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Chachoengsao (, ) is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (changwat), located in eastern Thailand.
History
Chachoengsao or Paet Rio ('eight stripes') is a province in eastern Thailand. It has a history dating back to the reign of King Borommatrailokkanat in the mid-Ayutthaya period. People originally settled by th... | {"Rank": "Ranked 31st", "Density": "134", "ISO 3166 code": "TH-24", "Website": "chachoengsao.go.th/cco/"} |
was a corporate brand name that was used by two previously connected video game developers and publishers based in Japan. The original Jaleco company was founded in 1974 as Japan Leisure Company, founded by Yoshiaki Kanazawa, before being renamed to simply Jaleco in the early 1980s. This company was later acquired in 2... | {"Type": "Corporation", "Fate": "Dissolved", "Founded": "October 3, 1974July 3, 2006", "Defunct": "May 21, 2014", "Headquarters": "Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan", "ISIN": "n y 141-0031", "Industry": "Video game", "Products": "Video gamesArcade cabinetsAquarium equipment", "Divisions": "Jaleco USAJAQNO", "Parent": "PCCW (2... |
David Kaye is a Canadian voice actor. He is best known for animation roles such as Megatron in five of the Transformers series (Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Armada, Energon, and Cybertron), Optimus Prime in Transformers: Animated, Professor X in X-Men: Evolution, Cronus in Class of the Titans, Khyber in Ben 10: Omnivers... | {"Name": "David Kaye", "Caption": "Kaye in April 2008", "Occupation": "Voice actor", "Years active": "1989-present", "Spouse(s)": "Maria Hope", "Children": "1", "Website": "https://davidkaye.com"} |
In chess, the Smith-Morra Gambit (or simply Morra Gambit) is an opening gambit against the Sicilian Defence distinguished by the moves:
1. e4 c5
2. d4 cxd4
3. c3
White sacrifices a pawn to quickly and create attacking chances. In exchange for the gambit pawn, White has a piece developed after 4.Nxc3 and a pawn in the... | {"Moves": "1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3", "ECO": "B20 or B21The latest (2002) edition of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings, volume B, classifies all lines beginning 1.e4 c5 2.d4, including the Smith-Morra Gambit, under B20.Krnic Zdenko Matanovic Aleksandar Aleksandar Matanović Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings, volume B... |
Francis Atterbury (6 March 1663 - 22 February 1732) was an English man of letters, politician and bishop. A High Church Tory and Jacobite, he gained patronage under Queen Anne, but was mistrusted by the Hanoverian Whig ministries, and banished for communicating with the Old Pretender in the Atterbury Plot. He was a not... | {"Diocese": "Diocese of Rochester", "Predecessor": "Thomas Sprat", "Successor": "Samuel Bradford", "Ordination": "1687", "Consecration": "1713", "Born": "Middleton, Buckinghamshire, England", "Died": "Paris, France", "Denomination": "Church of England", "Education": "Westminster School"} |
Simon Bolivar Buckner ( ; April 1, 1823 - January 8, 1914) was an American soldier, Confederate soldier, and politician. He fought in the United States Army in the Mexican-American War. He later fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. After the war, he served as the 30th governor of Kentu... | {"Alternative text": "Black-and-white photo of a mustachioed military officer sitting with a saber across his lap", "Image caption": "Buckner, 1860-70", "Term start": "August 30, 1887", "Term end": "September 2, 1891", "Birth date": "1823 4 1", "Birth place": "Munfordville, Kentucky, U.S.", "Death date": "1914 1 8 1823... |
Obadiah Walker (161621 January 1699) was an English academic and Master of University College, Oxford, from 1676 to 1688. Obadiah Walker.
Life
Walker was born at Darfield, Yorkshire, and was educated at University College, Oxford, becoming a fellow and tutor of this College and a prominent figure in University circles... | {"Name": "Obadiah Walker", "Caption": "The tower in the main quad of University College, Oxford with a statue of King James II installed by Obadiah Walker.", "Birth date": "1616", "Birth place": "Darfield, Yorkshire", "Death date": "1699 1616 01", "Nationality": "English", "Alma mater": "University College, Oxford", "T... |
Thai Airways Company or Thai Airways (TAC; ) was the domestic flag carrier of Thailand. Its main base was the domestic terminal (Terminal 3) at Don Mueang International Airport (then known as Bangkok International Airport). Its head office was located in Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Bangkok."World Airline Directory." Flight I... | {"Airline name": "Thai Airways", "IATA Designator": "TH", "ICAO Designator": "TAC", "Callsign": "THAI AIR", "Parent Company": "Thai Airways International", "Founded": "1951 11 01 y(amalgamation of Siamese Airways and Pacific Overseas Airline)", "Ceased operations": "1988 04 01 y(merged into Thai International)", "Headq... |
, formerly is a Japanese film production and distribution company. In the past, the company has distributed video games. It was formed in 1997 through a merger between the Asmik Corporation and Ace Entertainment, both of Japan. The name Asmik comes from its three founding companies: Ask (formerly ASK-Kodansha), Sumito... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Industry": "Film industryvideo games", "Founded": "yes 1985", "Headquarters": "Japan", "Products": "Virtual Pro Wrestling seriesLSD", "Parent": "Jupiter Telecommunications", "Website": "http://www.asmik-ace.co.jp/english/"} |
Louis Charles Augustin Georges Trenet (; 18 May 1913 - 19 February 2001) was a renowned French singer-songwriter who composed both the music and the lyrics to nearly 1,000 songs over a career that lasted more than 60 years. These songs include "Boum!" (1938), "La Mer" (1946) and "Nationale 7" (1955). Trenet is noted fo... | {"Born": "Narbonne, France", "Died": "Créteil, France", "Genres": "Jazz, easy listening", "Labels": "Pathé-Marconi, Columbia"} |
Castlefield is an inner-city conservation area in Manchester, North West England. The conservation area which bears its name is bounded by the River Irwell, Quay Street, Deansgate and Chester Road. It was the site of the Roman era fort of Mamucium or Mancunium which gave its name to Manchester. It was the terminus of t... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Metropolitan borough": "Manchester", "Metropolitan county": "Greater Manchester", "Postcode district": "M", "Dialling code": "0161", "OS grid reference": "SJ830976"} |
Prince Henry of Battenberg (Henry Maurice; 5 October 1858 - 20 January 1896), formerly Count Henry of Battenberg, was a morganatic descendant of the Grand Ducal House of Hesse. He became a member of the British royal family by marriage to Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, the youngest child of Queen Victoria. ... | {"Father": "Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine", "Mother": "Julia, Princess of Battenberg", "Born": "Milan, Lombardy-Venetia, Austrian Empire", "Died": "HMS Blonde, near Sierra Leone", "Burial": "St. Mildred's Church, Whippingham, Isle of Wight", "Occupation": "Military"} |
Chariots of the Gods? Unsolved Mysteries of the Past (; in English, Memories of the Future: Unsolved Mysteries of the Past) is a book written in 1968 by Erich von Däniken and translated from the original German by Michael Heron. It involves the hypothesis that the technologies and religions of many ancient civilization... | {"Original title": "Erinnerungen an die Zukunft: Ungelöste Rätsel der Vergangenheit", "Country": "Germany", "Language": "German", "Publisher": "Putnam (US)", "Media type": "Print", "Pages": "267", "Followed by": "The Eyes of the Sphinx"} |
Zany Golf, also known as Will Harvey's Zany Golf, is a fantasy take on miniature golf developed by Sandcastle Productions and published by Electronic Arts in 1988. The game was originally written for the Apple IIGS and subsequently ported to the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS compatible operating systems. In 1990, a port ... | {"Developer": "Sandcastle Productions", "Publisher": "Electronic Arts", "Designer": "Will HarveyIan GoodingJim NitchalsDouglas Fulton", "Genre": "Sports", "Modes": "1-4 players alternating", "Platforms": "Apple IIGS Amiga, Atari ST, Genesis, MS-DOS"} |
Mount Ararat (, ), also known as Mount Ağrı (; ; ), is a snow-capped and dormant compound volcano in the extreme east of Turkey. It consists of two major volcanic cones: Greater Ararat and Little Ararat. Greater Ararat is the highest peak in Turkey and the Armenian Highland with an elevation of ; Little Ararat's eleva... | {"Language of name": "tr Ağrı Dağı", "Location": "Location in Turkey", "Elevation": "See Elevation section", "Prominence": "100 World Mountains ranked by primary factor http://www.ii.uib.no/~petter/mountains/world_finest.html ii.uib.no Institutt for informatikk University of Bergen 2016-05-09 https://web.archive.org/we... |
Zool 2 is a side-scrolling platform video game originally developed by The Warp Factory and published by Gremlin Graphics for the Amiga in November 1993. It is the sequel to the original Zool, which was released earlier in 1992 on various platforms.
