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111754 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyric | Lyric | Lyric could mean:
Lyric poetry is a form of poetry that expresses a subjective, personal point of view
Lyric, from the Greek language, a song sung with a lyre
Lyrics, the composition in verse which is sung to a melody to constitute a song
Lyric is a classification of the human voice in European classical music. T... |
111756 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20alliance | Military alliance | A military alliance is an alliance that is made with the express purpose of military matters and promises the defense of all of its members.
Historic military alliances
Medic Wars
Hellenic League - Athens, Lacedemonia, Macedon, others
Peloponnesian War
League of Delos - Athens, Chios, Samos, Lesbos, others
Peloponne... |
111779 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jugiong%2C%20New%20South%20Wales | Jugiong, New South Wales | Jugiong is a small village on the bank of the Murrumbidgee River in New South Wales, Australia. It is 344 km south west of Sydney on the Hume Highway. The first people to live in the area were indigenous Australians, the Wiradjuri people. The first Europeans were the explorers Hamilton Hume and William Hovell on their ... |
111781 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egerton%20Gospel | Egerton Gospel | The Egerton Gospel is a set of papyri that are now in the British Museum. The papyri have been dated to the second century. The text they contain may have been written 50-100 AD. It is one of the oldest known fragments of any gospel, or any codex. Soon after the British Museum acquired it in the summer of 1934, it was ... |
111782 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel%20of%20Thomas | Gospel of Thomas | The Gospel of Thomas (or the Gospel according to Thomas, Coptic: p.euaggelion p.kata.cwmas) is a text written during the era of the New Testament. It is considered to be an apocryphon. It was found in Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1945.
The text is in the form of a codex, bound in what today is known as Coptic binding. It is... |
111784 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik%27s%20Cube | Rubik's Cube | Rubik's Cube is a puzzle cube, and the world's biggest selling toy of all time with over 300,000,000 (300 million) sold. It was invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik. In a classic Rubik's Cube, each of the six faces is covered by nine stickers, each of one of six solid colours:... |
111785 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20Sierra%20Leone | Flag of Sierra Leone | The flag of Sierra Leone was created in 1961.
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone |
111787 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20Scotland | Flag of Scotland | The flag of Scotland is a white X-shaped cross (a saltire), which represents the cross of the patron saint of Scotland, Saint Andrew on a blue sky. The flag is called Saint Andrew's Cross or the Saltire.
History
According to legend, in 832 A.D. King Óengus (II) (or King Angus) led the Picts and Scots in battle again... |
111791 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanning%20tunneling%20microscope | Scanning tunneling microscope | Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) is a way to view the shape of tiny objects. It can make pictures of atoms on a surface and move the atoms to different places. It was invented by Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer in 1981 at IBM, in Zürich. In 1986 they won the Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing it.
How it works
The... |
111792 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy%20level | Energy level | This article is about orbital (electron) energy levels. For compounds' energy levels, see chemical potential.
Simply defined as the different states of potential energy for electrons in an atom. A quantum mechanical system can only be in certain states, so that only certain energy levels are possible. The term energ... |
111794 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic%20nucleus | Atomic nucleus | The nucleus is the center of an atom. It is made up of nucleons called (protons and neutrons) and is surrounded by the electron cloud. The size (diameter) of the nucleus is between 1.6 fm (10−15 m) (for a proton in light hydrogen) to about 15 fm (for the heaviest atoms, such as uranium). These sizes are much smaller... |
111800 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20governors%20of%20Florida | List of governors of Florida | The head of the government of the state of Florida is called the Governor of Florida. He is not the head of all parts of the government, but is like the state's president, and is head of the executive branch of the state, which is where decisions about running the state are made. He can also give orders to the military... |
111814 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred%20McDowell | Fred McDowell | Fred McDowell (January 12 1904 – July 3 1972) (also known as Mississippi Fred McDowell) was a Delta blues singer and guitar player. His parents died when he was young.
