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839625 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.%20%26%20L.%20Tirocchi%20Gowns | A. & L. Tirocchi Gowns | A.& L. Tirocchi Gowns (also known as Di Renaissance) was a business founded in 1911 in Providence, Rhode Island.
Early life
Anna (b.c. 1873) and Laura Tirocchi (b.c. 1888) were half-sisters born into a landowning family in the working-class town of Guarcino, Italy. They had different fathers. They received high-quali... |
839630 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth%20Keckley | Elizabeth Keckley | Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (sometimes spelled Keckly; February 1818 – May 1907) was a former slave who became a successful seamstress, civil activist, and author in Washington, DC, United States.
References |
839632 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet%20Walker | Janet Walker | Janet Walker is a Chartered Arbitrator with offices in Toronto, Canada, London, England and Sydney, Australia. She is a Canadian scholar and author in the fields of Private International Law.
Education
Walker holds B.A. (Hons.) and M.A. degrees from York University, an LL.B. degree from Osgoode Hall Law School and a ... |
839633 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carb%20loading | Carb loading | Carb loading, also known as carbo-loading, is a method athletes use to try to fill up their body with glycogen for being able to use more energy. It is done by eating a meal high in carbohydrates just right before an activity such as a long distance run. Some atheletes might not feel good from using this method.
Refe... |
839634 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%20Palmer | Alice Palmer | Alice J. Palmer (born June 20, 1939) is an American educator and politician who served as a member of the Illinois Senate. Known as a longtime progressive activist, Palmer represented the state's 13th Senate District from June 6, 1991, until January 8, 1997.
References
1939 births
Living people
State legislators of t... |
839639 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Lustig | Robert Lustig | Robert H. Lustig (born 1957) is an American pediatric endocrinologist. He has been known for speaking out against sugar. He has been mentioned in some articles about the bad effects of sugar. He does not believe that a calorie is a calorie.
Written books
(2010) Obesity Before Birth: Maternal and Prenatal Influences... |
839662 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan%20Potter | Ryan Potter | Ryan Ken Potter (born Ryan Ken Hagimoto; September 12, 1995) is an American actor.
Early life
Potter was born in Portland, Oregon to Keiji Hagimoto and Jordanna Potter. His father is Japanese and His mother is of Ashkenazi Jewish, English, French-Canadian, German, Irish, Northern Irish (Scotch-Irish), Scottish, Swedi... |
839670 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Bus%20%28video%20game%29 | The Bus (video game) | The Bus is a bus simulation game developed by TML-Studios and published by Aerosoft. The early access version was available via Steam for Microsoft Windows on 25 March 2021.
Gameplay
The Bus is described as "the next generation of city bus driving simulation". It is set in the capital city of Germany, Berlin, featuri... |
839675 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20McKean | Steve McKean | Stephen Ronald McKean ( – 3 May 2021) was an American-born New Zealand basketball coach. He first moved to New Zealand in 1971. He was coach of the New Zealand men's national basketball team. He also coached in the New Zealand NBL and was the league's coach of the year in 1992.
McKean was married and had a daughter.... |
839676 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyros%20%28food%29 | Gyros (food) | A gyro or gyros is a Greek food. It is cooked on a vertical rotisserie then thinly sliced.
Gyros are traditionally served with tzatziki in a pita bread and it can be made with pork, beef and lamb.
It is a popular fast food in Greece and America.
Related pages
Shawarma
Greek food
Meat dishes |
839679 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merten%27s%20yellow%20tree%20frog | Merten's yellow tree frog | Merten's yellow tree frog (Dendropsophus robertmerntensi) is a frog that lives in Mexico. It lives on the west side of Mexico, by the Pacific Ocean, in forests and wetlands.
References
Frogs
Animals of South America |
839714 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magua%20%28clothing%29 | Magua (clothing) | The magua ( Manchu: olbo) was a style of jacket worn by males during the Chinese Qing dynasty (1644–1911). It was designed to be worn together with the manshi changshan ().
