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"Horror Business" is the third single released by the American horror punk band Misfits. It was released on June 26, 1979 through vocalist Glenn Danzig's own label, Plan 9 Records, and is commonly said to have been inspired by the unsolved murder of Nancy Spungen. The B-side of the single features the songs "Teenagers ... | {"Released": "June 26, 1979", "Recorded": "January 1979C.I. Studios, New York, New York", "Genre": "Horror punkGreene 2013 30", "Label": "Plan 9", "Songwriter(s)": "Glenn Danzig"} |
Campbeltown Airport () is located at Machrihanish, west of Campbeltown, near the tip of the Kintyre peninsula in Argyll and Bute on the west coast of Scotland.
The airport was formerly known as RAF Machrihanish (after the village of Machrihanish) and hosted squadrons of the Royal Air Force and other NATO air forces ... | {"Airport type": "Public", "Serves": "Campbeltown and Isle of Arran", "Location": "Machrihanish, Argyll and Bute", "AMSL": "42", "Coordinates": "55 26 15 N 005 41 17 W type:airport_region:GB-AGB inline,title", "Website": "Campbeltown Airport"} |
The counties of England are areas used for different purposes, which include administrative, geographical, cultural and political demarcation. The term "county" is defined in several ways and can apply to similar or the same areas used by each of these demarcation structures. These different types of county each have a... | {"Category": "Counties", "Found in": "Regions", "Created": "Established in the Middle Ages", "Possible types": "Metropolitan and non‑metropolitan (84)"} |
Tom Cribb (8 July 1781 - 11 May 1848) was an English bare-knuckle boxer of the 19th century. He was All England Champion from 1808-1822. Henry Downes Miles, 1906, Pugilistica volume 1, pp242-277Frank Lewis Dowling, 1841, Fistiana, or the Oracle of the Ring, page 56
Early life
thumb|Tom Cribb vs Tom Molineaux, 1811
Bor... | {"Weight(s)": "189-199 lb", "Height": "5 ft 9 in cm 0 on", "Nationality": "British", "Born": "Bristol", "Died": "London", "Wins": "15", "Losses": "1", "No contests": "1"} |
Härnösand County, or Härnösands län, was a county of the Swedish Empire, between 1645 and 1654. The seat of residence for the Governor was in Härnösand.
It included the Provinces of Ångermanland, Medelpad and Jämtland.
Creation
The county was created in 1645 when Sweden conquered Jämtland and Härjedalen. They ha... | {"Conventional long name": "Härnösand County", "Native name": "Härnösands län", "Common name": "Härnösand", "Year founded": "1645", "Year dissolved": "1654", "Capital": "Härnösand"} |
Hudiksvall County, or Hudiksvalls län, was a county of the Swedish Empire, between 1645 and 1654. It was created by splitting the Norrland County into the Hudiksvall County and the Härnösand County, but just nine years later they were merged again as the Västernorrland County. The seat of residence for the Governor was... | {"Conventional long name": "Hudiksvall County", "Native name": "Hudiksvalls län", "Common name": "Hudiksvall", "Year founded": "1645", "Year dissolved": "1654", "Capital": "Hudiksvall"} |
Norrland County, or Norrlands län, was a county of the Swedish Empire from 1634 to 1645.
In 1638 the northern part of the county, Västerbotten and Lappland, were separated and established as the Västerbotten County. On 5 September 1645 the remainder of the county was divided in two parts where the central part became ... | {"Conventional long name": "Norrland County", "Native name": "Norrlands län", "Common name": "Norrland", "Year founded": "1634", "Year dissolved": "1645", "Capital": "Hudiksvall"} |
"Night of the Living Dead" is the fourth single by the horror punk band the Misfits. It was released on October 31, 1979, on singer Glenn Danzig's label Plan 9 Records. 2,000 copies of the single were pressed on black 7" vinyl. The night of its release the band performed at Irving Plaza in New York City and sold the si... | {"B-side": "\"Where Eagles Dare\" \"Rat Fink\"", "Released": "October 31, 1979", "Recorded": "June 1979", "Genre": "Horror punk", "Label": "Plan 9 (PL 1011)", "Songwriter(s)": "Glenn Danzig", "Producer(s)": "Danny Zelonky, The Misfits"} |
Öland County, or Ölands län, was a county of Sweden, between 1819 and 1826. It consisted of the island of Öland, designating the historical province of Öland as its own county. A Governor resided briefly at Borgholm, but the island is today part of the Kalmar County.
Some important historical sites in Öland County a... | {"Conventional long name": "Öland County", "Native name": "Ölands län", "Common name": "Öland", "Year founded": "1819", "Year dissolved": "1826", "Capital": "Borgholm"} |
Bulguksa () is a Buddhist temple on Tohamsan, in Jinheon-dong, Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
It is a head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism and contains six National Treasures, including the Dabotap and Seokgatap stone pagodas, Cheongun-gyo (Blue Cloud Bridge), and two gilt-bronze statue... | {"Location": "Gyeongju, South Korea", "Criteria": "Cultural: i, iv", "Reference": "736", "Inscription": "1995"} |
("Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant") is an operatic in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, based on the libretti written by Charles-Guillaume Étienne for the opera Cendrillon with music by Nicolas Isouard (first performed Paris, 1810) and by Francesco Fiorini for with music b... | {"Librettist": "Jacopo Ferretti", "Language": "Italian", "Based on": "Cendrillon Charles Perrault", "Premiere": "Teatro Valle, Rome", "Other title": "La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo"} |
Balthasar Gérard (alternative spellings Gerards or Gerardts; c. 1557 - 14 July 1584) was the assassin of the Dutch revolt's leader, William the Silent of the House of Orange (William the Silent, and later known as the "Father of the Fatherland"). He killed William the Silent in Delft on 10 July 1584, by shooting him tw... | {"Name": "Balthasar Gérard", "Caption": "Portrait of Gérard, c. 16th century. Author unknown. Stedelijk Museum het Prinsenhof, Delft", "Birth date": "c. 1557", "Birth place": "Vuillafans, Franche-Comté", "Death date": "14 July 1584 (aged 26 or 27)", "Death place": "Delft, Dutch Republic", "Nationality": "Franc-Comtois"... |
Institutional racism, also known as systemic racism, is defined as policies and practices that exist throughout a whole society or organization that result in and support a continued unfair advantage to some people and unfair or harmful treatment of others based on race. It manifests as discrimination in areas such as ... | {"Title": "Paris massacre of 1961", "Part of": "Algerian war", "Image size": "300px", "Caption": "Tagged on the Saint-Michel Bridge in 1961: \"Ici on noie les Algériens\" (\"Here we drown Algerians \"). Dozens of bodies were later pulled from the River Seine.", "Fatalities": "40/200+", "Victims": "a demonstration of so... |
The Communist Party of Slovakia (, KSS) is a communist party in Slovakia, formed in 1992, through the merger of the Communist Party of Slovakia - 91 and the Communist League of Slovakia.
