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814046 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic%20book%20convention | Comic book convention | A comic book convention, often called comic con is an event where people gather to talk about comic books. Fans of comic books will come to comic book conventions to meet other comic book fans, to meet with comic book authors, or to participate in many other activities related to comic books. The first comic book conve... |
814055 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadanobu%20Asano | Tadanobu Asano | Tadanobu Asano is a Japanese actor, musician, painter. He was born in Kanagawa on November 27 in 1973. At the age of 16, he played a role in the Japanese famous TV show Kinpachi Sensei in 1988. It was the start of his career as an actor. He is also active on social media and has 255,000 followers on Instagram.
Movies... |
814060 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Hope%20Club | New Hope Club | New Hope Club is a British pop band formed in 2015. The members are Reece Bibby, Blake Richardson, and George Smith. All are multi-musicians; they play instruments, sing and write songs. Bibby plays guitar, bass and drums. Richardson plays guitar, ukulele and piano. Smith plays guitar and eight other instruments.
New... |
814062 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shota%20Yasuda | Shota Yasuda | Shota Yasuda is a Japanese actor and singer. He is a member of idol group Kanjani∞, which is managed by Johnny & Associates.
History
He was born in Japan, Hyogo prefecture Amagasaki city on September 11, 1984. His sister was a fan of Masaki Aiba who is a member of Japanese famous idol group Arashi which is managed by... |
814063 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushiro%20Keisuke | Ushiro Keisuke | Ushiro Keisuke is a Japanese athlete. He competes in decathalon, discus, javelin, long jump and pole vault.
History
When he was in elementary school, he belonged to the dodgeball club. He belonged to the track and field club at Oasa Higashimachi Junior High School, engaged in hurdle running in the first grade, 100... |
814064 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takefusa%20Kubo | Takefusa Kubo | is a Japanese football player. He plays for the Japan national team.
Fame
Originally from the training organization of the world famous football club FC Barcelona. At that time, he was called “Japanese Messi” and “Left handed Iniesta” because his play style is similar to Lionel Messi and Andrés Iniesta. His number one... |
814065 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshizo%20Hijikata | Toshizo Hijikata | Toshizo Hijikata lived in Japan during the late Edo period. He was a member of Shinsengumi. They guarded the Shogun. And he was a Vice President of Shinsengumi. He supported the president, Isami Kondo. He was a very strict person. So he was feared as a Vice President of the ogre. He died in Hokkaido at the age of 35.
... |
814066 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon%20Slayer | Demon Slayer | Demon Slayer is a Japanese manga series, became one of the representative comic books in 2020. Not only Japanese people but also people all over the world are fascinated by the comic book. And it expanded the range of success from 2019 to 2020, so it was featured on a great deal of media.
Details of Demon Slayer
“Dem... |
814068 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%20Gnu | King Gnu | King Gnu is a Japanese alternative rock band. The band is made up of 4 members: Daiki Tsuneta (guitar & vocal), Satoru Iguchi (keyboard & vocal), Kazuki Arai (bass) and Yu Seki (drum).
Overview
The band, Mrs.Vinci was formed by centering on Daiki Tsuneta in 2013. 2 years later, Mrs.Vinci renamed Srv.Vinci. After reor... |
814070 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slam%20Dunk%20%28manga%29 | Slam Dunk (manga) | SLAM DUNK is a manga from Japan. It is about basketball. It was written by Takehiko Inoue and serialized in Weekly Shonen jump from 1990 to 1996. This comic caused a big basketball boom in the 1990's. As of August 2018, the cumulative circulation of the domestic series has exceeded 120 million. It was made into 31 com... |
814074 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/NiziU | NiziU | NiziU is a Japanese idol girl group. In the word NiziU, “Nizi” means the symbol of the audition project, and “U” means you, that is to say, members and people who like this group. In the group, there are nine members.
Audition
Japanese music company called “Sony Music” and, Korean entertainment agency called “JYP” be... |
814075 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrigal | Terrigal | Terrigal is the coastal town in Australia. Terrigal is famous for some places and beaches.
