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Yahya Abd-al-Latif Ayyash () (6 March 1966Katz 2002, p. 70. - 5 January 1996) was the chief bombmaker of Hamas and the leader of the West Bank battalion of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. In that capacity, he earned the nickname the Engineer (, transliterated al-Muhandis). Ayyash is credited with advancing the techn... | {"Name": "Yahya Ayyash", "Birth date": "6 March 1966", "Birth place": "Rafat, West Bank", "Death date": "yes 1996 01 05 1966 02 22", "Death place": "Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip", "Alma mater": "Birzeit University", "Organization": "Hamas"} |
Dorothy Loudon (September 17, 1925 - November 15, 2003)Dorothy Loudon Foundation was an American actress and singer. She won the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical in 1977 for her performance as Miss Hannigan in Annie. Loudon was also nominated for Tony Awards for her lead performances in the musicals The Fi... | {"Name": "Dorothy Loudon", "Caption": "Loudon in 1959", "Birth date": "1925 9 17Dorothy Loudon 1940 census, showing parents Joseph and Dorothy (née Shaw) Loudon and maternal grandparents with surname Shaw, giving her age as 14 in April 1940Internet Broadway Database profile, ibdb.com; accessed November 27, 2014.", "Bir... |
The Washington Missourian is the Franklin County newspaper based in Washington, Missouri. The paper is owned by Missourian Publishing Company, a family-owned company. James L. Miller, Sr. purchased the paper in 1937. In addition to news stories in Washington, the paper covers the nearby cities of Union, St. Clair, and ... | {"Owner(s)": "Missourian Publishing Company", "Founder(s)": "-->", "Publisher": "Bill Miller Jr.", "Editor": "Ethan Colbert", "Language": "English", "Headquarters": "6321 Bluff Road\nWashington, MO 63090", "City": "Washington, Missouri", "Country": "United States", "Circulation": "Washington Missourian https://mopress... |
Uplink (also known in North America as Uplink: Hacker Elite) is a simulation video game released in 2001 by the British company Introversion Software. The player takes charge of a freelance computer hacker in a fictional futuristic 2010, and must break into foreign computers, complete contracts and purchase new hardwar... | {"Title": "Uplink", "Developer": "Introversion Software", "Publisher": "EU Introversion Software NA Strategy FirstAmbrosia Software (Mac)", "Designer": "Chris DelayMark MorrisThomas Arundel", "Released": "font-weight:normal;background:transparent;text-align:left; 1 October 2001 \n WindowsEU 1 October 2001Uplink sur P... |
Ambrosia Software was a predominantly Macintosh software company founded in 1993 and located in Rochester, New York, U.S. Ambrosia Software was best known for its Macintosh remakes of older arcade games, which began with a 1992 version of Atari, Inc.'s Asteroids from 1979. The company also published utility software. I... | {"Type": "Private", "Industry": "Software, video games", "Founded": "1993 08 18", "Defunct": "2019 07 19September 2020", "Headquarters": "Rochester, New York, U.S.", "Products": "Shareware video games and utilities"} |
Faith Renée Evans (born June 10, 1973) is an American R&B singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Lakeland, Florida, and raised in New Jersey, she relocated to Los Angeles in 1991 for a career in the music business. After working as a backing vocalist for Al B. Sure! and Christopher Williams, she became the first femal... | {"Name": "Faith Evans", "Caption": "Evans in 2005", "Birth name": "Faith Renée Evans", "Birth date": "1973 06 10", "Birth place": "Lakeland, Florida, U.S.", "Years active": "1994-present", "Education": "Fordham University", "Occupation": "Singer, songwriter, actress", "Spouse(s)": "The Notorious B.I.G. 1994 1997 diedEv... |
Triumph was a Canadian hard rock band formed in 1975 that was popular in the late 1970s and the 1980s, building on its reputation and success as a live band. Between its 16 albums and DVDs, it has received 18 gold and nine platinum awards in Canada and the United States. It was nominated for multiple Juno Awards, inclu... | {"Origin": "Mississauga, Ontario, Canada", "Genres": "Hard rock\n heavy metal\n progressive rock", "Labels": "Attic\n RCA\n MCA\n TML\n Victory", "Website": "triumphmusic.com"} |
The Department of Conservation (DOC; Māori: Te Papa Atawhai) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with the conservation of New Zealand's natural and historical heritage.
An advisory body, the New Zealand Conservation Authority (NZCA) is provided to advise DOC and its ministers. In addition there ar... | {"Formed": "1 April 1987", "Jurisdiction": "New Zealand", "Headquarters": "Conservation House,18-32 Manners Street,Wellington 6011", "Employees": "2,413 FTE staff(30 June 2020)FTE employees by department Workforce data Public Service Commission 30 June 2020 9 December 2020 https://www.publicservice.govt.nz/our-wor... |
Rock & Roll Machine (also Rock 'N' Roll Machine) is the second studio album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph. It was first released in 1977 by Attic Records. The album contained in the band's first hit, a version of Joe Walsh's "Rocky Mountain Way".
A different "international" version of the album was released on R... | {"Released": "November 3, 1977", "Recorded": "August-September 1977", "Studio": "Phase One Studios,\nToronto, Canada", "Genre": "Hard rock heavy metal", "Label": "Attic, RCA, TML", "Producer": "Mike Levine, Doug Hill"} |
Just a Game is the third studio album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph, released in 1979. The album contains one of Triumph's most popular songs on FM album-oriented radio, "Lay it on the Line", and the Top 40 hit "Hold On", which peaked at No. 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at No. 33 in Canada.
