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Arnold Rüütel (born 10 May 1928) is an Estonian politician. He was the third President of Estonia from 8 October 2001 to 9 October 2006. Rüütel was the second president of the country after the end of the 1944-1991 Soviet occupation, and the restoration of the independent Republic of Estonia on 20 August 1991.
Biograp... | {"Name": "Arnold Rüütel", "Term start": "8 October 2001", "Term end": "9 October 2006", "Order 2": "Chairman of the Supreme Council of Estonia", "Prime minister 2": "Edgar SavisaarTiit Vähi", "Predecessor 2": "Enn-Arno Sillari", "Successor 2": "Lennart Meri (President)", "Birth date": "1928 5 10 y", "Birth place": "Pah... |
Ivrea (; ; ; ) is a town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. Situated on the road leading to the Aosta Valley (part of the medieval Via Francigena), it straddles the Dora Baltea and is regarded as the centre of the Canavese area. Ivrea lies in a basin that in pre... | {"Name": "Ivrea", "Official name": "Città di Ivrea", "Native name": "pms Ivrèja", "Image caption": "Panorama of Ivrea", "Pushpin map": "Italy Piedmont#Italy", "Coordinates": "45 28 N 07 53 E inline,title", "Region": "Piedmont", "Metropolitan city": "Turin (TO)", "Frazioni": "San Bernardo D'Ivrea, Torre Balfredo, Canton... |
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Manṣūr (; 744 or 745 - 785), better known by his regnal name al-Mahdī (, "He who is guided by God"), was the third Abbasid Caliph who reigned from 775 to his death in 785. He succeeded his father, al-Mansur.
Early life
Al-Mahdi was born in 744 or 745 AD in the village of Humei... | {"Born": "Humeima, Bilad al-Sham(modern-day Jordan)", "Died": "24 July 785 (aged 40-41)", "Father": "al-Mansur", "Mother": "Umm Musa Arwa bint Mansur al-Himyari", "Burial": "Masabadhan", "Religion": "Islam"} |
John Dorman Elliott (3 October 1941 - 23 September 2021) was an Australian businessman and state and federal president of the Liberal Party. He had also been president of the Carlton Football Club. He frequently provoked controversy due to his political affiliations, his brushes with the law, and his abrasive personal ... | {"Name": "John Elliott", "Image": "John Elliott (businessman).jpeg", "Term start": "30 October 1987", "Term end": "23 October 1990", "Birth name": "John Dorman Elliott", "Birth date": "yes 1941 10 3", "Birth place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death date": "yes 2021 9 23 1941 10 3", "Death place": "Richmond, Vic... |
Vauxhall Bridge is a Grade II* listed steel and granite deck arch bridge in central London. It crosses the River Thames in a southeast-northwest direction between Vauxhall on the south bank and Pimlico on the north bank. Opened in 1906, it replaced an earlier bridge, originally known as Regent Bridge but later renamed ... | {"Carries": "A202 road", "Crosses": "River Thames", "Locale": "London", "Designer": "Sir Alexander Binnie,Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice", "Design": "Arch bridge", "Maintained by": "Transport for London", "Material": "Steel and granite", "Piers in water": "4", "Total length": "809 ft m", "Width": "80 ft m", "Heritage status":... |
José Guillermo Abel López Portillo y Pacheco (; 16 June 1920 - 17 February 2004) was a Mexican writer, lawyer and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 58th president of Mexico from 1976 to 1982. López Portillo was the only official candidate in the 1976 presidential e... | {"Birth name": "José Guillermo Abel López Portillo y Pacheco", "Term start": "1 December 1976", "Term end": "30 November 1982", "Office 2": "Secretary of Finance and Public Credit of Mexico", "President 2": "Luis Echeverría", "Predecessor 2": "Hugo B. Margáin", "Successor 2": "Mario Ramón Beteta", "Birth date": "1920 6... |
Wraysbury is a village and civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in England. It is under the western approach path of London Heathrow Airport. It is located on the east bank of the River Thames, roughly midway between Windsor and Staines-upon-Thames, and west by south-west of London. Historically... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census) http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130999&c=Wraysbury&d=16&e=62&g=6398473&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1480588346845&enc=1 Civil Parish population 2011 Neighbourhood Statistics Office for National Statistic... |
The Black Hole is a 1979 American science fiction film directed by Gary Nelson and produced by Walt Disney Productions. The film stars Maximilian Schell, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms, Yvette Mimieux, Anthony Perkins and Ernest Borgnine, while the voices of the main robot characters are provided by Roddy McDowall and ... | {"Directed by": "Gary Nelson", "Produced by": "Ron Miller", "Screenplay by": "Gerry Day\n Jeb Rosebrook", "Story by": "Jeb Rosebrook\n Bob Barbash\n Richard Landau", "Starring": "Maximilian Schell\n Robert Forster\n Joseph Bottoms\n Yvette Mimieux\n Anthony Perkins\n Ernest Borgnine", "Music by": "John Barry", "Cinemat... |
José López Portillo y Rojas (May 26, 1850 - May 22, 1923), born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, was a Mexican lawyer, politician and man of letters. He served as Governor of Jalisco in 1911 and as Secretary of Foreign Affairs in 1914 for coup leader and brief Mexican President Victoriano Huerta, during the United States occup... | {"Name": "José López Portillo y Rojas", "Image size": "250px", "Office 2": "Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico", "President 2": "Victoriano Huerta", "Predecessor 2": "Querido Moheno", "Successor 2": "Francisco S. Carvajal", "Birth date": "1850 5 26", "Birth place": "Guadalajara, Jalisco", "Death date": "1923 5 26 1... |
Bob Wallace (May 29, 1949 - September 20, 2002) was an American software developer, programmer and the ninth Microsoft employee. He was the first popular user of the term shareware, creator of the word processing program PC-Write, founder of the software company Quicksoft and an "online drug guru" who devoted much time... | {"Name": "Bob Wallace", "Caption": "Bob Wallace in late 1977 (age 28)", "Birth date": "May 29, 1949", "Birth place": "Arlington, Virginia", "Death date": "September 20, 2002 May 29, 1949", "Death place": "San Rafael, California", "Known For": "9th Microsoft employeeCreator of PC-WriteFounder of Quicksoft", "Spouse(s)":... |
The Irish Volunteers (), also known as the Irish Volunteer Force or the Irish Volunteer Army,Gerry White and Brendan O'Shea. Irish Volunteer Soldier 1913-23. Osprey Publishing, 2013. p.10. Quote: "Those wishing to enlist then had to sign the following enrolment form: I, the undersigned, desire to be enrolled for servic... | {"Name": "Irish Volunteers", "Native name": "Óglaigh na hÉireann", "Native name language": "ga", "Logo caption": "An Irish Volunteer atop a memorial to the Irish War of Independence in Dublin by Leo Broe"} |
"Girl's Not Grey" is a song by American rock band AFI. It was released as the debut single from their sixth studio album, Sing the Sorrow (2003), debuting on radio on February 4, 2003. It is the band's third most successful single, peaking at No. 7 on the Alternative Songs Chart and No. 14 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100... | {"Released": "January 12, 2003AFI's Girl's Not Grey http://www.punknews.org/article/5057/afis-girls-not-grey Punknews.org July 7, 2015 January 11, 2003", "Recorded": "2002", "Genre": "\"sacher\">Sacher Andrew ‘Sing the Sorrow’ at 20 - the LP that took AFI from hardcore to generation-defining rock band https://www.bro... |
Poundbury is an experimental urban extension on the western outskirts of Dorchester in the county of Dorset, England. The development is led by the Duchy of Cornwall, and had the keen endorsement of King Charles III when he was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall. Under the direction of its lead architect and planner ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "4,600", "OS grid reference": "SY671549", "Postcode district": "DT1", "Dialling code": "01305", "UK Parliament": "West Dorset", "Unitary authority": "Dorset", "Ceremonial county": "Dorset"} |
