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Allama Iqbal International Airport (Punjabi, , ) is the third largest civilian airport by traffic in Pakistan, after Jinnah International Airport, Karachi and Islamabad International Airport. It serves Lahore, capital of Punjab and second-largest city of Pakistan. It also serves a large portion of the travellers from t... | {"Airport type": "Public", "Serves": "Lahore", "Location": "Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan", "Hub": "Pakistan International Airlines", "AMSL": "213", "Coordinates": "31 31 17 N 74 24 12 E type:airport_region:PK inline,title", "Website": "www.lahoreairport.com.pk"} |
The 1954 Rugby League World Cup was rugby league football's first World Cup and was held in France in October-November 1954.1954 World Cup at rugbyleagueplanet.com Officially known as the "Rugby World Cup",SPARC, 2009: 28 four nations competed in the tournament: Australia, France, Great Britain and New Zealand. A grou... | {"Number of teams": "4Initially there were to be five countries invited to compete, however the United States' invitation was later cancelled.", "Winner": "1", "Runner-up": "France", "Tries scored": "48", "Attendance": "138329", "Points scored": "231"} |
Kuwait Airways (, ) is the flag carrier of Kuwait, with its head office on the grounds of Kuwait International Airport, Al Farwaniyah Governorate. It operates scheduled international services throughout the Middle East, to the Indian subcontinent, Europe, Southeast Asia and North America, from its main base at Kuwait I... | {"Airline name": "Kuwait Airwaysالخطوط الجوية الكويتيةal-Khuṭūṭ al-Jawiyyah al-Kuwaītiyyah", "Current Fleet Size": "32", "Number of Destinations": "63", "IATA Designator": "KU", "ICAO Designator": "KAC", "Callsign": "KUWAITI", "Founded": "1953 (as Kuwait National Airways)", "Commenced operations": "yes 1954 3 16", "Hea... |
The Ogasawara Islands, also known as the Bonin Islands, are a Japanese archipelago of over 30 subtropical and tropical islands located around SSE of Tokyo and northwest of Guam. The group as a whole has a total area of but only two of the islands are permanently inhabited, Chichijima and Hahajima. Together, their po... | {"Official name": "Ogasawara Islands", "Location": "Japan", "Includes": "Islands, reefs, marine areas", "Criteria": "(ix)(ix)", "Reference": "1362", "Inscription": "2011"} |
On 2 August 1947, Star Dust, a British South American Airways (BSAA) Avro Lancastrian airliner on a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Santiago, Chile, crashed into Mount Tupungato in the Argentine Andes. An extensive search operation failed to locate the wreckage, despite covering the area of the crash site. The ... | {"Date": "2 August 1947", "Summary": "Controlled flight into terrain", "Site": "33 22 15 S 69 45 40 W type:event_source:kolossus-eswiki inline,title", "Occupants": "11", "Passengers": "6", "Crew": "5", "Fatalities": "11", "Survivors": "0", "Operator": "British South American Airways", "Registration": "G-AGWH", "Flight ... |
MiNT is Now TOS (MiNT) is a free software alternative operating system kernel for the Atari ST system and its successors. It is a multi-tasking alternative to TOS and MagiC. Together with the free system components fVDI device drivers, XaAES graphical user interface widgets, and TeraDesk file manager, MiNT provides a f... | {"Developer": "Eric Smith, various volunteers", "Source model": "Open source", "Marketing target": "Personal computers", "Kernel": "Monolithic", "Influenced by": "Atari TOS", "Defaultuser interface": "GEM", "Initial release": "1993 06", "Written in": "C", "Platforms": "Atari ST, Firebee, ARAnyM, Amigahttps://atari.josk... |
Gulf Air () is the state-owned airline and the flag carrier of Bahrain, which was founded in 1950 by British Pilot Freddie Bosworth as Gulf Aviation. Headquartered in Muharraq, the airline operates scheduled flights to 59 destinations in 28 countries across Africa, Asia, and Europe. The airline's main hub is Bahrain In... | {"Airline name": "Gulf Air", "IATA Designator": "GF", "ICAO Designator": "GFA", "Callsign": "GULF AIR", "Founded": "1950 (as Gulf Aviation)", "Major hubs": "Bahrain International Airport", "Frequent Flyer Program": "Falconflyerhttps://www.gulfair.com/enrol/about-falconflyer About Falconflyer Gulf Air", "Current Fleet... |
EmuTOS is a replacement for TOS (the operating system of the Atari ST and its successors), released as free software. It is mainly intended to be used with Atari emulators and clones, such as Hatari or FireBee. EmuTOS provides support for more modern hardware and avoids the use of the old, proprietary TOS as it is usua... | {"Developer": "EmuTOS development team", "Working state": "Active", "Source model": "Open source", "Initial release": "2001 10", "Marketing target": "Personal computers", "Written in": "C", "Available in": "Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish", "P... |
Julia Soaemias Bassiana (180 - 11 March 222) was a Syrian noblewoman and the mother of Roman emperor Elagabalus, who ruled over the Roman Empire from 218 to 222. She was one of his chief advisors, initially with the support and accompaniment of her mother Julia Maesa. She and her mother guided the young emperor until g... | {"Father": "Gaius Julius Avitus Alexianus", "Mother": "Julia Maesa", "Born": "Emesa, Syria", "Died": "Rome, Italy"} |
Julia Avita Mamaea or Julia Mamaea (14 or 29 August around 182Cleve, R. L. (1982). Severus Alexander and the Severan Women (dissertation). ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, Los Angeles, California. – 235) was a Syrian noble woman and member of the Severan dynasty. She was the mother of Roman emperor Alexander Severus ... | {"Father": "Gaius Julius Avitus Alexianus", "Mother": "Julia Maesa", "Born": "Emesa, Syria", "Died": "Germania Superior"} |
Nishapur, officially romanized as Neyshabur, (;Or also "نیشاپور" which is closer to its original and historic meaning though it is less commonly used by modern native Persian speakers. In Persian poetry, the name of this city is written and pronounced as "نِشابور" (without the usage of "پ" or "ب"). In modern times and ... | {"Type": "Governorate, Mayor & City Council", "Density": "264375", "Website": "http://neyshabur.ir", "Founded by": "Shapur I"} |
Benazir Bhutto International Airport (, ) is a defunct airport which formerly served the Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area. It was the second-largest airport by air traffic in Pakistan, until 3 May 2018 when it was replaced by the new Islamabad International Airport. Also known as Chaklala Airbase, it was renamed ... | {"Airport type": "Defunct", "Serves": "Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area", "Location": "Chaklala, Rawalpindi", "Opened": "1930 y (as RAF Chaklala)", "Closed": "2018 05 03 y", "AMSL": "508", "Coordinates": "33 36 59 N 073 05 57 E region:PK inline,title"} |
The second Rugby League World Cup was held in Australia in 1957. As before a group stage was held first, with matches being held at locations in Sydney and Brisbane.
