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19444
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel%20de%20Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (; 29 September 1547 (assumed)22 April 1616 NS) was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. He is best known for his novel Don Quixote, a work often cited as both the first modern novel and one of the pinn...
19445
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maimonides
Maimonides
Moses ben Maimon (1138–1204), commonly known as Maimonides () and also referred to by the acronym Rambam (), was a medieval Sephardic Jewish philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages. In his time, he was also a preeminent astronomer and physician, serving as the p...
19446
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic%20resonance%20imaging
Magnetic resonance imaging
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to form pictures of the anatomy and the physiological processes of the body. MRI scanners use strong magnetic fields, magnetic field gradients, and radio waves to generate images of the organs in the body. MRI does not involve X-rays or t...
19447
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group%20%28mathematics%29
Group (mathematics)
In mathematics, a group is a set equipped with an operation that combines any two elements to form a third element, in such a way that the operation is associative, an identity element exists, and every element has an inverse. These three conditions, called group axioms, hold for number systems and many other mathemati...
19448
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn%20Manson%20%28band%29
Marilyn Manson (band)
Marilyn Manson is an American rock band formed by namesake lead singer Marilyn Manson and guitarist Daisy Berkowitz in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1989. Originally named Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids, they gained a local cult following in South Florida in the early 1990s with their theatrical live performances. In ...
19451
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortimer%20J.%20Adler
Mortimer J. Adler
Mortimer Jerome Adler (December 28, 1902 – June 28, 2001) was an American philosopher, educator, encyclopedist, and popular author. As a philosopher he worked within the Aristotelian and Thomistic traditions. He lived for long stretches in New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, and San Mateo, California. He taught at ...
19452
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2011
May 11
Events Pre-1600 330 – Constantinople is consecrated. 868 – A copy of the Diamond Sutra is printed in China, making it the oldest known dated printed book. 912 – Alexander becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1502 – Christopher Columbus leaves on his fourth and last voyage (till Nov.7,1504). 1601–1900 1745 – War...
19455
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max%20Weber
Max Weber
Maximilian Karl Emil Weber (; ; 21 April 186414 June 1920) was a German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist regarded as among the most important theorists of the development of modern Western society. His ideas profoundly influence social theory and research. Despite being recognized as one of the f...
19456
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max%20Horkheimer
Max Horkheimer
Max Horkheimer (; ; 14 February 1895 – 7 July 1973) was a German philosopher and sociologist who was famous for his work in critical theory as a member of the Frankfurt School of social research. Horkheimer addressed authoritarianism, militarism, economic disruption, environmental crisis, and the poverty of mass cultur...
19457
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar
Myanmar
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (, ), also called Burma, is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country in Mainland Southeast Asia, and has a population of about 54 million as of 2017. Myanmar is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thai...
19458
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean%20%28disambiguation%29
Mediterranean (disambiguation)
The Mediterranean Sea is a major body of water south of Europe, west of Asia and north of Africa. Mediterranean may also refer to: Geography Mediterranean sea (oceanography), an oceanographic term to designate a mostly enclosed sea that has limited exchange of deep water with outer oceans Mediterranean Basin, the E...
19459
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2024
May 24
Events Pre-1600 919 – The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom. 1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 – Magnus Ladulås is crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral. 1487 – The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel is crowne...
19495
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland%20Is%20Not%20Yet%20Lost
Poland Is Not Yet Lost
"" ( "Dąbrowski's Mazurka"), in English officially known by its incipit "Poland Is Not Yet Lost", is the national anthem of Poland. The lyrics were written by Józef Wybicki in Reggio Emilia, Cisalpine Republic in Northern Italy, between 16 and 19 July 1797, two years after the Third Partition of Poland erased the Poli...
19496
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahjong
Mahjong
Mahjong or mah-jongg (English pronunciation: , Mandarin Chinese: ) is a tile-based game that was developed in the 19th century in China and has spread throughout the world since the early 20th century. It is commonly played by four players (with some three-player variations found in parts of China, Japan, South Korea ...
