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64054 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic%20%281997%20movie%29 | Titanic (1997 movie) | Titanic is a 1997 American epic romantic disaster movie. It was directed, written, and co-produced by James Cameron. The movie is about the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic. It stars Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. The two play characters who are of different social classes. They fall in love after meeting aboard th... |
64056 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip%20Slyme | Rip Slyme | Rip Slyme is a Japanese hip hop group formed in 1994. It has 5 members - 4 MCs and 1 DJ.
Albums
Indies albums
Lip's Rhyme (1995)
Talkin' Cheap (1998)
Warner albums
Five (2001)
Tokyo Classic (2002)
Orchestra Plus (2003) - a recorded album completely of orchestra songs & poetry recitals from celebrities
Time To Go (20... |
64067 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names%20for%20large%20numbers | Names for large numbers | Naming very large numbers is relatively easy. There are two main ways of naming a number: scientific notation and naming by grouping. For example, the number 500,000,000,000,000,000,000 can be called 5 x 1020 in scientific notation since there are 20 zeros behind the 5. If the number is named by grouping, it is five hu... |
64068 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetylene | Acetylene | Acetylene is a hydrocarbon, belonging to the alkyne group. It is the simplest type of alkyne, as it has only two hydrogen atoms and two carbon atoms. Acetylene is an unsaturated organic compound because its four atoms are triple bonded through a covalent bond. It was discovered in 1836 by Edmund Davy. The chemical symb... |
64069 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralf%20Schumacher | Ralf Schumacher | Ralf Schumacher (born 30 June 1975) is a retired German Formula one driver. He was born in Huerth, North Rhine-Westphalia and is the younger brother of Michael Schumacher. He drove for Jordan, Williams and Toyota.
Racing record
Career summary
Complete Formula Nippon results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole positio... |
64072 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto%20racing | Auto racing | Auto racing (also known as automobile racing, autosport or motorsport) is a sport involving racing cars. Auto racing began in France in 1895 and is now one of the world's most popular spectator sports.
Types of auto racing
Formula One is the top level racing championship worldwide. Formula One cars have no fenders or... |
64076 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lascelles%20Abercrombie | Lascelles Abercrombie | Lascelles Abercrombie (January 9, 1881 – October 27, 1938) was a British poet and critic of Literature, and he was a member of a group of famous poets called "Dymock poets". He was born in Ashton upon Mersey and studied at the University of Manchester.
Before the First World War, he lived for a time at Dymock in Gl... |
64077 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza%20Acton | Eliza Acton | Elizabeth "Eliza" Acton (17 April 1799 – 13 February 1859) was an English poet and cook. She was born in Battle, Sussex and raised in Suffolk. She wrote one the first cookbooks for cooking at home, not for professional cook or chef, Modern Cookery for Private Families. In this book she started the use of listing the in... |
64078 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph%20Fiennes | Ralph Fiennes | Ralph Fiennes (born 22 December 1962 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England) is an English actor. He won the Tony Award and was nominated for the Academy Award for his work in Steven Spielberg's movie Schindler's List, and the Genie Award. His parents were Jennifer Lash and Mark Fiennes. His brothers and sisters are Joseph Fienn... |
64084 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington%20Koo | Wellington Koo | Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo (Chinese: 顾维钧；Pinyin: Gù Wéijūn; Wade-Giles: Ku Wei-chün) (January 29, 1887–November 14, 1985) was a Chinese diplomat. He was a representative at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. His wife was Chinese-American diplomat Juliana Koo.
Born in Shanghai in 1887, he went to the United States in 190... |
64087 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade-Giles | Wade-Giles | Wade-Giles (), sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization system for the Chinese language. It is based on the form of Mandarin used in Beijing. The system was produced by Thomas Wade in the mid-19th century. It was fully developed in Herbert Giles's 1892 Chinese-English dictionary.
