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Dr. Hermann Louis Brill (9 February 1895 - 22 June 1959) was a German resistance fighter, doctor of law and politician (SPD).
Biography
Brill was born in the small town of Gräfenroda, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, on 9 February 1895 as the son of a tailor; after finishing school, he attended the Herzog-Ernst-Seminar in Go... | {"Name": "Hermann Louis Brill", "Image caption": "Hermann Brill", "Term start": "7 September 1949", "Term end": "7 September 1953", "Birth date": "1895 2 9 y", "Birth place": "Graefenroda", "Death date": "1959 6 22 1895 2 9 y", "Nationality": "German"} |
Werner Eggerath (16 March 1900, in Elberfeld – 16 June 1977, in East Berlin) was an East German author and communist politician. He was a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED / Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands) and its first secretary in Thuringia from 21 April 1946 to 1947, already having hel... | {"Name": "Werner Eggerath", "Image caption": "Eggerath in 1950", "Office 2": "Ambassador of the German Democratic Republic to Romania", "Birth date": "1900 03 16", "Birth place": "Elberfeld, German Empire", "Death date": "1977 06 16 1900 03 16", "Death place": "East Berlin, German Democratic Republic", "Resting place":... |
Josef Duchač (born February 19, 1938) is a German politician (CDU).
The studied chemical engineer became a member of the East German Christian Democratic Union in 1957. After the party merged with the West German CDU following the German reunification, he was elected Thuringia's first post-reunification minister-presi... | {"Name": "Josef Duchač", "Image caption": "Duchac on a campaign poster for the 1990 Thuringian state election", "Term start": "8 November 1990", "Term end": "11 February 1992", "Office 2": "Landesbevollmächtigter of Thuringia", "Appointer 2": "Lothar de Maizière", "Predecessor 2": "Position established", "Successor 2":... |
Bernhard Vogel (; born 19 December 1932) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He was the 4th Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1976 to 1988 and the 2nd Minister President of Thuringia from 1992 to 2003. He is the only person to have been head of two different German federal stat... | {"Image caption": "Vogel in 2015", "Alma mater": "Heidelberg UniversityMunich University", "Term start": "5 February 1992", "Term end": "5 June 2003", "Predecessor 2": "Albert Osswald", "Successor 2": "Gerhard Stoltenberg", "Birth place": "Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany", "Birth date": "19 December 1932"} |
Allan Michael Rock (born August 30, 1947) is a Canadian lawyer, former politician, diplomat and university administrator. He was Canada's ambassador to the United Nations (2004-2006) and had previously served in the Cabinet of Jean Chrétien, most notably as Justice Minister (1993-1997) and Health Minister (1997-2002).... | {"Image size": "123px", "Ambassador from": "Canadian", "Term start": "2004", "Term end": "2006", "Riding 2": "Etobicoke Centre", "Predecessor 2": "Michael Wilson", "Successor 2": "Borys Wrzesnewskyj", "Birth name": "Allan Michael Rock", "Birth date": "1947 8 30", "Birth place": "Ottawa, Ontario, Canada", "Spouse(s)": "... |
Dr. Erhard Hübener (4 August 1881 – 3 June 1958) was a German politician and member of the German Democratic Party (DDP) until 1933. After World War II he engaged in rebuilding structures of self-rule in the Soviet occupation zone and was a co-founder and member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Germany (LDPD).
Early... | {"Honorific prefix": "Dr.", "Name": "Erhard Hübener", "Native name": "instead.-->", "Native name language": "<!--ISO 639-1 code, e.g., \"fr\" for French. If more than one, use in", "Image caption": "Erhard Hübener", "Term start": "3 December 1946", "Term end": "1 October 1949"} |
Gerd Gies (born 24 May 1943 in Stendal, Germany) is a German politician (CDU). He was the 1st Minister President of Saxony-Anhalt after its creation following the reunification of Germany. Gies held office from October 1990 to 4 July 1991, when he was forced to resign after he was accused of having collaborated with t... | {"Image caption": "Gerd Gies (1990)", "Birth date": "1943 5 24 y", "Birth place": "Stendal, Nazi Germany (now Germany)", "Other political party": "Christian Democratic Union (East Germany) (1970-1990)", "Residence": "Magdeburg", "Alma mater": "Leipzig University (Dr. med. vet.)"} |
Dr. Werner Münch (born 25 September 1940 in Bottrop, Province of Westphalia) is a German politician (CDU). After the reunification of Germany he moved to Saxony-Anhalt where he became the first Financial Minister of this state since refounding of same after the reunification under the 1st Minister-President Gerd Gies. ... | {"Image caption": "Münch (2019)", "Birth date": "1940 9 25 y", "Birth place": "Kirchhellen, Germany", "Other political party": "Christian Democratic Union (1972-2009)", "Residence": "Freiburg im Breisgau", "Alma mater": "University of Freiburg"} |
Reinhard Höppner (2 December 1948 - 9 June 2014) was a German politician (SPD) and writer.
Höppner held a Dr. rer. nat. in mathematics.
In 1990, in the first (and last) free election in the assembly's history, he was elected a member of the East German People's Chamber (Volkskammer), becoming the assembly's vice pres... | {"Name": "Reinhard Höppner", "Term start": "21 July 1994", "Term end": "16 May 2002", "Birth date": "1948 12 02 yes", "Birth place": "Haldensleben, Saxony-Anhalt, Soviet occupation zone (now Germany)", "Death date": "2014 06 09 1948 12 02 yes", "Death place": "Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany", "Spouse(s)": "Renate Hö... |
Wolfgang Böhmer (born 27 January 1936) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and was the 5th Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt from May 2002 to April 2011. He served as President of the Bundesrat in 2002/03. He formerly worked as a medical doctor.
Political career
Böhmer was born in Dürrhenn... | {"Image caption": "Böhmer in 2006", "Term start": "16 May 2002", "Term end": "19 April 2011", "Office 2": "Leader of theChristian Democratic Unionin the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt", "Predecessor 2": "Christoph Bergner", "Successor 2": "Jürgen Scharf\nyes Saxony-Anhalt Cabinet\n border:1px dashed lightgrey;yes\n Minist... |
Rational Machines is an enterprise founded by Paul Levy and Mike Devlin in 1981 to provide tools to expand the use of modern software engineering practices, particularly explicit modular architecture and iterative development. It changed its name in 1994 to Rational Software, and was sold for US$2.1 billion (equivalent... | {"Fate": "Acquired by IBM", "Founded": "1981", "Defunct": "2003 02 20", "Industry": "Application development tools", "Website": "https://www.ibm.com/software/uk/rational/"} |
Yigal AllonThe name Yigal or Yigael Allon is Hebrew, translates as "he redeems ...under the burning bush" has multiple contextual references in the Old Testament in the books of Genesis, Isaiah, and Ezekiel (; 10 October 1918 - 29 February 1980) was an Israeli military leader and politician. He was a commander of the P... | {"Term start": "26 February 1969", "Term end": "17 March 1969", "Title 2": "Ministerial portfolios", "Education": "Kadoorie Agricultural High SchoolSt Antony's College, Oxford", "Spouse(s)": "Ruth Episdorf", "Birth date": "yes 1918 10 10", "Birth place": "Kfar Tavor, Palestine", "Death date": "yes 1980 2 29 1918 10 10"... |
Juan Antonio Ríos Morales (; November 10, 1888 – June 27, 1946) was a Chilean political figure who served as president of Chile from 1942 to 1946, during the height of World War II. He died in office.
