratroopers Brigade, the Nahal Brigade, the Giva... | {"Type": "Infantry", "Branch": "Army", "Part of": "36th Division, Northern Command", "Size": "5 battalions", "Motto(s)": "\"The No. 1 Brigade\"", "March": "\"Golani Sheli\" (\"My Golani\")", "Mascot(s)": "Olive Tree"} |
Huntly ( or Hunndaidh) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, formerly known as Milton of Strathbogie or simply Strathbogie. It had a population of 4,460 in 2004 and is the site of Huntly Castle. Its neighbouring settlements include Keith and Rothiemay. Both Huntly and the surrounding district of Gordon are named for a ... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "Council area": "Aberdeenshire", "UK Parliament": "Gordon", "Scottish Parliament": "Aberdeenshire West", "Postcode district": "AB", "Dialling code": "01466", "OS grid reference": "NJ5353"} |
San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) was a private college of contemporary art in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1871, SFAI was one of the oldest art schools in the United States and the oldest west of the Mississippi River. Approximately 220 undergraduates and 112 graduate students were enrolled in 2021. The inst... | {"Chairman": "Lonnie Graham", "Type": "Private art school", "Students": "332", "Campus": "Urban 4 acre on", "Website": "sfai.edu"} |
Albert Edwin Condon (November 16, 1905 - August 4, 1973) was an American jazz banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader. A leading figure in Chicago jazz, he also played piano and sang. He also owned an self-named night club in New York City.
Early years
Condon was born in Goodland, Indiana, the son of John and Margaret (né... | {"Born": "Goodland, Indiana, U.S.", "Died": "New York City, NY, U.S.", "Genres": "Jazz, swing", "Labels": "Commodore, OKeh, Victor, Brunswick, Columbia"} |
Sarah Lockwood Winchester (née Pardee; 1839 - September 5, 1922) was an American heiress who amassed great wealth after the death of her husband, William Wirt Winchester. Her inheritance included $20 million ($ million in ) as well as a 50% holding in the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, which made her one of the wea... | {"Name": "Sarah Winchester", "Caption": "Photograph of Winchester, 1865", "Birth name": "Sarah Lockwood Pardee", "Birth date": "1839", "Birth place": "New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.", "Death date": "1922 9 5 1839", "Death place": "San Jose, California, U.S.", "Resting place": "Evergreen Cemetery", "Resting place coordina... |
Crow T. Robot is a fictional character from the American science fiction comedy television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K). Crow is a robot, who, along with others, ridicules poor-quality B to Z movies.
Overview
According to the MST3K storyline, Crow — like his fellow robots Tom Servo, Gypsy, and Cambot... | {"First appearance": "K00 - The Green Slime", "Created by": "Joel Hodgson", "Portrayed by": "Trace Beaulieu (KTMA season - season 7, The Giant Gila Monster DVD extra, Turkey Day 2014 marathon segments)\n Josh Weinstein (K01 - Invaders from the Deep and a KTMA flashback clip seen in K05 - Gamera, K06 - Gamera vs Gaos an... |
Kendal, once Kirkby in Kendal or Kirkby Kendal, is a market town and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It lies within the River Kent's dale, from which its name is derived from, just outside the boundary of the Lake District National Park.
In the Domesday Book of 1086, the area ... | {"Population": "(2021 Census)Kendal https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/northwestengland/admin/south_lakeland/E04002617__kendal/ City population 25 October 2022", "Sovereign state": "England", "OS grid reference": "SD5192", "Unitary authority": "Westmorland and Furness", "Ceremonial county": "Cumbria", "Postcode dis... |
Lakeside is a village in Newby Bridge at the south end of Windermere, England. Now in the county of Cumbria, before county reorganisation of 1974 it was in Lancashire, as part of the region known as Furness. It was established as a steamer pier for services along the lake when the Lakeside branch of the Furness Railway... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Unitary authority": "Westmorland and Furness", "Ceremonial county": "Cumbria", "UK Parliament": "Westmorland and Lonsdale", "Postcode district": "LA", "Dialling code": "015395", "OS grid reference": "SD376873"} |
The 84th "Givati" Brigade () is an Israel Defense Forces infantry brigade formed in 1947.
