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15206 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover%20Cleveland | Grover Cleveland | Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was the 22nd (1885–1889) and also the 24th (1893–1897) president of the United States. He was the only president to serve a second term that did not begin as soon as the first had ended. Cleveland was the first Democrat elected as President after the Civil War.
... |
15208 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassist | Bassist | A bassist is a musician whose musical instrument is a bass guitar or a double bass. In rock, pop, country, metal, jazz fusion, and funk music, most bassists play a bass guitar. In some types of jazz, and in rockabilly, bluegrass, and in symphony orchestras, bassists play a double bass.
Training
Many professional rock,... |
15209 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/President%20of%20the%20United%20States%20of%20America | President of the United States of America | President of the United States (of America) is the head of state and leader of the government of the United States of America.
The Presidents of the United States of America may also refer to:
The Presidents of the United States of America (band), a rock band, or
The Presidents of the United States of America, the fir... |
15210 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism | Fascism | Fascism is a far-right form of government in which most of the country's power is held by one ruler. Fascist governments are usually totalitarian and authoritarian one-party states. Under fascism, the economy and other parts of society are heavily and closely controlled by the government, usually by using a form of aut... |
15211 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erection | Erection | An erection () of a body part such as a man's penis, a woman's clitoris or a nipple refers to it becoming larger and harder.
The term erection is most often used to refer to an erection of the penis. It is widely believed that a man's penis needs to be erect in order for him to take part in sexual intercourse and pene... |
15213 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methamphetamine | Methamphetamine | Methamphetamine (also called meth or speed) is a man-made stimulant drug. Many people use it illegally, but it is occasionally used legally by prescription to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or obesity as "Desoxyn".
Methamphetamine has two isomers, "left-handed" and "right-handed". Left-handed me... |
15216 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother | Mother | A mother is a female parent. A mother gives birth to babies after pregnancy. Pregnancy is usually nine months. If a woman over the stage of puberty raises an adopted or biological child, then she is a mother as well. Adopted children are also part of that person's family. Also see Maternal insult.
Breastfeeding
After... |
15217 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat | Democrat | Democrat may refer to:
A person who supports democracy
A member of a Democratic Party, such as:
Democratic Party of Japan
Democratic Party (Serbia)
Democratic Party (United States)
Related pages
Republican |
15218 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean | Caribbean | The Caribbean or Caribbean Area (Dutch: Cariben or Caraiben, French: Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Spanish: Caribe) is a region of the Americas. It includes the Caribbean Sea, its islands (more than 7,000 islands, small islands and cays, most of them surrounding the sea), and the coastal islands of north South Ame... |
15220 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean%20Sea | Caribbean Sea | The Caribbean Sea is a tropical sea in the center of the Caribbean area. The body of water is part of the Atlantic Ocean. The sea is southeast of the Gulf of Mexico. The Caribbean Sea has many islands, which are popular among North American tourists because of their tropical climate. The Caribbean Sea is famous around ... |
15222 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibraltar | Gibraltar | Gibraltar is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom. This means it shares the British King or Queen and has the protection of the British Armed Forces. It is in southwest Europe on the Mediterranean Sea. About 32,000 people live there. They are called Gibraltarians.
Gibraltar has always been important as a milita... |
15223 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%202000 | Windows 2000 | Windows 2000 (also known as Win2K, W2K, Win2000 or Windows 2K) is an operating system for computers that have either single or multiple processors. It was made for 32-bit Intel x86 computers. It is part of the Microsoft Windows NT line of operating systems, and was released on February 17, 2000. Windows 2000 comes in f... |
15224 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior%20Certificate | Junior Certificate | The Junior Certificate is earned by passing a required exam that takes place in secondary schools in the Republic of Ireland.
The exams take place every June, with English always the first exam. For example, the English exam took place on June 8 this year (2005). Exams usually end with the subjects that the fewest peo... |
15225 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaving%20Certificate | Leaving Certificate | The Leaving Certificate is the final exam in the Republic of Ireland secondary school education system. Students have to do the Junior Certificate before they can take the Leaving Certificate. Students also have to take Maths and English. If they took Irish during the Junior Certificate, they also have to take Irish.
... |
15226 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire | Empire | An empire is a set of lands or regions that are ruled by an Emperor. An empire usually also has many different cultures.
