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The Garifuna people ( or ; pl. GarínaguRemembering How Anthony Bourdain Advocated for Latinos Published June 8, 2018, retrieved June 15, 2018 in Garifuna) are a people of mixed free African and indigenous American ancestry that originated in the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and speak Garifuna, an Arawakan languag... | {"Image": "130px", "Name": "Garinagu", "Population": "400,000 (2011)http://www.cinu.mx/AFRODESCENDENCIA.pdf Afrodescendencia: Aproximaciones contemporáneas desde América Latina y el Caribe 2011 2021-03-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20160818173431/http://www.cinu.mx/AFRODESCENDENCIA.pdf 2016-08-18 dead es Carlo... |
The Jessica Fletchers are a Norwegian indie-pop band, formed in Drammen (near Oslo) in 1997. The band is named after the Murder, She Wrote character Jessica Fletcher.
Discography
Albums
I Can Shoot You From Here (1997)
What Happened To The? (2003)
Less Sophistication (2005)
You Spider (2007)
EPs
Sorry About T... | {"Origin": "Norway", "Genres": "Rock", "Labels": "Rainbow Quartz Records", "Website": "thejessicafletchers.com", "Members": "Thomas Innstø Andreas Mastrup Rune Somdal Jan Henning Sørensen Mats Asvald Innstø"} |
Ronald Davies (born 6 August 1946) is a retired Welsh politician, former Secretary of State for Wales, former Member of Parliament and former member of the Welsh Assembly. He describes himself as a politician belonging to the "traditional left" who had "spent his life looking for a socialist progressive party". He was ... | {"Name": "Ron Davies", "Image caption": "Davies at a Welsh Language Society meeting in 1998.", "Term start": "19 September 1998", "Term end": "29 October 1998", "Office 2": "Shadow Secretary of State for Wales", "Leader 2": "John SmithMargaret BeckettTony Blair", "Predecessor 2": "Ann Clwyd", "Successor 2": "William Ha... |
Pateros, officially the Municipality of Pateros (), is the lone municipality of Metro Manila, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 63,643 people.
This municipality is famous for its duck-raising industry and especially for producing balut, a Filipino delicacy, which is a boiled, fertilized... | {"Named for": "\"Criadores de Patos\" (Duck Raisers)", "Type": "government_type", "Rank": "0", "Density": "auto", "Website": "website"} |
Francis Leslie Pym, Baron Pym, (13 February 1922 - 7 March 2008) was a British Conservative Party politician who served in various Cabinet positions in the 1970s and 1980s, including Foreign, Defence and Northern Ireland Secretary, and Leader of the House of Commons. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Cambridgeshire... | {"Name": "The Lord Pym", "Alternative text": "Pym, 60, in a photograph", "Image caption": "Pym in 1982", "Term start": "6 April 1982", "Term end": "11 June 1983", "Office 2": "Leader of the House of Commons", "Prime minister 2": "Margaret Thatcher", "Predecessor 2": "Norman St John-Stevas", "Successor 2": "John Biffen"... |
Sir William Nigel Paul Cash (born 10 May 1940) is a British politician who has served as a member of Parliament (MP) since 1984. A member of the Conservative Party, he was first elected for Stafford and then for Stone in Staffordshire in 1997. Cash is a prominent Eurosceptic. Following his tenth election victory in th... | {"Name": "Sir Bill Cash", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2017", "Term start": "8 September 2010", "Office 2": "Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales", "Leader 2": "Iain Duncan Smith", "Predecessor 2": "Edward Garnier", "Successor 2": "Dominic Grieve", "Birth date": "1940 5 10 y", "Birth place": "Finsbury,... |
Ernst Ruben Lagus (12 October 1896 - 15 July 1959), better known as Ruben Lagus, was a Finnish major general, a member of the Jäger Movement and the recipient of the first Mannerheim Cross. He participated in the Eastern Front of World War I as a volunteer of the 27th Royal Prussian Jäger Battalion, in the Finnish Civi... | {"Born": "Koski Hl, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire", "Died": "Lohja, Finland", "Allegiance": "German Empire (1915-1918)\n Finland (1918-1947)", "Commands held": "1st Jäger Brigade (1941-42)\n 5th Division (1941)\n Finnish Armoured Division (1942-44)\n Group Lagus (1944)\n 2nd Division (1945-47)", "Awards": "Man... |
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (; 7 September 1707 - 16 April 1788) was a French naturalist, mathematician, and cosmologist. He held the position of intendant (director) at the Jardin du Roi, now called the Jardin des plantes.
Buffon's works influenced the next two generations of naturalists, including two pro... | {"Fields": "Natural history", "Institutions": "Académie Française", "Influences": "Nicolas Antoine Boulanger", "Influenced": "Desmarest Lamarck Staszic"} |
Stryker Corporation is an American multinational medical technologies corporation based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Stryker's products include implants used in joint replacement and trauma surgeries; surgical equipment and surgical navigation systems; endoscopic and communications systems; patient handling and emergency me... | {"Type": "Public", "Founded": "1941", "Headquarters": "Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.", "Industry": "Medical technology", "Revenue": "yes17.108 billion (2021)", "Products": "Medical devicesorthopaedic implantssurgical equipmentneurovascular productspatient handling and emergency medical equipment", "Website": "stryker.com"} |
Nyköping County, or Nyköpings län, was a county of the Swedish Empire from 1634 to 1683. It was one of three counties in the province of Södermanland, and in 1683 they were merged into Södermanland County.
See also
List of governors of Södermanland County
Gripsholm County
Eskilstunahus County
Category:Former counti... | {"Conventional long name": "Nyköping County", "Native name": "Nyköpings län", "Common name": "Nyköping", "Year founded": "1634", "Year dissolved": "1683", "Capital": "Nyköping"} |
The Communist Party of Argentina (, abbr. PCA) is a communist party in Argentina. It is a member of the Frente de Todos, the ruling coalition supporting President Alberto Fernández.
It was founded on 6 January 1918 as the International Socialist Party, after a split within the Socialist Party between those who support... | {"Abbreviation": "PCA", "General Secretary": "Víctor Kot", "Founded": "6 January 1918", "Split from": "Socialist Party", "Ideology": "Communism Marxism-Leninism", "Political position": "Far-left", "Headquarters": "Buenos Aires", "National affiliation": "Frente de Todos", "Regional affiliation": "São Paulo Forum", "Inte... |
The Stone Roses is the debut studio album by English rock band the Stone Roses. It was recorded mostly at Battery Studios in London with producer John Leckie from June 1988 to February 1989 and released in May of that year by Silvertone Records.
