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Persistence of Memory Persistence of Memory is the tenth novel by American teen author Amelia Atwater-Rhodes and is the fifth novel in her Den of Shadows series. Published on December 9, 2008 the novel tells the story of Erin Misrahe and her struggles with her alter-ego Shevaun, who is in fact a vampire with whom Erin ...
"J" Is for Judgment "J" Is for Judgment is the tenth novel in Sue Grafton's "Alphabet" series of mystery novels and features Kinsey Millhone, a private eye based in Santa Teresa, California. The novel features a significant development in Kinsey's personal back-story, as she discovers that she has extensive f...
Walter Sorrells Walter Sorrells is an award-winning author of mystery and suspense novels for adults and teens. He has written many novels, including "Fake I.D.", named one of the ten Best Mysteries by Booklist magazine in 2005 and several novels based-on the television series Flight 29 Down. He also writes under the p...
The Diamond Chariot The Diamond Chariot (Russian: Алмазная Колесница , the Russian term for the "Diamond Vehicle" ("kongōjō") school of Tantric Buddhism) is a historical mystery novel by internationally acclaimed Russian detective story writer Boris Akunin, published originally in 2003. It is the tenth novel in Akunin'...
A Sleeping Life A Sleeping Life is a crime-novel by British writer Ruth Rendell, first published in 1978. It features her popular investigator Detective Inspector Wexford, and is the tenth novel in the series. It was shortlisted for the Mystery Writers' Of America Edgar Award, making it one of only two Inspector Wexfor...
Merlin Book 10: Shadows on the Stars "Shadows on the Stars" is a work of fiction by T. A. Barron, published by Penguin Young Readers Group. The book is the tenth novel in the 12-book series known as Merlin Saga. It was originally published as "The Great Tree of Avalon: Shadows on the Stars", the second novel in "The Gr...
Castle Richmond Castle Richmond is the third of five novels set in Ireland by Anthony Trollope. "Castle Richmond" was written between 4 August 1859 and 31 March 1860, and was published in three volumes on 10 May 1860. It was his tenth novel. Trollope signed the contract for the novel on 2 August 1859. He received £600,...
1958 Arizona State Sun Devils football team The 1958 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State University in the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association (BIAA) during the 1958 college football season. In their first season under head coach Frank Kush, the Su...
1959 Arizona State Sun Devils football team The 1959 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State University in the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association (BIAA) during the 1959 college football season. In their second season under head coach Frank Kush, the S...
1956 Arizona State Sun Devils football team The 1956 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State College (later renamed Arizona State University) in the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association (BIAA) during the 1956 college football season. In their second sea...
1955 Arizona State Sun Devils football team The 1955 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State College (later renamed Arizona State University) in the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association (BIAA) during the 1955 college football season. In their first seas...
1951 Arizona State Sun Devils football team The 1951 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State College (later renamed Arizona State University) in the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association (BIAA) during the 1951 college football season. In their first seas...
1960 Arizona State Sun Devils football team The 1960 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State University in the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association (BIAA) during the 1960 college football season. In their third season under head coach Frank Kush, the Su...
1954 Arizona State Sun Devils football team The 1954 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State College (later renamed Arizona State University) in the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association (BIAA) during the 1954 college football season. In their third and ...
1961 Arizona State Sun Devils football team The 1961 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State University in the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association (BIAA) during the 1961 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Frank Kush, the S...
Arizona State Sun Devils football The Arizona State Sun Devils football team represents Arizona State University in the sport of American football. The Sun Devils team competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference (...
1952 Arizona State Sun Devils football team The 1952 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State College (later renamed Arizona State University) in the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association (BIAA) during the 1952 college football season. In their first seas...
Jaeger O'Meara Jaeger O'Meara (born 23 February 1994) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Gold Coast Football Club between 2013 and 2016. O'Meara won the AFL Rising Star award in his first season in 20...
Kevin Sheehan Kevin Vincent Sheehan (born 1 August 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer for Geelong and the current Australian Football League (AFL) National Talent and International Manager, a member of the AFL football operations sub-committee and a selector for the AFL Rising Star award.