Well-known empires include the Persian Empire, Roman Empire, Russian Empire, Greek Macedonian Empire, Holy Roman Empire and British Empire.
Today, the only monarch to use the title "emperor" is t... |
15228 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writer | Writer | A writer can mean anyone who makes a written work or who writes, but the word more usually means people who write creatively or as a job, or those who have written in many different forms. Skilled writers demonstrate skills in using language to portray certain ideas and images, whether in fiction or non-fiction.
Types... |
15229 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventor | Inventor | An inventor is a person who makes new inventions, devices that perform some kind of function. The devices are mostly electrical or mechanical. Someone that invents new ideas or methods on how to do things may also be called an inventor. Inventors can receive a patent.
Many inventors make small changes to old invention... |
15230 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear | Bear | Bears are a group of large mammals found all over the world in many different habitats. They form the family Ursidae, in the suborder Caniformia of the order Carnivora. There are 8 living bear species.
Family Ursidae: Bears
Giant panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Spectacled bear, Tremarctos ornatus
Brown bear, Ursus a... |
15231 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteorology | Meteorology | Meteorology is the science that focuses on the Earth's atmosphere. People who study meteorology are called meteorologists. Meteorologists record air pressure, wind speed and direction, temperature, humidity, weather patterns, and other information. Meteorologists use this data to understand weather and to predict it. M... |
15232 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology | Technology | Technology is the skills, methods, and processes used to achieve goals.
People can use technology to:
Produce goods or services
Carry out goals, such as scientific investigation or sending a spaceship to the moon
Solve problems, such as disease or famine
Do things we already do, but more easily.
Technology can b... |
15233 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonders%20of%20the%20World | Wonders of the World | The Seven Wonders of the World (or the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) is a widely-known list of seven great buildings or structures from the classical time period.
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
This is a list put together in the 2nd century BC by
Antipater of Sidon and Philon of Byzantium. This explains wh... |
15236 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daughter | Daughter | A daughter is a female child. A daughter is a sister, if she has siblings.
Related pages
Family
Son
Basic English 850 words
Family |
15237 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son | Son | A son is a male child of a mother and father. A feminine child is a daughter.
Basic English 850 words
family |
15241 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1516 | 1516 |
Events
The Royal Mail is established
Births
January 16 – King Bayinnong, king of the Toungoo dynasty of Burma
February 18 – Mary I of England
Deaths
January 23 – King Ferdinand II of Aragon
August 9 – Hieronymus Bosch, Dutch painter
November 26 – Giovanni Bellini, Italian Renaissance painter |
15243 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver%20Stone | Oliver Stone | William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946) is an American movie director, producer, writer and actor. He was born in New York City and raised in Manhattan and Stamford, Connecticut. Stone became well known in the late 1980s and early 1990s for directing a series of movies about the Vietnam War. He was in the war as... |
15244 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale%20shark | Whale shark | The whale shark (Rhincodon typus), is a filter feeding shark. It is the largest shark in the world. It grows up to 12 metres long, and may weigh as much as 47,000 pounds.
The whale shark has a very wide distribution, found in all tropical and warm temperate seas, except in the Mediterranean.
Description
The whale sha... |
15245 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar | Qatar | Qatar (, , or ; ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar ( ), is a sovereign country in Western Asia. It is on the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula. Its only land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by t... |
15247 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt%20water | Salt water | Saline water (also called salt water, salt-water or saltwater) is water with a high amount of salt in it. It often means the water from the seas (sea water) and oceans. Almost all the water on Earth is saline.
Salt water used for making or preserving food, is usually saltier than sea water and is called brine. Drinkin... |
15248 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanography | Oceanography | Oceanography (also called oceanology or marine science) is the study of the ocean, its properties and its characteristics. This can include, and is not limited to, studying the marine life, the geography of the ocean floor, and the water itself. Many sciences are useful in oceanography, so it is a multidisciplinary fie... |
15250 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamanto%20Manolakou | Diamanto Manolakou | Diamanto Manolakou, born on 1 March 1959, is a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament for the Communist Party of Greece; part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left.
