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Shah Rukh Khan (; born 2 November 1965), also known by the initialism SRK, is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Hindi films. Referred to in the media as the "Baadshah of Bollywood" and "King Khan", he has appeared in more than 90 films, and earned numerous accolades, including 14 Filmfare Awards. He has be... | {"Name": "Shah Rukh Khan", "Caption": "Khan in 2023", "Birth name": "Shahrukh Khan", "Birth date": "1965 11 2 yes", "Birth place": "New Delhi, India", "Alma mater": "Hansraj College (BA)", "Occupation": "Actor film producer television personality businessman", "Years active": "1988-present", "Spouse(s)": "Gauri Chhibbe... |
thumb|upright=1|Fallingwater path from house to guest house
Fallingwater is a house designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935 in the Laurel Highlands of southwest Pennsylvania, about southeast of Pittsburgh in the United States. It is built partly over a waterfall on Bear Run in the Mill Run section of Stew... | {"Location": "Springfield Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Nearest city": "Uniontown", "Coordinates": "39 54 22 N 79 28 5 W type:landmark_region:US-PA inline,title", "Built": "1936-1939", "Architectural style(s)": "Modern architecture", "Governing body": "Western Pennsylvania Conservancy", "Visitors": "about 135,000"} |
Andrew Hill (June 30, 1931Mandel, Howard (April 20, 2007) "Andrew Hill: 1931-2007" All About Jazz. Retrieved April 20, 2007. During his lifetime, Hill's year of birth was always given as 1937. – April 20, 2007) was an American jazz pianist and composer.
Jazz critic John Fordham described Hill as a "uniquely gifted co... | {"Born": "Chicago, Illinois, United States", "Died": "Jersey City, New Jersey, United States", "Genres": "Jazz, avant-garde jazz, bebop, hard bop", "Labels": "Blue Note, SteepleChase, Soul Note, Palmetto", "Website": "andrewhilljazz.com"} |
(English: Laval University) is a public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The university was founded by François de Montmorency-Laval as Séminaire de Québec in 1663, making it the oldest institution of higher education in Canada and the first North American institution to offer higher education in Fre... | {"Motto": "la Deo favente haud pluribus impar", "Type": "Public", "Endowment": "CAD$377 million https://www.ulaval.ca/notre-universite/salle-de-presse/information-institutionnelle/quelques-chiffres.html Quelques chiffres Université Laval", "Rector": "Sophie D'Amours", "Students": "47,690", "Undergraduates": "33,430", "... |
The International Young Democrat Union (IYDU) is a global alliance of centre-right political youth organisations and the youth wing of the International Democrat Union.
The IYDU in its current form was founded in March 1991 in Washington, D.C. A previous organisation of the same name had been established in July 1981... | {"Abbreviation": "IYDU", "Named after": "\"United for Freedom\"", "Type": "Political international", "Headquarters": "Oslo, Norway", "Website": "http://iydu.org/"} |
Whad'Ya Know? is an American comedy, interview, and quiz radio show. Hosted by Michael Feldman, it was created in 1985. During its radio run, it was produced by Wisconsin Public Radio and distributed through Public Radio International. Feldman is accompanied on-stage by Lyle Anderson, phone-answerer; and the Whad'ya K... | {"Genre": "Quiz/comedy", "Audio format": "Stereophonic", "Recording studio": "Monona TerraceMadison, Wisconsin", "Running time": "c. 110 min.", "Hosted by": "Michael Feldman", "Announcer": "Jim Packard (1985-2012)Sara Nics (2012-2015)Stephanie Lee (2015-2016)", "Country of origin": "United States", "Language(s)": "Engl... |
Andrée Raymonde Borrel (18 November 1919 - 6 July 1944), code named Denise, was a French woman who served in the French Resistance and as an agent for Britain's clandestine Special Operations Executive in World War II. The purpose of SOE was to conduct espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance in occupied Europe against ... | {"Nickname(s)": "Monique (SOE codename for the Whitebeam operation and subsequent work in France), Denise Urbain (alias while working as an SOE agent in France)", "Born": "Bécon-les-Bruyères, France", "Died": "Natzweiler-Struthof, France", "Allegiance": "France, Britain", "Awards": "Croix de GuerreMédaille de la Résist... |
Andrew Richard Rosindell (; born 17 March 1966) is a British Conservative politician. He became the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Romford constituency in Greater London in 2001.
He has been the international director of the European Foundation, chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Flags and Heraldry Committee ... | {"Name": "Andrew Rosindell", "Term start": "3 July 2007", "Term end": "6 May 2010", "Birth name": "Andrew Richard Rosindell61961 11776 19 June 2017", "Birth date": "1966 03 17 y", "Birth place": "Romford, London, England", "Nationality": "British", "Residence": "Romford", "Official website": "www.rosindell.com", "I... |
The , descended from the Emperor Uda (868-897) by the Kyogoku clan, descending from the Sasaki clan (Uda Genji).
Kyogoku Takahisa in the 14th century, lived in Amako-go (Omi Province), and took the name 'Amago'. The family crest, is also the one of the Kyogoku clan.
They were Shugodai (vice-Governors) of Izumo and O... | {"Home province": "Izumo", "Parent house": "Sasaki clan", "Titles": "Various", "Founder": "Sasaki Takahisa", "Final ruler": "Amago Yoshihisa", "Founding year": "14th century", "Ruled until": "1566, Fall of Gassantoda Castle"} |
was a daimyō warlord in the Chūgoku region of western Japan. He was the second son of Amago Masahisa. Initially named Akihisa (詮久), he changed his name to Haruhisa in 1541 after Ashikaga Yoshiharu offered to let him use a kanji character from his name.
Biography
After his father Amago Masahisa died early in battle, Ha... | {"Name": "Amago Haruhisa", "Battles fought": "Siege of Kōzuki (1541)", "Native name": "尼子晴久", "Death place": "Gassantoda Castle", "Birth place": "Izumo Province", "Death date": "January 9, 1561 (aged 46)", "Birth date": "March 8, 1514", "Native name language": "jpn 尼子晴久", "Nationality": "Japanese"} |
was a remnant of the Amago clan, a powerful feudal clan in the Chūgoku region of Japan, backed up by Yamanaka Yukimori, a vassal of the clan.
He was born to Amago Masahisa in 1553. In the following year, Katsuhisa's father and grandfather were killed by Amago Haruhisa, leading Katsuhisa to become a Buddhist monk. Afte... | {"Native name": "尼子 勝久", "Born": "1553", "Died": "August 8, 1578", "Allegiance": "Yamana clanOda clan", "Commands held": "Kozukei castle"} |
was a Japanese warlord during the Sengoku period of western Honshu. He was a son of Amago Tsunehisa.
A principle Amako general under Tsunehisa, he led a force that came to be nicknamed the "Shingū army". Kunihisa's faction was named Shingūtō (新宮党) after the town, Shingū, which was based in a valley north-east of Gassa... | {"Native name": "jpn 尼子 国久", "Born": "1492", "Died": "November 25, 1554", "Allegiance": "Amago family", "Spouse(s)": "Daughter of Tako Tadashige", "Relations": "Amago Tsunehisa (father)Amago Sanehisa (son)Amago Toyohisa (son)Amago Takahisa (son)"} |
was a powerful warlord who gained the hegemony in Chūgoku region, Japan starting as a vassal of the Rokkaku clan. He ruled the domains of Inaba, Hōki, Izumo, Iwami, Oki, Harima, Mimasaka, Bizen, Bitchū, Bingo, and Aki.