Despite not being an immediate success, the album grew popular alongside ... | {"Released": "2 May 1989", "Recorded": "June 1988 - February 1989", "Studio": "Battery (London) Konk (London) Rockfield (Monmouthshire)", "Genre": "Madchester jangle pop neo-psychedelia indie rockHistory Workshop Online https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/music-sound/remembering-1968-may-68-and-the-stone-roses-the-stone... |
Alternative metal (also known as alt-metal) is a genre of heavy metal music that combines heavy metal with influences from alternative rock and other genres not normally associated with metal. Alternative metal bands are often characterized by heavily downtuned, mid-paced guitar riffs, a mixture of accessible melodic v... | {"Name": "Alternative metal", "Stylistic origins": "Heavy metal\n alternative rock", "Cultural origins": "Mid-1980s, United States", "Fusion genres": "Neue Deutsche Härte Schmidt Axel Neumann-Braun Klaus Die Welt der Gothics: Spielräume düster konnotierter Transzendenz The World of the Gothics: Leeways of Dark... |
Microsoft Comic Chat (later Microsoft Chat) is a graphical IRC client created by Microsoft, first released with Internet Explorer 3.0 in 1996. Comic Chat was developed by Microsoft Researcher David Kurlander, with Microsoft Research's Virtual Worlds Group and later a group he managed in Microsoft's Internet Division.Co... | {"Original author(s)": "Microsoft", "Developer(s)": "David Kurlander, Microsoft Research Virtual Worlds Group", "Initial release": "1996 08 13", "Written in": "C++", "Platform": "IBM PC", "Available in": "Multiple languages Multi-Language Download Page for Microsoft Comic Chat 2.5 http://www.mermeliz.com/cchat.htm Merm... |
Henry Wager Halleck (January 16, 1815 - January 9, 1872) was a senior United States Army officer, scholar, and lawyer. A noted expert in military studies, he was known by a nickname that became derogatory: "Old Brains". He was an important participant in the admission of California as a state and became a successful la... | {"Name": "Henry Halleck", "Image caption": "Halleck 1860-1865", "Term start": "July 23, 1862", "Term end": "March 9, 1864", "Birth name": "Henry Wager Halleck", "Birth date": "1815 1 16", "Death date": "1872 1 9 1815 1 16", "Birth place": "Westernville, New York, U.S.", "Death place": "Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.", "Ba... |
During the American Civil War, the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the collective Union of the states, was often referred to as the Union Army, the Federal Army or the Northern Army. It proved essential to the restoration and preservation of the United States as a working, viable republic.
... | {"Type": "Army", "Size": "2,128,948 (700,000 Peak)", "Part of": "U.S. Department of War", "March": "“Battle Hymn of the Republic\""} |
24 Hour Party People is a 2002 British biographical comedy drama film about Manchester's popular music community from 1976 to 1992, and specifically about Factory Records. It was written by Frank Cottrell Boyce and directed by Michael Winterbottom. The film was entered into the 2002 Cannes Film Festival to positive rev... | {"Directed by": "Michael Winterbottom", "Produced by": "Andrew Eaton", "Written by": "Frank Cottrell Boyce", "Starring": "Steve Coogan\n Paddy Considine\n Danny Cunningham\n Sean Harris\n Shirley Henderson\n Lennie James\n Andy Serkis\n John Simm", "Cinematography": "Robby Müller", "Edited by": "Trevor Waite", "Distrib... |
Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army.
Lineage
File:FMR Colours.jpg|The regimental colour of Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal.
File:FMR Camp Flag.jpg|The camp flag of Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal.
File:Fusiliers Mont-Royal2.JPG|Fusiliers Mont-Royal entrance
Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal ... | {"Branch": "Canadian Army", "Type": "Light infantry", "Size": "1 battalion", "Part of": "34 Canadian Brigade Group", "Motto(s)": "la Nunquam retrorsum (Never backward)", "March": "\"The Jockey of York\"", "Notablecommanders": "Lt.-Col. (later Gen.) Jacques Alfred Dextraze", "Website": "http://www.army-armee.forces.gc.c... |
BBC Prime was the BBC's general entertainment TV channel in Europe, Middle East, Africa, South Asia and Asia Pacific from 30 January 1995 until 11 November 2009, when it was replaced by BBC Entertainment.
Launch
BBC Prime was officially opening ceremony or grand opening at 19:00:00 or 7:00:00pm GMT on Thursday, 26 Ja... | {"Launched": "1995 1 30 y", "Closed": "2009 11 11 y", "Picture format": "576i (4:3/16:9 SDTV)", "Owner": "BBC", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Broadcast area": "Europe, Middle East, Africa, South Asia and Asia Pacific", "Replaced": "BBC World Service Television", "Replaced by": "BBC Entertainment", "Website": "bbcentert... |
One Crimson Night is the first live album by Swedish power metal band HammerFall. The album was recorded during band's concert at Lisebergshallen, Sweden. DVD containing this live footage along with bonus materials was released by Nuclear Blast on 29 June 2004.
The cover artwork was created by Samwise Didier.
Track l... | {"Released": "17 October 2003", "Recorded": "20 February 2003Lisebergshallen, Sweden", "Genre": "Heavy metal", "Label": "Nuclear Blast", "Producer": "Mikael Thieme, Fredrik Nordström"} |
François Edouard Joachim Coppée (; 26 January 1842 - 23 May 1908) was a French poet and novelist.
Biography
Coppée was born in Paris to a civil servant. After attending the Lycée Saint-Louis he became a clerk in the ministry of war and won public favour as a poet of the Parnassian school. His first printed verses da... | {"Born": "1842 1 26 yes", "Died": "1908 5 23 1842 1 26 yes", "Nationality": "French", "Occupation": "Writer"} |
Stephan A. Hoeller is an American author, scholar, and neo-Gnostic bishop.
Career
An author and scholar of Gnosticism and Jungian psychology, Hoeller is Regionary Bishop of Ecclesia Gnostica.
Hoeller was ordained to the priesthood of the American Catholic Church by Bishop Lowell P. Wadle in 1958. He was consecrated ... | {"Religion": "Neo-Gnosticism", "Ordained": "Allegedly by Lowell Paul Wadle on April 9, 1967", "Writings": "The Gnostic Jung and the Seven Sermons to the Dead Gnosticism: New Light on the Ancient Tradition of Inner Knowing Jung and the Lost Gospels The Royal Road: A Manual of Kabalistic Meditations on the Tarot Freedom:... |
V&S Group (V&S Vin & Sprit AB), founded in 1917, is an international producer and distributor of alcoholic beverages. The group is currently owned by Pernod Ricard. Headquartered in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, the group employs approximately 2,500 people.
Until 1994, the group had the position of a national alco... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Parent": "Pernod Ricard", "Founded": "1917", "Headquarters": "Sweden", "Products": "Absolut, Alcoholic beverages", "Revenue": "10.3b SEK (2007)", "Website": "Pernod Richard"} |
BBC Canada was a Canadian English language specialty channel that mostly broadcast television series originally produced by the BBC, the public-service broadcaster of the United Kingdom. The channel was owned by Corus Entertainment (80% & managing partner) and BBC Studios (20%).
History
Alliance Atlantis (AAC) was gra... | {"Launched": "yes 2001 9 7", "Closed": "yes 2020 12 31", "Replaced by": "BBC First (Canadian TV channel)", "Owner": "Corus Entertainment (80%, managing partner)BBC Studios (20%)(Jasper Broadcasting Inc.)", "Picture format": "1080i HDTV(downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)", "Country": "Canada", "Language(s... |
(, "the System Company"), colloquially known as ("the system") or ("the company"), is a government-owned chain of liquor stores in Sweden. It is the only retail store allowed to sell alcoholic beverages that contain more than 3.5% alcohol by volume. Systembolaget acts as a portal for private companies selling alcohol... | {"Type": "Government enterprise", "Founded": "1955 10 01 yes yes", "Headquarters": "Stockholm, Sweden", "Products": "Alcoholic beverages", "Revenue": "29.4 billion SEK (2017)", "Website": "https://www.systembolaget.se/", "Industry": "Food and drink"} |
Apoteket AB is a state-owned pharmaceuticals retailer in Sweden which formerly held a monopoly on the retail sale of medicines in the country. Formerly known as Apoteksbolaget, the company is a government owned enterprise reporting to the Ministry of Finance.
