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15783 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guam | Guam | Guam is an island in Micronesia in the Pacific Ocean and is part of the United States. It is a territory and not part of the fifty states. The Chamorro people are the native people from Guam. The capital of Guam is the city of Hagåtña and the largest city is Dededo. Guam has important United States Air Force and Naval ... |
15786 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren%20G.%20Harding | Warren G. Harding | Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was the 29th president of the United States from 1921 until his death in 1923. Before becoming president, he was a senator and the assistant governor of Ohio. Before he was in government, he was an important newspaper manager. He was a Republican.
Presidency... |
15789 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honduras | Honduras | Honduras is a country in Central America. Its capital is Tegucigalpa. Most people of Honduras speak the Spanish language (while English has mostly widely spoken). 7,483,763 people live in Honduras and it is in size. It is next to El Salvador. To one side is the Caribbean Sea and to the other in the Pacific Ocean.
The... |
15790 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh | Bangladesh | Bangladesh (officially called People's Republic of Bangladesh) is a country in South Asia. To its west is Northeast India, to its east is the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar. Bangladesh's capital and largest city is Dhaka (formerly "Dacca"). Countries that are near Bangladesh include the People's Republic of China, ... |
15796 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Germany | West Germany | West Germany (German: West Deutschland) is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; , BRD; ), retrospectively designated the Bonn Republic. It was a country in Central Europe. It was created on May 23, 1949. It ended on October 3, 1990 due to German Reunification. During the Cold War, West Germ... |
15797 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia was a country in Europe that lied mostly in the Balkan Peninsula. It existed in one of three forms from 1918 to 2006. Yugoslavia means “land of the south Slavs”. The name derives from those who came in the 7th century from the area that is now Poland.
From 1918 until 1928 it was called the Kingdom of the Se... |
15798 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major%20League%20Baseball | Major League Baseball | Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league in North America. It is often considered to be the highest level of professional baseball in the world. There are two leagues that make up the MLB: the American League, also called AL, and National League, also called NL. There are currently 30 teams in the ... |
15799 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou%20Gehrig | Lou Gehrig | Henry Louis Gehrig (born Heinrich Ludwig Gehrig; June 19, 1903June 2, 1941) was an American baseball player. Due to his reliability and stamina, he was nicknamed the Iron Horse. He played with Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees who were thought the best team of that time. He played with the Yankees for most of his pl... |
15800 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Senate | United States Senate | The United States Senate is the upper house of the United States Congress, which is a small group of elected people who decide the laws of the country. Every U.S. state elects two people to represent them in the US Senate. These people are called senators. Since there are 50 US states, there are 100 senators. Senators ... |
15803 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair%20use | Fair use | Fair use is the idea that it should be okay for a person to reuse something that another person has created, in certain amounts and for certain purposes, without breaking the law.
Usage
In most countries, art and other made-up things, like stories, books, TV shows, and pictures, are owned by the person that first made... |
15860 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duodenum | Duodenum | The duodenum is a short section of the small intestine, and is where most digestion in the small intestine takes place. It receives secretions, including bile and juice, from the pancreas and the liver through the pancreatic and common bile ducts. These secretions limit, or neutralise, the stomach acidity. Also, enzyme... |
15861 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil%20erosion | Soil erosion | Soil erosion is the washing or blowing away (by water or wind) of the top layer of soil (dirt). This is a serious problem for farmers. If the soil has eroded, the crops that make food will not grow very well.
Soil erosion was a big problem in the Midwestern United States in the 1930s dust bowl.
Erosion also leaves ... |
15862 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compost | Compost | Compost is a type of fertilizer that is made from rotting plants. It is easy and cheap to make, as all it really requires is vegetable waste. The vegetable waste is broken down by bacteria (germs), and made into compost.
Making a compost heap
To make a compost heap, you need some space fairly far from anyone who migh... |
15863 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti | Haiti | Haiti (French: Haïti; Haitian Creole: Ayiti), officially the Republic of Haiti (French: République d'Haïti; Haitian Creole: Repiblik d Ayiti) is a country on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. The other country on the island is the Dominican Republic. Haiti has two official languages: French and Haitian Creole, or "Kr... |
15864 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1500s | 1500s |
Events
People begin to make cutlery in Sheffield, England.
