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Hacı Beşir Ağa Mosque - Wikipedia
The Hacı Beşir Ağa Mosque (Turkish: Hacı Beşir Ağa Camii), located in Istanbul's Fatih district, was built in 1745.[1] The design of the mosque can be described as baroque.[1] Hacı Beşir Ağa Mosque exterior Hacı Beşir Ağa Mosque interior Hacı Beşir Ağa Mosque fountain Media related to Hacı Beşir Ağa Mosque at Wiki...
2023-08-26 20:57:12
Myrrhbearers - Wikipedia
In Eastern Orthodox Christian tradition the Myrrhbearers (Greek: Μυροφόροι; Latin: Myrophora; Serbian: мироноснице; Church Slavonic: Жены́-мѷроно́сицы; Romanian: mironosițe) are the individuals mentioned in the New Testament who were directly involved in the burial or who discovered the empty tomb following the resurre...
2023-08-26 20:57:16
Ashok K. Chandra - Wikipedia
Ashok K. Chandra (30 July 1948 – 15 November 2014)[2] was a computer scientist at Microsoft Research in Mountain View, California, United States, where he was a general manager at the Internet Services Research Center.[3] Chandra received his PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University, an MS from University of Ca...
2023-08-26 20:57:20
Health in France - Wikipedia
Average life expectancy in France at birth was 81 years in 2008.[1][2] A new measure of expected human capital calculated for 195 countries from 1990 to 2016 and defined for each birth cohort as the expected years lived from age 20 to 64 years and adjusted for educational attainment, learning or education quality, and ...
2023-08-26 20:57:23
National Intercollegiate Running Club Association - Wikipedia
The National Intercollegiate Running Club Association (NIRCA) is the National governing body for club level collegiate cross country, road running and track and field clubs at over 50 colleges and universities across the U.S. On campus running clubs existed at various schools prior to the formation of the NIRCA. The ...
2023-08-26 20:57:27
Pas Deh - Wikipedia
Pas Deh (Persian: پس ده) is a village in Hati Rural District, Hati District, Lali County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 86, in 12 families.[1] This Lali County location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
2023-08-26 20:57:30
List of fatal dog attacks in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia
Fatal dog attacks in the United Kingdom are measured in single figures per year. An increasing number of serious dog attacks (both fatal and non-fatal) was the catalyst for the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991,[1][2] which ultimately led to four breeds being banned: Pitbull, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino and Fila Brasileiro.[3...
2023-08-26 20:57:35
Czech Republic and the euro - Wikipedia
The Czech Republic is bound to adopt the euro in the future and to join the eurozone once it has satisfied the euro convergence criteria by the Treaty of Accession since it joined the European Union (EU) in 2004. The Czech Republic is therefore a candidate for the enlargement of the eurozone and it uses the Czech kor...
2023-08-26 20:57:39
Cholsan County - Wikipedia
Ch'ŏlsan County is a kun, or county, in North P'yŏngan province, North Korea. It occupies the Ch'ŏlsan Peninsula, which juts into the Yellow Sea. Ch'ŏlsan borders Yŏmju and Tongrim counties to the north, and is bounded on all other sides by water. Ch'ŏlsan is home to the Sohae Satellite Launching Station. Ch'ŏlsan ap...
2023-08-26 20:57:43
Zhengzhou Ferris Wheel - Wikipedia
Zhengzhou Ferris Wheel is a 120-metre (390 ft) tall giant Ferris wheel at Century Amusement Park in Zhengzhou, Henan, China.[1] When it was completed in 2003, Zhengzhou Ferris Wheel was the tallest Ferris wheel in China, and the second tallest in the world, after the 135-metre (443 ft) London Eye. There are now four 1...
2023-08-26 20:57:47
Stackhousia spathulata - Wikipedia
Stackhousia spathulata, the coast Stackhousia is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. A widespread small plant, found in heath and dry sclerophyll forest in sandy areas, often near beaches or lagoons in southeastern Australia. Growing to 50 cm tall. The specific epithet refers to the spoon shaped leaves.[1]...
2023-08-26 20:57:51
Private activity bond - Wikipedia
In general, a private activity bond is a bond issued by or on behalf of a local or state government for the purpose of financing the project of a private user.[1] Section 141(a) of the Internal Revenue Code provides that the term private activity bond means any bond issued as part of an issue which meets: Under Treas...
