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Peter Lindahl - Wikipedia
Peter Lindahl (1712 in Karlskrona – 19 December 1792 in Ånstad, Örebro), was a Swedish stage actor and theatre director. He belonged to the most known of the pioneer generation of actors at the first Swedish theatre. He was the director of the Lindahl theater company in 1754-68, one of the two first travelling Swedis...
2023-08-26 19:25:01
John A. Lejeune - Wikipedia
Philippine–American WarMexican Revolution World War I Banana Wars John Archer Lejeune (/ləˈʒɜːrn/ lə-ZHURN;[2] January 10, 1867 – November 20, 1942) was a scholar, Freemason, United States Marine Corps lieutenant general and the 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps. Lejeune served for nearly 40 years in the militar...
2023-08-26 19:25:05
Athletics at the 2003 Summer Universiade – Women's 10,000 metres - Wikipedia
The women's 10,000 metres event at the 2003 Summer Universiade was held on 25 August in Daegu, South Korea.
2023-08-26 19:25:09
Sarykol District - Wikipedia
Sarykol (Kazakh: Сарыкөл ауданы, Saryköl audany) is a district of Kostanay Region in northern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the urban-type settlement of Sarykol.[3] Population: 23,387 (2013 estimate);[2] 24,785 (2009 Census results);[4] 31,087 (1999 Census results).[4]  WikiMiniAtlas53°24′36...
2023-08-26 19:25:12
Veronika Schmidt - Wikipedia
Veronika Hesse (née Schmidt; born 24 August 1952 in Harzgerode) is a former East German cross-country skier who competed from 1974 to 1982. She won two 4 × 5 km relay medals at the Winter Olympics with a gold in Lake Placid and a bronze in Innsbruck. Schmidt also won a complete set medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski...
2023-08-26 19:25:16
Tom Amberry - Wikipedia
Tom Amberry (November 13, 1922 – March 18, 2017[1]) was an American podiatrist who is best known for holding the Guinness world record for most consecutive free throws made, having made 2,750 of them in a row in a span of 12 hours over the course of November 15, 1993 at the age of 71. Amberry held the record for two an...
2023-08-26 19:25:19
Kalpana Dash - Wikipedia
Kalpana Dash (Odia: କଳ୍ପନା ଦାଶ; 7 July 1966 – 23 May 2019) was an Indian lawyer and mountaineer. She was the first Odia mountaineer to scale Mount Everest. She scaled Mount Everest on 21 May 2008, along with a team of five members from the United States, Canada and Nepal. She had attempted to climb Mount Everest twi...
2023-08-26 19:25:22
James O. Ellis - Wikipedia
Admiral James Oren Ellis Jr.[2] (born July 20, 1947) is a retired 4-star admiral and former Commander, United States Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. He was President and Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Nuclear Power Operations until May 2012 and serves on the board of directors of Lockheed Mar...
2023-08-26 19:25:26
Cook County, New South Wales - Wikipedia
Download coordinates as: Cook County was one of the original Nineteen Counties in New South Wales and is now one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It includes the area to the west of Sydney in the Blue Mountains, between the Colo River in the north, and the Coxs River in the south and west, encompas...
2023-08-26 19:25:29
Pyas - Wikipedia
Pyas (Urdu: پیاس, lit. 'Thirst') is a 1989 Pakistani television series written by Asghar Nadeem Syed.[1] It was produced and directed by Nusrat Thakur.[2][3] The series was popular both in Pakistan and India.[4][5] A girl named Seema lives with her parents. Qadir Khan is very strict on Seema but her mother Taj Bibi is...
2023-08-26 19:25:33
Constantine Doukas of Thessaly - Wikipedia
Constantine Doukas (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Δούκας, romanized: Kōnstantinos Doukas), Latinized as Ducas, was ruler of Thessaly from c. 1289 to his death in 1303. Constantine Doukas was the second son of John I Doukas of Thessaly by his wife, who is only known by her monastic name Hypomone ("Patience").[1][2] He succeeded ...
2023-08-26 19:25:36
Cochin Port - Wikipedia
Cochin Port or Kochi Port is a major port on the Arabian Sea – Laccadive Sea – Indian Ocean sea-route in the city of Kochi and is one of the largest ports in India. It is also the first transshipment port in India. The port lies on two islands in the Lake of Kochi: Willingdon Island and Vallarpadam, towards the Fort ...