Location of the Terrigal
Terrigal is the coastal town in the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Central Coast 87km north of Sydney. There is no direct connection between Sydney and Terrigal. But... |
814080 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gott%20erhalte%2C%20Gott%20besch%C3%BCtze | Gott erhalte, Gott beschütze | "Gott erhalte, Gott beschütze" was the anthem of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It used the tune of "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser" which was a personal hymn for Emperor Francis II of the Holy Roman Empire.
National anthems
Austria-Hungary |
814081 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace%20VanderWaal | Grace VanderWaal | Grace Avery VanderWaal (born January 15, 2004) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She is known for her ukulele performances and for winning the 11th season of America's Got Talent.
Early life
VanderWaal was born in Lenexa, Kansas. She then moved to Suffern, New York. She has one brother and one sister. She ... |
814082 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namahage | Namahage | One of the strangest events takes place around Akita. It is called Namahage. Namahage is a traditional culture in Akita prefecture. The main event of namahage is very terrible for children. The frightfully dressed men portray Namahage equipped with masks, knives and traditional capes made of straw during a New Year... |
814083 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENHYPEN | ENHYPEN | In 2020, a new K-pop boys group was born. The name is ENHYPEN. They belong to Belift Lab. Their fan name is ENGENE. ENHYPEN is produced by Bang Si-hyuk who is the director of Big Hit Entertainment that BTS belongs to. They already gathered attention from all over the world before debut. Because there were applications ... |
814085 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just%20Dance%20%28game%29 | Just Dance (game) | Just Dance is a video game series made by Ubisoft. Just Dance was named after a song sung by Lady Gaga. The first Just Dance was released in 2009 in North America, Europe, and Australia. It was Just Dance Wii for the Nintendo Wii.
Gameplay
Just Dance is a motion-based television game. From one to four people could pl... |
814086 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen%20Hoshino | Gen Hoshino | Gen Hoshino is a Japanese singer-songwriter. His songs are very famous and used in various TV shows. Meanwhile, he has been famous for his acting in Japanese dramas and films. He also improves his career by publishing some books and broadcasting his own radio channel. Therefore, he has been rewarded for his efforts wit... |
814087 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higashine%2C%20Yamagata | Higashine, Yamagata | Higashine city is one of the cities of Yamagata prefecture in Japan. It is on the border of Yamagata prefecture and Miyagi prefecture and it is basin. In February 2020, 47,910 people lived there. The size is 206,94 square kilometer. Higashine is especially famous for many kinds of fruits.
Sightseeing
There is an air... |
814088 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamagotchi | Tamagotchi | Tamagotchi is a handheld video game. It was released in 1996. It was created in 1996 by Aki Maita and sold by Bandai. It is a strategy game. The main characters are also called Tamagotchi. The Tamagotchi are electronic pets, and the player takes care of them as part of the game. A new version of Tamagotchi was released... |
814089 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/29th%20century | 29th century | The 29th century will begin on January 1, 2801 and will end on December 31, 2900.
3rd millennium
Centuries |
814090 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costco | Costco | Costco Wholesale Corporation (), which is Costco for short, is an American operator of discount stores known as warehouse clubs or wholesale clubs. Abundance of products are sold with deeply discounted prices to club members who need to pay annual membership fees. Costco is based in Issaquah, Washington and one of the ... |
814091 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/KANA-BOON | KANA-BOON | KANA-BOON is a Japanese rock band. They are from Osaka and now they live and work in Tokyo. They made their debut in 2013 and released a lot of mini CDs and albums until now. And there are many of their fans not only in Japan but also in foreign countries.
Band members
KANA-BOON was formed by four members at first. T... |
814092 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narashino | Narashino | Narashino is a town in Chiba prefecture in Japan. Its population density is approximately 8000. It is the 4th largest city in Chiba prefecture.
Geography
Narashino is in northwestern Chiba prefecture.
Its population is approximately 170,000. The mayor of the city is Taisuke Miyamoto who was chosen in an election in ... |
814094 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/30th%20century | 30th century | The 30th century will begin on January 1, 2901 and will end on December 31, 3000. It will be the last century of the 3rd millennium.
