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The Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists (ECAS) was founded by Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd in May, 1946, primarily as a fundraising and policy-making agency. Its aims were to warn the public of the dangers associated with the development of nuclear weapons, promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and ultima... | {"Abbreviation": "ECAS", "Type": "Nonprofit, NGO", "Headquarters": "Princeton", "Location": "USA", "Locations": "Chicago"} |
Lin Yang-kang ( ; 10 June 1927 - 13 April 2013) was a Taiwanese politician. He was born at Sun Moon Lake during the Japanese rule of Taiwan. Some thought he might be Chiang Ching-kuo's successor as head of the Kuomintang (KMT), but after failing to win the KMT's nomination for president in 1996, he became an independe... | {"Name": "Lin Yang-kang", "Native name": "zh-hant 林洋港", "Nationality": "Republic of China", "Office 2": "Vice Premier of the Republic of China", "Premier 2": "Yu Kuo-hwa", "Predecessor 2": "Chiu Chuang-huan", "Successor 2": "Lien Chan", "Birth date": "1927 6 10 y", "Birth place": "Gyochi Village, Niitaka District, Taic... |
Mikuláš Dzurinda (; born 4 February 1955) is a Slovak politician who was the prime minister of Slovakia from 30 October 1998 to 4 July 2006. He is the founder and leader of the Slovak Democratic Coalition (SDK) and then the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union. From 2002 to 2006, his party formed a coalition governmen... | {"Name": "Mikuláš Dzurinda", "Term start": "8 July 2010", "Term end": "4 April 2012", "Office 2": "Acting President of Slovakia", "Predecessor 2": "Vladimír Mečiar (acting)", "Successor 2": "Rudolf Schuster", "Birth date": "1955 2 4 y", "Birth place": "Spišský Štvrtok, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)", "Spouse(s)": "Eva ... |
3Dlabs was a fabless semiconductor company. It was founded in 1994 with headquarters by Yavuz Ahıska and Osman Kent in San Jose, California. It originally developed the GLINT and PERMEDIA high-end graphics chip technology, that was used on many of the world's leading computer graphics cards in the CAD and DCC markets, ... | {"Type": "Subsidiary", "Founded": "1994", "Fate": "Acquired by Creative Technology in 2002 and became ZiiLABS in 2009", "Industry": "Semiconductors, electronics", "Products": "Media-rich application processors for Handheld and embedded devices", "Parent": "Creative Technology", "Website": "ziilabs.com,legacy graphics c... |
Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay Sr. (August 31, 1907 - March 17, 1957) was a Filipino statesman who served as the seventh president of the Philippines, from December 30, 1953, until his death in an aircraft disaster on March 17, 1957. An automobile mechanic by profession, Magsaysay was appointed military governor of Zamba... | {"Honorific prefix": "His Excellency", "Name": "Ramon Magsaysay", "Vice president": "Carlos P. Garcia", "Term start": "December 30, 1953", "Term end": "March 17, 1957", "President 2": "Elpidio Quirino", "Predecessor 2": "Ruperto Kangleon", "Successor 2": "Oscar Castelo", "Birth name": "Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay", "Bir... |
Ball State University (Ball State, State or BSU) is a public research university in Muncie, Indiana. It has two satellite facilities in Fishers and Indianapolis.
In 1917, the Ball brothers, industrialists and founders of the Ball Corporation, acquired the foreclosed Indiana Normal Institute and gave the school and su... | {"Motto": "\"We Fly\"https://www.bsu.edu/about/administrativeoffices/marketing-communications/brand-resources/brand-messaging Ball State University Brand Messaging www.bsu.edu January 4, 2021", "Type": "Public research university", "Accreditation": "HLC", "Endowment": "$325.6 million (2022)As of April 4, 2023. BSU Foun... |
Chen Li-an (; born 22 June 1937 in Qingtian, Zhejiang, Republic of China), sometimes spelled Chen Lu-an, is an electrical engineer, mathematician and former Taiwanese politician. He was the President of the Control Yuan from 1993 to 1995.
While he still considered the Kuomintang a "rotten party", Chen endorsed the KMT... | {"Name": "Chen Li-an", "Native name": "陳履安", "Native name language": "zh", "Office 2": "Minister of National Defense of the Republic of China", "Predecessor 2": "Hau Pei-tsun", "Successor 2": "Sun Chen", "Birth date": "22 June 1937", "Birth place": "Qingtian, Chekiang", "Nationality": "Republic of China", "Spouse(s)": ... |
In Bratislava, Slovakia, Michael's Gate (, , ) is the only city gate that has been preserved of the medieval fortifications and ranks among the oldest town buildings. Built about the year 1300, its present shape is the result of baroque reconstructions in 1758, when the statue of St. Michael and the Dragon was placed o... | {"Former names": "Mihálykapu", "Type": "City gate from medieval fortifications", "Location": "Bratislava, Slovakia", "Address": "Michalská brána, Michalská 22, 811 01, Bratislava", "Current tenants": "Museum of weapons in Bratislava", "Coordinates": "48 08 42.53 N 17 06 24 E type:city(446,819) inline,title"} |
thumb|The Fano plane
In finite geometry, the Fano plane (after Gino Fano) is a finite projective plane with the smallest possible number of points and lines: 7 points and 7 lines, with 3 points on every line and 3 lines through every point. These points and lines cannot exist with this pattern of incidences in Euclide... | {"Order": "2", "Lenz-Barlotti Class": "VII.2", "Automorphisms": "2^3 \\times 3 \\times 7PGL(3,2)", "Point Orbit Lengths": "7", "Line Orbit Lengths": "7", "Properties": "DesarguesianSelf-dual"} |
The St Martin's Cathedral (, or , ) is a church in Bratislava, Slovakia, and the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Bratislava.
It is situated at the western border of the historical city center below Bratislava Castle. It is the largest and one of the oldest churches in Bratislava, known especially for being ... | {"Location": "Old Town, Bratislava, Slovakia", "Affiliation": "Catholic", "Year consecrated": "1452", "Type": "Fortified church", "Style": "Gothic"} |
GNU Classpath is a free software implementation of the standard class library for the Java programming language. Most classes from J2SE 1.4 and 5.0 are implemented. Classpath can thus be used to run Java-based applications. GNU Classpath is a part of the GNU Project. It was originally developed in parallel with libgcj... | {"Developer(s)": "GNU Project(formally held by FSF)", "Written in": "C and Java", "Type": "Library", "License": "GPL linking exception", "Website": "https://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/"} |
The Haunted Mansion is a 2003 American supernatural horror comedy film directed by Rob Minkoff and written by David Berenbaum, based on Walt Disney's theme park attraction of the same name. The film stars Eddie Murphy as a realtor who, along with his family, becomes trapped in a haunted mansion. Terence Stamp, Wallace ... | {"Directed by": "Rob Minkoff", "Produced by": "Don Hahn\n Andrew Gunn", "Written by": "David Berenbaum", "Based on": "The Haunted Mansion \"afi\"/>", "Starring": "Eddie Murphy\n Terence Stamp\n Wallace Shawn\n Marsha Thomason\n Jennifer Tilly", "Music by": "Mark Mancina", "Cinematography": "Remi Adefarasin", "Edited by... |
Lemon meringue pie is a dessert pie consisting of a shortened pastry base filled with lemon curd and topped with meringue.