Early life
Ríos was born at the Huichicura hacienda, near the town of Cañete, a coal-mining village in the Arauco Prov... | {"Name": "Juan Antonio Ríos", "Nationality": "Chilean", "Term start": "April 2, 1942", "Term end": "June 27, 1946", "Office 2": "Minister of Justice", "Predecessor 2": "Guillermo Bañados Honorato", "Successor 2": "Absalón Valencia Zavala", "President 2": "Bartolomé Blanche Espejo", "Birth date": "1888 11 10 y", "Birth ... |
La Jornada (The Working Day) is one of Mexico City's leading daily newspapers. It was established in 1984 by Carlos Payán Velver. The current editor (directora general) is Carmen Lira Saade. La Jornada has presence in eight states of the Mexican Republic with local editions in Aguascalientes, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoac... | {"Type": "Daily newspaper", "Format": "Compact", "Political alignment": "Left-wing", "Publisher": "Desarrollo de Medios S.A. de C.V.", "Editor": "Carmen Lira Saade", "Language": "Spanish", "Circulation": "287,000 (readership, 2006)", "Headquarters": "Mexico City, Mexico", "Website": "https://www.jornada.com.mx"} |
is a Japanese conductor known for his advocacy of modern composers and for his work with the San Francisco Symphony, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna State Opera, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, where he served as music director for 29 years. He is the recipient of numerous international awards.
Biography... | {"Name": "Seiji Ozawa", "Caption": "Ozawa in 1963", "Birth date": "1935 09 01", "Birth place": "Mukden, Fengtian, Manchukuo (present-day Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China)", "Occupation": "Conductor", "Relatives": "Kenji Ozawa (nephew)"} |
Eldon Wayne Hoke (March 23, 1958 - April 19, 1997), nicknamed El Duce, was an American musician best known as the drummer and lead singer of the shock rock band the Mentors, as well as other acts, including Chinas Comidas and the Screamers.
Apart from his musical career, Eldon was also an actor who appeared in several... | {"Born": "Seattle, Washington, U.S.", "Died": "Riverside, California, U.S.", "Genres": "Heavy metal, punk rock, shock rock", "Labels": "Ever Rat, Mentor, Metal Blade, Mystic"} |
"" (, ; ) is the national anthem of North Macedonia. Todor Skalovski composed the music and Vlado Maleski wrote the lyrics of the song in the early 1940s. It was adopted as the national anthem in 1992, almost a year after the state's independence from Yugoslavia. Before its adoption as a national anthem, it was used as... | {"Music": "1941", "Lyrics": "1943", "Adopted": "1989 04 14 y", "Readopted": "1992 08 11 y", "Relinquished": "1991 09 08 y (by the Socialist Republic of Macedonia)", "Published": "1942"} |
George Rose (17 June 1744 - 13 January 1818) was a British politician.
Life
Born at Woodside near Brechin, Scotland, Rose was the second son of the Reverend David Rose of Lethnot, of an ancient family of Kilravock, in the County of Nairn, titled Baron of KilravockThe assembled Commons; or, Parliamentary biographer, 'B... | {"Name": "George Rose", "Image caption": "Portrait of George Rose by William Beechey, 1802", "Office 2": "Secretary to the Treasury", "Alongside 2": "Thomas Steele (until 1791)and Charles Long (since 1791)", "Predecessor 2": "Richard BurkeRichard Brinsley Sheridan", "Successor 2": "Charles LongJohn Hiley Addington", "B... |
Jiří Menzel () (23 February 1938 - 5 September 2020) was a Czech film director, theatre director, actor, and screenwriter. His films often combine a humanistic view of the world with sarcasm and provocative cinematography. Some of these films are adapted from works by Czech writers such as Bohumil Hrabal and Vladislav ... | {"Name": "Jiří Menzel", "Alt": "A close-up of Menzel's face", "Caption": "Jiří Menzel in 2016", "Birth date": "1938 2 23 y", "Birth place": "Prague, Czechoslovakia", "Death date": "2020 9 5 1938 2 23 y", "Death place": "Prague, Czech Republic", "Occupation": "Film director", "Spouse(s)": "Olga Menzelová"} |
Soliga, also spelled Solega, Sholaga and Shōlaga, is an ethnic group of India. Its members inhabit the mountain ranges mostly in the Chamarajanagar district of southern Karnataka and Erode district of Tamil Nadu. Many are concentrated in the Biligiriranga Hills and associated ranges, mainly in the talukas Yelandur, Kol... | {"Name": "Soliga", "Image caption": "A Soliga girl", "Population": "40,000", "Languages": "Kannada, Tamil, Sholaga", "Related ethnic groups": "Irula, Tamil, Yerukala"} |
The Kannadigas or Kannaḍigaru (), often referred to as Kannada people, are a Dravidian ethno-linguistic group who natively speak Kannada and trace their ancestry to the South Indian state of Karnataka in India and its surrounding regions.
The Kannada language belongs to the Dravidian family of languages. Kannada stand... | {"Name": "Kannadigaru", "Native name": "ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರು", "Native name language code": "kn", "Image caption": "Children and woman dressed in traditional attire", "Population": "44 million yesStatement 1 : Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2021kan", "Languages": "Kannada", "Religions": "Majority... |
Thomas Wyatt Turner (March 16, 1877 – April 21, 1978) was an American civil rights activist, biologist and educator. He was the first Black American to receive a PhD in Botany, and helped found both the NAACP and the Federated Colored Catholics.
Biography
Early life and education
He was born in Hughesville, Marylan... | {"Name": "Thomas Wyatt Turner", "Birth date": "1877 3 16", "Birth place": "Hughesville, Maryland, United States", "Death date": "1978 4 21 1877 3 16", "Nationality": "American", "Known For": "founding member of NAACP; founding member and president of Federated Colored Catholics", "Education": "Howard University (BS, MA... |
Carola Maria Häggkvist (; born 8 September 1966), commonly known simply as Carola, is a Swedish pop singer. She has been among Sweden's most popular performers since the early 1980s and has released albums ranging from pop and disco to hymns and folk music.Eurovision.tv. Carola will represent Sweden again. Retrieved on... | {"Born": "Stockholm, Sweden", "Genres": "Pop gospel schlager", "Labels": "Sonet", "Website": "carola.com"} |
Mark Morrison is a German-born British singer, best known for his 1996 platinum hit song, "Return of the Mack", which was immediately met with success upon its release in several European countries. In the following year, the song peaked at No. 2 in the United States.
Career
Morrison's first official recording was ... | {"Born": "Hanover, West Germany", "Origin": "Leicester, Leicestershire, England", "Genres": "RB", "Labels": "WEA Death Row Mack Life", "Website": "markmorrison.com"} |
The Moon System of Embossed Reading (commonly known as the Moon writing, Moon alphabet, Moon script, Moon type, or Moon code) is a writing system for the blind, using embossed symbols mostly derived from the Latin script (but simplified). It is claimed by its supporters to be easier to understand than braille, though i... | {"Script type": "Alphabet", "Languages": "English, French, German, Dutch, Danish, Russian, Arabic, Armenian, Greek, Hindustani, Mandarin", "Creator": "William Moon", "Direction": "Mixed"} |
William Moon, Hon. LLD, FRSA, FRGS (18 December 1818 – 9 October 1894) was an Englishman who created Moon type, the first widely used practical reading alphabet for the blind.