19497
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2012
May 12
Events Pre-1600 254 – Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I, becoming the 23rd pope of the Catholic Church, and immediately takes a stand against Novatianism. 907 – Zhu Wen forces Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the Tang dynasty after nearly three hundred years of rule. 1191 – Richard I of England marries Bere...
19499
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariah%20Carey
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey (; born March 27, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. Known for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style, and signature use of the whistle register, she is referred to as the "Songbird Supreme" and the "Queen of Christmas". Carey rose to fame in 1990 with her...
19500
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mervyn%20Peake
Mervyn Peake
Mervyn Laurence Peake (9 July 1911 – 17 November 1968) was an English writer, artist, poet, and illustrator. He is best known for what are usually referred to as the Gormenghast books. The four works were part of what Peake conceived as a lengthy cycle, the completion of which was prevented by his death. They are somet...
19501
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial%20arts
Martial arts
Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practiced for a number of reasons such as self-defense; military and law enforcement applications; competition; physical, mental, and spiritual development; entertainment; and the preservation of a nation's intangible cultural heritage. Although the term mart...
19509
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finitary%20relation
Finitary relation
In mathematics, a finitary relation over sets is a subset of the Cartesian product ; that is, it is a set of n-tuples consisting of elements xi in Xi. Typically, the relation describes a possible connection between the elements of an n-tuple. For example, the relation "x is divisible by y and z" consists of the set o...
19510
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokele-mbembe
Mokele-mbembe
In cryptozoology, the Mokele-mbembe (also written as "Mokèlé-mbèmbé", /mowkəl-mbɛmb/), Lingala for "one who stops the flow of rivers", is a water-dwelling entity that supposedly lives in the Congo River Basin, sometimes described as a living creature, sometimes as a spirit. Those that heard or that allegedly saw the en...
19513
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intuitionism
Intuitionism
In the philosophy of mathematics, intuitionism, or neointuitionism (opposed to preintuitionism), is an approach where mathematics is considered to be purely the result of the constructive mental activity of humans rather than the discovery of fundamental principles claimed to exist in an objective reality. That is, log...
19514
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%206
May 6
Events Pre-1600 1527 – Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance. 1536 – The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Spanish. 1541 – King Henry VIII orders English-language Bibles be placed in every church. In 1539...
19516
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March%202
March 2
Events Pre-1600 537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his bucellarii are almost cut off. 986 – Louis V becomes the last Carolingian king of West Francia after the death of ...
19518
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mishnah
Mishnah
The Mishnah or the Mishna (; , "study by repetition", from the verb shanah , or "to study and review", also "secondary") is the first major written collection of the Jewish oral traditions which is known as the Oral Torah. It is also the first major work of rabbinic literature. The Mishnah was redacted by Judah ha-Nasi...
19521
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon%20%28disambiguation%29
Marathon (disambiguation)
A marathon is a foot race for humans for a distance of . Marathon also may refer to: Places Australia Marathon, Queensland Canada Marathon, Ontario Greece Marathon, Greece, after which the distance race was named Battle of Marathon Lake Marathon, 8 km west of the town Marathon Dam, forming the lake United Stat...
19522
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotheism
Monotheism
Monotheism is the belief that there is only one god. A distinction may be made between exclusive monotheism, in which the one god is a singular existence, and both inclusive and pluriform monotheism, in which multiple gods or godly forms are recognized, but each are postulated as extensions of the same god. Monotheism...
19524
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%209
May 9
Events Pre-1600 328 - Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria. 1009 – Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy. 1386 – England and Portugal formally ratify their alliance with the signing of the Treaty of Windsor, making it the oldest diplomatic allia...
19525
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muay%20Thai
Muay Thai
Muay Thai (, , ), sometimes referred to as "Thai boxing," is a martial art and combat sport that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. This discipline is known as the "art of eight limbs," as it is characterised by the combined use of fists, elbows, knees, and shins. Muay Thai became widespre...