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
Spanish arrive in present-day Gulf of Mexico
Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral officially discovers Brazil and claims the land for Portugal. |
15865 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1901 | 1901 | 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar, and starting on a Monday in the Julian calendar. It was also the first year of the 20th century.
Big Events of 1901
On January 1, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia, and Tasmania form the Commonwealth ... |
15866 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1880 | 1880 |
Births
January 29 – W.C. Fields, American comedian
Events
Volapük created.
Deaths
Ned Kelly, Australian bushranger (b. 1854) |
15867 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1864 | 1864 |
Events
Fort Baker built near Las Vegas, Nevada
Father Damien comes to Hawaii
The Great Central Fair is held in June in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 5 – The American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness startes in Virginia.
August 21 – American Civil War: In the Lawrence Massacre, Confederate guerillas att... |
15868 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1897 | 1897 | The year 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday on the Gregorian calendar.
Events
March 4 – William McKinley becomes the 25th President of the United States, a title which he held from the retirement of Grover Cleveland until his assassination on September 14, 1901.
March 13 – San Diego State Univer... |
15872 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodgenville%2C%20Kentucky | Hodgenville, Kentucky | Hodgenville is a town in the American state of Kentucky. It is the county seat of Larue County. It is most famous as the birthplace of President Abraham Lincoln. A memorial featuring a replica (copy) of the cabin Lincoln was born in is near the town.
Cities in Kentucky
County seats in Kentucky
LaRue County, Kentucky |
15874 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Oxford | University of Oxford | The University of Oxford is a university in Oxford, England. It is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings said it is the best university in the world.
The university is 38 colleges and six private halls. All of these colleges have their own buildings ... |
15876 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Def%20Leppard | Def Leppard | Def Leppard was one of the first hard rock bands. They formed in Sheffield, England in 1977. Its founding members include: lead singer Joe Elliot, bassist Rick Savage, guitarist Pete Willis, and drummer Tony Kenning. When Kenning was fired from the band in 1978, he was replaced by Frank Noon. The same year, Def Leppard... |
15878 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husband%20%28disambiguation%29 | Husband (disambiguation) | A husband is the male spouse in a marriage.
Husband may also refer to:
a kind of pillow.
husbandry, the breeding of livestock, such as conservation or agriculture. |
15879 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/46%20BC | 46 BC | Year 46 BC was the last year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Lepidus.
Events
Titus Labienus defeated Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina.
Julius Caesar defeated the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians at Thapsus.
Caesar leaves ... |
15880 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter%20storm | Winter storm | Winter storms or snowstorms happen when warm, wet air meets with cold air. The warm, wet air mass and the cold air mass can each be or more in diameter. Snowstorms affecting Northeastern United States often get their moisture from air moving north from the Gulf of Mexico and cold air from air masses coming down from t... |
15886 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri%20Lanka | Sri Lanka | The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (ශ්රී ලංකා in Sinhala, இலங்கை in Tamil) is a tropical island nation off the southeast coast of the Indian subcontinent. The capital of the country is Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte while the largest city is Colombo.
It was known as Ceylon before 1972, and Serendib and Sinhale... |
15887 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptile | Reptile | Reptile is the common name for one of the main groups of land vertebrates. It is not used so much by biologists, who use more accurate terms.
The name "reptile" comes from Latin and means "one who creeps". All living reptile species are cold blooded, have scaly skin, and lay cleidoic eggs. They excrete uric acid (inst... |
15890 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake | Snake | Snakes are reptiles. They are part of the order Squamata. They are carnivores, with long narrow bodies and no legs. There are at least 20 families, about 500 genera and 3,400 species of snake.
The earliest known fossils are from the Jurassic period. This was between 143 and 167 million years ago.
Their long, slender ... |
15892 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie%20Mercury | Freddie Mercury | Farrokh Bulsara (5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991), better known as Freddie Mercury, was a British singer, songwriter, record producer, and lead singer of the rock band Queen. Regarded as one of the greatest lead singers in popular music history, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and four-octave vocal ra... |
15893 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun%20Tzu | Sun Tzu | This article is about the military strategist Sun Tzu. For the mathematician of the same name, see Sun Tzu (mathematician).
