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New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame - Wikipedia
The New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame recognises and honours those whose achievements have enriched the New Zealand thoroughbred horse racing industry. The Hall of Fame's first group of honorees were inducted in 2006,[1] and inductions are held every other year.[2] The inaugural chairman was Gerald Fell.[2] Due to COV...
2023-08-26 19:19:02
Victor Halberstadt - Wikipedia
Victor Halberstadt (born 16 June 1939) is a Dutch economist. Halberstadt was born on 16 June, 1939, in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[1] He was raised in a Jewish family and experienced the terrors of the Holocaust. From 1965 to 1974, Halberstadt was a senior lecturer of public sector finance at the University of Amsterdam. ...
2023-08-26 19:19:06
Grabówko, Masovian Voivodeship - Wikipedia
Grabówko [ɡraˈbufkɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krasne, within Przasnysz County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1] This Przasnysz County location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
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Kingston Halls - Wikipedia
Kingston Halls is a municipal structure in Paisley Road in the Kingston area of Glasgow, Scotland. The structure, which is used as the headquarters of a charity which provides accommodation and support to homeless people, is a Category B listed building.[1] Following significant population growth, largely associated...
2023-08-26 19:19:13
Hardware: Rivals - Wikipedia
Hardware: Rivals was an online multiplayer vehicular combat game developed by SCE Connected Content Group and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. It was the successor to the 2002 PlayStation 2 game, Hardware: Online Arena. The game gave players the option to play in either Tanks or Fast A...
2023-08-26 19:19:16
Ahl Fas Mosque - Wikipedia
Ahl Fas Mosque (Arabic: مسجد اهل فاس) is a mosque in the capital city of Rabat, Morocco. It is located at the mechouar of Al-Sayeed. The mosque was commissioned by the Alaouite sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah in the 18th century. It was renovated several times, during the era of Muhammad IV, Yusef, Muhammad V, Hassan II, ...
2023-08-26 19:19:20
Gideyevo - Wikipedia
Gideyevo (Russian: Гидеево) is a rural locality (a village) in Karinskoye Rural Settlement, Alexandrovsky District, Vladimir Oblast, Russia. The population was 8 as of 2010.[2] There are 7 streets. Gideyevo is located 30 km southwest of Alexandrov (the district's administrative centre) by road. Snyatinovo is the neare...
2023-08-26 19:19:24
Ved Prakash Sharma - Wikipedia
Ved Prakash Sharma (10 June 1955 – 17 February 2017) was an Indian writer of novels and screenplays in Hindi. He was born in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, where he completed his graduation from NAS Degree College. After beginning his professional career as a ghost writer, he went on to write 176 novels (ghostwriting around ...
2023-08-26 19:19:27
Fárbauti - Wikipedia
Fárbauti (Old Norse: [ˈfɑːrˌbɔute]) is a jötunn in Norse mythology. In all sources, he is portrayed as the father of Loki. Fárbauti is attested in the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in kennings of Viking Age skalds. The Old Norse name Fárbauti has been translated as 'dangerous strik...
2023-08-26 19:19:30
Pozharsky cutlet - Wikipedia
A Pozharsky cutlet (Russian: пожарская котлета, pozharskaya kotleta, plural: пожарские котлеты, pozharskie kotlety; also spelled Pojarski) is a breaded ground chicken or veal patty that is typical of Russian cuisine.[1][2][3] A distinct feature of this cutlet is adding butter to minced meat, which results in an especia...
2023-08-26 19:19:33
Devils Brigade (band) - Wikipedia
Devils Brigade is an American rock band formed as a side project by Rancid bassist Matt Freeman in 2000. In Devils Brigade Freeman performs a mix of punk rock and psychobilly styles, singing lead vocals and playing a double bass in contrast to the backing vocals and bass guitar he performs in Rancid. He was backed by...
2023-08-26 19:19:37
Walter Eric Spear - Wikipedia
Walter Eric Spear FRSE PhD FRS FInstP (20 January 1921 – 21 February 2008)[2] was a German physicist noted for his pioneering work to help develop large area electronics and thin film displays.[3] He was born in Frankfurt to a Jewish father and a Lutheran mother; by the time he finished his school examinations in 193...