References
1959 births
Living people
Communist politicians
MEPs for Greece |
15252 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20C.%20Clarke | Arthur C. Clarke | Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (Minehead, Somerset, 6 December 1917 – Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 March 2008) was a British author and inventor. He was most famous for his science fiction novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, and for working with director Stanley Kubrick on the movie of the same name. Clarke and Isaac Asimov were probabl... |
15253 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Burgess | Anthony Burgess | Anthony Burgess (25 February 1917 – 22 November 1993) was an Englishman who wrote many long stories, called novels.
One of these was named A Clockwork Orange. It was about evil. He had the idea for the story after a group of bad young men raped and beat his wife for no reason.
Burgess also made songs and music. And h... |
15254 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape | Rape | Rape is usually defined as having sexual intercourse with a person who does not want to, or cannot consent. Consent is when someone agrees of their own choice without being forced to. In France it is more widely defined as 'unwanted sexual penetration'. Rape is a form of sexual assault. In most countries, rape is one o... |
15255 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmet%20D.%20Boyle | Emmet D. Boyle | Emmet Derby Boyle (July 26, 1879 - January 3, 1926) was a Governor of Nevada. He was a Democrat.
Boyle was born in Virginia City, Nevada in 1879. He was a mining engineer, and was the Governor between 1915 and 1923. He died in 1926 at the age of 46.
1879 births
1926 deaths
Governors of Nevada |
15256 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carp | Carp | The Carp (plural: carp or carpes) is a fish that lives in fresh water, such as rivers and lakes. In Europe and Asia carp are loved as a fishing and eating fish. However, carp are a really big problem in countries such as the U.S. and Australia. They make the water dirty by causing the mud at the bottom to move and in t... |
15257 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher%20Walken | Christopher Walken | Ronald Walken (born March 31, 1943), simply known as Christopher Walken, is an American movie, television, and theatre actor. He is best known for playing evil or mentally damaged characters. He has sometimes used that image for comedic effect. He was born in Queens, New York to a German father and Scottish-born mothe... |
15261 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene%20Hackman | Gene Hackman | Eugene Alden Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is an American retired actor and novelist. Hackman was born in San Bernardino, California. His parents divorced while he was a child, and he moved from one place to another until he settled finally in Danville, Illinois, where he lived with his English-born grandmother. At t... |
15264 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Russell | Brian Russell | Brian Russell (born November 30th, 1943) is an American music producer. He is the former husband of musician Brenda Russell. He is currently married to Cheryl Ladd. He has been married to Cheryl Ladd since January 3, 1981. He was previously married to Brenda Russell.
1978 births
Living people
American entertainers |
15266 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cod | Cod | Cod is a teleost fish that lives in the ocean. Cod is a large predator. There are about 12 different genera.
Cod is an important type of fish for professional fishing. It is also popular to eat, because it is mild in taste. The livers of cods are processed to get cod liver oil. Along with haddock and plaice, cod is a ... |
15267 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%201st%20Infantry%20Division | U.S. 1st Infantry Division | The 1st Infantry Division of the United States Army—nicknamed the Big Red One after its shoulder patch—is the oldest division. Since the Division was made, it has served in almost all wars the American Army has been in. The division's official motto is "Duty First". Their unofficial motto is "No Mission Too Difficult,... |
15270 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Manson | Charles Manson | Charles Milles Manson (né Maddox; November 12, 1934 – November 19, 2017) was an American criminal and leader of a Californian cult which murdered several people in the late 1960s and early 1970s. His cult, of young women and men, was known as "The Family."
He planned and ordered the Family to commit several brutal mur... |
15271 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herring | Herring | A herring is a small teleost fish of the genus Cluptea. Best-known of this family is probably the Atlantic Herring. There are 15 different species of herring. When herrings migrate in the water they usually do this in large numbers; this is then called a school of herring. Like other fish, they do this for protection: ... |
15275 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray | Ray | The rays are a group of Batoid cartilaginous fish containing more than 500 described species in thirteen families. The batoids include four orders.
They are mostly flattened in shape, and usually demersal, living and eating at the bottom of the sea. The group first appears in the Triassic period, after 95% of marine s... |
15276 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuna | Tuna | Tuna, sometimes called tuna fish, are several species (kinds) of fish. They are in the family Scombridae, mostly in the genus Thunnus.