3rd millennium
Centuries |
814096 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmedabad%20district | Ahmedabad district | Ahmedabad district is a district in India which has the city of Ahmedabad. The Sabarmati River runs through its center. On the western bank is the Gandhi Ashram at Sabarmati, which displays the spiritual leader's living quarters and artifacts. Across the river, the Calico Museum of Textiles, once a cloth merchant's man... |
814099 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goshuin | Goshuin | Goshuin is a seal or impression of a Shinto shrine or temple that is stamped on visitors. In addition to affixing the seal, it is common to have the date of worship, the name of the temple, the enshrined deity, the name of the principal image, etc. They are written in black ink. Also, the notebook used to receive Goshu... |
814100 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th%20millennium | 6th millennium | The sixth millennium is the millennium that will start on January 1, 5001 and will end on December 31, 6000.
Millennia |
814101 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th%20millennium | 7th millennium | The seventh millennium is the millennium that will start on January 1, 6001 and will end on December 31, 7000.
Events
6939 CE: The Westinghouse Time Capsules from 1939 and 1964 are scheduled to be opened.7000 CE: The last Expo'70 Time Capsule from the year 1970, buried under a monument near Osaka Castle, Japan is sch... |
814102 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th%20millennium | 8th millennium | The eighth millennium is the millennium that will start on January 1, 7001 and will end on December 31, 8000.
Millennia |
814104 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley%20Johnson | Shirley Johnson | Shirley Johnson (December 14, 1937 – January 14, 2021) was an American politician. She was a member of the Republican Party. Johnson was born in Detroit, Michigan. From 1981 to 1992 and 1993 to 1998, Johnson was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives. From 1999 to 2004, she was a member of the Michigan Senat... |
814106 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary%20Gensler | Gary Gensler | Gary Gensler (born October 18, 1957) is an American businessman and politician. He is the 33rd and current Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission since April 17, 2021.
Gensler was the 11th chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under President Barack Obama from May 26, 2009 to January 3, 2014. H... |
814107 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/NYSE%20Chicago | NYSE Chicago | NYSE Chicago, formerly known as the Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX), is a stock exchange in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The exchange is a national securities exchange and self-regulatory organization. It works with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) bought CHX in July ... |
814114 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qveen%20Herby | Qveen Herby | Amy Renee Noonan (born April 29, 1986), known by her stage name Qveen Herby, is an American rapper, singer and songwriter.
1986 births
Living people
American rap musicians
Singers from Nebraska |
814115 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin%20Diamond | Dustin Diamond | Dustin Neil Diamond (January 7, 1977 – February 1, 2021) was an American actor, director, comedian, and musician. He was best known for his role as Samuel "Screech" Powers in Saved by the Bell. Diamond was born in San Jose, California.
On December 26, 2014, Diamond was arrested in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin for stabbin... |
814116 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozaukee%20County%2C%20Wisconsin | Ozaukee County, Wisconsin | Ozaukee County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. At the 2010 census, 6,395 people lived here. Its county seat is Port Washington.
References
Wisconsin counties |
814117 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port%20Washington%2C%20Wisconsin | Port Washington, Wisconsin | Port Washington is the county seat of Ozaukee County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
References
Cities in Wisconsin
County seats in Wisconsin |
814121 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sjarifuddin%20Baharsjah | Sjarifuddin Baharsjah | Sjarifuddin Baharsjah (16 May 1931 – 14 January 2021) was an Indonesian politician and academic. He was born in West Java, Indonesia. From 1993 to 1998, he was Minister of Agriculture during the Suharto cabinet. He was married to Justika Baharsjah.
Baharsjah died on 14 January 2021 in Jakarta at the age of 89.