The 1957 World Cup marked the 50th anniversary of rugby league in Australia but the hosts were not confident of their ability to lift the trophy, having ... | {"Number of teams": "4", "Winner": "1", "Tries scored": "6", "Attendance": "214918", "Points scored": "204"} |
The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) (; ) is the aerial warfare branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces, tasked primarily with the aerial defence of Pakistan, with a secondary role of providing air support to the Pakistan Army and Navy when required, and a tertiary role of providing strategic airlift capability to Pakistan. , as p... | {"Type": "Air force", "Role": "Aerial warfareBarvarz Fartash Islamic Atomic Bomb 2012 AuthorHouse Bloomington, Indiana, U.S. 9781426923661 116 1st https://books.google.com/books?id=EO1RVGGL9jEC 10 February 2019 en-us google books 5 February 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230205213443/https://www.googl... |
The 1960 Rugby League World Cup was the third staging of the tournament and the first Rugby League World Cup to be held in Great Britain.Paddy McAteer (22 December 2010) "Whole World in their Hands" North West Evening Mail The same format as used in 1957 was used, with a group stage leading to a final table.
The 1960... | {"Number of teams": "4", "Winner": "2", "Tries scored": "6", "Attendance": "110200", "Points scored": "154"} |
The 1968 Rugby League World Cup tournament was the fourth staging of the Rugby League World Cup, and was held in Australia and New Zealand during May and June in 1968. Contested by the men's national rugby league football teams of the two host countries plus Great Britain and France, for the first time a final to deter... | {"Number of teams": "4", "Winner": "2", "Tries scored": "7", "Attendance": "220683", "Points scored": "227"} |
The fifth Rugby League World Cup was held in Great Britain in 1970. Britain, fresh from defeating Australia in the Ashes during their Australasian tour earlier in the year (the last time as of 2017 that they would win The Ashes), were hot favourites, and won all three of their group stage games, including defeating Aus... | {"Number of teams": "4", "Winner": "3", "Tries scored": "7", "Attendance": "68710", "Points scored": "205"} |
The sixth Rugby League World Cup was held in France in October and November 1972. Australia started as the favourites to retain the trophy they had won just two years previously. New Zealand had beaten all three of the other nations in 1971 and France were expected to be tough opponents on their home soil. In the event... | {"Number of teams": "4", "Winner": "3", "Tries scored": "7", "Attendance": "62456", "Points scored": "240"} |
The Nabataeans or Nabateans (; Nabataean Aramaic: , , vocalized as ; Arabic: , , singular , ; compare ; ) were an ancient Arab people who inhabited northern Arabia and the southern Levant. Their settlements—most prominently the assumed capital city of Raqmu (present-day Petra, Jordan)—gave the name Nabatene () to the A... | {"Name": "Nabataeans", "Image caption": "A map of the Roman empire under Hadrian (ruled CE 117-138), showing the location of the Arabes Nabataei in the desert regions around the Roman province of Arabia Petraea", "Languages": "Nabataean Arabic (native)\n Nabataean Aramaic (commercial and official purposes)", "Religions... |
The 1975 Rugby League World Championship (also referred to as the World Series) was the seventh tournament for the Rugby League World Cup. The format differed from that employed in previous competitions; no single country hosted the matches, which were spread out in a 'world series' hosted by each of the five participa... | {"Number of teams": "5", "Winner": "4", "Tries scored": "21", "Attendance": "204476", "Points scored": "661"} |
The 1977 Rugby League World Cup was the eighth Rugby League World Cup tournament and was held in Australasia, with games played during May and June in both Australia and New Zealand. It featured four teams: Great Britain and France in addition to the two host nations. All teams played each other once, resulting in a to... | {"Number of teams": "4", "Winner": "5", "Tries scored": "7", "Attendance": "109688", "Points scored": "235"} |
The 1985-1988 Rugby League World Cup (sometimes shortened to 1988 Rugby League World Cup) was the ninth Rugby League World Cup tournament held and saw yet another change of format with competition stretched to cover almost three years (1985 to 1988). The national rugby league teams of Australia, France, Great Britain, ... | {"Number of teams": "5", "Winner": "6", "Tries scored": "18", "Attendance": "218246", "Points scored": "769"} |
Anatolian rock (), or known as Turkish psychedelic rock, is a fusion of Turkish folk music and rock. It emerged during the mid-1960s, soon after rock groups became popular in Turkey. Most known members of this genre includes Turkish musicians such as Barış Manço, Cem Karaca, Erkin Koray, Selda Bağcan, Fikret Kızılok al... | {"Name": "Anatolian rock", "Stylistic origins": "Psychedelic rock progressiverock Turkish folk music psychedelic folk folk rock", "Cultural origins": "Late 1950s - early 1980s, Turkey", "Other genre topics": "Music of Turkey"} |
The 1989-1992 Rugby League World Cup (sometimes shortened to 1992 Rugby League World Cup) was the tenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup, and continued to use the three-year format, stretching across the years 1989 to 1992. As with the 1985-1988 World Cup, teams played each other on a home-and-away basis. These ma... | {"Number of teams": "5", "Winner": "7", "Tries scored": "21", "Attendance": "300059", "Points scored": "834"} |
The 1995 Rugby League World Cup was held during October 1995 in the United Kingdom. It was the eleventh staging of the Rugby League World Cup and was marketed as the Halifax Centenary World Cup, reflecting the tournament's sponsorship and the fact that 1995 marked the centenary of the sport. Envisaged as a celebration ... | {"Number of teams": "10", "Winner": "8", "Tries scored": "15", "Attendance": "265609", "Points scored": "718"} |
Linn Records is a Glasgow-based record label which specialises in classical music, jazz and Scottish music. It is part of Linn Products.
History
While Linn engineers were testing their flagship product, the Sondek LP12 turntable, they became frustrated with some of the specialist test LPs they were using. Work began o... | {"Parent company": "Linn Products", "Founded": "1982", "Genre": "Classical, jazz, Scottish", "Country of origin": "Scotland", "Location": "Glasgow", "Official website": "www.linnrecords.com"} |
thumb|A street musician in Toulouse, France, playing a gadulka.
The gadulka () is a traditional Bulgarian bowed string instrument. Alternate spellings are "gǎdulka", "gudulka" and "g'dulka". Its name comes from a root meaning "to make noise, hum or buzz". The gadulka is an integral part of Bulgarian traditional instrum... | {"Name": "Gadulka", "Names": "Gadulkahttps://www.balkanfolk.com/bulgarian-music-instruments.php Bulgarian folk music instruments Balkanfolk.com 21 April 2021 chicpeohttps://musik-instrument.se/gadulka/ Gadulka - ett bulgariskt stråkinstrument Musik-instrument.se 21 April 2021", "Hornbostel-Sachs": "321.321-71", "Hornbo... |
The 2000 Rugby League World Cup was the twelfth staging of the Rugby League World Cup. It was held in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and France, and took place between 28 October and 25 November 2000. Sixteen national teams competed in four groups of four, playing each other once over three weekly rounds before a series ... | {"Number of teams": "16", "Winner": "9", "Tries scored": "31", "Attendance": "263921"} |
The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) is a pro-Beijing conservative political party in Hong Kong. Chaired by Starry Lee and holding 13 Legislative Council seats, it is currently the largest party in the legislature and in terms of membership, far ahead of other parties. It has been ... | {"Abbreviation": "DAB", "Merger of": "Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Progressive Alliance", "Founded": "1992 07 10 yes", "Headquarters": "15/F, SUP Tower, 83 King's Road, North Point, Hong Kong", "Ideology": "Chinese nationalism\n \"Ma2012\">Lam Wai-man Lui Percy Luen-tim Wong Wilson... |
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This is a list of assets currently owned by Bell Media, a subsidiary of BCE Inc.