When the forces of Krool are wreaking havoc upon the Nth Dimension wi... | {"Title": "Zool 2", "Developer": "The Warp FactoryGremlin Graphics (MS-DOS)Imagitec Design (Jaguar)", "Publisher": "Gremlin Graphics font-weight:normal;font-size:inherit;background:transparent;text-align:left JaguarNA/EU Atari Corporation JP Mumin Corporation BlackBerryWW Amiga, Inc.", "Producer": "Peter J. Cook", "Des... |
Boys' Night Out is a 1962 American romantic comedy film starring Kim Novak, James Garner, and Tony Randall, and featuring Howard Duff, Janet Blair, Howard Morris, Patti Page, Anne Jeffreys, Jessie Royce Landis and Oscar Homolka. The picture was directed by Michael Gordon and was written by Ira Wallach based on a story ... | {"Directed by": "Michael Gordon", "Produced by": "Martin Ransohoff", "Story by": "Arne SultanMarvin Worth", "Screenplay by": "Ira Wallach", "Starring": "Kim NovakJames GarnerTony Randall", "Music by": "Frank De Vol", "Cinematography": "Arthur E. Arling", "Edited by": "Tom McAdoo", "Distributed by": "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer... |
Martin O'Donoghue (19 May 1933 - 20 July 2018) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Education from March 1982 to October 1982, Minister for Economic Planning and Development from 1977 to 1979 and Minister without portfolio in July 1977. He served as a Senator for the Labour Panel from 1983 to ... | {"Name": "Martin O'Donoghue", "Term start": "9 March 1982", "Term end": "6 October 1982", "Office 2": "Minister without portfolio", "Taoiseach 2": "Jack Lynch", "Predecessor 2": "New office", "Successor 2": "Office abolished", "Birth date": "1933 5 19 y", "Birth place": "Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland", "Death date": "2018 7... |
The Moskva (, Moskvá-reká) is a river running through western Russia. It rises about west of Moscow and flows roughly east through the Smolensk and Moscow Oblasts, passing through central Moscow. About southeast of Moscow, at the city of Kolomna, it flows into the Oka, itself a tributary of the Volga, which ultimatel... | {"Native name": "ru Москва", "Mouth": "98 m ft on", "Location": "Kolomna, Podmoskovye", "Coordinates": "55.0753 38.8453 dms region:RU it", "Basin size": "17600 km2 sqmi on"} |
The Apostolic Palace (; ) is the official residence of the pope, the head of the Catholic Church, located in Vatican City. It is also known as the Papal Palace, the Palace of the Vatican and the Vatican Palace. The Vatican itself refers to the building as the Palace of Sixtus V, in honor of Pope Sixtus V, who built mos... | {"Alternative names": "Palace of Sixtus V\n Palace of the Vatican\n Papal Palace", "Type": "Official residence", "Coordinates": "41 54 13 N 012 27 23 E region:VA inline,title", "Construction started": "30 April 1589"} |
RSTS () is a multi-user time-sharing operating system developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC, now part of Hewlett-Packard) for the PDP-11 series of 16-bit minicomputers. The first version of RSTS (RSTS-11, Version 1) was implemented in 1970 by DEC software engineers that developed the TSS-8 time-sharing operat... | {"Developer": "Digital Equipment Corporation, later Mentec", "Source model": "Closed sourcehttp://bitsavers.org/bits/DEC/pdp11/rsts/ Index of /Bits/DEC/Pdp11/RSTS", "Kernel": "Time-sharing operating systems", "Platforms": "PDP-11", "Defaultuser interface": "Command-line interface: DCL (Digital Command Language)", "Ini... |
Sid Meier's Civilization III is the third installment of the Sid Meier's Civilization turn-based strategy video game series. It was released in 2001, and followed by Civilization IV. Unlike the original game, Civilization III was not designed by Sid Meier, but by Jeff Briggs, a game designer, and Soren Johnson, a game ... | {"Title": "Civilization III", "Developer": "Firaxis Games", "Publisher": "Infogrames Interactive (Win)MacSoft (Mac)", "Series": "Civilization", "Director": "Sid Meier", "Producer": "Michael Gibson Jeffrey Kennedy", "Designer": "Jeff Briggs Soren Johnson", "Writer": "Paul Murphy", "Composer": "Roger BriggsMark Cromer"... |
Irma Brandeis (1905-1990) was an American scholar of Dante Alighieri. Her work The Ladder of Vision was acclaimed as a breakthrough in Dantean studies upon its publication in the 1960s.
Brandeis graduated from Barnard College in 1926.Barnard College, Mortarboard (1926 yearbook): 176. In her visits to Italy between 193... | {"Name": "Irma Brandeis", "Alt": "A young white woman with dark hair cut in a short bob with bangs", "Caption": "Irma Brandeis, from the 1926 yearbook of Barnard College", "Birth date": "1905", "Death date": "1990", "Education": "Barnard College", "Occupation": "Dante scholar", "Employer": "Bard College"} |
The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) is the transportation planning commission for Orange County, California in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. OCTA is responsible for funding and implementing transit and capital projects for the transportation system for the travel needs, including freeway improvements... | {"Formed": "1991", "Jurisdiction": "Government of Orange County, California", "Headquarters": "550 S Main Street, Orange, California", "Employees": "1,378 (2021)", "Annual budget": "1.3 billion yes (FY 2021-22)", "Website": "octa.net"} |
The Rio Negro ( ; "Black River"), or Guainía as it is known in its upper part, is the largest left tributary of the Amazon River (accounting for about 14% of the water in the Amazon basin), the largest blackwater river in the world, and one of the world's ten largest rivers by average discharge.
