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19087 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Book%20of%20One%20Thousand%20and%20One%20Nights | The Book of One Thousand and One Nights | The Book of One Thousand and One Nights is an old cycle (or group) of stories that mostly come from Arabia and Persia, and a few also from India, Central Asia and China. All these stories were later collected together. There are different layers of the stories:
Uppermost is the story of Queen Scheherazade who needs t... |
19092 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup%20d%27%C3%A9tat | Coup d'état | A coup d'état (pronounced []), or just coup ([]) for short, is the removal of a head of state and/or head of government from power (overthrow). Unlike a revolution, which usually takes large numbers of people to take over, a coup can be done by a small number of people. Even one person can cause a coup, such as Idi Ami... |
19110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt%20Disney | Walt Disney | Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American entrepreneur, animator, writer, voice actor and film producer. Disney was an important person in the American animation industry and throughout the world. He is regarded as an international icon and philanthropist. He is well known for his... |
19125 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucharist | Eucharist | The Eucharist, also called holy communion, the sacrament, or the Lord's supper, is a kind of religious ritual in many Christian churches. It started when Jesus Christ told his followers to eat bread (His body) and drink wine (His blood) in memory of him, at the Last Supper.
In the Roman Catholic Church
According to th... |
19128 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroke%20%28disambiguation%29 | Stroke (disambiguation) | Stroke can mean one of the following:
Stroke, a cerebral accident, when blood supply to a part of the brain is suddenly interrupted
A sunstroke
Stroke (Chinese character), in graphics of Chinese characters.
A single line without any break, see stroke order
A different name for the typographical character known as slas... |
19131 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little%20House%20%28book%20series%29 | Little House (book series) | Little House on the Prairie is a book written by Laura Ingalls Wilder in 1935. It is one part of series of books about Wilder's childhood in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Kansas during the late 19th century. The books have been made many times into movies and television series. Some other writers have also written books ab... |
19133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piccolo%20Coro%20dell%27Antoniano | Piccolo Coro dell'Antoniano | Piccolo Coro dell'Antoniano is an Italian choir of children. It was created in Bologna in 1963 by Mariele Ventre. The children had to help singing children at Zecchino d'Oro festival. In 1995, Mariele Ventre died and the choir has a new director - Sabrina Simoni - and a new name - Piccolo Coro "Mariele Ventre" dell'Ant... |
19135 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward%20Cunningham | Ward Cunningham | Howard G. "Ward" Cunningham (born May 26, 1949) is an American computer programmer. He started the first wiki website on March 25, 1995, and is considered the inventor of that software. He currently lives in Beaverton, Oregon.
Ward Cunningham got a Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from ... |
19136 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain | Chain | A chain is like a rope, but made up of several elements called links.
A chain (unit) is also a measure of length
A human chain can be made by people standing next to one another and who hold hands or link arms. It is a chain that has people for its links.
Chain store, retail stores which share a brand and central m... |
19137 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope | Rope | A rope is made out of several threads. The material can be organic, like flax, or it can be small threads of steel (in case of a steel rope, wire or cable). A rope can be used to lift, or pull things, like pulling a ship into a harbor with another ship, or fixing the ship so it does not move away. The twisting of fiber... |
19138 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20X-Files | The X-Files | The X-Files is an American science fiction television series set in Maryland. It ran from its creation in 1993 until 2002, lasting for nine seasons. On January 24, 2016, a new season began airing. The series is about two FBI agents, Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Fox Mulder (David Duchovny). Together, they work to ... |
19139 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent | Patent | A patent gives an inventor the right to stop other people making or using their invention. If someone makes or uses that invention without being allowed to, the inventor can sue that person in court to make them stop. The inventor can sell the patent to another person or company.