Tsunehisa was the eldest son of Amago Kiyosada. His childhood name was Matashiro (又四郎). In 1473, he... | {"Image": "Amago Tsunehisa.JPG", "Name": "Amago Tsunehisa", "Native name": "尼子経久", "Native name language": "jpn 尼子経久", "Birth date": "December 25, 1458", "Death date": "November 30, 1541(aged 82)", "Birth place": "Izumo Province", "Battles fought": "Siege of Koriyama (1540-1541)"} |
The Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China is the head of the Ministry of National Defense and one of the top positions in the State Council. The minister usually is also a member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the Central Military Commission (CMC), the t... | {"Post": "Minister of National Defense", "Body": "the People's Republic of China", "Insignia size": "100", "Insignia caption": "National Emblem of the People's Republic of China", "Flag caption": "Flag of the People's Republic of China", "Nominator": "Premier(chosen within the Chinese Communist Party)", "Appointer": "P... |
Jaws 2 is a 1978 American thriller film directed by Jeannot Szwarc and co-written by Carl Gottlieb. It is the sequel to Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975), and the second installment in the Jaws franchise. The film stars Roy Scheider as Police Chief Martin Brody, with Lorraine Gary and Murray Hamilton reprising their respe... | {"Directed by": "Jeannot Szwarc", "Produced by": "Richard D. Zanuck\n David Brown", "Written by": "Carl Gottlieb\n Howard Sackler", "Based on": "Characters Peter Benchley", "Starring": "Roy Scheider\n Lorraine Gary\n Murray Hamilton", "Music by": "John Williams", "Cinematography": "Michael Butler", "Edited by": "Neil T... |
, also known as , was a Japanese Christian of the Edo period and leader of the Shimabara Rebellion, an uprising of Japanese Roman Catholics against the Shogunate. His Christian name was Geronimo and was later known as Francisco.
The uprising led by Shirō was defeated, and he was executed at the age of 17. His head was... | {"Name": "Amakusa \"Francisco\" Shirō", "Caption": "Amakusa Shirō", "Birth name": "Masuda Shirō", "Birth date": "1621", "Death date": "12 April 1638 (aged 17)", "Death place": "Hara CastleHizen Province, Tokugawa shogunate", "Occupation": "Samurai, Revolutionary"} |
is a 1914 Japanese novel by Sōseki Natsume, and the final part of a trilogy starting with To the Spring Equinox and Beyond and followed by The Wayfarer (both 1912). Set in the Meiji era, the novel tells of the acquaintance between a young man and an older man called "Sensei" ("teacher" or "master"), who holds a secret ... | {"Original title": "Kokoro: Sensei no isho", "Country": "Japan", "Language": "Japanese", "Publisher": "Asahi Shimbun (newspaper)Iwanami Shoten (book)", "Media type": "Print", "Preceded by": "The Wayfarer"} |
The Honolulu Zoo is a zoo in Queen Kapiʻolani Park in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is the only zoo in the United States to be established by grants made by a sovereign monarch and is built on part of the royal Queen Kapiʻolani Park. The Honolulu Zoo features over 1,230 animals in specially designed habitats.
Over 601,510 pe... | {"Zoo name": "Honolulu Zoo", "Image": "Flamingos01.JPG", "Location": "Honolulu, Hawaii, United States", "Total area": "42 acre on", "Coordinates": "21.2709 -157.8192 type:landmark_region:US-HI inline,title", "Number of animals": "1,230", "Annual visitors": "601,510 (2007)", "Website URL": "http://www.honoluluzoo.org"} |
Margaret Forster (25 May 1938 - 8 February 2016) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, historian and critic, best known for the 1965 novel Georgy Girl, made into a successful film of the same name, which inspired a hit song by The Seekers. Other successes were a 2003 novel, Diary of an Ordinary Woman, biograp... | {"Born": "yes 1938 5 25", "Died": "yes 2016 2 8 1938 5 25", "Occupation": "Novelist\n biographer\n literary critic", "Years active": "1961-2015", "Language": "English"} |
Adora, known by her alter-ego She-Ra, is a fictional superheroine in the Masters of the Universe franchise. She is introduced as the protagonist of the 1985 Filmation series She-Ra: Princess of Power and again appears in the 2018 reboot She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. A series of toys under her name was produced by... | {"First appearance": "The Story of She-Ra (1984)The Sword, Part 1\" (2018)", "Created by": "\"auto\">straczynski J. Michael Straczynski 1018787033416777729 July 16, 2018 \"The original He-Man bible was written in large measure by Larry DiTillio; Larry and I later co-wrote the bible for the She-Ra series. Filmation,... |
Diary of an Ordinary Woman is a novel by Margaret Forster, framed as an "edited" diary of a fictional woman who lives through most of the major events of the 20th century, covering the years 1914 to 1995. So realistic that many readers believed it to be an authentic diary, it is one of Forster's best-known novels.
Ma... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Chatto & Windus", "Media type": "Print (Hardback)", "Pages": "420 pp", "ISBN": "0-7011-7412-9"} |
Sir Roger Owen Douglas (born 5 December 1937) is a retired New Zealand politician who served as a minister in two Labour governments. He became arguably best known for his prominent role in New Zealand's radical economic restructuring in the 1980s, when the Fourth Labour Government's economic policy became known as "Ro... | {"Name": "Roger Douglas", "Image caption": "Douglas in 2008", "Alternative text": "Portrait photo of a man in his 70s", "Term start": "26 July 1984", "Term end": "14 December 1988", "Order 2": "17th Minister of Revenue", "Prime minister 2": "David Lange", "Predecessor 2": "John Falloon", "Successor 2": "Trevor de Cleen... |
Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, that compete in the Championship, the second tier of English football, following promotion from League One during the 2022-23 season.
Ipswich Town were founded in 1878 but did not turn professional until 1936; it... | {"Full name": "Ipswich Town Football Club", "Nickname(s)": "The Blues, The Tractor Boys", "Founded": "16 October 1878", "Capacity": "29,673https://www.itfc.co.uk/club/visit-us/ Visit Us Ipswich Town F.C. 21 September 2022", "League": "IpswichT", "Website": "http://www.itfc.co.uk/"} |
The Palace of the Parliament (), also known as the Republic's House () or People's House/People's Palace (), is the seat of the Parliament of Romania, located atop Dealul Spirii in Bucharest, the national capital. The Palace reaches a height of , has a floor area of and a volume of . The Palace of the Parliament is on... | {"Former names": "\"House of the Republic\"", "Alternative names": "\"The People's House\"", "Address": "Strada Izvor 2-4", "Coordinates": "44 25 39 N 26 5 15 E inline,title", "Groundbreaking": "25 June 1984", "Architectural style": "Postmodern (mainly Neoclassical, described as \"Neo-Neoclassical\")", "Town or city": ... |
The Modern Language Association of America, often referred to as the Modern Language Association (MLA), is widely considered the principal professional association in the United States for scholars of language and literature. The MLA aims to "strengthen the study and teaching of language and literature".About the MLA",... | {"Abbreviation": "MLA", "Named after": "Scholarship, Teaching, Service", "Type": "Learned society", "Headquarters": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Website": "mla.org"} |
Ian Lindsay Tuxworth (18 June 1942 - 21 January 2020) was an Australian politician, who was Chief Minister of the Northern Territory of Australia from 17 October 1984 until his resignation on 10 May 1986.