Wade-Giles was the main system of... |
64088 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince%20%28disambiguation%29 | Prince (disambiguation) | A prince is a member of the highest aristocracy
Prince may refer to:
The Prince, a book written by Niccolò Machiavelli in the 16th century
The Little Prince, a novel by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
PRINCE2, a project management method
Prince (album), the second album by Prince
The Prince (song), the first single by Madne... |
64090 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalia%20Oreiro | Natalia Oreiro | Natalia Oreiro (born May 18, 1977 in Montevideo,Uruguay) is a Latin Grammy-nominated Uruguayan singer and actress. She has been in both soap operas and movies. She is best known for her participation in the soap opera, Muñeca Brava (1998-1999), which was an every-afternoon-smash-hit during its run in Argentina. Her m... |
64096 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic%20Progressive%20Party | Democratic Progressive Party | The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; abbreviated to or ; Pinyin: Mínjìndǎng) is a major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). The party has been linked with the pan-green coalition and de jure Taiwan independence movement. The DPP is a member of Liberal Int... |
64097 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/President%20of%20the%20Republic%20of%20China | President of the Republic of China | The President of the Republic of China is the head of state and Commander-in-Chief of the democratic country known officially as the Republic of China. The Republic of China government has controlled Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other islands after the Nationalist lost the war and moved the government from mainla... |
64101 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastas%20Mikoyan | Anastas Mikoyan | Anastas Hovhannesi Mikoyan (, Anastas Hovhannesi Mikoyan; ; – 21 October 1978) was an Armenian Old Bolshevik and Soviet statesman during the Stalin and Khrushchev years.
It was told that, during Khrushchev time, he was the second most powerful man in the Soviet Union.
1895 births
1978 deaths
Armenian people
Communis... |
64103 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitanni | Mitanni | Mitanni was a Hurrian kingdom in northern Mesopotamia from ca. 1500 BC.
Mitanni is often associated with Kurdish nobility.
Other websites
The Hurrian Culture
Vyacheslav Ivanov
Vahan Kurkjian, "History of Armenia," Michigan, 1968
Dutch excavations at Tell Sabi Abyad
Excerpts from the text of the Shuppililiuma-Shatti... |
64105 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russians%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom | Russians in the United Kingdom | There may be many as 300,000 Russians in the United Kingdom. About half of these were born in Russia. Some of the others are citizens of the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania). Since they joined the EU in 2004, they are free to live in other EU countries, including the UK. There are many Russian language sch... |
64110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry%20Griffin | Larry Griffin | Larry Griffin (September 23, 1954 - June 21, 1995) - was a man accused of killing 19-year-old Quintin Moss. The alleged crime happened in Saint Louis, Missouri, on June 26, 1980. On June 21, 1995, the State of Missouri executed Griffin by lethal injection. He is one of the few people who were put to death partly based... |
64111 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassau%20County%2C%20New%20York | Nassau County, New York | Nassau County is a suburban county in the New York Metropolitan area east of New York City and west of Suffolk County, in the U.S. state of New York. In 2000, 1,334,544 people lived there. It and Suffolk County are together referred to as Long Island. Until 1899 Nassau County was part of Queens County. Along with Suffo... |
64114 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/First%20Nagorno-Karabakh%20War | First Nagorno-Karabakh War | The First Nagorno-Karabakh War was a war that happened between February 1988 to May 1994, in the small ethnic enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in southwestern Azerbaijan, between the mostly ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh backed by the Republic of Armenia against the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Other websites
Military An... |
64122 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trentino-Alto%20Adige/S%C3%BCdtirol | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, also known as Trentino-South Tyrol (Italian: Trentino-Alto Adige, German: Trentino-Südtirol, Southern Bavarian: Trentino-Sidtiroul, 1972. Trentino-Tirouler Etschlond, Ladin: Trentin-Südtirol) is a region of northern Italy. The two main cities are Bolzano (Bozen) and Trento.
Data
The regi... |
64124 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMAP | SMAP | SMAP is a Japanese boy band. Their music is produced by Johnny's. SMAP was formed in April 1988. Now, the group has five members but at the beginning it had six members. They held their first concert at Nippon Budokan in January 1991. They released their first album Can't Stop!!-LOVING on September 9, 1991.
SMAP is an... |
64125 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kick%20the%20Can%20Crew | Kick the Can Crew | Kick the Can Crew is a Japanese hip-hop group. The style is 3MC and 1DJ. The group was started by 1996, but it broke up in 2004.