A patent lasts for up to 20 years, d... |
19140 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Wizard%20of%20Oz | The Wizard of Oz | The Wizard of Oz is an American musical movie. It was produced by MGM and released by RKO in 1939. The movie is based on the children's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. This book was first published in May 1900. The book and movie are about a little girl's adventures in the land called Oz. This is stil... |
19142 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination | Assassination | Assassination is the murder of an important or popular person. Usually the person is a political leader, like the head of a country or a political party. Assassinations are usually done for political reasons or for payment. A person who assassinates someone is called an assassin.
Throughout history, assassinations ... |
19144 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian%20Anderson | Gillian Anderson | Gillian Leigh Anderson, (born August 9, 1968) is an American-British film, television and theatre actress, activist and writer. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the long-running and widely popular series The X-Files, ill-fated socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies' film The House of Mi... |
19145 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt | Debt | Debt is what someone owes to someone else. Usually, debt is in the form of money, but it can also be items, services, favors, or other things. Thus if you make an agreement to give or do something for someone else, you now owe a debt. Unpaid debt can lead to problems such as the Greek government-debt crisis. Debt is us... |
19146 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium | Uranium | Uranium is a chemical element (a metal) on the periodic table. It has an atomic number of 92, which means that a uranium atom has 92 protons in its center, which is called a nucleus. Uranium that is dug out of the ground will be made from three different isotopes: three different types of uranium with different number... |
19151 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Graduate | The Graduate | The Graduate is a 1967 American movie based on a novel by Charles Webb, and directed by Mike Nichols. It is set in Southern California.
In the movie and book, a recent college graduate (played by Dustin Hoffman) is seduced by Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), the wife of his father's business partner. He later falls in l... |
19156 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquitaine | Aquitaine | Aquitaine (Occitan: Aquitània; ; ) is a part of southwestern France. It was once an administrative region but is now part of the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. With over 41,000 square kilometers, it is one of the largest regions of mainland France (the largest of all French regions is French Guiana, in So... |
19164 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances%20Winfield | Frances Winfield | Frances Winfield is the wife of an American politician, L. Paul Bremer III. They have two children.
Life
She is an author. She was born in Connecticut. She met her husband at a music concert. They fell in love in college. They got married in 1966. Both she and her husband are strong Roman Catholics. They are mi... |
19168 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightmare | Nightmare | A nightmare is a very powerful dream that the sleeper finds disturbing or frightening. Nightmares usually have either physiological causes, like a high fever, or psychological ones, like trauma or stress in the sleeper's life. Nightmares are common, but nightmares that happen very often can cause problems with sleep. ... |
19169 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melilla | Melilla | Melilla is a city in North Africa, right opposite Spain. It belongs to Spain, and is all surrounded by Morocco, which believes it should belong to them. Ceuta is another such city.
Its surface is about 20 square kilometers, and there are almost 70,000 people living there.
Other websites
Google Maps entry for Melil... |
19171 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceuta | Ceuta | Ceuta is a Spanish city in North Africa, at the Strait of Gibraltar. The City area is about 20 square kilometers, and there are over 82,000 people living in the city. The city is surrounded by a border fence, which has been built to keep the Moroccans (and other Africans) from moving there unlawfully. Ceuta is part of ... |
19175 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina%20Faso | Burkina Faso | Burkina Faso is a country in West Africa. It used to be called Upper Volta and the name was changed to Burkina Faso in 1984. The country was once ruled by France, but it has been independent since 1960. The capital is Ouagadougou.
In 2005, about 13,228,000 people lived in the country. It is next to Mali, Niger, Benin,... |
19176 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Waterloo | Battle of Waterloo | The Battle of Waterloo was a battle that was fought between the French army and the British and Prussian armies.