Early life
Tuxworth was born on 18 June 1942 in Wollongong, New South Wales, to Lindsay and historian Hilda Elsie ... | {"Alternative text": "Profile photo of Ian Tuxworth", "Image caption": "Tuxworth in 1984", "Birth name": "Ian Lindsay Tuxworth", "Birth date": "18 June 1942", "Birth place": "Wollongong, New South Wales", "Death date": "2020 01 21 1942 6 18 y", "Death place": "Perth, Western Australia", "Nationality": "Australian", "Ot... |
Benjamin Jerome Cayetano (born November 14, 1939) is an American politician and author who served as the fifth governor of the State of Hawaii from 1994 to 2002. He is the first Filipino American to serve as a state governor in the United States.
Early years
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Cayetano was estranged from his... | {"Name": "Ben Cayetano", "Image caption": "Cayetano in 2019", "Term start": "December 2, 1994", "Term end": "December 2, 2002", "Birth name": "Benjamin Jerome Cayetano", "Birth date": "1939 11 14", "Birth place": "Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Lorraine Gueco 1959 1996 divVicky Tiu Liu 1997", "Education": "Los ... |
Marshall Bruce Perron (born 5 February 1942) is a former Australian politician, who was a Country Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly in the Northern Territory from the formation of the Assembly in 1974 until his resignation in 1995. For the last 20 years, save for an 11-month break in 1986 and 1987, he se... | {"Name": "Marshall Perron", "Image caption": "Perron in 1974", "Term start": "14 July 1988", "Term end": "26 May 1995", "Birth date": "1942 2 5 y", "Birth place": "Perth, Western Australia", "Nationality": "Australian", "Spouse(s)": "Cherry Perron"} |
Denis Gabriel Burke (born 22 September 1948) is a former Australian politician. A former Australian Army officer, he served as a Country Liberal Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1994 to 2005. He spent two years as Chief Minister after succeeding Shane Stone, but oversaw the CLP's defeat ... | {"Name": "Denis Burke", "Term start": "8 February 1999", "Term end": "27 August 2001", "Birth date": "yes 1948 9 22", "Birth place": "Townsville, Queensland, Australia", "Nationality": "Australian", "Spouse(s)": "Annette Burke"} |
The Administrator of the Northern Territory is an official appointed by the Governor-General of Australia to represent the government of the Commonwealth in the Northern Territory, Australia. They perform functions similar to those of a state governor.
Strictly speaking, the appointment of an Administrator is made by ... | {"Post": "Administrator", "Body": "theNorthern Territory", "Insignia size": "80px", "Insignia caption": "Badge of the Administrator", "Incumbent": "Hugh HeggieAUS PSM", "Incumbent since": "2 February 2023", "Department": "Office of the Administrator", "Style": "His Honour the Honourable", "Residence": "Government House... |
Shabbington is a village and civil parish in west Buckinghamshire, England, about west of Thame in neighbouring Oxfordshire, and southwest of Aylesbury.
The village is close to the River Thame, which forms much of the southern boundary of the parish and also part of the county boundary with Oxfordshire. The parish h... | {"Population": "(2011)E04001527 Shabbington Parish 17 November 2021", "OS grid reference": "SP665075", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "Sovereign state": "England", "Postcode district": "HP18", "Dialling code": "01844", "UK Parliament": "Buckingham", "Website": "Shabbingt... |
The Great Hurricane of 1780also known as Huracán San Calixto, the Great Hurricane of the Antilles, the Great Hurricane of the West Indies, and the 1780 Disaster was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record, as well as the deadliest tropical cyclone in the Western Hemisphere. An estimated 22,000 people died throughou... | {"Name": "The Great Hurricane of 1780Hurricane San CalixtoGreat Hurricane of the Antilles", "Caption": "Areas affected by the hurricane (excluding Bermuda)", "Alternate text": "A map showing most of the Lesser Antilles in yellow. Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic are pink", "Formed": "October 9, 1780", "Extratropi... |
The Dionne quintuplets (; born May 28, 1934) are the first quintuplets known to have survived their infancy. The identical girls were born just outside Callander, Ontario, near the village of Corbeil. All five survived to adulthood.
The Dionne girls were premature. After four months with their family, custody was sign... | {"Name": "Dionne quintuplets", "Caption": "Ontario Premier Mitchell Hepburn with the Dionne babies in 1934", "Birth date": "1934 05 28", "Birth place": "Callander, Ontario, Canada", "Death date": "Yvonne: 2001 6 23 1934 5 28MontrealÉmilie: 1954 8 6 1934 5 28Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, QuebecMarie: 1970 2 27 1934 5 28Montr... |
Earl Shilton is a market town in Leicestershire, England, about from Hinckley and about from Leicester. The 2011 Census recorded its population as 10,047.
Toponymy
The town's name derives from the Old English for 'farm/settlement on a shelved terrain'. In the Domesday Book (1086) it is recorded as Scheltone. Schulto... | {"OS grid reference": "SP472980", "Population": "(2011 Census)", "District": "Hinckley and Bosworth", "Shire county": "Leicestershire", "Sovereign state": "England", "UK Parliament": "Bosworth", "Postcode district": "LE", "Dialling code": "01455", "Website": "Welcome to Earl Shilton"} |
Barwell is a civil parish and large village in Leicestershire, England, with a population of 8,750 residents, Increasing to 9,022 at the 2011 census, the name literally translates as "Stream of the Boar" and is said to originate from a boar that used to drink from the well near a brook in Barwell. It was originally kno... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "9,022", "District": "Hinckley and Bosworth", "Shire county": "Leicestershire", "UK Parliament": "Bosworth", "Postcode district": "LE", "OS grid reference": "SP444968"} |
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal and 1st Count of Oeiras (13 May 1699 - 8 May 1782), known as the Marquis of Pombal (Marquês de Pombal; ), was a Portuguese statesman and diplomat who effectively ruled the Portuguese Empire from 1750 to 1777 as chief minister to King Joseph I. A liberal reformer ... | {"Name": "The Marquis of Pombal", "Term start": "6 May 1756", "Term end": "4 March 1777", "Monarch 2": "Joseph I", "Office 2": "Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs and War", "Predecessor 2": "Marco António de Azevedo Coutinho", "Successor 2": "Luis da Cunha Manuel", "Birth date": "13 May 1699", "Birth place": "Lisbo... |
Sir William John McKell, (26 September 1891 - 11 January 1985) was an Australian politician who served as the 12th Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1947 to 1953. He had previously been Premier of New South Wales from 1941 to 1947, as leader of the Labor Party.
