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819471 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20currency%20symbols | List of currency symbols | This List of currency symbols is a select list of present symbols of money by country and territory. It lists only currencies which are in circulation today. There are many more currencies than are listed here (130). These are perhaps among the most influential.
Country and territories
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Lists |
819486 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20companies%20of%20Afghanistan | List of companies of Afghanistan | Afghanistan is a landlocked country located within South Asia and Central Asia.
Notable firms
This list includes notable companies with primary headquarters in the country. The industry and sector follow the Industry Classification Benchmark taxonomy. Organizations which have ceased operations are included and noted ... |
819507 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20anthem%20of%20Croatia | National anthem of Croatia | "Lijepa naša domovino" () is the national anthem of Croatia. Croatian poet Antun Mihanović wrote the words to it in 1835. Serbian composer Josif Runjanin made the music to it in 1846. The Croatian government made it a national anthem in 1972. Before that, it was often sung by the people as an anthem.
The anthem was f... |
819510 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsepttrium | Unsepttrium | Unsepttrium (), also known as dvi-francium or element 173, is a possible chemical element which has not been observed to occur naturally, nor has it yet been made. Due to instabilities, it is not known if this element is possible, as the instabilities may hint that the periodic table ends soon after the island of stabi... |
819516 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio%27s%201st%20congressional%20district | Ohio's 1st congressional district | Ohio's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the state of Ohio. The district elects a representative for the district at the United States House of Representatives. The district is currently represented by Republican Steve Chabot. The district was once represented by the 9th President of the United ... |
819520 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky%27s%205th%20congressional%20district | Kentucky's 5th congressional district | Kentucky's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in the state of Kentucky. The district elects a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. The district is the second most poor district in the United States. The district is in Appalachia and is the most rural distri... |
819527 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell%20Bayles | Lowell Bayles | Lowell Richard Bayles (January 24, 1900 – December 5, 1931) was an American stunt pilot who died while trying to break the world record for the fastest world speed record at the 1931 National Air Races in Detroit, Michigan. In the 1920s, he started his career performing all around the United States, leading up to his d... |
819528 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrera | Abrera | Abrera is a municipality of 12,538 people (2020). It is in the province of Barcelona in the autonomous community of Catalonia in Spain.
Cities in Catalonia
Municipalities in Catalonia |
819531 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant%20Quirze%20de%20Besora | Sant Quirze de Besora | Sant Quirze de Besora is a municipality of 2,154 people (2020). It is in the province of Barcelona in the autonomous community of Catalonia in Spain.
Municipalities in Catalonia |
819535 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Virginia%27s%202nd%20congressional%20district | West Virginia's 2nd congressional district | West Virginia's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the state of West Virginia. The congressional district was made on December 7, 1863. The district elects a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. The district is currently represented by Republican Alex Mo... |
819538 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aguilar%20de%20Segarra | Aguilar de Segarra | Aguilar de Segarra is a municipality of 282 people (2020). It is in the province of Barcelona in the autonomous community of Catalonia in Spain.
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819541 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matar%C3%B3 | Mataró | Mataró is a municipality of 129,661 people (2020). It is in the province of Barcelona in the autonomous community of Catalonia in Spain.
Cities in Catalonia
Municipalities in Catalonia |
819545 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa%20Coloma%20de%20Gramenet | Santa Coloma de Gramenet | Santa Coloma de Gramenet is a municipality in Spain with a population of 120,443 people (2020). It is in the province of Barcelona in the autonomous community of Catalonia.
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Cities in Catalonia
Municipalities in Catalonia |
819546 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio%27s%206th%20congressional%20district | Ohio's 6th congressional district | Ohio's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the state of Ohio. The people who live in the congressional district elects a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. The district is currently represented by Republican Bill Johnson. The district is in the southeas... |
819550 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant%20Boi%20de%20Llobregat | Sant Boi de Llobregat | Sant Boi de Llobregat is a municipality of 84,500 people (2020). It is in the province of Barcelona in the autonomous community of Catalonia in Spain.
