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French battleship Paris Paris was the third ship of the "Courbet"-class battleship s, the first dreadnoughts built for the French Navy. She was completed before World War I as part of the 1911 naval building programme. She spent the war in the Mediterranean, spending most of 1914 providing gunfire support for the Monte...
USS New Jersey (BB-62) USS "New Jersey" (BB-62) ("Big J" or "Black Dragon") is an "Iowa"-class battleship , and was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the US state of New Jersey. "New Jersey" earned more battle stars for combat actions than the other three completed "Iowa"-class battleships, an...
Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club was a tongue-in-cheek nickname for the United States Seventh Fleet during the Vietnam War. All through the war in Vietnam, the Seventh Fleet engaged in combat operations against enemy forces through attack carrier air strikes, naval gunfire support, amphibious operations, p...
Operation Market Time Operation Market Time was the United States Navy and South Vietnam’s successful effort begun in 1965 to stop the flow of troops, war material, and supplies by sea, coast, and rivers, from North Vietnam into parts of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Also participating in Operation Market Time ...
French battleship Jean Bart (1911) Jean Bart was the second ship of the "Courbet"-class battleship s, the first dreadnoughts built for the French Navy. She was completed before World War I as part of the 1910 naval building programme. She spent the war in the Mediterranean and helped to sink the Austro-Hungarian protec...
Naval gunfire support Naval gunfire support (NGFS) (also known as shore bombardment) is the use of naval artillery to provide fire support for amphibious assault and other troops operating within their range. NGFS is one of a number of disciplines encompassed by the term "Naval Fires". Modern naval gunfire support is o...
List of battleships of Italy Starting in the 1890s, the Italian "Regia Marina" (Royal Navy) began building a series of modern battleships. Early designs were marked by their small size, light armor, and high speed compared to contemporary foreign counterparts. The first pre-dreadnought battleship design, the "Ammiragli...
Soviet cruiser Kirov Kirov (Russian: Киров ; ] ) was a Project 26 "Kirov"-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy that served during the Winter War, World War II and into the Cold War. She attempted to bombard Finnish coast defense guns during action in the Winter War, but was driven off by a number of near misses that damage...
United States naval gunfire support debate The United States naval gunfire support debate is an ongoing debate among the United States Navy, Marine Corps, Congress, and independent groups like the "United States Naval Gunfire Support Association" over what role naval gunfire support and naval surface fire support (NSFS...
USS Trippe (FF-1075) USS "Trippe" (FF-1075) was a "Knox"-class frigate of the US Navy, built at Westwego, Louisiana, was commissioned in mid-September 1970. In July 1971, following shakedown training in the Caribbean area and a surveillance mission off Haiti, she entered the Boston Naval Shipyard for overhaul and insta...
Nagesh Bhonsle Nagesh Bhosle (also Nagesh Bhonsle or Nagesh Bhosale) is an award-winning Indian film, television and theatre actor. He has recently worked on a Hollywood film called 'Hotel Mumbai' alongside Jason Isaacs, Armie Hammer and Dev Patel. Nagesh has acted in more than a hundred Indian films and thousands of e...
The Polar Bears The Polar Bears is a 2012 3D computer animated short film presented by The Coca-Cola Company, produced by Ridley Scott, written by David Reynolds, and directed by John Stevenson. The film features the voices of Lin-Manuel Miranda, Armie Hammer, Jonathan Adams, and Megyn Price. The film is based on Coca-...
Ian Stirling (biologist) Ian Grote Stirling {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born September 26, 1941) is a research scientist emeritus with Environment and Climate Change Canada and an adjunct professor in the University of Alberta Department of Biological Sciences. His research has focused mostly on Arctic and Antarc...
Cheech Marin Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marin (born July 13, 1946) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, writer and activist who gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech & Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s with Tommy Chong and as Don Johnson's partner, Insp. Joe Dominguez, on "Nash Bridges...
Cars 3 Cars 3 is a 2017 American 3D computer-animated auto racing sports comedy adventure film produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Brian Fee, the screenplay was written by Kiel Murray, Bob Peterson and Mike Rich. The film is a sequel to "Cars" and a stand-alone sequel to "Cars 2". The re...