Life and career
Moon was born in Horsmonden, Kent. As a small child, he lost sight in one eye from scarlet fever, and by the age of twenty-on... | {"Name": "William Moon", "Birth date": "1818 12 18 y", "Birth place": "Horsmonden, Kent, England", "Death date": "1894 10 09 1818 12 18 y", "Death place": "Brighton, England", "Resting place": "Extra-Mural Cemetery, Brighton, East Sussex, England", "Known For": "inventing Moon Type", "Occupation": "Teacher, Philanthrop... |
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Canosa di Puglia, generally known simply as Canosa (), is a town and comune in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia, southern Italy. It is located between Bari and Foggia, on the northwestern edge of the plateau of the Murgia which dominates the Ofanto valley and ... | {"Name": "Canosa di Puglia", "Native name": "nap Canaus", "Official name": "Comune di Canosa di Puglia", "Nickname": "it La Piccola Roma (\"Little Rome\"); \"The City of Princes, Emperors and Bishops\"", "Motto": "it Città d'Arte e Cultura (\"City of Art and Culture\")", "Pushpin label position": "bottom", "Region": "A... |
Joanna David (born Joanna Elizabeth Hacking; 17 January 1947) is an English actress, best known for her television work.
Early life and education
David was born in Lancaster, England, daughter of Major John Almond Hacking and Davida Elizabeth, née Nesbitt. She was educated at Altrincham Grammar School for Girls, Elmhu... | {"Image": "Phyllida Law 2014.JPG", "Caption": "Joanna David (second from left) with Phyllida Law and Law's daughters, Sophie and Emma Thompson (2014)", "Name": "Joanna David", "Birth name": "Joanna Elizabeth Hacking", "Birth date": "1947 1 17 y", "Birth place": "Lancaster, Lancashire, EnglandMarch 2023", "Other names":... |
The Last Starfighter is a 1984 American space opera film directed by Nick Castle. The film tells the story of Alex Rogan (Lance Guest), a teenager recruited by an alien defense force to fight in an interstellar war. It also features Robert Preston, Dan O'Herlihy, Catherine Mary Stewart, Norman Snow, and Kay E. Kuter.
... | {"Directed by": "Nick Castle", "Produced by": "Gary AdelsonEdward O. Denault", "Written by": "Jonathan R. Betuel", "Starring": "Lance Guest\n Dan O'Herlihy\n Robert Preston\nCatherine Mary Stewart", "Music by": "Craig Safan", "Cinematography": "King Baggot", "Edited by": "Carroll Timothy O'Meara", "Distributed by": "Un... |
Carolyn Gold Heilbrun (January 13, 1926 - October 9, 2003) was an American academic at Columbia University, the first woman to receive tenure in the English department, and a prolific feminist author of academic studies. In addition, beginning in the 1960s, she published numerous popular mystery novels with a woman pro... | {"Pen name": "Amanda Cross", "Born": "1926 1 13", "Died": "2003 10 9 1926 1 13", "Occupation": "Writer, professor", "Alma mater": "Wellesley College (BA)Columbia University (MA, PhD)"} |
The Emperor's New Groove is a 2000 American animated comedy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 40th Disney animated feature film produced by the studio, it was directed by Mark Dindal and produced by Randy Fullmer, from a screenplay by David Reynolds, and a story by... | {"Directed by": "Mark Dindal", "Produced by": "Randy Fullmer", "Screenplay by": "David Reynolds", "Story by": "Chris Williams\n Mark Dindal", "Based on": "Original story Roger AllersMatthew Jacobs", "Starring": "David Spade\n John Goodman\n Eartha Kitt\n Patrick Warburton\n Wendie Malick", "Music by": "John Debney", "E... |
Freaky Friday is a comedic children's novel written by Mary Rodgers, first published by Harper & Row in 1972. It has been adapted for several films, including versions in 1976, 1995, 2003, and 2018.
The story features one day that 13-year-old Annabel Andrews and her mother spend in each other's bodies. Thus it may be ... | {"Cover artist": "Edward Gorey", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Harper & Row", "Media type": "Print (hardcover)", "Pages": "145", "ISBN": "(HarperCrest library ed., 0-06-025049-6)", "Followed by": "A Billion for Boris"} |
The Pahlavi dynasty () was the last Iranian royal dynasty, ruling for almost 54 years between 1925 and 1979. The dynasty was founded by Reza Shah Pahlavi, a non-aristocratic Mazanderani soldier in modern times, who took on the name of the Pahlavi language spoken in the pre-Islamic Sasanian Empire in order to strengthen... | {"Country": "Imperial State of Iran", "Place of origin": "Mazandaran", "Founded": "1925 12 15 y", "Founder": "Reza Shah", "Current head": "Reza Pahlavi", "Final ruler": "Mohammad Reza Pahlavi", "Connected families": "Muhammad Ali dynasty (1941-1948)", "Deposition": "1979 02 11 y"} |
Daryl Christine Hannah (born December 3, 1960) is an American actress and environmental activist. She made her screen debut in Brian De Palma's supernatural horror film The Fury (1978). She has starred in various films across the years, including as Pris Stratton in Ridley Scott's science fiction thriller Blade Runner ... | {"Name": "Daryl Hannah", "Caption": "Hannah in 2019", "Birth name": "Daryl Christine Hannah", "Birth date": "1960 12 03", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress environmental activist", "Years active": "1978-present", "Spouse(s)": "Neil Young 2018", "Relatives": "Page Hannah (sister) Tanya Wex... |
The Meditrinalia was a festival in the traditional Roman religion, celebrated on October 11 in honor of the new vintage, which was offered as libations to the gods for the first time each year. Though now obscure, the festival may have been so called from medendo, Latin for "healing", because the Romans then began to d... | {"Type": "Classical Roman religion", "Observed by": "Roman RepublicRoman Empire", "Next time": "October 11", "Observances": "libations"} |
Dating Do's and Don'tsSome prescriptive grammarians today, such as Paul Brians, would call this spelling incorrect, arguing that the apostrophe denotes a possessive; if the film were made today, the title would probably be Dating Dos and Don'ts. However, "do's" is the more traditional spelling, and was the recommended ... | {"Directed by": "Ted Peshak Gilbert Altschul", "Produced by": "Coronet Instructional Media", "Starring": "Jackie Gleason John Lindsay", "Distributed by": "Coronet Instructional Media"} |
Richard Karl Freiherr von Weizsäcker (; 15 April 1920 - 31 January 2015) was a German politician (CDU), who served as President of Germany from 1984 to 1994. Born into the aristocratic Weizsäcker family, who were part of the German nobility, he took his first public offices in the Protestant Church in Germany.
A membe... | {"Name": "Richard Freiherr von Weizsäcker", "Image caption": "Weizsäcker in 1984", "Term start": "1 July 1984", "Term end": "30 June 1994From 1 July 1984 to 2 October 1990, Richard von Weizsäcker was President of West Germany only. From 3 October 1990 until 30 June 1994, he was President of the reunified Germany. The t... |
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) is an American film critic organization founded in 1975.