Cities in Catalonia
Municipalities in Catalonia |
819552 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiguafreda | Aiguafreda | Aiguafreda is a municipality of 2,512 people (2020). It is in the province of Barcelona in the autonomous community of Catalonia in Spain.
Municipalities in Catalonia |
819553 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana%27s%206th%20congressional%20district | Indiana's 6th congressional district | Indiana's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. The people who live in the congressional district elect a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. The district is currently represented by Republican Greg Pence. The district is in the ... |
819556 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant%20Cugat%20del%20Vall%C3%A8s | Sant Cugat del Vallès | Sant Cugat del Vallès is a municipality of 92,977 people (2020). It is in the province of Barcelona in the autonomous community of Catalonia in Spain.
Cities in Catalonia
Municipalities in Catalonia |
819559 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerdanyola%20del%20Vall%C3%A8s | Cerdanyola del Vallès | Cerdanyola del Vallès is a municipality of 57,855 people (2020). It is in the province of Barcelona in the autonomous community of Catalonia in Spain.
Cities in Catalonia
Municipalities in Catalonia |
819561 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abella%20de%20la%20Conca | Abella de la Conca | Abella de la Conca is a municipality of 183 people (2020). It is in the province of Lleida in the autonomous community of Catalonia in Spain.
Municipalities in Catalonia |
819564 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortilla%20Flat%20%28movie%29 | Tortilla Flat (movie) | Tortilla Flat is a 1942 American romantic comedy movie. Victor Fleming was the director. It was based on the 1935 novel with the same name by John Steinbeck. Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, John Garfield, Frank Morgan, Akim Tamiroff, Sheldon Leonard, John Qualen, Donald Meek, Allen Jenkins, and Connie Gilchrist acted in t... |
819567 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granollers | Granollers | Granollers is a municipality of 62,419 people (2020). It is in the province of Barcelona in the autonomous community of Catalonia in Spain.
Cities in Catalonia
Municipalities in Catalonia |
819568 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alella | Alella | Alella is a municipality of 9,904 people (2020). It is in the province of Barcelona in the autonomous community of Catalonia in Spain.
Municipalities in Catalonia |
819571 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polk%20County%2C%20Tennessee | Polk County, Tennessee | Polk County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. In the 2010 census, 16,825 people lived there. The county seat is Benton.
Tennessee counties |
819572 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mollet%20del%20Vall%C3%A8s | Mollet del Vallès | Mollet del Vallès is a municipality of 51,600 people (2020). It is in the province of Barcelona in the autonomous community of Catalonia in Spain.
Cities in Catalonia
Municipalities in Catalonia |
819573 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capellades | Capellades | Capellades is a municipality of 5,342 people (2020). It is in the province of Barcelona in the autonomous community of Catalonia in Spain.
Municipalities in Catalonia |
819574 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%20Prat%20de%20Llobregat | El Prat de Llobregat | El Prat de Llobregat is a municipality of 65,385 people (2020). It is in the province of Barcelona in the autonomous community of Catalonia in Spain.
Cities in Catalonia
Municipalities in Catalonia |
819575 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lomita%2C%20California | Lomita, California | Lomita is a city in Los Angeles County, California.
Cities in California
Settlements in Los Angeles County, California |
819576 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super%20Bowl%20LV | Super Bowl LV | Super Bowl LV (meaning Super Bowl 55 in Roman numerals) was an American football game that happened on February 7, 2021 between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Buccaneers won the game, meaning they won the National Football League for the 2020 season. The Chiefs had won the American Football Co... |
819584 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando%20Colunga | Fernando Colunga | Fernando Colunga Olivares () (born 3 March 1966) is a Mexican actor best known for his work in Mexican telenovelas. He received his drama education at Centro de Educación Artística de Televisa (CEA). He is mostly known for his appearance in different telenovelas. He also has some roles in movies bordcast in cinemas, an... |
819585 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlon%20Lindner | Arlon Lindner | Arlon W. Lindner (August 3, 1935 – February 1, 2021) was an American Republican politician. He was born in Beaumont, Texas. Lindner was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1993 to 2005.