Sun Tzu (544 BC – 496 BC) also called Sun Wu, was an ancient Chinese general, military expert and philosopher. He is widely believed to have been the author of the most important work of military... |
15897 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western%20world | Western world | Western world has meant various things at various times. In the earliest history of Europe it referred to Ancient Greece and the Aegean. During the Roman Empire, it meant the Western Roman Empire (covering the area from Croatia to Britain). At other times, it has meant Western Europe or Europe or Christendom. During th... |
15901 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse | Mouse | A mouse (plural mice) is a small rodent, which is a kind of mammal.
It has a pointed snout, small rounded ears, a body-length scaly tail and a high breeding rate. Most belong to the mus genus. The best known mouse species is the common house mouse (Mus musculus). Usually, house mice are brownish-gray. It is also a po... |
15902 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance%20Wars | Advance Wars | Advance Wars is a video game for the Game Boy Advance. It is based on earlier games for Nintendo systems such as the Famicom and Game Boy. It is a strategy game: players must think of ways to win.
The game can be played with two, three, or four players at a time. Each player takes turns controlling their military-styl... |
15905 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon%20Islands | Solomon Islands | The Solomon Islands () are a group of islands in the South Pacific that make up a country. They are known for their beauty and for the many languages spoken there. The capital of the Solomon Islands is Honiara.
History
In the 1890s the islands became a protectorate of the British Empire.
Empire of Japan forces arriv... |
15908 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intestine | Intestine | The intestines, divided into the small intestine and the large intestine, of an animal are like a tube through which food and bile from the stomach move.
The first part of the small intestine is called the duodenum, where most food is broken down by enzymes. Later, the small intestine absorbs useful compounds from the... |
15909 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical%20equation | Chemical equation | A chemical equation is a way to predict the way that two or more chemicals will work together. Using what chemists know about the way chemicals act, we add the letter symbols together just like a math problem. In this way we can correctly guess if we will get a new chemical when we mix two or more chemicals together, a... |
15925 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer | Lucifer | Lucifer is another name for Satan. This is because people interpret a passage in the Book of Isaiah of the Bible in a certain way. Lucifer is Latin. It is made of two parts, lux-lucis (light) and ferre (to bring).
There are two mentions of Lucifer in the Latin Vulgate. is used to refer to the morning star, the planet V... |
15927 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrobiology | Astrobiology | Astrobiology is the study of life in outer space. The field of astrobiology looks for conditions necessary for life, like liquid water, a good temperature, or the presence of oxygen.
Some possible places to find life in the solar system are Europa, Ganymede, moons of Jupiter, or Titan, and Enceladus, moons of Saturn. ... |
15933 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle | Castle | Castles are medieval buildings which were defensive homes for powerful people. They could be made from wood, stone, or brick, and some were used for hundreds of years. Thousands of castles were built across Europe, the Middle East, and Japan with different designs. Today, most castles are ruins and many are popular tou... |
15935 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia%20Commons | Wikimedia Commons | Wikimedia Commons is a website owned by the Wikimedia Foundation, based on a wiki. Anybody can upload images, sounds, videos, and other multimedia files to the website. The files uploaded to Wikimedia Commons can be used by any other Wikimedia Foundation project, like Wikipedia or Wiktionary. For example, Wikipedia use... |
15937 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria | Bulgaria | Bulgaria (officially called the Republic of Bulgaria) is a country in south-eastern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bulgaria is the south of the River Danube and west of the Black Sea. To the south of Bulgaria is European Turkey, Greece, and North Macedonia. To the north of the Danube is Romania, while to the west of ... |
15938 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alps | Alps | The Alps (, , , , , , ) is the greatest mountain range of Europe. It reaches from Austria and Slovenia in the east; through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany; to France in the west. The original meaning of the word was 'white'.
The highest mountain in the Alps is Mont Blanc, at , on the Italian–French bord... |
15939 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda | Rwanda | Rwanda is a country in Africa. It is near Burundi, Congo-Kinshasa, Uganda, and Tanzania. In the Rwandan genocide of 1994, over one million (1,000,000) people were killed.
History
Colonialism
During the Scramble for Africa, Belgium conquered Rwanda. The Belgians then began to divide Rwandans into groups: Hutu, and Tut... |
15940 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake%20Ontario | Lake Ontario | Lake Ontario is the smallest of the Great Lakes in North America, but its maximum depth (802ft; 244m) is deeper than lake Erie's (210ft) and Lake Huron's (750ft).
