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The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first ever to be held after a full term of Labour government. The election was held on Thursday 23 February 1950, and was the first held following the abolition of plural voting and university constituencies. The government's 1945 lead over the Conservative Party shrank ... | {"Name": "1950 United Kingdom general election", "Country": "United Kingdom", "Type": "parliamentary", "Ongoing?": "no", "Previous election": "1945 United Kingdom general election", "Previous year": "1945", "Outgoing members": "List of MPs elected in the 1945 United Kingdom general election", "Next election": "1951 Uni... |
Ottery St Mary, known as "Ottery", is a town and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England, on the River Otter, about east of Exeter on the B3174. At the 2001 census, the parish, which includes the villages of Metcombe, Fairmile, Alfington, Tipton St John, Wiggaton, and (until 2017) West Hill, had a po... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011)", "Shire county": "Devon", "District": "East Devon", "Postcode district": "EX", "Dialling code": "01404", "UK Parliament": "East Devon", "OS grid reference": "SY0995"} |
thumb|200px|9 Albyn Place, Edinburgh, Campbell-Swinton's Edinburgh home has a plaque to his memory
Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton FRS (18 October 1863 - 19 February 1930) was a Scottish consulting electrical engineer, who provided the theoretical basis for the electronic television, two decades before the technology e... | {"Name": "Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton", "Caption": "Alan Campbell-Swinton", "Birth date": "yes 1863 10 18", "Birth place": "Albyn Place, Edinburgh, Scotland", "Death date": "yes 1930 2 19 1863 10 18", "Nationality": "British", "Education": "Fettes College, Edinburgh", "Occupation": "Electrical engineer", "Known For... |
Dame Olga Maria Elisabeth Friederike Schwarzkopf, (9 December 19153 August 2006) was a German-born Austro-British lyric soprano. She was among the foremost singers of lieder, and is renowned for her performances of Viennese operetta, as well as the operas of Mozart, Wagner and Richard Strauss. After retiring from the ... | {"Honorific prefix": "Dame", "Name": "Elisabeth Schwarzkopf", "Post-nominals": "GBR 100% DBE", "Caption": "The soprano around 1950", "Birth name": "Olga Maria Elisabeth Friederike Schwarzkopf", "Birth date": "1915 12 09 y", "Birth place": "Jarotschin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (now Poland)", "Death date": "2006... |
Sydney Brenner (13 January 1927 - 5 April 2019) was a South African biologist. In 2002, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with H. Robert Horvitz and Sir John E. Sulston. Brenner made significant contributions to work on the genetic code, and other areas of molecular biology while working in the Medic... | {"Fields": "Biology", "Institutions": "whoswho/>\n University of California, Berkeley\n Molecular Sciences Institute\n Scripps Research Institute\n Salk Institute for Biological Studies\n Howard Hughes Medical Institutehttps://web.archive.org/web/20071227182819/http://www.hhmi.org/janelia/brenner.html 2007-12-27 http:/... |
Brackley is a market town and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, bordering Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, from Oxford and from Northampton. Historically a market town based on the wool and lace trade, it was built on the intersecting trade routes between London, Birmingham, the Midlands, Cambridge and ... | {"Population": "(2021 Census)Brackley https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastmidlands/admin/west_northamptonshire/E04012823__brackley/ City population 25 October 2022", "OS grid reference": "SP5837", "Unitary authority": "West Northamptonshire", "Ceremonial county": "Northamptonshire", "Sovereign state": "England",... |
The Soft Parade is the fourth studio album by American rock band the Doors, released on July 18, 1969, by Elektra Records. Most of the album was recorded following a grueling tour during which the band was left with little time to compose new material. Record producer Paul A. Rothchild recommended a total departure fro... | {"Released": "1969 7 18", "Recorded": "July 1968 - May 1969", "Studio": "Elektra Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California", "Genre": "Psychedelic rock\nart rock\npop rock\nexperimental", "Label": "Elektra", "Producer": "Paul A. Rothchild"} |
Amalia of Solms-Braunfels (31 August 1602 - 8 September 1675) was Princess of Orange by marriage to Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange. She acted as the political adviser of her spouse during his reign, and acted as his de facto deputy and regent during his infirmity from 1640 to 1647. She also served as chair of the re... | {"Father": "John Albert I, Count of Solms-Braunfels", "Mother": "Countess Agnes of Sayn-Wittgenstein", "Born": "Braunfels Castle in Braunfels", "Died": "the Hague"} |
The Lost Princess of Oz is the eleventh canonical Oz book written by L. Frank Baum. Published on June 5, 1917, it begins with the disappearance of Princess Ozma, the ruler of Oz and covers Dorothy and the Wizard's efforts to find her. The introduction to the book states that its inspiration was a letter a young girl ha... | {"Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Series": "The Oz Books", "Publisher": "Reilly & Britton", "Media type": "Print", "Preceded by": "Rinkitink in Oz", "Followed by": "The Tin Woodman of Oz"} |
thumb|Wynn in the Hildebrandslied manuscript (830s): the text reads ƿiges ƿarne
thumb|Capital wynn appears twice in this 10th century inscription in Breamore: her sƿutelað seo gecƿydrædnes ðe
Wynn or wyn (; also spelled wen, ƿynn, and ƿen) is a letter of the Old English alphabet, where it is used to represent the sound... | {"Development": "ᚹ", "Writing system": "Futhorc", "Phonetic usage": "[w]w ɪ n", "Type": "ic and Logographic", "Language of origin": "Old English language", "Unicode codepoint": "U+01F7, U+01BF"} |
Phase Space (subtitled Stories from the Manifold and Elsewhere) is a 2003 science fiction collection by British writer Stephen Baxter, containing twenty-three thematically linked stories, in which the human relationship with the universe is explored: whether humanity is truly alone in the universe, if there are other i... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Series": "Manifold", "Published": "2003 Voyager", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "ISBN": "0-00-651185-6", "Preceded by": "Manifold: Origin"} |
Wladimir Klitschko (born 25 March 1976) is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2017. He held the world heavyweight championship twice, including the unified WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, and Ring magazine titles. A strategic and intelligent boxer, Klitschko is considered to be one of the best ... | {"Name": "Wladimir Klitschko", "Native name": "Володимир Кличко", "Caption": "Klitschko in 2017", "Native name language": "uk", "Nationality": "Ukrainian", "Birth date": "yes 1976 3 25", "Birth place": "Semipalatinsk, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union", "Partner(s)": "Hayden Panettiere (2009-2011; 2013-2018)", "Children": "1", ... |
The National Stock Exchange (NSX) is an electronic stock exchange based in Jersey City, New Jersey. It was founded March 1885 in Cincinnati, Ohio, as the Cincinnati Stock Exchange.
In 1995, it moved headquarters to Chicago, Illinois, and it was renamed the National Stock Exchange in 2003. After demutualizing in 2006,... | {"Type": "Electronic stock exchange", "Location": "United States", "Founded": "March 1885 in Cincinnati, Ohio as the Cincinnati Stock Exchange", "Currency": "United States dollar", "Indices": "NSX"} |
Orio Mastropiero (died 13 June 1192), forename sometimes rendered as Aurio and surname as Malipiero, was a Venetian statesman who served as the Doge of Venice from 1178 to 1192.