Armie Hammer Armand Douglas "Armie" Hammer (born August 28, 1986) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of the Winklevoss twins in the film "The Social Network" (2010), Prince Andrew Alcott in "Mirror Mirror" (2012), the title character in the adventure film "The Lone Ranger" (2013), Mike in "Mine" (2016)...
Wapusk National Park Wapusk National Park is Canada's 37th national park, established in 1996. The park is located in the Hudson Plains ecozone, 45 km south of Churchill in north-east Manitoba, Canada, on the shores of Hudson Bay. Access to the park is limited due to its remote location and an effort to preserve the pa...
Kermode bear The Kermode bear ("Ursus americanus kermodei"), also known as the "spirit bear" (particularly in British Columbia), is a rare subspecies of the American black bear living in the Central and North Coast regions of British Columbia, Canada. It is the official provincial mammal of British Columbia. It is note...
The Lone Ranger (2013 film) The Lone Ranger is a 2013 American western action film directed by Gore Verbinski from a screenplay written by Justin Haythe, Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. Based on the radio series of the same name, the film stars Johnny Depp as Tonto, the narrator of the events, and Armie Hammer as John Re...
Beatitude (album) Beatitude is the debut album released by Ric Ocasek, lead singer and principal songwriter of The Cars. It was released by Geffen Records in 1982. It features Greg Hawkes of The Cars on keyboards, as well as Jules Shear and Stephen Hague from Jules and the Polar Bears.
Francis H. Kimball Francis Hatch Kimball (1845–1919) was an American architect practicing in New York City, best known for his work on skyscrapers in lower Manhattan and terra-cotta ornamentation. He was an associate with the firm Kimball & Thompson. His work includes the Empire Building, Manhattan Life Insurance Build...
New York Life Building The New York Life Insurance Building, New York, located at 51 Madison Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, across from Madison Square Park, is the headquarters of the New York Life Insurance Company.
Manhattan Life Insurance Building The Manhattan Life Insurance Building was a 348 ft tower at 64-66 Broadway in New York City completed in 1894 to the designs of the architects of Kimball & Thompson and slightly extended north in 1904 making its new address 64-70 Broadway. It was the first skyscraper to pass 100 m in M...
Physicians Mutual Physicians Mutual is a privately held insurance company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, that consists of Physicians Mutual Insurance Company and Physicians Life Insurance Company. Founded as Physicians Mutual Insurance Company in 1902 by Edwin E. Elliott, Physicians Mutual began by se...
Flatiron Building The Flatiron Building, originally the Fuller Building, is a triangular 22-story steel-framed landmarked building located at 175 Fifth Avenue in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, and is considered to be a groundbreaking skyscraper. Upon completion in 1902, it was one of the tallest buildings in ...
Manhattan Life Insurance Company Manhattan Life Insurance Company, incorporated on May 29, 1850, is a life insurance company domiciled in New York but operates as a subsidiary of Manhattan Life Group in Houston, Texas.
Whole life insurance Whole life insurance, or whole of life assurance (in the Commonwealth of Nations), sometimes called "straight life" or "ordinary life," is a life insurance policy which is guaranteed to remain in force for the insured's entire lifetime, provided required premiums are paid, or to the maturity date. ...
Supreme Life Building The Supreme Life Building is a historic insurance building located at 3501 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Drive in the Douglas community area of Chicago, Illinois. Built in 1921, the building served as the headquarters of the Supreme Life Insurance Company, which was founded two years earlier. The comp...
712 Fifth Avenue 712 5th Avenue is a 650 ft skyscraper at 56th Street and Fifth Avenue in the Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was constructed from 1990 to 1991 and is the 53rd tallest building in New York City. The tower's design had to accommodate the landmarked facades of the Coty and Rizzoli Bui...
New York Life Insurance Building (Montreal) Montreal's New York Life Insurance Building (also known as the Quebec Bank Building) is an office building at Place d'Armes in what is now known as Old Montreal, erected in 1887-1889. At the time of its completion, it was the tallest commercial building in Montreal with the f...
Tom Caplen Tom Caplen (23 November 1879 – 17 April 1945) was an English cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club and Cornwall County Cricket Club. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler.
Doug Bollinger Douglas Erwin Bollinger (born 24 July 1981) is a professional Australian cricketer. He has played first-class cricket for the New South Wales cricket team and international cricket for Australia. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm fast bowler. Bollinger has played for Worcestershire County Cricke...