Lindner died on February 1, 2021 in Rogers, Minnesota at the age of 85.
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2021 deaths
Sta... |
819587 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers%2C%20Minnesota | Rogers, Minnesota | Rogers is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. 8,597 people lived here at the 2010 census.
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Cities in Minnesota |
819588 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%20Bo-kyung%20%28actress%29 | Kim Bo-kyung (actress) | Kim Bo-kyung (3 April 1976 – 2 February 2021) was a South Korean actress. She began acting in 1995. She was known for her roles in Friend (2001), Epitaph (2007), Paju (2009) and The Day He Arrives (2011).
Kim died on 2 February 2021 from liver cancer in Busan at the age of 44.
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1976 births
2021 deaths
Sout... |
819589 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan%20Corbella | Joan Corbella | Joan Corbella i Roig (1945 – 3 February 2021) was a Spanish psychiatrist and science communicator. He worked for , Cadena COPE, TV3, , Onda Cero, and Avui.
Corbella died in Palma de Mallorca, Spain on 3 February 2021 at the age of 76.
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1945 births
2021 deaths
Spanish scientists
Psychiatrists |
819590 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20C.%20Jones | Robert C. Jones | Robert Clifford Jones (March 30, 1936 – February 1, 2021) was an American movie editor, screenwriter, and educator. He won an Academy Award for the screenplay of the movie Coming Home (1978). He was also known for working with Arthur Hiller and Hal Ashby.
Jones was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best... |
819595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortana | Cortana | Cortana is a virtual helper. Microsoft made Cortana and released it on April 2, 2014 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Cortana can do many things. For example, it cna use Bing search. Cortana was released three years after Siri, which was released in 2011 on IOS.
Development History
Microsoft showed the world ... |
819600 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itsukushima%20Shrine | Itsukushima Shrine | Itsukushima Shrine (厳島神社, Itsukushima-jinja) is a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima). It is best known for its “floating” torii gate. It is in the city of Hatsukaichi in Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. The shrine is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Itsukushima shrine is a popular Jap... |
819604 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald%20Campbell | Donald Campbell | Donald Campbell (March 23, 1921 - January 4, 1967) was a British world record holder who died trying to break the world record of becoming the fastest man on water in 1967. On 4 January that year, his jet powered boat lifted into the air, and was slammed back into the water with so much force, that Campbell died immedi... |
819607 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firouz%20Bagherzadeh | Firouz Bagherzadeh | Firouz Bagherzadeh (31 May 1930 – 4 February 2021) was an Iranian archaeologist and Islamic art scholar. He was an expert on ceramics and Islamic works. He was born in Tabriz, Iran. In June 1977, he was elected the first President of the World Committee of Cultural and Natural Heritage (UNESCO).
Bagherzadeh died on 4... |
819608 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo%20Bartolozzi | Paolo Bartolozzi | Paolo Bartolozzi (12 September 1957 – 4 February 2021) was an Italian politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2014. From 1985 to 1987, he was Mayor of Londa. Bartolozzi was born in Ruffina, Italy. He was a member of the Forza Italia Party.
Bartolozzi died on 4 February 2021 in Florence, Ita... |
819609 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeastern%20myotis | Southeastern myotis | The southeastern myotis (Myotis austroriparius) is a small species of bat. It found throughout the Gulf Coastal Plain and the Lower Mississippi alluvial plain of the southeastern United States.
Description
The southeastern myotis weighs 5–8 g. It eats mainly insects. The southeastern bat, rests by day and look for fo... |
819610 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico%20Nicoson | Nico Nicoson | Nico Nicoson is a Sydney-based contemporary artist known for his bold and highly graphic artworks. His work has been published around the world and has created street artworks throughout Australia, Europe and Asia. Nico participated in Street Art Murals Australia (SAMA) in June 2015.
