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thumb|right|200px|Rescue boat of the DLRG
thumb|200px|right|A German lifeguard
thumb|200px|right|A rescue station of the DLRG
The German Life Saving Association ( or DLRG) is a relief organization for life saving in Germany. The DLRG is the largest voluntary lifesaving organization in the world.
With around 560,000 m... | {"Type": "NGO", "Legal status": "Registered", "Headquarters": "Bad Nenndorf, Germany", "Abbreviation": "DLRG", "Founded at": "Leipzig, Deutschland", "Website": "https://www.dlrg.de/"} |
Ilium is an Australian melodic power metal band formed in Newcastle in 1998 as Iliad. Founding mainstay is guitarist-songwriter, Jason Hodges. Upon Adam Smith (ex-Oracle) joining on guitar they changed their name and have released eight studio albums; Sirens of the Styx (18 December 2003), Permian Dusk (25 November 200... | {"Origin": "Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia", "Genres": "Heavy metal, power metal", "Labels": "Steelheart, Adrenaline, Escape, Nightmare", "Website": "iliumaustralia.bandcamp.com", "Members": "Jason Hodges\n Adam Smith\n Lord Tim - Guest\n Tim Yatras - Guest"} |
The UC Berkeley College of Chemistry is one of the fifteen schools and colleges at the University of California, Berkeley. It houses the department of chemistry and the department of chemical and biomolecular engineering, both of which are ranked among the best in the world.
Its faculty and alumni have won 18 Nobel Pr... | {"Dean": "Douglas S. Clark", "Undergraduates": "963 (2020-21)http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/facts Facts Berkeley College of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley 9 Jul 2020", "Postgraduates": "539123 postdoctoral (2020-21)", "Website": "chemistry.berkeley.edu"} |
The Swedish Air Force ( or just ) is the air force branch of the Swedish Armed Forces.
History
thumb|DH.98 Mosquito NF.19 night fighter of the Swedish Air Force in 1949
The Swedish Air Force was created on 1 July 1926 when the aircraft units of the Army and Navy were merged. Because of the escalating international te... | {"Type": "Air force", "Role": "Aerial warfare", "Size": "2,700IISS The Military Balance 2022 2022 Routledge 978-1-032-27900-8 151", "Part of": "Swedish Armed Forces", "March": "sv Flygvapnets Defileringsmarsch (English: \"March of the Swedish Air Force\"), by Helge Damberg", "Notablecommanders": "Bengt Nordenskiöld... |
was a prominent Japanese politician from 1980 until her retirement in 2005. She was the first female Lower House Speaker in Japan, the highest position a female politician has ever held in the country's modern history, as well as the country's first female Opposition Leader.
Biography
Early years
Doi was born in Hyōgo... | {"Name": "Takako Doi", "Term start": "August 6, 1993", "Term end": "September 27, 1996", "Predecessor 2": "Tomiichi Murayama", "Successor 2": "Mizuho Fukushima", "Birth date": "1928 11 30", "Birth place": "Kobe, Hyōgo, Empire of Japan", "Death date": "2014 9 20 1928 11 30", "Death place": "Hyogo Prefecture, Japan"} |
The Namibia national rugby union team represents Namibia in men's international rugby union competitions nicknamed the Welwitschias, are a tier-two nation in the World Rugby tier system, and have participated in the six Rugby World Cup competitions since their first appearance in 1999. They are governed by the Namibia ... | {"Nickname(s)": "Welwitschias", "Emblem": "African fish eagle", "Union": "Namibia Rugby Union", "Head coach": "Allister Coetzee", "Captain": "Johan Deysel", "Caps": "Eugene Jantjies (70)", "Top scorer": "Theuns Kotzé (430)", "Top try scorer": "Chrysander Botha (28)", "Home stadium": "Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium", "Curre... |
The El Mozote massacre took place both in and around the village of El Mozote, in the Morazán Department, El Salvador, on December 11 and 12, 1981, when the Salvadoran Army killed more than 811 civilians during the Salvadoran Civil War. The army had arrived in the village on the 10th, following clashes with guerrillas ... | {"Title": "El Mozote massacre", "Caption": "The memorial at El Mozote", "Target": "Civilian residents of El Mozote and neighbouring villages", "Date": "1981 12 11", "Type of attack": "Shooting, grenades, decapitation", "Fatalities": "800-1,000", "Perpetrator": "Salvadoran Army Seal.svg noSalvadoran ArmyAtlácatl Battali... |
Sampo Group is a significant Nordic insurance group made up of the parent company Sampo plc, P&C Insurance Holding Ltd, Mandatum Holding Ltd, Danish insurer Topdanmark and British P&C insurer Hastings, all of which are its subsidiaries. The parent company in Helsinki administers the subsidiaries. Sampo Group employs ov... | {"Type": "Julkinen osakeyhtiö", "Industry": "Financial services", "Founded": "1909", "Headquarters": "Helsinki, Finland", "Products": "Insurance", "Website": "www.sampo.com"} |
The Walter A. Haas School of Business, also known as Berkeley Haas, is the business school of the University of California, Berkeley, a public research university in Berkeley, California.
Named after Walter A. Haas, the school is housed in four buildings surrounding a central courtyard on the southeastern corner of t... | {"Motto": "New Thinking for the New Economy", "Type": "Public business school", "Dean": "Ann E. Harrison", "Students": "~2,500https://haas.berkeley.edu/about/at-a-glance/ At a Glance Haas School of Business May 18, 2020", "Undergraduates": "~700", "Postgraduates": "~1,730", "Website": "https://haas.berkeley.edu"} |
alt=|thumb|260x260px|The Central Bank of Ireland head office on New Wapping Street, North Wall Quay, in the IFSC, Dublin
The Central Bank of Ireland () is Ireland's central bank, and as such part of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and a founder member of the European Central Bank (ECB). It is the country's... | {"Bank name in local language": "Banc Ceannais na hÉireann", "Ownership": "100% state ownershipWeidner Jan 2017 The Organisation and Structure of Central Banks Technische Universität Darmstadt https://d-nb.info/1138787981/34", "Reserves": "740 million USD", "Established": "yes 1943 2 1", "Headquarters": "New Wapping St... |
Sir Paul Meernaa Caedwalla Hasluck, (1 April 1905 - 9 January 1993) was an Australian statesman who served as the 17th Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1969 to 1974. Prior to that, he was a Liberal Party politician, holding ministerial office continuously from 1951 to 1969.
Hasluck was born in Fremantle,... | {"Name": "Sir Paul Hasluck", "Image caption": "Hasluck in 1953", "Term start": "30 April 1969", "Term end": "11 July 1974", "Order 2": "Minister for Defence", "Prime minister 2": "Robert Menzies", "Predecessor 2": "Athol Townley", "Successor 2": "Shane Paltridge", "Birth name": "Paul Meernaa Caedwalla Hasluck", "Birth ... |
Sébastien-Roch Nicolas, known in his adult life as Nicolas Chamfort and as Sébastien Nicolas de Chamfort (; 6 April 1741 - 13 April 1794), was a French writer, best known for his epigrams and aphorisms. He was secretary to Louis XVI's sister, and of the Jacobin club.