He was elected by the Council of Forty in 1178 following the retirement of Sebastiano Ziani. Prior to this he had been an ambassador to Sicily... | {"Name": "Orio Mastropiero", "Image caption": "Coat of arms of Orio Mastropiero. Note how his name is given as 'Aurio' here.", "Term start": "1178", "Term end": "1192", "Birth date": "Unknown", "Death date": "13 June 1192"} |
The Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH), also known as The Field Museum, is a natural history museum in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the largest such museums in the world. The museum is popular for the size and quality of its educational and scientific programs, and its extensive scientific specimen and artifact... | {"Coordinates": "41 51 58 N 87 37 01 W inline,title", "Established": "1894 06 02 yhttps://www.fieldmuseum.org/about/history Museum History The Field Museum 23 February 2011", "Location": "Near South Side, Chicago, United States", "Visitors": "1,018,000 (2022)Theme Index and Museum Index 2022: The Global Attractions Att... |
Rescue On Fractalus! is a 1985 first-person shooter computer game created by Lucasfilm Games. It was originally released for the Atari 8-bit family and the Atari 5200 games console. It was also ported to other popular platforms of the day, such as the Apple II, ZX Spectrum (by Dalali Software Ltd), Amstrad CPC, Tandy C... | {"Title": "Rescue on Fractalus!", "Caption": "European Commodore 64/128 cover", "Developer": "Lucasfilm Games", "Publisher": "EpyxActivisionAtari Corporation", "Director": "David Fox", "Designer": "David FoxLoren CarpenterPeter LangstonCharlie KellnerGary Winnick", "Platforms": "Atari 8-bit, Atari 5200, Amstrad CPC, Ap... |
Edmund James Peck (April 15, 1850 – September 10, 1924), known in Inuktitut as Uqammaq (one who talks well),Apostle to the Inuit: The Journals and Ethnographic Notes of Edmund James Peck, The Baffin Years, 1894-1905, edited by Frédéric Laugrand, Jarich Oosten and François Trudel. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2... | {"Name": "Edmund James Peck", "Birth date": "yes 1850 04 15", "Birth place": "Rusholme, England, United Kingdom", "Death date": "yes 1924 09 10 1850 04 15", "Nationality": "British", "Known For": "Missionary to the Inuit", "Spouse(s)": "Clara Coleman"} |
The Washington State History Museum is a history museum located in downtown Tacoma, Washington, United States. It is operated by the Washington State Historical Society under the official approval of the Washington State Legislature. The museum opened on August 10, 1996, at a building adjacent to historic Union Station... | {"Coordinates": "47 14 42 N 122 26 10 W dms inline,title type:landmark_region:US-WA", "Established": "1996", "Location": "1911 Pacific AvenueTacoma, Washington, U.S.", "Type": "History museum", "Director": "Jennifer Kilmer", "Curator": "Lynette Miller", "Website": "washingtonhistory.org"} |
Muhal Richard Abrams (born Richard Lewis Abrams; September 19, 1930 - October 29, 2017) was an American educator, administrator, composer, arranger, clarinetist, cellist, and jazz pianist in the free jazz medium. He recorded and toured the United States, Canada and Europe with his orchestra, sextet, quartet, duo and as... | {"Born": "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.", "Died": "Manhattan, New York, U.S.", "Genres": "Free jazz, post-bop", "Labels": "Delmark, Black Saint, Novus, New World, Pi"} |
Rachel Joy Scott (August 5, 1981 - April 20, 1999) was an American student who was the first fatality of the Columbine High School massacre, in which 11 other students and a teacher were also murdered by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who then died by suicide.
Scott's belief in Christianity and the circumstances of he... | {"Name": "Rachel Scott", "Caption": "Scott in 1997", "Birth name": "Rachel Joy Scott", "Birth date": "1981 8 5", "Birth place": "Denver, Colorado, U.S.", "Death date": "yes 1999 4 20 1981 8 5", "Death place": "Columbine, Colorado, U.S.\"2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Columbine CDP, CO https://web.archive.org/web/20160... |
Béla III (, , ; 114823 April 1196) was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1172 and 1196. He was the second son of King Géza II and Géza's wife, Euphrosyne of Kiev. Around 1161, Géza granted Béla a duchy, which included Croatia, central Dalmatia and possibly Sirmium. In accordance with a peace treaty between his elder... | {"Father": "Géza II of Hungary", "Mother": "Euphrosyne of Kiev", "Born": "1148", "Died": "23 April 1196 1148", "Burial": "Székesfehérvár Basilicareburied at Matthias Church", "Religion": "Roman Catholic"} |
Marshall Herff Applewhite Jr. (May 17, 1931 - March 26, 1997), also known as Do, among other names, was an American cult leader who founded what became known as Heaven's Gate and organized their mass suicide in 1997. It is the largest mass suicide to occur inside the U.S.
As a young man, Applewhite attended several un... | {"Name": "Marshall Applewhite", "Alt": "A wide-eyed man addressing a camera", "Caption": "Applewhite in an initiation video for Heaven's Gate in 1996", "Birth name": "Marshall Herff Applewhite Jr.", "Birth date": "1931 5 17", "Birth place": "Spur, Texas, U.S.", "Alma mater": "Austin College (BA)University of Colorado (... |
Thomas Jordan (September 30, 1819 - November 27, 1895) was a Confederate general and major operative in the network of Confederate spies during the American Civil War. A career soldier in the armies of three nations, he had previously fought in the Mexican-American War, and in 1868 was appointed as chief of staff of t... | {"Born": "Luray, Virginia", "Died": "New York City, New York", "Allegiance": "United States of America\n Confederate States of America\n Cuba", "Commands held": "Third Military District of South Carolina (CSA)\n General-in-Chief of the Cuban Liberation Army (CLA)", "Relations": "Gabriel and Elizabeth \"Betsey\" Ann Sei... |
260 px|thumb|The first edition from 1927
260 px|thumb|The second edition from 1950
260 px|thumb|The third edition from 1977
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (GSE; ) is the largest Soviet Russian-language encyclopedia,The 3rd edition contains more than 95,000 articles, and nearly 35,000 illustrations and maps. Compare with... | {"Language": "Russian", "Publisher": "Sovetskaya Entsiklopediya", "Media type": "30 volumes (hardbound) in 1981", "Website": "http://bse.sci-lib.com"} |
Lemmon Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The population was 5,040 at the 2010 census. It is a northern suburb of the city of Reno and is part of the Reno–Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prior to 2010 it was listed by the U.S. Census Bureau as part of the Lemmon Val... | {"Land": "15.94", "Water": "1.20", "Density": "312.80", "DST": "-7"} |
Zephyr Cove is a community and census-designated place (CDP) in Douglas County, Nevada, United States. The population was 565 at the 2010 census. Prior to 2010 it was part of the Zephyr Cove-Round Hill Village CDP.