Note that this list does not include BCE's 28% interest in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, which itself owns a majority interest in the digital specialty channels Leafs Nation Network, NBA TV Canada, and GolTV Canada. This ... | {"Type": "Public", "Founded": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada (2003) http://www.environicsanalytics.com/ Premier Data and Analytics Services Company Environics Analytics November 17, 2019", "Headquarters": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Services": "marketing and analytical", "Website": "www.environicsanalytics.com"} |
Elijah Parish Lovejoy (November 9, 1802 - November 7, 1837) was an American Presbyterian minister, journalist, newspaper editor, and abolitionist. After his murder by a mob, he became a martyr to the abolitionist cause opposing slavery in the United States. He was also hailed as a defender of free speech and freedom of... | {"Name": "Elijah Parish Lovejoy", "Birth date": "1802 11 9", "Birth place": "Albion, Massachusetts (now in Maine), U.S.", "Death date": "1837 11 7 1802 11 9", "Death place": "Alton, Illinois, U.S.", "Death cause": "Murder", "Resting place": "Alton Cemetery", "Spouse(s)": "Celia Ann French 1835", "Children": "2", "Relat... |
Michael Henry Flanders (1 March 1922 - 14 April 1975) was an English actor, broadcaster, and writer and performer of comic songs. He is best known for his stage partnership with Donald Swann.
As a young man Flanders seemed to be heading for a successful acting career. He contracted polio in 1943 while serving in the ... | {"Name": "Michael Flanders", "Caption": "Flanders in 1966", "Birth name": "Michael Henry Flanders", "Birth date": "1922 3 1 y", "Birth place": "London, England", "Death date": "1975 4 14 1922 3 1 y", "Death place": "Betws-y-Coed, Wales", "Occupation": "Actor, broadcaster, writer and performer", "Spouse(s)": "Claudia Co... |
The Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) () is the aerial warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The Air Force is primarily responsible for air defence of Bangladesh's sovereign territory as well as providing air support to the Bangladesh Army and Bangladesh Navy. Furthermore, the BAF has a territorial role in providing ... | {"Type": "Air force", "Role": "Aerial warfare", "Size": "17,390 active duty (2017)bn:সশস্ত্রবাহিনীর মোট সদস্য সংখ্যা দুই লাখ চার হাজার ৫৯৬ জন https://www.bd-pratidin.com/news/2017/06/08/238362 Bangladesh Pratidin bnbn:সশস্ত্র বাহিনীর সদস্য সংখ্যা ২ লাখ ৪ হাজার ৫৯৬ জন https://dailysangram.com/post/287234-%E0%A6%B8%... |
Donald Ibrahim Swann (30 September 1923 - 23 March 1994) was a British composer, musician, singer and entertainer. He was one half of Flanders and Swann, writing and performing comic songs with Michael Flanders.
Life
Donald Swann was born in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales. His father, Herbert Alfredovich Swann, was ... | {"Name": "Donald Swann", "Caption": "Swann in 1966", "Birth name": "Donald Ibrahim Swann", "Birth date": "yes 1923 9 30", "Birth place": "Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales", "Death date": "yes 1994 3 23 1923 9 30", "Death place": "London, England", "Occupation": "Composer, musician and entertainer", "Known For": "Flande... |
Rogers Cable Inc. is Canada's largest cable television service provider with about 2.25 million television customers, and over 930,000 Internet subscribers, primarily in Southern & Eastern Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador. Rogers Cable is a division of Rogers Communications Partnership, itself wholl... | {"Type": "Division of Rogers Communications", "Founded": "Brampton, Ontario, Canada (1967)", "Headquarters": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Industry": "Cable Services", "Products": "Cable televisionCable Internet", "Revenue": "12px$1.95 billion CAD", "Parent": "Rogers Communications", "Website": "rogers.com"} |
The Peugeot 205 is a supermini (B-segment) car produced by the French manufacturer Peugeot from 1983 to 1999.
It was declared "car of the decade" by CAR Magazine in 1990. It also won What Car?s Car of the Year for 1984.
The 205 was developed from 1977 as Projet M24, and introduced on 25 February 1983 as a replacement... | {"Manufacturer": "Peugeot", "Production": "1983-1999", "Assembly": "France: Mulhouse (Mulhouse Plant) United Kingdom: Ryton (Coventry) Spain: Madrid (Peugeot España) Chile: Los Andes (Automotores Franco Chilena S.A.) Taiwan: Changhua (GSK Corp.) Iran: Tehran (Iran Khodro) Morocco: (Sopriam)fr Dossier le secteur au... |
Sportsnet is a Canadian English-language discretionary sports specialty channel owned by Rogers Sports & Media. It was established in 1998 as CTV Sportsnet, a joint venture between CTV, Liberty Media, and Rogers Media. CTV parent Bell Globemedia then was required to divest its stake in the network following its 2001 ac... | {"Launched": "1998 10 09", "Picture format": "1080i (HDTV)(HD feed downgraded to letterboxed 480i for SDTVs)4K (UHDTV) (part-time, selected broadcasts)", "Owner": "Rogers Sports & Media", "Country": "Canada", "Broadcast area": "National, through regional feeds", "Headquarters": "Rogers Building, Toronto, Ontario", "For... |
The Bir Sreshtho (; ), is the highest military award of Bangladesh. It was awarded to seven freedom fighters who showed utmost bravery and died in action for their nation. They are considered martyrs.