Career
Early career
McDowell was born in Rossville, Tennessee, near Memphis. He started playing guitar when he was 14 and played at parties around wh... |
111824 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurus%20Mountains | Taurus Mountains | For the Taurus Mountains on the moon, see Montes Taurus. For Mount Taurus outside Cold Spring, New York, see Bull Hill.
Taurus Mountains (Turkish: Toros Dağları) are a mountain range in Turkey, from which the Euphrates (Turkish: Fırat) and Tigris (Turkish: Dicle) descend into Syria and Iraq. The Manavgat River comes f... |
111830 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montes%20Taurus | Montes Taurus | Montes Taurus is a mountainous region on the Moon. These peaks are on a highland region to the east of the Mare Serenitatis, in the northeastern quadrant of the Moon's near side. The selenographic coordinates of this range are , and they have a diameter about 170 km. Some of the peaks within the range achieve heights o... |
111831 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sassari | Sassari | Sassari is a city in the region of Sardinia in Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Sassari. About 130,000 people live in Sassari. This makes it the second largest city in Sardinia.
History
The first time that the city appeared in a map was in 1131 with the name Jordi de Sassaro, in 1135 the name was Tathari. ... |
111832 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull%20Hill | Bull Hill | Bull Hill, sometimes called Mount Taurus, is a mountain in the U.S. state of New York. It is north of the village of Cold Spring on the Hudson River, in Putnam County. It is part of the mountain range known as the Hudson Highlands which are part of the Appalachian Mountains.
An old quarry can be seen on its south ridg... |
111838 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forl%C3%AC | Forlì | Forlì is a city in the region of Emilia-Romagna in Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Forlì-Cesena. About 110,000 people live in Forli. It has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa in the Koeppen climate classification).
Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy during World War Two, was born near Forli, in Predappio.
... |
111839 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zagros%20Mountains | Zagros Mountains | The Zagros Mountains (, ), make up Iran's and Iraq's largest mountain range. They have a total length of 1 500 km. The north end is in northwestern Iran and they run near the border with Iraq and along the north coast of the Persian Gulf. The mountain range ends at the Straits of Hormuz. The highest points in the Zagro... |
111840 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latina%2C%20Lazio | Latina, Lazio | Latina is a city in the region of Lazio. It is the capital of the Province of Latina. About 110,000 people live in Latina. This makes it the second largest city in Lazio.
References
Cities in Lazio
Capital cities in Italy |
111842 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monza | Monza | Monza is a city in the region of Lombardy. In 2009 it will become the capital of the Province of Monza and Brianza. About 120,000 people live in Monza. This makes it the third largest city in Lombardy.
References |
111843 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giugliano%20in%20Campania | Giugliano in Campania | Giugliano in Campania is a city the region of Campania in Italy. It is the largest city in Italy that is not a capital of a province. About 105,000 people live there.
References
Cities in Campania |
111844 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/French%20Revolution%20of%201848 | French Revolution of 1848 | The February 1848 Revolution in France ended the reign of King Louis-Philippe, and led to the creation of the French Second Republic (1848-1852).
The revolution established the principle of the "right to work" (droit au travail), and decided to establish "National Workshops" for the unemployed. At the same time a sor... |
111847 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyon%20%28district%29 | Nyon (district) | The District of Nyon is a district in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The seat of the district is the city of Nyon.
Municipalities
On 1 September 2006, Nyon was reorganized. There are now fewer municipalities.
References
Nyon |
111850 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip%20James | Skip James | Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James (June 21, 1902 – October 3, 1969) was an American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter.