Refer... |
814123 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justika%20Baharsjah | Justika Baharsjah | Justika Sjarifuddin Baharsjah (born 7 May 1937) is an Indonesian activist and politician. She was born in Cianjur, West Java. Baharsjah was a member of the cabinets of Suharto and B. J. Habibie. She was Minister of Agriculture from March to May 1998. She also was Minister of Social Affairs from 1998 to 1999. She was ma... |
814125 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20River | Red River | Red River usually means one of the following:
Red River (East and Southeast Asia) (Chinese: 紅河, 红河, Hóng Hé; Vietnamese: Sông Hồng) in China and Vietnam
Red River of the North in Canada and the United States
Red River of the South, a tributary of the Mississippi in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana in the Uni... |
814132 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20River%20%281948%20movie%29 | Red River (1948 movie) | Red River is a 1948 western movie. Howard Hawks directed and produced the movie. It stars actors John Wayne and Montgomery Clift. It is about the first cattle drive from Texas to Kansas along the Chisholm Trail. Red River was added to the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 1990 for being... |
814141 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven%20G.%20Bradbury | Steven G. Bradbury | Steven G. Bradbury (born September 12, 1958) is an American politician. He is a member of the Republican Party serving as the acting Secretary of Transportation after Secretary Chao had resigned due to the storming of the United States Capitol.
1958 births
Lawyers from Portland, Oregon
US Republican Party politicians
... |
814150 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriela%20Silang | Gabriela Silang | María Josefa Gabriela Cariño de Silang (19 March 1731 – 20 September 1763) was a Filipina military leader best known for her role as the female leader of the Ilocano independence movement from Spain. She took over from her second husband Diego Silang after his death in 1763, leading her people for four months before sh... |
814156 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Big%20Sleep%20%281946%20movie%29 | The Big Sleep (1946 movie) | The Big Sleep is a 1946 American crime mystery movie directed by Howard Hawks and was based on the 1939 novel of the same name by Raymond Chandler. It stars Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers, Sonia Darrin, Dorothy Malone, Peggy Knudsen, Regis Toomey, Charles Waldron and was distributed by War... |
814163 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaya%20Bull | Papaya Bull | Papaya Bull is a Brazilian cartoon series, In Cobraction with Disney XD which is being shown by Nickelodeon Brazil. The series in co-production with TeamTO, Cake Entertainment, Boutique Filmes, Nickelodeon and NBCUniversal International Networks. Produced by Birdo Studio, who also worked on Cartoon Network and TV Cultu... |
814172 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy%20world | Fantasy world | A fantasy world is an author-conceived world created in fictional media, such as literature, movie or games. Typical fantasy worlds involve magic or magical abilities, nonexistent technology and sometimes, either a historical or futuristic theme.
References
Fantasy
Fictional locations |
814182 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brawlhalla | Brawlhalla | A game currently owned by Ubisoft, it has super smash bros type gameplay and has a player base of 50 million and climbing.
In game purchases
This game features many in game purchases, a player can earn coins to unlock characters or spend money to buy them.
Crossover Characters
There are alternate versions of charac... |
814186 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trokosi | Trokosi | Trokosi is a ritual that is practised in parts of Western Africa, mainly in Ghana, Togo, and Benin, with traditional religions. In these religions, children, aged between 5 and 10 years are given to the priests, to "pay for" sins of the family or to ask for clemency of the gods. Most often, they are girls, boys are giv... |
814187 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papurana%20waliesa | Papurana waliesa | The Papurana waliesa is a frog from Papua New Guinea. Scientists saw it on Fergusson Island, Goodenough Island, and Normanby Island. They also saw it on the Pini Range in Milne Bay and in the Owen Stanley Mountains.
References
Animals of Oceania
Frogs |
814190 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cake%20Entertainment | Cake Entertainment | Cake Entertainment is an independent company specializing in the making of children's entertainment.
2002 establishments in the United Kingdom
Entertainment companies
Companies of the United Kingdom
London Borough of Camden |
814196 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyrical%20dance | Lyrical dance | Lyrical dance is a dance style that has aspects of ballet, jazz, acrobatics, and modern dance. The style is usually danced at a faster pace than ballet but not as fast as jazz. Lyrical dance is a category of dance competitions.