History
The company was founded in 1970 under the name Apot... | {"Type": "Swedish government enterprise", "Founded": "1970", "Headquarters": "Solna, Sweden", "Products": "Pharmaceuticals", "Revenue": "SEK 26.275 million (2010)", "Website": "https://www.apoteket.se/"} |
Sóror Mariana Alcoforado (Santa Maria da Feira, Beja, 22 April 1640Beja, 28 July 1723) was a Portuguese nun living in the convent of the Poor Clares (Convento de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Convent of Our Lady of the Conception) in Beja, Portugal.
Debate continues as to whether Mariana was the real Portuguese author o... | {"Born": "1640 04 22", "Died": "1723 07 28 1640 04 22", "Occupation": "Nun, Writer", "Language": "Portuguese", "Nationality": "Portuguese"} |
Karl Lennart Oesch (8 August 1892 - 28 March 1978) was one of Finland's leading generals during World War II. He held a string of high staff assignments and front commands, and at the end of the Continuation War commanded three Finnish army corps on the Karelian Isthmus. He received numerous awards, including the Finni... | {"Born": "Pyhäjärvi, Grand Duchy of Finland", "Died": "Helsinki, Finland", "Allegiance": "German Empire (1915-1918)\n Finland (1918-1945)", "Commands held": "II Corps\n IV Corps\n Olonets Group\n III, IV, and V Corps as Commander of the Isthmus Forces", "Awards": "Mannerheim Cross\n Grand Cross of the Order of the Cros... |
A Certain Ratio (abbreviated as ACR) are an English post-punk band formed in Flixton, Greater Manchester in 1977 by Peter Terrell (guitar, electronics) and Simon Topping (vocals, trumpet), with Jez Kerr (bass guitar, vocals), Martin Moscrop (trumpet, guitar), Donald Johnson (drums), and Martha Tilson (vocals) joining s... | {"Origin": "Flixton, Greater Manchester, EnglandKellman, Andy http://www.allmusic.com/artist/a-certain-ratio-mn0000918400/biography A Certain Ratio AllMusic 20 August 2016", "Genres": "Post-punkhttp://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19835-a-certain-ratio-sextet/ A Certain Ratio — Sextet Pitchfork 3 November 2014 20... |
Gold is a British pay television channel from the UKTV network that was launched in late 1992 as UK Gold before it was rebranded UKTV Gold in 2004. In 2008, it was split into current flagship channel Gold and miscellaneous channel, W, with classic comedy based programming now airing on Gold, non-crime drama and enterta... | {"Launched": "1 November 1992", "Owner": "BBC Studios", "Parent": "UKTV", "Picture format": "1080i HDTV(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Language(s)": "English", "Broadcast area": "United KingdomIrelandIsle of ManChannel Islands", "Former names": "UK Gold (1992-2004)UKTV Gold (... |
Bergerac ( ) is a British crime drama television series. Set in Jersey, it ran from 18 October 1981 to 26 December 1991. Produced by the BBC in association with the Australian Seven Network, and first screened on BBC1, it stars John Nettles as the title character Jim Bergerac, who is initially a detective sergeant in L... | {"Genre": "Crime\n Drama\n Mystery", "Created by": "Robert Banks Stewart", "Starring": "John Nettles\n Terence Alexander\n Sean Arnold\n Louise Jameson\n Deborah Grant\n Cécile Paoli\n Celia Imrie\n Thérèse Liotard\n Annette Badland", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Running time": "50 minutes (81 episodes)\n 90... |
A Saucerful of Secrets is the second studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 28 June 1968 by EMI Columbia in the UK and on 27 July 1968 in the US by Tower Records. The mental health of singer and guitarist Syd Barrett deteriorated during recording, so guitarist David Gilmour was recruited; Barrett... | {"Released": "28 June 1968", "Recorded": "9 May 1967 - 3 May 1968", "Studio": "EMI, London De Lane Lea, London", "Genre": "Psychedelic rockEdmondson PhD Jacqueline 147 https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0313393486 978-1-4299-6589-7 Music in American Life: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars, and ... 10 May 2... |
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (, literally "Le Chambon on Lignon"; ) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.
Residents have been primarily Huguenot or Protestant since the 17th century. During World War II these Huguenot residents made the commune a haven for Jews fleeing from the Nazis. They hid t... | {"Name": "Le Chambon-sur-Lignon", "Native Name": "oc Lo Chambon", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (Haute-Loire, Fr) mairie.JPG", "Caption": "Town hall", "Arrondissement": "Yssingeaux", "Canton": "Mézenc", "Mayor": "Jean-Michel EyraudRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.... |
No. 3 Commando was a battalion-sized Commando unit raised by the British Army during the Second World War. Formed in July 1940 from volunteers for special service, it was the first such unit to carry the title of "Commando". Shortly afterwards the unit was involved in a largely unsuccessful raid upon the German-occupie... | {"Branch": "United Kingdom", "Type": "Commando", "Role": "Special Forces", "Size": "470-535 men all ranksDurnford-Slater 2003, pp. ix-xvi.", "Part of": "1st Special Service Brigade", "Disbanded": "4 January 1946", "Notablecommanders": "John Durnford-SlaterPeter Young"} |
thumb|KL Sentral ornate roof decoration.
Kuala Lumpur Sentral Station (KL Sentral) is a transit-oriented development that houses the main railway station of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. Opened on 16 April 2001, KL Sentral replaced the old Kuala Lumpur railway station as the city's main intercity railway stati... | {"Name": "KL Sentral", "Style template": "KTM", "Type": "170px|alt=KL Sentral logoTransit-oriented development hub and Intermodal passenger transport station", "Image": "Kuala Lumpur Methodist-1-2-Brickfields-Girl-Primary-School-03.jpgKL Sentral CBD\n Kuala Lumpur Sentral Station (KL Sentral).jpgKL Sentral exterior\n ... |
No. 4 Commando was a battalion-sized British Army commando unit, formed in 1940 early in the Second World War. Although it was raised to conduct small-scale raids and harass garrisons along the coast of German occupied France, it was mainly employed as a highly trained infantry assault unit.
The unit's first operation... | {"Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Branch": "Special Services Group", "Type": "Commando", "Role": "Amphibious warfareClose-quarters combatCoastal raidingCold-weather warfare Direct actionForward observer RaidingReconnaissanceUrban warfare", "Size": "500 all ranks", "Part of": "1st Special Service Brigade4th Special Serv... |
David Nicholas O'Doherty (; born 18 December 1975) is an Irish comedian, author, musician, actor and playwright and son of renowned jazz pianist Jim Doherty. His stand-up has won many international awards including the if.comedy award in 2008 and Best International Comedian at the 2014 Sydney Comedy Festival.