Biography
There are two birth certificates for Cha... | {"Name": "Nicolas Chamfort", "Birth date": "yes 1741 04 06", "Birth place": "Clermont-Ferrand, France", "Death date": "yes 1794 04 13 1741 04 06", "Death place": "Paris, France", "Known For": "Epigrams and aphorisms", "Occupation": "Playwright, writer"} |
Charles Alexandre de Calonne (20 January 173430 October 1802), titled Count of Hannonville in 1759, was a French statesman, best known for being Louis XVI's Controller-General of Finances (minister of finance) in the years leading up to the French revolution.
Calonne attempted repeatedly to pass reforms that lowered g... | {"Name": "Charles Alexandre de Calonne", "Image caption": "Portrait of Calonne by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun (1784, Royal Collection)", "Term start": "3 November 1783", "Term end": "17 May 1787", "Birth date": "y 1734 1 20", "Birth place": "Douai, French Flanders and Hainaut, France", "Death date": "y 1802 10 30 17... |
André Dacier (; 6 April 165118 September 1722) was a French classical scholar and editor of texts. He began his career with an edition and commentary of Festus' De verborum significatione, and was the first to produce a "readable" text of the 20-book work.Fragmenta Selecta Antiquarian Booksellers, citing Martine Furno,... | {"Name": "André Dacier", "Birth date": "1645", "Birth place": "Castres, Languedoc, France", "Death date": "18 September 1722 1645", "Death place": "Paris, France", "Nationality": "French", "Occupation": "Classical scholar and editor of texts", "Spouse(s)": "Anne Dacier"} |
The University of Bradford is a public research university located in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. A plate glass university, it received its royal charter in 1966, making it the 40th university to be created in Britain, but can trace its origins back to the establishment of the industrial West Yorkshi... | {"Motto": "Give invention light (from Shakespeare's Sonnet 38)", "Type": "Public", "Endowment": "£1.02 million (2022)University of Bradford Annual Report and Financial Statements For The Year Ending 31 July 2022 https://www.bradford.ac.uk/governance/policies-and-statements/financial-statements/Financial-Statement-2021... |
right|thumb|Miniature of Madame Dacier by Marie Victoire Jaquotot
Anne Le Fèvre Dacier (1647 - 17 August 1720), better known during her lifetime as Madame Dacier, was a French scholar, translator, commentator and editor of the classics, including the Iliad and the Odyssey. She sought to champion ancient literature and... | {"Name": "Anne Dacier", "Birth name": "Anne Le Fèvre", "Birth date": "1645", "Baptised": "24 December 1645", "Death date": "17 August 1720", "Death place": "Paris", "Nationality": "French", "Occupation": "Linguist, translator, writer, commentator and editor of the classics", "Spouse(s)": "André Dacier", "Mother": "Mari... |
Cockermouth is a market town and civil parish in the Cumberland unitary area of Cumbria, England, so named because it is at the confluence of the River Cocker as it flows into the River Derwent. The mid-2010 census estimates state that Cockermouth has a population of 8,204, increasing to 8,761 at the 2011 Census.
Hi... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 census)", "Unitary authority": "Cumberland", "Ceremonial county": "Cumbria", "UK Parliament": "Workington", "Postcode district": "CA", "Dialling code": "01900", "OS grid reference": "NY121304"} |
The University of Glamorgan () was a university based in South Wales prior to the merger with University of Wales, Newport, that formed the University of South Wales in April 2013. The university was based in Pontypridd, in Rhondda Cynon Taf, with campuses in Trefforest, Glyntaff, Merthyr Tydfil, Tyn y Wern (The Glamor... | {"Motto": "Success Through Endeavour http://www.glam.ac.uk/profile/74/crest Glamorgan Crest - University of Glamorgan 2008-02-09 University of Glamorgan https://web.archive.org/web/20071029154822/http://www.glam.ac.uk/profile/74/crest 29 October 2007 dead dmy-all", "Chancellor": "Vacant", "Students": "21,496", "... |
The University of California, Berkeley College of Engineering, branded as Berkeley Engineering, is the engineering school of the University of California, Berkeley, a public research university in Berkeley, California.
Established in 1931, the college is considered one of the most prestigious and selective engineerin... | {"Type": "Public professional school", "Dean": "Tsu-Jae King Liu", "Undergraduates": "4041 (Spring 2022)https://engineering.berkeley.edu/about/facts-and-figures Facts and figures UC Berkeley College of Engineering University of California, Berkeley 28 January 2022 2022-01-28", "Postgraduates": "2,790 (Spring 2022)", "W... |
Sund is a municipality of Åland. It is an autonomous territory of Finland which is very rich in history and culture, being one of the official 27 National landscapes of Finland.
The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
The municipality is unilingu... | {"Land": "area_land_km2 Sund, Åland", "Water": "area_water_km2 Sund, Åland", "Rank": "population_rank Sund, Åland", "Density": "population_density_km2 Sund, Åland", "DST": "+03:00", "Website": "www.sund.ax"} |
Maria Weston Chapman (July 25, 1806 - July 12, 1885)"Maria Weston Chapman." Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Biography In Context. Web. February 28, 2013. was an American abolitionist. She was elected to the executive committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1839 and ... | {"Caption": "Chapman, from a 1910 publication", "Birth name": "Maria Weston", "Birth date": "1806 07 25", "Birth place": "Weymouth, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Death date": "1885 07 12 1806 07 25", "Death place": "Weymouth, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Parent(s)": "Anne Bates WestonWarren Weston", "Spouse(s)": "Henry Grafton Chap... |
GVB (often informally called de GVB or het GVB) is the municipal public transport operator for Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, operating metro, tram, bus and ferry services in the metropolitan area of Amsterdam.
History
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The forerunner of the GVB, th... | {"Name": "Gemeente Vervoerbedrijf Amsterdam", "Alternative text for first image": "GVB logo", "Size of first image": "145px", "Locale": "Amsterdam, Netherlands", "Transit type(s)": "Tram, metro, ferry and bus", "Opening date (past)": "1900", "Annual ridership": "234 millionGVB GVB 2016 9 June 2014 GVB Resources & numbe... |
The Lena (, ; , Eljune; , Ölüöne; , Zülkhe; , Zülge) is a river (En: Helen) in the Russian Far East, and is the easternmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean (the other two being the Ob and the Yenisey). The Lena is the eleventh-longest river in the world, and the longest river entirely... | {"Native name": "ru Лена sah Өлүөнэ evn Елюенэ bua Зүлхэ mn Зүлгэ", "Width": "10,000 m on", "Maximum": "28 m on", "Mouth": "0 m ft on", "Location": "Arctic Ocean, Laptev Sea", "Coordinates": "72.4087 126.6847 it", "Basin size": "2,460,742 km2 mi2 on to 2,490,000 km2 mi2 on", "Left": "Vilyuy", "Right": "Kirenga, Vit... |
Leighton Buzzard ( ) is a market town in Bedfordshire, England, in the southwest of the county and close to the Buckinghamshire border. It lies between Aylesbury, Tring, Luton/Dunstable and Milton Keynes, near the Chiltern Hills.