Tuna are fast swimmers. People have seen tuna swim at up to 77 km/h. Several species of tuna are warm-blooded. Most species of fish have white flesh. The flesh of the tuna is different... |
15279 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing%20hook | Fishing hook | A fishing hook is a hook used to catch fish. There are many types of fishing hooks. Most have a sharp point which sticks into the fish when it is caught. There are lots of types of fishing hooks, and they all depend on how powerful they can hold the line and the size. Many hooks have different sizes for different fish.... |
15281 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing%20rod | Fishing rod | A fishing rod is a tool used for catching fish. The rod is often used to cast a fishing hook to where the fish are. The hook has bait on it, sometimes an artificial bait. There is usually some way to make the line longer or shorter, and the pole it is can bend a little.
This is called angling and it is how people catc... |
15282 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammalia%20%28taxonomy%29 | Mammalia (taxonomy) | See Mammals for more info
Class: Mammalia:
Subclass: Prototheria (Monotremes or egg laying mammals)
Clade: Australosphenida
Order: Platypoda platypuses
Order: Tachyglossa echidnas
Subclass: Theriiformes
Infraclass: †Allotheria (extinct)
Order: †Multituberculata (extinct)
Suborder: †Gondwanatheria (extinct)
Infraclass... |
15290 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottuln | Nottuln | Nottuln is a town in Coesfeld county, 20 km west of Münster, Germany.
It consists of
Nottuln
Appelhülsen
Schapdetten
Darup
History
A church was founded in 860 by Ludger Liudger, as well as the first monastery in Westphalia.
After a big fire 1748 it was built up by Johann Conrad Schlaun.
The county of Nottuln is a... |
15291 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coesfeld | Coesfeld | Coesfeld is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and the capital of Coesfeld county.
Nepomucenum and St.-Pius-Gymnasium are highschools in Coesfeld.
History
Coesfeld was founded by the holy Ludgerus. Coesfeld has been a town since 1197.
Big villages in county Coesfeld:
Nottuln
Senden
Dülmen
Havixbeck
Bill... |
15292 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.-Pius-Gymnasium | St.-Pius-Gymnasium | St.-Pius-Gymnasium is a catholic private highschool in Coesfeld near Münster in Germany. It is held by the diocese of Münster and named after Pope Pius X. . Until 1976 the school was a boarding school only for boys. Since then it has been a Gymnasium. Today, there are 791 pupils.
There is a statue of Pius X on the sch... |
15293 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell%20membrane | Cell membrane | The cell membrane is a thin flexible layer around the cells of all living things. It is sometimes called the plasma membrane or cytoplasmic membrane.
Its basic job is to separate the inside of cells from the outside.
In all cells, the cell membrane separates the cytoplasm inside the cell from its surroundings. Animal ... |
15294 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morocco | Morocco | Kingdom of Morocco, or simply known as Morocco (Arabic: المملكة المغربية al-Mamlakah al-Maghribiyah, lit. "The Western Kingdom"; Berber: ⵜⴰⴳⵍⴷⵉⵜ ⵏ ⵍⵎⴰⵖⵔⵉⴱTageldit n Lmaɣrib), is a sovereign country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. Geographically, Morocco is characterized by a rugged mountainous interior, large ... |
15295 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Johnson | Andrew Johnson | Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was an American politician. He was the 17th president of the United States from 1865 to 1869. Before becoming president, he was the 16th vice president. He became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. He was the first president to be impeached, but he was n... |
15296 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1808 | 1808 | 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.
Events
March 13 – Frederick VI becomes king of Denmark. The next day, Denmark declares war on Sweden.
March 19 – Charles IV of Spain leaves the throne for his son, Ferdinand VII.
November 15 – Mahmud II (1808–1839) succeeds Mustafa IV (1807–1808) as... |
15297 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish | Starfish | Starfish, or sea stars, are Echinoderms of the Class Asteroidea.p35
All live in the ocean, on the sea floor. Many starfish live in deep water, others in shallow water. Some live in the intertidal zone, between low and high tide. They have five or more arms and can be quite large. The Sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia hel... |
15298 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1582 | 1582 |
Events
February 24 – The Gregorian calendar is made official. |
15300 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish | Jellyfish | Jellyfish are animals of the phylum Cnidaria. They are a monophyletic clade, the Medusozoa. Most of them live in the oceans, in salt water, where they eat small sea animals like plankton and little fish, and float in the sea. Only a few jellyfish live in fresh water.
