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8736 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/February%2024 | February 24 |
Events
Up to 1900
303 - Galerius publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Roman Empire.
1303 β An English Army is defeated by a Scottish Army in the Battle of Roslin.
1377 β Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated in Buda.
1525 - The Spanish Imperial Army def... |
8737 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962 | 1962 | 1962 (MCMLXII) was .
Events
March 16 β Walter Cronkite becomes lead anchor on the CBS Evening News.
August 6 β Jamaica becomes separate from the United Kingdom.
August 16 β The Beatles fire drummer Pete Best and replace him with Ringo Starr
Johnny Carson becomes host of The Tonight Show.
Punchy, the Hawaiian Pun... |
8740 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution | Evolution | Evolution is a biological process. It is how living things change over time and how new species develop. The theory of evolution explains how evolution works, and how living and extinct things have come to be the way they are. The theory of evolution is a very important idea in biology. Theodosius Dobzhansky, a well-kn... |
8744 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%2031 | December 31 |
Events
Up to 1900
192 - Narcissus murders Roman Emperor Commodus.
406 - Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning the invasion of Gaul.
1225 β The Ly Dynasty in Vietnam ends after 216 years, as Tran Thai Tong, still a boy, becomes Emperor. This is the beginning of the Tran Dynasty.
1472 β The throw... |
8745 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%2025 | December 25 | Christmas is celebrated on this day in many Christian and Western countries.
Events
Up to 1900
333 - Roman Emperor Constantine I promotes his youngest son Constans to the rank of Caesar.
336 - Ancient Rome holds its first documented Christmas celebration.
496 - Clovis I, King of the Franks, is baptized into the R... |
8746 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937 | 1937 |
Events
American Ballet Theatre founded
January 1 β Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua
January 11 β The first issue of Look magazine goes on sale in the United States.
January 19 β Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.
... |
8751 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire | Bedfordshire | Bedfordshire is a county of England. Its county town is Bedford. It borders Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire (with the Borough of Milton Keynes) and Hertfordshire. The highest elevation point is 243 m (797 ft) on Dunstable Downs in the Chilterns. The county motto is "Constant Be", which is taken from t... |
8758 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/March%2026 | March 26 |
Events
Up to 1900
590 - Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
1027 - Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor is crowned.
1169 - Saladin becomes Emir of Egypt.
1344 - The Siege of Algeciras, one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end.
1351 -... |
8759 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/March%2020 | March 20 | March 20 is usually the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and the first day of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.
Events
Up to 1800
325 β The First Council of Nicaea β the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church β is held.
526 β An earthquake kills about 300,000 people in Syria and Antiochia... |
8764 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/October%208 | October 8 |
Events
Up to 1900
1075 Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned King of Croatia.
1480 Stand-off on the Ugra River, between the forces of Akhmat Khan of the 'Great Horde', and those of Grand Duke Ivan III of Russia, resulting in the retreat of the Tataro-Mongols.
1573 End of the Spanish Siege of Alkmaar (Netherlands) - Firs... |
8765 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/October%2028 | October 28 |
Events
Up to 1900
306 β Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. Also on this day, in 312, he is defeated in battle and drowns in the River Tiber.
312 - Battle of Milvain Bridge: Constantine I defeats Maxentius to become Roman Emperor.
1344 - The lower town of Smyrna (Izmir), in present-day Turkey, is captured by ... |
8793 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20football | American football | American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport. It is played by two teams with 11 players on each side. American football is played with a ball with pointed ends. Points are scored in many ways, usually by one team getting the ball into the end zo... |
8794 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Ugly%20Duckling | The Ugly Duckling | "The Ugly Duckling" () is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Andersen lavished great care on this story, spending a year perfecting it. It was first published in 1844 with "The Angel", "The Sweethearts", and "The Nightingale" in New Fairy Tales. The critics liked these stories. Andersen considered the st... |
8799 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/General%20relativity | General relativity | General relativity is a theory of space and time. The theory was published by Albert Einstein in 1915. The central idea of general relativity is that space and time are two aspects of spacetime. Spacetime is curved when there is matter, energy, and momentum resulting in what we perceive as gravity. The links between th... |
8857 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutland | Rutland | Rutland is the smallest county of England. It is surrounded by the counties of Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire.