19527
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao%20Zedong
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong (December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which he ruled as the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party from the establishment of the PRC in 1949 until his death in 1976. Ideo...
19528
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical%20engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, and maintain mechanical systems. It is one of the oldest and broadest of the engineering branches. The mechanical engineering field requires an understan...
19529
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister
Minister
Minister may refer to: Minister (Christianity), a Christian cleric Minister (Catholic Church) Minister (government), a member of government who heads a ministry (government department) Minister without portfolio, a member of government with the rank of a normal minister but who doesn't head a ministry Shadow mini...
19530
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March%2011
March 11
Events Pre-1600 222 – Alexander Severus becomes emperor of Rome, replacing his cousin, 18-year-old Elagabalus. The bodies of the assassinated emperor and his mother, Julia Soaemias, are dragged through the streets of the city and thrown into the Tiber. 1343 – Arnošt of Pardubice becomes the last Bishop of Prague (3...
19531
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey%20Island
Monkey Island
Monkey Island is a series of adventure games. The first four games in the series were produced and published by LucasArts, now known as Lucasfilm Games. The fifth installment of the franchise was developed by Telltale Games in collaboration with LucasArts. The games follow the misadventures of the hapless Guybrush Thre...
19532
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff%20Arms%20Park
Cardiff Arms Park
Cardiff Arms Park (), also known as The Arms Park, is situated in the centre of Cardiff, Wales. It is primarily known as a rugby union stadium, but it also has a bowling green. The Arms Park was host to the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1958, and hosted four games in the 1991 Rugby World Cup, including the t...
19535
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail%20Kalashnikov
Mikhail Kalashnikov
Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov (; 10 November 1919 – 23 December 2013) was a Soviet and Russian lieutenant general, inventor, military engineer, writer, and small arms designer. He is most famous for developing the AK-47 assault rifle and its improvements, the AKM and AK-74, as well as the PK machine gun and RPK ligh...
19537
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD
MUD
A MUD (; originally multi-user dungeon, with later variants multi-user dimension and multi-user domain) is a multiplayer real-time virtual world, usually text-based or storyboarded. MUDs combine elements of role-playing games, hack and slash, player versus player, interactive fiction, and online chat. Players can read...
19541
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslims
Muslims
Muslims () are people who follow or practice Islam, an Abrahamic monotheistic religion. The word "Muslim" derives from Arabic and means "submitter (to God)". Muslims consider the Quran, their holy book, to be the verbatim word of God as revealed to the Islamic prophet and messenger Muhammad. The majority of Muslims als...
19542
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUSH
MUSH
In multiplayer online games, a MUSH (a backronymed variation on MUD most often expanded as Multi-User Shared Hallucination, though Multi-User Shared Hack, Habitat, and Holodeck are also observed) is a text-based online social medium to which multiple users are connected at the same time. MUSHes are often used for onlin...
19544
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microevolution
Microevolution
Microevolution is the change in allele frequencies that occurs over time within a population. This change is due to four different processes: mutation, selection (natural and artificial), gene flow and genetic drift. This change happens over a relatively short (in evolutionary terms) amount of time compared to the chan...
19545
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySQL
MySQL
MySQL () is an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS). Its name is a combination of "My", the name of co-founder Michael Widenius's daughter, and "SQL", the abbreviation for Structured Query Language. A relational database organizes data into one or more data tables in which data types may be related...
19547
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modernism
Modernism
Modernism is both a philosophical movement and an art movement that arose from broad transformations in Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new forms of art, philosophy, and social organization which reflected the newly emerging industrial ...
19548
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall%20McLuhan
Marshall McLuhan
Herbert Marshall McLuhan (July 21, 1911 – December 31, 1980) was a Canadian philosopher whose work is among the cornerstones of the study of media theory. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, McLuhan studied at the University of Manitoba and the University of Cambridge. He began his teaching ca...