2023-08-26 20:57:55
Vladimir Grebennikov - Wikipedia
Vladimir Alekseevich Grebennikov (August 22, 1932 – December 12, 1992)[1] was an ice hockey player who played for the Soviet national team. He won a bronze medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics as an Ice Hockey Men.[2][3] In 1950-53 he played with Spartak Moskva, then in 1953-54 played with Dvorets Kultury imeny Karl Mark...
2023-08-26 20:57:58
Diana Perryman - Wikipedia
Diana Perryman (9 November 1924 - 10 January 1979) credited also as Diane Perryman, was an Australian actress, who appeared in stage, film and television. Perryman was notable for her roles in early TV soap operas and appeared in miniseries and TV movies, She appeared for 155 episodes in the serial Autumn Affair w...
2023-08-26 20:58:02
Hyposmocoma ochreociliata - Wikipedia
Hyposmocoma ochreociliata is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the island of Hawaii. The type locality is Kīlauea. This Hyposmocoma moth related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
2023-08-26 20:58:06
The Talented Mr. Rollins - Wikipedia
"The Talented Mr. Rollins" is the third episode of the seventh season of the mystery drama television series Pretty Little Liars, which premiered on July 5, 2016, on the cable network Freeform. The episode was written by Jonell Lennon and directed by Zetna Fuentes. The episode focuses on the four protagonists trying to...
2023-08-26 20:58:10
Wrestle Kingdom 7 - Wikipedia
Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 2013.[1][3][4] It was the 22nd January 4 Tokyo Dome Show and the seventh held under the "Wrestle Kingdom" name....
2023-08-26 20:58:14
Clara McDonald Williamson - Wikipedia
Clara McDonald Williamson (November 20, 1875 – February 17, 1976) was a 20th century American painter who worked in the tradition of naïve art. Her subjects were genre scenes of life in the American West, especially her home state of Texas. Like Grandma Moses, she started painting late in life and she achieved a nation...
2023-08-26 20:58:18
Shehneh, Fars - Wikipedia
Shehneh (Persian: شهنه; also known as Shehna)[1] is a village in Rostam-e Yek Rural District, in the Central District of Rostam County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 196, in 46 families.[2] This Rostam County location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
2023-08-26 20:58:22
Robert E. Valett - Wikipedia
Robert E. Valett (November 22, 1927 – November 14, 2008) was an American psychology professor who wrote more than 20 books primarily focused on educational psychology. He earned the distinguished psychologist award from the San Joaquin Psychological Association[1] and was a president of the California Association of ...
2023-08-26 20:58:26
Legal cashier - Wikipedia
A Legal Cashier is a specialized type of bookkeeper for law firms responsible for the accounting and finance functions of a solicitor's practice such as recording day-to-day financial transactions and ensuring compliance with the Solicitors' Accounts Rules.[1] The term "Legal Cashier" is in common use within the legal ...
2023-08-26 20:58:29
Charles Kilpatrick (politician) - Wikipedia
Charles Kilpatrick (1872 – 28 May 1935) was a trade union president and member the Queensland Legislative Council.[1] Kilpatrick was born at Pollokshaws, Glasgow, Scotland, to John Kilpatrick his wife Annie (née McKenzie). He spent his entire working life involved in mining, both as a miner, and then in the trade un...
2023-08-26 20:58:33
Acheneau - Wikipedia
The Acheneau (French pronunciation: ​[aʃno]) is a French river in the Loire-Atlantique Department, in the Pays de la Loire region, a tributary on the left bank of the Loire which is fed by the Lac de Grand-Lieu. Beginning at the north of the Lac de Grand-Lieu, the Acheneau is joined from the south by the Tenu [fr] at ...
2023-08-26 20:58:39
Edward C. Molina - Wikipedia
Edward Charles Dixon Molina (December 13, 1877 – April 19, 1964) was an American engineer, known for his contributions to teletraffic engineering. Edward Molina was born on December 13, 1877. After completing high school, he went to work, and was self-taught in mathematics. He began working for the Western Electric C...
2023-08-26 20:58:43
Blue's Clues & You! - Wikipedia
Blue's Clues & You! is a live-action/computer-animated interactive educational children's television series developed by Traci Paige Johnson and Angela C. Santomero for Nickelodeon. It is a revival of the 1996–2006 Blue's Clues television series with a new host, Josh Dela Cruz, and is produced by Nickelodeon Animatio...