Halite (), commonly known as rock salt, is a type of salt, the mineral (natural) form of sodium chloride (NaCl). Halite forms isometric crystals. The mineral is typically colorless or white, but may also be light blue, dark blue, purple, pink, red, orange, yellow or gray depending on inclusion of other materials, impur... | {"Category": "Halide mineral", "IMA symbol": "HlWarr L.N. 2021 IMA-CNMNC approved mineral symbols Mineralogical Magazine 85 3 291-320 10.1180/mgm.2021.43 2021MinM...85..291W 235729616 free", "Strunz classification": "3.AA.20", "Unit cell": "a 5.6404(1) Å; Z 4", "Cleavage": "Perfect {001}, three directions cubic", "Fr... |
The Dickies are an American punk rock band formed in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, in 1977. One of the longest tenured punk rock bands, they have been in continuous existence for over 40 years. They have consistently balanced catchy melodies, harmony vocals, and pop song structures, with a speedy punk guitar a... | {"Origin": "San Fernando Valley, California", "Genres": "Punk rock, pop punk, comedy punk", "Labels": "A&M, Captain Oi, Triple X, Enigma Records, Fat Wreck Chords, Cleopatra Records, Restless Brand, ROIR", "Website": "thedickies.com", "Members": "Leonard Graves PhillipsStan LeeBen David SeeligAdam GomezEddie Tatar"} |
The New Orleans VooDoo were a professional arena football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The VooDoo were a member of the East Division of the American Conference of the Arena Football League (AFL). They played their home games in Smoothie King Center. The VooDoo were unrelated to an earlier AFL team, the New Or... | {"Team colors": "Purple, red, black, tan, white#4B0082 #FF2400 black #CDB891 white", "Head coach": "Dean Cokinos", "Owner(s)": "Louisiana Arena Football, LLC", "Chairman": "Dan Newman", "President": "Doug Harrington", "General manager": "Brandon Rizzuto", "Mascot": "Bones & Mojo"} |
Thomas Milton Benson, Jr. (July 12, 1927 - March 15, 2018) was an American businessman, philanthropist and sports franchise owner. He was the owner of several automobile dealerships before buying the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL) in 1985 and the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball... | {"Name": "Tom Benson", "Image": "Tom Benson 2009.JPG", "Caption": "Benson in 2009", "Birth name": "Thomas Milton Benson, Jr.", "Birth date": "1927 7 12", "Birth place": "New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.", "Death date": "2018 3 15 1927 7 12", "Death place": "Jefferson, Louisiana, U.S.", "Education": "St. Aloysius, 1944", "O... |
Brigadier General Sir Samuel Bentham (11 January 1757 - 31 May 1831) was a noted English mechanical engineer and naval architect credited with numerous innovations, particularly related to naval architecture, including weapons. He was the only surviving sibling of philosopher Jeremy Bentham, with whom he had a close bo... | {"Name": "Samuel Bentham", "Birth date": "11 January 1757", "Birth place": "England", "Death date": "yes 1831 05 31 1757 01 11", "Death place": "London, England", "Spouse(s)": "Mary Sophia Fordyce", "Children": "George, Clara, Sarah, Mary Louisa", "Relatives": "Jeremy Bentham (brother)"} |
GNU Go is a free software program by the Free Software Foundation that plays Go. Its source code is quite portable, and can be easily compiled for Linux, as well as other Unix-like systems, Microsoft Windows and macOS; ports exist for other platforms.
The program plays Go against the user, at about 5 to 7 kyu strength... | {"Developer(s)": "GNU Go Team", "Initial release": "1989 3 13 yeshttps://www.gnu.org/software/gnugo/devel.html GNU Go Development Versions 4 November 2020", "Type": "Computer Go", "License": "GNU GPLv3", "Website": "www.gnu.org/software/gnugo"} |
Richard Cobden (3 June 1804 - 2 April 1865) was an English Radical and Liberal politician, manufacturer, and a campaigner for free trade and peace. He was associated with the Anti-Corn Law League and the Cobden-Chevalier Treaty.
As a young man, Cobden was a successful commercial traveller who became co-owner of a high... | {"Name": "Richard Cobden", "Image caption": "Cobden c. early 1860s", "Birth date": "1804 06 03 y", "Birth place": "Dunford, Heyshott, Sussex, England", "Death date": "1865 04 02 1804 06 03 y", "Death place": "Suffolk Street, Westminster, London, England", "Resting place": "West Lavington, Sussex"} |
The Great Falls Voyagers are an independent baseball team of the Pioneer League, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball (MLB) but is an MLB Partner League. They are located in Great Falls, Montana, and play their home games at Centene Stadium.
The team has played continuously in the Pioneer League since 1... | {"Class": "Independent (from 2021)", "Previous classes": "Rookie Advanced (1948-1963, 1969-2020)", "League": "Pioneer League (1948-1963, 1969-present)", "Division": "North Division", "Previous teams": "Chicago White Sox (2003-2020)\nLos Angeles Dodgers (1984-2002)\nSan Francisco Giants (1969-1983)\nIndependent (1964-19... |
thumb|right|200px|An original Center Parcs Cottage (named 'Villas' in UK resorts), designed by the Dutch architect Jaap Bakema.
thumb|200px|Dutch Center Parcs entrance (at De Eemhof).
thumb|right|200px|Wild water rapids at Center Parcs Het Meerdal (NL).
thumb|200px|The former church at CP Het Vennenbos. Because Derksen... | {"Type": "Public limited company (Naamloze vennootschap)", "Founded": "1968", "Headquarters": "Netherlands", "Industry": "Leisure", "Brands": "Center Parcs, Sunparks", "Parent": "Pierre & Vacances", "Website": "https://centerparcs.eu/"} |
The Bluefield Blue Jays were a minor league baseball team of the Rookie Appalachian League representing the twin cities of Bluefield, West Virginia, and Bluefield, Virginia. The team played their home games at Bowen Field at Peters Park, a historic stadium (opened in 1939) in Bluefield's city park. The park, which stra... | {"Class": "Advanced Rookie (1963-2020)\n Class D- (1957-1962)\nClass D (1946-1955)\nClass C (1942)\nClass D (1937-1940)", "League": "Appalachian League (1946-1955, 1957-2020)\nMountain State League (1937-1942)", "Name": "Bluefield Blue Jays (2011-2020)\nBluefield Orioles (1958-2010)\nBluefield Dodgers (1957)\nBluefield... |
Luis Echeverría Álvarez (; 17 January 1922 - 8 July 2022) was a Mexican lawyer, academic, and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), who served as the 57th president of Mexico from 1970 to 1976. Previously, he was Secretary of the Interior from 1963 to 1969. At the time of his death in ... | {"Name": "Luis Echeverría", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 1970", "Term start": "1 December 1970", "Term end": "30 November 1976", "Birth name": "Luis Echeverría Álvarez", "Birth date": "y 1922 1 17", "Birth place": "Mexico City, Mexico", "Death date": "2022 7 08 1922 1 17 y", "Death place": "Cuernavaca, Morelos,... |
SAE International, formerly named the Society of Automotive Engineers, is a United States-based, globally active professional association and standards developing organization for engineering professionals in various industries. SAE International's world headquarters is in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, 20 miles north of Pi... | {"Type": "Professional organization", "Founded": "1905", "Headquarters": "Warrendale, Pennsylvania", "Industry": "Automotive, automobile, aerospace, commercial vehicle", "Products": "Industry standards, membership, conferences, publications, professional development", "Members": "138,000", "Website": "www.sae.org"} |
Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (Augusta Wilhelmina Louisa; 25 July 1797 – 6 April 1889) was the wife of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, the tenth-born child, and seventh son, of George III of the United Kingdom and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. The longest-lived daughter-in-law of George III, she was the mat... | {"Born": "Rumpenheim Castle, Offenbach am Main", "Died": "St James's Palace, Pall Mall, London", "Burial": "St Anne's Church, Kew, Surrey10 January 1930Royal Vault, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle", "Father": "Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel", "Mother": "Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen"} |
The Anna Nicole Show is an American reality sitcom starring former model and Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith. The series debuted on August 4, 2002 on E! and ran for two seasons. The first season was the most watched show on the network.