AFL Rising Star The NAB AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a standout young player in the Australian Football League (AFL). The first award was made in 1993. Since 2007, the winner has been presented with the Ron Evans Medal. It was originally known as the Norwich Rising Star award due to sponsorship reasons fr...
Clayton Oliver Clayton Oliver (born 22 July 1997) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A midfielder, 1.87 m tall and weighing 88 kg , Oliver is known for his capabilities on the inside due to his handball and clearance work. He wa...
Marcus Bontempelli Marcus Bontempelli (born 24 November 1995) is an Australian rules footballer who represents the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). Bontempelli was drafted by the Bulldogs with pick 4 in the 2013 AFL Draft. After a successful debut season, he won the Best First-Year Player award...
Sam Butler Samuel Butler (born 14 January 1986) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). A talented underage soccer player from Gawler, South Australia, who only took up football as a teenager, he was drafted by West Coast with th...
BAFTA Rising Star Award Rising Star Award (known from 2013 as EE Rising Star Award, previously known as Orange Rising Star Award) is one of the award categories for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) which acknowledges new talents in the acting industry. The award was created after Mary Selway's de...
Daniel Talia Daniel Talia (born 2 October 1991) is a professional Australian rules football player who plays for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted with selection 13 in the 2009 National Draft from the Calder Cannons. In 2012 he won the AFL Rising Star award as the best y...
Stephen Coniglio Stephen J. Coniglio (born 15 December 1993) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for Swan Districts in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), and represented Western Australia at th...
Nick Holland Nick Holland (born 29 July 1974) is a former professional Australian rules football player who played 179 games for Australian Football League (AFL) club Hawthorn between 1994 and 2005, serving as Vice Captain between 1999 and 2003. Holland is an AFL Rising Star Award winner, a best and fairest and leading...
Rock in Rio USA Rock in Rio USA was a music festival held in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2015. A spin-off of Rio de Janeiro's "Rock in Rio" festival, it was first held on May 8 and 9, 2015 at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds—a purpose-built venue on the Las Vegas Strip developed in cooperation with the festival's organizers. It...
Sports in the Las Vegas metropolitan area The Las Vegas metropolitan area is home to many sports, most of which take place in the unincorporated communities around Las Vegas rather than in the city itself. The Las Vegas Valley has one major league professional team: the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey Leagu...
Las Vegas Uncork'd Las Vegas Uncork'd (also referred to as Vegas Uncork'd and Vegas Uncorked) is an annual culinary and wine event in Las Vegas, Nevada. The concept was developed by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, their advertising agency R&R Partners and Las Vegas resort partners who originally consid...
Air Vegas Air Vegas (IATA: 6V, ICAO: VGA, Call sign: Air Vegas) was an airline with its headquarters on the grounds of the North Las Vegas Air Terminal in North Las Vegas, Nevada. It operated daily sightseeing flights from Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon. Prior to moving to the North Las Vegas Airport its main bases were...
Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino The Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino is a hotel and casino in Winchester, Nevada. It is owned by Westgate Resorts and operated by Navegante Group. It has 2,956 hotel rooms including 305 suites. It opened in 1969 as the International Hotel, and was known for many years as the Las...
Tropicana – Las Vegas Boulevard intersection The Tropicana – Las Vegas Boulevard intersection on the Las Vegas Strip (Tropicana Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard), is noteworthy for several reasons. It was the first intersection in Las Vegas completely closed to street level pedestrian traffic and its four corners are hom...
Boots and Hearts Music Festival The Boots and Hearts Music Festival is a multi-day country music and camping festival produced by Republic Live Inc. and owned by Stan and Eva Dunford. It is held annually at the custom-designed festival grounds, Burl’s Creek Event Grounds in Oro-Medonte, Ontario, Canada. Since its incep...
Trump International Hotel Las Vegas The Trump International Hotel Las Vegas is a 64-story luxury hotel, condominium, and timeshare located on Fashion Show Drive near Las Vegas Boulevard, just off the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, named for real estate developer and the 45th and current President of the United St...
Downtown Las Vegas Downtown Las Vegas (commonly abbreviated as DTLV) is the central business district and historic center of Las Vegas, Nevada. It is the original townsite and was the gambling district of Las Vegas prior to the Strip, and the area still incorporates downtown gaming. As the urban core of the Las Vegas V...
