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805153 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%20Democratic%20National%20Committee%20email%20leak | 2016 Democratic National Committee email leak | The 2016 Democratic National Committee email leak is a collection of Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails stolen by one or more hackers working under the pseudonym "Guccifer 2.0" who are said to be Russian intelligence agency hackers, according to indictments carried out by the Mueller investigation.
These email... |
805157 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolom%C3%A9%20Esteban%20Murillo | Bartolomé Esteban Murillo | Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Seville, baptized on January 1, 1618– April 3, 1682) was a Spanish Baroque painter. Developed in final naturalism, he advanced towards original forms of the full baroque with a perception that sometimes precedes the rococo in some of his most peculiar and imitated pictorial creations, such as... |
805160 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian%20tree%20frog | Arabian tree frog | The Arabian tree frog or Sanchiang tree toad (Hyla felixarabica) is a frog from the Middle East. Scientists saw it in Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Syria and Lebanon.
Scientists say there are two separate groups of Arabian tree frogs: one in the hills in Yemen and Asir Mountains in Saudia Arabia and another gr... |
805164 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krusty%20the%20Clown%20%28The%20Simpsons%20episode%29 | Krusty the Clown (The Simpsons episode) | "Krusty the Clown" is the 8th episode of the 30th season of The Simpsons. It was first shown on the Fox network on November 25, 2018.
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805167 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separate%20Vocations | Separate Vocations | "Separate Vocations" is the 18th episode of the 3th season of The Simpsons. It was first shown on television on February 27, 1992.
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The Simpsons (season 3) episodes |
805175 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian%20Americans | Belgian Americans | Belgian Americans are Americans who can trace their ancestry to immigrants from Belgium who emigrated to the United States. While the first natives of the then-Southern Netherlands arrived in America in the 17th century, most of the Belgian immigrants arrived during the 19th and 20th centuries.
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805181 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20Rights%20Party%20%28United%20States%29 | Human Rights Party (United States) | The Human Rights Party was a socialist political party in Michigan. It existed from the year 1970 to the mid-1970s around Ann Arbor.
Platform
Communication
More people can be in government through the use of cable television
Media is to be funded blindly by the government
Foreign Policy
United States' wars ar... |
805207 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmarried | Unmarried | Unmarried is a 1939 American drama movie directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Helen Twelvetrees, Buck Jones, Donald O'Connor, Virginia Vale, Larry Crabbe, Robert Armstrong. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures.
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1930s drama movies
American drama movies
Movies directed by Kurt Neuma... |
805214 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three%20Girls%20Lost | Three Girls Lost | Three Girls Lost is a 1931 American drama movie directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Loretta Young, Lew Cody, John Wayne, Paul Fix, Ward Bond, Joan Marsh, Joyce Compton, George Beranger. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
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1930s drama movies
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805216 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half%20Angel%20%281936%20movie%29 | Half Angel (1936 movie) | Half Angel is a 1936 American comedy movie directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Frances Dee, Brian Donlevy, Charles Butterworth, Helen Westley, Henry Stephenson, Sara Haden, Julius Tannen. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
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1930s comedy movies
American comedy movies
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805218 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX%20Starship | SpaceX Starship | Starship is a rocket made out of stainless steel by SpaceX, a company that works in the atmosphere and space. The rocket is made of two stages: Super Heavy and Starship. Both of these stages can be used again. This is unusual for a rocket. The rocket can lift of people and things to orbit. It can also travel to the Mo... |
805219 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%20Only%20Live%20Once | You Only Live Once | You Only Live Once is a 1937 American crime drama movie directed by Fritz Lang and starring Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton MacLane, Jean Dixon, William Gargan, Jerome Cowan, John Wray. It was distributed by United Artists.
