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François Cabarrus or Francisco Cabarrús Lalanne, Count de Cabarrús (1752-1810) was a French adventurer and Spanish financier.
Life
Early life
He was born in Bayonne, France, where his father, Dominique Cabarrus Fourcade was a merchant and shipbuilder, linked to a saga of Basque sea-captains, whalers and adventurers, ... | {"Name": "The Count of Cabarrús", "Image caption": "Portrait by Agustín Esteve, 1808-1810", "Term start": "7 July 1808", "Term end": "27 April 1810", "Birth date": "1752", "Birth place": "Bayonne", "Death date": "1810", "Death place": "Seville", "Resting place": "Seville Cathedral"} |
The Amazing Colossal Man (also known as The Colossal Man) is a 1957 American black-and-white science fiction film from American International Pictures. Produced and directed by Bert I. Gordon, it stars Glenn Langan, Cathy Downs, William Hudson, and Larry Thor. It is an uncredited adaptation of Homer Eon Flint's 1928 sh... | {"Directed by": "Bert I. Gordon", "Screenplay by": "Mark HannaBert I. GordonGeorge Worthing Yates (uncredited)", "Based on": "The Nth Man by Homer Eon Flint (uncredited)", "Produced by": "Bert I. Gordon", "Starring": "Glenn LanganCathy DownsWilliam HudsonLarry Thor", "Cinematography": "Joseph F. Biroc", "Music by": "Al... |
Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín (; 12 March 1927 - 31 March 2009) was an Argentine lawyer and statesman who served as President of Argentina from 10 December 1983 to 8 July 1989. He was the first democratically elected president after more than seven years of military dictatorship, and is considered the "father of modern democra... | {"Name": "Raúl Alfonsín", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 1984", "Nationality": "Argentine", "Term start": "10 December 1983", "Term end": "8 July 1989", "Vice president": "Víctor Martínez", "Office 2": "Member of the Constitutional Convention", "Birth name": "Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín", "Birth date": "1927 3 12 yes",... |
The White Tower of Thessaloniki ( Lefkós Pýrgos; ; ) is a monument and museum on the waterfront of the city of Thessaloniki, capital of the region of Macedonia in northern Greece. The present tower replaced an old Byzantine fortification, known to have been mentioned around the 12th century, that the Ottoman Empire rec... | {"Location": "Thessaloniki, Greece", "Coordinates": "dms region:GR_type:landmark title,inline", "Status": "Museum", "Type": "Fortress; garrison; prison", "Architectural style": "Early Ottoman"} |
Breathless () is a 1960 French crime drama film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard. It stars Jean-Paul Belmondo as a wandering criminal named Michel, and Jean Seberg as his American girlfriend Patricia. The film was Godard's first feature-length work and represented Belmondo's breakthrough as an actor.
Breathless... | {"Directed by": "Jean-Luc Godard", "Screenplay by": "Jean-Luc Godard", "Story by": "François Truffaut\n Claude Chabrol (uncredited)", "Produced by": "Georges de Beauregard", "Starring": "Jean Seberg\n Jean-Paul Belmondo\n Henri-Jacques Huet\n Liliane Dreyfus\n Claude Mansard\n Van Doude\n Daniel Boulanger", "Cinematogr... |
Roberto Eduardo Viola (13 October 1924 - 30 September 1994) was an Argentine military officer who briefly served as president of Argentina from 29 March to 11 December 1981 as a military dictator.
Early life
He was born as Roberto Eduardo Viola on 13 October 1924. His parents were Italian immigrants Angelo Viola and R... | {"Name": "Roberto Eduardo Viola", "Image caption": "Roberto Eduardo Viola in 1981", "Term start": "29 March 1981", "Term end": "11 December 1981", "Vice president": "None", "Birth date": "yes 1924 10 13", "Birth place": "Buenos Aires, Argentina", "Death date": "yes 1994 9 30 1924 10 13", "Death place": "Buenos Aires, A... |
Jean-Baptiste Carrier (, 16 March 1756 - 16 December 1794) was a French Revolutionary and politician most notable for his actions in the War in the Vendée during the Reign of Terror. While under orders to suppress a Royalist counter-revolution, he commanded the execution of 4,000 civilians, mainly priests, women and c... | {"Image": "Jean-Baptiste-Carrier.jpeg", "Image caption": "Carrier portrayed during his trial by François Bonneville", "Birth date": "16 March 1756", "Birth place": "Yolet, Kingdom of France", "Death date": "y 1794 12 16 1756 3 16", "Death place": "Paris, French Republic", "Term start": "5 September 1792", "Term end": "... |
Caerphilly (, ; , ) is a town and community in Wales. It is situated at the southern end of the Rhymney Valley.
It is north of Cardiff and northwest of Newport. It is the largest town in Caerphilly County Borough, and lies within the historic borders of Glamorgan, on the border with Monmouthshire. At the 2011 Censu... | {"Sovereign state": "Wales", "Principal area": "Caerphilly", "Preserved county": "Gwent", "UK Parliament": "Caerphilly", "Senedd Cymru - Welsh Parliament": "Caerphilly", "Postcode district": "CF", "Dialling code": "029", "OS grid reference": "ST1586", "Population": "(2011 census)", "Website": "https://www.caerphillytow... |
Confederados () is the Brazilian name for Confederate expatriates who fled the Southern United States during Reconstruction, and their Brazilian descendants. They were enticed to Brazil by offers of cheap land from Emperor Dom Pedro II, who had hoped to gain expertise in cotton farming.
It is estimated that up to 20,0... | {"Native name": "Os Confederados", "Native name language code": "pt", "Image": "Festa-confederada-brasil-estados-unidos-santa-bárbara-doeste.JPG", "Image caption": "Os Confederados at Festa Confederada", "Languages": "Southern American EnglishPortuguese", "Religions": "ProtestantismIrreligion"} |
Lawrence Sheriff (or Sheriffe) (c. 1515 or 1516 - September 1567) was a Tudor merchant and benefactor, who was notable for being grocer to Queen Elizabeth I, and for creating Rugby School through an endowment in his will.
Not much is known about Lawrence Sheriff's early life, but it thought that he was born either in ... | {"Name": "Lawrence Sheriff", "Caption": "Drawing depicting Lawrence Sheriff", "Birth date": "1515-1516", "Birth place": "Rugby, Warwickshire, England", "Death date": "1567 9", "Death place": "London", "Occupation": "Grocer", "Spouse(s)": "Elizabeth Sheriff", "Known For": "Grocer to Elizabeth I, founder of Rugby School"... |
Georges Auguste Escoffier (; 28 October 1846 - 12 February 1935) was a French chef, restaurateur, and culinary writer who popularized and updated traditional French cooking methods. Much of Escoffier's technique was based on that of Marie-Antoine Carême, one of the codifiers of French haute cuisine; Escoffier's achieve... | {"Birth name": "Georges Auguste Escoffier", "Name": "Auguste Escoffier", "Birth date": "1846 10 28 y", "Birth place": "Villeneuve-Loubet, France", "Death date": "1935 2 12 1846 10 28 y", "Death place": "Monte Carlo, Monaco", "Occupation": "Chef, restaurateur, writer", "Spouse(s)": "Delphine Daffis 28 August 1878 6 Febr... |
Dennis is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, located near the center of Cape Cod. The population was 14,674 at the 2020 census.