He atten... | {"Birth name": "David Nicholas Dohertyhttps://amp.smh.com.au/entertainment/irish-comedians-have-the-last-laugh-20090416-a90i.html Irish comedians have the last laugh https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/comedy-sanity-claws-h262wcwczg3 Comedy: Sanity claws", "Born": "Dublin, Ireland", "Education": "Trinity College Dubli... |
George Alfred George-Brown, Baron George-Brown, (; 2 September 1914 - 2 June 1985), was a British Labour Party politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1960 to 1970 and held several Cabinet roles under Prime Minister Harold Wilson, including Foreign Secretary and First Secretary of State.
After... | {"Name": "The Lord George-Brown", "Image caption": "Brown in 1967", "Term start": "11 August 1966", "Term end": "15 March 1968", "Office 2": "Secretary of State for Economic Affairs", "Prime minister 2": "Harold Wilson", "Predecessor 2": "Office created", "Successor 2": "Michael Stewart", "Birth name": "George Alfred B... |
Ummagumma is the fourth album by English rock band Pink Floyd. It is a double album and was released on 7 November 1969 by Harvest Records. The first disc consists of live recordings from concerts at Mothers Club in Birmingham and the College of Commerce in Manchester that contained part of their normal set list of the... | {"Released": "1969 11 7 y", "Recorded": "27 April and 2 May 1969 (live album)", "Venue": "Mothers Club, Birmingham Manchester College of Commerce, Manchester", "Studio": "EMI, London", "Genre": "\"McCormick2014\"/> \"McCormick2014\"/> psychedelic rockDoyle Greene Rock, Counterculture and the Avant-Garde, 1966-1970: How... |
Arla Foods is a Danish-Swedish multinational cooperative based in Viby, Denmark, and the largest producer of dairy products in Scandinavia, and the largest dairy in the United Kingdom.
Arla Foods was formed as the result of a merger between the Swedish dairy cooperative Arla and the Danish dairy company MD Foods on 17... | {"Type": "Cooperative with limited liability (Andelsselskab med begrænset ansvar)", "Industry": "Dairy", "Founded": "yes 2000 4 17", "Headquarters": "Denmark", "Revenue": "13.8 billion EUR (2022)", "Subsidiaries": "Arla Foods FinlandArla Foods UK", "Website": "http://arla.com"} |
Frederick Herman de Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg KG PC (6 December 1615 - 1 July 1690) was a German-born military officer and nobleman who served as Master-General of the Ordnance from 1689 to 1690. Having fought in the French, Portuguese and English armies, he was killed in action fighting on the Williamite side a... | {"Name": "The Duke of Schomberg", "Term start": "1689", "Term end": "1690", "Birth date": "y 1615 12 06", "Birth place": "Heidelberg, Palatinate", "Birth name": "Friedrich Hermann von Schönberg", "Death date": "y 1690 07 01 1615 12 06", "Death place": "Oldbridge, County Meath", "Spouse(s)": "Johanna Elizabeth (m. 1638)... |
Obscured by Clouds is the seventh studio album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released on 2 June 1972 by Harvest and Capitol Records. It serves as the soundtrack for the French film La Vallée, by Barbet Schroeder. It was recorded in two sessions in France, while Pink Floyd were in the midst of touring... | {"Released": "2 June 1972Povey 2006 168", "Recorded": "23 February - 6 April 1972", "Studio": "Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville, FrancePovey 2006 166", "Genre": "Progressive rock", "Label": "Harvest", "Producer": "Pink Floyd"} |
The Malaysian ringgit (; plural: ringgit; symbol: RM; currency code: MYR; Malay name: Ringgit Malaysia; formerly the Malaysian dollar) is the currency of Malaysia. It is divided into 100 sen (formerly cents). The ringgit is issued by the Central Bank of Malaysia.
Etymology
left|thumb|18th-century Spanish dollar with... | {"ISO 4217 code": "MYR", "Plural": "Y", "Subunit": "1 100", "Symbol": "RM", "Mint": "Royal Mint of Malaysia"} |
Deutsche Bank Center (also known as One Columbus Circle and formerly the Time Warner Center) is a mixed-use building on Columbus Circle in Manhattan, New York City, United States. The building occupies the western side of Columbus Circle and straddles the border between Hell's Kitchen and the Upper West Side. It was de... | {"Former names": "AOL Time Warner Center\n Time Warner Center", "Alternative names": "One Columbus Circle", "Location": "1 Columbus Circle,Manhattan, New York City, U.S.", "Coordinates": "40 46 08 N 73 58 59 W type:landmark_region:US-NY inline,title", "Status": "Complete", "Construction started": "November 2, 2000", "T... |
The Final Cut is the twelfth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 21 March 1983 through Harvest and Columbia Records. It comprises unused material from the band's previous studio album, The Wall (1979), alongside new material recorded throughout 1982.
The Final Cut is the last Pink Floyd album... | {"Released": "1983 03 21 y", "Recorded": "July-December 1982", "Studio": "Mayfair, RAK, Olympic, Abbey Road, Eel Pie, Audio International, and the Billiard Room in London\n Hook End Recording Studios in Oxfordshire, EnglandSchaffner 1991 240", "Genre": "Art rockhttps://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/the... |
Kew Bridge is a wide-span bridge over the Tideway (upper estuary of the Thames) linking the London Boroughs of Richmond upon Thames and Hounslow. The present bridge, which was opened in 1903 as King Edward VII Bridge by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, A plaque, now faded, on the bridge reads: was designed by Joh... | {"Carries": "A205 road", "Crosses": "River Thames", "Locale": "Kew", "Maintained by": "Transport for London", "Designer": "John Wolfe-Barry and Cuthbert A Brereton", "Design": "Arch", "Material": "Granite", "Piers in water": "2", "Longest span": "133 ft m", "Total length": "1182 ft m", "Width": "75 ft m", "Heritage sta... |
Southwark Bridge ( ) is an arch bridge in London, for traffic linking the district of Southwark and the City across the River Thames. Besides when others are closed for temporary repairs, it has the least traffic of the Thames bridges in London.