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1930s crime movies
1930s drama movies
American crime drama... |
805220 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Good%20Earth%20%28movie%29 | The Good Earth (movie) | The Good Earth is a 1937 American romantic drama movie directed by Sidney Franklin, Gustav Machatý and Victor Fleming. It was based on the 1931 novel of the same name by Pearl S. Buck and starring Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly, Tilly Losch, Charley Grapewin, Jessie Ralph. It was nominated for 5 Oscars and wo... |
805225 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conquest%20%281937%20movie%29 | Conquest (1937 movie) | Conquest is 1937 American romantic drama movie directed by Clarence Brown and Gustav Machatý. It was based on the 1933 novel Pani Walewska by Wacław Gąsiorowski and starring Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer, Reginald Owen, Henry Stephenson, Alan Marshal, C. Henry Gordon, Leif Erickson. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-May... |
805226 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame%20X%20%281937%20movie%29 | Madame X (1937 movie) | Madame X is a 1937 American drama movie directed by Sam Wood and Gustav Machatý. It is the fourth version of the 1908 play of the same name by Alexandre Bisson and starring Gladys George, Warren William, John Beal, Reginald Owen, Lynne Carver, Phillip Reed, Henry Daniell, Ruth Hussey, George Zucco. It was distributed b... |
805229 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loren%20Legarda | Loren Legarda | Lorna Regina "Loren" Bautista Legarda is a Filipino politician and former journalist. She is currently serving as the representative of Antique and as a House Deputy Speaker.
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805237 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Black%20Watch | The Black Watch | The Black Watch is a 1929 American adventure movie directed by John Ford and was based on the novel King of the Khyber Rifles by Talbot Mundy. It stars Victor McLaglen, Myrna Loy, Francis Ford, Cyril Chadwick, Walter Long, Joyzelle Joyner, Mitchell Lewis, Lumsden Hare, John Wayne and was distributed by 20th Century Fox... |
805241 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nambudiri | Nambudiri | The Nambudiri, also transliterated Nambūdiri, Namboodiri, Namboothiri, and Nampūtiri, are a Malayali Brahmin caste, native to what is now the state of Kerala, India.
As the traditional feudal elite, Nambudiris owned a large portion of the land in the region of Malabar until the Kerala Land Reforms starting in 1957. Na... |
805242 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josie%20Natori | Josie Natori | Josie Natori, (born Josefina Almeda Cruz) is a Filipino-American fashion designer and former Wallstreet executive. Natori served as a commissioner on the White House Conference on Small Business. In March 2007, she was awarded the Order of Lakandula, one of the highest civilian awards in the Philippines.
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805243 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%20People | Cat People | Cat People is a 1942 American horror movie directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jack Holt, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph. It was distributed by RKO Radio Pictures and was followed by the 1944 sequel The Curse of the Cat People and was remade in 1982.
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1940s h... |
805246 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygender | Polygender | Polygender, plurigender or multigender is a non-binary identity in which the person experiences multiple genders. Pangender, bigender, and trigender are examples of multigender identities, sometimes along with androgyne, associated with demigender.
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805248 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint%20Thomas%20Christians | Saint Thomas Christians | The Saint Thomas Christians are a very old community in Kerala, India also called as Syrian Christians of India, Nasrani or Malabar Nasrani or Malankara Nasrani or Nasrani Mappila, are an ethno-religious community of Indian Christians from the state of Kerala, who follow the East Syriac Rite, West Syriac Rite and the ... |
805250 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil%20Brahmins | Tamil Brahmins | Tamil Brahmins are Tamil-speaking Brahmins, primarily living in Tamil Nadu, although a few of them have settled in other states like, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Karnataka. They can be broadly divided into three religious groups, Gurukkals who follow Saivism, Iyers who follow the Srauta and Smartha traditio... |
805265 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulu%20Nadu | Tulu Nadu | Tulu Nadu, also called as Tulunaad, is a region on the southwestern coast of India. The Tulu people, known as 'Tuluva' (plural 'Tuluver'), speakers of Tulu, a Dravidian language, are the preponderant ethnic group of this region. South Canara, an erstwhile district and a historical area, encompassing the undivided terri... |
805270 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Family%20Guy%20episodes | List of Family Guy episodes | Family Guy is an American animated sitcom. It was created by Seth MacFarlane to be shown on television by the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is on its 19th season with over 350 episodes. It is behind The Simpsons on being the oldest show on Fox. On September 23, 2020, Fox said that the show will have 21 seasons.