Documentary
Nico's activities were... |
819621 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megha%20Akash | Megha Akash | Megha Akash (born 26 October 1995) is an Indian movie actress who appears in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi language movies. She made her debut in Telugu movie Lie in 2017.
Early life
Megha was born on 26 October 1995 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She attended the Lady Andal School, Chennai.
Career
Megha started her career by p... |
819623 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debattama%20Saha | Debattama Saha | Debattama Saha is an Indian television actress known for playing the role of Anokhi in Shaurya Aur Anokhi Ki Kahani.
Early life
Debattama Saha completed her studies from Don Bosco High School, Silchar and graduated in English Honours from Amity University, Kolkata.
Career
Saha made Hindi TV debut in 2019 with Sony ... |
819633 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subrata%20Bakshi | Subrata Bakshi | Subrata Bakshi (born 23 July 1950) is an Indian politician. He is the current Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from West Bengal. He is Deputy Leader of the parliamentary party of Trinamool Congress in Rajya Sabha on 7 February 2021. He is the General Secretary and State President of West Bengal All India Trinamool Co... |
819634 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20of%20Slovenes%2C%20Croats%20and%20Serbs | State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs | The State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (; ; ) was a country that was created in October 1918, in Southeast Europe. Before that, it's land was a part of Austria-Hungary. When Austria-Hungary lost the World War I, it was broken up. Slovenes, Croats and Serbs are slavic peoples that lived in the south of Austria-Hungary.... |
819639 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loam | Loam | Loam is soil made mostly of sand and silt:
Sand: particle size >
Silt: particle size >
Clay: small amount: particle size <
By weight, it is about 40–40–20% concentration of sand–silt–clay, respectively. These proportions vary, and give different types of loam soils: sandy loam, silty loam, clay loam, sandy clay ... |
819640 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/My%20Funny%20Friend%20and%20Me | My Funny Friend and Me | "My Funny Friend and Me" is a song by English musician Sting. It was written by Sting and David Hartley for Walt Disney Pictures' 40th animated feature film The Emperor's New Groove. When the film began development in 1994 under the title Kingdom of the Sun, Sting was hired to write the film's songs. Released in Novemb... |
819650 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky%20Number%20%28song%29 | Lucky Number (song) | "Lucky Number" is a song by English recording artist Andy Franklyn-Miller. Originally released as a B-side for Franklyn-Miller's cover of "I Think We're Alone Now", the song was re-released in 1979 by Stiff Records as an A-side and became the second single of his debut studio album Stateless (1978). The song was writte... |
819663 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestrian%20scramble | Pedestrian scramble | A pedestrian scramble, or 'X' crossing is also known as a diagonal crossing, Barnes dance (US), or scramble intersection / scramble corner (Canada).
It is a type of crossing which temporarily stops all traffic. This lets pedestrians cross an intersection in every direction.
It was first used in Canada and the Unit... |
819668 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/City%20Slickers%20II%3A%20The%20Legend%20of%20Curly%27s%20Gold | City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold | City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold is a 1994 American western comedy movie directed by Paul Weiland and is the sequel to the 1991 movie City Slickers. It stars Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Richard Kind, Jack Palance and was distributed by Columbia Pictures. Although a mild financial success, the movie did not... |
819669 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard%206 | Leonard 6 | Leonard Part 6 (also known as Leonard Part VI) is a 1987 American spy parody film. It was directed by Paul Weiland and starred Bill Cosby, who also produced the film and wrote its story. The film also starred Eartha Kitt as the villain, and Joe Don Baker. The film was shot in the San Francisco Bay Area. It earned sever... |
819670 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made%20of%20Honor | Made of Honor | Made of Honor (Made of Honour in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, and Australia) is a 2008 American romantic comedy movie directed by Paul Weiland and written by Adam Sztykiel, Deborah Kaplan, and Harry Elfont. The movie stars Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, and William Shatner.