They have soft bodies and long, stinging, venomous... |
15301 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilapia | Tilapia | Tilapia is a fish that is often farmed for food, or kept as pets in aquariums. They live in warm, fresh water, but some species live in brackish water. The fish are found in Africa, North and South America, India, and Sri Lanka.
They are listed as one of the worlds worst introduced species. They can quickly take over ... |
15302 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardine | Sardine | Sardine is a name of several kinds of fish, especially oily fish. Another name for these fish is Pilchard. All of those fish are quite small and are related to the herring. The Latin name of the family of these fish is Clupeidae. However, the naming is not precise. Fishbase, a database about all kinds of fish, has six... |
15304 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone | Bone | Bones are parts of the skeleton of vertebrates. They also protect organs inside our body.
The bones are the framework of the body. Without them we would be a pile of organs on the ground and would not be able to move.
Bones also protect. The skull protects the brain and the ribs protect the heart and lungs. The jaw... |
15316 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anteater | Anteater | An anteater is a mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae and the suborder Vermilingua. Anteaters live in South America and Central America.
Anteaters eat ants and termites. They have long, sharp claws and a long, sticky tongue. The tongue can be up to 60 cm long, as long as a person's arm. The anteater opens an ant nest... |
15318 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorghum | Sorghum | Sorghum is a genus in the grass family Poaceae. The plants are grown in warmer climates. Species grow naturally in tropical and subtropical regions of all continents in addition to Oceania and Australasia. Because many species of Sorghum are resistant to drought and high temperatures, it is a very important food source... |
15321 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar%20bear | Polar bear | The polar bear (jayxœur) is a large bear which lives in the Arctic. It is also called white bear or northern bear. It has black skin under the white fur. They are strong and fast, and can run as fast as 25 miles (40 km) an hour for a short distance.
In 2021, there were around 26,000 polar bears in the world.
Appearan... |
15322 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Blues%20Image | The Blues Image | The Blues Image was a late 1960s rock band formed in Tampa, Florida in 1966, and their only hit was the song "Ride, Captain, Ride". Members are singer and guitarist Michael Pinera, drummer Manuel Bertematti, and drummer Joe Lala. They were later joined by bassist Malcolm Jones and keyboardist Frank "Skip" Konte.
Disco... |
15323 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drummer | Drummer | A drummer is a person who plays the drums as a job or as a hobby. This can be someone who plays drums in the military, in a band or as a session musician. A session musician is someone who plays an instrument in a band when no one else is available. A drummer keeps the beat so their role is a hard and important job. Wi... |
15324 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singer | Singer | A Singer is a person who sings with their voice. Anyone who is singing is a singer. Some people do it as a job (professional singer), others may sing without being paid (amateur singer). Singers may sing anything: songs, opera etc. They may be accompanied by an instrument or an orchestra. Some singers also play a mus... |
15325 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboardist | Keyboardist | A keyboardist is a musician who plays one or more of the musical instruments called keyboard instruments, such as the piano, organ, or electronic synthesizer. A person who plays piano is also called a pianist. A person who plays organ is called an organist. Many types of music use keyboardists, such as rock, pop, funk,... |
15362 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao%20Zedong | Mao Zedong | Mao Zedong (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976) was a Chinese Communist leader. He is most notable for the resist of the Japanese invasion and unify China, which he ruled as the chairman of the Communist Party of China.
Name
Mao Zedong is the Latin-alphabet version of Mao's name now used by most people. In the roma... |
15368 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus%20Dei | Opus Dei | Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei (more commonly known as Opus Dei) is an organization of the Roman Catholic Church. ("Opus Dei" means "Work of God" in Latin.) Opus Dei says that the Catholic Church gave them a special job: to tell everyone that God wants them to be close to him. This means that everyone is cal... |
15416 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhero | Superhero | A superhero is a fictional character who protects innocent people and fights for good.
Modern superheroes usually have superhuman powers, for example have better senses, are stronger and faster than normal humans. Usually a superhero is courageous and noble. They usually have a colorful name and costume.