Napoleon was crowned as Emperor of France in 1804, and then launched the successful Napoleonic Wars. France soon had an empire that stretched from Spain to the Russian border. Defeated at the Battle of Lei... |
19178 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o%20Tom%C3%A9%20and%20Pr%C3%ADncipe | São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe is an island nation in Central Africa, it is located off the Gulf of Guinea. The main islands of São Tomé and Príncipe are about 140 km apart and about 250 and 225 km, respectively, off of the northwestern coast of Gabon. The country hav... |
19180 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial%20Guinea | Equatorial Guinea | The Republic of Equatorial Guinea is a nation in west central Africa, and one of the smallest countries in Africa. It borders Cameroon on the north, Gabon on the south and east, and the Gulf of Guinea on the west. The country's territory is both on the continent and on islands. The continental part is known as Río Muni... |
19181 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teodoro%20Obiang%20Nguema%20Mbasogo | Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (born June 5 1942) has been the President of Equatorial Guinea since 1979. Mbasongo did the military academy in Zaragoza, Spain. He came to power in a military coup, deposing the former leader Francisco Macías Nguema. Ngema had ruled the country for the previous decade. He was known to be ... |
19182 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%20Voldemort | Lord Voldemort | Lord Voldemort (born Tom Marvolo Riddle) is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series of children's books. The books were written by J.K. Rowling. Voldemort first appears in the 1997 fantasy novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. In the Harry Potter movies, Voldemort is played by actors Richard Bremmer,... |
19187 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogwarts | Hogwarts | Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a fictional boarding school in J. K. Rowling's best-selling Harry Potter series. It is a school of magic for witches and wizards between the ages of eleven and seventeen living in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland.
Hogwarts houses
Gryffindor
Gryffin... |
19194 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto%20Maple%20Leafs | Toronto Maple Leafs | The Toronto Maple Leafs are an ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL).
Origin
They were formed in 1917 as one of the six original NHL teams. They were called the Toronto Arenas, but changed their name to St. Patricks, then to Maple Leafs, in the 1920s. The maple leaf is a symbol of Canada. The hockey tea... |
19195 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit%20Red%20Wings | Detroit Red Wings | The Detroit Red Wings are an ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL).
History
Early history
The Red Wings were formed in 1926. The Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) folded that year, and many of the players from the WCHL's Victoria Cougars went to play for Detroit. As a result, the team was first cal... |
19196 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne%20Gretzky | Wayne Gretzky | Wayne Gretzky (born January 26, 1961 in Brantford, Ontario) known as "The Great One", is a Canadian retired ice hockey player. Gretzky played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 20 seasons. He was coach and part-owner of the NHL's Phoenix Coyotes until he stepped down on September 24, 2009. He also managed Canad... |
19197 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart%20Memorial%20Trophy | Hart Memorial Trophy | The Hart Trophy is given to the most valuable player of the National Hockey League every year. It was given to the NHL by Dr. David Hart, father of NHL coach and manager Cecil Hart. It was first awarded in 1924.
Wayne Gretzky has won the most Hart Trophies with nine, followed by Gordie Howe with six and Eddie Shore ... |
19200 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt | Frankfurt | Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: Frangford am Maa, "Frank ford on the Main"), is one of the biggest cities in Germany. The city of Frankfurt has a population of 700,000. The metropolitan area, called Rhine-Main after its two biggest rivers, has over four million people. Frankfurt is an important cen... |
19204 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh%20Capet%20of%20France | Hugh Capet of France | Hugh Capet (French: Hugues Capet) (941–996) was King of the Franks from 987 until his death in 996. The Capetian dynasty he started ruled France in an unbroken line for 300 years.
Early career
Hugh was born in the winter of 941 and was the son of Hugh the Great and Hedwige of Saxony. His grandfather was King Robert I... |
19205 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney%20Channel | Disney Channel | Disney Channel is a cable television network that is owned by The Walt Disney Company. The channel shows programs that are made for family audiences, mostly pre-teens and teenagers. The channel began on the morning of April 18, 1983. Its programs ran for 18 hours a day until December 1986. In 1983-1997, the channel was... |
19211 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20dog%20breeds | List of dog breeds | People have carefully bred dogs for thousands of years. Sometimes they inbreed dogs who have the same close ancestors, and sometimes they mix dogs from very different ancestors or even from different breeds. This continues today, resulting in hundreds of dog breeds, some that are similar to each other, and others that... |
19213 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milli%20Vanilli | Milli Vanilli | Milli Vanilli was a German musical group, formed in Munich. They consisted of Fab Morvan (born 1966) and Rob Pilatus (1965-1998). They were popular in the late-1980s. In 1990, people found out that the group never sang anything at all. Even at concerts, they pretended to sing (lip synching) while a recording was played... |
19222 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1706 | 1706 | The year 1706 was a common year which started on a Friday.