19550
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple%20inheritance
Multiple inheritance
Multiple inheritance is a feature of some object-oriented computer programming languages in which an object or class can inherit features from more than one parent object or parent class. It is distinct from single inheritance, where an object or class may only inherit from one particular object or class. Multiple inh...
19552
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media%20studies
Media studies
Media studies is a discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history, and effects of various media; in particular, the mass media. Media Studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly from its core disciplines of mass communication, communication, communicat...
19553
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microprocessor
Microprocessor
A microprocessor is a computer processor where the data processing logic and control is included on a single integrated circuit, or a small number of integrated circuits. The microprocessor contains the arithmetic, logic, and control circuitry required to perform the functions of a computer's central processing unit. T...
19555
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecule
Molecule
A molecule is an electrically neutral group of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds. Molecules are distinguished from ions by their lack of electrical charge. In quantum physics, organic chemistry, and biochemistry, the distinction from ions is dropped and molecule is often used when referring to polyatom...
19556
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mode%20%28music%29
Mode (music)
In music theory, the term mode or modus is used in a number of distinct senses, depending on context. Its most common use may be described as a type of musical scale coupled with a set of characteristic melodic and harmonic behaviors. It is applied to major and minor keys as well as the seven diatonic modes (including...
19559
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanics
Mechanics
Mechanics (Greek: ) is the area of mathematics and physics concerned with the relationships between force, matter, and motion among physical objects. Forces applied to objects result in displacements, or changes of an object's position relative to its environment. Theoretical expositions of this branch of physics has ...
19562
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandelbrot%20set
Mandelbrot set
The Mandelbrot set () is the set of complex numbers for which the function does not diverge to infinity when iterated from , i.e., for which the sequence , , etc., remains bounded in absolute value. This set was first defined and drawn by Robert W. Brooks and Peter Matelski in 1978, as part of a study of Kleinian gr...
19565
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Mann
Michael Mann
Michael Kenneth Mann (born February 5, 1943) is an American director, screenwriter, and producer of film and television who is best known for his distinctive style of crime drama. His most acclaimed works include the films Thief (1981), Manhunter (1986), The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Heat (1995), The Insider (1999),...
19566
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main-group%20element
Main-group element
In chemistry and atomic physics, the main group is the group of elements (sometimes called the representative elements) whose lightest members are represented by helium, lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and fluorine as arranged in the periodic table of the elements. The main group includes the eleme...
19567
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microscopy
Microscopy
Microscopy is the technical field of using microscopes to view objects and areas of objects that cannot be seen with the naked eye (objects that are not within the resolution range of the normal eye). There are three well-known branches of microscopy: optical, electron, and scanning probe microscopy, along with the eme...
19568
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microscope
Microscope
A microscope () is a laboratory instrument used to examine objects that are too small to be seen by the naked eye. Microscopy is the science of investigating small objects and structures using a microscope. Microscopic means being invisible to the eye unless aided by a microscope. There are many types of microscopes, ...
19570
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midrash
Midrash
Midrash (; ; ) is expansive Jewish Biblical exegesis using a rabbinic mode of interpretation prominent in the Talmud. The word itself means "textual interpretation", or "study", derived from the root verb (), which means "resort to, seek, seek with care, enquire, require", forms of which appear frequently in the Heb...
19571
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska to the west. In the south are the Ozar...
19574
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monitor
Monitor
Monitor or monitor may refer to: Places Monitor, Alberta Monitor, Indiana, town in the United States Monitor, Kentucky Monitor, Oregon, unincorporated community in the United States Monitor, Washington Monitor, Logan County, West Virginia Monitor, Monroe County, West Virginia Loope, California, formerly Monito...
19577
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses
Moses
Moses () is considered the most important prophet in Judaism and one of the most important prophets in Christianity, Islam, the Druze faith, the Baháʼí Faith and other Abrahamic religions. According to both the Bible and the Quran, Moses was the leader of the Israelites and lawgiver to whom the authorship, or "acquisit...