The town encompasses five distinct villages, each of which has its own post office. These constituent villages are Dennis (including North Dennis), Dennis Port, East D... | {"Type": "Open town meeting", "Land": "53.1", "Water": "4.5", "Density": "276.3", "DST": "-4", "Website": "www.town.dennis.ma.us"} |
Zaculeu or Saqulew is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site in the highlands of western Guatemala, about outside the modern city of Huehuetenango.Kelly 1996, pp.203, 207. Occupation at the site dates to the Early Classic period (AD 250-600) of Mesoamerican history. Zaculeu was the capital of the Postclassic Mam kin... | {"Alternative name": "Saqulew", "Coordinates": "15 20 1.66 N 91 29 33.88 W inline", "Location": "Huehuetenango", "Region": "Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala", "Founded": "Early Classic c.AD 250–600", "Abandoned": "1525", "Periods": "Early Classic to Late Postclassic", "Cultures": "Maya civilization", "Events": "Conq... |
Héctor José Cámpora (26 March 190918 December 1980) was an Argentine politician. A major figure of left-wing Peronism, Cámpora was briefly Argentine president from 25 May to 13 July 1973 and subsequently arranged for Juan Perón to run for president in an election that he subsequently won. The modern left-wing Peronist ... | {"Name": "Héctor Cámpora", "Image size": "220px", "Image caption": "Campora in 1973", "Nationality": "Argentine", "Term start": "25 May 1973", "Term end": "12 July 1973", "Office 2": "President of the Chamber of Deputies", "Predecessor 2": "Ricardo Guardo", "Successor 2": "Antonio J. Benítez", "Birth name": "Héctor Jos... |
Alejandro Agustín Lanusse (August 28, 1918 - August 26, 1996) was the de facto president of the Argentine Republic between March 22, 1971, and May 25, 1973, during the military dictatorship of the country called the "Argentine Revolution".
On March 26, 1971, Lanusse assumed the presidency in a totally unfavorable poli... | {"Name": "Alejandro Lanusse", "Image size": "230px", "Nationality": "Argentine", "Term start": "March 22, 1971", "Term end": "May 24, 1973", "Vice president": "None", "Birth name": "Alejandro Agustín Lanusse", "Birth date": "1918 8 28", "Birth place": "Buenos Aires, Argentina", "Death date": "1996 8 26 1918 8 28", "Dea... |
Juan Carlos Onganía Carballo (; 17 March 1914 - 8 June 1995) was President of Argentina from 29 June 1966 to 8 June 1970. He rose to power as dictator after toppling the president Arturo Illia in a coup d'état self-named Revolución Argentina.
Onganía wanted to install in Argentina a paternalistic dictatorship modeled ... | {"Name": "Juan Carlos Onganía", "Image": "Juan Carlos Onganía.JPG", "Image size": "220px", "Term start": "29 June 1966", "Term end": "8 June 1970", "Vice president": "None", "Birth date": "1914 3 17 yes", "Birth place": "Marcos Paz, Buenos Aires, Argentina", "Death date": "1995 6 8 1914 3 17 yes", "Death place": "Bueno... |
Arturo Umberto Illia (; 4 August 1900 - 18 January 1983) was an Argentine politician and physician, who was President of Argentina from 12 October 1963, to 28 June 1966. He was a member of the centrist Radical Civic Union.
Illia reached the presidency of the Nation in elections controlled by the Armed Forces in which ... | {"Name": "Arturo Illia", "Image caption": "Illia with the presidential band (1963)", "Vice president": "Carlos Humberto Perette", "Term start": "12 October 1963", "Term end": "28 June 1966", "Office 2": "Vice Governor of Córdoba", "Governor 2": "Santiago H. del Castillo", "Predecessor 2": "Alejandro Gallardo", "Success... |
Arturo Frondizi Ércoli (October 28, 1908 - April 18, 1995) was an Argentine lawyer, journalist, teacher and politician, who was elected President of Argentina and ruled between May 1, 1958 and March 29, 1962, when he was overthrown by a military coup.
His government was characterized by an ideological shift, inspired ... | {"Name": "Arturo Frondizi", "Image": "Frondizi pensativo.JPG", "Image caption": "Arturo Frondizi, 1958", "Term start": "May 1, 1958", "Term end": "March 29, 1962", "Vice president": "Alejandro Gómez (May-Nov 1958)None (1958-1962)", "Birth name": "Arturo Frondizi Ércoli", "Birth date": "October 28, 1908", "Birth place":... |
Pedro Eugenio Aramburu Silveti (May 21, 1903 - June 1, 1970) was an Argentine Army general and dictator who served from November 13, 1955 to May 1, 1958. He was a major figure behind the Revolución Libertadora, the military coup against Juan Perón in 1955. He was kidnapped by the left-wing organization Montoneros on Ma... | {"Birth name": "Pedro Eugenio Aramburu Silveti", "Nationality": "Argentine", "Vice president": "Isaac Rojas (de facto)", "Term start": "November 13, 1955", "Term end": "May 1, 1958", "Birth date": "May 21, 1903", "Birth place": "Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina", "Death date": "1970 6 1 1903 5 21", "Death place": "Carlos... |
Eduardo Ernesto Lonardi Doucet (; September 15, 1896 – March 22, 1956) was an Argentine Lieutenant General and served as de facto president from September 23 to November 13, 1955.
Biography
Lonardi was born on September 15, 1896. His father, Eduardo Policarpo Lonardi Monti was born in Ospitaletto (Brescia), while his ... | {"Name": "Eduardo Lonardi", "Nationality": "Argentine", "Term start": "September 23, 1955", "Term end": "November 12, 1955", "Birth date": "1896 9 15", "Birth place": "Buenos Aires, Argentina", "Death date": "1956 3 22 1896 9 15", "Death place": "Buenos Aires, Argentina", "Spouse(s)": "Mercedes Villada Achával (1924-19... |
Emperor Yuan of Han (Liu Shi 劉奭; 75 BC - 8 July 33 BC) was an emperor of the Chinese Han dynasty. He reigned from 48 BC to 33 BC. Emperor Yuan promoted Confucianism as the official creed of the Chinese government. He appointed adherents of Confucius to important government posts.