It forms most of the border between Ontario in Canada and New York in the United States of America. Its inlet is the Niagara River (from Niagara Falls), an... |
15941 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake%20Superior | Lake Superior | Lake Superior is a lake in Canada and the United States.
The Ojibwe Native Americans call it Gitchigume. Lake Superior is in between Ontario and Minnesota to the north and Wisconsin and Michigan in the south, and is the largest of North America's Great Lakes. It is the world's third largest lake, and the world's larg... |
15942 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS%20Edmund%20Fitzgerald | SS Edmund Fitzgerald | SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an ore carrier on Lake Superior, carrying iron ore, which sank on November 10, 1975 at around 7:30 PM. The ship was known for being the biggest of its time weighing in at around 13, 600 tons, Edmund Fitzgerald was one of the largest “iron boats” working the Great Lakes. Nobody knows how the bo... |
15944 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon%20Lightfoot | Gordon Lightfoot | Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr., born November 17, 1938, is a Canadian singer and songwriter. He is famous around the world for his folk, country, and pop music songs. He was first heard in the 1960s and had hit radio songs in the 1970s such as: "If You Could Read My Mind", "Sundown", "Carefree Highway"', "Rainy Day Peo... |
15949 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish | Cornish | Cornish might mean:
Anything related to Cornwall, a county in England
Cornish people
Cornish language, a language from Cornwall
Cornish dialect, a dialect of English spoken in Cornwall
Cornish cookery, the cooking traditions of Cornwall
Cornish, Maine, a town in the U.S. state of Maine |
15957 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chameleon | Chameleon | Chameleons are a family of lizards. Most can change the colour of their skins for camouflage, or to signal mood to other chameleons.
They are a distinct clade of lizards. They have parrot-like zygodactylous feet, separately mobile and stereoscopic eyes, very long tongues they can flick out, a swaying gait, their prehe... |
15961 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interjection | Interjection | An interjection is a spoken or written expression of emotion like "Wow!" for surprise, "Ouch!" for pain, or "Damn!" for anger, or "Argh!" for frustration. These phrases can stand alone, and are usually capitalized and punctuated.
Parts of speech |
15962 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millard%20Fillmore | Millard Fillmore | Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the 13th president of the United States. He was President from 1850 to 1853. He was the last Whig president, and the last president who was not a Democrat or Republican.
Fillmore became president in 1850 when the previous president, Zachary Taylor, died. The Whig ... |
15963 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Tyler | John Tyler | John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the 10th president of the United States of America, from 1841 to 1845. He was the first vice president to become president after the president before him died. He was also the first president born after the United States Constitution was ratified.
Before presidency
Ty... |
15964 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Davison | Peter Davison | Peter Davison (born Peter Moffett 13 April 1951) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Tristan on All Creatures Great and Small, and as the Fifth Doctor on Doctor Who from 1981 to 1984.
1951 births
Living people
English television actors |
15965 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballerina | Ballerina | A ballerina is a name given to a female ballet dancer. Only very good female ballet dancers are called ballerinas. A ballerina is a principal dancer in a classical ballet company. The highest ranking female dancer in a company was usually called the prima ballerina.
Today the term 'ballerina' has gone rather out of fa... |
15966 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo%2C%20New%20York | Buffalo, New York | Buffalo is a city in the U.S. state of New York. Buffalo is the second-biggest city in New York State.
There are about 278,000 people in the city of Buffalo. There are more than a million people in the surrounding area.
Buffalo is on the east end of Lake Erie near the Niagara River. It is close to Niagara Falls, and... |
15975 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1394 | 1394 |
Events
Geoffrey Chaucer wrote the Canterbury Tales.
Births
November 24 – Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet |
15977 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford | Hertford | Hertford (pronounced Hart-fud) is a town in Hertfordshire, England. In 2011, it had a population of 26,783 people.
It is Hertfordshire's county town, but the largest town is Watford.
The town centre is 19.2 miles (30.9 km) north of Central London and 16.7 miles (27.02 km) north east of Watford.
Transport
Rail
Hertf... |
15978 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie%20Chan | Jackie Chan | Jackie Chan (成龍) (born Chan Kong-Sang on 7 April 1954) SBS, MBE, PMW is a famous and well-renown martial artist, stuntman, actor, director, producer, screenwriter, singer and entrepreneur who hails from Hong Kong. He is perhaps most famous and best known for his uncanny combination and twist of both action and comedy i... |
15985 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron%20Weasley | Ron Weasley | Ronald Bilius "Ron" Weasley (1980-?) is a fictional character from the Harry Potter stories.