2023-08-26 20:58:47
Imperial Seal of the Mongols - Wikipedia
The Imperial Seal of the Mongols is a seal (tamgha) that was used by the Mongols. The imperial seals, bearing inscriptions in Mongolian script or other scripts, were used in the Mongol Empire, the Yuan dynasty and the Northern Yuan dynasty, among others. According to Plano Carpini, the Russian handicraftsman, Kozma, m...
2023-08-26 20:58:50
John Stokoe - Wikipedia
John Stokoe was a 19th-century Tyneside (and maybe South Shields) author and historian. He co-operated with the author John Collingwood Bruce in compiling the hugely important “Northumbrian Minstrelsy” published in 1882.[1][2] Stokoe lived is South Shields (according to edition of “The North-Country Garland of Song...
2023-08-26 20:58:53
Hazuki Genma - Wikipedia
Hazuki Genma (born 28 October 1998) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for WE League club Omiya Ardija Ventus.[1] Genma made her WE League debut on 12 September 2021.[2] This biographical article related to women's association football in Japan is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expan...
2023-08-26 20:58:57
Five Hundred Years After - Wikipedia
Five Hundred Years After is a fantasy novel by American writer Steven Brust, the second novel in the Khaavren Romances series. It is set in the fantasy world of Dragaera. Like the other books in that series, the novel is heavily influenced by the d'Artagnan Romances written by Alexandre Dumas, and is written by Brust...
2023-08-26 20:59:01
Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai: Taisen Puzzle-dama - Wikipedia
Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai: Taisen Puzzle-dama (ツヨシしっかりしなさい 対戦ぱずるだま, Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai: Taisen Pazurudama) is a Taisen Puzzle-Dama video game based on the manga Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai ("Tsuyoshi, Hold Tight"[3]). It was developed and published by Konami, and was released exclusively in Japan in 1994, for t...
2023-08-26 20:59:06
1938 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team - Wikipedia
The 1938 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Technological College—now known as Texas Tech University—as a member of the Border Conference during the 1938 college football season. Led by nithh-year head coach, the Red Raiders compiled an overall record of 10–1 with a mark of 2–0 in conference play....
2023-08-26 20:59:11
List of municipalities in Sakarya Province - Wikipedia
This is the List of municipalities in Sakarya Province, Turkey as of October 2007[update]. List is sorted alphabetically A-Z, as Districts->Municipalities. According to Law act no 6360, belde (town) municipalities within provinces with more than 750000 population ( so called Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey) w...
2023-08-26 20:59:14
Gilardino - Wikipedia
Gilardino is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
2023-08-26 20:59:19
Tamluk (community development block) - Wikipedia
Tamluk is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Tamluk subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Tamralipta, the port in ancient India, is believed by scholars to have been around modern-day Tamluk. It is mentioned in the writings of Ptolemy (150 AD), ...
2023-08-26 20:59:23
Baikutu - Wikipedia
Baikutu, Dutch: Baikoetoe, is a village in Sarakreek resort in Brokopondo District in Suriname. It is located on the Upper Suriname River, shortly before the Brokopondo Reservoir. Nearby towns and villages include Mofina (17.0 nm), Warnakomoponafaja (17.4 nm), La Valere (16.1 nm), Adawai (7.0 nm), Copaivagogo (8.2 nm)...
2023-08-26 20:59:26
HDP (album) - Wikipedia
HDP is the debut album by the Czech hip hop group Prago Union, featuring former Chaozz members Skupla and Deph (aka Kato). The album was pressed as a 3-disk LP, and in an instrumental edition. This 2005 hip hop album–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
2023-08-26 20:59:30
Lu Shijia - Wikipedia
Lu Shijia (Chinese: 陆士嘉; March 18, 1911 – August 29, 1986), also known as Hsiu-Chen Chang-Lu,[1][2] was a Chinese physicist and aerospace engineer who helped create China's first high-speed wind tunnel. She founded and chaired the aerodynamics program at Beihang University, the first in the country. She was born Lu ...