Kent County Cricket Club in 2013 In 2013, Kent County Cricket Club competed in Division Two of the County Championship, Group A of the 40-over Yorkshire Bank 40 and the South Group of the Friends Life t20. Kent also hosted a first-class match at the St Lawrence Ground against Cardiff MCCU at the start of the season and...
David Griffiths (cricketer) David Andrew Griffiths (born 10 September 1985) is an English professional cricketer who most recently played for Kent County Cricket Club. He is a right arm fast bowler who bats left-handed. Before signing for Kent in 2014, Griffiths had previously played for Hampshire and represented Engla...
List of Kent County Cricket Club captains This is a list of Kent County Cricket Club captains. Kent County Cricket Club was formed in 1842 and has played in the County Championship since its inception in 1890 and in List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket. The first match in which Kent have a named captain indicated on sco...
Kent County Cricket Club in 2010 In 2010, Kent County Cricket Club competed in Division One of the County Championship, Group C of the 40-over Clydesdale Bank 40 and the South Group of the Friends Provident t20. Kent also hosted three-day first-class matches at the St Lawrence Ground against Loughborough MCCU and the t...
Arthur Fielder Arthur Fielder (19 July 1877 – 30 August 1949) was an English professional cricketer who played as a fast bowler for Kent County Cricket Club and the England cricket team between 1900 and 1914. He played a major role in Kent's four County Championship wins in the years before World War I and toured Austr...
Jack Mason John Richard Mason (26 March 1874 – 15 October 1958), known as Jack Mason, was an English amateur cricketer who played for England in five Test matches on A.E. Stoddart's 1897–98 tour of Australia. A right-hand bat and right-arm fast-medium pace bowler, Mason played county cricket for Kent County Cricket Clu...
Wayne Parnell Wayne Dillon Parnell (born 30 July 1989) is a South African cricketer who plays Test cricket, One Day International cricket and Twenty20 matches for South Africa. At the domestic level he plays for Cape Cobras, having previously played for the Warriors and Eastern Province. He has also played county crick...
Kent County Cricket Club in 2011 In 2011, Kent County Cricket Club competed in Division Two of the County Championship, Group A of the 40-over Clydesdale Bank 40 and the South Group of the Friends Life t20. Kent also hosted a Twenty20 match at the St Lawrence Ground against the touring Indians, and a three-day first-cl...
Douglas Ainslie Grant Duff Douglas Ainslie (1865–27 March 1948) was a Scottish poet, translator, critic and diplomat. He was born in Paris, France, and educated at Eton College and at Balliol and Exeter Colleges, Oxford. A contributor to the Yellow Book, he met and befriended Oscar Wilde at age twenty-one while an unde...
Adrian Conan Doyle Adrian Malcolm Conan Doyle (19 November 19103 June 1970) was the youngest son of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his second wife Jean, Lady Doyle or Lady Conan Doyle. He had two siblings, sister Jean and brother Denis, as well as two half-siblings, sister Mary and brother Kingsley.
The Red-Headed League "The Red-Headed League" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It first appeared in "The Strand Magazine" in August 1891, with illustrations by Sidney Paget. Conan Doyle ranked "The Red-Headed League" second in his list of his twelve favourite Holmes stor...
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929 film) The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a 1929 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by Basil Dean and written by Arthur Conan Doyle, Basil Dean and Garrett Fort. The film shares its title with the third volume of the Sherlock Holmes stories, "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" by Arthu...
Sherlock Holmes (2010 film) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, also known simply as Sherlock Holmes, is a British-American 2010 steampunk mystery film directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg and produced by independent American film studio The Asylum. It features the Sherlock Holmes characters created by Sir Arthur Co...
Dead Man's Land Dead Man's Land is a book by Robert Ryan, based in World War I. It involves Sherlock Holmes' sidekick, Dr. Watson (created by Arthur Conan Doyle). It is fully authorized by Conan Doyle Estate Ltd. "Dead Man' Land" has been written under license from the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle literary Estate
The Adventure of the Empty House "The Adventure of the Empty House", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as "The Return of Sherlock Holmes". Public pressure forced Conan Doyle to bring the sleuth back to life, and expl...
The Lost World (TV series) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World is a syndicated television series loosely based on the 1912 novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Lost World". The show premiered in the United States in the fall of 1999 (after the TV-movie/pilot aired in February on DirecTV and then on the cable telev...