2023-08-26 19:19:40
Guardianes 2020 Liga MX Final - Wikipedia
The Guardianes 2020 Liga MX Final is set to be the two-legged final that will determine the winner of the Liga MX Guardianes 2020, the 103rd edition of the Liga MX final, the top-flight football league in Mexico. The final will be contested in two-legged home-and-away format between León and UNAM. The first leg will b...
2023-08-26 19:19:44
Aminata Camara - Wikipedia
Aminata Camara (born 6 December 1973) is a retired Malian hurdler. She competed at the 1996 Olympic Games and the 1997 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final.[1][2] Her personal best time was 14.94 seconds, achieved at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[2] This biographical article relating to Malian athletics...
2023-08-26 19:19:48
United Airways Limited - Wikipedia
United Airways Ltd was a British airline operating in 1935, ending as part of British Airways Ltd. Whitehall Securities Corporation was a wealthy investment company run by Clive Pearson, the son of the founder. He was interested in aviation, and invested in Metal Propellers Ltd in 1925, and in Airwork Ltd in 1929. H...
2023-08-26 19:19:52
John Partridge House - Wikipedia
The John Partridge House is a historic house in Millis, Massachusetts. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof, large central chimney, a front entry with Greek Revival surround. It was built in the second half of the 17th century (the exact date being disputed), and is among the o...
2023-08-26 19:19:55
Bi Women Quarterly - Wikipedia
Bi Women Quarterly (BWQ) is a grassroots publication that works in affiliation with the Boston Bisexual Women's Network in Boston, Massachusetts. Started in September 1983, it is the oldest running publication for bisexual women.[1] The goal of the publication is to amplify the voices of women who fall under the bis...
2023-08-26 19:19:59
1983 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament - Wikipedia
The 1983 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Centenary Park on the campus of Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport, Louisiana, from May 2 through 4.[2] This was the fifth tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference, in its fifth year of existence. Merc...
2023-08-26 19:20:03
United Nations Security Council Resolution 541 - Wikipedia
Northern Cyprus declared its independence in 1983 with its official name being the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). It is recognized by Turkey. With United Nations Security Council resolution 541, adopted on 18 November 1983, after reaffirming Resolution 365 (1974) and Resolution 367 (1975), the Council c...
2023-08-26 19:20:06
63rd (2nd Northumbrian) Division - Wikipedia
The 63rd (2nd Northumbrian) Division of the British Army was a second-line Territorial Force division, formed in 1914, which served on home defence duties during the First World War. The division was formed as a duplicate of the 50th (Northumbrian) Division in 1914, composed primarily of soldiers recruited in north-e...
2023-08-26 19:20:09
A Sweet Old Fashioned Girl - Wikipedia
"A Sweet Old Fashioned Girl" is a song written by Bob Merrill. The song was produced by Dick Jacobs,[1] and performed by Teresa Brewer. It reached #3 in the UK and #7 in the U.S. in 1956.[2] The song was ranked #46 on Billboard magazine's Top 50 singles of 1956.[3] This 1950s single-related article is a stub. You c...
2023-08-26 19:20:13
Nomalizo Leah Tutu - Wikipedia
Nomalizo Leah Tutu (née Shenxane; born 14 October 1933) is a South African activist and the widow of Desmond Tutu.[1][2] Tutu was born Nomalizo Leah Shenxane on 14 October 1933 in Krugersdorp, South Africa.[2] She married Desmond Tutu on 2 July 1955. They had four children: Trevor Thamsanqa, Theresa Thandeka, Naomi...
2023-08-26 19:20:17
Prensa Latina - Wikipedia
Prensa Latina, legal name Agencia de Noticias Latinoamericana S.A. (Latin American News Agency), is the official state news agency of Cuba, founded in March 1959 shortly after the Cuban Revolution. In a speech by Fidel Castro in Santiago de Cuba in 1959, Castro denounced the United States media and instead favoured a ...
2023-08-26 19:20:20
Kenya Vision 2030 - Wikipedia
Kenya Vision 2030 (Swahili: Ruwaza ya Kenya 2030) is a Kenyan development program, aiming to raise the average standard of living in Kenya to middle income by 2030. It was launched on 10 June 2008 by President Mwai Kibaki.[1][2][3] Developed through "an all-inclusive and participatory stakeholder consultative process...