Story
He is a red-haired child with freckles. He comes from a poor background. He lives at The Burrow with his family of nine people. He is the youngest son in his family. He was a humorous and loyal boy. He wishes he had mon... |
15986 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermione%20Granger | Hermione Granger | Hermione Jean Granger (born September 19, 1979) is a character from the Harry Potter series. She met Harry and Ron for the first time on the Hogwarts Express. She was then looking for Neville's toad. She is referred to as the brightest witch of her age.
Character
Hermione is one of Harry Potter's best friends. She sp... |
15989 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk%20shake | Milk shake | A milk shake, or milkshake, is a cold drink made by mixing milk, ice cream, and sweet syrups like chocolate syrup. Usually a blender is used for the mixing. People usually drink milkshakes with a drinking straw and from a tall glass or cup.
Comparison between smoothies and milkshakes
Milk shakes are similar to smooth... |
16003 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollington | Bollington | Bollington is a town and civil parish in Cheshire. The village is home to over twenty pubs. Bollington was home to the biggest water wheel in England and only second in Britain to the Laxey wheel in the Isle of Man. The wheel powered huge mills for the production of cotton. Two of the huge mills were the Adelphi and C... |
16006 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/KFC | KFC | KFC (abbreviation of Kentucky Fried Chicken) is a chain of fast food restaurants known for their fried chicken. It was started by Colonel Sanders in Corbin, Kentucky in 1952. They are now all over the world. They not only sell chicken, but also other food like salads and french fries. KFC, also known as Kentucky Fried ... |
16025 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytoplasm | Cytoplasm | The cytoplasm (not to be confused with cytosol) is the protoplasm of a cell outside the cell nucleus. It is the jelly-like material plus the organelles outside the nucleus, and inside the cell membrane.
Many important functions of a cell take place in organelles, which are like bits of machinery for doing many jobs. ... |
16026 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusades | Crusades | The Crusades were a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims. The eight big crusade expeditions occurred between 1096 and 1291, mostly in the Middle East.
The crusades started as a fight for control over the Holy Land. This is the land now called Israel. The Holy Land is very important for the thre... |
16028 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saladin | Saladin | Saladin, or Sultan Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb (25 December 1138–1193) was a famous Sultan of Egypt and Syria during the Crusades.
A Muslim of Kurdish origin, Saladin led the Muslim opposition to the European Crusaders in the Levant. At the height of his power, his sultanate included Egypt, Syria, Mesopotamia, Heja... |
16034 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1889 | 1889 |
Events
Brazil becomes a republic
100th anniversary of the French Revolution. Paris Exhibition, where the Eiffel tower was first open to the public
June 14 – the Treaty of Berlin (1889) is signed
Births
April 9 – Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist
September 14 – Maria Esther de Capovilla, Worlds oldest woman (... |
16050 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1877 | 1877 |
Births
October 29 – Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer
November 9 – Muhammad Iqbal, national poet of Pakistan (d. 1938)
Khan Sahib Abdul Majid Khan Tarin, OBE, British Indian judge, legislator and philanthropist (d. 1939)
November 24 – Alben W. Barkley, 35th Vice President of the United States (d. 1956)
Deaths
... |
16051 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860 | 1860 |
Events
October 6 – The Introduction of the so-called Section 377 of the British Indian penal code (Law) was enacted on the 6th of October, in British India respectively.
Births
January 29 – Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (d. 1904)
May 29 – Isaac Albéniz, Spanish composer (d. 1909)
August 13 – Annie Oakley, Amer... |
16058 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphex%20Twin | Aphex Twin | Aphex Twin (born Richard David James, 18 August 1971, in Limerick, Ireland) is an Irish-born Cornish musician. He lives and works in the UK. He is a famous electronic musician.