2023-08-26 20:59:34
Ministry of Culture (Azerbaijan) - Wikipedia
The Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan Republic (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Respublikasının Mədəniyyət Nazirliyi) is a governmental agency within the Cabinet of Azerbaijan in charge of regulation of the activities and promotion of Azerbaijani culture. The ministry is headed by Anar Karimov.[1] The ministry which is locate...
2023-08-26 20:59:37
Canon PowerShot G7 X - Wikipedia
The Canon PowerShot G7 X is a compact digital camera announced by Canon Inc. on September 15, 2014.[1] It did not replace any model in the Canon lineup. Instead, it was a new camera intended to compete with the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100-series cameras. With the introduction of G7 X, there were three parallel models in ...
2023-08-26 20:59:41
Derek Holmes - Wikipedia
Derek Holmes (born 18 October 1978) is a Scottish former professional footballer, who played for Heart of Midlothian, Cowdenbeath, Raith Rovers, Ross County, AFC Bournemouth, Carlisle United, Rotherham United, St Johnstone, Queen of the South, Airdrie United, Arbroath and East Fife. He has also had spells managing Wi...
2023-08-26 20:59:45
Kiran Chetry - Wikipedia
Kiran Carrie Chetry (Nepali: किरण क्षेत्री, pronounced [kiɾʌɳ t͡sʰet̪ri], born August 26, 1974) is a former American television broadcast journalist who, until 2011, was a cable news anchor for CNN's American Morning. From 2001 to 2007 she reported—and then anchored—cable news at Fox News. Kiran was born in Patan Hosp...
2023-08-26 20:59:49
Rosemarie Zens - Wikipedia
Rosemarie Zens (born 1944, Bad Polzin, Germany; present-day Połczyn-Zdrój, Poland) is a German writer and photographer. Zens studied biology, history and English literature.[where?] Teaching jobs have brought her to Munich, Düsseldorf and Berkeley, California. She received her PhD in German Literature at the Ludwig-Ma...
2023-08-26 20:59:52
Boom Boom Beat (Puffy AmiYumi song) - Wikipedia
"Boom Boom Beat or "O Edo Nagareboshi IV" is a single from Puffy AmiYumi. The song "Oh Edo Nagareboshi IV" was used as the opening theme for the anime Oh! Edo Rocket. 1. boom boom beat(Anders Hellgren & David Myhr) - 3:19 2. お江戸流れ星IV(O Edo Nagareboshi IV/Oh Edo Shooting Star IV) (Pierre Taki/Anders Hellgren & David M...
2023-08-26 20:59:57
Al-Nabarawi - Wikipedia
Ibn Muhammad al-Shaizari Al-Nabarawi, Al-Nabarawi (d. 1126) Muslim Pharmacist and Alchemist from Baghdad was a devoted admirer of Al-Razi, he invented a new process of producing naphtha (Naft), from Petroleum.[1]
2023-08-26 21:00:01
Saltersley Hall - Wikipedia
Saltersley Hall is a country house about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Wilmslow, Cheshire, England, in the civil parish of Mobberley. The authors of the Buildings of England series describe it as a "lonely but high-status ... house on a sand island in the middle of Lindow Moss".[2] The house was built in the 17th centur...
2023-08-26 21:00:04
Bradyrrhoa divaricella - Wikipedia
Bradyrrhoa divaricella is a species of snout moth in the genus Bradyrrhoa. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1887, and is known from Uzbekistan. This Phycitini-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
2023-08-26 21:00:08
Victoria Building, University of Liverpool - Wikipedia
The Victoria Building of the University of Liverpool, is on the corner of Brownlow Hill and Ashton Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England (grid reference  WikiMiniAtlasSJ358903). It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It was designed by Alfred Waterhouse a...
2023-08-26 21:00:11
Almila Ada - Wikipedia
Almila Ada Bayazıtoğlu (born 4 August 1994) is a Turkish actress, model and ballerina. She is best known for popular youth series "Adı Efsane". Ada's father is a journalist and her mother is a fashion designer and teacher. At an early age she showed interest in ballet and took ballet lessons. Due to her mother's caree...
2023-08-26 21:00:15
New College, Toronto - Wikipedia
New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Toronto in Canada. One of the larger colleges, with approximately 5,000 students, it stands on Huron Street at the west end of the downtown St. George campus, nestled alongside the Athletic Centre, the Earth Sciences Centre, Sidney Smith Hall and the ...