2023-08-26 19:20:24
Edmonton Indy - Wikipedia
The Edmonton Indy was a round of the IndyCar Series held at a temporary circuit set up at the Edmonton City Centre Airport near the downtown area of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was originally launched in 2005, as a race in the Champ Car World Series called the West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix, and was one of three Champ...
2023-08-26 19:20:29
Ulkayak - Wikipedia
The Ulkayak (Kazakh: Өлкейек; Russian: улькаяк) is a river in Kazakhstan. It has a length of 349 kilometres (217 mi) and a catchment area of 13,300 square kilometres (5,100 sq mi).[1] It is one of the rivers of the southern part of the Turgay Depression, belonging to the Irgyz -Turgay ecoregion.[2] It flows across the...
2023-08-26 19:20:32
Walter Runciman, 1st Baron Runciman - Wikipedia
Walter Runciman, 1st Baron Runciman (6 July 1847 – 13 August 1937) was an English and Scottish shipping magnate. He was born in the Scottish town of Dunbar. He was the fourth son of Walter Runciman, master of a schooner and later a member of the coastguard, and Jane, oldest daughter of John Finlay, shipowner, also o...
2023-08-26 19:20:36
Sergei Vladimirovich Kovbasyuk - Wikipedia
Sergei V. Kovbasyuk (born 30 April 1975, Samara) is a Russian attorney,[1] founder and manager of the Attorneys and Business law firm, member of the Moscow City Chamber of Attorneys and the Public Council under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. Sergei V. Kovbasyuk became head of the Moscow-...
2023-08-26 19:20:39
John Sayles - Wikipedia
John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist. He has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, for Passion Fish (1992) and Lone Star (1996). His film Men with Guns (1997) was nominated for the Golden Glo...
2023-08-26 19:20:43
Przemysław of Oświęcim - Wikipedia
Przemysław of Oświęcim (Polish: Przemysław Oświęcimski) (c. 1362 – 1 January 1406) was a Duke of half of both Głogów and Ścinawa since 1404 and Duke of Oświęcim from 1405 until his death. He was the eldest son of Przemysław I Noszak, Duke of Cieszyn by his wife Elisabeth, daughter of Bolesław, Duke of Koźle-Bytom. In ...
2023-08-26 19:20:47
Wilmington Union order of battle - Wikipedia
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Wilmington (February 11-22, 1865) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. MG John M. Schofield MG John M. Schofield Second Division Col Orlando H. Moore Third Division MG Jacob D. Cox Col Oscar W. Ste...
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Nabran - Wikipedia
Nabran is a municipality located in the Khachmaz region which is located in Khachmaz Rayon of Azerbaijan, close to the Russia-Azerbaijan border.[1] It has a population of 300,000. The municipality consists of the following villages Nabran, Dalğalı, Turist, Meşəli, Günəşli, Samurçay, and Şimal.[2] Nabran is the largest ...
2023-08-26 19:20:54
Carussa - Wikipedia
Carussa or Karoussa (Ancient Greek: Κάρουσσα), also spelt as Carusa or Karousa (Καροῦσα), also known as Polichnion,[1] was a Greek trading place (emporium) on the Black Sea coast of ancient Paphlagonia, south of Sinope, and 150 stadia from it.[2][3] It is also mentioned in the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax as a Greek city;...
2023-08-26 19:20:58
Collecting Sunlight - Wikipedia
Collecting Sunlight is the first EP from Swedish artist Andreas Moe. It was self-released in the UK on June 25, 2012, and received a wider release from Sony Music Sweden on the same date. The EP was highly anticipated worldwide, receiving rave reviews from music bloggers. Collecting Sunlight - EP came when following b...
2023-08-26 19:21:02
Amobi Ogah - Wikipedia
Amobi Godwin Ogah is a Nigerian politician and businessman. He was elected to the 10th National Assembly in the February 25, 2023 House of Representatives election to represent Isiuakwato/Umunneochi federal constituency of Abia state on the ticket of Labour Party, LP.[1][2] His elder brother Uche Ogah was a Minister o...