History
Before Zephyr Cove was established, the Native American Washoe people lived around the area. The... | {"Land": "2.12", "Water": "0.12", "Density": "319.98", "DST": "-7"} |
Gerlach, Nevada is a census-designated place (CDP) in Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The population was 130 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Reno–Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area. Prior to 2010, Gerlach was part of the Gerlach-Empire census-designated place. The town of Empire is now a separate CDP. The... | {"Land": "3.13", "Water": "0.00", "Density": "41.60", "DST": "−7", "Website": "yes Nevada Historical Marker 152"} |
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Empire is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Washoe County, Nevada, with a population estimated at 65 (2021). Empire mine bought out by investor and reopened on a smaller scale.
Prior to the 2010 census it was part of the Gerlach-Empire census-designated place, it is... | {"Land": "5.13", "Water": "0.00", "Density": "9.16", "DST": "-7"} |
Verdi ( ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Washoe County, Nevada, United States. It is on the western side of the Reno–Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area, near Interstate 80. The CDP of Verdi, California lies immediately adjacent across the state line. Both are in the shadow of California's Verdi Range. In 2010,... | {"Land": "3.31", "Water": "0.12", "Density": "421.24", "DST": "-7"} |
Ian George Brown (born 20 February 1963) is an English singer and multi-instrumentalist. He was the lead singer of the alternative rock band The Stone Roses from their formation in 1983. Following the split in 1996, he began a solo career, releasing seven studio albums, a greatest hits compilation, a remix album, an 11... | {"Born": "Warrington, Cheshire, EnglandLarkin", "Genres": "Alternative rock indie rock alternative dance", "Labels": "Polydor/Fiction Records (UK) Interscope/E1 Music (US)", "Formerly of": "The Stone Roses The Patrol The Waterfront", "Website": "http://www.ianbrown.co.uk/"} |
Odd Job Jack is a Canadian adult animated sitcom starring Don McKellar, about one man's misadventures in temporary employment. Seen on and produced for The Comedy Network, a cable specialty channel, Adult Swim and MuchMusic in Latin America, 2x2 in Russia, Hulu in the United States, and MusiquePlus in the French speak... | {"Genre": "Sitcom", "Created by": "Adrian Carter Denny Silverthorne Jr. Jeremy Diamond", "Directed by": "Adrian Carter Denny Silverthorne Jr.", "Starring": "Don McKellar", "Country of origin": "Canada", "Running time": "21-23 minutes", "Original network": "CTV Comedy Channel", "Original release": "2007 10 14"} |
Shobna Gulati (born 7 August 1966)www.shobnagulati.co.uk, Shobna Gulati official website is an English actress and presenter. Gulati is known for her roles as Anita in dinnerladies, and Sunita Alahan in the soap opera Coronation Street from 2001 to 2013. From 2013 to 2014, Gulati appeared as a panellist on the lunchti... | {"Caption": "Shobna Gulati in 2012", "Name": "Shobna GulatiGBR DL", "Birth date": "yes 1966 8 7", "Birth place": "Oldham, Lancashire, England", "Television": "Dinnerladies Coronation Street Doctor Who Midsomer Murders Hullraisers Inside No. 9", "Spouse(s)": "Anshu Srivastava 1990 1994 divorced", "Children": "1 (Ak... |
The Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA; ) (the Act) is a Canadian statute, which came into effect on April 1, 2003. It covers the prosecution of youths for criminal offences. The Act replaced the Young Offenders Act, which itself was a replacement for the Juvenile Delinquents Act.
Definition of youth
The Act governs the... | {"Short title": "Youth Criminal Justice Act", "Long title": "An Act in respect of criminal justice for young persons and to amend and repeal other Acts", "Citation": "SC 2002, c. 1", "Date assented to": "2002-02-19", "Bill citation": "Bill C-7, 37th Parliament, 1st Session", "Enacted by": "Parliament of Canada", "Intro... |
Absalom Jones (November 7, 1746February 13, 1818) was an African-American abolitionist and clergyman who became prominent in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Disappointed at the racial discrimination he experienced in a local Methodist church, he founded the Free African Society with Richard Allen in 1787, a mutual aid soci... | {"Name": "Absalom Jones", "Caption": "1810 portrait of Absalom Jones by Raphaelle Peale", "Birth date": "1746 11 7", "Birth place": "Sussex County, Delaware Colony", "Death date": "1818 2 13 (aged 71)", "Death place": "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States", "Known For": "Anti-slavery petitioner", "Occupation": "Cl... |
thumb|right|A Cameron Z105 balloon near Bristol
thumb|right|The balloon The Skywhale which was designed by the sculptor Patricia Piccinini and manufactured by Cameron Balloons during 2012 and 2013
thumb|right|The Cameron's factory with two balloons manufactured by Cameron balloons
Cameron Balloons is a company establ... | {"Founded": "1 April 1971", "Headquarters": "England", "Industry": "Balloon manufacture", "Website": "Cameron Balloons Ltd."} |
The Duchy of Normandy grew out of the 911 Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between King Charles III of West Francia and the Viking leader Rollo. The duchy was named for its inhabitants, the Normans.
From 1066 until 1204, as a result of the Norman conquest of England, the dukes of Normandy were usually also kings of Engl... | {"Native name": "fr Duché de Normandienrf Duchie de Normaundiela Ducatus Normanniae", "Conventional long name": "Duchy of Normandy", "Starting event": "Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte", "Event 1": "Norman conquest of England", "Event 1 date": "1066", "Event 2": "Normandy conquered by Anjou", "Event 2 date": "1144", "Eve... |
The Young Offenders Act (YOA; ) (the Act) was an act of the Parliament of Canada, granted Royal Assent in 1982 and proclaimed in force on April 2, 1984, that regulated the criminal prosecution of Canadian youths. The act was repealed in 2003 with the passing of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
The Act established the n... | {"Short title": "Young Offenders Act", "Citation": "RSC 1985, c. Y-1", "Enacted by": "Parliament of Canada", "Date enacted": "April 2, 1984", "Date assented to": "1982", "Repeals": "Juvenile Delinquents Act", "Status": "repealed", "Repealed by": "Youth Criminal Justice Act"} |
thumb|Columbine High School in 2006
Columbine High School (CHS) is a public high school in Columbine, Colorado, United States, in the Denver metropolitan area. It is part of the Jefferson County Public Schools district.
In 1999, it became the scene of an infamous mass shooting, where 12 students and one teacher were m... | {"Coordinates": "39 36 14 N 105 04 27 W type:edu inline,title", "School district": "Jefferson County R-1", "NCES": "080480000707 CCOLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL 5 May 2020 NCES", "Teaching staff": "87.17", "Student to teacher ratio": "19.47", "Campus type": "Suburban", "Mascot": "Rebel", "Nickname": "Rebels", "Website": "columb... |
Mickey's Polo Team is a 1936 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. The cartoon features a game of polo played between four Disney characters, led by Mickey Mouse, and four cartoon versions of real-life movie stars. It was directed by David Hand and was first re... | {"Directed by": "David Hand", "Produced by": "Walt Disney", "Starring": "Walt DisneyClarence Nash", "Animation by": "Art BabbittJohnny CannonPaul HopkinsDick HuemerGrim NatwickBill Roberts", "Distributed by": "United Artists", "Color process": "Technicolor"} |
Lennart Georg Meri (; 29 March 1929 - 14 March 2006) was an Estonian writer, film director and statesman. He was the country's foreign minister in 1990-1992 and President of Estonia in 1992-2001.