The other three gallantry awards are named, in decreasing order of importance, Bir Uttom, Bir Bikrom and Bir Protik. A... | {"Presented by": "Bangladesh", "Type": "Military medal", "Eligibility": "Military only (Conferrable on all ranks).", "Awarded for": "Bravery Dedication of Life to Save the Mother Land.To those who have performed acts of greatest heroism or most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme danger and have shown brave... |
Rogers Hi-Speed Internet is a broadband Internet service provider in Canada, owned by Rogers Communications. Rogers previously operated under the brand names Rogers@Home, Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet, WAVE, and Road Runner in Newfoundland. It is currently the second largest Internet provider in Canada, after Bell I... | {"Type": "Subsidiary of Rogers Communications", "Founded": "November 28, 1995 http://www.rogers.com/web/content/internet-xp Creating World-Leading Internet Experiences Rogers Communications 2012-08-17", "Headquarters": "Toronto, Ontario, Canada", "Industry": "Internet Service Provider", "Products": "Cable Internet, Em... |
Renata Tebaldi ( , ; 1 February 1922 - 19 December 2004) was an Italian lirico-spinto soprano popular in the post-war period, and especially prominent as one of the stars of La Scala, San Carlo and, especially, the Metropolitan Opera. Often considered among the great opera singers of the 20th century, she focused prim... | {"Name": "Renata Tebaldi", "Birth name": "Renata Ersilia Clotilde Tebaldi", "Post-nominals": "Cavaliere OMRI", "Caption": "Tebaldi in 1974", "Birth date": "yes 1922 2 1", "Birth place": "Pesaro, Pesaro e Urbino, Kingdom of Italy", "Death date": "yes 2004 12 19 1922 2 1", "Death place": "San Marino, San Marino", "Other ... |
Air Atlantic was a Canadian airline, operating a fleet of BAe 146-200, BAe 4100 and Dash 8-100 aircraft.Air Atlantic fleet list at planespotters.net
Founded and majority owned by Craig Dobbin, Air Atlantic was established in 1986 and operated Dash 7 aircraft as an interim solution until delivery of their first Dash 8'... | {"Airline name": "Air Atlantic", "Image size (px)": "250", "IATA Designator": "9A", "ICAO Designator": "ATL", "Callsign": "DASH", "Founded": "1985", "Ceased operations": "1998 10", "Headquarters": "St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador", "Key People": "Craig Dobbin (founder)", "Major hubs": "Halifax Stanfield Internati... |
Nishan-e-Haider (NH; or 'Emblem of the Lion'), is the highest military gallantry award of Pakistan. The Nishan-e-Haider is awarded posthumously and only to members of the Pakistan Armed Forces. It recognises the highest acts of extraordinary bravery in the face of the enemy in air, land, or sea. It has been awarded on... | {"Presented by": "Government of Pakistan", "Country": "Islamic Republic of Pakistan", "Type": "Medal", "Eligibility": "Military personnel only", "Awarded for": "Acts of greatest heroism in circumstances of extreme danger in the presence of the enemy on land, at sea or in the air. In addition the person must have also d... |
Lloyd Tilghman (January 26, 1816 – May 16, 1863) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War.
A railroad construction engineer by background, he was selected by the Confederate government to build two forts to defend the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. The location of Fort Henry on the Tennessee was vulnerabl... | {"Born": "Claiborne, Maryland, U.S.", "Died": "Hinds County, Mississippi, U.S.", "Allegiance": "United States of America 1848Confederate States of America 1863", "Relations": "Oswald Tilghman (cousin)"} |
Coucy-la-Ville () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
On the main Chauny to Soissons road, shortly after the village of Folembray, take a right hand turn and within half a mile you will come to the village of Coucy-la-Ville.
A single road runs through this small village passing... | {"Name": "Coucy-la-Ville", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Image": "Coucy-la-Ville (Aisne) mairie.JPG", "Caption": "The town hall of Coucy-la-Ville", "Arrondissement": "Laon", "Canton": "Vic-sur-Aisne", "Postal code": "02380", "Mayor": "Maximino De SousaRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/en... |
The Oka (, ) is a river in central Russia, the largest right tributary of the Volga. It flows through the regions of Oryol, Tula, Kaluga, Moscow, Ryazan, Vladimir and Nizhny Novgorod and is navigable over a large part of its total length, as far upstream as the town of Kaluga. Its length is and its catchment area is .... | {"Native name": "ru Ока́", "Mouth": "67 m on", "Location": "Nizhny Novgorod", "Coordinates": "56 19 55 N 43 58 53 E type:_river", "Basin size": "245,000 km2 mi2 on\n244,308.3 km2 mi2 onhttps://www.riversnetwork.org/rbo/index.php/river-blogs/east-europe/itemlist/category/952-oka Rivers Network 2020", "Left": "Moskva, Kl... |
The Royal Society for Asian Affairs (RSAA) is a learned society based in London (United Kingdom). Its objective is to advance public knowledge and understanding of Asia through its worldwide networks, its public events, its publications and its support to research. It is independent of governments and political bodies ... | {"Type": "Learned society", "Headquarters": "London", "Location": "United Kingdom", "Website": "rsaa.org.uk"} |
Djuna Barnes (, June 12, 1892 - June 18, 1982) was an American artist, illustrator, journalist, and writer who is perhaps best known for her novel Nightwood (1936), a cult classic of lesbian fiction and an important work of modernist literature.Parsons, 165-6.
In 1913, Barnes began her career as a freelance journalist... | {"Pen name": "Lydia Steptoe; A Lady of Fashion; and Gunga Duhl, the Pen Performer.Broe, 3.", "Born": "June 12, 1892", "Died": "1982 6 18 1892 6 12", "Occupation": "Novelist\n poet\n journalist\n artist", "Literary movement": "Modernism"} |
The Egyptian Air Force (EAF) (), is the aviation branch of the Egyptian Armed Forces that is responsible for all airborne defence missions and operates all military aircraft, including those used in support of the Egyptian Army, Egyptian Navy and the Egyptian Air Defense Forces. The latter was created as a separate com... | {"Type": "Air force", "Role": "Aerial warfare", "Size": "30,000 activeThe Military Balance 2021 International Institute for Strategic Studies International Institute for Strategic Studies 25 February 2021 Routledge London 334 978103201227820,000 reserve50,000 total\n1,069 aircraft https://www.flightglobal.com/reports/... |
The Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF; ) is the aerial warfare branch of the Jordanian Armed Forces.
History
Early days
thumb|left|A de havilland Vampire FB.6 illustrating the markings of the Royal Jordanian Air Force
Jordan gained independence in 1946, but its first air bases had been set up in 1931 by the Royal Air ... | {"Type": "Air force", "Role": "Aerial warfare", "Size": "14,000 Active personnelThe Military Balance 2021 International Institute for Strategic Studies International Institute for Strategic Studies 25 February 2021 Routledge London 347 9781032012278", "Part of": "Jordanian Armed Forces", "Attack": "Air Tractor AT-802"... |
The Syrian Air Force, officially the Syrian Arab Air Force (), is the air force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces. It is variously abbreviated in English to SAF, SAAF, or SyAAF. It was established in 1948. Land-based air defense systems are grouped under the Syrian Arab Air Defense Force, which split from both the Air ... | {"Type": "Air force", "Role": "Aerial warfare", "Size": "15,000The Military Balance 2021 page 366", "Part of": "18px Syrian Armed Forces", "March": "We are the Eagles (نَحْنُ النُّسُورُ Naḥn-un-Nusūr)", "Anniversaries": "16 October", "Notablecommanders": "Muhammad al-Khuli Hafez al-Assad", "Attack": "Su-22, Su-24, MiG-... |
No, No, Nanette is a musical comedy with lyrics by Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach, music by Vincent Youmans, and a book by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel, based on Mandel's 1919 Broadway play My Lady Friends. The farcical story involves three couples who find themselves together at a cottage in Atlantic City, New Jersey... | {"Name": "No, No, Nanette", "Caption": "1971 Revival Recording", "Composer(s)": "Vincent Youmans", "Lyricist(s)": "Irving Caesar Otto Harbach", "Book-writer": "Otto Harbach Frank Mandel 1971: Burt Shevelove", "Based on?": "Emil Nyitray and Frank Mandel's play My Lady Friends", "Productions": "1925: West End 1925: B... |
Nino Burjanadze (Georgian: ნინო ბურჯანაძე , also romanized Burdzhanadze or Burdjanadze, born 16 July 1964) is a Georgian politician and lawyer who served as Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia from November 2001 to June 2008. As the first woman she has served as the acting head of state of Georgia twice; the firs... | {"Name": "Nino Burjanadzeნინო ბურჯანაძე", "Term start": "23 November 2008", "Prime minister 2": "Avtandil JorbenadzeZurab Zhvania", "Predecessor 2": "Eduard Shevardnadze", "Successor 2": "Mikheil Saakashvili", "Birth date": "1964 7 16 y", "Birth place": "Kutaisi, Soviet Union(now Georgia)", "Other political party": "Un... |
Ledbury is a market town and civil parish in the county of Herefordshire, England, lying east of Hereford, and west of the Malvern Hills.