Geography
thumb|le... | {"Native name": "pt Rio Negro es Río Negro", "Width": "2,450 m onhttps://rbgeomorfologia.org.br/rbg/article/view/2076 Suspended sediment transport estimation in Negro River (Amazon Basin) using MSI/Sentinel-2 data Rogério Ribeiro Marinho Naziano Filizola Junior Jean Michel Martinez Tristan Harmel 2022", "Average": "20... |
Greenwood LeFlore or Greenwood Le Fleur (June 3, 1800 - August 31, 1865) served as the elected Principal Chief of the Choctaw in 1830 before removal. Before that, the nation was governed by three district chiefs and a council of chiefs. A wealthy and regionally influential Choctaw of mixed-race, who belonged to the Ch... | {"Image caption": "Portrait before 1865", "Term start": "March 15, 1830", "Term end": "February 24, 1831", "Office 2": "Member of the Mississippi Senate and Mississippi House of Representatives", "Birth date": "June 3, 1800", "Birth place": "Lefleur's Bluff, Territory of Mississippi", "Death date": "1865 8 31 1800 6 3"... |
Beaver Lake is a man-made reservoir in the Ozark Mountains of Northwest Arkansas and is formed by a dam across the White River. Beaver Lake has some of shoreline. With towering limestone bluffs, natural caves, and a wide variety of trees and flowering shrubs, it is a popular tourist destination. Beaver Lake is the sou... | {"Location": "Ozark Mountains, Benton / Carroll / Washington County, Arkansas / United States", "Coordinates": "36 25 16.62 N 93 50 51.42 W type:waterbody_region:US-AR inline,title", "Primary outflows": "White River", "Basin": "United States", "Max. length": "50 mi on", "Shore length1": "483 mi 0 on", "Surface elevatio... |
Ian Robert AstburyCult Biography, Camelot Music 1988 (born 14 May 1962) is an English singer who is the lead vocalist, frontman and a founding member of the rock band the Cult. During various hiatuses from the Cult, Astbury fronted the short-lived Holy Barbarians in 1996, and later from 2002 to 2007 served as the lead ... | {"Born": "Heswall, Cheshire,Heswall was part of Cheshire in 1962. It later became part of Merseyside upon the county’s establishment in 1974. nb England", "Genres": "Hard rock gothic rock post-punk", "Member of": "The Cult", "Formerly of": "Southern Death Cult Death Cult The Doors of the 21st Century Holy Barbarians"} |
Andorians are a fictional race of humanoid extraterrestrials in the American science fiction franchise Star Trek. They were created by writer D. C. Fontana. Within the Star Trek narrative, they are native to the blue icy Class M moon, Andoria (also called Andor. The moon orbits a gas giant in the Andorian system. The h... | {"Sub-races": "Aenar", "Created by": "D.C. Fontana", "Home world": "Andoria", "Quadrant": "Beta, Alpha", "Language": "Andorian language"} |
Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf (born Henry Joseph Nasiff Jr.; April 20, 1962 - September 4, 2001) was an American entertainer. He appeared numerous times on The Howard Stern Show and on the televised studio segments which aired on the E! channel. He was a member of the show's Wack Pack. Hank's career began August 16, 199... | {"Name": "Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf", "Birth date": "1962 4 20", "Birth place": "Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Death date": "2001 9 04\n 1962 4 20", "Death place": "Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Occupation": "Entertainer, radio personality", "Height in feet": "4", "Remaining height in inches": "1"} |
Norwalk is a city located in Western Connecticut, United States, in southern Fairfield County, on the northern shore of the Long Island Sound. Norwalk lies within both the New York metropolitan area and the Bridgeport metropolitan area.
Norwalk was originally settled in 1649, and is the sixth-most populous city in Con... | {"Founded by": "Roger Ludlow and Daniel Patrickhttp://mccurdyfamilylineage.com/ancestry/p7213.htm Captain Daniel Patrick John Cardinal's Second Site v5.3.5. January 7, 2016 McCurdy, Kathy and Larry January 4, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190104021440/http://mccurdyfamilylineage.com/ancestry/p7213.htm dead", "Type... |
The 3-D Battles of WorldRunner (shortened to 3-D WorldRunner on the North American box art),Packaging shortens the title to 3-D WorldRunner, which is not in the game. originally released in Japan as , is a 1987 third-person rail shooter platform video game developed and published by Square for the Family Computer Disk ... | {"Title": "The 3-D Battles of WorldRunner", "Caption": "North American cover art", "Developer": "Square", "Publisher": "JP ignacy/> NA ignacy> https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/07/15/legacy-games-for-nintendo-3ds IGN May 26, 2020 Legacy Games for Nintendo 3DS July 15, 2010 Harris, Craig", "Platforms": "Family Computer ... |
Arduin is a fictional universe and fantasy role-playing system created in the mid-1970s by David A. Hargrave. It was the first published "cross-genre" fantasy RPG, with everything from interstellar wars to horror and historical drama, although it was based primarily in the medieval fantasy genre.
Development history
A... | {"Image": "400px", "Image caption": "The Arduin Trilogy covers", "Designers": "David A. Hargrave", "Publishers": "David A. Hargrave (1977-1978)\nGrimoire Games (1978-1983, 1990s)\nDragon Tree Press (1984-1988)\nEmperors Choice Games and Miniatures (2002-)", "Publication": "1977-present", "Genres": "Fantasy, Science fic... |
Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira (; 12 September 1902 - 22 August 1976), also known by his initials JK, was a prominent Brazilian politician who served as the 21st president of Brazil from 1956 to 1961. His term was marked by economic prosperity and political stability, being most known for the construction of a new ca... | {"Honorific prefix": "His Excellency", "Name": "Juscelino Kubitschek", "Image caption": "Kubitschek in 1956", "Term start": "31 January 1956", "Term end": "30 January 1961", "Vice president": "João Goulart", "Order 2": "Senator for Goiás", "Predecessor 2": "Taciano Gomes de Melo", "Successor 2": "João Abraão Sobrinho",... |
Lisa Lampanelli (born Lisa Marie Lampugnale; July 19, 1961) is an American former stand-up comedian, actress and insult comic.