2023-08-26 21:00:19
Manu García (footballer, born 1998) - Wikipedia
Manuel "Manu" García Alonso (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmanu ɣaɾˈθi.a];[A] born 2 January 1998) is a Spanish footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Super League Greece club Aris. Born in Oviedo, Asturias, García joined Sporting de Gijón's youth setup in 2010, aged 12, from Astur CF.[2] On 2 May 2013 he agre...
2023-08-26 21:00:23
Vasile Ianovici - Wikipedia
Vasile Ianovici (December 31, 1806–September 26 [O.S. September 14] 1866) was an ethnic Romanian Orthodox priest, professor and writer in the Duchy of Bukovina, in the Austrian Empire. Born in Cernăuți, he was descended from a family called Arnăutu, from Macedonia. He studied at the gymnasium and at the theological in...
2023-08-26 21:00:26
Penka Stoyanova - Wikipedia
Penka Stoyanova (Bulgarian: Пенка Стоянова; 21 January 1950 – 16 August 2019[1]) was a Bulgarian basketball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.[2] Penka Stoyanova was born in Karlovo on January 21, 1950. She studied at the sports school in Plovdiv. In 1966 she was included ...
2023-08-26 21:00:30
ColecoVision - Wikipedia
ColecoVision is a second-generation home video-game console developed by Coleco and launched in North America in August 1982. It was released a year later in Europe by CBS Electronics as the CBS ColecoVision. The console offered a closer experience to more powerful arcade video games compared to competitors such as th...
2023-08-26 21:00:33
Time: Live Tour 2013 - Wikipedia
Time: Live Tour 2013 (stylized as Tohoshinki Live Tour 2013 ~TIME~), also known as the Time Tour, was the sixth Japanese concert tour (tenth overall) by South Korean pop duo Tohoshinki, in support of their sixth Japanese studio album Time (2013). The tour visited all five of Japan's major concert Domes and the Nissan S...
2023-08-26 21:00:37
Normanby, Redcar and Cleveland - Wikipedia
Normanby is an area in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. A ward covering the area had a population of 6,930 at the 2011 census.[1] It is part of Greater Eston, which includes the area and the outlying settlements of Eston, Grangetown, South Bank, Teesville and part of Ormesby.[2] Ormesby...
2023-08-26 21:00:42
Albert André - Wikipedia
Albert André ( 24 May 1869 – 11 July 1954) was a French Post-Impressionist figurative painter. He produced portraits of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, his closest friend, and Claude Monet.[1] Born in Lyon, he initially trained there designing patterns for silk.[2] In 1889 he moved to Paris to enroll at the Académie Julian.[3...
2023-08-26 21:00:46
Clarice Power - Wikipedia
Clarice Christina Power is an Australian former international lawn bowler.[1] She was part of the fours team that won a silver medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.[2] In 2017, she was inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame and has won four state championships.[3] This biographical article relating t...
2023-08-26 21:00:49
Hof, Vestfold - Wikipedia
Hof is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It merged into Holmestrand on Jan. 1, 2018. The administrative centre of the former municipality was the village of Hof. The municipality of Hof was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Hof had 3,031 inhabitants as of 1 January 2002. The...
2023-08-26 21:00:55
Milvirtha Hendricks - Wikipedia
Milvirtha Knight Hendricks (February 27, 1920 - July 20, 2009[1]) was an African American woman who, on September 1, 2005, was photographed by Eric Gay of the Associated Press outside the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center huddled in one of several American flag blankets given to her and to several other disaster victi...
2023-08-26 21:00:58
Veigaia propinqua - Wikipedia
Veigaia propinqua is a species of mite in the family Veigaiidae.[1] This Mesostigmata article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
2023-08-26 21:01:02
Alphabear 2 - Wikipedia
Alphabear 2 (also known as Alphabear: Words Across Time) is a Scrabble-style video game that was released by Spry Fox in September 2018. It is the second edition of the game Alphabear, which itself draws on creative elements of one of their older releases, the 2010 game Panda Poet.[1] The premise of Alphabear 2 is to ...
2023-08-26 21:01:06
Ocean Man 69B - Wikipedia
Ocean Man 69B is an Indian reserve of the Ocean Man First Nation in Saskatchewan.[1][2]  WikiMiniAtlas49°53′04″N 103°08′56″W / 49.8845°N 103.1488°W / 49.8845; -103.1488 (Ocean Man 69B) This article about a location in the Census Division No. 1 of Saskatchewan is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. T...