It was worn by Manchu people throughout China from the reign of the Qing Shunzhi Emperor (r. 1643-1661) until the time of the Kangxi Emperor, (r.... |
839720 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%20Peru%20bus%20crash | 2021 Peru bus crash | On 12 April 2021, at around 7:00 am (local time) a bus of the company of “Fama Tours SA” crashed in an area with many mountains in the Pomabamba Province or Sihuas Province in the northern Ancash Region, Peru. The bus slipped and turned over. The bus was coming back from the areas of Huanchayllo and Parobamba District ... |
839729 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi%CA%BBiaka%20%28moon%29 | Hiʻiaka (moon) | Hi'iaka is a moon that orbits a dwarf planet called Hauema, which is further away from the Sun than Neptune is.
Hi'iaka is named after a Hawaiian goddess.
References
Moons
Space
Astronomy |
839739 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch%20%28resin%29 | Pitch (resin) | Pitch is a type of polymer. It can be natural or man-made. It can be gotten from petroleum, coal tar, or plants. Pitch made from plants is also called resin. Some things that are made from plant resin are also known as rosin.
Properties
Pitch is very viscous. It has a viscosity approximately 230 billion times that of ... |
839740 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%2C%20Count%20of%20Clermont | Robert, Count of Clermont | Robert, Count of Clermont was the sixth son of French King Louis IX and the younger brother of Philip III of France. In 1279, due to him suffering a head injury in his first jousting tournament, Robert became an invalid for the rest of his life. After Henry III of France was assassinated in 1589 and the House of Valois... |
839744 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destiny%20%281997%20movie%29 | Destiny (1997 movie) | Destiny (, translit. al-Maṣīr; ) is a 1997 Egyptian French drama movie directed by Youssef Chahine and starring Nour El-Sherif, Laila Eloui, Mahmoud Hemida, Safia El Emari, Mohamed Mounir, Khaled El Nabawy.
Other websites
1997 drama movies
Egyptian movies
French drama movies
Movies directed by Youssef Chahine |
839748 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20I%2C%20Duke%20of%20Bourbon | Louis I, Duke of Bourbon | Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (c. 1270 – c. 1342) was a French prince, the son of Robert, Count of Clermont and Beatrice (Beatrix) of Bourbon and the grandson of Louis IX of France. The House of Bourbon is descended from him in the male line through his younger son Jacques I, Count of La Marche.
Life
He took part in severa... |
839751 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/E%E2%99%AD%28musical%20note%29 | E♭(musical note) | E♭ (E-flat; also called mi bémol) is the first note of the E♭ major scale.
Well-known compositions in E-flat major
The prelude to Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold is a famous piece of drone music that begins with a low E flat and builds to more elaborate forms of the E flat major chord. It is used in this opera to portr... |
839753 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalkaparidontia | Yalkaparidontia | Yalkaparidon is an extinct genus of Australian marsupials, first described in 1988 and known only from the Oligo-Miocene deposits of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland, Australia.
A detailed study on its morphology, including newly-referred tarsal material published in 2014 found that it was likely a crown group mar... |
839765 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomona%20%28goddess%29 | Pomona (goddess) | Pomona was the Roman goddess of fruit trees, orchards, and harvests. Her name comes from the Latin word pomum, meaning "fruit."
References
Gods and goddesses
Roman mythology |
839771 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Haunted%20House%20%28anime%29 | The Haunted House (anime) | The Haunted House, also known as 'Shinbi Apartment' ( Sinbiapateu), is an anime children's horror media franchise created and produced by Tooniverse and CJ ENM.
Who is birth of Goblin name Shinbi, he was helping Hari, Doori and his friends from getting attacked by the ghosts and stopped them. The series is aired 4 epi... |
839777 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedkot%20Municipality | Bedkot Municipality | Bedkot Municipality is in Kanchanpur District of Sudurpashchim Province, Nepal.
Bedkot Municipality
Suda VDC is located in Mahendranagar, the district main office of Kanchanpur district in the Mahakali Zone under the Far Western Province of Nepal. Entire area falling within the total area of Daiji VDC is the proposed... |
839782 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/McStroke | McStroke | "McStroke" is the 8th episode of Family Guys 6th season. It was first broadcast on the Fox network on January 13, 2008. It was written by Wellesley Wild. Brian Iles is the director of the episode. The episode is about Peter Griffin having a stroke after eating too many hamburgers.