Sherlock Holmes (1916 film) Sherlock Holmes is a 1916 American silent film starring William Gillette as Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. The film, which was directed by Arthur Berthelet, was produced by Essanay Studios in Chicago. It was adapted from the 1899 stage play of the same name, which was based on the sto...
Der Hund von Baskerville Der Hund von Baskerville is a 1914 German silent film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Hound of the Baskervilles". This was the first film adaptation of the famed Conan Doyle novel. According to the website silentera.com, the film was considered lost, but has been rediscovered; the Russi...
1896 Tennessee Volunteers football team The 1896 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1896 college football season. It was the first official Tennessee Volunteers football team since 1893. The 1896 Vols went undefeated at 4–0 for the first winning season in school history. T...
1929 Tennessee Volunteers football team The 1929 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1929 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon), the team was led by head coach Robert Neyland, in his fourt...
1938 Tennessee Volunteers football team The 1938 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1938 season. Head coach Robert Neyland fielded his third team at Tennessee after returning from active duty in the United States Army. The 1938 Tennessee Volunteers won the school's first n...
1985 Tennessee Volunteers football team The 1985 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Johnny Majors, i...
1930 Tennessee Volunteers football team The 1930 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1930 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon), the team was led by head coach Robert Neyland, in his fifth...
1899 Tennessee Volunteers football team The 1899 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. They were the first UT team to have a head coach. J. A. Pierce helmed the team in 1899 and 1900. The 1899 Tennessee Volun...
1992 Tennessee Volunteers football team The 1992 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Volunteers were a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), in the Eastern Division and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxvill...
1891 Tennessee Volunteers football team The 1891 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1891 season. This was the first Tennessee Volunteers football team. They traveled on Thanksgiving Day to Chattanooga, Tennessee to face Sewanee. They had no head coach and were mainly an in...
Tennessee Volunteers football statistical leaders The Tennessee Volunteers football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Tennessee Volunteers football program in various categories, including passing, rushing, receiving, total offense, defensive stats, and kicking. Within those areas, the lists...
1983 Tennessee Volunteers football team The 1983 Tennessee Volunteers Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head c...
Ashley Rolfe Ashley Rolfe is one of the United States Air Force female fighter pilots who qualified to fly McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle. As a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, she makes history at the 104th Fighter Wing as the first female fighter pilot in the wing’s 70-year history in Aug. 18, 2016. She ...
Lydia Litvyak Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak (Лидия Владимировна Литвяк, (August 18, 1921 in Moscow – August 1, 1943 in Krasnyi Luch), also known as Lilya, was a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during World War II. With twelve solo victories and four shared kills over a total of 66 combat missions, over about two yea...
Manfred Meurer Manfred Meurer (8 September 1919 – 22 January 1944) was a German fighter pilot during World War II. A flying ace, he claimed 65 aerial victories making him the fifth most successful night fighter pilot in the history of aerial warfare. All of his victories were claimed over the Western Front in Defense o...
Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag is an IMAX film centered on the experiences of a USAF F-15 Eagle fighter pilot, then-Captain John Stratton, who wants to be professionally successful as a fighter pilot. It chronicles his experience during USAF Red Flag training at Nellis AFB, a simula...
Ayesha Farooq Flight Lieutenant Ayesha Farooq (Urdu:عائشہ فاروق) (born August 24, 1987) is a Pakistani fighter pilot from Bahawalpur who is the first female to become fighter pilot in Pakistan Air Force. In 2013, she became first and only Pakistani and South Asian female fighter pilot after topping the final exams to q...
Ilmari Juutilainen Eino Ilmari "Illu" Juutilainen (21 February 1914 – 21 February 1999) was a fighter pilot of the Ilmavoimat (Finnish Air Force), and the top scoring non-German fighter pilot of all time. This makes him the top flying ace of the Finnish Air Force, leading all Finnish pilots in score against Soviet airc...
Egon Mayer Egon Mayer (19 August 1917 – 2 March 1944) was a German fighter pilot during World War II. He was credited with 102 enemy aircraft shot down in over 353 combat missions. His victories were all claimed over the Western Front. Mayer was the first fighter pilot to score 100 victories entirely on the Western Fro...