Japanese musical groups
Hip hop bands
Musical groups established in 1996
2004 disestablishments
1996 establishments in Japan
21st-century disestablishments in Japan
2000s disestablishments i... |
64126 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy%20and%20Mary | Judy and Mary | Judy and Mary is a Japanese rock band. This group began in 1992. The members were YUKI, Yoshihito Onda, Kota Igarashi and TAKUYA. They were very famous, but this group ended in 2001. Their famous songs include "Sobakasu," "Lucky Pool" and "Sanpomichi". Their songs have been sung by many Japanese people at karaoke.
Jap... |
64127 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela%20Aki | Angela Aki | Angela Aki (born September 15, 1977) is a J-pop singer-songwriter. Her former Japanese name is Aki Kiyomi.
Aki was born in Itano of Tokushima prefecture. Her father is Japanese and her mother is Italian-American. She is bilingual in English and Japanese. She was raised in Japan, but she moved to Hawaii when she was ... |
64129 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduction | Reduction | Reduction in a general sense means to take of a part of a whole thing or to make it smaller.
'Reduction or reducing may may mean in special
Reduction (chemistry), the reverse of oxidation, half of a redox reaction, adding of electrons to a molecule, which means reducing the valence
Reduction (cooking), the proces... |
64135 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%20Empire | Spanish Empire | The Spanish Empire also known as "Spanish Monarchy" was one of the largest empires in history and became one of the first global empires in world history
Soon after the Reconquista, Spain became the first global power in the world. It led European exploration of the new world, building the large Viceroyaties in the Ne... |
64136 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viceroyalty%20of%20New%20Spain | Viceroyalty of New Spain | The Viceroyalty of New Spain was the name of the viceroy-ruled territories of the Spanish Empire in North America and its peripheries in Asia from 1521 to 1821. New Spain was the name that the Spanish gave to the area that today is central and southern Mexico, and since the capital city of the Viceroyalty was in Mexic... |
64139 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt%20LeBlanc | Matt LeBlanc | Matthew Steven LeBlanc Kember (; born March 25, 1967) is an Australian actor. He has been nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award. He is famous for his role as Joey Tribbiani on the television sitcoms Friends (1994-2004) and on its spin-off series Joey. In 2000, he won "Editor's Choice" in TV Guide Awards (as... |
64140 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tango | Tango | The Tango is a dance which was created in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The musical style that was created with the dance is also called 'tango'. It is danced today in two versions. Neither version is 'better' than the other; they are rather different in style.
Argentine tango
The first tango dances and music was called t... |
64142 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethane | Ethane | Ethane is an organic chemical compound with chemical formula C2H6.
At standard temperature and pressure, ethane is a colourless, odorless gas. It is isolated from natural gas, and as a byproduct of petroleum refining.
Its main use is in the chemical industry, to make ethylene by steam cracking.
At room temperatur... |
64143 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracking%20%28chemistry%29 | Cracking (chemistry) | In chemistry terms, cracking is a process in which complicated organic molecules (such as kerogens or heavy hydrocarbons) are broken down into simpler molecules (e.g. light hydrocarbons) by breaking their carbon-carbon bonds. How fast the cracking process is and how long it takes for the end products to form are very d... |
64145 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch | Christchurch | Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the third largest urban area in the country. Christchurch is located on the South Island’s east coast. The population is approximately 376,700 (2010).
The name ‘Christchurch’ was decided upon at the first meeting of the Canterbury Association (mad... |
64146 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphine | Phosphine | Phosphine is a chemical compound. Its chemical name is phosphorus hydride. Its chemical formula is PH3. It is also called phosphane and phosphamine. It contains phosphide and hydrogen ions.
Properties
It is a colorless, flammable gas. It is highly toxic; it can easily kill, even when concentration levels are low. It s... |
64149 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary%20ring | Planetary ring | A planetary ring is a ring made of dust and other particles orbiting around a planet in a flat-disc shaped region. The gas giants Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are the only planets known to have rings, with the rings of Saturn being the most spectacular system of rings.