McKell was born in the small town of Pambula... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Name": "Sir William McKell", "Honorific suffix": "AUS 100 , GCMG KC", "Image caption": "McKell 1953", "Term start": "11 March 1947", "Term end": "8 May 1953", "Office 2": "Treasurer of New South Wales", "Predecessor 2": "Athol Richardson", "Successor 2": "Jim McGirr", "Bir... |
In Kapampangan mythology, Mayari is the goddess of the moon and ruler of the world during nighttime.Ramos, Maximo (1990). Philippine Myths, Legends, and Folktales. Ancient Cosmology - University of Oregon Lectures.
In Tagalog mythology
According to Hiligaynon anthropologist F. Landa Jocano—in "Notes on Philippine Divi... | {"Gender": "Female (Kapampangan and Tagalog), Male (Sambal)", "Parents": "Bathala", "Siblings": "Apolaki (Kapampangan), Tala, Hanan (Tagalog) & Justin (goddess of good manners and right conduct", "Region": "Pampanga, Southern Tagalog, Zambales"} |
North Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England. It forms part of the greater Tyneside conurbation. North Tyneside Council is headquartered at Cobalt Park, Wallsend.
North Tyneside is bordered by Newcastle upon Tyne to the west, the North Sea to the east, the River Tyne to... | {"Type": "Mayor and Cabinet", "Body": "North Tyneside Council", "Land": "82.38", "Density": "2326.5", "DST": "+1", "ISO 3166 code": "GB-NTY", "Website": "www.northtyneside.gov.uk"} |
Redcar is a seaside town on the Yorkshire Coast in the Redcar and Cleveland unitary authority in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located east of Middlesbrough.
The Teesside built-up area's Redcar subdivision had a population of 37,073 at the 2011 Census. The town is made up of Coatham, Dormanstown, Kirk... | {"Population": "37,073", "Unitary authority": "Redcar and Cleveland", "Ceremonial county": "North Yorkshire", "Sovereign state": "England", "UK Parliament": "Redcar", "Postcode district": "TS", "Dialling code": "01642", "OS grid reference": "NZ601252"} |
Inês de Castro (; in Castilian: Inés; 1325 - 7 January 1355) was a Galician noblewoman and courtier, best known as lover and posthumously-recognized wife of King Pedro I of Portugal. The dramatic circumstances of her relationship with Pedro (at the time Prince of Portugal), which was forbidden by his father King Afonso... | {"Image caption": "19th-century depiction of Inês de Castro, on the ceiling of the Kings' Room, Quinta da Regaleira, Sintra, Portugal.", "House type": "Dynasty", "Father": "Pedro Fernández de Castro", "Mother": "Aldonça Lourenço de Valadares", "Birth date": "1325", "Birth place": "Galiza", "Death date": "7 January 1355... |
Barrow-in-Furness is a port town in Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. In 2023, the borough merged with Eden and South Lakeland districts to form a new unitary... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)", "Unitary authority": "Westmorland and Furness", "Ceremonial county": "Cumbria", "UK Parliament": "Barrow and Furness", "Postcode district": "LA", "Dialling code": "01229", "OS grid reference": "SD198690"} |
Extremely Reliable Operating System (EROS) is an operating system developed starting in 1991 at the University of Pennsylvania, and then Johns Hopkins University, and The EROS Group, LLC. Features include automatic data and process persistence, some preliminary real-time support, and capability-based security. EROS is ... | {"Developer": "University of PennsylvaniaJohns Hopkins UniversityThe EROS Group, LLC", "OS family": "Capability-based", "Working state": "Discontinued", "Initial release": "1991<!-- If known, add", "Marketing target": "Research", "Written in": "C", "Available in": "English", "Update method": "Compile from source code",... |
Max Payne is a 2001 third-person shooter video game developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Gathering of Developers. The game centers on former NYPD detective Max Payne, who attempts to solve the murder of his family while investigating a mysterious new designer drug called "Valkyr". While doing so, Max beco... | {"Title": "Max Payne", "Developer": "Remedy EntertainmentPorted to PlayStation 2 by Rockstar Canada, to Xbox by Neo Software, to Mac OS X by Westlake Interactive, and to iOS and Android by War Drum Studios. Game Boy Advance adaptation developed by Möbius Entertainment.", "Publisher": "Gathering of DevelopersPlayStation... |
Michel Lotito (; 15 June 1950 25 June 2007) was a French entertainer, born in Grenoble, famous for deliberate consumption of indigestible objects. He came to be known as Monsieur "Mouth" Mangetout ("Mr. Eat-All"). He started eating this unusual diet at age 9.
Entertainment
thumb|A Cessna 150, one of the more famous ... | {"Name": "Michel Lotito", "Image": "Michel Lotito.jpeg", "Caption": "Lotito eating parts of a Cessna 150 aircraft", "Birth date": "1950 06 15 y", "Birth place": "Grenoble, France", "Death date": "2007 06 25 1950 06 15 y", "Death place": "Grenoble, France", "Resting place": "Saint Roch Cemetery, Grenoble", "Nationality"... |
The Labour Party of Scotland was a minor Scottish nationalist political party that was active in the early 1970s. Formed as a left-wing breakaway from Dundee's branch of the Scottish National Party (SNP), it is perhaps best known for standing in the Dundee East by-election of 1973, where its interference split the nati... | {"Founded": "Early 1970s", "Headquarters": "Dundee, Scotland", "Ideology": "LabourismScottish nationalism", "Political position": "Left-wing"} |
Albert Toft (3 June 1862 – 18 December 1949) was a British sculptor.Albert Toft
Toft's career was dominated by public commemorative commissions in bronze, mostly single statues of military or royal figures. The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, Boer War to 1902, and then World War I to 1918, provided plenti... | {"Name": "Albert Toft", "Caption": "Albert Toft by George Clausen", "Birth date": "1862 06 03 y", "Birth place": "Handsworth, Staffordshire, England", "Death date": "1949 12 18 1862 06 03 y", "Death place": "Worthing, Sussex, England", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "South Kensington Schools", "Occupation": "s... |
Redruth ( , ) is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The population of Redruth was 14,018 at the 2011 census.Office for National Statistics, Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics, Area: Redruth parish In the same year the population of the Camborne-Redruth urban area, which also includes... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021)", "Postcode district": "TR15", "Dialling code": "01209", "UK Parliament": "Camborne and Redruth", "Unitary authority": "Cornwall", "Ceremonial county": "Cornwall", "Website": "https://www.discoverredruth.co.uk"} |
Easingwold is a market town, electoral ward and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Historically, part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it had a population of 4,233 at the 2001 census, increasing to 4,627 at the 2011 Census. It is located about north of York, at the foot of the Howardian Hills.
History
thumb|l... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 census)", "Unitary authority": "North Yorkshire", "Ceremonial county": "North Yorkshire", "UK Parliament": "Thirsk and Malton", "Postcode district": "YO", "Dialling code": "01347", "OS grid reference": "SE529696"} |
The Heckler & Koch MP7 (German: Maschinenpistole 7) is a personal defense weapon chambered for the HK 4.6×30mm armor-piercing cartridge designed by German defence manufacturer Heckler & Koch.
