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The Rally of the French People (, RPF) was a French political party, led by Charles de Gaulle.
Foundation
The RPF was founded by Charles de Gaulle in Strasbourg on 14 April 1947,William George Andrews, Stanley Hoffmann (editors), The Impact of the Fifth Republic on France, page 6 (State University of New York Press, ... | {"President": "Jacques Foccart", "Founded": "1947 4 14 y", "Succeeded by": "National Centre of Social Republicans", "Headquarters": "Paris", "Ideology": "French nationalismSouverainismGaullismConservatism", "Political position": "Right-wingWilliam I. Hitchcock The Struggle for Europe: The Turbulent History of a Divid... |
Jeffrey Dean Isbell (born April 8, 1962), best known as Izzy Stradlin, is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was a co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and backing vocalist of the hard rock and heavy metal band Guns N' Roses, which he left at the height of their fame in 1991, and with whom he recorded four stud... | {"Born": "Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.", "Origin": "Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.", "Genres": "Hard rock blues-rock punk rock reggae heavy metal ska punk hardcore punk", "Labels": "Uzi Suicide Geffen Sanctuary Victor Cleopatra", "Formerly of": "Guns N' Roses Ju Ju Hounds Velvet Revolver Hollywood Rose London Naughty Women The B... |
The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (, ), commonly known as the McCain-Feingold Act or BCRA ( ), is a United States federal law that amended the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, which regulates the financing of political campaigns. Its chief sponsors were senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and John McCain (R-AZ... | {"Long title": "An act to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide bipartisan campaign reform.", "Nicknames": "McCain-Feingold, Shays-Meehan", "Enacted by": "107th", "Effective": "November 6, 2002", "Public law": "107-155"} |
The Lord of the Rings is a 1978 animated fantasy film directed by Ralph Bakshi from a screenplay by Chris Conkling and Peter S. Beagle. It is based on the novel of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien, adapting from the volumes The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers.
Set in Middle-earth, the film follows a group o... | {"Directed by": "Ralph Bakshi", "Produced by": "Saul Zaentz", "Screenplay by": "Chris Conkling\n Peter S. Beagle", "Based on": "The Lord of the Rings J. R. R. Tolkien", "Starring": "Christopher Guard\n William Squire\n Michael Scholes\n John Hurt\n Simon Chandler\n Dominic Guard\n Michael Graham Cox\n Anthony Daniels\... |
is a Japanese game designer, producer, programmer, and engineer, who headed Sega's AM2 team for 18 years. Considered one of the first auteurs of video games, he has been responsible for a number of Sega's arcade hits, including three-dimensional sprite-scaling games that used "taikan" motion simulator arcade cabinets, ... | {"Name": "Yu Suzuki", "Caption": "Yu Suzuki at the Game Developers Conference 2011", "Birth date": "1958 06 10", "Birth place": "Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan", "Awards": "AIAS Hall of Fame Award (2003)D.I.C.E Special Awards http://www.interactive.org/special_awards/details.asp?idSpecialAwards=4 22 January 2017", "Alma mater"... |
Mr. Harold Hooper (played by Will Lee) was one of the first four human characters to appear on the television series Sesame Street. Created by producer and writer Jon Stone, Mr. Hooper is the original proprietor of Hooper's Store, the neighborhood variety store and combination diner/corner store that serves as a place ... | {"First appearance": "November 10, 1969", "Last appearance": "March 18, 1983", "Portrayed by": "Will Lee", "Gender": "Male"} |
Hans-Rudolf Merz (born 10 November 1942) is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2004 to 2010. A member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD) until the foundation of FDP.The Liberals in 2009, he headed the Federal Department of Finance during his tenure as a Federal Councillor. M... | {"Name": "Hans-Rudolf Merz", "Vice president": "Doris Leuthard", "Term start": "1 January 2009", "Term end": "31 December 2009", "Office 2": "Head of the Department of Finance", "Predecessor 2": "Kaspar Villiger", "Successor 2": "Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf", "Birth date": "1942 11 10 y", "Birth place": "Herisau, Switzerla... |
Invisible Man is Ralph Ellison's first novel, published by Random House in 1952. It addresses many of the social and intellectual issues faced by African Americans in the early 20th century, including black nationalism, the relationship between black identity and Marxism, and the reformist racial policies of Booker T. ... | {"Cover artist": "Edward McKnight Kauffer", "Country": "United States", "Language": "English", "Publisher": "Random House", "Media type": "Print (hardcover and paperback)", "Pages": "581 (second edition)", "ISBN": "978-0-679-60139-5"} |
Chikchikam Lupatkue-latko ( - December 3, 1896), known as Scarface Charley, was a chief of the Modoc tribe of Native Americans. He took part in the Modoc War of 1872-73 in California, and is considered to have fired the first shot at the Battle of Lost River. On April 26, 1873, Scarfaced Charley led a victorious attack... | {"Name": "Scarface Charley", "Birth date": "circa 1830", "Death date": "December 3, 1896 December 3, 1896", "Death place": "Quapaw Reservation, Ottawa County, Oklahoma"} |
The Mule Mountains are a north/south running mountain range located in the south-central area of Cochise County, Arizona. The highest peak, Mount Ballard, rises to . Prior to mining operations commencing there, the mountains were heavily forested with large Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii glauca) an... | {"Length": "North to South", "Width": "East to West\nExtent includes low land hills and valleysPeakbagger.com", "Elevation": "CF0355 Mule 2014-02-06", "Location": "Arizona#USA", "Area": "500", "Coordinates": "31 29 N 109 52 W region:US-AZ inline,title"} |
thumb|Photo of Modoc Yellow Hammer taken by Joseph Andrew Shuck before 1904. From the Lena Robitaille Collection at the Oklahoma Historical Society Photo Archives.
The Modoc are an Indigenous American people who historically lived in the area which is now northeastern California and central Southern Oregon. Currently, ... | {"Name": "Modoc", "Image": "250px", "Image caption": "Toby \"Winema\" Riddle (Modoc, 1848-1920)", "Population": "800 (2000)", "Languages": "English, formerly Modoc", "Related ethnic groups": "Klamath, Yahooskin"} |
thumb|Sigil of Sancho VII the Strong
Sancho VII (; 11577 April 1234) called the Strong (, ) was King of Navarre from 1194 until his death in 1234. He was the son and heir of Sancho VI, whom he followed as the second king to hold the title of King of Navarre. Sancho VII was the first to use the chains of Navarre as his... | {"Born": "1157", "Died": "Tudela", "Father": "Sancho VI of Navarre", "Mother": "Sancha of Castile", "Religion": "Catholicism"} |
right|thumb|The start of the Birmingham Canal at Gas Street Basin, central Birmingham
thumb|right|Bridge over Birmingham Canal Old Main Line in Birmingham City Centre
Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) is a network of canals connecting Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and the eastern part of the Black Country. The BCN is con... | {"Short title": "Birmingham Canal Navigation Act 1768", "Type": "Act", "Parliament": "Parliament of Great Britain", "Year": "1768", "Collapse?": "yes"} |
200px|right|thumb|Goodnight (ca. 1880)
Charles Goodnight (March 5, 1836 - December 12, 1929), also known as Charlie Goodnight, was a rancher in the American West. In 1955, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.