Seasons... |
805273 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patharghata%20Upazila | Patharghata Upazila | Patharghata () is an Upazila of Barguna District in Bangladesh. It is a part of the Barisal Division. It has a total area of 387.36 km2.
Administration
Patharghata Upazila is divided into Patharghata Municipality and seven union parishads. The list of union parishads:
The union parishads are subdivided into 42 mauzas... |
805277 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin%20shorts | Dolphin shorts | Dolphin shorts or Dolfins are a specific style of unisex shorts for athletics. They are typically very short and were originally made from nylon with contrasting binding, side slits, and rounded corners, with a waistband at the top—a style popular in the 1980s. Richard Simmons is iconic for wearing "dolphin shorts" as ... |
805282 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad%20Max%3A%20Fury%20Road | Mad Max: Fury Road | Mad Max: Fury Road is a 2015 Australian post-apocalyptic action movie. It was co-written, co-produced, and directed by George Miller. Miller worked on the screenplay with Brendan McCarthy and Nico Lathouris. The movie is the fourth installment and "reboot" of the Mad Max films. It was produced by Kennedy Miller Mitche... |
805290 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret%20Cavendish%2C%20Duchess%20of%20Newcastle-upon-Tyne | Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne | Margaret Lucas Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623 – 1673) was an English aristocrat, philosopher, poet, scientist, fiction-writer, and playwright during the 17th century. She wrote on many topics, such as gender, power, manners, scientific method, and philosophy.
British nobility |
805297 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape%20Feare | Cape Feare | "Cape Feare" is the second episode in the fifth season of The Simpsons. It was first shown on the Fox network on October 7, 1993. The episode has Kelsey Grammer do the voice of Sideshow Bob. In the epidsode, Bob wants to kill Bart Simpson because Bart put him in jail. The episode is a parody of the 1991 movie with a si... |
805302 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knanaya | Knanaya | The Knānāya, (from Syriac: Knā'nāya (Canaanite)) also known as the Southists or Tekkumbhagar, are an endogamous ethnic group found among the Saint Thomas Christian community of Kerala, India. They are differentiated from another part of the community, known in this context as the Northists (Vaddakkumbhagar). There are ... |
805309 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/House%20of%20Representatives%20of%20Fiji | House of Representatives of Fiji | The House of Representatives was the lower chamber of Fiji's Parliament from 1970 to 2006. It was the more powerful of the two chambers.
The House of Representatives was suspended by the 2006 military coup. The 2013 Constitution abolished it and replaced it with a single chamber Parliament.
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805310 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate%20of%20Fiji | Senate of Fiji | The Senate of Fiji was the upper chamber of Parliament. It was abolished by the 2013 Constitution of Fiji, after a series of military coups.
The Senate had 32 members. They were appointed by the President for five-year terms at the same time as the term of the House of Representatives.
Other websites
Official webs... |
805311 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suhaila%20Seddiqi | Suhaila Seddiqi | Suhaila Siddiq (March 11, 1949 – December 4, 2020) was an Afghan politician. She was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. Seddiqi was Minister of Public Health from 2001 to 2004 during the Hamid Karzai presidency.
Seddiqi died on December 4, 2020 in Kabul from Alzheimer's disease-related problems at the age of 71.
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805313 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anand%20Singh | Anand Singh | Anand Singh Bisht (8 August 19484 December 2020) was a Fijian lawyer and politician. He was born in Bombay, India.
Singh was a member of the Labour Party. From 1999 to 2000, he was a member of the House of Representatives and Attorney General. From 2001 to 2006, Singh was a member of the Senate.
Singh died on 4 Dece... |
805315 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe%20Dalla%20Torre | Giuseppe Dalla Torre | Giuseppe Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto (27 August 1943 – 3 December 2020) was an Italian lawyer and educator. He was born in Rome. He was a Rector of the Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta between 1991 to 2014.
Dalla Torre died on 3 December 2020 in Rome from COVID-19 at the age of 77.
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805317 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Academy%20of%20Sciences%20of%20Ukraine | National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine | The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU; , Natsional’na akademiya nauk Ukrayiny, abbr: NAN Ukraine) is a self-governing state-funded organization in Ukraine. It focuses on the development of science and technology.