The plot follows a lifelong pla... |
819671 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stray%20Kids | Stray Kids | Stray Kids is a South Korean boy group under JYP Entertainment. They are an eight-member band producing Korean music. They debuted as nine members on 25th of March 2018 with their debut album I Am NOT. The eight current members are Bang Christopher Chan, Lee Minho (Lee Know), Seo Changbin, Hwang Hyunjin, Han Jisung, Le... |
819672 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine%20Institute%20of%20Chemical%20Engineers | Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers | The Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers (PIChE) is the only Professional Regulation Commission accredited and integrated professional organization for chemical engineers in the Philippines.
Philippines |
819676 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard%20and%20the%20Genie | Bernard and the Genie | Bernard and the Genie is a 1991 British fantasy comedy-drama television film directed by Paul Weiland and written by Richard Curtis. Co-produced by Attaboy and Talkback for BBC Television, the film was first shown on BBC1 on 23 December 1991. A comic fantasy that takes its inspiration from The Book of One Thousand and ... |
819683 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%20burrowing%20tree%20frog | Mexican burrowing tree frog | The Mexican burrowing tree frog or cross-banded tree frog (Smilisca) is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae. They live in Mexico, southern Texas and Arizona, Central America, and northwestern South America.
Scientists studying Hylidae recently decided that two species from Pternohyla were really Smilisca.
The name... |
819686 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Man%20Who%20Sold%20the%20World%20%28song%29 | The Man Who Sold the World (song) | The Man Who Sold the World is a song by David Bowie. The band Nirvana also sang the song. Nirvana covered (re-sang) this song in the live album, MTV Unplugged In New York.
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Nirvana songs |
819696 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20impact%20craters%20in%20Australia | List of impact craters in Australia | This list includes all 27 confirmed impact craters in Australia as listed in the Earth Impact Database.
Impact craters - confirmed
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Oceania-related lists |
819711 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acraman%20crater | Acraman crater | Acraman crater is a deeply eroded impact crater in the Gawler Ranges of South Australia.
It is marked by Lake Acraman, a circular ephemeral dry lake about in diameter. The crater and the later discovery of its ejecta were reported in the journal Science in 1986. The evidence for impact includes the presence of shatt... |
819724 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westerlund%201-26 | Westerlund 1-26 | Westerlund 1-26 is a star. It is a red supergiant in the Westerlund 1 super star cluster. Its radius is 1,530 - 1,580 solar radii, making it one of the largest stars.
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819740 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australasian%20strewnfield | Australasian strewnfield | The Australasian strewnfield is the youngest and largest of the tektite strewnfields. Recent estimates suggest it may cover 10%30% of the Earth's surface. Tektites are gravel-sized bodies composed of black, green, brown, or grey natural glass. They are formed from terrestrial debris ejected by meteorite impacts.
The s... |
819744 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tektite | Tektite | Tektites (from Greek , "molten") are gravel-sized bodies of natural glass. They come in green or brown (usually). They are formed from terrestrial debris ejected during meteorite impacts. The term was coined by Austrian geologist Franz Eduard Suess (1867–1941). They generally range in size from millimeters to centimet... |
819746 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neapolitan%20language | Neapolitan language | Neapolitan is the language spoken in and around Naples, in much of the south of Italy.
Romance languages
Abruzzo
Apulia
Basilicata
Calabria
Campania
Lazio
Marche
Molise |
819748 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulos%20Nassif%20Borkhoche | Boulos Nassif Borkhoche | Boulos Nassif Borkhoche (born Paul Victor Borkhoche, SMSP (7 October 1932 – 4 February 2021) was a Lebanese-born Syrian Melkite Greek Catholic hierarch. He was Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Bosra and Hauran in Syria from 1983 to 2011. He became a priest in 1960.
Borkhoche died on 4 February 2... |
819750 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hy%20Cohen | Hy Cohen | Hyman Cohen (January 29, 1931 – February 4, 2021) was an American baseball pitcher who played one season in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played seven games for the Chicago Cubs in 1955. He batted and threw right-handed and served as a relief pitcher.
