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Quiche Lorraine is a French tart with a filling made of cream, eggs, and bacon or ham, in an open pastry case. It was little known outside the French region of Lorraine until the mid-20th century. As its popularity spread, nationally and internationally, the addition of cheese became commonplace, although it was critic... | {"Name of food": "Quiche Lorraine", "Width of image": "250px", "Image caption": "Quiche Lorraine served in Paris", "Place of origin": "France", "Region of origin": "Lorraine", "Type of dish": "Savoury", "Main ingredient": "Pastry case filled with egg, cream and bacon"} |
La damnation de Faust (English: The Damnation of Faust), Op. 24 is a work for four solo voices, full seven-part chorus, large children's chorus and orchestra by the French composer Hector Berlioz. He called it a "légende dramatique" (dramatic legend). It was first performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 6 December 1... | {"Opus": "24", "English": "The Damnation of Faust", "Based on": "Goethe's Faust", "Language": "French", "Composed": "1845", "Performed": "1846 12 06 y", "Scoring": "four soloists children's chorus seven-part choir orchestra"} |
Manon () is an opéra comique in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the 1731 novel L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by the Abbé Prévost. It was first performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 19 January 1884, with sets designed by Eugène ... | {"Librettist": "Henri Meilhac\n Philippe Gille", "Language": "French", "Based on": "Manon Lescaut Abbé Prévost", "Premiere": "Opéra-Comique, Paris"} |
Werther is an opera (drame lyrique) in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann (who used the pseudonym Henri Grémont). It is loosely based on Goethe's epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther, which was based both on fact and on Goethe's own early life. E... | {"Librettist": "Édouard Blau\n Paul Milliet\n Georges Hartmann", "Language": "French", "Based on": "Die Leiden des jungen Werther Johann Wolfgang Goethe", "Premiere": "Hofoper, Vienna (in German)"} |
Thaïs () is an opera, a comédie lyrique in three acts and seven tableaux, by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Louis Gallet, based on the novel Thaïs by Anatole France. It was first performed at the Opéra Garnier in Paris on 16 March 1894, starring the American soprano Sibyl Sanderson, for whom Massenet had writte... | {"Librettist": "Louis Gallet", "Language": "French", "Based on": "novel Thaïs Anatole France", "Premiere": "Opéra Garnier, Paris"} |
The Girl Scouts of the Philippines (GSP) is the national Girl Scouting association for girls and young women in the Philippines. Its mission is "to help girls and young women realize the ideals of womanhood and prepare themselves for their responsibilities in the home, to the nation, and to the world community". The gi... | {"Location": "901 Padre Faura Street, Ermita, Manila", "Country": "Philippines", "Coordinates": "14.580771 120.987748 dms", "Affiliation": "World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts"} |
MozillaZine is an unofficial Mozilla website that provides information about Mozilla products including Firefox browser, Thunderbird email client, and related software (SeaMonkey, Camino, Calendar and Mobile). The site hosts an active community support internet forum, and a community-driven knowledge base of informatio... | {"URL": "https://mozillazine.org/", "Commercial": "No", "Available in": "English, French, Japanese, Spanish", "Registration": "Optional, for posting messages", "Created by": "Chris Nelson", "Launched": "1 September 1998"} |
thumb|The Maya area within Mesoamerica
The Maya () are an ethnolinguistic group of indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica. The ancient Maya civilization was formed by members of this group, and today's Maya are generally descended from people who lived within that historical region. Today they inhabit southern Mexico, Guate... | {"Name": "Maya", "Image caption": "Young Maya women in traditional dress, Antigua, Sacatepéquez Department, Guatemala", "Population": "8 million+ (2018)Pre-Columbian: 5-10 million", "Languages": "Mayan languages, English, Spanish, and Kriol", "Religions": "Christianity and Maya religion"} |
thumb|250px|Prussian marshal's baton, awarded to Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in 1895.
Generalfeldmarschall (; from Old High German marahscalc, "marshal, stable master, groom"; ; often abbreviated to Feldmarschall) was a rank in the armies of several German states and the Holy Roman Empire (Reichsgeneralfeldmarsc... | {"Country": "Nazi Germany", "Service branch": "Nazi GermanyNazi Germany", "Formation": "20 April 1936", "Abolished": "1945", "Next higher rank": "de Reichsmarschall", "Next lower rank": "de Generaloberst", "Equivalent ranks": "de Großadmiral"} |
Philippa of Lancaster ( ; 31 March 1360 - 19 July 1415) was Queen of Portugal from 1387 until 1415 by marriage to King John I. Born into the royal family of England, her marriage secured the Treaty of Windsor and produced several children who became known as the "Illustrious Generation" in Portugal.
Early life and ed... | {"Born": "Leicester Castle, Leicester, England", "Died": "Sacavém, Portugal", "Burial": "Batalha Monastery", "Father": "John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster", "Mother": "Blanche of Lancaster", "Religion": "Catholicism"} |
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, 4th Baronet, (30 April 183428 May 1913), known as Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet from 1865 until 1900, was an English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath. Lubbock worked in his family company as a banker but made significant contributions in archaeology, e... | {"Name": "The Lord Avebury", "Office 2": "Chairman of the London County Council", "Predecessor 2": "The Earl of Rosebery", "Successor 2": "The Earl of Rosebery", "Image caption": "Woodburytype print ofLord Avebury in middle age", "Birth date": "30 April 1834", "Birth place": "London, England", "Death date": "28 May 191... |
Mount Assiniboine, also known as Assiniboine Mountain, is a pyramidal peak mountain on the Great Divide, on the British Columbia/Alberta border in Canada.