The main towns of Rutland are Oakham and Uppingham.
In the mid-1970s, it was the inspiration for Eric Idle's TV show, Rutland Weekend Television.
Ceremonial counties of England
Unitary ... |
8861 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943 | 1943 |
Events
January - March
January 4 β End of term for Culbert Olson, 29th Governor of California. Earl Warren follows him.
January 11 β The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China.
January 11 β General Juanto dies in Argentina β Ramon Castillo succeeds him
January 12 β Jan Campert, Dutch j... |
8864 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adlai%20Stevenson%20I | Adlai Stevenson I | Adlai Ewing Stevenson (October 23, 1835 β June 14, 1914) was an American politician. He was vice president of the United States under Grover Cleveland, and ran for President and several other political offices, but lost. He was also first assistant Postmaster General and a member of the United States House of Represent... |
8865 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo%2C%20Ohio | Toledo, Ohio | Toledo is a city in Ohio, USA. It was named after Toledo, Spain. It is a large industrial city, and has many factories that make things like car parts and glass. In 1835 and 1836, Ohio and Michigan both claimed to own the city and surrounding territory. Michigan gave up its claim and got the Upper Peninsula in exchange... |
8901 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Carpenters | The Carpenters | The Carpenters were an American musical duo. The members were Richard Carpenter and his sister Karen. Starting in 1969, the duo had many popular songs including "We've Only Just Begun", "Close to You", "Sing", "Rainy Days and Mondays", "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" and others. They continued until Karen's... |
8902 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry%20Reed | Jerry Reed | Jerry Reed (March 20, 1937 β September 1, 2008) was an American country music singer and actor. Best known for his songs "Amos Moses", "When You're Hot You're Hot" and "Eastbound and Down", he also acted in several movies including Smokey and the Bandit and The Waterboy. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He died in Nas... |
8905 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990 | 1990 | 1990 (MCMXC) was .
Events
January
January 2 β All My Children airs its 20th anniversary special. The characters Joe and Ruth Martin sit down with Erica Kane, her mother Mona, and Phoebe Wallingford as they go through scrapbook pictures which segue into memorable clips from the show's past twenty years.
January 7 ... |
8906 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee%20Gees | Bee Gees | The Bee Gees were a BritishβAustralian pop group. For most of its history, the band consisted of three brothers all of whom were born on the Isle of Man, a British Crown Dependency. The brothers, Barry Gibb (born 1 September 1946), and twins Maurice Gibb (22 December 1949 β 12 January 2003) and Robin Gibb (22 December... |
8912 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improverts | Improverts | The Improverts are an improvised comedy group based in Edinburgh, Scotland. They are a part of the Edinburgh University Theatre Company. Their home is the Bedlam Theatre. It has been their home since they were created 18 years ago. The group is similar to Who's Line is it Anyway?, Comedy Store Players, and Keith Johnst... |
8914 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei%20101 | Taipei 101 | Taipei 101 () is 101-floor building in Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan). In 2004, it replaced the Willis Tower (which used to be called the Sears Tower) as the tallest completed building in the world. However, in 2010, it was surpassed by the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
Taipei 101 holds records for:
Ground to structural... |
8915 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/September%201 | September 1 | This day is the first day of the last third of the year as well as the two thirds point of the common year because there are 243 days before and 121 days after it in common years. There are 244 days before and 121 after it in leap years. The exact time the second third of the year starts is 8:00 a.m. In countries that ... |
8917 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946 | 1946 |
Events
January 10 β First meeting of the United Nations.
August 16 - Muslim League began "Direct Action Day" which killed 10,000 people from Kolkata.