References
Dance types |
814222 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vero%20Boquete | Vero Boquete | Verónica Boquete (born 9 April 1987 in Santiago de Compostela) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Associazione Calcio Milan of Serie A in Italy. She was international with the Spanish team, of which she became captain.
Since February 2015 she has been a UEFA ambassador for the development of wom... |
814226 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borja%20Iglesias | Borja Iglesias | Borja Iglesias Quintás (born 17 January 1993 in Santiago de Compostela, Spain) is a Spanish football player. He plays as a forward and his current team is Real Betis Balompié from La Liga.
1993 births
Spanish footballers
People from Santiago de Compostela
Living people |
814228 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yago%20Iglesias | Yago Iglesias | Santiago "Yago" Iglesias Estepa (born 6 October 1982) is a Spanish football manager, currently in charge of SD Compostela.
1982 births
Spanish football managers
People from Santiago de Compostela
Living people |
814229 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personalized%20video%20game | Personalized video game | A personalized video game is a video game made for specific people, usually as a luxury gift. It can contain personal information of who the game is for. They are usually made for birthdays, anniversaries and engagement proposals.
History
A short time after the video game industry started, personalized video games we... |
814242 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20states%20and%20blue%20states | Red states and blue states | When elections are done in the United States, single US states are classified by their majority. In that context, in a blue state, the majority voted for a Democratic candidate, in a red state they voted for a Republican candidate. This classification has been in use since the year 2000. If people talk about a red or a... |
814248 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Simpsons%20Archive | The Simpsons Archive | The Simpsons Archive is a website made by fans of The Simpsons. It has facts on episodes of the show. The domain name used to be snpp.com. SNPP is an acronym for the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.
Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons) said in 2003 that the staff of the show would sometimes go to websites to get i... |
814269 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Bosch | Carl Bosch | Carl Bosch was a German chemist. He developed the Haber-Bosch process which allows the production of Ammonia. BASF developed a procedure to industrially produce fertilizers on the base of nitrogen. These fertilizers can be produced with the Haber-Bosch process. Today, Nitrogen-based fertilizers are commonly used to hel... |
814330 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean%20Tatars | Crimean Tatars | Crimean Tatars (), are an East European Turkic people who are indigenous to Crimea, and mainly live there. Their native language is Crimean Tatar. Crimean Tatars follow Islam, and thus they celebrate most of the Muslim holidays. The Men are Circumcised.
They have survived three occupations. First in 1783 when the Crim... |
814331 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil%20and%20Natural%20Gas%20Corporation | Oil and Natural Gas Corporation | Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is an Indian public sector multinational crude oil and gas company. Its registered office is in New Delhi. It is owned by the Government of India, under the administrative control of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. It is the largest oil and gas exploration and productio... |
814332 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cody%20Bellinger | Cody Bellinger | Cody James Bellinger (#35) is a 6'4" professional baseball player playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers, bellinger plays First Base and Outfield. Bellinger was drafted by LA in the fourth round of the 2013 MLB (Major League Baseball) draft. Cody Bellinger made his MLB debut in 2017 against the San Francisco Giants.
Care... |
814334 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%20Sulawesi%20earthquake | 2021 Sulawesi earthquake | The 2021 Sulawesi earthquake hit the Majene Regency, in the province of West Sulawesi, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on 15 January at 02:28 WITA. It had a magnitude of 6.2. This earthquake was felt as far away as Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi, and Palu in Central Sulawesi.
Several buildings were dest... |
814336 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson%2C%20New%20Hampshire | Jefferson, New Hampshire | Jefferson is a town in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States. 1,107 people lived here at the 2010 census. The town is sometimes known as "Dartmouth".
References
Towns in New Hampshire |
814337 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey%20Edwards | Mickey Edwards | Marvin Henry "Mickey" Edwards (born July 12, 1937) is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 5th congressional district from 1977 to 1993.
Edwards was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He studied at the University of Oklahoma and at Oklahoma City University.