The most wel... |
15420 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Karrer | Paul Karrer | Paul Karrer (21 April 1889 18 June 1971) was a Swiss biochemist best known for his work on vitamins. He and Norman Haworth won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1937.
1889 births
1971 deaths
Swiss scientists
Biochemists |
15421 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smush%20Parker | Smush Parker | William "Smush" Parker (born 1 June 1981 in New York, New York) is a professional player in the American National Basketball Association.
Parker was not selected in the NBA player draft after a college career at Fordham University, and has played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons and Phoenix Suns, signing a... |
15423 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1462 | 1462 | Year 1462 (MCDLXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Events
March 27 – Vasili II of Russia dies. He is succeeded by his son Ivan III of Russia.
July 1 – Battle of Seckenheim
June 27 – Louis XII of France |
15428 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life%20%28video%20game%29 | Half-Life (video game) | Half-Life is a science fiction first-person shooter computer game developed by Valve Software and published by Sierra Entertainment in 1998, based on a very changed Quake game engine. It was first published for PCs running Microsoft Windows, and was later ported to Sony's PlayStation 2 video game console. A port for th... |
15429 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1681 | 1681 | Year 1681 was a common year that started on a Wednesday when using the Gregorian calendar.
Events
March 14 – Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania.
October 28 – A London woman is publicly flogged for the crime of "involving herself in politics... |
15430 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymity | Anonymity | Anonymity means "namelessness" and comes from Greek words meaning "without name". It is when a person's identity or name is unknown. If a person is called anonymous, nobody knows who he or she is, or the anonymous person does not want to be found out.
The concept of anonymity has some important uses. It is vital for ... |
15431 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectroscopy | Spectroscopy | Spectroscopy is the study of light as a function of length of the wave that has been emitted, reflected or shone through a solid, liquid, or gas. To be analyzed the chemical is heated, because hot things glow and each chemical glows differently. The various wavelengths of the glow make a color spectrum that differs in ... |
15437 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equestrianism | Equestrianism | Equestrianism is the sport of horseback riding. It is a popular sport in countries like the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and other countries in Europe. Horses are used in many different competitions.
Within the sport, there are several types of riding, such as English and Western. In English riding, th... |
15439 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Virgin%20Islands | United States Virgin Islands | The United States Virgin Islands are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. They are currently owned and under the authority of the United States Government. They used to be owned by Denmark (and called Danish West Indies). They were sold to the U.S on January 17, 1917, because of fear that the Germans would capture ... |
15440 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester%20A.%20Arthur | Chester A. Arthur | Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) was an American politician and the 21st president of the United States. Before becoming president, he was most noted as the Collector of Customs for the port of New York, a job he got from his political friendships. Arthur was the first president of the United S... |
15446 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizardry | Wizardry | Wizardry is a series of computer role-playing games that were popular in the 1980s. First, made for the Apple II, they were later moved to other platforms. The latest game in the series, Wizardry 8, is only for Windows.
Wizardry began as a simple dungeon crawl by Andrew C. Greenberg and Robert Woodhead. It was written... |
15451 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Army | United States Army | The United States Army is a branch (or section) of the United States Armed Forces. An army mainly deals with land based missions, while other parts of the military deal with air and sea missions.
The United States Secretary of the Army, a civilian, leads the army with the help of the Army Chief of Staff, a general. Of... |
15452 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne | Charlemagne | Charlemagne (Latin: Carolus Magnus, English: Charles the Great, German: Karl der Große, Dutch: Karel de Grote) (c.2 April 748 – 28 January, 814) was the king of the Franks and the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. He was crowned as the Emperor on Christmas Day, 800. He was the older son of King Pippin III of the ... |
15454 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlow%2C%20Buckinghamshire | Marlow, Buckinghamshire | Marlow is a town on the banks of the River Thames, on the southern tip of Buckinghamshire, England.
Other websites
Official website
References
Towns in Buckinghamshire |
15455 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian%20unification | Italian unification | Italian unification (), also known as the Risorgimento (meaning "the Resurgence"), refers to the Italian movement that united the Italian states in the 19th century. The movement began in 1815 with the Congress of Vienna. It ended in 1871, when Rome became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy by the efforts of Count of ... |
15457 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditation | Meditation | Meditation tries to get past the "thinking" mind and aims to go into a deeper state of relaxation or awareness.