The party is observer of the Party of the European Left although it criticizes the Political Theses for the 1st Congress of European... | {"Leader": "Jozef Hrdlička", "Founded": "29 August 1992", "Newspaper": "Kroky(The Steps)", "Merger of": "KSS '91ZKS", "Ideology": "'march'>Contemporary Far Left Parties in Europe March Luke 2008 Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Berlin 978-3-86872-000-6 3 http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/id/ipa/05818.pdfMarxism-LeninismProgram K... |
L'italiana in Algeri (; The Italian Girl in Algiers) is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Angelo Anelli, based on his earlier text set by Luigi Mosca. It premiered at the Teatro San Benedetto in Venice on 22 May 1813. The music is characteristic of Rossini's style, re... | {"Translation": "The Italian Girl in Algiers", "Librettist": "Angelo Anelli", "Language": "Italian", "Premiere": "Teatro San Benedetto, Venice"} |
François Cheng (; born 30 August 1929) is a Chinese-born French academician, writer, poet, and calligrapher. He is the author of essays, novels, collections of poetry and books on art written in the French language, and the translator of some of the great French poets into Chinese.
Biography
Born in Nanchang, Jiangx... | {"Is this infobox a child of another?": "yes", "Name in simplified characters": "程 抱 一", "Name in traditional characters": "程 抱 一", "Pinyin transcription": "Chéng Bàoyī", "Wade-Giles": "Ch'eng Pao-i", "First alternative name title": "Birth name", "Alternate name in traditional characters": "程 季 贤", "Alternate name in s... |
Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds (originally known as Wizardry: Knight of Diamonds - The Second Scenario) is the second game in the Wizardry series of role-playing video games. It was published in 1982 by Sir-Tech.
Gameplay
The game begins with the city of Llylgamyn under siege. Llylgamyn's rulers have been killed,... | {"Title": "Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds", "Caption": "Cover art", "Developer": "Sir-Tech", "Publisher": "Sir-Tech", "Designer": "Andrew C. Greenberg Robert Woodhead", "Released": "1982", "Modes": "Single-player", "Genre": "Role-playing", "Series": "Wizardry", "Platforms": "Apple II, Commodore 64 / 128, DOS, FM-7... |
The USL Second Division (commonly referred to as USL-2) was a professional men's soccer league in the United States, operated by United Soccer Leagues (USL). It was at the third tier of soccer in the United States, behind Major League Soccer (top tier) and the USL First Division (second tier), and one step up from the ... | {"Confederation": "US Soccer", "Founded": "1995", "Folded": "2010", "Number of teams": "6-10", "Domestic cup(s)": "U.S. Open Cup", "Most championships": "Charleston BatteryCharlotte EaglesLong Island Rough RidersRichmond KickersUtah Blitzz(2 titles each)"} |
United Soccer League (USL), formerly known as United Soccer Leagues, is a soccer league in the United States and Canada. It organizes several men's and women's leagues, both professional and amateur. Men's leagues currently organized are the USL Championship, USL League One, USL League Two, and the youth Super Y League... | {"Industry": "Soccer", "Founded": "1986 yes", "Headquarters": "U.S.", "Website": "http://uslsoccer.com"} |
Northern Virginia FC (formerly Northern Virginia Royals and Evergreen FC) is an American soccer club from Leesburg, Virginia competing in USL League Two, USL W League, Eastern Premier Soccer League and the Major Arena Soccer League 3.
The club's women's team was known as the Northern Virginia Majestics, who played in ... | {"Full name": "Northern Virginia Football Club", "Founded": "1998 yes as Northern Virginia Royals", "Capacity": "1,500", "League": "USL League TwoUSL W LeagueEastern Premier Soccer LeagueMASL3", "Website": "http://www.novafc.org/"} |
The University of Jena, officially the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (, abbreviated FSU, shortened form Uni Jena), is a public research university located in Jena, Thuringia, Germany.
The university was established in 1558 and is counted among the ten oldest universities in Germany. It is affiliated with six Nobe... | {"Type": "Public", "Budget": "€ 372 millionhttp://www.uni-jena.de/en/Nutzflaechen_%3CBR%3EBaumassnahmen_%3Cbr%3EInvestitionen.html Budget and Infrastructure University of Jena 20 April 2017 21 April 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170421093257/http://www.uni-jena.de/en/Nutzflaechen_%3CBR%3EBaumassnahmen_%3Cbr%3... |
Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley, (born 17 June 1952), is a British politician and life peer who served as Secretary of State for Education and Skills from 2001 to 2002. A member of the Labour Party, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Yardley from 1992 to 2005.
Early life
Morris was born in Ma... | {"Name": "The Baroness Morris of Yardley", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2019", "Term start": "13 June 2003", "Term end": "5 May 2005", "Office 2": "Minister of State for School Standards", "Prime minister 2": "Tony Blair", "Predecessor 2": "Stephen Byers", "Successor 2": "Stephen Timms", "Birth date": "1952 6 1... |
Magpie was a British children's television programme shown on ITV from 30 July 1968 to 6 June 1980. It was a magazine format show, intended to compete with the BBC's Blue Peter, but it attempted to be more "hip", focusing more on popular culture. The show's creators, Lewis Rudd and Sue Turner, named the programme Magpi... | {"Genre": "Children'sEntertainment", "Created by": "Lewis RuddSue Turner", "Presented by": "Tony BastableTommy BoydPete BradyJenny HanleyDouglas RaeMick RobertsonSusan Stranks", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Running time": "25 minutes", "Original network": "ITV", "Original release": "1980 6 6 yes"} |
Gillian Patricia Shephard, Baroness Shephard of Northwold, (née Watts; born 22 January 1940), is a British Conservative politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Norfolk from 1987 to 2005. Shephard served as a Cabinet Minister, and is now Chairman of the Association of Conservative Peers.
Sheph... | {"Name": "The Baroness Shephardof Northwold", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2018", "Term start": "1 June 1998", "Term end": "15 June 1999", "Office 2": "Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster", "Leader 2": "William Hague", "Predecessor 2": "Michael Heseltine", "Successor 2": "George Young", "Birth name": "G... |
William Dawes Jr. (April 6, 1745 - February 25, 1799) was an American soldier, and was one of several men who, in April 1775, alerted minutemen in Massachusetts of the approach of British regulars prior to the battles of Lexington and Concord at the outset of the American Revolution. For some years, Paul Revere had the... | {"Name": "William Dawes", "Birth date": "April 6, 1745", "Birth place": "Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay", "Death date": "1799 2 25 1745 4 5", "Death place": "Marlborough, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Occupation": "Tanner", "Spouse(s)": "Mehitable May (1768-1793; divorce)Lydia Gendall", "Parent(s)": "William and Lydia ... |
Junius Brutus Booth (1 May 1796 - 30 November 1852) was an English stage actor. He was the father of actor John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. His other children included Edwin Booth, the foremost tragedian of the mid-to-late 19th century, Junius Brutus Booth Jr., an actor and theatre man... | {"Name": "Junius Brutus Booth", "Image": "JuniusBrutusBooth.jpeg", "Caption": "Booth in 1850", "Birth name": "Junius Brutus Booth", "Birth date": "1796 05 01 y", "Birth place": "St. Pancras, London, England", "Death date": "1852 11 30 1796 05 01 yes", "Death place": "vicinity of Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.", "Resting pl... |
Xcode is Apple's integrated development environment (IDE) for macOS, used to develop software for macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS. It was initially released in late 2003; the latest stable release is version 15, released on September 18, 2023, and is available free of charge via the Mac App Store and th... | {"Developer(s)": "Apple Inc.", "Type": "Integrated development environment (IDE)", "License": "Proprietary with open-source components", "Website": "https://developer.apple.com/xcode/", "Initial release": "2003 10 23https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2003/11/macosx-10-3/ Mac OS X 10.3 Panther November 9, 2003 John Sira... |
Beware is the fifth release by the American punk rock band Misfits. First issued in January 1980, this EP combined the Misfits' previously released singles "Bullet" and "Horror Business", and was originally intended as a recording that the Misfits could bring with them on their tour of the United Kingdom with the Briti... | {"Released": "January 1980", "Recorded": "January 1978, January 1979, September 1979", "Genre": "Horror punk", "Label": "Plan 9"} |
John Anderson Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling, PC, DL (born 4 August 1939) is a British politician who was a Labour Member of Parliament for over 30 years, serving for Whitehaven from 1970 to 1983 and then Copeland until the 2005 general election, and had served in the Cabinet of Tony Blair.