History
thumb|Lemon meringue pie in Paris
Fruit desserts covered with baked meringue were found beginning in the 18th century in France. Menon's pommes meringuées are a sort of thick apple sauce... | {"Name of food": "Lemon meringue pie", "Type of dish": "Pie", "Main ingredient": "Shortcrust or shortbread pastry\n Lemon curd\n Meringue", "Calories per serving": "285", "Course served": "Dessert", "Serving size": "127 g", "Protein per serving": "4.8", "Carbohydrate per serving": "49.7", "Fat per serving": "16.4", "Im... |
Hajnówka (; , Hajnaŭka; , Hajnivka; , Hachnovka; ) is a town and a powiat seat in eastern Poland (Podlaskie Voivodeship) with 21,442 inhabitants (2014).Gmina miejska Hajnówka bialystok.stat.gov.pl It is the capital of Hajnówka County. The town is also notable for its proximity to the Białowieża Forest, the biggest prim... | {"Density": "auto", "Metro density": "22,594", "DST": "+2", "Website": "www.hajnowka.pl"} |
Żywiec (, ) is a town on the River Soła in southern Poland with 31,194 inhabitants (2019). It is situated within the Silesian Voivodeship, near the Żywiec Lake and Żywiec Landscape Park, one of the eight protected areas in the voivodeship. Historically, the town has been part of the Lesser Poland region and is the capi... | {"Rank": "400", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+2", "Website": "http://www.zywiec.pl"} |
Chełm (; ; ; ) is a city in southeastern Poland with 60,231 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is located to the south-east of Lublin, north of Zamość and south of Biała Podlaska, some from the border with Ukraine. Chełm used to be the capital of the Chełm Voivodeship until it became part of the Lublin Voivodeship in... | {"Rank": "153", "Density": "1707", "DST": "+2", "Website": "www.chelm.pl"} |
Wadowice (; ) is a town in southern Poland, southwest of Kraków with 17,455 inhabitants (2022), situated on the Skawa river, confluence of Vistula, in the eastern part of Silesian Foothills (Pogórze Śląskie). Wadowice is known for being the birthplace of Karol Wojtyła, later Pope John Paul II and Godwin von Brumowski,... | {"Rank": "318", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+2", "Website": "http://www.wadowice.pl"} |
Szczyrk () is a town in the Beskid Śląski mountains of southern Poland, situated in the valley of the Żylica river. It is part of the Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously being part of the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship (1975–1998). It has a population of 5,734 people (2019).
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The town is a popular winter ... | {"Rank": "600", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+2", "Website": "http://www.szczyrk.pl"} |
Mława (; Mlave) is a town in north-eastern Poland with 30,403 inhabitants in 2020. It is the capital of Mława County. It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship.
During the invasion of Poland in 1939, the battle of Mława was fought to the north of the city.
History
thumb|left|Mława in the early 20th century
The fir... | {"Rank": "180", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+2", "Website": "http://www.mlawa.um.gov.pl"} |
Ciechanów is a city in north-central Poland. From 1975 to 1998, it was the capital of the Ciechanów Voivodeship. Since 1999, it has been situated in the Masovian Voivodeship. As of December 2021, it has a population of 43,495.
History
The settlement is first mentioned in a 1065 document by Bolesław II the Bold handin... | {"Rank": "151", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+2", "Website": "www.umciechanow.pl"} |
The Cape May-Lewes Ferry is a ferry system in the United States that traverses a crossing of the Delaware Bay connecting North Cape May, New Jersey with Lewes, Delaware. The ferry constitutes a portion of U.S. Route 9"Lewes ferry beats the odds in a tricky transit sea", The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 1, 1976. Acces... | {"Locale": "USA US 9, North Cape May, New Jersey and Lewes, Delaware", "Transit type": "Passenger/automobile ferry", "Began operation": "July 1, 1964", "System length": "17 miles (27 km)", "No. of lines": "1", "No. of vessels": "3", "No. of terminals": "2", "Operator": "Delaware River and Bay Authority", "Owner": "Dela... |
Arturo Michelena International Airport is an airport serving the city of Valencia in Venezuela. The airport was named after artist Arturo Michelena, who was born in Valencia. It is a hub for Turpial Airlines and a secondary hub for Avior Airlines.
Airlines and destinations
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| Aerolíneas Estelar |... | {"Airport type": "Public", "Location": "Valencia, Carabobo", "Hub": "Avior Airlines\n Solar Cargo\n Turpial Airlines", "AMSL": "y", "Coordinates": "10 09 00 N 67 55 40 W region:VE inline,title", "Website": "arturomichelenainternational.com"} |
St. Mary's City (also known as Historic St. Mary's City) is a former colonial town that was Maryland's first European settlement and capital. It is now a large, state-run historic area, which includes a reconstruction of the original colonial settlement, and a living history area and museum complex. Half of the area is... | {"Founded by": "Leonard Calvert", "Land": "2.84899", "Water": "0.258999", "Density": "auto", "DST": "eastern (Americas)"} |
Krotoszyn (, Krotoshin) is a town in west-central Poland with 30,010 inhabitants . It has been part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship since 1999; it was within Kalisz Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998.
History
thumb|left|Regional Museum and Baroque Church of Saints Peter and Paul
Krotoszyn was founded by local nobleman ... | {"Rank": "140", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+2", "Website": "http://www.krotoszyn.pl"} |
Ostrów Wielkopolski () (often abbreviated Ostrów Wlkp., formerly called simply Ostrów, , Latin: Ostrovia) is a city in west-central Poland with 70,982 inhabitants (2021), situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship; the seat of Ostrów Wielkopolski County. It is the fifth-largest city in the voivodeship after Poznań, Kal... | {"Rank": "175", "Density": "70982 https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/bdl/dane/teryt/jednostka Local Data Bank 15 August 2022 Statistics Poland Data for territorial unit 3017011.", "DST": "+2", "Website": "http://www.umostrow.pl/"} |
Iran Air Flight 655 was a scheduled passenger flight from Tehran to Dubai via Bandar Abbas that was shot down on 3July 1988 by two SM-2MR surface-to-air missiles fired by , a guided-missile cruiser of the United States Navy. The missiles hit the aircraft, an Airbus A300, while it was flying its usual route over Iran's ... | {"Date": "3 July 1988", "Summary": "Shot down by a missile fired from Vincennes CG-49 6; reason for shootdown disputed", "Site": "26 40 06 N 56 02 41 E region:IR-23_type:event_scale:1000000 inline,title", "Operator": "Iran Air", "IATA flight No.": "IR655", "ICAO flight No.": "IRA655", "Call sign": "IRANAIR 655", "Regis... |
Skarżysko-Kamienna is a city in northern Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship in south-central Poland by Kamienna river, to the north of Świętokrzyskie Mountains; one of the voivodship's major cities. Prior to 1928, it bore the name of Kamienna; in less formal contexts usually only the first part of the name (Skarżysko) is used... | {"Density": "auto", "Urban density": "78636", "DST": "+2", "Website": "http://www.skarzysko.pl"} |
William Buckley (born 1776-1780died 30 January 1856), also known as the "wild white man", was an English bricklayer, and served in the military until 1802, when he was convicted of theft. He was then transported to Australia, where he helped construct buildings for the fledgling penal settlement at Port Phillip Bay in ... | {"Name": "William Buckley", "Caption": "William Buckley, State Library Victoria, H30879", "Birth date": "1776-1780Flannery Morgan 2002 10", "Birth place": "Marton, Cheshire, near Macclesfield, Cheshire, England", "Death date": "1856 1 30 yes 1780", "Death place": "Hobart, Tasmania, Australia", "Occupation": "bricklaye... |
thumb|Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming on Horseback
thumb|Hunting of Emperor Xuanzong of Ming Dynasty with arrows
The Xuande Emperor (16 March 1399《宣宗章皇帝實錄》. "仁宗昭皇帝嫡長子，母今太皇太后，以己卯歲二月九日生上於北京。" 31 January 1435), personal name Zhu Zhanji (朱瞻基), was the fifth emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigned from 1425 to 1435. His era nam... | {"Father": "Hongxi Emperor", "Mother": "Empress Chengxiaozhao", "Born": "Beijing, Ming dynasty", "Died": "Palace of Heavenly Purity, Forbidden City, Beijing, Ming dynasty", "Burial": "Jingling Mausoleum, Ming tombs, Beijing"} |
Dulwich Picture Gallery is an art gallery in Dulwich, South London. It opened to the public in 1817 and was designed by the Regency architect Sir John Soane by using an innovative and influential method of illumination. It is the oldest public art gallery in England and was made an independent charitable trust in 1994.... | {"Established": "1817 yes", "Location": "DulwichLondon, SE21United Kingdom", "Public transit access": "gb Rail North Dulwich; West Dulwich", "Website": "dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk\n yes\n Dulwich Picture Gallery and Mausoleum\n Grade II* \n 30 June 1954\n 1385543"} |
Portchester is a village in the Borough of Fareham in Hampshire, England. It is northwest of Portsmouth and around 18 miles east of Southampton on the A27 road. Its population according to the 2011 United Kingdom census was 17,789.
