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Graham Colin Swift FRSL (born 4 May 1949) is an English writer. Born in London, England, he was educated at Dulwich College, London, Queens' College, Cambridge, and later the University of York.
Career
Some of Swift's books have been filmed, including Waterland (1992), Shuttlecock (1993), Last Orders (1996) and Moth... | {"Born": "1949 5 4 y", "Occupation": "Novelist", "Education": "Dulwich College; Queens' College, Cambridge; University of York", "Notable awards": "Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, 1983 Booker Prize, 1996 James Tait Black Memorial Prize, 1996"} |
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thumb|Nihous, 2007 presidential candidate
The Rurality Movement ( ; LMR ), formerly Hunting, Fishing, Nature and Traditions ( ; CPNT ) is an agrarianist political party in France that aims to defend the traditional values of rural France. Its leader is Eddie Puyjalon. ... | {"Leader": "Eddie Puyjalon", "Founded": "1989", "Headquarters": "BP 87546 64075 Pau", "Ideology": "AgrarianismAlter-globalismEuroscepticism", "Political position": "Right-winghttps://www.lefigaro.fr/elections/europeennes/europeennes-chasse-peche-nature-et-traditions-eclipse-de-la-liste-lr-20190311 Européennes: Chasse,... |
The Little Entente was an alliance formed in 1920 and 1921 by Czechoslovakia, Romania and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia from 1929 on) with the purpose of common defense against Hungarian revisionism and the prospect of a Habsburg restoration in Austria or Hungary. France supported the alliance b... | {"Conventional long name": "Little Entente", "Native name": "Malá dohodaMica AntantăМала Антанта/Mala Antanta", "Starting event": "Formation", "Event ending the country": "Dissolved"} |
thumb|upright|Saint Geminianus, from a pentaptych by Simone Martini (-1344)
The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge. It is located on Trumpington Street opposite Fitzwilliam Street in central Cambridge. It was founded in 1816 under the will of Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Vi... | {"Coordinates": "52.200278 0.119444 inline,title", "Established": "1816, by Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam", "Location": "Cambridge, England", "Type": "University Museum of fine art and antiquities", "Collection size": "approx. 600,000", "Visitors": "349,484 (2019)ALVA - Association of Leading Visitor At... |
Rasul Gamzatovich Gamzatov (, ; ; 8 September 19233 November 2003) was a popular Russian poet who wrote in Avar language. Among his poems was Zhuravli, which became a well-known Soviet song.
Life
Gamzatov was born on 8 September 1923 in the Avar village of Tsada in the north-east Caucasus. His father, Gamzat Tsadasa, ... | {"Name": "Rasul Gamzatov", "Birth date": "1923 9 8 y", "Birth place": "Cada village, Khunzakhsky District, Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union", "Death date": "2003 11 3 1923 9 8 y", "Death place": "Moscow, Russia", "Occupation": "Poet", "Title": "Hero of Socialist Labour (1974)", "Awards": "Order of St. Andrew (... |
Felix Frankfurter (November 15, 1882 - February 22, 1965) was an Austrian-born American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1939 until 1962, during which period he was a noted advocate of judicial restraint in its judgements.
Frankfurter was born in Vienna, immigrat... | {"Name": "Felix Frankfurter", "Term start": "January 30, 1939", "Term end": "August 28, 1962https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/members_text.aspx Justices 1789 to Present Supreme Court of the United States Washington, D.C. February 15, 2022", "Birth date": "1882 11 15", "Birth place": "Vienna, Austria-Hungary", "Death ... |
Christian Union - Reformed Political Party () is a parliamentary common list for the European Parliament formed by two Dutch orthodox Protestant parties: the Christian Union and the Reformed Political Party. Both parties are eurosceptic and morally conservative, and each has candidates on the common list. The CU and SG... | {"Abbreviation": "CU-SGP", "Founded": "1984", "Ideology": "Christian democracySoft EuroscepticismFactions:Christian leftChristian right", "European affiliation": "European Christian Political Movement", "European Parliament group": "European People's Party (CU)European Conservatives and Reformists (SGP)"} |
Yolande Elsa Maria Beekman (7 January 1911 - 13 September 1944) was a British spy in World War II who served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and the Special Operations Executive. She was a member of SOE's Musician circuit in occupied France during World War II where she operated as a wireless operator until arrested... | {"Born": "Paris, France", "Died": "Dachau concentration camp, Bavaria Nazi Germany", "Nickname(s)": "Mariette, Kilt (SOE codenames)Yvonne (SOE alias)", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Awards": "Croix de GuerreMentioned in Dispatches"} |
thumb|left|'Exeter as seen from the River'. Watercolour on paper by John White Abbott
thumb|right|The Exe Estuary with Powderham Castle in the background.
thumb|right|'Exeter from Trew’s Weir' circa 1799. Watercolour on paper by Thomas Girtin
The River Exe ( ) in England rises at Exe Head, near the village of Simonsba... | {"Mouth": "0 m on", "Location": "English Channel", "Coordinates": "50 36 53 N 3 25 30 W inline,title", "Left": "River Haddeo, River Culm, River Clyst", "Right": "River Barle, River Creedy"} |
Lamotrigine, sold under the brand name Lamictal among others, is a medication used to treat epilepsy and stabilize mood in bipolar disorder. For epilepsy, this includes focal seizures, tonic-clonic seizures, and seizures in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. In bipolar disorder, lamotrigine has not been shown to reliably treat a... | {"Pronunciation": "l ə ˈ m oʊ t r ᵻ ˌ dʒ iː n", "Trade name": "Lamictal, others", "AHFS": "monograph lamotrigine", "Pregnancycategory": "Lamotrigine Use During Pregnancy Drugs.com 8 October 2019 https://www.drugs.com/pregnancy/lamotrigine.html 24 March 2020 25 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/202101252244... |
Madeleine Zoe Damerment (11 November 1917 - 13 September 1944) was a French spy in World War II who served in the French Resistance and Britain's Special Operations Executive. Damerment was to be a courier for SOE's Bricklayer circuit in France during World War II but was arrested upon arrival by the Gestapo, who knew ... | {"Born": "Lille, France", "Died": "Dachau concentration camp, Bavaria Nazi Germany", "Nickname(s)": "Martine Dussautoy, Solange, Dancer, (SOE codenames)", "Allegiance": "France, Britain", "Awards": "Légion d'honneurCroix de GuerreMédaille de la Résistance King's Commendation for Brave Conduct"} |
Johan Marius Nicolaas Heesters (5 December 1903 – 24 December 2011), known professionally as Johannes Heesters, was a Dutch actor of stage, television and film, as well as a vocalist of numerous recordings and performer on the concert stage with a career dating back to the 1920s. He worked as an actor until his death a... | {"Name": "Johannes Heesters", "Caption": "Heesters in 1964", "Birth date": "1903 12 5 yes", "Birth place": "Amersfoort, Netherlands", "Death date": "2011 12 24 1903 12 5 y", "Death place": "Starnberg, Germany", "Resting place": "Nordfriedhof, Munich, Germany", "Occupation": "Actor\n singer", "Years active": "1921-2011"... |
"Smoke on the Water" is a song by English rock band Deep Purple, released on their 1972 studio album Machine Head. It chronicles the 1971 fire at Montreux Casino.