Background
His fat... | {"Name": "The Lord Cunningham of Felling", "Term start": "27 July 1998", "Term end": "11 October 1999", "Office 2": "Shadow Secretary of State for National Heritage", "Leader 2": "Tony Blair", "Predecessor 2": "Chris Smith", "Successor 2": "Virginia Bottomley", "Birth name": "John Anderson Cunningham", "Birth date": "1... |
Gasherbrum I (; ; ), surveyed as K5 and also known as Hidden Peak, is the 11th highest mountain in the world at above sea level. It is located between Shigar District in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan and Tashkurgan in the Xinjiang of China. Gasherbrum I is part of the Gasherbrum Massif, located in the Karako... | {"Elevation": "Ranked 11th", "Prominence": "2155", "Location": "Karakoram relief#Gilgit Baltistan#China Xinjiang Southern", "Coordinates": "35 43 28 N 76 41 47 E type:mountain_scale:100000 dms inline,title"} |
Nicholas Hugh Brown (born 13 June 1950) is a British Independent politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne East since 1983, making him the fifth longest serving MP in the House of Commons. He is the longest serving Chief Whip of the Labour Party, holding the position in three separat... | {"Name": "Nick Brown", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2020", "Term start": "26 May 2021", "Term end": "7 March 2023", "Office 2": "Chief Whip of the House of CommonsParliamentary Secretary to the Treasury", "Prime minister 2": "Gordon Brown", "Deputy 2": "Tommy McAvoy", "Predecessor 2": "Geoff Hoon", "Successor 2... |
David John Mellor (born 12 March 1949) is a British broadcaster, barrister, and former politician. As a member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister John Major as Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1990-1992) and Secretary of State for National Heritage (April-September 1992), before resi... | {"Name": "David Mellor", "Term start": "11 April 1992", "Term end": "22 September 1992", "Office 2": "Minister for the Arts", "Prime minister 2": "Margaret Thatcher", "Predecessor 2": "Richard Luce", "Successor 2": "Tim Renton", "Birth date": "1949 3 12 y", "Birth place": "Wareham, Dorset, England", "Other political pa... |
John Selwyn Gummer, Baron Deben, (born 26 November 1939) is a British Conservative Party politician, formerly the Member of Parliament (MP) for Suffolk Coastal and now a member of the House of Lords. He was Conservative Party Chairman from 1983 to 1985 and held various government posts including Secretary of State for... | {"Name": "The Lord Deben", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2023", "Term start": "2 May 1997", "Term end": "11 June 1997", "Office 2": "Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food", "Prime minister 2": "Margaret ThatcherJohn Major", "Predecessor 2": "John MacGregor", "Successor 2": "Gillian Shephard", "Birth date":... |
thumb|Ringrose Peak, Lake O'Hara, British Columbia
The Canadian Rockies () or Canadian Rocky Mountains, comprising both the Alberta Rockies and the British Columbian Rockies, is the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains. It is the easternmost part of the Canadian Cordillera, which is the northern segm... | {"Elevation": "3954", "Coordinates": "53 06 38 N 119 09 21 W type:mountain dms inline,title", "Length": "1460", "Width": "180", "Area": "194000"} |
James Michael Leathes Prior, Baron Prior, (11 October 1927 - 12 December 2016) was a British Conservative Party politician. A Member of Parliament from 1959 to 1987, he represented the Suffolk constituency of Lowestoft until 1983 and then the renamed constituency of Waveney from 1983 to 1987, when he stood down from t... | {"Name": "The Lord Prior", "Image caption": "Jim Prior", "Term start": "14 September 1981", "Term end": "27 September 1984", "Office 2": "Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council", "Prime minister 2": "Edward Heath", "Predecessor 2": "Robert Carr", "Successor 2": "Edward Short", "Birth name": "James... |
Bare-knuckle boxing (or simply bare-knuckle) is a full-contact combat sport based on punching without any form of padding on the hands.
The difference between street fighting and a bare-knuckle boxing match is that the latter has an accepted set of rules, such as not striking a downed opponent. The rules that provided... | {"Also known as": "Classical pugilism fisticuffs fist fight illegal boxing prizefighting", "Focus": "Striking, grappling (early)", "Country of origin": "England", "Parenthood": "Ancient Greek boxing Street fighting"} |
Maurice Victor Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden (27 January 1921 - 10 March 1984), was a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament. He was the only son of Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963.
Background and education
Macmil... | {"Name": "Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden", "Image caption": "Macmillan in 1957\nMinisterial offices y", "Term start": "2 December 1973", "Term end": "4 March 1974", "Office 2": "Chief Secretary to the Treasury", "Prime minister 2": "Edward Heath", "Predecessor 2": "Jack Diamond", "Successor 2": "Patrick Jenkin", "Birth ... |
Semiramide () is an opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini.
The libretto by Gaetano Rossi is based on Voltaire's tragedy Semiramis, which in turn was based on the legend of Semiramis of Assyria.Raymond Monelle 1992, Semiramide redenta: archetipi, fonti classiche, censure antropologiche nel melodramma, Music & Letters, ... | {"Librettist": "Gaetano Rossi", "Language": "Italian", "Based on": "Semiramis Voltaire", "Premiere": "La Fenice, Venice"} |
Let's Make a Deal (also known as LMAD) is a television game show that originated in the United States in 1963 and has since been produced in many countries throughout the world. The program was created and produced by Stefan Hatos and Monty Hall, the latter serving as its host for nearly 30 years.
The format of Let's ... | {"Also known as": "The All New Let's Make a Deal (1984-86)Let's Make a Deal Primetime (2020-present)", "Genre": "ComedyVariety showGame showMusical comedy", "Created by": "Stefan HatosMonty Hall", "Directed by": "Joe Behar (1963-77, 1984-85)Geoff Theobald (1980-81)Hank Behar (1985-86)Barry Glazer (1990-91)James Marcion... |
Yellowstone Lake is the largest body of water in Yellowstone National Park. The lake is above sea level and covers with of shoreline. While the average depth of the lake is , its greatest depth is at least . Yellowstone Lake is the largest freshwater lake above in North America.