Paul Zorner Paul Anton Guido Zorner, born Paul Zloch (31 March 1920 – 27 January 2014) was a German night fighter pilot, who fought in the "Luftwaffe" during World War II. Zorner is credited with 59 night aerial victories claimed in 272 missions, including 110 night fighter missions. Zorner was the ninth most successfu...
Tadeusz Sawicz Tadeusz Władysław Sawicz (13 February 1914 – 19 October 2011) was a Polish World War II fighter pilot. He served in the Polish Air Force, and after the fall of Poland, he served in the Polish and allied units in France and United Kingdom. He was the commander of several air units, including the No. 315 P...
Wilhelm Crinius Wilhelm Crinius (2 December 1920 – 26 April 1997) was a Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. Crinius is credited with 114 aerial victories claimed in approximately 400 co...
Kavadh II Shērōē (also spelled Shīrūya, شیرویه in New Persian), better known by his dynastic name of Kavadh II (Middle Persian: kwʾt' "Kawād"; New Persian: قباد‎ ‎ "Qobād" or "Qabād"), was king of the Sasanian Empire briefly in 628. He was the son of Khosrau II (590–628). He became king after orchestrating a coup d'éta...
Suintila Suintila, or "Swinthila", "Svinthila"; (ca. 588 – 633/635) was Visigothic King of Hispania, Septimania and Galicia from 621 to 631. There was a new peace in the Kingdom of the Visigoths. As a direct result, by 624 the king was able to retake those lands that had been under the control of the Byzantine Empire. ...
Ashur-etil-ilani Ashur-etil-ilani was a king of Assyria (c. 631 BC – c. 627 BC). He succeeded his father Ashurbanipal.
Hormizd VI Hormizd VI (Persian: هرمز‎ ‎ ) was a Sasanian king of parts of Persia from 630 to 631. He was one of the many pretenders who rose after the murder of Khosrau II (590–628) in 628. He maintained himself about two years (630–632) in the district of Nisibis. He was the grandson of Khosrau II.
Duchy of Thuringia The Duchy of Thuringia was an eastern frontier march of the Merovingian kingdom of Austrasia, established about 631 by King Dagobert I after his troops had been defeated by the forces of the Slavic confederation of Samo at the Battle of Wogastisburg. It was recreated in the Carolingian Empire and its...
Samo Samo founded the first recorded political union of Slavic tribes, known as Samo's Empire ("realm", "kingdom", or "tribal union"), stretching from Silesia to present-day Slovenia, ruling from 623 until his death in 658. According to Fredegarius, the only contemporary source, Samo was a Frankish merchant who unified...
Chach of Alor Chach (c. 631-711 CE) (Sindhi: چچ‎ ) was a Brahmin who reigned as king of Sindh in the mid-7th century CE. A former prime minister to the king Rai Sahasi II, Chach ascended to the throne by marrying the king's widow. The Brahmin dynasty under Chach expanded the kingdom of Sindh, and his successful efforts...
Samo's Empire Samo's Empire is the historiographical name for the Slavic tribal union established by King ("rex") Samo, which existed between 631 and 658 A.D.. The centre of the union was most likely in Moravia, while the union included Silesia, Bohemia, Lusatia and Carantania.
Khosrow IV Khosrow IV was a Sasanian usurper who ruled briefly in 631. Little is known about his rule, he appears to have ruled during a time of upheaval and chaos across the Sasanian Empire the 7th century has the century where Iran has plunged into its "dark ages". He was the son of Mah-Adhur Gushnasp, who was the mi...
Farrukhzad Khosrow V Farrukhzad Khosrau V was briefly king of the Sasanian Empire from March 631 to April 631. He was the son of Khosrau II.
The Greatest Gift (TV series) The Greatest Gift was a 1950s US TV soap opera featuring actors Ward Costello, Anne Meara and Jack Klugman as Jim Hanson.
John Black (Days of Our Lives) John Black is a fictional character from "Days of Our Lives", an American soap opera on the NBC network. He has been played by actor Drake Hogestyn since 1986, with a break in between from January 2009 to September 2011. John was created by script writers Sheri Anderson, Thom Racina and L...
Alamo Heights SA Alamo Heights SA is a dramatic soap opera featuring San Antonio, Texas as the backdrop. It made history several ways.