The rings sometimes have "shepherd satelli... |
64150 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castile | Castile | Castile or Castilia can mean:
Kingdom of Castile, the historical kingdom from the 9th to the 13th century
Crown of Castile, the historical Kingdom formed in 1230 from the union of the Kingdom of Castile and Kingdom of León
Castile-La Mancha, an autonomous community of Spain formed in 1982, composed of five provinces: ... |
64151 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom%20of%20Castile | Kingdom of Castile | The Kingdom of Castile was one of the medieval kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula. It began in the 9th century: it was called County of Castile and was a vassalage depending from the Kingdom of León. It was one of the kingdoms that existed before the Kingdom of Spain.
History
9th to 11th centuries: The beginnings
Th... |
64156 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi%20Galvani | Luigi Galvani | Luigi Galvani (September 9, 1737 – December 4, 1798) was an Italian physician who lived and died in Bologna (Italy). In 1771, he found out that the muscles of dead frogs twitched when hit by a spark. He was a pioneer in modern obstetrics, and discovered that muscle and nerve cells produce electricity. He is well known ... |
64158 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem%20ipsum | Lorem ipsum | Lorem ipsum is a dummy text used to replace text in some areas just for the purpose of an example. It can be used in publishing and graphic design. It is used to demonstrate the graphics elements of a document, such as font, typography, and layout.
Background
The lorem ipsum text is usually a section of a Latin text ... |
64168 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary%20core | Planetary core | The planetary core is the innermost layer or layers in a planet. The terrestrial planets (planets with a rocky surface) have a core mainly made of iron and could be a solid or a liquid layer. The Earth's core is partially liquid, while the cores of Mars and Venus are thought to be completely solid, because the cores do... |
64169 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redox | Redox | Redox (shorthand for reduction/oxidation) describes all chemical reactions in which atoms have an increase or decrease in oxidation number (oxidation state).
An oxidation number is a number assigned to an element in chemical combination that represents the number of electrons lost (or gained, if the number is negative... |
64170 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van%20Resistance | Van Resistance | {{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Van ResistanceVan Uprising/Van AyaklanmasıVan Resistance/Վանի Հերոսամարտ
| partof = the Caucasus Campaign of World War I
| image = Van Defenders.jpg
| caption = Armenian troops holding a defense line against Ottoman forces in the walled city of Van in May 1915.... |
64174 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/100%20%28number%29 | 100 (number) | 100 (also written as one hundred) is the natural number after 99 and before 101. It is the first three-digit number above zero. The number 100 is an abundant number. The letter C is the old Roman numeral for 100.
Usage
100 m running competition.
In binary and bcd -code, 100 means number four.
19E02 100
Square numbers |
64175 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1021 | 1021 | 1021 (MXXI) was a common year when the Julian calendar was used. It was the twenty-first year of the 2nd millennium and the 11th century.
Events
The Moorish taifa (state) of Valencia (in modern Spain) becomes independent, after being ruled by Slavic soldiers for about ten years.
Senekerim-Hovhannes Artsruni, king o... |
64176 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1332 | 1332 |
Events
February 18 – Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces (possibly in 1329).
August 10-11 – Battle of Dupplin Moor in Scotland
November 7 – Lucerne joins the Swiss Confederation with Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden.
December 16 – Battle of Annan in Scotland.
The ... |
64180 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasabi | Wasabi | Wasabi is a spice traditionally prepared from a plant from the cabbage family. Its root is used as a spice and has a very strong flavor. The root is smashed up into paste and used as a condiment. Its hotness is more like hot mustard or horseradish than chili pepper, because it irritates the nose more than the tongue. E... |
64181 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion%20disease | Prion disease | A prion disease (also called transmissible spongiform encephalopathy) is a disease which is caused by prions. Prions are structurally altered versions of small proteins that are normally expressed in cells. Unlike diseases that are caused by a mutation of the gene resulting in the expression of a mutant protein, prion... |
64185 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help%21 | Help! | Help! is a 1965 movie starring The Beatles, and also the name of the movie's theme song, and of its soundtrack album. The movie was directed by Richard Lester, the same as their first movie, A Hard Day's Night. While A Hard Day's Night was filmed in black-and-white, Help! was in color. George Martin produced the Beatle... |
64186 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Please%20Please%20Me | Please Please Me | Please Please Me is the first studio album by the English band The Beatles. It was produced by George Martin and was released in the United Kingdom on 22 March 1963 on EMI's Parlophone record label. Eight of the fourteen songs were written by Lennon–McCartney. Please Please Me was voted 39th on Rolling Stones list of t... |
64187 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime%2C%20Fluvial%20and%20Harbor%20Museum%20of%20Rouen | Maritime, Fluvial and Harbor Museum of Rouen | The Musée Maritime, Fluvial et Portuaire de Rouen (English: Maritime, Fluvial and Harbor Museum of Rouen) is a museum in France. It is about the history of the port of Rouen, which is one the greatest ports of France. The main themes are:
the history of the port with photos
the infrastructures of the port
the greate... |
64189 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echternach | Echternach | Echternach () is a commune in eastern Luxembourg, capital of the Echternach canton. It is the oldest town with city rights in Luxembourg.