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1918 establishments in Europe
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805318 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly%20Samoilenko | Anatoly Samoilenko | Anatoly Mykhailovych Samoilenko () (January 2, 1938 – December 4, 2020) was a Ukrainian mathematician. He was an Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine from 1995 until his death and he was the Director of the Institute of Mathematics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine from 1988 until his... |
805320 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9%20Gagnon | André Gagnon | André Gagnon (August 2, 1936 – December 3, 2020) was a Canadian composer, conductor, arranger, and actor. He was known for his works of classical and pop styles. Many of his best known compositions were Neiges, Smash, Chevauchée, Surprise, Donna, and Mouvements in the disco and pop fields. He was born in Quebec. Gagno... |
805322 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jutta%20Lampe | Jutta Lampe | Jutta Lampe (13 December 1937 – 3 December 2020) was a German actress. She appeared in more than twenty movies from 1963 until his death. She was born in Flensburg, Germany.
Lampe was known for her roles in Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness (1979), Marianne and Juliane (1981), The Distant Land (1987) and The Posses... |
805323 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison%20Lurie | Alison Lurie | Alison Lurie (September 3, 1926December 3, 2020) was an American novelist and academic. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her 1984 novel Foreign Affairs. She was born in Chicago, Illinois.
Lurie died on December 3, 2020 in Ithaca, New York at the age of 94.
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2020 deaths
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805324 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%20Salvad%C3%B3 | Albert Salvadó | Albert Salvadó i Miras (1 February 1951 – 3 December 2020) was an Andorran writer and industrial engineer. He wrote in both Catalan and Spanish. Salvadó wrote children's stories, essays and novels, often focusing on historical fiction. He was born in Andorra la Vella.
Salvadó died on 3 December 2020 in Andorra la Vell... |
805325 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Krebs | Chris Krebs | Christopher Cox Krebs (born January 30, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia ) is an American attorney who served as the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the United States Department of Homeland Security from November 2018 to November 2020.
In November 2020, President Donald Trump fired Krebs f... |
805327 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monolith | Monolith | A monolith is a geological feature made up of a single massive stone or rock, such as some mountains, or a single large piece of rock placed as, or within, a monument or building.
Erosion usually causes the geological formations, which are often made of very hard and solid igneous or metamorphic rock.
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805328 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Deese | Brian Deese | Brian Christopher Deese (born February 17, 1978) is an American economic political advisor. He is the Director of the National Economic Council in the Joe Biden administration since January 20, 2021.
Deese was a senior advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama. He was the deputy director of the Office of Management and B... |
805329 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitanjali%20Rao%20%28scientist%29 | Gitanjali Rao (scientist) | Gitanjali Rao (born 19 November 2005) is an American inventor. She won the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge in 2017. She was honored as Forbes 30 U 30 for her innovations. She was named TIME Top young innovator in 2020 for her innovations and "innovation workshops" she conducts across the globe. In the... |
805330 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone%20Tree%2C%20Colorado | Lone Tree, Colorado | Lone Tree is a home rule municipality in Douglas County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 10,218 at the 2010 United States Census.
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805331 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20hole | White hole | A white hole is a hypothetical region in spacetime. It has not been proven to exist.
It is said to be the exact opposite of a black hole. While a black hole sucks in objects to its singularity, the white hole emits matter from its singularity. A white hole may be formed after a black hole can no longer suck things in.... |
805345 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardinian%20tree%20frog | Sardinian tree frog | The Sardinian tree frog, Sardinia tree frog or Tyrrhenian tree frog (Hyla sarda) is a frog. It lives on islands: Sardinia in Italy, Corsica in France and other islands nearby.
This frog is 3.8 to 4.0 cm long. It is green or gray with a dark stripe down each side of its body. This frog can change color.
This frog c... |
805347 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phumulani | Phumulani | Phumulani is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing domestic violence and sexual abuse in communities of color throughout Minnesota and globally.