However, at the same time that he was ... | {"Born": "Chang'an, Han Empire", "Died": "Chang'an, Han Empire", "Burial": "Wei ling, Xianyang", "Father": "Emperor Xuan", "Mother": "Empress Gong'ai"} |
U.S. Bank Tower, known locally as the Library Tower and formerly as the First Interstate Bank World Center, is a skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles, California. It is, by structural height, the third-tallest building in California, the second-tallest building in Los Angeles, the 24th-tallest in the United States, the... | {"Former names": "Library TowerFirst Interstate Bank World Center", "Preceded by": "Aon Center (4th)", "Surpassed by": "Wilshire Grand Center (since 2017)", "Location": "633 West Fifth StreetLos Angeles, California, United States", "Coordinates": "34.0510 -118.2542 type:landmark_region:US-CA inline,title", "Constructio... |
Emperor Cheng of Han (劉驁 Liu Ao; 51 BC - 17 April 7 BC) was an emperor of the Chinese Han dynasty ruling from 33 until 7 BC. He succeeded his father Emperor Yuan of Han. Under Emperor Cheng, the Han dynasty continued its growing disintegration as the emperor's maternal relatives from the Wang clan increased their grip ... | {"Born": "Chang'an, Han Empire", "Died": "Chang'an, Han Empire", "Father": "Emperor Yuan", "Mother": "Empress Xiaoyuan"} |
Sevenoaks is a town in Kent with a population of 29,506 situated south-east of London, England. Also classified as a civil parish, Sevenoaks is served by a commuter main line railway into London. Sevenoaks is from Charing Cross, the traditional centre of London. It is the principal town of the Sevenoaks district, foll... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/307939/2011_Rural-urban_statistical_classification_for_local_authorities__interim_results_-_hub_towns_.pdf British Government website live https://web.archive.org/web/20151010165821/https://www.gov.uk... |
Invasion of the Booty Snatchers is the second studio album by the P-Funk spin off group Parlet. Released on June of 1979, this was the final Parlet album to feature Mallia Franklin and the first to feature Janice Evans. The album was produced by George Clinton and Ron Dunbar. The cover art was created by Ronald "Stozo"... | {"Released": "June 1979", "Recorded": "1979", "Studio": "\"AllMusic\" />", "Genre": "Funk", "Label": "Casablanca", "Producer": "George Clinton and Ron Dunbar"} |
Richard Kern (born 1954) is an American underground filmmaker, writer and photographer. He first came to prominence as part of the cultural explosion in the East Village of New York City in the 1980s, with erotic and experimental films like The Right Side of My Brain and Fingered, which featured personalities of the ti... | {"Name": "Richard Kern", "Birth date": "1954", "Birth place": "Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States", "Years active": "1979-present", "Spouse(s)": "Martynka Wawrzyniak (2007-2015)", "Occupation": "Filmmaker, writer, photographer"} |
Play Me or Trade Me is the third and final studio album by the P-Funk spin off act Parlet. The album was released by Casablanca Records in 1980 and was produced by George Clinton and Ron Dunbar. Like many albums released by the label during this year, it would be totally ignored in terms of promotion due to the label b... | {"Released": "14 October 1980", "Recorded": "1980", "Genre": "Funk", "Label": "Casablanca Records", "Producer": "George Clinton, Ron Dunbar"} |
The Commandos, also known as the British Commandos, were formed during the Second World War in June 1940, following a request from Winston Churchill, for special forces that could carry out raids against German-occupied Europe. Initially drawn from within the British Army from soldiers who volunteered for the Special S... | {"Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Branch": "United KingdomUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom", "Type": "Commando", "Role": "Coastal raidingSpecial operationsLight infantry", "Part of": "Combined Operations", "Notablecommanders": "Robert LaycockJohn Durnford-SlaterLord LovatRonnie Tod"} |
Layforce was an ad hoc military formation of the British Army consisting of a number of commando units during the Second World War. Formed in February 1941 under the command of Colonel Robert Laycock, after whom the force was named, it consisted of approximately 2,000 men and served in the Middle Eastern theatre of ope... | {"Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Branch": "British Army", "Type": "Ad hoc", "Role": "British Commando", "Size": "2,000 men organised into four \"Special Service\" Battalions", "Part of": "British 6th Division", "Notablecommanders": "Robert Laycock"} |
Rocko's Modern Life is an American animated television series created by Joe Murray for Nickelodeon. The series centers on the surreal life of an anthropomorphic Australian immigrant wallaby named Rocko and his friends: the eccentric steer Heffer Wolfe, the neurotic turtle Filburt, and Rocko's faithful dog Spunky. It i... | {"Running time": "22 minutes", "Created by": "Joe Murray", "Voices of": "Carlos Alazraqui\n Tom Kenny\n Mr. Lawrence\n Charlie Adler", "Opening theme": "\"Rocko's Modern Life\" performed by The B-52's and Tom Kenny (Seasons 2-4)", "Country of origin": "United States", "Original network": "Nickelodeon", "Original releas... |
George V (Georg Friedrich Alexander Karl Ernst August; 27 May 1819 - 12 June 1878) was the last king of Hanover, reigning from 18 November 1851 to 20 September 1866. The only child of King Ernest Augustus and Queen Frederica, he succeeded his father in 1851. George's reign was ended by the Austro-Prussian War, after wh... | {"Religion": "Protestant", "Father": "Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover", "Mother": "Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz", "Born": "Berlin, Prussia", "Died": "Paris, France", "Burial": "Royal Vault, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle"} |
The City and Guilds of London Institute is an educational organisation in the United Kingdom. Founded on 11 November 1878 by the City of London and 16 livery companies - to develop a national system of technical education, the institute has been operating under royal charter (RC117), granted by Queen Victoria, since 19... | {"Headquarters": "London", "Legal status": "Charity", "Registration no.": "312832", "Website": "https://www.cityandguildsgroup.com cityandguildsgroup.com"} |
Teranesia is a 1999 science fiction novel by Greg Egan. The novel follows protagonist Prabir Suresh, who lives on an island in the South Moluccas with his biologist parents, who are investigating the unique evolutionary traits of butterflies on the island. As civil war erupts in Indonesia, Prabir and his baby sister Ma... | {"Country": "Australia", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Gollancz", "Media type": "Print (Hardback & Paperback)", "Pages": "248", "ISBN": "0-575-06854-X"} |
Roosevelt Bernard "Rosie" Douglas (15 October 1941 - 1 October 2000) was a politician and human rights activist from Dominica. He served as Prime Minister of Dominica from February 2000 until his death in office eight months later."Late Prime Minister of Dominica Rosie Douglas", Cakafete, 3 October 2000.
Early life
Ro... | {"Name": "Rosie Douglas", "Term start": "3 February 2000", "Term end": "1 October 2000", "Birth name": "Roosevelt Bernard Douglas", "Birth date": "y 1941 10 15", "Birth place": "British Leeward Islands", "Death date": "2000 10 1 1941 10 15 y", "Death place": "Portsmouth, Dominica", "Alma mater": "Ontario Agricultural C... |
Pierre Charles (30 June 1954 – 6 January 2004) was Prime Minister of Dominica from 2000 to 2004 as well as Member of Parliament for Grand Bay, Dominica, from 1985 until his death.
Biography
Charles was born in Grand Bay in Saint Patrick parish. He began his high-school education at the Dominica Grammar School and comp... | {"Name": "Pierre Charles", "Birth date": "1954 6 30", "Birth place": "Grand Bay, British Windward Islands", "Residence": "Grand Bay, Dominica", "Death date": "2004 1 6 1954 6 30", "Death place": "Roseau, Dominica", "Term start": "3 October 2000", "Term end": "6 January 2004", "Successor 2": "John Fabien", "Spouse(s)": ... |
Nicholas Joseph Orville Liverpool (9 September 1934 - 1 June 2015) was a politician and jurist from Dominica who served as the sixth President of Dominica from 2 October 2003 to 17 September 2012.
Biography
In 1957, Liverpool entered the University of Hull and obtained an LL.B (Hons.) degree in 1960. He was called t... | {"Name": "Nicholas Liverpool", "Term start": "2 October 2003", "Term end": "17 September 2012", "Birth name": "Nicholas Joseph Orville Liverpool", "Birth date": "1934 9 9 y", "Birth place": "Grand Bay, British Leeward Islands", "Death date": "2015 6 1 1934 9 9 y", "Death place": "Miami, Florida, U.S.", "Resting place":... |
George Ervin "Sonny" Perdue III (born December 20, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 81st governor of Georgia from 2003 to 2011 and as the 31st United States secretary of agriculture from 2017 to 2021.