2023-08-26 21:01:09
Nanwalek Airport - Wikipedia
Nanwalek Airport (IATA: KEB, FAA LID: KEB) is a state-owned public-use airport located in Nanwalek (formerly English Bay), an unincorporated community in the Kenai Peninsula Borough of the US state of Alaska. It was formerly known as English Bay Airport.[1] Nanwalek Airport covers an area of 14 acres (5.7 ha) which ...
2023-08-26 21:01:13
List of villages in Patepur block - Wikipedia
This is a list of villages in Patepur block, Vaishali district, Bihar state, India.[1][2]
2023-08-26 21:01:16
Dick Duerrstein - Wikipedia
Dick Duerrstein is an American painter of Disney Fine Art, who worked as the Creative Director for the Walt Disney Company's Consumer Products Division for more than 2 decades. Like most artists, Dick Duerrstein found his calling early in life. He remembers that his "mother's shopping list always included a note to b...
2023-08-26 21:01:20
Cayo Hueso, Encrucijada - Wikipedia
Cayo Hueso is a hamlet, a UBPC,[2] and the 48th zone of the ward of Abel Santamaria[3] in Encrucijada, Cuba. In Cayo Hueso there is a nursing home named "Corazón adentro", that translates into English as "Heart Within".[1] Modesto García Bermúdez, general director of the Sagüera entity of the Villa Clara Province, sa...
2023-08-26 21:01:25
Pick the Winner - Wikipedia
Pick the Winner is a half-hour American political television series about the 1952 and 1956 election contests for President of the United States between Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson. Both versions of the show were moderated by Walter Cronkite. The 1952 edition was aired from August 14 weekly until the Pres...
2023-08-26 21:01:28
1950 in the Soviet Union - Wikipedia
← → ← → The following lists events that happened during 1950 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. This Soviet Union–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This year in Asia article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This year in Europe article is a stub. You can...
2023-08-26 21:01:32
Affirmative action in the United States - Wikipedia
Affirmative action in the United States consists of government-mandated, government-approved, and voluntary private programs granting special consideration to historically excluded groups, specifically racial minorities or women.[1][2] The programs tended to focus on access to education and employment. The impetus t...
2023-08-26 21:01:37
Eduardo Álvarez (tennis) - Wikipedia
Eduardo Álvarez (born 28 August 1950) is a Venezuelan former tennis player. Álvarez, who was born in Caracas, made his only appearance for the Venezuela Davis Cup team in a 1966 American Zone quarter-final tie against the Caribbean/West Indies.[1] He was called upon in the doubles and teamed up with Isaías Pimentel to...
2023-08-26 21:01:40
Samúel Friðjónsson - Wikipedia
Samúel Kári Friðjónsson (born 22 February 1996) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Greek Super League club Atromitos and the Iceland national team. Samúel joined Reading in March 2013 to train with the club before his two-year contract with the club began on 1 July 2013.[3] Samúel ...
2023-08-26 21:01:44
2019 BYU Cougars baseball team - Wikipedia
The 2019 BYU Cougars baseball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acts in his seventh season as head coach of the Cougars. After being picked to finish first in the conference in 2018, BYU suffered through a season with many injuries on both sides of...
2023-08-26 21:01:49
Apostolic Brethren - Wikipedia
The Apostolic Brethren (sometimes referred to as Apostolici,[1] Apostoli, Apostles, or Apostolics[1]) were a Christian sect founded in northern Italy in the latter half of the 13th century by Gerard Segarelli, a native of Alzano in the territory of Parma. He was of low birth and without education, applied for membershi...
2023-08-26 21:01:53
Sadaiudayar - Wikipedia
Sadaiudayar is a Hindu temple. Lord Sadaiudayar, the presiding deity is the kula deivam (family deity) of a select set of Hindus mainly from Southern Tamil Nadu. Located in the Tirunelveli district this temple is mainly patronised by the matrilinear descendants of the Ettu Pillai Kootathar (family of the 8 sons). A ...