Biography
Early years
James was born near Bentonia, Mississippi. He worked on road construction in the early 1920s, and wrote his earliest song, "Illinois Blues", about his experience... |
111862 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana%20%28band%29 | Nirvana (band) | Nirvana was an American rock band formed in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1987. It was founded by singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic. Nirvana had many drummers, but the final and most well known drummer was Dave Grohl, who joined in 1990. The band ended in 1994 after the death of Cobain. Since they... |
111888 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf%20K%C3%B6lzig | Olaf Kölzig | Olaf Kölzig (born April 6, 1970) is a South African-born German retired professional ice hockey goaltender. He played a career total of 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Washington Capitals and the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Kölzig was born in South Africa, but he grew up in several cities ac... |
111891 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania%20I | WrestleMania I | This article is about the first WrestleMania itself, for the WrestleMania PPV series in general, see WrestleMania (PPV series).
WrestleMania (chronologically known as WrestleMania I) was the first WrestleMania professional wrestling event produced by the World Wrestling Federation. It took place on March 31, 1985 at M... |
111893 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B3n%2C%20Guanajuato | León, Guanajuato | Léon is a city in the state of Guanajuato in Mexico. About 1,150,000 people live in Léon. This makes it the seventh largest city in Mexico and the largest city in Guanajuato.
References
Cities in Mexico
Guanajuato (state)
1576 establishments
16th-century establishments in Mexico
1570s establishments in North America |
111894 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Carey%20%28ice%20hockey%29 | Jim Carey (ice hockey) | Jim Carey (born May 31, 1974 in Dorchester, Massachusetts) is an American retired ice hockey goaltender.
Awards
1993 - WCHA All-Rookie Team
1993 – WCHA Rookie of the Year
1993 – WCHA Second All-Star Team
1995 – AHL Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award
1995 – AHL Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
1995 – AHL First All... |
111895 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad%20Ju%C3%A1rez | Ciudad Juárez | Ciudad Juárez is a city in the Mexician state of Chihuahua. About 1,300,000 people live in Ciudad Juárez. This makes it the fifth largest city in Mexico and the largest city in Chihuahua. It is at the border to the USA, opposite El Paso.
References
Cities in Mexico
1659 establishments
Settlements in Chihuahua
17th-ce... |
111900 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Crist%C3%B3bal%20Ecatepec | San Cristóbal Ecatepec | San Cristóbal Ecatepec (or Ecatepec de Morelos) is a city in the state of México in Mexico. About 1,700,000 people live there. This makes San Christóbal de Ectatepec the second largest city in Mexico and the largest in the state of México.
Cities in Mexico
Settlements in Mexico (state) |
111906 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques%20Plante | Jacques Plante | Joseph Jacques Omer "Jake the Snake" Plante (January 17, 1929 – February 27, 1986) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He grew up in Shawinigan Falls, Quebec, and began to play hockey in 1932. Plante started to play organized hockey at age 12, and his first professional game was at age 18. He played for ... |
111907 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockey%20Hall%20of%20Fame | Hockey Hall of Fame | The Hockey Hall of Fame () is in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is both a sports history museum and a hall of fame. It holds displays about players, teams, National Hockey League (NHL) records, and NHL trophies, including the Stanley Cup. First opened in Kingston, Ontario, the Hockey Hall of Fame was first began in 1943 ... |
111915 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9o%20Dandurand | Léo Dandurand | Joseph Viateur "Leo" Dandurand (July 9, 1889 – June 26, 1964), was the owner of the Montreal Canadians in the National Hockey League and in the league that evolved into the Canadian Football League.
Dandurand was born in Bourbonnais, Illinois. He moved to Canada with his family when he was 16 years old and attended Co... |
111916 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy%20Smith | Billy Smith | William John "Battlin' Billy" Smith (born December 12, 1950, in Perth, Ontario) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey goaltender and is best known for winning four Stanley Cups and being the first goaltender to score a goal.