At , it is the highest peak in the Southern Continental Ranges of the Canadian Rockies. Mount Assiniboine rises nearly above Lake Magog. Because of its resemblance... | {"Elevation": "57 Mount Assiniboine 2003-11-02", "Prominence": "1479 Mount Assiniboine 2007-06-10", "Location": "Location in Alberta, on the border with British Columbia", "Coordinates": "JCSTE Mount Assiniboine 2019-09-15"} |
Five Iron Frenzy is an American band which formed in Denver, Colorado, in 1995. Best known for playing ska punk music characterized by an offbeat sense of humor and prominent Christian themes, Five Iron Frenzy was one of the pioneering figures of the Christian ska movement which emerged with ska's mainstream revival in... | {"Origin": "Denver, Colorado, U.S.", "Genres": "Christian ska\nska punk\nchristian punk\nalternative rock\npop punk", "Labels": "Five Minute Walk\n SaraBellum", "Members": "Reese Roper\n Micah Ortega\n Dennis Culp\n Andrew Verdecchio\n Leanor \"Jeff the Girl\" Ortega Till\n Nathanael \"Brad\" Dunham\n Sonnie Johnston\n... |
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is a nonprofit organization that works with partners to enhance crop quality and productivity, reduce producer and consumer risks, and generate wealth from agriculture, with the ultimate goals of reducing hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. IITA's research-for-d... | {"Named after": "Transforming Africa's Agriculture", "Type": "Intergovernmental Organization", "Headquarters": "Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria", "Services": "Providing better living for the rural farmers", "Affiliations": "CGIAR", "Abbreviation": "IITA", "Website": "http://www.iita.org"} |
A cheesesteak (also known as a Philadelphia cheesesteak, Philly cheesesteak, cheesesteak sandwich, cheese steak, or steak and cheese) is a sandwich made from thinly sliced pieces of beefsteak and melted cheese in a long hoagie roll. A popular regional fast food, it has its roots in the U.S. city of Philadelphia, Penns... | {"Name of food": "Cheesesteak", "Width of image": "280px", "Image caption": "A cheesesteak sandwich with Cheez Whiz on a seeded roll", "Alternate name": "Philadelphia cheesesteak, Philly cheesesteak", "Place of origin": "United States", "Region of origin": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania", "Creator": "Pat & Harry Olivieri"... |
Windsor is a historic market town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. It is the site of Windsor Castle, one of the official residences of the British monarch. The town is situated west of Charing Cross, central London, southeast of Maidenhead, and east of the county town of Reading.... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2018 est.)", "Unitary authority": "Windsor and Maidenhead", "Ceremonial county": "Berkshire", "UK Parliament": "Windsor", "Postcode district": "SL", "Dialling code": "01753", "OS grid reference": "SU965765"} |
Benvenuto Cellini is an opera semiseria in four tableaux (spread across two or three actsOriginally, the opera had two acts; in the revised, Weimar version this was changed to three; in contemporary productions the first two acts of that version are generally merged without intermission.) by Hector Berlioz, his first ... | {"Librettist": "Léon de Wailly\n Henri Auguste Barbier", "Language": "French", "Based on": "Benvenuto Cellini", "Premiere": "Salle Le Peletier, Paris"} |
thumb|right|The entrance of Legoland Deutschland
Legoland (, trademark in uppercase as LEGOLAND) is a chain of family theme parks focusing on the construction toy system Lego. They are not fully owned by The Lego Group itself; rather, they are owned and operated by the British theme park company Merlin Entertainments,... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Founded": "1968 06 07 y (Legoland Billund)", "Industry": "Theme parks, attractions, family entertainment centers", "Services": "Theme parks\nHotel lodging", "Parent": "Merlin Entertainments"} |
Getlink, formerly Groupe Eurotunnel, is a European public company based in Paris that manages and operates the infrastructure of the Channel Tunnel between England and France, operates the LeShuttle railway service, and earns revenue on other trains that operate through the tunnel (Eurostar passenger and DB Schenker fr... | {"Type": "Societas Europaea", "ISIN": "n y FR0010533075", "Industry": "Rail transport", "Services": "Operation of Channel Tunnel infrastructure; freight rail transport; car shuttle train services", "Revenue": "€1.085 billion (2019) Getlink https://www.getlinkgroup.com/content/uploads/2020/02/200227-getlink-robust-201... |
Caerphilly Castle () is a medieval fortification in Caerphilly in South Wales. The castle was constructed by Gilbert de Clare in the 13th century as part of his campaign to maintain control of Glamorgan, and saw extensive fighting between Gilbert, his descendants, and the native Welsh rulers. Surrounded by extensive ar... | {"Type": "Medieval concentric castle", "Built": "1268-1290", "Built by": "Gilbert de Clare", "Materials": "Pennant Sandstone", "In use": "Open to public", "Area": "Around 30 acre", "Owner": "Cadw", "Events": "Welsh WarsInvasion of EnglandEnglish Civil War"} |
William Tell (; ) is a French-language opera in four acts by Italian composer Gioachino Rossini to a libretto by Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy and L. F. Bis, based on Friedrich Schiller's play Wilhelm Tell, which, in turn, drew on the William Tell legend. The opera was Rossini's last, although he lived for nearly 40 mo... | {"Librettist": "Étienne de Jouy\n Hippolyte Bis", "Language": "French", "Based on": "Wilhelm Tell Friedrich Schiller", "Premiere": "Salle Le Peletier, Paris"} |
Stornoway Airport () is an airfield located east of the town of Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, in Scotland. The airfield was opened in 1937, and was then used mainly for military purposes. The Royal Air Force had an air base (RAF Stornoway) there during the Second World War and also from 1972 until 1998, when it was... | {"Airport type": "Domestic", "Serves": "Stornoway, Outer Hebrides", "Location": "Isle of Lewis", "AMSL": "8", "Coordinates": "58 12 56 N 006 19 52 W type:airport_region:GB inline,title", "Website": "Stornoway Airport"} |
Manisha Koirala (; born 16 August 1970) is a Nepalese actress who works in Indian films, predominantly in Hindi films and has also worked in Nepali and English films. Known for her work in both commercial and independent cinema, she is the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards. In 2001, the Gov... | {"Name": "Manisha Koirala", "Caption": "Koirala in 2017", "Birth date": "1970 08 16 y", "Birth place": "Biratnagar, Nepal", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1989-present", "Spouse(s)": "Samrat Dahal 2010 2012 divorced", "Awards": "Full list", "Relatives": "See Koirala family", "Notable works": "Full list"} |
Solomon Feferman (December 13, 1928 - July 26, 2016) was an American philosopher and mathematician who worked in mathematical logic. In addition to his prolific technical work in proof theory, recursion theory, and set theory, he was known for his contributions to the history of logic (for instance, via biographical wr... | {"Region": "Western philosophy", "Era": "Contemporary philosophy", "School": "AnalyticPredicativism", "Doctoral students": "Jon Barwise\nCarolyn Talcott"} |