Synopsis
The show follows the exploits of Anna Nicole Smith and her entourage;S... | {"Also known as": "The Anna Nicole Smith Show", "Genre": "Reality", "Starring": "Anna Nicole Smith\n Daniel Smith\n Howard K. Stern\n Kim Walther", "Country of origin": "United States", "Running time": "22–24 minutes", "Original network": "E!", "Original release": "2004 10 07"} |
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The square root of 2 (approximately 1.4142) is a positive real number that, when multiplied by itself, equals the number 2. It may be written in mathematics as \sqrt{2} or 2^{1/2}. It is an algebraic number, and therefore not a transcendental number. Technically, it should be called the principal square root of ... | {"Binary": "1.0110 1010 0000 1001 1110 ...", "Decimal": "1.41421 35623 73095 0488...", "Hexadecimal": "1.6A09 E667 F3BC C908 B2F...", "Continued fraction": "1 + \\cfrac{1}{2 + \\cfrac{1}{2 + \\cfrac{1}{2 + \\cfrac{1}{2 + \\ddots"} |
Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV (; March 1, 1917 - September 12, 1977) was an American poet. He was born into a Boston Brahmin family that could trace its origins back to the Mayflower. His family, past and present, were important subjects in his poetry. Growing up in Boston also informed his poems, which were frequentl... | {"Born": "1917 03 01", "Died": "1977 09 12 1917 03 01", "Resting place": "Stark CemeteryDunbarton, New Hampshire, U.S.", "Occupation": "Poet", "Period": "1944-1977", "Literary movement": "Confessional poetry", "Children": "2", "Alma mater": "Harvard UniversityKenyon College (AB)"} |
StarCraft: Ghost was a military science fiction stealth-action video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment. It was intended to be part of Blizzard's StarCraft series and was announced in September 20, 2002. It was to be developed by Nihilistic Software for the GameCube, Xbox, and PlayStation 2 video game consoles. S... | {"Title": "StarCraft: Ghost", "Caption": "The StarCraft: Ghost subseries logo", "Developer": "Blizzard Entertainment\n Nihilistic Software\n Swingin' Ape Studios", "Designer": "Jacob Stephens (Nihilistic Software)\n Dave Maldonado (Swingin' Ape Studios)", "Composer": "Kevin Manthei", "Series": "StarCraft", "Platforms":... |
My Life as a Teenage Robot is an American animated science fiction superhero comedy television series created by Rob Renzetti for Nickelodeon. It was produced by Frederator Studios and Nickelodeon Animation Studio. Set in the fictional town of Tremorton, the series follows the adventures of a robot super-heroine named ... | {"Genre": "ComedyAction-adventureComic science fictionScience fantasySuperheroScience fictionAnimated sitcom", "Created by": "Rob Renzetti", "Developed by": "Rob Renzetti\n Alex Kirwan \n Joseph Holt \n Jill Friemark\n Dan Krall (season 1)", "Voices of": "Janice Kawaye\n Candi Milo\n Chad Doreck\n Audrey Wasilewski\n Q... |
Gojoseon ( ), also called Joseon ( ), was the first kingdom on the Korean Peninsula. According to Korean mythology, the kingdom was established by the legendary king Dangun. Gojoseon possessed the most advanced culture in the Korean Peninsula at the time and was an important marker in the progression towards the more c... | {"Native name": "ko 古朝鮮 (Hanja)ko 고조선 (Hangul)ko 朝鮮 (Hanja)ko 조선 (Hangul)Joseon", "Conventional long name": "Gojoseon", "Type of government": "Monarchy", "Starting event": "Established", "Event ending the country": "Fall of Wanggeom City", "Event 1": "Coup by Wi Man", "Event 1 date": "194 BC", "Event 2": "Gojoseon-Han ... |
Wiman Joseon (194-108 BC) was a dynasty of Gojoseon. It began with Wiman's (Wei Man) seizure of the throne from Gija Joseon's King Jun and ended with the death of King Ugeo who was a grandson of Wiman. Apart from archaeological data, the main source on this historical period comes from chapter 115 of Sima Qian's Record... | {"Infobox title": "Wiman Joseon", "Name in traditional characters": "衛滿朝鮮", "Name in simplified characters": "卫满朝鲜", "Pinyin transcription": "Wèimǎn Cháoxiǎn", "Korean name in Korean characters": "위만조선", "Korean name in Hanja": "衛滿朝鮮", "Korean revised romanization": "Wiman Joseon", "Korean McCune-Reischauer romanizatio... |
The 130th Engineer Brigade is an engineer brigade of the United States Army headquartered in Schofield Barracks, Hawaii that provides engineering support to the United States Army Pacific. The brigade specializes in combat engineering, construction, and bridging operations.
The brigade traces its lineage back to an en... | {"Allegiance": "20px United States Army", "Branch": "Regular Army", "Type": "Engineer Brigade", "Size": "Brigade", "Part of": "8th Theater Sustainment Command", "Motto(s)": "SAPPERS IN!", "Notablecommanders": "LTG Todd T. SemoniteMG Diana M. Holland", "Role": "Combat Engineering Construction Engineering"} |
Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, (December 19, 1851 - June 17, 1942) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served Minister of Justice of Canada, as Chief Justice of Canada and Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec.
Biography
Fitzpatrick was born in Quebec City, Canada East, to John Fitzpatrick and Mary Connolly. He studied at L... | {"Name": "Sir Charles Fitzpatrick", "Office 2": "12th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec", "Term start 2": "October 23, 1918", "Term end 2": "October 31, 1923", "Predecessor 2": "Pierre-Évariste Leblanc", "Successor 2": "Louis-Philippe Brodeur", "Monarch 2": "George V", "Premier 2": "Lomer GouinLouis-Alexandre Taschereau", ... |
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Gija Joseon (1120-194 BC) was a dynasty of Gojoseon allegedly founded by the sage Jizi (Gija), a member of the Shang dynasty royal house. Concrete evidence for Jizi's role in the history of Gojoseon is lacking, and the narrative has been challenged since the 20th century.
Understanding befo... | {"Infobox title": "Gija Joseon", "Name in traditional characters": "箕氏朝鮮", "Name in simplified characters": "箕氏朝鲜", "Pinyin transcription": "Jīshì Cháoxiǎn", "Wade-Giles": "Chi-shih Ch'ao-hsien", "Korean name in Korean characters": "기자조선", "Korean name in Hanja": "箕子朝鮮", "Korean revised romanization": "Gija Joseon", "K... |
Charles Peter Wuorinen (; June 9, 1938 - March 11, 2020) was an American composer of contemporary classical music based in New York City. He also performed as a pianist and conductor. Wuorinen composed more than 270 works: orchestral music, chamber music, solo instrumental and vocal works, and operas, such as Brokeback... | {"Name": "Charles Wuorinen", "Caption": "Charles Wuorinen in the 1990s", "Birth name": "Charles Peter Wuorinen", "Birth date": "1938 06 09", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Death date": "2020 03 11 1938 06 09", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Education": "Columbia University (BA, MA)", "Alma mater": "Trin... |
Fifth Avenue is a major and prominent thoroughfare in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States. It stretches north from Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village to West 143rd Street in Harlem. It is one of the most expensive shopping streets in the world.