Founder and partner in an agricultural trading company, Perdue was elected governor of Georgia in 200... | {"Name": "Sonny Perdue", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Term start": "April 1, 2022", "Order 2": "81st Governor of Georgia", "Predecessor 2": "Roy Barnes", "Successor 2": "Nathan Deal", "Birth name": "George Ervin Perdue III", "Birth date": "1946 12 20", "Birth place": "Perry, Georgia, U.S.", "Other polit... |
Charles Bradford Henry (born July 10, 1963) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 26th governor of Oklahoma from 2003 to 2011. A Democrat, he previously served in the Oklahoma Senate from 1992 to 2003.
Henry was elected governor in 2002 with 43% of the vote and reelected for a second term in 2006 with... | {"Name": "Brad Henry", "Image caption": "Henry in 2007", "Term start": "January 13, 2003", "Term end": "January 10, 2011", "Birth name": "Charles Bradford Henry", "Birth date": "1963 7 10", "Birth place": "Shawnee, Oklahoma, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Kim Blaine", "Education": "University of Oklahoma (BA, JD)"} |
Stephen Michael Largent (born September 28, 1954) is an American former football wide receiver and politician who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the Seattle Seahawks. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives for Oklahoma's 1st congressional distr... | {"Name": "Steve Largent", "Term start": "November 29, 1994", "Term end": "February 15, 2002", "Birth date": "1954 9 28", "Birth place": "Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Terry Largent", "Education": "University of Tulsa (BS)"} |
Verve Records is an active American record label owned by Universal Music Group (UMG). Founded in 1956 by Norman Granz, the label is home to the world's largest jazz catalogue, which includes recordings by artists such as Jon Batiste, Diana Krall, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Stan Getz, Bill Evans, Billie Holiday, and... | {"Parent company": "Verve Label Group(Universal Music Group)", "Founded": "1956", "Founder": "Norman Granz", "Distributor(s)": "Verve Label Group", "Genre": "American contemporary; historically Jazz music", "Country of origin": "United States", "Location": "New York City, New York", "Official website": "https://www.ver... |
James Edward Doyle Jr. (born November 23, 1945) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 44th governor of Wisconsin, serving from January 6, 2003 to January 3, 2011. In his first election to the governorship, he defeated incumbent Governor Scott McCallum by a margin of 45 percent to 41 percent; the Libe... | {"Name": "Jim Doyle", "Image caption": "Doyle in 2009", "Term start": "January 6, 2003", "Term end": "January 3, 2011", "Office 2": "District Attorney of Dane County", "Predecessor 2": "Humphrey Lynch", "Successor 2": "Harold Harlowe", "Birth name": "James Edward Doyle, Jr.", "Birth date": "1945 11 23", "Birth place": ... |
Emperor Ai of Han (劉欣 Liu Xin; 25 BCEmperor Ai's biography in Book of Han indicated that he was 3 (by East Asian reckoning) when he inherited his father's title of Prince of Dingtao. - 15 August 1 BC) was an emperor of the Chinese Han dynasty. He ascended the throne when he was 20, having been made heir by his childles... | {"Born": "Dingtao Principality, Han Empire", "Died": "Chang'an, Han Empire", "Father": "Liu Kang", "Mother": "Lady Ding"} |
James Scott McCallum (born May 2, 1950) is an American businessman and former politician. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 43rd governor of Wisconsin, ascending from the Lieutenant Governorship when Tommy Thompson resigned in 2001 to accept appointment as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. Prior t... | {"Name": "Scott McCallum", "Term start": "February 1, 2001", "Term end": "January 6, 2003", "State senate2": "Wisconsin", "District 2": "18th", "Predecessor 2": "Walter G. Hollander", "Successor 2": "Carol Roessler", "Birth name": "James Scott McCallum", "Birth date": "1950 05 2", "Birth place": "Fond du Lac, Wisconsin... |
Growth Fetish is a book about economics and politics by the Australian progressive political theorist Clive Hamilton. Published in 2003Allen & Unwin publisher info it became a best-seller in Australia.
The book argues that the policies of unfettered capitalism pursued by the west for the last 50 years has largely fail... | {"Country": "Australia", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Allen & Unwin", "Pages": "262", "ISBN": "1-74114-078-1"} |
North Dakota State University (NDSU, formally North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences) is a public land-grant research university in Fargo, North Dakota. It was founded as North Dakota Agricultural College in 1890 as the state's land-grant university. As of 2021, NDSU offers 94 undergraduate m... | {"Endowment": "$457 million (2021)As of December 31, 2021. https://www.ndsu.edu/news/view/detail/67356/ NDSU fundraising campaign doubles endowment Inforum.com and TIAA November 27, 2021 November 27, 2021 February 15, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220215174526/https://www.ndsu.edu/news/view/detail/67356/ live", "T... |
Thomas Edward Patrick BradyJr. (born August3, 1977) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for23 seasons. He spent his first20 seasons with the New England Patriots and was a central contributor to the franchise's dynasty from 2001 to 2019. In his final three seasons,... | {"Born:": "San Mateo, California, U.S.", "Height:": "4", "Weight:": "225", "High school:": "Junípero Serra \n (San Mateo, California)", "College:": "Michigan (1995-1999)", "NFL Draft:": "199"} |
Houghton University is a private Christian liberal arts college in Houghton, New York. Houghton was founded in 1883 by Willard J. Houghton and is affiliated with the Wesleyan Church.History of Houghton. Houghton.edu. Retrieved on June 11, 2013. Houghton serves roughly 1000 students and has 54 degree majors for primaril... | {"Motto": "Founded on the Rock", "Type": "Private college", "Endowment": "$60.0 million (2020)As of June 30, 2020. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market V... |
Boutros Ghali (12 May 1846 - 21 February 1910; , ; styled Boutros Ghali Bey later Boutros Ghali Pasha) was the prime minister of Egypt from 1908 to 1910.
Early life
Boutros Ghali was born on 12 May 1846 to a Coptic Christian family in Kiman-al-'Arus, a village of Beni Suef, Egypt, in 1846. His father was Ghali Nayruz,... | {"Name": "Boutros Ghali", "Native name": "Ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ Ⲅⲁⲗⲓ بطرس غالى", "Birth date": "yes 1846 5 12", "Birth place": "Kiman-al-'Arus, Beni Suef, Ottoman Empire", "Death date": "yes 1910 2 21 1846 5 12", "Death place": "Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt", "Term start": "8 November 1908", "Term end": "21 February 1910"} |
Tsar Simeon (also Symeon)For example, in Fine, The Early Medieval Balkans. I the Great ( This article uses the United Nations-authorized scientific transliteration system to romanize Bulgarian Cyrillic. For details, see Romanization of Bulgarian. ) ruled over Bulgaria from 893 to 927,Lalkov, Rulers of Bulgaria, pp. 23... | {"Father": "Boris I", "Mother": "Maria", "Born": "864/865", "Died": "Preslav, Bulgaria"} |
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Citgo Petroleum Corporation (or Citgo, stylized as CITGO) is a United States-based refiner, transporter and marketer of transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals and other industrial products. Headquartered in the Energy Corridor area of Houston... | {"Type": "Private", "Founded": "1910http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/C/CI006.html Cities Service Company 2008-08-14 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090102135705/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/C/CI006.html 2009-01-02 Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture W... |
Nip/Tuck is an American medical drama television series created by Ryan Murphy that aired on FX in the United States from July 22, 2003, to March 3, 2010. The series, which also incorporates elements of crime drama, black comedy, family drama, satire, and psychological thriller, focuses on "McNamara/Troy", a cutting-ed... | {"Genre": "Medical drama\n Serial drama\n Thriller", "Created by": "Ryan Murphy", "Starring": "Dylan Walsh\n Julian McMahon\n John Hensley\n Joely Richardson\n Valerie Cruz\n Roma Maffia\n Kelly Carlson\n Jessalyn Gilsig\n Bruno Campos", "Opening theme": "\"A Perfect Lie\" The Engine Room", "Country of origin": "United... |
Count Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov-Rymniksky, Prince of Italy (; ; ), was a Russian general in service of the Russian Empire and the Habsburg monarchy. He was Count of Rymnik, Graf of the Holy Roman Empire, Feldmarschall of the Holy Roman Empire, Prince of the Kingdom of Sardinia, Grand marshal of the Kingdom of Sardi... | {"Native name": "ru", "Other name(s)": "Aleksandr Vasilevich SuvorovDuffy 1999 14", "Nickname(s)": "General Forward", "Born": "Moscow, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire", "Died": "St. Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire", "Allegiance": "Russian Empire\n Holy Roman Empire\n State Flag of the Savoya... |
James Lick (August 25, 1796 - October 1, 1876) was an American real estate investor, carpenter, piano builder, land baron, and patron of the sciences. The wealthiest man in California at the time of his death, Lick left the majority of his estate to social and scientific causes.
