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809589 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy%20Kress | Nancy Kress | Nancy Kress (born January 20, 1948) is an American science fiction writer. She began writing in 1976. She has achieved her greatest notice since her Hugo and Nebula Award winning novella Beggars in Spain. The book, in 1993, became a novel.
Kress later won the Nebula Award for Best Novella for another book: After the F... |
809591 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ina%20Garten | Ina Garten | Ina Rosenberg Garten (pronounced EYE-nuh; born February 2, 1948) is an American author and host of the Food Network show Barefoot Contessa. She was a staff member of the White House Office of Management and Budget. Garten has a number of best-selling cookbooks, magazine products and a popular Food Network television sh... |
809594 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020%20Nashville%20bombing | 2020 Nashville bombing | On December 25, 2020, a recreational vehicle (RV) exploded in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, United States, injuring three people and damaging many buildings.
Human remains were found at the site of the explosion. The explosion took place at 166 Second Avenue North between Church Street and Commerce Street at 6:30 am... |
809597 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned%20Wynn | Ned Wynn | Ned Wynn (April 27, 1941 – December 20, 2020) was an American actor and screenwriter. He was born in New York City. He played Alonzo in The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) and Son of Flubber (1963). He also played Luke in Stagecoach (1966).
Wynn was the son of actor Keenan Wynn and grandson of Ed Wynn.
Wynn died on De... |
809598 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Magee%20%28politician%29 | William Magee (politician) | William D. "Bill" Magee (June 21, 1939 – December 24, 2020) was an American Democratic politician. He was a member of the New York State Assembly, who represented the 121st Assembly District from 1991 until 2018. He was born in Oneida, New York. He was also a businessman.
Magee died on December 24, 2020 in Nelson, Ne... |
809599 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneida%2C%20New%20York | Oneida, New York | Oneida () is a city in Madison County.
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809600 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wampsville%2C%20New%20York | Wampsville, New York | Wampsville is a village found inside the Town of Lenox in Madison County, New York. About 543 people lived here as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Madison County.
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Villages in New York
County seats in New York |
809602 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenox%2C%20New%20York | Lenox, New York | Lenox is a town in Madison County, New York, United States. 9,112 lived here as of the 2010 census.
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809604 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson%2C%20New%20York | Nelson, New York | Nelson is a town in Madison County, New York, United States. About 1,980 people lived here at the 2010 census.
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809607 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amit%20Mitra | Amit Mitra | Amit Mitra (born 20 December 1947) is an Indian economist and politician. He is a member of the All India Trinamool Congress and the current Finance, Commerce & Industries Minister of the government of Indian state of West Bengal.
He is the current MLA in the West Bengal state assembly from the Khardaha state assembly... |
809621 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny%20Hodge | Danny Hodge | Daniel Allen Hodge (May 13, 1932 – December 25, 2020) was an American wrestler and boxer. He was born and raised in Perry, Oklahoma. He was known for being able to crush apples with one hand. He won a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Hodge died of Alzheimer's disease-related problems in Perry on December 25, ... |
809622 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry%20Lopez | Barry Lopez | Barry Holstun Lopez (January 6, 1945December 25, 2020) was an American writer. He won the National Book Award for Nonfiction for Arctic Dreams (1986) and his Of Wolves and Men (1978) was a National Book Award finalist.
Lopez died on December 25, 2020 from prostate cancer in Eugene, Oregon at the age of 75.
References... |
809623 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorio%20Salvador%20Caja | Gregorio Salvador Caja | Gregorio Salvador Caja (11 July 1927 – 26 December 2020) was a Spanish linguist. Salvador Caja was born in Cúllar, Granada, Spain. His works were about structural semantics. He wrote for the Spanish newspaper ABC. Salvador Caja was elected to the Real Academia Española on 5 June 1986.
Salvador Caja died on 26 December... |
809624 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/French%20Sailing%20Federation | French Sailing Federation | The French Sailing Federation (FFV) () is the governing body of sailing in France.