2023-08-26 19:25:40
George Mitchell (baseball) - Wikipedia
As manager George Fredrick Mitchell (March 31, 1900 – November, 1953) was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1920s. A native of Sparta, Illinois, Mitchell was the twin brother of fellow Negro leaguer Robert Mitchell. He made his Negro leagues debut in 1924 for the St. Louis Stars, where he was a batterymate of c...
2023-08-26 19:25:45
Brewer Peak - Wikipedia
Brewer Peak ( WikiMiniAtlas71°34′S 168°28′E / 71.567°S 168.467°E / -71.567; 168.467) is a peak, 2,110 metres (6,920 ft) high, along the west wall of Pitkevitch Glacier near the glacier's head, in the Admiralty Mountains, a major mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The topographical feature was first mapped ...
2023-08-26 19:25:48
He's My Number One - Wikipedia
"He's My Number One" is a pop song written by Terry Britten and B. A. Robertson and recorded by Australian pop singer Christie Allen. The song was released in January 1980 as the fourth single from Allen's debut studio album, Magic Rhythm (1979). The song peaked at number 4 on the Kent Music Report in Australia. At th...
2023-08-26 19:25:51
Emmanuel Acholonu - Wikipedia
Emmanuel A. Acholonu is a retired Commodore in the Nigerian Navy and the former Administrator of Katsina State in Nigeria from December 1993 to August 1996 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.[1][2] Lt, Commander, Acholonu was Directing Staff Junior Division Navy at the Armed Forces Command and Staff Col...
2023-08-26 19:25:54
Gina Hathorn - Wikipedia
Georgina Melissa "Gina" Hathorn (born 6 July 1946) is a British former alpine skier who competed in the 1964 Winter Olympics and 1968 Winter Olympics, where she finished fourth in the Slalom, and in the 1972 Winter Olympics.[1] This biographical article relating to alpine skiing in the United Kingdom is a stub. You...
2023-08-26 19:25:58
Lena Ustymenko - Wikipedia
Olena Ustymenko Sokolowski (born October 11, 1986) is a Ukrainian female volleyball player. With her club VakıfBank Türk Telekom Istanbul she competed at the 2011 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship.[1] This biographical article relating to volleyball in Ukraine is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expand...
2023-08-26 19:26:02
Rosalind Heggs - Wikipedia
Rosalind M Heggs (born 1952) is an English former cricketer who played as an all-rounder. She was a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She played for Young England in the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup and the full England side in the 1978 Women's Cricket World Cup. She took 16 wickets at an average ...
2023-08-26 19:26:05
Justin Thompson (soccer) - Wikipedia
Justin Thompson (born January 9, 1981 in Prince Rupert, British Columbia) is a Canadian retired soccer defender who played professionally in the United States, Canada and England. He was a member of the Canada U-20 men's national soccer team at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship. Thompson played college soccer fo...
2023-08-26 19:26:10
Tar Aik Bong - Wikipedia
Tar Aik Bong (Burmese: တာအိုက်ပေါင်း) is the chairman of the Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF), and the commander in chief of an insurgent group in Myanmar called Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA).[1][2] He is of Ta'ang (Palaung) descent. Tar Aik Bong was originally part of the Palaung State Liberation Orga...
2023-08-26 19:26:13
Trevor S. Breusch - Wikipedia
Trevor Stanley Breusch (born c. 1953) is an Australian econometrician and was until his retirement Professor of Econometrics and Deputy Director of Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University. He is noted for the Breusch–Pagan test from the paper (with Adrian Pagan) "A simple test for heter...
2023-08-26 19:26:17
Pierre-Charles Comte - Wikipedia
Pierre-Charles Comte (23 April 1823 – 30 November 1895) was a French painter. He was born in Lyon and died in Fontainebleau. His works include The Oath of Henri de Guise and The Coronation of Inês de Castro in 1361.[1] Comte was a pupil of Claude Bonnefond at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon betwe...