Early years
James Lick was born in Stum... | {"Name": "James Lick", "Image": "James Lick.gif", "Birth date": "1796 8 25", "Birth place": "Stumpstown (now Fredericksburg) Pennsylvania", "Death date": "1876 10 1 1796 8 25", "Death place": "San Francisco, California"} |
The US Festival ("us") was the name of two early 1980s music and culture festivals held near San Bernardino, California.
Background
Steve Wozniak, cofounder of Apple and creator of the Apple I and Apple II personal computers, believed that the 1970s were the "Me" generation.Remembering US '82 and '83 as Steve Wozniak'... | {"Name": "US Festival", "Location": "Glen Helen Regional Parkhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KdkzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IDIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=6964%2C3368293 Lodi News-Sentinel (California) UPI US Festival may be the last May 28, 1983 13San Bernardino, California", "Coordinates": "34.204 -117.402 type:landmark_dim:region:US... |
Circle K Stores, Inc. is a Canadian chain of convenience stores that is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, and owned by Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc., based in Laval, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1951 in El Paso, Texas, the company filed for bankruptcy protection in 1990 and went through several owners, before being acqui... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Industry": "Retail (convenience stores)", "Parent": "Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc.", "Founded": "El Paso, Texas, U.S.\n(1951)", "Headquarters": "Tempe, Arizona, U.S.", "Website": "circlek.com/"} |
Donald Hugh Henley (born July 22, 1947) is an American musician, and a founding member of the rock band Eagles, for whom he is the drummer and one of the lead vocalists, as well as the sole continuous member of the band. Henley sang the lead vocals on Eagles hits such as "Witchy Woman", "Desperado", "Best of My Love", ... | {"Born": "Gilmer, Texas, U.S.https://www.biography.com/people/don-henley-22230 Don Henley Biography.com October 12, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171013013413/https://www.biography.com/people/don-henley-22230 October 13, 2017 dead", "Origin": "Linden, Texas, U.S.", "Genres": "Rock country rock hard rock pop ... |
Mario Del Monaco (27 July 191516 October 1982) was an Italian operatic tenor.
Biography
Del Monaco was born in Florence, into a musical upper-class family, to a Neapolitan father and to a mother of Sicilian descent. As a young boy he studied the violin but had a passion for singing. He graduated from the Rossini Conse... | {"Name": "Mario Del Monaco", "Image": "S.Kragujevic, Mario Del Monako.JPG", "Alt": "A black-and-white picture of the artist.", "Birth date": "y 1915 7 27", "Birth place": "Florence, Italy", "Death date": "y 1982 10 16 1915 7 27", "Death place": "Mestre, Italy", "Occupation": "Opera singer (tenor)", "Years active": "194... |
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The Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand (CHP, known for a time simply as Christian Heritage New Zealand) was a New Zealand political party espousing Christian values and conservative views on social policy. Although it never won seats in an election, it came close to doing so in 1996 as part of the Chri... | {"President": "Bill Van Rij, Henk Geerlofs, Nik Gregg (2003-6)", "Leader": "John Allen (1989-1990) Graham Capill (1990-2003)Ewen McQueen (2003-06)", "Founded": "15 July 1989", "Ideology": "Christian democracy"} |
The Society of Christian Doctrine (, , ; abbreviated SDC), better known as MUSEUM, is a society of Catholic lay volunteers, made of men and women, teaching catechism in the Christian faith formation of children and adults. The society was established by George Preca in March 1907, in Malta. It has eventually spread aro... | {"Abbreviation": "MUSEUM", "Named after": "Magister Utinam Sequatur Evangelium Universus Mundus (Master may the whole world follow the Gospel)", "Founded at": "Ħamrun", "Type": "Religious", "Legal status": "Active", "Headquarters": "Mother House, Societas Doctrinæ Christianæ, id-Dar Ġenerali", "Location": "Blata l-Bajd... |
The Pantheon (, ; ,Although the spelling Pantheon is standard in English, only Pantheum is found in classical Latin; see, for example, Pliny, Natural History 36.38: "Agrippas Pantheum decoravit Diogenes Atheniensis". See also Oxford Latin Dictionary, s.v. "Pantheum"; Oxford English Dictionary, s.v. "Pantheon": "post-cl... | {"Coordinates": "41.8986 12.4768 type:landmark_region:IT it", "Location": "Regio IX Circus Flaminius", "Founded": "113-125 AD (current building)", "Builder": "Trajan, Hadrian", "Type": "Roman temple"} |
Whitchurch is a market town in the north of Shropshire, England. It lies east of the Welsh border, 2 miles south of the Cheshire border, north of the county town of Shrewsbury, south of Chester, and east of Wrexham. At the 2021 Census, the population of the town was 10,141. Whitchurch is the oldest continuously inh... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021)", "Unitary authority": "Shropshire", "Ceremonial county": "Shropshire", "UK Parliament": "North Shropshire", "Postcode district": "SY", "Dialling code": "01948", "OS grid reference": "SJ541415"} |
Johnny Wayne (born Louis Weingarten; May 28, 1918 - July 18, 1990) was a Canadian comedian and comedy writer best known for his work as part of the comedy duo Wayne and Shuster alongside Frank Shuster.
The son of a successful clothing manufacturer who spoke several languages and the eldest of seven children, Johnny Wa... | {"Name": "Johnny Wayne", "Caption": "Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster in 1944", "Birth name": "Louis Weingarten", "Birth date": "May 28, 1918", "Birth place": "Toronto, Ontario", "Death date": "1990 7 18 1918 5 28", "Death place": "Toronto", "Resting place": "Holy Blossom Memorial Park, Toronto", "Alma mater": "Universit... |
Frank Shuster, (September 5, 1916 - January 13, 2002) was a Canadian comedian best known as a member of the comedy duo Wayne and Shuster, alongside Johnny Wayne.