Other websites
Official site
ISAF MNA Microsite
1940s establishments in France
1946 establishments in Europe
Sports governing bodies in Europe |
809625 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Sutton%20%28footballer%29 | Mike Sutton (footballer) | Michael John Sutton (5 October 1944 – 26 December 2020) was an English professional footballer. He was born in Norwich, England. His playing career lasted from 1962 to 1984. He played for Norwich City, Chester City, Carlisle United and Great Yarmouth Town.
Sutton died of dementia-related problems on 26 December 2020 a... |
809626 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunil%20Kothari | Sunil Kothari | Sunil Kothari (20 December 1933 – 27 December 2020) was an Indian dance historian, scholar and critic. He was a professor at Ravindra Bharti University in Kolkata. He started his career with The Times of India. He also taught at Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics. In 2001, he was honored with the Padma Shri.
K... |
809628 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector%20and%20the%20Search%20for%20Happiness%20%28movie%29 | Hector and the Search for Happiness (movie) | Hector and the Search for Happiness is a 2014 comedy-drama movie directed by Peter Chelsom. It was based on François Lelord's book.
The movie stars Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Toni Collette, Jean Reno, Stellan Skarsgård, Barry Atsma and Christopher Plummer with Togo Igawa.
The movie was released on 15 August 2014 to ... |
809630 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry%20Atsma | Barry Atsma | Barry Atsma (born 29 December 1972) is an English-born Dutch actor. Atsma played Michael in the 2014 comedy-drama Hector and the Search for Happiness and Christie in the 2018 British television series The Split.
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1972 births
Living people
Dutch movie actors
Dutch television actors
Englis... |
809631 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas%20H%C3%A9nard | Nicolas Hénard | Nicolas Hénard (born 16 September 1964 in Calais) is a French skipper. He is the current president of the French Sailing Federation.
1964 births
French Olympians
Sailors
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists
People from Hauts-de-France
Living people |
809632 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togo%20Igawa | Togo Igawa | , known professionally as , is a Japanese actor. He was born in Tokyo. Igawa is known for his roles in British movies. His career began in 1979.
Igawa is known for his roles in Revolver, Memoirs of a Geisha and The Last Samurai. He also voiced Hiro in many Thomas & Friends movies.
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1946 births
Living peop... |
809633 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/One%20Blackfriars | One Blackfriars | One Blackfriars is a skyscraper in London located at No. 1 Blackfriars Road in Bankside. It has 52 floors and 274 apartments, a hotel and retail shops. The building is tall. It is also known as The Vase or The Boomerang due to its shape.
Design
The shape was inspired by the shape of glass vase Lansetti designed by T... |
809636 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Chelsom | Peter Chelsom | Peter Chelsom (born 20 April 1956) is a British movie director, screenwriter, and actor. He has directed the movies Hector and the Search for Happiness, Serendipity, and Shall We Dance?
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1956 births
Living people
British movie directors
British screenwriters
British movie actors
Actors from Lancashire
Write... |
809637 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos%20Eduardo%20Cadoca | Carlos Eduardo Cadoca | Carlos Eduardo Cintra da Costa Pereira (April 23, 1940 – December 13, 2020), better known as Carlos Eduardo Cadoca or simply Cadoca, was a Brazilian politician and lawyer. He was born in Recife, Pernambuco.
Cadoca was a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement, Social Christian Party and the Communist Party.
Cado... |
809638 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron%20Ehasz | Aaron Ehasz | Aaron Gabriel Ehasz (born June 16, 1973) is an American television writer and producer. He is known for being the co-executive producer of Avatar: The Last Airbender and the co-creator of the Netflix series The Dragon Prince.
In November 2019, Ehasz was accused of sexism while working for Netflix.
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809655 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper%20pair | Cooper pair | A Cooper pair is a pair of free electrons within a solid that act together as one quasiparticle and in large numbers give rise to superconductivity.
Physicists explain superconductivity by describing what happens when temperatures get cold. The thermal energy in a solid or liquid shakes the atoms so they randomly vib... |
809657 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operculum | Operculum | In fish, an operculum is a structure made of bone that covers and protects the gills.