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The vinyl L... | {"Released": "January 10, 1979", "Recorded": "Fall & Winter 1978", "Studio": "Sounds Interchange Studios, Toronto and Metalworks Studios, Mississauga, ON", "Genre": "Hard rock, heavy metal", "Label": "Attic, RCA, TML", "Producer": "Mike Levine"} |
Riduan Isamuddin also transliterated as Riduan Isamudin, Riduan Isomuddin, and Riduan Isomudin, also known by the nom de guerre Hambali (born as Encep Nurjaman; April 4, 1964), is the former military leader of the Indonesian terrorist organization Jemaah Islamiyah (JI). He is now in American custody at Guantanamo Bay ... | {"Born": "Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia", "ISN": "10019", "Charge(s)": "Charged before a military commission in 2021", "Arrested": "Ayutthaya, Thailand", "Alleged to bea member of": "al-QaedaJemaah Islamiya"} |
Cockney Rejects are an English punk rock band that formed in the East End of London in 1978. Their 1980 song "Oi, Oi, Oi" was the inspiration for the name of the Oi! music genre. The band members are supporters of West Ham United, and pay tribute to the club with their hit cover version of "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles"... | {"Origin": "East End of London, England", "Genres": "Punk rockOi!", "Labels": "Heavy Metal", "Website": "cockneyrejects.com", "Members": "Jeff GeggusMick GeggusVince RiordanJoe Sansome"} |
Penny Singleton (born Mariana Dorothy McNulty, September 15, 1908 - November 12, 2003) was an American actress and labor leader. During her 60-year career on stage, screen, radio and television, Singleton appeared as the comic-strip heroine Blondie Bumstead in a series of 28 motion pictures from 1938 until 1950 and the... | {"Name": "Penny Singleton", "Alt": "Publicity photo of Penny Singleton", "Caption": "Penny Singleton in 1938", "Birth name": "Mariana Dorothy McNulty", "Birth date": "1908 9 15 y", "Birth place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Death date": "2003 11 12 1908 9 15", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "O... |
Bilston is a town in Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands, England. It is close to the borders of Sandwell and Walsall. The nearest towns are Darlaston, Wednesbury, and Willenhall. Historically in Staffordshire, three wards of Wolverhampton City Council now cover the town: Bilston East and Bilston North, which almost en... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Metropolitan borough": "Wolverhampton", "Metropolitan county": "West Midlands", "UK Parliament": "Wolverhampton South East", "Population": "(2011.Wards)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689826&c=Bilston&d=14&e=62&g=6368271&i=1001x1003x1032... |
There and Back Again was the first album by Vertical Horizon, released independently in 1992, and later re-released in 1999 by RCA Records. At the time, the band consisted solely of Matthew Scannell and Keith Kane, who together did all the writing, singing, and producing for the album, as well as playing all instrument... | {"Released": "October 1992 (re-released 1999)", "Recorded": "1992", "Genre": "Acoustic rockBreihan Tom August 17, 2022 The Number Ones: Vertical Horizon's \"Everything You Want\" https://www.stereogum.com/2196389/the-number-ones-vertical-horizons-everything-you-want/columns/the-number-ones/ February 15, 2023 Stereo... |
Bishop's Stortford is a commuter town in the London Metropolitan Area. Based on the border of Hertfordshire and Essex, just west of the M11 motorway and London Stansted Airport, 22 miles northeast of Central London, 34 minutes by rail from London Liverpool Street. The town had an estimated population of 41,088 in 2020.... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2020)https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/adhocs/13843parishpopulationestimatesformid2011tomid2020basedonbestfittingofoutputareastoparishes Parish Population Estimates 23 February 2022 ONS", "District": "East Her... |
San Rafael High School is a public high school located at 150 Third St. in San Rafael, California, United States.
The school is part of the San Rafael City Schools school district. Its official nickname is the Bulldog; however, its athletic teams have been known casually as the Dawgs since the mid-1980s.
The school i... | {"Coordinates": "37 58 15 N 122 30 48 W region:US-CA_type:edu_source:gnis inline,title 1800467", "Website": "http://sanrafael.srcs.org/", "School board": "San Rafael City Schools Board of Education", "School district": "San Rafael City Schools", "Superintendent": "Michael R. Watenpaugh", "Language": "English, Spanish (... |
Running on Ice is the second album by Vertical Horizon, released independently in 1995, and later re-released by RCA. It was produced by John Alagia (John Mayer, Dave Matthews Band), Doug Derryberry and Matt Scannell. Though still technically a duo and acoustic based, Running on Ice featured many guest musicians (most ... | {"Released": "April 7, 1995", "Recorded": "1994", "Genre": "Acoustic music", "Label": "RCA, Aware Records, Rhythmic Records", "Producer": "John Alagia, Doug Derryberry, Matt Scannell"} |
Darwen is a market town and civil parish in the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The residents of the town are known as "Darreners".
The A666 road passes through Darwen towards Blackburn to the north, Bolton to the south and Pendlebury where it joins the A6, about north-west of Manchester. The pop... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2001 Census)", "OS grid reference": "SD695225", "Unitary authority": "Blackburn with Darwen", "Ceremonial county": "Lancashire", "UK Parliament": "Rossendale and Darwen", "Postcode district": "BB", "Dialling code": "01254"} |
Lymington is a port town on the west bank of the Lymington River on the Solent, in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England.
The town faces Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, to which there is a car ferry service operated by Wightlink. It is within the civil parish of Lymington and Pennington. The town has a large touris... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2015 Projection)http://www.newforest.gov.uk/article/2724/Population-and-Census-Data https://web.archive.org/web/20150629121954/http://www.newforest.gov.uk/article/2724/Population-and-Census-Data 29 June 2015 Population and Census Data 2015 New Forest District Council ... |
Tribune Media Company, also known as Tribune Company, was an American multimedia conglomerate headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Through Tribune Broadcasting, Tribune Media was one of the largest television broadcasting companies, owning 39 television stations across the United States and operating three additional s... | {"Fate": "Newspapers spun off in 2014 to Tribune Publishing. Broadcast assets merged into Nexstar.", "Formerly": "Tribune Company (1861-2014)", "Type": "Public", "ISIN": "n y US8960475031", "Industry": "Mass media", "Founded": "1847 6 10 (as Chicago Daily Tribune) 1861 (as Tribune Company)", "Headquarters": "U.S.", "De... |
thumb|Sessions House, built in 1843
thumb|St Mary and St Nicolas, built in 1284
Spalding () is a market town on the River Welland in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. The town had a population of 34,113 at the 2017 census. The town is the administrative centre of the South Holland District. The town... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2017 est.)", "District": "South Holland", "Shire county": "Lincolnshire", "UK Parliament": "South Holland and The Deepings", "Postcode district": "PE", "Dialling code": "01775", "OS grid reference": "TF245225"} |
Hardtack (or hard tack) is a type of dense biscuit or cracker made from flour, water, and sometimes salt. Hardtack is inexpensive and long-lasting. It is used for sustenance in the absence of perishable foods, commonly during long sea voyages, land migrations, and military campaigns.. Along with salt pork and corned be... | {"Name of food": "Hardtack", "Width of image": "250px", "Image caption": "A preserved hardtack from the U.S. Civil War, Wentworth Museum, Florida", "Alternate name": "ANZAC wafers, brewis, cabin bread, dog biscuit, hard tack, molar breakers, pilot bread, sea biscuit, sea bread, sheet iron, ship's biscuit, shipbiscuit, ... |
Dorothea Helen Puente (; January 9, 1929 - March 27, 2011) was an American convicted serial killer. In the 1980s, she ran a boarding house in Sacramento, California, and murdered various elderly and mentally disabled boarders before cashing their Social Security checks. Puente's total count reached nine murders; she wa... | {"Name": "Dorothea Puente", "Birth name": "Dorothea Helen Gray", "Birth date": "1929 1 9", "Birth place": "Redlands, California, U.S.", "Death date": "2011 3 27 1929 1 9"} |
Yeovil ( ) is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England. The population of Yeovil at the last census (2021) was 49,698. It is close to Somerset's southern border with Dorset, west of London, south of Bristol, west of Sherborne and east of Taunton. The aircraft and defence industries which developed in the 20th c... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021)https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/southwestengland/somerset/E34001962__yeovil/ YEOVIL in Somerset (South West England) CityPopulation 3 January 2022", "Unitary authority": "Somerset Council", "Ceremonial county": "Somerset", "UK Parliament": "Yeovil", "Postcode dist... |