2023-08-26 19:26:21
Choreya - Wikipedia
Choreya is a small village in Ranchi (capital of the Indian state Jharkhand). It is situated in Chanho block. It is one of the 67 villages of Chanho. As of 2011[update] India census,[2] it has a population of 4,994. Males constitute 51.2% of the population and females 48.8%. Choreya has an average literacy rate of 7...
2023-08-26 19:26:24
Don't Dress for Dinner - Wikipedia
Don't Dress for Dinner is an adaptation of a two-act play titled Pyjama Pour Six by French playwright Marc Camoletti, who wrote Boeing-Boeing. It ran in London for six years and opened on Broadway in 2012. After a successful run of Pyjama Pour Six in Paris, the English speaking rights were purchased by London producer...
2023-08-26 19:26:27
Gebo, Montana - Wikipedia
Coalville, Montana, also known as Gebo, Montana, was a community by the Gebo Mine, in Carbon County, Montana near Fromberg, Montana. "Coalville (historical)" is a "Locale", identified as GNIS number 1726660 in the Geographic Names Information System, at elevation 3,711 feet (1,131 m). It had a railroad station (per GN...
2023-08-26 19:26:31
Aleksandra Rebikova - Wikipedia
Aleksandra Rebikova (Russian: Александра Ребикова) was a Russian film actress.
2023-08-26 19:26:35
Nmperign - Wikipedia
Nmperign is an experimental improvisational jazz group formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1998. The idea for the group came when soprano saxophonist Bhob Rainey decided to embark upon an ambitious cross-country tour, choosing trumpeter Greg Kelley and percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani as his travelmates. The three, who h...
2023-08-26 19:26:38
Cecil H. Brown - Wikipedia
Cecil H. Brown (born 1944) is a distinguished research professor emeritus of anthropology at Northern Illinois University.[1] His work relates to comparative linguistics and ethnobiology.[2] Brown attended Tulane University for his undergraduate and graduate degrees, receiving a B.A. in 1966 and PhD in 1971.[3] As an ...
2023-08-26 19:26:41
Steffie Woolhandler - Wikipedia
Stephanie Joan "Steffie" Woolhandler (born 1950 or 1951 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American primary care physician and medical researcher. An advocate for single-payer health insurance in the United States, she is a co-founder and board member of Physicians for a National Health Program. She is Distinguished Profe...
2023-08-26 19:26:44
Someone You Loved - Wikipedia
"Someone You Loved" is a song recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi. It was released on 8 November 2018 as a download through Vertigo Records and Universal Music, the third single from his second extended play, Breach (2018), and was later included on his debut album, Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Ext...
2023-08-26 19:26:48
Palestinian Media Watch - Wikipedia
Palestinian Media Watch (PMW; Hebrew: מבט לתקשורת פלסטינית) is an Israel-based nongovernmental organization and media watchdog group.[3][4] Founded in 1996 by Itamar Marcus, Palestinian Media Watch documents cases of incitement in Palestinian media.[5][6] It describes itself as "an Israeli research institute that stu...
2023-08-26 19:26:51
If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too? - Wikipedia
"If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?" is a song by Australian band Mental As Anything, released in May 1981 as the lead single from their third studio album Cats & Dogs. The song peaked at number 4 on the Kent Music Report.[1] At the 1981 Countdown Music Awards, the song won Best Australian Single.[2] Junkee Media descr...
2023-08-26 19:26:55
2020–21 New Basket Brindisi season - Wikipedia
The 2020–21 season is New Basket Brindisi's 29th in existence and the club's 3rd consecutive season in the top tier Italian basketball. Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: Happy Casa Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed. 6+6 forma...
2023-08-26 19:27:01
Apfelstädtaue - Wikipedia
Apfelstädtaue is a former Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") in the district of Gotha, in Thuringia, Germany. It was disbanded in December 2019. The seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft was in Georgenthal. The Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Apfelstädtaue consisted of the following municipalities:  WikiMiniAt...
2023-08-26 19:27:05
Soul of Chogokin - Wikipedia
Soul of Chogokin (SOC) (超合金魂, Chōgōkin Tamashii) or "Soul of Super-alloy", is a popular line of adult collector's toys produced by the Japanese company Bandai. The line, which began in 1997, focuses almost exclusively on mecha (robots) taken from various 1970s and 1980s anime series, although the line has diverged fro...