Animal anatomy
Fish |
809682 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed%20El%20Ouafa | Mohamed El Ouafa | Mohamed El Ouafa ( - 1948 – 27 December 2020) was a Moroccan politician. He was a member of Istiqlal Party. He was Minister of Education in Abdelilah Benkirane's cabinet from 2012 to 2013. Between 2000 and 2012 he was Ambassador to India, Iran and Brazil.
Ouafa died of COVID-19 on 27 December 2020 in Rabat, Morocco a... |
809684 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrakant%20Chiplunkar%20Seedi%20Bamba%20Wala | Chandrakant Chiplunkar Seedi Bamba Wala | Chandrakant Chiplunkar Seedi Bambawala is a Hindi comedy television series that aired on SAB TV. The show was premiered on August 18th, 2014, and ended on November 12th, 2014. The show revolved around a fire brigade employee of Marathi origin who belonged to a middle-class family.
The show hit the small screen every w... |
809685 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuichiro%20Hata | Yuichiro Hata | was a Japanese politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. He was a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet from 1999 until his death. Hata was born in Tokyo.
He was the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism from June 4, 2012 until December 26, 2012 during the Yoshihiko Noda ... |
809686 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio%20Pintor | Sergio Pintor | Sergio Pintor (16 November 1937 – 27 December 2020) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate. He was an Diocesan Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ozieri from 2006 to 2012. Pintor was born in Oristano, Italy. In 1961, he became a priest.
Pintor died on 27 December 2020 in Ozieri, Italy at the age of 83.
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809687 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen%20Calvo | Carmen Calvo | María del Carmen Calvo Poyato (born 9 June 1957) is a Spanish politician and author. She became the Deputy Prime Minister of Spain in June 2018 and Minister of the Presidency, Relations with the Cortes and Equality in January 2020. Calvo is a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party.
Calvo was born in Cabra, Spa... |
809690 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%20Socialist%20Workers%27%20Party | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party | The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party ( ; PSOE ) is a social-democratic political party in Spain. The PSOE has been in government for a longer time than any other political party in modern democratic Spain.
The party was in charge of the Spanish government from 1982 to 1996 under Felipe González; from 2004 to 2011 unde... |
809691 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabra%2C%20Spain | Cabra, Spain | Cabra is a town in Córdoba province, Andalusia, Spain. About 20,940 lived here in 2005.
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Towns in Spain
Municipalities in Andalusia |
809693 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso%20Guerra | Alfonso Guerra | Alfonso Guerra González (born 31 May 1940) is a Spanish politician. From 1982 to 1991, he was Deputy Prime Minister of Spain.
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1940 births
Living people
People from Seville
Deputy Prime Ministers of Spain |
809694 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo%20Mart%C3%ADn%20Villa | Rodolfo Martín Villa | Rodolfo Martín Villa (born 3 October 1934) is a Spanish engineer and politician. He was the Deputy Prime Minister of Spain from 1981 to 1982.
He is being investigated in Argentina for murder and crimes against humanity during the 1976 Vitoria massacre.
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1934 births
Living people
Deputy Prime Ministers of S... |
809695 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leader%20of%20the%20Opposition%20%28Spain%29 | Leader of the Opposition (Spain) | The Leader of the Opposition () is an unofficial honorary title held by the leader of the largest party in the Congress of Deputies—the lower house of the Spanish parliament.
List of opposition leaders
Notes |
809699 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel%20Herrero%20y%20Rodr%C3%ADguez%20de%20Mi%C3%B1%C3%B3n | Miguel Herrero y Rodríguez de Miñón | Miguel Herrero y Rodríguez de Miñón (born 18 June 1940) is a Spanish jurist and politician. He is a member of the Union of the Democratic Centre until 1982, then of People's Alliance and the People's Party.
He is one of the "Fathers of the Constitution", the seven politicians who were part of the draft of the Spanish... |
809701 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn%20Almunia | Joaquín Almunia | Joaquín Almunia Amann (born 17 June 1948) is a Spanish politician. He was President of the European Commissioner for Competition (2009–2014).