Life and career
Shuster was born to a Jewish immigrant family in Toronto, Ontario, and spent part of his childhood in Niagara Falls. His family returned t... | {"Name": "Frank Shuster", "Caption": "Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster", "Birth date": "1916 9 5", "Birth place": "Toronto, Ontario", "Death date": "2002 1 13 1916 9 5", "Death place": "Toronto, Ontario", "Resting place": "Holy Blossom Memorial Park, Toronto", "Alma mater": "University of Toronto", "Occupation": "Comedia... |
Rouzbeh Yassini (), known as the "Father of the Cable Modem", is an Iranian-American inventor, engineer, and author, who has gained international reputation as a "broadband visionary" for his pioneering work in broadband industry and inventing the cable modem, establishing the cable modem industry standards (DOCSIS) t... | {"Name": "Rouzbeh Yassini", "Native name": "روزبه یاسینی", "Native name language": "fa", "Birth name": "Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard", "Birth place": "Tehran, Iran", "Alma mater": "West Virginia University", "Awards": "WVU Distinguished Alumni class of 2013 Cable TV Pioneer class of 2012 Honorary PhD in Science and Technology,... |
The Navy Lark is a radio sitcom about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate named HMS Troutbridge (a play on HMS Troubridge, a Royal Navy destroyer) based in HMNB Portsmouth. In series 1 and 2, the ship and crew were stationed offshore at an unnamed location known simply as "The Island". In series 2 this island was ... | {"Genre": "Sitcom", "Running time": "30 minutes", "Original release": "1977 07 16 y", "Starring": "Leslie PhillipsJon PertweeJudy CornwellHeather ChasenRonnie BarkerDennis PriceStephen MurrayRichard CaldicotMichael BatesTenniel Evans", "Written by": "Lawrie WymanGeorge Evans", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "La... |
Thomas George Prince MM SSM (October 25, 1915 - November 25, 1977) was an Indigenous Canadian war hero and the most decorated soldier in the First Special Service Force or Devil's Brigade, an elite American-Canadian commando unit, during World War II. He was Canada's most decorated First Nations soldier, serving in Wor... | {"Born": "Scanterbury, Manitoba, Canada", "Died": "Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada", "Nickname(s)": "Prince of the Brigade, Legend of Kapyong", "Allegiance": "Canada", "Awards": "Military MedalSilver Star (United States)"} |
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The Steel Bridge is a through truss, double-deck vertical-lift bridge across the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States, opened in 1912. Its lower deck carries railroad and bicycle/pedestrian traffic, while the upper deck ca... | {"Carries": "Upper: 2 outer lanes for general traffic, 2 inner lanes solely for MAX Light Rail, and sidewalks on both sidesLower: Union Pacific Railroad (incl. Amtrak toward Eugene) and walkway", "Crosses": "Willamette River", "Locale": "Portland, Oregon", "Owner": "Union Pacific Railroad", "Maintained by": "Union Paci... |
The Carolinas are the U.S. states of North Carolina and South Carolina, considered collectively. They are bordered by Virginia to the north, Tennessee to the west, and Georgia to the southwest. The Atlantic Ocean is to the east.
Combining North Carolina's population of 10,439,388 and South Carolina's of 5,118,425, the... | {"Land": "78,804", "Water": "8.2", "Density": "auto", "DST": "-4"} |
John Hart (March 31, 1879 - April 7, 1957) was the 23rd premier of British Columbia, Canada, from December 9, 1941, to December 29, 1947.
Biography
John Hart was born in Mohill, County Leitrim, Ireland, the son of an Irish farmer who was also named John Hart. He came to Victoria in 1898.
Hart worked in the finance in... | {"Name": "John Hart", "Term start": "December 9, 1941", "Term end": "December 29, 1947", "Lieutenant governor": "William C. WoodwardCharles Arthur Banks", "Office 2": "MLA for Victoria City", "Predecessor 2": "James Harry BeattyReginald HaywardJoshua HinchcliffeHarold Despard Twigg", "Successor 2": "Daniel John Proudfo... |
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Prusias I Cholus (; c. 243 - 182 BC) was a king of Bithynia, who reigned from c. 228 to 182 BC.
Life and Reign
Prusias was a vigorous and energetic leader; he fought a war against Byzantium (220 BC), seizing its Asiatic territory, a part of Mysia th... | {"Born": "Bithynia(modern-day Turkey)", "Died": "Bithynia(modern-day Turkey)", "Father": "Ziaelas", "Mother": "Unknown", "Religion": "Greek Polytheism", "Consort": "Apama"} |
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Prusias II Cynegus (Greek: Προυσίας ὁ Κυνηγός; "the Hunter", c. 220 BC – 149 BC, reigned c. 182 BC – 149 BC) was the Greek king of Bithynia. He was the son and successor of Prusias I and Apama III.
Life
Prusias was born to Prusias I and Apama III in 220 BC. H... | {"Born": "Bithynia(modern-day Turkey)", "Died": "Nicomedia(modern-day İzmit, Kocaeli, Turkey)", "Consort": "Apame IV", "Father": "Prusias I", "Mother": "Apama III", "Religion": "Greek Polytheism"} |
The Streets of San Francisco is an American television crime drama filmed on location in San Francisco and produced by Quinn Martin Productions, with the first season produced in association with Warner Bros. Television (QM produced the show on its own for the remainder of its run).
It starred Karl Malden and Michael ... | {"Genre": "Crime drama", "Developed by": "Edward Hume", "Directed by": "William Hale", "Starring": "Karl MaldenMichael Douglas (Season 1-4)Richard Hatch (Season 5)", "Country of origin": "United States", "Running time": "44 minutes", "Original network": "ABC", "Original release": "1977 6 9"} |
Medellín () (officially the Special District of Science, Technology and Innovation of Medellín; ) is the second-largest city in Colombia after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central region of the Andes Mountains, in northwestern South America. According to ... | {"Named for": "Medellín Village", "Type": "Mayor-council", "Body": "Alcaldía de Medellín", "Density": "auto", "Urban density": "20596", "Metro density": "6,925", "Website": "es"} |
The Snowbirds, officially known as 431 Air Demonstration Squadron (), are the military aerobatics flight demonstration team of the Royal Canadian Air Force. The team is based at 15 Wing Moose Jaw near Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. The Snowbirds' official purpose is to "demonstrate the skill, professionalism, and teamwork o... | {"Branch": "Royal Canadian Air Force", "Role": "Aerobatic flight demonstration team", "Size": "80 Canadian Forces personnel full time 24 personnel in the show team", "Part of": "15 Wing Moose Jaw", "Motto(s)": "The Hatiten Ronteriios Warriors of the air", "Website": "rcaf-arc.forces", "Trainer": "11 CT-114 Tutors"} |
Thomas Dufferin "Duff" Pattullo (January 19, 1873 – March 30, 1956) was the 22nd premier of British Columbia from 1933 to 1941.
Early life and early political career
Born in Woodstock, Ontario, into a family of Scottish ancestry, Pattullo's early career was as a journalist with two newspapers in Ontario: the Woodstock... | {"Name": "Duff Pattullo", "Image size": "200px", "Term start": "November 15, 1933", "Term end": "December 9, 1941", "Lieutenant governor": "John W. F. JohnsonEric HamberWilliam C. Woodward", "Birth name": "Thomas Dufferin Pattullo", "Birth date": "1873 1 19 y", "Birth place": "Woodstock, Ontario", "Death date": "1956 0... |
Mena Alexandra Suvari (; born February 13, 1979) is an American actress, producer, fashion designer and model. After beginning her career as a model and guest-starring on several television shows, she made her film debut in the 1997 drama Nowhere.