Events
September 7 – War of Spanish Succession – The armies of Austria and Savoy defeat the French army at the Battle of Turin.
Births
January 17 – Benjamin Franklin, American philosopher, founding father and inventor (d. 1790)
Deaths
March 3 – Johann ... |
19223 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology | Geology | Geology is the study of the nonliving things that the Earth is made of. Geology is the study of rocks in the Earth's crust. People who study geology are called geologists. Some geologists study minerals (mineralogist) and the useful substances the rocks contain such as ores and fossil fuels. Geologists also study th... |
19224 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisa | Pisa | Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Italy. About 90,000 people live in the city. The city has a very long and turbulent history. The "Leaning Tower of Pisa" is a famous landmark of Pisa.
Important buildings
The Leaning Tower, the most famous image of the city.
Campo dei Miracoli (in English: "Square of Miracles") in the no... |
19225 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshire | Cheshire | Cheshire is a county in England. It is the North West part of the country. It is most famous for making salt and cheese. Cheshire is made up of lots of little towns including the Borough of Macclesfield which covers a large area of plains. The main attraction is in Kerridge where there is the famous landmark 'White Nan... |
19226 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayman%20Islands | Cayman Islands | The Cayman Islands are a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean Sea. The territory is made up of three islands: Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, and Cayman Brac. Its capital, George Town, is on the main island (Grand Cayman).
Government
The Cayman Islands are governed by the United Kingdom. The Queen chooses a Gover... |
19229 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1167 | 1167 |
Events
Taira no Kiyomori becomes the first samurai to be appointed Daijo Daijin, chief minister of the government of Japan
Peter of Blois becomes the tutor of William II of Sicily
Absalon, archbishop of Denmark, leads the first Danish synod at Lund
Absalon fortifies Copenhagen
William Marshal, "the greatest kni... |
19230 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1097 | 1097 |
Events
Edgar I deposes Donald III to become king of Scotland.
The First Crusade reaches Constantinople.
Crusaders besiege Nicaea, win the Battle of Dorylaeum, and capture Latakia from the Seljuk Turks, and begin the siege of Antioch. |
19231 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1782 | 1782 |
Events
January 7 – The first American commercial bank opens (Bank of North America).
January 15 – Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the United States Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage
February 5 – Spanish defeat British forces and capture Minorca.
March 8 – ... |
19232 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1197 | 1197 | 1197 (MCXCVII) was .
Events
Amalric II succeeds Henry II of Champagne as King of Jerusalem.
Theobald III becomes Count of Champagne.
The town of Arbroath, Angus, Scotland is consecrated, and dedicated to St Thomas Becket.
Kaloyan becomes tsar of Bulgaria.
Corfu is occupied by the Genoese.
Hubert Walter, Archbis... |
19234 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1210 | 1210 | 1210 (MCCX) was .
Events
End of the reign of Emperor Tsuchimikado, emperor of Japan
Emperor Juntoku ascends to the throne of Japan
Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor excommunicated by Pope Innocent III for invading southern Italy in 1210
Gottfried von Strassburg writes his epic poem Tristan about 1210
Beginning of Delh... |
19235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail | E-mail | Electronic mail (or E-mail or email) is an Internet service that allows people who have an e-mail address (accounts) to send and receive electronic letters. Those are much like postal letters, except that they are delivered much faster than snail mail when sending over long distances, and are usually free.