AIESEC started
Births
January 3 - John Paul Jones, English bass guitarist (Led Zeppelin)
January 19 β Dolly Parton, American country singer
January 22 β Malcol... |
8918 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%2011 | December 11 |
Events
Up to 1900
220 - China: Cao Pi forces Emperor Xian of Han to abdicate the Han Dynasty throne. The Cao Wei Empire is created.
361 β Julian the Apostate enters Constantinople as the sole Emperor of the Roman Empire.
630 - The Prophet Muhammad leads an army of 10,000 to conquer Mecca.
969 - Byzantine Empero... |
8921 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/February%204 | February 4 |
Events
Up to 1900
211 β Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies, leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons, Caracalla and Geta.
960 - Song Taizu, founder of the Song Dynasty in China, comes to power in a coup.
1169 - Mount Etna on Sicily erupts. It is known exactly how many people were kille... |
8922 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio%20Aragon%C3%A9s | Sergio AragonΓ©s | Sergio AragonΓ©s Domenech (; born September 6, 1937) is a popular cartoonist. He was born in Spain and grew up in Mexico. He is most famous for his cartoons for MAD Magazine and the comic book Groo the Wanderer.
References
Cartoonists
Spanish people
1937 births
Living people |
8923 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa%20Bonet | Lisa Bonet | Lisa Bonet (born Lisa Michelle Bonet; November 16, 1967), also known as Lilakoi Moon, is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Denise Huxtable on television series, The Cosby Show and A Different World. She was also married to singer Lenny Kravitz from 1987 to 1993. She is of African American and Ashk... |
8925 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco | Tobacco | Tobacco is a product prepared from the leaves of the tobacco plant by curing them. The plant is part of the genus Nicotiana and of the Solanaceae (nightshade) family.
History
Native Americans used tobacco before Europeans arrived in the Americas. The earliest know use of tobacco comes from nicotine residue from a ... |
8927 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Jerusalem (; ; ) is one of the oldest cities in the world that people have lived in continuously. It is important to many major religions. Jews consider Jerusalem a holy city because it was their religious and political center during Biblical times and was the place where the Temple of God stood. Christians consider ... |
8933 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky%20Mountains | Rocky Mountains | The Rocky Mountains (often 'The Rockies') are a range of mountains in the western United States and Canada. They stretch from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in western Canada, to New Mexico, in the southwestern United States. The Rocky Mountains are more than 3,000 miles long (4,800 kilometers).
The highes... |
8934 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn | Brooklyn | Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs of New York City. It also covers the same area as Kings County. Brooklyn is the second largest borough in land area.
In the early 21st century, about 2.5 million live there. This is more than in any of the other four boroughs.
Brooklyn is the west end of Long Island. The East Riv... |
8935 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish%20language | Cornish language | Cornish is a very old language from Cornwall in the southwest of England. Cornish is a Celtic language and is very similar to Welsh and is related to Gaelic.
History
A long time ago, Cornish was the only language spoken in Cornwall, but more and more people began to speak English, instead of Cornish. In 1550, when th... |
8936 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh | Welsh | Welsh could mean many different things:
Of or relating to Wales
The Welsh language
The Welsh people
Welsh could also mean:
Places in the United States (US)
Welsh, Louisiana
Welsh, Arkansas
Welsh, Ohio
People
Ben Welsh, an Australian Icon
Harry Welsh, a US paratrooper in World War II
Irvine Welsh, a Scottish autho... |
8937 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate%20scandal | Watergate scandal | The Watergate scandal was a major scandal during and after the 1972 presidential election.
United States President and Republican Richard Nixon was running for election against Democrat George McGovern. Frank Wills, a security guard, discovered clues that former FBI and CIA agents broke into the offices of the Democr... |
8945 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyan | Cyan | Cyan is the color halfway between blue and green on the color wheel. It is one of the primary (main) colors of ink in an inkjet printer, along with black, yellow and magenta.
Cyan is a secondary color of light, along with magenta and yellow. The primary colors of light are: blue, red and green. Cyan is made by mixing... |
8946 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple | Purple | Purple is a colour that is made of two primary colors, blue and red.