Early years
Goodnight was born in Macoupin Co... | {"Name": "Charles Goodnight", "Caption": "Goodnight in 1860", "Birth date": "1836 3 5", "Birth place": "Macoupin County, Illinois, US", "Death date": "1929 12 12 1836 3 5", "Death place": "Phoenix, Arizona, US", "Resting place": "Goodnight Cemetery near Amarillo, Texas", "Occupation": "Rancher", "Spouse(s)": "(1) Mary ... |
thumb|Arms of Wyndham: Azure, a chevron between three lion's heads erased or
Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, PC (19 August 171021 August 1763), of Orchard Wyndham in Somerset, Petworth House in Sussex, and of Egremont House in Mayfair, London, was a British statesman who served as Secretary of State for the Sout... | {"Name": "The Earl of Egremont", "Image caption": "Portrait by William Hoare", "Term start": "9 October 1761", "Term end": "21 August 1763", "Birth date": "1710 8 19 y", "Death date": "1763 08 21 1710 8 19 y", "Spouse(s)": "Hon. Alicia Maria Carpenter"} |
Ardbraccan House (known sometimes historically as Ardbraccan Palace) is a large Palladian country house in the town of Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland. The historic house served from the 1770s to 1885 as the residence of the Church of Ireland Lord Bishop of Meath.
Construction
Ardbraccan itself had been the location... | {"Former names": "Ardbraccan Palace", "Alternative names": "Bishop's Palace", "Type": "House", "Architectural style": "Palladian", "Address": "Ardbraccan, County Meath", "Coordinates": "53.6609352 N 6.7502167 W inline,title", "Elevation": "61 m on"} |
Christopher Edward Martin (born March 21, 1966), known professionally as DJ Premier (also known as Preemo), is an American record producer and DJ. He is considered one of the greatest hip hop producers of all time. He was half of the hip hop duo Gang Starr—alongside the rapper Guru—and presently forms half of the hip h... | {"Born": "Houston, Texas, U.S.", "Origin": "New York City, U.S.", "Genres": "Hip hop", "Labels": "Year Round Virgin Wild Pitch Chrysalis Works of Mart", "Member of": "Gang Starr Buckshot Lefonque PRhyme", "Website": "premierwuzhere.com"} |
George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, (6 October 1716 - 8 June 1771) was a British statesman of the Georgian era. Due to his success in extending commerce in the Americas, he became known as the "father of the colonies". President of the Board of Trade from 1748 to 1761, he aided the foundation of Nova Scotia, 174... | {"Name": "The Earl of Halifax", "Image caption": "Portrait by Joshua Reynolds, 1764", "Office 2": "Lord Lieutenant of Ireland", "Monarch 2": "George III", "Predecessor 2": "The Duke of Bedford", "Successor 2": "The Earl of Northumberland", "Birth date": "1716 10 6 y", "Death date": "1771 6 8 1716 10 6 y", "Alma mater":... |
Halton () is a unitary authority district with borough status in Cheshire, North West England. It was created in 1974 as a district of the non-metropolitan county of Cheshire, and became a unitary authority area on 1 April 1998 under Halton Borough Council. Since 2014, it has been a member of the Liverpool City Region ... | {"Type": "Unitary authority", "Body": "Halton Borough Council", "Rank": "E06000006", "Land": "E06000006", "Density": "E06000006", "DST": "+1", "ISO 3166 code": "GB-HAL", "Website": "halton.gov.uk"} |
Field Marshal Henry Seymour Conway (1721 - 9 July 1795) was a British general and statesman. A brother of the 1st Marquess of Hertford, and cousin of Horace Walpole, he began his military career in the War of the Austrian Succession. He held various political offices including Chief Secretary for Ireland, Secretary of... | {"Name": "Henry Seymour Conway", "Image caption": "Portrait by Thomas Gainsborough", "Term start": "23 May 1766", "Term end": "20 January 1768", "Order 2": "Secretary of State for the Southern Department", "Monarch 2": "George III", "Prime minister 2": "The Marquess of Rockingham", "Predecessor 2": "The Earl of Halifax... |
Halton is a small village and civil parish in the Buckinghamshire district of the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England, located about two miles north of Wendover and five miles southeast of Aylesbury.
Geography
Halton lies just outside the Metropolitan Green Belt so it has not been protected from postwar hous... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "Population": "(2011 Census)Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 3 February 2013", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "UK Parliament": "Aylesbury", "Postcode district": "HP", "Dialling code": "01296", "OS grid reference": "SP874101"} |
thumb|Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, 1758 portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds
thumb|300px|"Racehorses Exercising at Goodwood", 1759 painting by George Stubbs, showing jockeys and grooms wearing yellow livery of Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, 3rd Duke of Lennox
Field Marshal Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmon... | {"Name": "The Duke of Richmond", "Image caption": "Portrait by George Romney, circa 1777", "Term start": "23 May 1766", "Term end": "29 July 1766", "Birth date": "1735 2 22 y", "Death date": "1806 12 29 1735 2 22 y", "Birth place": "Westminster, London, England", "Death place": "Goodwood, Sussex, England", "Resting pla... |
Marocco (c. 1586 - c. 1606), widely known as Bankes's Horse (after his trainer William Bankes), was the name of a late 16th- and early 17th-century English performing horse. He is sometimes referred to as the "Dancing Horse", the "Thinking Horse", or the "Politic Horse".
Origin
William Bankes (also spelled Banks or Ba... | {"Sex": "Male", "Born": "Staffordshire, England", "Died": "c. 1606 (about 20)", "Nation from": "England England", "Occupation": "Performing horse"} |
William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, KG, PC (17 September 1717 O.S. - 29 September 1781)Rice (2016) was a British courtier, diplomat and statesman of Anglo-Dutch descent. He occupied senior ambassadorial posts at Madrid and Paris, and served as Secretary of State in both the Northern and Southern D... | {"Name": "The Earl of Rochford", "Image caption": "Portrait by Bartholomew Dandridge", "Office 2": "Secretary of State for the Southern Department", "Prime minister 2": "Lord North", "Predecessor 2": "The Viscount Weymouth", "Successor 2": "The Viscount Weymouth", "Birth date": "17 September 1717", "Death date": "29 Se... |
Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, (30 May 1718 - 7 October 1793), known as The 2nd Viscount Hillsborough from 1742 to 1751 and as The 1st Earl of Hillsborough from 1751 to 1789, was a British politician of the Georgian era.
Best known in North America as the Earl of Hillsborough, he served as Secretary of State ... | {"Name": "The Marquess of Downshire", "Monarch 2": "George III", "Prime minister 2": "The Earl of Chatham", "Predecessor 2": "The Earl of Dartmouth", "Successor 2": "The Viscount Clare", "Birth date": "yes 1718 05 30", "Birth place": "Fairford, Gloucestershire", "Death date": "yes 1793 10 7 1718 05 30", "Nationality": ... |
thumb|Arms of Sir Joseph Williamson: Or, a chevron engrailed between three trefoils slipped sable
Sir Joseph Williamson, PRS (25 July 1633 - 3 October 1701) was an English civil servant, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1665 and 1701 and in the Irish House of Commons ... | {"Honorific prefix": "Sir", "Name": "Joseph Williamson", "Image caption": "Portrait by Godfrey Kneller", "Birth date": "25 July 1633", "Birth place": "Bridekirk", "Death date": "1701 10 3 1633 07 25 yes", "Death place": "Cobham, Kent", "Spouse(s)": "Katherine Stewart, Baroness Clifton"} |
Nizar ben Abdelaziz Trabelsi (born 2 July 1970) is a Tunisian former professional footballer. In 2003, he was convicted as terrorist and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for his association with Al-Qaida, and for plotting to attack US targets including American soldiers stationed at the Belgian airbase Kleine Broge... | {"Name": "Nizar Trabelsi", "Full name": "Nizar ben Abdelaziz Trabelsi", "Birth date": "1970 7 2 y", "Position": "Midfielder", "Club 1 years": "1989-1990", "Club 1": "Fortuna Düsseldorf", "Club 1 appearances": "1", "Club 1 goals": "1", "Club 2 years": "1992", "Club 2": "Wuppertaler SV", "Club 3 years": "1992", "Club 3":... |
was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II who was War Minister during the surrender of Japan.