Fifth Avenue carries two-way traff... | {"Name": "Fifth Avenue", "Owner": "City of New York", "Maintained by": "NYCDOT", "Length": "https://goo.gl/maps/5grbO Fifth Avenue (south of 120th Street) September 12, 2015https://goo.gl/maps/eu7CA Fifth Avenue (north of 124th Street) September 12, 2015", "Location": "Manhattan, New York City", "Majorjunctions": "... |
Lilly Daché ( 1892 - 31 December 1989) was a French-born American milliner and fashion merchandiser. She started her career in a small bonnet shop, advanced to being a sales lady at Macy's department store, and from there started her own hat business. She was at the peak of her business career in the 1930s and 1940s. H... | {"Name": "Lilly Daché", "Alt": "Lilly Daché", "Caption": "Scrutinising her new hat design in 1956", "Birth date": "c. 1892", "Birth place": "Bègles, France", "Death date": "1989 12 31 1892 10 yes", "Death place": "Louveciennes, France", "Known For": "Milliner, fashion designer", "Spouse(s)": "Russell Earl Carn 1930 div... |
Cycladic culture (also known as Cycladic civilisation or, chronologically, as Cycladic chronology) was a Bronze Age culture (c. 3100-c. 1000 BC) found throughout the islands of the Cyclades in the Aegean Sea. In chronological terms, it is a relative dating system for artifacts which serves as a roughly contemporary dat... | {"Culture name": "Cycladic culture", "The period of the culture": "Bronze Age", "The absolute date range of the culture": "c. 3100-c. 1000 BC", "Major sites": "Grotta (Naxos), Phylakopi, Keros, Syros", "Preceded by": "Neolithic Greece", "Followed by": "Minoan civilization"} |
The Norton Simon Museum is an art museum located in Pasadena, California. It was previously known as the Pasadena Art Institute and the Pasadena Art Museum and displays numerous sculptures on its grounds.
Overview
The Norton Simon collections include: European paintings, sculptures, and tapestries; Asian sculptures,... | {"Coordinates": "34.146203 -118.159097 inline", "Established": "1969", "Location": "Pasadena, California", "Type": "Art museum", "Director": "Walter W. Timoshuk", "Curator": "Emily Talbot", "Public transit access": "Metro bus line #180/181", "Collection size": "11,000 objects", "Website": "nortonsimon.org"} |
Silvana Mangano (; 21 April 1930 - 16 December 1989) was an Italian film actress. She was one of a generation of thespians who arose from the neorealist movement, and went on to become a major female star, regarded as a sex symbol for the 1950s and '60s. She won the David di Donatello for Best Actress three times - for... | {"Name": "Silvana Mangano", "Caption": "Mangano in 1958", "Birth date": "1930 4 21 y", "Birth place": "Rome, Lazio, Italy", "Death date": "1989 12 16 1930 4 21 y", "Death place": "Madrid, Spain", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1945-1987", "Spouse(s)": "Dino De Laurentiis 1949 1988 divorced", "Children": "4, ... |
James Bigglesworth, nicknamed "Biggles", is a fictional pilot and adventurer, the title character and hero of the Biggles series of adventure books, written for young readers by W. E. Johns (1893-1968). Biggles made his first appearance in the story The White Fokker, published in the first issue of Popular Flying magaz... | {"First appearance": "\"The White Fokker\" (1932)", "Last appearance": "Biggles Air Ace: The Uncollected Stories (1999)", "Created by": "W. E. Johns", "Portrayed by": "Neville WhitingNeil Dickson", "Full name": "James Bigglesworth", "Gender": "Male", "Nationality": "English (raised in British India)", "Family": "Charle... |
The Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball, commonly known as the Can-Am League, was a professional, independent baseball league with teams in the Northeast United States and Eastern Canada, founded in 2005 as a reorganization of its predecessor, the Northeast League. The Can-Am League operated in citie... | {"Title": "Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball", "Caption": "Can-Am League logo", "Sport": "Baseball", "Founded": "2005", "Folded": "2019", "Teams": "6", "Countries": "United StatesCanada", "Champion": "New Jersey Jackals (2019)", "Most titles (player)": "Québec Capitales (7)", "Official website": "C... |
Xu Xiangqian (November 8, 1901 – September 21, 1990) was a Chinese Communist military leader and one of the ten marshals of the People's Liberation Army. He was the son of a wealthy landowner, but joined the Kuomintang's National Revolutionary Army, against his parents' wishes, in 1924. When the Kuomintang (KMT) began ... | {"Name": "Xu Xiangqian", "Native name": "徐向前", "Native name language": "zh", "Term start": "8 January 1966", "Term end": "1 November 1987", "Office 2": "Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China", "Premier 2": "Hua Guofeng", "Birth date": "1901 11 8", "Death date": "1990 9 21 1901 11 8", "Birth place": "Wutai Coun... |
Acton Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality located in the Montérégie region of Quebec. The seat is Acton Vale.
Founded in 1982, the Acton Regional County Municipality is made up of eight smaller municipalities containing a little fewer than 16,000 people. The average population density is 26... | {"Type": "Prefecture", "Land": "579.80", "Density": "26.9", "DST": "-4", "Website": "www.mrcacton.qc.ca"} |
"Darmok" is the 102nd episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, the second episode of the fifth season.
Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode, the crew of the Enterprise i... | {"Story by": "Joe Menosky\n Phillip LaZebnik", "Teleplay by": "Joe Menosky", "Directed by": "Winrich Kolbe", "Cinematography by": "Marvin Rush", "Featured music": "Jay Chattaway"} |
The Florence Y'alls are a professional baseball team based within the Greater Cincinnati region in the city of Florence, Kentucky. The Y'alls are a member of the West Division of the Frontier League, an independent baseball league. Since 2004, they have played their home games at Thomas More Stadium, which is located n... | {"League": "Frontier League", "Former names": "Erie Sailors (1994)\n Johnstown Steal (1995-98)\n Johnstown Johnnies (1998-2002)\n Florence Freedom (2003-2019)", "League championship seasons": "3 (1994, 1995, 2000)", "Division championship seasons": "5 (1995, 1997, 2000, 2017, 2021)", "General manager": "Max Johnson"} |
Condé Montrose Nast (March 26, 1873 - September 19, 1942) was an American publisher, entrepreneur and business magnate. He founded Condé Nast, a mass media company, and published titles such as Vanity Fair, Vogue and The New Yorker.
Early life
Named after his uncle, Condé Montrose Nast was born in New York City to a f... | {"Name": "Condé Nast", "Birth name": "Condé Montrose Nast", "Birth date": "1873 03 26", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Death date": "1942 09 19 1873 03 26", "Occupation": "Publisher", "Spouse(s)": "Clarisse Coudert 1902 1925 div\n Leslie Foster 1928 1932 div", "Partner(s)": "Helen Brown Norden(1932-1936)", "Chi... |
The Canadian province of British Columbia is divided into regional districts as a means to better enable municipalities and rural areas to work together at a regional level.