Judd Alan Gregg (born February 14, 1947) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 76th governor of New Hampshire from 1989 to 1993 and was a United States senator from New Hampshire; in the Senate, Gregg served as chair of the Senate Health Committee and the Senate Budget Committee. He is a member of th... | {"Name": "Judd Gregg", "Term start": "January 3, 1993", "Term end": "January 3, 2011", "Office 2": "Chair of the Senate Health Committee", "Predecessor 2": "Ted Kennedy", "Successor 2": "Mike Enzi", "Birth name": "Judd Alan Gregg", "Birth date": "1947 2 14", "Birth place": "Nashua, New Hampshire, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "K... |
Live Stages is a live album by Vertical Horizon, released by Rhythmic Records in early 1997, and later re-released by RCA Records. This album was recorded live at Ziggy's in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It featured mostly songs from the band's second album, Running on Ice, (and "On the Sea" from There and Back Again)... | {"Released": "January 14, 1997", "Recorded": "September 5-6, 1996", "Genre": "Rock", "Label": "Rhythmic"} |
Barbara Ann Mikulski ( ; born July 20, 1936) is an American politician and social worker who served as a United States senator from Maryland from 1987 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she also served in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987. Mikulski is the third-longest-serving female ... | {"Name": "Barbara Mikulski", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2011", "Term start": "January 3, 1987", "Term end": "January 3, 2017", "Office 2": "Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee", "Predecessor 2": "Dan Inouye", "Successor 2": "Thad Cochran", "Birth name": "Barbara Ann Mikulski", "Birth date": "1936 7 2... |
Paul Spyros Sarbanes (; February 3, 1933 - December 6, 2020) was an American politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party from Maryland, he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 and as a United States Senator from 1977 to 2007. Sarbanes was the longest-serving s... | {"Name": "Paul Sarbanes", "Term start": "January 3, 1977", "Term end": "January 3, 2007", "Office 2": "Member of theU.S. House of Representativesfrom Maryland", "Predecessor 2": "George Hyde Fallon", "Successor 2": "Barbara Mikulski", "Birth name": "Paul Spyros Sarbanes", "Birth date": "1933 02 03", "Birth place": "Sal... |
Everything You Want is the third studio album by Vertical Horizon and its first major label effort. Released in 1999, it was a breakthrough album for the band. Four singles were released from the album. The second single, "Everything You Want", became one of the most played singles of 2000, reaching number one on the B... | {"Released": "June 15, 1999", "Recorded": "1998", "Genre": "Alternative rock\n post-grunge\n pop rock", "Label": "RCA", "Producer": "Mark Endert\n Ben Grosse\n David Bendeth\n Matt Scannell"} |
Go is the fourth studio album by alternative rock band Vertical Horizon. The album, a follow-up to the band's double platinum Everything You Want, continues to expand upon the band's alternative and pop rock sound while moving into more hard rock directions as well. Recorded in early 2002, the album was ready as early ... | {"Released": "2003 09 23Vertical Horizon Ready To Reacquaint Fans With 'Go' http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases-test/vertical-horizon-hits-big-with-single-forever-summer-east-coast-tour-announced-54553607.html Hybrid Recordings 2005-07-12 2013-05-04", "Genre": "Alternative rock\npop rock", "Label": "RCA\nHybrid... |
Jeffrey David Sachs ( ; born November 5, 1954) is an American economist, academic, public policy analyst, and former director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, where he holds the title of University Professor. He is known for his work on sustainable development, economic development, and the fight to end p... | {"Alma mater": "Harvard University (BA, MA, PhD)", "Field": "Political economics International Development", "School ortradition": "Keynesian economicshttp://hinterlandgazette.com/2010/06/keynesian-economist-jeffrey-sachs-says.html Janet Shan, \"Keynesian Economist, Jeffrey Sachs Says President Obama's Stimulus has Fa... |
Sir Zelman Cowen, (7 October 1919 - 8 December 2011) was an Australian legal scholar and university administrator who served as the 19th Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1977 to 1982.
Cowen was born in Melbourne, and attended Scotch College before going on to the University of Melbourne. His studies were... | {"Name": "Sir Zelman Cowen", "Image caption": "Cowen in 1968", "Term start": "8 December 1977", "Term end": "29 July 1982", "Birth name": "Zelman Cohen", "Birth date": "1919 10 7 y", "Birth place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Death date": "2011 12 8 1919 10 7 y", "Death place": "Toorak, Victoria, Australia", "Sp... |
Nathaniel Mayer Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild (31 October 1910 - 20 March 1990) was a British scientist, intelligence officer during World War II, and later a senior executive with Royal Dutch Shell and N M Rothschild & Sons, and an advisor to the Edward Heath and Margaret Thatcher governments of the UK. He... | {"Honorific prefix": "The Right Honourable", "Name": "The Lord Rothschild", "Post-nominals": "GBR 100% GBE GM FRS", "Birth name": "Nathaniel Mayer Victor Rothschild", "Birth date": "1910 10 31 y", "Death date": "1990 3 20 1910 10 31 y", "Nationality": "British", "Alma mater": "Trinity College, Cambridge", "Occupation":... |
South Shields () is a coastal town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne. Once known in Roman times as Arbeia, and as Caer Urfa by Early Middle Ages. It is the fourth largest settlement in Tyne and Wear; after Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland and Gateshead.
Hi... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021 census)", "OS grid reference": "NZ365665", "Postcode district": "NE33, NE34", "Dialling code": "0191", "UK Parliament": "South Shields", "Metropolitan borough": "South Tyneside", "Metropolitan county": "Tyne and Wear"} |
Whitley Bay is a seaside town in the North Tyneside borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It formerly governed as part of Northumberland and has been part of Tyne and Wear since 1974. It is part of the wider Tyneside built-up area, being around east of Newcastle upon Tyne. Two notable landmarks are the Spanish City (a do... | {"Population": "(2011 census)E35001492 Whitley Bay Built-up area sub division 14 December 2022", "UK Parliament": "Tynemouth", "Metropolitan borough": "North Tyneside", "Metropolitan county": "Tyne and Wear", "Sovereign state": "England", "Postcode district": "NE", "Dialling code": "0191", "OS grid reference": "NZ3572"... |
Dunblane (, ) is a small town in the council area of Stirling in central Scotland, and inside the historic boundaries of the county of Perthshire. It is a commuter town, with many residents making use of good transport links to much of the Central Belt, including Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Dunblane is built on the banks o... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "Population": "(ScotSettlement)", "OS grid reference": "NN779007", "Council area": "Stirling", "Lieutenancy area": "Stirling and Falkirk", "UK Parliament": "Stirling", "Scottish Parliament": "Clackmannanshire and Dunblane", "Postcode district": "FK", "Dialling code": "01786"} |
The Goodwill Games were an international sports competition created by Ted Turner in reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympic Games of the 1980s. In 1979, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan caused the United States and other Western countries to boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, an act recip... | {"First event": "Moscow, USSR in 1986", "Occur every": "4 years", "Last event": "Brisbane, Australia in 2001", "Purpose": "Reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympic Games of the 1980s", "Headquarters": "Atlanta, Georgia, United States"} |
County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control, similar to the unitary authorities created since the 1990s. An equivalent term used in Scotland was a county of city. They were abolished by the Local Go... | {"Category": "Borough", "Location": "England and Wales and Ireland", "Found in": "Counties", "Created": "Ireland 1899", "Created by": "Local Government (Wales) Act 1994", "Abolished by": "Local Government Act 2001", "Abolished": "Ireland 2002", "Number": "2008", "Possible types": "Principal area (9)"} |
Alton Brooks Parker (May 14, 1852 - May 10, 1926) was an American judge. He was the Democratic nominee in the 1904 United States presidential election, losing in a landslide to incumbent Republican Theodore Roosevelt.