Name
Portchester is derived from its former Latin name Portus Adurni and the Old Engli... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "District": "Fareham", "Shire county": "Hampshire", "UK Parliament": "Fareham", "Population": "(2011 Census. Wards)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13694039&c=PORCHESTER&d=14&e=62&g=6457111&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1483541949433&enc=1... |
Jasło is a county town in south-eastern Poland with 36,641 inhabitants, as of 31 December 2012. It is situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999), and it was previously part of Krosno Voivodeship (1975-1998). It is located in Lesser Poland, in the heartland of the Doły (Pits), and its average altitude is 32... | {"Rank": "380", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+2", "Website": "http://www.jaslo.pl/"} |
Krosno (in full The Royal Free City of Krosno, ) is a historical town and county in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in southeastern Poland. The estimated population of the town is 47,140 inhabitants as of 2014.
The functional urban area of Krosno has a population of 115,000 inhabitants.
Krosno is a medieval fortified... | {"Density": "auto", "Metro density": "115617 Krosno.pl oficjalna strona Miasta Krosna, Liczba ludnośći MOF: 115617", "DST": "+2", "Website": "http://www.krosno.pl/"} |
Pabianice is a city in central Poland with 63,023 inhabitants (2021). Situated in the Łódź Voivodeship, it is the capital of Pabianice County. It lies about southwest of Łódź and belongs to the metropolitan area of that city. It is the third largest city in the Łódź Voivodeship by population. The area of the city co... | {"Rank": "203", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+2", "Website": "http://www.um.pabianice.pl"} |
Ozorków () is a town on the Bzura River in central Poland, with 19,128 inhabitants (2020). It has been situated in the Łódź Voivodeship (Lodz Province) since 1919.
History
thumb|left|Saint Joseph's Church on the martketplace
The city's history dates back to the fifteenth century. In 1415 a small village with inaccess... | {"Rank": "155", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+2", "Website": "http://www.umozorkow.pl/"} |
Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin ibni Almarhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail (Jawi: توانكو سيد سراج الدين ابن المرحوم توانكو سيد ڤوترا جمال الليل; born 17 May 1943) is the 7th and current Raja of Perlis, reigning since 17 April 2000. He served as the 12th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 13 December 2001 to 12 December 20... | {"Born": "Arau, Perlis, Unfederated Malay States, Japanese-occupied British Malaya", "Father": "Tuanku Syed Putra Ibni Almarhum Tuan Syed Hassan Jamalullail", "Mother": "Tengku Budriah Binti Almarhum Tengku Ismail", "Religion": "Sunni Islam"} |
Rawicz (; ) is a town in west-central Poland with 21,398 inhabitants as of 2004. It is situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship (since 1999); previously it was in Leszno Voivodeship (1975-1998). It is the capital of Rawicz County.
History
The town was founded by Adam Olbracht Przyjemski of Rawicz coat of arms for Pr... | {"Founded by": "Adam Olbracht Przyjemski", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+2", "Website": "http://www.rawicz.pl"} |
thumb|right|190px|Gothic Holy Spirit Church
thumb|Memorial at the site of public executions of Poles carried out by the Germans on October 2 and October 23, 1939
Kościan () is a town on the Obra canal in west-central Poland, with a population of 23,952 inhabitants as of June 2014.Główny Urząd Statystyczny: Ludność. St... | {"Rank": "85", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+2", "Website": "http://www.koscian.pl"} |
Zambrów is a town in northeastern Poland with 21,166 inhabitants (2020). It is the capital of Zambrów County. Situated in the Podlaskie Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Łomża Voivodeship (1975-1998).
History
thumb|left|Polish 1st Legions Infantry Regiment entering Zambrów in 1916
The name of the town comes fro... | {"Rank": "133", "Density": "auto", "DST": "+2", "Website": "http://www.zambrow.pl"} |
The Democratic Party (DP) was the name of the South African political party now called the Democratic Alliance. Although the Democratic Party name dates from 1989, the party existed under other labels throughout the apartheid years, when it was the Parliamentary opposition to the ruling National Party's policies.
Bac... | {"Abbreviation": "DP", "Founded": "1989", "Merger of": "PFPNRPIndependent Party", "Succeeded by": "Democratic Alliance", "Headquarters": "Cape TownWestern Cape", "Ideology": "nowrap \n Liberalism\n Conservative liberalism\n Anti-apartheid", "Political position": "Centre-right", "International affiliation": "Liberal ... |
The Chenghua Emperor (; 9 December 1447 - 9 September 1487), personal name Zhu Jianshen (朱見深), was the ninth emperor of the Ming dynasty, who reigned from 1464 to 1487, but spent most of his reign under the power of eunuchs and an imperial concubine, Consort Wan who dominated the harem and restricted the emperor's poss... | {"Born": "9 December 1447Zhengtong 12, 2nd day of the 11th month(正統十二年十一月初二日)", "Father": "Emperor Yingzong", "Mother": "Empress Xiaosu", "Died": "1487 9 9 1447 12 9 yChenghua 23, 22nd day of the 8th month(成化二十三年八月二十二日)", "Burial": "Maoling Mausoleum, Ming tombs, Beijing, China"} |
The Hongzhi Emperor (; 30 July 1470 - 9 June 1505), personal name Zhu Youcheng (朱祐樘), was the tenth emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigned from 1487 to 1505. He was the eldest surviving son of the Chenghua Emperor and his reign as emperor of China is called the "Hongzhi Restoration" (弘治中興). His era name, "Hongzhi", means... | {"Father": "Chenghua Emperor", "Mother": "Empress Xiaomu", "Born": "30 July 1470Chenghua 6, 3rd day of the 7th month(成化六年七月三日Ming Xiaozong Shilu (明孝宗實錄): \"孝穆太后既有娠，以疾逊于西宫，而上生焉，成化六年七月三日也。\")", "Died": "Palace of Heavenly Purity, Forbidden City, Beijing, Ming dynasty", "Burial": "Tailing Mausoleum, Ming tombs, Beijing, C... |
The Zhengde Emperor (; 26 October 149120 April 1521), personal name Zhu Houzhao (朱厚㷖), was the eleventh emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigned from 1505 to 1521.