Early life
Meri was born in Tallinn, a son of the Estonian diplomat and later Shakespeare translator Georg Meri, and Eston... | {"Name": "Lennart Meri", "Nationality": "Estonian", "Term start": "6 October 1992", "Term end": "8 October 2001", "Office 2": "Minister of Foreign Affairs", "Prime minister 2": "Edgar Savisaar Tiit Vähi", "Predecessor 2": "Olev Olesk (in exile)", "Successor 2": "Jaan Manitski", "Birth name": "Lennart-Georg Meri", "Bi... |
The Estonian Centre Party (, EK) is a populist political party in Estonia. It was founded in 1991 as a direct successor of the Popular Front of Estonia, and it is currently led by Mihhail Kõlvart., Postimees, 5 November 2016
thumb|Headquarters of the Estonian Centre Party in Tallinn.
The party was founded on 12 October... | {"Leader": "Mihhail Kõlvart", "Split from": "Popular Front of Estonia", "Founded": "1991 10 12 y", "Newspaper": "Kesknädal", "Ideology": "Populism\n Plurinationalism\n Factions:a\n Conservatism\n Liberalism", "European affiliation": "Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe", "European Parliament group": "Rene... |
The People's Union of Estonia () was a political party in Estonia. Its last leader was Margo Miljand.
In the 2003 parliamentary election, the party collected 64,463 votes, which made 13.0% share of all votes and 13 mandates out of 101. In 2007's election, this dropped to 39,211 votes (7.1% of the total, a drop of 5.9%... | {"Leader": "Margo Miljand", "Founded": "29 September 1994 (EME)", "Merged into": "Conservative People's Party of Estonia", "Ideology": "Agrarianismhttp://parties-and-elections.de/estonia.html Estonia 2011 Parties and Elections in Europe Nordsieck Wolfram https://web.archive.org/web/20120312211904/http://www.parties-and... |
Wilmer McLean (May 3, 1814 - June 5, 1882) was an American wholesale grocer from Virginia. His house, near Manassas, Virginia, was involved in the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861. After the battle, he moved to Appomattox, Virginia, to escape the war, thinking that it would be safe. Instead, in 1865, General Robert E. ... | {"Name": "Wilmer McLean", "Caption": "McLean 1860", "Birth date": "1814 5 3", "Birth place": "Manassas, Virginia, U.S.", "Death date": "1882 6 5 1814 5 3", "Death place": "Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.", "Resting place": "St. Paul's Episcopal Cemetery", "Occupation": "Grocer"} |
World of Warcraft (WoW) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment. Set in the Warcraft fantasy universe, World of Warcraft takes place within the world of Azeroth, approximately four years after the events of the previous game in the series, Warcraft III: Th... | {"Developer": "Blizzard Entertainment", "Publisher": "Blizzard Entertainmenthttp://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=16458 The Activision/Blizzard Merger: Five Key Points February 24, 2009 Industry News gamasutra.com December 3, 2007 One of the intriguing things about the old Vivendi structure was th... |
General Sir Gordon Drummond, GCB (27 September 1772 - 10 October 1854) was a Canadian-born British Army officer and the first official to command the military and the civil government of Canada. As Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, Drummond distinguished himself on the Niagara front in the War of 1812 and later beca... | {"Name": "Sir Gordon Drummond", "Nationality": "UK/Canada", "Birth date": "27 September 1772", "Death date": "y 1854 10 10 1772 09 27", "Birth place": "Quebec City, Quebec", "Death place": "London, England", "Spouse(s)": "Margaret Russell (m. 1807)", "Image caption": "Filippo Agricola's Lieutenant-General Sir Gordon Dr... |
Gruppo Bertone, commonly known as Bertone, was an Italian industrial design company which specialized in car styling, coachbuilding and manufacturing. It formerly was also a car manufacturing company. Bertone styling was distinctive, with most cars having a strong "family resemblance" even if they were badged by differ... | {"Founded": "Turin, Italy (during 1912)", "Industry": "Automotive", "Products": "Cars", "Services": "Coachbuilder of limited edition exclusive vehicles", "Parent": "Jean-Franck RicciMauro Ricci", "Website": "https://bertone.it"} |
Jacksonville State University is a public university in Jacksonville, Alabama. Founded in 1883, Jacksonville State offers programs of study in six academic schools leading to bachelor's, master's, education specialist, and doctorate degrees in addition to certificate programs and continuing education opportunities. In ... | {"Motto": "The friendliest campus in the South.", "Type": "Public university", "President": "Dr. Don C. Killingsworth, Jr.Don Killingsworth Named President of Jacksonville State University http://www.jsu.edu/news/articles/2020/06/don-killingsworth-named-president-of-jacksonville-state-university.html 25 November 2020... |
Richard Stoddert Ewell (February 8, 1817 – January 25, 1872) was a career United States Army officer and a Confederate general during the American Civil War. He achieved fame as a senior commander under Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee and fought effectively through much of the war. Still, his legacy was clouded by ... | {"Born": "Georgetown, D.C.", "Died": "Spring Hill, Tennessee", "Nickname(s)": "Old Bald HeadBaldy", "Allegiance": "USA 1837 United States of AmericaCSA Confederate States of America", "Commands held": "Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia", "Relations": "Benjamin S. Ewell (brother)Benjamin Stoddert (grandfather)"} |
Tragic Kingdom is the third studio album by American rock band No Doubt, released on October 10, 1995, by Trauma Records and Interscope Records. It was the final album to feature original keyboardist Eric Stefani, who left the band in 1994. The album was produced by Matthew Wilder and recorded in 11 studios in the Grea... | {"Released": "1995 10 10", "Recorded": "March 1993 - October 1995", "Studio": "Total Access (Redondo Beach)\n The Record Plant (Hollywood)\n Santa Monica Sound (Santa Monica)\n NRG (Los Angeles)\n Rumbo Recorders (Los Angeles)\n Mars (Burbank)\n Studio 4 (Santa Monica)\n Grandmaster (Hollywood)\n Clear Lake Audio (Nort... |
"Don't Speak" is a song by American rock band No Doubt from their third studio album, Tragic Kingdom (1995). It was released as the third single from Tragic Kingdom in the United States on April 15, 1996, by Interscope Records. Lead singer Gwen Stefani and her brother Eric Stefani, former No Doubt member, wrote the son... | {"B-side": "\"Hey You!\" (acoustic version)\n \"Greener Pastures\"", "Released": "April 15, 1996", "Genre": "Alternative rock", "Label": "Interscope", "Songwriter(s)": "Gwen Stefani\n Eric Stefani", "Producer(s)": "Matthew Wilder"} |
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows () are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, they are one of two professional baseball teams based in Tokyo, the other being the Yomiuri Giants. They have won 9 Central League championships and 6 Japan Series... | {"Former names": "Yakult Swallows (1974-2005)\nYakult Atoms (1970-1973)\nAtoms (1969)\nSankei Atoms (1966-1968)\nSankei Swallows (1965)\nKokutetsu Swallows (1950-1965)", "League championship seasons": "9 (1978, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2015, 2021, 2022)", "Series championship seasons": "6 (1978, 1993, 1995, 1997, ... |
Philip J. Fry, commonly known mononymously by his surname, Fry, is a fictional character and the protagonist of the animated series Futurama. He is voiced by Billy West using a version of his own voice as he sounded when he was 25. He is a slacker delivery boy from the 20th century who becomes cryogenically frozen and... | {"Full name": "Philip J. Fry", "First appearance": "\"Space Pilot 3000\" (1999)", "Gender": "Male", "Family": "Yancy Fry Sr. (father/biological son)Unnamed motherYancy Fry Jr. (brother)Mildred Fry (grandmother; deceased) Enos Fry (legal grandfather; deceased)Mrs. and Mr. Gleisner (grandparents; deceased) Philip J. Fry ... |
The or is one of the two professional baseball leagues that constitute Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. The winner of the league championship plays against the winner of the Pacific League in the annual Japan Series. It currently consists of six teams from around the country. Unlike the Pacific League, designat... | {"Map size": "150px", "Sport": "Baseball", "Founded": "1949 12 15", "Teams": "6", "Champion": "Hanshin Tigers (6)", "Most titles (player)": "Yomiuri Giants (38)", "Country": "Japan"} |
The , or , or the , due to sponsorship reasons, is one of the two professional baseball leagues constituting Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. The winner of the league championship competes against the winner in the Central League for the annual Japan Series. It currently consists of six teams from around Japan.