The first written use of purple as a color name in English was in 975.
Meaning of purple
Purple is associated with wisdom, dignity, independence, creativity, mystery and magic. Purple is a very rare color in nature, though the lavender flower and ... |
9002 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%20Liga%20Filipina | La Liga Filipina | La Liga Filipina was a group created by Doctor Jose Rizal on July 3, 1982 in the Philippines.
The aims were:
To unite the whole archipelago into one society with equality for Filipinos and Spaniards in the Philippines.
Mutual protection in every want and need;
Defense against all violence and injustice;
Encouragement... |
9036 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/March%2031 | March 31 |
Events
Up to 1900
307 β After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Maximian.
1492 β Queen Isabella of Castile issues the Alhambra Decree, ordering her 150,000 Jewish and Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity, or face being forced to leave.
1547 ... |
9041 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/September%2029 | September 29 |
Events
Up to 1900
61 BC Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph, for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.
48 BC Ptolemy XIII of Egypt had Pompey murdered and his head cut off on his 58th birthday. Pompey's head and ring are kept for Julius Caesar (some sourc... |
9042 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938 | 1938 |
Events
January 3 β The March of Dimes is established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
January 11 β Frances Moulton is the first woman to become president of a US national bank.
January 20 β Wedding of King Farouk I of Egypt and Queen Farida Zulficar in Cairo
January 28 β The first ski tow in America begins operation in... |
9044 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865 | 1865 |
Events
William Booth creates the Salvation Army.
The American Civil War ends.
Births
October 22 β Paul Raud, Estonian painter (d. 1930)
December 8 β Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (d. 1957)
December 30 β Rudyard Kipling, English writer and poet (d. 1936)
Deaths
April 15 β United States President Abraham L... |
9052 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton%20John | Elton John | Sir Elton Hercules John (birth name Reginald Kenneth Dwight, born 25 March 1947 in Pinner, Middlesex, England), better known simply as Elton John, is an English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer. He started his music career immediately after leaving school. Elton John was the biggest music star in the 1970s.
... |
9053 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Who | The Who | The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964. The main lineup from 1964 to 1978 was guitarist Pete Townshend, vocalist Roger Daltrey, bassist John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon. They became known for high energy live shows. The Who have sold about 100 million records. Many people think that The Who are the great... |
9054 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led%20Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin was an English rock band. The group was started in 1968 and broke up in 1980. The members were Robert Plant (vocals), Jimmy Page (lead guitar), John Paul Jones (bass), and John Bonham (drums). Led Zeppelin ended in 1980 after the accidental death of John Bonham. After Bonham's death, the band believed that... |
9060 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB%20flash%20drive | USB flash drive | A USB flash drive (USB stands for Universal Serial Bus) is a popular way to store digital information. Flash drives are an easy way to share data (information). A USB flash drive can be attached to a USB port, and provides a certain amount of storage space, which can be used to store data. USB flash drives are used wit... |
9066 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich | Ostrich | The ostrich (Struthio camelus) is a large flightless bird that lives in Africa. They are the largest living bird species, and have the biggest eggs of all living birds. Ostriches do not fly, but can run faster than any other bird.
They are ratites, a useful grouping of medium to large flightless birds. Ostriches have ... |
9067 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark | Shark | Sharks are a superorder of fish, the Selachimorpha. They, like other Chondrichthyes, have skeletons made of cartilage instead of bone. Cartilage is tough, rubbery material which is less rigid than bone. Cartilaginous fish also include skates and rays.
There are more than 350 different kinds of sharks, such as the gre... |
9068 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulture | Vulture | Vultures are large birds of prey that usually feed on the carrion or (dead or dying animals and rocks). Vultures use their large wings to soar in the air for many miles without having to flap. Vultures are also called buzzards.