2023-08-26 19:27:07
List of awards and nominations received by Farhan Akhtar - Wikipedia
Farhan Akhtar (born 9 January 1974) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, playback singer and television host. Born in Mumbai to screenwriters Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani, he grew up under the influence of the Hindi film industry. He began his career in Bollywood by working as an assistant direc...
2023-08-26 19:27:11
Busted, Broke & American - Wikipedia
Busted, Broke & American is the eighth studio album by American crossover thrash band M.O.D., released on July 7, 2017.[2][3][4] It is the band's first studio album in ten years, since Red, White & Screwed (2007), marking the longest gap between two studio albums in their career, and their first release on Megaforce Re...
2023-08-26 19:27:16
Tristan und Isolde discography - Wikipedia
This is an audio and video discography of Tristan und Isolde, an opera by Richard Wagner which was first performed on 10 June 1865 in Munich. Tristan und Isolde has a long recorded history. In the years before World War II, Kirsten Flagstad and Lauritz Melchior were considered to be the prime interpreters of the lea...
2023-08-26 19:27:19
German torpedo boat T21 - Wikipedia
The German torpedo boat T21 was one of nine Type 37 torpedo boats built for the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) during World War II. Completed in mid-1942, she was transferred to Norway in March 1943 for escort duties. The ship returned to Germany in October and was assigned to the Torpedo School. T21 returned to active d...
2023-08-26 19:27:23
Yoon Young Bae - Wikipedia
Yoon Young Bae is a South Korean fashion model. She appeared on the "New Frontiers" cover of British Vogue, alongside Vittoria Ceretti, Halima Aden, Faretta, Adut Akech, Paloma Elsesser, Radhika Nair, Fran Summers, and Selena Forrest.[2] Bae is a native of Daegu, South Korea.[3] She was discovered by a Korean stylist ...
2023-08-26 19:27:26
Love in Bath - Wikipedia
Love in Bath is an orchestral suite, with one vocal number, arranged in 1945 from the music of George Frideric Handel by the conductor Sir Thomas Beecham for a projected ballet entitled The Great Elopement.[1] It was the last of six suites of Handel's music arranged by Beecham from 1924 onwards. It was first heard in ...
2023-08-26 19:27:30
Alco, Louisiana - Wikipedia
Alco is an unincorporated community in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States.[1] Alco was named after the Alexandria Lumber Company.[2]  WikiMiniAtlas31°20′04″N 93°07′51″W / 31.33444°N 93.13083°W / 31.33444; -93.13083 This Louisiana state location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
2023-08-26 19:27:33
USS Warrior - Wikipedia
USS Warrior (MCM-10) is an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship of the United States Navy. The Avenger-class ships were designed to have very low acoustic and magnetic signatures to avoid detonating mines. While most modern warships have steel hulls, the Avengers have wooden hulls with an external coating of fibe...
2023-08-26 19:27:37
David Seabrook - Wikipedia
David Seabrook (19 December 1960 Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire – 18 January 2009 Canterbury, Kent) was a British crime writer and journalist. Born in 1960 at Hemel Hempstead, David was the only child of Leslie Frank Seabrook (an insurance broker) and his wife Barbara Elizabeth Daphne (Frostick). Seabrook studied En...
2023-08-26 19:27:40
Lake Champlain and St. Lawrence Junction Railway - Wikipedia
The Lake Champlain and St. Lawrence Junction Railway was a historic Canadian narrow-gauge railway operating in the Richelieu River valley of Quebec. The 1871 charter of the Philipsburg, Farnham and Yamaska Railway Company was renamed in 1875 and commenced operation between Stanbridge and Saint-Guillaume in October 187...
2023-08-26 19:27:43
Grammonota kincaidi - Wikipedia
Grammonota kincaidi is a species of dwarf spider in the family Linyphiidae. It is found in the United States.[1][2][3][4] This Linyphiidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
2023-08-26 19:27:47
Allan Dias (Brazilian footballer) - Wikipedia
Allan Monteiro Dias (born 19 October 1988) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Athletic as an attacking midfielder. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Allan Dias graduated in São Paulo FC's youth setup, appearing on the bench in a 2–0 home success against Figueirense on 28 June 2007. However, after failing to ma...