2023-08-26 21:01:57
1999 Vuelta a España - Wikipedia
The 1999 Vuelta a España was the 54th edition of the Vuelta a España, taking place from 4 September starting in Murcia and finishing in Madrid on 26 September 1999. It consisted of 21 stages over 3,576 km (2,222 mi), ridden at an average speed of 39.449 km/h (24.512 mph). The favourites were Laurent Jalabert, Alex Züll...
2023-08-26 21:02:01
Jorgen Hus - Wikipedia
Jorgen Hus (born September 12, 1989) is a professional Canadian football longsnapper for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted in the fourth round, 31st overall by the Edmonton Eskimos in the 2013 CFL Draft. He spent time with the National Football League's St. Louis Rams, S...
2023-08-26 21:02:05
Paul Cronin (judge) - Wikipedia
Paul Joseph Cronin is an Australian judge. He was a Judge of the Family Court of Australia from 20 December 2006 until 18 April 2019.[1] Cronin studied law at Monash University while simultaneously working as a Clerk of Courts in Melbourne. He was admitted to practice as a solicitor in 1980, whereupon he moved to She...
2023-08-26 21:02:09
Mogol (lyricist) - Wikipedia
Giulio Rapetti (born 17 August 1936), in art Mogol (Italian pronunciation: [moˈɡɔl]), is an Italian music lyricist. He is best known for his collaborations with Lucio Battisti, Gianni Bella, Adriano Celentano and Mango. Mogol was born in Milan. His father, Mariano Rapetti, was an important director of the Ricordi re...
2023-08-26 21:02:14
Ivan Lopez-Reynoso - Wikipedia
Ivan Lopez-Reynoso (born 19 April 1990[1] in Guanajuato, Mexico) is an opera and symphonic conductor, pianist, violinist and countertenor. Lopez-Reynoso was born in Guanajuato, Mexico, to mechanical engineer Gustavo Lopez and computer engineer Guadalupe Reynoso. He studied violin, piano, choir conducting and he gradua...
2023-08-26 21:02:18
2011 in public domain - Wikipedia
When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of works that entered the public domain in 2011. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform. With the exception of Belarus & Spain (which has a copyright term of Life + 80 years for creators that die...
2023-08-26 21:02:21
Eugenio Duse - Wikipedia
Eugenio Duse (1889–1969) was an Italian stage and film actor who appeared in thirty one films during his career.[1] He was a relative of the celebrated stage actress Eleonora Duse. This article about an Italian actor or actress is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
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Asclepias longifolia - Wikipedia
Asclepias longifolia, the longleaf milkweed, is a flowering plant native to the southern United States from Texas to Delaware. It is rare in the north end of its range and is presumed to be extinct in Delaware.[1][2] This Apocynaceae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
2023-08-26 21:02:30
Sensormatic - Wikipedia
Sensormatic is a subsidiary of Tyco International (now owned by Johnson Controls) that manufactures and sells electronic article surveillance equipment. Sensormatic Electronics Corporation was purchased by Tyco International in 2001. The acquisition was executed by a merger of Sensormatic with a subsidiary of Tyco. ...
2023-08-26 21:02:34
Camila Comin - Wikipedia
Camila Comin (born 31 March 1983) is a Brazilian acrobat, and was a artistic gymnast, representing her nation at international competitions. She participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She also participated at world championships, including the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Aarhus, Denmark.[1][2...
2023-08-26 21:02:38
Natalie Adams - Wikipedia
Natalie Jane Adams (born 1965) is an Australian judge. She has been a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales since 2016.[1][2] Adams was born in Narrandera, and was educated at St Joseph's Convent Primary School, St Francis de Sales Regional College at Leeton and the Kincoppal School in Rose Bay, Sydney. She ...
2023-08-26 21:02:42
Philadelphia Fire Department - Wikipedia
The Philadelphia Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services (EMS) to the city of Philadelphia. The PFD's official mission is to protect public safety by quick and professional response to emergencies and through the promotion of sound emergency prevention measures. This mandate encompasses ...
2023-08-26 21:02:47
List of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - Wikipedia
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the world's largest group of non-governmental organizations working on humanitarian aid, is composed of the following bodies: The data of the members of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies can be found on the Federation-wide Databank...