Las Vegas Festival Grounds Las Vegas Festival Grounds (formerly MGM Resorts Festival Grounds) is a 33 acre open-air venue located on the Las Vegas Strip, north of the MGM-owned Circus Circus Hotel and Casino in Winchester, Nevada.
A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost-Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843; the first edition was illustrated by John Leech. "A Christmas Carol" tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an old mise...
List of The Muppets productions This is a list of productions based on The Muppets characters and franchise, including films, television series and specials, and other media. The franchise's main work is "The Muppet Show", a syndicated television series which ran from 1976 to 1981. The franchise includes eight feature ...
The Muppet Christmas Carol The Muppet Christmas Carol is a 1992 American-British musical fantasy comedy-drama film and an adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 novel "A Christmas Carol". It is the fourth in a series of live-action musical films featuring The Muppets, with Michael Caine starring as Ebenezer Scrooge. Alth...
Kalanta Xristougenon Kalanta Xristougenon (Κάλαντα Χριστουγέννων) is a Greek traditional Christmas carol (kalanta) translated into English simply as "Christmas Carol." This carol is commonly abbreviated as "Kalanta" or "Kalanda", some other common titles for this Christmas carol are Kalin Iméran and Christos Genate. Th...
Gonzo (Muppet) Developed and performed by Dave Goelz, Gonzo made his first appearance in the 1970 special "The Great Santa Claus Switch", as the "Cigar Box Frackle". Originally a minor figure in "The Muppet Show", he soon evolved into one of the franchise's primary characters. Gonzo has appeared in every Muppet film, i...
Rizzo the Rat Rizzo the Rat is a Muppet character, created and performed by Steve Whitmire. He is a fictional rat who appeared on "The Muppet Show" and numerous films, with a starring role in the 1992 film "The Muppet Christmas Carol".
Bedknobs and Broomsticks Bedknobs and Broomsticks is a 1971 British-American musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution Company in North America on December 13, 1971. It is based upon the books "The Magic Bedknob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons" (194...
Sam Eagle Sam Eagle is a Muppet character originating from the television show "The Muppet Show", where he was performed by Frank Oz. Sam has appeared in every Muppet film; as himself in "The Muppet Movie", "The Great Muppet Caper", "The Muppets Take Manhattan", "Muppets from Space", and "The Muppets", as well as the H...
The Sword in the Stone (film) The Sword in the Stone is a 1963 American animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney and released by Buena Vista Distribution. The 18th Disney animated feature film, it was the final Disney animated film to be released before Walt Disney's death. The songs in the film wer...
Bill Barretta William Paul "Bill" Barretta (born June 19, 1964) is an American puppeteer and producer who has been performing with The Muppets since 1991, when he puppeteered the body of Sinclair family patriarch, Earl Sinclair on "Dinosaurs". He later developed several new characters on "Muppets Tonight", including Pe...
Pearl River (China) The Pearl River, also known by its Chinese name Zhujiang and formerly often known as the Canton River , is an extensive river system in southern China. The name "Pearl River" is also often used as a catch-all for the watersheds of the Xi ("West"), Bei ("North"), and Dong ("East") rivers of Guangdong...
Thái Bình river system The Thái Bình river system is one of the two major river systems in the Red River Delta, Vietnam. (the other one is the Red River system). The system consists of 8 rivers flowing in northern Vietnam. This system joining with Red River system creates the Red River Delta.
Cotter River System The Cotter River System (CRS) is located in the Australian Capital Territory and was constructed in 1912. A feature of the Namadgi National Park, the Cotter River System is one of two main sources for the Australian Capital Territory's water supply, the other being the Queanbeyan River located north...
Wekiva River The Wekiva River (sometimes spelled Wekiwa, a Creek word meaning "spring of water") is a 16.0 mi river in Central Florida, north of Orlando in the United States. It originates in Apopka and joins the St. Johns River, the longest river in the state, in DeBary. The Wekiva River system includes the main stem ...
Brisbane River cod The Brisbane River cod was a unique form of "Maccullochella" cod that occurred naturally in the Brisbane River system, an east coast river system in south east Queensland, Australia. Their exact taxonomic status is not known, but based on several genetic studies it is suspected that Brisbane River Co...