2023-08-26 19:27:50
Edward Tylecote - Wikipedia
Edward Ferdinando Sutton Tylecote (23 June 1849 – 15 March 1938) was an English cricketer. He was born in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire and was educated at Clifton College[1] and played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Kent County Cricket Club. He also played six Test matches for England. His career la...
2023-08-26 19:27:53
Lina Andrijauskaitė - Wikipedia
Lina Andrijauskaitė (born 29 May 1987) is a track and field various events athlete who competes internationally for Lithuania. In 2010, she represented Lithuania in 2010 European Athletics Championships.[1] This biographical article relating to Lithuanian athletics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding i...
2023-08-26 19:27:56
2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team - Wikipedia
The 2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was head coach Mark Pope's first season as BYU's head coach and the Cougars ninth season as members of the West Coast Conference (WCC).[1] The Cougars played their home games a...
2023-08-26 19:28:00
Bruce Graham (ice hockey) - Wikipedia
Bruce Graham (born December 2, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who last played for the Nottingham Panthers in the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL). Graham was drafted from the Moncton Wildcats of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League to the New York Rangers, 51st overall in the 2004 NHL Entry ...
2023-08-26 19:28:04
Keith Hough - Wikipedia
Keith Alan Hough[pronunciation?] (17 March 1908 – 13 July 1958)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played 120 games for Claremont in the West Australian National Football League (WANFL) during the late 1920s and 1930s.[2] He missed the 1931 season because South Melbourne signed him, but the WANFL consistently ...
2023-08-26 19:28:07
Geoffrey L. Cohen - Wikipedia
Geoffrey L. Cohen is the James G. March Professor of Organizational Studies in Education and Business, professor of psychology and, by courtesy, at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. He is also a faculty affiliate of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.[1] His research...
2023-08-26 19:28:11
1999 South Dublin County Council election - Wikipedia
TBD An election to South Dublin County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas for a five-year term of office on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
2023-08-26 19:28:16
Chemistry of Natural Compounds - Wikipedia
Chemistry of Natural Compounds is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on the chemistry of natural compounds. It was established in 1965 and is published by Springer Science+Business Media. The editor-in-chief is Sh. Sh. Sagdullaev.[1] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal h...
2023-08-26 19:28:19
Tsarskoye Selo Railway - Wikipedia
The Tsarskoye Selo Railway (Russian: Царскосе́льская желе́зная доро́га) was the first public railway line in the Russian Empire.[1][2] It ran for 27 km (17 mi) from Saint Petersburg to Pavlovsk through the nearby (4 km) Tsarskoye Selo. Construction began in May 1836, and the first test trips were carried out the same...
2023-08-26 19:28:23
A Moment Changes Everything - Wikipedia
"A Moment Changes Everything" is the first single taken from David Gray's ninth studio album Foundling. The song was at one point scheduled to be included on a re-release of Gray's previous album Draw the Line, together with other unreleased tracks from that album's sessions.[2][3] Promotional singles of "A Moment Ch...
2023-08-26 19:28:27
Go-Ahead Singapore - Wikipedia
Go-Ahead Singapore is a contracted bus operator operating in Singapore. It commenced operations on 4 September 2016 and it is a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group. On 15 April 2015, the Land Transport Authority called for tenders to operate 25 routes based at Changi Airport Bus Terminal, Changi Village Bus Terminal, P...
2023-08-26 19:28:31
Aleksey Lesnichiy - Wikipedia
Aleksey Lesnichiy (also Aliaksei Liasnichy, Belarusian: Аляксей Ляснічы; born 3 February 1978) is a retired Belarusian high jumper.[2] Lesnichiy was selected to compete for the Belarusian squad in the men's high jump at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but his participation had been abruptly outweighed with a doping failure f...
2023-08-26 19:28:34
Slaty-breasted tinamou - Wikipedia
C. b. boucardi (Sclater, 1859) C. b. costaricensis(Dwight & Griscom, 1924) Tinamus boucardi The slaty-breasted tinamou or Boucard's tinamou (Crypturellus boucardi) is a type of tinamou commonly found in lowland moist forests of Mexico and Central America.[4] All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the la...