Aphex Twin is not his real name. His real name is Richard David James. His name is a combination of Aphex Systems Limited, a brand of audio si... |
16065 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara%20Falls | Niagara Falls | Niagara Falls is the collective, name of three big waterfalls on the Niagara River in eastern North America, on the border between the United States and Canada. The three waterfalls are: the Horseshoe Falls, sometimes called the Canadian Falls, the American Falls, and the smaller Bridal Veil Falls. The American Falls a... |
16125 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1831 | 1831 |
Events
June 13 – James Clerk Maxwell born in Edinburgh
October 30 – In Southampton County, Virginia, escaped slave Nat Turner is captured and arrested for leading the bloodiest slave revolt in United States history. |
16126 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1842 | 1842 |
Art, music, theatre, literature
March 26 - August Bournonville's Napoli is first performed in Copenhagen by the Royal Danish Ballet
Births
January 11 – William James, American philosopher and psychologist
Deaths
October 30 – Allan Cunningham, Scottish poet and writer. |
16129 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custard | Custard | Custard is a kind of food prepared with milk and eggs. Custard can be the dessert or its sauce.
Custard is an important part of dessert recipes from many countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Australia, and Malaysia.
Desserts |
16130 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huckleberry | Huckleberry | Huckleberry is a name used in North America for several plants in two closely related genera in the family Ericaceae: Gaylussacia and Vaccinium. The huckleberry is the state fruit of Idaho.
Some Vaccinium species, such as the red huckleberry, are always called huckleberries. Other species may be called blueberries or ... |
16131 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheesecake | Cheesecake | A cheesecake is a dessert cake made of cheese (usually cream cheese but sometimes ricotta), eggs, and sugar. It often has a graham cracker crumb crust, sometimes held together by melted butter. The filling has a very heavy, smooth texture. It sometimes has sour cream to make it easier to shape and may have fruit flavor... |
16132 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhubarb | Rhubarb | Rhubarb is one of about 60 plants in the genus Rheum, family Polygonaceae. The vegetable rhubarb is Rheum rhabarbarum (or Rheum x hybridum). The leaves are somewhat toxic because they have oxalic acid, but the red stalks are baked in pies, with sugar to soften their tart flavor.
There are many varieties grown for eati... |
16133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey | Monkey | Monkeys are tree-dwelling (arboreal) simians. They are in the primate order. Monkeys are intelligent, social animals. Monkeys have a tail, even if it is a short one.
The word "monkey" is a common-language term. It includes two rather different groups of primates. The big distinction is between Old World monkeys and Ne... |
16146 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization | Civilization | Civilization (or civilisation) comes from the Latin word civis meaning someone who lives in a town. The Romans usually wanted conquered people to live in towns. When people are civilized, they have learned from the wisdom, skill and knowledge gained over centuries of human progress. The opposite of civilization is some... |
16150 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlightenment%20%28Buddhism%29 | Enlightenment (Buddhism) | In Buddhism, enlightenment (called bodhi in Indian Buddhism, or satori in Zen Buddhism) is when a Buddhist finds the truth about life and stops being reborn because they have reached Nirvana. Once you get to Nirvana you are not born again into samsara (which is suffering). Buddhists believe a person can become enlighte... |
16155 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail | Mail | Mail is part of the postal system. The postal system is a system where written documents and small to medium packages are sent (delivered) to places around the world. Anything sent through the postal system is called mail or post.
A postal service can be private or public. Governments often make rules about private p... |
16156 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Righteous%20Brothers | The Righteous Brothers | The Righteous Brothers were an American pop group consisting of two men named Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield. They formed in California in 1962. Some of their hits include "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" and "Unchained Melody". Phil Spector produced those songs.
Albums
Right Now (1963)
Some Blue-Eyed Soul (1964)... |
16157 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene%20Pitney | Gene Pitney | Gene Francis Alan Pitney (17 February 1940 – 5 April 2006) was an American rock singer and songwriter. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut. Some of his most well-known songs are "Town Without Pity", "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" and "Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa". He died of a heart attack in Cardiff in 2006 whil... |
16166 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal%20Bureau%20of%20Investigation | Federal Bureau of Investigation | The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is an agency of the US government that investigates crime across the country. It is dedicated to national security and to law enforcement.
The Bureau of Investigation was founded in 1908 and was renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 1935. J. Edgar Hoover was the... |
16167 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1596 | 1596 | 1596 was a year in the 16th century. It was a leap year.
Births
March 31 – René Descartes, French philosopher and physicist
June 29 – Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan
Micheal I of Russia, Russian Tsar
Deaths
January 28 – Sir Francis Drake, English explorer
Events
Warsaw becomes the capital of Poland.