History
thumb|left|Completion of Southwark Bridge by John Rennie 1819
thu... | {"Locale": "Southwark, London", "Carries": "A300 road", "Crosses": "River Thames", "Maintained by": "Bridge House Estates,City of London Corporation", "Longest span": "240 ft m 1", "Total length": "800 ft m 1", "Width": "55 ft m 1", "Heritage status": "Grade II listed structure"} |
Bankside is an area of London, England, within the London Borough of Southwark. Bankside is located on the southern bank of the River Thames, east of Charing Cross, running from a little west of Blackfriars Bridge to just a short distance before London Bridge at St Mary Overie Dock. It is part of a business improvemen... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "London Assembly": "Southwark", "UK Parliament": "Bermondsey and Old Southwark", "Postcode district": "SE1", "Dialling code": "020", "OS grid reference": "TQ319805"} |
André Kertész (; 2 July 1894 - 28 September 1985), born Andor Kertész, was a Hungarian-born photographer known for his groundbreaking contributions to photographic composition and the photo essay. In the early years of his career, his then-unorthodox camera angles and style prevented his work from gaining wider recogni... | {"Name": "André Kertész", "Caption": "Kertész in New York, 1982", "Birth name": "Andor Kertész", "Birth date": "2 July 1894", "Birth place": "Budapest, Austria-Hungary", "Death date": "28 September 1985 2 July 1894", "Death place": "New York City, U.S.", "Occupation": "Photographer", "Spouse(s)": "Rogi André\nElizabeth... |
Portcullis House (PCH) is an office building in Westminster, London, England, that was commissioned in 1992 and opened in 2001 to provide offices for 213 members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and their staff. The public entrance is on the Embankment. Part of the Parliamentary Estate, the building augments lim... | {"Status": "Complete", "Current tenants": "Parliament of the United Kingdom Westminster Station", "Address": "Bridge StreetLondonSW1A 2LWEngland", "Town or city": "London", "Coordinates": "51.5013 -0.1249 dms type:landmark_region:GB-NWM inline,title", "Construction started": "1992"} |
William Eugene Smith (December 30, 1918 - October 15, 1978) was an American photojournalist.Peacock, Scot. "W(illiam) Eugene Smith." Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2003. Biography In Context He has been described as "perhaps the single most important American photographer in the development of the editorial photo e... | {"Name": "W. Eugene Smith", "Caption": "Smith and wife Aileen, 1974", "Birth name": "William Eugene Smith", "Birth date": "1918 12 30", "Birth place": "Wichita, Kansas, U.S.", "Death date": "1978 10 15 1918 12 30", "Death place": "Tucson, Arizona, U.S.", "Occupation": "Photojournalist", "Spouse(s)": "Aileen Mioko Augus... |
Waterloo Bridge () is a road and foot traffic bridge crossing the River Thames in London, between Blackfriars Bridge and Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges. Its name commemorates the victory of the British, Dutch and Prussians at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Thanks to its location at a strategic bend in th... | {"Locale": "London", "Carries": "A301 road", "Crosses": "River Thames", "Maintained by": "Transport for London", "Design": "Box girder bridge", "Longest span": "233 ft m", "Total length": "1230 ft m", "Width": "80 ft m", "Heritage status": "Grade II* listed structure", "Named for": "Battle of Waterloo"} |
thumb|upright=1.4|Westminster Bridge by Joseph Farrington, 1789 (the original bridge)
Westminster Bridge is a road-and-foot-traffic bridge over the River Thames in London, linking Westminster on the west side and Lambeth on the east side.
The bridge is painted predominantly green, the same colour as the leather seats ... | {"Carries": "A302 road", "Crosses": "River Thames", "Locale": "London", "Designer": "Thomas Page", "Maintained by": "Transport for London", "Total length": "250 m ft flip", "Width": "26 m ft flip", "Heritage status": "Grade II* listed structure", "Design": "Arch bridge"} |
County Hall (sometimes called London County Hall) is a building in the district of Lambeth, London that was the headquarters of London County Council (LCC) and later the Greater London Council (GLC). The building is on the South Bank of the River Thames, with Westminster Bridge being next to it, to the south. It faces ... | {"Coordinates": "51 30 7 N 0 7 8 W type:landmark_region:GB title,inline", "Location": "Lambeth", "Built": "1911-1939", "Architectural style(s)": "Edwardian Baroque style"} |
Mount Athabasca is in the Columbia Icefield of Jasper National Park in Canada. The mountain was named in 1898 by J. Norman Collie, who made the first ascent on August 18 of that year. Athabasca is the Cree language name for "where there are reeds", which originally referred to Lake Athabasca. Mount Athabasca is unusua... | {"Elevation": "60 Mount Athabasca 2003-11-08", "Prominence": "6 Mount Athabasca 2007-04-30", "Location": "Location in Alberta", "Coordinates": "IACKP Mount Athabasca 2017-08-06"} |
José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras (25 February 177817 August 1850), known simply as José de San Martín () or "the Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru",John Lynch, San Martin: Argentine Soldier, American Hero (2009) was an Argentine general and the primary leader of the southern and central parts of South Amer... | {"Name": "José de San Martín", "Image caption": "Late 1820s painting", "Alternative text": "Portrait of José de San Martín, raising the flag of Argentina", "Term start": "18 April", "Term end": "20 April 1815", "Order 2": "Governor of Cuyo", "Predecessor 2": "Marcos González de Balcarce", "Successor 2": "Toribio de Luz... |
Linda Lingle (née Cutter; June 4, 1953) is an American politician, who was the sixth governor of Hawaii from 2002 until 2010. She was the first Republican governor of Hawaii since 1962. Lingle was also the state's first female and first Jewish governor. Prior to serving as governor, Lingle served as Maui County mayor, ... | {"Name": "Linda Lingle", "Image caption": "Lingle in 2010", "Lieutenant 1": "Duke Aiona", "Office 2": "Chair of the Hawaii Republican Party", "Birth name": "Linda Cutter", "Birth date": "1953 6 4", "Birth place": "St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Charles Lingle 1972 1975 divorcedWilliam Crockett 1986 1997 divo... |
Broughty Ferry (; Scottish Gaelic: Bruach Tatha; Scots: Brochtie) is a suburb of Dundee, Scotland. It is situated four miles east of the city centre on the north bank of the Firth of Tay. The area was a separate burgh from 1864 until 1913, when it was incorporated into Dundee. Historically it is within the County of An... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "13,155", "OS grid reference": "NO465309", "Council area": "Dundee City", "Lieutenancy area": "Dundee", "UK Parliament": "Dundee East", "Scottish Parliament": "Dundee City East", "Postcode district": "DD", "Dialling code": "01382"} |
Theophylact (, ; around 1055after 1107) was a Byzantine archbishop of Ohrid and commentator on the Bible.
Life
Theophylact was born in the mid-11th century at Euripus (Chalcis) in Euboea, at the time part of the Byzantine Empire (now Greece). He became a deacon at Constantinople, attained a high reputation as a schola... | {"Born": "Chalcis, Euboea, Eastern Roman Empire (now Greece)", "Died": "1107+", "Feast": "December 31", "Patronage": "Ohrid"} |
Hector the Bulldog is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Hector is a muscle-bound bulldog with gray fur (except in A Street Cat Named Sylvester and Greedy for Tweety, where his fur is yellowish) and walks pigeon-toed. His face bears a perpetual scowl b... | {"First appearance": "Double Chaser (1942; Early version)Peck Up Your Troubles (1945; Official version)", "Created by": "Friz Freleng", "Voiced by": "Mel Blanc (1945-1989)Frank Welker (1990-2003, 2021)Frank Todaro (2022-present)", "Gender": "Male", "Nationality": "American", "Family": "Granny (owner) Tweety (owner pet... |
Baldwin II ( 865 - 10 September 918) was the second margrave (or count) of Flanders, ruling from 879 to 918. He was nicknamed the Bald (Calvus) after his maternal grandfather, Emperor Charles the Bald.John E. Morby, "The Sobriquets of Medieval European Princes", Canadian Journal of History, 13:1 (1978), p. 8.