2023-08-26 21:02:53
Macfarlane, Queensland - Wikipedia
Macfarlane is a rural locality in the Blackall-Tambo Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Macfarlane had a population of 14 people.[1] The Landsborough Highway runs through the north-east corner.[3]
2023-08-26 21:02:57
The 7th Dimension - Wikipedia
The 7th Dimension is the BBC's regular radio slot for science fiction, fantasy and horror. It is broadcast on the digital radio station BBC Radio 4 Extra at midnight (GMT in winter, BST in summer) on Sundays and repeated at 4 p.m.. The original and still frequent host is Nicholas Briggs, but other hosts include Toby ...
2023-08-26 21:03:00
Once You've Had the Best - Wikipedia
"Once You've Had the Best" is a ballad written and originally recorded by Johnny Paycheck. It is best remembered for the rendition recorded by George Jones, who scored a #3 hit with it in late 1973. "Once You've Had the Best" originally appeared on Paycheck's 1973 album Mr. Lovemaker. The Jones version, which conta...
2023-08-26 21:03:03
The Anatomy of Desire - Wikipedia
"The Anatomy of Desire" is a short story by American writer John L'Heureux, first published in his book Desires, in 1981. It can also be read in American Gothic Tales edited by Joyce Carol Oates and Sudden Fiction edited by Richard Shapard. It is the story of a man with an unwavering need for more than just love: he wa...
2023-08-26 21:03:07
Acanthogobio guentheri - Wikipedia
Acanthogobio guentheri is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to China. It is only found in the Yellow and Sinin Rivers, and is the only recognized species in its genus. It reaches up to a length of 20 cm.[1] Named in honor of the German-born British ichthyologist and herpetologist Albert Günther (1830–1914).[2] ...
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Héctor Gómez Hernández - Wikipedia
Héctor Gómez Hernández (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 16 November 1978) is a Spanish politician of the Spanish Socialist Party who currently serves as minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism since 2023.[1] He is a member of the Congress of Deputies for Santa Cruz de Tenerife. This article about a Spanish politician is a st...
2023-08-26 21:03:14
Perceptual Speech Quality Measure - Wikipedia
Perceptual Speech Quality Measure (PSQM) is a computational and modeling algorithm defined in Recommendation ITU-T P.861 that objectively evaluates and quantifies voice quality of voice-band (300 – 3400 Hz) speech codecs. It may be used to rank the performance of these speech codecs with differing speech input levels, ...
2023-08-26 21:03:18
2018–19 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season - Wikipedia
The 2018–19 season is Sheffield Wednesday's seventh consecutive season in the Championship.[3] Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019. As of 13 June 2018, Sheffield Wednesday have announced thr...
2023-08-26 21:03:23
Andre Purlette - Wikipedia
Andre Purlette (born 4 November 1973) is a Guyanese former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2009.[1] Known as "Tombstone", Purlette turned pro in 1992 and won his first 32 bouts, including a victory over Jimmy Thunder. He later lost to veteran Jeremy Williams in 2003 and KOd by Aaron Williams in 2008. His ...
2023-08-26 21:03:27
Stride Right - Wikipedia
Stride Right is an album by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges and pianist/organist Earl "Fatha" Hines featuring performances recorded in 1966 and released on the Verve label.[1][2] AllMusic reviewer Ken Dryden stated: "The 1966 meeting of alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges and pianist Earl Hines in the studio should...
2023-08-26 21:03:31
St Sampson, Cornwall - Wikipedia
St Sampson is a civil parish in mid-Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The population at the 2011 census was 260.[1] Formally known as the parish of Golant (Golant is a small village on the west bank of the Fowey river) the parish is bounded on the north by Lanlivery, on the east by the river Fowey which separates i...
2023-08-26 21:03:35
Yamburg Airport - Wikipedia
Yamburg Airport (ICAO: USMQ) is a small airport in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia located 21 kilometres (13 mi) northwest of Yamburg. It services medium-sized airliners and helicopters of all types. The Yamburg area is located in remote area of northern Siberia in the Vorkuta region and is 90 kilometres (56 mi...
2023-08-26 21:03:40
Ventilated cigarette - Wikipedia
Ventilated cigarettes (labeled in certain jurisdictions as Light or Mild cigarettes) are considered to have a milder flavor than regular cigarettes.[1] These cigarette brands may be listed as having lower levels of tar ("low-tar"), nicotine, or other chemicals as "inhaled" by a "smoking machine".[2] However, the scient...
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