He was the Hongzhi Emperor's eldest son. Zhu Houzhao took the throne at only 14 with the era name "Zhengde", meaning "right virtue" or "rectification of virtue... | {"Father": "Hongzhi Emperor", "Mother": "Empress Xiaochengjing", "Born": "Shuntian Prefecture, North Zhili, Ming dynasty (present-day Beijing, China)", "Died": "Bao Fang, Ming dynasty", "Burial": "Kangling Mausoleum, Ming tombs, Beijing, China"} |
The Jiajing Emperor (; 16September 150723January 1567), personal name Zhu Houcong (朱厚熜), was the twelfth emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1521 to 1567. He was the former Zhengde Emperor's cousin. His father, Zhu Youyuan (1476-1519), Prince of Xing, was the fourth son of the Chenghua Emperor (reigned from 1464... | {"Born": "Anluzhou, Huguang Province, Ming dynasty", "Died": "Palace of Heavenly Purity, Forbidden City, Beijing, Ming dynasty", "Burial": "Yongling Mausoleum, Ming tombs, Beijing", "Father": "Zhu Youyuan", "Mother": "Empress Cixiaoxian"} |
The Longqing Emperor (; 4March 15375July 1572), personal name Zhu Zaiji (朱載坖),《明世宗實錄》卷二百：上命皇第三子名載坖，第四子名載圳。上親告太廟。《皇明詔令》卷二十一<立皇太子並封二王詔>：立朕元子載𡓝為皇太子，分封第二子載坖為裕王，第三子載圳為景王。《弇山堂別集》萬曆十八年金陵刻本：穆宗莊皇帝諱載坖。《名山藏》卷二十九<典謨記>：穆宗皇帝御諱載坖，世宗皇帝第三子也《罪惟錄》卷十二：嘉靖十六年丁酉春正月，皇第三子生，名載坖。《國朝獻徵錄》所載<陳以勤墓志銘>：乃生而命名，從元從土。若曰：首出九域。君意也。 art name Shunzhai (舜齋),(... | {"Father": "Jiajing Emperor", "Mother": "Empress Xiaoke", "Born": "4 March 1537Jiajing 16, 23rd day of the 1st month(嘉靖十六年正月二十三日)", "Died": "1572 7 5 1537 3 4 yLongqing 6, 26th day of the 5th month(隆慶六年五月二十六日)", "Burial": "Zhaoling Mausoleum, Ming tombs, Beijing"} |
The Wanli Emperor (4 September 1563 - 18 August 1620), personal name Zhu Yijun (), art name Yuzhai (禹齋),(Ming) Shen Defu (沈德符). Compilation of Wanli era catastophes (萬曆野獲編), Volume 1: "又云世宗號堯齋，其後穆宗號舜齋，今上因之亦號禹齋，以故己卯『應天命禹』一題，乃暗頌兩朝，非諂江陵也。未知信否。" was the fourteenth emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigned from 1572 to 1620. "Wa... | {"Born": "Shuntian Prefecture, North Zhili", "Died": "Hongde Hall, Forbidden City", "Burial": "Dingling Mausoleum, Ming tombs, Beijing", "Father": "Longqing Emperor", "Mother": "Empress Dowager Xiaoding"} |
The Taichang EmperorChinese emperors are commonly known by their era name, such as Taichang in this instance. This stemmed from the Chinese practice (up to the Republic of China) of referring to the calendar year after the emperor's reign. However, because the Taichang Emperor's reign was so short, the Taichang era bec... | {"Born": "1582 8 28 yDates before October 1582 are given in the Julian calendar,not in the proleptic Gregorian calendar. Dates after October 1582are given in the Gregorian calendar, not in the Julian calendarthat remained in use in England until 1752.Wanli 10, 11th day of the 8th month(萬曆十年八月十一日)", "Died": "1620 9 26 1... |
right|thumb|Tianqi era teacups, Nantoyōsō Collection, Japan
The Tianqi Emperor (; 23 December 1605 - 30 September 1627), personal name Zhu Youjiao (), was the sixteenth emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1620 to 1627. He was the eldest son of the Taichang Emperor and a elder brother of the Chongzhen Emperor, w... | {"Born": "1605 12 23 yWanli 33, 14th day of the 11th month(萬曆三十三年十一月十四日)", "Died": "Palace of Heavenly Purity, Forbidden City, Shuntian Prefecture, North Zhili, Ming dynasty", "Burial": "Deling Mausoleum, Ming tombs, Beijing", "Father": "Taichang Emperor", "Mother": "Empress Dowager Xiaohe"} |
The Chongzhen Emperor (; 6 February 1611 - 25 April 1644), personal name Zhu Youjian (), courtesy name Deyue (),Wang Yuan (王源)，Ju ye tang wen ji (《居業堂文集》), vol. 19. "聞之張景蔚親見烈皇帝神主題御諱字德約，行五，生於萬曆庚戌十二月二十四日寅時，崩於崇禎甲申三月十九日丑時。" was the seventeenth and last emperor of the Ming dynasty. He reigned from 1627 to 1644. "Chongzhen",... | {"Father": "Taichang Emperor", "Mother": "Empress Dowager Xiaochun", "Born": "Shuntian Prefecture, North Zhili, Ming dynasty", "Died": "Wansui Hill, Imperial City, Shuntian Prefecture, North Zhili, Ming dynasty (present-day Jingshan Park, Xicheng District, Beijing, China)", "Burial": "Siling Mausoleum, Ming tombs, Beij... |
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Gaeta (; ; Southern Laziale: Gaieta) is a city in the province of Latina, in Lazio, Southern Italy. Set on a promontory stretching towards the ... | {"Name": "Gaeta", "Official name": "Comune di Gaeta", "Native name": "Gaieta", "Image caption": "Gaeta view from sea", "Coordinates": "41 13 N 13 34 E inline", "Region": "Lazio", "Province": "Latina (LT)", "Population footnotes": "Demographic data from Istat", "Demonym": "Gaetani", "Saint": "Saint Erasmus", "Saint's da... |
The Yamam (, an acronym for Centralized Special Unit , Yeḥida Merkazit Meyuḥedet), also called in Hebrew and Israel's National Counter Terror Unit (I.N.C.T.U.) in English, is Israel's national counter-terrorism unit, one of four special units of the Israel Border Police. The Yamam is capable of both hostage-rescue ope... | {"Unit name": "Centralized Special Unit / Israel's National Counter-Terror Unit", "Native name": "YAMAM ימ\"מ", "Image size": "300px", "Caption": "Yamam officers in full gear during raid training, armed with M4A1 rifles and operating police dog (K9)", "Country": "Israel", "Type": "Police tactical unit", "Agency": "Isra... |
The Volturno (ancient Latin name Volturnus, from volvere, to roll) is a river in south-central Italy.