It was designed (together with the new cartridge) to meet NATO requirements published in 1989, which called for an SMG-type wea... | {"Type": "Personal defense weaponSubmachine gun", "In service": "2001-present", "Wars": "War in Afghanistan\n Iraq War\n Operation Inherent Resolve\n Operation Neptune Spear\n Papua Conflicthttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-01/west-papuan-separatists-provisional-government-to-oust-indonesia/12936404 West Papuan separ... |
The Road to Oz: In Which Is Related How Dorothy Gale of Kansas, The Shaggy Man, Button Bright, and Polychrome the Rainbow's Daughter Met on an Enchanted Road and Followed it All the Way to the Marvelous Land of Oz. is the fifth of L. Frank Baum's Land of Oz books. It was originally published on July 10, 1909 and docume... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "The Oz Books", "Publisher": "Reilly & Britton", "Media type": "Print (hardcover)", "Preceded by": "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz", "Followed by": "The Emerald City of Oz"} |
Claria Corporation (formerly Gator Corporation) was a software company based in Redwood City, California that invented “Behavioral Marketing”, a new form of online advertising. It was founded in 1998 by Denis Coleman (co-founder of Symantec), Stanford MBA Sasha Zorovic, and engineer Mark Pennell, based on work Zorovic... | {"Formerly": "Gator Corporation", "Founded": "1998", "Defunct": "2008 10", "Headquarters": "Redwood City, California", "Parent": "-->"} |
Eric Norman Thompson (9 November 1929 - 30 November 1982) was an English actor, scriptwriter and stage director. He is best remembered for creating and performing the English narration for The Magic Roundabout, which he adapted from the original French Le Manège enchanté.
Early life
Eric Norman Thompson was born on 9 ... | {"Birth date": "1929 11 9 y", "Birth place": "Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England", "Birth name": "Eric Norman Thompson", "Death date": "1982 11 30 1929 11 9 y", "Death place": "London Borough of Camden, England", "Spouse(s)": "Phyllida Law 1957", "Children": "Emma\n Sophie"} |
The Last Battle is a portal fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by The Bodley Head in 1956. It was the seventh and final novel in The Chronicles of Narnia (1950-1956). Like the other novels in the series, it was illustrated by Pauline Baynes and her work has been retained in many later editions.
The L... | {"Cover artist": "Pauline Baynes", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Series": "The Chronicles of Narnia", "Publisher": "The Bodley Head", "Media type": "Print (hardcover)", "Pages": "184 pp (first edition)\n\"Bibliography: The Last Battle\". ISFDB. Retrieved 24 July 2012.42,854 words (US)Scholastic C... |
St Andrews (; ; ) is a town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, southeast of Dundee and northeast of Edinburgh. St Andrews had a recorded population of 16,800 , making it Fife's fourth-largest settlement and 45th most populous settlement in Scotland.
The town is home to the University of St Andrews, the third old... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "OS grid reference": "NO507168", "Postcode district": "KY16", "Dialling code": "01334", "UK Parliament": "North East Fife", "Council area": "Fife", "Lieutenancy area": "Fife", "Scottish Parliament": "North East Fife"} |
Sylvester James Jr. (September 6, 1947December 16, 1988), known mononymously as Sylvester, was an American singer-songwriter. Primarily active in the genres of disco, rhythm and blues, and soul, he was known for his flamboyant and androgynous appearance, falsetto singing voice, and hit disco singles in the late 1970s a... | {"Name": "Sylvester", "Alt": "Promotional image of Sylvester in 1979", "Caption": "Promotional image of Sylvester in 1979", "Birth name": "Sylvester James Jr.", "Birth date": "yes 1947 9 6", "Birth place": "Los Angeles, California, US", "Death date": "1988 12 16 1947 9 6", "Death place": "San Francisco, California, US"... |
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews is one of the oldest golf clubs in the world. It is a private members-only club based in St Andrews in Scotland. It was previously known colloquially as "The R&A", but in 2004, a new organisation known as The R&A was spun off, assuming the club's functions as one of the gov... | {"Abbreviation": "St Andrews, the RA", "Headquarters": "St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom", "Affiliations": "The RA", "Website": "https://www.theroyalandancientgolfclub.org/ theroyalandancientgolfclub.org\n yes\n Category A \n Royal and Ancient Golf Club House, The Scores, Golf PlaceHistoric Environment S... |
Maria Krystyna Janina Skarbek, (, ; 1 May 1908 Jan Larecki, Krystyna Skarbek: agentka o wielu twarzach (Krystyna Skarbek: Agent with Many Faces), 2008, pp. 31, 123. - 15 June 1952), also known as Christine Granville, was a Polish agent of the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second World War. She ... | {"Name": "Krystyna Skarbek", "Alt": "Krystyna Skarbek, polnische frauen,polish women, polish notable women", "Caption": "Skarbek donned a FANY uniform for the only time in her life for this photo.Mulley 2012 149-150", "Birth name": "Maria Krystyna Janina Skarbek", "Birth date": "yes 1908 5 1", "Birth place": "Warsaw, C... |
Llandudno (, ) is a seaside resort, town and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales, located on the Creuddyn peninsula, which protrudes into the Irish Sea. In the 2011 UK census, the community - which includes Gogarth, Penrhyn Bay, Craigside, Glanwydden, Penrhynside, and Bryn Pydew - had a population of 20,701. The t... | {"Sovereign state": "Wales", "Senedd Cymru - Welsh Parliament": "Aberconwy", "Principal area": "Conwy", "Community": "Llandudno", "Preserved county": "Clwyd", "UK Parliament": "Aberconwy", "Postcode district": "LL", "Dialling code": "01492", "OS grid reference": "SH783824", "Population": "(2011)"} |
Conwy County Borough () is a county borough in the north of Wales. It borders Gwynedd to the west and south and Denbighshire to the east. The largest settlement is Colwyn Bay, and Conwy is the administrative centre.
Conwy has an area of and a population of 114,800, making it sparsely populated. The population is conc... | {"Rank": "W06000003", "ISO 3166 code": "GB-CWY", "Density": "W06000003", "Type": "Principal council", "Body": "Conwy County Borough Council"} |
Bridgend (; or just , meaning "the end of the bridge on the Ogmore") is a town in the Bridgend County Borough of Wales, west of Cardiff and east of Swansea. The town is named after the medieval bridge over the River Ogmore. The River Ewenny also flows through the town. The population was 49,597 in 2021. Bridgend is... | {"Sovereign state": "Wales", "Senedd Cymru - Welsh Parliament": "Bridgend", "Principal area": "Bridgend", "Preserved county": "Mid Glamorgan", "UK Parliament": "Bridgend", "Community": "Bridgend Brackla Coychurch Lower", "Postcode district": "CF", "Dialling code": "+44 1656", "OS grid reference": "SS905805", "Populatio... |
Falkirk ( , ) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow.
Falkirk had a resident population of 32,422 at the 2001 UK Census. The population of the town had risen to 34,570 according to a ... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "OS grid reference": "NS887801", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "Council area": "Falkirk", "Lieutenancy area": "Stirling and Falkirk", "UK Parliament": "Falkirk", "Scottish Parliament": "Falkirk West", "Postcode district": "FK", "Dialling code": "01324", "Website": "http://www.falkirk... |
Justin Charles Pierce (March 21, 1975 - July 10, 2000) was a British-born American actor and skateboarder who grew up in the U.S. He is best known for his roles as Casper in the 1995 film Kids and Roach in the 2000 film Next Friday. On July 10, 2000, Pierce died by suicide in Paradise, Nevada.