During the 1948 war, it was involved in capturing Palestinian villages in operations Hametz, Barak, and Pleshet.
Before Israel's 2005 withdrawal from Gaza, the Brigade was stationed within the Gaza Strip.
Givati soldiers are ... | {"Type": "Infantry", "Branch": "Israel", "Part of": "162nd Armor Division, Israeli Southern Command", "Motto(s)": "\"With me to Givati\", \"Any Place, Any Time, Any Mission\", \"The most combatant, Givati\"", "March": "\"Mi She-Halam Givati\" (\"Those who dreamt Givati\")", "Mascot(s)": "Fox", "Notablecommanders": "Eff... |
Shimon Avidan (; February 7, 1911 - September 11, 1994), born Siegbert Koch (), was an Israeli soldier and officer, the commander of the Givati Brigade during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
Born in Germany, he moved to Mandatory Palestine in 1934, and lived on Kibbutz Ayelet HaShahar and then Ein HaShofet He fought with t... | {"Name": "Shimon Avidan", "Birth name": "Siegbert Koch", "Birth place": "German Empire", "Birth date": "1911 2 7", "Death date": "1994 9 11 1911 2 7", "Module": "yes\n Israel\n Palmach \"German\" platoon Givati Brigade\n Conflicts\n \n Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine\n The Saison, Hametz\n 1948 Arab-Is... |
The 49th Armored Division —nicknamed the "Lone Star"— was an armored division of the Texas Army National Guard during the Cold War.
Active from 1947, the division formed part of the Texas Army National Guard together with the 36th Infantry Division. It was called up for active duty between 1961 and 1962 during the Ber... | {"Branch": "US", "Type": "Armor", "Role": "Armored warfare", "Size": "Division", "Nickname(s)": "\"Lone Star\"", "Notablecommanders": "Clayton P. Kerr"} |
Polly Adelaide Hendricks Hazelwood (February 22, 1920 – October 3, 1989), known professionally as Del Wood, was an American pianist.Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits, p.366. .
Early life
Hendricks was born in Nashville, Tennessee. A lifetime resident of Nashville, she was surrounded by t... | {"Born": "Nashville, Tennessee, United States", "Died": "1989 10 03 1920 2 22 yes", "Genres": "Country, honky tonk, ragtime", "Labels": "Tennessee Records"} |
The Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph ()St. Joseph's Cathedral - El Ministerio en Español is a large Roman Catholic church in Downtown San Jose, which serves as the cathedral for the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California, with the distinction of minor basilica.
The basilica is named for Saint Joseph, patron ... | {"OS grid reference": "Cathedral Basilica of Saint Joseph", "Location": "80 South Market StreetSan Jose, California", "Country": "USA", "Denomination": "Roman Catholic", "Website": "www.stjosephcathedral.org", "Founded": "1877 04 22", "Dedication": "Saint Joseph", "Dedicated": "1990", "Consecrated": "1803, 1877", "Past... |
Give Us a Clue is a British televised game show version of charades which was broadcast on ITV from 1979 to 1992. The original host was Michael Aspel from 1979 to 1984, followed by Michael Parkinson from 1984 to 1992. The show featured two teams, one captained by Lionel Blair and the other by Una Stubbs. Later versions... | {"Genre": "Game show", "Created by": "Vince Powell\n Juliet Grimm", "Presented by": "Michael Aspel (1979-84)\n Michael Parkinson (1984-92)\n Tim Clark (1997)", "Starring": "Lionel Blair (1979-92)\n Una Stubbs (1979-86)\n Liza Goddard (1988-92)\n Christopher Blake (1997)\n Julie Peasgood (1997)", "Country of origin": "U... |
The Lords of Discipline is a 1980 novel by Pat Conroy that was later adapted in a 1983 film of the same name.
The story centers on Will McLean, who is in his fourth year at the fictional Carolina Military Institute in Charleston, South Carolina. Will's experiences are heavily based on Pat Conroy’s own experiences at T... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Houghton Mifflin", "Media type": "Print (hardback and paperback)", "Pages": "499", "ISBN": "0-395-29462-2", "Preceded by": "The Great Santini", "Followed by": "The Prince of Tides"} |
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