In a 2004 publication by Rolling Stone magazine "Smoke on the Water" was ranked number 434 on its list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time", Total Guita... | {"B-side": "\"Smoke on the Water\" (live)", "Released": "May 1973https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Smoke+On+The+Water&cat=s Deep Purple singles", "Recorded": "December 1971", "Genre": "Hard rock http://www.prefixmag.com/news/vh1s-100-greatest-hard-rock-songs-list-only-slight/24504/ VH1'... |
The Green Left (, SF) is a democratic socialist political party in Denmark. It was formerly known in English as the Socialist People's Party, the literal translation of its Danish name.
History
1959-1969
The SF was founded on 15 February 1959 by Aksel Larsen, a former leader of the Communist Party of Denmark (DKP). L... | {"Leader": "Pia Olsen Dyhr", "Founded": "15 February 1959", "Ideology": "\"Nordsieck\"/>Green politicsFritzbøger Bo Sustainable development of Denmark in the world, 1970-2020 : a critical introduction Sustainable Development Goals Series 2022 Cham, Switzerland 9783030982935 145 10.1007/978-3-030-98293-5 249056... |
St Helier (; Jèrriais: ; ) is the capital of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel. St Helier has a population of 35,822Bulletin 1: Population characteristics. In: Census 2021. Statistics Jersey (gov.je). Census taken 21 March 2021. Published and retrieved 13 April 2022. - over one-third of ... | {"Rank": "Ranked 5th", "Density": "auto", "DST": "UTC+01", "Website": "www.sthelier.je", "Named for": "Helier, patron saint of Jersey"} |
La vestale (The Vestal Virgin) is an opera composed by Gaspare Spontini to a French libretto by Étienne de Jouy. It takes the form of a tragédie lyrique in three acts. It was first performed on 15 December 1807 by the Académie Impériale de Musique (Paris Opera) at the Salle Montansier and is regarded as Spontini's mast... | {"Translation": "The Vestal Virgin", "Librettist": "Étienne de Jouy", "Language": "French", "Premiere": "Salle Montansier, Paris"} |
thumb|The trial, as imagined by an illustrator in the 1883 book Wall Street in History
John Peter Zenger (October 26, 1697 - July 28, 1746) was a German printer and journalist in New York City. Zenger printed The New York Weekly Journal. He was accused of libel in 1734 by William Cosby, the royal governor of New York,... | {"Name": "John Peter Zenger", "Caption": "Andrew Hamilton defending John Peter Zenger in court, 1734-1735", "Birth date": "October 26, 1697", "Birth place": "Impflingen, or RumbachRhenish Palatinate", "Death date": "July 28, 1746 October 26, 1697", "Death place": "New York, Province of New York", "Citizenship": "Britis... |
Manaslu (; , also known as Kutang) is the eighth-highest mountain in the world at above sea level. It is in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas, in the west-central part of Nepal. The name Manaslu means "mountain of the spirit" and is derived from the Sanskrit word manasa, meaning "intellect" or "soul". ... | {"Language of name": "Sanskrit", "Elevation": "Ranked 8th", "Prominence": "Ranked 80th", "English translation": "Mountain of the spirit", "Location": "Location of Manaslu", "Coordinates": "28 32 58 N 84 33 43 E type:mountain_region:NP_scale:100000 dms inline,title"} |
Frederick Albert Mitchell-Hedges (sometimes known as Mike; 22 October 1882 - 12 June 1959) was an English adventurer, traveller and writer.
Mitchell-Hedges was known for his connection to the Mitchell-Hedges crystal skull, claimed to have been found with his adopted daughter Anna Mitchell-Hedges in Lubaantun, Britis... | {"Birth name": "Frederick Albert Mitchell-Hedges", "Birth date": "yes 1882 10 22", "Birth place": "London, England", "Death date": "yes 1959 06 12 1882 10 22", "Death place": "Newton Abbot, England", "Other names": "Mike Hedges", "Known For": "Crystal Skull", "Spouse(s)": "Lillian Agnes (Dolly) Clarke", "Children": "1"... |
The term 1932 Ford may refer to three models of automobile produced by Ford Motors between 1932 and 1934: the Model B, the Model 18, and the Model 40. These succeeded the Model A. The Model B had an updated four-cylinder engine and was available from 1932 to 1934. The V8 was available in the Model 18 in 1932, and in th... | {"Manufacturer": "Ford", "Production": "1932-1934", "Predecessor": "Ford Model A", "Successor": "Ford Model 48", "Class": "Full-size Ford", "Body style": "2-door roadster2-door coupe2-door sedan 4-door sedan2-door cabriolet4-door phaetonPickup", "Transmission": "3-speed sliding-mesh manual", "Layout": "FR layout", "As... |
Brian Lee Harvey (born 8 August 1974) is a British singer from London. He was the lead singer of pop group East 17. The later incarnation of the band, E-17, had two top 20 singles on the UK Singles Chart between 1998 and 1999, with the album Resurrection peaking within the top 50 of the UK Albums Chart. After leaving E... | {"Born": "yes 1974 8 8", "Origin": "London, England", "Genres": "Pop, RB", "Website": "https://bhtv.uk/"} |
Nanga Parbat () (; ), known locally as Diamer (), is the ninth-highest mountain on Earth, its summit at above sea level. Lying immediately southeast of the northernmost bend of the Indus River in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, Nanga Parbat is the westernmost major peak of the Himalayas, ... | {"Language of name": "ur ننگا پربت", "Elevation": "Ranked 9th", "Prominence": "Ranked 14th", "Location": "Location of Nanga Parbat", "Coordinates": "35 14 15 N 74 35 21 E type:mountain_scale:100000_region:PK inline,title"} |
The Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service is the governing body of the United States Postal Service (USPS). The board oversees the activities of the Postal Service, while the postmaster general actively manages its day-to-day operations.
The board directs "the exercise of the power" of the Postal Serv... | {"Type": "Governing body", "Jurisdiction": "United States Postal Service", "Headquarters": "475 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, D.C. 20260", "Employees": "11 board members\n 1 Postmaster General\n 1 Deputy Postmaster General\n 9 Governors", "Website": "https://about.usps.com/who/leadership/board-governors/"} |
thumb|George's Independent City Market in 3080 Yonge Street, Toronto
Your Independent Grocer (YIG), known colloquially as "Independent" or "Yours" is a supermarket chain in Canada with more than 100 locations. It has stores in every province and territory except Manitoba, Nunavut, and Quebec. It is a unit of National G... | {"Type": "Supermarket", "Founded": "1992", "Headquarters": "Brampton, Ontario", "Industry": "Retail", "Products": "Bakery, dairy, deli, frozen foods, gardening centre, general grocery, general merchandise, meat & poultry, pharmacy, Photolab, produce, seafood, snacks", "Parent": "Loblaw Companies", "Website": "http://ww... |
Félix Édouard Justin Émile Borel (; 7 January 1871 - 3 February 1956) was a French mathematicianÉmile Borel's biography - Université Lille Nord de France and politician. As a mathematician, he was known for his founding work in the areas of measure theory and probability.