19579
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi%20River
Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it flows generally south for to the Mississippi River Delta in the Gu...
19581
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%20in%20black
Men in black
In popular culture and UFO conspiracy theories, men in black (MIB) are supposed men dressed in black suits who claim to be quasi-government agents, who harass, threaten, or sometimes even assassinate unidentified flying object (UFO) witnesses to keep them quiet about what they have seen. The term is also frequently use...
19582
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%207
May 7
Events Pre-1600 351 – The Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus breaks out after his arrival at Antioch. 558 – In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses, twenty years after its construction. Justinian I immediately orders that the dome be rebuilt. 1274 – In France, the Second Council of Lyon ope...
19583
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomer
Monomer
In chemistry, a monomer ( ; mono-, "one" + -mer, "part") is a molecule that can react together with other monomer molecules to form a larger polymer chain or three-dimensional network in a process called polymerization. Classification Monomers can be classified in many ways. They can be subdivided into two broad clas...
19588
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrion
Mitochondrion
A mitochondrion (; ) is a double-membrane-bound organelle found in most eukaryotic organisms. Mitochondria generate most of the cell's supply of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), subsequently utilized as a source of chemical energy, using the energy of oxygen released in aerobic respiration at the inner mitochondrial membr...
19589
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimax
Minimax
Minimax (sometimes MinMax, MM or saddle point) is a decision rule used in artificial intelligence, decision theory, game theory, statistics, and philosophy for minimizing the possible loss for a worst case (maximum loss) scenario. When dealing with gains, it is referred to as "maximin"—to maximize the minimum gain. O...
19590
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota's geography consists of western prairies, now given over to intensive agriculture; deciduous forests in the southeast, now partially cleared, f...
19591
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri%20River
Missouri River
The Missouri River is the longest river in North America. Rising in the Rocky Mountains of the Eastern Centennial Mountains of Southwestern Montana, the Missouri flows east and south for before entering the Mississippi River north of St. Louis, Missouri. The river drains a sparsely populated, semi-arid watershed of mo...
19593
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouria
Missouria
The Missouria or Missouri (in their own language, Niúachi, also spelled Niutachi) are a Native American tribe that originated in the Great Lakes region of what is now the United States before European contact. The tribe belongs to the Chiwere division of the Siouan language family, together with the Iowa and Otoe. His...
19594
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile
Missile
In military terminology, a missile is a guided airborne ranged weapon capable of self-propelled flight usually by a jet engine or rocket motor. Missiles are thus also called guided missiles or guided rockets (when in rocket form). Missiles have five system components: targeting, guidance system, flight system, engine a...
19595
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendelian%20inheritance
Mendelian inheritance
Mendelian inheritance is a type of biological inheritance that follows the principles originally proposed by Gregor Mendel in 1865 and 1866, re-discovered in 1900 by Hugo de Vries and Carl Correns, and popularized by William Bateson. These principles were initially controversial. When Mendel's theories were integrated ...
19597
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machinima
Machinima
Machinima, originally machinema () is the use of real-time computer graphics engines to create a cinematic production. Most often, video games are used to generate the computer animation. The word "machinima" is a portmanteau of the words machine and cinema. Machinima-based artists, sometimes called machinimists or ma...
19599
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutagenesis
Mutagenesis
Mutagenesis is a process by which the genetic information of an organism is changed by the production of a mutation. It may occur spontaneously in nature, or as a result of exposure to mutagens. It can also be achieved experimentally using laboratory procedures. A mutagen is a mutation-causing agent, be it chemical o...
19602
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackenzie%20Bowell
Mackenzie Bowell
Sir Mackenzie Bowell (; December 27, 1823 – December 10, 1917) was a Canadian newspaper publisher and politician, who served as the fifth prime minister of Canada, in office from 1894 to 1896. Bowell was born in Rickinghall, Suffolk, England. He and his family moved to Belleville, Ontario, in 1832. When in his early ...