Cohen died on February 4, 2021 at a hospital in Rancho Mirage, ... |
819752 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millie%20Hughes-Fulford | Millie Hughes-Fulford | Millie Elizabeth Hughes-Fulford (December 21, 1945 – February 2, 2021) was an American medical investigator, molecular biologist, and NASA payload specialist. She flew aboard the NASA Space Shuttle Columbia in 1991. She was the first female payload specialist in space. Hughes-Fulford was born in Mineral Wells, Texas.
... |
819753 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz%20Josef%20Kuhnle | Franz Josef Kuhnle | Franz Josef Kuhnle (27 April 1926 – 4 February 2021) was a German Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop. He became a priest in 1952. He was titular bishop of Sorres and as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany from 1976 to 1990.
Kuhnle died on 4 February 2021, aged 94.
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819754 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laiching%20Jagoi | Laiching Jagoi | "Laiching Jagoi" () (literally, "Dance of summoning the deity") is a dance form performed by the maibis (priestesses) with the langthrei (a special leaf of Blumea balsamifera) held between their fingers. This sequence involves a variety of expressive movements where the spirit of the deity is invited to enter each maib... |
819756 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20McGee%20%28painter%29 | Charles McGee (painter) | Charles McGee (December 15, 1924 – February 4, 2021) was an American artist and educator. He was known for creating paintings, assemblages, and sculptures. His artwork is in the collections of the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. He also created many public works i... |
819759 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemson%2C%20South%20Carolina | Clemson, South Carolina | Clemson () is a city in Pickens and Anderson counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina. Clemson is home to Clemson University. 13,905 people lived here at the 2010 census.
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819760 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Antoine%20Paulo | Pierre-Antoine Paulo | Pierre-Antoine Paulo, OMI (23 March 1944 – 4 February 2021) was a Haitian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Bishop of Port-de-Paix from 2008 to 2020. Paulo was born in Camp-Perrin, Haiti.
Pope Francis accepted his resignation as Bishop of Port-de-Paix on 14 April 2020.
Paulo died on 4 February 2021 in Port... |
819764 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ri%20Jae-il | Ri Jae-il | Ri Jae-il (, 1935 – 4 February 2021) was a North Korean politician. He a member of the Propaganda and Agitation Department from 2004 to 2014. He was a member of the Workers' Party of Korea and of the Supreme People's Assembly.
Ri died on 4 February 2021 of lung cancer in Pyongyang, North Korea at the age of 86.
Refer... |
819769 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso%20Fioreze | Afonso Fioreze | Afonso Fioreze (1 June 1942 – 6 February 2021) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop. He became a priest in 1970. He was coadjutor bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Luziânia, Brazil in 2003 and 2004 and as bishop of the diocese from 2004 to 2017.
Fioreze died on 6 February 2021, aged 78.
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819770 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Fielder | Harry Fielder | Harry Fielder (26 April 1940 – 6 February 2021) was an English actor. He was known for appearing in many television shows from the 1960s to the 1990s. His best known roles were on Doctor Who, Blake's 7, Shoestring, The Sweeney, Minder and The Professionals.
Fielder died on 6 February 2021 at the age of 80.
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819771 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago%20Garc%C3%ADa%20%28Uruguayan%20footballer%29 | Santiago García (Uruguayan footballer) | Santiago Damián García Correa (14 September 1990 – 4 February 2021), nicknamed Morro, was a Uruguayan professional footballer. He played as a striker.
His last club was Argentine club Godoy Cruz, which tenure is thought to be the most successful of his professional career.
García was a member of the Uruguay under-2... |
819773 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobar%20Shire | Cobar Shire | Cobar Shire is a local government area in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. It has a total area of , about two-thirds the size of Tasmania.
Lilliane Brady was the Mayor of Cobar Shire for almost 23 years, and died in 2021.