Like with r... |
19239 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1231 | 1231 |
Births
March 17 – Emperor Shijō of Japan (died 1242)
Guo Shoujing, Chinese astronomer and mathematician
John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey (died 1304)
Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore (died 1282)
Deaths
April 6 – William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
June 13 – Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (born 1195)... |
19240 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1242 | 1242 | 1242 is a year in the 13th century
Deaths
February 10 – Emperor Shijō of Japan (born 1231)
October 7 – Emperor Juntoku of Japan (born 1197)
William de Forz, 3rd Earl of Albemarle
Archambaud VIII of Bourbon
Hojo Yasutoki, regent of Japan (born 1183)
Richard Mor de Burgh |
19241 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1183 | 1183 |
Events
Emperor Go-Toba, reign of 82nd emperor of Japan starts (1183-1198)
Deaths
June 11 – Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (born 1155)
Alexius II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (born 1167)
William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester
Maria Comnena, the Porphyrogenita, Byzantine princess, by poiso... |
19242 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1155 | 1155 |
Births
February 28 – Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (died 1183)
May 17 – Jien, Japanese poet and historian (died 1225)
November 11 – King Alfonso VIII of Castile (died 1214)
Saito Musashibo Benkei, Japanese fighting monk
Kamo no Chomei, Japanese writer (died 1216)
Shahab-ud-din Suhrawardi, a ... |
19243 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1567 | 1567 |
Events
The Duke of Alva arrives in the Netherlands with Spanish forces to suppress unrest there. He replaces Margaret of Parma as Governor of the Netherlands. Prince William of Orange is outlawed, and Count Lamoral of Egmont imprisoned.
February 10 – Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is mu... |
19244 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Dillinger%20Escape%20Plan | The Dillinger Escape Plan | The Dillinger Escape Plan is an American Mathcore/metal music group. They formed in New Jersey. They are generally a heavy group, with punk roots and influences from punk bands like The Bronx and Bad Brains.
Releases
Calculating Infinity (1999)
Miss Machine (2004)
Ire Works (2007)
Option Paralysis (2010)
One of Us Is ... |
19245 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensr%C3%BFche | Queensrÿche | Queensryche is an American progressive heavy metal band. They formed in Bellevue Washington in 1981.
1980s American music groups
1990s American music groups
2000s American music groups
2010s American music groups
American heavy metal bands
American hard rock bands
Progressive metal bands
Musical groups from Seattle, W... |
19246 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight%20Oil | Midnight Oil | Midnight Oil is an New Zealand rock band. They formed in Auckland in 1976. The band became famous for its soft-rock sound and calming live performances. The band was politically active supporting environmentalist and indigenous causes.
1970s Australian music groups
1980s Australian music groups
1990s Australian music ... |
19247 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon%20Bon%20Jovi | Jon Bon Jovi | John Francis Bongiovi (born March 2, 1962 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey) better known as Jon Bon Jovi, is an American musician and actor. He is best known as the lead singer of the hard-rock band, Bon Jovi.
Biography
In 1983, Jon was one of the founding members of Bon Jovi. Earlier he sang in bands Starz and Atlantic Ci... |
19248 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxi%20Priest | Maxi Priest | Maxi Priest (born Max Alfred Elliot on June 10, 1962) is an English reggae singer.
Sources
English singers
Reggae musicians
1962 births
Living people |
19249 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/On%20the%20Waterfront | On the Waterfront | On the Waterfront is a 1954 American movie about mob violence among longshoremen (people who unload ships) in New Jersey. Directed by Elia Kazan, it stars Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint and Karl Malden.
The movie won eight Academy Awards: for Best Picture, Best Actor (Brando), Best Supporting Actress (Saint), Best Art... |
19250 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith%20No%20More | Faith No More | Faith No More is an alternative metal band. They formed by bassist Billy Gould, drummer Mike Bordin, and keyboarder Roddy Bottum in San Francisco, California, USA, in 1981 and broke up on April 20, 1998. However, they got back together in 2009 and have continued playing since.
They became successful with singer Mike P... |
19251 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Pretenders | The Pretenders | The Pretenders are an English rock and punk rock band. They formed in Hereford in 1978.