Biography
Borel was born in Saint-Affrique, ... | {"Name": "Émile Borel", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "Émile Borel (1932)", "Term start": "17 April 1925", "Term end": "28 November 1925", "Birth name": "Félix Édouard Justin Émile Borel", "Birth date": "1871 01 07 y", "Birth place": "Saint-Affrique, France", "Death date": "1956 02 03 1871 01 07 y", "Death pl... |
Steve Austin (born Steven James Anderson; December 18, 1964), better known by his ring name "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, is an American media personality, actor, and retired professional wrestler. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential professional wrestlers of all time, he was integral to the develo... | {"Name": "\"Stone Cold\" Steve Austin", "Caption": "Austin in July 2010", "Birth name": "Steven James Anderson", "Birth date": "yes 1964 12 18", "Birth place": "Austin, Texas, U.S.", "Occupation": "Media personality actor producer professional wrestler", "Years active": "1989-2003; 2022 (wrestling)1999-present (media)"... |
thumb|Location map of Penrith based on NASA satellite images
Penrith is a town in New South Wales, Australia, located in Greater Western Sydney, 55 kilometres (31 mi) west of the Sydney central business district on the banks of the Nepean River, on the outskirts of the Cumberland Plain. Its elevation is 32 metres (105... | {"Type": "town", "Name": "Penrith", "City": "Greater Western Sydney", "State Abbreviation": "nsw", "Caption": "Penrith's central business district and commercial area", "Local Government Area (LGA)": "City of Penrith", "Postcode": "2750", "Established": "1815", "Coordinates": "33 45 04 S 150 41 39 E type:city_region:AU... |
thumb|Ruined site of Noda Castle in Mikawa Province
was a Sengoku period castle located in eastern Mikawa Province in what is today part of the city of Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
History
A fortified residence was constructed on this site by Suganuma Sadanori in 1508. The Suganuma clan were a subordination ... | {"Coordinates": "34.882043 137.468431 dms title type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000", "Type": "Flatland", "Built": "1508", "In use": "1508-1590", "Demolished": "1590", "Occupants": "Suganuma clan"} |
was a province of Japan in the area that is today the northern part of Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan, including the Noto Peninsula (Noto-hantō) which is surrounded by the Sea of Japan.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Noto" in . Noto bordered on Etchū and Kaga provinces to the south, and was surrounded by the Sea of ... | {"Native name": "能登国", "Conventional long name": "Noto Province", "Common name": "Noto Province", "Capital": "Nanao", "Today part of": "part of Ishikawa Prefecture", "Year founded": "718", "Year dissolved": "1871"} |
was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1998 to 2000.
Obuchi was elected to the House of Representatives in Gunma Prefecture in 1963, becoming the youngest legislator in Japanese history, and was re-elected to his seat eleven times. Obuchi rose through the ranks of the Liberal Democratic P... | {"Name": "Keizō Obuchi", "Native name": "小渕 恵三", "Native name language": "ja", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 1998", "Term start": "30 July 1998", "Term end": "5 April 2000", "Office 2": "Chief Cabinet Secretary", "Prime minister 2": "Noboru Takeshita", "Predecessor 2": "Masaharu Gotoda", "Successor 2": "Masajuro... |
The is a Japanese samurai family who were daimyo and an important political force in the unification of Japan in the mid-16th century. Though they had the climax of their fame under Oda Nobunaga and fell from the spotlight soon after, several branches of the family continued as daimyo houses until the Meiji Restoratio... | {"Home province": "Echizen\n Owari", "Parent house": "Taira clan", "Titles": "Various", "Founder": "Taira no Chikazane (Oda Chikazane)", "Final ruler": "Oda Nobutoshi", "Founding year": "13th century", "Dissolution": "still extant", "Ruled until": "1871, abolition of the han system"} |
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Guiyang
| official_name =
| native_name = 贵阳市
| other_name = Kuei-yang, Kweiyang
| native_name_lang = zh-Hans
| settlement_type = Prefecture-level city
| image_skyline = Guiyang montage 2019.png
| captio... | {"Picture caption": "\"Guiyang\" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese", "Postal romanization": "Kweiyang", "Name in traditional characters": "貴陽", "Name in simplified characters": "贵阳", "Pinyin transcription": "Guìyáng", "Wade-Giles": "Kuei4-yang2", "Mandarin IPA": "g ui 4 . yang 2", "Gwoyeu Romatzyh": ... |
is a Japanese castle located in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Okazaki Castle was home to the Honda clan, daimyō of Okazaki Domain, but the castle is better known for its association with Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Tokugawa clan. The castle was also known as .
History
Saigo Tsugiyori bu... | {"Type": "hilltop-style Japanese castle", "Coordinates": "34 57 23 N 137 09 32 E title region:JP_type:landmark", "Built": "1455, 1542", "Built by": "Saigo Tsugiyori, Matsudaira Kiyoyasu", "In use": "Edo period", "Demolished": "1871", "Owner": "reconstructed 1982", "Open tothe public": "yes"} |
The Shire of Burdekin is a local government area located in North Queensland, Australia in the Dry Tropics region. The district is located between Townsville and Bowen in the delta of the Burdekin River.
It covers an area of , and has existed as a local government entity since 1888.
History
Yuru (also known as Juru... | {"Type": "lga", "Name": "Shire of Burdekin", "State Abbreviation": "qld", "Image Width": "0.81", "Caption": "Location within Queensland", "Population": "17077", "Population Year": "2018", "Population Footnotes": "3218.0 - Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASG... |
was a radical Japanese anarchist. He published numerous anarchist periodicals, helped translate western anarchist essays into Japanese for the first time, and created Japan's first Esperanto school in 1906. He, his wife, anarcha-feminist Itō Noe, and his nephew were murdered in what became known as the Amakasu incident... | {"Name": "Ōsugi Sakae", "Native name": "ja 大杉 栄", "Caption": "Ōsugi 1920", "Birth date": "1885 1 17 y", "Birth place": "Marugame, Japan", "Death date": "1923 9 16 1885 1 17 y", "Death place": "Tokyo, Japan"} |
was an old province of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Kagoshima Prefecture.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ōsumi" in . It was sometimes called . Ōsumi bordered on Hyūga and Satsuma Provinces.