History
Phumulani was founded by Comfort Dondo, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and domestic violence. Born and raised in Zimbabwe and now residing in Minnes... |
805349 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%28524522%29%202002%20VE68 | (524522) 2002 VE68 | (524522) 2002 VE68 is an asteroid and a temporary quasi-satellite of Venus. It was the first quasi-satellite to be found around a planet in the Solar System. It looks like it travels around Venus during one Venerean year but it actually orbits the Sun, not Venus.
Discovery, orbit and physical properties
It was discov... |
805356 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad%20Nezahualc%C3%B3yotl | Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl | Nezahualcóyotl, commonly known as Neza, is a city in Mexico. In 2010, the city had about 1.105 million people living there.
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805357 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi-satellite | Quasi-satellite | A quasi-satellite is an astronomical object that crosses a planet's orbit during its own orbit.
A quasi-satellite's orbit around the Sun takes exactly the same time as the planet's orbit. Its eccentricity is different from the eccentricity of the planet. The orbits of quasi-satellites are unstable and over time they w... |
805359 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manoj%20Sinha | Manoj Sinha | Manoj Sinha (born 1 July 1959) is an Indian politician. On 6 August 2020, he became the 2nd Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.
He was the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Communications and Minister of State for Railways in the Government of India.
Sinha was elected as Member of Parliament in the L... |
805362 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby%20Star%20Allies | Kirby Star Allies | Kirby Star Allies is a 2018 platformer video game for the Nintendo Switch. It was released worldwide on March 16th, 2018. It was developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo. It is part of the Kirby series.
Gameplay
Kirby Star Allies plays similarly to previous Kirby entries. Kirby can run and jump, and if t... |
805364 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanian%20Americans | Albanian Americans | Albanian Americans () are Americans of full or partial Albanian ancestry and heritage in the United States. They trace their ancestry to the territories with a large Albanian population in the Balkans among others to Albania, Italy, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Montenegro.
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805365 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharampal%20Gulati | Dharampal Gulati | Dharam Pal Gulati (27 March 1923 – 3 December 2020), also known as Mahashay Dharampal Gulati, was an Indian businessman, and founder and CEO of MDH (Mahashian Di Hatti; ), an Indian spice company. He was known as the 'spice-king'. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2019. He was known for being the founder and CEO of ... |
805366 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwansei%20Gakuin%20University | Kwansei Gakuin University | , colloquially known as , is a non-denominational Christian private and coeducational university in Japan.
It offers Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral degrees to around 25,000 students. The university has a central campus in the city of Nishinomiya, and also has satellite campuses in Nishinomiya, Sanda, Osaka, and ... |
805368 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic%20clashes%20of%20T%C3%A2rgu%20Mure%C8%99 | Ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș | The ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș (also called Black March, ) are about the violent incidents against the Hungarian ethnic group in Târgu Mureș and surrounding settlements in Transylvania, Romania in March 1990.
The clashes were the bloodiest inter-ethnic incidents of the post-communist era in Transylvania. It has be... |
805370 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A2rgu%20Mure%C8%99 | Târgu Mureș | Târgu Mureș (; , ) is the seat of Mureș County in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is the 16th largest Romanian city. About 134,290 lived here based of the 2011 census.
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805371 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarian%20Americans | Bulgarian Americans | Bulgarian Americans are Americans of Bulgarian descent.
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805372 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy%20Wade | Betsy Wade | Elizabeth Wade Boylan (July 18, 1929 – December 3, 2020), better known by her maiden name Betsy Wade, was an American journalist and newspaper columnist. Wade was born in New York City.
In 1956, Wade became the first woman to edit news copy at The New York Times. In 1974, she was one of seven people involved in a succ... |
805373 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narinder%20Singh%20Kapany | Narinder Singh Kapany | Narinder Singh Kapany (; 31 October 1926 – 4 December 2020) was an Indian-born American physicist. He was known for his work in fibre optics. He was named as one of the seven "Unsung Heroes" by Fortune. He was known as "Father of Fiber Optics".
The term fibre optics was created by Singh Kapany in 1956. He was IOFS of... |
805374 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorino%20Mapa | Victorino Mapa | Victorino Montano Mapa (February 25, 1855 – April 12, 1927) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He later became the second Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines under the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands.