Early life and career
Anami was born in Taketa city in Ōita Prefecture, where his father was a senior bureaucrat in the Home Ministry and grew up in Tokyo and in Tokushima Prefecture. He attended the 18t... | {"Name": "Korechika Anami", "Term start": "7 April 1945", "Term end": "14 August 1945", "Native name": "阿南 惟幾", "Native name language": "jpn", "Birth date": "1887 02 21", "Death date": "1945 08 15 1887 02 21", "Birth place": "Taketa, Ōita, Empire of Japan", "Death place": "Tokyo, Empire of Japan", "Image caption": "Ana... |
Dirk Werner Nowitzki (, ; born June 19, 1978) is a German former professional basketball player who is a special advisor for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Listed at , he is widely regarded as one of the greatest power forwards of all time and is considered by many to be the greatest... | {"Conference": "NBA", "Position": "Special advisor", "Born": "Würzburg, West Germany", "Listed height": "0", "Listed weight": "245"} |
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Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, 1st Baronet, GCB (5 April 1769 - 20 September 1839) was a British Royal Navy officer. He took part in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent in February 1797, the Battle of the Nile in August 1798 and the Battle of Copenhagen in April 1801 during the F... | {"Born": "Kingston Russell, Dorset, England", "Died": "Greenwich, London, England", "Commands held": "Mutine 1797 6Vanguard 1787 6Foudroyant 1798 6Princess Charlotte 1799 6San Josef 1797 6St George 1785 6HMS IsisAmphion 1798 6VictoryTriumph 1764 6 Barfleur 1768 6Ramillies 1785 6HMS Princess AugustaSouth America Station... |
John Joseph McLaughlin (;"The McLaughlin Group 11/16/12" March 29, 1927 - August 16, 2016) was an American television personality and political commentator. He created, produced, and hosted the political commentary series The McLaughlin Group. He also hosted and produced John McLaughlin's One on One, which ran from 198... | {"Name": "John McLaughlin", "Image upright": "0.9", "Caption": "McLaughlin at the White House in 1974", "Birth name": "John Joseph McLaughlin", "Birth date": "1927 3 29", "Birth place": "Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.", "Death date": "2016 8 16 1927 3 29", "Death place": "Washington, D.C., U.S.", "Party": "Democratic (... |
Alfred Howe Terry (November 10, 1827 - December 16, 1890) was a Union general in the American Civil War and the military commander of the Dakota Territory from 1866 to 1869, and again from 1872 to 1886. In 1865, Terry led Union troops to victory at the Second Battle of Fort Fisher in North Carolina.
Early life and ca... | {"Born": "Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.", "Died": "New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.", "Allegiance": "United StatesUnion", "Commands held": "2nd Connecticut Volunteer InfantryX CorpsMilitary Division of the Missouri", "Awards": "Thanks of Congress", "Other work": "author"} |
thumb|Stephen R. Mallory by Mathew Brady, between 1855 and 1865
Stephen Russell Mallory (1812 - November 9, 1873) was a Democratic senator from Florida from 1851 to the secession of his home state and the outbreak of the American Civil War. For much of that period, he was chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs. It ... | {"Name": "Stephen Mallory", "Term start": "March 4, 1861", "Term end": "May 2, 1865", "Birth date": "1812", "Birth place": "Trinidad, British West Indies(now Trinidad and Tobago)", "Death date": "November 9, 1873 1812", "Death place": "Pensacola, Florida", "Spouse(s)": "Angela Sylvania Moreno"} |
Loras College is a private Catholic college in Dubuque, Iowa. It has an enrollment of approximately 1,600 students and is the oldest post-secondary institution in the state of Iowa. The school offers both undergraduate and graduate degree programs. It is one of four four-year post-secondary institutions in the City of... | {"Motto": "Pro Deo Et Patria", "Type": "Private college", "Endowment": "$41.6 million (2019)As of June 30, 2019. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2019-Endowment-Market-Values--Final-Feb-10.ashx? U.S. and Canadian 2019 NTSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2019 Endowment Ma... |
Charles Crocker (September 16, 1822 - August 14, 1888) was an American railroad executive who was one of the founders of the Central Pacific Railroad, which constructed the westernmost portion of the first transcontinental railroad, and took control with partners of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Early years
Crocker w... | {"Name": "Charles Crocker", "Caption": "c. 1872 by Stephen W. Shaw", "Birth date": "1822 9 16 y", "Birth place": "Troy, New York, U.S.", "Death date": "1888 8 14 1822 9 16 y", "Death place": "Monterey, California, U.S.", "Spouse(s)": "Mary Ann Deming 1852 1887 her death", "Children": "6, including Charles, George, Will... |
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, KG PC FRS (5 December 1661 - 21 May 1724) was an English statesman and peer of the late Stuart and early Georgian periods. He began his career as a Whig, before defecting to a new Tory ministry. He was raised to the peerage of Great Britain as an earl in 1711. Betwee... | {"Name": "The Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer", "Image caption": "Portrait by Godfrey Kneller, 1714", "Order 2": "Secretary of State for the Northern Department", "Monarch 2": "Anne", "Predecessor 2": "Sir Charles Hedges", "Successor 2": "Henry Boyle", "Term start": "30 May 1711", "Term end": "30 July 1714", "Birth da... |
China Airlines Flight 611 (CI611/CAL611) was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport (now Taoyuan International Airport) in Taiwan to Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong. On 25 May 2002, the Boeing 747-209B operating the route disintegrated in midair and crashed into ... | {"Date": "2002 05 25 y", "Summary": "In-flight break-up caused by metal fatigue from an earlier improperly repaired tailstrike", "Site": "23 59 23 N 119 40 45 E type:event inline,title", "Occupants": "225", "Passengers": "206", "Crew": "19", "Fatalities": "225", "Survivors": "0", "Flight origin": "Taiwan Taoyuan Intern... |
The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are is the debut studio album by hip-hop group the 2 Live Crew. It was released in 1986 on Luke Records to a great deal of controversy and promptly was certified gold by the RIAA. It includes the hits "We Want Some Pussy", "Throw the 'D'", and "Cuttin' It Up". Bob Rosenberg, a south Florida D... | {"Released": "July 25, 1986", "Recorded": "1985-1986", "Studio": "Sonic Sound International (Miami, FL) Studio One (Riverside, CA)", "Genre": "Miami bass electro dirty rap", "Label": "Luke Records", "Producer": "Luke Skyywalker 2 Live Crew"} |
China Airlines Flight 642 was a flight that crashed at Hong Kong (Chep Lap Kok) International Airport on 22 August 1999. It was operating from Bangkok (Bangkok International Airport, now renamed Don Mueang International Airport) to Taipei with a stopover in Hong Kong.