From 1997 to 2000, he was the leader of the opposition as secretary general of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.
References
1948 births
Living people
Spanish politicians
... |
809703 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio%20Hern%C3%A1ndez%20Mancha | Antonio Hernández Mancha | Antonio Hernández Mancha (born 1 April 1951) is a Spanish politician, lawyer and businessman. He was president of the People's Alliance political party and Spain's Leader of the Opposition from 1987 to 1989.
References
Other websites
Article published by Hernández Mancha in El País
El PP ya tiene muertos en el arma... |
809705 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s%20Party%20%28Spain%29 | People's Party (Spain) | The People's Party ( ; known mostly by its acronym, PP ) is a conservative and Christian-democratic political party in Spain.
The People's Party was founded in 1989 from the People's Alliance (AP). This party was created as a more centre-right party instead of a far-right party.
References
1980s establishments in Sp... |
809709 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next%20Spanish%20general%20election | Next Spanish general election | The next Spanish general election will be held no later than Sunday 10 December 2023, to elect the 15th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies will be up for election, as well as 208 of 265 seats in the Senate.
Polling
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21st century in Spain
21st-century electio... |
809721 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happiness%20pump | Happiness pump | A happiness pump is an idea in philosophy. A happiness pump is someone who will do anything to make other people happy even if it makes them very unhappy themselves. They have turned themselves into a machine (a "pump") that makes happiness.
The happiness pump is a way of showing problems in utilitarianism. Utilita... |
809722 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/In%C3%A9s%20Arrimadas | Inés Arrimadas | Inés Arrimadas García (; born 3 July 1981) is a Spanish lawyer and politician. She has been a member of the Congress of Deputies since 2019 and Spokesperson of Citizens party in the Congress. In 2020, she was elected party leader.
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1981 births
Living people
Spanish politicians |
809723 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/April%202019%20Spanish%20general%20election | April 2019 Spanish general election | The April 2019 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 28 April 2019, to elect the 13th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 266 seats in the Senate.
With a turnout of 71.8%, the controlling party PSOE of Prime Minister Pedro S... |
809725 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/November%202019%20Spanish%20general%20election | November 2019 Spanish general election | The November 2019 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 10 November 2019, to elect the 14th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain. All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 208 of 265 seats in the Senate.
Voter turnout was the lowest since 1975. The opposition party People's ... |
809726 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriol%20Junqueras | Oriol Junqueras | Oriol Junqueras i Vies (; born 11 April 1969) is a Spanish politician, historian and academic.
He was mayor of Sant Vicenç dels Horts. He was Vice President of Catalonia from January 2016 to October 2017. He is president of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC).
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1969 births
Living people
Spanish historia... |
809729 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/President%20of%20the%20Government%20of%20Catalonia | President of the Government of Catalonia | The president of the Government of Catalonia (, ) is one of the main parts of government that make up the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia. The president also is head of government of Catalonia.
The current acting president is Pere Aragonès following Quim Torra's disqualification as president in 28 September 2020.
Pr... |
809735 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josep%20Tarradellas | Josep Tarradellas | Josep Tarradellas i Joan (), 1st Marquess of Tarradellas (1899 in Cervelló, Baix Llobregat – 1988 in Barcelona) was a Spanish politician. He was President of Catalonia from 1954 to 1980.
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1899 births
1988 deaths
Presidents of the Government of Catalonia |
809736 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20Montilla | José Montilla | José Montilla Aguilera (born 15 January 1955 in Iznájar, Córdoba, Spain) is a Spanish politician who is currently a member of the Spanish Senate. He was the 128th President of Generalitat de Catalunya.
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1955 births
Living people
Presidents of the Government of Catalonia |
809737 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artur%20Mas | Artur Mas | Artur Mas i Gavarró (; born 31 January 1956) is a Spanish politician. He was president of the Government of Catalonia from 2010 to 2015 and acting president from September 2015 to 12 January 2016.
References
1956 births
Living people
Politicians from Barcelona
Presidents of the Government of Catalonia |
809749 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo%20Cl%C3%A9ment | Hugo Clément | Hugo Clément (born 7 October 1989 in Strasbourg) is a French journalist.