A native of upstate New York, Parker practiced law in Kingston, New York, before being appointed to ... | {"Image caption": "Parker in 1906", "Term start": "January 1, 1898", "Term end": "August 5, 1904", "Birth name": "Alton Brooks Parker", "Birth date": "1852 5 14", "Birth place": "Cortland, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1926 5 10 1852 5 14", "Death place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Resting place": "Wiltwyck Ce... |
Tynemouth () is a coastal town in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, England. It is located on the north side of the mouth of the River Tyne, hence its name. It is 8 mi (13 km) east-northeast of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is best known for Tynemouth Priory.
Historically part of Northumberland until 1974, the tow... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)", "OS grid reference": "NZ367694", "Postcode district": "NE30", "Dialling code": "0191", "UK Parliament": "Tynemouth", "Metropolitan borough": "North Tyneside", "Metropolitan county": "Tyne and Wear"} |
thumb|The Warsaw Radio Mast (centre) from a distance
thumb|Warsaw Radio Mast compared with some other tall structures
The Warsaw Radio Mast (Polish: Maszt radiowy w Konstantynowie) was a radio mast located near Gąbin, Poland, and the world's tallest structure at 2,120 ft (646.38 m) from 1974 until its collapse on 8 Au... | {"Type": "Mast radiator insulated against ground", "Location": "Konstantynów, Gąbin, Poland", "Coordinates": "inline,title 52 22 3.74 N 19 48 8.73 E type:landmark Warsaw Radio Mast ( Konstantynow Radio Mast)", "Status": "Collapsed", "Construction started": "July 1970"} |
Parkville is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Melbourne and Merri-bek local government areas. Parkville recorded a population of 7,074 at the 2021 census.
Parkville is bordered by North Melbourne to the south-west, Car... | {"Name": "Parkville", "Caption": "Terrace houses in Parkville", "State Abbreviation": "vic", "Type": "suburb", "Elevation": "41", "Area": "4", "Local Government Area (LGA)": "City of Melbourne", "Local Government Area (LGA) 2": "City of Merri-bek", "City": "Melbourne", "Locator Map Alternative Map File": "Australia Vic... |
was a Japanese politician who served as the Prime Minister of Japan from 1996 to 1998. He was the leader of one of the largest factions within the ruling LDP through most of the 1990s and remained a powerful back-room player in Japanese politics until scandal forced him to resign his leadership position in 2004. Disgra... | {"Name": "Ryūtarō Hashimoto", "Honorific suffix": "Senior Second Rank", "Native name": "橋本 龍太郎", "Native name language": "ja", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 1996", "Office 2": "Deputy Prime Minister of Japan", "Predecessor 2": "Yōhei Kōno", "Prime minister 2": "Tomiichi Murayama", "Successor 2": "Wataru Kubo", "... |
Dubbo (;Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition (2005). Melbourne, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. )AGENDA ORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING 26 MAY 2022 is a city in the Orana Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest population centre in the Orana region, with a population of 43,516 at June 2021.
The city is locate... | {"Type": "city", "Name": "Dubbo", "State Abbreviation": "nsw", "Caption": "Overlooking the city from West Dubbo", "Coordinates": "32 15 25 S 148 36 4 E inline,title", "Population": "43,516", "Population Year": "2021", "Population Footnotes": "https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL11299 2021... |
Mumtaz Mahal (Arjumand Banu Begum; ; ; 29 October 1593 - 17 June 1631) was the empress consort of Mughal Empire from 1628 to 1631 as the chief consort of the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan. The Taj Mahal in Agra, often cited as one of the Wonders of the World, was commissioned by her husband to act as her tomb.
Mum... | {"Born": "Agra, Mughal Empire", "Died": "Burhanpur, Mughal Empire", "Father": "Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan", "Mother": "Diwanji Begum", "Religion": "Shia Islam https://www.tajmahal.gov.in/the-cause-of-the-taj.aspx The Cause of The Taj:: Mumtaz Mahal Taj Mahal Official Website Uttar Pradesh Tourism 3 September 2023 She ... |
thumb|right|250px|Photochrom of Loch Promenade during a storm, 1890s
right|thumb|250px|Douglas Promenade, which runs nearly the entire length of beachfront in Douglas
right|thumb|250px|Sea terminal in Douglas
Douglas (, ) is the capital and largest town of the Isle of Man, with a population of 26,677 (2021). It is loc... | {"Crown dependency": "Isle of Man", "Population": "(2021 Census)", "Parish": "Douglas Borough Council", "Sheading": "Middle", "House of Keys": "Douglas NorthDouglas EastDouglas SouthDouglas West", "Postcode district": "IM", "Dialling code": "01624", "OS grid reference": "SC379750", "Website": "www.douglas.im/"} |
Lismore is a city located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia and the main population centre in the City of Lismore local government area, it is also a regional centre in the Northern Rivers region of the state. Lismore is north of Sydney and south of Brisbane. It is situated on a low floodpla... | {"Type": "city", "Name": "Lismore", "State Abbreviation": "nsw", "Caption": "Lismore from helicopter, overlooking the Bruxner Highway and Lismore CBD", "Coordinates": "28 49 0 S 153 17 0 E inline,title dim:100km", "Locator Map Pushpin Label Position": "left", "Population": "28,816", "Population Year": "2021", "Establis... |
Peter Douglas Beattie (born 18 November 1952) is an Australian former politician who served as the 36th Premier of Queensland, in office from 1998 to 2007. He was the state leader of the Labor Party from 1996 to 2007.
Beattie was born in Sydney but grew up in Atherton, Queensland. He worked as a lawyer, union secreta... | {"Name": "Peter Beattie", "Nationality": "Australian", "Image caption": "Beattie in 2013", "Term start": "20 June 1998", "Term end": "13 September 2007", "Birth name": "Peter Douglas Beattie", "Birth date": "1952 11 18 y", "Birth place": "Sydney, New South Wales, Australia", "Spouse(s)": "Heather Beattie", "Alma mater"... |
Bondi Beach is a popular beach and the name of the surrounding suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Bondi Beach is located east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Waverley Council, in the Eastern Suburbs. It has a population of 11,656 residents. Its postcode is 2026. Bond... | {"Type": "suburb", "Name": "Bondi Beach", "City": "Sydney", "State Abbreviation": "nsw", "Caption": "Aerial view of Bondi Beach", "Coordinates": "33.891 S 151.278 E type:city_region:AU-NSW inline,title", "Locator Map Alternative Map File": "Australia Sydney", "Local Government Area (LGA)": "Waverley Council", "Postcode... |
Hume Dam, formerly the Hume Weir, is a major dam across the Murray River downstream of its junction with the Mitta River in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The dam's purpose includes flood mitigation, hydro-power, irrigation, water supply and conservation. The impounded reservoir is called Lake Hume,... | {"Coordinates": "36 06 30 S 147 01 52 E type:landmark_region:AU-NSW inline,title", "Country": "Australia", "Location": "Riverina, New South Wales", "Purpose": "Flood mitigation, hydro-power, irrigation, water supply and conservation", "Status": "O", "Construction began": "1919", "Opening date": "1936", "Construction co... |
James Larry Grantham (September 16, 1938 - June 17, 2017) was an American collegiate and professional football player.