The plane, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (registration... | {"Date": "22 August 1999", "Summary": "Crashed on landing due to pilot error", "Site": "22.305 N 113.922 E type:airport_region:HK inline,title", "Flight origin": "Don Mueang International Airport", "Stopover": "Hong Kong International Airport", "Destination": "Chiang Kai-shek International Airport", "Operator": "China ... |
LFO was a British electronic music act formed in 1988 consisting of Mark Bell and Gez Varley. They released their acclaimed debut LP Frequencies in 1991 on Sheffield label Warp. After Varley left the group in 1996, Bell continued solo to release Advance (1996) and Sheath (2003). Bell died in October 2014, effectively e... | {"Origin": "Leeds, England", "Genres": "Techno bleep techno IDM", "Labels": "Tommy Boy Warner Bros. (US) Warp", "Website": "LFO at Warp"} |
The Australian, with its Saturday edition The Weekend Australian, is a broadsheet newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964.Bruns, Axel. "3.1. The active audience: Transforming journalism from gatekeeping to gatewatching." (2008). "The Australian has long positioned itself as a loyal supporter of t... | {"Type": "Newspaper", "Format": "Broadsheet", "Owner(s)": "News Corp Australia", "Editor-in-chief": "Michelle Gunn", "Editor": "Kelvin Healey", "Political alignment": "Centre-rightMitchell, Chris (9 March 2006). The Media Report, Radio National, 9 March 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20080117055725/http://www.abc.net... |
J.Lindeberg is a Swedish clothing company. Their range includes tennis, golf and ski clothing, polo shirts, training clothes, jackets, suits, and shirts.
History
Founding
Johan Lindeberg founded the J.Lindeberg brand in 1996. Lindeberg, who had been the marketing director of Diesel, resigned from his duties at the Ita... | {"Type": "Private company", "Founded": "1997 in Stockholm", "Headquarters": "Stockholm", "Industry": "Fashion", "Products": "golf & ski clothingpolo shirtstraining clothesjacketssuitsshirts", "Website": "jlindeberg.comUSA & Canada"} |
Ted Healy (born Charles Ernest Lee Nash; October 1, 1896 - December 21, 1937) was an American vaudeville performer, comedian, and actor. Though he is chiefly remembered as the creator of The Three Stooges and the style of slapstick comedy that they later made famous, he had a successful stage and film career of his own... | {"Name": "Ted Healy", "Caption": "Healy in 1937", "Birth name": "Charles Ernest Lee Nash", "Birth date": "1896 10 01 y", "Birth place": "Kaufman, Texas, U.S.", "Death date": "1937 12 21 1896 10 01 yes", "Death place": "Los Angeles, California, U.S.", "Resting place": "Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles", "Nationality":... |
Pedro José Domingo de la Calzada Manuel María Lascuráin Paredes (8 May 1856 - 21 July 1952)Lascuráin, un presidente tan fugaz como medio partido de fútbol (in Spanish) was a Mexican politician who served as the 38th president of Mexico for 45 minutes on February 19, 1913, the shortest presidency in history. He had earl... | {"Name": "Pedro Lascuráin", "Nationality": "Mexican", "Image caption": "Pedro Lascuráin, 1910-14", "Term start": "19 February 1913( 45 minutes)", "Term end": "19 February 1913", "Vice president": "VacantAfter the ousting of President Francisco I. Madero and Vice President José María Pino Suárez, the position of Vice Pr... |
thumb|Knights of Pythias membership certificate, 1890
thumb|right|Knights of Pythias in a parade in Toledo, Ohio, 1890s
The Knights of Pythias is a fraternal organization and secret society founded in Washington, D.C., on . The Knights of Pythias is the first fraternal organization to receive a charter under an act of... | {"Named after": "Friendship, Charity, Benevolence", "Founded at": "Washington, DC", "Headquarters": "Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias, Stoughton", "Location": "United States"} |
Dajti is a mountain located in central Albania, just east of the capital, Tirana. Part of the Skanderbeg Mountains range, it stretches from Shkalla e Tujanit in the northwest to Qafa e Priskës in the southeast, at a length of and a width of . Its highest peak, Maja e Dajtit, reaches a height of . Other peaks include M... | {"Location": "Albania", "Elevation": "1613 m on", "Prominence": "939 m on", "Isolation": "36 m on", "Coordinates": "41.36675 N 19.923684 E type:mountain_scale:100000 dms inline,title"} |
Ace of Base is a Swedish pop group, formed in 1990, originally consisting of siblings Jonas, Linn, and Jenny Berggren, with Ulf Ekberg.
They achieved worldwide success following the release of their debut album, Happy Nation in 1992. Later re-issued as The Sign, it was certified nine times platinum in the United State... | {"Origin": "Gothenburg, Sweden", "Genres": "\"S3\"> Dance! Dance! Dance! Side3 22 September 2011 Nettavisen http://www.side3.no/dance-dance-dance/3234902.html 12 November 2016 no https://web.archive.org/web/20140407083703/http://www.side3.no/dance-dance-dance/3234902.html April 7, 2014 dead Jens Ba... |
Anastasio Somoza García (1 February 1896 - 29 September 1956) was the leader of Nicaragua from 1937 until his assassination in 1956. He was officially the 21st President of Nicaragua from 1 January 1937 to 1 May 1947 and from 21 May 1950 until his assassination on 29 September 1956, ruling for the rest of the time as a... | {"Name": "Anastasio Somoza Garcia", "Image": "Anastasio Somoza Garcia.gif", "Image caption": "Somoza in 1952", "Term start": "21 May 1950", "Term end": "29 September 1956", "Vice president": "Vacant", "Birth date": "y 1896 2 1", "Birth place": "San Marcos, Carazo, Nicaragua", "Death date": "y 1956 9 29 1896 2 1", "Deat... |
General Sir Samuel James Browne, (3 October 1824 - 14 March 1901) was a British Indian Army cavalry officer, known best as the creator of the Sam Browne belt. He was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the most prestigious award for gallantry in combat that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Early lif... | {"Born": "Barrackpore, British India", "Died": "Ryde, Isle of Wight", "Allegiance": "United Kingdom 23px", "Awards": "Victoria CrossOrder of the BathOrder of the Star of India", "Other work": "Inventor of the Sam Browne belt"} |
The Sovereign Council () was a governing body in New France. It served as both Supreme Court for the colony of New France, as well as a policy-making body, though this latter role diminished over time. The council, though officially established in 1663 by King Louis XIV of France, was not created from whole cloth, but ... | {"Type": "Unicameral", "Disbanded": "1760", "Preceded by": "Council of Quebec (from 1647 onwards)", "Succeeded by": "Council for the Affairs of the Province of Quebec (from 1764 onwards)"} |
III Corps is a corps of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Cavazos, Texas. It is a major formation of the United States Army Forces Command.
Activated in World War I in France, III Corps oversaw US Army divisions as they repelled several major German offensives and led them into Germany. The corps was deacti... | {"Branch": "United States", "Role": "Headquarters", "Size": "Corps", "Nickname(s)": "\"Phantom Corps\" or \"America's Hammer\"http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/iii-corps.htm III Corps GlobalSecurity.org 25 November 2009"} |
The British North America Act, 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 35),The Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and Schedule 1. also known as the Act of Union 1840, () was approved by Parliament in July 1840 and proclaimed February 10, 1841, in Montreal. It abolished the legislatures of Lower Canada and Upper Canada and established a new... | {"Short title": "British North America Act 1840", "Type": "Act", "Parliament": "Parliament of the United Kingdom", "Long title": "An Act to reunite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada.", "Year": "1840", "Citation": "3 & 4 Vict. c. 35", "Royal Assent": "23 July 1840"} |
Rolando Navarrete (born February 14, 1957) is a Filipino former professional boxer who competed from 1973 to 1991. He held the WBC super-featherweight title from August 1981 and May 1982.