Other websites
1950 births
Canadian ice hockey goaltenders
Conn Smythe Trophy win... |
111920 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Durnan | Bill Durnan | William Ronald Durnan (January 22, 1916 – October 31, 1972) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 7 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played his entire NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens. Until Roberto Luongo was named captain of the Vancouver Canucks on September 30, 2008, Durn... |
111922 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925%E2%80%9326%20NHL%20season | 1925–26 NHL season |
Regular season
Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold
Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points
Leading goaltenders
GP... |
111930 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1926%E2%80%9327%20NHL%20season | 1926–27 NHL season |
Regular season
Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold
Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points
Leading Goaltenders
Not... |
111938 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362%20NHL%20season | 1961–62 NHL season |
Regular season
Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Stanley Cup playoffs
Playoff bracket
NHL a... |
111942 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night%20of%20Champions%20%282008%29 | Night of Champions (2008) | WWE Night of Champions was the second yearly Night of Champions professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Though it was the eighth yearly event, it was the second yearly event under the Night of Champions name. It took place on June 29, 2008 at American Airlines Center i... |
111948 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20M.%20Jennings%20Trophy | William M. Jennings Trophy | The William M. Jennings Trophy is an award in the National Hockey League (NHL) given each year to "to the goalkeeper(s) having played a minimum of 25 games for the team with the fewest goals scored against it. Winners are selected based on regular-season play." Up until 1981, the Vezina Trophy had been awarded under th... |
111968 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemsbok | Gemsbok | The gemsbok or gemsbuck (Oryx gazella) is an African plains antelope. They are found all over Africa, especially Tanzania, Namibia and South Africa.
Grouping
Gemsboks live in a herd of 10-40. The herds are usually set up with a dominant male and female as leaders of the herd. The males have striaght pointed horns ... |
111973 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Left%20Hand%20of%20Darkness | The Left Hand of Darkness | The Left Hand of Darkness is a science fiction book that was written by Ursula K. Le Guin in 1969. It won the 1969 Nebula and 1970 Hugo awards.
Translations
, 1985, 1997
, 2004 (ISBN 978-953-203-182-9)
, also known as Winterplanet (Heyne-Verlag paperback edition, translated by Gisela Stege)
and lat... |
111976 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akan%20language | Akan language | Akan is a language group spoken by related peoples in mainly Ghana and eastern Côte d'Ivoire. Akan belongs to the Kwa group of the Niger-Congo language family.
Dialects
Akan comprises three main mutually intelligible dialects: Fante, Asante Twi and Akwapim Twi. Asante Twi is the widely used. Akan is the most widely s... |
111979 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkadian%20language | Akkadian language | Akkadian () or Assyro-Babylonian was a Semitic language (part of the Afro-Asiatic language family) that was spoken in ancient Iraq. The first-known Semitic language, it used the cuneiform writing system from ancient Sumer.
Akkadian is divided into several varieties based on geography and historical period:
Old Akkadia... |
111981 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afar%20language | Afar language | The Afar language () (also known as ’Afar Af, Afaraf, Qafar af) is a lowland East Cushitic language spoken by the Afar people in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti. It is thought to have 1.5 million speakers. Its most similar language is the Saho language.
References
Cushitic languages |
111984 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abkhaz%20language | Abkhaz language | Abkhaz is a Northwest Caucasian language spoken mostly in Abkhazia (Georgia) and Turkey. It is the official language of Georgia's Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, where around 100,000 people speak it.
References
Notes
Caucasian languages
Languages of Europe
Abkhazia |
111987 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adyghe%20language | Adyghe language | The Adyghe language is one of the two main languages of the Republic of Adygea in the Russian Federation. It is spoken by many tribes of the Adyghe people. The language is called by its speakers "Adygebze" or "Adəgăbză", and can also be spelled in English as Adygean, Adygeyan or Adygei. It is also called Circassian.
... |
111989 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE%20Brand%20Extension | WWE Brand Extension | The World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/E) Brand Extension was a draft first used in 2002 by WWE with the purpose of dividing WWE Superstars into two brands, RAW and SmackDown!. In 2006 ECW was added to the draft.
History
RAW and SmackDown!