Geography
It rises in the Abruzzese central Apennines of Samnium near Castel San Vincenzo (province of Isernia, Molise) and flows southeast as far as its junction with the Calore Irpino near Caiazzo and runs south as ... | {"Mouth": "Tyrrhenian Sea", "Location": "Castel Volturno", "Coordinates": "41.0233 13.9254 region:IT_type:river it", "Basin size": "5550 km2 mi2 on"} |
is a railway station in Taito, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Okachimachi Station is served by the circular Yamanote Line and also the Keihin-Tohoku Line. Although not physically connected, on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, and on the Toei Oedo Lin... | {"Name": "JY 04 50 JK 29 50Okachimachi Station", "Style template": "JR East", "Native name": "御徒町駅", "Native name language": "ja", "Image": "Okachimachi-sta-S.JPG", "Caption": "The South entrance in June 2017", "Address": "5 Ueno District, Taitō City, Tokyo", "Country": "Japan", "Connections": "E 09 Ueno-okachimachi", ... |
Kebab (, ; , , , ; , ), kabob (North American), or kebap or kabab is roasted meat that originates from the Middle East but has been popularised by Iranian cuisine & Turkish cuisine. Many variants of the category are popular around the world, including the skewered shish kebab and the doner kebab with bread.
Kebabs con... | {"Name of food": "Kebab", "Width of image": "275px", "Image caption": "A typical shish kebab, skewered roasted meat", "Region of origin": "Middle East", "Course served": "Main course", "Serving temperature": "Hot", "Main ingredient": "Meat"} |
Alfons Vilhelm Robert Rebane, known simply as Alfons Rebane (24 June 1908 - 8 March 1976) was an Estonian military commander. He was the most highly decorated Estonian military officer during World War II, serving in various Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS units of Nazi Germany.
After World War II Rebane joined the British Se... | {"Born": "Valga, Livonia, Russian Empire", "Died": "Augsburg, Bavaria, West Germany", "Allegiance": "Estonia 23pxNazi Germany 23pxUnited Kingdom 1801 23px", "Awards": "Estonian Defence League White Cross 3rd ClassLatvian Aizsargi Cross of MeritIron Cross 2nd & 1st classInfantry Assault BadgeKnight's Cross of the Iron C... |
The Dunphy Show is an Irish chat show hosted by Eamon Dunphy that aired for one series on TV3 in 2003. The programme featured guest interviews, audience participation and live music from guest music groups. The Dunphy Show aired every Friday night in direct competition with The Late Late Show on Raidió Teilifís Éireann... | {"Genre": "Light entertainment", "Directed by": "Maurice Linnane", "Presented by": "Eamon Dunphy", "Opening theme": "\"I Fought the Law\"", "Country of origin": "Ireland", "Camera setup": "Multi-camera", "Running time": "120 minutes", "Original network": "TV3", "Original release": "2003 12 12 yes"} |
is a railway station in Tokyo's Chiyoda ward. It is at the center of the Akihabara shopping district specializing in electronic goods.
Lines
Akihabara Station is served by the following lines.
JR East:
Tōhoku Main Line
Keihin-Tohoku Line
Yamanote Line
Sōbu Main Line
Chūō-Sōbu Line
Tokyo Metro:
Metropolita... | {"Name": "Akihabara Station", "Native name": "秋葉原駅", "Native name language": "ja", "Caption": "The Akihabara Electric Town entrance of Akihabara Station in February 2015", "Address": "1 Soto-Kanda (JR Station)Kanda-Sakuma-chō (Tokyo Metro)Kanda-Hanaoka-chō (Tsukuba Express)", "Administrative subdivision": "Chiyoda City... |
Chris Poland (born December 1, 1957) is an American guitarist, best known as the former guitarist of the thrash metal band Megadeth. Since 2002, Poland has been the guitarist of the instrumental rock/jazz fusion bands OHM and OHMphrey, among others, and has appeared on several projects and albums from a variety of diff... | {"Born": "Dunkirk, New York, U.S.", "Genres": "Thrash metal instrumental rock jazz fusion progressive metal heavy metal", "Formerly of": "Megadeth Damn the Machine Mumbo's Brain", "Member of": "OHM OHMphrey"} |
is a railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Tokyo Metro operate individual portions of the station.
Lines
JR East
Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Yamanote Line
Chūō Line (Rapid)
Tokyo Metro
Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
Station layout
Kanda consists of two separate stations that form an ... | {"Name": "3 KND 40JK 27 1 40JY 02 2 40JC 02 3 40 G 13 50Kanda Station", "Native name": "神田駅", "Native name language": "ja", "Image": "JR Kanda Station - North exit - May 30 2021 various 18 27 16 704000.jpeg", "Caption": "The north entrance in May 2021", "Address": "2-13-1 Kajichō, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo", "Country": "Japan"... |
Ailesbury Road (Bóthar Aylesbury in Irish), is a tree-lined avenue in the affluent Dublin 4 area in Dublin, Ireland. It links Sydney Parade Station on Sydney Parade Avenue and the Church of the Sacred Heart at Anglesea Road, Donnybrook. Historically, many embassies and diplomatic residences have been located on the roa... | {"Name": "Ailesbury Road", "Native name": "ga Bóthar Aylesbury", "Namesake": "George Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury", "Length": "1.3", "Width": "16 m", "Coordinates": "53.320024 N 6.221490 W region:IE_type:landmark it", "Known for": "embassies, St Michael's College"} |
King William Street was the original but short-lived northern terminus of the City and South London Railway (C&SLR), the first successful deep-level underground railway in London and one of the component parts of the London Underground's Northern line. It was located in the City of London, on King William Street, just... | {"Owner": "City & South London Railway", "Location": "City of London", "Number of platforms": "2", "Replaced by": "Bank"} |
Lionel, LLC is an American designer and importer of toy trains and model railroads that is headquartered in Concord, North Carolina. Its roots lie in the 1969 purchase of the Lionel product line from the Lionel Corporation by cereal conglomerate General Mills and subsequent purchase in 1986 by businessman Richard P. Ku... | {"Type": "Private", "Industry": "Toy & Hobby Importing Licensing", "Founded": "1995", "Headquarters": "United States", "Products": "Model trains", "Revenue": "US$62 million (2006)", "Parent": "Guggenheim Partners 80% Neil Young 20%", "Website": "lionel.com"} |
is a horror anthology media franchise centered on a series of survival horror games created by Keiichiro Toyama and published by Konami. The first four video games in the series, Silent Hill, Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 3, and Silent Hill 4: The Room, were developed by an internal group called Team Silent, a development... | {"Title": "Silent Hill", "Caption": "Logo since 2022", "Genre": "Survival horror", "Developer": "nowrap Team Silent (1999-2004) Gamefederation Studio (2006-2010) Konami Digital Entertainment (2007) Climax Studios (2007-2009) Double Helix Games (2008) Vatra Games (2012) Hijinx Studios (2012) WayForward Technologies (201... |
Catherine Labouré, DC (May 2, 1806 - December 31, 1876) was a French member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul and a Marian visionary. She is believed to have relayed the request from the Blessed Virgin Mary to create the famous Miraculous Medal of Our Lady of Graces worn by millions of people around ... | {"Born": "Fain-lès-Moutiers, Côte-d'Or, France", "Died": "Reuilly, Paris, France", "Feast": "28 November", "Beatified": "Pope Pius XI", "Canonized": "Pope Pius XII", "Attributes": "Daughters of Charity habit, Miraculous Medal"} |
Born in Flames is a 1983 American dystopian docufiction drama film written, directed, produced and edited by Lizzie Borden that explores racism, classism, sexism and heterosexism in an alternate socialist democratic United States. The title comes from the song "Born in Flames" written by a member of Art & Language, Ma... | {"Directed by": "Lizzie Borden", "Produced by": "Lizzie Borden", "Written by": "Lizzie Borden", "Starring": "Honey\n Adele Bertei\n Kathryn Bigelow", "Music by": "IbisRed Krayola", "Cinematography": "Ed Bowes\n Al Santana Michael Oblowitz\n Lizzie Borden", "Edited by": "Lizzie Borden", "Distributed by": "First Run Feat... |
Shadwell is a district of East London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, east of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the Thames between Wapping (to the west) and Ratcliff (to the east). This riverside location has meant the area's history and character have been shaped by the maritime trades.
H... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Dialling code": "020", "Population": "(2011 Census. Ward)http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689093&c=Shadwell&d=14&e=62&g=6338313&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1476696085756&enc=1 Tower Hamlets Ward population 2011 17 October 2016 O... |
The West India Docks are a series of three docks, quaysides and warehouses built to import goods from and export goods and occasionally passengers to the British West Indies on the Isle of Dogs in London the first of which opened in 1802. Following their commercial closure in 1980, the Canary Wharf development was buil... | {"Coordinates": "51.50347 N 0.01722 W region:GB_type:landmark inline,title", "Location": "London", "Built": "1802", "Built for": "West India Dock Company"} |
Dublin City University (abbreviated as DCU) () is a university based on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. Created as the National Institute for Higher Education, Dublin in 1975, it enrolled its first students in 1980, and was elevated to university status (along with the NIHE Limerick, now the University of Limerick) i... | {"Motto": "Ireland's University of Enterprise", "Type": "Public university", "Chancellor": "Brid Horan", "President": "Daire Keogh", "Students": "17,000", "Campus": "Urban, 38 ha acre off", "Website": "https://www.dcu.ie/"} |
The Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, the fifth-largest cathedral in North America, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. Headed by Cardinal Tobin for the archdiocese, it is located at 89 Ridge Street in the Lower Broadway neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey. Catholic mass is offered daily and t... | {"OS grid reference": "Cathedral Basilica of theSacred Heart", "Location": "89 Ridge StreetNewark, New Jersey, U.S.", "Country": "United States", "Denomination": "Roman Catholic", "Archdiocese": "Newark", "Style": "French Gothic Revival", "Years built": "1898-1954", "Consecrated": "October 19, 1954", "Status": "Cathedr... |
Gustav Georg Friedrich Maria Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (born Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach; 7 August 1870 - 16 January 1950) was a German foreign service official who became chairman of the board of Friedrich Krupp AG, a heavy industry conglomerate, after his marriage to Bertha Krupp, who had inherited the company. ... | {"Name": "Gustav Kruppvon Bohlen und Halbach", "Caption": "Gustav Krupp in 1915", "Birth date": "7 August 1870", "Birth place": "The Hague, Netherlands", "Death date": "1950 1 16 1870 8 7 y", "Death place": "Werfen, Salzburg, Austria", "Occupation": "Chairman of the board of Friedrich Krupp AG, 1909-1945", "Spouse(s)":... |
The 10%ers is a British television comedy series, broadcast on ITV.
Set in the office of a theatrical agent, it began as a pilot in 1993 shown as part of ITV's short-lived Comedy Playhouse (not to be confused with the BBC's long-running Comedy Playhouse), then ran for two series, shown in 1994 and 1996. The regular ca... | {"Also known as": "The 10 Percenters", "Genre": "Comedy", "Written by": "Doug Naylor\n Paul Alexander\n Rob Grant", "Directed by": "Ed Bye\n Marcus Mortimer", "Starring": "Clive Francis\n Benedict Taylor\n Colin Stinton\n Elizabeth Bennett", "Country of origin": "United Kingdom", "Running time": "30 minutes", "Original... |
Vincent de Paul, CM (24 April 1581 - 27 September 1660), commonly known as Saint Vincent de Paul, was an Occitan French Catholic priest who dedicated himself to serving the poor.
In 1622 Vincent was appointed a chaplain to the galleys. After working for some time in Paris among imprisoned galley slaves, he returned to... | {"Born": "Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Guyenne and Gascony,Kingdom of France", "Died": "Paris, Kingdom of France", "Feast": "27 September19 July (Roman Calendar, 1737-1969)", "Beatified": "Pope Benedict XIII", "Canonized": "Pope Clement XII", "Patronage": "Charities horses hospitals leprosy lost articles Madagascar... |
The Brittas Empire is a British sitcom created and originally written by Andrew Norriss and Richard Fegen. Chris Barrie played titular character Gordon Brittas, the well-intended but hugely incompetent manager of the fictional Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre.
The show ran for seven series and 52 episodes - including ... | {"Genre": "Black comedyFarceSitcom", "Created by": "Andrew NorrissRichard Fegen", "Directed by": "Mike StephensChristine Gernon", "Starring": "Chris BarriePippa HaywoodJulia St JohnMike BurnsHarriet ThorpeTim MarriottJill GreenacreRussell PorterJudy FlynnStephen ChurchettAnouschka MenziesAndrée BernardJohn Carrigan", "... |
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (; 3 September 1936 - 19 September 2019), commonly known as Ben Ali () or Ezzine (), was a Tunisian politician who served as the 2nd president of Tunisia from 1987 to 2011. In that year, during the Tunisian revolution, he fled to Saudi Arabia.