Vultures from the Old World (Europe, Asia, and Africa) are not related to the vultures of t... |
9069 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle | Eagle | The Eagle is a large birds of prey which live in and are mostly found in Eurasia and in Africa, but also in many parts of the world. Eagles hunt during the day and have very good eyesight.
The golden eagle is found over most of the world and it usually eats small mammals.
Sometimes, "eagle" can just mean any large ... |
9070 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon | Falcon | Falcons are small to medium-sized birds of prey and are related to hawks, eagles, and vultures. They usually have pointed wings and long tails.
Most falcons eat small mammals that they hunt using eyesight, although some species hunt other birds, which they take in flight. Like hawks, most falcons have dark gray or br... |
9074 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islington | Islington | Islington is a district in north London, in the United Kingdom. The area usually called Islington is only part of the London Borough of Islington. It is a fashionable area and has with large well-built houses and is close to the City of London.
References
Other websites
Islington Council
Weather forecast for Islin... |
9080 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976 | 1976 | 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was .
Events
January 18 β Bangladesh and Pakistan fully have foreign bilateral relations between Islamabad and Dacca Officials.
July 2 β Vietnam is united.
July 4 β The United States celebrates its 200th birthday (bicentennial)
July 23 β Adolfo SuΓ‘rez is elected Prime Minister of Spain.
July 28 β... |
9081 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirindhorn%20International%20Institute%20of%20Technology | Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology | Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (SIIT) () is an institute of technology in Thammasat University, Thailand. It was established in 1992.
SIIT offers education in science, technology, engineering, and management. Every education programs are "international program", all classes are in English language. I... |
9084 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ainu%20people | Ainu people | The Ainu people are the native population of northern Japan and the eastern part of Russia, mostly in the Amur river region, Sakhalin, the Kuril islands and on the Kamchatka Peninsula. The term is also used for their culture and language in the Ezo region (Hokkaido).
History
The majority of their ancestors, the JΕmon... |
9088 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliad | Iliad | The Iliad is the oldest surviving work of Greek literature. It was an oral epic poem. People spoke it without reading it. It was written down in the 8th century BC. It is an epic (or very long) poem with 24 chapters written in hexameter. The poem includes early Greek myths and legends. It may have been based on a Bron... |
9089 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug | Drug | According to the WHO, a drug is a substance that can change how a living organism works. Food is usually not seen as a drug, even though some foods may have such properties. Most of the time drugs are taken to treat a disease, or other medical condition. An example for such drugs may be Aspirin or Paracetamol. These ar... |
9090 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Watterson | Bill Watterson | William B. Watterson II (born July 5, 1958) is an American artist and cartoonist. He is most famous for his comic strip, "Calvin and Hobbes" which was published between 1985 and 1995. He is a very private person and not much is publicly known about him. He also did not want people to sell things with the pictures of hi... |
9092 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centimetre | Centimetre | A centimetre (the American spelling is centimeter, symbol cm) is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI) measurement system. It is equal to one hundredth of a metre. Centi- is placed in front to say 'a hundredth'. The centimetre is the base unit of length in the old centimetre-gram-second (CGS) syste... |
9095 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/July%205 | July 5 |
Events
Up to 1900
1295 β Scotland and France create an alliance, known in Scotland as the "Auld Alliance".
1316 - The Burgundian and Majorcan claimants of the Principality of Achaea meet in the Battle of Manolada.
1601 - During the Dutch War of Independence, the Spanish lay siege to Oostende.
1610 - John Guy se... |
9096 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn%20Manson%20%28band%29 | Marilyn Manson (band) | Marilyn Manson is a rock band, and also the name of the lead singer of the group. The name Marilyn Manson was taken from the first name of actress and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe and the last name of cult leader and serial killer Charles Manson. Some of the earlier band members also created stage names by taking the firs... |
9097 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey%20Beardsley | Aubrey Beardsley | Aubrey Beardsley (21 August 1872 β 16 March 1898) was a English illustrator. He is best known for his drawings for Oscar Wilde's Salome. Beardsley is one of the famous people who appears on the cover of The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album.