The Iron Crown (in Italian, Latin, and Lombard: Corona Ferrea; ) is a reliquary votive crown, traditionally considered one of the oldest royal insignia of Christendom. It was made in the Middle Ages, consisting of a circlet of gold and jewels fitted around a central silver band, which tradition held to be made of iron ... | {"Country": "Kingdom of the LombardsKingdom of Italy (Frankish)Holy Roman EmpireKingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)Kingdom of Lombardy-VenetiaKingdom of Italy", "Made": "ca. 4th-5th and 9th century", "Owner": "Cathedral of Monza", "Weight": "ca. 605 grams", "Arches": "None (Circlet)", "Material": "Gold", "Cap": "None", "Nota... |
Midland is a town in southern Cabarrus County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Charlotte region of North Carolina, Midland is a 30-minute commute to uptown Charlotte. The name of the town is derived from its location approximately halfway between Charlotte and Oakboro on the railroad line. The popula... | {"Land": "13.30", "Water": "0.00", "Density": "352.07", "Website": "www.midlandnc.us", "DST": "-4"} |
Player Piano is the first novel by American writer Kurt Vonnegut Jr., published in 1952. The novel depicts a dystopia of automation partly inspired by the author's time working at General Electric, describing the negative impact technology can have on quality of life. The story takes place in a near-future society that... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Charles Scribner's Sons", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "296"} |
Rose of Lima, TOSD (born Isabel Flores de Oliva; 20 April 1586 24 August 1617) was a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic in Lima, Peru, who became known for both her life of severe penance and her care of the poverty stricken of the city through her own private efforts. Rose of Lima was born to a noble family a... | {"Born": "Isabel Flores de Oliva", "Died": "Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru", "Feast": "August 23August 30 (some Latin American countries and pre-1970 General Roman Calendar)", "Beatified": "Pope Clement IX", "Canonized": "Pope Clement X", "Attributes": "Dominican tertiaries' habit, roses, anchor, Infant Jesus", "Patronage"... |
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Cho Oyu (Nepali: चोयु; ; ) is the sixth-highest mountain in the world at above sea level. Cho Oyu means "Turquoise Goddess" in Tibetan. The mountain is the westernmost major peak of the Khumbu sub-section of the Mahalangur Himalaya 20 km west of Mount Everest. The mountain stands on the China TibetNepal Pr... | {"Elevation": "Ranked 6th", "Prominence": "http://peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/china1.html China I: Tibet - Xizang Peaklist.org 2014-05-29", "English translation": "Turquoise Goddess", "Language of name": "Tibetan", "Location": "Location in Province No. 1, Nepal and Tibet Autonomous Region, China", "Coordinates": "28 05... |
Giovanni Giolitti (; 27 October 1842 - 17 July 1928) was an Italian statesman. He was the Prime Minister of Italy five times between 1892 and 1921. After Benito Mussolini, he is the second-longest serving Prime Minister in Italian history. A prominent leader of the Historical Left and the Liberal Union, he is widely co... | {"Name": "Giovanni Giolitti", "Monarch 2": "Victor Emmanuel III", "Predecessor 2": "Luigi Luzzatti", "Successor 2": "Antonio Salandra", "Birth date": "1842 10 27 y", "Birth place": "Mondovì, Kingdom of Sardinia", "Death date": "1928 7 17 1842 10 27 y", "Death place": "Cavour, Piedmont,Kingdom of Italy", "Alma mater": "... |
Groton is a town in northwestern Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, within the Greater Boston metropolitan area. The population was 11,315 at the 2020 census. It is home to two prep schools: Lawrence Academy at Groton, founded in 1792 and the third-oldest private school in Massachusetts; and Groton School,... | {"Type": "Open town meeting", "Land": "32.8", "Water": "0.9", "Density": "auto", "DST": "-4", "Website": "http://www.townofgroton.org/", "Named for": "Groton, Suffolk, England"} |
Central Sulawesi (Indonesian: Sulawesi Tengah) is a province of Indonesia located at the centre of the island of Sulawesi. The administrative capital and largest city is located in Palu. The province borders the provinces of Gorontalo to the east, Southeast Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, and West Sulawesi to the south, and ... | {"Body": "Central Sulawesi Provincial Government", "Rank": "9472", "Density": "auto", "Website": "https://www.sultengprov.go.id/ sultengprov.go.id", "ISO 3166 code": "ID-ST"} |
Monte Albán is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site in the Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán Municipality in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca (17.043° N, 96.767°W). The site is located on a low mountainous range rising above the plain in the central section of the Valley of Oaxaca, where the latter's northern Etla, easter... | {"Alternative name": "Danipaguache", "Coordinates": "17 2 38 N 96 46 4 W inline", "Location": "Oaxaca, Mexico", "Region": "Valley of Oaxaca", "Periods": "Middle Preclassic to Terminal Classic"} |
Boris Abramovich Berezovsky (; 23 January 1946 - 23 March 2013), also known as Platon Elenin, was a Russian business oligarch, government official, engineer and mathematician and a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He had the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russi... | {"Name": "Boris Berezovsky", "Native name": "Борис Березовский", "Birth date": "yes 1946 1 23", "Birth place": "Moscow, Soviet Union", "Death date": "2013 03 23 1946 1 23 y", "Death place": "Sunninghill, Berkshire, England", "Resting place": "Brookwood Cemetery, Brookwood, Surrey, England", "Resting place coordinates":... |
Monica Gail Moorehead (born 1952) is an American retired teacher, writer, and political activist. She was the presidential nominee of the Workers World Party (WWP) in 1996, 2000, and 2016.
Biography
A political activist since high school, Moorehead distributed newspapers for the Black Panther Party and subsequently jo... | {"Name": "Monica Gail Moorehead", "Birth date": "1952", "Birth place": "Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.", "Occupation": "Political activist"} |
Dennis Keith Rodman (born May 13, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player. Known for his fierce defensive and rebounding abilities, his biography on the official NBA website states that he is "arguably the best rebounding forward in NBA history". Nicknamed "the Worm", he played for the Detroit Piston... | {"Born": "Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.", "Listed height": "7", "Listed weight": "NBA.com: Dennis Rodman Career Stats NBA.com http://www.nba.com/history/players/rodman_stats.html 2011-03-03 live https://web.archive.org/web/20110303222750/http://www.nba.com/history/players/rodman_stats.html March 3, 2011", "High school": "S... |
Stephen Roche (; born 28 November 1959) is an Irish former professional road racing cyclist. In a 13-year professional career, he peaked in 1987, becoming the second of only two cyclists to win the Triple Crown of victories in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia general classification, plus the World road race cha... | {"Name": "Stephen Roche", "Image caption": "Roche at the 1993 Tour de France", "Full name": "Stephen Roche", "Birth date": "yes 1959 11 28", "Birth place": "Dundrum, County Dublin, Ireland", "Height": "1.75 m", "Weight": "74 kg lb stlb 0 on", "Current team": "Retired", "Discipline": "Road", "Role": "Rider", "Rider type... |
Rita of Cascia, born Margherita Ferri Lotti - Mancini (1381 - 22 May 1457), was an Italian widow and Augustinian nun venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church.