Biography
A member of the Ole Miss Athletic Hall of Fame, he was a linebacker at the University of Mississippi who came to the American Football League's New York Titans in the 1960 college draft and ... | {"Born:": "Crystal Springs, Mississippi, U.S.", "Died:": "Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.", "Height:": "0", "Weight:": "210", "High school:": "Crystal Springs (MS)", "College:": "Ole Miss", "NFL Draft:": "178", "AFL Draft:": "2"} |
Northallerton ( ) is a market town and civil parish near the River Wiske, North Yorkshire, England. It is an administrative centre of the North Yorkshire District and has served as the county town of the North Riding of Yorkshire from 1889 to 1974 and of North Yorkshire from 1974 to 2023. The town lies in the Vale of M... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 census)", "OS grid reference": "SE371937", "Postcode district": "DL6, DL7", "Dialling code": "01609", "UK Parliament": "Richmond (Yorks)", "Unitary authority": "North Yorkshire", "Ceremonial county": "North Yorkshire", "Website": "Town Council"} |
The speaker of the House of Commons () is the presiding officer of the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. A member of Parliament (MP), they are elected at the beginning of each new parliament by fellow MPs. The speaker's role in presiding over Canada's House of Commons is similar to that of speakers elsewhere in ... | {"Post": "Speaker", "Body": "the House of Commons", "Incumbent": "Anthony Rota", "Incumbent since": "December 5, 2019", "Style": "The Honourable (while in office)Mr. Speaker (in the Commons)", "Residence": "The Farm", "Appointer": "Elected by the members of the House of Commons", "Term length": "Elected at the start of... |
Robert Purvis (August 4, 1810 - April 15, 1898) was an American abolitionist in the United States. He was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and was likely educated at Amherst Academy, a secondary school in Amherst, Massachusetts. He spent most of his life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1833 he helped found the Ame... | {"Name": "Robert Purvis", "Caption": "Purvis c.1840–1849", "Birth date": "1810 8 4", "Birth place": "Charleston, South Carolina", "Death date": "1898 4 15 1810 8 4", "Death place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania", "Nationality": "American- Moroccan", "Spouse(s)": "Harriet Forten PurvisTracy Townsend", "Children": "8, incl... |
Bahadur Shah II (born Mirza Abu Zafar Siraj-ud-din Muhammad; 24 October 1775 - 7 November 1862), usually referred to by his poetic title Bahadur Shah Zafar (; Zafar ), was the twentieth and last Mughal emperor, as well as an Urdu poet. He was the second son and the successor to his father, Akbar II, who died in 1837. H... | {"Born": "Shahjahanabad, Mughal Empire (present day Old Delhi, India)", "Died": "Rangoon, Burma Province, British India", "Father": "Akbar Shah II", "Mother": "Lal Bai Syed Mahdi Husain 2006 Bahadur Shah Zafar and the War of 1857 in Delhi Aakar Books 36 9788187879916", "Religion": "Sunni Islam (Hanafi)", "Bur... |
Mirza Mu'izz-ud-Din Beg Muhammad Khan ( ,10 May 1661 - 11 February 1713), better known by his regnal name Jahandar Shah (, lit. ' The Owner of the World', ), was briefly the ninth Mughal emperor from 1712 to 1713. He was the son of emperor Bahadur Shah I, and the grandson of emperor Aurangzeb.
Jahandar Shah was the f... | {"Born": "Deccan, Mughal Empire", "Died": "Delhi, Mughal Empire", "Burial": "Humayun's Tomb, Delhi, India", "Father": "Shah Alam I", "Mother": "Nizam Bai", "Religion": "Sunni Islam (Hanafi)"} |
Laurentius Petri NericiusThe surname Nericus is based on the province where he was born, Närke, and is mainly used to distinguish him from his successor Laurentius Petri Gothus (1499 - 27 October 1573) was a Swedish clergyman and the first Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden. He and his brother Olaus Petri are, t... | {"Native name": "Swedish", "Church": "Church of Sweden", "Archdiocese": "Uppsala", "Province": "Sweden", "Predecessor": "Olaus Magnus", "Successor": "Laurentius Petri Gothus", "Ordination": "Synod in 1531", "Consecration": "Peder Månsson", "Rank": "Metropolitan Archbishop", "Born": "Örebro, Sweden", "Died": "Uppsala, S... |
William Still (October 7, 1821The 1900 US Census record gives November 1819. - July 14, 1902) was an African-American abolitionist based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a conductor of the Underground Railroad and was responsible for aiding and assisting at least 649 slaves to freedom towards North. Still was also... | {"Name": "William Still", "Caption": "Image of Still, published in 1898", "Birth date": "1821 10 07", "Birth place": "Shamong Township, New Jersey, U.S.", "Death date": "1902 07 14 1821 10 07", "Death place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.", "Resting place": "Eden Cemetery (Collingdale, Pennsylvania)", "Spouse(s)": ... |
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Trimontium was a Roman fort complex in Scotland. It is located at Newstead, near Melrose, in the Scottish Borders, in view of the three Eildon Hills which probably gave its name (Latin: trium montium, three hills).
It was occupied from about 79 AD to 184 AD and was ... | {"Coordinates": "55.601 -2.687 inline,title", "Town": "Melrose", "County": "Scottish Borders", "Country": "Scotland", "UK-OSNG": "NT569344"} |
James William Charles Pennington ( - October 22, 1870) was an American historian, abolitionist, orator, minister, writer, and social organizer active globally. Pennington is the first known Black student to attend Yale University. He was ordained as a minister in the Congregational Church, later also serving in Presbyt... | {"Name": "James W.C. Pennington", "Birth date": "1807", "Birth place": "Eastern Shore of Maryland", "Death date": "1807 22 1870 10 22", "Death place": "Jacksonville, Florida", "Movement": "Abolitionism in the United States"} |
thumb|A road sign shows distance to the "Huangshi urban area" () rather than simply "Huangshi" (). This is a useful distinction, because the sign is located already within Huangshi prefectural level city (immediately upon entering its Yangxin County from the neighboring Xianning), but still from the Huangshi main urba... | {"Display order": "st", "Infobox title": "Prefecture-level cityPrefectural-level city", "Name in simplified characters": "地级市", "Name in traditional characters": "地級市", "Pinyin transcription": "Dìjíshì", "Jyutping": "dei6 kap1 si5", "Hakka Transliteration Scheme": "thi-kip-sṳ:", "Literal meaning": "Regional-level city"... |
Noor Jehan (Shahmukhi: ), or (Gurmukhi: ), (born () Allah Rakhi Wasai ; 21 September 1926 - 23 December 2000; sometimes spelled Noorjehan),Firoze Rangoonwalla, Indian Filmography, publisher: J. Udeshi, Bombay, August 1970, passim.Ashish Rajadhyaksha and Paul Willemen, Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema, British Film Insti... | {"Honorific prefix": "Malika-e-Tarannum", "Name": "Noor Jehan", "Post-nominals": "PP TI SI", "Caption": "Noor Jehan in 1945 film Zeenat", "Native name": "नूर जहाँ / ਨੂਰ ਜਹਾਂ / نور جہاں", "Birth name": "Allah Rakhi Wasai", "Other names": "The Nightingale of The EastThe Nightin... |
This is about the British soldier; for others, see Theodore Wright (disambiguation).