In winter, ice nearly thick covers... | {"Location": "Yellowstone National ParkTeton County, Wyoming, U.S.", "Coordinates": "44 28 N 110 22 W type:waterbody_region:US_scale:250000 inline,title", "Primary inflows": "Yellowstone River", "Primary outflows": "Yellowstone River", "Basin": "U.S.", "Max. length": "20 mi on", "Max. width": "15 mi on", "Average depth... |
Mignon is an 1866 opéra comique (or opera in its second version) in three acts by Ambroise Thomas. The original French libretto was by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on Goethe's 1795-96 novel Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre. The Italian version was translated by Giuseppe Zaffira. The opera is mentioned in James Joyce... | {"Librettist": "Jules Barbier\n Michel Carré", "Language": "French", "Based on": "Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre Goethe", "Premiere": "Opéra-Comique, Paris"} |
Hubert Bland (3 January 1855 - 14 April 1914) was an English author and the husband of Edith Nesbit. He was known for being an infamous libertine, a journalist, an early English socialist, and one of the founders of the Fabian Society.
Early life and early careers
Bland was born in Woolwich, south-east London, the you... | {"Name": "Hubert Bland", "Birth date": "1855 1 3 y", "Birth place": "London, England", "Death date": "1914 4 14 1855 1 3 y", "Death place": "Well Hall House, Eltham, London England", "Known For": "Socialism, writings, infidelity", "Occupation": "Journalist, author"} |
Max & Ruby is a Canadian children's animated television series based on the book series by Rosemary Wells and produced by Nelvana Limited.
Max & Ruby first aired in Canada on Treehouse TV on May 3, 2002. In the United States, the series first aired on Nickelodeon on the Nick Jr. block on October 21, 2002. The series e... | {"Genre": "Children'sAnimatedPreschoolBuddyEducationalFamilyComedyFantasy", "Created by": "Rosemary Wells", "Directed by": "Jamie Whitney (Seasons 1-2)\n Steven Boeckler (Seasons 3-5)\n Derek Prout (Seasons 6-7)", "Voices of": "Samantha Morton\n Billy Rosemberg\n Julie Lemieux\n Kay Hawtrey\n Rebecca Peters\n Tyler Ste... |
Mount Wellington (officially kunanyi / Mount Wellington ()) is a mountain in the southeast of Tasmania, Australia. It is the summit of the Wellington Range and is within Wellington Park reserve. Hobart, Tasmania's capital city, is located at the foot of the mountain.
The mountain rises to above sea level and is frequ... | {"Elevation": "11535 Mount Wellington, Australia meters 7 June 2015", "Prominence": "693", "Isolation": "47.56", "Location": "Location in Tasmania", "Coordinates": "Mount Wellington (TAS) TAS00755 7 June 2015"} |
Sir Geoffrey Winston Russell Palmer (born 21 April 1942) is a New Zealand lawyer, legal academic, and former politician, who was a member of Parliament from 1979 to 1990. He served as the 33rd prime minister of New Zealand for a little over a year, from August 1989 until September 1990, leading the Fourth Labour Gover... | {"Image caption": "Palmer in 2020", "Order 2": "10th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand", "Prime minister 2": "David Lange", "Predecessor 2": "Jim McLay", "Successor 2": "Helen Clark", "Birth name": "Geoffrey Winston Russell Palmer", "Birth date": "1942 04 21 y", "Birth place": "Nelson, New Zealand", "Spouse(s)": "Ma... |
Bob the Builder is a British animated children's television series created by Keith Chapman for HIT Entertainment and Hot Animation. The series follows the adventures of Bob, a general contractor, specialising in masonry, along with his colleague Wendy, various neighbours, and friends, and equipment, and their gang of ... | {"Also known as": "Bob the Builder: Project: Build It (series 10-16)Bob the Builder: Ready, Steady, Build! (series 17-18)", "Genre": "Children's animation", "Created by": "Keith Chapman", "Directed by": "Sarah BallLiz WhitakerBrian LittleNick HerbertGilly FoggAndy BurnsGeoff Walker", "Voices of": "Neil MorrisseyRob Rac... |
Julianna Margulies (; born June 8, 1966) is an American actress. After several small television roles, Margulies received wide recognition for her starring role as Carol Hathaway on NBC's long-running medical drama series ER (1994-2009), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2009, she took on the lead role... | {"Name": "Julianna Margulies", "Caption": "Margulies in 2015", "Birth date": "yes 1966 6 8", "Birth place": "Spring Valley, New York, U.S.", "Education": "Sarah Lawrence College", "Occupation": "Actress", "Years active": "1991-present", "Television": "ER", "Spouse(s)": "Keith Lieberthal 2007", "Partner(s)": "Ron Eldard... |
The National Gallery of Art, and its attached Sculpture Garden, is a national art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. Open to the public and free of charge, the museum was privately established in 1937 for the American people b... | {"Established": "1937", "Coordinates": "it", "Location": "National Mall between 3rd and 9th Streets at Constitution Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Collection size": "75,000 prints", "Visitors": "3,256,433 (2022) - ranked First among U.S. art museums, seventh globally", "Director": "Kaywin Feldman", "President":... |
The mayor of Los Angeles is head of the executive branch of the government of Los Angeles and the chief executive of Los Angeles. The office is officially nonpartisan, a change made in the 1909 charter; previously, both the elections and the office were partisan.
Forty-two men and one woman have been mayor since 1850,... | {"Post": "Mayor", "Body": "the City of Los Angeles", "Insignia size": "110px", "Insignia caption": "Seal of Los Angeles", "Incumbent": "Karen Bass", "Incumbent since": "December 12, 2022", "Department": "Government of Los Angeles", "Style": "Her Honor", "Residence": "Getty House", "Salary": "$269,365", "Term length": "... |
Sir John Forrest (22 August 1847 - 2 SeptemberSome sources give the date as 3 September 1918 1918) was an Australian explorer and politician. He was the first premier of Western Australia (1890-1901) and a long-serving cabinet minister in federal politics.