After Rita's husband died, she joined an Augustinian community of religious sisters, where she was known both for practicing mortification of the flesh... | {"Born": "Roccaporena, Perugia, Umbria, Italy", "Died": "Cascia, Perugia, Umbria, Italy", "Feast": "22 May", "Beatified": "Pope Urban VIII", "Canonized": "Pope Leo XIII", "Attributes": "Forehead wound, rose, bees, grape vine", "Patronage": "Lost and impossible causes, sickness, wounds, marital problems, abuse, mothers"... |
Xochicalco () is a pre-Columbian archaeological site in Miacatlán in the western part of the Mexican state of Morelos. The name Xochicalco may be translated from Nahuatl as "in the house of Flowers". The site is located 38 km southwest of Cuernavaca, about 76 miles by road from Mexico City. The site is open to visitors... | {"Coordinates": "18 48 14 N 99 17 45.3 W inline", "Location": "Miacatlán, Morelos, Mexico", "Region": "Mesoamerica", "Periods": "Late Classic"} |
The Treaty of Greenville, formally titled Treaty with the Wyandots, etc., was a 1795 treaty between the United States and indigenous nations of the Northwest Territory (now Midwestern United States), including the Wyandot and Delaware peoples, that redefined the boundary between indigenous peoples' lands and territory ... | {"Name": "Treaty of Greenville", "Long name": "Treaty with the Wyandots, etc.", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "First page of the Treaty of Greenville", "Treaty context": "Northwest Indian War", "Date signed": "August 3, 1795", "Location signed": "Fort Greenville", "Date ratified": "December 22, 1795", "Partie... |
Vantiva SA, formerly Technicolor SA, Thomson SARL, and Thomson Multimedia, is a French multinational corporation that provides creative services and technology products for the communication, media and entertainment industries. Vantiva's headquarters are located in Paris, France. Other main office locations include Los... | {"Type": "Public", "Formerly": "Thomson SARL(1893-1914)\n Thomson Multimedia(1914-2010)\n Technicolor SA(2010-2022)", "Founded": "1893", "Headquarters": "France", "Industry": "Creative services\n Technology\n Broadband", "Revenue": "2.9 billion yes (2021)", "Website": "https://www.vantiva.com/"} |
The Pool Malebo, formerly Stanley Pool, also known as Mpumbu, Lake Nkunda or Lake Nkuna by local indigenous people in pre-colonial times,William Graham Lister Randles, L’ancien royaume du Congo des origines à la fin du XIXe siècle, Éditions de l’École des hautes études en sciences sociales, 2013, p. 44Sylvie Ayimpam, V... | {"Coordinates": "4 16 55 S 15 29 19 E region:CG_type:waterbody title,inline", "Primary inflows": "Congo River", "Primary outflows": "Congo River", "Surface elevation": "270 m on", "Settlements": "Brazzaville, Kinshasa"} |
Brother Bear is a 2003 American animated musical fantasy comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 44th Disney animated feature film, it was directed by Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker (in their feature directorial debuts) and produced by Chuck Williams, from a... | {"Directed by": "Aaron BlaiseRobert Walker", "Produced by": "Chuck Williams", "Screenplay by": "Tab Murphy Lorne Cameron David Hoselton Steve Bencich Ron J. Friedman", "Story by": "Nathan Greno Stevie Wermers-Skelton Kevin Deters Woody Woodman Thom Enriquez Kevin Harkey Broose Johnson John Norton John Puglisi", "Starri... |
Alberto Aguilera Valadez (; 7 January 1950 - 28 August 2016), known professionally as Juan Gabriel (), was a Mexican singer, songwriter and actor. Colloquially nicknamed JuangaMartínez-Staines, Javier; Univision Noticias: La importancia de Juanga, según los intelectuales' (In Spanish) Retrieved Present. () and El Divo... | {"Name": "Juan Gabriel", "Caption": "Juan Gabriel in 2012", "Birth name": "Alberto Aguilera Valadez", "Other names": "Juanga El Divo de Juárez", "Birth date": "1950 01 07 y", "Birth place": "Parácuaro, Michoacan, Mexico", "Death date": "2016 08 28 1950 01 07 y", "Death place": "Santa Monica, California, United States",... |
California State University, Chico, or commonly, Chico State, is a public university in Chico, California. Founded in 1887 by John Bidwell, it is the second oldest campus in the California State University system. As of the fall 2020 semester, the university had a total enrollment of 16,630 students. The university off... | {"Motto": "Today Decides Tomorrowhttps://www.csuchico.edu/style-guide/_assets/documents/chico-state-logo-standards-guide.pdf Chico State Logo Standards Guidelines csuchico.edu December 9, 2022", "Type": "Public", "Endowment": "$62.9 million (2020)As of June 30, 2020. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/20... |
, credited in some games as YU2, is a Japanese video game programmer, designer and producer. He is the co-creator of the Sonic the Hedgehog series and was the president of Sonic Team at Sega until his departure in 2006.
Naka joined Sega in 1984 and worked on games including Girl's Garden (1985) and Phantasy Star II (1... | {"Name": "Yuji Naka", "Caption": "Naka in 2015", "Other names": "YU2Anecdotes About Yu Suzuki From Yuji Naka DenFamiNicoGamer [14 Feb, 2017] https://www.phantomriverstone.com/2017/03/anecdotes-about-yu-suzuki-from-yuji.html#more phantom river stone 3 May 2022 May 18, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/2022051814082... |
thumb|Dhaulagiri as seen from Poonhill
Dhaulagiri is the seventh highest mountain in the world at above sea level, and the highest mountain within the borders of a single country (Nepal). It was first climbed on 13 May 1960 by a Swiss-Austrian-Nepali expedition.
Annapurna I () is east of Dhaulagiri. The Kali Gandaki ... | {"Elevation": "Ranked 7th", "Prominence": "Ranked 55th", "Location": "Nepal", "Coordinates": "28 41 54 N 83 29 15 E type:mountain_region:NP_scale:100000 dms inline,title"} |
The Center for American Progress (CAP) is a public policy research and advocacy organization which presents a liberal
viewpoint on economic and social issues. It has its headquarters in Washington, D.C.
The president and chief executive officer of CAP is Patrick Gaspard, a former diplomat, organizer, and labor leader... | {"Type": "Public policy think tank; 501(c)3 organization", "Abbreviation": "CAP", "Location": "1333 H StreetWashington, D.C., U.S.", "Coordinates": "38.900373 -77.031047 inline,title"} |
John David Podesta Jr. (born January 8, 1949) is an American political consultant who has served as senior advisor to the president for clean energy innovation and implementation since September 2022. Podesta previously served as White House chief of staff to President Bill Clinton from 1998 to 2001 and counselor to Pr... | {"Name": "John Podesta", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2014", "Term start": "September 2, 2022", "Office 2": "Counselor to the President", "President 2": "Barack Obama", "Predecessor 2": "Pete Rouse", "Successor 2": "Kellyanne Conway", "Birth name": "John David Podesta Jr.", "Birth date": "1949 1 8", "Birth plac... |
The Mōri clan (毛利氏 Mōri-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan descended from Ōe no Hiromoto. Ōe no Hiromoto was descended from the Fujiwara clan. The family's most illustrious member, Mōri Motonari, greatly expanded the clan's power in Aki Province. During the Edo period his descendants became daimyō of the Chōshū Domain un... | {"Home province": "SagamiAki", "Parent house": "15px Imperial House of Japan15px Ōe clan (大江氏)", "Titles": "various", "Founder": "Mōri Suemitsu (毛利季光)", "Final ruler": "Mōri Takachika (毛利敬親)", "Current head": "Mōri Motoyoshi (毛利元敬)", "Founding year": "13th century (first half)", "Dissolution": "still extant", "Ruled un... |
thumb|Plan and panoramic view of the fort in 1838 from French map during the war between France and Mexico
San Juan de Ulúa, now known as Castle of San Juan de Ulúa, is a large complex of fortresses, prisons and one former palace on an island of the same name in the Gulf of Mexico overlooking the seaport of Veracruz, ... | {"Type": "Fortress", "Coordinates": "19 12 33 N 96 7 53 W type:landmark inline", "Controlled by": "Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia", "Open tothe public": "Yes", "Built": "1535", "Built by": "Spanish Empire", "Materials": "Stone", "Battles/wars": "Spanish attempts to reconquer Mexico Mexican-American War ... |
was the ninth shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Morikuni Shinnō" in .
He was a son of the eighth shōgun Prince Hisaaki and was a grandson of the Emperor Go-Fukakusa. He was also a puppet ruler controlled by Hōjō Takatoki, who was the Kamakura shogunate's shikken or chief mini... | {"Born": "Kamakura, Japan", "Died": "Kamakura, Japan", "Father": "Prince Hisaaki", "Mother": "daughter of Prince Koreyasu"} |
(1308 - August 12, 1335) was a Japanese prince and monk.
He was the son of Emperor Go-Daigo and his consort Minamoto no Chikako.
Moriyoshi was named by his father as the head abbot of the Enryaku-ji temple on Mount Hiei.