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1855 births |
805378 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro%20Melchor | Alejandro Melchor | Alejandro Melchor (1900-1947) was a Filipino civil engineer, mathematician, and member of the Cabinet of the Philippines. He was born in Ibajay, Aklan. Melchor was best known for his work on pontoon bridges during the Second World War. The Melchor Hall in the University of the Philippines - Diliman campus was named aft... |
805379 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold%20Arboleda | Harold Arboleda | Harold Miguel Davis Arboleda is a Filipino professional basketball player. He plays for Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League.
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805385 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Nikolayevich%20Mikhailov | Alexander Nikolayevich Mikhailov | Aleksandr Nikolayevich Mikhailov ( September 15, 1951 – December 4, 2020) was a Russian politician. He was Governor of Kursk Oblast in Russia from 2000 to 2018. He was a member of the State Duma from 1993 to 2000 and of the Federation Council from 2018 until his death.
Mikhailov died on December 4, 2020 at the age o... |
805386 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco%20de%20Zurbar%C3%A1n | Francisco de Zurbarán | Francisco of Zurbarán (Source of Singings, Badajoz, 7 November 1598 – Madrid, 27 August 1664) was a painter and artist of the Century of Spanish Gold.
Contemporary and fellow of Velázquez, Zurbarán stood out in the religious painting, in which his painting reveals a big visual hard and a deep mysticism. It was a repre... |
805387 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authon%2C%20Loir-et-Cher | Authon, Loir-et-Cher | Authon is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France, next to Vendôme.
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805441 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon%20Bellion | Jon Bellion | Jonathon David Bellion (born December 26, 1990) is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He was born and raised in Lake Grove, New York. He is famous for his single "All Time Low" He has released four mixtapes and two studio albums. His first studio album The Human Condition was released on June ... |
805442 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/120347%20Salacia | 120347 Salacia | 120347 Salacia is a trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper belt. It is approximately 850 kilometers in diameter. As of 2018, it is found about 44.8 astronomical units from the Sun.
Discovery
Salacia was discovered on 22 September 2004, by American astronomers Henry Roe, Michael Brown and Kristina Barkume at the Palomar... |
805447 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip%20Martin%20Brown | Phillip Martin Brown | Philip Martin Brown (born 9 July 1956) is an English actor, born in Manchester, Lancashire. He is best known for his role as Grantly Budgen, in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road for 160 episodes, from 2006 to 2013.
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1956 births
Actors from Manchester
English television actors
English m... |
805448 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine%20Tremarco | Christine Tremarco | Christine Tremarco (born 20 September 1977) is an English television and film actress, whose career began in 1992.
She is perhaps most famous, for her role in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road as school secretary and learning support assistant Davina Shackleton, a role she portrayed regularly from 20... |
805452 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20distribution | Digital distribution | Digital distribution is the delivery (through downloading) of any digital content, including audio, e-books, games, PDFs, pictures, software, and video. Digital distribution is handled through a digital distribution platform that's designed to stream the digital content or allow the content to be downloaded in full.
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805455 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/225088%20Gonggong | 225088 Gonggong | 225088 Gonggong (symbol ) is a dwarf planet of the Solar System. It is a member of the scattered disc. It has a highly eccentric orbit. It is from 34–101 astronomical units (5.1–15.1 billion kilometers; 3.2–9.4 billion miles) from the Sun. It is the sixth-farthest known Solar System object. Gonggong was discovered in J... |
805460 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue%20Devaney | Sue Devaney | Sue Devaney (born Susan Barber; 2 July 1967) is an English actress. Her roles include Debbie Webster in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street (1984–1985, 2019–present), Rita in the BBC One children's kitchen sink realism programme Jonny Briggs (1985–1987), Liz Harker in the long-running BBC One medical dram... |
805461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel%20Leskovac | Rachel Leskovac | Rachel Leskovac (born 5 June 1976) is an English actress and singer. Her roles include Kelly Yorke in the BBC One medical drama Holby City (2003–2004), Natasha Blakeman in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2008–2010, 2020–2021), and Joanne Cardsley in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks (2015–2016). She has been nom... |
805466 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela%20Griffin | Angela Griffin | Angela Mellissa Griffin (born 19 July 1976) is an English actress and television presenter, who has been active on British television since the early 1990s.