Eastern freshwater cod Eastern freshwater cod ("Maccullochella ikei"), also known as eastern cod or Clarence River cod, are a large predatory freshwater fish of the "Maccullochella" genus and the family Percichthyidae, that occur in the coastal Clarence River system of north-eastern New South Wales. Eastern freshwater ...
Thái Bình River Thái Bình river (Vietnamese: Sông Thái Bình) is the name of the Thái Bình river system's main river in Northern Vietnam. This river system joining with Red River system have brought alluvium to create Red River Delta.
Blackback barb the blackback barb ("Enteromius barnardi"), is a species of cyprinid fish native to Africa where it is known to occur in shallow, vegetated waters of the Zambezi River system, the Cunene River system and the Zambian portion of the Congo River system. This species can reach a length of 7 cm SL.
Zambezi River System Action Plan Zambezi River System Action Plan (ZACPLAN) is a multinational plan under the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) to incorporate effective use, and management of the Zambezi River system. ZACPLAN encompasses eight countries: Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, ...
Red River system The Red River system is a network of rivers surrounding the main river - Red River in North Vietnam. These branches of the system contribute to or receive water from Red River. Red River system, joining with the Thái Bình river system in the northeast, creates the Red River Delta - the second largest d...
Glasgow North East by-election, 2009 The 2009 Glasgow North East by-election was a by-election for the Parliament of the United Kingdom's House of Commons constituency of Glasgow North East. The by-election was held on 12 November 2009 following the resignation of Michael Martin as an MP and as Speaker of the House of ...
Jean-Marie Boisvert Jean-Marie Boisvert (born September 20, 1939) is a former Canadian politician and teacher. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1972 election as a Member of the Social Credit Party to represent the riding of Drummond. During his political career, he sat on various parliamentary com...
Baron Dunalley Baron Dunalley, of Kilboy in the County of Tipperary, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1800 for Henry Prittie, who had previously represented Banagher, Gowran and County Tipperary in the Irish House of Commons. His son, the second Baron, represented Carlow in the Irish Parliament a...
Prosper Boulanger Prosper Boulanger (November 17, 1918 December 5, 2002) was a Canadian politician and businessman. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1962 as a Member of the Liberal Party to represent the riding of Mercier. He was re-elected in 1963, 1965, 1968, 1972 and 1974. During his political care...
Canadian federal election, 1926 The Canadian federal election of 1926 was held on September 14 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 16th Parliament of Canada. The election was called following an event known as the King-Byng Affair. In the 1925 federal election, Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie...
Congleton (UK Parliament constituency) Congleton is a constituency in Cheshire, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Fiona Bruce of the Conservative Party.
Earl Belmore Earl Belmore, in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland created in 1797 for Armar Lowry-Corry, 1st Viscount Belmore, who had previously represented County Tyrone in the Irish House of Commons. He had already been created Baron Belmore, of Castle Coole in County Fermanagh, ...
Earl of Lanesborough Earl of Lanesborough was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1756 for Humphrey Butler, 2nd Viscount Lanesborough. The Butler family descended from Theophilus Butler, who represented County Cavan and Belturbet in the Irish House of Commons. In 1715 he was raised to the Peerage of Ir...
Baron Crofton Baron Crofton is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1797 (as Baroness Crofton) for Dame Anne Crofton. She was the widow of Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Baronet, of the Mote, who had represented Roscommon in the Irish House of Commons and had been offered a peerage just before his death. The p...
Dean of the House (Canada) In Canada, the Dean of the House is the Member of the House of Commons with the longest unbroken record of service who is not a Cabinet Minister, party Leader, House Leader or Whip. The Dean is responsible for presiding over the election of the Speaker of the House of Commons at the beginning...
Lawnmower Dog "Lawnmower Dog" is the second episode of "Rick and Morty". It premiered on Adult Swim on December 9, 2013, was written by Ryan Ridley, and directed by John Rice. In the episode, Rick gives Jerry a device to enhance the dog's intelligence, whilst Rick and Morty get lost in the dreams of Morty's math teache...