Early life
Beardsley was born in Brighton where his mother... |
9099 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey | Odyssey | The Odyssey is a major Ancient Greek epic poem. It was written by Homer, as a sequel to the Iliad. In its origin it was an oral epic poem from Mycenaean Greece, about the 11th century BC. The hero of the poem is Odysseus, or Ulysses as he is called in Latin; the poem is mythological, not historical.
The poem is the st... |
9100 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae%20West | Mae West | Mae West (August 17, 1893 β November 22, 1980) was an American actress. She worked in vaudeville and later in movies. She is best-remembered for her dirty jokes and comedy movies.
Her name when she was born was Mary Jane West. She was born in Brooklyn, New York City, and died in Hollywood, California. Her mother was a... |
9101 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny%20Bruce | Lenny Bruce | Lenny Bruce (October 13, 1925 β August 3, 1966), was an American comedian. His real name was Leonard Alfred Schneider. He is considered an innovator of modern stand-up comedy and changed the way many people see comedians. His jokes and routines were very improper and off limits for the time and he got in a lot of troub... |
9104 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%208 | August 8 |
Events
Up to 1900
117 β Roman Emperor Trajan dies, and is succeeded by Hadrian.
1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula.
1503 β King James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor.
1576 - The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg Observatory is laid in Ven, Sweden.
1585 - John Davis... |
9105 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimchi | Kimchi | Kimchi (; ; ), also spelled kimchee or gimchi, is a traditional fermented Korean side dish made of vegetables with many seasonings. In traditional preparation, kimchi was stored underground in jars to keep cool during the summer months and unfrozen during the winter months. There are hundreds of varieties of kimchi ma... |
9106 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Altman | Robert Altman | Robert Bernard Altman (February 20, 1925 - November 20, 2006) was an American movie director. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri and died of leukemia in Los Angeles, California. In 2006, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized his body of work with an Academy Honorary Award.
His movies MASH (1970)... |
9107 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam%20Veterans%20Memorial | Vietnam Veterans Memorial | The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, also called the Wall, honors the men and women who died in the Vietnam War. It is a black granite wall which has the names of every American killed in the war. It was designed by Maya Lin in 1981 and is in Washington, DC.
Sources
Buildings and structures in Washington, D.C.
Military mon... |
9109 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya%20Lin | Maya Lin | Maya Ying Lin (born October 10, 1959) is a Chinese-American architect and artist. She is most famous for her Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC and the Civil Rights Monument in Montgomery, Alabama. In 2016, Lin was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama.
References
American architects
1959... |
9113 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manslaughter | Manslaughter | Manslaughter is the crime of killing a person. When a person is killed, lawyers also look at the reasons, and motives why this person was killed. If the death of a person was not on purpose, but the killer did something that resulted in the death of the another person, this is usually called manslaughter, in English. I... |
9114 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangkok | Bangkok | Bangkok (Thai: ΰΈΰΈ£ΰΈΈΰΈΰΉΰΈΰΈΰΈ‘ΰΈ«ΰΈ²ΰΈΰΈΰΈ£) is the capital city of Thailand. In 2010, the city had a population of 9,100,000 people. Since Bangkok has more than 55 times as many people as the second largest city, Nonthaburi, it is a primate city.
Bangkok has a tropical savanna climate (Aw in the Koeppen climate classification).
Ba... |
9117 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971 | 1971 | 1971 (MCMLXXI) was .
Events
January 2 β A ban on television cigarette advertisements goes into effect in the United States.
January 3 β BBC Open University begins in the United Kingdom
January 18 β Strikes in Poland demand resignation of interior minister Kazimierz Switala. He resigns January 23 and is replaced b... |
9118 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987 | 1987 | 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was .
Events
January 3 β Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
February 14βMarch 7 β Bon Jovi's "Livin' On A Prayer" is the #1 song. It would be 1987's Biggest hit song.
February 22 β The Airbus A320 makes its first flight.