History
The town grew around the walls of the Abbey of Echternach, which was founded in 698 by St. Willibrord, an English monk from Ripon, Northumbria (in present-day North York... |
64190 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast%20cancer | Breast cancer | Breast cancer is cancer in the breast.
Breast cancer is the fifth-most common cause of cancer death in the world. The first four are lung cancer, stomach cancer, liver cancer, and colon cancer. In 2005, breast cancer caused 502,000 deaths (7% of cancer deaths; almost 1% of all deaths) in the world. Among all women in ... |
64200 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cue%20sports | Cue sports | Cue sports are games played with balls on a cloth-covered table that has rubber railings (called "cushions") around it to keep the balls on the table. Two or more people use sticks (called cues) to make one ball (the cue ball) hit other balls. In the past, all cue sports were called billiards, but that term has variou... |
64205 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cher | Cher | Cherilyn Sarkisian (better known as Cher; born on May 20, 1946) is an American actress, singer, songwriter, author and entertainer. She has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award and three Golden Globe Awards. She is well known for her deep contralto vocal range.
Her mother is singer-songwriter and actres... |
64206 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frunzik%20Mkrtchyan | Frunzik Mkrtchyan | Frunzik (Mher) Mkrtchyan (July 4, 1930 – December 29, 1993) was a popular Soviet Armenian actor who was named a People's Artist of the Soviet Union in 1984.
Life
Even though he was a comedian, Frunzik's personal life was very sad. His first wife, Donara Mkrtchyan, became mentally ill and was sent to a mental institut... |
64212 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pest | Pest | Pest could mean:
Pest, an archaic term for pestilence, specifically the Black death
Pest (hockey), an ice hockey player specialising in aggravating opponents
Pest (music), a British music group
Pest (biology), a characteristically undesirable animal or insect
The Pest, a 1997 film starring John Leguizamo
PEST analysis... |
64214 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuzu%20%28band%29 | Yuzu (band) | Yuzu (ゆず) is a Japanese popular music duo. Its members are Kitagawa Yujin (北川悠仁) and Iwasawa Kouji (岩沢厚治). Both of the band members come from Yokohama in the Kanagawa Prefecture. At first, they sung on the street in Yokohama. They have known each other since they were small children.
They are famous for their concerts... |
64215 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pestilence | Pestilence | Pestilence is a word that is used for any highly infectious disease that can cause an epidemic or even a pandemic. It is commonly used for parasites too, but only when they cause large scale sickness or death, such as the Guinea worm.
The word meant the disease plague, which is called pestis in Latin.
It was used for ... |
64216 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20historical%20plagues | List of historical plagues | This list contains famous or well documented outbreaks of plagues or disease. They are examined in individual entries.
Before 1000 A.D.
Great Plague of Athens (430–427 BC)
May have been caused by: Bubonic plague, smallpox, measles, typhus, anthrax, or typhoid
Antonine Plague (165–180)
Cause: Probably smallpox
P... |
64217 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20epidemics | List of epidemics | This article is a list of major pandemics and epidemics caused by infectious diseases in human history. Events in boldface are ongoing.
Worldwide Pandemics
1194-1184 BCE: influenza: Trojan War epidemic
713 BCE: influenza: Assyrian epidemic
430-425 BCE: influenza (?): Plague of Athens
165-180: Antonine Plague, p... |
64219 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandemic | Pandemic | A pandemic (from Greek παν pan all + δήμος demos people) is an epidemic (an outbreak of an infectious disease) that spreads across a large region (like a continent), or even worldwide.