Captain Theodore Wright, VC (15 May 1883 - 14 September 1914) was a British Army officer and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be aw... | {"Born": "Brighton, East Sussex, England", "Died": "Vailly, France", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom", "Awards": "Victoria Cross"} |
Jahanara Begum (23 March 1614 - 16 September 1681) was a Mughal princess and later the Padshah Begum of the Mughal Empire from 1631 to 1658 and again from 1668 until her death. She was the second and the eldest surviving child of Emperor Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal.
After Mumtaz Mahal's untimely death in 1631, the 17-... | {"Born": "Ajmer, Mughal Empire", "Died": "Delhi, Mughal Empire", "Father": "Shah Jahan", "Mother": "Mumtaz Mahal", "Religion": "Sunni Islam", "Burial": "Nizamuddin Dargah, Delhi"} |
Spitamen Bank is a bank operating nationwide in Tajikistan under license from National Bank of Tajikistan.
History
The Spitamen Bank started its Microcredit Deposit Organization in the country as Spitamen Capital in 2008 leading to a banking license from the National Bank of Tajikistan by 2014. The company holds the l... | {"Type": "Private", "Industry": "Banking", "Founded": "2008", "Headquarters": "Tajikistan", "Website": "spitamenbank.tj"} |
Johor Bahru (), colloquially referred to as JB, is the capital city of the state of Johor, Malaysia. It is located at the southern end of Peninsular Malaysia, along the north bank of the Straits of Johor, opposite the city-state Singapore. The city has a population of 858,118 people within an area of 391.25 km2. Johor ... | {"Type": "City council", "Body": "Johor Bahru City Council", "Density": "2,192", "DST": "+8", "Website": "http://www.mbjb.gov.my/"} |
Caipirinha () is Brazil's national cocktail, made with cachaça (sugarcane hard liquor), sugar, and lime. The drink is prepared by mixing the fruit and the sugar together, then adding the liquor. This can be made in a single large glass to be shared among people, or in a larger jar, from which it is served in individual... | {"Type": "cocktail", "Served": "rocks", "Standard garnish": "sugarcane, lime (ingredient)", "Standard drinkware": "old", "Preparation": "Place lime and sugar into a double old fashioned glass and muddle gently. Fill the glass with cracked ice and add Cachaça. Stir gently to involve ingredients.", "Notes": "Caipiroska -... |
The Z8000 is a 16-bit microprocessor introduced by Zilog in early 1979. The architecture was designed by Bernard Peuto while the logic and physical implementation was done by Masatoshi Shima, assisted by a small group of people. In contrast to most designs of the era, the Z8000 did not use microcode which allowed it to... | {"Designer": "Zilog", "Bits": "16-bits", "Introduced": "1979 yes", "Design": "CISC", "Type": "Register-Memory", "Branching": "Condition register", "Predecessor": "Z80", "Successor": "Z80000"} |
Campobello Island (, also ) is the largest and only inhabited island in Campobello, a civil parish in southwestern New Brunswick, Canada, near the border with Maine, United States.Community Profile: Campobello Parish, Charlotte County, New Brunswick; Statistics Canada. The island's permanent population in 2021 was 949.... | {"Land": "39.59", "Density": "24", "DST": "-3", "Rank": "90"} |
Alan Roger Davies (; born 6 March 1966) is an English stand-up comedian, writer, actor and TV presenter. He is best known for his portrayal of the title role in the BBC mystery drama series Jonathan Creek (1997-2016) and as the only permanent panellist on the BBC panel show QI since its premiere in 2003, outlasting its... | {"Birth name": "Alan Roger Davies", "Born": "Loughton, Essex, England", "Medium": "Stand-up\n television\n film\n podcast", "Years active": "1988-present", "Genres": "Observational comedy\n clean comedy\n surreal humour", "Education": "New City CollegeUniversity of Kent (BA)Goldsmiths College (MA)", "Spouse": "Kat... |
Oliver Fisher Winchester (November 30, 1810 – December 10, 1880) was an American businessman and politician, best known as being the founder of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company.
Birth and marriage
He was the son of Samuel Winchester and Hannah Bates and was born in Boston on November 30, 1810. He married Jane Ell... | {"Image caption": "Winchester 1847", "Term start": "May 2, 1866", "Term end": "May 1, 1867", "Birth name": "Oliver Fisher Winchester", "Birth date": "November 30, 1810 November 30, 1810", "Birth place": "Boston, Massachusetts", "Death date": "December 10, 1880 December 10, 1880 (aged 70)", "Death place": "New Haven, Co... |
Isadore "Dore" Schary (August 31, 1905 - July 7, 1980) was an American playwright, director, and producer for the stage and a prolific screenwriter and producer of motion pictures. He directed one feature film, Act One, the film biography of his friend, playwright and theater director Moss Hart. He became head of produ... | {"Name": "Dore Schary", "Birth name": "Isadore Schary", "Birth date": "1905 8 31", "Birth place": "Newark, New Jersey, US", "Death date": "1980 7 7 1905 8 31", "Death place": "New York City, New York, U.S.", "Occupation": "Screenwriter, playwright, film director, studio executive", "Spouse(s)": "Miriam Svet March 5, 19... |
Martin Hohmann (born 4 February 1948) is a German lawyer and politician of the AfD party. He was a member of the German Parliament ("Bundestag") for the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), from 1998 until 2005. From 2017 to 2021, he was again a member of the German Parliament for the AfD.
Speech on German U... | {"Name": "Martin Hohmann", "Image": "Martin Hohmann 2017 (cropped).JPG", "Image caption": "Hohmann in 2015", "Birth date": "1948 2 4 y", "Birth place": "Fulda, West Germany"} |
Hackers is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois. It was first published in 1996. It contains stories by science fiction and cyberpunk writers of the late 1980s and early 1990s about hackers.