Fighting style
A fine boxer, Navarrete had a good talent and was known for his hard-hitting punches.
Known to be a slugger and one ... | {"Nickname(s)": "Bad Boy from Dadiangas", "Weight(s)": "Bantamweight\nFeatherweight\nSuper-featherweight\nLightweight", "Height": "5 ft 5 in", "Reach": "65+1/2 in", "Nationality": "PHI Filipino", "Born": "General Santos, Philippines", "Stance": "Southpaw", "Total fights": "74", "Wins": "56", "Wins by KO": "33", "Losses... |
Roughouse is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as the occasional enemy of Wolverine. His first appearance was in Wolverine vol. 2, #4. The character was created by Chris Claremont and John Buscema.
Fictional character biography
Roughouse is one of t... | {"Publisher": "Marvel Comics", "Created by": "Chris Claremont (story) and John Buscema (art)", "Species": "Asgardian", "Place of origin": "Asgard", "Abilities": "Superhuman strength, stamina, and durability due to his Rock Troll heritageFormidable hand to hand combatantMany criminal underworld connections"} |
Sheila Dikshit () (née Kapoor; 31 March 1938 - 20 July 2019) was an Indian politician. The longest-serving Chief Minister of Delhi, as well as the longest-serving female chief minister of any Indian state, she served for a period of 15 years beginning in 1998. Dikshit led the Indian National Congress party to three co... | {"Name": "Sheila Dikshit", "Office 2": "20th Governor of Kerala", "Predecessor 2": "Nikhil Kumar", "Successor 2": "P. SathasivamSathasivam becomes Kerala governor, to take oath on September 5 India Today 3 September 2014 http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sathasivam-kerala-governor-cji-home-ministry-supreme-court/1/... |
Acer Inc. ( ) is a Taiwanese multinational hardware and electronics corporation specializing in advanced electronics technology, headquartered in Xizhi, New Taipei City. Its products include desktop PCs, laptop PCs (clamshells, 2-in-1s, convertibles and Chromebooks), tablets, servers, storage devices, virtual reality d... | {"Formerly": "Multitech (1976-1987)", "Type": "Public", "Industry": "Electronics", "Founded": "1976 08 01 start date and age 1974 01 01 yes", "Headquarters": "Taiwan", "Products": "Personal computers smartphones servers storage handhelds monitors LEDs LCDs video projectors e-business", "Revenue": "2020", "Subsidiaries... |
Stephen Vincent Benét ( ; July 22, 1898 - March 13, 1943) was an American poet, short story writer, and novelist. He wrote a book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, John Brown's Body (1928), for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and for the short stories "The Devil and Daniel Webster" (1936... | {"Born": "1898 7 22 y", "Died": "1943 3 13 1898 7 22 y", "Occupation": "Writer", "Alma mater": "Yale University (B.A.)", "Period": "20th century", "Children": "Thomas, Stephanie, and Rachel", "Relatives": "William Rose Benét (brother)Laura Benét (sister)", "Notable awards": "Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1929)O. Henry Awa... |
The National Human Rights Commission of India (abbreviated as NHRC) is a statutory body constituted on 12 October 1993 under the Protection of Human Rights Ordinance of 28 September 1993.Annual Report 1993-94 of the National Human Rights Commission It was given a statutory basis by the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1... | {"Uniformed as": "National Human Rights Commission", "Formed": "12 October 1993 y y", "Multinational agency": "India", "General nature": "No", "Size": "3,287,263 km2 (1,269,219 sq mi)", "Legal jurisdiction": "India", "Headquarters": "Faridkot House, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi - 110 001."} |
Satyendra Dubey (1973-2003) was an Indian Engineering Service (IES) officer. He was the Project Director in the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) at Koderma, Jharkhand. He was murdered in Gaya, Bihar, allegedly for his anti-corruption related actions in the Golden Quadrilateral highway construction project.
... | {"Name": "Satyendra Dubey", "Birth date": "yes 1973 11 27", "Birth place": "Shahpur, Bihar", "Death date": "yes 2003 11 27 1973 11 27", "Death place": "Gaya, Bihar", "Death cause": "Assassination", "Nationality": "Indian", "Known For": "Killed for exposing corruption in NHAI project May 2012", "Education": "B. Tech (Ci... |
was a province of Japan in the area that is today Toyama Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Etchū" in . Etchū bordered on Noto and Kaga Provinces to the west, Shinano and Hida Provinces to the south, Echigo Province to the east and the Sea of Japan to the north. Its abbrevi... | {"Native name": "越中国", "Conventional long name": "Etchū Province", "Common name": "Etchū Province", "Capital": "Takaoka", "Today part of": "Toyama Prefecture", "Year founded": "701", "Year dissolved": "1871"} |
John Taliaferro () (anglicized to "Tolliver"http://www.nfatoys.com/tsmg/web/genthomp.htm John T. Thompson; A Brief History) Thompson (December 31, 1860 - June 21, 1940) was a United States Army officer best remembered as the inventor of the Thompson submachine gun.
Early life
Born on December 31, 1860, in Newport, Ken... | {"Birth name": "John Taliaferro Thompson", "Born": "Newport, Kentucky, U.S.", "Died": "Great Neck, New York, U.S.", "Allegiance": "United States", "Awards": "Distinguished Service Medal", "Other work": "Auto-Ordnance Corporation founder"} |
thumb|upright=1.35|M1903 Springfield with loading clips
The M1903 Springfield, officially the United States Rifle, Caliber .30-06, Model 1903, is an American five-round magazine-fed, bolt-action service repeating rifle, used primarily during the first half of the 20th century.
The M1903 was first used in combat durin... | {"Place of origin": "United States", "Type": "Bolt-action rifle", "Sights": "Flip-up rear sight graduated to 2,700 yds m, blade post-type front sight M1903A3: Aperture rear sight, blade type front sight.", "Haft": "when needed", "In service": "1903-1936 (as the standard U.S. service rifle) 1936-1970s (as a U.S. Army sn... |
The Sri Lanka men's national cricket team, (; ) nicknamed The Lions, represents Sri Lanka in men's international cricket. It is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One-Day International (ODI) and T20 International (T20I) status. The team first played international cricket (as Ceylon) in ... | {"Nickname(s)": "The Lions", "Association": "Sri Lanka Cricket", "Test captain": "Dimuth Karunaratne", "One Day captain": "Dasun Shanaka", "T20I captain": "Dasun Shanaka", "Coach": "Chris Silverwood", "Test": "1981", "ICC status": "1981", "ICC region": "Asia", "First Test": "v ENG at P. Sara Oval, Colombo; 17-21 Februa... |
Finnish Commuter Airlines Oy, trading as Finncomm Airlines, was a regional airline with its head office on the grounds of Seinäjoki Airport in Ilmajoki, Finland, near Seinäjoki. The carrier operated flights to Estonia, Germany, Lithuania, Romania, Sweden and 16 destinations within Finland from its base at Helsinki Airp... | {"Airline name": "Finncomm Airlines", "Image size (px)": "250", "IATA Designator": "FC", "ICAO Designator": "WBA", "Callsign": "WESTBIRD", "Parent Company": "Flybe Nordic (Finnair Oyj 40%, Flybe 60%)", "Founded": "1993", "Ceased operations": "2011 (Merged into Finnair)", "Key People": "Juhani Pakari, CEO", "Headquarter... |
Milly-la-Forêt () is a commune in the Essonne department in the Île-de-France region in northern France.