Suvari rose to international prominence with her appearances in the cri... | {"Caption": "Suvari in February 2016", "Birth name": "Mena Alexandra Suvari", "Birth date": "yes 1979 2 13", "Birth place": "Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress producer fashion designer model", "Years active": "1995-present", "Children": "1", "Spouse(s)": "Robert Brinkmann 2000 2005 divorced\n Simo... |
Windorah is a town and a locality in the Shire of Barcoo, Queensland, Australia. It is one of only three towns in the Shire of Barcoo in Central West Queensland. In the , the locality of Windorah had a population of 104 people.
Geography
Located downstream from where the Thomson and Barcoo Rivers join to form the mul... | {"Type": "town", "Name": "Windorah", "State Abbreviation": "qld", "Caption": "Windorah General Store, 2013", "Coordinates": "-25.4205 142.6544 type:city_region:AU-QLD inline,title Windorah (town centre)", "Established": "1880", "Postcode": "4481", "Area": "8835.4", "Time Zone": "AEST", "UTC Time": "+10:00", "Distance 1... |
Deggial is the ninth studio album by Swedish symphonic metal band Therion in 2000. As with many of Therion's other albums, Deggial features a choir and orchestra.
In 2021, it was elected by Metal Hammer as the 8th best symphonic metal album of all time.
Track listing
Tracks 12-14 from Crowning of Atlantis.
Personn... | {"Released": "31 January 2000http://www.megatherion.com/album.asp?album=deggi Therion - Deggial megatherion.com https://web.archive.org/web/20040804112126/http://www.megatherion.com/album.asp?album=deggi 18 February 2020 2004-08-04", "Recorded": "September - November 1999", "Studio": "Woodhouse Studio (Hagen, Germany)... |
The Waterboy is a 1998 American sports comedy film directed by Frank Coraci. It was written by Adam Sandler as well as Tim Herlihy and produced by Robert Simonds and Jack Giarraputo. Sandler also stars as the title character while Kathy Bates, Fairuza Balk, Henry Winkler, Jerry Reed, Larry Gilliard, Jr., Blake Clark, P... | {"Directed by": "Frank Coraci", "Produced by": "Jack Giarraputo\n Robert Simonds", "Written by": "Tim HerlihyAdam Sandler", "Starring": "Adam Sandler\n Kathy Bates\n Fairuza Balk\n Jerry Reed\n Henry Winkler", "Music by": "Alan Pasqua", "Edited by": "Tom Lewis", "Cinematography": "Steven Bernstein", "Distributed by": "... |
Eduard Bernstein (; 6 January 1850 - 18 December 1932) was a German social democratic Marxist theorist and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), Bernstein had held close association to Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, but he began to identify what he believed to be errors in Marxist think... | {"Name": "Eduard Bernstein", "Term start": "7 June 1920", "Term end": "20 May 1928", "Predecessor 2": "Bruno Schönlank", "Successor 2": "Otto Pfundtner", "Birth date": "1850 1 6 y", "Birth place": "Schöneberg, Kingdom of Prussia", "Death date": "1932 12 18 1850 1 6 y", "Death place": "Berlin, Free State of Prussia, Ger... |
Le Méridien Hong Kong, Cyberport () is a 170-room hotel forming part of the Cyberport digital community development in Hong Kong's Telegraph Bay, in Southern District. - Cyberport is labelled on this map. It opened in 20 April 2004 and is operated by Le Méridien, a design-focused brand of Marriott International.
Le Mé... | {"Location": "100 Cyberport Road Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong", "Coordinates": "22 15 41.35 N 114 7 47.02 E region:HK inline,title", "Status": "Complete", "Type": "Hospitality"} |
Ferdinand August Bebel (; 22 February 1840 - 13 August 1913) was a German socialist politician, writer, and orator. He is best remembered as one of the founders of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany (SDAP) in 1869, which in 1875 merged with the General German Workers' Association into the Socialist Workers... | {"Name": "August Bebel", "Image caption": "Bebel, 1900", "Term start": "21 November 1892", "Term end": "13 August 1913", "Office 2": "Member of the Reichstag(German Empire)", "Birth name": "Ferdinand August Bebel", "Birth date": "1840 2 22 y", "Birth place": "Deutz (Cologne), Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia", "Death... |
The Watts riots, sometimes referred to as the Watts Rebellion or Watts Uprising, took place in the Watts neighborhood and its surrounding areas of Los Angeles from August 11 to 16, 1965.
On August 11, 1965, Marquette Frye, a 21-year-old African-American man, was pulled over for drunken driving.Dawsey, Darrell (August ... | {"Date": "August 11-16, 1965", "Location": "Watts, Los Angeles", "Methods": "Widespread rioting, looting, assault, arson, protests, firefights, and property damage", "Death(s)": "34", "Injuries": "1,032", "Arrested": "3,438"} |
() is a Portuguese and Spanish martial art which developed in the regions along the Minho River: Minho, Trás-os-Montes, Pontevedra and Ourense, focusing on the use of a staff of fixed measures and characteristics.
It was used for self-defense and also to settle arguments and matters of honour between individuals, fam... | {"Focus": "Weapons (sticks)", "Hardness": "Semi-contact", "Country of origin": "Galicia Galicia, SpainPortugal Portugal", "Olympic sport": "No"} |
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet (22 January 1570/71 - 6 May 1631) of Conington Hall in the parish of Conington in Huntingdonshire, England,Kyle, Chris & Sgroi was a Member of Parliament and an antiquarian who founded the Cotton library.
Origins
He was born on 22 January 1571 in Denton, Huntingdonshire, the son an... | {"Name": "Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington", "Image caption": "Portrait of Robert Cotton, commissioned 1626 and attributed to Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen", "Term start": "1601", "Term end": "1601", "Alongside 2": "Sir Oliver Cromwell", "Predecessor 2": "Sir Gervase Clifton Oliver Cromwell", "Successor 2... |
was a Japanese military officer and politician who served as a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II and War Minister from 1938 to 1939.
Itagaki was a main conspirator behind the Mukden Incident and held prestigious chief of staff posts in the Kwantung Army and China Expeditionary Army during the e... | {"Term start": "3 June 1938", "Term end": "30 August 1939", "Name": "Seishirō Itagaki", "Native name": "板垣征四郎", "Native name language": "Ja", "Birth date": "y 1885 01 21", "Death date": "y 1948 12 23 1885 01 21", "Birth place": "Morioka, Iwate, Japan", "Death place": "Sugamo Prison, Tokyo, Occupied Japan", "Image capti... |
Northern College of Applied Arts and Technology, commonly known as Northern College, is a college of applied arts and technology in Northern Ontario. The college's catchment area extends across . More than 65 communities within Northeastern Ontario are served by four campuses located in Timmins, Kirkland Lake, Moosonee... | {"Motto": "Proud to be north. Proud to be Northern.", "Type": "Public College of Applied Arts and Technology", "Students": "2015 full time, 15,000 part-time and continuing education (2020: 755 FTEs)Ontario College FTEs https://www.ocls.ca/colleges/ftes Ontario Colleges Library Service 11 July 2022", "Campus": "Timmi... |
Wilhelm Martin Philipp Christian Ludwig Liebknecht (; 29 March 1826 - 7 August 1900) was a German socialist and one of the principal founders of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).On The Political Position of Social-Democracy. His political career was a pioneering project combining Marxist revolutionary theor... | {"Name": "Wilhelm Liebknecht", "Birth name": "Wilhelm Martin Philipp Christian Ludwig Liebknecht", "Birth date": "1826 3 29 y", "Birth place": "Giessen, Grand Duchy of Hesse", "Death date": "1900 8 7 1826 3 29 y", "Death place": "Charlottenburg, Berlin, Prussia, German Empire", "Nationality": "German", "Children": "The... |
René Gerónimo Favaloro (July 12, 1923 - July 29, 2000) was an Argentine cardiac surgeon and educator best known for his pioneering work on coronary artery bypass surgery using the great saphenous vein.