Background
Its membership comprises film critics from Los Angeles-based print and electronic media. In December of each year, the organization votes on the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring me... | {"Abbreviation": "LAFCA", "Type": "Film criticism", "Location": "Los Angeles, California", "Website": "lafca.net"} |
DéFI () is a social-liberal, liberal, regionalist political party in Belgium mainly known for defending French-speakers' interests in and near the Brussels region. The party is led by François de Smet, a member of the Chamber of Representatives. The party's current name, DéFI or Défi, was adopted in 2016 and is a backr... | {"Founded": "11 May 1964", "Headquarters": "Chaussée de Charleroi 1271060 Brussels", "Ideology": "Regionalismhttp://parties-and-elections.eu/brussels.html Brussels/Belgium Nordsieck Wolfram 2019 Parties and Elections in EuropeLiberalismSocial liberalism", "Political position": "\"CollectifFuté2014\">Collectif Petit Fut... |
Bonkers is an American animated television series and a spinoff as short series called He's Bonkers (whose first short/episode “Petal to the Metal” aired in theaters and 11 others aired in Raw Toonage). The show originally aired from September 4, 1993 to February 23, 1994 after a preview of the series made from Februa... | {"Genre": "Animation\n Crime-Comedy \n Mystery", "Voices of": "Jim Cummings\n Earl Boen\n Charlie Adler\n Ron Perlman\n Frank Welker\n Corey Burton\n Karla DeVito \n Robert Ridgely\n April Winchell \n Maurice LaMarche\n Sherry Lynn \n Eileen Brennan \n Rip Taylor", "Country of origin": "United States", "Running time"... |
The White Pass and Yukon Route (WP&Y, WP&YR) is a Canadian and U.S. Class III narrow-gauge railroad linking the port of Skagway, Alaska, with Whitehorse, the capital of Yukon. An isolated system, it has no direct connection to any other railroad. Equipment, freight and passengers are ferried by ship through the Port ... | {"Original gauge": "3ft on", "Preserved gauge": "3ft", "Length": "107 mi km (Skagway to Whitehorse); 67.5 mi km (Skagway to Carcross)", "Opened": "August 1, 1900", "Closed": "October 8, 1982", "Headquarters": "Skagway, Alaska"} |
Eva Bowring (née Kelly; January 9, 1892January 8, 1985) was a U.S. Senator from Nebraska. Bowring was born in Nevada, Missouri. In 1928, she married Arthur Bowring. They made their home at the Bowring Ranch near Merriman in Cherry County, Nebraska.History, Art & Archives-United States House of Representatives-Eva Kelly... | {"Name": "Eva Bowring", "Term start": "April 16, 1954", "Term end": "November 7, 1954", "Birth date": "1892 1 9", "Birth place": "Nevada, Missouri, U.S.", "Death date": "1985 1 8 1892 1 9", "Death place": "Gordon, Nebraska, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Arthur Bowring"} |
The World Set Free is a novel written in 1913 and published in 1914 by H. G. Wells.David C. Smith, H.G. Wells: Desperately Mortal: A Biography (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1986), p. 83-85. According to Smith, Wells wrote The World Set Free at the château of his mistress, Elizabeth von Arnim, dubbed "S... | {"Original title": "The World Set Free: A Story of Mankind", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Published": "1914", "Publisher": "Macmillan & Co. (UK)E. P. Dutton (US)", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "286"} |
How Few Remain is a 1997 alternate history novel by Harry Turtledove. It is the first part of the Southern Victory saga, which depicts a world in which the Confederate States of America won the American Civil War. It is similar to his earlier novel The Guns of the South, but unlike the latter, it is a purely historical... | {"Cover artist": "C. Rochling", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "Southern Victory", "Publisher": "Ballantine Books/Del Rey", "Media type": "Print (Hardback & Paperback), eBook", "ISBN": "(first edition, hardback), 9780307531018 (eBook)", "Followed by": "The Great War: American Front (Great ... |
Rolandas Paksas (; born 10 June 1956) is a Lithuanian politician who served as the sixth president of Lithuania from 2003 until his impeachment in April 2004. He previously served two terms as the prime minister of Lithuania in 1999 and again from 2000 to 2001, and as Mayor of Vilnius from 1997 to 1999 and again from 2... | {"Name": "Rolandas Paksas", "Term start": "26 February 2003", "Term end": "6 April 2004", "Office 2": "9th and 11th Prime Minister of Lithuania", "President 2": "Valdas Adamkus", "Predecessor 2": "Andrius Kubilius", "Successor 2": "Eugenijus Gentvilas (Acting)", "Birth date": "1956 6 10 y", "Birth place": "Telšiai, Lit... |
Splash is a 1984 American romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Ron Howard, from a screenplay by Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, and Bruce Jay Friedman, and a story by Friedman and producer Brian Grazer. The film stars Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy, and Eugene Levy. Its plot involves a young man who falls in love... | {"Directed by": "Ron Howard", "Screenplay by": "Lowell GanzBabaloo MandelBruce Jay Friedman\nyes yes Screen story by Bruce Jay Friedman", "Story by": "Brian Grazer", "Produced by": "Brian Grazer", "Starring": "Tom Hanks\n Daryl Hannah\n Eugene Levy\n John Candy", "Cinematography": "Donald Peterman", "Edited by": "Danie... |
Loughborough University (abbreviated as Lough or Lboro for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when Loughborough Technical Institute began with a focus on skills directly applicable in... | {"Motto": "Veritate, Scientia, Labore", "Type": "Public", "Endowment": "£2.36 million (2022)https://www.lboro.ac.uk/media/media/services/finance/downloads/financialstatements/financial-statements-2021-22.pdf Financial Statements for the Year to 31 July 2022 21 February 2023 Loughborough University", "Budget": "£328 ... |
The Socialist Labour Party (SLP) was a minor political party in the Republic of Ireland formed under the leadership of Matt Merrigan (Dublin Secretary of the ATGWU) and Noël Browne, TD in 1977. Another key figure was the radical journalist Brian Trench, former head of the Communications Department at Dublin City Univer... | {"Leader": "Noël BrowneMatt Merrigan", "Founded": "1977", "Ideology": "Democratic Socialism", "Political position": "Left-wing", "Split from": "Labour Party"} |
William Kissam "Willie" Vanderbilt I (December 12, 1849 - July 22, 1920) was an American heir, businessman, philanthropist and horsebreeder. Born into the Vanderbilt family, he managed his family's railroad investments.
Early life
William Kissam Vanderbilt I was born on December 12, 1849, in New Dorp, New York, on Sta... | {"Name": "William Kissam Vanderbilt", "Birth date": "1849 12 12 y", "Birth place": "New Dorp, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1920 7 22 1849 12 12 y", "Death place": "Paris, France", "Occupation": "Horse breeder", "Parent(s)": "William Henry VanderbiltMaria Louisa Kissam", "Spouse(s)": "Alva Erskine Smith 1875 1895 div... |
General elections were held in Japan on November 9, 2003. Incumbent Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of the Liberal Democrat Party won the election but with a reduced majority. The main opposition Democratic Party made considerable gains, winning 177 of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives, its largest share e... | {"Country": "Japan", "Type": "parliamentary", "Previous election": "2000 Japanese general election", "Previous year": "2000", "Next election": "2005 Japanese general election", "Next year": "2005", "Seats for election": "All 480 seats in the House of Representatives of Japan", "Majority seats": "241", "Election date": ... |
The was a centristThe Democratic Party of Japan was widely described as centrist:
to centre-left liberal or social-liberal political party in Japan from 1998 to 2016.