2023-08-26 19:21:04
Zion Johnson - Wikipedia
Zion Johnson (born November 18, 1999) is an American football guard for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Davidson before transferring to Boston College where was named an All-American in 2021. Johnson was drafted by the Chargers in the first round of the 20...
2023-08-26 19:21:08
Euphemia Wilson Pitblado - Wikipedia
Euphemia Wilson Pitblado (née, Wilson; 1849 – June 17, 1928) was a Scottish-born American women's activist, social reformer, and writer. She traveled in Europe, Canada, and in the United States, crossing the Atlantic five times. Pitblado was a delegate to the National Woman Suffrage Association Convention in Washington...
2023-08-26 19:21:12
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Wikipedia
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (retrospectively titled Blade Runner: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? in some later printings) is a dystopian science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in 1968. The novel is set in a post-apocalyptic San Francisco, where Earth's life has been grea...
2023-08-26 19:21:16
Lift-off oversteer - Wikipedia
Lift-off oversteer (also known as , trailing-throttle oversteer, throttle off oversteer, or lift-throttle oversteer) is a form of sudden oversteer. While cornering, a driver who closes the throttle (by lifting a foot off the accelerator, hence the name), usually at a high speed, can cause such sudden deceleration that...
2023-08-26 19:21:19
Mosafer - Wikipedia
Mosafer Inc. is a Qatari owned global travel retail store headquartered in Doha, Qatar and is best known as a luggage manufacturer and retailer. The company has 32 locations worldwide with its biggest flagship store located on 57th street in Manhattan, New York. Mosafer is Abuissa Holding’s self developed concept focus...
2023-08-26 19:21:22
1st Guards Motor Rifle Division - Wikipedia
1st Moscow Motor Rifle Division(1940–1941) 1st Guards Moscow Motor Rifle Division(1941–1943) 1st Guards Moscow Rifle Division(1943–1957) 1st Guards Moscow Motor Rifle Division(1957–2002) The 1st Guards Proletarian Moscow-Minsk Order of Lenin, twice Red Banner Orders of Suvorov (II) and Kutuzov (II) Motor Rifle Divi...
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John Joyce (New Zealand politician) - Wikipedia
John Joyce (1839 – 1 December 1899) was a Member of Parliament for Lyttelton and Akaroa in the South Island of New Zealand. Joyce was born in Penzance, Cornwall in 1839.[1] As a boy, he worked in the deep sea fishing industry. He was made the master of a schooner at age 19. In 1854, he emigrated to Victoria and work...
2023-08-26 19:21:29
Actinotignum - Wikipedia
Actinotignum is a bacterial genus in the family Actinomycetaceae.[2]
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Bob Hallen - Wikipedia
Robert Joseph Hallen (born March 9, 1975) is a former American football player. Hallen played high school football at Mentor High School, where he was honorable mention all-state his senior season after serving as team captain. Hallen was a four-year starter at Kent State University while starting 44 consecutive game...
2023-08-26 19:21:35
Derek Potteiger - Wikipedia
Derek Potteiger (born 6 January 1980 in the United States) is an American retired soccer player.[1] This biographical article related to an American soccer midfielder is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
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Jumpin Jackie Jackson - Wikipedia
"Jumpin" Jackie Jackson (January 25, 1940 – May 4, 2019) was an American professional basketball player. Jackson was one of the first streetball legends in the Rucker Playground Basketball Tournaments in New York City in the early 1960s. He went on to a 20-year career with the Harlem Globetrotters, earning his nickname...
2023-08-26 19:21:42
Alain de Changy - Wikipedia
Alain Carpentier de Changy (born in Brussels, 5 February 1922 – died in Etterbeek, 5 August 1994) was a racing driver from Belgium. His single Formula One World Championship Grand Prix attempt was at the 1959 Monaco Grand Prix with a Cooper run by Ecurie Nationale Belge, but he failed to qualify. He was more successf...
2023-08-26 19:21:46
John Jay Shipherd - Wikipedia
John Jay Shipherd (March 28, 1802 – September 16, 1844) was an American clergyman who co-founded Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, in 1833 with Philo Penfield Stewart. In 1844, Shipherd also founded Olivet College in Olivet, Michigan. Both Oberlin College and Olivet College were envisioned by Shipherd to be idealistic...