... | {"Map size": "250px", "Sport": "Baseball", "Founded": "1949 11 26 as Taiheiyo Baseball Union in Tokyo", "Teams": "6", "Champion": "Orix Buffaloes (14th title)", "Most titles (player)": "Saitama Seibu Lions (23)", "Country": "Japan", "Official website": "NPB.jp/pl"} |
Funker Vogt () is a German electronic-industrial music project with an aggressive style, formed by vocalist Jens Kästel and programmer Gerrit Thomas in 1995. Other members of the band are keyboardist/manager Björn Böttcher, live guitarist Frank Schweigert and lyricist Kai Schmidt. The name of the band translates from ... | {"Origin": "Hameln, Lower Saxony, Germany", "Genres": "Electro-industrial aggrotech futurepop", "Labels": "Metropolis Zoth Ommog Synthetic Symphony Repo", "Spinoffs": "Ravenous Fusspils 11", "Website": "funkervogt.de", "Members": "Gerrit Thomas\n René Dornbusch"} |
Evgeny Igorevich Kissin (, ; born 10 October 1971) is a Russian-born concert pianist and composer. He became a British citizen in 2002 and an Israeli citizen in 2013. He first came to international fame as a child prodigy. He has a wide repertoire and is especially known for his interpretations of the works of the Roma... | {"Name": "Evgeny Kissin", "Caption": "Kissin in 2021", "Birth name": "Evgeny Igorevich Kissin", "Birth date": "yes 1971 10 10", "Birth place": "Moscow, Russian SFSR", "Nationality": "Russian, British, Israeli", "Occupation": "Musician", "Years active": "1982-present", "Website": "kissin.org/"} |
Oboi (Manchu: , Mölendorff: Oboi; ) (c. 1610Oboi's birthday is historically undocumented, but based on circumstantial evidence historians generally estimate his birth year to be within a few years after 1610.-1669) was a prominent Manchu military commander and courtier who served in various military and administrative ... | {"Name": "Oboi", "Image caption": "Portrait of Oboi", "Birth date": "c. 1610", "Death date": "1669", "Battles fought": "Defeated Zhang Xianzhong", "Term start": "1661", "Term end": "1669"} |
Turanga Leela is a fictional character from the animated television series Futurama. Leela is spaceship captain, pilot, and head of all aviation services on board the Planet Express Ship. Throughout the series, she has an on-again, off-again relationship with Philip J. Fry, the central character in the series. The cha... | {"Voiced by": "Katey Sagal", "Created by": "Matt GroeningDavid X. Cohen", "Designed by": "Matt Groening", "First appearance": "\"Space Pilot 3000\" (1999)", "Full name": "Turanga Leela", "Gender": "Female", "Family": "Turanga Morris (father)Turanga Munda (mother)Axel, Mandy, and Newt (biological children)", "Relatives"... |
International Dairy Queen, Inc. (DQ) is an American multinational fast food chain founded in 1940. It is currently headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota, United States. The first Dairy Queen was owned and operated by Sherb Noble and first opened on June 22, 1940, in Joliet, Illinois. It serves a variety of hot and fr... | {"Type": "SubsidiaryDairy Queen official website", "Industry": "Restaurant", "Genre": "Fast food restaurant, ice cream parlorhttps://azdailysun.com/business/sweet-success-for-flagstaff-ice-cream-parlor-owners/article_ffa7191f-c8d0-5fe7-9cc6-e009af5410c6.html Sweet success for Flagstaff ice cream parlor owners Pallack, ... |
Magdalene Mary Therese Szubanski ( ; born 12 April 1961), known as Magda Szubanski, is an Australian comedy actress, author, singer and LGBT rights advocate. She performed in Fast Forward, Kath & Kim as Sharon Strzelecki and in the films Babe (1995) and Babe: Pig in the City (1998), Happy Feet (2006) and Happy Feet Tw... | {"Post-nominals": "AUS 100 AO", "Caption": "Szubanski at Tropfest 2013", "Birth date": "yes 1961 4 12", "Birth name": "Magdalene Mary Therese SzubanskiSzubanski Magda Magda Szubanski on Twitter: \"I love Wikipedia but gosh there are some inaccuracies! My middle name is Mary - NOT Mariana!! #whowritesthisstuff\" https:/... |
Frank Alvin Gotch (April 27, 1877 - December 17, 1917) was an American professional wrestler. Gotch was the first American professional wrestler to win the world heavyweight free-style championship, and he is credited for popularizing professional wrestling in the United States. He competed back when the contests at ch... | {"Ring name(s)": "Frank GotchFrank Kennedy", "Birth name": "Frank Alvin Gotch", "Billed height": "5 11", "Billed weight": "210 lb kg on", "Spouse(s)": "Gladys Oestrich February 11, 1911 December 16, 1917 died", "Children": "1", "Cause of death": "Uremia poisoning", "Born": "Humboldt, Iowa, U.S.", "Died": "Humboldt, Iow... |
Thomas Edmund Gleisner (born 24 October 1962) is an Australian comedian, television presenter, producer, director, writer, occasional actor and author. Gleisner currently hosts Network 10's Have You Been Paying Attention?.