1978 establishments in the United Kingdom
1970s British music groups
1980s British music groups
1990s British music groups
2000s British music groups
2010s British music groups
English rock bands
Herefordshire
Musical groups establ... |
19254 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schindler%27s%20List | Schindler's List | Schindler's List is a 1993 American movie set in World War II, and directed by Steven Spielberg. It is based on Schindler's Ark, a 1982 book by Thomas Keneally. The movie and the book owe their names to the list of over a thousand Jews who worked in the title character's factory.
Plot
It is about businessman Oskar Sch... |
19255 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorofluorocarbon | Chlorofluorocarbon | A chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) is a gas used for various purposes including solvents, refrigerants, and aerosol sprays. They are organic chemicals and contain carbon, hydrogen, chlorine, and fluorine. They were much used in the middle of the 20th century, replacing chemicals that were toxic or flammable or had other proble... |
19256 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singin%27%20in%20the%20Rain | Singin' in the Rain | Singin' in the Rain is a 1952 American movie musical romantic comedy movie starring Gene Kelly. It was directed by Kelly and Stanley Donen. It is set in Los Angeles, California in 1927. It gives an amusing look at Hollywood's change from silent movies to "talkies".
It is considered to be among the best movie musicals ... |
19257 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20and%20South | North and South | North and South is a novel by John Jakes. It is the first of three books about two friends who must fight against each other during the American Civil War.
North and South had two sequels. They are called Love and War and Heaven and Hell. The books were written in 1982, 1984, and 1987.
There were also TV versions ma... |
19263 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus can refer to:
object which can be used for a certain function. Examples of apparatuses include coffee-makers, pencil sharpeners, and computers. These things are also often called tools, machines, or equipment.
process of an activity. For example, a political party or governmental organization can be called a... |
19278 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20Movie%20Database | Internet Movie Database | Internet Movie Database (or IMDb for short) is an online database of information (facts) about actors, movies, TV shows, and video games. The IMDb database started in October 1990, moved to the World Wide Web in 1993, and has been owned by Amazon.com since 1998.
References
Other websites
Internet Movie Database (IMD... |
19280 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago%20Blackhawks | Chicago Blackhawks | The Chicago Blackhawks are an ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL). They were formed in 1926, named after the 333rd Machine Gun Battalion of the 86th Infantry Division during World War I which was nicknamed the "Blackhawk Division". The division was named after Chief Black Hawk, a native American leader.... |
19283 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape%20Verde | Cape Verde | Cape Verde () or Cabo Verde (, ) (, ), officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country in Africa. It is a group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Western Africa. The islands cover a combined area of slightly over . They have a volcanic origin.
Cape Verde is one of Macaronesia's group of i... |
19284 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeira%20Islands | Madeira Islands | Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union.
The archipelago comprises the major part of one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (the other being the Azores located to the nor... |
19285 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroon | Cameroon | Cameroon (officially called the Republic of Cameroon) is a country in Central Africa. Its capital is Yaoundé. The largest city in Cameroon is Douala. The population of Cameroon is about 20 million. Cameroon's president is Paul Biya. They speak nearly 250 languages in Cameroon. French and English are the official langua... |
19286 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea-Bissau | Guinea-Bissau | Guinea-Bissau is a country in Africa. It borders Senegal to the north, Guinea to the south. The official language is Portuguese, and the capital is Bissau. About 1,442,000 people live in Guinea-Bissau as of 2006. The country was a Portuguese colony in the 19th century. At that time is was called Portuguese Guinea. It b... |
19287 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius | Mauritius | The Republic of Mauritius is an island nation in the Mascarene Islands. It includes Rodrigues, Agaléga and St. Brandon as well as Mauritius. It was formerly ruled by the European countries Portugal, France and the United Kingdom, but is now independent.
Port Louis is its capital. In the 2000 census, the country had a... |
19295 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s%20a%20Wonderful%20Life | It's a Wonderful Life | It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 movie directed by Frank Capra. It inspired the story similar to A Christmas Carol.