Early life and journalism career
Lampanelli was born in Trumbull, Connecticut, to a middle-class family. Three of her grandparents were of Italian descent, and the fourth of Polish ancestry.Qu... | {"Pseudonym": "Queen of Mean", "Birth name": "Lisa Marie Lampugnale", "Born": "Trumbull, Connecticut, U.S.", "Medium": "Stand-up, television, film", "Nationality": "American\n<!-- Infobox comedian does not support the following parameter:", "Years active": "1990http://www.bergenrecord.com/print.php?qstr=ZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWV... |
The Ford Windstar (later the Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey) is a minivan that was produced and sold by Ford. The replacement for the Ford Aerostar, the Windstar adopted the front-wheel drive configuration of the Chrysler minivans. From the 1995 to 2007 model years, three generations of the model line were sold, wi... | {"Manufacturer": "Ford Motor Company", "Also called": "Mercury Monterey (see below)", "Class": "Minivan", "Layout": "FF layout", "Predecessor": "Ford Aerostar Mercury Villager (Mercury Monterey)", "Successor": "Ford FreestarFord Galaxy (Europe)"} |
was a Japanese multimedia publisher who handled and oversaw video games, manga, guidebooks, and merchandise. It was founded in 1975 by Yasuhiro Fukushima as Eidansha Boshu Service Center, initially as a tabloid publisher and later attempting to branch into real estate management. Beginning in 1982, Enix began publishin... | {"Formerly": "Eidansha Boshu Service Center", "Type": "Kabushiki gaisha", "Fate": "Merged with Square", "Founded": "1975 9 22", "Defunct": "2003 4 1", "Headquarters": "Japan", "Industry": "Video games\nPublishing\nAnime\nManga", "Products": "List of Enix games\nList of Enix home computer games", "Subsidiaries": "See Co... |
Dalton James Patrick McGuinty Jr. (born July 19, 1955) is a former Canadian politician who served as the 24th premier of Ontario from 2003 to 2013. He was the first Liberal leader to win two majority governments since Mitchell Hepburn nearly 70 years earlier. In 2011, he became the first Liberal premier to secure a th... | {"Name": "Dalton McGuinty", "Honorific suffix": "CAN OOnt 100%", "Image caption": "McGuinty in 2007", "Term start": "October 23, 2003", "Term end": "February 11, 2013", "Lieutenant governor": "James BartlemanDavid Onley", "Birth name": "Dalton James Patrick McGuinty Jr.", "Birth date": "1955 7 19 yes", "Birth place": "... |
was a regional ruler of Japan's Azuchi-Momoyama period through early Edo period. Heir to a long line of powerful daimyō in the Tōhoku region, he went on to found the modern-day city of Sendai. An outstanding tactician, he was made all the more iconic for his missing eye, as Masamune was often called dokuganryū (独眼竜), o... | {"Name": "Date Masamune伊達政宗", "Birth name": "Botenmaru", "Birth date": "September 5, 1567", "Death date": "1636 06 27 1567 09 5", "Birth place": "Yonezawa, Yamagata", "Death place": "Edo, Japan", "Term start": "1584", "Term end": "1636", "Spouse(s)": "Megohime", "Battles fought": "Battle of HitotoribashiBattle of Kōriy... |
Viscount was a Japanese samurai and admiral of the Tokugawa navy of Bakumatsu period Japan, who remained faithful to the Tokugawa shogunate and fought against the new Meiji government until the end of the Boshin War. He later served in the Meiji government as one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
Biograp... | {"Honorific prefix": "Viscount", "Name": "Enomoto Takeaki", "Native name": "榎本 武揚", "Native name language": "ja", "Image caption": "Viscount Enomoto Takeaki", "Vice president": "Matsudaira Tarō", "Term start": "27 January 1869", "Term end": "27 June 1869", "Birth date": "1836 10 5 y", "Death date": "1908 10 26 1836 10 ... |
Cool as Ice is a 1991 American romantic musical comedy film directed by David Kellogg, written by David Stenn and starring rapper Vanilla Ice in his feature film debut. The plot focuses on Johnny Van Owen, a freewheeling, motorcycle-riding rapper who arrives in a small town and meets Kathy, an honor student who catches... | {"Directed by": "David Kellogg", "Produced by": "Carolyn Pfeiffer\n Lionel Wigram", "Written by": "David Stenn", "Starring": "Vanilla Ice\n Kristin Minter\n Michael Gross", "Music by": "Stanley Clarke", "Cinematography": "Janusz Kamiński", "Edited by": "Debra Goldfield", "Distributed by": "Universal Pictures", "Budget"... |
The struck the Kantō Plain on the main Japanese island of Honshū at 11:58:44 JST (02:58:44 UTC) on Saturday, September 1, 1923. Varied accounts indicate the duration of the earthquake was between four and ten minutes. Extensive firestorms and even a fire whirl added to the death toll.
The earthquake had a magnitude o... | {"UTC": "1923-09-01 02:58:35", "USGS-ANSS": "iscgem911526", "ISC": "911526", "Local date": "1923 9 1", "Local time": "11:58:32 JST (UTC+09:00)", "Duration": "4 minPanda Rajaram Japan Coping with a National Calamity http://www.idsa.in/idsacomments/JapanCopingwithaNationalCalamity_rpanda_160311 Institute for Defence Stud... |
The Ontario Liberal Party (OLP; , PLO) is a political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. The party has been led by interim leader John Fraser since August 2022.
The party espouses the principles of liberalism, and generally sits at the centre to centre-left of the political spectrum, with their rival the Progr... | {"Abbreviation": "OLP (English)PLO (French)", "Leader": "John Fraser (interim)", "President": "Kathryn McGarryOntario Liberals Welcome Kathryn McGarry as President https://ontarioliberal.ca/ontario-liberals-welcome-kathryn-mcgarry-as-president/ www.ontarioliberal.ca 6 April 2023Thomson Chris Former Cambridge mayor... |
Samuel Augustus Maverick (July 23, 1803 - September 2, 1870) was a Texas lawyer, politician, land baron and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. His name is the source of the term "maverick," first cited in 1867, which means "independently minded." Various accounts of the origins of the term held that Maver... | {"Name": "Samuel A. Maverick", "Term start": "1839", "Term end": "1840", "Birth date": "July 23, 1803", "Birth place": "Pendleton, South Carolina", "Death date": "1870 09 02 1803 07 23", "Death place": "San Antonio, Texas"} |
Pharyngealization is a secondary articulation of consonants or vowels by which the pharynx or epiglottis is constricted during the articulation of the sound.
IPA symbols
In the International Phonetic Alphabet, pharyngealization can be indicated by one of two methods:
A tilde or swung dash (IPA Number 428) is written t... | {"Label above": "Pharyngealized", "IPA symbol 1": "◌ˤ", "IPA number": "423, 428", "Decimal HMTL codepoint 1": "740", "X-SAMPA": "_?\\", "Image size": "200px"} |
of the Hōjō clan was the eighth shikken (officially regent of the shōgun, but de facto ruler of Japan) of the Kamakura shogunate (reigned 1268-84), known for leading the Japanese forces against the invasion of the Mongols and for spreading Zen Buddhism. He was the eldest son of Tokiyori, fifth shikken (regent) of the K... | {"Name": "Hōjō Tokimuneja 北条 時宗", "Term start": "18 April 1268", "Term end": "20 April 1284", "Birth date": "5 June 1251", "Death date": "1284 4 20 1251 6 5 y", "Spouse(s)": "Kakusan-ni (daughter of Adachi Yoshikage)"} |
Jody Williams (born October 9, 1950) is an American political activist known for her work in banning anti-personnel landmines, her defense of human rights (especially those of women), and her efforts to promote new understandings of security in today's world. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for her work t... | {"Caption": "Williams in 2001", "Birth date": "1950 10 09", "Birth place": "Rutland, Vermont, United States", "Nationality": "American", "Known For": "1997 Nobel Peace Prize", "Education": "University of Vermont School for International Training Johns Hopkins University"} |
Sebastián Moyano y Cabrera, best known as Sebastián de Belalcázar (; c. 1490 - April 28, 1551) was a Spanish conquistador. Belalcázar, also written as Benalcázar, is known as the founder of important early colonial cities in the northwestern part of South America; Quito in 1534 and Cali, Pasto and Popayán in 1537. Bela... | {"Honorific prefix": "Adelantado", "Name": "Sebastián de Belalcázar", "Birth date": "1490", "Birth place": "Córdoba, Crown of Castille", "Death date": "1551 4 28", "Death place": "Cartagena de Indias, New Kingdom of Granada, Viceroyalty of Peru", "Other names": "Sebastián de BenalcázarSebastián Moyano y Cabrera", "Know... |