Contents
"Burning Chrome"
"Spirit of the Night"
This story was written by Tom... | {"Cover artist": "Sharmen Liao", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois Ace anthology series", "Publisher": "Ace Books", "Media type": "Print (Paperback)", "Pages": "256", "ISBN": "0-441-00375-3", "Preceded by": "Dinosaurs II", "Followed by": "Timegates"} |
The University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus is a campus of the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg, Florida. Opened in 1965 as a satellite campus of the University of South Florida, it was consolidated with the other two USF campuses (Tampa and Sarasota-Manatee) as of July 1, 2020. USF's St. Petersb... | {"Motto": "\"Truth and Wisdom\"", "Chancellor": "Christian Hardigreehttps://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/university-beat/2022-05-18/christian-hardigree-named-usf-st-petersburg-regional-chancellor Christian Hardigree Named USF St Petersburg Regional Chancellor 18 May 2022", "Campus": "Urban52 acre km2 1", "Undergraduates": "3,... |
Hearts of Iron is a grand strategy video game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Strategy First. Based on the Europa Engine, it was originally released in 2002 for Microsoft Windows. A Mac OS X version was released by Virtual Programming the following year. In 2004, Atari, SA published Hearts of I... | {"Title": "Hearts of Iron", "Developer": "Paradox Development Studio", "Publisher": "Microsoft WindowsNA Strategy First, Atari SA (Platinum) SWE PAN Vision AB UK Koch MediaMac OS XUK Virtual Programming NA MacPlay", "Series": "Hearts of Iron", "Producer": "Johan Andersson", "Designer": "Henrik FåhraeusJoakim BergqwistJ... |
The Swedish Security Service ( , abbreviated SÄPO ; until 1989 Rikspolisstyrelsens säkerhetsavdelning, abbreviated RPS/SäkRikets säkerhet och den personliga integriteten. De svenska säkerhetstjänsternas författningsskyddade verksamhet sedan år 1945. (SOU 2002:87), p. 15.) is a Swedish government agency Organized under ... | {"Formed": "yes 1989 10 01", "Headquarters": "59 21 09.5 N 18 00 38.3 E type:landmark_region:SE inline", "Employees": "Approximately 1,400 (2020)Swedish Security Service 2020 68", "Annual budget": "SEK 1.56 billion (2019)https://www.esv.se/statsliggaren/regleringsbrev/?RBID=19529 Regleringsbrev för budgetåret 2019 avse... |
The Swiss People's Party (, SVP; , PPS), also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre (, UDC; , UDC), is a national-conservative, right-wing populist political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Marco Chiesa, it is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 53 members of the National Council and 6 of the Council... | {"Founded": "22 September 1971", "Merger of": "BGBDemocratic Party", "Headquarters": "Brückfeldstrasse 18 CH-3001 Berne", "Slogan": "\"Swiss quality, the party of the middle class\"", "Ideology": "nowrap \n Swiss nationalismBelfast Telegraph October 19, 2015 Switzerland election: Victory for nationalist Swiss People's... |
Horatio Nelson Young (July 19, 1845 - July 3, 1913) was a United States Navy sailor who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on the USS Lehigh during the American Civil War.
Biography
Young was born in Calais, Maine, a small United States-British North America border town. As a young man he lived in a place wh... | {"Born": "Calais, Maine", "Died": "1913 7 3 1845 7 19", "Allegiance": "United States of AmericaUnion", "Awards": "Medal of Honor"} |
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (, CVP), also called the Christian Democratic Party (, PDC), Democratic People's Party (, PPD) and Swiss Christian Democratic Party (), PCD), was a Christian-democratic political party in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021, it merged with the Conservative Democratic Pa... | {"President": "Gerhard Pfister", "Founded": "22 April 1912", "Merged into": "The Centre", "Ideology": "Christian democracyhttp://www.parties-and-elections.eu/switzerland.html Switzerland Parties and Elections in Europe Wolfram Nordsieck 2019 9 November 2019", "Headquarters": "Hirschengraben 9 CH-3011 Bern", "Political... |
The Formosan languages are a geographic grouping comprising the languages of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, all of which are Austronesian. They do not form a single subfamily of Austronesian but rather nine separate subfamilies. The Taiwanese indigenous peoples recognized by the government are about 2.3% of the isla... | {"Name": "Formosan", "Acceptance": "geographic", "Ethnicities": "Taiwanese Aborigines (Formosan people)", "Geographic distribution": "Taiwan", "Language family color": "Austronesian", "Child 1": "East Formosan", "Child 2": "Northwest Formosan", "Child 3": "Western Plains", "Child 4": "Atayalic", "Child 5": "Bunun", "Ch... |
The Free Democratic Party or Radical Democratic Party (, FDP; , PRD; , PLR; , PLD) was a liberal political party in Switzerland. Formerly one of the major parties in Switzerland, on 1 January 2009 it merged with the Liberal Party of Switzerland to form FDP.The Liberals.
The FDP was formed in 1894 from the Radicals, wh... | {"Founded": "1894", "Merged into": "FDP.The Liberals", "Headquarters": "Neuengasse 20 Postfach 6136CH-3001 Bern", "Ideology": "\"LaneErsson1999\">Jan-Erik Lane Svante O. Ersson Politics and Society in Western Europe https://books.google.com/books?id=Qw62oX96310C&pg=PA101 19 July 2013 1999 SAGE Publications 978-0-7619-... |
The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, formerly the Samuel Johnson Prize, is an annual British book prize for the best non-fiction writing in the English language. It was founded in 1999 following the demise of the NCR Book Award. With its motto "All the best stories are true", the prize covers current affairs, his... | {"Awarded for": "Non-fiction writing", "Date": "1999", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Formerly called": "Samuel Johnson Prize", "Reward(s)": "£50,000", "Most awards": "-->", "Website": "thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk", "Viewership": "-->"} |
J. Patrick Boyer (born March 4, 1945) is a Canadian journalist, author, and book publisher, was a Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament from 1984 to 1993.Federal Political Experience
He holds an honours degree in economics and political science from Carleton University, a Master's degree in Canadian history f... | {"Name": "Patrick Boyer", "Honorific suffix": "CAN QC 100%", "Term start": "September 4, 1984", "Term end": "October 25, 1993", "Birth date": "1945 03 04", "Birth place": "Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada", "Residence": "Bracebridge and Etobicoke", "Spouse(s)": "Corinne (deceased)Elise Marie"} |
George Frederick Phillips, (March 8, 1862 - June 4, 1904) was a U.S. Navy Machinist First Class who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Spanish-American War in 1899.
Background
Phillips was born to Andrew and Elizabeth Ross Phillips, both natives of Ireland. He began his professional life as a mecha... | {"Born": "Coles Island, New Brunswick", "Died": "Cambridge, Massachusetts", "Allegiance": "United States 1896", "Awards": "Medal of Honor"} |
John Robert Mortimer (15 June 1825 - 19 August 1911) was an English corn-merchant and archaeologist who lived in Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire.