Forrest was born in Bunbury, Western Australia, to Scottish i... | {"Term start": "17 February 1917", "Term end": "26 March 1918", "Prime minister 2": "Joseph Cook", "Predecessor 2": "Andrew Fisher", "Successor 2": "Andrew Fisher", "Birth date": "1847 8 22 y", "Birth place": "Bunbury, Colony of Western Australia, British Empire", "Death date": "1918 9 2 1847 8 22 y", "Death place": "a... |
Escape from Monkey Island is an adventure game developed and released by LucasArts in 2000. It is the fourth game in the Monkey Island series, and the sequel to the 1997 videogame The Curse of Monkey Island. It is the first game in the series to use 3D graphics and the second game to use the GrimE engine, which was upg... | {"Title": "Escape from Monkey Island", "Developer": "LucasArts", "Publisher": "LucasArts", "Designer": "Sean ClarkMichael Stemmle", "Programmer": "Michelle Hinners", "Artist": "Chris Miles", "Writer": "Sean ClarkMichael Stemmle", "Composer": "Clint BajakianMichael LandPeter McConnellAnna KarneyMichael Lande", "Series":... |
Old Kent Road is a major thoroughfare in South East London, England, passing through the London Borough of Southwark. It was originally part of an ancient trackway that was paved by the Romans and used by the Anglo-Saxons who named it Wæcelinga Stræt (Watling Street). It is now part of the A2, a major road from London ... | {"Name": "Old Kent Road", "Location": "Southwark, South East London", "Former name(s)": "Watling Street", "Coordinates": "51.48390 -0.06635 inline,title", "Part of": "A2", "Length": "1.8", "Known for": "Bricklayers Arms Burgess Park Livesey Museum for Children", "Maintained by": "Transport for London"} |
Grove Street Cemetery or Grove Street Burial Ground is a cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut, that is surrounded by the Yale University campus. It was organized in 1796 as the New Haven Burying Ground and incorporated in October 1797 to replace the crowded burial ground on the New Haven Green. The first private, nonprof... | {"Location": "200 Grove St., New Haven, Connecticut", "Area": "18 acre ha", "Built": "1796", "Architect": "Hezekiah Augur; Henry Austin", "Architectural style": "Egyptian Revival, Gothic Revival"} |
Dora the Explorer is an American media franchise centered on an eponymous animated interactive fourth wall children's television series created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes and Eric Weiner, produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio and originally ran on Nickelodeon from August 14, 2000 to June 5, 2014, with th... | {"Created by": "Chris Gifford Valerie Walsh Valdes Eric Weiner", "Original work": "Dora the Explorer TV series", "Owner": "Nickelodeon (Paramount Global)", "Years": "2000-2019", "Book(s)": "500+ (multiple publishers)", "Film(s)": "Dora and the Lost City of Gold", "Television series": "Untitled Dora the Explorer live-ac... |
The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) is a state-operated mass transit administration in Maryland, and is part of the Maryland Department of Transportation. The MTA operates a comprehensive transit system throughout the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area. There are 80 bus lines serving the Baltimore Metropolita... | {"Name": "Maryland Transit Administration", "Size of first image": "175px", "Third image caption": "MTA's headquarters at the William Donald Schaefer Building in Baltimore", "Locale": "Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area", "Transit type(s)": "Bus, Light rail, Rapid transit, Commuter rail", "Opening date (past)": "19... |
Damien Marchesseault (or Marchesseau) (April 1, 1818 – January 20, 1868) was a Canadian-born American politician who served as the seventh Mayor of Los Angeles from May 9, 1859 to May 9, 1860 and then again from January 7, 1861 to May 6, 1865. Marchesseault assumed the office one last time interrupting Cristobal Agui... | {"Name": "Damien Marchesseault", "Birth date": "April 1, 1818", "Birth place": "Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada", "Death date": "January 20, 1868 April 1, 1818", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California", "Term start": "May 9, 1859", "Term end": "May 9, 1860", "Predecessor 2": "Wallace Woodworth (acting)", "... |
Jehudi Ashmun (April 21, 1794 - August 25, 1828) was an American religious leader and social reformer from New England who helped lead efforts by the American Colonization Society to "repatriate" African Americans to a colony in West Africe. It founded the colony of Liberia in West Africa as a place to resettle free pe... | {"Name": "Jehudi Ashmun", "Image caption": "Portrait ca. 1825", "Term start": "8 August 1822", "Term end": "2 April 1824", "Predecessor 2": "Elijah Johnson", "Successor 2": "Lott Cary", "Birth date": "1794 4 21 y", "Birth place": "Champlain, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1828 08 25 1794 4 21 y", "Death place": "New H... |
Charles Montague Bakewell (April 24, 1867 - September 19, 1957) was a university professor and Republican politician who served in the United States House of Representatives.
Early life
Bakewell was born in Pittsburgh on April 24, 1867. He attended the schools of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh before gra... | {"Name": "Charles Montague Bakewell", "Term start": "March 4, 1933", "Term end": "January 3, 1935", "Birth date": "1867 04 24", "Birth place": "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania", "Death date": "1957 09 19 1867 04 24", "Death place": "New Haven, Connecticut", "Resting place": "Grove Street Cemetery", "Nationality": "American", ... |
Roger Sherman Baldwin (January 4, 1793 - February 19, 1863) was an American politician who served as the 32nd Governor of Connecticut from 1844 to 1846 and a United States senator from 1847 to 1851. As a lawyer, his career was most notable for his participation in the 1841 Amistad case.
Early life
Baldwin was born in ... | {"Name": "Roger Sherman Baldwin", "Lieutenant 1": "Reuben Booth", "Order 2": "United States Senatorfrom Connecticut", "Predecessor 2": "Jabez W. Huntington", "Successor 2": "Isaac Toucey", "Birth date": "1793 1 4", "Birth place": "New Haven, Connecticut", "Death date": "1863 2 19 1793 1 4", "Death place": "New Haven, C... |
Broad Peak (; ) is one of an eight-thousander located in the Karakoram range spanning Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan and Xinjiang, China. It stands as the 12th highest mountain in the world with elevation above sea level. This peak achieved its first ascent in June 1957, accomplished by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck... | {"Language of name": "ur بروڈ پیک", "Elevation": "Ranked 12th", "Prominence": "1701", "Location": "Location of Broad Peak", "Coordinates": "35 48 42 N 76 33 54 E type:mountain_scale:100000 dms inline,title"} |
Simeon Baldwin (December 14, 1761 - May 26, 1851) was son-in-law of Roger Sherman, father of Connecticut Governor and US Senator Roger Sherman Baldwin, grandfather of Connecticut Governor & Chief Justice Simeon Eben Baldwin and great-grandfather of New York Supreme Court Justice Edward Baldwin Whitney. He was born in ... | {"Name": "Simeon Baldwin", "Term start": "March 4, 1803", "Term end": "March 3, 1805", "Birth date": "1761 12 14", "Birth place": "Norwich, Connecticut Colony, British America", "Death date": "1851 05 26 1761 12 14", "Death place": "New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Yale College"} |
Simeon Eben Baldwin (February 5, 1840 - January 30, 1927) was an American jurist, law professor, and politician who served as the 65th governor of Connecticut.
Education
The son of jurist, Connecticut governor and U.S. Senator Roger Sherman Baldwin and Emily Pitkin Perkins, Baldwin was born in New Haven, Connecticut, ... | {"Name": "Simeon Eben Baldwin", "Term start": "1911 1 4", "Term end": "1915 1 6", "Birth date": "1840 2 5", "Birth place": "New Haven, Connecticut", "Death date": "1927 1 30 1840 2 5", "Alma mater": "Yale College"} |
Lyman Beecher (October 12, 1775 - January 10, 1863) was a Presbyterian minister, and the father of 13 children, many of whom became noted figures, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Ward Beecher, Charles Beecher, Edward Beecher, Isabella Beecher Hooker, Catharine Beecher, and Thomas K. Beecher.
According to his so... | {"Name": "Lyman Beecher", "Image upright": "0.9", "Birth date": "1775 10 12 y", "Birth place": "New Haven, Connecticut Colony", "Death date": "1863 1 10 1775 10 12", "Death place": "Brooklyn, New York", "Occupation": "Minister", "Spouse(s)": "Roxana Foote 1799 1816 her death\n Harriet Porter 1817 1835 her death\n Lydia... |
Samuel William Yorty (October 1, 1909 – June 5, 1998) was an American politician, attorney, and radio host from Los Angeles, California. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and the California State Assembly, but he is most remembered for his turbulent three terms as the 37th Mayor of Los... | {"Name": "Sam Yorty", "Image caption": "Yorty in 1970", "Term start": "July 1, 1961", "Term end": "July 1, 1973", "State assembly2": "California", "District 2": "64th", "Term 2": "January 4, 1937 - January 6, 1941", "Preceded 2": "John D. McCarthy", "Succeeded 2": "Roger Alton Pfaff", "Birth date": "October 1, 1909", "... |
William Whiting Boardman (October 10, 1794 - August 27, 1871) was a politician and United States Representative from Connecticut.