History
Regional districts came into being via an order of government in 1965 with the enactment of amendments to the Municipal Act. Until the c... | {"Location": "British Columbia", "Number": "28", "Populations": "734 (Stikine Region) - 2,691,343 (Metro Vancouver)", "Areas": "1,701 sqkm on (Comox Valley) - 118,663 sqkm on (Stikine Region)", "Government": "Municipal government", "Subdivisions": "Municipalities (cities, district municipalities, Indian government dist... |
Vogue (stylized in all caps) is an American monthly fashion and lifestyle magazine that covers various topics, including haute couture fashion, beauty, culture, living, and runway. Based at One World Trade Center in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, Vogue began in 1892 as a weekly newspaper before becoming a m... | {"Categories": "Fashion", "Frequency": "Monthly", "Publisher": "Condé Nast", "Language": "English", "Founder": "Arthur Baldwin Turnure", "Founded": "1892 12 17", "Country": "United States", "Based in": "One World Trade CenterNew York, NY 10007U.S.", "Website": "vogue.com", "ISSN": "0042-8000"} |
W is an American fashion magazine that features stories about style through the lens of culture, fashion, art, celebrity, and film.
W was created in 1972 by James Brady, the publisher of the sister magazine Women's Wear Daily (WWD), originally as a biweekly newspaper spin-off from WWD. In 1993, W was launched as an ov... | {"Frequency": "6 issues per year", "Categories": "Fashion, women", "Format": "Oversized", "Company": "W Media", "Founded": "1972", "Country": "United States", "Based in": "New York City", "Language": "English", "Website": "wmagazine.com", "ISSN": "0162-9115", "OCLC": "1781845"} |
Caroline Bouvier Kennedy (born November 27, 1957) is an American author, attorney, and diplomat serving as the United States Ambassador to Australia since 2022. Kennedy previously served in the Obama administration as the United States ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017. She is a member of the Kennedy family and the... | {"Name": "Caroline Kennedy", "Image caption": "Kennedy in 2022", "Ambassador from": "United States", "Term start": "July 25, 2022", "Birth name": "Caroline Bouvier Kennedy", "Birth date": "1957 11 27", "Birth place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Edwin Schlossberg July 19, 1986", "Education": "Harvard ... |
The Ogooué (or Ogowe), also known as the Nazareth River, some long, is the principal river of Gabon in west-central Africa and the fifth largest river in Africa by volume of discharge, trailing only the Congo, Kasai, Niger and Zambezi. Its watershed drains nearly the entire country of Gabon, with some tributaries reac... | {"Mouth": "0 m ft on", "Location": "Port Gentil, Gabon", "Coordinates": "-1.0272 8.8848 region:GA inline", "Basin size": "223,856 km2 mi2 onhttps://www.fao.org FAO", "Left": "Letili, Lebombi, Lekedi, Leyou, Lolo, Offoue, Ngounié", "Right": "Mpassa, Léconi, Sebe, Lassio, Dilo, Ivindo, Nké, Okano, Abanga"} |
Lake Albert, originally known as Lake Mwitanzige and temporarily Lake Mobutu Sese Seko, is a lake located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is Africa's seventh-largest lake, as well as the second biggest of Uganda's Great Lakes.
Geography
Lake Albert is located on the border between Uganda and the... | {"Coordinates": "1 41 N 30 55 E type:waterbody_scale:1000000 inline,title", "Primary inflows": "Victoria NileSemliki River", "Primary outflows": "Albert Nile", "Catchment area": "416661 km2 sqmi on", "Basin": "DR Congo and Uganda", "Max. length": "160 km mi on", "Max. width": "30 km mi on", "Average depth": "25 m ft on... |
Gojong (; 25 July 1852 - 21 January 1919) was the penultimate Korean monarch. He ruled Korea for 43 years, from 1864 to 1907, first as the last king of Joseon, and then as the first Emperor of the Korean Empire from 1897 until his forced abdication in 1907. He is also known as the Gwangmu Emperor, and was born Yi Myŏng... | {"Father": "Heungseon Daewongun", "Mother": "Grand Internal Princess Consort Sunmok of the Yeoheung Min clan", "Born": "Unhyeon Palace, Hanseong, Joseon", "Died": "Deoksu Palace, Keijō, Japanese Korea", "Burial": "Hongneung", "Religion": "Confucianism"} |
Bruno Kreisky (; 22 January 1911 - 29 July 1990) was an Austrian social democratic politician who served as Foreign Minister from 1959 to 1966 and as Chancellor from 1970 to 1983. Aged 72 at the end of his chancellorship, he was the oldest Chancellor after World War II. His 13-year tenure was the longest of any Chancel... | {"Name": "Bruno Kreisky", "Image": "Bruno Kreisky 1983 (cropped).JPEG", "Image caption": "Kreisky, photographed in 1983", "Term start": "21 April 1970", "Term end": "24 May 1983", "Office 2": "Minister of Foreign Affairs", "Chancellor 2": "Julius Raab Alfons Gorbach Josef Klaus", "Predecessor 2": "Leopold Figl", "Succe... |
Lena Maria Jonna Olin (; born 22 March 1955) is a Swedish actress. She has received nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Mentored by filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, she made her screen debut with a small role in his film Face to Face (1976). After graduating from... | {"Name": "Lena Olin", "Caption": "Olin in 2015", "Birth name": "Lena Maria Jonna Olin", "Birth date": "1955 3 22 y", "Birth place": "Stockholm, Sweden", "Education": "Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1976-present", "Spouse(s)": "Lasse Hallström 1994", "Children": "... |
Victor Jay Garber, (born March 16, 1949) is a Canadian-American actor and singer.Garber references his dual citizenship, parade.com. Accessed October 26, 2022. Known for his work on stage and screen, he has been nominated for three Gemini Awards, four Tony Awards, and six Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2022, he was made an... | {"Name": "Victor Garber", "Post-nominals": "CAN 100% OC", "Caption": "Garber in 2017", "Birth name": "Victor Jay Garber", "Birth date": "1949 03 16", "Birth place": "London, Ontario, Canada", "Education": "University of Toronto HB Studio", "Occupation": "Actor singer", "Years active": "1958-present", "Spouse(s)": "Rain... |
The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) () is the national broadcaster of South Korea. Founded in 1927, it is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters.
The KBS operates seven radio networks, ten television channels, and multiple Internet-exclusive services. Its flagship terrestrial television sta... | {"Type": "Statutory corporation", "Industry": "Broadcasting", "Founded": "yes 1927 2 16 (as Kyeongseong/Keijō Broadcasting Station) (Radio) yes 1956 5 (television) yes 1973 3 3 (as Public Broadcasting organization)", "Headquarters": "South Korea", "Products": "Television Radio Web portals", "Parent": "Government of Sou... |
William Grant Still Jr. (May 11, 1895- December 3, 1978) was an American composer of nearly two hundred works, including five symphonies, four ballets, nine operas, over thirty choral works, art songs, chamber music, and solo works. Born in Mississippi and growing up in Little Rock, Arkansas, Still attended Wilberforce... | {"Name": "William Grant Still", "Caption": "Portrait by Carl Van Vechten, 1949", "Birth name": "William Grant Still Jr.", "Birth date": "1895 5 11", "Birth place": "Woodville, Mississippi, U.S.", "Death date": "1978 12 3 1895 5 11", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Education": "M. W. Gibbs High School W... |
Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) () is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters. The broadcaster legally became known as SBS in March 2000, changing its corporate name from Seoul Broadcasting System (). Its flagship terrestrial television station SBS TV broadcasts as channel 6 for digital and ca... | {"Formerly": "yes\n 서 울 방 송 주 식 회 사\n Seoul Bangsong Jusikhoesa\n Sŏul Pangsong Chushikhoesa", "Type": "Public", "Industry": "Terrestrial radio television", "Founded": "yes 1990 11 14", "Headquarters": "South Korea", "Products": "Television show", "Services": "BroadcastingWeb portal", "Revenue": "2015", "Parent": "... |
Charlotte "Lotte" Reiniger (2 June 1899 - 19 June 1981) was a German film director and the foremost pioneer of silhouette animation. Her best known films are The Adventures of Prince Achmed, from 1926, the oldest surviving feature-length animated film, and Papageno (1935). Reiniger is also noted for having devised, fro... | {"Name": "Lotte Reiniger", "Caption": "Reiniger in 1939", "Birth name": "Charlotte Reiniger", "Birth date": "1899 06 02 y", "Birth place": "Berlin-Charlottenburg, German Empire", "Notable works": "The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)Girl of the Golden West (1942)", "Death date": "1981 6 19 1899 06 02 y", "Death place... |
World Airways, Inc. was an American airline headquartered in Peachtree City, Georgia in Greater Atlanta. The company operated mostly non-scheduled services but did fly scheduled passenger services as well, notably with McDonnell Douglas DC-10 wide body jetliners.h World Airways ceased all operations on March 27, 2014.