The Ricks Must Be Crazy "The Ricks Must Be Crazy" is the sixth episode in the second season of the American animated television sitcom "Rick and Morty", and the seventeenth overall episode in the series. Written by Dan Guterman and directed by Dominic Polcino, the episode first aired on Adult Swim in the United States ...
The Wedding Squanchers "The Wedding Squanchers" is the tenth and final episode of the second season of the American animated television sitcom "Rick and Morty", and the 21st overall episode of the series. Written by Tom Kauffman and directed by Wes Archer, the episode first aired on Adult Swim in the United States on O...
Meeseeks and Destroy "Meeseeks and Destroy" is the fifth episode of the first season of "Rick and Morty". It premiered on Adult Swim on January 20, 2014. The episode was written by Ryan Ridley and directed by Bryan Newton. In the episode, Rick provides the family with a solution to their problems, freeing him up to go ...
Pilot (Rick and Morty) "Pilot" is the first episode of "Rick and Morty". It premiered on Adult Swim on December 2, 2013. It is written by series creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland, and directed by Roiland. The series introduces protagonists, alcoholic scientist Rick Sanchez and his innocent teenage grandson Morty S...
Rixty Minutes "Rixty Minutes" is the eighth episode of the first season of "Rick and Morty". It premiered on Adult Swim on March 17, 2014. The episode was written by Tom Kauffman and Justin Roiland, and directed by Bryan Newton. In the episode, Rick and Morty watch cable from other dimensions, while Jerry, Beth, and Su...
Gangland Undercover Gangland Undercover is an American factual based drama television series written and created by Executive Producer Stephen Kemp and co-writer Noel Baker. It was inspired by the story of Charles Falco a former ATF confidential informant (CI) who infiltrated an outlaw motorcycle club. The series is ba...
Rick Potion No. 9 "Rick Potion #9" is the sixth episode of "Rick and Morty". It premiered on Adult Swim on January 27, 2014, was written by Justin Roiland, and directed by Stephen Sandoval. In the episode, a love potion goes wrong, creating a virus that begins to infect the entire world population, making everyone fall...
Wrath of the Villains: Pinewood "Wrath of the Villains: Pinewood" is the eighteenth episode of the second season, and 40th episode overall from the Fox series "Gotham". The episode was written by co-executive producer Robert Hull and Megan Mostyn-Brown and directed by executive producer John Stephens in his first "Goth...
Angry Birds Stella (TV series) Angry Birds Stella is a Finnish computer-animated TV series based on the game "Angry Birds Stella" that was produced by Rovio Entertainment. The first episode, "A Fork in the Friendship", aired on ToonsTV in November 1, 2014. The series recounts the tale of Stella, along with her friends ...
2006 Brownlow Medal The 2006 Brownlow Medal was the 79th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season. Adam Goodes of the Sydney Swans won the medal by polling twenty-six votes during the 2006 AFL season. It was Goodes' ...
2005 Brownlow Medal The 2005 Brownlow Medal was the 78th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season. Ben Cousins of the West Coast Eagles won the medal by polling twenty votes during the 2005 AFL season. It was Cousins...
2007 Brownlow Medal The 2007 Brownlow Medal was the 80th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season. Jimmy Bartel of the Geelong Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-nine votes during the 2007 AFL season.
2011 Brownlow Medal The 2011 Brownlow Medal was the 84th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season. Dane Swan of the Collingwood Football Club won the medal by polling thirty-four votes during the 2011 AFL season a th...
2015 Brownlow Medal The 2015 Brownlow Medal was the 88th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season. Nat Fyfe of the Fremantle Football Club won the medal by polling thirty-one votes during the 2015 AFL season. He beca...
1976 Brownlow Medal The 1976 Brownlow Medal was the 49th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. Graham Moss of the Essendon Football Club won the medal by polling forty-eight votes during the 1976 VFL season. The c...
1995 Brownlow Medal The 1995 Brownlow Medal was the 68th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season. Paul Kelly of the Sydney Swans won the medal by polling twenty-one votes during the 1995 AFL season. For the first ti...
1993 Brownlow Medal The 1993 Brownlow Medal was the 66th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season. Gavin Wanganeen of the Essendon Football Club won the medal by polling eighteen votes during the 1993 AFL season. Wan...