1989 births
Living people
French journalists |
809751 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast%20Region%2C%20Brazil | Southeast Region, Brazil | Southeast Brazil (Portuguese: Sudeste Do Brasil) is one of five official regions in Brazil. It borders South Brazil, Center-West Brazil, and Northeast Brazil. It makes 60% of Brazil's gross domestic product. Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo are all in Southeast Brazil.
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809756 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20and%20Jerry%3A%20The%20Movie | Tom and Jerry: The Movie | Tom and Jerry: The Movie is an 1993 German-American animated comedy-adventure musical family movie directed by Phil Roman produced by Film Roman and Turner Entertainment, distributed by Miramax Films, released in Germany by October 1, 1992 and United States on July 30, 1993. as the first film's installment of the Tom a... |
809763 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond%20the%20Forest | Beyond the Forest | Beyond the Forest is a 1949 American crime drama movie directed by King Vidor and was based on the novel of the same name by Stuart Engstrand. It stars Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, David Brian, Ruth Roman, Minor Watson, Regis Toomey and was distributed by Warner Bros.. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1950.
Oth... |
809764 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93lafur%20Darri%20%C3%93lafsson | Ólafur Darri Ólafsson | Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (born 13 March 1973) is an Icelandic actor, producer and screenwriter. He is known for roles in movies such as Children (2006), The Deep (2012), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) and The Vanishing (2018). His television work includes shows such as Trapped and Lady Dynamite.
Ólafur was born i... |
809766 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Andr%C3%A9 | John André | Major John André (b. 1750 - d. 1780) was a British officer in the American War for Independence. He helped Benedict Arnold change sides to the British army and tried to take the fort West Point for the British. He was executed for being a spy.
Early life
André was born in 1750 in London.
His parents were Huguenots... |
809770 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%27s%2021st%20congressional%20district | New York's 21st congressional district | New York's 21st congressional district is a congressional district in the state of New York in the United States of America. As of the 2020 United States presidential election Republican representative Elise Stefanik is the current representative for the district. The district is the largest district in New York and is... |
809771 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tostig%20Godwinson | Tostig Godwinson | Tostig Godwinson was a man who lived in England in the 1000s c.e. He was the younger brother of King Harold II. He was the third son of Earl Godwine of Wessex and his Danish wife Gytha, who was the daughter of Thorkell Sprakaleg.
Tostig, his father, and his brothers were banished from England in 1051 by the Saxon Kin... |
809773 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munchos | Munchos | Munchos are a potato chips snack food. They are manufactured from dehydrated potatoes by Frito-Lay.
They are somewhat similar to Lay's Stax and Pringles. These are also made with dried potatoes. They are kosher.
The chips were first made in 1969.
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1969 establishments in the United States
Snack foods |
809774 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lay%27s%20Stax | Lay's Stax | Lay's Stax is a potato chip snack food. It was produced by Frito-Lay. It was introduced in 2003 as a direct competition to Pringles.
Lay's Stax potato chips are heavier and thicker than Pringles. The shape of Stax is a simple curve called a hyperbolic cylinder. Pringles are formed into a double-curve.
References
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809775 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Eve%20of%20St.%20Mark | The Eve of St. Mark | The Eve of St. Mark is a 1944 American World War II fantasy movie directed by John M. Stahl and was based on the 1942 play of the same name by Maxwell Anderson. It stars Vincent Price, Harry Morgan, Ruth Nelson, Anne Baxter and was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Other websites
1944 movies
1940s war movies
1940s... |
809776 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langbian%20Plateau%20frog | Langbian Plateau frog | The Langbian Plateau frog or Chantaburi Stream frog ("Hylarana" montivaga) is a frog from Vietnam and Thailand. Scientists think it may also live in Cambodia and Laos.
References
Animals of Asia
Frogs |
809783 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodie%20Stevens | Dodie Stevens | Dodie Stevens (born Geraldine Ann Pasquale; February 17, 1946) is an American pop and rock singer. She's best known for her 1959 song "Pink Shoe Laces". It began at #96 on the United States Billboard Hot 100. It peaked at #3 on the chart.