Common killers and pandemics
According to the World Health Organization, a pandemic exists when three conditions have been met:
A d... |
64224 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Training | Training | Training means learning to do something. It includes practicing skills. The term is used for learning to do jobs, or play games.
Examples:
training for the armed forces
apprenticeships
learning how to play a game, such as contract bridge or chess
or sport such as football
professional development in law, medici... |
64230 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demi%20Moore | Demi Moore | Demi Moore (born November 11, 1962 as Demi Gene Guynes) is an American actress. She became well-known after a string of 1980s teen-oriented movies, and was one of the best known actresses of 1990s Hollywood.
She has been married to musician Freddy Moore and actors Bruce Willis and Ashton Kutcher. All her marriages end... |
64231 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fergie | Fergie | Fergie Duhamel (born Stacy Ann Ferguson; March 27, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, fashion designer, television host, and former dancer. She is a former member of the kids' TV series Kids Incorporated, and the girl group Wild Orchid. Ferguson was also a co-host of the TV series Great Pretenders. She was also i... |
64233 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuleyka%20Rivera%20Mendoza | Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza | Zuleyka Jerrís Rivera Mendoza (born October 3, 1987 in Cayey, Puerto Rico, and raised in Salinas, Puerto Rico) is a beauty queen who has held the titles Miss Puerto Rico and Miss Universe 2006.
1987 births
Living people
Puerto Rican people
Miss Universe winners |
64235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda%20Peet | Amanda Peet | {{Infobox person
| name = Amanda Peet
| image = Amanda Peet.jpg
| imagesize = 250px
| birthname =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = New York City, NY, USA
| death_date =
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| occupation = Actress
| husband = David Benioff<small>(2006–present)</small>
| child... |
64236 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert%20Everett | Rupert Everett | Rupert Everett (Rupert James Hector Everett, born 29 May 1959) is an English actor, singer and writer. He became famous when he appeared in Julian Mitchell's play and movie Another Country playing an openly homosexual student at an English public school in the 1930s. He has since appeared in many other works, includin... |
64237 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiri%20Maymon | Shiri Maymon | Shiri Maymon (born May 17, 1981 in Haifa, Israel) is an Israeli (pop) singer. She represented her country in Eurovision Song Contest 2005 where she reached the final.
1981 births
Living people
Eurovision Song Contest entrants
Israeli pop singers
Israeli singers
Jewish Israeli musicians
People from Haifa |
64238 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Selleck | Tom Selleck | Thomas William "Tom" Selleck (born January 29, 1945) is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning American actor, screenwriter and film producer, best known for his role on the long-running television show Magnum P.I. and Peter Mitchell in Three Men and a Baby and Three Men and a Little Lady. He stars on Blue Bloods. He ha... |
64239 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob%20Schneider | Rob Schneider | Robert Michael Schneider (born October 31, 1963) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and director.
Early life
Schneider was born in San Francisco, California and grew up in the nearby suburb of Pacifica. He is the son of Jewish-American real estate broker Marvin Schneider, and Pilar, a former kinde... |
64240 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4xj%C3%B6 | Växjö | Växjö (Swedish IPA: []) is a city in Småland in southern Sweden. It has a population of 55,600 (2005). Växjö is the seat of Växjö Municipality and is the administrative, cultural and industrial centre of Kronoberg County. Furthermore, it is the seat of the Diocese of Växjö.
Famous people from Växjö
Karl-Birger Blom... |
64241 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina%20Kl%C3%BCft | Carolina Klüft | Carolina Evelyn Klüft (born February 2, 1983) is a Swedish athlete. She competes in heptathlon, long jump and pentathlon. She is the current Olympic, World (twice) and European (twice) heptathlon champion and is regarded as one of the best female athletes in the world. Since 16/09/2002, Klüft has been continuously rank... |
64242 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas%20Bj%C3%B6rkman | Jonas Björkman | Jonas Lars Björkman (born March 23, 1972, Alvesta, Sweden) is a Swedish professional male tennis player and former World No. 4 in singles and World No. 1 in doubles. He is as of the 2006 season the oldest player in the ATP Top 100 (singles). He has also played in numerous Wimbledon tournaments.