March 7 β The first five... |
9119 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicosis | Silicosis | Silicosis is a disease that is caused by small particles of silica (glass) getting trapped in the lungs. When people have silicosis, the changes in their body often are cyanosis (when skin goes a blueish color), a fever, when the body gets hotter or being not able to breathe properly. Sometimes doctors do not realize t... |
9120 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torquay | Torquay | Torquay (pronounced: "tor-KEE") is a coastal town in Devon, South West England. It is perhaps most famous as birthplace of writer Agatha Christie and setting of the TV show, Fawlty Towers.
Climate
Torquay has one of the smallest average temperature ranges in Britain. It also has one of the mildest Winters in Britain.
... |
9126 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Sachs | Andrew Sachs | Andrew Sachs (Andreas Siegfried Sachs, 7 April 1930 β 23 November 2016) was a German-British actor.
Sachs was born in Berlin. His family was Jewish. In 1938, they left Germany for London, shortly after Adolf Hitler became Germany's leader.
Sachs is best known for his role as Manuel on Fawlty Towers. He also played... |
9130 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Seven%20Samurai | The Seven Samurai | The Seven Samurai is a Japanese movie, written and directed by Akira Kurosawa, and released in 1954.
Plot
The fictional plot is set in Japan in 1587, which is the 15th year of TenshΕ.
People in a village are worried about thieves and decide to get samurai to help defend them. It is hard to get enough samurai. The sam... |
9132 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum%20tube | Vacuum tube | A vacuum tube, also called a valve in British English, is an electronic device used in many older model radios, television sets, and amplifiers to control electric current flow. The cathode is heated, as in a light bulb, so it will emit electrons. This is called thermionic emission. The anode is the part that accepts t... |
9133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupac%20Shakur | Tupac Shakur | Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 - September 13, 1996) was an American rapper and actor who sold many records. Shakur has sold over 75 million albums worldwide as of 2010. Shakur began his career as a roadie, backup dancer, and MC for the alternative hip hop group Digital Underground as "MC New York", eventually branc... |
9137 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skagerrak | Skagerrak | Skagerrak is a sea in the northern part of Europe between Norway and Denmark. Skagerrak is a part of the North Sea. To the east is Kattegat.
Close to the Norwegian coast is a deep trench (700 m), the rest of the sea is shallow. Oil and gas are produced from rigs in the Skagerrak.
Seas of the Atlantic Ocean |
9139 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kattegat | Kattegat | Kattegat is a sea in the northern part of Europe between the Danish peninsula Jutland, the Danish island Zealand, and the western coast of Sweden.
To the north-west is Skagerrak. Kattegat is connected to the Baltic Sea through the Danish Straits and Belts.
The sea is shallow, and life conditions are threatened by los... |
9140 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic%20Sea | Baltic Sea | The Baltic Sea is a sea in northern Europe between Scandinavia, Finland, Russia, the Baltic countries, Poland, and Germany.
Many big rivers in the surrounding countries drain into the Baltic Sea. The Baltic Sea is connected to the ocean through the narrow and shallow Danish straits and belts. For this reason, the wate... |
9141 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavia | Scandinavia | Scandinavia is a group of countries in northern Europe. Scandinavia is Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Some people also think Finland is part of Scandinavia. Others also say Iceland and the Faroe Islands should count. Most of the time, "Scandinavia" is used to mean places where people speak Scandinavian languages (also ... |
9148 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerva%20cars | Minerva cars | In 1883 a young Belgian called Sylvain de Jong settled in Antwerp, Belgium. He started a bicycle factory there. By the end of that century he started producing motorbikes, and after a while automobiles as well. In 1903 he grounded the NV Minerva Motors' in Berchem (Antwerp).
A certain Charles S Rolls was Minerva dealer... |
9149 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/April%208 | April 8 |
Events
Up to 1900
217 β Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated (and succeeded) by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.
1093 - The new Winchester Cathedral is dedicated.
1139 - Roger II of Sicily is excommunicated by the Roman Catholic Church.