It has a significant number of timber-framed structures, in particular along Church Lane and High Street. One of the most outstanding is Ledbury Market Hall, built in 1617, located ... | {"Population": "(2011)Town population 2011 http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125523&c=HR8+1NR&d=16&e=62&g=6385976&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1446309319989&enc=1 Neighbourhood Statistics Office for National Statistics https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113028/ht... |
Lostwithiel (; ) is a civil parish and small town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom at the head of the estuary of the River Fowey. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,739, increasing to 2,899 at the 2011 census. The Lostwithiel electoral ward had a population of 4,639 at the 2011 census. The name... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)1170220583 Lostwithiel Parish 18 March 2018", "Unitary authority": "Cornwall CouncilCornwall Council Website https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/ Cornwall Council 22 February 2023", "Ceremonial county": "Cornwall", "UK Parliament": "South East Cornwall", "Postcode distric... |
Simon Boccanegra () is an opera with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play Simón Bocanegra (1843) by Antonio García Gutiérrez, whose play El trovador had been the basis for Verdi's 1853 opera, Il trovatore.
Simon Boccanegra was first performed at... | {"Librettist": "Francesco Maria Piave (first version)\n Arrigo Boito (second version)", "Language": "Italian", "Based on": "Antonio García Gutiérrez's Simón Bocanegra (1843)", "Premiere": "La Fenice, Venice (first version)\n La Scala, Milan (second version)"} |
is a side-scrolling hack and slash video game produced by Sega, originally released for arcades on the Sega System 16 board in 1987. The player controls ninja Joe Musashi, to stop the Zeed terrorist organization from kidnapping students of his clan.
Shinobi was a commercial success in arcades; it topped the monthly Ja... | {"Title": "Shinobi", "Caption": "Arcade flyer", "Developer": "Sega AM1", "Publisher": "Sega", "Series": "Shinobi", "Director": "Yutaka SuganoLegend of Joe Musashi: SHINOBI Music Collection 7 booklet", "Composer": "Yasuhiro Kawakami", "Platforms": "Arcade, Master System, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, IBM... |
William Michael Connolley (born 12 April 1964) is a British software engineer, writer, and blogger on climatology. Until December 2007 he was Senior Scientific Officer in the Physical Sciences Division in the Antarctic Climate and the Earth System project at the British Antarctic Survey, where he worked as a climate mo... | {"Name": "William Connolley", "Caption": "Connolley in May 2008", "Birth name": "William Michael Conolley", "Birth date": "yes 1964 04 12", "Nationality": "British", "Known For": "Blog activity about climate change", "Alma mater": "University of Oxford", "Occupation": "Software engineer", "Years active": "2003-present"... |
The Diyala River (Arabic: ; ; Farsi: , ) is a river and tributary of the Tigris. It is formed by the confluence of Sirwan river and Tanjaro river in Darbandikhan Dam in the Sulaymaniyah Governorate of Northern Iraq. It covers a total distance of .
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David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda, PC (26 March 1856 - 3 July 1918), was a Welsh industrialist and Liberal politician. He was UK Member of Parliament (MP) for Merthyr Tydfil from 1888 until the January 1910 general election, then MP for Cardiff unti... | {"Name": "The Viscount Rhondda", "Birth date": "1856 3 26 y", "Birth place": "\"Ysguborwen\", Aberdare, Wales", "Death place": "Llanwern, Newport, Wales", "Death date": "1918 7 3 1856 3 26 y", "Spouse(s)": "Sybil Haig (1857-1941)"} |
Lechlade () is a town at the southern edge of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England, south of Birmingham and west of London. It is the highest point at which the River Thames is navigable, although there is a right of navigation that continues south-west into Cricklade, in the neighbouring county of Wiltshire. Th... | {"OS grid reference": "SU2199", "Population": "(2011 Census)https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125516&c=GL7+3BU&d=16&e=62&g=6427064&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1427207096377&enc=1 Parish population 2011 24 March 2015", "District": "Cotswold", "Shire county": "Gloucester... |
Louth () is a market town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.OS Explorer map 283:Louth and Mablethorpe: (1:25 000):
Louth serves as an important town for a large rural area of eastern Lincolnshire. Visitor attractions include St James' Church, Hubbard's Hills, the market, many indep... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2021 Census)Louth https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastmidlands/admin/east_lindsey/E04005681__louth/ City population 25 October 2022", "District": "East Lindsey", "Shire county": "Lincolnshire", "UK Parliament": "Louth and Horncastle", "Postcode district": "LN", "Dia... |
Soham ( ) is a town and civil parish in the district of East Cambridgeshire, in Cambridgeshire, England, just off the A142 between Ely and Newmarket. Its population was 12,336 at the 2021 census.