Osumi's ancient capital was near modern Kokubu. During the Sengoku and Edo periods, Ōsumi was controll... | {"Native name": "ja 大隅国", "Conventional long name": "Ōsumi Province", "Common name": "Ōsumi Province", "Capital": "Soo District", "Today part of": "Kagoshima Prefecture", "Year founded": "7th century", "Year dissolved": "1871"} |
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is a Shinto shrine in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
The shrine was established in 1599, dedicated to Maeda Toshiie (the first lord of Kaga Domain), in Utatsu-yama (卯辰山), east of Kanazawa. It was moved to its present location in 1873 and renamed to Oyama-jinja. The main gate was constructed in 1875.... | {"Geographic coordinates": "36 33 59 N 136 39 19 E type:landmark_region:JP title,inline", "Affiliation": "Shinto", "Date established": "1599", "Location": "Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan."} |
Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army before and during World War II. As one of the principal nationalist right-wing political theorists in the Empire of Japan, he was regarded as the leader of the radical faction within the politicized Imperial Japanese Army and served as Minister of War under Prime Minis... | {"Native name": "jpn", "Born": "Komae, Tokyo, Empire of Japan", "Died": "Yoshino, Nara, Japan", "Allegiance": "Empire of Japan", "Commands held": "6th Division", "Awards": "Order of the Sacred Treasures (1st class)\nOrder of the Golden Kite (2nd class)\nOrder of the Rising Sun (1st class)", "Other work": "Minister of W... |
Sir Harry Smith Parkes (24 February 1828 - 22 March 1885) was a British diplomat who served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and Consul General of the United Kingdom to the Empire of Japan from 1865 to 1883 and the Chinese Qing Empire from 1883 to 1885, and Minister to Korea in 1884. Parkes Street i... | {"Name": "Sir Harry Parkes", "Birth name": "Harry Smith Parkes", "Term start": "1865", "Term end": "1883", "Office 2": "Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and Consul General of the United Kingdom to China", "Predecessor 2": "Thomas George Grosvenor", "Successor 2": "Sir Nicholas Roderick O'Conor", "Monarc... |
Lapu-Lapu City, officially the City of Lapu-Lapu (; ), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 497,604 people.
It was formerly known as Opon, the city being renamed to its present name in 1961. It is one of the cities t... | {"Named for": "Lapulapu", "Type": "government_type", "Rank": "-1", "Density": "auto"} |
Andreas Achenbach (29 September 1815 - 1 April 1910) was a German landscape and seascape painter in the Romantic style. He is considered to be one of the founders of the Düsseldorf School. His brother, Oswald, was also a well known landscape painter. Together, based on their initials, they were known as the "Alpha and ... | {"Caption": "Achenbach by G. & A. Overbeck (firm), 1868", "Birth date": "1815 09 29 y", "Birth place": "Kassel", "Death date": "1910 04 01 1815 09 29 y", "Death place": "Düsseldorf"} |
Corinne Anita Loos (April 26, 1888 - August 18, 1981) was an American actress, novelist, playwright and screenwriter. In 1912, she became the first female staff screenwriter in Hollywood, when D. W. Griffith put her on the payroll at Triangle Film Corporation. She is best known for her 1925 comic novel, Gentlemen Pref... | {"Name": "Anita Loos", "Caption": "1916 portrait of Loos", "Birth date": "1888 4 26", "Birth place": "Sisson, California, U.S.", "Death date": "1981 8 18 1888 4 26", "Death place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Resting place": "Etna Cemetery, Etna, California", "Occupation": "Actress novelist playwright screenwrite... |
Cassel (; ) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.INSEE commune file Built on a prominent hill overlooking French Flanders, the town has existed since Roman times. It was developed by the Romans into an important urban centre and was the focus of a network of roads, which are still in use today, that c... | {"Name": "Cassel", "Native Name": "Kassel", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "0 Cassel (Nord) - Grand'Place 3.JPG", "Caption": "Grande Place, Cassel", "Arrondissement": "Dunkerque", "Canton": "Bailleul", "Postal code": "59670", "Mayor": "Dominique JolyRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.... |
Lady Harriet AclandAcland, Christian Henrietta Caroline. Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 01. (née Fox-Strangways; 3 January 175021 July 1815) was a British noblewoman and diarist. She accompanied her husband to British North America and became celebrated for her personal courage. She is commemorated... | {"Name": "Lady Harriet Acland", "Caption": "portrait by Joshua Reynolds", "Birth name": "Hon. Christian Henrietta Caroline Fox-Strangways", "Birth date": "3 January 1750", "Birth place": "Kilmington, Somerset, England", "Death date": "1815 7 21 1750 1 3 y", "Death place": "Tetton House, Somerset", "Occupation": "Noblew... |
Charles Francis Adams Sr. (August 18, 1807 - November 21, 1886) was an American historical editor, writer, politician, and diplomat.Chambers Biographical Dictionary, , p. 6 As United States Minister to the United Kingdom during the American Civil War, Adams was crucial to Union efforts to prevent British recognition of... | {"Name": "Charles Adams", "Image caption": "Adams in 1861", "Term start": "May 16, 1861", "Term end": "May 13, 1868", "Birth name": "Charles Francis Adams", "Birth date": "1807 8 18", "Birth place": "Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Death date": "1886 11 21 1807 8 18", "Death place": "Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Educa... |
Theo de Raadt (; ; born May 19, 1968) is a South African-born software engineer who lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is the founder and leader of the OpenBSD and OpenSSH projects and was also a founding member of NetBSD. In 2004, De Raadt won the Free Software Award for his work on OpenBSD and OpenSSH.
Early lif... | {"Name": "Theo de Raadt", "Caption": "De Raadt in 2013", "Birth date": "1968 5 19", "Birth place": "Pretoria, South Africa", "Nationality": "Canadian", "Occupation": "Software engineer", "Alma mater": "University of Calgary", "Known For": "NetBSD, OpenBSD, OpenSSH"} |
Agra (, ) is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about south-east of the national capital Delhi and 330 km west of the state capital Lucknow. With a population of roughly 1.6 million, Agra is the fourth-most populous city in Uttar Pradesh and twenty-third most populous city in... | {"Type": "Municipal Corporation", "Body": "Agra Municipal Corporation", "Density": "1585704", "Metro density": "1760285", "Rank": "23rd", "Website": "agra.nic.in Official District Website"} |
Pitt Meadows is a municipality of Metro Vancouver in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Incorporated in 1914, it has a land area of and a population of 19,146 as of 2021. The municipality received its name from the Pitt River and Pitt Lake. Pitt Meadows is one of 21 municipalities plus Electoral Area A that compri... | {"Named for": "Pitt River, Pitt Lake", "Type": "Mayor-council government", "Land": "86.34", "Density": "221.7", "DST": "-7"} |
William Alexander, also known as Lord Stirling (1726 - 15 January 1783), was a Scottish-American major general during the American Revolutionary War. He was considered male heir to the Scottish title of Earl of Stirling through Scottish lineage (being the senior male descendant of the paternal grandfather of the 1st Ea... | {"Born": "New York City, Province of New York", "Died": "Albany, New York, U.S.", "Allegiance": "United States 1777", "Commands held": "1st New Jersey RegimentContinental Army (2 months)", "Spouse(s)": "Sarah Livingston 1747", "Relations": "Philip Livingston (father-in-law)William Livingston (brother-in-law)"} |
Alençon (, , ; ) is a commune in Normandy, France, capital of the Orne department.INSEE commune file It is situated west of Paris. Alençon belongs to the intercommunality of Alençon (with 52,000 people).