Ben Ali was appointed Prime Minister in October 198... | {"Name": "Zine El Abidine Ben Ali", "Native name": "ar زين العابدين بن علي", "Image caption": "Ben Ali in November 2008", "Term start": "7 November 1987", "Term end": "14 January 2011", "Office 2": "Prime Minister of Tunisia", "President 2": "Habib Bourguiba", "Predecessor 2": "Rachid Sfar", "Successor 2": "Hédi Baccou... |
Pentonville is an area on the northern fringe of Central London, in the London Borough of Islington. It is located north-northeast of Charing Cross on the Inner Ring Road. Pentonville developed in the northwestern edge of the ancient parish of Clerkenwell on the New Road. It is named after Henry Penton, the developer ... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "OS grid reference": "TQ315835", "London Assembly": "Islington", "Postcode district": "N1", "Dialling code": "020", "UK Parliament": "Islington South and Finsbury"} |
Robert Llewellyn (born 10 March 1956) is a British actor, comedian, presenter and writer. He plays the mechanoid Kryten in the sci-fi television sitcom Red Dwarf and formerly presented the engineering gameshow Scrapheap Challenge. He has also founded and hosts a YouTube series, Fully Charged., which has grown into a co... | {"Name": "Robert Llewellyn", "Caption": "Llewellyn in 2022", "Birth date": "1956 3 10 y", "Birth place": "Northampton, England", "Known For": "Kryten in Red Dwarf Scrapheap Challenge presenter", "Occupation": "Actor Comedian Writer Presenter", "Television": "Red Dwarf Scrapheap Challenge How Do They Do It? Ho... |
Silverchair was an Australian rock band, which formed in 1992 as Innocent Criminals in Newcastle, New South Wales, with Daniel Johns on vocals and guitars, Ben Gillies on drums, and Chris Joannou on bass guitar. The group got their big break in mid-1994 when they won a national demo competition conducted by SBS TV show... | {"Origin": "Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia", "Genres": "Alternative rock\nart rock\ngrunge (early)", "Discography": "Silverchair discography", "Labels": "Murmur\nSony\nEpic\nEleven\nAtlantic", "Website": "chairpage.com/"} |
Samuel Goldwyn (born Szmuel Gelbfisz; ; August 27, 1882 (claimed but most likely July 1879) January 31, 1974), also known as Samuel Goldfish, was a Polish-born American film producer. He was best known for being the founding contributor and executive of several motion picture studios in Hollywood.Obituary, Variety, Feb... | {"Name": "Samuel Goldwyn", "Caption": "Goldwyn in 1919", "Birth name": "Szmuel Gelbfisz", "Birth date": "August 27, 1882 (claimed but most likely July 1879)", "Birth place": "Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire", "Death date": "1974 1 31 1882 8 27 y", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Resting place... |
Hjalmar Schacht (born Horace Greeley Hjalmar Schacht; 22 January 1877 - 3 June 1970, ) was a German economist, banker, centre-right politician, and co-founder of the German Democratic Party. He served as the Currency Commissioner and President of the Reichsbank under the Weimar Republic. He was a fierce critic of his c... | {"Name": "Hjalmar Schacht", "Term start": "3 August 1934", "Term end": "26 November 1937", "Office 2": "General Plenipotentiary for War Economy", "Predecessor 2": "Office established", "Successor 2": "Walther Funk", "Birth name": "Horace Greeley Hjalmar Schacht", "Birth date": "yes 1877 01 22", "Birth place": "Tinglev,... |
Pound cake is a type of cake traditionally made with a pound of each of four ingredients: flour, butter, eggs, and sugar. Pound cakes are generally baked in either a loaf pan or a Bundt mold. They are sometimes served either dusted with powdered sugar, lightly glazed, or with a coat of icing.
History
It is believed t... | {"Name of food": "Pound cake", "Width of image": "300px", "Image alt string": "A pound cake that has been baked in a loaf pan.", "Image caption": "A pound cake that has been baked in a loaf pan.", "Main ingredient": "Flour, butter, sugar, and eggs", "Variations": "Addition of flavorings or dried fruits"} |
Vincent Keith Brooks (born October 24, 1958) is a retired United States Army general who last commanded United States Forces Korea, United Nations Command, and ROK-U.S. Combined Forces Command. He previously served as the commanding general of United States Army Pacific and prior to that as the commanding general of Th... | {"Born": "Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.", "Allegiance": "United States", "Commands held": "United States Forces KoreaUnited Nations CommandROK-U.S. Combined Forces CommandUnited States Army PacificThird Army1st Infantry Division1st Cavalry Division1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regi... |
thumb|Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's plate, 1922
thumb|Baldwin Locomotive Works c. 1900
Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) was an American manufacturer of railway locomotives from 1825 to 1951. Originally located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, it moved to nearby Eddystone in the early 20th century. The company was for... | {"Founded": "1825", "Defunct": "1951", "Fate": "Merged with Lima-Hamilton Corporation in September 1951.", "Headquarters": "United States", "Industry": "Railway", "Products": "Locomotives"} |
Kevin Paul Jackson (born 2 October 1947), credited as Paul Jackson; sometimes as K. Paul Jackson, is an English television director, producer and executive, known for his production roles within the BBC, ITV, and previously, Carlton and Granada. His most famous television work includes The Two Ronnies and The Young One... | {"Name": "Paul Jackson", "Birth name": "Kevin Paul Jackson", "Birth date": "1947 10 2 y", "Birth place": "London, England", "Other names": "K. Paul Jackson", "Occupation": "Producer, director, executive", "Alma mater": "University of Exeter", "Notable works": "The Two RonniesThe Young OnesRed Dwarf"} |
William Clement Stone (May 4, 1902 - September 3, 2002) was an American businessman, philanthropist and New Thought self-help book author.
Biography
Stone was born in Chicago, Illinois, on May 4, 1902. His father died in 1905 leaving his family in debt. In 1908 he hawked newspapers on the South Side of Chicago while h... | {"Name": "William Clement Stone", "Caption": "Bust of Stone.", "Birth date": "1902 5 4", "Birth place": "Chicago, Illinois", "Death date": "2002 9 3 1902 5 4", "Death place": "Evanston, Illinois"} |
Ciskei (, or ) was a Bantustan for the Xhosa people, located in the southeast of South Africa. It covered an area of , almost entirely surrounded by what was then the Cape Province, and possessed a small coastline along the shore of the Indian Ocean.
Under South Africa's policy of apartheid, land was set aside for bl... | {"Native name": "xh iRiphabliki ye Ciskei", "Conventional long name": "Republic of Ciskei", "National motto": "\"xh Siyakunqandwa Ziinkwenkwezi\"2(Xhosa)\"We Shall be Stopped by the Stars\"or \"The Sky is the Limit\"", "National anthem": "xh Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrikahttp://www.nationalanthems.info/cis.htm Ciskei - nation... |
Theresa Lee Farrell (born November 19, 1963) is an American actress and fashion model. She is best known for her roles as Jadzia Dax in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and as Regina "Reggie" Kostas in the comedy series Becker.