In ... |
814339 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osian%20Ellis | Osian Ellis | Osian Gwynn Ellis CBE (8 February 1928 – 6 January 2021) was a Welsh harpist and composer. He was known as the first harpist of the Melos Ensemble and for his musical works with Benjamin Britten. He was born in Ffynnongroyw, Flintshire, Wales.
Ellis died on 6 January 2021, aged 92.
References
1928 births
2021 deaths... |
814341 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Lander | Eric Lander | Eric Steven Lander (born February 3, 1957) is an American mathematician and geneticist. He was the 11th Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy from 2021 until 2022 during the Joe Biden administration.
Lander was a professor of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He was a profe... |
814345 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos%20Armando%20Biebrich | Carlos Armando Biebrich | Carlos Armando Biebrich Torres (19 November 1939 – 14 January 2021) was a Mexican lawyer and politician. He was a member the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He was Governor of Sonora from 1973 to 1975. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1967 to 1970.
Armando Biebrich died on 14 January 2021 in Hermosil... |
814346 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff%20Burvill | Cliff Burvill | Cliff Burvill (26 March 1937 – 14 January 2021) was an Australian cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was born in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales.
Burvill died on 14 January 2021 after a fall at a bicycle track in Byron Bay, New South Wales at the age of 83.
References
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814347 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris%20Grachevsky | Boris Grachevsky | Boris Grachevsky (Russian: Борис Юрьевич Грачевский; March 18, 1949 – January 14, 2021) was a Russian movie director, screenwriter, and actor. He was artistic director of the children's television show and magazine Yeralash. Grachevsky was born in Moscow, Russia.
Grachevsky died on January 14, 2021 in Moscow from COVI... |
814348 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanio%20Asensio | Melanio Asensio | Melanio Asensio Montes (18 May 1936 – 15 January 2021) was a Spanish sprinter. He competed in the men's 200 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Asensio was born in Bimenes, Spain.
Asensio died on 15 January 2021 at the age of 84.
References
1936 births
2021 deaths
Spanish athletes
Spanish Olympians |
814350 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente%20Cantatore | Vicente Cantatore | Vicente Cantatore (6 October 1935 – 15 January 2021) was an Argentine-Chilean football player and manager. He was born in Rosario, Argentina. His playing career lasted from 1955 to 1970. His managing career lasted from 1980 to 2001.
He played for Talleres de Córdoba, Tigre, San Lorenzo, Rangers de Talca, Santiago Wand... |
814351 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Shaw%2C%20Baron%20Shaw%20of%20Northstead | Michael Shaw, Baron Shaw of Northstead | Michael Norman Shaw, Baron Shaw of Northstead (9 October 1920 – January 2021) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1960 to 1964 and from 1966 to 1992. He was a member of the National Liberal, before becoming a Conservative. He was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
From 1973... |
814353 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried%20Pank | Siegfried Pank | Siegfried Pank (born 24 March 1936) is a German cellist and viol player. He was a member of the Gewandhausorchester in Leipzig from 1962 to 1980. He also performed with the Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum.
He lectured in cello and viol at the Musikhochschule Leipzig from 1984, as professor from 1988 to 2001. He hel... |
814358 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key%20Largo | Key Largo | Key Largo is a 1948 American crime drama movie directed by John Huston and was based on the 1939 play of the same name by Maxwell Anderson. It stars Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barrymore, Claire Trevor (in her Oscar winning role), Thomas Gomez, Marc Lawrence and was distributed by Warner ... |
814359 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/PogChamp | PogChamp | PogChamp is an emote that is used on the streaming platform Twitch. It is used to express excitement, joy or shock. The image shows the streamer Ryan "Gootecks" Gutierrez with a surprised expression. The original emoticon originates from a video that was uploaded to YouTube on November 26, 2010, which shows behind-the-... |
814363 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis%20Kennedy | Alexis Kennedy | Alexis Kennedy (born 1972) is a British video game developer and writer. He makes independent or 'indie' games. Indie games are not made by big companies, but small groups of people. He made the indie games company Failbetter Games in 2009, and was its CEO until 2016. In 2017, he made a new company called Weather Facto... |
814364 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020%20United%20States%20Senate%20election%20in%20New%20Jersey | 2020 United States Senate election in New Jersey | An election happened on November 3, 2020, to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of New Jersey. The three people in the election were Cory Booker (Democratic Party), Rik Mehta (Republican Party) and Madelyn Hoffman (Green Party). There were also two independent people in the election. Cory Booker easily won the electio... |
814366 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deirdre%20Barlow | Deirdre Barlow | Deirdre Barlow (also Hunt, Langton and Rachid) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street, played by Anne Kirkbride. She made her first screen appearance on 20 November 1972, her last appearance was on 8 October 2014.