2023-08-26 19:21:50
Sphenophryne coggeri - Wikipedia
Sphenophryne coggeri is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to New Guinea and known from two regions in Papua New Guinea, one in the Madang Province and the other in the Southern Highlands Province[1][3] (the intervening areas have seen little survey work).[1] The specific name coggeri honors ...
2023-08-26 19:21:53
Eric Sainsbury - Wikipedia
Eric Edward Sainsbury, OBE, JP (16 December 1925 – 11 March 2014) was an English social work teacher, researcher and academic. He was Chair in Social Administration at the University of Sheffield from 1977 to 1988. Eric Edward Sainsbury was born on 16 December 1925 in Newham where his father was a wage clerk. He grew ...
2023-08-26 19:21:56
Yelena Shevchenko (gymnast) - Wikipedia
Yelena Nikolayevna Shevchenko (Russian: Елена Николаевна Шевченко; born 7 October 1971) is a retired Russian gymnast. She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a gold medal with the Soviet team. Individually her best achievement was ninth place in the vault.[1][2] She was inclu...
2023-08-26 19:22:00
Joseph Gould (Toronto politician) - Wikipedia
Joseph M. Gould, QC (August 22, 1911 – May 8, 1965) was a Canadian politician in Ontario. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1959 to 1965 who represented the downtown Toronto riding of Bracondale. He was a municipal alderman for Ward 5 in the 1950s. He died in office at age 53. One o...
2023-08-26 19:22:03
Cerrillos, Chile - Wikipedia
Cerrillos (English: Hillocks) is a commune of Chile located in a midtown area of Santiago and the southwest of the city — in the Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region — as a spot of the conurbation of Santiago. The commune was created in 1991 from a subdivision of Maipú. As a commune, Cerrillos is a third-...
2023-08-26 19:22:07
Glossary of Russian and USSR aviation acronyms: Miscellaneous - Wikipedia
This is a glossary of acronyms and initials used for miscellaneous items, materials and nicknames in the Russian Federation and formerly the USSR. The Latin-alphabet names are phonetic representations of the Cyrillic originals, and variations are inevitable. These nicknames are used for aircraft, and/or aircraft equip...
2023-08-26 19:22:11
George Stevenson (footballer) - Wikipedia
George Stevenson (4 April 1905 – 1990) was a Scottish footballer, featuring solely for Motherwell at senior club level and later managing them. As a player he was in the team which won the only League title in the club's history in 1932, played in three Scottish Cup finals, and was also a Scotland international. As M...
2023-08-26 19:22:15
Grattoir de côté - Wikipedia
In archaeology, a grattoir de côté (French for side scraper) is a ridged variety of steep-scraper distinguished by a working edge on one side. They were found at various archaeological sites in Lebanon including Ain Cheikh and Jdeideh II and are suggested to date to Upper Paleolithic stages three or four (Levantine Aur...
2023-08-26 19:22:19
International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms - Wikipedia
The International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms (IALANA) is an international non-governmental organisation headquartered in Berlin. It was founded in 1988 and seeks "to build and strengthen international legal efforts to ban the use and threat of use of nuclear weapons."[1] Its membership consists of indi...
2023-08-26 19:22:22
Pieter van der Does - Wikipedia
Pieter van der Does (1562 – 24 October 1599) was a Dutch admiral. He was the son of Jacob van der Does (c.1500-1577), schepen of Leiden during its siege. Pieter van der Does was born in Leiden. In 1586 he became superintendent of the Dutch fleet which witnessed the defeat of the Spanish Armada two years later. In 1...
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Eupithecia anactoria - Wikipedia
Eupithecia anactoria is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Ecuador.[2] This Eupithecia moth related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
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Lake Alice, Manawatū-Whanganui - Wikipedia
Lake Alice is an area located in the southwestern part of Rangitikei District of the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. According to the 2013 census, it had a population of 2,724 inhabitants. In the 2018 census, the Lake Alice area unit was replaced by the Parewanui, Turakina, and Marton Rural ar...