Early life
In her junior year of high school, the almost six-foot-tall Farr... | {"Name": "Terry Farrell", "Caption": "Farrell at the 2023 GalaxyCon in Austin", "Birth date": "1963 11 19", "Birth place": "Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.", "Birth name": "Theresa Lee Farrell", "Occupation": "Actress, model", "Spouse(s)": "Brian Baker September 1, 2002 2015 divorced\n Adam Nimoy March 26, 2018 May 20, 2022 ... |
A wedding cake is the traditional cake served at wedding receptions following dinner. In some parts of England, the wedding cake is served at a wedding breakfast; the 'wedding breakfast' does not mean the meal will be held in the morning, but at a time following the ceremony on the same day. In modern Western culture, ... | {"Name of food": "Wedding cake", "Width of image": "250px", "Image caption": "A three-layer wedding cake with pillar supports and \"topper\" figures", "Type of dish": "Cake"} |
Venda () or Tswetla was a Bantustan in northern South Africa, which is fairly close to the South African border with Zimbabwe to the north, while to the south and east, it shared a long border with another black homeland, Gazankulu. It is now part of the Limpopo province. Venda was founded as a homeland by the South Af... | {"Native name": "ve Riphabuliki ya Venḓaaf Republiek van Venda", "Conventional long name": "Republic of Venda", "National motto": "\"ve Shumela Venda\"2(Venda)\"Always Aspire for Venda\"", "National anthem": "ve Pfano na vhuthihi2(Venda)aPeace and Togetherness", "Official languages": "VendaEnglishAfrikaansChapter 2, Se... |
George Wythe Randolph (March 10, 1818 – April 3, 1867) was a Virginia lawyer, planter, politician and Confederate general. After representing the City of Richmond during the Virginia Secession Convention in 1861, during eight months in 1862 he was the Confederate States Secretary of War during the American Civil War, t... | {"Name": "George Randolph", "Image caption": "Published circa 1866", "Term start": "March 24, 1862", "Term end": "November 15, 1862", "Birth date": "1818 3 10", "Birth place": "Albemarle County, Virginia, U.S.", "Death date": "1867 4 3 1818 3 10", "Death place": "Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Mary Eli... |
Said Bahaji (, also transliterated as Saeed Bahaji, also known as Zuhayr al-Maghribi, 15 July 1975 in Haselünne, Lower Saxony - September 2013), was a citizen of Germany, electrical engineer, and an alleged member of the Hamburg cell that provided money and material support to the perpetrators of the September 11 attac... | {"Name": "Jaouad Bahaji", "Native name": "سعيد بحجي", "Native name language": "ar", "Birth date": "1975 7 15 yesView Red Notices https://www.interpol.int/How-we-work/Notices/View-Red-Notices 2021-03-20 www.interpol.int en", "Birth place": "Haselünne, Lower Saxony, West Germany", "Death date": "September 2013 (aged 38)"... |
Ian Anderson Paice (born 29 June 1948) is an English musician, best known as the drummer and last remaining original member of the rock band Deep Purple. He remains the only member of Deep Purple who has served in every line-up since the band’s inception in 1968, as well as having played on every album and at every liv... | {"Born": "Nottingham, England", "Genres": "Hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock, progressive rock", "Member of": "Deep Purple", "Formerly of": "Green Bullfrog Paice Ashton Lord Whitesnake"} |
UHF (released internationally as The Vidiot from UHF) is a 1989 American comedy film starring "Weird Al" Yankovic, David Bowe, Fran Drescher, Victoria Jackson, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Richards, Stanley Brock, Gedde Watanabe, Billy Barty, Anthony Geary, Emo Philips and Trinidad Silva; the film is dedicated to Silva, who... | {"Directed by": "Jay Levey", "Written by": "\"Weird Al\" Yankovic\n Jay Levey", "Produced by": "Gene Kirkwood\n John W. Hyde", "Starring": "\"Weird Al\" Yankovic\n Kevin McCarthy\n Michael Richards\n David Bowe\n Victoria Jackson", "Music by": "John Du Prez", "Cinematography": "David Lewis", "Edited by": "Dennis M. O'C... |
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil and the capital of the state of São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as an alpha global city, São Paulo is the most populous city outside of Asia and the world's 4th largest city proper by population. Additionally, São Paulo is the largest Portug... | {"Named for": "Paul the Apostle", "Founded by": "Manuel da Nóbrega and Joseph of Anchieta", "Type": "Mayor-council", "Body": "Municipal Chamber of São Paulo", "Rank": "1st in Brazil", "Density": "8,005.25", "Metro density": "2,714.45", "Website": "http://www.capital.sp.gov.br"} |
thumbnail|right|300px|Block's map of his 1614 voyage, with the first appearance of the term "New Netherland"
The Wampanoag (), also rendered Wôpanâak, are a Native American people of the Northeastern Woodlands based in southeastern Massachusetts and historically parts of eastern Rhode Island.Salwen, "Indians of Souther... | {"Name": "Wampanoag", "Image caption": "Cheryl Andrews-Maltais (right), Chairperson of the Wampanoag Tribe of Aquinnah with a MassDOT engineer", "Population": "2,756 (2010 census)Massachusetts: 2010; Population and Housing Unit Counts https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/cen2010/cph-2-23.pdf US Census 2010 U... |
The English Electric Company Limited (EE) was a British industrial manufacturer formed after the armistice of World War I by amalgamating five businesses which, during the war, had been making munitions, armaments and aeroplanes.
It initially specialised in industrial electric motors and transformers, locomotives and ... | {"Type": "Private", "Fate": "Merged with General Electric in 1968", "Industry": "Transport", "Founded": "December 1918 (as The English Electric Company Limited)", "Defunct": "1968", "Headquarters": "Strand, London, England, UK", "Products": "Electric motors\n Transformers\n Locomotives\n Diesel engines\n Steam turbines... |
Chukotka (; Chukchi: Чукоткакэн автономныкэн округ, Chukotkakėn avtonomnykėn okrug), officially the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, is the easternmost federal subject of Russia. It is an autonomous okrug situated in the Russian Far East, and shares a border with the Republic of Sakha to the west, Magadan Oblast to the south... | {"English name": "Chukotka Autonomous Okrug", "Russian name": "Чукотский автономный округ", "Coat of arms caption": "Coat of arms", "Flag caption": "Flag", "Anthem": "Anthem of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug", "Anthem reference": "Law #45-OZFile:Anthem of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (instrumental).oga", "Type of polity": ... |
The Royal Regiment of Horse Guards (The Blues) (RHG) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry.
Raised in August 1650 at Newcastle upon Tyne and County Durham by Sir Arthur Haselrigge on the orders of Oliver Cromwell as a Regiment of Horse, the regiment became the Earl of Oxford's Regim... | {"Branch": "United Kingdom", "Type": "Cavalry", "Role": "Exploitation and armoured assault", "Size": "Divisional", "Nickname(s)": "\"The Oxford Blues\"Farmer John S. 1984 The Regimental Records of the British Army Bristol Crecy Books 0-947554-03-3 5\"The Blue Guards\"\"The Blues\"", "Motto(s)": "Honi soit qui mal y pen... |
The Rush-Bagot Treaty or Rush-Bagot Disarmament was a treaty between the United States and Great Britain limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain, following the War of 1812. It was ratified by the United States Senate on April 16, 1818, and was confirmed by Canada, following Confederation in 1867.... | {"Name": "Rush-Bagot Treaty", "Long name": "Exchange of Notes Relative to Naval Forces on the American Lakes", "Image size": "240px", "Image alternative text": "Bronze plaque containing two human figures holding the seal of the United States and the coat of arms of Great Britain with a description of the treaty in betw... |
Married by America is an American reality television series broadcast by the Fox Broadcasting Company (Fox). The series premiered on March 3, 2003, and its eighth and final episode aired on April 14, 2003. American DJ Sean Valentine hosted the series. It was produced by the production company Rocket Science Laboratorie... | {"Genre": "Reality television", "Presented by": "Sean Valentine", "Country of origin": "United States", "Running time": "60 minutes", "Original network": "Fox", "Original release": "2003 04 14"} |
William Kreutzmann Jr. ( ; born May 7, 1946) is an American drummer and founding member of the rock band Grateful Dead. He played with the band for its entire thirty-year career, usually alongside fellow drummer Mickey Hart, and has continued to perform with former members of the Grateful Dead in various lineups, and w... | {"Born": "Palo Alto, California, U.S.", "Genres": "Rock\n psychedelia\n jam\n jazz", "Member of": "Billy & the Kids", "Formerly of": "Grateful Dead The Other Ones The Dead Rhythm Devils Go Ahead Backbone The Trichromes SerialPod BK3 7 Walkers Dead & Company", "Website": "billkreutzmann.com"} |
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