Biography
Born in New Milford, Connecticut,Obituary: William Whiting Boardman", New York Times. August 29, 1871.Obituary Record of Graduates. New Haven: Yale University (1880). William Whit... | {"Name": "William W. Boardman", "Office 2": "Member of the Connecticut Senate", "Term 2": "1836-183918451849-1851", "Birth date": "1794 10 10", "Birth place": "New Milford, Connecticut", "Death date": "1871 8 27 1794 10 10", "Death place": "New Haven, Connecticut", "Spouse(s)": "Lucy Hall Boardman", "Alma mater": "Yale... |
Kingman Brewster Jr. (June 17, 1919 - November 8, 1988) was an American educator, academic and diplomat. He served as the 17th President of Yale University and as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
Early life
Brewster was born in Longmeadow, Massachusetts,Kabaservice, 17 the son of Florence Foster (née Be... | {"Name": "Kingman Brewster Jr.", "Term start": "1986", "Term end": "1988", "Office 2": "17th President of Yale University", "Predecessor 2": "Whitney Griswold", "Successor 2": "Hanna Holborn Gray", "Birth date": "1919 6 17", "Birth place": "Longmeadow, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Death date": "1988 11 8 1919 6 17", "Death p... |
Lake Mead is a reservoir formed by Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in the Southwestern United States. It is located in the states of Nevada and Arizona, east of Las Vegas. It is the largest reservoir in the US in terms of water capacity. Lake Mead provides water to the states of Arizona, California, and Nevada as wel... | {"Location": "Clark County, Nevada and Mohave County, Arizona", "Coordinates": "36.25 N 114.39 W region:US_type:waterbody_scale:500000 inline,title", "Primary inflows": "Colorado River", "Primary outflows": "Colorado River", "Basin": "United States", "First flooded": "1935 9 30 by the Hoover Dam", "Max. length": "120 ... |
Lake Powell is an artificial reservoir on the Colorado River in Utah and Arizona, United States. It is a major vacation destination visited by approximately two million people every year. It is the second largest artificial reservoir by maximum water capacity in the United States behind Lake Mead, storing of water whe... | {"Location": "Utah and Arizona, United States", "Primary inflows": "Colorado River\n Escalante River\n San Juan River\n Green River (Colorado River tributary)", "Primary outflows": "Colorado River", "Catchment area": "280586 km2 on", "Basin": "United States", "Built": "1963 09 13", "Managing agency": "National Park Ser... |
David Daggett (December 31, 1764 - April 12, 1851) was a U.S. senator, mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, Judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors, and a founder of the Yale Law School. He helped block plans for the first college for African Americans in the United States and presided over the conviction of a wo... | {"Name": "David Daggett", "Office 2": "Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives", "Term 2": "1791-1797", "Birth date": "1764 12 31", "Birth place": "Attleboro, Massachusetts", "Death date": "1851 4 12 1764 12 31", "Death place": "New Haven, Connecticut"} |
Henry Waggaman Edwards (October 1779July 22, 1847) was an American lawyer, a Democrat, and the 27th and 29th governor of the U.S. state of Connecticut (1833-1834, 1835-1838). He previously served in both the U.S. Senate (1823 to 1827) and the U.S. House of Representatives (1819 to 1823).
Biography
Edwards was born in ... | {"Name": "Henry Waggaman Edwards", "Term start": "May 1, 1833", "Term end": "May 7, 1834", "Predecessor 2": "Samuel A. Foot", "Successor 2": "William W. Ellsworth", "Birth date": "October 1779", "Birth place": "New Haven, Connecticut", "Death date": "1847 7 22 1779 10 1", "Death place": "New Haven, Connecticut", "Spous... |
Callimachus ( Kallímakhos) was the Athenian polemarch at the Battle of Marathon, which took place during 490 BC. According to Herodotus he was from the Attica deme of Afidnes.Herodotus Book 6: Erato, 109 "the polemarch was Callimachos of the deme of Aphidnai"
The Battle of Marathon
As polemarch, Callimachus had a ... | {"Native name": "Gr", "Died": "Marathon", "Born": "Afidnes", "Allegiance": "Athens", "Memorials": "The statue of the \"Nike of Callimachus\" He was portrayed among the Athenian gods and heroes on the wall‐paintings of the Stoa Poikile"} |
Sir Dingle Mackintosh Foot, QC (24 August 1905 - 18 June 1978) was a British lawyer, Liberal and Labour Member of Parliament, and Solicitor General for England and Wales in the first government of Harold Wilson.
Family and education
Born in Plymouth, Devon, Foot was the eldest son of Isaac Foot, who was a solicitor an... | {"Name": "Sir Dingle Foot", "Office 2": "Member of Parliamentfor Ipswich", "Predecessor 2": "Richard Stokes", "Successor 2": "Ernle Money", "Birth date": "yes 1905 8 24", "Birth place": "Plymouth, England", "Death date": "yes 1978 6 18 1905 8 24", "Death place": "British Hong Kong", "Other political party": "Liberal (B... |
James Hillhouse (October 20, 1754 - December 29, 1832) was an American lawyer, real estate developer, and politician from New Haven, Connecticut. He represented the state in both chambers of the US Congress. From February to March 1801, Hillhouse briefly served as President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
Ear... | {"Name": "James Hillhouse", "Term start": "February 28, 1801", "Term end": "March 3, 1801", "District 2": "CT AL at-large", "Predecessor 2": "Benjamin Huntington", "Successor 2": "James Davenport", "Birth date": "October 20, 1754", "Birth place": "Montville, Connecticut Colony, British America", "Death date": "1832 12 ... |
David Humphreys (July 10, 1752 - February 21, 1818) was an American Revolutionary War colonel and aide de camp to George Washington, a secretary and intelligence agent for Benjamin Franklin in Paris, American minister to Portugal and then to Spain, entrepreneur who brought Merino sheep to America, and member of the Con... | {"Name": "David Humphreys", "Image caption": "Humphreys depicted in a portrait by Gilbert Stuart, circa 1808 to 1810", "Minister from": "United States", "Term start": "September 10, 1797", "Term end": "December 28, 1801", "Minister from 1": "United States", "Birth date": "1752 07 10", "Birth place": "Derby, Connecticut... |
thumb|Marsh's house, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
Othniel Charles Marsh (October 29, 1831 - March 18, 1899) was an American professor of paleontology at Yale College and president of the National Academy of Sciences. He was one of the preeminent scientists in the field of paleontology. Among his legacies ar... | {"Institutions": "Yale University", "Fields": "Paleontology", "Influences": "James Dwight Dana13", "Influenced": "John Bell Hatcher9-10"} |
thumb|right|Samuel Russell House, Middletown, Connecticut (with David Hoadley)
thumb|right|Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut (with A. J. Davis)
Ithiel Town (October 3, 1784 – June 13, 1844) was an American architect and civil engineer. One of the first generation of professional architects in the United States,... | {"Name": "Ithiel Town", "Portrait caption": "Memorial plaque to Town, Center Church on the Green, New Haven", "Practice": "Town and Davis", "Significant buildings": "Center ChurchTrinity Church Wadsworth Atheneum", "Design": "Lattice truss bridge"} |
XEW-AM is a radio station in Mexico City, Mexico, broadcasting on the AM frequency of 900 kHz; it is branded as W Radio. XEW-AM serves as the originating station for other "W Radio" stations around Mexico that carry some of its programs. The programming on XEW-AM is also simulcast on Mexico City FM radio station 96.9 X... | {"Broadcast area": "Greater Mexico City", "Branding": "W Radio", "Power": "(AM) 100 kWRPC: #011681 Change in Transmitter Location and Power - XEW-AM", "ERP": "(FM) 51.19 kWFM December 24, 2014", "Class": "A (AM)C1 (FM)", "Format": "News/talk", "Owner": "Cadena Radiodifusora Mexicana, S.A. de C.V.", "Website": "http://w... |
Frederick Bartlett Fancher (April 2, 1852January 10, 1944) was an American politician who was the seventh Governor of North Dakota from 1899 to 1901.