History
The name of Alençon is first recorded in a document dated in the seventh century. During the tenth century... | {"Name": "Alençon", "Native Name": "nrf Alençoun", "Commune Status": "Prefecture and commune", "Caption": "Town hall", "Arrondissement": "Alençon", "Canton": "Alençon-1 and 2", "Postal code": "61000", "Mayor": "Joachim PueyoRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-49... |
Disney California Adventure Park (DCAP), commonly referred to as California Adventure or by its acronym DCA, is a theme park located at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. It is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company through its Parks, Experiences and Products division. The park is themed after Disney... | {"Park Name": "Disney California Adventure Park", "Park Photo Caption": "The Incredicoaster (left) and Pixar Pal-A-Round (right) in 2019", "Resort": "Disneyland Resort", "Park Location (City)": "Anaheim, California", "Park Location (Country)": "United States", "Park Coordinates": "33.805468 -117.921946 it", "Park Theme... |
The Disneyland Resort, commonly known as Disneyland, is an entertainment resort in Anaheim, California. It is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company through its Parks, Experiences and Products division and is home to two theme parks (Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure), three hotels, and a shopping,... | {"Industry": "Amusement parks and resorts", "Parent": "Disney Parks, Experiences and Products(The Walt Disney Company)", "Website": "https://disneyland.disney.go.com/", "Founded": "1955 7 17", "Headquarters": "Anaheim, California, United States"} |
TransLink, formally the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority, is the statutory authority responsible for the regional transportation network of Metro Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada, including public transport, major roads and bridges. Its main operating facilities are located in the city of New ... | {"Formed": "1998 01 01", "Jurisdiction": "Metro Vancouver", "Headquarters": "400 - 287 Nelson's Court New Westminster, BCV3L 0E7General Contact Info https://www.translink.ca/Customer-Service/General-Contact-Information.aspx December 21, 2017 translink.ca November 11, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201111195639... |
Rudolph Joseph Rummel (October 21, 1932 - March 2, 2014) was an American political scientist and professor at the Indiana University, Yale University, and University of Hawaiʻi. He spent his career studying data on collective violence and war with a view toward helping their resolution or elimination. Contrasting genoc... | {"Name": "Rudolph Rummel", "Birth name": "Rudolph Joseph Rummel", "Birth date": "1932 10 21", "Birth place": "Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.", "Death date": "2014 03 02 1932 10 21", "Death place": "Kaneohe, Hawaii, U.S.", "Occupation": "Political scientist", "Education": "University of Hawaiʻi (BA, political science, 1959) (MA,... |
Bedtime for Democracy is the fourth and final studio album by American punk rock band Dead Kennedys. Released in 1986, songs on this album cover common punk subjects often found in punk rock lyrics of the era such as conformity, Reaganomics, the U.S. military, and critique of the hardcore punk movement. The album's tit... | {"Released": "November 1986", "Recorded": "April and July 1986", "Studio": "City Sound Recording and Hyde St. Studios", "Genre": "Hardcore punk", "Label": "Alternative Tentacles", "Producer": "Jello Biafra"} |
Darren Eric Henley (July 9, 1959 - October 28, 2022), better known by his stage name D. H. Peligro, was an American punk rock musician, most commonly known as the drummer for Dead Kennedys along with a brief stint as the drummer for Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Career
The Dead Kennedys (1981-1986, 2001-2008, 2009-2022)
Pel... | {"Born": "St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.", "Died": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Genres": "Hardcore punk, funk rock, punk rock", "Formerly of": "The Dead Kennedys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Feederz, Lock Up"} |
Edwin Thomas Booth (November 13, 1833 - June 7, 1893) was an American actor who toured throughout the United States and the major capitals of Europe, performing Shakespearean plays. In 1869, he founded Booth's Theatre in New York.Winter, William. "Life and Art of Edwin Booth". MacMillan and Co. (New York, 1893). pp. 48... | {"Name": "Edwin Booth", "Caption": "Portrait of Booth, 1886", "Birth date": "November 13, 1833", "Birth name": "Edwin Thomas Booth", "Birth place": "Bel Air, Maryland, U.S.", "Death date": "1893 06 7 1833 11 13", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Resting place": "Mount Auburn Cemeteryhttp://www.mountauburn.org/map... |
was a daimyō in Mino Province during the Sengoku period and the third generation lord of the Saitō clan. He was a son of Saitō Yoshitatsu. His mother was daughter of Azai Hisamasa and nephew of Azai Nagamasa, a grandson of Saitō Dōsan. He was also a nephew of Oda Nobunaga's first wife, Nohime herself, a daughter of Sa... | {"Name": "Saitō Tatsuoki", "Image caption": "An ukiyo-e of Saitō Tatsuoki", "Birth date": "1548", "Death date": "1573 8 14 1548", "Term start": "1561", "Term end": "1567", "Battles fought": "Siege of Inabayama Castle (1567)Battle of Tonezaka (1573)", "Death place": "Ichijōdani Castle, Echizen Province"} |
was the son of Sakuma Moritsugu, cousin of Sakuma Nobumori, a prominent Oda retainer to Oda Nobuhide and Oda Nobunaga. After several campaigns in which he had fought, he was given the nickname oni-genba which literally means "Demon Genba", Genba being his middle name.
Biography
Morimasa was born in what is now Shōwa-k... | {"Term start": "1580", "Term end": "1583", "Name": "Sakuma Morimasa", "Native name": "佐久間 盛政", "Image caption": "Sakuma Morimasa (from Riding image of Sakuma Morimasa held by Kenkun Jinja, Kyoto)", "Birth date": "1554", "Birth place": "Shōwa-ku, Nagoya", "Death date": "July 1, 1583", "Death place": "Battle of Shizugata... |
was a Japanese Sengoku period lord and daimyō. He was the head of Sanada clan, a regional house of Shinano Province, which became a vassal of the Takeda clan of Kai Province.
Along with his father and brothers, Masayuki served the Takeda clan during its heyday, when it was led by Takeda Shingen. After its downfall, M... | {"Name": "Sanada Awanokami Masayuki", "Native name": "真田 安房守 昌幸", "Image caption": "Sanada Masayuki", "Birth date": "1547", "Death date": "1611 06 13 1547", "Death place": "Kudoyama", "Term start": "1575", "Term end": "1600", "Spouse(s)": "Kansho-in", "Battles fought": "Battles of KawanakajimaBattle of MimasetogeBattle... |
, also known as , was a Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku period. He was especially known as the leading general on the defending side of the Siege of Osaka.
Yukimura was called "A Hero who may appear once in a hundred years", "Crimson Demon of War" and "The Last Sengoku Hero". The famed veteran of the invasion ... | {"Born": "1567", "Died": "1615 06 3 1567", "Other name(s)": "Sanada NobushigeSanada Saemon-no-sukeBen-maru", "Spouse(s)": "Lady HottaLady TakanashiChikurin-in", "Relations": "Sanada Masayuki (father)Kanshō-in (mother)Sanada Nobuyuki (brother)Ōtani Yoshitsugu (father-in-law)Toyotomi Hideyoshi (adopted father-in-law)Koma... |
Atlasov Island, known in Russian as Ostrov Atlasova (Остров Атласова), or in Japanese as Araido (阿頼度島), is the northernmost island and volcano and also the highest volcano of the Kuril islands, part of the Sakhalin Oblast in Russia. The Russian name is sometimes rendered in English as Atlasova Island. Other names for t... | {"Elevation": "290390 Alaid", "Prominence": "2285", "Location": "Kuril Islands, Russia", "Coordinates": "\"Russia: Kamchatka and the Russian Pacific Islands Ultra-Prominence Page\" Peaklist.org. Listed here as \"Alaid V.\". Retrieved 2011-11-27."} |
Oundle () is a market town and civil parish on the left bank of the River Nene in North Northamptonshire, England, which had a population of 6,254 at the time of the 2021 census. It is north of London and south-west of Peterborough. The town is home to Oundle School.