Early life
Favaloro was born in 1923 and raised in La Plata; his grandparents were Sicilians.
The surname Favaloro... | {"Name": "René Favaloro", "Image": "Rene Favaloro.JPG", "Caption": "Favaloro in 1976", "Birth name": "René Gerónimo Favaloro", "Birth date": "July 12, 1923", "Birth place": "La Plata, Argentina", "Death date": "2000 7 29 1923 7 12", "Death place": "Buenos Aires, Argentina", "Years active": "1949-2000", "Parent(s)": "Ju... |
was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. He and Itagaki Seishirō were the men primarily responsible for the Mukden Incident that took place in Manchuria in 1931.
Early life
Ishiwara was born in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, into a samurai class family. His father was a police officer, but as ... | {"Born": "Shōnai, Yamagata, Japan", "Died": "Tokyo, Japan", "Allegiance": "Empire of Japan", "Commands held": "4th Infantry Regiment, 1933-35\nChief of Operations Section, G-1, 1935-37\nHead of G-1, General Staff Office, 1937\nFort Maizuru, 1938\n16th Division (Kyoto), 1939-41", "Awards": "Order of the Golden Kite (3rd... |
Sir Sidney George Holland (18 October 1893 - 5 August 1961) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 25th prime minister of New Zealand from 13 December 1949 to 20 September 1957. He was instrumental in the creation and consolidation of the New Zealand National Party, which was to dominate New Zealand politics f... | {"Name": "Sir Sidney Holland", "Image caption": "Holland in 1953", "Alternative text": "black and white portrait photo of a man aged 60", "Term start": "yes 1949 12 13", "Term end": "yes 1957 9 20", "Office 2": "14th Leader of the Opposition", "Predecessor 2": "Adam Hamilton", "Successor 2": "Peter Fraser", "Deputy 2":... |
John Lewis Hart (February 18, 1931 - April 7, 2007) was an American cartoonist noted as the creator of the comic strips B.C. and The Wizard of Id. Brant Parker co-produced and illustrated The Wizard of Id. Hart was recognized with several awards, including the Swedish Adamson Award and five from the National Cartoonist... | {"Born": "Endicott, New York, U.S.", "Died": "Nineveh, New York, U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "Awards": "full list"} |
Zhejiang University is a national public research university in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is a member of the C9 League, Double First Class University Plan, Project 985, and Project 211.
Founded as Qiushi Academy in 1897, it is one of the oldest universities in China. After the 1911 Revolution, the university was s... | {"Motto": "zh-hans 求是创新 http://www.zju.edu.cn/english/redir.php?catalog_id=235 zh:校训 July 13, 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20161225081625/http://www.zju.edu.cn/english/redir.php?catalog_id=235 December 25, 2016 mdy-all", "Type": "Public", "President": "Du Jiangfeng", "Campus": "622 ha", "Students":... |
The American Colonies Act 1766 (6 Geo. 3. c. 12), commonly known as the Declaratory Act, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the amendment of the Sugar Act. Parliament repealed the Stamp Act because boycotts were hurting British trade and used the declara... | {"Short title": "American Colonies Act 1766The citation of this Act by this short title was authorized by section 1 of, and the First Schedule to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorized by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.", "Type": "Act", "Parliament": "Parlia... |
The Cedar Rapids Kernels are a Minor League Baseball team of the Midwest League and the High-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins. They are located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and play their home games at Veterans Memorial Stadium. The Kernels are owned by Cedar Rapids Ball Club, Inc. (also known as Cedar Rapids Baseball Club... | {"Class": "High-A (2021-present)", "Previous classes": "Class A (1934-1937, 1962-2020)\nClass B (1896-1899, 1902-1909, 1920-1921, 1938-1942, 1950-1961)\nClass C (1949) \nClass D (1901, 1913-1917, 1922-1932)", "League": "Midwest League (2022-present)", "Division": "West Division", "Previous teams": "Los Angeles Angels o... |
Family Matters is an American television sitcom that debuted on ABC on September 22, 1989, and ended on May 9, 1997. However it moved to CBS, where it was shown from September 19, 1997, to July 17, 1998. A spin-off of Perfect Strangers, the series revolves around the Winslow family, an African-American middle class fam... | {"Genre": "Family sitcom", "Created by": "William Bickley\n Michael Warren", "Developed by": "Thomas L. Miller\n Robert L. Boyett", "Starring": "Reginald VelJohnson\nJo Marie Payton\nRosetta LeNoire\nDarius McCrary\nKellie Shanygne Williams\nValerie Jones\nJoseph and Julius Wright\nBryton McClure\nJaleel White\nShawn H... |
Leipzig University (), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 December 1409 by Frederick I, Elector of Saxony and his brother William II, Margrave of Meissen, and originally... | {"Motto": "de", "Type": "Public research university", "Budget": "€ 408.9 million", "Rector": "Eva Inés Obergfell", "Students": "29,459https://www.uni-leipzig.de/universitaet/profil/leitbild-profil-geschichte/zahlen-und-fakten.html Zahlen und Fakten de Leipzig University 18 June 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/201... |
The Iowa Cubs are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. They are located in Des Moines, Iowa, and are named for their Major League Baseball (MLB) affiliate. The Cubs play their home games at Principal Park, which opened in 1992. They previously played a... | {"Class": "Triple-A (1969-present)", "League": "International League (2022-present)", "Division": "West Division", "Previous teams": "Chicago White Sox (1976-1980)\nHouston Astros (1975)\nChicago White Sox (1973-1974)\nOakland Athletics (1969-1972)", "Name": "Iowa Cubs (1982-present)", "Colors": "Blue, red, white#0E338... |
General elections were held in Japan on 25 June 2000 to elect the 480 members of the House of Representatives.
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) maintained a majority in the House of Representatives, but its total percentage of seats shrank from 65% to 56%, and its two coalition partners also lost several seat... | {"Country": "Japan", "Type": "parliamentary", "Previous election": "1996 Japanese general election", "Previous year": "1996", "Next election": "2003 Japanese general election", "Next year": "2003", "Seats for election": "All 480 seats in the House of Representatives", "Majority seats": "241", "Image size": "130x130px",... |
is a Japanese voice actress, narrator and singer who is currently affiliated with 81 Produce. She is also the main vocalist of Two-Mix and ES CONNEXION when it was active. Her uncle is a former New Japan Pro-Wrestling managing director Hisashi Shinma.
Takayama is best known for her roles in Detective Conan as Conan Ed... | {"Name": "Minami Takayama", "Native name": "高山 みなみ", "Native name language": "ja", "Birth name": "Izumi Arai 新井 泉芸能手帳タレント名簿録Vol.29（'94〜'95） 144 AP Ongakusenkasha 1994", "Birth date": "yes 1964 5 5", "Birth place": "Adachi, Tokyo,週刊テレビ番組（東京ポスト）1987-11-13 issue, p.48https://www.animatetimes.com/tag/details.php?id=393 高山み... |
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