2023-08-26 19:28:38
Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar - Wikipedia
Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar Banco del Austro is a multi-purpose stadium in Cuenca, Ecuador. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Club Deportivo Cuenca and Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Cuenca. The stadium holds 16,540 spectators and opened in 1945. This article about an E...
2023-08-26 19:28:43
Compositions (album) - Wikipedia
Compositions is the fourth album by American R&B/soul singer Anita Baker. The album peaked at #5 on the US Billboard 200 and was certified platinum in 1990, making it Baker's third platinum selling album. The album also won the Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 1991 Grammy Awards. Compositions w...
2023-08-26 19:28:47
Downtown Saskatoon bus terminal - Wikipedia
The Downtown Saskatoon bus terminal is a bus terminal for Saskatoon Transit in the Central Business District of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It is located on 23rd Street between 2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue. There is a small customer service centre, where people can buy or re-load a Go-Pass smart card, or get info on Saskatoo...
2023-08-26 19:28:51
Eubanks (surname) - Wikipedia
Eubanks is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Tincture of benzoin - Wikipedia
Tincture of benzoin is a pungent solution of benzoin resin in ethanol. Benzoin is not a constituent of benzoin resin, the primary active ingredient of this natural product is actually benzoic acid. A similar preparation called Friar's Balsam or Compound Benzoin Tincture contains, in addition, Cape aloes or Barbados alo...
2023-08-26 19:28:57
Diocesan Synod Nivariense - Wikipedia
Diocesan Synod Nivariense (in Spanish: Sínodo Diocesano Nivariense, in Latin: Synodus Dioecesani Nivariensis) was an important meeting of the clergy and laity of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Canary Islands, Spain). It was the first diocesan synod in the history of this diocese created in ...
2023-08-26 19:29:01
1948 in literature - Wikipedia
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1948.
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John W. Tramburg - Wikipedia
John W. Tramburg (February 28, 1913 – January 14, 1963) was an American administrator who served as the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration from 1953 to 1954.[1][2] Tramburg was born in Fall River, Wisconsin.[3] He died of a heart attack on January 14, 1963, in Trenton, New Jersey at age 49.[3][4]
2023-08-26 19:29:08
USS Signet (AM-302) - Wikipedia
USS Signet (AM-302) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. She received four battle stars during World War II. She was decommissioned in December 1945 and placed in reserve. In February 1955, while still in reserve, her hull number was changed from AM-302 to MSF-302, bu...
2023-08-26 19:29:13
Factory Girl (TV series) - Wikipedia
Girls' Generation's Factory Girl (Korean: 소녀시대의 팩토리 걸) is a 2008 reality television show starring South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. The show revolves around the members of the group working as intern editors at Elle Girl Korea.[1] The concept of the show was inspired by the 2006 Hollywood movie The Devil Wears...
2023-08-26 19:29:16
Norman Beasley - Wikipedia
Norman Beasley (April 6, 1887 – July 2, 1963)[2][3] was an American journalist and author, best known for writing biographies. He also served in the United States Army as a colonel.[4] Norman Beasley was born in Detroit, Michigan, where his parents had moved just before his birth.[2] Beasley's writing career began ...
2023-08-26 19:29:18
Iloilo Golf and Country Club - Wikipedia
The Iloilo Golf and Country Club, formerly and informally known as the Santa Barbara Golf Course in Brgy. San Sebastian, Santa Barbara, Iloilo on 35 hectares of plain and rolling hills. It is considered the oldest golf course in Southeast Asia. It was built in 1907 by a group of Irish expatriates building the Panay l...
2023-08-26 19:29:23
Los Cabos Corridor - Wikipedia
The Los Cabos Corridor (Spanish: Corredor Turistico, lit. 'Tourist Corridor') is a tourist area located at the Los Cabos Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico. It sits on the southern coast of the Baja California Peninsula, facing the Gulf of California on the Transpeninsular Highway between San José del Cabo and C...
2023-08-26 19:29:26
District Council of Light (1977–1996) - Wikipedia
The District Council of Light was a local government area in South Australia from 1977 to 1996, seated at Freeling. The council was proclaimed on 1 March 1977 by the amalgamation of the District Council of Freeling and the District Council of Mudla Wirra. From 1 July 1977, it consisted of eight councillors, one repr...