The Nashville Network, usually referred to as TNN, was an American country music-oriented cable television network. Programming included music videos, taped concerts, movies, game shows, syndicated programs, and numerous talk shows. On September 25, 2000, after an attempt to attract younger viewers failed, TNN's countr... | {"Launched": "1983 3 7 (cable broadcast)\n 2012 11 1 (digital broadcast)", "Closed": "2000 9 25 (cable broadcast)\n 2013 10 9 (digital broadcast)", "Replaced by": "The National Network (original)\n Heartland (revival)", "Owner": "WSM, Inc. (1983)\n Gaylord Entertainment Company (1983-1997)\n Group W Satellite Communica... |
Moissanite () is naturally occurring silicon carbide and its various crystalline polymorphs. It has the chemical formula SiC and is a rare mineral, discovered by the French chemist Henri Moissan in 1893. Silicon carbide is useful for commercial and industrial applications due to its hardness, optical properties and th... | {"Category": "Mineral species", "IMA symbol": "MoiWarr L.N. 2021 IMA-CNMNC approved mineral symbols Mineralogical Magazine 85 3 291-320 10.1180/mgm.2021.43 2021MinM...85..291W 235729616 free", "Strunz classification": "1.DA.05", "Cleavage": "(0001) indistinct", "Fracture": "Conchoidal - fractures developed in brittle m... |
Pretty Things were an English rock band formed in September 1963 in Sidcup, Kent. They took their name from the 1955 song of the same name. In their early years, they had several singles charting in the United Kingdom. Their album S. F. Sorrow (1968) was one of the first rock operas. Although they would change their st... | {"Origin": "London, England", "Genres": "Blues rock R&B beat garage rock progressive rock psychedelia hard rock", "Labels": "Fontana Columbia Rare Earth Harvest Warner Bros. Swan Song Laurie Snapper Cote Basque Repertoire Zoho Roots Fruits de Mer", "Website": "theprettythings.com"} |
thumb|upright=1.3|Bayreuth Festspielhaus in 1882
The Bayreuth Festival () is a music festival held annually in Bayreuth, Germany, at which performances of stage works by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner are presented. Wagner himself conceived and promoted the idea of a special festival to showcase his ow... | {"Frequency": "annual", "Location(s)": "Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany", "Genre": "Canon of Wagner's stage works", "Website": "http://www.bayreuther-festspiele.de/"} |
Baltasar Garzón Real (; born 26 October 1955) is a former Spanish judge. Garzón formerly served on Spain's central criminal court, the Audiencia Nacional, and was the examining magistrate of the Juzgado Central de Instrucción No. 5, which investigates the most important criminal cases in Spain, including terrorism, org... | {"Name": "Baltasar Garzón", "Image caption": "Garzón in 2014", "Office 2": "Member of the Congress of Deputies", "Successor 2": "Rafael María García-Rico Fernández", "Term end 2": "9 May 1994", "Term start 2": "1 July 1993", "Birth name": "Baltasar Garzón Real", "Birth date": "1955 10 26 y", "Birth place": "Torres, Jaé... |
Malta has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 35 times since its debut in . The contest is broadcast in Malta on the PBS channel, TVM. Malta has yet to win the contest, but is the only non-winning country to have achieved four top three results.
Malta finished last on its first two attempts in and , and had ... | {"Appearances": "35 (26 finals)", "First appearance": "1971", "Highest placement": "2nd: 2002, 2005", "Related articles": "X Factor Malta", "Current ESC/JESC participation": "2023"} |
Kajukenbo (Japanese: カジュケンボ) is a hybrid martial art from Hawaii. It was developed in the late 1940s and founded in 1947 in the Palama Settlement on Oahu, Territory of Hawaii.
Green (2001), page 219
Kajukenbo training incorporates a blend of striking, kicking, throwing, takedowns, joint locks and weapon disarmament.
... | {"Focus": "Mixed", "Country of origin": "Hawaii Territory of Hawaii", "Creator": "Original Kajukenbo: Adriano Emperado, Peter Young Yil Choo, Joe Holck, Frank Ordonez and Clarence ChangDeMarco (2020); \"[Founders/\"Black Belt Society\"] decided to meld the best aspects of each to create the ultimate fighting system. Pe... |
Apollonius of Rhodes ( Apollṓnios Rhódios; ; fl. first half of 3rd century BC) was an ancient Greek author, best known for the Argonautica, an epic poem about Jason and the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece. The poem is one of the few extant examples of the epic genre and it was both innovative and influ... | {"Name": "Apollonius Rhodius", "Birth date": "Early 3rd century BC", "Birth place": "Alexandria or Naucratis", "Death date": "Late 3rd century BC", "Death place": "Rhodes (or Alexandria)", "Occupation": "Epic poet, librarian, scholar"} |
The High Court of Australia is Australia's apex court. It exercises original and appellate jurisdiction on matters specified within Australia's Constitution.
The High Court was established following passage of the Judiciary Act 1903. It derives its authority from Chapter III of the Australian Constitution, which vests... | {"Established": "1903", "Jurisdiction": "Australia", "Location": "Canberra, Australian Capital Territory", "Coordinates": "35 17 56 S 149 08 09 E inline,title", "Composition method": "Appointed by Governor-General following nomination by Prime Minister, and advice from Attorney-General", "Judge term length": "Mandatory... |
Red Rabbit is a spy thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on August 5, 2002. The plot occurs a few months after the events of Patriot Games (1987), and incorporates the 1981 assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II. Main character Jack Ryan, now an analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency, takes part ... | {"Audio read by": "Derrick Hagon", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "Jack Ryan", "Publisher": "G.P. Putnam's Sons", "Media type": "Print (Hardcover, Paperback), Audio", "Pages": "640", "ISBN": "0399148701", "Preceded by": "The Bear and the Dragon", "Followed by": "The Teeth of the Tiger"} |
Kempston is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, situated around south-west of Bedford town centre. It had a population of 19,330 in the 2011 census, and forms part of the wider Bedford built-up area. The River Great Ouse separates it from the Queen's Park area of Bedford.
History... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2001 census) 19,330 (2011 Census)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125102&c=Kempston&d=16&e=62&g=6403061&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1478692007666&enc=1 Town Population 2011 9 November 2016 Office for National Statisti... |
thumb|right|Star Ferry routes as of 2010
thumb|A Star Ferry in the 1920s
thumb|right|A Star Ferry in Asia's World City livery carries passengers across Victoria Harbour
thumb|right|Crew using billhook to moor ferry at Central pier, a method in use since the 19th century|alt=A man at the front of a large boat throws a r... | {"Type": "Ferry services across Victoria Harbour", "Founded": "1888", "Headquarters": "Hong Kong", "Revenue": "HK$72 million (2006)", "Parent": "Wharf REIC (100%)", "Website": "www.starferry.com.hk"} |
Mangalagiri is a major Sub-urban of Vijayawada in Guntur district of Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The town is a part of Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation and part of Tenali revenue division. It and a part of Andhra Pradesh Capital Region. It is situated on National Highway 16 between Vijayawada and Guntur... | {"Named for": "The Auspicious Hill", "Type": "Municipal council", "Body": "Mangalagiri-Tadepalli Municipal CorporationAPCRDA", "Density": "107,197https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/merger-of-villages-to-boost-mangalagiri-as-model-town/articleshow/80085761.cms AP: Merger of villages to boost Mangalagir... |
La Chapelle-Moulière () is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.