Rule
Ba... | {"Father": "Baldwin I of Flanders", "Mother": "Judith of Flanders", "Birth date": "c. 865", "Death date": "918 9 10 865"} |
Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo (19 June 1917 - 1 July 1999) was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and Matabeleland politician who served as Vice-President of Zimbabwe from 1990 until his death in 1999. He founded and led the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) from 1961 until it merged in 1987 with Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe ... | {"Name": "Joshua Nkomo", "Image size": "200px", "Image caption": "Nkomo in 1978", "Term start": "6 August 1990", "Term end": "1 July 1999", "Birth name": "Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo", "Birth date": "yes 1917 6 19", "Birth place": "Matopos, Southern Rhodesia (now Matobo, Zimbabwe)", "Death date": "yes 1999 7 1 1917 6... |
Sailing to Philadelphia is the second solo studio album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on 26 September 2000 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The album contains featured vocal performances by James Taylor, Van Morrison, and Chris D... | {"Released": "2000 09 26 y", "Recorded": "1998-2000", "Studio": "Ocean Way, Nashville\nTracking Room, Nashville", "Genre": "Roots rock\nfolk rock\nblues", "Label": "MercuryWarner Bros. (USA)", "Producer": "Mark Knopfler, Chuck Ainlay"} |
Ralph Joseph Gleason (March 1, 1917 - June 3, 1975) was an American music critic and columnist. He contributed for many years to the San Francisco Chronicle, was a founding editor of Rolling Stone magazine, and cofounder of the Monterey Jazz Festival."Don't Let the Tweed Jackets, Trench Coat and Pipe Fool You - Ralph J... | {"Name": "Ralph J. Gleason", "Birth name": "Ralph Joseph Gleason", "Birth date": "March 1, 1917", "Birth place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1975 6 3 1917 3 1 y", "Death place": "Berkeley, California, U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "Alma mater": "Columbia University", "Occupation": "Critic, colum... |
On is the third EP by English electronic musician Aphex Twin, released on 15 November 1993 by Warp. On Remixes, featuring remixes by James, Reload and μ-Ziq, was released on the same day.
The single peaked at number 32 on the UK Singles Chart.
Track listing
The Sire Records (US) version of On contains only "On", "73... | {"Released": "15 November 1993", "Recorded": "1993", "Label": "Warp Sire", "Producer": "Aphex Twin"} |
Leah Sarah Betts (1 November 1977 - 16 November 1995) was a young woman from Latchingdon, Essex, United Kingdom, who died shortly after her 18th birthday after taking an ecstasy (MDMA) tablet, and then drinking approximately of water in a 90-minute period. Four hours later, she collapsed into a coma, from which she di... | {"Name": "Leah Betts", "Caption": "A November 1995 photograph of Leah Betts in a coma, which was widely circulated in the media", "Birth date": "1977 11 01 yes", "Birth place": "Essex, England, UK", "Death date": "1995 11 16 1977 11 01 yes", "Death place": "Great Burstead, Essex, England"} |
Collis Potter Huntington (October 22, 1821 - August 13, 1900) was an American industrialist and railway magnate. He was one of the Big Four of western railroading (along with Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker) who invested in Theodore Judah's idea to build the Central Pacific Railroad as part of the fi... | {"Name": "Collis Potter Huntington", "Caption": "Collis P. Huntington, c. 1872 by Stephen W. Shaw", "Birth date": "1821 10 22Cerinda W. Evans Collis Potter Huntington https://books.google.com/books?id=ZXrVAAAAMAAJ 1954 Mariners' Museum", "Birth place": "Harwinton, Connecticut, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Elizabeth Stillm... |
Arnulf I (c. 893/899 - 27 March 964), called "the Great", was the first Count of Flanders.
Life
Arnulf was the son of margrave Baldwin II of Flanders and Ælfthryth of Wessex, daughter of Alfred the Great.Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band ... | {"Image caption": "Seal of Arnulf I", "Father": "Baldwin II of Flanders", "Mother": "Ælfthryth of Wessex", "Birth date": "between 893 and 899", "Death date": "27 March 965 893", "Succession title": "Count of Flanders"} |
The Turán graph, denoted by T(n,r), is a complete multipartite graph; it is formed by partitioning a set of n vertices into r subsets, with sizes as equal as possible, and then connecting two vertices by an edge if and only if they belong to different subsets. Where q and s are the quotient and remainder of dividing n ... | {"Named after": "Pál Turán", "Vertices": "n", "Edges": "~\\left(1- \\frac{1}{r}\\right)\\frac{n^2}{2}", "Radius": "\\left\\{\\begin{array}{ll}\\infty & r = 1\\\\ 2 & r \\le n/2\\\\ 1 & \\text{otherwise}\\end{array}\\right.", "Diameter": "\\left\\{\\begin{array}{ll}\\infty & r = 1\\\\ 1 & r = n\\\\ 2 & \\text{otherwise}... |
Jann Simon Wenner ( ; born January 7, 1946) is an American businessman who is a co-founder of the popular culture magazine Rolling Stone, and former owner of Men's Journal magazine. He participated in the Free Speech Movement while attending the University of California, Berkeley. Wenner, with his mentor Ralph J. Gleas... | {"Name": "Jann Wenner", "Alt": "A three-quarters view of Wenner, seated and wearing a polo shirt", "Caption": "Wenner in 2022", "Birth name": "Jann Simon Wenner", "Birth date": "1946 01 07", "Birth place": "New York City, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Jane Schindelheim 1967 1995 divorced", "Partner(s)": "Matt Nye (1995-present)... |
The Livernois-Fenkell riot was a racially motivated riot in the summer of 1975 on Livernois Avenue at Chalfonte Avenue, just south of Fenkell Avenue, in Detroit, Michigan.
Riot
The trouble began when Andrew Chinarian, the 39-year-old owner of Bolton's Bar, observed three black youths tampering with his car in the park... | {"Title": "Livernois-Fenkell riot", "Image alt text": "Map", "Image caption": "Map of the riot location", "Injuries": "10 injuries"} |
Arnulf II (960 or 961 - 30 March 987) was Count of Flanders from 965 until his death.
Life
He was the son of Baldwin III of Flanders and Mathilde Billung of Saxony, daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony.Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (... | {"Father": "Baldwin III of Flanders", "Mother": "Mathilde Billung of Saxony", "Birth date": "961", "Death date": "987 3 30 y", "Death place": "Ghent", "Succession title": "Count of Flanders"} |
is an airport on an artificial island just off the coast of Kobe, south of Sannomiya StationAIS Japan Japan. Opened on February 16, 2006, it primarily handles domestic flights, but can also accommodate international charter flights. In the first year of operation (2006), the airport handled 2,697,000 passengers with ... | {"Airport type": "Public", "Serves": "Keihanshin", "Location": "Chuo-ku, Kobe", "Hub": "Skymark Airlines\nFuji Dream Airlines", "AMSL": "22", "Coordinates": "34 37 58 N 135 13 26 E region:JP inline,title", "Website": "www.kairport.co.jp"} |
Purée Mongole, also called Cream Mongole, is a creamed split pea-tomato soup of unknown origin; a recipe for it was printed in 1889.Alessandro Filippini, 1889. The Table: How to Buy Food, How to Cook It, an How to Serve It (New York: Charles L. Webster) p 158; quoted on-line, with other vintage recipes. Popular during ... | {"Name of food": "Purée Mongole", "Alternate name": "Cream Mongole", "Type of dish": "Soup", "Main ingredient": "Split peas, tomatoes, carrots, onions, white turnips, leeks, stock (beef or chicken), milk"} |
Louis Rossetto is an American writer, editor, and entrepreneur. He is best known as the founder and former editor-in-chief / publisher of Wired magazine. He was also the first investor and the former CEO of TCHO chocolate company.