Story
Peter wants to get a mustache... |
839785 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%20economic%20performance%20under%20Democratic%20and%20Republican%20presidents | U.S. economic performance under Democratic and Republican presidents | Historically, the United States economy did better on average when Democrats were US President than when Republicans were US President. This was certainly true over the last several decades. The reasons for this are uncertain and debated. Ten of the 11 US recessions between 1953 and 2020 began under Republican US Presi... |
839794 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20I%2C%20Count%20of%20La%20Marche | James I, Count of La Marche | James I, Count of La Marche (1319 – 6 April 1362) was a French prince, the younger son of Louis I, Duke of Bourbon and the younger brother of Peter I, Duke of Bourbon. He was killed in 1362 at the Battle of Brignais, during the Hundred Years' War between the House of Plantagenet (which ruled over England and parts of F... |
839795 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch%20Lake | Pitch Lake | The Pitch Lake is the largest natural deposit of asphalt in the world. It is estimated to contain 10 million tons of asphalt. It can be found in La Brea in southwest Trinidad, inside the Siparia Regional Corporation. The lake covers about 100 acres (0,405 square kilometres). The lake is 250 feet (76,2 metres) deep.
Hi... |
839800 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operational%20transformation | Operational transformation | In computer science, operational transformation is a technique in building collaborative software systems.
System architecture
Collaboration systems using operational transformations typically use replicated document storage where each user has their own copy of the document. Users operate on their own local copies. T... |
839804 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.%20Martin%20Hunter | J. Martin Hunter | J. Martin Hunter (1937 – 9 October 2021) was a British lawyer specializing in arbitration. He was an emeritus professor at Nottingham Trent University.
Education
Hunter attended The Pilgrims' School, Winchester, then the Shrewsbury School. He attended National Military Service, then studied at Pembroke College, Cambr... |
839806 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markiyan%20Malsky | Markiyan Malsky | Markiyan Markiyanovych Malsky (; born 11 December 1984) is a Ukrainian politician. He is a former Governor of Lviv Oblast (from 5 July till 26 December 2019).
Education
Malsky holds master's degree in International Economic Relations from the University of Lviv and Master of Law diplomas. He also studied at Stockholm... |
839809 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadiza%20Isma%20El-Rufai | Hadiza Isma El-Rufai | Hadiza Isma El-Rufai (born June 21, 1960) is a Nigerian writer and wife to the current governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai.
Education
She holds bachelor degree in architecture and master's degree in Architecture, and an MBA from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. She also obtained a Masters in Creative Writi... |
839810 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20M.%20Schwebel | Stephen M. Schwebel | Stephen Myron Schwebel (born March 10, 1929), is an American jurist, counsel and independent arbitrator. He serves as Judge of the World Bank Administrative Tribunal and as a member of the U.S. national group at the Permanent Court of Arbitration.
References
American judges
People from New York City
1929 births
Livi... |
839811 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert%20Guillaume | Gilbert Guillaume | Gilbert Guillaume (born 4 December 1930) is a French jurist. He served as Judge of the International Court of Justice be and served as its president between.
Biography
Guillaume was born in Bois-Colombes. He is member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques.
References |
839814 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power%20Play | Power Play | Power Play is a 2003 American action film directed by Joseph Zito. Some action scenes were filmed in the city of Curitiba, Brazil.
Cast
Dylan Walsh
Alison Eastwood
Tobin Bell
Brixton Karnes
Sources
Other websites
2003 action movies
2003 movies
American action movies
Movies directed by Joseph Zito |
839815 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archezoa | Archezoa | Archezoa was a kingdom in taxonomy, which is the system that scientists use to put living things in groups. Thomas Cavalier-Smith said taxonomy should have a kingdom called Archezoa, which would contain some living things that have organelles in their cells. Scientists stopped using Archezoa after they learned more abo... |
839817 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques%20d%27Amboise%20%28dancer%29 | Jacques d'Amboise (dancer) | Jacques d'Amboise (born Joseph Jacques Ahearn, July 28, 1934 – May 2, 2021) was an American ballet dancer, choreographer, actor and educator. He began working for the New York City Ballet in 1949 and was named principal dancer in 1953. He also starred in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Carousel.