Other websites
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64243 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do%20As%20Infinity | Do As Infinity | Do As Infinity is a Japanese pop / rock band. They had their first song on September 29, 1999, "Tangerine Dream". Their name is sometimes shortened to D.A.I. The band was named after the their guitarist and composer, Dai Nagao. The singer was Van Tomiko. The group ended on September 29, 2005. They started again 3 yea... |
64245 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myleene%20Klass | Myleene Klass | Myleene Angela Klass (born 6 April 1978) is an English classical pianist, commercial model, television and radio presenter, and former member of British pop group Hear'Say. She was born in Gorleston, Norfolk to a Filipino mother and Anglo-Austrian father. Her pop success achieved 4 Top 10 singles, 2 of which were UK Nu... |
64246 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kym%20Marsh | Kym Marsh | Kimberley Gail "Kym" Marsh (formerly Ryder, and Lomas born 13 June 1976 in Whiston, Knowsley, Merseyside, England) is an English actress and singer. Marsh grew up in Garswood, Merseyside.
Marsh rose to fame when she and four other contestants won reality TV show Popstars and formed manufactured pop quintet Hear'Say. ... |
64247 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackenzie%20Rosman | Mackenzie Rosman | Mackenzie Ryann Rosman (born December 28, 1989) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Ruthie Camden on The CW's 7th Heaven.
American television actors
American child actors
Actors from South Carolina
1989 births
Living people |
64248 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Gallagher | David Gallagher | David Lee Gallagher (born February 9, 1985) is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor and model when he was two years old and is best known for his role as Simon Camden on the television series 7th Heaven. He is also known for his feature film roles; as Mikey Ubriacco in Look Who's Talking Now, as Kev... |
64249 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica%20Biel | Jessica Biel | Jessica Claire Biel (born March 3, 1982) is an American actress, Vocalist and former fashion model.
Biel became known for her early television role of Mary Camden in the long-running family drama series 7th Heaven. She is perhaps best known for appearing in several Hollywood movies. These include Summer Catch, the re... |
64250 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th%20Heaven | 7th Heaven | 7th Heaven was an American television series about a Protestant minister's family living in the fictional town of Glenoak, California. It was created and produced by Brenda Hampton. The series premiered on Monday, August 26, 1996, on the WB Television Network, the first time that the WB aired Monday night programming. ... |
64253 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverley%20Mitchell | Beverley Mitchell | Beverley Ann Mitchell (born January 22, 1981) is an American actress and country music singer. She is perhaps best known for her role as Lucy Camden-Kinkirk on the television series 7th Heaven.
Movies and television
American movie actors
American television actors
Actors from Los Angeles County, California
1981 birth... |
64258 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanne%20Gr%C3%B6nvall | Nanne Grönvall | Nanne Grönvall (born Marianne Elisabeth Nordqvist on May 18, 1962 in Stockholm) is a Swedish singer-songwriter. She's married to Peter Grönvall, who's the son of ABBA's Benny Andersson. Nanne has participated in the National part of Eurovision Song Contest 8 times, won it once with their group One More Time and ended u... |
64259 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20biology | Human biology | Human biology is an area of study that is part of biology, biological anthropology, and medicine which looks at humans; it is closely related to primate biology, and a number of other areas.
Human biology research includes:
Genetic differences across human populations, present and past
Biological differences related... |
64260 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavor%20Flav | Flavor Flav | William Jonathan Drayton Jr. (born March 16, 1959), known by the stage name Flavor Flav, is an American rapper and television personality. He is a member of the hip hop group Public Enemy. He raps about politics. After several years of quiet, he has been seen again lately as a star of American reality television. He h... |
64262 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schapelle%20Corby | Schapelle Corby | Schapelle Leigh Corby (born 10 July 1977) is an Australian woman convicted and imprisoned in Indonesia for drug smuggling. She is a former shop assistant and beauty therapy student from Queensland.
Corby served a twenty year sentence for the importation of 4.1 kg (9 lb) of cannabis into Bali, Indonesia. She was convic... |
64267 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autogenic%20training | Autogenic training | Autogenic training is a relaxation technique developed by the German psychiatrist Johannes Schultz and first published in 1932.