Early life and education
Gleisner was educated at Xavier College in Melbourne, Australia. He a... | {"Name": "Tom Gleisner", "Post-nominals": "AUS 100% AO", "Caption": "Gleisner in 2020", "Birth name": "Thomas Edmund Gleisner", "Birth date": "1962 10 24 y", "Birth place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Nationality": "Australian", "Alma mater": "University of Melbourne", "Occupation": "Director producer writer com... |
Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio ( , ; 25 November 156227 August 1635) was a Spanish playwright, poet, and novelist. He was one of the key figures in the Spanish Golden Age of Baroque literature. His reputation in the world of Spanish literature is second only to that of Miguel de Cervantes, while the sheer volume of his li... | {"Born": "25 November 1562", "Died": "1635 8 27 1562 11 25 y", "Resting place": "St Sebastian's Church, Madrid", "Occupation": "Poet, playwright, novelist", "Language": "Spanish", "Literary movement": "Baroque", "Children": "15"} |
Simeon Gannett Reed (April 23, 1830 - November 7, 1895) was an American businessman and entrepreneur in Oregon. A native of Massachusetts, he made a fortune primarily in the transportation sector in association with William S. Ladd. Reed is the namesake for Reedville, Oregon, and Reed College in Portland, Oregon.
Ear... | {"Name": "Simeon Gannett Reed", "Birth date": "1830 4 23", "Birth place": "Abington, Massachusetts", "Death date": "1895 11 7 1830 4 23", "Death place": "California", "Occupation": "Businessman", "Spouse(s)": "Amanda Reed"} |
Robert Ian Sitch is an Australian director, producer, screenwriter, actor and comedian. He is known for his 1990s comedy series Frontline, and the long-running comedy series Utopia (since 2014).
Early life and education
Sitch attended St Kevin's College and Melbourne Grammar. He graduated as a medical doctor from the... | {"Name": "Rob Sitch", "Caption": "Sitch at the AACTA Awards, January 2012", "Birth name": "Robert Ian Sitch", "Birth date": "1962 03 17 y", "Birth place": "Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "Alma mater": "University of Melbourne", "Occupation": "Actor director producer writer", "Nationality": "Australian", "Spouse(s)": ... |
Working Dog Productions (originally Frontline Television Productions Pty. Ltd.) is a film and television production company based in Melbourne, Australia. It was formed in 1993 by actors Santo Cilauro, Rob Sitch, Jane Kennedy, Tom Gleisner, and producer Michael Hirsh. The company changed its name to Working Dog Product... | {"Type": "Private company", "Industry": "Production company", "Founded": "1993", "Headquarters": "Australia", "Parent": "-->", "Website": "http://www.workingdog.com.au"} |
The White Book refers to a standard of compact disc that stores not only sound but also still pictures and motion video. It was released in 1993 by Sony, Philips, Matsushita, and JVC. These discs, most commonly found in Asia, are usually called "Video CDs" (VCD). In some ways, VCD can be thought of as the successor to ... | {"Title": "Compact Disc Digital Video", "Logo": "150px", "Image caption": "The closely spaced tracks on the readable surface of a Compact Disc cause light to diffract into rainbow colors", "Media type": "Optical disc", "Capacity": "74 minutes", "Read mechanism": "780 nm wavelength semiconductor laser", "Developed by": ... |
In propositional logic, double negation is the theorem that states that "If a statement is true, then it is not the case that the statement is not true." This is expressed by saying that a proposition A is logically equivalent to not (not-A), or by the formula A ≡ ~(~A) where the sign ≡ expresses logical equivalence a... | {"Name": "Double negation", "Type": "Theorem", "Field": "Propositional calculus\n Classical logic", "Statement": "If a statement is true, then it is not the case that the statement is not true.\"", "Symbolic statement": "A \\equiv \\sim(\\sim A)"} |
Gregory Crewdson (born September 26, 1962) is an American photographer. He photographs tableaux of American homes and neighborhoods.
Early life and education
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Crewdson was born in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. He attended John Dewey High School.
As a teenager, he wa... | {"Name": "Gregory Crewdson", "Caption": "Crewdson on location in Pittsfield, MA July 25, 2007", "Birth date": "1962 9 26", "Birth place": "Brooklyn, New York", "Education": "Brooklyn Friends; John Dewey High School; SUNY Purchase, BA, 1985; Yale University, MFA, 1988", "Occupation": "Fine-art photographer, professor", ... |
Lynette Woodard (born August 12, 1959) is a retired American basketball Hall of Fame player and former head women's basketball coach at Winthrop University. Woodard made history by becoming the first female member of the Harlem Globetrotters and who, at age 38, began playing as one of the oldest members in the newly fo... | {"Listed height": "0", "Listed weight": "160", "Born": "Wichita, Kansas, U.S.", "High school": "Wichita North (Wichita, Kansas)", "College": "Kansas (1977-1981)"} |
The Dish is a 2000 Australian historical comedy-drama film that tells the story of the Parkes Observatory's role in relaying live television of humanity's first steps on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. It was the top-grossing Australian film in 2000.
Plot
An old man drives up to the Parkes Radio Telesco... | {"Directed by": "Rob Sitch", "Produced by": "Santo CilauroTom GleisnerMichael HirshJane KennedyRob Sitch", "Written by": "Santo CilauroTom GleisnerJane KennedyRob Sitch", "Starring": "Sam NeillKevin HarringtonTom LongPatrick Warburton", "Music by": "Edmund Choi", "Edited by": "Jill Bilcock", "Distributed by": "Roadshow... |
Bishop Asbury Cottage () is a 17th-century cottage on Newton Road, Great Barr, England, known for being the boyhood home of Francis Asbury (1745 - 1816), one of the first two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church (now The United Methodist Church) in the United States.
It is now a museum in his memory.Hallam, David... | {"Type": "Cottage", "Address": "Newton Road, Great Barr, Sandwell, West Midlands, England", "Coordinates": "52.543101 -1.955008 region:GB-SAN_type:landmark inline,title", "Construction started": "1700"} |
Gerrard Winstanley (1609-1676) was an English Protestant religious reformer, political philosopher, and activist during the period of the Commonwealth of England. Winstanley was the leader and one of the founders of the English group known as the True Levellers or Diggers. The group occupied formerly common land that h... | {"Name": "Gerrard Winstanley", "Birth date": "1609 10 19 y", "Birth place": "Parish of Wigan, Lancashire, England", "Death date": "1676 09 10 1609 10 19 y", "Movement": "True Levellers", "Spouse(s)": "Susan King 28 September 1640 d\n Elizabeth Stanley July 1664", "Children": "3"} |
Gaylord Kent Conrad (born March 12, 1948) is a former American politician who was a United States Senator from North Dakota. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 1986, he served as chairman or Ranking Member of the S... | {"Name": "Kent Conrad", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 1990s", "Predecessor 2": "Mark Andrews", "Successor 2": "Byron Dorgan", "Birth name": "Gaylord Kent Conrad", "Birth date": "1948 3 12", "Birth place": "Bismarck, North Dakota, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Pam Schafer (divorced)Lucy Calautti (1987-present)", "Educatio... |
John Fredrik Reinfeldt (pronounced ; born 4 August 1965) is a Swedish economist, lecturer, former Prime Minister of Sweden from 2006 to 2014 and chairman of the liberal conservative Moderate Party from 2003 to 2015. He was the last rotating President of the European Council in 2009. He is chairman of the Swedish Footba... | {"Name": "Fredrik Reinfeldt", "Image caption": "Reinfeldt in 2014", "Term start": "6 October 2006", "Term end": "3 October 2014", "Office 2": "Leader of the Opposition", "Monarch 2": "Carl XVI Gustaf", "Prime minister 2": "Stefan Löfven", "Predecessor 2": "Stefan Löfven", "Successor 2": "Anna Kinberg Batra", "Birth nam... |
Byron Leslie Dorgan (born May 14, 1942) is an American author, businessman and former politician who served as a United States Representative (1981-1992) and United States Senator (1992-2011) from North Dakota. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
, he serves as a senior policy advisor for the Washington, DC law fi... | {"Name": "Byron Dorgan", "Image caption": "Official portrait, 2008", "Term start": "December 14, 1992", "Term end": "January 3, 2011", "Office 2": "Chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee", "Predecessor 2": "John McCain", "Successor 2": "Daniel Akaka", "Birth name": "Byron Leslie Dorgan", "Birth date": "1942 5 ... |
The Teatro Yagüez in Puerto Rico is a historic building that today is a performing arts theater. It is located at Candelaria Street, (formerly Calle McKinley) and Dr. Basora Streets, in the city of Mayagüez. It consists of the Lucy Boscana Hall and the Roberto Cole Cafe Theater.