Go-Daigo attempted to seize power in 1331 during the Genkō War. Prince Moriyoshi joined forces w... | {"Father": "Emperor Go-Daigo", "Mother": "Minamoto no Chikako", "Born": "12 August 1308", "Died": "Kamakura, Japan"} |
Lorenzo Ruiz (; ; ; November 28, 1594 - September 29, 1637), also called Saint Lorenzo of Manila, is a Filipino saint venerated in the Catholic Church. A Chinese Filipino, he became his country's protomartyr after his execution in Japan by the Tokugawa Shogunate during its persecution of Japanese Christians in the 17th... | {"Born": "Binondo, ManilaCaptaincy General of the Philippines, Spanish Empire", "Died": "Nagasaki, Hizen Province, Tokugawa Shogunate", "Feast": "September 28", "Beatified": "Pope John Paul II", "Canonized": "Pope John Paul II", "Attributes": "Rosary in clasped hands, gallows and pit, Barong Tagalog or camisa de chino ... |
Mōri Terumoto (毛利 輝元, January 22, 1553 – June 2, 1625) was a Japanese daimyō. The son of Mōri Takamoto, and grandson and successor of the great warlord Mōri Motonari, he fought against Oda Nobunaga but was eventually overcome. He participated in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Korean Campaign (1592) and built Hiroshima Castle, th... | {"Term start": "1566", "Term end": "1623", "Name": "Mōri Terumoto", "Native name": "毛利輝元", "Native name language": "jpn 毛利輝元", "Birth date": "January 22, 1553", "Death date": "1625 06 02 1553 01 22", "Birth place": "Yoshida, Aki Province, Japan", "Death place": "Yoshida, Aki Province, Japan", "Image size": "250", "Imag... |
was the sixth shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan who reigned from 1252 to 1266.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Munetaka shinnō" in .
He was the first son of the Emperor Go-Saga and replaced the deposed Fujiwara no Yoritsugu as shōgun at the age of ten. He was a puppet ruler controlled by the Hōjō clan regent... | {"Born": "Heian-kyō, Japan", "Died": "Heian-kyō, Japan", "Father": "Emperor Go-Saga", "Mother": "Taira no Muneko"} |
Sir John Desmond Patrick Keegan (15 May 1934 - 2 August 2012) was an English military historian, lecturer, author and journalist. He wrote many published works on the nature of combat between prehistory and the 21st century, covering land, air, maritime, intelligence warfare and the psychology of battle.
Life and car... | {"Honorific prefix": "Sir", "Honorific suffix": "GBR OBE FRSL", "Name": "John Keegan", "Birth name": "John Desmond Patrick Keegan", "Birth date": "yes 1934 5 15", "Place of birth": "Clapham, London, England", "Death date": "yes 2012 8 2 1934 5 15", "Death place": "Kilmington, Wiltshire, England", "Alma mater": "Balliol... |
is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1994 to 1996. He led the Japanese Socialist Party, and was responsible for changing its name to the Social Democratic Party of Japan in 1996. Upon becoming Prime Minister, he was Japan's first socialist leader in nearly fifty years. He is most remember... | {"Name": "Tomiichi Murayama", "Native name": "村山富市", "Native name language": "ja", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 1994", "Term start": "30 June 1994", "Term end": "11 January 1996", "Office 2": "Member of the House of Representatives for Oita 1st District", "Predecessor 2": "Isamu Murakami", "Successor 2": "Isam... |
was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in what is now Shinshiro, eastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is noteworthy as the site of the crucial Battle of Nagashino between the combined forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga against Takeda Katsuyori in 1575. The ruins have been protected as a National Historic ... | {"Type": "flatland-style Japanese castle", "Coordinates": "34 55 22.14 N 137 33 35.45 E region:JP_scale:10000_source:jawiki title", "Built": "1508", "Built by": "Suganuma Motonari", "In use": "Sengoku period", "Demolished": "1576", "Open tothe public": "yes", "Battles/wars": "Battle of Nagashino (1575)"} |
The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, as well as formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat. Since 1993 it has been awarded specifically for "high... | {"Type": "Order with one degree", "Eligibility": "Members of the armed forces", "Status": "Currently awarded", "Total inductees": "Victoria: 1,646Abbott Tamplin 1981 124-125 . Confirms 1,732 prior to World War I: 1,646 to 1902, 78 to 1910 and 8 to 1914.\n Edward VII: 78\n George V: 9,900\n Yearbook>Medal Yearbo... |
thumb|Aerial view of the grounds of Nagoya Castle (2020)
is a Japanese castle located in Nagoya, Japan.
Nagoya Castle was constructed by the Owari Domain in 1612 during the Edo period on the site of an earlier castle of the Oda clan in the Sengoku period. Nagoya Castle was the heart of one of the most important cast... | {"Coordinates": "35 11 08 N 136 53 55 E region:JP_type:landmark inline, title", "Type": "Flatland", "Built": "1610-1619", "Materials": "Granite stone, earthwork, wood", "In use": "1620-1945", "Demolished": "14 May 1945, in an air raid", "Owner": "1620-1870 (Owari Domain)1872-1893 (government)1893-1930 (Imperial family)... |
Betacam is a family of half-inch professional videocassette products developed by Sony in 1982. In colloquial use, "Betacam" singly is often used to refer to a Betacam camcorder, a Betacam tape, a Betacam video recorder or the format itself.
All Betacam variants from (plain) analog recording Betacam to Betacam SP and ... | {"Title": "Betacam", "Image": "250px", "Image caption": "The early form of Betacam videocassette tapes are interchangeable with Betamax, though the recordings are not", "Media type": "Magnetic cassette tape", "Encoding": "NTSC, PAL, High-definition video", "Date released": "August 7, 1982Lifespan: August 1982-March 201... |
Miguel Barbachano y Tarrazo (29 September 1807 – 17 December 1859) (Baqueiro 1896) was a liberal Yucatecan politician, who was 5 times governor of Yucatán between 1841 and 1853.
Miguel Barbachano y Tarrazo was born in the city of Campeche, a son of Manuel Barbachano and his wife, the former Maria Josefa Tarrazo.
He w... | {"Name": "Miguel Barbachano y Tarrazo", "Term start": "December 11, 1841", "Term end": "October 13, 1842", "Predecessor 2": "Santiago Méndez", "Successor 2": "Santiago Méndez", "Birth name": "Miguel Barbachano y Tarrazo", "Birth date": "29 September 1807", "Birth place": "Campeche, New Spain", "Death date": "1859 12 17... |
was the pen-name of a journalist, political theorist and statesman in Meiji-period Japan. His real name was . His major contribution was the popularization of the egalitarian doctrines of the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau in Japan. As a result, Nakae is thought to have been a major force in the development o... | {"Name": "Nakae Chōmin", "Caption": "Likeness from the Meiji Jinbutsu Shokan", "Birth date": "1847 12 08", "Birth place": "Kōchi Prefecture, Japan", "Death date": "1901 12 13 1847 12 08", "Death place": "Osaka, Japan", "Known For": "development of liberalism", "Occupation": "Journalist, Politician", "Nationality": "Jap... |
Santiago Méndez Ibarra (1798 - 1872) was governor of Yucatán, Mexico 3 times from 1840 to 1857: 1840-44; 1847-48; 1855-57, alternating that office with Miguel Barbachano mainly during his first and second terms. Méndez was a moderate who advocated a strict conservative financial policy for the government. He was noted ... | {"Name": "Santiago Méndez", "Term start": "August 22, 1840", "Term end": "December 11, 1841", "Predecessor 2": "Miguel Barbachano", "Successor 2": "Miguel Barbachano", "Birth name": "Santiago Méndez Ibarra", "Birth date": "1798", "Birth place": "Campeche, New Spain", "Death date": "1872 1798", "Death place": "Mexico Ci... |
James Patrick Anderton (born Byrne; 21 January 1938 - 7 January 2018) was a New Zealand politician who led a succession of left-wing parties after leaving the Labour Party in 1989.