Cast
James Stewart as George Bailey
Donna Reed as Mary Hatch
Lionel Barrymore as Mr. Potter
Other websites
Essay on the deeper meaning of the movie
Excerpts from Ray Carney's analysis of the mo... |
19297 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djibouti | Djibouti | Djibouti (officially called the Republic of Djibouti) is a country on the eastern coast of Africa. The capital city is also called Djibouti.
Djibouti gained its independence from France on June 27, 1977. The country was created out of the French Somaliland (later called the French Territory of the Afars and Issas), wh... |
19298 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania | Mauritania | Mauritania is a country in northwest Africa. The capital city, which is also the biggest city in the country, is Nouakchott. It is on the Atlantic coast. Its president is General Mohamed Ould Ghazouani.
At 1,030,700 km² (397,929 mi²), Mauritania is the world's 29th-largest country (after Bolivia). It is similar in siz... |
19299 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake%20Huron | Lake Huron | Lake Huron is one of North America's five Great Lakes. It is the third one up from the mouth. Like Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, and Lake Superior, it is also part of the boundary between the USA and Canada. The Huronian glaciation, billions of years ago, is named for the lake.
Lake Huron is more than 200 miles (325 km) lo... |
19303 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reunion | Reunion | Reunion could mean:
Architecture
Reunion Arena, an indoor arena in the Reunion district of downtown Dallas, Texas
Reunion Tower, a building located in Dallas, Texas, United States
Computer science
Reunion (genealogy software), a genealogy application for the Apple Macintosh
Movies
Reunion (movie), a movie direct... |
19304 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9union | Réunion | Réunion () is an island of France. It is also a region of France and an overseas department of France, meaning France owns the island nation. It is in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar, about 200 km (125 miles) southwest of Mauritius. Its capital is Saint-Denis. The highest point in La Reunion is La piton des neiges.... |
19306 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake%20Erie | Lake Erie | Lake Erie is one of the Great Lakes in North America. It is the second to the last in the Great Lake system before water flows into the St. Lawrence River. Like Lake Superior, Lake Huron, and Lake Ontario, Lake Erie is part of the boundary between the USA and Canada. In 1813 a naval battle was fought on the lake.
Most... |
19308 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali | Mali | Mali (Bambara: ߡߊߟߌ, Fula: 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, ), officially the Republic of Mali (; Bambara: ߡߊߟߌ ߞߊ ߝߊߛߏߖߊߡߊߣߊ); Fula: 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, ) is a landlocked country (a country entirely surrounded by land) in West Africa. Mali is bordered by Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Iv... |
19310 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief%20Joseph | Chief Joseph | Chief Joseph (1840 – September 21, 1904; whose real name was Hinmaton-Yalaktit) was the chief of the Nez Perce Native Americans, a tribe that lived in what is now the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
His father was the leader of the Nez-Perce before him, and his mother was a member of this tribe too.
When Jose... |
19315 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seychelles | Seychelles | Seychelles is an African country in the Indian Ocean. Its capital city is Victoria. The official languages are Creole, English, and French. It is a republic is made up of 115 islands.
Seychelles and the islands to the south, Madagascar and Mauritius, all had legal slavery and were part of the slave trade. Most of the ... |
19316 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square%20mile | Square mile | A square mile (sometimes written mi² ) is an American unit of measurement of area. It is the area inside a square that has each side equal to one statute mile (5,280 feet or 1,760 yards). This way of talking about area is often used to say how much land there is on a farm, or in a city or country, for example.
One squ... |
19317 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions%20of%20Peru | Regions of Peru | A Region is the name for one of 25 areas into which the land is divided in Peru.
Provinces of Peru
Name of the region (capital of the region)
Tumbes (Tumbes)
Piura (Piura)
Lambayeque (Chiclayo)
La Libertad (Trujillo)
Ancash (Huaraz)
Lima (Huacho)
Callao (Callao)
Ica (Ica)
Arequipa (Arequipa)
Moquegua (Mo... |
19320 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ica%20Region | Ica Region | Ica is one of 25 regions of Peru. The capital of the region is Ica.