Beverly Marshall Beverly Marshall is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera "Neighbours". The character was originally played by Lisa Armytage and she made her first on-screen appearance on 6 July 1987. Shaunna O'Grady took over from Armytage and began playing the character from 16 March 1989 until her de...
Roger Howarth Roger Howarth (born September 13, 1968) is an American actor. He played character Todd Manning on the daytime drama "One Life to Live" ("OLTL"); the character earned Howarth a Daytime Emmy Award in 1994, and is cited as an icon in the soap opera genre. He left the series in 2003 and joined soap opera "As ...
Shaunna O'Grady Shaunna O'Grady (born 1958) is an Australian retired actress who played the second incarnation of Jim Robinson's wife, Dr. Beverly Marshall, on the long-running soap opera "Neighbours". She is the granddaughter of writer John O'Grady (author of "They're a Weird Mob"), and is married to the television di...
Phil Mitchell Philip James "Phil" Mitchell is a long-standing fictional character from the BBC soap opera "EastEnders", played by Steve McFadden. Phil was introduced to the soap opera on 20 February 1990, and was followed by his brother, Grant (Ross Kemp), sister Sam (Danniella Westbrook/Kim Medcalf) and mother Peggy (...
Katie Landers Katie Landers is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera "Neighbours", played by Sally Jensen. She made her first on screen appearance on 15 February 1988. Katie is the niece of Beverly Marshall and sister to Todd Landers. During her time in the show, she became close friends with Toby Mangel...
Leslie Schofield Leslie Schofield (born 12 December 1938 in Oldham, Lancashire) is an English actor who is most famous in the UK for his role as Jeff Healy in the popular soap opera, "EastEnders" whom he played from 1997 to 2000. His character was famous for unsuccessfully proposing to Pauline Fowler (played by Wendy R...
Victor Newman Victor Newman is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera "The Young and the Restless". He has been portrayed by Eric Braeden since 1980. Initially a guest character who was to last for eight to twelve weeks, Victor has evolved into the soap opera's leading male figure. Created by William J....
Falkland Islands at the 2014 Commonwealth Games The Falkland Islands is represented at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow by 25 athletes across three sports, Badminton, Shooting and Lawn Bowls, the largest ever Falkland Islands squad to be sent to the Commonwealth Games.
Samoa The Independent State of Samoa (Samoan: "Malo Saʻoloto Tutoʻatasi o Sāmoa" , ] ), commonly known as Samoa (Samoan: "Sāmoa" ) and, until 1997, known as Western Samoa, is a unitary parliamentary democracy with eleven administrative divisions. The two main islands are Savai'i and Upolu with four smaller islands surr...
Archery at the Commonwealth Games Archery is one of the optional sports at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games competition. It has been a Commonwealth Games sport since 1982, but has only featured twice in the competition's history; at the 1982 Commonwealth Games and at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. It is an optional spo...
Falkland Islands official football team The Falkland Islands official football team is a representative football team of the Falkland Islands, organised by the Falkland Islands Football League. The Falkland Islands Football League does not belong to the CONMEBOL, as its member countries support Argentina in the soverei...
Falkland Islands at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Falkland Islands competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi.
2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Co...
George Paice (bowls) George Paice born 1941 in Fox Bay Falkland Islands is a New Zealand-based Falkland Islands Lawn Bowler who represented the Falkland Islands at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi India in the men's pairs alongside playing partner Gerald Reive. The pair achieved two victories at the games, over Gue...
Gerald Reive Gerald Reive (born 10 March 1937) is a New Zealand-based Falkland Islands athlete who represented his country at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India in Lawn Bowls in the men's pairs event, alongside his playing partner George Paice. They achieved wins against Samoa and Guernsey. Reive was the f...
KTV Ltd. KTV Ltd. is a DVB-T SD and HD encrypted UHF TV and radio service operating in Stanley, capital of the Falkland Islands, and also in part of the Camp. The charge for receiving the service of 33 TV and radio channels is £36 per month. Founded in 1980 by Sharon and Mario Zuvic Bulic, KTV Ltd. receives channels fr...
2010 Commonwealth Games medal table The 2010 Commonwealth Games (officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games), was a multi-sport event held in Delhi, India from 3 to 14 October 2010. It was the first time that India hosted the Commonwealth Games and the second time it was held in Asia after Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in...