Anderton's political career began when he was elected to the Manukau City Council in 1965. After serving for five years as Labour Party p... | {"Name": "Jim Anderton", "Image caption": "Anderton in 2010", "Term start": "10 December 1999", "Term end": "15 August 2002", "Office 2": "Leader of the Progressive Party", "Deputy 2": "Matt Robson", "Predecessor 2": "Position established", "Successor 2": "Position abolished", "Birth name": "James Patrick Byrne", "Birt... |
The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle is an order of chivalry associated with Scotland. The current version of the order was founded in 1687 by King James VII of Scotland, who asserted that he was reviving an earlier order. The order consists of the sovereign and sixteen knights and ladies, as well as ce... | {"Type": "Order of chivalry", "Motto": "la Nemo me impune lacessit", "Status": "Currently constituted", "First induction": "29 May 1687", "Last induction": "16 June 2023", "Total inductees": "James VII: 8\nAnne: 12\nGeorge I: 8\nGeorge II: 17\nGeorge III: 29\nGeorge IV: 10\nWilliam IV: 4\nVictoria: 53\nEdward VII: 8\nG... |
Nakagawa Hidemasa (中川秀政; 1568 - November 27, 1592) was a samurai commander in the Azuchi-Momoyama period.
He was the eldest son of Nakagawa Kiyohide.
His young brother was Nakagawa Hidenari.
His wife was Tsuruhime who was the daughter of Oda Nobunaga.
Career
At first, Hidemasa and Kiyohide served Nobunaga.
They served... | {"Name": "Nakagawa Hidemasa", "Native name": "中川秀政", "Birth date": "1568", "Death date": "27 November 1592 (aged 24)Battle of Bunroku", "Occupation": "Samurai commander", "Spouse(s)": "Tsuruhime", "Parent(s)": "Nakagawa Kiyohide (father)", "Relatives": "Nakagawa Hidenari (brother)Oda Nobunaga (father-in-law)"} |
The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy (1948) is a short satirical novel by British novelist Evelyn Waugh about the funeral business in Los Angeles, the British expatriate community in Hollywood, and the film industry.
Conception
The Loved One was written as a result of Evelyn Waugh's trip to Hollywood in February ... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Little, Brown (USA) & Chapman & Hall (UK)", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)"} |
(1326 - ) reigned from 1334 to 1338 and was one of two Sei-i Taishōguns during the Kenmu Restoration. He was also Crown Prince in 1336 (one month).
Prince Narinaga was a son of Emperor Go-Daigo and Fujiwara no Renshi (藤原廉子, also called Ano Renshi 阿野廉子), daughter of Ano Kinkado. His full brothers were Crown Prince Tsun... | {"Father": "Emperor Go-Daigo", "Mother": "Ano Renshi", "Born": "1326", "Died": "1337 or 1344 1 21"} |
Lester Dent (October 12, 1904 - March 11, 1959) was an American pulp-fiction writer, best known as the creator and main writer of the series of novels about the scientist and adventurer Doc Savage. The 159 Doc Savage novels that Dent wrote over 16 years were credited to the house name Kenneth Robeson.
Biography
Early ... | {"Name": "Lester Dent", "Birth date": "1904 10 12", "Birth place": "La Plata, Missouri, U.S.", "Death date": "1959 03 11 1904 10 12", "Death place": "La Plata, Missouri, U.S.", "Occupation": "Writer", "Parent(s)": "Alice Norfolk, Bernard Dent", "Awards": "Inkpot Award (1977)Inkpot Award"} |
Charles Heaphy VC (1820 - 3 August 1881) was an English-born New Zealand explorer and recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest military award for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that could be awarded to British and Empire forces at the time. He was the first soldier of the New Zealand armed forces to be a... | {"Name": "Charles Heaphy", "Alt": "A black and white photograph of a bearded man in a jacket seated on a chair and holding a sword below the hilt", "Birth date": "1820", "Birth place": "London, England", "Death date": "3 August 1881 (aged 60-61)", "Death place": "Brisbane, Australia", "Resting place": "Toowong Cemetery... |
David Alan Stockman (born November 10, 1946) is an American politician and former businessman who was a Republican U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan (1977-1981) and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (1981-1985) under President Ronald Reagan.
Early life and education
Stockman was born i... | {"Name": "David Stockman", "Term start": "January 21, 1981", "Term end": "August 1, 1985", "Birth name": "David Alan Stockman", "Birth date": "1946 11 10", "Birth place": "Fort Hood, Texas, U.S.", "Education": "Michigan State University (BA)Harvard University", "Official website": "davidstockmanscontracorner.com Offici... |
Emanuel Haldeman-Julius (né Emanuel Julius) (July 30, 1889 - July 31, 1951) was a Jewish-American socialist writer, atheist thinker, social reformer and publisher. He is best remembered as the head of Haldeman-Julius Publications, the creator of a series of pamphlets known as "Little Blue Books," total sales of which r... | {"Name": "Emanuel Haldeman-Julius", "Birth date": "July 30, 1889", "Birth place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania", "Death date": "July 31, 1951 July 30, 1889", "Death place": "Girard, Kansas", "Occupation": "Publisher, writer", "Spouse(s)": "Anna Marcet HaldemanSusan Haney", "Children": "3"} |
Joan, often called Joan of Constantinople ( 1199 - 5 December 1244), ruled as Countess of Flanders and Hainaut from 1205 (at the age of six) until her death. She was the elder daughter of Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders and Hainaut, and Marie of Champagne.Female Founders: Exercising authority in Thirteenth-century Flande... | {"Father": "Baldwin I, Latin Emperor", "Mother": "Marie of Champagne", "Born": "1199", "Died": "Abbey of Marquette, Marquette-lez-Lille", "Religion": "Roman Catholicism"} |
thumb|right|Boundaries of Texas after the annexation in 1845
The Texas annexation was the 1845 annexation of the Republic of Texas into the United States. Texas was admitted to the Union as the 28th state on December 29, 1845.
The Republic of Texas declared independence from the Republic of Mexico on March 2, 1836. I... | {"Name": "Tyler-Texas Treaty", "Long name": "Treaty of annexation concluded between the United States of America and the Republic of Texas", "Date drafted": "February 27, 1844", "Date signed": "April 12, 1844", "Location signed": "Washington", "Date effective": "Not ratified", "Signatories": "Republic of Texas\n United... |
Second Skin () is a 1999 Spanish romantic drama film directed by Gerardo Vera, starring Javier Bardem, Jordi Mollà, Ariadna Gil and Cecilia Roth.