1730 β Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in Ne... |
9150 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1324 | 1324 |
Events
Defensor pacis is published by Marsilius of Padua
Emperor Kankan Musa I of the Mali Empire arrives in Cairo on his hajj to Mecca
Births
March 5 β King David II of Scotland (died 1371)
Deaths
January 8 β Marco Polo, Italian explorer (born 1254)
July 16 β Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (born 1267)
John de Ha... |
9151 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.%20B.%20White | E. B. White | Elwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899 β October 1, 1985) was an American writer.
He is most famous for his 1959 manual about how to write well in English, The Elements of Style (which was first written by William Strunk Jr. in 1918), and also for his three children's books Stuart Little (1945), Charlotte's Web (1952), and... |
9156 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffles%20Institution | Raffles Institution | Raffles Institution is a highly regarded secondary school in Singapore, often considered the best school in the country. Only boys can go to this school. It has been performing well in studies and sports. It was founded in 1823 as Singapore Institution by Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of modern Singapore. It is the... |
9157 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archipelago | Archipelago | An archipelago () is a chain or group of islands. The word archipelago means "chief sea", from Greek arkhon (arkhi-) ("leader") and pelagos ("sea").
Archipelagos are usually found in the open sea; less commonly, a big landmass may neighbor them, an example being Scotland which has more than 700 islands surrounding the... |
9159 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic%20states | Baltic states | The Baltic states are three countries in Northern Europe to the east of the Baltic Sea and the south of the Gulf of Finland. They are, from north to south, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The languages that are spoken in these countries are different: while Lithuanians and Latvians speak Baltic languages (Latvian and Li... |
9163 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topography | Topography | Topography means the description of shape. The word comes from Greek: "place" and "(I) write". It is an important part of earth science.
When you talk of the topography of the land, you refer to the landscape features like valleys, hills and mountains, rivers and lakes, or the coastline. Everything that describes t... |
9164 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bornholm | Bornholm | Bornholm is a small, rocky island in the Baltic Sea. Bornholm is a Danish island.
The island is a popular holiday resort for Scandinavians, Germans and Poles. Many yachters come here in the summer.
At the end of World War II, the island was "liberated" by the Soviet red army, and held for several months after the Ger... |
9179 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest | Budapest | Budapest is the capital and the largest city of Hungary. It was made as such in 1873. In that year three towns on the River Danube, namely Buda, Γbuda (Old Buda) and Pest were united. The city has a population of about 1.7 million people. Its highest place is JΓ‘nos Hill (527 m.)
Climate
Budapest has a humid subtropic... |
9180 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa%20Monica%2C%20California | Santa Monica, California | Santa Monica is a beach town in California. It is next to Los Angeles, California, US.
It was made a city in 1886. In 2000, there were 88,050 people living there.
It is famous for the Santa Monica Pier that has many fun rides.
Famous people from Santa Monica
Sandy Nelson (d. 2022)
Other websites
Santa Monica C... |
9181 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait | Kuwait | Kuwait is a small Arab country (about 17,819 square kilometers) in the Middle East.
Kuwait is the most socially progressive country in the Gulf region. It has a small and rich economy. It has about 96 billion barrels of crude oil reserves. Crude oil reserves are the oil that is still under the ground and has not yet b... |
9182 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny%20Tim | Tiny Tim | Herbert Buckingham Khaury, better known as Tiny Tim (April 12, 1932βNovember 30, 1996), was an American singer and musician. He became popular in the late 1960s due to his appearances on television, and songs played on ukulele with a falsetto voice. His most famous song was "Tiptoe Through the Tulips". His best-remembe... |
9183 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin | Kelvin | The Kelvin scale (symbol: K) is the SI unit of temperature. It is named in honour of the physicist William Thomson, the first Lord Kelvin (1824β1907).
0 degree celsius = 273 kelvin
Definition
The Kelvin scale is defined by a specific relationship between the pressure of a gas and the temperature. This says that "the... |
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