It is northwest of Central London and linked to the capital by the Grand Union Canal and... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "E34003354 Leighton Buzzard (built-up area)", "Unitary authority": "Central Bedfordshire", "Ceremonial county": "Bedfordshire", "Postcode district": "LU", "Dialling code": "01525", "OS grid reference": "SP921250", "UK Parliament": "South West Bedfordshire"} |
Tom Servo is a fictional character from the American science fiction comedy television show Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K). Tom is one of two wise-cracking, robotic main characters of the show, built by Joel Robinson to act as a companion and help stave off madness as he was forced to watch low-quality films (Tom... | {"First appearance": "K00 - The Green Slime (as Beeper)\n K02 - Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars (as Tom Servo)", "Created by": "Joel Hodgson", "Voiced by": "Josh Weinstein (KTMA season - 1, Turkey Day 2014 marathon segments)\n Kevin Murphy (seasons 2 - 10)\n James Moore (webisodes)\n Frank Conniff (The Giant Gila Mo... |
Askern () is a town and civil parish within the City of Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, England. It is on the A19 road between Doncaster and Selby. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it had a population of 5,570 at the 2011 Census. Askern was also known in for its Greyhound Stadium, which closed in 2022.... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 census)E04000059 Askern Parish 10 July 2023", "Metropolitan borough": "City of Doncaster", "Metropolitan county": "South Yorkshire", "Postcode district": "DN", "Dialling code": "01302", "OS grid reference": "SE5513", "UK Parliament": "Doncaster North"} |
The rupiah (symbol: Rp; currency code: IDR) is the official currency of Indonesia. It is issued and controlled by Bank Indonesia. Its name is derived from the Sanskrit word for silver, (). Sometimes, Indonesians also informally use the word ("silver" in Indonesian) in referring to rupiah in coins. The rupiah is divid... | {"ISO 4217 code": "IDR", "Superunit": "10⁹", "Plural": "Y", "Symbol": "Rp", "Subunit": "100", "Printer": "Perum Peruri", "Mint": "Perum Peruri"} |
Alexandrian Wicca or Alexandrian Witchcraft is a tradition of the Neopagan religion of Wicca, founded by Alex Sanders (also known as "King of the Witches") who, with his wife Maxine Sanders, established the tradition in the United Kingdom in the 1960s. Alexandrian Wicca is similar in many ways to Gardnerian Wicca, and ... | {"Abbreviation": "AW", "Type": "Wicca", "Classification": "British Traditional Wicca", "Orientation": "Gardnerian Wicca", "Governance": "Priesthood", "Region": "Australia, United Kingdom, Brazil, South Africa, Canada and United States", "Founder": "Alex Sanders and Maxine Sanders", "Origin": "United Kingdom", "Separati... |
Potters Bar is a town in Hertfordshire, England,in the historic County of Middlesex - Hertsmere Borough Council - Community Strategy First Review (PDF) north of central London. In 2011, it had a population of 21,882.Neighbourhood Statistics Office for National Statistics 2011 Census. Retrieved 1 June 2013 In the 20... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "2021 Census", "District": "Hertsmere", "Shire county": "Hertfordshire", "UK Parliament": "Hertsmere", "Postcode district": "EN", "Dialling code": "01707", "OS grid reference": "TL255015"} |
The Bruneau River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. tributary of the Snake River, in the U.S. states of Idaho and Nevada. It runs through a narrow canyon cut into ancient lava flows in southwestern Idaho. The Bruneau Canyon, which is up to deep and long, features... | {"Mouth": "749 m on", "Location": "C. J. Strike Reservoir, Owyhee County, Idaho", "Coordinates": "42 56 57 N 115 57 43 W inline,title", "Basin size": "3305 sqmi onhttp://www.nwcouncil.org/fw/subbasinplanning/bruneau/plan/Bruneau_Assessment.pdf Bruneau Subbasin Plan, Assessment 2008-09-13 https://web.archive.org/web/... |
The Nike Hercules, initially designated SAM-A-25 and later MIM-14, was a surface-to-air missile (SAM) used by U.S. and NATO armed forces for medium- and high-altitude long-range air defense. It was normally armed with the W31 nuclear warhead, but could also be fitted with a conventional warhead for export use. Its warh... | {"Transport": "yes", "Type": "Surface-to-air missile", "Manufacturer": "Western Electric Bell Laboratories Douglas Aircraft Company", "Propellant": "solid fuel", "Produced": "1948 - 1970s 1980s (upgrades)", "Mass": "10710 lb kg", "Length": "41 ft overall 26 ft 10 in m second stage", "Diameter": "booster 31.5 in second... |
Simone Cousteau (née Melchior; 19 January 1919 - 1 December 1990) was a French explorer. She was the first woman scuba diver and aquanaut, and wife and business partner of undersea explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau.
Although never visible in the Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau series, Simone played a key role in the o... | {"Name": "Simone Melchior", "Birth date": "1919 1 19 y", "Birth place": "Toulon, France", "Death date": "1990 12 1 1919 1 19 y", "Spouse(s)": "Jacques-Yves Cousteau 12 July 1937", "Children": "Jean-Michel Philippe Pierre"} |
Prey is the thirteenth novel by Michael Crichton under his own name and the twenty-third overall. It was first published in November 2002, making it his first novel of the twenty-first century. An excerpt was first published in the January-February 2003 issue of Seed magazine. Prey brings together themes from two earli... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "HarperCollins", "Media type": "Print (hardcover)", "Pages": "502", "ISBN": "0-00-715379-1", "Preceded by": "Timeline", "Followed by": "State of Fear"} |
Scum is the debut studio album by English grindcore band Napalm Death, released on 1 July 1987 by Earache Records. The two sides of the record were recorded by two different lineups in sessions separated by about a year; the only musician in both incarnations was drummer Mick Harris. The two sides are very different, a... | {"Released": "yes 1987 7 1", "Recorded": "August 1986 (side A)May 1987 (side B)", "Studio": "Rich Bitch Studios, Birmingham", "Genre": "GrindcoreTHE BEST METAL ALBUMS FROM 40 SUBGENRES http://loudwire.com/best-metal-albums-subgenres/ Loudwire 2018-01-15", "Label": "Earache", "Producer": "Napalm Death\n Unseen Terror\n ... |
Norbert Jokl (February 25, 1877 - probably May 1942) was an Austrian Albanologist of Jewish descent who has been called the father of Albanology.
Early life
Jokl was born in Bzenec (then Bisenz), Southern Moravia (now the Czech Republic), to Heinrich, a merchant, and Emilie née Haas. His older brother, Willhlem, di... | {"Name": "Norbert Jokl", "Occupation": "Albanologist", "Alma mater": "University of Vienna", "Years active": "1903—1942"} |
Kebnekaise (; from Sami or , "Cauldron Crest") is the highest mountain in Sweden. The Kebnekaise massif, which is part of the Scandinavian mountain range, has two main peaks. The glaciated southern peak used to be the highest at above sea level, but has shrunk by 24 meters during the last 50 years, making the norther... | {"Elevation": "Tarfala Research Station Kebnekaise Southern Summit Elevation 11676.1/2jVbFrAZisV44hwgrbSLzY6Z https://hdl.handle.net/11676.1/2jVbFrAZisV44hwgrbSLzY6Z", "Prominence": "http://www.ii.uib.no/~petter/mountains.html Mountains I have climbed and remember. uib.no", "Location": "Sweden", "Coordinates": "67 54 1... |
Michael McDowell (born 1 May 1951) is an Irish independent politician and barrister who has served as a Senator for the National University since April 2016. He previously served as Tánaiste from 2006 to 2007, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform from 2002 to 2007, Leader of the Progressive Democrats from 2006... | {"Image caption": "McDowell in 2013", "Term start": "8 June 2016", "Office 2": "Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform", "Taoiseach 2": "Bertie Ahern", "Predecessor 2": "John O'Donoghue", "Successor 2": "Brian Lenihan", "Birth date": "1951 5 1 y", "Birth place": "Dublin, Ireland", "Nationality": "Irish", "Other ... |
Pleasley is a village and civil parish with parts in both Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. It lies between Chesterfield and Mansfield, south east of Bolsover, Derbyshire, England and north west of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. The River Meden, which forms the county boundary in this area, runs through the village.
The... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "OS grid reference": "SK502643", "Population": "(Bolsover Civil Parish. 2011)", "District": "Bolsover and Mansfield", "Shire county": "Derbyshire", "UK Parliament": "Bolsover", "Postcode district": "NG", "Dialling code": "01623"} |
The Endangered Wolf Center is a non-profit wildlife facility in Eureka, Missouri, United States, near St. Louis that is dedicated to preserving and reintroducing to the wild critically endangered species of wolves. It is certified by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). Visitors can tour the facility by making ... | {"Zoo name": "Endangered Wolf Center", "Image": "Endangered Wolf Center.JPG", "Location": "Eureka, Missouri, United States", "Date opened": "1971", "Coordinates": "38.5155 -90.5522 type:landmark_scale:1000 it", "Memberships": "AZA", "Website URL": "http://www.endangeredwolfcenter.org"} |
Roy Wood (born 8 November 1946) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. He was particularly successful in the 1960s and 1970s as member and co-founder of the Move, Electric Light Orchestra and Wizzard. As a songwriter, he contributed a number of hits to the repertoire of these bands. Altogether he had more than... | {"Born": "Birmingham, England", "Genres": "\"Wizzard award for Roy Wood\"/> \"Wizzard award for Roy Wood\"/> \"Wizzard award for Roy Wood\"/>", "Formerly of": "The Move Electric Light Orchestra Wizzard Wizzo Band", "Spouse(s)": "Unknown (divorced)Maureen Holmes (divorced)https://www.macearchive.org/films/atv-today-0601... |
John Gould (; 14 September 1804 - 3 February 1881) was an English ornithologist. He published a number of monographs on birds, illustrated by plates produced by his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists, including Edward Lear, Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph Wolf and William Matthew Hart. He has been cons... | {"Fields": "Ornithology", "Institutions": "Zoological Society of London", "Author abbrev. (zoology)": "Gould", "Influences": "Charles Darwin"} |
Dennis Edward Skinner (born 11 February 1932) is a British former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolsover for 49 years, from 1970 to 2019. He is a member of the Labour Party who is known for his left-wing views, republican sentiments, and acerbic wit. Before entering Parliament, he worked for ov... | {"Name": "Dennis Skinner", "Birth name": "Dennis Edward Skinner", "Image caption": "Skinner in 2011", "Term start": "6 May 2020", "Office 2": "President of the Derbyshire Area of the National Union of Mineworkers", "Predecessor 2": "Herbert Parkin", "Successor 2": "Raymond Ellis (1972)", "Birth date": "y 1932 02 11", "... |
Tyson Research Center is a environmental field station owned and operated by Washington University in St. Louis in the St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area east of Eureka. It is part of the Henry Shaw Ozark Corridor which consists of over of protected lands. It is a member of the Organization of Biological Field Sta... | {"Classification": "Biological Field Research Area", "Location": "West St. Louis County", "Coordinates": "38 31 N 90 33 W source:enwiki-plaintext-parser inline,title", "Named for": "The Tyson Valley"} |
The Tin Woodman of Oz: A Faithful Story of the Astonishing Adventure Undertaken by the Tin Woodman, Assisted by Woot the Wanderer, the Scarecrow of Oz, and Polychrome, the Rainbow's Daughter is the twelfth Land of Oz book written by L. Frank Baum and was originally published on May 13, 1918. The Tin Woodman is reunit... | {"Cover artist": "John R. Neill", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "The Oz books", "Media type": "Print", "Preceded by": "The Lost Princess of Oz", "Followed by": "The Magic of Oz"} |
Wizzard were an English rock band formed by Roy Wood, former member of the Move and co-founder of the Electric Light Orchestra. The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits states, "Wizzard was Roy Wood just as much as Wings was Paul McCartney." They are most famous for their 1973 Christmas single "I Wish It Could Be Chris... | {"Origin": "Birmingham, England", "Genres": "Glam rock\n art rock\n rock and roll\n jazz rock", "Labels": "Jet, EMI, United Artists, Warner Bros., Edsel", "Spinoffs": "Wizzo Band Violinski", "Spinoff of": "Electric Light Orchestra The Move"} |
Bank of America Plaza is a 72-story, late-modernist skyscraper located in the Main Street District in the city's downtown core in Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the tallest skyscraper in the city, the 3rd tallest in Texas and the 45th tallest in the United States. It contains of office space.
History
The buil... | {"Former names": "Dallas Main CenterInterfirst Bank PlazaRepublic Bank PlazaFirst Republic Bank PlazaNCNB Plaza NationsBank Plaza", "Location": "901 Main StreetDallas, Texas75202", "Coordinates": "32.7799 -96.8038 region:US-TX inline,title", "Construction started": "1983", "Preceded by": "Renaissance Tower", "Type": "C... |
Amelita Galli-Curci (18 November 1882 – 26 November 1963) was an Italian lyric coloratura soprano. She was one of the most popular operatic singers of the 20th century, with her recordings selling in large numbers.
Early life
She was born as Amelita Galli into an upper-middle-class Italian family of Spanish heritage ... | {"Name": "Amelita Galli-Curci", "Birth name": "Amelita Galli", "Birth date": "yes 1882 11 18", "Birth place": "Milan, Kingdom of Italy", "Death date": "yes 1963 11 26 1882 11 18", "Death place": "La Jolla, California, U.S.", "Known For": "Lyric coloratura soprano", "Education": "Milan Conservatory", "Occupation": "Oper... |
Carmarthen (, RP: ; , "Merlin's fort" or "Sea-town fort") is the county town of Carmarthenshire and a community in Wales, lying on the River Towy north of its estuary in Carmarthen Bay. The population was 14,185 in 2011, down from 15,854 in 2001, but gauged at 16,285 in 2019.City Population site. Retrieved 3 December... | {"Sovereign state": "Wales", "Senedd Cymru - Welsh Parliament": "Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire", "Principal area": "Carmarthenshire", "Community": "Carmarthen", "Website": "www.carmarthentowncouncil.gov.uk", "Preserved county": "Dyfed", "UK Parliament": "Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire", "Postcode dis... |
Duane Tolbert Gish (February 17, 1921 - March 5, 2013) was an American biochemist and a prominent member of the creationist movement. A young Earth creationist, Gish was a former vice-president of the Institute for Creation Research (ICR) and the author of numerous publications about creation science.
Gish was called ... | {"Name": "Duane Gish", "Birth name": "Duane Tolbert Gish", "Birth date": "1921 2 17", "Birth place": "White City, Kansas, U.S.", "Death date": "2013 3 5 1921 2 17 yes", "Death place": "San Diego, California, U.S.", "Nationality": "American", "Known For": "Prominent public speaker on creationism", "Module": "yes\n Unit... |
East Street Market also known locally as 'East Street', 'The Lane', or 'East Lane', is a street market in Walworth in South East London.
Location
East Street is in the London Borough of Southwark and is between Walworth Road on the western side and the Old Kent Road on the Eastern side.