Geology
The Forest of Fontainebleau, in the western end of which Milly-la-Forêt lies, is composed of the Oligocene Fontainebleau sands, which are a marine deposit, laid down in an intertidal zone.
History
Milly-la... | {"Name": "Milly-la-Forêt", "Commune Status": "Commune", "Caption": "The town hall in Milly-la-Forêt", "Coordinates": "48.4050 2.4678 dms inline,title", "Arrondissement": "Évry", "Canton": "Mennecy", "Postal code": "91490", "Mayor": "Patrice SainsardRépertoire national des élus: les maires https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/da... |
Graham Paul Thorpe (born 1 August 1969) is a former English cricketer who played for England internationally and Surrey domestically. A left-handed middle-order batsman and slip fielder, he appeared in 100 Test matches.
Early life
Thorpe was born the third and final son out of three boys in Farnham, Surrey, in Augus... | {"Full name": "Graham Paul Thorpe", "Nickname": "Thorpey", "Born": "Farnham, Surrey, England", "Batting": "Left-handed", "Bowling": "Right arm medium", "Role": "Middle-order batsman"} |
Deshabandu Sanath Teran Jayasuriya (, ; born 30 June 1969), is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and captain, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest ever to play the game.Sanath Jayasuriya: Sri Lanka's humble cricketing hero. CNN TalkAsia. 17 December 2008. Retrieved 2015-04-12.Sanath Jayasuriya - the entertainer. C... | {"Full name": "Sanath Teran Jayasuriya", "Nickname": "Master Blaster, Little Dynamite, Matara HurricaneM.Shamil Amit Officials in comedy of errors at sporting spectacle http://sundaytimes.lk/020811/sports/1.html Sunday Times 13 December 2002 28 August 2009Matara MaulerRoshan Abeysinghe 'Matara Hurricane ' enter... |
The Independent Order of Foresters, operating as Foresters Financial, is a fraternal benefit society headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that provides life insurance and other financial solutions in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. As of 2022, Louis Gagnon has served as the company’s President a... | {"Type": "Fraternal benefit society", "Industry": "Financial services", "Products": "Life insurance\n Life annuity", "Founded": "1874", "Headquarters": "Canada", "Subsidiaries": "Canada Protection Plan", "Website": "https://www.foresters.com foresters.com"} |
Uncas () was a sachem of the Mohegans who made the Mohegans the leading regional Indian tribe in lower Connecticut, through his alliance with the New England colonists against other Indian tribes.
Early life and family
thumb|upright=1.1|Document signed by Uncas and his wife
Uncas was born near the Thames River in pres... | {"Honorific prefix": "Sachem", "Name": "Uncas", "Image caption": "An 1874 illustration of Uncas killing Miantonomoh in 1643", "Birth date": "c.1588", "Death date": "c.1683 (aged 94-95)", "Death place": "New London, Connecticut Colony", "Battles fought": "War with the NarragansettPequot WarKing Phillip's War"} |
The Jagdtiger ("Hunting Tiger"; officially designated Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B) is a German casemate-type heavy tank destroyer (Jagdpanzer) of World War II. It was built upon the slightly lengthened chassis of a Tiger II. Its ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 186.
The 72-tonne Jagdtiger was the heaviest armo... | {"Steeringsystem": "yes", "Type": "Heavy tank destroyer", "Place of origin": "Nazi Germany", "Produced": "1944-1945", "Manufacturer": "Nibelungenwerk (Steyr-Daimler-Puch)", "Crew": "6 (commander, gunner, loader, assistant loader, driver, assistant driver)", "Length": "10.65 m ftin on including gun", "Width": "3.6 m fti... |
Nicolas Thomas Baudin (; 17 February 175416 September 1803) was a French explorer, cartographer, naturalist and hydrographer, most notable for his explorations in Australia and the southern Pacific.
Biography
thumb|Bust of Baudin in Albany, Western Australia
Early career
Born a commoner in Saint-Martin-de-Ré on ... | {"Name": "Nicolas Baudin", "Image": "Nicolas Baudin 2.jpeg", "Birth date": "1754 2 17 y", "Birth place": "Saint-Martin-de-Ré, Île de Ré, France", "Death date": "1803 9 16 1754 2 17 y", "Death place": "Isle de France", "Occupation": "Explorer cartographer naturalist hydrographer"} |
The Co-operative Party () is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom, supporting co-operative values and principles. Established in 1917, the Co-operative Party was founded by co-operative societies to campaign politically for the fairer treatment of co-operative enterprise and to elect 'co-operators' to Pa... | {"General Secretary": "Joe Fortune", "Founded": "1917 10 17 yes", "Ideology": "Co-operatismSocial democracyBritish unionismhttps://party.coop/publication/building-a-fairer-future-the-co-operative-plan-for-britain-2019/ Building A Fairer Future - The Co-operative Plan for Britain 2019 Co-operative Partyhttps://www.scots... |
Dogville is a 2003 avant-garde drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier, and starring an ensemble cast led by Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall, Paul Bettany, Chloë Sevigny, Stellan Skarsgård, Udo Kier, Ben Gazzara, Harriet Andersson, and James Caan with John Hurt narrating. It is a parable that uses an extremely m... | {"Directed by": "Lars von Trier", "Produced by": "Vibeke Windeløv", "Written by": "Lars von Trier", "Starring": "Nicole Kidman\n Lauren Bacall\n Jean-Marc Barr\n Paul Bettany\n James Caan\n Patricia Clarkson\n Jeremy Davies\n Ben Gazzara\n Philip Baker Hall\n Chloë Sevigny\n Stellan Skarsgård", "Narrated by": "John Hur... |
The Frontier was a pro-democracy political group in Hong Kong. It was founded on 26 August 1996 by a group of Legislative Council members and democratic activists headed by Convenor Emily Lau. It was merged into the Democratic Party, the pro-democracy flagship party on 23 November 2008. A new party bearing the same nam... | {"Founded": "1996 8 26 yes", "Succeeded by": "The Frontier (2010)", "Merged into": "Democratic Party", "Ideology": "Direct democracyEnvironmentalismSocial democracySocial liberalism", "Political position": "Centre-left to left wing"} |
John McAllion (born 13 February 1948) is a campaigner for the Scottish Socialist Party, as well as a former Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP), Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP), and convenor of Tayside Regional Council. He is also convener of the Scottish Fairtrade Forum.