D'Amboise founded ... |
839819 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rulers%20of%20Ancient%20Manipur%20before%20Nongta%20Lailen%20Pakhangpa | Rulers of Ancient Manipur before Nongta Lailen Pakhangpa | There is a well established chronology of the reigns of rulers in Ancient Manipur (Ancient Kangleipak) before the reign of Emperor Nongda Lairen Pakhangba () of the Ningthouja dynasty, that is before 33 AD. According to ancient sources, Nongta Lailen Pakhangpa fought fierce battles against the Khaba-Nganba dynasty to w... |
839823 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shavkat%20Mirziyoyev | Shavkat Mirziyoyev | Shavkat Miromonovich Mirziyoyev (Uzbek Latin: Shavkat Miromonovich (Miromon o‘g‘li) Mirziyoyev, Uzbek Cyrillic: Шавкат Миромонович (Миромон ўғли) Мирзиёев; born 24 July 1957) is an Uzbek politician. He has been the President of Uzbekistan and Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan since 2016.
Fol... |
839824 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/President%20of%20Uzbekistan | President of Uzbekistan | The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan () is the head of state and executive authority in Uzbekistan. The office of President was created in 1991, replacing the position of Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR.
The president is directly elected for a term of five years, by citizens of ... |
839831 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian%20pop | Persian pop | P-pop (abbreviation: Persian pop) or Iranian pop refers to a popular contemporary music in the Iran born from the Iranian genre. With its beginnings in the 1920s, P-pop is a growing genre. It stems from a broader genre, Indian pop.
Music genres
Pop music |
839832 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime%20Minister%20of%20Uzbekistan | Prime Minister of Uzbekistan | This is a list of prime ministers of Uzbekistan (), from the creation of the office in 1925 to the present day.
The current prime minister, Abdulla Aripov, assumed the office on 14 December 2016.
List of prime ministers (since 1991) |
839834 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdulhashim%20Mutalov | Abdulhashim Mutalov | Abdulxashim Mutalov (born February 14, 1947) is an Uzbekistani politician. He was the 1st Prime Minister of Uzbekistan from January 1992 to December 1995.
References
1947 births
Prime Ministers of Uzbekistan
Living people |
839836 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdulla%20Aripov | Abdulla Aripov | Abdulla Nigmatovich Aripov (, ; born 24 May 1961) is an Uzbekistani politician. He is the Prime Minister of Uzbekistan, in office since 14 December 2016. Aripov is a member of the Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party. He was Deputy Prime Minister from 2002 to 2012 and again in 2016.
References
1961 births
Living peopl... |
839838 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigmatilla%20Yuldashev | Nigmatilla Yuldashev | Nigmatilla Tulkinovich Yuldashev (, Nigʻmatilla Toʻlqinovich Yoʻldoshev; ; born 5 November 1962) is an Uzbek lawyer and politician. He was Chairman of the Senate of Uzbekistan from 2015 until 2019. He was Minister of Justice from 2011 to 2015. In 2016, he was the acting President of Uzbekistan for a short time period.
... |
839839 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulnara%20Karimova | Gulnara Karimova | Gulnara Islamovna Karimova (Cyrillic Uzbek: ; , ; born 8 July 1972) is an Uzbekistani diplomat and the elder daughter of Islam Karimov, the leader of Uzbekistan from 1989 to his death in 2016.
Karimova is the founder of the Forum of Culture and Arts of Uzbekistan Foundation. Many believed that she would have replaced... |
839841 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lola%20Karimova-Tillyaeva | Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva | Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva (born July 3, 1978) is an Uzbek diplomat and philanthropist. She is the younger daughter of former Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov and his wife, Tatyana Akbarovna Karimova. Her older sister is Uzbek diplomat and business mogul Gulnara Karimova. From 2007 until 2018, she was the Permanent Repr... |
839842 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vadim%20Schneider | Vadim Schneider | Vadim Schneider (March 10, 1986 – September 8, 2003) was a French-Canadian actor.