Between 1992 and 1998, she appeared in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street as hairdresser Fiona Middleton. She made a guest appearance in 2019. Sub... |
805468 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason%20Done | Jason Done | Jason Done (born 5 April 1973) is an English actor, who appeared as Mordred in the 1998 TV mini-series Merlin, opposite Sam Neill. However he is best known for his roles as Stephen Snow in the ITV drama series Where the Heart Is from 1999 to 2001 and Tom Clarkson in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road, ... |
805472 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade%20%281938%20movie%29 | Blockade (1938 movie) | Blockade is a 1938 American war drama movie directed by William Dieterle and starring Henry Fonda, Madeleine Carroll, Leo Carrillo, Vladimir Sokoloff, Reginald Denny. It was nominated for 2 Academy Awards in 1939.
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1930s war movies
1930s drama movies
American war movies
American drama movies... |
805475 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung%20Fu%20Panda%203 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | Kung Fu Panda 3 is a 2015 computer-animated movie. It is directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson and Alessandro Carloni, written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, It stars the voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Seth Rogen, David Cross, James Hong, and Jackie Chan.
Cast
Jack Black as Po
Bryan... |
805487 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saigon%20railway%20station | Saigon railway station | The Saigon railway station () is the train station for Ho Chi Minh City. It is the southernmost train station of the North-South railway in Vietnam. It is about 1 km away from the city center.
The Saigon railway station of today is not the first train station for the city. The first train station was located across Be... |
805489 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea%20Torres | Andrea Torres | Andrea Elizabeth Eugenio Torres (born May 4, 1990) is a Filipina actress, host, and commercial model. She is part of the GMA Network talents.
Career
Her most notable roles include being on the shows Contessa, Victor Magtanggol, and Better Woman.
Personal life
Torres was born on May 4, 1990. She graduated from Unive... |
805494 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Korean%20defectors | North Korean defectors | North Korean defectors are North Korean people who left North Korea to become citizens in a new country. In North Korea, it is against the law to leave North Korea without permission. North Koreans are also not allowed to change their own citizenship, so anyone born a North Korean must also die a North Korean. The puni... |
805496 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%27s%20Ragtime%20Band | Alexander's Ragtime Band | Alexander's Ragtime Band is a 1938 American musical movie directed by Henry King and was based on the 1911 song of the same name by Irving Berlin. It stars Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman, Jack Haley, Helen Westley, John Carradine, Wally Vernon, Ruth Terry, Stanley Andrews and was distributed by 20th... |
805499 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%20No%20Vultures%20Fly | Where No Vultures Fly | Where No Vultures Fly is a 1951 British adventure movie directed by Harry Watt and starring Anthony Steel, Dinah Sheridan, Harold Warrender, William Simons. It was followed up by the 1954 sequel West of Zanzibar.
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1950s adventure movies
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Movies directed by Henry W... |
805501 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/They%20Gave%20Him%20a%20Gun | They Gave Him a Gun | They Gave Him a Gun is a 1937 American crime drama movie directed by W.S. Van Dyke and was based on the 1936 novel of the same name by William J. Cowen. It stars Spencer Tracy, Gladys George, Franchot Tone, Edgar Dearing, Cliff Edwards and was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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1930s... |
805503 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela%20Tiffin | Pamela Tiffin | Pamela Tiffin Wonso (October 13, 1942 – December 2, 2020) was an American actress and model. She was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Tiffin began acting 1960 until 1989. Tiffin was known for his roles as Scarlet in One, Two, Three (1961), Nellie in Summer and Smoke (1961) and as Miranda in Harper (1966).
Tiffin died ... |
805504 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid%20of%20Neferirkare | Pyramid of Neferirkare | The Pyramid of Neferirkare was built for the Fifth Dynasty pharaoh Neferirkare Kakai in the 25th century BC.