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The region between Devil's Dyke and the line bet... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "Key Figures for 2021 Census: Key Statistics. Area: Soham (Parish) ONS 2021 https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2021/report?compare=E07000009", "District": "East Cambridgeshire", "Shire county": "Cambridgeshire", "UK Parliament": "South East Cambridgeshire", "Postcode ... |
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS; ) is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for natural sciences. It is the world's largest research organization with 100 institutes, 3 universities, 69 thousand full-time employees, and 79 thousand graduate students. It has been consistently ranked among the top r... | {"Other name": "中国科学院 (Native Name)", "Parent institution": "State Council of China", "Founder(s)": "Government Administration Council of the Central People's Government (emerged to the State Council in 1954)", "Established": "y 1949 11 01", "Focus": "Natural sciences", "President": "Hou Jianguo", "Staff": "69,000 (202... |
The Ford Country Squire is a series of full-size station wagons that were assembled by American automaker Ford. Positioned as the top-level station wagon of the Ford division, the Country Squire was distinguished by woodgrain bodyside trim. From 1950 through the 1991 model years, eight generations of the Country Squire... | {"Manufacturer": "Ford", "Class": "Full-size station wagon", "Body style": "2-door station wagon 4-door station wagon", "Predecessor": "1948 Ford station wagon", "Related": "Mercury Colony Park Ford Country Sedan Ford Ranch Wagon"} |
Academia Sinica (AS, ; ), headquartered in Nangang, Taipei, is the national academy of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Founded in Nanking, the academy supports research activities in a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from mathematical and physical sciences, to life sciences, and to humanities and social sciences. ... | {"Formed": "1928 (in Nanking)1949 (in Taipei)", "Headquarters": "25 2 45 N 121 36 37 E inline, title", "Employees": "~5,800https://www.sinica.edu.tw/ch/faqs/2 zh:中央研究院 常見問題集：三、在中研院工作的人都是中研院院士嗎？ Academia Sinica (incl. 976 principal investigators, 111 research specialists, 775 post-docs, 2,150 students)http://acc.coa.s... |
Moretonhampstead (anciently Moreton Hampstead) is a market town, parish and ancient manor in Devon, situated on the north-eastern edge of Dartmoor, within the Dartmoor National Park. The parish now includes the hamlet of Doccombe (), and it is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Drewsteignton, Dunsf... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "Moretonhampstead Parish http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126687&c=moretonhampstead&d=16&e=62&g=6417007&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1484406767473&enc=1 Neighbourhood Statistics Office for National Statistics 14 January ... |
Grace Lumpkin (March 3, 1891 - March 23, 1980) was an American writer of proletarian literature who focused most of her works on the Depression era and the rise and fall of communism in the United States. The most important of four books was her first, To Make My Bread (1932), which won the Gorky Prize in 1933.
Bio... | {"Born": "March 3, 1891", "Died": "1980 03 23 1891 03 03", "Occupation": "Writer, novelist", "Language": "English", "Period": "1930s, 1960s", "Relatives": "Katharine DuPre Lumpkin (sister)", "Notable awards": "Gorky Prize 1933"} |
David Lionel Baddiel FRSL (; born 28 May 1964) is an English comedian, presenter, screenwriter, and author. He is known for his work alongside Rob Newman in The Mary Whitehouse Experience and his comedy partnership with Frank Skinner. He has also written the children's books The Parent Agency, The Person Controller, An... | {"Birth name": "David Lionel Baddiel", "Born": "Troy, New York, U.S.", "Nationality": "British \"bbc\">https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03spl2y Radcliffe and Maconie - David Baddiel chats about writing scripts for Thunderbirds BBC 30 April 2016 17 October 2020", "Medium": "Film stand-up television", "Alma mater": "Kin... |
Elizabeth Ann Guttman (born September 11, 1961), known professionally as E. G. Daily or Elizabeth Daily, is an American actress and singer.
Daily is best known for her animation voice roles as Tommy Pickles on Rugrats and its spin-off All Grown Up!, Buttercup on The Powerpuff Girls, Rudy Tabootie on ChalkZone, and Jul... | {"Name": "E. G. Daily", "Caption": "Daily in 2018", "Birth name": "Elizabeth Ann Guttman", "Birth date": "1961 9 11 yes", "Birth place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Other names": "Elizabeth Daily", "Occupation": "Actress singer", "Years active": "1979-present", "Spouse(s)": "Rick Salomon 1995 2000 divorced", "Chi... |
The Tales of Hoffmann (French: ) is an by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Jules Barbier, based on three short stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, who is the protagonist of the story. It was Offenbach's final work; he died in October 1880, four months before the premiere.
Composition history and sourc... | {"Librettist": "Jules Barbier", "Language": "French", "Based on": "three short stories E. T. A. Hoffmann", "Premiere": "Opéra-Comique, Paris"} |
Sandra Birgitte Toksvig (; ; born 3 May 1958) is a Danish-British writer, comedian and broadcaster on British radio, stage and television. She is also a political activist, having co-founded the Women's Equality Party in 2015. She has written plays, novels and books for children. In 1994, she came out as a lesbian.
T... | {"Born": "1958 5 3 y", "Citizenship": "Denmark (1958-present) United Kingdom (2013-present)", "Alma mater": "Girton College, Cambridge", "Relatives": "Signe Toksvig (great-aunt)", "Years active": "1982-present", "Occupation": "Comedian writer presenter", "Children": "3"} |
Phil Lesh and Friends is an American rock band formed and led by Phil Lesh, former bassist of the Grateful Dead.
Phil & Friends is not a traditional group in that several different lineups of musicians have played under the name, including groups featuring members of Phish, the Black Crowes, and the Allman Brothers Ba... | {"Origin": "San Francisco, California, United States", "Genres": "Rock blues rock hard rock jazz-rock psychedelic rock jam rock", "Labels": "Columbia, Relix Records", "Website": "http://www.phillesh.net", "Members": "Phil LeshAdditional band members vary from show to show"} |
Tomáš Baťa () (3 April 1876 - 12 July 1932) was a Czech entrepreneur and founder of the Bata shoe company. His career was cut short when he died in a plane accident due to bad weather.
Baťa's half-brother Jan Antonín Baťa took over his company, expanding it during the Great Depression. World War II resulted in much de... | {"Name": "Tomáš Baťa", "Caption": "Tomáš Baťa, 1920s", "Birth date": "3 April 1876", "Birth place": "Zlín, Moravia, Austria-Hungary", "Death date": "12 July 1932 (aged 56)", "Death place": "Otrokovice, Czechoslovakia", "Occupation": "Founder of Bata Shoes", "Children": "Thomas J. Bata"} |
Saint Eustace (Latinized Eustachius or Eustathius, Greek Εὐστάθιος Πλακίδας Eustathios Plakidas) is revered as a Christian martyr. According to legend, he was martyred in AD 118, at the command of emperor Hadrian. Eustace was a pagan Roman general, who converted to Christianity after he had a vision of the cross while ... | {"Died": "AD 118", "Feast": "September 20 (Western Christianity, Byzantine Christianity)Thout 22 (Coptic Christianity)", "Attributes": "Christian Martyrdom, bull; crucifix; horn; stag; oven", "Patronage": "against fire; fire prevention; firefighters; hunters; hunting; huntsmen; trappers; against family discord; difficu... |
The Danites were a fraternal organization founded by Latter Day Saint members in June 1838, in the town of Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri. During their period of organization in Missouri, the Danites operated as a vigilante group and took a central role in the events of the 1838 Mormon War. They remained an import... | {"Named after": "Prophet Daniel or Biblical Tribe of Dan", "Founded at": "Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri", "Headquarters": "Nauvoo, Illinois\n\nSalt Lake City, Utah?", "Services": "Military\n\nMissouri Mormon War (1838)\n\nDaviess Expedition (1838)\n\nUtah Mormon War (1857-1858)\n\nMountain Meadows Massacre (1857)... |
Ähtäri () is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Ähtäri is located southeast of Seinäjoki.