Early life
McAllion was born in G... | {"Name": "John McAllion", "Term start": "6 May 1999", "Term end": "1 May 2003", "Office 2": "Member of Parliamentfor Dundee East", "Predecessor 2": "Gordon Wilson", "Successor 2": "Iain Luke", "Birth date": "1948 02 13 yes", "Birth place": "Glasgow, Scotland", "Nationality": "Scottish", "Other political party": "SLP (1... |
Pollok (, ) is a large housing estate on the south-western side of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. The estate was built either side of World War II to house families from the overcrowded inner city. Housing 30,000 at its peak, its population has since declined due to the replacement of substandard housing with lower-den... | {"Sovereign state": "Scotland", "OS grid reference": "NS531620", "Council area": "Glasgow City Council", "Lieutenancy area": "Glasgow", "UK Parliament": "Glasgow South West", "Scottish Parliament": "Glasgow Pollok", "Postcode district": "G", "Dialling code": "0141"} |
Fanny Howe (born October 15, 1940 in Buffalo, New York) is an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Howe has written more than 20 books of poetry and prose. Her major works include poetry such as One Crossed Out, Gone, and Second Childhood, the novels Nod, The Deep North, and Indivisible, and collected essay... | {"Born": "1940 10 15", "Occupation": "Poet\n novelist\n short story writer", "Children": "3", "Relatives": "Mary Manning, Susan Howe, Danzy Senna and R.H. Quaytman", "Notable awards": "2005 Griffin Poetry Prize, 2001 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize"} |
Neal Morse (born August 2, 1960) is an American singer, musician and composer based in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1992, he formed the progressive rock band Spock's Beard with his brother Alan and released an album which was moderately successful. In 1999, he joined Dream Theater's co-founder and then drummer Mike Portnoy... | {"Born": "Van Nuys, California, U.S.", "Genres": "Progressive rock progressive metal Christian rock", "Labels": "Metal Blade Radiant Inside Out", "Member of": "Transatlantic Flying Colors The Neal Morse Band", "Formerly of": "Spock's Beard Yellow Matter Custard", "Website": "nealmorse.com"} |
The Democratic Party (DP) is a centre-left liberal political party in Hong Kong. Chaired by Lo Kin-hei, it is the flagship party in the pro-democracy camp and currently has seven elected representatives in the District Councils.
The party was established in 1994 in a merger of the United Democrats of Hong Kong and Mee... | {"Founded": "yes 1994 10 2", "Merger of": "United DemocratsMeeting PointThe FrontierMajority merged into the Democratic Party on 23 November 2008.", "Slogan": "\"Giving It All\"", "Headquarters": "4/F, Hanley House, 776-778 Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong", "Regional affiliation": "Pro-democracy camp", "Political posit... |
Bruno Schulz (12 July 1892 - 19 November 1942) was a Polish Jewish writer, fine artist, literary critic and art teacher. He is regarded as one of the great Polish-language prose stylists of the 20th century. In 1938, he was awarded the Polish Academy of Literature's prestigious Golden Laurel award. Several of Schulz's ... | {"Born": "1892 7 12 y", "Died": "1942 11 19 1892 7 12 y", "Occupation": "Writer, fine artist, literary critic, art teacher", "Literary movement": "modernism, surrealism, magic realism"} |
thumb|250px|Demonstration of the sound of gayageum by a non-professional player
The gayageum or kayagum () is a traditional Korean plucked zither with 12 strings, though some more recent variants have 18, 21 or 25 strings. It is probably the best known traditional Korean musical instrument.Jan. 11, 2007,Korean Instrum... | {"Hangul name": "가야금", "Hanja": "伽 倻 琴", "Revised Romanization": "gayageum", "McCune-Reischauer": "kayagŭm"} |
William John Hamilton (5 July 1805 - 27 June 1867) was a British geologist who served as a Conservative Member of Parliament.
Early life
Hamilton was born in Wishaw, Lanarkshire on 5 July 1805. He was the eldest son of William Richard Hamilton, FRS, and the former Julia Udny. His younger brothers were Alexander Edm... | {"Term start": "22 July 1841", "Term end": "26 August 1847", "Birth name": "William John Hamilton", "Birth date": "1805 7 5 y", "Birth place": "Wishaw, Lanarkshire", "Death date": "1867 6 27 1805 7 5 y", "Death place": "London", "Spouse(s)": "Martin Trotter 1832 1833 d. Margaret Frances Florence Dillon 1838", "Educat... |
Michael Joseph McGivney (August 12, 1852August 14, 1890) was an Irish-American Catholic priest based in New Haven, Connecticut. He founded the Knights of Columbus at a local parish to serve as a mutual aid and fraternal insurance organization, particularly for immigrants and their families. It developed through the 20t... | {"Born": "Michael Joseph McGivney", "Died": "Thomaston, Connecticut, U.S.", "Feast": "August 13", "Beatified": "Joseph Cardinal Tobin (on behalf of Pope Francis)"} |
Maria Fidelis Catholic School FCJ is a Roman Catholic co-educational secondary school in the London Borough of Camden, England. It was founded by the Faithful Companions of Jesus.
History
The school was founded in 1830 by the Faithful Companions of Jesus, or more specifically, their founder, Marie-Madeleine d'Houët. J... | {"Coordinates": "51.53000795 -0.13195307880907303 type:edu_region:GB_dim:100 dms inline,title", "Religious affiliation(s)": "Roman Catholic", "Local authority": "Camden", "Language": "English", "Houses": "D'Houet Guillemet Faber Loyola", "Years taught": "Years 7-13", "Nickname": "MF", "Website": "http://www.mariafideli... |
The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game (a.k.a. LOTR TCG) is an out-of-print collectible card game produced by Decipher, Inc. Released November 2001, it is based on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and the J. R. R. Tolkien novel on which the films were based. Decipher also had the rights to The Hobbit... | {"Image caption": "Card back", "Designers": "Mike Reynolds, Chuck Kallenbach II, Tom Lischke, and Joe Alread", "Publishers": "Decipher, Inc.", "Players": "2 or more", "Setup time": "< 5 minutes", "Playing time": "< 60 minutes", "Random chance": "Some", "Skills required": "Card playingArithmetic", "Years active": "2001-... |
Joanne Kyger (November 19, 1934 - March 22, 2017) was an American poet. The author of over 30 books of poetry and prose, Kyger was associated with the poets of the San Francisco Renaissance, the Beat Generation, Black Mountain, and the New York School.
Although Kyger is often characterized as a prominent female Beat p... | {"Born": "1934 11 19", "Died": "2017 03 22 1934 11 19", "Occupation": "Poet, Writer", "Nationality": "American", "Education": "University of California, Santa Barbara", "Period": "1959-2017", "Literary movement": "San Francisco Renaissance, Beat Generation, Black Mountain Poets, New York School"} |
The Three Bears are animated cartoon characters in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. The dysfunctional family consists of Papa Bear (sometimes called Henry), Mama Bear, and Junior Bear (sometimes spelled Junyer or Joonyer). The characters were featured in five theatrical cartoons rel... | {"First appearance": "Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears (1944)", "Created by": "Chuck Jones", "Voiced by": "Papa Bear:Mel Blanc (1944-1949)Billy Bletcher (1948-1951)Stan Freberg (1948)Frank Welker (1990-1991)Jeff Bergman (1991)Ed Asner (1993)Will Ryan (2003)Maurice LaMarche (2013)Andrew Dickman (2023)Fred Tatasciore (2023... |
Francis Joseph Bough (; 15 January 1933 - 21 October 2020) was an English television presenter. He was best known as the host of BBC sports and current affairs shows including Grandstand, Nationwide and Breakfast Time, which he launched alongside Selina Scott and Nick Ross.
Over his broadcasting career, Bough became k... | {"Name": "Frank Bough", "Birth name": "Francis Joseph Bough", "Birth date": "1933 1 15 y", "Birth place": "Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England", "Death date": "2020 10 21 1933 1 15 yFrank Bough: Former Grandstand presenter dies, aged 87 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54684374 BBC News 25 Octob... |
Gheorghe Dumitru Mureșan (; born 14 February 1971), also known as "Ghiță" (), is a Romanian former professional basketball player. At , he is the tallest player to have ever played in the NBA.