The market runs down East Stre... | {"Location": "Walworth, Southwark, Greater London", "Coordinates": "51 29 22 N 0 05 20 W type:landmark title, inline", "Address": "East Street", "Management": "Southwark London Borough Council", "Owner": "Southwark London Borough Council", "Environment": "Outdoor", "Goods sold": "General goods", "Days normally open": "... |
is a 1994 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Isao Takahata, animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network and Hakuhodo, and distributed by Toho.
An environmental allegory, the story features tanuki, or Japanese raccoon dogs (incorrectly referred to as "raccoons" in the Engl... | {"Directed by": "Isao Takahata", "Produced by": "Toshio Suzuki", "Written by": "Isao Takahata", "Starring": "Kokontei Shinchou Makoto Nonomura ja 野々村真 1 Yuriko Ishida", "Edited by": "Takeshi Seyama", "Cinematography": "Atsushi Okui", "Music by": "Shang Shang Typhoon", "Distributed by": "Toho", "Box office": "4.47 b... |
Ujiji is a historic town located in Kigoma-Ujiji District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. Originally a Swahili settlement and then an Arab slave trading post by the mid-nineteenth century nominally under the Sultanate of Zanzibar, the town is the oldest in western Tanzania. In 1900, the population was estimated at 10,000... | {"Location": "Kigoma-Ujiji District, Kigoma Region,Tanzania", "Coordinates": "4 54 40 S 29 40 30 E region:TZ inline,title", "Type": "Settlement", "Founded": "18th Century", "Cultures": "Jiji, Ha, Swahili and Arab", "Architectural styles": "Swahili", "Condition": "Endangered", "Ownership": "Tanzanian Government", "Manag... |
The Treaty of Westminster of 1674 was the peace treaty that ended the Third Anglo-Dutch War. Signed by the Dutch Republic and the Kingdom of England, the treaty provided for the return of the colony of New Netherland (now New York) to England and renewed the Treaty of Breda of 1667. The treaty also provided for a mixed... | {"Name": "Treaty of Westminster (1674)", "Treaty type": "Peace treaty", "Date signed": "19 February 1674", "Location signed": "Westminster", "Date sealed": "5 March 1674", "Date effective": "5 March 1674", "Signatories": "ENG King Charles II of England\n ZVN States General of the Netherlands", "Parties": "Kingdom of En... |
The Bronx High School of Science, commonly called Bronx Science, is a public specialized high school in The Bronx in New York City. It is operated by the New York City Department of Education. Admission to Bronx Science involves passing the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test.
Founded in 1938 in the Bronx, New Y... | {"Coordinates": "40 52 42 N 73 53 27 W inline,title", "School district": "NYCDOE Region 10", "School number": "X445", "NCES": "360008701922 Bronx High School of Science March 8, 2019 NCES", "Teaching staff": "142", "Student to teacher ratio": "21", "Athletics conference": "PSAL", "Nickname": "Wolverines", "Newspaper": ... |
Whitefish Bay is a large bay on the eastern end of Lake Superior between Michigan, United States, and Ontario, Canada. It is located between Whitefish Point in Michigan and Whiskey Point along the more rugged, largely wilderness Canadian Shield of Ontario. The international border runs through the bay, which is heavily... | {"Location": "Lake Superior, Michigan and Ontario", "Coordinates": "46 42 8 N 84 47 20 W type:waterbody_region:US-MI inline,title1622146", "Primary outflows": "St. Marys River", "Surface elevation": "604 ft"} |
Göteborg Landvetter Airport () is an international airport serving the Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg) region in Sweden. With just over 6.8 million passengers in 2018 it is Sweden's second-largest airport after Stockholm-Arlanda. Landvetter is also an important freight airport. During 2007, 60.1 thousand tonnes of air c... | {"Airport type": "Public", "Serves": "Gothenburg", "Location": "Härryda municipality, Västra Götaland county, Sweden", "Opened": "y 1977 10 3 y", "AMSL": "154", "Coordinates": "57 39 36 N 012 17 28 E region:SE inline,title", "Website": "swedavia.com/landvetter/"} |
Benjamin Ernest "Ben" Linder (July 7, 1959 - April 28, 1987), was an American engineer. While working on a small hydroelectric dam in rural northern Nicaragua, Linder was killed by the Contras, a loose confederation of rebel groups funded by the U.S. government.
The autopsy report stated that Linder had gunshot w... | {"Caption": "Linder with Nicaraguan children", "Birth date": "1959 07 07", "Death date": "1987 04 28 1959 07 07", "Nationality": "American", "Occupation": "Engineer", "Known For": "Electrification work in rural Nicaragua, murdered while working on a hydroelectric facility near El CuáBlood of Brothers, page 328; Kinzer"... |
Henry Highland Garnet (December 23, 1815 - February 13, 1882) was an American abolitionist, minister, educator and orator. Having escaped as a child from slavery in Maryland with his family, he grew up in New York City. He was educated at the African Free School and other institutions, and became an advocate of milita... | {"Name": "Henry Highland Garnet", "Birth date": "1815 12 23 y", "Birth place": "New Market, Maryland, U.S.", "Death date": "1882 2 13 1815 12 23 y", "Death place": "Monrovia, Liberia", "Occupation": "Minister abolitionist", "Spouse(s)": "Julia Williams", "Alma mater": "Oneida Institute", "Module": "yes\n Christian (Pr... |
Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca (; 5 August 1827 - 23 August 1892) was a Brazilian politician and military officer who served as the first president of Brazil. He was born in Alagoas in a military family, followed a military career, and became a national figure. Fonseca took office as provisional president after heading a mi... | {"Name": "Deodoro da Fonseca", "Image caption": "Generalissimo Fonseca in 1889", "Vice president": "None (1889-1891)Floriano Peixoto (Feb-Nov 1891)", "Term start": "15 November 1889", "Term end": "23 November 1891", "Office 2": "<!-- President of the Military Club", "Predecessor 2": "Office established", "Successor 2":... |
The Kroger Company, or simply Kroger, is an American retail company that operates (either directly or through its subsidiaries) supermarkets and multi-department stores throughout the United States.
Founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kroger operates 2,719 grocery retail stores under its various ban... | {"Type": "Public", "ISIN": "n y US5010441013", "Industry": "Retail", "Products": "Supercenter/superstore,Other specialty, supermarket", "Revenue": "proxystatement>https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/KR/financials/annual/income-statement 2022 Kroger Financial Statements The Kroger Co June 11, 2022 https://web.archive... |
John Eric Ensign (born March 25, 1958) is an American veterinarian and former politician who served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 2001 until his resignation in 2011 amid a Senate Ethics Committee investigation into his attempts to hide an extramarital affair. A member of the Republican Party, Ensign previ... | {"Name": "John Ensign", "Term start": "January 3, 2001", "Term end": "May 3, 2011", "District 2": "NV 1 1st", "Predecessor 2": "James Bilbray", "Successor 2": "Shelley Berkley", "Birth date": "1958 3 25", "Birth place": "Roseville, California, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Darlene Sciaretta 1987 2019 divhttps://www.reviewjourna... |
Harry Mason Reid Jr. (; December 2, 1939 - December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2017 and was the Senate Majority Leader from 2007 to 2015.