Kirkbride decided to take an long break from the soap in autumn 2014... |
814369 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilda%20Ogden | Hilda Ogden | Hilda Ogden (also Crabtree) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street. She is one of the best-known regular characters in the serial. Her name became synonymous with a classic hard-working Northern working-class woman. She was played by Jean Alexander from 1964 to 1987.
Coronation Str... |
814371 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajat%20Choudhary | Rajat Choudhary | Rajat Choudhary is an Indian Team Volleyball Player (born 11 April 1996), known as Rajat is an integral part of current India men's national volleyball team.
References
Volleyball players
Living people
Indian sportspeople
1996 births |
814378 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff%20Barnett%20%28footballer%29 | Geoff Barnett (footballer) | Geoffrey Colin Barnett (16 October 1946 – 15 January 2021) was an English footballer. He played as a goalkeeper. He was born in Northwich, England. His playing career lasted from 1962 to 1980. He played for Everton, Arsenal and the Minnesota Kicks.
Barnett died on 15 January 2021 at the age of 74.
References
1946 bi... |
814379 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy%20Blue%20and%20Gold%20%28movie%29 | Navy Blue and Gold (movie) | Navy Blue and Gold is a 1937 American drama movie. It is directed by Sam Wood. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The plot revolves around the experiences of three young men attending the United States Naval Academy.
Cast
Robert Young as Roger Ash
James Stewart as "Truck" Cross
Lionel Barrymore as Captain "Ski... |
814382 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20National%20Theatre | Royal National Theatre | The Royal National Theatre in London, commonly known as the National Theatre (NT), is one of the United Kingdom's three most well known publicly funded performing arts center. It is known as the National Theatre of Great Britain. It was founded by Laurence Olivier.
References
1970s establishments in England
1976 esta... |
814383 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah%20Moshinsky | Elijah Moshinsky | Elijah Moshinsky (8 January 1946 – 14 January 2021) was an Australian opera director, theatre director and television director. He worked at the Royal Opera House, the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal National Theatre and BBC Television. Moshinsky was born in Shanghai and but was raised in Melbourne.
Moshinsky died on 14... |
814388 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gildardo%20Garc%C3%ADa | Gildardo García | Gildardo García (9 March 1954 - 15 January 2021) was a Colombian chess player. He became Colombia's second Grandmaster in 1992. He won the Colombian national champion 10 times.
In 2006, he played in the chess olympiads for Colombia.
García died in Medellín, Colombia from COVID-19 on 15 January 2021, aged 66.
Referen... |
814389 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shashi%20Tharoor | Shashi Tharoor | Shashi Tharoor (born 9 March 1956) is an Indian politician. He is also a writer and retired international diplomat. He has been Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, since 2009. He used to be Under-Secretary General of the United Nations. He also tried to become Secretary-General in 2006, but... |
814391 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.%20S.%20Gnanadesikan | B. S. Gnanadesikan | B. S. Gnanadesikan (20 January 1949 – 15 January 2021) was an Indian politician. He was born in Tamil Nadu, India. He was a member of the Tamil Maanila Congress. From 2001 to 2013, Gnanadesikan was a member of the Rajya Sabha.
Gnanadesikan died on 15 January 2021 in Chennai, India at the age of 71.