Other Stevens songs are "Merry, Merry Christmas Baby."
Stevens was born in Chic... |
809792 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Gabriel%20Valley | San Gabriel Valley | The San Gabriel Valley is one of the main valleys in Southern California. It lies generally to the east of Los Angeles. The surrounding areas include:
The San Gabriel Mountains to the north
San Rafael Hills to the west
Puente Hills to the south, with the coastal plain of Orange County beyond
Chino Hills and San... |
809795 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/While%20the%20City%20Sleeps%20%281956%20movie%29 | While the City Sleeps (1956 movie) | While the City Sleeps is a 1956 American crime thriller movie directed by Fritz Lang and was based on the 1953 novel The Bloody Spur by Charles Einstein. It stars Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders, Howard Duff, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price, John Drew Barrymore and was distributed by RKO Radio Pictures.
Ot... |
809797 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cup%20%28unit%29 | Cup (unit) | The cup is a unit of measure in the U.S. customary system. It is defined as 8 fluid ounces.
Units of volume |
809804 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearberry | Bearberry | Bearberry is the name for three species of small woody plants in the heath family, Ericaceae. They grow well in cold places. Each species has subspecies. They can grow well in poor soil (for example soil that is mostly sand).
They have edible fruit. Their leaves are sometimes used for folk medicine.<ref name=":0">Sc... |
809812 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobilizon | Mobilizon | Mobilizon is a free and open source software with focus on event organization and group management. It is developed by small but prominent French tech cooperative Framasoft with aim to offer a free alternative to the commercial platforms (like Facebook, Meet-Up, EventBrite).
It was announced in 2019 and launched publi... |
809814 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara%20Rose | Barbara Rose | Barbara Ellen Rose (June 11, 1936 – December 25, 2020) was an American art historian, art critic, curator, college professor, and filmmaker. She was born in Washington, D.C.. She wrote the screenplay for the 1977 documentary North Star: Mark di Suvero. Rose wrote for Vogue, Art in America, Artforum, and Partisan Review... |
809816 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronis%C5%82awa%20Kowalska | Bronisława Kowalska | Bronisława Kowalska (1955 – 26 December 2020) was a Polish politician. She was a Deputy from 1993 to 2005 and was a Member of the European Parliament in 2004. Kowalska was born in Starachowice, Poland.
Kowalska died on 26 December 2020 from COVID-19 in Warsaw at the age of 65.
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1955 births
2020 deaths
MEPs... |
809820 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20Luiz%20Carbone | José Luiz Carbone | José Luiz Carbone (22 March 1946 – 27 December 2020) was a Brazilian footballer and coach. He was born in São Paulo. He played for São Paulo, Ponte Preta, Metropol, Internacional, Botafogo and Nacional (SP).
He played for the Brazilian national team from 1973 to 1974 making six appearances.
Carbone died of liver canc... |
809821 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian%20Jochman | Marian Jochman | Marian Gerard Jochman (2 February 1935 – 27 December 2020) was a Polish long-distance runner. He competed in the men's 5000 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Jochman died on 27 December 2020 at the age of 85.
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1935 births
2020 deaths
Polish Olympians
Competitors in athletics |
809822 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio%20Velasco%20Pi%C3%B1a | Antonio Velasco Piña | Antonio Velasco Piña (8 September 1935 – 27 December 2020) was a Mexican novelist, spiritual writer and essayist. He was the founder of La Nueva Mexicanidad, a group supporting Aztec religion. He was born in Buenavista de Cuellar, Guerrero.
Velasco Piña died on 27 December 2020 in Mexico City at the age of 85.
Works
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809823 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil%20Niekro | Phil Niekro | Philip Henry Niekro ( ; April 1, 1939 – December 26, 2020), nicknamed "Knucksie", was an American baseball pitcher. He played 24 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), 20 of them with the Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves. He played with New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays.
Niekro was honored into the ... |
809824 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo%20Travers | Hugo Travers | Hugo Travers (born 6 April 1997 in Sèvres), also known as HugoDécrypte, is a French journalist and YouTuber.