... | {"Airline name": "World Airways", "IATA Designator": "WO", "ICAO Designator": "WOA", "Callsign": "WORLD", "Parent Company": "Global Aviation Holdings", "Founded": "1948 03 29", "Ceased operations": "2014 03 27", "Headquarters": "Peachtree City, Georgia, U.S.", "Key People": "John Graber (CEO)"} |
The Late Great Planet Earth is a best-selling 1970 book by Hal Lindsey with Carole C. Carlson, and first published by Zondervan. The New York Times declared it to be the bestselling nonfiction book of the 1970s. The book was first featured on a primetime television special featuring Hal Lindsey in 1974 and 1975 with an... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Zondervan", "Media type": "Print (Hardback and paperback)", "Pages": "242", "ISBN": "978-0253166739"} |
One Life to Live (often abbreviated as OLTL) is an American soap opera broadcast on the ABC television network for more than 43 years, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and then on the internet as a web series on Hulu and iTunes via Prospect Park from April 29 to August 19, 2013. Created by Agnes Nixon, the seri... | {"Genre": "Soap operaDrama", "Created by": "Agnes Nixon", "Written by": "Thom Racina and Jessica Klein (head writers)", "Directed by": "See below", "Starring": "List of cast members", "Opening theme": "\"Brand New Start\"", "Country of origin": "United States", "Running time": "30 minutes (1968-76; 2013)45 minutes (197... |
The Palace Museum () is a large national museum complex housed in the Forbidden City at the core of Beijing, China. With , the museum inherited the imperial royal palaces from the Ming and Qing dynasties of China and opened to the public in 1925 after the last Emperor of China was evicted.
Constructed from 1406 to 142... | {"Coordinates": "39 55 01 N 116 23 27 E region:CN-11 inline,title", "Established": "1925 10 10 y", "Location": "4 Jingshan Front St, Dongcheng, Beijing", "Type": "Art museum Heritage site Imperial palace", "Collection size": "1,860,000", "Visitors": "17 million (2018) http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201812/17/WS5c174ac1... |
The Plaza Accord was a joint-agreement signed on September 22, 1985, at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, between France, West Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, to depreciate the U.S. dollar in relation to the French franc, the German Deutsche Mark, the Japanese yen and the British pound sterli... | {"Name": "Plaza Accord", "Image caption": "The 1985 \"Plaza Accord\" is named after New York City's Plaza Hotel, which was the location of a meeting of finance ministers who reached an agreement about managing the fluctuating value of the US dollar. From left are Gerhard Stoltenberg of West Germany, Pierre Bérégovoy of... |
Donald Cargill (1619 - 27 July 1681) was a Scottish Covenanter who worked to uphold the principles of the National Covenant of 1638 and Solemn League and Covenant of 1643 to establish and defend Presbyterianism. He was born around 1619, and was the eldest son of Laurence Cargill of Bonnytoun, Rattray, Perthshire, a not... | {"Name": "Donald Cargill", "Birth date": "1619", "Death date": "1681 07 27 yes", "Nationality": "Scottish", "Occupation": "pastor", "Known For": "Covenanter"} |
Richard Cameron (1648? - 22 July 1680) was a leader of the militant Presbyterians, known as Covenanters, who resisted attempts by the Stuart monarchs to control the affairs of the Church of Scotland, acting through bishops. While attempting to revive the flagging fortunes of the Covenanting cause in 1680, he was track... | {"Name": "Richard Cameron", "Caption": "Cameron depicted in a Covenanter history published in 1901", "Birth date": "1648", "Birth place": "Falkland, Fife", "Death date": "22 July 1680", "Death place": "Airds Moss, Clydeside", "Nationality": "Scottish", "Occupation": "religious leader", "Education": "St Salvator's Colle... |
Laurentian University (), officially Laurentian University of Sudbury, is a mid-sized bilingual public university in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, incorporated on March 28, 1960. Laurentian offers a variety of undergraduate, graduate-level, and doctorate degrees. Laurentian is the largest bilingual provider of dist... | {"Motto": "Emitte lucem et veritatem", "Type": "Public", "Endowment": "52.8 million yes", "Chancellor": "Vacant", "President": "Sheila Embleton", "Campus": "urban green belt, 304 ha acre on", "Website": "https://laurentian.ca/"} |
Meyer Harris "Mickey" Cohen (September 4, 1913 - July 29, 1976) was an American gangster, boxer and entrepreneur based in Los Angeles and boss of the Cohen crime family during the mid-20th century.
Early life
Mickey Cohen was born on September 4, 1913, in New York City to Jewish parents. Cohen's parents immigrated to ... | {"Name": "Mickey Cohen", "Caption": "Cohen in 1949 at his arraignment", "Birth name": "Meyer Harris Cohen", "Birth date": "1913 9 4", "Birth place": "New York, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1976 7 29 1913 9 4", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Resting place": "Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery, Culver C... |
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The Order of National Artists of the Philippines (Tagalog: Orden ng mga Pambansang Alagad ng Sining ng Pilipinas) is an order bestowed by the President of the Philippines on Philippine nationals who have made significant contributions to th... | {"Type": "Order", "Status": "Currently constituted", "First induction": "1972", "Next (higher)": "Order of Gabriela Silang", "Equivalent": "Order of National Scientists, Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan, Order of Lakandula - Special Class of Champion for Life", "Next (lower)": "Gawad Mabini"} |
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg Sr. (March 22, 1884April 18, 1951) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1928 to 1951. A member of the Republican Party, he participated in the creation of the United Nations. He is best known for leading the Republican Party from a foreign policy... | {"Image caption": "Vandenberg, 1905-1945", "Term start": "January 3, 1947", "Term end": "January 3, 1949", "Order 2": "Republican Senate Conference Chairmen", "Leader 2": "Wallace H. White Jr.", "Predecessor 2": "Charles L. McNary", "Successor 2": "Eugene D. Millikin", "Birth name": "Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg", "Birt... |
James Kenneth Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, Hahn was elected the 40th mayor of Los Angeles in 2001. He served until 2005, at which time he was defeated in his bid for re-election. Prior to his term as Mayor, Hahn served in several other capacities for the city of Los Angeles... | {"Name": "James Hahn", "Image caption": "Hahn in 2014", "Birth name": "James Kenneth Hahn", "Birth date": "1950 7 3", "Birth place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Term start": "November 5, 2008", "Order 2": "40th", "Office 2": "Mayor of Los Angeles", "Predecessor 2": "Richard Riordan", "Successor 2": "Antonio Villa... |
Ellen Fullman (born 1957) is an American composer, instrument builder, and performer. She was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and is currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is known for her 70-foot (21-meter) Long String instrument, tuned in just intonation and played with rosin-coated fingers.