He was responsible for the excavation of many of the notable barrows in the Yorkshire Wolds, including Duggleby Howe, recorded in the work Forty Years Researches in Brit... | {"Name": "John Robert Mortimer", "Image": "MortimerArchaeologist.JPG", "Birth name": "15 June 1825", "Death date": "19 August 1911 15 June 1825", "Occupation": "Corn chandler", "Known For": "Archaeological excavations and museum"} |
Annette Joanne Funicello (October 22, 1942 - April 8, 2013) was an American actress and singer. Funicello began her professional career as a child performer at the age of twelve. She was one of the most popular Mouseketeers on the original Mickey Mouse Club. In her teenage years, she recorded under the name Annette, an... | {"Name": "Annette Funicello", "Caption": "Funicello in 1975", "Birth name": "Annette Joanne Funicello", "Birth date": "1942 10 22", "Birth place": "Utica, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "2013 04 08 1942 10 22", "Death place": "Bakersfield, California, U.S.", "Occupation": "Actress singer", "Years active": "1954-1998", ... |
John Dimitri Negroponte (; born July 21, 1939) is an American diplomat. He is currently a James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professor at the Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. He is a former J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of International Affairs at the George Washington University... | {"Name": "John Negroponte", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2007", "Term start": "February 27, 2007", "Term end": "January 23, 2009", "Office 2": "United States Ambassador to Iraq", "President 2": "George W. Bush", "Predecessor 2": "Krzysztof Biernacki (acting)", "Successor 2": "Zalmay Khalilzad", "Birth name": "J... |
The Liberal Party of Switzerland (, , , ) was a political party in Switzerland with economically liberal policies. It was known as a party of the upper class. On 1 January 2009 it merged with the larger Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD) to establish FDP.The Liberals.
It was strongest in the Protestant cantons in Romandy... | {"Founded": "1913 10 8 y", "Merged into": "FDP.The Liberals", "Headquarters": "Spitalgasse 32, Case postale 71073001 Bern", "Ideology": "Liberalism (Switzerland)LibertarianismSoft Euroscepticism", "Political position": "Centre-right", "International affiliation": "Liberal International", "European affiliation": "Europe... |
The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick is a 2011 non-fiction book containing the published selections of a journal kept by the science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, in which he documented and explored his religious and visionary experiences. Dick's wealth of knowledge on the subjects of philosophy, religion, and science infor... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Houghton Mifflin Harcourt", "Media type": "Print", "Pages": "xxv, 944 pp.", "ISBN": "978-0-547-54927-9"} |
Thunder Seven is the seventh studio album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph, released in November 1984. Three songs on the second half of the album follow a concept based on time-related themes.
The album was certified gold in the US by the RIAA, with sales of over 500,000 copies, on April 21, 2003, almost nineteen ... | {"Released": "19 November 1984https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Triumph&ti=Thunder+Seven&format=Album&type=#search_section RIAA certifications Recording Industry Association of America", "Recorded": "July-August 1984Liner notes.", "Studio": "Metalworks Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "... |
The Worshipful Company of Scriveners is one of the 111 livery companies of the City of London. The Scriveners Company was originally known as the Mysterie of the Writers of the Court Letter and, since its incorporation, as Master Wardens and Assistants of the Company of Scrivenors of the Cittie of London . It is one of... | {"Motto": "Scribite Scientes", "Location": "c/o Worshipful Company of Information Technologists, London EC1", "Date of formation": "1373 yes", "Company association": "Notarial and legal services, calligraphy, heraldry", "Order of precedence": "44th", "Master of company": "Mark Watson-Gandy", "Website": "www.scriveners.... |
Calatagan, officially the Municipality of Calatagan (), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 58,719 people.
Calatagan comprises the Calatagan Peninsula between the South China Sea and Balayan Bay. The peninsula's near white sand bea... | {"Type": "government_type", "Rank": "0", "Density": "auto", "Website": "website"} |
Kathleen Marie Blanco (née Babineaux; December 15, 1942 - August 18, 2019) was an American politician who served as the 54th governor of Louisiana from January 2004 to January 2008. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first and, to date, only woman elected as the state's governor.
When first elected, Blanco ... | {"Name": "Kathleen Blanco", "Term start": "January 12, 2004", "Term end": "January 14, 2008", "Office 2": "Member of the Louisiana Public Service Commissionfrom the 2nd district", "Successor 2": "Jimmy Field", "Birth name": "Kathleen Marie Babineaux", "Birth date": "1942 12 15", "Birth place": "New Iberia, Louisiana, U... |
HIT Entertainment Limited (stylized as HiT) was a British-American entertainment company founded in 1982 as Henson International Television, the international distribution arm of The Jim Henson Company, by Jim Henson, Peter Orton, and Sophie Turner Laing. Orton alone took over the company in 1989 after learning Henson ... | {"Formerly": "ind/> Gainbase PLC (1989) HIT Communications PLC (1989-1992) HIT Entertainment PLC (1992-2005)HIT Entertainment PLC - Overview https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/02341947 Companies House UK Government 22 January 2019", "Type": "Subsidiary", "Genre": "EntertainmentChildren's programming", "Founded"... |
5150 (pronounced "fifty-one-fifty") is the seventh studio album by American rock band Van Halen. It was released on March 24, 1986, by Warner Bros. Records and was the first of four albums to be recorded with lead singer Sammy Hagar, who replaced David Lee Roth. The album was named after Eddie Van Halen's home studio,... | {"Released": "1986 03 24 yes", "Recorded": "November 1985 - February 1986", "Studio": "5150 Studios, Studio City, California", "Genre": "Hard rockThis Day In Hard Rock: Van Halen Releases '5150' https://hardrockdaddy.com/2017/03/24/day-hard-rock-van-halen-5150/ hardrockdaddy May 26, 2023 March 24, 2017\n glam metal... |
Murphy James Foster Jr. (July 11, 1930 - October 4, 2020) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 53rd governor of Louisiana from 1996 to 2004.
Early life and career
Murphy James Foster Jr. was born in Franklin, the seat of government of St. Mary Parish. His father, also named Murphy James Foster... | {"Name": "Mike Foster", "Image": "GovFoster1.JPG", "Term start": "January 8, 1996", "Term end": "January 12, 2004", "Birth name": "Murphy James Foster Jr.", "Birth date": "1930 7 11", "Birth place": "Franklin, Louisiana, U.S.", "Death date": "2020 10 4 1930 7 11", "Death place": "Franklin, Louisiana, U.S.", "Other poli... |
Ram Khamhaeng (, ) or Pho Khun Ram Khamhaeng Maharat (, ), also spelled Ramkhamhaeng, was the third king of the Phra Ruang Dynasty, ruling the Sukhothai Kingdom (a historical kingdom of Thailand) from 1279 to 1298, during its most prosperous era.
He is credited for the creation of the Thai alphabet and the firm estab... | {"Born": "Sukhothai Kingdom", "Died": "Sukhothai Kingdom", "Father": "Si Inthrathit", "Mother": "Sueang", "Religion": "Theravada Buddhism"} |
The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (until 1937 the Worshipful Company of Stationers), usually known as the Stationers' Company, is one of the livery companies of the City of London. The Stationers' Company was formed in 1403; it received a royal charter in 1557. It held a monopoly over the publis... | {"Motto": "Verbum Domini Manet in Aeternum", "Location": "Stationers' Hall, London", "Date of formation": "yes 1403", "Company association": "Printing and publishing", "Order of precedence": "47th", "Master of company": "Tony Mash", "Website": "stationers.org"} |
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