References
1949 ... |
814392 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salleh%20Abas | Salleh Abas | Mohamed Salleh bin Abas (25 August 1929 – 16 January 2021) was a Malaysian politician and lawyer. He was Lord President of the Supreme Court of Malaysia from 1984 to 1988. From 1999 to 2004, he was a member of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly. Abas was a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party.
Abas died on 16 ... |
814394 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anak%20Krakatoa | Anak Krakatoa | The Anak Krakatoa (Child of Krakatoa) or Anak Krakatau is a small volcanic island in the Sunda Strait. It is between the island of Java and Sumatra. Mount Anak Krakatoa is a leftover piece of Mount Krakatoa, which erupted in 1883. After the eruption of Krakatoa, new volcanic activity began on the bottom of the ocean a... |
814399 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Bryce | Michael Bryce | Michael John Strachan Bryce (21 June 1938 – 16 January 2021) was an Australian architect and graphic and industrial designer. He was the husband of the 25th Governor-General of Australia, Dame Quentin Bryce. He was born in Brisbane, Australia.
Bryce died on 16 January 2021 after a long-illness, aged 82.
References
... |
814400 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20E.%20O%27Grady | James E. O'Grady | James E. O'Grady (born 1929) is an American law enforcement official and politician. He was the Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department from 1978 to 1979 and in 1983. O'Grady was Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois from 1986 to 1990. O'Grady was born in Chicago.
References
1929 births
Living people
Politicians f... |
814402 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillside%20Strangler | Hillside Strangler | The Hillside Strangler, later the Hillside Stranglers, were two American serial killers who killed ten young females in Los Angeles between October 1977 and February 1978.
It was thought at first that only one person did the killings. The police, however, knew from the positions of the dead bodies that two individuals... |
814408 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subrahmanyam%20Jaishankar | Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (born 9 January 1955) is an Indian diplomat and politician. He became Minister of External Affairs of the Government of India on 31 May 2019. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is also a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha since 5 July 2019, representing Gujarat. He was Foreign... |
814410 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolls%20%28movie%29 | Trolls (movie) | Trolls is an animated movie that was produced by DreamWorks Animation. It premiered on October 8, 2016 at the BFI London Film Festival.
The movie has the voices of Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Zooey Deschanel, Christine Baranski, Russell Brand, James Corden, Jeffrey Tambor, John Cleese a... |
814413 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukesh%20Tiwari | Mukesh Tiwari | Mukesh Tiwari (born 24 August 1969) is an Indian movie actor. He plays negative and comic roles in Bollywood and several other Indian language movies. He began his acting career with the Hindi movie China Gate, in which he played Jageera. His best known character is Vasooli, a recurring don, in the Golmaal movie series... |
814415 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonaves | Antonaves | Antonaves used to be a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.
On 1 January 2016, it became part of the Val Buëch-Méouge commune.
Population
Transport
Road
The D948 and D124 roads pass through the commune.
References
Former communes in Hautes-Alpes |
814416 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base%20ten%20block | Base ten block | Base ten blocks are a tool to help students learn concepts in mathematics such as arithmetic and place value.
They are also known as multibase arithmetic blocks (MABs) or Dienes blocks after the Hungarian mathematician Zoltán Pál Dienes, who told others about using them.
Use
These blocks come in four different sizes... |
814420 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvieux | Arvieux | Arvieux is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.
Geography
Arvieux is around five miles from the France-Italy border.
Population
Transport
Road
The D802 and D902 roads pass through the commune.
References
Communes in Hautes-Alpes |
814427 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orci%C3%A8res | Orcières | Orcières is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.
Population
Transport
Road
The D76, D474, D475 and D944 roads pass through the commune of Orcières.
Ski resort
The commune has a ski resort called Orcières-Merlette.
Geography
Orcières is on the edge of the Écrins National Park. It is also around 10 miles awa... |
814437 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal%20of%20the%20President%20of%20the%20United%20States | Seal of the President of the United States | The Seal of the President of the United States is used to mark correspondence from the president of the United States to the U.S. Congress. It is also used as a symbol of the presidency itself. The central design, based on the Great Seal of the United States, is the official coat of arms of the U.S. presidency. It is a... |
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