Premise
Elena and Alberto, a couple from Madrid, have a happy marriage, professional success and a loving son. However, Elena later finds a hotel receipt in Alberto's pocket... | {"Directed by": "Gerardo Vera", "Produced by": "Andrés Vicente Gómez", "Written by": "Ángeles González Sinde\n Gerardo Vera", "Starring": "Javier Bardem\n Jordi Mollà\n Ariadna Gil\n Cecilia Roth", "Music by": "Roque Baños", "Cinematography": "Julio Madurga", "Edited by": "Nicholas Wentworth", "Distributed by": "Lolafi... |
Béatrice et Bénédict (Beatrice and Benedick) is an opéra comique in two acts by French composer Hector Berlioz.Berlioz and the Romantic Imagination. Catalogue for exhibition at Victoria and Albert Museum for Berlioz centenary. Art Council, London, 1969, p. 46, exhibit 131 (orchestral manuscript score). Berlioz wrote th... | {"Librettist": "Hector Berlioz", "Language": "French", "Based on": "Much Ado About Nothing Shakespeare", "Premiere": "Theater Baden-Baden"} |
Marie-France Pisier (10 May 194424 April 2011) was a French actress, screenwriter, and director. She appeared in numerous films of the French New Wave and twice earned the national César Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Early life
Pisier was born in Dalat, Viet Nam, where her father was serving as a colonial officia... | {"Name": "Marie-France Pisier", "Caption": "Pisier in 1992", "Birth date": "1944 5 10 y", "Birth place": "Dalat, Viet Nam", "Death date": "2011 4 24 1944 5 10 y", "Death place": "Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer, Var, France", "Occupation": "Actress, screenwriter, directorMay 2021", "Years active": "1962-2010", "Spouse(s)": "Georges ... |
Daniel Ceccaldi (25 July 1927 - 27 March 2003) was a French actor.
He was born in Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France. The mild-mannered Daniel Ceccaldi is famous as Claude Jade's father Lucien Darbon in François Truffaut's movies Stolen Kisses and Bed and Board. Note: Christine refers to him twice as "Lucien", not papa, in... | {"Name": "Daniel Ceccaldi", "Birth date": "y 1927 7 25", "Birth place": "Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France", "Death date": "y 2003 3 27 1927 7 25", "Death place": "France", "Occupation": "Actor, Presenter", "Years active": "1954-2004"} |
John Forsythe (January 29, 1918 - April 1, 2010) was an American stage, film/television actor, producer, narrator, drama teacher and philanthropist whose career spanned six decades. He also appeared as a guest on several talk and variety shows and as a panelist on numerous game shows.
His acting career began in films ... | {"Name": "John Forsythe", "Caption": "Forsythe in 1957", "Birth date": "1918 01 29", "Birth place": "Penns Grove, New Jersey, U.S.", "Death date": "2010 04 01 1918 01 29", "Death place": "Santa Ynez, California, U.S.", "Resting place": "Oak Hill Cemetery, Ballard, California, U.S.", "Alma mater": "University of North C... |
Helga Ursula "Uschi" Glas (; born 2 March 1944), sometimes credited as Ursula Glas, is a German actress in film, television and on stage, and a singer.
Biography
Born in Landau an der Isar, Bavaria, Glas started appearing in films in 1965. Her breakthrough role was that of Barbara in the unconventional 1968 movie G... | {"Name": "Uschi Glas", "Caption": "Glas in 2012", "Birth date": "1944 3 2 y", "Birth name": "Helga Ursula Glas", "Birth place": "Landau an der Isar, Germany", "Years active": "1965-present", "Occupation": "Actress, singer", "Spouse(s)": "Bernd Tewaag 1981 2003\n Dieter Hermann 2005"} |
The Stridsvagn 103 (Strv 103), also known as the Alternative S and S-tank, is a Swedish Cold War-era main battle tank, designed and manufactured in Sweden. "Strv" is the Swedish military abbreviation of stridsvagn, Swedish for chariot and tank (literally combat wagon), while the 103 comes from being the third tank in S... | {"Place of origin": "Sweden", "Type": "Turretless main battle tank", "Steeringsystem": "yes", "In service": "1967-1997", "Used by": "Swedish Army", "Designer": "Sven Berge", "Designed": "1956", "Manufacturer": "Bofors AB", "Produced": "1967-1971", "Variants": "A, B, C, D", "Crew": "3 (Commander, gunner/driver, rear dri... |
Dachau (, ; , )"Dachau". Webster's New World College Dictionary. was one of the first concentration camps built by Nazi Germany and the longest running one, opening on 22 March 1933. The camp was initially intended to intern Hitler's political opponents, which consisted of communists, social democrats, and other dissid... | {"Other names": "Konzentrationslager (KZ) Dachau, ˈdaxaʊ IPA", "Commandant": "List of commandants", "Location": "Upper Bavaria, Southern Germany", "Built by": "Germany", "Operated by": "Schutzstaffel (SS)", "Original use": "Political prison", "Operational": "March 1933 - April 1945", "Inmates": "Political prisoners, Po... |
A Town Like Alice (United States title: The Legacy) is a romance novel by Nevil Shute, published in 1950 when Shute had newly settled in Australia. Jean Paget, a young Englishwoman, becomes romantically interested in a fellow prisoner of World War II in Malaya, and after liberation emigrates to Australia to be with him... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Heinemann", "Media type": "Print (Softcover)", "Pages": "359 pp", "ISBN": "978-0307474001"} |
Baillif (; ) is a commune of Guadeloupe, an overseas region and department of France located in the Lesser Antilles. Baillif is a suburb of Basse-Terre, the prefecture and second-largest urban area of Guadeloupe located on Basse-Terre Island (the western-half of Guadeloupe).
History
In 1637, Governor De L'Olive conced... | {"Name": "Baillif", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Tour du Père-Labat 09.JPG", "Caption": "The tower of Father Labat, an historic monument", "Map": "Baillif.PNG", "Arrondissement": "Basse-Terre", "Canton": "Vieux-Habitants", "Postal code": "97123", "Mayor": "Marie-Yveline Ponchateau-ThéobaldRépertoire national ... |
Colleen Beaumier (born November 8, 1944) is a Canadian politician, who served in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal Member of Parliament from 1993 to 2008.
Pre-politics
Born in Chatham, Ontario, she studied at the University of Windsor, earning a bachelor of arts in psychology. She and her husband Pierre are... | {"Name": "Colleen Beaumier", "Birth date": "1944 11 08", "Birth place": "Chatham, Ontario", "Residence": "Brampton", "Office 2": "Member of Parliament for Brampton West-Mississauga", "Predecessor 2": "Riding established", "Successor 2": "Riding dissolved", "Spouse(s)": "Pierre Beaumier"} |
Lake Sakakawea is a large reservoir in the north central United States, impounded in 1953 by Garrison Dam, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam located in the Missouri River basin in central North Dakota. Named for the Shoshone-Hidatsa woman Sakakawea (who accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition), it is the largest ma... | {"Location": "North Dakota, United States", "Coordinates": "47.50 N 101.41 W region:US-ND_type:waterbody inline,titleat Garrison Dam", "Primary inflows": "Missouri River, Little Missouri River, Milk River, and Yellowstone River.", "Primary outflows": "Missouri River", "Catchment area": "317400 km2 on", "Max. length": "... |
Capesterre-Belle-Eau (; ) is a commune in the French overseas region and department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is located in the south-east of Basse-Terre Island. Capesterre-Belle-Eau covers an area of 103.3 km2 (39.884 sq mi). The 1999 population was 19,568. The population density is 189 persons per km2... | {"Name": "Capesterre-Belle-Eau", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "The Carbet waterfall, in Capesterre-Belle-Eau", "Map": "Capesterre-Belle-Eau.PNG", "Arrondissement": "Basse-Terre", "Canton": "Capesterre-Belle-Eau", "Postal code": "97130", "Mayor": "Jean-Philippe CourtoisRépertoire national des élus: les maires... |
Dominic Keating (né Power; born 1 July 1961) is a British television, film and theatre actor known for his portrayals of Tony in the Channel 4 sitcom Desmond's and Lieutenant Malcolm Reed on Star Trek: Enterprise.