2014 Brownlow Medal The 2014 Brownlow Medal was the 87th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season. Matt Priddis of the West Coast Eagles won the medal by polling twenty-six votes during the 2014 AFL season. Defending...
1977 Brownlow Medal The 1977 Brownlow Medal was the 50th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. Graham Teasdale of the South Melbourne Football Club won the medal by polling fifty-nine votes during the 1977 VFL sea...
Wellingsbüttel Manor Wellingsbüttel Manor (German: Rittergut Wellingsbüttel, since Danish times: Kanzleigut Wellingsbüttel) is a former manor with a baroque manor house (German: "Herrenhaus") in Hamburg, Germany, which once enjoyed imperial immediacy ("Reichsfreiheit"). Wellingsbüttel was documented for the first time ...
Battle of Berestechko The Battle of Berestechko (Polish: "Bitwa pod Beresteczkiem" ; Ukrainian: Берестецька битва, Битва під Берестечком ) was fought between the Ukrainian Cossacks, led by Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky, aided by their Crimean Tatar allies, and a Polish army under King John II Casimir. It was a battle of a ...
Umba River (Tanzania) The Umba River is located in northeastern Tanzania in Tanga Region. It rises in Schageiuforest (Shagayu) in the West Usambara Mountains at 2,000 m altitude and flows on the north side of the mountain range to the east. At Lelwa it empties the Mbalamu River, which comes from the extreme north of th...
Joseph L. Follett Joseph Leonard Follett (February 16, 1843 – April 1, 1907) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Follett received the country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action during the Battle of Island Number Ten in New Madrid, Missouri on 3 March ...
Battle of Glendale (Skye) The Battle of Glendale was a battle fought on the Inner Hebridean island of Skye, between the MacDonalds of Sleat and the MacDonalds of Clanranald, against the MacLeods of Harris and Dunvegan and the MacLeods of Lewis. According to MacLeod tradition preserved in the early 19th century, the bat...
Military history of Mexico The military history of Mexico consists of several millennia of armed conflicts within what is now that nation's territory and includes activities of the Mexican military in peacekeeping and combat related affairs worldwide. Wars between prehispanic peoples marked the beginning of Mexico's mi...
Savage's Station, Virginia Savage's Station was the wartime name of a supply depot, ammunition dump, field hospital, and command headquarters of the Army of the Potomac during the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. Savage's Station was located in Henrico County, Virginia on what was the Richmond and York Riv...
Collins Ferry Historic District The Collins Ferry Historic District encompasses two historic farmsteads, as well as a mill and ferry site on the Staunton River in rural northern Halifax County, Virginia, west of Brookneal. The district covers 768 acre , extending south from the river roughly to Bull Creek Road, and wes...
Register Cliff Register Cliff is a sandstone cliff and featured key navigational landmark prominently listed in the 19th century guidebooks about the Oregon Trail, and a place where many emigrants chiseled the names of their families on the soft stones of the cliff it was one of the key checkpoint landmarks for parties...
Pima Villages Pima Villages, sometimes mistakenly called the Pimos Villages in the 19th century, were the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and Pee-Posh (Maricopa) villages in what is now the Gila River Indian Community in Pinal County, Arizona. First, recorded by Spanish explorers in the late 17th century as living on the south s...
Youngblood Hawke (film) Youngblood Hawke is a 1964 drama film directed by Delmer Daves, starring James Franciscus and Suzanne Pleshette. Herman Wouk's novel was loosely based on the life of Thomas Wolfe. This was Mary Astor's next-to-last picture.
The Petrified Forest The Petrified Forest is a 1936 American film, directed by Archie Mayo starring Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, and Humphrey Bogart. A precursor of "film noir", it was adapted from Robert E. Sherwood's stage play of the same name. The screenplay was written by Delmer Daves and Charles Kenyon, and adapta...
Destination Tokyo Destination Tokyo is a 1943 black-and-white submarine war film. It was directed by Delmer Daves in his directorial debut, and the screenplay was written by Daves and Albert Maltz, based on an original story by former submariner Steve Fisher. The film stars Cary Grant and John Garfield and features Dan...