History
thumb|left|The Old Town Hall
The town's n... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021 census)", "Unitary authority": "North Northamptonshire", "Ceremonial county": "Northamptonshire", "UK Parliament": "Corby", "Postcode district": "PE", "Dialling code": "01832", "OS grid reference": "TL038880"} |
The term Batlôkwa (also Batlokoa, or Badogwa) refers to several Kgatla communities that reside in Lesotho and South Africa.
It comprises the followers of Tlôkwa kings and the members of clans identified as Tlôkwa, or individuals who identify themselves as of Tlôkwa descent. Most of the Batlôkwa clans trace their roya... | {"Name": "Tlôkwa people", "Languages": "Setlôkwa", "Religions": "Christianity, African traditional religion", "Related ethnic groups": "Lobedu people, Sotho people, Tswana people, Pulana people, Lozi people, Pulana people, Kgalagadi people, Pedi people, and other Sotho-Tswana peoples", "Native name": "Batlôkwa"} |
The secretary of state for culture, media and sport, also referred to as the culture secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for strategy and policy across the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United ... | {"Post": "Secretary", "Body": "Statefor Culture, Media and Sport", "Insignia caption": "Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government", "Department": "Department for Culture, Media and Sport", "Incumbent": "Lucy Frazer", "Incumbent since": "7 February 2023", "Style": "Culture Secretary(informal)The Right Honourable(within the... |
is an action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance in 2002. It was developed by Nintendo Research & Development 1, which had developed the previous Metroid game, Super Metroid (1994). Players control the bounty hunter Samus Aran, who investigates a space station infected with shape... | {"Caption": "North American box art", "Developer": "Nintendo R&D1", "Publisher": "Nintendo", "Director": "Yoshio SakamotoTakehiko Hosokawa", "Producer": "Takehiro Izushi", "Designer": "Tomoyoshi YamaneTakehiko Hosokawa", "Programmer": "Katsuya Yamano", "Artist": "Tomoyoshi Yamane", "Writer": "Yoshio Sakamoto", "Compose... |
The Communist Party of Greece (, Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas, KKE) is a political party in Greece. It was founded in 1918 as the Socialist Labour Party of Greece and adopted its current name in November 1924. It is the oldest political party in modern Greek politics. The party was banned in 1936, but played a signific... | {"Abbreviation": "KKE", "Founded": "17 November 1918 4 November as SEKE", "Headquarters": "145 Leof. Irakliou, 142 31 Athens (Nea Ionia)", "Newspaper": "el-Latn Rizospastis", "Ideology": "Nordsieck>http://parties-and-elections.eu/greece.html Greece Nordsieck Wolfram 2019 Parties and Elections in EuropeMarxism-LeninismA... |
Żegota (, full codename: the "Konrad Żegota Committee"Yad Vashem Shoa Resource Center, Zegota) was the Polish Council to Aid Jews with the Government Delegation for Poland (), an underground Polish resistance organization, and part of the Polish Underground State, active 1942-45 in German-occupied Poland.Władysław Bart... | {"Predecessor": "Provisional Committee to Aid Jews", "Type": "Underground organization", "Headquarters": "Warsaw", "Location": "Kraków, Wilno, Lwów"} |
Władysław Bartoszewski (; 19 February 1922 - 24 April 2015) was a Polish politician, social activist, journalist, writer and historian. A former Auschwitz concentration camp prisoner, he was a World War II resistance fighter as part of the Polish underground and participated in the Warsaw Uprising. After the war he was... | {"Name": "Władysław Bartoszewski", "Image": "Władysław Bartoszewski 2012.JPG", "Birth date": "1922 2 19 yes", "Birth place": "Warsaw, Poland", "Death date": "2015 04 24 1922 2 19 yes", "Death place": "Warsaw, Poland", "President 2": "Lech Wałęsa", "Prime minister 2": "Józef Oleksy", "Predecessor 2": "Andrzej Olechowski... |
The secretary of state for the environment was a UK cabinet position, responsible for the Department of the Environment (DoE). Today, its responsibilities are carried out by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. The post was ... | {"Formed": "15 October 1970", "Dissolved": "2 May 1997", "Jurisdiction": "United Kingdom", "Headquarters": "London, England, UK"} |
The Coalition of the Left, of Movements and Ecology (, Synaspismós tīs Aristerás tōn Kinīmátōn kai tīs Oikologías), commonly known as Synaspismos (, Synaspismós, "Coalition") and abbreviated to SYN (ΣΥΝ), was a Greek political party of the radical New Left. It was founded in 1991 and was known as the Coalition of the L... | {"Leader": "Alexis Tsipras", "Founded": "1989 (as an electoral coalition)\n 1991 (as a political party)", "Split from": "Communist Party of Greece", "Merged into": "Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA)", "Headquarters": "1 Eleftherias Square,105 53 Athens", "Ideology": "\"March2012\">Luke March Radical Left Parties... |
Christopher Joseph Carter (born 4 May 1952) is a former New Zealand Labour Party and independent Member of the New Zealand Parliament. He was a senior Cabinet Minister in the Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand, serving lastly as Minister of Education, Minister Responsible for the Education Review Office and Minist... | {"Name": "Chris Carter", "Term start": "5 November 2007", "Term end": "19 November 2008", "Order 2": "2nd Minister for Building Issues", "Prime minister 2": "Helen Clark", "Predecessor 2": "Margaret Wilson", "Successor 2": "Clayton Cosgrove", "Birth date": "1952 5 4 yes", "Birth place": "Auckland,New Zealand", "Partner... |
thumb|250px|DIKKI supporters in a Coalition of the Radical Left rally in 2007
The Democratic Social Movement (DIKKI; Greek: ΔΗΚΚΙ - Δημοκρατικό Κοινωνικό Κίνημα, Dimokratiko Koinoniko Kinima) is a social-democratic political party in Greece. The party was founded in 1995 by Dimitris Tsovolas and several ex-members of t... | {"Abbreviation": "DIKKI", "Founded": "1995", "Split from": "Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)", "Ideology": "SocialismDia Anagnostou Deepening Democracy or Defending the Nation? The Europeanisation of Minority Rights and Greek Citizenship Politics and Policy in Greece Routledge 2006 128 9780415376297 https... |
The secretary of state for health and social care, also referred to as the health secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for the work of the Department of Health and Social Care. The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
The position can trace its ... | {"Post": "Secretary", "Body": "Statefor Health and Social Care", "Insignia caption": "Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government", "Incumbent": "Steve Barclay", "Incumbent since": "25 October 2022", "Department": "Department of Health and Social Care", "Style": "Health Secretary(informal)The Right Honourable(UK and the Com... |
The Portuguese Communist Party (, , PCP) is a communist, Marxist-Leninist political party in Portugal based upon democratic centralism. The party also considers itself patriotic and internationalist,Portuguese Communist Party (2005). Program and Statutes of the Portuguese Communist Party. Edições Avante!. and it is ch... | {"General Secretary": "Paulo Raimundo", "Ideology": "CommunismMarxism-LeninismAnti-revisionismhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13523279008415064 Orthodoxy and dissent in the Portuguese Communist Party 1990 10.1080/13523279008415064 Patricio Maria Teresa Journal of Communist Studies 6 4 204-208 https:/... |
Joanna of Castile, known as la Beltraneja (28 February 1462 – 12 April 1530), was a claimant to the throne of Castile, and Queen of Portugal as the wife of King Afonso V, her uncle.