Early life
Pierce was bo... | {"Name": "Justin Pierce", "Birth date": "1975 03 21 y", "Birth place": "London, England", "Death date": "y 2000 07 10 1975 03 21", "Death place": "Paradise, Nevada, U.S.", "Nationality": "American-British", "Occupation": "Actor, skateboarder", "Years active": "1995-2000", "Known For": "Kids, Next Friday", "Spouse(s)": ... |
Eduard Ambrosis dze Shevardnadze (, romanized: ; 25 January 1928 - 7 July 2014) was a Soviet and Georgian politician and diplomat who governed Georgia for several non-consecutive periods from 1972 until his resignation in 2003 and also served as the final Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1985 to 1990.
Shevardna... | {"Native name": "ედუარდ შევარდნაძე", "Native name language": "ka", "Honorific suffix": "GCMG", "Image caption": "Shevardnadze in 1997", "Term start": "26 November 1995", "Term end": "23 November 2003", "Order 2": "1st", "Office 2": "Chairman of the Georgian Parliament", "Predecessor 2": "Parliament established; Himself... |
Catherine of Sweden, Katarina av Vadstena, Catherine of Vadstena or Katarina Ulfsdotter (c. 1332 - 24 March 1381) was a Swedish noblewoman. She is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Her father was Ulf Gudmarsson, Lord of Ulvåsa, and her mother was Saint Bridget of Sweden (known as Birgitta Birgersdotter... | {"Born": "1331 or 1332", "Died": "1381 3 24 yMonks of Ramsgate. \"Catherine of Sweden\". Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 1 October 2012March 2023", "Feast": "24 March (Roman Catholic Church) \n2 August (Church of Sweden)", "Canonized": "Innocent VIII", "Attributes": "A hind at her side", "Patronage": "Women ... |
Seventeen is an American bimonthly teen magazine headquartered in New York City. The publication targets a demographic of 13-to-19-year-old females and is owned by Hearst Magazines. Established in 1944, the magazine originally aimed to inspire teen girls to become model workers and citizens. However, it soon shifted it... | {"Publisher": "Hearst Magazines (from 2003)", "Language": "English", "Categories": "Teen magazine", "Frequency": "Bimonthly", "First issue": "September 1944", "Country": "United States", "Based in": "New York City", "Website": "http://www.seventeen.com", "ISSN": "0037-301X"} |
The Woolwich foot tunnel crosses under the River Thames in Woolwich, in East London from Old Woolwich in the Royal Borough of Greenwich to North Woolwich in the London Borough of Newham. The tunnel offers pedestrians and cyclists an alternative way to cross the river when the Woolwich Free Ferry service is not operatin... | {"Location": "Woolwich, London", "Coordinates": "51.49879 0.06165 dms type:landmark_region:GB inline,title Woolwich foot tunnel, north entrance", "Crosses": "River Thames", "Traffic": "Pedestrian", "Design engineer": "Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice", "Length": "504 m"} |
The Gdańsk Voivodeship was a voivodeship (province) of the Polish People's Republic from 1975 to 1989, and the Third Republic of Poland from 1989 to 1998. Its capital was Gdańsk, and it was centered on the region of Pomerelia. It was established on 1 June 1975, from the parts of the voivodeships of Gdańsk, and Bydgoszc... | {"Conventional long name": "Gdańsk Voivodeship", "Year founded": "1975", "Year dissolved": "1998", "Capital": "Gdańsk", "Government type": "Voivodeship"} |
Anton Adriaan Mussert (;First name in isolation: . 11 May 1894 - 7 May 1946) was a Dutch politician who co-founded the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (NSB) in 1931 and served as its leader until the party was banned in 1945. As such, he was the most prominent Dutch fascist before and during World War II... | {"Term start": "y 1942 12 13", "Term end": "y 1945 05 06", "Office 2": "Leader of the National Socialist Movement", "Predecessor 2": "Office created", "Successor 2": "Office abolished", "Birth date": "1894 05 11 y", "Birth place": "Werkendam, Netherlands", "Death date": "1946 05 7 1894 05 11 y", "Death place": "Waalsdo... |
The Musée de Cluny (), officially Musée de Cluny-Musée National du Moyen Âge (), is a museum of medieval art in Paris. It is located in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, bordered by square Samuel-Paty to the south, boulevard Saint-Michel to the west, boulevard Saint-Germain to the north, and rue Saint-Jacques to the eas... | {"Established": "1843", "Location": "28, Rue du Sommerard, Paris, France", "Type": "Museum of medieval art", "Website": "www.musee-moyenage.fr"} |
Louise Joy Brown (born 25 July 1978) is an English woman who was the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation experiment (IVF). Her birth, following a procedure pioneered in Britain, has been lauded among "the most remarkable medical breakthroughs of the 20th Century".
Birth and early l... | {"Name": "Louise Brown", "Birth name": "Louise Joy Brown", "Birth date": "1978 7 25 y", "Birth place": "Oldham General Hospital, Greater Manchester, England", "Known For": "First in vitro newborn", "Parent(s)": "Lesley Brown John Brown", "Relatives": "Natalie Brown (sister)", "Spouse(s)": "Wesley Mullinder 2004", "Chi... |
Deep Springs College (known simply as Deep Springs or DS) is a private two-year college in Deep Springs, California. With the number of undergraduates restricted to 26, the college is one of the smallest institutions of higher education in the United States.Staley, 49. Though it offers an associate degree, most student... | {"Accreditation": "ACCJC", "Type": "Private, two year", "President": "Andy Zink", "Dean": "Ryan Derby-Talbot", "Students": "26 (approximate)", "Campus": "Rural", "Website": "deepsprings.edu"} |
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The Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) is the oldest veterinary school in Canada. It is located on the campus of the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario. The OVC is one of five veterinary schools that offer the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, DVM program in Canada. The pro... | {"Motto": "Latin", "Type": "Public", "Dean": "Jeffrey Wichtel", "Website": "http://www.ovc.uoguelph.ca"} |
Wejherowo (; formerly ) is a city in Gdańsk Pomerania, northern Poland, with 48,735 inhabitants (2021). It has been the capital of Wejherowo County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999; previously, it was a city in Gdańsk Voivodeship (1975-1998).
Geographical location
Wejherowo is located in Pomeralia, in the ethnocu... | {"Named for": "Jakub Wejher", "Rank": "110", "Density": "auto", "Metro density": "130000", "DST": "+2", "Website": "www.wejherowo.pl"} |
Władysławowo (Kashubian/Pomeranian: Wiôlgô Wies, ) is a city on the south coast of the Baltic Sea in Kashubia in the Pomerelia region, northern Poland, with 9,363 inhabitants as of 2022.
History
In 1634 engineer Fryderyk Getkant designed a fort called Władysławowo located on the Hel Peninsula, several km east of toda... | {"Density": "auto", "DST": "+2", "Website": "http://www.wladyslawowo.pl", "Rank": "68"} |
Bonsoir is a 1994 French film directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky.