The party's origins lie in the previous Democratic Party of Japan, which was founded in September 1996 by politicians of the centre-right... | {"Leader": "Katsuya Okada", "Founded": "1998 4 27 y", "Merger of": "Democratic Party (1996)\n Good Governance Party\n New Fraternity Party\n Democratic Reform Party\n Voice of the People\n New Party Sakigake", "Succeeded by": "Democratic Party (2016)", "Headquarters": "1-11-1 Nagata-cho, Chiyoda, Tokyo 100-00... |
St Dunstan's, Stepney, is an Anglican Church which stands on a site that has been used for Christian worship for over a thousand years. It is located in Stepney High Street, in Stepney, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
History
In about AD 952, Dunstan, the Bishop of London — who was also Lord of the manor of Stepney —... | {"Denomination": "Church of England", "OS grid reference": "St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney", "Website": "Official website of St Dunstan's", "Dedication": "St Dunstan and All Saints", "Heritage designation": "Grade I", "Province": "Canterbury", "Vicar(s)": "The Rev'd Tasha Critchlow", "Rector": "The Rev'd Trevor Cri... |
Willard Gordon Galen Weston (October 29, 1940April 12, 2021) was a British-Canadian billionaire businessman and Chairman Emeritus of George Weston Limited, a Canadian food processing and distribution company. Weston and his family, with an estimated net worth of US$8.7 billion, are listed as the third wealthiest in Ca... | {"Name": "Galen Weston", "Post-nominals": "CAN 100 OC CVO OOnt", "Caption": "Weston at the Canadian Film Centre Gala in February 2013", "Birth name": "Willard Gordon Galen Weston", "Birth date": "1940 10 29", "Birth place": "Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England", "Death date": "yes 2021 4 12 1940 10 29", "Death place": "To... |
Hilary Mary Weston ( Frayne; born January 12, 1942) is an Irish-Canadian businesswoman and writer who served as the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1997 to 2002. During her five-year tenure, Weston focused on issues related to women, volunteerism and young people, drawing public attention to people working wi... | {"Name": "Hilary Weston", "Image caption": "Weston in 2013", "Term start": "January 24, 1997", "Term end": "March 7, 2002", "Birth name": "Hilary Mary Frayne", "Birth date": "1942 1 12", "Birth place": "Dublin, Leinster, Ireland", "Spouse(s)": "Galen Weston 1966 2021 d"} |
Arnold Janssen, S.V.D. (5 November 1837 - 15 January 1909), was a German-Dutch Catholic priest and missionary who is venerated as a saint. He founded the Society of the Divine Word, a Catholic missionary religious congregation, also known as the Divine Word Missionaries, as well as two congregations for women. In 1889 ... | {"Born": "Goch, Germany", "Died": "Steyl, Netherlands", "Feast": "15 January", "Beatified": "Pope Paul VI", "Canonized": "Pope John Paul II"} |
Richard John Carew Chartres, Baron Chartres , FBS (; born 11 July 1947) is a retired bishop of the Church of England. He was area Bishop of Stepney from 1992 to 1995 and Bishop of London from 1995 to 2017. He was sworn of the Privy Council in the same year he became Bishop of London. He was also Gresham Professor of Di... | {"Church": "Church of England", "Diocese": "Diocese of London", "Predecessor": "David Hope", "Successor": "Sarah Mullally", "Ordination": "1973 (deacon)\n 1974 (priest)", "Consecration": "22 May 1992http://www.london.anglican.org/BishopOfLondon Bishop of London biography Diocese of London https://web.archive.org/web... |
Uxbridge is a London Underground station in Uxbridge in the London Borough of Hillingdon, West London. The station is the terminus of the Uxbridge branches of both the Metropolitan line and the Piccadilly line. The next station towards London is Hillingdon. The station is 15.5 miles (25 km) west of Charing Cross and is... | {"External links": "underground", "Managed by": "London Underground", "Location": "Uxbridge", "Local authority": "London Borough of Hillingdon", "Number of platforms": "3", "Fare zone": "6", "Station code": "<!--", "Accessible": "yes", "2005": "5.409", "2006": "6.088", "2007": "6.485", "2008": "6.930", "2009": "6.75-->... |
Emperor Jing of Han (Liu Qi 劉啟; 188 BC - 9 March 141 BC) was the sixth emperor of the Chinese Han dynasty from 157 to 141 BC. His reign saw the limiting of the power of the feudal kings/princes which resulted in the Rebellion of the Seven States in 154 BC. Emperor Jing managed to crush the revolt and princes were there... | {"Born": "Jinyang, Han dynasty", "Died": "Chang'an, Han dynasty", "Burial": "Yangling mausoleum", "Father": "Emperor Wen of Han", "Mother": "Empress Xiaowen"} |
Emperor Wu of Han (156 - 29 March 87BC), formally enshrined as Emperor Wu the Filial (), born Liu Che (劉徹) and courtesy name Tong (通), was the seventh emperor of the Han dynasty of ancient China, ruling from 141 to 87 BC. His reign lasted 54 years - a record not broken until the reign of the Kangxi Emperor more than 1,... | {"Born": "Chang'an, Han dynasty", "Died": "29 March 87 BCdingmao day of the 2nd month of the 2nd year of the Hou'yuan era, per Emperor Wu's biography in Book of Han (aged 69)Loewe2005_118", "Burial": "Maoling, Xianyang, Shaanxi Province", "Father": "Emperor Jing", "Mother": "Empress Xiaojing"} |
Mount Aenos or Ainos (Ancient Greek: Ὄρος Αἶνος; Modern Greek: Όρος Αίνος; Italian: Monte Nero or Montagna Nera) is the tallest mountain on the Ionian island of Cephalonia, Greece, with an elevation of . Its bedrock is predominantly dolomite and limestone of Cretaceous age.
Most of the mountain range is designated a... | {"Location": "Greece", "Elevation": "Oreivatein.com", "Prominence": "\"Europe Ultra-Prominences\". Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2014-05-25.", "Coordinates": "38 08 14 N 20 40 22 E type:mountain_region:GR_scale:100000 dms inline,title"} |
robotfindskitten (rfk) is a "Zen simulation", originally written by Leonard Richardson for DOS.
Game
It is a free video game with an ASCII interface in which the user (playing the eponymous robot and represented by a number sign "") must find kitten (represented by a random character) on a field of other random charac... | {"Original author(s)": "Leonard Richardson", "Initial release": "1997", "Written in": "Assembly language, C/C++, Flash, Gambas, Inform, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Scratch", "Platform": "Amiga, Android, Apple II, Arduboy, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atmel AVR, Commodore 64, DOS, Dreamcast, Game Boy Advance, Lego Mindsto... |
Emperor Zhao of Han (Liu Fuling, 劉弗陵; 94 BC - 5 June 74 BCguiwei day of the 4th month of the 1st year of the Yuan'ping era, per Emperor Zhao's biography in Book of Han) was the emperor of the Western Han dynasty from 87 to 74 BC.