19603
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan%20Project
Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. From 1942 to 1946, the project was under the direction of Major General Leslie Groves of the U.S. Army Corps of...
19605
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main%20sequence
Main sequence
In astronomy, the main sequence is a continuous and distinctive band of stars that appears on plots of stellar color versus brightness. These color-magnitude plots are known as Hertzsprung–Russell diagrams after their co-developers, Ejnar Hertzsprung and Henry Norris Russell. Stars on this band are known as main-sequen...
19609
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory%20leak
Memory leak
In computer science, a memory leak is a type of resource leak that occurs when a computer program incorrectly manages memory allocations in a way that memory which is no longer needed is not released. A memory leak may also happen when an object is stored in memory but cannot be accessed by the running code. A memory l...
19614
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular%20orbital
Molecular orbital
In chemistry, a molecular orbital is a mathematical function describing the location and wave-like behavior of an electron in a molecule. This function can be used to calculate chemical and physical properties such as the probability of finding an electron in any specific region. The terms atomic orbital and molecular ...
19615
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems%20Concepts
Systems Concepts
Systems Concepts (now the SC Group) is a company co-founded by Stewart Nelson and Mike Levitt focused on making hardware products related to the DEC PDP-10 series of computers. One of its major products was the SA-10, an interface which allowed PDP-10s to be connected to disk and tape drives designed for use with the ...
19616
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messiah
Messiah
In Abrahamic religions, a messiah or messias (; , ; , ; ) is a saviour or liberator of a group of people. The concepts of mashiach, messianism, and of a Messianic Age originated in Judaism, and in the Hebrew Bible, in which a mashiach is a king or High Priest traditionally anointed with holy anointing oil. Ha mashiach...
19617
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret%20Mead
Margaret Mead
Margaret Mead (December 16, 1901 – November 15, 1978) was an American cultural anthropologist who featured frequently as an author and speaker in the mass media during the 1960s and the 1970s. She earned her bachelor's degree at Barnard College of Columbia University and her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia. Mead ...
19620
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Palin
Michael Palin
Sir Michael Edward Palin (; born 5 May 1943) is an English actor, comedian, writer, television presenter, and public speaker. He was a member of the Monty Python comedy group. Since 1980 he has made a number of travel documentaries. Palin wrote most of his comedic material with fellow Python member Terry Jones. Befor...
19622
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materials%20science
Materials science
The interdisciplinary field of materials science, also commonly termed materials science and engineering, covers the design and discovery of new materials, particularly solids. The intellectual origins of materials science stem from the Age of Enlightenment, when researchers began to use analytical thinking from chemis...
19623
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi%20A6M%20Zero
Mitsubishi A6M Zero
The Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" is a long-range carrier-based fighter aircraft formerly manufactured by Mitsubishi Aircraft Company, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and was operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1940 to 1945. The A6M was designated as the , or the Mitsubishi A6M Rei-sen. The A6M was usually refer...
19624
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2027
May 27
Events Pre-1600 1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. 1153 – Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland. 1199 – John is crowned King of England. 1257 – Richard of Co...
19626
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monasticism
Monasticism
Monasticism (from Ancient Greek , , from , , 'alone'), or monkhood, is a religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work. Monastic life plays an important role in many Christian churches, especially in the Catholic and Orthodox traditions as well as in other faith...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2010
May 10
Events Pre-1600 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. 1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England pending the selection of a king. 1497 – Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves C...
19631
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2017
May 17
Events Pre-1600 1395 – Battle of Rovine: The Wallachians defeat an invading Ottoman army. 1521 – Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason. 1527 – Pánfilo de Narváez departs Spain to explore Florida with 600 men - by 1536 only 4 survive. 1536 – George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford and four oth...
19632
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2019
May 19
Events Pre-1600 639 – Ashina Jiesheshuai and his tribesmen assaulted Emperor Taizong at Jiucheng Palace. 715 – Pope Gregory II is elected. 1051 – Henry I of France marries the Rus' princess, Anne of Kiev. 1445 – John II of Castile defeats the Infantes of Aragon at the First Battle of Olmedo. 1499 – Catherine of Ar...