After earning an undergraduate degree from... | {"Image caption": "Official portrait, 2009", "Alternative text": "An elderly Reid in suit and tie smiling", "Term start": "January 3, 2007", "Term end": "January 3, 2015", "Predecessor 2": "Tom Daschle", "Successor 2": "Mitch McConnell", "Birth name": "Harry Mason Reid Jr.", "Birth date": "1939 12 2", "Birth place": "S... |
Alsager ( ) is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It is located to the north-west of Stoke-on-Trent and east of Crewe. The town's population was 13,389 at the 2021 census.
The Mere is a lake in the centre of Alsager; this isolated pool, once the focal point of the ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021 Census)Alsager https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/northwestengland/admin/cheshire_east/E04010894__alsager/ City population 25 October 2022", "Unitary authority": "Cheshire East", "Ceremonial county": "Cheshire", "UK Parliament": "Congleton", "Postcode district": "... |
SMERSH () was an umbrella organization for three independent counter-intelligence agencies in the Red Army formed in late 1942 or even earlier, but officially announced only on 14 April 1943. The name SMERSH was coined by Joseph Stalin. The formal justification for its creation was to subvert the attempts by Nazi Germa... | {"Motto": "Death to spies!", "Formed": "14 April 1943", "Dissolved": "4 May 1946Service record for Victor Abakumov, Head of SMERSH GUKR (in Russian) Retrieved 2012-07-21Service record for Nicholas Selivanovsky, Deputy Head of SMERSH GUKR (in Russian) Retrieved 2012-07-21", "Jurisdiction": "Soviet Union newly liberate... |
Arlen Specter (February 12, 1930 - October 14, 2012) was an American lawyer, author and politician who served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican from 1965 until 2009, when he switched back to the Democratic Party. First elected in ... | {"Name": "Arlen Specter", "Image": "Arlen Specter, official Senate photo portrait.jpgborder", "Image caption": "Specter 2007", "Term start": "January 3, 1981", "Term end": "January 3, 2011", "Office 2": "Chair of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee", "Predecessor 2": "Jay Rockefeller", "Successor 2": "Larry Craig",... |
Aspatria is a town and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England. The town rests on the north side of the Ellen Valley, overlooking a panoramic view of the countryside, with Skiddaw to the South and the Solway Firth to the North. Its developments are aligned approximately east-west along the A596 Carlisle to Workin... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120182&c=CA7+2AU&d=16&e=62&g=6410921&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1434464259924&enc=1 Parish population 2011 16 June 2015 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092230/http... |
Barnoldswick (pronounced ) is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle, in the administrative county of Lancashire, England. It is within the boundaries of the historic West Riding of Yorkshire. Barnoldswick and the surrounding areas of West Craven have been administered since 1974 as part of the modern ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)", "District": "Pendle", "Shire county": "Lancashire", "UK Parliament": "Pendle", "Postcode district": "BB", "Dialling code": "01282", "OS grid reference": "SD875465"} |
Dollar General Corporation is an American chain of variety stores headquartered in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. As of March 28, 2023, Dollar General operates 18,774 stores in the continental United States and Mexico.
The company began in 1939 as a family-owned business called J.L. Turner and Son in Scottsville, Kentucky... | {"Formerly": "J.L. Turner and Son", "Type": "Public", "Industry": "Discount retailer", "Founded": "1939 10 (as J.L. Turner and Son)1955 6 (as Dollar General)", "Headquarters": "United States", "Products": "Clothing, cleaning supplies, home decor, health & beauty aids, pet supplies, toys, seasonal items, and grocery.", ... |
Bewdley (11px pronunciation) is a town and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District in Worcestershire, England on the banks of the River Severn. It is in the Severn Valley, and is west of Kidderminster and southwest of Birmingham. It lies on the River Severn, at the gateway of the Wyre Forest national nature reserve,... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)", "OS grid reference": "SO785752", "Postcode district": "DY12", "Dialling code": "01299", "UK Parliament": "Wyre Forest", "District": "Wyre Forest", "Shire county": "Worcestershire"} |
Kay Bailey Hutchison (born Kathryn Ann Bailey; July 22, 1943) is an American attorney, television correspondent, politician, diplomat, and was the 22nd United States Permanent Representative to NATO from 2017 until 2021. A member of the Republican Party, she was a United States Senator from Texas from 1993 to 2013.
Bo... | {"Name": "Kay Bailey Hutchison", "Image caption": "Hutchison in 2017", "Term start": "August 28, 2017USNATO United States Mission to NATO 902068855501180928 Amb Hutchison starts @USNATO today! See her testimony on @POTUS priorities @NATO in support of our commitments: https://goo.gl/kbE5wk pic.twitter.com/WSseHzAxh7 ... |
Biddulph is a town in Staffordshire, England, north of Stoke-on-Trent and south-east of Congleton, Cheshire.
Origin of the name
Biddulph's name may come from Anglo-Saxon/Old English bī dylfe = "beside the pit or quarry". It may also stem from a corruption of the Saxon/Old English Bidulfe, meaning "wolf slayer", and ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "District": "Staffordshire Moorlands", "Shire county": "Staffordshire", "UK Parliament": "Staffordshire Moorlands", "Postcode district": "ST", "Dialling code": "01782", "OS grid reference": "SJ8857", "Population": "(2011 Census)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/Lead... |
Pamida was a chain of department stores with more than 175 locations in 16 Midwestern and West Central U.S. states. Founded by D.J. Witherspoon and Lee Wegener in 1963, Pamida stores were generally located in smaller, rural communities that range from 3,000 to 8,000 in population. The Pamida name represents the first ... | {"Type": "Private", "Fate": "Merged with Shopko", "Founded": "1963", "Defunct": "2012", "Headquarters": "Omaha, Nebraska, United States", "Industry": "Retail", "Products": "Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, electronics, market, housewares, pharmacy.", "Parent": "Sun Capital Partners, Inc... |
The Vickers 6-ton tank or Vickers Mark E, also known as the "Six-tonner" was a British light tank designed as a private project at Vickers. It was not adopted by the British Army, but was picked up by many foreign armed forces. It was licensed by the Soviet Union as the T-26. It was also the direct predecessor of the P... | {"Steeringsystem": "yes", "Type": "Light tank", "Place of origin": "United Kingdom", "In service": "margin-top:initial;margin-bottom:initial\n 1932-1939 (Poland)\n 1938-1959 (Finland)", "Used by": "margin-top:initial;margin-bottom:initial\n Poland\n Finland\n Thailand\n Republic of China\n Soviet Union\n And others", "... |
The Marine Raiders were a special operations forces originally established by the United States Marine Corps during World War II to conduct amphibious light infantry warfare. "Edson's" Raiders of 1st Marine Raider Battalion and "Carlson's" Raiders of 2nd Marine Raider Battalion are said to have been the first United St... | {"Branch": "United States Marine Corps", "Role": "Amphibious warfareDirect actionRaidingSpecial operations", "Size": "800", "Motto(s)": "\"Gung-ho!\"\n (Carlson's Raiders)", "Notablecommanders": "Merritt A. EdsonEvans Carlson"} |
Emperor Hui of Jin (; 259/260 - January 8, 307According to Emperor Hui's biography in Book of Jin, he died aged 48 (by East Asian reckoning) on the gengwu day of the 11th month of the 1st year of the Guangxi era of his reign. This corresponds to 8 Jan 307 in the Julian calendar. ([光熙元年]十一月庚午，帝崩于显阳殿，时年四十八，葬太阳陵。) Jin Shu... | {"Born": "260", "Died": "307 1 8 260 y", "Father": "Emperor Wu", "Mother": "Empress Wuyuan"} |
Greenock Morton Football Club is a Scottish professional football club, which plays in the Scottish Championship. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs. Morton was renamed Greenock Morton in 1994 to celebrate the links with its home town of Greenock.