The technique involves the daily practice of sessions that last around 15 minutes, usually in the morning, at lunch time, and in the evening. During each session, the practitioner will repeat... |
64272 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical%20notation | Mathematical notation | Mathematical notation is a system in mathematics that uses symbols to represent objects and ideas. In mathematics and other exact sciences like physics or computer science, problems often need to be presented in some way. In such representations, different symbols have different meanings:
There are numbers, like 1 and ... |
64274 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell | Shell | Shell may refer to:
Animal shell, which includes sea shells
Shell (projectile), an object fired out of a weapon
Eggshell, the outer part of an egg
Shell (computing), a type of user interface in computer programs and operating systems
Shell Oil Company, an oil company
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64276 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian%20Craig%20Marsh | Ian Craig Marsh | Ian Craig Marsh (born 11 November 1956) is a British musician. He helped start the electronic band The Human League, until leaving in 1980 to form B.E.F. (British Electric Foundation) and later Heaven 17.
1956 births
Living people
English musicians |
64280 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laboratory%20equipment | Laboratory equipment | Laboratory equipment are tools and equipment used by scientists who work in a laboratory. These can include tools such as:
Bunsen burners
burettes
calorimeters
microscopes
pipettes
spectrophotometers
Laboratory equipment is used to either perform an experiment or to take measurements and gather data.
Other webs... |
64284 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah%20Palin | Sarah Palin | Sarah Louise Palin (; née Heath; born February 11, 1964) is an American politician, commentator and author. She was the ninth Governor of Alaska, from 2006 to 2009. As the Republican Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 presidential election alongside Arizona Senator John McCain, she was the first Alaskan on t... |
64289 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samvel%20Babayan | Samvel Babayan | Samvel Babayan (; born June 22, 1957), was the Commander-in-Chief of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army from 1994 to 2000. On March 22, 2000, he allegedly tried to kill President Arkadi Ghukasyan in Stepanakert. He was sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Living people
1957 births
Armenian military people |
64290 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh%20Defense%20Army | Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army | The Nagorno-Karabakh (NKR) Defense Army was made on May 9, 1992, as the formal defence force of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, made up of Armenians. It is internationally recognised to be part of Azerbaijan.
Military of Armenia |
64291 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic%20of%20Artsakh | Republic of Artsakh | Artsakh, officially the Republic of Artsakh (; , ) or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (), is a de facto independent republic in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of the South Caucasus. It is internationally recognised to be part of Azerbaijan.
It has been populated for a long time by Azerbaijanis since the Middle Ages and by ... |
64292 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon%20Lee | Brandon Lee | Brandon Bruce Lee (February 1, 1965 – March 31, 1993) was an American actor of Han Chinese, German, English and Swedish descent. He was the son of martial arts movie star Bruce Lee. In 1993, he was accidentally shot dead when filming the movie adaptation of The Crow, a popular comic book. About his character Lee said, ... |
64293 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt%20Dillon | Matt Dillon | Matthew Raymond "Matt" Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. He began acting in the late 1970s, gained fame as a teen idol during the 1980s, and made a successful career as an adult actor in the decades following, ending in an Oscar nomination for his acting in the film Crash.
O... |
64294 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt%20Damon | Matt Damon | Matthew Paige "Matt" Damon (born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer and philanthropist. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his writing of the story for the movie Good Will Hunting, and he was nominated for his acting in the same movie. He has also acted in several other... |
64295 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Urich | Robert Urich | Robert Urich (December 19, 1946 – April 16, 2002) was an Emmy-winning actor. He was born in Toronto, Ohio.
Urich is best known for playing private investigators on the television series Spenser: For Hire (1985–1988) and Vega$ (1978–1981). He also acted in many other television series over the years including: S.W.A.... |
64296 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic%20Morrow | Vic Morrow | Victor Morrow (February 14, 1929 - July 23, 1982) was an American actor. He was famous for acting in the television series Combat! (1962-1967), in which he also worked as a television director.
Morrow was born in the Bronx, New York City. He was the father of actress Jennifer Jason Leigh.
Morrow died while filming T... |
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