Personal life
Louis Rossetto was born and grew up on Long Island, New York in an Italian... | {"Name": "Louis Rossetto", "Caption": "Rossetto in May of 2017", "Birth date": "1949 6 6", "Birth place": "Long Island, New York, United States", "Alma mater": "Columbia University", "Known For": "Wired magazine, TCHO, Entrepreneurship", "Relatives": "Jane Metcalfe (life partner)"} |
Suvarnabhumi Airport (, , ; from Sanskrit (Svarṇabhūmi), literally 'golden land') , also known unofficially as Bangkok International Airport, is the main international airport serving Bangkok, Thailand. Located mostly in Racha Thewa, Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, it covers an area of , making it one of the biggest internat... | {"Location": "Racha Thewa, Bang Phli, Samut Prakan and Lat Krabang, Bangkok", "Opened": "2006 09 15 yes n n(operational)\n 2006 09 28 yes n n(official)", "Hub": "Bangkok Airways\n K-Mile Air\n Thai Airways International\n Thai Smile", "Airport type": "Public", "Serves": "Bangkok Metropolitan Region", "AMSL"... |
Sackville is a former town in southeastern New Brunswick, Canada. It held town status prior to 2023 and is now part of the town of Tantramar.
Sackville is home to Mount Allison University, the top undergraduate liberal arts university in Canada. Historically based on agriculture, shipbuilding, and manufacturing, the e... | {"Land": "73.91", "Density": "82.5", "DST": "-3", "Website": "http://www.sackville.com/"} |
Baldwin V ( 1012 - 1 September 1067) was Count of Flanders from 1035 until his death. He secured the personal union between the counties of Flanders and Hainaut and maintained close links to the Anglo-Saxon monarchy, which was overthrown by his son-in-law, William the Conqueror, near the end of his life.
Family
Baldw... | {"Father": "Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders", "Mother": "Ogive of Luxembourg", "Born": "Arras, Flanders", "Died": "Lille, Flanders"} |
Jerzy Popiełuszko ( born Alfons Popiełuszko; 14 September 1947–19 October 1984) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest who became associated with the opposition Solidarity trade union in communist Poland. He was murdered in 1984 by three agents of (Security Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs), who were shortly th... | {"Born": "Okopy, near Suchowola, Republic of Poland", "Died": "Włocławek, Polish People's Republic", "Feast": "19 October", "Beatified": "Archbishop Angelo Amato on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI", "Patronage": "Solidarity"} |
Visayans (Visayan: mga Bisaya; ) or Visayan people are a Philippine ethnolinguistic group or metaethnicity native to the Visayas, the southernmost islands of Luzon and a significant portion of Mindanao. When taken as a single ethnic group, they are both the most numerous in the entire country at around 33.5 million, as... | {"Name": "Visayan people", "Native name": "Kabisay-an / Mga Bisaya", "Image caption": "A Visayan couple of noble blood, Boxer Codex", "Population": "33,463,654March 2022", "Languages": "NativeBisayan languagesAlsoFilipinoEnglish", "Religions": "Christianity: Roman Catholic, Aglipayan, Evangelicals, remaining belongs t... |
Baldwin VI ( 1030 - 17 July 1070), also known as Baldwin the Good, was Count of Hainaut from 1051 to 1070 (as Baldwin I) and Count of Flanders from 1067 to 1070.
Baldwin was the eldest son of Baldwin V of Flanders and Adela, a daughter of King Robert II of FranceGilbert of Mons, Chronicle of Hainaut, Trans. Laura Napr... | {"Father": "Baldwin V, Count of Flanders", "Mother": "Adela of France", "Birth date": "1030", "Death date": "1070 7 17 y"} |
KMFDM (originally Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid, loosely translated by the band as "no pity for the majority") is a multinational industrial band from Hamburg led by Sascha Konietzko, who founded the band in 1984 as a performance art project.
The band's earliest incarnation included German drummer En Esch and British ... | {"Origin": "Hamburg, Germany", "Genres": "Industrial techno\nindustrial rock\nindustrial metal\nelectro-industrial", "Labels": "KMFDM\n Metropolis\n Z\n Skysaw\n Wax Trax!\n Sanctuary\n TVT", "Website": "kmfdm.net", "Members": "Sascha Konietzko\n Lucia Cifarelli\n Andy Selway\n Andee Blacksugar"} |
Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, also known as Mary Victoria Hamilton (11 December 185014 May 1922), was a Scottish noblewoman who was the great-grandmother of Prince Rainier III of Monaco, Prince Karl Johannes von Schwarzenberg and Princess Ira von Fürstenberg, and the great-great grandmother of Albert II, Prince ... | {"Born": "Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton", "Died": "Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary", "Burial": "Festetics Mausoleum", "Father": "The 11th Duke of Hamilton", "Mother": "Princess Marie Amelie of Baden"} |
Robert I ( 1035 - 13 October 1093), known as Robert the Frisian, was count of Flanders from 1071 to his death in 1093. He was a son of Baldwin V, Count of Flanders and the younger brother of Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders. He usurped the countship after defeating his nephew Arnulf III and his allies, which included King... | {"Father": "Baldwin V of Flanders", "Mother": "Adela of France", "Born": "1035", "Died": "13 October 1093"} |
Ragnar Sigvald Skancke (9 November 1890 - 28 August 1948) was the Norwegian Minister for Church and Educational Affairs in Vidkun Quisling's Nasjonal Samling government during World War II. Shot for treason in the legal purges following the war, he remains the last person executed in Norway.Norwegian Government Officia... | {"Name": "Ragnar Sigvald Skancke", "Term start": "1 February 1942", "Term end": "8 May 1945", "Office 2": "Minister for Church and Educational Affairs", "Birth date": "1890 11 9 y", "Birth place": "Ås, Norway", "Death date": "1948 8 28 1890 11 9 y", "Death place": "Akershus Fortress, Oslo, Norway", "Nationality": "Norw... |
Robert II, Count of Flanders (c. 1065 – 5 October 1111) was Count of Flanders from 1093 to 1111. He became known as Robert of Jerusalem (Robertus Hierosolimitanus) or Robert the Crusader after his exploits in the First Crusade.
Early life
Robert was the eldest son of Robert I of Flanders (also known as Robert the Fris... | {"Father": "Robert I of Flanders", "Mother": "Gertrude of Saxony", "Born": "1065", "Died": "Meaux, Kingdom of France"} |
Frederick Catherwood (27 February 1799 - 27 September 1854) was an English artist, architect and explorer, best remembered for his meticulously detailed drawings of the ruins of the Maya civilization. He explored Mesoamerica in the mid 19th century with writer John Lloyd Stephens. Their books, Incidents of Travel in Ce... | {"Name": "Frederick Catherwood", "Image": "Catherwood.JPG", "Caption": "The figure depicted in this lithograph is presumed to be a representation of Catherwood himself.Detail from Plate 24 (\"Temple, at Tuloom\") in Catherwood's Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan (1844), lithography in s... |
Charles the Good (10842 March 1127) was Count of Flanders from 1119 to 1127. His murder and its aftermath were chronicled by Galbert of Bruges. He was beatified by Pope Leo XIII in 1882 through cultus confirmation.