1986 births
2003 deaths
Accidental deaths in Canada
Actors from Quebec
Canadian television actors
Canadian voice actors
Child actors
Road accident deaths |
839844 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/President%20of%20Tajikistan | President of Tajikistan | The president of Tajikistan is the head of state and the highest position within the Government of Tajikistan. The position of President was created in November 1990 while Tajikistan was still a Soviet Republic. The president of Tajikistan lives in the capital, Dushanbe.
List
Notes
References |
839846 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahmon%20Nabiyev | Rahmon Nabiyev | Rahmon Nabiyevich Nabiyev (, alternative spelling Rakhmon Nabiev; 5 October 1930 – 11 April 1993) is the Tajik politician. He was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan from 1982 to 1985 and twice as the 2nd President of Tajikistan from 23 September 1991 to 6 October 1991 and from 2 December 1991 to 7... |
839848 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime%20Minister%20of%20Tajikistan | Prime Minister of Tajikistan | The prime minister of Tajikistan is the title held by the head of government of Tajikistan. After the president, the prime minister is second most powerful person of the country.
List of prime ministers (since 1991) |
839851 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar%20Mirzoyev | Akbar Mirzoyev | Akbar Mirzoyev (born February 15, 1939) is a Tajikistani politician. He was the Prime Minister of Tajikistan between January 9, 1992, and September 21, 1992.
References
1939 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of Tajikistan |
839856 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamshed%20Karimov | Jamshed Karimov | Jamshid Khilolovich Karimov (Tajik: Ҷамшед Хилолович Каримов, ; born August 4, 1940) is a Tajikistani politician. He was the Prime Minister of Tajikistan between December 2, 1994 and February 8, 1996. He is a cousin of former President of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov.
From June 20, 1997 to 2002 he was Tajik Ambassador t... |
839858 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oqil%20Oqilov | Oqil Oqilov | Oqil Ghaybulloyevich Oqilov (, Oqil Ghaybulloyevich Oqilov; ; born 2 February 1944) is a Tajikistani politician. He was the Prime Minister of Tajikistan from 20 December 1999 to 23 November 2013. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan.
Other websites
AKILOV, Akil Gaibullayevich International Who... |
839859 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani%20people%20in%20Canada | Romani people in Canada | The Romani people in Canada are citizens of Canada who are of Romani descent. According to the 2011 Census there were 5,255 Canadians who claimed Romani (Gypsy) ancestry.
References
Ethnic groups in Canada |
839860 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokhir%20Rasulzoda | Kokhir Rasulzoda | Abduqohir Abdurasulovich Nazirov (; born 8 March 1959) is a Tajik politician who is serving as the Prime Minister of Tajikistan since 23 November 2013. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan.
References
1959 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of Tajikistan |
839870 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernalossom | Vernalossom | , formerly , is a Japanese talent agency, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The company is involved in various entertainment-related activities, including music, film and merchandise production. |
839877 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20McMichael | Steve McMichael | Stephen Douglas "Mongo" McMichael (born October 17, 1957) is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL), former professional wrestler, commentator, and head coach.
McMichael played college football for the University of Texas at Austin, and was an All-American. He played for the ... |
839879 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeoville%2C%20Illinois | Romeoville, Illinois | Romeoville is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States. The village is located southwest of Chicago and is a Chicago suburb. The population was 39,746 in 2019.
References
Villages in Illinois
Suburbs of Chicago, Illinois |
839880 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn%20Conway | Lynn Conway | Lynn Ann Conway (born January 2, 1938) is an American computer scientist, electrical engineer, inventor, and transgender activist.
She worked at IBM in the 1960s. She is known for her invention of generalized dynamic instruction handling. She is also widely-known for the Mead & Conway revolution.
Born a male, Conway... |
839883 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carver%20Mead | Carver Mead | Carver Andress Mead (born May 1, 1934) is an American scientist and engineer. He currently holds the position of Gordon and Betty Moore Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). He taught there for over 40 years. He is known for his works with Lynn Conway... |
839885 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann%20Bannon | Ann Bannon | Ann Weldy (born September 15, 1932), better known by her pen name Ann Bannon, is an American author. She is known for writing six lesbian pulp fiction novels known as The Beebo Brinker Chronicles. The books talked about lesbian identity and she became known as the "Queen of Lesbian Pulp Fiction".