Mo... | {"Full name": "Greenock Morton Football Club", "Nickname(s)": "The TonClub Info http://www.gmfc.net/Club%20Info/ Greenock Morton F.C. dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080819214239/http://www.gmfc.net/Club%20Info/ 19 August 2008 dmy-all", "Founded": "yes 1874 (as Morton F.C.)", "Capacity": "morton (5,741 seated)", "Le... |
The Institute for the Works of Religion (; ; abbreviated IOR), commonly known as the Vatican Bank, is a financial institution that is situated inside Vatican City and run by a Board of Superintendence, which reports to a Commission of Cardinals and the Pope. It is not a private bank, as there are no owners or sharehold... | {"Type": "Juridical canonical foundation", "Founded": "27 June 1942 (absorption of the Administration of the Works of Religion)", "Headquarters": "Vatican City", "Industry": "Financial services", "Website": "www.ior.va"} |
The Panzerkampfwagen 35(t), commonly shortened to Panzer 35(t) or abbreviated as Pz.Kpfw. 35(t), was a Czechoslovak-designed light tank used mainly by Nazi Germany during World War II. The letter (t) stood for tschechisch (German for "Czech"). In Czechoslovak service, it had the formal designation Lehký tank vzor 35 (L... | {"Place of origin": "Czechoslovakia", "Type": "Light tank", "Steeringsystem": "yes", "In service": "1936-1950s", "Used by": "Czechoslovakia\nNazi Germany\nKingdom of Romania\nSlovak Republic\nKingdom of Bulgaria\nKingdom of Hungary", "Wars": "World War II", "Designer": "Škoda", "Designed": "1934-1936", "Manufacturer": ... |
Vera May Atkins (15 June 1908 - 24 June 2000) was a Romanian-born British intelligence officer who worked in the France Section of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) from 1941 to 1945 during the Second World War.
Early life
Atkins was born Vera May Rosenberg in Galați, Kingdom of Romania, to Max Rosenberg (d. 19... | {"Name": "Vera Atkins", "Post-nominals": "CBE", "Caption": "Squadron Officer Vera Atkins, WAAF, in 1946", "Birth name": "Vera May Rosenberg", "Birth date": "1908 6 15 y", "Birth place": "Galați, Kingdom of Romania", "Death date": "2000 6 24 1908 6 15 y", "Death place": "Hastings, Sussex, England", "Occupation": "SOE F ... |
Call of Duty is a 2003 first-person shooter game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. It is the first installment in the Call of Duty franchise, released on October 29, 2003, for Microsoft Windows. The game simulates infantry and combined arms warfare of World War II using a modified version of the i... | {"Title": "Call of Duty", "Developer": "Infinity WardAspyr (COD Classic)", "Publisher": "WW Activision NA Aspyr (Mac OS X)", "Director": "Ken Turner", "Producer": "Vince Zampella", "Designer": "Zied Rieke", "Programmer": "Jason West", "Artist": "Justin Thomas", "Writer": "Michael Schiffer", "Composer": "Michael Giacchi... |
Jack Charles Stanmore Agazarian (27 August 1915 – 29 March 1945), code name Marcel, was an agent for the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) organization in France during World War II. The purpose of SOE was to conduct espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance in countries occupied by Nazi Ge... | {"Born": "London", "Died": "Flossenbürg concentration camp", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom, France", "Commands held": "Prosper", "Relations": "Francine Agazarian"} |
Honeymoon Suite is a Canadian rock band formed in 1981 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. The band's name was a nod to the fact that Niagara Falls is the unofficial honeymoon capital of the world.
History
1981-1985
The band was originally formed in 1981 by Johnnie Dee (vocals, guitar), Brad Bent (keyboards, vocals) and Mike... | {"Origin": "Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada", "Genres": "Hard rock, AOR, glam metal, new wave", "Labels": "WEA Canada, Warner", "Website": "honeymoonsuite.com", "Members": "Johnnie DeeDerry GrehanDave BettsGary LalondePeter Nunn"} |
Thomas Hughes (20 October 182222 March 1896) was an English lawyer, judge, politician and author. He is most famous for his novel Tom Brown's School Days (1857), a semi-autobiographical work set at Rugby School, which Hughes had attended. It had a lesser-known sequel, Tom Brown at Oxford (1861).
Hughes had numerous o... | {"Pen name": "Vacuus ViatorPseudonyms Joseph F. Clarke BCA 1977 164", "Born": "yes 1822 10 20", "Died": "1896 3 22 1822 10 20 y", "Occupation": "Lawyer, writer, reformer", "Nationality": "English", "Period": "Nineteenth century", "Education": "Oriel College, Oxford"} |
Danny Lebern Glover ( ; born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, producer, and political activist. He is widely known for his lead role as Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film series. He also had leading roles in The Color Purple, To Sleep with Anger, Predator 2, Angels in the Outfield, and Operation Dumbo Drop.
... | {"Name": "Danny Glover", "Caption": "Glover in 2019", "Birth name": "Danny Lebern Glover", "Birth date": "1946 07 22", "Birth place": "San Francisco, California, U.S.Danny Lebern Glover, Born 07/22/1946 in California CaliforniaBirthIndex.org https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/danny_lebern_glover_born_1946_3176... |
The Acts of Supremacy are two acts passed by the Parliament of England in the 16th century that established the English monarchs as the head of the Church of England; two similar laws were passed by the Parliament of Ireland establishing the English monarchs as the head of the Church of Ireland. The 1534 Act declared K... | {"Type": "Act", "Parliament": "Parliament of England", "Year": "1534", "Citation": "26 Hen. 8. c. 1", "Repeal date": "1555", "Repealed by or Revoked by (if type is a statutory instrument)": "See of Rome Act 1554", "Status": "repealed"} |
Diana Hope Rowden (31 January 1915 - 6 July 1944) served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and was an agent for the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II. Rowden was a member of SOE's Acrobat circuit in occupied France where she operated as a courier until she was arrested... | {"Born": "England", "Died": "Natzweiler-Struthof, France", "Nickname(s)": "Paulette, Chaplain and Marcelle (SOE codenames), Juliette Thérèse Rondeau (alias while working as an SOE agent in France)", "Allegiance": "Britain", "Awards": "Croix de GuerreMentioned in Despatches"} |
Moncalieri (; ) is a town and comune of 56,134 inhabitants (31 January 2022) about directly south of downtown Turin (to whose Metropolitan City it belongs), in Piedmont, Italy. It is the most populous suburb of Turin and it is notable for its castle, built in the 12th century and enlarged in the 15th century, which ... | {"Name": "Moncalieri", "Official name": "Città di Moncalieri", "Native name": "pms Moncalé", "Image caption": "Moncalieri in the mist", "Shield image": "moncalieri-Stemma.gif", "Shield size": "120px", "Coordinates": "45 0 N 07 41 E inline,title", "Region": "Piedmont", "Metropolitan city": "Turin (TO)", "Frazioni": "Bau... |
The Panther tank, officially Panzerkampfwagen V Panther (abbreviated PzKpfw V) with ordnance inventory designation: Sd.Kfz. 171, is a German medium tank of World War II. It was used on the Eastern and Western Fronts from mid-1943 to the end of the war in May 1945.