The Cudel War s... |
16170 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothofagus | Nothofagus | Nothofagus is a kind of plant, also called southern beech. It is a tree which can reach 35 m tall. Nothofagus is found in South America, New Zealand, Australia and New Guinea.
There are 34 species, considering pollen morphology four sections are recognized, i.e. Brassospora, Fuscospora, Lophozonia, and Nothofagus.
Not... |
16174 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient%20Greek | Ancient Greek | Ancient Greek was an Indo-European language spoken in Ancient Greece from about 1500 BC to about 300 BC. Ancient Greek and Latin are very important languages. Although they are no longer spoken, they influenced almost all modern European languages.
Greek had many different dialects. Attic Greek was spoken in Athens, t... |
16190 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobahn | Autobahn | Autobahn (engl. motorway) is the controlled-access highway system in Germany. They are famous because in many parts of the roads, there are no speed limits and drivers can drive as fast as they want to.
An autobahn has at least two lanes in each direction, with a barrier between the directions. Sometimes there may be ... |
16191 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold%20Schoenberg | Arnold Schoenberg | Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (originally written 'Schönberg') (13 September 1874 – 13 July 1951) was an Austrian-born composer. He was known for his twelve-tone system of writing music.
History
Schoenberg came from a strict Jewish family who had moved to Austria from Hungary. They were quite poor and Schoenberg taug... |
16195 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/War%20of%20the%20Roses | War of the Roses | War of the Roses may refer to:
Wars of the Roses, a civil war in England between the House of York and the House of Lancaster
The War of the Roses (movie), a 1989 movie |
16213 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full%20Metal%20Jacket | Full Metal Jacket | Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 British-American war drama movie directed by Stanley Kubrick. It is based on the Gustav Hasford book The Short-Timers. The name of the movie comes from the full-metal jacketed bullets used in the military. The movie follows soldiers who are drafted to fight in the Vietnam War. The story is ... |
16226 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridgeshire | Cambridgeshire | Cambridgeshire is a county in England. It is located in the East part of the country. The counties around Cambridgeshire are Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. The county town is Cambridge.
C... |
16227 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1468 | 1468 |
Births
February 29 – Pope Paul III (d. 1549)
Deaths
February 3 – Johann Gutenberg |
16228 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/English%20Channel | English Channel | The English Channel is a body of water that separates the island of Great Britain from the rest of Europe. People who live in the UK and want to visit Europe, or people from Europe who want to visit the UK, can take a ferry across or ride a train under the channel in a special tunnel called the Channel Tunnel (nickname... |
16256 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upminster | Upminster | Upminster is a place in the east London Borough of Havering, England. It is the eastern end of the London Underground system, on the District line which is green. It is also a station on the c2c line, but Oyster cards and travel cards are not valid beyond Upminster. Nearby places include Hornchurch, Upminster Bridge a... |
16258 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin%20Baker | Colin Baker | Colin Baker (born 8 June 1943) is an English actor. He is most famous as the Sixth Doctor on Doctor Who from 1984 to 1986. He has no relation to Tom Baker, who played the fourth incarnation of the Doctor.
1943 births
Living people
English stage actors
English television actors |
16259 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing | Boxing | Boxing is one of the world's oldest combat sports. It is held in a ring and two boxers (people who fight in boxing fights) wear padded gloves and try to hit one another.
There are a few different ways to win in boxing. One is by a way of a knockout, which is when a fighter is punched and falls to the ground and canno... |
16260 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900s | 1900s | The 1900s was the decade that started on January 1, 1900, and ended on December 31, 1909.
Events
1901 – Independence of Australia.
1903 – Orville Wright of the Wright brothers flies an airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in the United States.
1904-1905 – Russo-Japanese War.
1905 – First Russian Revolution.
Wo... |
16261 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tux%20Racer | Tux Racer | Tux Racer is a video game made by Sunspire Studios where the player moves Tux, the Linux Penguin . In the game, Tux goes down a hill on his belly and collects fish. There are many things that slow Tux down. There are also things that may be hard for Tux to get past.
Controls
Turning: Left and Right buttons
Paddling... |
16264 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest%20Territories | Northwest Territories | The Northwest Territories is a territory in Northern Canada. 44,541 people live there as of 2018. It is 1,171,918 square kilometers.
The capital of the Northwest Territories is Yellowknife. Yellowknife was the capital since 1967. The Northwest Territories have many geographical features, like the Great Bear Lake, the ... |
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