19633
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March%203
March 3
Events Pre-1600 473 – Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire. 724 – Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan. 1575 – Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Sultan of Bengal Daud Khan Karrani's army at the Battle of Tukaroi....
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March%2015
March 15
In the Roman calendar, March 15 was known as the Ides of March. Events Pre-1600 474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years' truce. 45 BC – Caesar wins his last victory over Pompey's armies, defeating the great general's sons, Sextus ...
19636
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical%20logic
Mathematical logic
Mathematical logic is the study of formal logic within mathematics. Major subareas include model theory, proof theory, set theory, and recursion theory. Research in mathematical logic commonly addresses the mathematical properties of formal systems of logic such as their expressive or deductive power. However, it can a...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular%20nanotechnology
Molecular nanotechnology
Molecular nanotechnology (MNT) is a technology based on the ability to build structures to complex, atomic specifications by means of mechanosynthesis. This is distinct from nanoscale materials. Based on Richard Feynman's vision of miniature factories using nanomachines to build complex products (including additional ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microelectromechanical%20systems
Microelectromechanical systems
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), also written as micro-electro-mechanical systems (or microelectronic and microelectromechanical systems) and the related micromechatronics and microsystems constitute the technology of microscopic devices, particularly those with moving parts. They merge at the nanoscale into nano...
19639
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin%20Minsky
Marvin Minsky
Marvin Lee Minsky (August 9, 1927 – January 24, 2016) was an American cognitive and computer scientist concerned largely with research of artificial intelligence (AI), co-founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's AI laboratory, and author of several texts concerning AI and philosophy. Minsky received many...
19640
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton%20Friedman
Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman (; July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) was an American economist and statistician who received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and the complexity of stabilization policy. With George Stigler and others, Friedman was ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass%20media
Mass media
Mass media refers to a diverse array of media technologies that reach a large audience via mass communication. The technologies through which this communication takes place include a variety of outlets. Broadcast media transmit information electronically via media such as films, radio, recorded music, or television. D...
19643
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahabharata
Mahabharata
The Mahābhārata ( ; , , ) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa. It narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the Kurukshetra War and the fates of the Kaurava and the Pāṇḍava princes and their successors. It also contains philosophical and devotional materia...
19644
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mein%20Kampf
Mein Kampf
(; My Struggle or My Battle) is a 1925 autobiographical manifesto by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. The work describes the process by which Hitler became antisemitic and outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany. Volume 1 of was published in 1925 and Volume 2 in 1926. The book was edited first by E...
19645
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morpheus%20%28disambiguation%29
Morpheus (disambiguation)
Morpheus is a god associated with sleep and dreams. In Ovid's Metamorphoses he is the son of Sleep, who appears in dreams in human form. Morpheus may also refer to: Characters Morpheus (DC comics), a moniker for Dream, a fictional personification of dreams in the comic book series The Sandman Morpheus (Marvel Comics)...
19648
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2026
May 26
Events Pre-1600 17 – Germanicus celebrates a triumph in Rome for his victories over the Cherusci, Chatti, and other German tribes west of the Elbe. 451 – Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empire takes place. The Sasanids defeat the Armenians militarily but guarantee them freedom to openly p...
19649
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MVS
MVS
Multiple Virtual Storage, more commonly called MVS, was the most commonly used operating system on the System/370 and System/390 IBM mainframe computers. IBM developed MVS, along with OS/VS1 and SVS, as a successor to OS/360. It is unrelated to IBM's other mainframe operating system lines, e.g., VSE, VM, TPF. Overview...
19652
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoid
Monoid
In abstract algebra, a branch of mathematics, a monoid is a set equipped with an associative binary operation and an identity element. Monoids are semigroups with identity. Such algebraic structures occur in several branches of mathematics. For example, the functions from a set into itself form a monoid with respec...