Regions of Peru |
19324 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togo | Togo | Togo is a small country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. The capital city Lomé is located along the Gulf of Guinea. In 2016, about 7.5 million people lived there. The official language is French. Togo was a hub of the Atlantic slave trade for Europea... |
19326 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad%20Religion | Bad Religion | Bad Religion is an American band that plays punk rock music. They were created in Southern California in 1979 by Jay Bentley (bass), Greg Graffin (vocals), Brett Gurewitz (guitars) and Jay Ziskrout (drums). People think that they brought back punk rock and helped pop-punk bands during the late 1980s. Since they were cr... |
19327 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat%20Puppets | Meat Puppets | The Meat Puppets are an alternative/punk rock group from Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. They were formed in 1980 by Curt Kirkwood (vocals, guitars), his brother Cris (bass) and Derrick Bostrom (drums). The band is probably best known for their 1994 radio hit "Backwater".
The band went on indefinite hiatus in 2001 as Curt f... |
19328 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted%20Bundy | Ted Bundy | Theodore Robert "Ted" Bundy (November 24, 1946 - January 24, 1989) was an American serial killer, kidnapper, and rapist. He confessed to killing 30 women, although the actual number of murders committed is unknown.
Biography
Ted Bundy was born in 1946 in Burlington, Vermont, USA. He lived with his mother Louise Cowel... |
19329 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longboarding | Longboarding | A longboard is a type of skateboard. It is often longer than a regular skateboard. Longboard are made inmany different shapes. They are often faster than regular skateboards. This is because of the size of the wheel and what the board is made of. Longboards are commonly used for cruising, traveling and downhill racing... |
19330 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graffiti | Graffiti | Graffiti is marks, scratching or drawings made on a surface on a public place. It is often created with paint or spray paint (paint that is sprayed from a can). A single mark could be called a graffito but the word graffiti is usually used, meaning that there is more than one mark.
Graffiti can take the form of art, d... |
19337 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appellation%20d%27origine%20contr%C3%B4l%C3%A9e | Appellation d'origine contrôlée | Appellation d'origine controlée (AOC, "controlled designation of origin") is a French phrase which shows that a product comes from a certain area.
Some products must come from a certain area and be made in a certain way in order to have the name of the product. The most famous example is champagne, which must be fe... |
19342 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distillation | Distillation | Distillation is a process where a mixture made of two or more liquids (called "components") with different boiling points can be separated from each other. The mixture is heated until one of the components boils (turns to a vapor). The vapor is then fed into a condenser, which cools the vapor and changes it back into... |
19345 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawyer | Lawyer | A lawyer (also called an "advocate", "attorney", "barrister", "counsel", "counsellor", or "solicitor") is someone who practices law. A lawyer has earned a degree in law, and has a license to practice law in a particular area.
If people have any problem regarding the law, they can contact a lawyer for advice. A legal... |
19347 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loreto%20Region | Loreto Region | Loreto is Peru's most northern region. Covering almost one-third of Peru's territory, Loreto is the nation's biggest region. It is also one of the least populated ones, because of its remote location in the Amazon rainforest. Its capital is the city of Iquitos.
Boundaries
Northwest: Ecuadorian provinces of Sucumbíos... |
19349 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iquitos | Iquitos | Iquitos is the capital city of the Loreto Region in northern Peru. It is on the banks of the Amazon River. Iquitos is the biggest city in the rain forest of Peru, with about 400,000 residents. It is a major port on the Amazon.
Excluding towns on islands, Iquitos is thought to be the largest city in the world that can... |
19351 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%20juice | Apple juice | Apple juice is the juice from apples. It does not have alcohol, and it tastes sweet from the natural fruit sugars. Many companies making apple juice like to say that they do not add more sugar into the drink, and there is only natural sugar.
Origin
The apple tree came from the same era as Elizabethan in the late 1500... |
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