Meditation is a practice where an individual trains attention and awareness to get to a clearer and calmer state. Scholars have found meditation difficult to define. The practices vary both between tradition... |
15460 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Nobel%20Peace%20Prize%20winners | List of Nobel Peace Prize winners | The Nobel Peace Prize is one of six awards in the memory of Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite. Every year the organization gives out six awards for the people "who best benefit mankind through their actions" in one of the six subjects; peace, literature, physics, chemistry, economics, and medicine.
The Peace Priz... |
15472 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic%20Park | Celtic Park | Celtic Park is a football stadium in Parkhead, Glasgow, Scotland. It is the home ground of Celtic Football Club.
Buildings and structures in Glasgow
Football stadiums in Scotland |
15473 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian%20language | Romanian language | The Romanian language is a Romance language, meaning it comes from Latin like French, Spanish and Italian. It has 66% Latin-based words and 20% Slavic-based words. The rest are newer and come from Dacian, Turkish, Greek, or English. There are about 28 million speakers: 24 million who speak it as their mother tongue and... |
15483 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ealing | Ealing | Ealing is a town in the London Borough of Ealing, most famous for the Ealing Studios, a movie studio. In 2011, the population was estimated at 339,300 and contains seven distinct town centres – Ealing, Hanwell, Acton, Southall, Greenford, Perivale and Northolt.
The borough of Ealing has a total of 91 state-run school... |
15485 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma | Roma | Roma might mean:
Rome, a city in Italy, called Roma in Italian and Latin
A.S. Roma, an Italian soccer team
Roma, Gotland, in Sweden
Roma people, a nomadic ethnic group found mainly in Eurasia
Fellini's Roma, a movie by Federico Fellini
Roma (surname) |
15497 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear | Ear | The ear is the part of the body which allows animals (including people) to hear. People and most mammals have ears. Non-mammals can also hear, but may have holes instead of external ears. The ear works by directing sound to the inner ear. These vibrations are sent to the brain by a network (organized group) of nerves... |
15507 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech%20language | Czech language | The Czech language is a Slavic language spoken by people in the Czech Republic. Ten million people speak it. It is very similar to the Slovak language; the differences between these two languages are small enough that speakers of Czech and Slovak usually understand each other.
It has three genders and is an inflected ... |
15511 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Howard%20Taft | William Howard Taft | William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States. He was the only president who also served as a Supreme Court chief justice. He was tall and weighed over at the end of his presidency.
Political career
Taft served as Solicitor General of the United States, a feder... |
15512 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwear | Underwear | Underwear are clothes worn under other clothes, often next to the skin. They keep outer clothes from being made dirty by sweat. They also shape the body and provide support for parts of it, and in cold weather help the wearer to keep warm. Underwear can be used to protect the wearer's modesty, as well as to make them l... |
15513 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica%20Lewinsky | Monica Lewinsky | Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973 in San Francisco) is an American fashion designer, television personality and anti-bullying activist.
In 1998 she became well known for being part of a scandal between her and then President of the United States, Bill Clinton. The scandal involved claims that she had had a s... |
15515 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1190 | 1190 | 1190 (MCXC) was .
Events
March 16 — Massacre and mass-suicide of the Jews of York, England prompted by Crusaders and Richard Malebys kill 150–500 Jews in Clifford's Tower.
June 10 — Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowned in the Saleph River while leading an army to Jerusalem.
October 4 — Richard I of Engla... |
15516 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20S.%20Burroughs | William S. Burroughs | William Seward Burroughs (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer. He was a contemporary and friend of writers Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac.
Burroughs was a member of the family who owned the Burroughs Cash Register Company. A family trust paid him an income, so he did not have to work a regular j... |
15517 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1773 | 1773 |
Events
December 16 – At the Boston Tea Party, the Sons of Liberty throw 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. This will help start the American Revolutionary War.
Births
February 9 – William Henry Harrison |
15518 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda | Uganda | The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in east Africa. Its capital and biggest city is Kampala.
The currency is the Ugandan Shilling. The official languages of Uganda are English and Swahili. The most common religion is Christianity. The President of Uganda is Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. The country is to the East... |
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