Background
After buying World Championship Wrestling (WCW), its b... |
111992 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemannic%20German | Alemannic German | Alemannic German () is a group of dialects of the Upper German branch of the Germanic language family. It is spoken by about ten million people in southern Germany, Switzerland, France, Austria, Liechtenstein, and Italy. In Switzerland it is sometimes called Swiss German. In Alsace, the language is usually called Alsat... |
112000 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20Rumble | Royal Rumble | The Royal Rumble is a yearly professional wrestling pay-per-view event, aired every January by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The show's main event is a Battle Royal-type match, named the Royal Rumble match. The pay-per-view is part of WWE's "Big Four", along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series. Th... |
112005 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania%20XX | WrestleMania XX | WrestleMania XX was the twentieth WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on March 14, 2004 at Madison Square Garden in New York. It was a joint-promotion pay-per-view event, with performers from the Raw and SmackDown! brands. The tagline for Wrest... |
112006 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania%2022 | WrestleMania 22 | WrestleMania 22 was the twenty-second yearly WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on April 2, 2006 at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago, Illinois suburb of Rosemont. The event was the third WrestleMania to take place in the Chicago metropolitan ... |
112046 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip%20%27n%20Dale | Chip 'n Dale | Chip 'n' Dale are two fictional, animated chipmunks. They were made by The Walt Disney Company. Their names are a pun from the name "Chippendale" (see Thomas Chippendale). Chip has a black nose, one tooth, and smooth short hair on his head. Dale has a red nose, two teeth, and ruffled hair. They like peanuts and apples.... |
112055 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Justice%20Network | International Justice Network | The International Justice Network (IJNetwork) leads human rights initiatives around the world by giving legal help and skill to victims of human rights abuses and by making a global network of legal professionals, non-governmental organizations and community-based human rights people to protect and promote human rights... |
112060 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child%20sexual%20abuse | Child sexual abuse | Child sexual abuse is a kind of child abuse when an adult or someone else with power makes a child do any kind of sexual activities. In most cases, the position of power is important. The child is either unwilling or unable to consent. Children below the age of consent are unable to consent. In some cases activities su... |
112067 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reporters%20Without%20Borders | Reporters Without Borders | Reporters Without Borders (RWB) ( or RSF, or RSF, or ROG) is an international non-governmental organization. Its headquarters is located in Paris. The organization was founded in 1985.
Stated purpose
The official website of the organization says that Reporters Without Borders:
"defends journalists and media assista... |
112089 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudu | Kudu | Kudu are a type of African antelope that are found all over Africa, depending on the variety. There are two varieties of Kudu. The Lesser Kudu and the Greater Kudu. The Lesser Kudu live in Eastern Africa and Kenya and Tanzania. The Greater Kudu live in Eastern and Southern Africa.
Appearance
They are a brown-grey co... |
112090 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrode | Electrode | An electrode is an electrical conductor that carries electricity. It is used to touch a non-metal part of a circuit. The two types of electrodes are anode and cathode.
Related pages
Electricity
Electricity |
112093 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397%20NHL%20season | 1996–97 NHL season | The 1996–97 NHL season was the 80th regular season of the National Hockey League. The Stanley Cup winners were the Detroit Red Wings. They swept the Philadelphia Flyers in four games. The Red Wings had not won the Stanley Cup for 42 years.
Regular season
The Boston Bruins recorded the league's worst record, missing t... |
112100 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398%20NHL%20season | 1997–98 NHL season | The 1997–98 NHL season was the 81st regular season of the National Hockey League. The Stanley Cup winners were the Detroit Red Wings, who swept the Washington Capitals in four games.
Regular season
Highlights
Jari Kurri reached 600 goals in his career, finishing with 601.
The Vancouver Canucks and Mighty Ducks of An... |
112104 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy%20Worters | Roy Worters | Roy "Shrimp" Worters (October 19, 1900 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada – November 7, 1957) was a Canadian professional ice hockey Hall of Fame goaltender who played twelve seasons in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Montreal Canadiens and New York Americans, and was notable for having 66 shutouts in h... |
112106 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%20Rollins | Al Rollins | Elwin "Al" Ira Rollins (October 9, 1926 – July 27 1996) was a professional Canadian ice hockey goaltender.