Early life and education
Keating was born Dominic Power in Leicester to an Irish father; his grandfathe... | {"Name": "Dominic Keating", "Caption": "Keating in 2016", "Birth name": "Dominic Power", "Birth date": "1961 7 1 yes", "Birth place": "Leicester, Leicestershire, England", "Alma mater": "University College London", "Years active": "1989-present"} |
Pointe-à-Pitre (; , , or simply , ) is the second largest (most populous) city of Guadeloupe after Les Abymes. Guadeloupe is an overseas region and department of France located in the Lesser Antilles, of which it is a sous-préfecture, being the seat of the Arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre.
Although Pointe-à-Pitre is n... | {"Name": "Pointe-à-Pitre", "Commune Status": "Subprefecture and commune", "Image": "Pointe-à-Pitre.JPG", "Caption": "A view of Pointe-à-Pitre, from the seaport", "Map": "Pointe-a-Pitre.PNG", "Arrondissement": "Pointe-à-Pitre", "Canton": "Pointe-à-Pitre", "Postal code": "97110", "Mayor": "Harry DurimelRépertoire nationa... |
Antichrist Superstar is the second studio album by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It was released on October 8, 1996, by Nothing and Interscope Records. It was recorded at Nothing Studios in New Orleans and produced by the band's eponymous vocalist along with Sean Beavan, former Skinny Puppy producer Dave Ogilvie a... | {"Released": "1996 10 8", "Recorded": "February-August 1996", "Studio": "Nothing, New Orleans", "Genre": "Industrial metal industrial rock alternative metal gothic rock", "Label": "Nothing Interscope", "Producer": "Sean Beavan Marilyn Manson Dave Ogilvie Trent Reznor"} |
Alvin and the Chipmunks, originally David Seville and the Chipmunks and billed for their first two decades as the Chipmunks, are an American animated virtual band and media franchise first created by Ross Bagdasarian for novelty records in 1958. The group consists of three singing animated anthropomorphic chipmunks nam... | {"Origin": "California, United States", "Genres": "Pop children's Christmas", "Labels": "Liberty\nChipmunk\nCapitol\nRhino\nSony\nColumbia", "Spinoffs": "The Chipettes", "Members": "AlvinSimonTheodore", "Website": "https://www.alvinandthechipmunks.com/"} |
is an action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. The first Metroid game for a handheld game console, it was released in North America in November 1991 and in Japan and Europe in 1992. The game follows bounty hunter Samus Aran on her mission to eradicate the Metroids from their home plan... | {"Caption": "European box art", "Developer": "Nintendo R&D1", "Publisher": "Nintendo", "Series": "Metroid", "Director": "Hiroji KiyotakeHiroyuki Kimura", "Producer": "Gunpei Yokoi", "Designer": "Makoto Kano", "Programmer": "Takahiro HaradaMasaru YamamakaMasao YamamotoIsao Hirano", "Composer": "Ryoji Yoshitomi", "Platfo... |
is an action-adventure game developed by Nintendo and Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994. It is the third installment in the Metroid series, following the events of the Game Boy game Metroid II: Return of Samus (1991). Players control bounty hunter Samus Ar... | {"Title": "Super Metroid", "Caption": "North American box art featuring Samus Aran in battle with Ridley", "Developer": "Nintendo R&D1 Intelligent Systems", "Publisher": "Nintendo", "Director": "Yoshio Sakamoto", "Producer": "Makoto Kano", "Artist": "Hirofumi Matsuoka Masahiko Mashimo Hiroyuki Kimura", "Programmer": "K... |
Darul Uloom Deoband is an Islamic seminary in India at which the Deobandi movement began. It was established by the Indian Muslim theologians in the wake of the failure of War of Independence 1857 which had caused the abolition of Mughal Empire and politico-economic predicament of the South Asian Muslims. It aimed at r... | {"Type": "Darul uloom", "Rector": "Abul Qasim Nomani", "Principal": "Arshad Madani", "Students": "5000", "Campus": "70 acre", "Website": "https://darululoom-deoband.com"} |
Domitia Longina ( 50-55 - 126-130s AD) was a Roman empress and wife to the Roman emperor Domitian. She was the youngest daughter of the general and consul Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo. Domitia divorced her first husband, Lucius Aelius Lamia Plautius Aelianus in order to marry Domitian in AD 71. The marriage produced only o... | {"Born": "50-55", "Died": "126-130s", "Father": "Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo", "Mother": "Cassia Longina"} |
The Porsche 959 is a sports car manufactured by German automobile manufacturer Porsche from 1986 to 1993, first as a Group B rally car and later as a road legal production car designed to satisfy FIA homologation regulations requiring at least 200 units be produced.
The twin-turbocharged 959 was the world's fastest st... | {"Manufacturer": "Porsche AG", "Class": "Sports car (S)", "Production": "\"Ludvigsenp1032\">Ludvigsen 2003 1032.", "Successor": "Porsche 911 GT1 Straßenversion", "Body style": "2-door coupé", "Layout": "Rear-engine, four-wheel-drive", "Power output": "450 PS kW hp 0 on500 Nm 0 on of torque", "Transmission": "6-speed ma... |
Arsenio Rodríguez (born Ignacio Arsenio Travieso Scull; 31 August 1911 – 30 December 1970)Giro, Radamés 2007. Diccionario enciclopédico de la música en Cuba. La Habana, v. 4 p. 45 et seq.Orovio, Helio 2004. Cuban music from A to Z. p. 181 gives his birth name as Ignacio Loyola Scull Rodríguez. It is reasonable to prefe... | {"Born": "Güira de Macurijes, Matanzas, Cuba", "Origin": "Havana, Cuba", "Died": "Los Angeles, California, United States", "Genres": "Son montuno\n guaguancó\n guaracha\n bolero\n afro", "Labels": "Victor\n SMC Pro-Arte\n Puchito\n Seeco\n Ansonia\n Tico\n Epic"} |
The June Movement () was a Danish Eurosceptic political organisation founded 23 August 1992. It took its name from the referendum on the Maastricht Treaty that took place in Denmark in June of that year. The movement was a member of the European political party EUDemocrats - Alliance for a Europe of Democracies.
The J... | {"Leader": "Collective leadership", "Founded": "1992", "Headquarters": "Nordkystvejen 2 F, 8961 Allingåbro", "Ideology": "Euroscepticism", "European affiliation": "EUDemocrats", "European Parliament group": "Independence/Democracy (2004-2009)"} |
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