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Other websites
Settlements in New South Wales |
819774 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario%20Osb%C3%A9n | Mario Osbén | Mario Ignacio Osbén Méndez (14 July 1950 – 7 February 2021) was a Chilean footballer. He played as a goalkeeper. He played for Ñublense, Club de Deportes Concepción, Unión Española, Colo Colo and Cobreloa during his professional career.
He represented the Chile national team at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. He played for ... |
819775 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leisem%20Jagoi | Leisem Jagoi | "Leisem Jagoi " () (literally, "Dance of creation of the earth") is a dance form enacted by imitating the movements of nine gods and seven goddesses creating the earth, followed by Laibou Jagoi, depicting the creation of human body and various activities of man, like weaving of clothes.
The sequence of the dance is per... |
819785 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe%20Rotunno | Giuseppe Rotunno | Giuseppe Rotunno (19 March 1923 – 7 February 2021) was an Italian cinematographer. He won a BAFTA Award in 1979 for his work in All That Jazz. Rotunno was born in Rome. His career lasted from 1955 to 1997. Rotunno was the first non-American member admitted to the American Society of Cinematographers in 1966.
Rotunno d... |
819787 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhoon | Rhoon | Rhoon is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is in the Albrandswaard municipality and had 16,066 inhabitants in 2020.
Rhoon used to be a municipality. It became part of the new Albrandswaard municipality on 1 January 1985.
References
20th-century disestablishments in the Netherlands
Settlements in S... |
819788 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moufida%20Tlatli | Moufida Tlatli | Moufida Tlatli (; 4 August 1947 – 7 February 2021) was a Tunisian movie director and politician. She was the first Arab woman to direct a full feature-length movie (The Silences of the Palace) in the Arab World. She was born in Sidi Bou Saïd, French Tunisia. Her career began in 1970. In 2011, she was the Minister of Cu... |
819791 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezzat%20El%20Alaili | Ezzat El Alaili | Ezzat El Alaily () (15 September 1934 – 5 February 2021) was an Egyptian actor. He appeared in over 300 movies, TV series, and theatre plays. His career began in the 1960s. He was born in Cairo. His best known roles were in Cairo (1963), The Land (1970), Kuwait Connection (1973), Alexandria... Why? (1979), Al Qadisiyya... |
819794 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isa%20Bellini | Isa Bellini | Isa Bellini (19 June 1922 – 5 February 2021) was an Italian actress, presenter and singer. Her best known movie roles were in Una famiglia impossibile (1940), The Happy Ghost (1941), Without Family (1972), Love and Anarchy (1973) and Camere da letto (1997).
Bellini died in Rome on 5 February 2021, aged 98.
References... |
819803 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Benz | Joseph Benz | Joseph "Josef" or "Sepp" Benz (20 May 1944 – 5 February 2021) was a Swiss bobsledder. He competed in two Winter Olympics, he won four medals with one gold (1980), two silvers (1976, 1980), and one bronze (1976). Benz was born in Zurich, Switzerland.
Benz died of COVID-19 on 5 February 2021 in Zurich, aged 76, during t... |
819806 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent%20Dona%20Fologo | Laurent Dona Fologo | Laurent Dona Fologo (12 December 1939 – 5 February 2021) was an Ivorian politician. From 2000 until 2011, he was President of the . He was a member of the Democratic Party. Fologo was born in Sinématiali, French West Africa.
Fologo died on 5 February 2021 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast at the age of 81.
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1939 bir... |
819810 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutronium | Neutronium | Neutronium (sometimes shortened to neutrium, also referred to as neutrite) is a possible substance composed entirely of neutrons. The word was coined by scientist Andreas von Antropoff in 1926 (before the discovery of the neutron) for the hypothetical "element of atomic number zero" (with zero protons in its nucleus) t... |
819816 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended%20periodic%20table%20%28large%20version%29 | Extended periodic table (large version) | This is a large version of the extended periodic table.
Related pages
Extended periodic table
Periodic table |
819822 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri%20%C3%89tienne%20Sainte-Claire%20Deville | Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville | Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville (11 March 18181 July 1881) was a French chemist.