2023-08-26 19:29:29
Billy Latsko - Wikipedia
William Latsko (born February 16, 1984) is a former American professional football player who was a fullback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Florida, and was a member of a BCS National Championship team. Thereafter, he was signed by the NFL's Carolina Panthers...
2023-08-26 19:29:32
Lea Hernandez - Wikipedia
Lea Hernandez (born March 11, 1964) is an American comic book and webcomic creator, known primarily for working in a manga-influenced style,[1] and for doing lettering and touch-ups on manga imports.[2] She is the co-creator of Killer Princesses, written by Gail Simone and published by Oni Press; and the creator of Rum...
2023-08-26 19:29:35
Shizuka Kudo discography - Wikipedia
Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo has released eighteen studio albums, fourteen compilation albums, one EP, two cover albums, six video albums, twelve live video albums, two box sets, and forty-three singles (including one as a featured artist and one novelty single). Her career began in 1985 when she debuted as one of th...
2023-08-26 19:29:38
The Maine (Restaurant) - Wikipedia
The Maine is a Dubai-based New England Brasserie Company known for serving seafood and brasserie style dishes.[1][2] The Maine is owned by Pine Tree State Trading Co, a BVI company founded in 2014 by Canadian restaurateur Joey Ghazal.[3][4][5] The name was coined from the State of Maine in New England, United States –...
2023-08-26 19:29:41
Richard Wenman, 1st Viscount Wenman - Wikipedia
Richard Wenman, 1st Viscount Wenman (1573–1640), was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1625. He was created Viscount Wenman in the Peerage of Ireland in 1628. Wenman was the eldest son of Thomas Wenman (died 1577) of Thame Park, Oxfordshire, and his wife Jane West, dau...
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August Kranti Rajdhani Express - Wikipedia
130 km/h (81 mph) (top operating speed) The 12953 / 12954 August Kranti Tejas Rajdhani is a train that connects Mumbai Central to Hazrat Nizamuddin in India. It is named after the August Kranti Maidan formerly known as the Gowalia Tank Maidan from where the Quit India Movement was launched in August 1942.[1] On ...
2023-08-26 19:29:48
Eremophila (bird) - Wikipedia
see text The bird genus Eremophila comprises the two horned larks. The current genus name is from Ancient Greek eremos, "desert", and phileo, "to love".[2] There is at least one fossil species included in this genus: Unlike most other larks, these are distinctive looking species with striking head and face patte...
2023-08-26 19:29:52
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 - Wikipedia
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 is a 2015 American science-fiction comedy film directed by Steve Pink and written by Josh Heald. The film stars Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Adam Scott, Chevy Chase, and Gillian Jacobs. It is the sequel to the 2010 film Hot Tub Time Machine. In the film, After their first adventure ...
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Camp on Pawnee Fork - Wikipedia
The Camp on Pawnee Fork, later renamed Camp Alert, was founded by the U.S. Army to protect a mail station being built at a site called Pawnee Fork. This station, on the Santa Fe Trail was threatened by Kiowa and Comanche Indians who wanted the site left vacant. The first company of cavalry troops arrived Sept. 1, 1859....
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Mikawachi - Wikipedia
Mikawachi (三川内) is a place in the city of Sasebo in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is near Arita. Mikawachi is the home of the blue and white Mikawachi ware. Mikawachi Station (三河内駅) on the Sasebo Line serves the area. This Nagasaki Prefecture location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
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Indispensable (Michael Franks album) - Wikipedia
Indispensable is a jazz vocal album by Michael Franks released only in markets outside of the U.S.A. in 1988 by Warner Bros. Records.[1] It is Franks' twelfth album, and his first of four compilation releases with the label. The compilation contains a selection of tracks spanning eleven years, from The Art of Tea in 1...
2023-08-26 19:30:05
Cane Creek (Hyco River tributary) - Wikipedia
Cane Creek is a 5.10 mi (8.21 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Hyco River in Person County, North Carolina. Cane Creek joins the Hyco River within Hyco Lake. According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1] Cane Creek rises in a pond about 0.25 miles southeast of Se...
2023-08-26 19:30:09
Ora, Indiana - Wikipedia
Ora is an unincorporated community in southern North Bend Township, Starke County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2] Although Ora is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 46968.[3] It has been in operation since 1882.[4] The community lies along CR750E southeast of the city of Knox, the county s...