It was the tallest structure on the highest site at the necropolis of Abusir, between Giza and Saqqara. It still towers over the necropolis. The pyramid is also significant because its evacuation led to the di... |
805506 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Fitsell | Bill Fitsell | John Walter "Bill" Fitsell (July 25, 1923December 3, 2020) was a Canadian sports journalist and historian. He was a columnist for The Kingston Whig-Standard from 1961 to 1993.
Fitsell was the founding president of the Society for International Hockey Research in 1991. He was involved with the International Hockey Hall... |
805507 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%28307261%29%202002%20MS4 | (307261) 2002 MS4 | (307261) 2002 MS4 is a large classical Kuiper belt object. It is a possible dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt. It was discovered in 2002 by Chad Trujillo and Michael Brown.
The Spitzer Space Telescope estimated it to have a diameter of 726±123 km, while the Herschel Space Telescope estimated it to be 934±47 km.
2002 MS... |
805508 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry%20Dixon%20%28politician%29 | Larry Dixon (politician) | Larry Dixon (August 31, 1942 – December 4, 2020) was an American Republican politician. He was a member of the Alabama Senate from 1983 to 2011. He was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives from 1978 through 1982. Dixon was born in Nowata, Oklahoma.
Dixon died on December 4, 2020 in Montgomery, Alabama at t... |
805509 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry%20Everett | Terry Everett | Robert Terry Everett (born February 15, 1937) is an American Republican politician, real estate developer and journalist. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama's 2nd congressional district from 1993 to his retirement in 2009.
Everett was born on February 15, 1937, in Dothan, Alaba... |
805510 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton%C3%ADn%20J.%20Liehm | Antonín J. Liehm | Antonín Jaroslav Liehm (March 2, 1924 – December 4, 2020) was a Czech-born writer, publisher, translator, and scholar. He was born in Prague. He was known for the founder of the Lettre International.
Liehm died on December 4, 2020 in Prague at the age of 96.
References
1924 births
2020 deaths
Publishers
Czech transl... |
805512 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron%20Mathewson | Ron Mathewson | Ron Mathewson ( 19 February 1944 – 3 December 2020) was a Scottish jazz double bassist and bass guitarist. He was born in Lerwick, Shetland Isles, Scotland.
Mathewson was best known for his years spent working with Ronnie Scott, but has also done recordings with Stan Getz, Joe Henderson, Joan Armatrading, Ben Webster... |
805513 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noelle%20%282019%20movie%29 | Noelle (2019 movie) | Noelle is a 2019 American Christmas movie written and directed by Marc Lawrence and produced by Walt Disney Pictures. The movie stars Anna Kendrick as Noelle Kringle, the daughter of Kris Kringle. It also stars Bill Hader, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Billy Eichner, Julie Hagerty, and Shirley MacLaine.
It was released on Novemb... |
805514 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay%20Brazeau | Jay Brazeau | James "Jay" Brazeau (born December 22, 1953) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Sam Fisher in Cold Squad, as Harlan in Stargate SG-1 (1997-2007), for voicing Uncle Quigley in Sabrina: The Animated Series and as Bobby in Double Jeopardy (1999).
In May 2011, Brazeau suffered a minor stroke while chang... |
805515 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie%20Hagerty | Julie Hagerty | Julie Beth Hagerty (born June 15, 1955) is an American actress and former model. She starred as Elaine in the movies Airplane! (1980) and Airplane II: The Sequel (1982).
Her other movie roles include A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982), Lost in America (1985), What About Bob? (1991), Freddy Got Fingered (2001), A M... |
805516 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage%20Story | Marriage Story | Marriage Story is a 2019 drama movie written and directed by Noah Baumbach. It stars Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver, Laura Dern, Alan Alda, Ray Liotta, Julie Hagerty and Merritt Wever.
The movie follows a married couple, an actress and a stage director (Johansson and Driver), going through a coast-to-coast divorce.
... |
805517 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merritt%20Wever | Merritt Wever | Merritt Carmen Wever (born August 11, 1980) is an American actress. She is known for starring in Nurse Jackie (2009–2015).
References
1980 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
American voice actors
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