Biography
Frederick B. Fancher was born in Orleans County, New York, on April 2, 1852. Educated in the public schools, he also attended Michigan State Normal School in ... | {"Name": "Frederick Bartlett Fancher", "Image caption": "From 1899's Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1898", "Lieutenant 1": "Joseph M. Devine", "Office 2": "Insurance Commissioner of North Dakota", "Governor 2": "Roger Allin Frank A. Briggs Joseph M. Devine", "Predecessor 2": "... |
George Lionel Throssell (23 May 1840 - 30 August 1910) was the second Premier of Western Australia. He served for just three months, from 15 February to 27 May 1901, during a period of great instability in Western Australian politics.
George Throssell was born at Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland, on 23 May 1840. The so... | {"Name": "George Throssell", "Term start": "15 February", "Term end": "27 May 1901", "Office 2": "Member of the Legislative Assemblyof Western Australia", "Predecessor 2": "None (new creation)", "Successor 2": "Alfred Watts", "Birth date": "yes 1840 5 23", "Birth place": "Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland, UK", "Spouse(s)":... |
Mary Anissa Jones (March 11, 1958 - August 28, 1976) was an American child actress known for her role as Buffy Davis on the CBS sitcom Family Affair, which ran from 1966 to 1971. She died from combined drug intoxication when she was 18.
Early life
Jones was born in West Lafayette, Indiana, in 1958 and was raised in ... | {"Name": "Anissa Jones", "Caption": "Jones in 1970", "Birth name": "Mary Anissa Jones", "Birth date": "1958 3 11 y", "Birth place": "Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.", "Death date": "1976 8 28 1958 3 11 y", "Death place": "Oceanside, California, U.S.", "Death cause": "Combined drug intoxication", "Occupation": "Actress, studen... |
The Newseum was an American museum at 555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW dedicated to news and journalism that promoted free expression and the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, while tracing the evolution of communication.
The purpose of the museum, funded by the Freedom Forum nonpartisan U.S. foundation ded... | {"Coordinates": "38.893219 -77.01924 inline", "Established": "April 18, 1997", "Dissolved": "December 31, 2019https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dcs-newseum-closing-its-doors-end-year-180973274/ D.C.'s Newseum Is Closing Its Doors at the End of the Year Smithsonian October 3, 2019 Daley Jasonhttps://web.archive.... |
Ralph Appelbaum Associates (RAA) is one of the world's longest-established and largest museum exhibition design firms with offices in New York City, London, Beijing, Berlin, Moscow, and Dubai.Bradford A. McKee, What's a Museum: What he says it is. How Ralph Appelbaum built a monopoly in the field of exhibition design. ... | {"Type": "Private partnership", "Industry": "Design and Architecture", "Services": "Exhibition and attraction design consultancy", "Founded": "1978", "Headquarters": "New York City, U.S.", "Website": "http://www.raai.com RAAI.com"} |
Edwin Arthur Schlossberg (born July 19, 1945) is an American designer, author, and artist. He specializes in designing interactive experiences, beginning in 1977 with the first hands-on learning environment in the U.S. for the Brooklyn Children's Museum. Schlossberg continues to work in the field and publishes often on... | {"Term start": "March 31, 2011", "Term end": "September 19, 2013", "Birth date": "1945 7 19", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Caroline Kennedy July 19, 1986", "Alma mater": "Columbia University (BA, MA, PhD)", "Awards": "U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (2012)"} |
Guadalupe Victoria (; 29 September 178621 March 1843), born José Miguel Ramón Adaucto Fernández y Félix, was a Mexican general and politician who fought for independence against the Spanish Empire in the Mexican War of Independence and after the adoption of the Constitution of 1824, was elected as the first president o... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Most Excellent", "Name": "Guadalupe Victoria", "Image caption": "Portrait of Guadalupe Victoria by Carlos Paris", "Term start": "10 October 1824", "Term end": "31 March 1829", "Vice president": "Nicolás Bravo (1824-1827), vacant (1827-1829)Nicolás Bravo revolted against Victoria in 1827, but w... |
George Leake (3 December 1856 - 24 June 1902) was the third Premier of Western Australia, serving from May to November 1901 and then again from December 1901 to his death.
Leake was born in Perth, into a prominent local family. Studying law, he was called to the bar in 1880, and in 1883 was appointed Crown Solicitor ... | {"Name": "George Leake", "Predecessor 2": "Alf Morgans", "Successor 2": "Walter James", "Birth date": "yes 1856 12 3", "Birth place": "Perth, Western Australia", "Death date": "yes 1902 6 24 1856 12 3", "Death place": "Perth, Western Australia", "Spouse(s)": "Louisa Emily Burt 1881"} |
Kingdom of Heaven is a 2005 epic historical drama film directed and produced by Ridley Scott and written by William Monahan. It features an ensemble cast comprising Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Ghassan Massoud, Jeremy Irons, David Thewlis, Brendan Gleeson, Edward Norton, Marton Csokas, Liam Neeson, Michael Sheen, Velibor ... | {"Directed by": "Ridley Scott", "Produced by": "Ridley Scott", "Written by": "William Monahan", "Starring": "Orlando Bloom\n Eva Green\n Jeremy Irons\n David Thewlis\n Brendan Gleeson\n Marton Csokas\n Liam Neeson", "Music by": "Harry Gregson-Williams", "Cinematography": "John Mathieson", "Edited by": "Dody Dorn", "Dis... |
Myers v. United States, 272 U.S. 52 (1926), was a United States Supreme Court decision ruling that the President has the exclusive power to remove executive branch officials, and does not need the approval of the Senate or any other legislative body. It was distinguished in 1935 by Humphrey's Executor v. United States.... | {"Date argued": "December 5", "Year argued": "1923", "Year reargued": "1925", "Date decided": "October 25", "Year decided": "1926", "Full case name": "Frank S. Myers, Administratrix v. United States", "United States Reports volume number": "272", "United States Reports page number": "52", "Parallel citations": "47 S. C... |
The World of David the Gnome, originally titled David, el Gnomo (also known as David, the Gnome), is a Spanish animated television series based on the children's book The Secret Book of Gnomes, by the Dutch author Wil Huygen and illustrator Rien Poortvliet. The series was originally created in Spain by BRB Internaciona... | {"Also known as": "David, the Gnome", "Genre": "Fantasy", "Created by": "Will Huygen & Rien PoortvlietClaudio Biern Boyd", "Directed by": "Luis Ballester", "Voices of": "Matilde ConesaJosé María CorderoÁngel EgidoPaco Hernández", "Narrated by": "Teófilo Martínez", "Country of origin": "Spain", "Running time": "24 minut... |
Alfred Edward Morgans (17 February 1850 - 10 August 1933) was the fourth Premier of Western Australia, serving for just over a month, from 21 November to 23 December 1901.