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Beit Rebbe - Wikipedia
Beit Rebbe (or Bet Rabi) (Hebrew: בית רבי, "House of the Rabbi") is a book of Chabad Hasidic history written by Hayim Meir Heilman, published in Berditchev in 1902. The work is seen as among the first to establish a Hasidic tradition of historiography.[1][2][3] The book chronicles the lives of the first three leaders ...
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Marine archaeology in the Gulf of Khambat - Wikipedia
Marine archeology in the Gulf of Khambhat - earlier known as Gulf of Cambay - centers around controversial findings made in December 2000 by the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) under the Gulf of Khambhat, a bay on the Arabian Sea on the west coast of India. The structures and artifacts discovered by NIOT ...
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Arnao Esterlin - Wikipedia
Arnao Esterlin (c. 1510 – 1593) was a Flemish conquistador in service of the Spanish crown. He took part in the appointment of Captain Domingo Martínez de Irala as lieutenant governor of Asuncion.[1] Esterlin was born in Flanders, the son of Cristóbal Esterlin (Osterling) and Ana Bersthin, natives of Germany. He arriv...
2023-08-26 19:30:23
Camden East/Varty Lake Aerodrome - Wikipedia
Camden East/Varty Lake Aerodrome (TC LID: CVL3) is a registered aerodrome located 4.6 nautical miles (8.5 km; 5.3 mi) north northeast of Camden East, Ontario, Canada. This article about an airport in Ontario is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
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John Truss - Wikipedia
John Kenneth Truss (born April 1947) is a mathematician and emeritus professor of pure mathematics at the University of Leeds where he specialises in mathematical logic, infinite permutation groups, homogeneous structures and model theory.[1] Truss began his career as a junior research fellow at the University of Oxf...
2023-08-26 19:30:31
New Mexico Lobos men's basketball statistical leaders - Wikipedia
The New Mexico Lobos men's basketball statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the New Mexico Lobos men's basketball program in various categories,[1] including points, assists, blocks, rebounds, and steals. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders. The Lobo...
2023-08-26 19:30:34
Lhasa Tibetan - Wikipedia
Lhasa Tibetan[a] (Tibetan: ལྷ་སའི་སྐད་, Wylie: Lha-sa'i skad, THL: Lhaséké, ZYPY: Lasägä), or Standard Tibetan, is the Tibetan dialect spoken by educated people of Lhasa, the capital of the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China.[2] It is an official language of the Tibet Autonomous Region.[3] In the traditional "three-br...
2023-08-26 19:30:39
Romanians in Ukraine - Wikipedia
North America South America Oceania This article represents an overview on the history of Romanians in Ukraine, including those Romanians of Northern Bukovina, Zakarpattia, the Hertsa region, and Budjak in Odesa Oblast, but also those Romanophones in the territory between the Dniester River and the Southern Buh Riv...
2023-08-26 19:30:43
Esala Mangallaya - Wikipedia
The Esala Mangallaya is a Sinhalese festival celebrated in the month of Esala, a month in the Sinhalese calendar which occurs during July and August in the Gregorian calendar.[1][2] The most famous being the Esala Perahera.
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Headington Shark - Wikipedia
The Headington Shark (proper name Untitled 1986) is a rooftop sculpture located at 2 New High Street, Headington, Oxford, England, depicting a large shark embedded head-first in the roof of a house. It was protest art, put up without permission, to be symbolic of bombs crashing into buildings. The shark first appear...
2023-08-26 19:30:50
Alan Hurwitz - Wikipedia
Dr. T. Alan Hurwitz (born September 17, 1942) is an American educator who served as the tenth President of Gallaudet University from 2010 to 2015.[1] He is the first person born deaf, and first Jew, to hold this position.[2] Previously, he served as President of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and Vice Pr...
2023-08-26 19:30:54
Deepwater Horizon oil spill response - Wikipedia
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill occurred between 10 April and 19 September 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico. A variety of techniques were used to address fundamental strategies for addressing the spilled oil, which were: to contain oil on the surface, dispersal, and removal. While most of the oil drilled off Louisiana is a l...
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