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1997 births
Living people
French YouTubers
French journalists |
809825 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaine%2C%20Ohio | Blaine, Ohio | Blaine is an unincorporated community in northern Pease Township, Belmont County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43909.
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809826 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pease%20Township%2C%20Belmont%20County%2C%20Ohio | Pease Township, Belmont County, Ohio | Pease Township is one of sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census showed 14,309 people living in the township.
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Townships in Ohio |
809827 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowery%20Branch%2C%20Georgia | Flowery Branch, Georgia | Flowery Branch is a city in Hall County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had 5,679 people living here.
References
Cities in Georgia (U.S. state) |
809830 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret%20Weis | Margaret Weis | Margaret Weis (born March 16, 1948) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer and author of dozens of novels and short stories. She is one of the creators of the Dragonlance game world.
Dragonlance
In 1983, Weis signed up for a job as games editor at TSR Inc. She didn't get that job. She was, however, hired a... |
809831 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder%20of%20Dee%20Dee%20Blanchard | Murder of Dee Dee Blanchard | On June 14, 2015, Clauddine "Dee Dee" Blanchard was murdered in the bedroom of her house in Greene County, Missouri. Her body was lying on the bed covered in blood from stab wounds which were caused days earlier.
Dee Dee's daughter Gypsy Rose, who, according to Blanchard suffered from leukemia, asthma, muscular dystr... |
809840 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbutus | Arbutus | Arbutus is a genus of flowering plants in the Ericaceae family. There are 12 species, which mostly grow around the Mediterranean, and in Central America. The type species is Arbutus unedo, which is known as strawberry tree in English. All species are either trees or shrubs.
Certain Lepidoptera species use Arbutus as f... |
809841 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%20Atlantic%20hurricane%20season | 2021 Atlantic hurricane season | The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season was the third most active Atlantic hurricane season. It officially began on June 1, 2021, and ended on November 30, 2021. These dates, adopted by convention, historically describe the period in each year when most Atlantic tropical cyclones form. However, tropical cyclogenesis is poss... |
809849 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman%20Thavaud | Norman Thavaud | Norman Thavaud (born 14 April 1987) is a French YouTuber.
1987 births
French YouTubers
People from Hauts-de-France
Living people |
809851 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Star%20Is%20Burns | A Star Is Burns | "A Star Is Burns" is the 18th episode of the 6th season of The Simpsons. It was first shown on the Fox network on March 5, 1995.
Other websites
The Simpsons (season 6) episodes
1995 television episodes |
809853 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobsonian%20telescope | Dobsonian telescope | A Dobsonian telescope is an Newtonian telescope design.
It is "altazimuth-mounted". An altazimuth or alt-azimuth mount is a simple two-axis mount. It supports and rotates an instrument about two perpendicular axes – one vertical and the other horizontal.
Rotation about the vertical axis varies the compass bearing o... |
809858 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava%20lamp | Lava lamp | A lava lamp is a decorative lamp, invented in 1963 by British entrepreneur Edward Craven Walker, who made the lighting company Mathmos. The lamp usually takes 2 to 6 hours to heat up, but this also depends on the light bulb which is heating the wax. The lamps are designed in a variety of styles and colours, for example... |
809862 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20Berckmans | Arthur Berckmans | Arthur Berckmans (3 May 1929 – 28 December 2020), better known as Berck, was a Belgian comics writer. He wrote Sammy. He was born in Leuven, Belgium. He retired in 1994. He also worked on Zonneland.
Berckmans died on 28 December 2020 at the age of 91.
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Other websites
1929 births
2020 deaths
Comics wri... |
809863 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria%20G%C4%85sienica%20Bukowa-Kowalska | Maria Gąsienica Bukowa-Kowalska | Maria Gąsienica Bukowa-Kowalska (2 January 1936 – 27 December 2020) was a Polish cross-country skier. She competed in the women's 10 km and the women's 3 × 5 km relay events at the 1956 Winter Olympics. Bukowa-Kowalska was born in Kościelisko, Poland.