Plot
Having first lost his wife, then his job as a tweed tailor, Alex Ponttin (Michel Serrault) has devised a novel way to keep himself in touch with society. He admits himself into people's homes by pretending to be a relative or an official and persuadi... | {"Directed by": "Jean-Pierre Mocky", "Produced by": "Jean-Pierre Mocky", "Written by": "André Ruellan (novel)", "Starring": "Michel SerraultClaude JadeMarie-Christine BarraultJean-Claude DreyfusCorinne Le PoulainJean-Pierre Bisson", "Music by": "Vladimir Cosma", "Cinematography": "Edmond Richard", "Distributed by": "MC... |
John C. Wright (born October 22, 1961) is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy novels."Wright, John C.". Revised May 13, 2014. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (sf-encyclopedia.com). Retrieved 2014-08-11. Entry by 'JC', John Clute. He was a Nebula Award finalist for his fantasy novel Orphans of Chaos. P... | {"Born": "1961 10 22", "Occupation": "Writer", "Nationality": "American", "Education": "St. John's College (BS)William & Mary Law School (JD)", "Period": "1994-present (speculative fiction)"} |
The 7TP (siedmiotonowy polski - 7-tonne Polish) was a Polish light tank of the Second World War. It was developed from the British Vickers 6-ton. A standard tank of the Polish Army during the 1939 Invasion of Poland, its production did not exceed 150 vehicles. Its chassis was used as the base for the C7P artillery trac... | {"Place of origin": "Poland", "Used by": "PolandNazi Germany (captured)", "Type": "Light tank", "Steeringsystem": "yes", "Wars": "World War II", "Produced": "1935-1939", "Variants": "twin-turret 7TP9TP (prototypes only)", "Mass": "9.9 tonnes", "Length": "4.6 m ftin on", "Width": "2.4 m ftin on", "Height": "2.27 m ftin ... |
William Francis Buckley (May 30, 1928 - June 3, 1985) was a United States Army officer in the United States Army Special Forces, and a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) station chief in Beirut from 1984 until 1985. His cover was as a political officer at the U.S. Embassy. He was kidnapped by the group Hezbollah in Marc... | {"Birth name": "William Francis Buckley", "Born": "Medford, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Died": "Lebanon", "Allegiance": "United States of America", "Awards": "Silver StarSoldier's MedalBronze Star with Valor devicePurple Heart (2)Meritorious Service MedalCombat Infantry BadgeParachutist BadgeVietnam Gallantry CrossDistingui... |
Warren Robinson Austin (November 12, 1877 - December 25, 1962) was an American politician and diplomat who served as United States Senator from Vermont and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
A native of Highgate Center, Vermont, Austin was educated in Highgate and Bakersfield, and also studied in Quebec to learn F... | {"Name": "Warren Austin", "Image caption": "Austin in 1931", "Term start": "January 14, 1947", "Term end": "January 22, 1953", "Predecessor 2": "Frank C. Partridge", "Successor 2": "Ralph Flanders", "Birth name": "Warren Robinson Austin", "Birth date": "1877 11 12", "Birth place": "Highgate, Vermont, U.S.", "Death date... |
Liskeard ( ; ) is an ancient stannary and market town in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Plymouth, west of the Devon border, and 12 miles (20 km) east of Bodmin. The Bodmin Moor lies to the north-west of the town. The total population of the town at t... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)", "Unitary authority": "Cornwall", "Ceremonial county": "Cornwall", "UK Parliament": "South East Cornwall", "Postcode district": "PL", "Dialling code": "01579", "OS grid reference": "SX251645"} |
Field Marshal William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, (6 August 1891 - 14 December 1970), usually known as Bill Slim,"No one called him William" . was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia.
Slim saw active service in both the First and Second World Wars and was wounded in action thre... | {"Name": "The Viscount Slim", "Image caption": "Slim 1950", "Term start": "8 May 1953", "Term end": "2 February 1960", "Birth name": "William Joseph Slim", "Birth date": "1891 08 06 y", "Death date": "1970 12 14 1891 08 06 y", "Alma mater": "Staff College, Quetta", "Spouse(s)": "Aileen Robertson 1926", "Birth place": ... |
The TK (TK-3) and TKS were Polish tankettes developed during the 1930s and used in the Second World War.
Design and development
The TK (also known as the TK-3) tankette was a Polish design produced from 1931 based on the chassis of the British Carden Loyd tankette, with an improved hull and more powerful engine, and a... | {"Place of origin": "Poland", "Type": "Tankette", "Steeringsystem": "yes", "Manufacturer": "Fabryka Samochodów PZInż.", "Produced": "1931-1939", "Mass": "2.43 / 2.6 t", "Length": "2.58 m", "Width": "1.78 m", "Height": "1.32 m", "Crew": "2 (commander, driver)", "Mainarmament": "7.92 mm Ckm wz.25 (Hotchkiss) machine gun... |
Woolwich Dockyard (formally H.M. Dockyard, Woolwich, also known as The King's Yard, Woolwich) was an English naval dockyard along the river Thames at Woolwich in north-west Kent, where many ships were built from the early 16th century until the late 19th century. William Camden called it 'the Mother Dock of all England... | {"Coordinates": "51 29 40 N 0 3 22 E", "Operator": "Royal Navy", "Controlled by": "The Navy Board (until 1832); the Admiralty (1832-1869).", "In use": "1512-1869"} |
Benedict of Aniane (; ; 747 – 12 February 821 AD), born Witiza and called the Second Benedict, was a Benedictine monk and monastic reformer, who left a large imprint on the religious practice of the Carolingian Empire. His feast day is either February 11 or 12, depending on liturgical calendar.
Life
According to Ardo... | {"Born": "Kingdom of the Franks", "Died": "821 2 12 y", "Feast": "12 February", "Beatified": "Pope"} |
Henry "Harry" Patterson (27 July 1929 - 9 April 2022), commonly known by his pen name Jack Higgins, was a British author. He was a best-selling author of popular thrillers and espionage novels. His novel The Eagle Has Landed (1975) sold more than 50 million copies and was adapted into a successful 1976 movie of the sam... | {"Born": "y 1929 07 27", "Died": "2022 04 09 1929 07 27 y", "Occupation": "Novelist", "Alma mater": "London School of Economics", "Period": "1959-2017", "Children": "4"} |
Interlisp (also seen with a variety of capitalizations) is a programming environment built around a version of the programming language Lisp. Interlisp development began in 1966 at Bolt, Beranek and Newman (renamed BBN Technologies) in Cambridge, Massachusetts with Lisp implemented for the Digital Equipment Corporation... | {"Name": "Interlisp", "Family": "Lisp", "Designer": "<!-- or:", "Designed by": "-->", "Developer": "<!-- or:", "Initial release date": "1968", "Latest release version": "Medley 2.0", "Latest release date": "1992 02", "Programming language": "C", "Is discontinued?": "Yes", "Platform": "PDP-10, MOS Technology 6502, Atari... |
Władysław Eugeniusz Sikorski (; 20 May 18814 July 1943) was a Polish military and political leader.