Early life
Charles was born in Denmark, only son of the three children of King Canute IV (Saint Canute) ... | {"Born": "Odense, Denmark", "Died": "Bruges, County of Flanders (now Belgium and northern France)", "Beatified": "9 February 1882 (confirmation of cultus) by Pope Leo XIII", "Feast": "2 March", "Attributes": "sword"} |
is a Japanese manga artist and the creator of the series One Piece. With more than 516.6 million tankōbon copies in circulation worldwide, One Piece is both the best-selling manga in history and the best-selling comic series printed in volume, in turn making Oda one of the best-selling fiction authors. The series' popu... | {"Born": "1975 1 1", "Pen name": "Tsukihimizu Kikondo (月火水 木金土) used for his entry in the 44th Tezuka Awardhttp://www.onepiecepodcast.com/2015/05/31/exclusive-eiichiro-odas-very-first-interview-at-17-years-old-1993/ Exclusive: Eiichiro Oda's Very First Interview At 17 Years Old (1993) One Piece Podcast May 31, 2015... |
Medan ( , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of North Sumatra. The nearby Strait of Malacca, Port of Belawan, and Kualanamu International Airport make Medan a regional hub and multicultural metropolis, acting as a financial centre for Sumatra and a gateway to the western part of Indonesia. Abo... | {"Density": "auto", "Urban density": "7,598", "Metro density": "1,675", "Website": "https://pemkomedan.go.id/"} |
, also known as , is a fictional character and the protagonist of the One Piece manga series, created by Eiichiro Oda. Luffy made his debut as a young boy who acquires the properties of rubber after accidentally eating one of the Devil Fruits that belonged to "Red Hair" Shanks.
Monkey D. Luffy is the captain of the St... | {"First appearance": "One Piece chapter 1: \"Romance Dawn\" (Weekly Shōnen Jump No. 34, 1997)", "Created by": "Eiichiro Oda", "Portrayed by": "Iñaki Godoy", "Voiced by": "See Portrayals", "Relatives": "Monkey D. Garp (grandfather)\n Monkey D. Dragon (father) \n Portgas D. Ace (sworn brother) \n Sabo (sworn brother)"} |
Deus Ex: Invisible War is a 2003 action role-playing video game developed by Ion Storm and published by Eidos Interactive for Microsoft Windows and Xbox. It is the second game in the Deus Ex series. The gameplay—combining first-person shooter, stealth, and role-playing elements—features exploration and combat in enviro... | {"Title": "Deus Ex: Invisible War", "Caption": "North American PC cover art", "Developer": "Ion Storm", "Publisher": "Eidos Interactive", "Director": "Harvey Smith", "Producer": "Bill Money Paul Weaver", "Designer": "Ricardo Bare", "Programmer": "Chris Carollo", "Artist": "Whitney Ayres Sergio Rosas", "Writer": "Sheldo... |
Black Friday () is the name given to an incident occurring on 8 September 1978 (17 Shahrivar 1357 in the Iranian calendar) in Iran, in which 64, or at least 100 people were shot dead and 205 injured by the Pahlavi military in Jaleh Square () in Tehran. According to the military historian Spencer C. Tucker, 94 were kill... | {"Title": "Black Friday", "Part of": "Iranian Revolution", "Location": "Tehran, Iran", "Date": "8 September 1978", "Timezone": "GMT+3.30", "Fatalities": "64 protestersFoltz Richard Richard Foltz Iran in World History 2016 Oxford University Press 108or 94 (64 protesters, 30 government security forces)Tucker Spenc... |
Mount Edith Cavell is a mountain in the Athabasca River and Astoria River valleys of Jasper National Park, and the most prominent peak entirely within Alberta.
The mountain was named in 1916 for Edith Cavell, a British nurse executed by the Germans during World War I for having helped Allied soldiers escape from occup... | {"Elevation": "415 Mount Edith-Cavell\n 2019-09-11 \n Mount Edith Cavell 8 2008-10-11", "Prominence": "2007", "Location": "Canada Alberta#Canada", "Coordinates": "52 40 06 N 118 03 24 W type:mountain_scale:100000 dms inline,title"} |
The Great Basin Desert is part of the Great Basin between the Sierra Nevada and the Wasatch Range. The desert is a geographical region that largely overlaps the Great Basin shrub steppe defined by the World Wildlife Fund, and the Central Basin and Range ecoregion defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and ... | {"Realm": "Nearctic", "Climate type": "Cold desert and cold semi-arid", "Bird species": "204\n Hoekstra J. M. Molnar J. L. Jennings M. Revenga C. Spalding M. D. Boucher T. M. Robertson J. C. Heibel T. J. Ellison K. The Atlas of Global Conservation: Changes, Challenges, and Opportunit... |
DJ's GNU Programming Platform (DJGPP) is a software development suite for Intel 80386-level and above, IBM PC compatibles which supports DOS operating systems. It is guided by DJ Delorie, who began the project in 1989. It is a port of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), and mostly GNU utilities such as Bash, find, tar, ... | {"Developer(s)": "DJ Delorie", "Type": "Compiler", "License": "GNU GPL", "Website": "www.delorie.com/djgpp"} |
Thaksin Shinawatra (; ; ; Chinese: 丘達新; ; born 26 July 1949) is a Thai businessman and politician. He served in the Thai Police from 1973 to 1987, and was the Prime Minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006.
Thaksin founded the mobile phone operator Advanced Info Service and the IT and telecommunications conglomerate Sh... | {"Honorific prefix": "Lieutenant Colonel", "Name": "Thaksin Shinawatra", "Native name": "ทักษิณ ชินวัตร", "Native name language": "th", "Image caption": "Thaksin in 2005", "Office 2": "Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand", "Prime minister 2": "Banharn Silpa-archa Chavalit Yongchaiyudh", "Birth date": "y 1949 7 26", "Birt... |
Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), officially the John F. Kennedy School of Government, is the school of public policy and government of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school offers master's degrees in public policy, public administration, and international development, four doctoral degrees, and variou... | {"Motto": "Ask what you can do", "Type": "Private nonprofit public policy school", "Dean": "Douglas Elmendorf", "Postgraduates": "1,100", "Campus": "Urban", "Website": "https://www.hks.harvard.edu hks.harvard.edu"} |
The Thai Rak Thai Party (TRT; , , ; "Thais Love Thais Party") was a Thai political party founded in 1998. From 2001 to 2006, it was the ruling party under its founder, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. During its brief existence, Thai Rak Thai won the three general elections it contested. Eight months after a military... | {"Founded": "14 July 1998", "Succeeded by": "People's Power Party (de facto)", "Ideology": "Neo-nationalismhttps://tdc.thailis.or.th/tdc/browse.php?option=show&browse_type=title&titleid=193753 มายาคติและอุดมการณ์ในโฆษณาหาเสียงเลือกตั้งของพรรคไทยรักไทยในการเลือกตั้งทั่วไปวันที่ 6 กุมภาพันธ์ พ.ศ. 2548 : การวิเคราะห์ด้วยว... |
Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited (AIS) is Thailand's largest GSM mobile phone operator with 39.87 million customers as of Q3 2016. Founded in April 1985, AIS started off as a computer rental business.Job TopGun, Advanced Info Service PLC In October 1990, it launched analog 900 MHz mobile phone services wit... | {"Type": "Public", "Founded": "24 April 1985Annual Registration Statements 2009 2010 http://investor.ais.co.th/FileUpload/Editor/DocumentUpload/WebContent/56-1/56-1%202552.pdf Advanced Info Service th 23 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110722002414/http://investor.ais.co.th/FileUpload/Editor/DocumentUpload/WebC... |
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