Bukowa-Kowalska died on 27 December 2020 at the age of 84.
Referen... |
809866 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armando%20Manzanero | Armando Manzanero | Armando Manzanero Canché (7 December 1935 – 28 December 2020) was a Mexican bolero singer-songwriter, composer and pianist. He was born in Mérida, Yucatán. His career began in 1950. His record label was RCA Records. His best known singles were: "Somos Novios (It's Impossible)", "Mía" and "Adoro".
In 2014, Manzanero wa... |
809868 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9rida%2C%20Yucat%C3%A1n | Mérida, Yucatán | Mérida () is the capital and largest city in the Yucatán state in Mexico. It is also the largest city of the Yucatán Peninsula.
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Capital cities in Mexico
Yucatán (state) |
809872 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Wilder | Chris Wilder | Chris Wilder (born 23 September 1967) is an English football manager and a former player. He is currently the manager of Premier League football club Sheffield United.
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1967 births
English footballers
Sportspeople from Sheffield
Living people |
809878 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya%C3%ABl%20Braun-Pivet | Yaël Braun-Pivet | Yaël Braun-Pivet (born 7 December 1970 in Nancy) is a French lawyer, activism associative and politician.
Yaël was member of the Socialist Party (PS) and then of En Marche (now La République en Marche). She was elected as member of the national assembly on 18 June 2017, as a representative for the department of Yvelin... |
809885 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Potter%20and%20the%20Order%20of%20the%20Phoenix%20%28movie%29 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (movie) | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a 2007 fantasy movie directed by David Yates. It is based on J. K. Rowling's 2003 novel of the same name. The fifth movie in the Harry Potter movie series, it was written by Michael Goldenberg and produced by David Heyman and David Barron.
The movie stars Daniel Radcliffe... |
809886 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Potter%20and%20the%20Half-Blood%20Prince%20%28movie%29 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (movie) | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a 2009 fantasy movie directed by David Yates. It is based on J. K. Rowling's 2005 novel of the same name. The movie, which is the sixth one in the Harry Potter movie series.
It stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry's best frie... |
809887 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Democratic%20Alliance | National Democratic Alliance | The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is an Indian political alliance. It made up of center-right and right-wing political parties and led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It was founded in 1998. It currently controls the Indian union government as well as the government of 18 Indian states.
Its first chairman wa... |
809891 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Younger%20Dryas | Younger Dryas | The Younger Dryas (around 12,900 to 11,700 years ago) was a cold period. It reversed the gradual climatic warming which started around 20,000 years ago.
At this time there was a sharp fall in temperature over most of the Northern Hemisphere. This occurred at the end of the Pleistocene epoch and just before the prese... |
809895 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolation%20centers%20%28Belarus%29 | Isolation centers (Belarus) | Isolation centers in Belarus are prisons where people are held in camera or with no one to turn to for some time.
The Belarusian "isolation centers" became very known as part of the 2020 Belarusian protests after 2020 Belarusian presidential election. The government and Alexander Lukashenko let punishments on proteste... |
809919 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Headington%20Shark | The Headington Shark | The Headington Shark is a sculpture on the top of a house. It is at 2 New High Street, Headington, Oxford. The sculpture is a shark breaking the roof of the house. Its proper name is Untitled 1986.
About the sculpture
The shark was first put on the house on 9 August 1986. The house is owned by a radio presenter, Bil... |
809921 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabinho%20%28footballer%2C%20born%201993%29 | Fabinho (footballer, born 1993) | Fábio Henrique Tavares (born 23 October 1993), known as Fabinho, is a Brazilian professional football player who plays for Liverpool F.C and the Brazil national football team. Fabinho is a midfielder but can also play as a defender.
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1993 births
Brazilian footballers
Living people |
809929 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart%20vs.%20Itchy%20%26%20Scratchy | Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy | "Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy" is the 18th episode of the thirtieth season of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons, and the 657th episode overall. It aired in the United States on Fox on March 24, 2019.
The Simpsons (season 30) episodes
2019 television episodes |
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