Prior to the First World War, Sikorski established and participated in several underground organizations that promoted the cause for Polish independence. He fought with distinction in the Polish Legions during the First... | {"Honorific prefix": "General", "Name": "Władysław Sikorski", "Birth name": "Władysław Eugeniusz Sikorski", "Image caption": "Sikorski, 1942", "Term start": "30 September 1939", "Term end": "4 July 1943", "Order 2": "10th Prime Minister of Poland(9th of the Second Polish Republic)", "President 2": "Maciej Rataj (actin... |
William Marwood (1818Free Reg Baptisms – 4 September 1883) was a British state hangman. He developed the technique of hanging known as the "long drop".
Early life
Marwood was born in 1818 in the village of Goulceby, the fifth of ten children born to William and Elizabeth Marwood. He was originally a cobbler like his f... | {"Name": "William Marwood", "Birth date": "1818", "Birth place": "Goulceby, Lincolnshire", "Death date": "4 September 1883 (aged 64)", "Death place": "Lincolnshire", "Nationality": "British", "Occupation": "Executioner"} |
The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, commonly known as the 9/11 Commission, was set up on November 27, 2002, to investigate all aspects of the September 11 attacks, the deadliest terrorist attack in world history. It was created by Congressional legislation, which charged it with prepari... | {"Formed": "2002 11 27", "Dissolved": "2004 08 21", "Jurisdiction": "U.S. government", "Website": "9-11commission.gov (archived)"} |
Charles Peace (14 May 1832 - 25 February 1879) was an English burglar and murderer, who embarked on a life of crime after being maimed in an industrial accident as a boy.
After killing a policeman in Manchester, he fled to his native Sheffield, where he became obsessed with his neighbour's wife, eventually shooting he... | {"Name": "Charles Peace", "Birth date": "yes 1832 05 14", "Birth place": "Darnall, Sheffield, England", "Death date": "yes 1879 02 25 1832 05 14", "Death place": "Armley Prison, England", "Death cause": "Execution by hanging", "Burial place": "Armley Gaol", "Occupation": "Criminal", "Father": "John Peace"} |
Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich (, ; ; born 24 October 1966) is a Russian oligarch and politician. He is the former owner of Chelsea, a Premier League football club in London, England, and is the primary owner of the private investment company Millhouse LLC. He has Russian, Israeli and Portuguese citizenship.
He was form... | {"Name": "Roman Abramovich", "Native name": "Роман Абрамович", "Image caption": "Abramovich in 2021", "Birth name": "Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich", "Birth date": "1966 10 24 yes", "Birth place": "Saratov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (present-day Saratov, Russia)", "Education": "Moscow State Law University\nRussian State... |
A zeppola (; plural: zeppole; sometimes called frittelle, and in Sardinia the italianized zippole or zeppole sarde from the original Sardinian ) is an Italian pastry consisting of a deep-fried dough ball of varying size but typically about in diameter. This fritter is usually topped with powdered sugar, and may be fi... | {"Name of food": "Zeppole", "Image alt string": "Zeppole", "Image caption": "Custard-filled zeppola", "Alternate name": "Saint Joseph's Day cake, sfinge, Bignè di San Giuseppe", "Type of dish": "Pastry", "Main ingredient": "Dough, powdered sugar, fried dough"} |
Maurice Nathan Saatchi, Baron Saatchi ( ; born 21 June 1946) is a British businessman, and with his brother, Charles, co-founder of the advertising agencies Saatchi & Saatchi and M&C Saatchi.
Early life
Maurice Saatchi is the third of four sons born to Nathan Saatchi and Daisy Ezer, a wealthy Jewish family in Baghda... | {"Name": "The Lord Saatchi", "Image caption": "Saatchi in 2022", "Term start": "10 November 2003", "Term end": "20 May 2005Serving with Liam Fox", "Birth name": "Maurice Nathan Saatchi", "Birth date": "1946 6 21 y", "Birth place": "Baghdad, Iraq", "Spouse(s)": "Gillian Osband 1972 1984 div.Josephine Hart 1984 2011 d.",... |
Charles Saatchi ( ; ; born 9 June 1943) is an Iraqi-British businessman and the co-founder, with his brother Maurice, of advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi. The brothers led the business - the world's largest advertising agency in the 1980s - until they were forced out in 1995. In the same year, the brothers formed... | {"Name": "Charles Saatchi", "Caption": "Charles Saatchi by Paul Harvey", "Birth date": "yes 1943 06 09", "Birth place": "Baghdad, Iraq", "Nationality": "Britishhttp://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1441121/Charles-Saatchi Charles, Iraqi Saatchi Britannica Online Encyclopedia 24 November 2009", "Known For": "Saatchi... |
Smith Wildman Brookhart (February 2, 1869November 15, 1944), was twice elected as a Republican to represent Iowa in the United States Senate. He was considered an "insurgent" within the Republican Party. His criticisms of the Harding and the Coolidge administrations and of business interests alienated others in the Re... | {"Name": "Smith Wildman Brookhart", "Predecessor 2": "David W. Stewart", "Successor 2": "Richard L. Murphy", "Birth date": "1869 2 2", "Birth place": "Arbela, Missouri", "Death date": "1944 11 15 1869 2 2", "Death place": "Prescott, Arizona"} |
Pacific Beach is a census-designated place (CDP) in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. The population was 291 at the 2010 census. Prior to 2010 it was part of the Moclips CDP.
Geography
Pacific Beach is located in western Grays Harbor County, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered to the north by Moclips... | {"Land": "3.13", "Water": "0.07", "Density": "93.0", "DST": "-7"} |
Haakon V Magnusson (10 April 1270 - 8 May 1319) (; ) was king of Norway from 1299 until 1319.
Biography
thumb|180px|left|Head from the Nidaros Cathedral, considered to possibly represent an older Haakon.Helle, Knut (1995). Under kirke og kongemakt: 1130-1350, p. 209.
thumb|left|220px|Burial site of Håkon V in Oslo
thu... | {"Father": "Magnus VI of Norway", "Mother": "Ingeborg of Denmark", "Born": "10 April 1270", "Died": "1319 05 08 1270 04 10 y", "Burial": "St Mary's Church, Oslo"} |
Magnus Haakonsson (, ; 1 (or 3) May 1238 - 9 May 1280) was King of Norway (as Magnus VI) from 1263 to 1280 (junior king from 1257).Magnus 6 Håkonsson Lagabøte - utdypning (Store norske leksikon) One of his greatest achievements was the modernisation and nationalisation of the Norwegian law-code, after which he is known... | {"Father": "Haakon IV of Norway", "Mother": "Margrete Skulesdatter", "Born": "Tønsberg, Norway", "Died": "Bergen, Norway", "Burial": "Bergen Cathedral"} |
Richard Clarence Clark (born September 14, 1928) is an American politician who represented the state of Iowa in the United States Senate from 1973 to 1979.
Early life
Richard Clarence Clark was born on September 14, 1928, in Paris, Iowa. He graduated from Lamont High School in 1947 and enlisted in the U.S. Army, servi... | {"Name": "Dick Clark", "Term start": "January 3, 1973", "Term end": "January 3, 1979", "Birth name": "Richard Clarence Clark", "Birth date": "1928 9 14", "Birth place": "Paris, Iowa, U.S."} |
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