thumb|Église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine La Chapelle-Moulière
See also
Communes of the Vienne department
References
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Trần Lệ Xuân (22 August 1924 - 24 April 2011), more popularly known in English as Madame Nhu, was the de facto First Lady of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1963. She was the wife of Ngô Đình Nhu, who was the brother and chief advisor to President Ngô Đình Diệm. As Diệm was a lifelong bachelor and because she and her family... | {"Name": "Trần Lệ Xuân", "Image caption": "Madame Nhu in the 1950s", "Term start": "26 October 1955", "Term end": "2 November 1963", "Birth date": "1924 8 22 y", "Birth place": "Hanoi, French Indochina", "Death date": "2011 4 24 1924 8 22 y", "Death place": "Rome, Italy", "Alma mater": "Lycée Albert Sarraut", "Spouse(s... |
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. () is an American multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Its main business and source of capital is insurance, from which it invests the float (the retained premiums) in a broad portfolio of subsidiaries, equity positions and other securities.... | {"Formerly": "Valley Falls Company(1839-1929)Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates (1929-1955)", "Type": "Public", "ISIN": "n y US0846707026", "Founded": "As a textile manufacturing company in 1839\n As a holding company in yes 1970", "Headquarters": "Blackstone PlazaOmaha, Nebraska, U.S.", "Industry": "Conglomerate", "... |
Lewis Mumford (19 October 1895 - 26 January 1990) was an American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology, and literary critic. Particularly noted for his study of cities and urban architecture, he had a broad career as a writer. He made signal contributions to social philosophy, American literary and cultura... | {"Born": "1895 10 19", "Died": "1990 1 26 1895 10 19", "Occupation": "Historian writer", "Notable awards": "Leonardo da Vinci Medal (1969)"} |
George Edward Cole, OBE (22 April 1925 - 5 August 2015) was an English actor whose career spanned 75 years. He was best known for playing Arthur Daley in the long-running ITV comedy-drama show Minder and Flash Harry in the early St Trinian's films.
Early life
Cole was born in Tooting, south London. He was placed for a... | {"Name": "George Cole", "Post-nominals": "GBR 100 OBE", "Caption": "Cole with Rona Anderson in the 1951 film Scrooge", "Birth name": "George Edward Cole", "Birth date": "1925 4 22 y", "Birth place": "Tooting, London, England", "Death date": "2015 08 05 1925 4 22 y", "Death place": "Reading, Berkshire, England", "Occupa... |
West Java () is a province of Indonesia on the western part of the island of Java, with its provincial capital in Bandung. West Java is bordered by the province of Banten and the country's capital region of Jakarta to the west, the Java Sea to the north, the province of Central Java to the east and the Indian Ocean to ... | {"Body": "West Java Provincial Government", "Rank": "2nd in Indonesia", "Density": "1332", "ISO 3166 code": "ID-JB", "Website": "jabarprov.go.id"} |
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is a public research university located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The university was founded in its current form in 1988, though its origins as a technical institution can be traced back to 1878 through the Sydney Technical College, the predecessor to the New South... | {"Motto": "Think. Change. Do.", "Type": "Public research university", "Accreditation": "TEQSA", "Budget": "A$1.10 billion (2022)https://www.uts.edu.au/sites/default/files/2023-05/UTS-annual-report-2022-volume-one.pdf UTS Annual Report 2022 University of Technology Sydney 5 June 2023", "Chancellor": "Catherine Livingsto... |
Minder is a British comedy-drama series about the London criminal underworld. Initially produced by Verity Lambert, it was made by Euston Films, a subsidiary of Thames Television, and shown on ITV for ten series between 1979 and 1994.
At the series' peak it was one of ITV's most watched shows. The series was revived b... | {"Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Running time": "60 minutes (including commercials)", "Genre": "Comedy drama", "Created by": "Leon Griffiths", "Starring": "Dennis Waterman (series 1-7)\n George Cole\n Glynn Edwards\n Patrick Malahide (series 1-6)\n Peter Childs (series 1-7)\n Gary Webster (series 8-10)\n Shane ... |
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia () is a 1974 Mexican-American neo-Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah, co-written by Peckinpah and Gordon Dawson from a story by Peckinpah and Frank Kowalski, and starring Warren Oates and Isela Vega, with Robert Webber, Gig Young, Helmut Dantine, Emilio Fernández and Kris Kristof... | {"Directed by": "Sam Peckinpah", "Produced by": "Martin Baum", "Screenplay by": "Gordon Dawson\n Sam Peckinpah", "Story by": "Frank Kowalski\n Sam Peckinpah", "Starring": "Warren Oates\n Isela Vega", "Music by": "Jerry Fielding", "Cinematography": "Álex Phillips Jr.", "Edited by": "Garth Craven\n Robbe Roberts\n Sergio... |
H.261 is an ITU-T video compression standard, first ratified in November 1988. It is the first member of the H.26x family of video coding standards in the domain of the ITU-T Study Group 16 Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG, then Specialists Group on Coding for Visual Telephony). It was the first video coding standard ... | {"Title": "H.261", "Long name": "Video codec for audiovisual services at p x 64 kbit/s", "Status": "Published", "Year started": "1988", "Version": "(03/93)", "Organization": "ITU-T, Hitachi, PictureTel, NTT, BT, Toshiba, etc.", "Committee": "ITU-T Study Group 16 VCEG (then: Specialists Group on Coding for Visual Teleph... |
NEXRAD or Nexrad (Next-Generation Radar) is a network of 159 high-resolution S-band Doppler weather radars operated by the National Weather Service (NWS), an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) within the United States Department of Commerce, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) wi... | {"Country of origin": "United States", "Introduced": "1988", "Type": "Weather radar", "Frequency": "2,700 to 3,000 MHz (S band)", "PRF": "320 to 1,300 Hz (according to VCP)", "Pulsewidth": "1.57 to 4.57 μs (according to VCP)", "RPM": "3", "Range": "460 km for reflectivity230 km for Doppler velocity", "Diameter": "8.54 ... |
Charles de Lorraine, duc de Mayenne (26 March 1554 -3 October 1611) was a French noble, governor, military commander and rebel during the latter French Wars of Religion. Born in 1554, the second son of François de Lorraine, duke of Guise and Anne d'Este, Mayenne inherited his fathers' position of Grand Chambellan in 15... | {"Father": "François de Lorraine, duke of Guise", "Mother": "Anne d'Este", "Born": "Alençon", "Died": "Soissons"} |
thumb|right|The Campaign receiving the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) is a coalition of non-governmental organizations whose stated objective is a world free of anti-personnel mines and cluster munitions, where mine and cluster munitions survivors see their rights respected a... | {"Abbreviation": "ICBL", "Founded at": "New York, United States", "Type": "NGO", "Legal status": "Nonprofit", "Headquarters": "Geneva, Switzerland", "Coordinates": "46.22 6.14 inline, title", "Website": "www.icbl.org"} |
Franklin Clarence Mars (; September 24, 1883 – April 8, 1935) was an American business magnate who founded the food company Mars, Incorporated, which mostly makes chocolate candy. Mars' son Forrest Edward Mars developed M&M's and the Mars bar.
Family
Franklin Mars was born on September 24, 1883, in Hancock, Minnesota.... | {"Name": "Franklin Clarence Mars", "Birth date": "1883 9 24", "Birth place": "Hancock, Minnesota, U.S.", "Death date": "1935 4 8 1883 9 24", "Death place": "Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.", "Occupation": "Businessman", "Known For": "Founder of Mars, Inc.", "Spouse(s)": "Ethel G. Kissack (m. 1902, div. 1910)Ethel Veronica He... |
Alexander Proyas (; Greek: Αλέξανδρος Πρόγιας; born 23 September 1963) is an Australian film director, producer and screenwriter. Proyas is best known for directing the films The Crow (1994), Dark City (1998), I, Robot (2004), Knowing (2009), and Gods of Egypt (2016).