Born in Wales, Morgans trained as an engineer, and supervised mining operations in the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Central America. He arrived in W... | {"Name": "Alf Morgans", "Term start": "21 November", "Term end": "23 December 1901", "Office 2": "Member of the Legislative Assemblyof Western Australia", "Predecessor 2": "None (new creation)", "Successor 2": "Henry Ellis", "Birth date": "yes 1850 2 17", "Birth place": "Machen, Monmouthshire, Wales", "Death date": "ye... |
Are You Afraid of the Dark? is a horror anthology television series. The original series aired on Nickelodeon from 1992 to 1996; the pilot episode aired respectively on YTV and Nickelodeon in 1990 and 1991. It led to two revival series, with the first airing from 1999 to 2000, and the second airing from 2019 to 2022.
... | {"Genre": "Horror\n Fantasy\n Drama\n Anthology\n SuspenseAre You Afraid of the Dark? https://www.metacritic.com/tv/are-you-afraid-of-the-dark March 13, 2015 Metacritic", "Created by": "D. J. MacHale\n Ned Kandel", "Starring": "(See list of cast)", "Ending theme": "\"Welcome to the Carnival\" by Lilou Bouhier (2019)... |
Margaret, often called Margaret of Constantinople (1202 – 10 February 1280), ruled as Countess of Flanders during 1244-1278 and Countess of Hainaut during 1244-1253 and 1257-1280. She was the younger daughter of Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders and Hainaut, and Marie of Champagne.Female Founders: Exercising authority in T... | {"Father": "Baldwin I, Latin Emperor", "Mother": "Marie of Champagne", "Born": "1202", "Died": "Ghent", "Religion": "Roman Catholicism"} |
Radio Canada International (RCI) is the international broadcasting service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Prior to 1970, RCI was known as the CBC International Service ("CBC IS"). The broadcasting service was also previously referred to as the Voice of Canada, broadcasting on shortwave from powerful tr... | {"Name": "Radio Canada International", "Logo": "200px", "Country": "Canada", "Type": "International public broadcaster", "Availability": "International", "Owner": "Canadian Broadcasting Corporation", "Headquarters": "Maison Radio-Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada", "Launch date": "February 25, 1945", "Former names": "CB... |
Julian Morton Carroll (born April 16, 1931) is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Kentucky. A Democrat, he served as the 54th Governor of Kentucky from 1974 to 1979, succeeding Wendell H. Ford, who resigned to accept a seat in the U.S. Senate. He was most recently a member of the Kentucky Senate, repre... | {"Name": "Julian Carroll", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 1975", "State senate": "Kentucky", "Term start": "January 3, 2005", "Term end": "January 1, 2021", "Lieutenant 1": "Thelma Stovall", "Office 2": "Chair of the National Governors Association", "Predecessor 2": "William Milliken", "Successor 2": "Otis Bowen"... |
Ana María Cristina Polo González (born 11 April 1959) is a Cuban-American television arbitrator on Caso Cerrado and Ana Polo Rules.
Born in Havana, Cuba, Ana moved to Miami when she was 2 years old accompanied by her family. Later, they moved to Puerto Rico where she participated in different musicals including Godspe... | {"Name": "Ana Maria Polo", "Caption": "Polo in 2008", "Birth date": "11 April 1959 y", "Birth place": "Havana, Cuba", "Birth name": "Ana María Polo", "Native name language": "Ana María Cristina Polo González", "Years active": "2001present", "Occupation": "Arbitrator, television personality, lawyer, singer", "Children":... |
George Andreas Papandreou (, , shortened to Giorgos () to distinguish him from his grandfather; born 16 June 1952) is a Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 2009 to 2011. He is currently serving as an MP for Movement for Change.
Belonging to a political dynasty of long standing, he served unde... | {"Name": "George Papandreou", "Native name": "el Γιώργος Παπανδρέου", "Image caption": "George Papandreou in 2011", "Term start": "6 October 2009", "Term end": "11 November 2011", "Office 2": "Leader of the Opposition", "Prime minister 2": "Kostas Karamanlis", "Predecessor 2": "Kostas Karamanlis", "Successor 2": "Kosta... |
The Medellín Cartel () was a powerful and highly organized Colombian drug cartel and terrorist organization originating in the city of Medellín, Colombia that was founded and led by Pablo Escobar. It is often considered to be the first major "drug cartel" and was referred to as such; (a cartel) due to the organization'... | {"Founding location": "Medellín, Antioquia Department, Colombia", "Years active": "1976-1993", "Territory": "Colombia (Antioquia), Panamá, California, New York City, Florida, Norman's Cay", "Leader(s)": "Pablo Escobar", "Allies": "Guadalajara Guadalajara Cartel (defunct)The Extraditables (defunct) Bolivia La Corporació... |
Antagonistic contradiction (Chinese language: 矛盾) is the notion that compromise between different social classes is impossible, and their relations must be of class struggle. The term is most often applied in Maoist theory, which holds that differences between the two primary classes, the working class/proletariat and ... | {"Literal meaning": "spear and shield", "Name in Chinese": "矛盾", "Jyutping": "maau4 teon5", "Peh-oe-ji": "mâu-tún", "Pinyin transcription": "máodùn"} |
Brookside is a British television soap opera, set in Liverpool, England, which began on the launch night of Channel 4, 2 November 1982. It ran for 21 years until 4 November 2003.Kibble-White, Graham, 20 Years of Brookside, p. 13 It was produced by Mersey Television and conceived by Grange Hill and Hollyoaks creator Phi... | {"Genre": "Soap opera", "Created by": "Phil Redmond", "Starring": "List of characters", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Original release": "2003 11 04 yes", "Original network": "Channel 4"} |
Charlton is an area of southeast London, England, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It is east of Greenwich and west of Woolwich, on the south bank of the River Thames, southeast of Charing Cross. An ancient parish in the county of Kent, it became part of the metropolitan area of London in 1855 and is home to Charlto... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "London Assembly": "Greenwich", "UK Parliament": "Greenwich and Woolwich", "Postcode district": "SE7", "Dialling code": "020", "OS grid reference": "TQ415785", "Population": "(2011 census for Charlton ward)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=5&b=65... |
A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region. It was formerly used in England, Wales, some parts of the United States, Denmark, Southern Schleswig, Sweden, Finland, Norway, the Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek, Curonia, the Ukrainian state of the Cossack Hetmanate and in Cumberland Count... | {"Category": "County subdivision", "Location": "England", "Found in": "Shires", "Possible status": "Royal manor", "Government": "Hundred court", "Subdivisions": "Parishes"} |
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