Biography and wo... | {"Name": "Ellen Fullman", "Birth date": "1957", "Birth place": "Memphis, Tennessee", "Nationality": "American", "Occupation": "composer, instrument builder, performer"} |
The Iranian plateau or Persian plateau is a geological feature spanning parts of West Asia, Central Asia, and South Asia. It makes up part of the Eurasian Plate, and is wedged between the Arabian Plate and the Indian Plate. The plateau is situated between the Zagros Mountains to the west, the Caspian Sea and the Köpet ... | {"Location": "West Asia (incl. Caucasus), Central Asia, South Asia", "Part of": "Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Pakistan,note Geographically, the Iranian plateau only covers western Pakistan (Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), as it is situated on the Eurasian Plate. It does not cover eastern Pakistan (Punjab, Sindh, Az... |
The Austin Allegro is a small family car that was manufactured by the Austin-Morris division of British Leyland from 1973 until 1982. The same vehicle was built in Italy by Innocenti between 1974 and 1975 and sold as the Innocenti Regent. The AllegroSales hopes pinned on new Austin Allegro. The Times, Thursday, 17 May ... | {"Manufacturer": "Austin (British Leyland)", "Assembly": "Longbridge, Birmingham UKSeneffe, BelgiumLambrate, Milan (Innocenti)", "Production": "1973-1982", "Class": "(Small family car)", "Layout": "FF layout", "Body style": "2-door saloon3-door estate4-door saloon", "Length": "152 in mm 0 on flip (saloon), 157.2 in mm... |
Dick Tiger (born Richard Ihetu; August 14, 1929 – December 14, 1971) was a Nigerian-born professional boxer who held the undisputed middleweight and light-heavyweight championships.
Tiger emigrated to Liverpool, England to pursue his boxing career and later to the United States. Tiger was Igbo and served as a Lieuten... | {"Real name": "Richard Ihetu", "Height": "172 cm", "Reach": "71 in cm 0 on", "Nationality": "Nigerian", "Born": "Amaigbo, Colony of Nigeria", "Died": "Aba, Nigeria", "Stance": "Orthodox", "Total fights": "82", "Wins": "60", "Wins by KO": "27", "Losses": "19", "Draws": "3", "Weight class": "Middleweight\nLight-heavyweig... |
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters is an American animated television series developed by Klasky Csupo for Nickelodeon. The show focuses on three young monsters—Ickis, Oblina, and Krumm—who attend a school for monsters under a city dump and learn to frighten humans. Many of the episodes revolve around their making it to the surfac... | {"Genre": "Comedy horror", "Running time": "22-24 minutes", "Created by": "Gábor Csupó\n Peter Gaffney", "Voices of": "Charlie Adler\n Christine Cavanaugh\n David Eccles\n Gregg Berger\n Jim Belushi\n Tim Curry", "Country of origin": "United States", "Original network": "Nickelodeon", "Original release": "1997 11 16"} |
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thumb|upright|View of the lakes on a satellite image
Plitvice Lakes National Park (, colloquially Plitvice, ) is one of the oldest and largest national parks in Croatia.There are seven other national parks in Croatia, as well as ten nature parks. In 1979, Plitvice Lakes Nation... | {"Coordinates": "44 52 50 N 15 36 58 E region:HR-04/HR-09_type:waterbody inline,title", "Location": "Lika-Senj County, Karlovac County, Croatia", "Area": "296.85 km2", "Elevation": "367 m (Korana bridge), 1279 m (Seliški vrh)", "Visitors": "2015", "Governing body": "Javna ustanova Nacionalni park Plitvička jezeraHR-532... |
ChalkZone is an American animated television series created by Bill Burnett and Larry Huber for Nickelodeon. The series follows Rudy Tabootie, an elementary school student who discovers a box of magic chalk that allows him to draw portals into the ChalkZone, an alternate dimension where everything ever drawn on a black... | {"Genre": "Comedy Fantasy Action-adventure", "Created by": "Bill Burnett Larry Huber", "Voices of": "E. G. Daily\n Candi Milo\n Hynden Walch\n Robert Cait\n Jess Harnell\n Miriam Flynn\n Rodger Bumpass\n Jim Cummings\n Rosslynn Taylor\n Rob Paulsen", "Opening theme": "\"Rudy's Got the Chalk\"", "Ending theme": "\"Rudy'... |
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Haywards Heath () is a town in West Sussex, England, south of London, north of Brighton, south of Gatwick Airport and northeast of the county town, Chichester. Nearby towns include Burgess Hill to the southwest, Horsham to the northwest, Crawley no... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2001 Census) 33,845 http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124382&c=Haywards+Heath&d=16&e=62&g=6474904&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1475227610531&enc=1 Town population 2011 30 September 2016 Office for National Statistics Nei... |
Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) was a West German aerospace manufacturer. It was formed during the late 1960s as the result of efforts to consolidate the West German aerospace industry; aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt AG merged with the civil engineering and aviation firm Bölkow in 1968, while rival aircraft manuf... | {"Genre": "Aerospace", "Fate": "Acquired & merged", "Founded": "1968", "Defunct": "1989", "Headquarters": "West Germany", "Industry": "Aerospace", "Products": "Helicopters and airliner components"} |
André Léon Blum (; 9 April 1872 - 30 March 1950) was a French socialist politician and three-time Prime Minister of France.
As a Jew, he was heavily influenced by the Dreyfus affair of the late 19th century. He was a disciple of socialist leader Jean Jaurès; after Jaurès's assassination in 1914, he became his successo... | {"Name": "Léon Blum", "Image caption": "Blum in 1936", "Birth name": "André Léon Blum", "Birth date": "9 April 1872", "Birth place": "2nd arrondissement of Paris, France", "Death date": "30 March 1950 (aged 77)", "Death place": "Jouy-en-Josas, France", "Term start": "16 December 1946", "Term end": "22 January 1947", "D... |
Nettuno is a town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Lazio region of central Italy, south of Rome. A resort city and agricultural center on the Tyrrhenian Sea, it has a population of approximately 50,000.
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Economy
It has a touristic harbour hosting about 860 boats and a shoppi... | {"Name": "Nettuno", "Official name": "Città di Nettuno", "Image": "Costa di Nettuno Levante.JPG", "Coordinates": "41 27 27 N 12 39 40 E inline,title", "Region": "Lazio", "Metropolitan city": "Rome (RM)", "Frazioni": "Acciarella, Cadolino, Canala, Cioccati, Cretarossa, Eschieto, Falasche Nord, Grugnole, Ospedaletto, Pad... |
Belvide Reservoir is a reservoir in South Staffordshire, England. It was built in 1833 to supply the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal, and has been managed as a nature reserve since 1977. It has been used to study the effect of water level changes on bird populations.
Details
Owned by the Canal & River Trust, t... | {"Location": "South Staffordshire", "Coordinates": "52.686 N 2.193 W region:GB_type:waterbody_scale:20000 inline,title", "Basin": "United Kingdom", "Managing agency": "British Waterways", "Designation": "SSSI", "Built": "1833"} |
Gailey Reservoir is a pair of canal feeder reservoirs in South Staffordshire, separated by a dam, and owned by the Canal & River Trust. Gailey Upper Reservoir is to the east; Gailey Lower Reservoir to the west.
A connected reservoir, Calf Heath Reservoir, stands a little further to the west, beyond the M6 motorway. Ca... | {"Location": "South Staffordshire", "Coordinates": "52.69035 N 2.09760 W type:waterbody_region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(SJ935103) inline,title", "Primary outflows": "Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal", "Managing agency": "Canal & River Trust", "Built": "1855"} |
Blithfield Reservoir is a large raw water reservoir in Staffordshire, England, owned by South Staffordshire Water.