Emperor Zhao was the youngest son of Emperor Wu of Han. By the time he was born, Emperor ... | {"Born": "Chang'an, Han", "Died": "Chang'an, Han", "Burial": "Pingling Mausoleum", "Father": "Emperor Wu", "Mother": "Lady Zhao"} |
Perelandra (also titled Voyage to Venus in a later edition published by Pan Books) is the second book in the Space Trilogy of C. S. Lewis, set on the planet of Perelandra, or Venus. It was first published in 1943.
Plot summary
Philologist Elwin Ransom, some years after his return from Mars at the end of Out of the Si... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Series": "The Space Trilogy", "Publisher": "The Bodley Head", "Media type": "Print (Hardback & Paperback)", "Pages": "243 (hard cover)", "Preceded by": "Out of the Silent Planet", "Followed by": "That Hideous Strength"} |
Kiro Gligorov (, ; 3 May 1917 - 1 January 2012) was a Macedonian politician who served as the first President of the Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia) from 1991 to 1999. He was born and raised in Štip, where he was also educated. He continued his education in Skopje and Belgrade, where he graduated in law. Af... | {"Name": "Kiro Gligorov", "Native name": "Киро Глигоров", "Native name language": "mk", "Nationality": "Yugoslav/Macedonian", "Image caption": "Gligorov in 1993", "Term start": "27 January 1991", "Term end": "19 November 1999", "Vice president": "Ljubčo Georgievski (1991)https://books.google.com/books?id=G6iBAgAAQBAJ ... |
Netley Abbey is a ruined late medieval monastery in the village of Netley near Southampton in Hampshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1239 as a house for monks of the austere Cistercian order. Despite royal patronage, Netley was never rich, produced no influential scholars nor churchmen, and its nearly 300-year hi... | {"Full name": "The Abbey Church of St Mary of Edwardstow (Sanctae Mariae de Loco Sancti Edwardi)", "Other names": "Laetus Locus (Happy Place), Lieu-Saint-Edward, Letley", "Order": "Cistercians", "Established": "1239", "Disestablished": "1536/7", "Mother house": "Beaulieu Abbey", "Founder(s)": "Peter des Roches and Henr... |
Emperor Xuan of Han (Liu Xun 劉詢, né Liu Bingyi 劉病已; born 91 BC - 10 January 48 BC) was the tenth emperor of the Chinese Han dynasty, reigning from 74 to 48 BC, and was one of the only four Western Han emperors to receive a temple name (along with Emperor Gaozu, Emperor Wen and Emperor Wu). During his reign, the Han dyn... | {"Born": "Chang'an, Han Empire", "Died": "Chang'an, Han Empire", "Father": "Liu Jin", "Mother": "Wang Wengxu", "Burial": "Du Ling, Xi'an"} |
Boris Trajkovski (GCMG) (, pronounced ; 25 June 1956 - 26 February 2004) was a Macedonian politician who served as the second President of Macedonia from 1999 until his death in 2004 in a plane crash.
Trajkovski was born into a Methodist family. His father, Kiro, who died in September 2008, was a landworker who had s... | {"Name": "Boris TrajkovskiБорис Трајковски", "Nationality": "Macedonian", "Image caption": "Trajkovski in 2002", "Term start": "19 November 1999", "Term end": "26 February 2004", "Birth date": "1956 6 25 y", "Birth place": "Strumica,PR Macedonia, Yugoslavia", "Death date": "2004 02 26 1956 06 12 y", "Death place": "Ber... |
Leduc ( ) is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. It is south of the provincial capital of Edmonton and is part of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region.
History
Leduc was established in 1891 by Robert Telford, a settler who had bought land near a lake which would later bear his name. It was on that piece of land ... | {"Land": "42.25", "Density": "806.9", "Website": "www.leduc.ca", "DST": "-06:00"} |
ʿAbd al-Salam Mohammed ʿArif al-Jumayli (; 21 March 1921 - 13 April 1966) was the second president of Iraq from 1963 until his death in a plane crash in 1966. He played a leading role in the 14 July Revolution, in which the Hashemite monarchy was overthrown on 14 July 1958.
1958 coup and conflict with Qasim
Along with... | {"Image caption": "Arif in the 1960s", "Term start": "8 February 1963", "Term end": "13 April 1966", "Birth date": "1921 3 21 yIraq's Armed Forces: An Analytical History Al-Marashi, I. Salama, S. 2008 Routledge 9780415400787 https://archive.org/details/iraqsarmedforces0000alma registration 74 2014-12-12", "Birth place... |
Hajj ʿAbd al-Rahman Mohammed ʿArif al-Jumayli (; 14 April 191624 August 2007) was an Iraqi politician and soldier who served as the third president of Iraq from 16 April 1966 to 17 July 1968.
Biography
thumb|left|From left to right, Houari Boumediene of Algeria, Nureddin al-Atassi of Syria, Abdul Rahman Aref of Iraq, ... | {"Name": "Abdul Rahman Arif", "Image size": "200px", "Term start": "16 April 1966", "Term end": "17 July 1968", "Order 2": "Prime Minister of Iraq", "President 2": "Himself", "Predecessor 2": "Naji Talib", "Successor 2": "Tahir Yahya", "Birth date": "14 April 1916", "Birth place": "Baghdad, Baghdad Vilayet, Ottoman Em... |
Ben Nighthorse Campbell (born April 13, 1933) is an American Cheyenne politician who represented Colorado's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993 and was a United States Senator from Colorado from 1993 to 2005. He serves as one of 44 members of the Council of Chiefs ... | {"Name": "Ben Nighthorse Campbell", "Alternative text": "Campbell smiling, wearing a suit", "Image caption": "Campbell, 2004", "Term start": "January 3, 2003", "Term end": "January 3, 2005", "Predecessor 2": "Tim Wirth", "Successor 2": "Ken Salazar", "Birth name": "Benny Marshall CampbellColorado Experience: Ben Night... |
Thomas Richard Carper (born January 23, 1947) is an American politician and former military officer serving as the senior United States senator from Delaware, having held the seat since 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, Carper served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1993 and was the 71st... | {"Name": "Tom Carper", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2012", "Term start": "January 3, 2001", "Office 2": "Ranking Member of the Senate Environment Committee", "Predecessor 2": "Barbara Boxer", "Successor 2": "Shelley Moore Capito", "Birth name": "Thomas Richard Carper", "Birth date": "1947 1 23", "Birth place": ... |
Pathways into Darkness is a first-person shooter adventure video game developed and published by Bungie in 1993, for Macintosh personal computers. Players assume the role of a Special Forces soldier who must stop a powerful, godlike being from awakening and destroying the world. Players solve puzzles and defeat enemie... | {"Title": "Pathways into Darkness", "Developer": "Bungie", "Publisher": "Bungie", "Released": "August 1993http://pid.bungie.org/ Pathways Into Darkness Bungie February 3, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20000416161734/http://pid.bungie.org/ April 16, 2000", "Genre": "First-person shooter, adventure", "Modes": "Single-... |
Timothy Peter Johnson (born December 28, 1946) is a retired American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from South Dakota from 1997 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the United States representative for from 1987 to 1997 and in the state legislature from 1979 t... | {"Name": "Tim Johnson", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2009", "Term start": "January 3, 1997", "Term end": "January 3, 2015", "District 2": "SD AL at-large", "Predecessor 2": "Tom Daschle", "Successor 2": "John Thune", "Birth name": "Timothy Peter Johnson", "Birth date": "1946 12 28", "Birth place": "Canton, Sout... |
Moses Znaimer (; born 1942) is a Tajik-born Canadian media executive of Jewish descent. He is the co-founder and former head of Citytv, the first independent television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and the current head of ZoomerMedia.