References
1932 birt... |
839894 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star%20City%2C%20Russia | Star City, Russia | Star City is an area in the Russian city of Moscow.
Moscow |
839896 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalia%20Poklonskaya | Natalia Poklonskaya | Natalia Vladimirovna Poklonskaya (; ; born 18 March 1980) is a Russian politician. She is a Deputy of the State Duma of Russia, deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs since 18 September 2016.
Notes
References
1980 births
Living people
Russian politicians
Russian military people
Russian lawyer... |
839898 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita%20Mikhalkov | Nikita Mikhalkov | Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov (; born 21 October 1945) is a Russian filmmaker, actor, and head of the Russian Cinematographers' Union. He was nominated for the Academy Award (1993) for the movie Close to Eden. He won an Academy Award (1995) for Best Foreign Language Film and the Grand Prix of the Cannes Film Festival (1... |
839899 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%20in%20Angola | 2019 in Angola | Events in the year 2019 in Angola.
Current leaders
President: João Lourenço
Vice President: Bornito de Sousa
Events
January to June
23 January – The National Assembly agrees on new criminal rules, the country's first one since independence in 1975. Among the new rules passed, according to Human Rights Watch, was ... |
839900 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20Adam%20%28movie%29 | Black Adam (movie) | Black Adam is an upcoming American superhero movie based on the DC Comics character of the same name. It is produced by DC Films, New Line Cinema, Seven Bucks Productions, and FlynnPictureCo., and set for distribution by Warner Bros. Pictures. It will be directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and written by Adam Sztykiel and R... |
839901 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zindagi%20Na%20Milegi%20Dobara | Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara | Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (; ) is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language buddy road comedy drama movie directed by Zoya Akhtar and produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani of Excel Entertainment. The movie features an ensemble cast consisting of Hrithik Roshan, Abhay Deol, Farhan Akhtar, Katrina Kaif, and Kalki Koechlin. It ... |
839902 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Flash%20%28movie%29 | The Flash (movie) | The Flash is an upcoming American superhero movie based on the DC Comics character of the same name. It is produced by DC Films, The Disco Factory, and Double Dream, and set for distribution by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is set to be the twelfth movie in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU).
Background
The movie is directed... |
839903 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farhan%20Akhtar | Farhan Akhtar | Farhan Akhtar (born 9 January 1974) is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter, playback singer, producer, and television host who works in Hindi films. Born in Mumbai to screenwriters Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani, he grew up under the influence of the Hindi film industry. He began his career in Bollywood by working as... |
839905 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%20%282006%20Hindi%20movie%29 | Don (2006 Hindi movie) | Don, also known as Don: The Chase Begins Again, is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Farhan Akhtar. The film was produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Akhtar's production company Excel Entertainment. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra, with Arjun Rampal, Kareena Kapoor, Boman Irani,... |
839908 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%202 | Don 2 | Don 2 (also known as Don: The King Is Back) is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film written, co-produced and directed by Farhan Akhtar. It is the second installment in the Don series. Jointly produced by Excel Entertainment and Red Chillies Entertainment, the film stars Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Lar... |
839909 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergirl | Supergirl | Supergirl is the name of several fictional superheroine characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The original and most well known Supergirl is Kara Zor-El, also known as the cousin of the superhero Superman.
The character made her first appearance in Action Comics #252 (May 1959) and was c... |
839910 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dil%20Dhadakne%20Do | Dil Dhadakne Do | Dil Dhadakne Do () is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama movie directed by Zoya Akhtar, and produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar. The movie features an ensemble cast of Anil Kapoor, Shefali Shah, Priyanka Chopra, Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma and Farhan Akhtar, with a voice-over performance by Aamir Kha... |
839911 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasha%20Calle | Sasha Calle | Sasha Calle (; born August 7, 1995) is an American actress. She is known for her work in the soap opera The Young and the Restless as chef Lola Rosales. She will play the superheroine Supergirl in the DC Extended Universe media franchise, starting in The Flash (2022).