Birth and parentage
King Henry IV of Castile married Joan of Portugal, daughter of King Edward of Portugal and the youngest sister of Kin... | {"Father": "Disputed: Henry IV of Castile or The 1st Duke of Alburquerque", "Mother": "Joan of Portugal", "Born": "Royal Alcázar of Madrid", "Died": "Lisbon", "Religion": "Roman Catholicism"} |
Philippa of Clarence also known as Philippa Plantagenet or Philippa de Burgh (16 August 1355 - 5 January 1382) was a medieval English princess and the suo jure Countess of Ulster.
Biography
She was born at Eltham Palace in Kent on 16 August 1355, the only child of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, and Elizabe... | {"Born": "Eltham Palace, Kent, England", "Died": "Cork, Ireland", "Burial": "Wigmore, Herefordshire, England", "Father": "Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence", "Mother": "Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster"} |
The secretary of state for work and pensions, also referred to as the work and pensions secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for the business of the Department for Work and Pensions. The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
The o... | {"Post": "Secretary", "Body": "Statefor Work and Pensions", "Insignia caption": "Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government", "Department": "Department for Work and Pensions", "Incumbent": "Mel Stride", "Incumbent since": "25 October 2022", "Status": "Secretary of StateMinister of the Crown", "Seat": "Westminster", "Style"... |
The Socialist Party (, ; abbreviated as SP, ) is a democratic socialist and social democratic political party in the Netherlands. Founded in 1971 as the Communist Party of the Netherlands/Marxist-Leninist (KPN/ML, ), the party has since moderated itself from Marxism-Leninism and Maoism towards democratic socialism and ... | {"Abbreviation": "SP", "Leader": "Lilian Marijnissen", "Secretary": "Arnout Hoekstra", "Founded": "1971 10 22 y", "Split from": "KEN (ml)", "Headquarters": "De Moed Partijbureau SP Snouckaertlaan 70, Amersfoort", "Ideology": "\"Magone2013\">Magone José Contemporary European Politics: A Comparative Introduction https://... |
The secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs, also referred to as the environment secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the ... | {"Post": "Secretary", "Body": "Statefor Environment, Food and Rural Affairs", "Insignia caption": "Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government", "Department": "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs", "Incumbent": "Thérèse Coffey", "Incumbent since": "25 October 2022", "Style": "Environment Secretary (informal)T... |
thumb|right|150px|Logo of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) was a United Kingdom government department created by the Board of Agriculture Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 30) and at that time called the Board of Agriculture, and then from 1903 the Board of... | {"Short title": "Board of Agriculture Act 1889", "Type": "Act", "Parliament": "Parliament of the United Kingdom", "Long title": "An Act for establishing a Board of Agriculture for Great Britain.", "Year": "1889", "Citation": "52 & 53 Vict. c. 30", "Royal Assent": "12 August 1889", "Original text link": "https://www.leg... |
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions was a United Kingdom Cabinet position created in 1997, with responsibility for the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR).www.archive.official-documents.co.uk The position and department were created for John Prescott by mer... | {"Formed": "3 May 1997", "Dissolved": "8 June 2001", "Jurisdiction": "United Kingdom", "Headquarters": "London, England, UK"} |
Operation Tannenberg () was a codename for one of the anti-Polish extermination actions by Nazi Germany that were directed at the Poles during the opening stages of World War II in Europe, as part of the Generalplan Ost for the German colonization of the East. The shootings were conducted with the use of a proscription... | {"Title": "Operation TannenbergUnternehmen Tannenberg", "Image size": "300", "Caption": "Operation Tannenberg, 20 October 1939. The mass murder of Polish townsmen in western Poland", "Location": "German-occupied Poland", "Target": "Poles", "Date": "September 1939 - January 1940", "Type of attack": "Genocidal massacre, ... |
Lockhart Stadium was a stadium used mostly for soccer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. It was used in a variety of sports, particularly soccer and American football.
Originally designed in 1959 for high school sports, the stadium's long-standing soccer connection began in 1977 when it became the home venue... | {"Location": "Fort Lauderdale, Florida", "Coordinates": "26 11 35 N 80 9 40 W it dms type:landmark_scale:3000", "Opened": "1959", "Closed": "2016", "Demolished": "May 8, 2019", "Owner": "City of Fort Lauderdale", "Surface": "Grass", "Construction cost": "Unknown$5 million renovation in 1998 ($US 5000000 1998 in US doll... |
Gothenburg and Bohus County () was a county of Sweden until 1 January 1998, when it was merged with Skaraborg County and Älvsborg County to form Västra Götaland County.
The county was named after the city of Gothenburg and the historical province of Bohuslän. Gothenburg was the seat of residence for the governor and r... | {"Conventional long name": "Gothenburg and Bohus County", "Native name": "Göteborgs och Bohus län", "Common name": "Göteborgs och Bohus län", "Year founded": "1680", "Year dissolved": "1997", "Capital": "Gothenburg"} |
The Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) was a militant socialist organisation that fought against white-minority rule in Rhodesia, formed as a split from the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) in 1963. ZANU split in 1975 into wings loyal to Robert Mugabe and Ndabaningi Sithole, later respectively called ZANU-PF ... | {"Ideology": "African nationalismAfrican socialismPan-Africanism", "Founded": "8 August 1963", "Split from": "Zimbabwe African People's Union", "Succeeded by": "ZANU-PFZANU - Ndonga", "Political position": "Left-wing"} |
Évelyne Thomas (born 10 January 1954) is a French journalist and television presenter, mostly known to present the television program C'est mon choix.