Early life
Proyas was born in Alexandria, present-... | {"Name": "Alex Proyas", "Caption": "Proyas in 2016", "Birth date": "1963 9 23 yes", "Birth place": "Alexandria, United Arab Republic(present-day Egypt)", "Birth name": "Alexander Proyas", "Nationality": "Australian", "Occupation": "Film director producer screenwriter", "Years active": "1980-present"} |
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, PC (2 March 170520 March 1793) was a British barrister, politician and judge noted for his reform of English law. Born to Scottish nobility, he was educated in Perth, Scotland, before moving to London at the age of 13 to take up a place at Westminster School. He was accepted into ... | {"Name": "The Earl of Mansfield", "Image caption": "Portrait of Mansfield by Jean-Baptiste van Loo", "Term start": "8 November 1756", "Term end": "4 June 1788", "Office 2": "Lord Speaker", "Prime minister 2": "The Duke of Portland", "Predecessor 2": "The Lord Thurlow as Lord Chancellor", "Successor 2": "The Lord Thurlo... |
Neston is a market town and civil parish on the Wirral Peninsula, in Cheshire, England.
It is part of the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester. The civil parish and wider suburban area includes Parkgate to the north west and Little Neston, Ness and part of Burton to the south.
At the 2001 census the populat... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(Built-up area) (2011 census)", "Unitary authority": "Cheshire West and Chester", "Ceremonial county": "Cheshire", "UK Parliament": "Ellesmere Port and Neston", "Postcode district": "CH", "Dialling code": "0151", "OS grid reference": "SJ285775"} |
Clarissa Explains It All is an American teen sitcom created by Mitchell Kriegman for Nickelodeon. In the series, Clarissa Darling (Melissa Joan Hart) is a teenager who addresses the audience directly to explain the things that are happening in her life, dealing with typical adolescent concerns such as school, boys, pim... | {"Camera setup": "Multi-camera", "Running time": "20-26 minutes", "Created by": "Mitchell Kriegman", "Starring": "Melissa Joan Hart\n Joe O'Connor\n Elizabeth Hess\n Jason Zimbler\n Sean O'Neal", "Narrated by": "Melissa Joan Hart", "Opening theme": "\"Clarissa Explains It All\", performed by Rachel Sweet", "Ending them... |
Jean-Baptiste Dubos (; 14 December 1670 - 23 March 1742), also referred to as l'Abbé Du Bos, was a French author. He was also a diplomat and an art critic.
Life
Dubos was born in Beauvais. He was educated in Paris and received a Master of Arts in 1688 and a Bachelor of Theology in 1692. After studying theology, he gav... | {"Born": "14 December 1670", "Died": "23 March 1742", "Occupation": "Diplomat, author", "Nationality": "French", "Education": "University of Paris (MA, BTh)", "Period": "Age of Enlightenment"} |
Elgin (; ; , ) is a town (former cathedral city) and formerly a Royal Burgh in Moray, on the North Coast of Scotland. It is the administrative and commercial centre for Moray. The town originated to the south of the River Lossie on the higher ground above the floodplain where the town of Birnie is. There, the church of... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "OS grid reference": "NJ220626", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "Council area": "Moray", "Lieutenancy area": "Moray", "Postcode district": "IV", "Dialling code": "01343", "UK Parliament": "Moray", "Scottish Parliament": "Moray"} |
Pee-wee's Playhouse is an American comedy children's television series starring Paul Reubens as the childlike Pee-wee Herman that ran from 1986 to 1990 on Saturday mornings on CBS, and airing in reruns until July 1991. The show was developed from Reubens's popular stage show and the TV special The Pee-wee Herman Show, ... | {"Camera setup": "Film (principal photography)\nVideotape (post-production)\nSingle-camera", "Running time": "23-24 minutes", "Created by": "Paul Reubens", "Genre": "ComedyChildren's", "Presented by": "Pee-wee Herman", "Starring": "Paul Reubens\nLaurence Fishburne\nLynne Marie Stewart\nPhil Hartman\nS. Epatha Merkerson... |
Lorna Luft (born November 21, 1952) is an American actress, author, and singer. She is the daughter of Judy Garland and Sidney Luft and sister of Joey Luft and the half-sister of Liza Minnelli.
Early life
Luft was born on November 21, 1952, at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California to Judy Garland and ... | {"Name": "Lorna Luft", "Caption": "Luft in 2010", "Birth date": "1952 11 21", "Birth place": "Santa Monica, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress, singer, author", "Years active": "1963-present", "Spouse(s)": "Jake Hooker 1977 1993 div Colin Freeman 1996", "Parent(s)": "Sidney Luft Judy Garland", "Children": "2", "... |
Carrie Frances Fisher (October 21, 1956 - December 27, 2016) was an American actress and writer. She was best known for playing Princess Leia in the original Star Wars films (1977-1983). She reprised the role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), The Last Jedi (2017) — a posthumous release that was dedicated to her —... | {"Name": "Carrie Fisher", "Alt": "Fisher in September 2013", "Caption": "Fisher at the 70th Venice International Film Festival in 2013", "Birth name": "Carrie Frances Fisher", "Birth date": "1956 10 21", "Birth place": "Burbank, California, U.S.", "Death date": "2016 12 27 1956 10 21", "Death place": "Los Angeles, Cali... |
Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough, (16 November 1750 - 13 December 1818), was an English judge. After serving as a member of parliament and Attorney General, he became Lord Chief Justice.
Early life
Law was born at Great Salkeld, in Cumberland, of which place his father, Edmund Law (1703-1787), afterwards Bishop of ... | {"Name": "The Lord Ellenborough", "Image caption": "Portrait by Thomas Lawrence", "Term start": "11 April 1802", "Term end": "2 November 1818", "Birth date": "1750 11 16 y", "Birth place": "Great Salkeld, Cumberland, England, Great Britain", "Death date": "1818 12 13 1750 11 16 y", "Death place": "London, England, Unit... |
Ishmael Scott Reed (born February 22, 1938) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, composer, playwright, editor and publisher known for his satirical works challenging American political culture. Perhaps his best-known work is Mumbo Jumbo (1972), a sprawling and unorthodox novel set in 1920s New York.