Calle was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She is o... |
839913 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maribel%20Verd%C3%BA | Maribel Verdú | María Isabel Verdú Rollán (born 2 October 1970) (), is a Spanish actress. She played Luisa in Alfonso Cuarón's 2001 movie, Y tu mamá también and Mercedes in Guillermo del Toro's 2006 movie, Pan's Labyrinth.
In March 2021, she was cast as Barry Allen/The Flash's mother Nora Allen on the upcoming DC Extended Universe mo... |
839916 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris%20West | Iris West | Iris West is a fictional character, a supporting character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She has been the main love interest and later wife of Barry Allen / The Flash.
On television, Candice Patton plays her in the 2014 The CW television series. In the DC Extended Universe, Kiersey Clemons ... |
839917 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Maldini | Daniel Maldini | Daniel Maldini (born 11 October 2001) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Milan.
Early life
Maldini was born in Milan, the second son of then A.C. Milan captain Paolo Maldini and Adriana Fossa, a model from Venezuela. His grandfather Cesare also captained Milan ... |
839928 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godot | Godot | Godot is a free and open source game engine. It can be used to make simple 2D games. It can also be used to make 3D games, but not very efficiently compared to other game engines. It is released under the MIT license. It currently uses OpenGL as its only renderer, but Vulkan support is planned to be added soon.
Refere... |
839936 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floride%20Calhoun | Floride Calhoun | Floride Bonneau Calhoun (née Colhoun; February 15, 1792 – July 25, 1866) was the wife of prominent U.S. politician John C. Calhoun. She is best known for her leading role in the Petticoat affair, which occurred during her husband's service as vice president of the United States. In that role, Mrs. Calhoun led the wives... |
839940 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-flat%20%28disambiguation%29 | E-flat (disambiguation) | E-flat may refer to:
E♭(musical note)
E-flat major |
839942 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executioner%20tree%20frog | Executioner tree frog | The executioner tree frog, executioner clown frog or hangman swamp frog (Dendropsophus carnifex) is a frog that lives in the Andes Mountains in Ecuador. Scientists have seen it between 1250 and 2500 meters above sea level. Scientists think it might also live in Colombia.
The adult male frog is 2.5 to 2.8 cm long from... |
839948 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euskirchen | Euskirchen | Euskirchen (; Kölsch: Öskerche) is a town and capital of Euskirchen, a district (Kreis) in North Rhine-Westphalia.
References
Other websites
Euskirchen (district)
Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia |
839950 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujhse%20Shaadi%20Karogi | Mujhse Shaadi Karogi | Mujhse Shaadi Karogi () is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy movie directed by David Dhawan and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. The movie stars Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and Priyanka Chopra in the lead roles. The supporting cast includes Amrish Puri, Kader Khan, Satish Shah and Rajpal Yadav.
Mujhse Shaadi Kar... |
839953 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amrish%20Puri | Amrish Puri | Amrish Lal Puri (22 June 1932 – 12 January 2005) was an Indian actor, who was an important figure in Indian theatre and cinema. He is remembered for playing iconic villainous roles in Hindi cinema as well as other Indian and international film industries. To Indian audiences he is the most remembered for his role as Mo... |
839956 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad%20M%C3%BCnstereifel | Bad Münstereifel | Bad Münstereifel is a spa town in Euskirchen, a district (Kreis) in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Sister towns and cities
Bad Münstereifel is twinned with:
Ashford, United Kingdom
Fougères, France
References
Other websites
www.badmuenstereifel.de the official Website
Spa towns in Germany
Euskirchen (district) |
839961 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechernich | Mechernich | Mechernich (, Kölsch: Meischernisch) is a town in Euskirchen, a district (Kreis) in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Districts
The districts of Mechernich are:
Antweiler, Berg, Bergbuir, Bergheim, Bescheid, Bleibuir, Breitenbenden, Denrath, Dreimühlen, Eicks, Eiserfey, Firmenich, Floisdorf, Gehn, Glehn, Harzheim, Heufahrtshü... |
839975 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing%20of%20Andrew%20Brown%20Jr. | Killing of Andrew Brown Jr. | On April 21, 2021, Andrew Brown Jr., a 42-year-old African American man, was shot dead in the back of the head by a deputy sheriff in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Seven officers were placed on leave as a result of the shooting. Brown died one day after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty... |
839989 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinga%20%28historical%20region%29 | Kalinga (historical region) | Kalinga was a kingdom in what is now the country of India. It included a large part of Odisha, northern Andhra Pradesh and a small part of Chhattisgarh. It was an independent kingdom.