History
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It was originally... | {"Location": "Calle Candelaria y Calle Dr. Basora Mayagüez, Puerto Rico", "Built": "1909", "Architect": "Sabas Honore et al.", "Area": "0.2 acre"} |
Henri-Georges Clouzot (; 20 November 1907 - 12 January 1977) was a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best remembered for his work in the thriller film genre, having directed The Wages of Fear (1953) and Les Diaboliques (1955), which are critically recognized as among the greatest films of the 1950s... | {"Name": "Henri-Georges Clouzot", "Caption": "Henri-Georges Clouzot in 1953", "Birth date": "yes 1907 11 20", "Birth place": "Niort, France", "Death date": "yes 1977 01 12 1907 08 18Lloyd, Henri-Georges Clouzot, 8.", "Death place": "Paris, France", "Occupation": "Film directorscreenwriterfilm producer", "Years active":... |
Lee, also known as Lee Green, is an area of South East London, England, straddling the border of the London Borough of Lewisham and the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It is located northwest of Eltham and southeast of Lewisham. Historically it has been part of the historic county of Kent.
The churchyard of St Margaret's ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "OS grid reference": "TQ395745", "London Assembly": "Greenwich", "Population": "(2011 Census. Lee Green Ward)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13688954&c=Lee+Green&d=14&e=62&g=6333467&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1476371923438&enc=1 ... |
Marilyn Horne (born January 16, 1934) is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer. She specialized in roles requiring beauty of tone, excellent breath support, and the ability to execute difficult coloratura passages. She is a recipient of the National Medal of Arts and the Kennedy Center Honors, and has won four Grammy ... | {"Name": "Marilyn Horne", "Other names": "Jackie", "Birth date": "1934 01 16", "Birth place": "Bradford, Pennsylvania", "Occupation": "Mezzo-soprano opera singer", "Years active": "1954-1999", "Known For": "Bel canto and opera seria roles", "Spouse(s)": "Henry Lewis (1960-1979), divorced"} |
Mina Loy (born Mina Gertrude Löwy; 27 December 1882 - 25 September 1966) was a British-born artist, writer, poet, playwright, novelist, painter, designer of lamps, and bohemian. She was one of the last of the first-generation modernists to achieve posthumous recognition. Her poetry was admired by T. S. Eliot, Ezra Poun... | {"Name": "Mina Loy", "Image": "Mina Loy - 1917.gif", "Caption": "Mina Loy in 1917", "Birth name": "Mina Gertrude Löwy", "Birth date": "yes 1882 12 27", "Birth place": "London, England", "Death date": "yes 1966 9 25 1882 12 27", "Death place": "Aspen, Colorado, US", "Occupation": "Writer: poet, playwright, novelist; act... |
Friendster was a social network game based in Mountain View, California, founded by Jonathan Abrams and launched in March 2003.Eric Eldon, August 4, 2008. "Friendster raises $20 million, nabs a Googler to be CEO " VentureBeat. Retrieved December 4, 2008.Gary Rivlin, October 15, 2006. "Wallflower at the Web Party ." New... | {"Founded": "2002", "Headquarters": "Malaysia", "Area served": "Worldwide", "Key people": "Ganesh Kumar Bangah (CEO)", "URL": "http://www.friendster.com/ (defunct)", "Advertising": "Banner ads, Contextual ads, Sponsorships", "Registration": "Free", "Launched": "March 22, 2003", "Current status": "Defunct (as a social n... |
King Rollo is a children's character, created by David McKee in 1980. He is the main character in a series of books, animations narrated by Ray Brooks, and a comic strip in the magazine Buttons. Thirteen episodes of the animation were produced in 1980 by McKee's own King Rollo Films, where the character is the company'... | {"Genre": "Animation", "Written by": "David McKee", "Narrated by": "Ray Brooks", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Running time": "5 minutes", "Original network": "BBC1", "Original release": "1980 12 24 y"} |
The Birmingham pub bombings were carried out on 21 November 1974, when bombs exploded in two public houses in Birmingham, England, killing 21 people and injuring 182 others.The First Miscarriage of Justice: The Unreported and Amazing Case of Tony Stock p. 150
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) never official... | {"Title": "Birmingham pub bombings", "Part of": "the Troubles", "Caption": "Aftermath of the explosion in the Mulberry Bush public house, which killed ten people.", "Location": "The Mulberry Bush and Tavern in the Town public houses, Birmingham City Centre; and Barclays Bank, Edgbaston,Birmingham, England", "Target": "... |
John Covode (March 17, 1808 – January 11, 1871) was an American businessman and abolitionist politician. He served three terms in the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Early life
Covode was born in Fairfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He worked for several years on his father'... | {"Name": "John Covode", "Birth date": "1808 03 17", "Death date": "1871 01 11 1808 03 17", "Birth place": "West Fairfield, Pennsylvania", "Term start": "February 9, 1870", "Term end": "January 11, 1871", "Preceded 2": "John Littleton Dawson", "Succeeded 2": "Vacant"} |
In Utero is the third and final studio album by the American rock band Nirvana. It was released on September 21, 1993, by DGC Records. After breaking into the mainstream with their second album, Nevermind (1991), Nirvana hired Steve Albini to record In Utero, seeking a more complex, abrasive sound that was also reminis... | {"Released": "1993 9 21 yes", "Recorded": "February 13-21, 1993Willman Chris http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/stop-the-presses/nirvana-utero-turns-20-drama-over-kurt-cobain-192427945.html Nirvana's 'In Utero' Turns 20: The Drama Over Kurt Cobain's Last Musical Testament Yahoo! Music September 12, 2013 October 22, 201... |
Moel Famau is the highest hill in the Clwydian Range and the highest point (county top) of the county of Flintshire in Wales (both the historic county and the current council area). It lies on the boundary between Denbighshire and Flintshire. The hill, which also gives its name to the Moel Famau country park, has been... | {"Elevation": "1821", "Prominence": "912", "English translation": "The bare hill of ?Mama", "Language of name": "Welsh", "Pronunciation": "ˈmɔɨl ˈvama lang", "Location": "Wales", "Coordinates": "53.1545 N 3.2559 W type:mountain_scale:100000 dms inline,title"} |
Fulbert of Chartres (; 952-970–10 April 1028) was the Bishop of Chartres from 1006 to 1028 and a teacher at the Cathedral school there. Fulbert was a pupil of Gerbert of Aurillac, who would later become Pope Sylvester II. He was responsible for the advancement of the Nativity of the Virgin's feast day on September 8 an... | {"Born": "952-970", "Died": "10 April 1028", "Feast": "10 April", "Controversy": "Fulbert was never canonized, but permission was granted by Rome to celebrate his day in Chartres and Poitiers"} |
The Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (, also the Order of the Cross of St. Mary's Land) was instituted by the President of Estonia, Lennart Meri, on 16 May 1995 to honour the independence of the Estonian state.The Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana. President of the Republic of Estonia, Estonian State Decorations. ... | {"Presented by": "President of Estonia", "Country": "Estonia", "Type": "six class order", "Awarded for": "To honour the independence of the Estonian state. The President of the Republic bestows the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana to foreigners who have rendered special services to the Republic of Estonia.", "Establ... |
Origin Systems, Inc. was an American video game developer based in Austin, Texas. It was founded on March 3, 1983, by Richard Garriott and his brother Robert. Origin is best known for their groundbreaking work in multiple genres of video games, such as the Ultima and Wing Commander series. The company was purchased by ... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Industry": "Video games", "Fate": "Acquired by Electronic Arts, and dissolved", "Founded": "1983 03 04 in Houston, Texas, U.S.", "Defunct": "2004 2", "Headquarters": "Austin, Texas, U.S.", "Products": "Ultima seriesWing Commander seriesCrusader seriesStrike CommanderSystem ShockWings of Glory", ... |
The Time Ships is a 1995 hard science fictionE.g., "The Time Ships is not only a fresh, innovative work; it shows that hard sf is not a dying field." — novel by Stephen Baxter. A canonical sequel to the 1895 novella The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, it was officially authorized by the Wells estate to mark the centenary... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Published": "1995 (HarperCollins)", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "454", "ISBN": "0-00-224609-0"} |
Evolution is a collection of short stories that work together to form an episodic science fiction novel by author Stephen Baxter. It follows 565 million years of human evolution, from shrewlike mammals 65 million years in the past to the ultimate fate of humanity (and its descendants, both biological and non-biologica... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Orion Publishing Group", "Media type": "Print (hardback & paperback)", "Pages": "592 (DelRey Hardcover ed.)", "ISBN": "(first edition, paperback) & 0-575-07341-1 (hardback edition)"} |
Stratford is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is situated on Long Island Sound at the mouth of the Housatonic River. The town is part of the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, and the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was settled by Puritans in 1639.
The populatio... | {"Named for": "Stratford-upon-Avon", "Type": "Mayor-council", "Land": "17.6", "Water": "2.3", "Density": "2,974.7", "Website": "http://www.townofstratford.com", "DST": "−4"} |
Litchfield is a town in and former county seat of Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 8,192 at the 2020 census. The town is part of the Northwest Hills Planning Region. The boroughs of Bantam and Litchfield are located within the town. There are also three unincorporated villages: East Lit... | {"Type": "Selectman-town meeting", "Land": "56.1", "Water": "0.7", "Density": "56.4", "DST": "-4", "Website": "http://www.townoflitchfield.org"} |
The Victoria History of the Counties of England, commonly known as the Victoria County History or the VCH, is an English history project which began in 1899 with the aim of creating an encyclopaedic history of each of the historic counties of England, and was dedicated to Queen Victoria. In 2012 the project was rededic... | {"Country": "United Kingdom", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Institute of Historical Research", "Media type": "Print"} |
A pontoon bridge (or ponton bridge), also known as a floating bridge, uses floats or shallow-draft boats to support a continuous deck for pedestrian and vehicle travel. The buoyancy of the supports limits the maximum load that they can carry.
Most pontoon bridges are temporary and used in wartime and civil emergencies... | {"Carries": "Pedestrian, automobile, truck", "Span range": "Short to long", "Material": "Various: steel, concrete, boats, barrels, plastic floats, appropriate decking material", "Movable": "Generally not, but may have movable sections for watercraft passage", "Design effort": "low"} |
Mount Hoverla (Ukrainian and ), at , is the highest mountain in Ukraine and part of the Ukrainian Carpathians. The mountain is located in the Eastern Beskids, in the Chornohora region. The slopes are covered with beech and spruce forests, above which there is a belt of sub-alpine meadows called polonyna in Ukrainian. T... | {"Elevation": "Hoverla, \"Gora Goverla, Ukraine\" on Peakbagger.com Retrieved 29 September 2011", "Prominence": "721", "Location": "West Ukraine, Ukraine", "Coordinates": "48 09 36 N 24 30 01 E type:mountain_region:UA_scale:100000 dms inline,title"} |
The Gravensteen (Dutch; literally "Count’s Stone") is a medieval castle at Ghent, East Flanders in Belgium. The current castle dates from 1180 and was the residence of the Counts of Flanders until 1353. It was subsequently re-purposed as a court, prison, mint, and even as a cotton factory. It was restored over 1893-190... | {"Type": "Castle", "Built": "1180", "Materials": "Sandstone, Tournai limestone", "Owner": "City of Ghent", "Open tothe public": "Yes", "Occupants": "Counts of Flanders (1180-1353)", "Coordinates": "51.057222 3.720556 type:landmark inline"} |
The Civil War is a 1990 American television documentary miniseries created by Ken Burns about the American Civil War. It was the first broadcast to air on PBS for five consecutive nights, from September 23 to 27, 1990.
More than 39 million viewers tuned in to at least one episode, and viewership averaged more than 14 ... | {"Genre": "Documentary", "Written by": "Geoffrey C. WardRic Burns", "Directed by": "Ken Burns", "Narrated by": "David McCullough", "Voices of": "Sam WaterstonJason RobardsJulie HarrisMorgan FreemanArthur MillerGeorge PlimptonPaul RoeblingGarrison KeillorGeorge BlackChristopher MurneyCharley McDowellShelby FootePhilip B... |
Otto August Strandman ( - 5 February 1941) was an Estonian politician, who served as prime minister (1919) and State Elder of Estonia (1929-1931). He was one of the leaders of the centre-left Estonian Labour Party, that saw its biggest support after the 1919 and 1920 elections. Strandman was a key figure in composing t... | {"Name": "Otto August Strandman", "Nationality": "Estonian", "Term start": "9 May 1919", "Term end": "18 November 1919", "Order 2": "10th State Elder of Estonia", "Predecessor 2": "August Rei", "Successor 2": "Konstantin Päts", "Birth date": "yes 1875 11 30", "Birth place": "Vandu, Kreis Wierland, Governorate of Estoni... |
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