2023-08-26 19:22:35
Shimo-Shibetsu Station - Wikipedia
Shimo-Shibetsu Station (下士別駅, Shimo-Shibetsu-eki) was a railway station located in Shimo-Shibetsu-chō (下士別町), Shibetsu, Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, and is operated by the Hokkaidō Railway Company. The station closed on 13 March 2021 Station Name: Closed stations  WikiMiniAtlas44°12′36″N 142°23′44″E / 44.2101°...
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1796 in Norway - Wikipedia
← → Events in the year 1796 in Norway.
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Bop Girl - Wikipedia
"Bop Girl" is the debut single of Australian pop singer Pat Wilson. The song was written by her then-husband, Ross Wilson[1] of the bands Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock. "Bop Girl" was released in September 1983, peaking at number two on the Australian Kent Music Report, number ten in New Zealand and number 28 in South Afri...
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Krayot central bus station - Wikipedia
The Krayot central bus station (Hebrew: מרכזית הקריות: Merkazit HaKrayot) is a public transport terminal serving as a terminus for the Metronit bus rapid transit system, and as a station for local bus routes serving the Krayot suburbs of Haifa, Israel. Despite its name, the station is not located in the center of the ...
2023-08-26 19:22:50
Goodnight L.A. - Wikipedia
Goodnight L.A. is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Magnum, released in 1990 by Polydor. Most of the material was already written and arranged, at least in demo form, and was taken to Los Angeles and Vancouver to find an American producer. Keith Olsen was suggested because of the success of his work o...
2023-08-26 19:22:53
Julie Forrest - Wikipedia
Julie Forrest (born 3 November 1968) is a Scottish bowls player.[1] Julie has won three World Outdoor medals, a silver medal in the fours at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg and two bronze medals as part of the Scottish team that competed in the Taylor Trophy. She also competed at the 1996, 20...
2023-08-26 19:22:56
R to V - Wikipedia
R to V (stylized as Red Velvet 4th Concert 'R to V') was the fourth concert tour headlined by South Korean girl group Red Velvet, in support of their 2022 EPs The ReVe Festival 2022 – Feel My Rhythm, and The ReVe Festival 2022 – Birthday. The tour kicked off on April 2023 in the Seoul and ended in June 2023 in London, ...
2023-08-26 19:22:59
Kunzea salterae - Wikipedia
Kunzea salterae, also known by the Maori name moutohora kanuka,[2] is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to Moutohora Island in New Zealand. It is a much-branched shrub or small spreading tree with needle-like leaves, sprays of white flowers and small cup-shaped or urn-shaped fruit. Kun...
2023-08-26 19:23:03
Affengeil - Wikipedia
Affengeil (English title: Life is Like a Cucumber) is a 1990 German semi-documentarian film by Rosa von Praunheim. The film was shown at the 1991 Toronto International Film Festival and 1992 at the Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco, among others.[1][2] Film about the life of Lotti Huber, who was discovered by ...
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Humboldtia decurrens - Wikipedia
Humboldtia decurrens is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. Humboldtia decurrens is a highly rare endemic tree found only in India in the southern part of the Western Ghats, ranging from the Anamalai Hills to the Travancore range. A common species of low to medium elevation found in evergreen forests. Thi...
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Timeline of SOE's Prosper Network - Wikipedia
The Prosper Network, also called the Physician Network, was the most important network in France of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in 1943. SOE was a secret British organization in World War II. The objectives of SOE were to conduct espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance in occupied Europe and Asia against ...
2023-08-26 19:23:13
Olsynium - Wikipedia
Olsynium is a genus of summer-dormant rhizomatous perennial flowering plants in the iris family Iridaceae, native to sunny hillsides in South America and western North America. [1][2][3] Height is 10–40 centimetres (4–16 in) tall. Leaves are linear, 4–30 centimetres (1.6–11.8 in) long and 1–3 millimetres (0.04–0.12 ...
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Wayne Shaw (linebacker) - Wikipedia
Wayne Shaw (born 1939) is a retired outside linebacker who played twelve seasons for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League.[1] He is the brother of former Canadian football linebacker Cliff Shaw.[2] Educated at Athol Murray College of Notre Dame, Shaw played football for The Notre Dame Hounds a...