Life and career
Early life and beginnings
Évelyne Thomas was born in Périgueux in the department of Dordogne. She graduated with a Master of Advanced Studies in in... | {"Name": "Évelyne Thomas", "Birth date": "1954 1 10 y", "Birth place": "Périgueux, Dordogne, FranceÉric Aeschimann Droite au buste Libération 25 October 2003 http://www.liberation.fr/portrait/2003/10/25/droite-au-buste_449340 13 August 2018 frAude Dassonville Évelyne Thomas a du succès en Marianne Le Parisien... |
The Left ( ; ; ) is a democratic socialist political party in Luxembourg. On the political spectrum, it is considered a left-wing or far-lefthttps://lequotidien.lu/politique-societe/communales-dei-lenk-loriginal-plutot-que-la-copie/ political party. The Left is associated with The Left in the European Parliament - GUE/... | {"Leader": "Collective leadership", "Founded": "30 January 1999", "Headquarters": "5, rue Aldringen, Luxembourg", "Ideology": "Democratic socialism", "Political position": "Left-wing Lambert Yannick Oglesby Kate 16 December 2021 Parliament approves tighter laws targeting unvaccinated https://www.luxtimes.lu... |
Olympia Dukakis (June 20, 1931 - May 1, 2021) was an American actress. She performed in more than 130 stage productions, more than 60 films and in 50 television series. Best known as a screen actress, she started her career in theater. Not long after her arrival in New York City, she won an Obie Award for Best Actress ... | {"Caption": "Dukakis in 2019", "Birth date": "1931 06 20 y", "Death date": "2021 05 01 1931 06 20 y", "Birth place": "Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Louis Zorich 1962 2018 died", "Education": "Boston University (BA, MFA)", "Children": "3", "Occupation": "Actress", "Ye... |
Sir Harry Pateshall Colebatch (29 March 1872 - 12 February 1953) was a long-serving figure in Western Australian politics. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for nearly 20 years, the twelfth Premier of Western Australia for a month in 1919, agent-general in London for five years, and a senat... | {"Name": "Sir Hal Colebatch", "Alternative text": "Portrait of man wearing suit", "Term start": "17 April 1919", "Term end": "17 May 1919", "Office 2": "Minister for Public Health", "Successor 2": "Frank Broun", "Birth name": "Harry Pateshall Colebatch", "Birth date": "1872 3 29 y", "Birth place": "Underley, Wolferlow,... |
Varian Mackey Fry (October 15, 1907 – September 13, 1967) was an American journalist. Fry ran a rescue network in Vichy France that helped 2,000 to 4,000 anti-Nazi and Jewish refugees to escape Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. He was the first of five Americans to be recognized as "Righteous Among the Nations", an honor... | {"Birth name": "Varian Mackey Fry", "Birth date": "1907 10 15", "Birth place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1967 09 13 1907 10 15", "Death place": "Redding, Connecticut, U.S.", "Resting place": "Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York\"Burial search on Varian Fry.\" https://web.archive.org/web/201402... |
The Socialist Party of Latvia (, abbr. LSP; ) is a communist party in Latvia. It is positioned on the far-left on the political spectrum.
It was formed in 1994 as a successor party to the Communist Party of Latvia, which was banned in 1991. According to the "programme of the party", the LSP was founded as an organizat... | {"Abbreviation": "LSP", "Leader": "Vladimirs Frolovs", "Founded": "1994 1 15 yeshttps://socparty.lv/ru/party/history/ История партии socparty.lv 2021-03-11 2021-12-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20211201173353/https://socparty.lv/ru/party/history/ dead", "Registered": "1994 3 14 yes", "Preceded by": "Communist Party of... |
The pipa, pípá, or p'i-p'a () is a traditional Chinese musical instrument belonging to the plucked category of instruments. Sometimes called the "Chinese lute", the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets ranging from 12 to 31. Another Chinese four-string plucked lute is the liuqin, whic... | {"Name": "Pipa", "Image size": "200px", "Caption": "A pipa from the late Ming dynasty", "Classification": "Necked bowl lutes\nString instruments", "Related": "border:2; padding:0; \n \n \n \n \n \n \nAngélique\nArchlute\nBalalaika\nBarbat\nBağlama\nBaglamas\nBipa\nBiwa\nBouzouki\nChitarra Italiana\nÇifteli\n... |
The Progressive Party of Working People (, ; abbr. , AKEL; ) is a Marxist-LeninistHelena Smith, Cyprus gets ready for a communist 'takeover', The Guardian, 2008 communist party in Cyprus.
AKEL is one of the two major parties in Cyprus, and it supports a federal solution of the internal aspect of the Cyprus problem and... | {"Abbreviation": "AKEL", "General Secretary": "Stefanos StefanouKades Andria https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/07/04/stephanos-stephanou-elected-as-akels-new-secretary-general-with-72-of-votes/ Stephanos Stephanou elected as Akel's new secretary-general with 72% of votes Cyprus Mail 4 July 2021", "Founded": "yes y 1926... |
Thixendale is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire, it is located in the Yorkshire Wolds about 20 miles east of York.
The place name Thixendale is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Sixtendale and Xistendale. The name me... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2016 estimate)", "Unitary authority": "North Yorkshire", "Ceremonial county": "North Yorkshire", "UK Parliament": "Thirsk and Malton", "Postcode district": "YO", "Dialling code": "01377", "OS grid reference": "SE840611"} |
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is a 1993 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. It is the first installment in The Legend of Zelda series for a handheld game console. Link's Awakening is one of the few Zelda games not to take place in the land of Hyrule, and it does not featu... | {"Title": "The Legend of Zelda:Link's Awakening", "Caption": "European box art", "Developer": "Nintendo EAD", "Publisher": "Nintendo", "Director": "Takashi Tezuka", "Producer": "Shigeru Miyamoto", "Designer": "Yasuhisa Yamamura", "Programmer": "Takamitsu Kuzuhara\n Kazuaki Morita", "Artist": "Yoichi Kotabe Masanao Arim... |
Charles Barry Jr. (1823-1900) was an English architect of the mid-late 19th century, and eldest son of Sir Charles Barry. Like his younger brother and fellow architect Edward Middleton Barry, Charles Jr. designed numerous buildings in London. He is particularly associated with works in the south London suburb of Dulwic... | {"Name": "Charles Barry Jr.", "Caption": "The staircase at the Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, designed in a Soansian style by the partnership of Robert Richardson Banks and Charles Barry Jr.", "Birth date": "Birth year 17th Oct 1823", "Birth place": "Holborn, Middlesex", "Death date": "Death year 1900 an... |
Rudolf Schuster (born 4 January 1934) is a Slovak politician, who served as the second president of Slovakia from 1999 to 2004. He was elected on 29 May 1999 and inaugurated on 15 June. In the presidential elections of April 2004, in which he sought re-election, Schuster was defeated. He received only 7.4% of the vote,... | {"Name": "Rudolf Schuster", "Term start": "15 June 1999", "Term end": "15 June 2004", "Office 2": "Member of the National Council", "Birth date": "1934 1 4 y", "Birth place": "Košice, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)", "Other political party": "Communist Party (1964-1990)Party of Civic Understanding (1998-1999)", "Spouse(... |
The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (, KSČM) is a communist party in the Czech Republic. As of 2022, KSČM has a membership of 20,450, and is a member party of The Left in the European Parliament - GUE/NGL in the European Parliament, and an observer member of the European Left Party. Sources variously describe th... | {"Abbreviation": "KSČM", "Founded": "31 March 1990", "Preceded by": "Communist Party of Czechoslovakia", "Headquarters": "Politických vězňů 9, Prague", "Slogan": "\"cs S lidmi pro lidi!\"\"With the people for the people!\"", "Newspaper": "Haló noviny", "Ideology": "CommunismMarxismSocialism", "Political position": "Lef... |
Herod Antipas (, Hērǭdēs Antipas; ) was a 1st-century ruler of Galilee and Perea. He bore the title of tetrarch ("ruler of a quarter") and is referred to as both "Herod the Tetrarch" and "King Herod" in the New Testament, although he never held the title of king. He was a son of Herod the Great and a grandson of Antip... | {"Father": "Herod the Great", "Mother": "Malthace", "Born": "Before 20 BC", "Died": "Gallia"} |
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