Some 800 acres (324 hectares) of reservoir was formed on land sold by Baron Bagot to the South Staffordshire Water Works (SSWW) in the 1940s. Blithfield Reservoir was opened by Queen Elizabeth, The Queen... | {"Location": "Blithbury, Staffordshire, England", "Coordinates": "52.809 N 1.919 W region:GB_type:waterbody_dim:4km inline,title", "Primary inflows": "River Blithe, Tad Brook", "Primary outflows": "River Blithe", "Built": "1953", "Managing agency": "South Staffordshire Water", "Max. length": "1.88 miles km", "Max. widt... |
On October 15, 2003, at 3:21 p.m. EDT, the Staten Island Ferry vessel Andrew J. Barberi crashed full-speed into a concrete maintenance pier at the St. George Terminal in Upper New York Bay. Eleven people were killed and 70 injured, some critically. Pilot Richard J. Smith and New York City ferry director Patrick Ryan pl... | {"Name": "2003 Staten Island Ferry crash", "Caption": "Damage to the ferry after the crash", "Coordinates": "40.6439312 -74.0726063 type:event inline,title", "Date": "3:21 p.m. (EDT)", "Location": "5.34", "Country": "United States", "Line": "Staten Island Ferry", "Operator": "New York City Department of Transportation"... |
thumb|400px|The Roman empire in the time of Hadrian (ruled 117-138 AD), showing, in southwestern Gaul, the imperial province of Gallia Aquitania (Aquitaine, Fr.)
Gallia Aquitania (, ),Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879). "Aquitania". A Latin Dictionary. Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University. also known as Aq... | {"Native name": "Provincia Gallia Aquitania", "Common name": "Gallia Aquitania", "Historical era": "Antiquity", "Capital": "Mediolanum Santonum (later moved to Burdigala)", "Year founded": "27 BC", "Year dissolved": "5th century", "Today part of": "France"} |
Symphony Hall is a 2,262 seat concert venue in Birmingham, England. It was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 12 June 1991, although it had been in use since 15 April 1991. It is home to the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and hosts around 270 events a year. It was completed at a cost of £30 million. The ... | {"Location": "Broad Street, Birmingham, United Kingdom", "Coordinates": "52 28 43 N 1 54 38 W type:landmark it", "Type": "Concert hall", "Opened": "1991", "Owner": "Performances Birmingham Limited", "Architect": "Percy Thomas PartnershipRenton Howard Wood Levin", "Construction cost": "£30 million", "Capacity": "2,262"} |
The International Convention Centre (ICC) is a major conference venue in Birmingham, England. The centre incorporates Symphony Hall and faces Centenary Square, with another entrance leading to the canals of Birmingham. The Westside area, which includes Brindleyplace, is opposite the building on the other side of the ca... | {"Name": "International Convention Centre", "Caption": "Exterior view of the venue (c.2021)", "Address": "8 Centenary SquareBirmingham B1 2EAEngland", "Coordinates": "52 28 44.12 N 1 54 38.61 W type:landmark inline,title", "Owner": "NEC Group", "Operator": "NEC Group", "Built": "1984-91", "Inaugurated": "yes 1991 06 12... |
Centenary Square is a public square on the north side of Broad Street in Birmingham, England, named in 1989 to commemorate the centenary of Birmingham achieving city status. The area was an industrial area of small workshops and canal wharves before it was purchased by the council in the 1920s for the creation of a gra... | {"Name": "Centenary Square", "Location": "Birmingham, England, UK", "Maintained by": "City of Birmingham", "Coordinates": "52.4790 -1.9087", "Completion": "1920s (1991 redesign, 2019 2nd redesign)"} |
Fulvia (; - 40 BC) was an aristocratic Roman woman who lived during the Late Roman Republic. Fulvia's birth into an important political dynasty facilitated her relationships and, later on, marriages to Publius Clodius Pulcher, Gaius Scribonius Curio, and Mark Antony. All of these men would go on to lead increasingly p... | {"Name": "Fulvia", "Image upright": "1.5", "Caption": "Obv: Fulvia. Rev: Athena, legend ΦΟΥΛΟVΙΑΝΩΝ ΖΜΕΡΤΟΡΙΓΟΣ ΦΙΛΩΝΙΔΟΥ. Coin from the city Eumeneia (renamed Fulvia) of Phrygia.", "Death date": "40 BC", "Death place": "Sicyon, Greece", "Years active": "52-40 BC", "Spouse(s)": "Publius Clodius PulcherGaius Scribonius ... |
The Amazing Pudding (1983-1993) was a British fan magazine devoted to Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, and the solo careers of other Pink Floyd band members, including Syd Barrett. It was seen as being the main fanzine of Pink Floyd during the time of its publication. Journalist Stuart Maconie wrote about The Amazing Pudding ... | {"Categories": "Rock music fanzine", "Publisher": "Ivor Trueman\n Andy Mabbett\n Bruno MacDonald\n Dave Walker", "Frequency": "Six per year", "Founder": "Ivor Trueman", "First issue": "1983", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Based in": "Birmingham", "ISSN": "0951-8304", "OCLC": "226127235"} |
Sunjong (; 25 March 1874 - 24 April 1926), styled the Yunghui Emperor, was the last monarch of Korea. He ruled from 1907 to 1910 as the second and last Emperor of Korea. A member of the Yi dynasty, Sunjong was elevated to the throne after his predecessor and father, Gojong, was forced to abdicate by the Empire of Japan... | {"Father": "Gojong of Korea", "Mother": "Empress Myeongseong", "Religion": "Confucianism", "Born": "Changdeok Palace, Hanseong, Joseon", "Died": "Changdeok Palace, Keijō, Keiki-dō, Korea, Japanese Empire", "Burial": "Yureung"} |
Samantha Brown (born 7 October 1964) is an English singer, songwriter and musician.
Brown is a blue-eyed soul and jazz singer, and ukulele and piano player. She came to prominence in the late 1980s as a solo artist and released six singles that entered the UK Singles Chart during the 1980s and 1990s. Her solo singles,... | {"Born": "Stratford, London, England", "Genres": "Blue-eyed soul jazz pop soft rock", "Labels": "A&M Festival I.R.S. Pod Music Dick Bros Record Company Demon Music Group Mud Hut", "Website": "misssambrown.com"} |
Monty Hall (born Monte Halparin; August 25, 1921 - September 30, 2017) was a Canadian radio and television show host who moved to the United States in 1955 to pursue a career in broadcasting. After working as a radio newsreader and sportscaster, Hall returned to television in the U.S., this time in game shows. Startin... | {"Name": "Monty Hall", "Post-nominals": "CAN OC OM 100%", "Image": "Monty hall abc tv.JPG", "Caption": "Monty Hall in 1976", "Birth name": "Monte Halparin", "Birth date": "yes 1921 8 25", "Birth place": "Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada", "Death date": "yes 2017 9 30 1921 8 25", "Death place": "Beverly Hills, California, U.S... |
Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown (April 21, 1905 - February 16, 1996) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 32nd governor of California from 1959 to 1967. His first elected office was as district attorney for San Francisco, and he was later elected Attorney General of California in 1950, before becoming the ... | {"Birth name": "Edmund Gerald Brown", "Image caption": "Brown in 1966", "Term start": "January 5, 1959", "Term end": "January 2, 1967", "Order 2": "23rd", "Office 2": "Attorney General of California", "Governor 2": "Earl WarrenGoodwin Knight", "Predecessor 2": "Frederick N. Howser", "Successor 2": "Stanley Mosk", "Birt... |
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