The municipality is unilingual Finnish.
Ähtäri is known for its zoo and ho... | {"Land": "area_land_km2 Ähtäri", "Water": "area_water_km2 Ähtäri", "Rank": "population_rank Ähtäri", "Density": "population_density_km2 Ähtäri", "DST": "+03:00", "Website": "www.ahtari.fi"} |
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Teatro La Fenice (, "The Phoenix") is an opera house in Venice, Italy. It is one of "the most famous and renowned landmarks in the history of Italian theatre" and in the history of opera as a whole. Especially in the 19th century, La Fenice became the site of many famous operatic premi... | {"Coordinates": "45.4337 N 12.3339 E region:IT_type:landmark inline,title", "Architect": "Gianantonio Selva\n Tommaso and Giovanni Battista Meduna\n Aldo Rossi", "Owner": "City of Venice", "Capacity": "1126", "Opened": "1792", "Reopened": "1837 2003"} |
Rinkitink in Oz: Wherein is Recorded the Perilous Quest of Prince Inga of Pingaree and King Rinkitink in the Magical Isles that Lie Beyond the Borderland of Oz. is the tenth book in the Land of Oz series written by L. Frank Baum. It was published on June 20, 1916, with full-color and black-and-white illustrations by ar... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "The Oz books", "Publisher": "Reilly & Britton", "Media type": "Print (Hardcover)", "Preceded by": "The Scarecrow of Oz", "Followed by": "The Lost Princess of Oz"} |
The Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44, by Robert Schumann was composed in 1842 and received its first public performance the following year. Noted for its "extroverted, exuberant" character, Schumann's piano quintet is considered one of his finest compositions and a major work of nineteenth-century chamber music.Da... | {"Opus": "44", "Key": "E-flat major", "Dedication": "Clara Schumann", "Composed": "1842", "Performed": "1843 01 18 y Gewandhaus Leipzig", "Published": "1828", "Movements": "4"} |
() is an Indian leading Hindi-language news channel owned by TV Today Network, part of the New Delhibased media conglomerate Living Media group (India Today Group).
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On 14 December 2018, Aaj Tak launched India's first Hindi high-definition channel, Aaj Tak HD. Aaj Tak HD broadcasts news and two extra sho... | {"Launched": "yes 2000 12 31 (New Year's Eve 2000) SDTVyes 2018 12 14 HDTV", "Owner": "Living Media", "Picture format": "16:9 (1080i HDTV) (2018-present)\n 4:3 (576i SDTV) (1995-present)", "Language(s)": "Hindi", "Broadcast area": "India and international", "Headquarters": "Noida, Uttar Pradesh, In... |
Jared Scott Fogle"NO.15-3770 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JARED S. FOGLE, Defendant-Appellant." p. 2 (PDF p. 7/42). (; born August 23, 1977) is an American former spokesman for Subway restaurants. Fogle appeared in Subway's advertising campaigns... | {"Caption": "Fogle in 2008", "Birth name": "Jared Scott Fogle", "Birth date": "1977 08 23Sheckler Finch Jackie Insider's Guide® To Indianapolis 2010 Morris Book Publishing, LLC Guilford, Connecticut paperback 60 9780762756735 The Skinny On Jared Jared Fogle had no idea the unplanned course his life would take. Born Aug... |
The Institut national de la recherche scientifique (English: 'National Institute of Scientific Research') is the research-oriented constituent university of the Université du Québec system that offers only graduate studies. INRS conducts research in four broad sectors: water, earth and the environment; energy, material... | {"Motto": "\"La science en action pour un monde en evolution\" (Science in action for a world in evolution)", "Type": "Public", "President": "Armand Couture", "Undergraduates": "available", "Postgraduates": "available", "Campus": "Urban/Suburban, five campuses throughout Quebec, with campuses in Quebec City and Montrea... |
Mojo Nixon (born Neill Kirby McMillan, Jr.; August 2, 1957) is an American musician and actor best known for his humorous, irreverent novelty song "Elvis Is Everywhere" which was an alternative staple on MTV. His style can generally be defined as psychobilly, a musical genre which blends rockabilly with punk rock. Nix... | {"Born": "1957 8 2", "Origin": "Danville, Virginia, U.S.", "Genres": "Rockabillyhttps://www.popmatters.com/mojo-nixon-skid-roper-bo-day-shus-1987-2496194395.html Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper, Bo-Day-Shus!!! (1987) Staff January 8, 2008 PopMatters June 7, 2021 cowpunk psychobilly", "Labels": "Enigma (1985-1991)Needletim... |
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), formerly known as the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, is a non-profit civil liberties group founded in 1999 with the mission of protecting free speech rights on college campuses in the United States. FIRE was renamed in June 2022, with its focus... | {"Abbreviation": "FIRE", "Headquarters": "510 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania", "Coordinates": "39.9481 -75.1513 inline,title", "Website": "http://www.thefire.org"} |
Fayez Rashid Ahmed Hassan al-Qadi Banihammad (; 19 March 197711 September 2001) was an Emirati terrorist hijacker. He was one of five hijackers aboard United Airlines Flight 175 as part of the 11 September attacks.