2023-08-26 19:23:21
Agrupación Cultural Femenina - Wikipedia
Agrupación Cultural Femenina (ACF), was a Venezuelan women's rights organization, founded in 1935. It was the first and the most influential women's organization in Venezuela.[1] The Venezuelan women's movement developed late and did not organize until the ACF was formed. The ACF was founded on 15 October 1935 by Ceci...
2023-08-26 19:23:24
Nigoghos Sarafian - Wikipedia
Nigoghos Sarafian (Armenian: Նիկողոս Սարաֆեան, 1902 in Varna, Principality of Bulgaria - 1972 in Paris, France), was an Armenian writer, poet, editor, and journalist.[1] Nigoghos Sarafian was born on a boat that was leaving Constantinople on the way to Varna.[1] He received his education in Armenian and French schools...
2023-08-26 19:23:28
Impact! (TV series) - Wikipedia
Impact! (stylized as IMPACT!),[3][4] also known as IMPACT! on AXS TV,[5] is an American professional wrestling television program produced by the American promotion Impact Wrestling (formerly known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)) that debuted on June 4, 2004. The series currently airs on AXS TV in the United...
2023-08-26 19:23:31
John Loder (actor) - Wikipedia
John Loder (born William John Muir Lowe; 3 January 1898 – 26 December 1988) was established as a British film actor in Germany and Britain before migrating to the United States in 1928 for work in the new talkies. He worked in Hollywood for two periods, becoming an American citizen in 1947. After living also in Argen...
2023-08-26 19:23:35
1999 Broadland District Council election - Wikipedia
The 1999 Broadland District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Broadland District Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. This Elections in England related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
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Bissiga-Yarcé - Wikipedia
Bissiga-Yarcé is a village in the Bissiga Department of Boulgou Province in north-eastern Burkina Faso. As of 2005, the village has a population of 210.[1] This Boulgou Province location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
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Basketligaen Defender of the Year - Wikipedia
The Basketligaen Defender of the Year is an annual basketball award that is given by the Danish top tier Basketligaen. It is awarded to the best defensive player in a given regular season. The award was introduced in the 2010–11 season. Michel Diouf holds the record for most awards won.
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Tom Wheeler (writer) - Wikipedia
Tom Wheeler is an American screenwriter and producer. He served as the executive producer and show runner for the NBC superhero series The Cape.[1] Wheeler began his television career writing and executive producing the ABC mini-series Empire in 2005. He then wrote two television pilots, The World According to Barnes ...
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Richard Gammon - Wikipedia
Captain Richard John Gammon DFC was an English World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.[1] He enlisted into the army at Hampton Court in 1914 or 1915 and served on the Western Front until invalided out after suffering from trench foot. He volunteered to transfer to the Royal Flying Corps[2] as a c...
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The Cigarette Girl from the Future - Wikipedia
The Cigarette Girl from the Future is the debut EP release by the indie band Beauty Pill.
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Br'er Rabbit - Wikipedia
Br'er Rabbit (/ˈbrɛər/) (an abbreviation of Brother Rabbit, also spelled Brer Rabbit) is a central figure in an oral tradition passed down by African-Americans of the Southern United States and African descendants in the Caribbean, notably Afro-Bahamians and Turks and Caicos Islanders. He is a trickster who succeeds by...
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Carex melanostachya - Wikipedia
Carex melanostachya, called the Great Plains sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to central Europe to western Asia, and introduced to the central US.[2] Its chromosome number is 2n=54, with some uncertainty.[3] This Carex article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
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Salomon Bédarrides - Wikipedia
Salomon Bédarrides (1809–1886) was a French lawyer and politician. He served as the mayor of Aix-en-Provence from 1877 to 1884. Salomon Bédarrides was born in a Jewish family on 18 February 1809 in Aix-en-Provence.[1] His brother, Jassuda Bédarrides (1804-1882), served as the Mayor of Aix from 1858 to 1859.[1] He sta...
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Agra Canal - Wikipedia
The Agra Canal is an important Indian irrigation work which starts from Okhla in Delhi. The Agra canal originates at the Okhla barrage, downstream of Nizamuddin bridge.[2] The canal receives its water from the Yamuna River at Okhla, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the south of New Delhi. The weir across the Yamuna w...