He was born in the island of St Thomas in the Danish West Indies, where his father was French consul. Together with his elder brother Charles he was educated in Paris at the collège Rollin. In 1844, he graduated as a doctor of medicin... |
819823 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall%E2%80%93H%C3%A9roult%20process | Hall–Héroult process | The Hall–Héroult process is the major industrial process for smelting aluminium. It involves dissolving aluminium oxide (alumina) (mainly gotten from bauxite, aluminium's chief ore, through the Bayer process) in molten cryolite, and electrolysing the molten salt bath, usually in a purpose-built cell. The Hall–Héroult p... |
819826 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three%20Billboards%20Outside%20Ebbing%2C%20Missouri | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a 2017 crime drama movie written, co-produced, and directed by Martin McDonagh. The movie stars Frances McDormand, who plays a woman from Missouri who rents three billboards that bring attention to her daughter's rape and murder. Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Abbie Cornish,... |
819845 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Sudoku%20Championship | World Sudoku Championship | The World Sudoku Championship (WSC) is an annual international puzzle competition organised by a member of the World Puzzle Federation. The first event was held in Lucca in 2006.
Participants
Thirty countries are official members of the World Puzzle Federation. Individuals may also take part if their country is not a... |
819850 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laihou%20Jagoi | Laihou Jagoi | "Laihou Jagoi" () (literally,"dance of invitation" or "opening dance") is a dance form performed by the maibis (priestesses) to lead a way to a pond or river, in the religious festival of Lai Haraoba.
During the performance of the dance, the tune of the pena, a traditional musical instrument, is also shrimmed up.
W... |
819853 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chukpharon%20Jagoi | Chukpharon Jagoi | "Chukpharon Jagoi" is a dance form performed by the maibis (priestesses) to please the lords of the four directions, Thangjing, Marjing, Wangbren, and Koubru, in the religious festival of Lai Haraoba. During the performance, the maibi takes the two ekouphus (pots) from the laipubas, holding the Lainingthou ekouphu in t... |
819862 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/At%20the%20Circus | At the Circus | At the Circus is a 1939 American comedy movie directed by Edward Buzzell and starring Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kenny Baker, Florence Rice, Eve Arden, Margaret Dumont, Nat Pendleton, Fritz Feld, James Burke, Jerry Maren, Barnett Parker. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Other websites
1939 m... |
819865 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haoreima | Haoreima | Haoreima () or Haoleima () (literally, "tribal lady") is a goddess in Meitei mythology and religion of Ancient Kangleipak (Antique Manipur). She was a woman from the hills. She was killed while arranging to meet her lover. She turned into a tortured spirit. She is regarded as an incarnation of Goddess Panthoibi. She is... |
819867 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%20Uttarakhand%20glacial%20outburst%20flood | 2021 Uttarakhand glacial outburst flood | At around 10:45 a.m. IST on 7 February 2021, a flooding disaster happened in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand in northern India along the Alaknanda and Dhauliganga rivers.
It is believed that a landslide, avalanche or a glacial lake outburst flood was the cause of the incident. More than 26 were killed and more t... |
819870 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%3A%20A%20Mathemagical%20Adventure | L: A Mathemagical Adventure | L: A Mathemagical Adventure is a computer game. The Association of Teachers of Mathematics made it in 1984. L is for teenagers. It teaches logic and mathematics with puzzles. It is a text adventure game for the BBC computer. it was used in schools in the UK.
Story
The story of L was inspired by Alice in Wonderland. ... |
819889 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20genocides | List of genocides | Holocaust
Armenian Genocide
Rwandan Genocide |
819924 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick%20Dewaere | Patrick Dewaere | Patrick Dewaere (26 January 1947 – 16 July 1982) was a French actor. Born in Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, he was the son of French actress Mado Maurin. His career lasted more than 31 years, until his suicide in Paris in 1982.
He was nominated six times at the César Awards between 1976 and 1982, but never won.
He was ... |
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