Re... | {"Born": "1938 02 22", "Occupation": "Poet essayist novelist playwright lyricist", "Education": "University of Buffalo", "Children": "2"} |
The Ford Galaxie is a full-sized car that was built in the United States by Ford for model years 1959 through 1974. The name was used for the top models in Ford's full-size range from 1958 until 1961, in a marketing attempt to appeal to the excitement surrounding the Space Race. In 1958, a concept car was introduced ca... | {"Manufacturer": "Ford", "Production": "1958-1974 (United States)1964-1968 (Australia)1967-1983 (Brazil)", "Assembly": "Atlanta, GA, United StatesLouisville, KY, United StatesSt. Paul, MN, United StatesSt. Louis, MO, United States Norfolk, VA, United States Chicago, IL, United States Mahwah, NJ, United States Pico Rive... |
Ristar is a 1995 platform game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. The game stars an anthropomorphic cartoon star who uses his hands and long, stretchable arms to both move and fight enemies. Reception for the game was generally positive, but the game's initial release was overshadowed due to the immi... | {"Title": "Ristar", "Developer": "Sega", "Publisher": "Sega", "Designer": "Akira NishinoTakeshi Niimura", "Producer": "Hiroshi AsoMakoto OshitaniYoji IshiiMinoru Kanari", "Director": "Atsuhiko Nakamura", "Artist": "Yuji Uekawa", "Composer": "Tomoko Sasaki", "Released": "EU January 1995Mega Drive Review: Ristar 13 Sega ... |
Joseph Edgar Foreman (born July 28, 1974), better known by his stage name Afroman, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, political candidate, and comedian. He is best known for his 2000 single "Because I Got High", and its follow-up, the 2001 single "Crazy Rap". Both songs were featured on his album The Good Times... | {"Born": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Origin": "Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.https://news.yahoo.com/mississippi-rapper-afroman-running-president-170939266.html Mississippi rapper Afroman is running for president and wants to decriminalize marijuana", "Genres": "Hip hop\n West Coast hip hop\n funk\n Interpolation\n c... |
Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough, (8 September 1790 - 22 December 1871) was a British Tory politician. He was four times President of the Board of Control and also served as Governor-General of India between 1842 and 1844.
Background and education
Ellenborough was the eldest son of Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenboro... | {"Name": "The Earl of Ellenborough", "Image caption": "Portrait by Frederick Richard Say", "Office 2": "Member of the House of Lords", "Predecessor 2": "The 1st Baron Ellenborough", "Successor 2": "The 3rd Baron Ellenborough", "Birth date": "1790 9 8 y", "Death date": "1871 12 22 1790 9 8 y", "Death place": "Southam Ho... |
thumb|Statue in Nott Square, Carmarthen
Major-General Sir William Nott (20 January 1782 - 1 January 1845) was a British military officer of the Bengal Army, East India Company in British India.
Early life
Nott was born in 1782, near Neath in Wales,Lloyd (1958), pg 686. the second son of Charles Nott, a Herefordshire... | {"Born": "Neath, Glamorgan, Wales", "Died": "Carmarthen, Wales", "Allegiance": "22x25px East India Company", "Awards": "Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath"} |
Sir John William Kaye (3 June 1814 - 24 July 1876) was a British military historian, civil servant and army officer. His major works on military history include a three-volume work on The History of the Sepoy War in India. This work was revised later by George Bruce Malleson and published in six volumes in 1890 as Kay... | {"Honorific prefix": "Sir", "Name": "John William Kaye", "Post-nominals": "KCSI FRS", "Birth date": "1814 06 03 y", "Birth place": "London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", "Death date": "1876 07 24 1814 06 03 y", "Death place": "London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", "Nationality": "British... |
Ferdinand Marie, Comte de Lesseps (; 19 November 1805 – 7 December 1894) was a French diplomat and later developer of the Suez Canal, which in 1869 joined the Mediterranean and Red Seas, substantially reducing sailing distances and times between Europe and East Asia.
He attempted to repeat this success with an effort... | {"Name": "Ferdinand de Lesseps", "Birth date": "1805 11 19 yes", "Birth place": "Versailles, First French Empire", "Death date": "1894 12 7 1805 11 19 yes", "Death place": "Guilly, French Republic", "Occupation": "Diplomat, entrepreneur", "Citizenship": "France", "Known For": "Suez Canal, Panama Canal", "Alma mater": "... |
Kim Deitch (born May 21, 1944 in Los Angeles, California)Donahue, Don and Susan Goodrick, editors. Deitch bio, The Apex Treasuet of Underground Comics (Apex Novelties, 1974), p. 127. is an American cartoonist who was an important figure in the underground comix movement of the 1960s, remaining active in the decades tha... | {"Born": "Los Angeles, California", "Nationality": "American", "Awards": "Eisner Award, 2003Inkpot Award, 2008Inkpot Award", "Children": "1 daughter (with Robbins)"} |
thumb|Mountstuart Elphinstone's memorial in St Paul's Cathedral
Mountstuart Elphinstone (6 October 1779 - 20 November 1859) was a Scottish statesman and historian, associated with the government of British India. He later became the Governor of Bombay (now Mumbai) where he is credited with the opening of several educa... | {"Name": "Mountstuart Elphinstone", "Term start": "1 November 1819", "Term end": "1 November 1827", "Birth date": "6 October 1779", "Birth place": "Dumbarton, Dumbartonshire, Scotland", "Death date": "yes 1859 11 20 1779 10 1", "Death place": "Hookwood, Surrey, England", "Alma mater": "Royal High School", "Nationality"... |
Emir Dost Mohammad Khan Barakzai (Persian: ; 23 December 17939 June 1863), nicknamed the Amir-i Kabir, was the founder of the Barakzai dynasty and one of the prominent rulers of Afghanistan during the First Anglo-Afghan War.Encyclopædia Britannica - Dost Mohammad Khan, "ruler of Afghanistan (1823-63) and founder of the... | {"Father": "Sardar Payinda Khan Mohammadzai (Sarfraz Khan)", "Mother": "Zainab Begumhttps://iranicaonline.org/articles/dost-mohammad-khan Iranonline 15 December 1995 DŌST MOḤAMMAD KHAN 24 December 2020", "Born": "Kandahar, Durrani Empire", "Died": "Herat, Emirate of Afghanistan", "Burial": "Shrine of Khwaja Abd Allah (... |
Bootle (pronounced ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England, which had a population of 51,394 in 2011; the wider Parliamentary constituency had a population of 98,449.
Historically part of Lancashire, Bootle's proximity to the Irish Sea and the industrial city of Liverpool to the south s... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "51,394", "Metropolitan borough": "Sefton", "Metropolitan county": "Merseyside", "UK Parliament": "Bootle", "Postcode district": "L", "Dialling code": "0151", "OS grid reference": "SJ340944"} |
Captain Sir Alexander Burnes (16 May 1805 - 2 November 1841) was a Scottish explorer, military officer, and diplomat associated with the Great Game. He was nicknamed Bokhara Burnes for his role in establishing contact with and exploring Bukhara. His memoir, Travels into Bokhara, was a bestseller when it was first publ... | {"Honorific prefix": "Sir", "Name": "Alexander Burnes", "Post-nominals": "FRS", "Caption": "Sketch by Vincent Eyre", "Birth date": "1805 05 16 y", "Birth place": "Montrose, Scotland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", "Death date": "1841 11 02 1805 05 16 y", "Death place": "Kabul, Durrani Kingdom", "Relative... |
Saint Mary's College of California is a private Catholic college in Moraga, California. Established in 1863, it is affiliated with the Catholic Church and administered by the De La Salle Brothers. The college offers undergraduate and graduate programs with a total student count at under 4,000 .
History
thumb|left|Ar... | {"Motto": "Signum Fidei (Latin)", "Type": "Private college", "President": "Thomas Joneshttps://www.stmarys-ca.edu/president SMC President Saint Mary's College of California August 24, 2021", "Endowment": "$215.0 million (2021)As of February 18, 2022. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/research/2021-NTSE... |
Great Crosby is an area of the town of Crosby, in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England and is historically, part of Lancashire.
Location
In 1907, the Victoria County History described Great Crosby's location thus: 'The ancient township of Great Crosby, which includes Waterloo, lies on the northern s... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Metropolitan borough": "Sefton", "Metropolitan county": "Merseyside", "UK Parliament": "Sefton Central", "Postcode district": "L", "Dialling code": "0151", "OS grid reference": "SJ326989"} |
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