On 27 February 1944 it was redesignated to just PzKpfw... | {"Place of origin": "Nazi Germany", "Type": "Medium tank", "Steeringsystem": "yes", "In service": "1943-1945 (Nazi Germany)\n 1944-1945 (Kingdom of Hungary)\n 1944-1952 (France)", "Used by": "Nazi Germany France Hungary Limited use by other militaries (see Postwar and foreign use)", "Wars": "World War II", "Designer":... |
Samuel Eli Cornish (1795 - November 6, 1858) was an American Presbyterian minister, abolitionist, publisher, and journalist. He was a leader in New York City's small free black community, where he organized the first congregation of black Presbyterians in New York.Hudson, Wade, Powerful Words (2004) New York: Scholast... | {"Name": "Samuel Cornish", "Alt": "Black and white engraving of a young, seated Black man with a dark coat holding a book", "Caption": "1825 engraving by Francis Kearney", "Birth name": "Samuel Eli Cornish", "Birth date": "1795", "Birth place": "Sussex County, Delaware, United States", "Death date": "1858 11 06 1795",... |
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George Reginald Starr (6 April 1904 - 2 September 1980), code name Hilaire, was a British mining engineer and an agent of the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) organisation in World War II. He was the organi... | {"Born": "London, England", "Died": "Senlis, France", "Nickname(s)": "Hilaire", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom/France", "Awards": "MBE, CBE, Legion d'honneur, Medal of Freedom"} |
The Royal Logistic Corps provides logistic support functions to the British Army. It is the largest Corps in the Army.
History
The Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) was formed on 5 April 1993, by the union of five British Army corps:
Royal Engineers Postal and Courier Service
Royal Corps of Transport
Royal Army Ordnance... | {"Branch": "23px British Army", "Role": "Military logistics", "Motto(s)": "\"We Sustain\"", "March": "On ParadeLion, Sword and Crown"} |
Thomas John Campbell (born August 14, 1952) is an American academic, educator, and politician. He is a Professor of Law at the Dale E. Fowler School of Law, and a professor of economics at the George Argyros School of Business and Economics, at Chapman University, in Orange, California.
He was Dean of Chapman Universi... | {"Name": "Tom Campbell", "Image caption": "Campbell in 2013", "Term start": "2011", "Term end": "2016", "Office 2": "Dean of the Haas School of Business", "Predecessor 2": "Laura Tyson", "Successor 2": "Richard Lyons", "Birth name": "Thomas John Campbell", "Birth date": "1952 8 14", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois, U... |
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Bangor (; ) is a cathedral city and community in Gwynedd, North Wales. It is the oldest city in Wales. Historically part of Caernarfonshire, it had a population of 18,322 in 2019. Landmark... | {"Sovereign state": "Wales", "Senedd Cymru - Welsh Parliament": "Arfon", "Population": "(2019 UK Office for National Statistics)", "Community": "Bangor", "Principal area": "Gwynedd", "Preserved county": "Gwynedd", "UK Parliament": "Arfon", "Postcode district": "LL", "Dialling code": "01248", "OS grid reference": "SH580... |
Sima Lun () (born before 250While Sima Lun's birth year was not recorded, he was younger than his half-brother Sima Zhou, who was born in 227.- poisoned June 5, 301), courtesy name Ziyi (), was titled the Prince of Zhao () and the usurper of the Jin Dynasty from February 3 to May 31, 301. He is usually not counted in t... | {"Father": "Sima Yi", "Mother": "Lady Bai", "Born": "between 227 and 250", "Died": "June 5, 301 (aged at least 51)Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 84.Volume 84 of Zizhi Tongjian recorded that Sima Lun died on the dingmao day of the 4th month of the 1st year of the Yongning era. This corresponds to 5 Jun 301 in the Julian calendar.... |
James Forten (September 2, 1766March 4, 1842) was an American abolitionist and businessman in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A free-born African American, he became a sailmaker after the American Revolutionary War. Following an apprenticeship, he became the foreman and bought the sail loft when his boss retired. Based on ... | {"Name": "James Forten", "Caption": "portrait of James Forten, 1834, probably by Robert Douglass Jr.Portrait of James Forten http://www.librarycompany.org/blackfounders/section9.htm Black Founders: The Free Black Community in the Early Republic Library Company of Philadelphia 20 July 2017", "Birth date": "1766 9 2", "D... |
Charles Lenox Remond (February 1, 1810 - December 22, 1873) was an American orator, activist and abolitionist based in Massachusetts. He lectured against slavery across the Northeast, and in 1840 traveled to the British Isles on a tour with William Lloyd Garrison. During the American Civil War, he recruited blacks for ... | {"Name": "Charles Lenox Remond", "Birth date": "1810 02 01", "Birth place": "Salem, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Death date": "1873 12 22 1810 02 01", "Death place": "Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.", "Occupation": "Activist, lecturer", "Spouse(s)": "Amy Matilda William CasseyElizabeth Magee", "Parent(s)": "John Remond (father)N... |
The Wild Wild West is an American Western, espionage, and science fiction television series that ran on the CBS television network for four seasons from September 17, 1965, to April 11, 1969. Two satirical comedy television film sequels were made with the original stars in 1979 and 1980 and the series was adapted for a... | {"Genre": "Western\n Spy\n Adventure\n Science fiction", "Created by": "Michael Garrison", "Starring": "Robert Conrad\n Ross Martin", "Country of origin": "United States", "Running time": "49-50 min.", "Original network": "CBS", "Original release": "1969 4 11"} |
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (February 25, 1746 - August 16, 1825) was an American statesman, military officer and Founding Father who served as United States Minister to France from 1796 to 1797. A delegate to the Constitutional Convention where he signed the Constitution of the United States, Pinckney was twice nomina... | {"Name": "Charles Cotesworth Pinckney", "Term start": "September 9, 1796", "Term end": "February 5, 1797", "Birth date": "1746 2 25", "Birth place": "Charleston, South Carolina", "Death date": "1825 8 16 1746 2 25", "Death place": "Charleston, South Carolina", "Spouse(s)": "Sarah Middleton 1773 1784 her death Mary Ste... |
Madden NFL (known as John Madden Football until 1993) is an American football sports video game series developed by EA Tiburon for EA Sports. The franchise, named after Pro Football Hall of Fame coach and commentator John Madden, has sold more than 130 million copies as of 2018. Since 2004, it has been the only officia... | {"Title": "Madden NFL", "Caption": "Madden NFL series logo from 2014 to 2020", "Genre": "Sports (American football)", "Developer": "EA TiburonVisual ConceptsHigh Score ProductionsBlue Sky ProductionsElectronic ArtsD.C. True, Ltd.Park Place ProductionsBethesda SoftworksHalestormTiertex Design StudiosStormfront StudiosEx... |
Elections Canada () is the non-partisan agency responsible for administering Canadian federal elections and referendums. Elections Canada is an office of the Parliament of Canada, and reports directly to Parliament rather than to the Government of Canada.
Responsibilities
Elections Canada is responsible for:
Making s... | {"Formed": "1920 07 01Elections Canada 2022-09-13 How we began https://elections.ca/content.aspx?section=abo&dir=100/com&document=index⟨=e 2023-01-06 elections.ca", "Jurisdiction": "Canada", "Headquarters": "30 Victoria Street Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0M6", "Employees": "500 (Permanent) up to 235,000 (election period)... |
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