He was one of two Emiratis to take part in the attacks, the other being Marwan al-Shehhi, who led the h... | {"Name": "Fayez Banihammad", "Native name": "فايز بني حماد", "Image": "FBanihammad.JPG", "Birth date": "1977 3 19 yes", "Birth name": "Fayez Rashid Ahmed Hassan al-Qadi Banihammad", "Birth place": "Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates", "Death date": "2001 9 11 1977 3 19 yes", "Death place": "New York City, New York, U.S.... |
Syrian Airlines (), operating as SyrianAir (), is the flag carrier of Syria. It operates scheduled international services to several destinations in Asia, Europe and North Africa, though the number of flights operated has seriously declined since 2011 due to the Arab Spring and subsequent Syrian war. SyrianAir previous... | {"Airline name": "Syrian Airlinesالسورية", "Image size (px)": "300px", "Image alt text": "a flying blue bird inside a circle, With “SyrianAir” written in English on the left, and in Arabic to the right.", "IATA Designator": "RB", "ICAO Designator": "SYR", "Callsign": "SYRIANAIR", "Founded": "1946 as Syrian Airways Dam... |
The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in May 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. The Acts ratified the treaty of Union which created a new unified Kingdom of Great Britain and created the parliament of Great Britain located in the ... | {"Type": "Bicameral", "Preceded by": "Parliament of EnglandParliament of Scotland", "Succeeded by": "Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", "Disbanded": "31 December 1800"} |
The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain. Parliament evolved from the great council of bishops and peers that advised the English monarch. Great councils were first called Parliaments during the reign... | {"Type": "Unicameral(1236Brand 2009 10-1341 / 1649-1657)Bicameral(1341-1649 / 1657-1707)", "Preceded by": "Curia regis", "Succeeded by": "Parliament of Great Britain", "Disbanded": "1 May 1707"} |
The Saatchi Gallery is a London gallery for contemporary art and an independent charity opened by Charles Saatchi in 1985. Exhibitions which drew upon the collection of Charles Saatchi, starting with US artists and minimalism, moving to the Damien Hirst-led Young British Artists, followed by shows purely of painting, l... | {"Coordinates": "51.4906 -0.1589 type:landmark_region:GB inline,title", "Established": "1985", "Location": "Duke of York's Headquarters, King's RoadLondon, SW 3United Kingdom", "Visitors": "1,003,376 (2016)https://www.museus.gov.br/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/20170406-CPAI-Ranking2016Pub-Comp-.pdf Visitor Figures 2016 ... |
Kimberly Alexis Bledel ( ; born September 16, 1981) is an American actress and model. She is best known for her role as Rory Gilmore on the television series Gilmore Girls (2000-2007), and Emily Malek in The Handmaid's Tale (2017-2021). Bledel also had a recurring role in Mad Men in 2012 and reprised her role as Rory G... | {"Name": "Alexis Bledel", "Caption": "Bledel in 2011", "Birth name": "Kimberly Alexis Bledel", "Birth date": "yes 1981 09 16https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-tv-arts-and-entertainment-celebrity-music-3d38abf5cd65091bfdf09d753756a5b9 Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 12-18 7 September 2021 Associated Pres... |
Howard University is a private, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C., located in the Shaw neighborhood.Howard University - Howard University and Lowe To Develop Mixed-Use Building Near University Campus It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities - High research activity"... | {"Motto": "Veritas et Utilitas", "Type": "Private federally chartered historically black research university", "Endowment": "$865.3 million (2023)https://thedig.howard.edu/all-stories/howard-university-celebrates-unprecedented-progress-powered-howard-forward-strategic-plan-0 Howard University Celebrates Unprecedented ... |
Sant Dnyaneshwar (Marathi pronunciation: [d̪ɲaːn̪eʃʋəɾ]), also referred to as Jnaneshwar, Jnanadeva, Dnyandev or Mauli or Dnyaneshwar Vitthal Kulkarni (1275-1296),W. Doderet (1926), ]https://www.jstor.org/stable/607401 The Passive Voice of the Jnanesvari], Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, Cambridge Universit... | {"Name": "Dnyaneshwar Vitthalapant Kulkarni", "Religion": "Hinduism", "Birth date": "Janmashtami, 1275 CE", "Birth place": "Apegaon, Yadava dynasty (present-day Paithan Taluka, Chatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Maharashtra, India)"} |
Neue Deutsche Welle (NDW, , "New German Wave") is a genre of West German rock music originally derived from post-punk and new wave music with electronic influences.Nancy Kilpatrick, The Goth Bible: A Compendium for the Darkly Inclined, New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2004, chapter 5, "Music of the Macabre," p. 84. The ... | {"Name": "Neue Deutsche Welle", "Stylistic origins": "New wave post-punk synth-pop schlager krautrock", "Cultural origins": "Late 1970s, West Germany", "Typical instruments": "Electric guitar, drum kit, electric bass, keyboard", "Other genre topics": "German rock, music of Germany, Neue Deutsche Härte"} |
The Chrysler 300 "letter series" are high-performance personal luxury cars that were built by Chrysler in the U.S. from 1955 to 1965 and were a sub-model from the Chrysler New Yorker. After the initial year, which was named C-300 for its standard FirePower V8, the 1956 cars were designated 300B. Successive model year... | {"Class": "Personal luxury carMuscle carGrand tourer", "Manufacturer": "Chrysler Corporation", "Production": "1955-1965 1970", "Assembly": "United States: Detroit, Michigan (Jefferson Avenue Assembly)", "Layout": "Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive", "Predecessor": "Chrysler Saratoga", "Successor": "Chrysler 300 non-lette... |
The Topps Company, Inc. is an American company that manufactures trading cards and other collectibles. Formerly based in New York City, Topps is best known as a leading producer of baseball and other sports and non-sports themed trading cards. Topps also produces cards under the brand names Allen & Ginter and Bowman.
... | {"Type": "Private", "Founded": "Brooklyn, New York, U.S. (1938)", "Headquarters": "U.S.", "Industry": "Collectibles, confectionery", "Products": "Trading cards, chewing gum, candy", "Brands": "Allen & Ginter1887 N28 Allen & Ginter Baseball Cards on The Cardboard Connection Bowman", "Revenue": "$91.6 Million (fiscal 20... |
Snowflake (, , ; - 24 November 2003) was a western lowland gorilla who was the world's only known albino gorilla to date.Las crónicas sobre Copito en La Vanguardia. He was kept at Barcelona Zoo in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, from 1966 until his death in 2003.
History
Snowflake was captured in the Río Muni region in ... | {"Sex": "Male", "Born": "Spanish Guinea", "Died": "Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain", "Years active": "1966-2003", "Known for": "Being the world's only known albino gorilla"} |
George Thomas "Mickey" Leland III (November 27, 1944 - August 7, 1989) was an anti-poverty activist who later became a congressman from the Texas 18th District and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. He was a Democrat.
Early years
Leland was born in Lubbock, Texas to Alice and George Thomas Leland, II. At a very ... | {"Name": "Mickey Leland", "Term start": "January 3, 1979", "Term end": "August 7, 1989", "Birth name": "George Thomas Leland", "Birth date": "1944 11 27", "Birth place": "Lubbock, Texas, U.S.", "Death date": "1989 8 7 1944 11 27", "Death place": "Gambela, Ethiopia", "Spouse(s)": "Alison Clark Walton 1983", "Education":... |
The Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England, known as the Master of the Rolls, is the President of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and Head of Civil Justice. As a judge, the Master of the Rolls is second in seniority in England and Wales only to the Lord Chief... | {"Post": "Master of the Rolls", "Body": "England and Wales", "Insignia size": "115px", "Insignia caption": "The Judiciary of England and Wales", "Incumbent": "Sir Geoffrey Vos", "Incumbent since": "11 January 2021", "Style": "The Right Honourable", "Nominator": "Judicial Appointments Commission", "Appointer": "The Sove... |
Godric is the tenth novel by the American author and theologian, Frederick Buechner. Set in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the novel tells the semi-fictionalised life story of the medieval Roman Catholic saint, Godric of Finchale. It was first published in 1980 by Atheneum, New York, and was a finalist for the 19... | {"Language": "English", "Publisher": "New York: Atheneum", "Preceded by": "The Book of Bebb", "Followed by": "Brendan (novel)"} |
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum (also known as the 9/11 Memorial & Museum) is a memorial and museum in New York City commemorating the September 11 attacks of 2001, which killed 2,977 people, and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six. The memorial is located at the World Trade Center site, t... | {"Status": "Open", "Construction started": "2006 3 13", "Type": "Memorial and museum", "Location": "180 Greenwich Street, New York City, NY, 10007,U.S.", "Coordinates": "40 42 42 N 74 0 49 W region:US-NY_type:landmark inline,title"} |
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