Kalinga fought against the Maurya Empire in 261 BC. The Maurya Empire was led by Ashoka. The effects of the war were described by Ashok... |
839998 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-coupon%20bond | Zero-coupon bond | A zero-coupon bond is a special bond, where there are no periodic interest payments. At the end of the runtime, it will be repaid at the agreed value. There may be compensation for inflation. Usually, zero coupon bonds have long runtimes.
References
Finance |
840001 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force%20136 | Force 136 | The Force 136 was a Far East branch of the British World War II intelligence organisation, the Special Operations Executive (SOE). Originally set up in 1941 as the India Mission with the cover name of GSI(k), it absorbed what was left of SOE's Oriental Mission in April 1942. The man in overall charge for the duration o... |
840003 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan%20Chuan-Jin | Tan Chuan-Jin | Tan Chuan-Jin (; born 10 January 1969) is a Singaporean politician. He is the current Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore since 11 September 2017.
References
1969 births
Living people
Singaporean politicians |
840004 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief%20Justice%20of%20Singapore | Chief Justice of Singapore | The Chief Justice of Singapore is the highest post in the judicial system of Singapore. The Chief Justice is appointed by the President, chosen from candidates recommended by the Prime Minister. The current Chief Justice is Sundaresh Menon.
Government of Singapore
Chief justices |
840006 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker%20of%20the%20Parliament%20of%20Singapore | Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore | The speaker of the Parliament of Singapore is the presiding officer of the Parliament of the Republic of Singapore. The current Chief Justice is Tan Chuan-Jin.
Government of Singapore
Singaporean politicians |
840008 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament%20of%20Singapore | Parliament of Singapore | The Parliament of Singapore is the national unicameral legislature of Singapore.
Government of Singapore
Parliaments |
840011 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-governance%20of%20Singapore | Self-governance of Singapore | The self-governance of Singapore happened in several stages. Since 1819 up to 1959, Singapore had been under the colonial rule of the United Kingdom. The first local elections on a limited scale for several positions in the government of Singapore started in 1948 following a change to the Constitution of Singapore.
Th... |
840013 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia%20Agreement | Malaysia Agreement | The Malaysia Agreement or the Agreement relating to Malaysia between United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Federation of Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore was the agreement which combined what is today Sabah, Sarawak, and Singapore with the existing states of the Federation of Malaya, now know... |
840014 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihonkai%20daikaisen | Nihonkai daikaisen | Nihonkai daikaisen (日本海大海戦, Battle of the Japan Sea) is a 1969 Japanese war drama film directed by Seiji Maruyama and produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka. Set between 1904 and 1905, Japan and
Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, a... |
840018 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%20Rio%20de%20Janeiro%20shootout | 2021 Rio de Janeiro shootout | On 6 May 2021, at least 25 people were killed in a shootout between police and drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The raid happened in Jacarezinho, a favela in Rio de Janeiro. The police raid happened before noon, following reports that a local drug gang was trying to recruit children.
The shootout caused the... |
840027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artifact%20%28error%29 | Artifact (error) | In natural science and signal processing, an artifact or artefact is any error in the perception or the way any information is represented or introduced by the equipment or technique(s).
Computer science
In computer science, digital artifacts are abnormalities introduced into digital signals because of digital signal ... |
840034 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis%2C%20Duke%20of%20Ch%C3%A2tellerault | Francis, Duke of Châtellerault | François de Bourbon (or Francis of Bourbon), Duke of Châtellerault (1492 – 13 September 1515) was a French prince from the House of Bourbon-Montpensier, a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon (itself a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty). He was the brother of Louis II, Count of Montpensier, Charles III, Duke of Bour... |
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