Born in Vanguard, Saskatchewan, Rollins played in the NHL for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Black Hawks and New York Rangers. He played a big role in the Leafs 1951 Stanley Cup victory. Rollins also won the 1... |
112107 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck%20Rayner | Chuck Rayner | Claude Earl "Chuck" Rayner (August 11, 1920 – October 6, 2002) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He played nine seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Brooklyn Americans and New York Rangers. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1973.
Awards & achievements
Turnbull C... |
112108 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20Americans | New York Americans | The New York Americans were a professional ice hockey team, the third expansion team in the history of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the second to play in the United States. The team was part of the NHL from the 1925-26 season until the end of the 1941-42 season. The team was very popular in its first season. Th... |
112111 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse%20James%20%28movie%29 | Jesse James (movie) | Jesse James (1939) is a western movie created by Henry King and includes Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, and Randolph Scott. Written by Nunnally Johnson, the movie is based on the life of the famous criminal for which the movie gets its name.
Plot
The movie follows the life and death of Jesse James (Tyrone Po... |
112113 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse%20G.%20James | Jesse G. James | Jesse Gregory James (born April 19, 1969) is an American television personality and CEO of West Coast Choppers. He builds custom-made motorcycles. James is the host of Motorcycle Mania and the former television series Monster Garage on the Discovery Channel.
Biography
Jesse Gregory James was born in Lynwood, Californ... |
112115 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Assassination%20of%20Jesse%20James%20by%20the%20Coward%20Robert%20Ford | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is a 2007 Western movie. It was based on Ron Hansen's 1983 novel of the same name. The movie is directed by Andrew Dominik, with Brad Pitt portraying Jesse James and Casey Affleck as Robert Ford. Filming took place in near Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg.
Actor... |
112117 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Burke%20%28gangster%29 | James Burke (gangster) | James 'Jimmy the Gent' Burke (July 5, 1931 New York City – April 13, 1996 Buffalo, New York), was an Irish-American gangster. He was known for burying people he had murdered. In 2013 the FBI dug up the basement and garden of his old home searching for more human remains. Burke died of cancer in prison in Buffalo.
Pers... |
112119 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse%20James%20%28actor%29 | Jesse James (actor) | Jesse James (born September 14, 1989) is an American actor.
Filmography
Film
Jumper (2008)
The Flyboys (2008)
The Darkroom (2006) - J-Dawg
The Amityville Horror (2005) - Billy Lutz
The Butterfly Effect (2004) - Tommy Miller at 13
Slap Her... She's French (2002) - Randolph Grady
Fear of the Dark (2002) - Ryan ... |
112122 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse%20James%20Hollywood | Jesse James Hollywood | Jesse James Hollywood (born January 28, 1980 in Los Angeles, California) is an American drug dealer and former fugitive. He kidnapped and had someone murder Nicholas Markowitz.
Other websites
Unsolved Mysteries profile
Jesse James Hollywood - Fox Network's America's Most Wanted profile
1980 births
Living people
Am... |
112125 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse%20James%20%28Lucky%20Luke%29 | Jesse James (Lucky Luke) | Jesse James is a Lucky Luke comic written by Goscinny and illustrated by Morris. The first of these French comics was printed in 1969 by Dargaudin 1881.
Other websites
Lucky Luke official site album index
Goscinny website on Lucky Luke
1969 books |
112126 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302%20NHL%20season | 2001–02 NHL season | The 2001–02 NHL season was the 85th regular season of the National Hockey League. Thirty teams each played 82 games. The Stanley Cup winners were the Detroit Red Wings, who won the best of seven series 4–1 against the Carolina Hurricanes.
The Dallas Stars moved their home games from Reunion Arena to American Airlines ... |
112144 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Hainsworth | George Hainsworth | George Henry Hainsworth (June 26, 1895 – October 9, 1950) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League (NHL).