Early life and education
Znaimer was born to Jewish parents (Aron Znaimer... | {"Name": "Moses Znaimer", "Caption": "Znaimer in 2007", "Native name": "Мовсес Денид Знамиер", "Birth date": "1942", "Birth place": "Kulob, Tajikistan, Soviet Union", "Nationality": "SovietCanadian", "Education": "BA (McGill University),M.A.(Harvard University, 1965)", "Title": "President of ZoomerMedia", "Website": "h... |
Sweethearts is an operetta or musical play in two acts with music by Victor Herbert, lyrics by Robert B. Smith and book by Harry B. Smith and Fred de Gresac.Sweethearts, The Guide to Light Opera and Operetta, accessed May 17, 2017
Productions
The first performance of the work was at the Academy of Music in Baltimore i... | {"Name": "Sweethearts", "Caption": "Sheet music for the title song", "Composer(s)": "Victor Herbert", "Lyricist(s)": "Robert B. Smith", "Book-writer": "Harry B. Smith Fred de Gresac", "Productions": "1913 Broadway 1929 Broadway Revival 1938 film 1947 Broadway Revival"} |
The Meramec River (), sometimes spelled Maramec River (the original US mapping spelled it Maramec but later changed it to Meramec), is one of the longest free-flowing waterways in the U.S. state of Missouri, draining Blanc, Caldwell, and Hawk. "Location" while wandering Blanc, Caldwell, and Hawk. "Executive Summary" fr... | {"Mouth": "350 ft on", "Location": "Arnold, Missouri", "Coordinates": "38 23 26 N 90 20 40 W region:US-MO_type:river inline,title", "Basin size": "3980 sqmi on", "Left": "Bourbeuse River", "Right": "Big River"} |
Heather E. "Hedy" Burress (born October 3, 1973) is an American actress. She had a starring role in the film Foxfire as Maddy, and later landed roles in television shows Boston Common and E.R. In the video game world, she is best known as the English voice of leading character Yuna in Final Fantasy X and its sequel F... | {"Birth name": "Heather E. Burress", "Birth date": "1973 10 3", "Birth place": "Edwardsville, Illinois, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Millikin University", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1992-2018", "Spouse(s)": "Gary Fullerton 2000 2004 died"} |
Crashing the Party is a 2002 book by Ralph Nader detailing his experiences running in the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election.
Summary
Much of the book focuses on critiquing the modern Democratic Party, with Nader arguing that the party has become too much beholden to donors and drifted from the tradition of Franklin Dela... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "St. Martin's Press", "Pages": "352", "ISBN": "9781429978521", "Website": "crashingtheparty.org (archived October 12, 2002)"} |
Montfrin () is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
Population
The residents are called Montfrinois in French.
Geography
Montfrin is located between Nîmes and Avignon, from Pont du Gard. The Gardon flows through the commune.
History
In Roman times, the place was called Mons Ferinus (mountain of the ... | {"Name": "Montfrin", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "Chateau", "Arrondissement": "Nîmes", "Canton": "Redessan", "Postal code": "30490", "Mayor": "Éric TremouletRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503 data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte d... |
The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence is a 1977 book by Carl Sagan, in which the author combines the fields of anthropology, evolutionary biology, psychology, and computer science to give a perspective on how human intelligence may have evolved.
Sagan discusses the search for a quant... | {"Cover artist": "Don Davis", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Random House", "Media type": "Print (Hardcover and Paperback)", "Pages": "263 (first edition)", "ISBN": "0-394-41045-9", "Followed by": "Broca's Brain"} |
The River Churn is a tributary of the River Thames in central England. It rises at Seven Springs in Gloucestershire and flows south for approximately to meet the Thames at Cricklade in Wiltshire. Its length from its source to the confluence with the Thames is greater than that of the Thames from Thames Head, but the C... | {"Mouth": "79 m on", "Location": "Cricklade, Wiltshire", "Coordinates": "51.6450 -1.8533 inline,title", "Left": "Hilcot Brook, Gumstool Brook", "Right": "Elkstone Brook, Daglingworth Stream"} |
The chairman of the government of the Russian Federation, also informally known as the prime minister, is the head of government of Russia. Although the post dates back to 1905, its current form was established on 12 December 1993 following the introduction of a new constitution.
Due to the central role of the preside... | {"Post": "Chairman of the Government", "Body": "the Russian Federation", "Native name": "ru Председатель Правительства Российской Федерации", "Insignia caption": "Logo of the Government of Russia", "Flag border": "yes", "Flag caption": "Flag of Russia", "Incumbent": "Mikhail Mishustin", "Incumbent since": "16 January 2... |
Exosquad is an animated television series created by Universal Cartoon Studios for MCA TV's Universal Family Network syndicated programming block. The show is set in the beginning of the 22nd century and covers the interplanetary war between humanity and Neosapiens, a fictional race artificially created as workers/slav... | {"Genre": "Drama Space opera Military science fiction Future history Adventure Superhero", "Created by": "Jeff Segal", "Developed by": "Eric Lewald (season 1)Michael Edens (season 2)", "Directed by": "Graham Morris", "Voices of": "Lisa Ann Beley\nRobby Benson\nMichael Benyaer\nGarry Chalk\nMichael Donovan\nJanyse Jaud\... |
David Khari Webber Chappelle ( ; born August 24, 1973) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He starred in and co-created the satirical comedy sketch series Chappelle's Show (2003-2006) before quitting in the middle of production during the third season. After a hiatus, Chappelle returned to performing stand-up c... | {"Birth name": "David Khari Webber Chappelle", "Born": "Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Medium": "Stand-up television film", "Education": "Eastern High School Duke Ellington School of the Arts", "Years active": "1990-presenthttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/tracy-morgan-dave-chappelle-and-more-celebrate-25-years-of-def-comedy-jam... |
John Daniel Ehrlichman (; March 20, 1925 - February 14, 1999) was an American political aide who served as the White House Counsel and Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs under President Richard Nixon. Ehrlichman was an important influence on Nixon's domestic policy, coaching him on issues and enlisting his... | {"Name": "John Ehrlichman", "Term start": "November 4, 1969", "Term end": "April 30, 1973", "Birth name": "John Daniel Ehrlichman", "Birth date": "1925 3 20", "Birth place": "Tacoma, Washington, U.S.", "Death date": "1999 2 14 1925 3 20", "Death place": "Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Karen Hilliard", "Educatio... |
Ivana Ranilović-Vrdoljak (born 1 September 1970 in Koprivnica, Croatia, Croatia), better known by her stage name Vanna, is a Croatian pop singer.