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Metaklett - Wikipedia
Metaklett (from German: Metall, "metal" and Klettband, "Velcro ribbon") is a fastening material made of steel that acts on a similar principle to conventional hook and loop fasteners. It was developed by Reinz-Dichtungs-GmbH, Technische Universität München, Hölzel Stanz- und Feinwerktechnik GmbH & Co. KG and Koenig Ver...
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Fula gubbar - Wikipedia
"Fula gubbar" is a song written and recorded by Magnus Uggla on his 1986 studio album Den döende dandyn. While lyrically dealing with older men's attraction to younger girls, the simple tune made the song popular among young children, leading to it being referred to as "Kindergarten pop". The inspiration was taken fro...
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Aagaardia - Wikipedia
See text. Aagaardia is a genus of fly in the Chironomidae family.[4][5][6][7][8] Aagaardia has been found in Finland, the mainland of Norway[9] and Russia.[10] There are five species described within this genus. This article related to members of the fly family Chironomidae is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by e...
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Hahn, Rhineland-Palatinate - Wikipedia
Hahn is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kirchberg, whose seat is in the like-named town. The name Hahn is well known as being the name shar...
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Jack Alderman - Wikipedia
Jack Edward Alderman (May 29, 1951 – September 16, 2008) was, at the time of his execution, the longest-serving death row prisoner in the United States who has been executed. He had remained on death row for over 33 years.[1] Jack Alderman was born on May 29, 1951, in Garden City, Georgia.[2] On June 14, 1975, he...
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Hollywood Playhouse - Wikipedia
Hollywood Playhouse, also known as Woodbury Hollywood Playhouse, is a radio anthology drama series that featured adaptations of plays and short stories. Created as a showcase for Tyrone Power, the series began October 3, 1937, on the Blue Network, with Darryl F. Zanuck introducing his 20th Century-Fox star. The half-ho...
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Armen Sanamyan - Wikipedia
Armen Sanamyan (Armenian: Արմեն Սանամյան; born 1 February 1966) is an Armenian professional football coach and former player. On 2 June 2020, Sanamyan was announced as caretaker manager of Armenian club Lori.[1] This biographical article relating to Armenian association football is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by...
2023-08-26 19:24:35
NBA Jam 99 - Wikipedia
NBA Jam 99 is a basketball game for the Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color, released in 1998 by Acclaim Entertainment's Acclaim Sports label and developed by Iguana West. New Jersey Nets forward Keith Van Horn appeared on the cover. Acclaim was unable to secure the license to use Michael Jordan's name or likeness, and as s...
2023-08-26 19:24:39
Kerstin Förster - Wikipedia
Kerstin Förster (née Pieloth, born 9 November 1965 in Cottbus) is a German rower. In October 1986, she was awarded a Patriotic Order of Merit in gold (first class) for her sporting success.[1] She married Olaf Förster during the winter break between the 1987 and 1988 rowing seasons.[2] He also won a gold medal at t...
2023-08-26 19:24:43
Manitoba Highway 44 - Wikipedia
Provincial Trunk Highway 44 Provincial Trunk Highway 44 (PTH 44) is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It begins at Highway 9 near Lockport, north of Winnipeg. The highway travels east through Beausejour before heading southeast in concurrency with Highway 11 for approximately 20 kilometres ...
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Gippsland Super 6 - Wikipedia
The Gippsland Super 6 is a golf tournament that was played for the first time in November 2019. It is played at Warragul Country Club in Warragul, Gippsland, in south-eastern Victoria, Australia. The tournament uses a "Super 6" format. The first three days consist of ordinary stroke play, with a cut after 36 holes r...
2023-08-26 19:24:50
Saitama Sakae High School - Wikipedia
Saitama Sakae High School, also commonly known as Sakae High, is a private junior and senior high school located in Saitama-city, Saitama Prefecture. The school is known for its athletic activities and its broad field of study. Among the sports in which the school excels, the men's sumo and women's baseball clubs are ...
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Strabena impar - Wikipedia
Strabena impar is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar.[2] The habitat consists of forests. This Satyrini article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
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