Records
He is the all-time leader in professional shutouts with 104.
His 94 shutouts are third on the NHL's all... |
112146 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny%20Thompson | Tiny Thompson | Cecil Ralph "Tiny" Thompson (May 31, 1903 – February 9, 1981) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played 10 seasons with the Boston Bruins and two seasons with the Detroit Red Wings. He won the Vezina Trophy, given to the NHL's best goaltender... |
112147 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry%20Sawchuk | Terry Sawchuk | Terence Gordon Sawchuk (December 28, 1929 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada–May 31, 1970 in New York City, New York, United States) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played 21 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Los Angeles Kings, and New ... |
112158 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick%20Roy | Patrick Roy | Patrick Jacques Roy, (born October 5, 1965, in Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian retired ice hockey goaltender. Roy's professional career was with the Montreal Canadiens and Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League, winning two Stanley Cups with each team. In 2004, Roy was selected as the greatest goalt... |
112160 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlett%20Johansson | Scarlett Johansson | Scarlett Johansson (born November 22, 1984) is an American actress, model and singer. She is best known for her roles in the movies The Avengers, Lost in Translation, Girl With a Pearl Earring, Match Point, and The Prestige.
Early life
Scarlett Johansson was born in New York City, New York on November 22, 1984. Her ... |
112162 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken%20Dryden | Ken Dryden | Kenneth Wayne "Ken" Dryden, PC OC, (born August 8, 1947) is a Canadian retired NHL goaltender. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, on August 8, 1947, Dryden was originally drafted by the Boston Bruins in 1964. Rather than play in Boston, Dryden decided to pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree at Cornell University, where he also pla... |
112163 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie%20Gardiner | Charlie Gardiner | Charles Robert Gardiner (December 31, 1904 – June 13, 1934) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Gardiner moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba with his family at age seven. He played junior hockey with the Winnipeg T... |
112164 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot%20%28ice%20hockey%29 | Shot (ice hockey) | A shot in ice hockey is an attempt by a player to score a goal by hitting the puck with their stick in the direction of the net.
Other websites
Shooting tips for beginners - Dunedin Ice Hockey Association
Ice hockey words |
112168 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goal%20%28ice%20hockey%29 | Goal (ice hockey) | A goal in ice hockey provides a team with one point. A goal is scored when a puck completely crosses the goal line within the goal net.
Ice hockey words |
112170 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockey%20puck | Hockey puck | A puck is a disk used in some games serving the same use as a ball in ball games. The best-known use of pucks is in ice hockey, a major international sport.
Hockey pucks are hard disks of rubber that are used to play ice hockey. A standard ice hockey puck is black, 1 inch thick (25.4 mm), 3 inches in diameter (76.2 mm... |
112173 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haines%20City%2C%20Florida | Haines City, Florida | Haines City is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. As of 2007, the Economic and Business Research at the University of Florida estimated that the city's population was 18,748. Thus making it the third largest city by population in the county.
Parks
The city went without a public park as both Lake Eva Park... |
112175 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Brimsek | Frank Brimsek | Francis Charles "Mister Zero" Brimsek (September 26, 1915 – November 11, 1998) was an American professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Boston Bruins and Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League.
He remained with the Bruins until 1949, and played a final season with the Chicago Black Hawks. He wa... |
112177 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turk%20Broda | Turk Broda | Walter Edward “Turk” Broda (May 15, 1914 – October 17, 1972) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was born in Brandon, Manitoba on May 15, 1914 to a Polish-Canadian family. He joined the Maple Leafs in 1936.
Awards & Achievements
Turnbull Cup MJHL Championship (1933)
Memor... |
112179 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed%20Belfour | Ed Belfour | Edward John Belfour (born April 21, 1965) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey goaltender. He played for the Chicago Blackhawks, San Jose Sharks, Dallas Stars, Toronto Maple Leafs, and the Florida Panthers. He has also played for Leksands IF of the Hockeyallsvenskan.