Biography
As a child, Vanna won prizes in various national children and youth festivals. Her debut was at the 1990 Zagrebfest, a music festival held in Zagreb. In that year ... | {"Born": "Koprivnica, Croatia", "Origin": "Zagreb, Croatia", "Genres": "Pop-Rock", "Labels": "Croatia Records"} |
The Omega Man (stylized as The Ωmega Man) is a 1971 American post-apocalyptic action film directed by Boris Sagal and starring Charlton Heston as a survivor of a pandemic. It was written by John William Corrington and Joyce Corrington, based on the 1954 novel I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. The film's producer, Walter... | {"Directed by": "Boris Sagal", "Produced by": "Walter Seltzer", "Based on": "I Am Legend1954 novel Richard Matheson", "Screenplay by": "John William CorringtonJoyce H. Corrington", "Starring": "Charlton HestonAnthony ZerbeRosalind Cash", "Music by": "Ron Grainer", "Cinematography": "Russell Metty", "Edited by": "Willia... |
Charles Joseph Parrott (October 20, 1893 - June 20, 1940), known professionally as Charley Chase, was an American comedian, actor, screenwriter and film director. He worked for many pioneering comedy studios but is chiefly associated with producer Hal Roach. Chase was the elder brother of comedian/director James Parrot... | {"Name": "Charley Chase", "Caption": "Chase in 1926", "Birth name": "Charles Joseph Parrott", "Birth date": "1893 10 20", "Birth place": "Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.", "Death date": "1940 06 20 1893 10 20", "Death place": "Hollywood, California, U.S.", "Other names": "Charlie Chase, Charles Chase, Jimmy Jump", "Occupatio... |
Jean-Lambert Tallien (, 23 January 1767 - 16 November 1820) was a French politician of the revolutionary period. Though initially an active agent of the Reign of Terror, he eventually clashed with its leader, Maximilien Robespierre, and is best known as one of the key figures of the Thermidorian Reaction that led to th... | {"Name": "Jean-Lambert Tallien", "Image": "Jean Lambert Tallien.JPG", "Image caption": "Portrait by François Bonneville, late 18th century", "Term start": "21 March 1794", "Term end": "5 April 1794", "Office 2": "Deputy in the National Convention", "Birth date": "1767 01 23 y", "Birth place": "Paris, Kingdom of France"... |
Julen Guerrero López (born 7 January 1974) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played solely for Athletic Bilbao as an attacking midfielder. He is the current manager of the Spain national under-17 team.
He appeared in 430 official games for his only club, scoring 116 goals and helping them to finish seco... | {"Name": "Julen Guerrero", "Picture caption": "Guerrero in a 1995 advert", "Full name": "Julen Guerrero Lópezguerrero", "Birth date": "1974 1 7 y", "Birth place": "Portugalete, Spain", "Height": "1.79 m", "Position": "Attacking midfielder", "Current club": "Spain U17 (manager)", "Youth club 1 years": "1982-1992", "Yout... |
The Arch of Galerius () or Kamara (Καμάρα) and the Rotunda (Ροτόντα) are neighbouring early 4th-century AD monuments in the city of Thessaloniki, in the region of Central Macedonia in northern Greece. As an outstanding example of early Byzantine art and architecture, in addition to the importance of the Rotunda as one ... | {"Part of": "Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki", "Location": "Thessaloniki, Greece", "Criteria": "Cultural: i, ii, iv", "Reference": "456-002", "Inscription": "1988"} |
Libor Pešek (22 June 1933 - 23 October 2022) was a Czech conductor. He was among the most famous conductors of his time, working regularly across Europe as chief conductor of orchestras in Prague, but also for ten years with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. His career spanned more than 70 years during which he won aw... | {"Name": "Libor Pešek", "Post-nominals": "KBE", "Caption": "Pešek in 2019", "Birth date": "1933 06 22 y", "Birth place": "Prague, Czechoslovakia", "Death date": "2022 10 23 1933 6 22 y", "Death place": "Prague, Czech Republic", "Occupation": "Conductor", "Organization": "Czech National Symphony Orchestra Royal Liverp... |
Josef Suk (4 January 1874 - 29 May 1935) was a Czech composer and violinist. He studied under Antonín Dvořák, whose daughter he married.
Biography
From a young age, Josef Suk (born in Křečovice, Bohemia) was deeply involved and well trained in music. He learned organ, violin, and piano from his father, Josef Suk Sr., ... | {"Name": "Josef Suk", "Image upright": "0.8", "Birth date": "1874 01 04 y", "Birth place": "Křečovice, Bohemia", "Death date": "1935 05 29 1874 01 04 y", "Death place": "Benešov, Czechoslovakia", "Occupation": "Violinist Composer"} |
Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee (; Lau; born 24 August 1950) is a Chinese politician. She is currently the Convenor of the Executive Council (ExCo) and a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo), as well as the founder and current chairperson of the New People's Party. She was formerly a prominent government offi... | {"Name": "Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee", "Native name": "葉劉淑儀", "Native name language": "zh-hk", "Birth name": "Lau Suk-yee", "Image caption": "Ip in 2023", "Nationality": "Chinese", "Term start": "1 July 2022", "Birth date": "yes 1950 8 24", "Birth place": "Hong Kong", "Spouse(s)": "Sammy Ip Man-ho 1981 1997", "Education": "... |
British Museum was a station on the London Underground, located in Holborn, central London. It was latterly served by the Central line and took its name from the nearby British Museum in Great Russell Street.
The station was opened by the Central London Railway in 1900. In 1933, with the expansion of Holborn station, ... | {"Owner": "Central London Railway", "Location": "Holborn", "Local authority": "Camden", "Number of platforms": "2", "Replaced by": "Holborn"} |
is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his series Saikano (She, the Ultimate Weapon) and Kimi no Kakera. Inio Asano had a brief stint as his assistant during the creation of Saikano.
List of works
Ii Hito (1993-1999)
Bye Bye, Papa (2002)
Suki ni Naru Hito (1999)
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Anson Maria Elizabeth Chan Fang On-sang, (; née Fang; born 17 January 1940) is a retired Hong Kong politician and civil servant who was the first ethnic Chinese and woman to serve as Chief Secretary, the second-highest position in both the British colonial government and the Hong Kong SAR government under the Chinese ... | {"Name": "Anson Chan", "Native name": "陳方安生", "Native name language": "zh-hk", "Image caption": "Anson Chan in 2005", "Term start": "1 July 1997", "Term end": "30 April 2001", "Office 2": "7th Secretary for the Civil Service", "Governor 2": "Chris Patten", "Predecessor 2": "Edward Barrie Wiggham", "Successor 2": "Micha... |
Adolfo Rodríguez Saá (; born 25 July 1947) is an Argentine Peronist politician. Born in a family that was highly influential in the history of the San Luis Province, he became the province's governor in 1983, after the end of the National Reorganization Process military dictatorship. He remained governor up to 2001, be... | {"Name": "Adolfo Rodríguez Saá", "Nationality": "Argentine", "Image caption": "Adolfo Rodríguez Saá in December 2001", "Term start": "10 December 2005", "Other political party": "Federal Commitment (2010-2015)Juntos por el Cambio (2019)Rosemberg Jaime 2019-07-18 Rodríguez Saá se reunió con Macri y se suma al oficialism... |
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Biography
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