Early life
Mureșan was born in Tritenii de Jos, Cluj County, Romania. Although his parents' heights were relatively typical, h... | {"Listed height": "7", "Listed weight": "https://stats.nba.com/player/49/career/ Gheorghe Mureșan National Basketball Association April 7, 2020", "Born": "Tritenii de Jos, SR Romania", "Nationality": "Romanian"} |
The Lake County Captains are a Minor League Baseball team in Eastlake, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, that plays in the Midwest League as the High-A affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians.
The Captains joined the Class A Midwest League following the 2009 season in a shuffle caused by the Columbus Catfish's move to Bowling... | {"Class": "High-A (2021-present)", "Previous classes": "Class A (1991-2020)", "League": "Midwest League (2022-present)", "Division": "East Division", "Name": "Lake County Captains (2003-present)", "Colors": "Navy blue, light blue, white#041c2c #0072ce #ffffff", "Ballpark": "Classic Park (2003-present)", "Manager": "Omi... |
PRIDE Fighting Championships (Pride or Pride FC, founded as KRS-Pride) was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion company. Its inaugural event was held at the Tokyo Dome on October 11, 1997. Pride held more than sixty mixed martial arts events, broadcast to about 40 countries worldwide.What is Pride? , Official Pride ... | {"Type": "Private", "Fate": "Acquired and deactivated by Zuffa", "Founded": "1997", "Defunct": "2007", "Headquarters": "Japan", "Industry": "Mixed martial arts promotion", "Parent": "Kakutougi Revolutionary Spirits(1997-1999)\nDream Stage Entertainment (1999—2007) \nZuffa (2007)", "Website": "http://www.pridefc.com"} |
The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline is a long crude oil pipeline from the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli oil field in the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. It connects Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan and Ceyhan, a port on the south-eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey, via Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. It is the sec... | {"Type": "oil", "Country": "Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey", "Operator": "BP", "Partners": "BPSOCARChevronStatoilGIOCTPAOEniTotalEnergiesItochuInpexConocoPhillipsHess Corporation", "Length": "1768", "Maximum discharge": "1 Moilbbl m3 of oil per day", "General direction": "east-south-west", "From": "Baku (Sangachal Termina... |
thumb|The main menu of The Quill (ZX Spectrum version).
The Quill is a program to write home computer adventure games.Sinclair User 37 Written by Graeme Yeandle, it was published on the ZX Spectrum by Gilsoft in December 1983. Although available to the general public, it was used by several games companies to create be... | {"Developer": "Gilsoft", "Publisher": "Gilsoft", "Designer": "Graeme Yeandle", "Released": "1983", "Genre": "Construction kit, game creation, utility", "Platforms": "ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Atari 8-bit family, Apple II, Oric"} |
Remember the Titans is a 2000 American biographical sports film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Boaz Yakin. The screenplay, written by Gregory Allen Howard, is based on the true story of coach Herman Boone, portrayed by Denzel Washington, and his attempt to integrate the T. C. Williams High School (now Al... | {"Directed by": "Boaz Yakin", "Produced by": "Jerry BruckheimerChad Oman", "Written by": "Gregory Allen Howard", "Starring": "Denzel Washington\n Will Patton\n Wood Harris\n Ryan Hurst\n Donald Faison\n Nicole Ari Parker", "Music by": "Trevor Rabin", "Cinematography": "Philippe Rousselot", "Edited by": "Michael Tronick... |
Ernest Belfort Bax (; 23 July 1854 - 26 November 1926) was an English barrister, journalist, philosopher, men's rights advocate, socialist, and historian.
Biography
Ernest Belfort Bax was born on 23 July 1854, in Leamington Spa, son of Daniel Bax, a wealthy Mackintosh raincoat manufacturer and traditionalist nonconfo... | {"Name": "Ernest Belfort Bax", "Image": "ErnestBelfortBax.JPG", "Caption": "Bax, c, 1880", "Birth date": "yes 1854 07 23", "Birth place": "Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, UK", "Death date": "yes 1926 11 26 1854 07 23", "Nationality": "British", "Occupation": "Barrister", "Known For": "Men's rights, Socialism", "Notable w... |
Robert Peel Glanville Blatchford (17 March 1851 - 17 December 1943) was an English socialist campaigner, journalist, and author in the United Kingdom. He was also noted as a prominent atheist, nationalist and opponent of eugenics. In the early 1920s, after the death of his wife, he turned towards spiritualism.
Early l... | {"Name": "Robert Blatchford", "Caption": "Robert Blatchford in 1895", "Birth name": "Robert Peel Glanville Blatchford", "Birth date": "1851 3 17 y", "Birth place": "Maidstone, England", "Death date": "1943 12 17 1851 3 17 y", "Death place": "Horsham, England", "Spouse(s)": "Sarah Crossley 1880 1921 died", "Occupation":... |
Edward Carpenter (29 August 1844 – 28 June 1929) was an English utopian socialist, poet, philosopher, anthologist, an early activist for gay rightsWarren Allen Smith: Who's Who in Hell, A Handbook and International Directory for Humanists, Freethinkers, Naturalists, Rationalists, and Non-Theists, Barricade Books, New Y... | {"Birth name": "Edward Carpenter", "Birth date": "1844 8 29 y", "Birth place": "Hove, Sussex, England", "Death date": "1929 6 28 1844 8 29 y", "Death place": "Guildford, Surrey, England", "Occupation": "Poet anthologist early LGBT activist socialist philosopher", "Partner(s)": "George Merrill (1891-1928)"} |
Alfred Richard Orage (22 January 1873 - 6 November 1934) was a British influential figure in socialist politics and modernist culture, now best known for editing the magazine The New Age before the First World War. While he was working as a schoolteacher in Leeds he pursued various interests, including Plato, the Indep... | {"Name": "Alfred R. Orage", "Birth date": "1873 01 22 y", "Birth place": "Dacre, West Riding of Yorkshire, England", "Death date": "1934 11 06 1873 01 22 y", "Death place": "London, England", "Known For": "Editor of The New Age", "Occupation": "teacher, lecturer, writer, editor, publisher", "Spouse(s)": "Jean Walker Je... |
thumb|right|The Comedy Store
The Comedy Store is an American comedy club opened in April 1972. It is located in West Hollywood, California, at 8433 Sunset Boulevard on the Sunset Strip. An associated club is located in La Jolla, San Diego, California.
History
The Comedy Store was opened in April 1972 by comedians Samm... | {"Location": "West Hollywood, California, U.S.", "Coordinates": "34.09510 -118.37384 type:landmark_region:US-CA inline,title", "Type": "Comedy club", "Opened": "1972 04", "Renovated": "1976", "Owner": "Peter H. Shore, Trustee of the Mitzi S. Shore Trust", "Former names": "Club Seville", "Capacity": "Main room: 450"} |
Beachampton is a village and civil parish beside the River Great Ouse in the unitary authority area of Buckinghamshire, England. The village is about east of Buckingham and a similar distance west of Milton Keynes.
History
The village toponym is derived from the Old English for "home farm by a stream". In the Domesd... | {"Sovereign state": "England", "OS grid reference": "SP7737", "Population": "(2011 Census)Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 3 February 2013", "Unitary authority": "Buckinghamshire", "Ceremonial county": "Buckinghamshire", "UK Parliament": "Buckingham", "Postcode district": "MK", "Dialling code": "01908"} |
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