Belfour was born in Carman, Manitoba and g... |
112180 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foucault | Foucault | Foucault can mean more than one thing:
Michel Foucault (philosopher)
Léon Foucault (physicist)
Foucault pendulum
Foucault's Pendulum (book), a 1988 book by Umberto Eco |
112182 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glove%20%28ice%20hockey%29 | Glove (ice hockey) | There are three types of gloves worn by ice hockey players. Skaters wear similar gloves on each hand, while goaltenders wear gloves of different types on each hand.
Types of gloves
Skaters' gloves
Skaters' gloves are designed to protect the players' hands from pucks, sticks, and skates. They do not play any role in... |
112189 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%20idealism | German idealism | German idealism is a group of theories in philosophy that began in Germany in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It was related to the Enlightenment and the French revolution. German idealists believed that nothing exists without the mind. This means that while the world exists, our knowledge about t... |
112202 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny%20Bower | Johnny Bower | John William "Johnny" Bower (November 8, 1924 – December 26, 2017), nicknamed "The China Wall", was a Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender.
Bower died of pneumonia on December 26, 2017 in Toronto at the age of 93.
Awards
Hap Holmes Memorial Award (best AHL goaltender, 3 times)
Vezina Trophy (2 times, at that time awarde... |
112204 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305%20NHL%20season | 2004–05 NHL season | The 2004–05 NHL season would have been the 88th regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL). The season was canceled on February 16, 2005 because of an unfinished lockout that began on September 16, 2004. The loss of the 2004–05 season made the NHL the first North American professional sports league to cancel an... |
112205 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amharic%20language | Amharic language | Amharic (አማርኛ āmariññā) is a Semitic language spoken in North Central Ethiopia by the Amhara. It is the second most spoken Semitic language after Arabic, and the official language of Ethiopia. Amharic is also the official or working language of several of the states, including Amhara Region and the multi-ethnic Southe... |
112210 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305%20NHL%20lockout | 2004–05 NHL lockout | The 2004–05 NHL lockout resulted in the cancellation of what would have been the 88th season of the National Hockey League (NHL). It was the first time the Stanley Cup was not given out since 1919, and the first time a major professional sports league in North America canceled a complete season because of a labor issue... |
112212 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Sports%20Network | The Sports Network | The Sports Network (commonly known as TSN) is a Canadian English language cable television specialty channel and is Canada's first English language sports television channel. TSN started in 1984, in the second group of Canadian specialty cable channels. TSN is owned by CTV Speciality Television Inc; a division of Bell ... |
112214 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn%20Hall | Glenn Hall | Glenn Henry "Mr. Goalie" Hall (born October 3, 1931, in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey goaltender. During his National Hockey League career with the Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Black Hawks, and St. Louis Blues, Hall rarely missed a game, winning the Vezina Trophy three time... |
112216 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie%20Hodge | Charlie Hodge | Charles "Charlie" Hodge (July 28, 1933 – April 16, 2016) was a Canadian retired professional ice hockey goaltender. He played for the Montreal Canadiens, Vancouver Canucks, and Oakland Seals in the National Hockey League.
Playing career
Hodge's first NHL game happened in 1954 with Montreal. But because teams at tha... |
112234 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%20Golden%20Seals | California Golden Seals | The California Golden Seals were an ice hockey team in the NHL that played from 1966 to 1976. The Golden Seals entered the league at the start of the 1966-67 NHL season as the Oakland Seals. In the 1970-71 season, the team was renamed to the California Golden Seals. Due to poor attendance, the Golden Seals' owners move... |
112237 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Barrasso | Tom Barrasso | Thomas Patrick Barrasso (born March 31, 1965) is an American retired ice hockey goaltender. He played a career total of 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, Ottawa Senators, Carolina Hurricanes, Toronto Maple Leafs and the St. Louis Blues. During his fir... |
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